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It's almost a web standard that navigation links are on the left.

In the documentation pages they have inexplicably moved the navigation links to the right side.

isuraedon GitHub language specific trends

I'm surprised Github lacks this feature. Good job!

isuraedon Ask HN: As a recent CS grad, what am I doing wrong?

Don't be discouraged by the comment. It is not normal but I have heard the big 5 software companies tend to be arrogant during interviewing.

It sounds like you simply weren't technically prepared and qualified for the position. That is correctable!

1) Interview prep. Here are the 4 standard books to prepare for programming interviews at big companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon.

- Programming Interviews Exposed - Cracking the Coding Interview - Elements of Programming Interviews - Ace the Programming Interview

2) Open Source - Get involved today! Pick a big open source project like Mozilla. Big projects have great resources and programs to get new people involved. For example Mozilla has mentored bugs where the mentor helps you along from environment setup to submitting the code.

3) Hobby Projects - Pick a technology/platform/framework that interests you. Read up on basic tutorials and setup the development environment. Get the server running. Get the code to compile. Take small steps. Ask for help. You can find answers to basic questions on stackoverflow etc.

isuraedon My first six weeks working at Stack Overflow

Thought this was well known. SO was founded by Joel Spolsky who was a long time MS employee.

isuraedon My first six weeks working at Stack Overflow

Good article. Always interesting to read how others approach learning new technologies.

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Most browsers store passwords unencrypted. A basic rule of security is that physical access means all bets are off. Only disk encryption will save you against physical access.

isuraedon How to Make Time for Your Side Project

This seems much better than my current approach. I get home around 5:30pm. Spend time with my 7 month old and help out wife while she prepares dinner. We eat dinner and watch TV for about 45 minutes (I know bad habit). Get baby ready for bed around 7:30-8pm. By time baby is asleep it's 8:30 or 9. I then try to get in 1-2 hours of work before bed. Unfortunately I'm usually physically and mentally drained by this time. I dedicate the least productive 2 hours of my day to myself while I give my best hours to my company.