brianto2010

Well shiver my timbers! I didn't know that. :-)

Anyways, good luck!

Woah. It's a Ruby/Rails combo. You should have mentioned that.

The curriculum looks awesome: a lot of skills are introduced. However, the curriculum looks very Rails centric rather than Ruby (the language) centric. If you're going into website creation (and it looks like you are), go for it!

I don't see why not... go for it!

To supplement your Ruby knowledge and class, I'd say take a look at Ruby code snippets from Rosetta Code[1] to get a 'feel' for what Ruby looks like in a variety of applications.

[1] http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Ruby

Just out of curiosity, what kind of class is it? Is it in-person (with classmates and lecturer) or is it a web class (like University of Reddit)? What does the curriculum look like? Is there a website we can check out?

Just noticed: there is a "media download" option towards the bottom right of the video.

From the 'tech' page:

> "...it has a pair of devices that are wired up in such a way that as a high potential is applied across them, where electrons do not normally flow in this direction and would be blocked, the high voltage compresses the semiconduction gap sufficiently that the occasional stray electron will quantum tunnel through the P-N junction. (This is sometimes referred to as avalanche noise.) When this happens is unpredictable, and this is what the Entropy Key measures."

'Unpredictable' would qualify as random.

Internship programs for high school students. I see many for college students, probably because they need it more, but few are targeted towards high school students. Rather than work at a lower-level job, they could enrich themselves in a co-op, both furthering their knowledge and developing industry connections (and possibly make money on the side).

Why? If you are going to give a position, at least back it up.

@jonjonjon - I'd suggest finding a quick mini-project tutorial for both languages and do them. Afterwards, see how both languages feel and judge it yourself. For Ruby on Rails, there is the Rails Tutorial by Hartl

http://www.railstutorial.org/

I don't know of an equivalent for PHP.

It sounds kinda like binding in JavaFX.

http://java.sun.com/javafx/1/tutorials/core/dataBinding/

Watching anime, sleeping, and reading HN.

Where do you see that?

> "At the end of the day, a paid member of a freemium service is often more involved than the free account holders. He or she might log in much more often and begin to make full use of the new features..."

Martell is saying that if you are paying for the premium, you will visit the site.

> "When you provide an employer with unpaid labor..."

Programming jobs don't pay overtime?! With an extra 40 hrs/wk, regardless of the job, the employee should get a sizable compensation, right?

He is not saying it's invalid, he is saying it's old (and probably posted here a couple times before).

> "...which movie will it be."

Not which movie, but how to create such a movie. How would 3D effects harmonize with a movie? How would 3D add to the "complex and beautiful" story?

After solving how, we can answer "which".

Origami! It's always fun and there are a ton of resources/guides/tutorials online. Most projects are usually short and practically all are doable in a day. Plus, many projects are cool to show off. Some are even useful! Here's a favorite of mine (simple, takes a couple minutes):

http://www.ehow.com/how_4563591_origami-bookmark.html

However, don't go overboard with the paper :-)

I've found a cool wiki-like software that is fairly simple to use and might fill your CMS needs. It resides within one HTML file meaning good portability, and has a large community attached. However, I forgot the name and spent the past half-hour looking for it.

http://www.tiddlywiki.com/

Here's a favorite of mine I loved visiting when I was in middle school: http://coolmath.com

Quick answer: no. It generates the actual HTML based on your current color scheme and font. Notepad++ is the same (I think).

Long answer: Check this link:

http://code.google.com/p/vimcolorschemetest/

At the bottom, click on one of the provided languages. This will give you a preview of what the command actually outputs. The page itself states, "To generated these pages, I used the TOhtml command in the Vim 7.2 distribution to generate the html files inside the iframes". Just note, the font won't be as disgusting when you actually do the conversion.

I've never had to do that (ever), but...

Vim:

  :TOhtml

Notepad++:

  Plugins > NppExport > Export to HTML

Thanks for the reply!

I guess I was a bit one-sided on my keyboard judgment. However, could you elaborate on your emacs chording remark? How exactly is it easier? (I'm not an emacs user)

This may be a bit off-topic, but I've heard stories about people suffering from eye strain due to bright LED lights and/or smaller font sizes. Have you ever suffered from eye strain due to extended use? How does coding on a netbook feel if you use it for an extended period?

Lastly, I'm concerned about performance issues. I've heard that netbooks are notoriously slow, which implies slowing down the coding process? Is that true for you? Does it allow for virtual desktops and is it fast (enough)?

About two years ago, I was in a programming class with a friend who regularly uses a netbook. Whenever I tried to help him track down a bug or modify a piece of code, I always complain about the puny keyboard. For some reason, I always inadvertently punch the wrong key, or punch many keys at once, or otherwise do something stupid. It was a nightmare to use, and I was either forced to do one-finger typing (and even that screwed up) or dictate the code for him to type.

So, my question is: How do you program on a tiny netbook for months on emacs with such a small keyboard?

Moreover, the text size on his computer was comparably tiny. For me, a netbook screen cannot comfortably accommodate two heads, while preserving a decent amount of code on the screen. My head usually obscures the entire screen and he'll have to remind me not to look so closely.

My second question is: How do you deal with text size without sacrificing the amount of code on the screen?

What, exactly, are the differences between this and the Netrw explorer that came with Vim? If you run

  :Explore <dir>

and press 'i' three times, you'll get a hierarchical explorer similar to this.

I believe he is trying to qualify why this article is appropriate for HN. Read the last two sentences. He is refuting the original comment by saying that this story "gratifies one's intellectual curiosity". The AI stuff might need a bit of explanation, though.

I wouldn't call it exploiting; I'd call it 'harnessing public resources', since most of the information collected through this service from Facebook is supposedly public.

Also, how can you have a 'favorable reaction' to spam given that...

> If I ever get an email with my name from a company I've never given information to, I... delete that email.

I also agree that this is snooping. However, this is just a tool, and should be used responsibly. Abuse would make it reprehensible.

The point of this service is not to contact you. If they already have the e-mails, then they won't need this service; they will e-mail/spam you anyway. It's in place because...

> Such information can help you correct course before you are too invested in a particular idea you have.

I never said 'exactly'. I said 'similar'. Interest rates are a signal, but since the underlying micro economy is constantly changing, the derived macro economy is also changing. Therefore, the (equilibrium) interest rate is constantly changing and always a bit off.

You are right. Some interest rates change; others don't. For instance, you can choose between a fixed and variable annuity IRA accounts. I didn't mean to imply that all interest rates change.

I've heard that inflation doesn't actually 'tax' you because all nominal prices adjust so they have similar (previous) real values. If inflation increases, so do your wages, prices at stores, and interest rates (savings rate, loans rate, etc).

> Think of the Fed... charging you interest on every dollar in your pocket every second of every day, without your permission or consent.

Like I said before: ceteris paribus, the real value of your money remains the same. A dollar may be worth less, but that is compensated with higher interest rates, wages, etc.

> At any time, the central bank has the power to increase the interest rate...

Yes, and that is part of their monetary policy. HOWEVER, interest rates are used as a signal for the macro economy, not a cause. Let's say there is a sudden upward shift of the demand of money (because of a speculative bubble, for our example; a sudden explosion of investing). This shift in demand would therefore change where the supply of money intersects the demand of money. This point is higher. As I've said before, the interest rate (price level) is a response variable. With this situation, the theoretical price level would increase to where this new intersection takes place. The FED can, as a response, increase the supply of money, shifting the supply to the right, hopefully returning the intersection of the (new) demand and (new) supply curve to a level where the interest rate is constant. That way, a constant price level (might) be maintained.

One aspect you've neglected to mention is the breadth of our global economy. The dollar is the global currency (or so I've heard). Let's say that our currency is weakening (becoming less valuable) compared to the euro. The Europeans would then take their money out of the market for dollars, thus decreasing the supply of dollars (a leftward supply shift). This shift would then cause our signal price level (interest rate) to increase. The change in interest rate is not our doing (partially).

There is a way around inflation. If we back our currency with gold/silver/something whose value is stable and makes good commodity money, then the value of money is much more stable. However, the US won't do that.

Thank you, kindly!

May I have one? Please?

brianto2010@hotmail.com

In that case, it's not exactly 'hate'. You seem to want to stick with your company because the value of the company as a whole is greater than greater than the opportunity cost of leaving it. You hate a given project, but you want to get it over with because there is a better project (possibly?) waiting for you after you're done.

In that case, it might be called 'Hope Driven Development' as your hope of getting good/not-bad projects exceeds the opportunity cost of leaving the company, and thus accelerates your development.

...or DDD -- 'Dream Driven Development' ;*)

Then what is the incentive for working? Maybe wanting to get the project over?

More importantly, what is the incentive for staying in the project (besides pay)?