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In the last two episodes I did reruns of earlier articles on the technical interview process. I thought I might go into a little more detail about how I structure interviews and what I’m looking to get out of them. "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party of the United States?"
OK, that one probably isn't a valid question.
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Good article. One thing is clear, I wouldn't like to be interviewed by Eric. I would probably be starstruck in addition to being nervous.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party of the United States?
"OK, that one probably isn't a valid question.
I don't think I was asked that one explicitly during my interview; but it was implicit in being able to pass the background checks I needed as a defense contractor and I'm almost certain it was part of the paperwork I filled out for them.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Quote: This may come as a shock to you, but people inflate their resumes all the time.
Let me show you my shocked face.
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What does Microsoft's experiment in installing ads on users' desktops tell us about its future patching proclivities? It looks like we'd like you to upgrade: would you like help with that?
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We want a new AdBlock for Windows 10!
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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There's not such thing as a free lunch!, or in this case upgrade.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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I see Microsoft pushing hard to make this the year of Linux.
Me, I'm looking for some old Kickstart-floppy's.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Office 2016 for Mac is looking pretty good
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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The move could be Google's way of attracting more external committers to the JavaScript rival. What will we all do when GitHub goes away/evil/gets bought?
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I wonder how many people are using Dart instead of Javascript? Why am I not using Dart? Hmmm...
Marc
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Because of the additional step of compiling (converting?) Dart to JavaScript?
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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15 light hours from home and going nowhere, fast. "V'ger... expects an answer."
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Compiler and standard libraries will be available for OS-X, iOS, and Linux. Something seems to be missing from the target OS list. I just can't put my finger on it.
But hey, it's open source, someone will add it, right?
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Apple has just announced the next version of iOS, unsurprisingly called iOS 9. Multi-tasking on tablets (and phones)? Wow, where'd they get that idea?
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The problem with multitasking is that it is not really battery-life friendly;
IMO, it is a nice candy, but not useful most of the time.
(or I still don't see the use for it on a tablet or a phone)
I'd rather be phishing!
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Chrome to surpass IE in enterprise usage this year, Gartner says. But the #1 tool used to download Chrome hasn't changed
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Apple senior vice president Craig Federighi took the stage to debut the update, focusing on upgrades to Spotlight, the operating system’s built-in apps, and window management features. They didn't want to change the default desktop image?
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You can now create Windows or web applications using other web frameworks, while still having access to the rich set of controls that WinJS provides. Even more of the OS you need, in the language you don't
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Me, I think HTML is done. Which doesn’t mean I think that the whole Web-programming platform is in a good state. "It's not dead - it's done."
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HTML is like a zombie. You can't kill it.
Marc
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At least someone killed it once.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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What author means here is that HTML is done and 'basically OK', but other parts of the web platform need change, like DOM with jQuery and CSS with SASS and JavaScript with Dart, or whatever combination you think...
There is a huge problem however...HTML is not 'basically OK' and all the replacement suggested are only syntactical replacements and not real ones...After all Angular.js is JavaScript library and LESS compiling to CSS...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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HTML is not even remotely close to done. The author forgets to mention HTTP/2. What we are need of is low to no latency. It needs to be lightweight, and hell fast. It needs to embrace modern concepts like asynchrony baked right in the browser. It needs to work smarter.
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