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RawData

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Hi I'm John Elder, an entrepreneur, writer, and web developer in Las Vegas. You can contact me at:

johnelder.org

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RawData··on Learning to program is getting harder
I don't know...if you can't figure out how to install python on a local machine...maybe you don't have any business being a coder to begin with. I mean, come on...

edit: the downvotes from the delicate snowflakes crack me up...

RawData··on Buys/Sells temporarily disabled on Coinbase
Yeah this happened a couple times last week too...I just assume it happens every time there's a huge jump in volume...
RawData··on AWS Cloud9 – Cloud Developer Environments
Thank you, that helps a lot.
RawData··on AWS Cloud9 – Cloud Developer Environments
It would be impossible for me to re-record every single video using AWS as the dev environment...I have thousands.
RawData··on AWS Cloud9 – Cloud Developer Environments
This. Yes.
RawData··on AWS Cloud9 – Cloud Developer Environments
We wouldn't want to hurt Amazon's feelings.
RawData··on AWS Cloud9 – Cloud Developer Environments
Codemy.com is my website. I don't host my videos on youtube.
RawData··on AWS Cloud9 – Cloud Developer Environments
I can add team members if they already have an account...if not, there seems to be no way for them to sign up.
RawData··on AWS Cloud9 – Cloud Developer Environments
Yeah, I went with the one backed by Amazon...stupid me.
RawData··on AWS Cloud9 – Cloud Developer Environments
Helpful comment, thanks.
RawData··on AWS Cloud9 – Cloud Developer Environments
It works if you already have an account. I think anyone who watches one of my videos from today forward is out of luck.
RawData··on AWS Cloud9 – Cloud Developer Environments
I teach courses online too...now all of my videos using C9.io as the dev environment (thousands of videos) are obsolete. This sucks.
RawData··on AWS Cloud9 – Cloud Developer Environments
So disappointed with this!

I teach coding courses online...I've published dozens of courses teaching many different programming languages to thousands of students. In every single course, I recommend and use c9.io as the dev environment.

In one stupid swoop, Amazon has made all my courses obsolete.

Now people watching my videos can't create an account on C9, they have to sign up for aws and use the completely different interface. People can no longer follow along with the thousands of videos I've created.

I get that you bought C9 and want to integrate it. But why close down c9.io to new accounts? Why can't they both exist?

So very disappointed...

RawData··on Google will ‘de-rank’ RT articles to make them harder to find – Eric Schmidt
Aren't Fox News and the Wall Street Journal owned by the same company? :-P
RawData··on Three Equifax Managers Sold Stock Before Cyber Hack Was Revealed
Nope, this is more likely all kinds of illegal!
RawData··on Developers who use spaces make more money than those who use tabs
Come on, we've known this for years. Do we really need a study to tell us that? Hell, the only interview question I've asked new hirees since around 2003 is: "do you indent with spaces or tabs". Really cuts through the BS. It's foolproof!

:-p

RawData··on Identify Plants with an App
College students are in fact real humans....
RawData··on Reasonable Person Principle
Looks quite written to me...I just read it.
RawData··on The most mentioned books on Stack Overflow
yes again; good for you...but totally irrelevant.

There are python books, they are sold, keeping them off this list is lame.

RawData··on The most mentioned books on Stack Overflow
Ah, yep...that explains it then.
RawData··on The most mentioned books on Stack Overflow
I don't grant the premise that fewer Ruby and Python books are sold... Regardless, the number sold is greater than 1 so they should really be listed in the app.
RawData··on The most mentioned books on Stack Overflow
No Ruby on Rails books? Or Python?
RawData··on I Didn't Get Hired to Google
Even a cursory glance at the blog shows that this is his attempt to journal his journey...nothing more. You are splitting hairs.
RawData··on I Didn't Get Hired to Google
That's incorrect. He wrote a blog about what he was personally doing to get hired at Google... he wasn't claiming to teach people how to get hired.
RawData··on I Didn't Get Hired to Google
The guy has an awesome CV and 15+ years experience as a self-employed developer/entrepreneur...
RawData··on Thousands of U.S. locales where lead poisoning is worse than in Flint
Yeah but who do you sue if the old flaky paint in the house you own causes your kid to get lead poisoning?
RawData··on C9.io Requiring a Credit Card to Sign Up Now - WTF?
You miss the point...

C9 still offers their service for free...they're just asking for a credit card to verify identity or some such nonsensical thing...

And no, I don't just expect them to offer it for free...if they want to charge, that's perfectly fine. But don't say that it's free and then require a credit card...

RawData··on Hack the Kernel – Learn about operating systems online
Wow this looks pretty cool!
RawData··on Breaking a myth: Data shows you don’t actually need a co-founder
I've been saying this for years...even wrote a book on the subject (The Smart Startup: https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Startup-Without-Falling-Venture...)
RawData··on The Imposter's Handbook
What programming language is generally used throughout the book?
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