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Yes but that's so deep down. A large number of people read the beginning and skim to the end. They might miss it. So it is a bit misleading IMO. Disclaimers should be more obvious

If it's not too much trouble, could you please this part:

>Personally, I love the GPLv2, I think it's a masterstroke of a license. I don't use it very much anymore, but I'm very glad that exists. I think v3 goes to far, and I think AGPL goes way too far.

I am really not familiar with licenses and I have a feeling the legal text won't make much sense to me either if I treid reading it by my self

From the article:

>Since the Horn has finite volume but infinite surface area, it seems that it could be filled with a finite quantity of paint, and yet that paint would not be sufficient to coat its INNER surface

I was thinking of starting a coding boot camp because I love programming and I love to teach.

So my question is, what do people look for in coding boot camps? What do they expect from them?

What about strcpy_s ??

> Coincidences to get characters into trouble are great; coincidences to get them out of it are cheating.

This one made me laugh. I hate it when stories violate this one

Wow, this is VERY helpful. Thank you for sharing!

Is there any type of Ramen that doesn't use Pork?? I wouldn't want to miss out on Ramen just because i dont eat Pork.

Your comment is a breath of fresh air. Meditation really is very very complex. Primarily because there is the visible side and then there is an invisible side, and the invisible side is not only different in different traditions, but also it is supposed to be different for each practitioner.

Even if you focus on Muslim meditation traditions, there's a huge variety. The Chishti tradition considers a state of dance to be meditation (eg the twirling dervishes) where as the Naqshbandi tradition is more inline with the Buddhist side that involves sitting still and focusing.

> Sure, there are some key concepts common to all like "awareness" and "mindfulness" - but awareness and mindfulness of what?

This is perhaps the most fundamental difference and its astonishing how most "meditation guides" completely ignore this part. See, while a lot of people sell meditation as a relaxation technique, almost all of the original traditions have much deeper goals than this.

As the article says, "All the while, Axact’s role as the owner of this fake education empire remains obscured by proxy Internet services, combative legal tactics and a chronic lack of regulation in Pakistan."

Question, if their employees signed NDA's so does that prevent them from testifying in court against Axact? Impersonating a US govt official is a federal offense. Does the NDA prevent them from reporting that as well?

Eh? Everyone knows they have a shady business. People have known that for years in Pakistan. The Pakistan Software Houses Association condemned Axact to be a diploma Mill long ago.

Protip: General Relativity is harder than special relativity

So you tried to sell a blogging platform to companies? I am curious as to what was your value proposition. What did your product have that was so unique and useful in your product that you felt companies would pay for it?

How would you want people to find YOUR app? You must have thought of some keywords or phrases that when googled, should bring up your app. Try using those and see what occupies the territory as of now.

Another approach is to discuss your idea with as many people as possible. Maybe you haven't heard of such an app but someone else has. This should be most fruitful if you do this with your target audience. Even if there is such an app out there but your target audience hasn't heard of it, then that's a good enough reason to try building it.

One of my teachers in College managed to pull it off splendidly. The course was Algorithms. I suspect the normal format for an Algorithms course is that the teacher would write an algorithm and explain how it works and its merits/demerits etc... in short, a lecture.

What our teacher did was: 1) Write a small piece of pseudocode on board and called it a "unit" 2) Present a problem to the class. 3) Ask students to come up with solutions that used the unit (or modified it a bit. 4) Allow Students to present their solutions to the rest of the class. 5) Allow the class as a whole to debate on competing algorithms. 6) (If applicable) Reveal the name of the algorithm the class has just derived. 7) Repeat

The teacher rarely ever lectured. He just presented problems and let the class figure a way out. Occasionally he would nudge us in a direction we weren't considering, but mostly he was there just to ensure things run smoothly and that's all.

On the whole, it worked out great. Before the class I knew most people had trouble designing algorithms. At the end, even the weaker students had a pretty good grasp on the subject because the format itself encouraged everyone to contribute and thus learn.

would I be penalized if i resubmit this in the way you mentioned? Because this looks pretty cool

A lot of comments about training dogs. Anyone has any experience training cats here? I have found them to be too moody for something like this.

I obviously over simplified it. The original muslim astronomers not only tested the greek model but several others using observational data and mathematical models.

I find this one odd:

>People give ear to an upstart astrologer who strove to show that the earth revolves, not the heavens or the firmament, the sun and the moon... Whoever wishes to appear clever must devise some new system, which of all systems is of course the very best. This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy; but the sacred scripture tells us [Joshua 10:13] that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, not the earth. - Martin Luther (1483-1546) [Criticizing Copernicus' heliocentric theory of planetary motion.]

Because Copernicus wasn't the first astronomer to suggest this. In fact there's a very long line of Muslim astronomers that preceded Copernicus and noticed that the Greek model was wrong, based on a very simple observation: if the earth is stationary and every thing else revolves around it, the view of the heavens should be the same every night (which it isn't). In fact the Muslims actually proposed and experimentally tested several models before Copernicus.

I thought you practically demonstrated that ideas are worthless unless someone executes them properly. The idea you executed was an old and tested one, but it kept failing due to scammy executions. You gave it a proper execution and voila!

$100? Try Pakistan, good glasses for $40 (includes prescription lenses)

Isn't this mostly an American problem?

I live in Pakistan and have never worn a pair worth more than $30 (and that includes the price for the lenses).

I totally understand your frustration, but frankly I think you're being a bit harsh on them. I have recently started providing CS courses independently and trust me, it's not as easy as it seems. Shit happens. As a first timer, I know I have made mistakes and I have learned from them. I know my current course wasn't all that but I know my next would be better. Obviously I am going to email people telling them about my newest venture, though I would try not to make seem like spam.

Anyways, everyone deserves second chances. Just because my first code draft had bugs in it, doesn't mean I should stop coding. (though I really should remove those bugs before shipping)

Personally, its not just liberal arts courses that add to a value education, but other technical courses as well. Just because i want to be a developer doesn't mean I don't want to study Calculus or linear algebra or differential equations or Accounting principles in college. (these were all courses in my CS degree). Even if we stick to CS, I don't think one can truly cover everything in 2 years. I haven't checked the curriculum of this program yet, but I'd like CS colleges to delve into subjects like data structures, automata, compiler construction, OS, Database internals (not just queries), Concurrent programming, etc. Yes, I may not need all of this to write a Web app, but these are things that I believe make a more well-rounded developer

I agree that his tone is a bit hard to parse, but i think he AGREES with you, no?

>this is an excellent answer

I thought he was just adding to your answer that OP's friend is much likely to hear the same from his new colleagues who probably just want someone like them at the head. So he'd need a thick skin to survive

What about the lego Mindstorms kits[0]? I haven't got my hands on them yet but I hear they are good. You could even pace this out into a few phases, like:

Phase 1: Buy them normal Lego sets to get them well acquainted with the toys.

Phase 2: show up with something cool you assembled from a Lego Mindstorms set. Hopefully a lot of them are going to say "Wow! Cool! How did you make it do that?" And that is when you can start teaching them bit by bit. (Also this is when you let them play around with a Mindstorms set)

[0] http://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/?domainredir=mindstorms...

But isn't it a rather frustrating experience "I should remember this. WHY don't I remember this?!?!"

Improvement 1: use sentiment analysis to figure out tone of slogan and use that to select color/font etc

Improvement 2: Figure out what the slogan is about and find relevant images

That is a very interesting thought. out very definition of life hinges on the types of life we have seen. So its entirely possible that we may not even recognize other types of life