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From the perspective of someone encountering the site: how does it help? Why should I use your site instead of just emailing them? Or using Scribd? Or putting it on my network shared drive?

Was it via this product?

http://www.ailive.net/liveAI.html

In programming AI players for various games, I've found that stupid algorithms with excellently-tuned parameters beat smart algorithms with decently-tuned parameters.

Similar: Perhaps make downvoting power -- as opposed to upvoting power -- proportional to age/karma? That would empower experienced (indoctrinated?) members to discourage the undesired content, without too heavily influencing the discussion.

But the next question is: Who has the deeper pockets with which to throw more money to the content providers?

Dupe of: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=833443

Yes.

One thing I noticed is that searches no longer require that all words in the query be present in the search results. Adding a + before a word is now required to ensure that it's present in results. That frequently results in me having to do 2-3 searches to find something that could previously be found with one.

Despite all the downmodding, jpwagner's suggestion is on the money. What would most benefit the development of a tool like this is extensive understanding of how the target audience reacts to and applies it.

Lest we forget that COBOL and SQL were originally designed to be accessible to non-developer business-y types. One wonders how much UX testing they underwent.

They seem to have mostly avoided that, actually. There's no Firefox logo on their site, for example.

This, incidentally, reads like a business how-not-to.

Why is it counter-intuitive? If your goal is to make a lot of money, sometimes your exit strategy will be acquisition.

This is a very commonly expressed idea. One of the most-cited sources is "Mythical Man Month" by Fred Brooks.

For more: http://www.google.com/search?q=10x+programmer

The setup I've found works best is to have two computers with browsers pointed to an Etherpad document, to allow pseudocode, and use problem domains that don't require the use of references.

That allows face-to-face communication, and avoids the uncomfortable violation of personal space induced by over-the-shoulder glancing.

Incidentally, this technique scales very effectively for phone interviews.

The article makes an eloquent case for the following:

Code is liability.

I imagine that the confusion arose because the two dimensions which varied across the button grid had no relationship to one another.

Dupe. This was posted last week.

There are also a lot more humans in the northern hemisphere.

Your company's IT department likely hasn't blocked Etherpad, which has a chat feature.

That constitutes an appropriate use of the word "orthogonal".

Your best bet is to go after companies where developers do the hiring.

To a recruiter who isn't a developer, your resume doesn't conform to the parameters they know to look for. They're not in a position to judge whether your non-academic experience qualifies you for the positions they're responsible for fulling.

To a developer who's tired of putting up with halfhearted graduates, and/or those who need a lot of hand-holding, your resume will likely jump off the page.

Where are you most likely to find companies where developers do the hiring? The smaller the company, generally, the better the odds.

I'm a recent CS graduate.

1993: DOS Basic. Entered programs from 3-2-1 Contact magazine. 1995: Robot Battle (http://www.robotbattle.com/) 1996: Klik 'n' Play (http://www.clickteam.com/)

I was eating two Clif bars a day until I discovered that they caused gas. If I discovered a Clif-like bar that didn't, I'd pick the habit up again.

Even with mulligans, I'd argue that mana screw is one of the biggest failings of M:tG. Make your best estimate of what percentage of games you think are decided by mana screw or mulligan-reduced hands, then ask: "Is that too high?"

Thanks. A great read. I find it most valuable as a glimpse into the mind and approach of a 10x (or more) developer.

It could just be me, but I've observed MP3 encoding tends to make hard transients more mushy, which is something that one might become accustomed to.

It shouldn't be too difficult for such players to analyze the range of a track in advance and compress it appropriately in real time, perhaps to a user-specified degree.

That is, of course, subjective, but I'm pretty sure a site that uses the n-bomb and the c-bomb (and an arsenal of others) qualifies.

Would've appreciated an NSFW on this.

Truth. I got my start in programming with BASIC via DOS. Today, I find that the biggest mental block to learning a new language is the difficulty of setting up a development environment.

It's at least a little bit surprising that platform developers don't put more of an effort into making coding for their platforms more accessible. One might assume that Microsoft would have a lot to gain from a generation of young programmers learning to develop for Windows.

Yes, I do hack my body language, though not in the ways described in the article.

Through college, I had a weak posture, submissive body language, and tended to fidget/move around. I often looked goofy.

About six months ago, I decided to improve all that. I consciously developed an upright, chest-out posture. I cut down or eliminated unnecessary motions. I keep my hands extended and parallel to the arms, instead of close-fisted and angled inwards. I keep my chin up and my gaze high. I keep my legs outward and, when comfortable, spread apart.

By now, it's all become second nature. And it works. Women react much more strongly to me (in a good way). I feel more confident. My body image has greatly improved.

As software developers, most of us spend a lot of time seated in chairs and have less than Adonis-like physiques. I highly recommend body language hacking.