I once read a post from a company's founder who is involved in the business of hiring fresh talents for tech companies.
Basically, what he does is whine and whine about the lack of talent because most fresh graduates want to build a start-up for themselves instead of joining a company.
He tries to convince fresh graduates that they are better of joining established companies because most startups fail anyway. It seems like people distort their values when it comes to self-interest.
I said he does so because he is once the founder of a startup himself. Why would he discourage others from doing the same.
A while ago I was reading a blog post and I spotted a grammar error. The post was good but it made me a little uncomfortable.
So I decided to make it right. I used chrome developer tools's edit html feature... I edited the html and behold the grammar error was gone. I read the paragraph again with pure delight. I love technology.
Idea Generated:
There are lots of blog posts out there that have good content, but sometimes they are not written well or grammar errors exists because of lack of proof-reading.
What if there was a web-app where readers can correct blog posts or articles. Of course, it needs the approval of the author. There might be a 'Correct me if I have grammar errors' button of some sort somewhere in the post.
The editor is not allowed to edit the meaning of the content, only the typos and/or grammar errors, which of course needs the approval of the author. It's like github for blog posts and articles.
I'm actually rather fond of this idea. Far too often I read blog posts and the mistakes are glaring and plentiful. I understand that English is not everyone's first language and so it is acceptable, of course, but it sure does make reading jarring at times. I've always wanted a feature to correct people but without coming off as rude, overbearing, or overly concerned with semantics. (Please don't have any errors in this reply as I talk about correcting others. ;) .)
Yes. I imagine this as a javascript/jquery plugin with a backend service that website/blog owners can integrate into their website. It would work something like Medium comments - you highlight the erroneous text, click the 'report typo' button, and then optionally suggest a corrected version.
Not automatic correction right? You said something like "Github for blog posts" sounds cool, but it will take time for others to edit/push new versions of the post, hence a lot of work on a single blog post. Inefficient.
It doesn't provide the "Suggest Edits" feature for blog posts, only answers to questions. Until I discovered Quora, I was working on http://wikiblog.jugglethis.net/ which was my solution to this problem.
OpenSSL is like a guardian angel who's invisible to a person. The guardian angel has been helping the person all the time even though he/she doesn't know it. Then the time came that the guardian angel made a little unintentional mistake that led to large consequences. The person then starts blaming the guardian angel, forgetting all the good things the angel has done for him/her.
No, because people are paying for it. Not directly, but through their internet contracts, banks, etc. Those people expect that their stuff is secured, they do not need to know how.
My grandma probably does not even know that ESP exists in cars. However, if the ESP stops working, then she could rightfully blame the car manufacturer.
Persons are not blaming OpenSSL as some imaginary entity, they blame people who are involved in making, reviewing, accepting and using OpenSSL.
I feel you man. OpenSSL is like a guardian angel who's invisible to a person. The guardian angel has been helping the person all the time even though he/she doesn't know it. Then the time came that the guardian angel made a little unintentional mistake that led to large consequences. The person then starts blaming the guardian angel, forgetting all the good things the angel has done for him/her.
Huh? How about 'culture'? The image of an angel is part of the lore of many cultures, and one does not have to associate it with religion exclusively, imho.
Why not think outside the box. (I apologize for the overused cliché.) Reading is only a means for learning something which is the outcome that you want.
Like you I like reading books (and still do), but I found out that I can learn much faster and efficiently through programming courses offered in sites like tutsplus, treehouse, infiniteskills, etc.
That doesn't mean that you should stop reading books, for all I know those video courses are an effective learning companion. You can subscribe to any learning sites that you want, but if you ask me tutsplus is a good one.
"Vigorous programming is concise. A method should contain no unnecessary statements, a class no unnecessary methods, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the programmer make all his methods short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his classes only in design, but that he make every statement tell."
—String and Wire (Elements of Modern Programming Style)
Thanks. I was not aware of that feature yet. It would be nice if those pages (shared) are the ones google would list in the search results, but then quora needs its user sign-ups.
> Rails developers often use Macs. For some people, this means nothing. For others, this means the difference between getting hired or passed over. YMMV.
I must say this made me laugh. Is the tech scene getting too stupid?
When people fall in blind, biblical love with a particular technology, rational perspective goes out the window. Further, groupthink is something to be feared for it's failure of a subtle kind.
And, the vast majority of interview processes are rarely measurably accurate at preventing false positives AND false negatives, most tend to sacrifice the later for preventing the former.
I'd be more impressed if someone ran PC-BSD zfs on a homemade laptop.
(Disclaimer: written on a hackable non-Retina MBP, not that it matters. 2 SSDs + 16 GiB in 13")
What? I must say, this is the first I've heard of this trend. Personally, I might be a little querulous when interviewing a dev who used Windows by preference (though this would be irrelevant once they'd demonstrated or failed to demonstrate technical skill), but I've never worked with a hiring manager who'd discount a web dev who used a Linux-based operating system.
Basically, what he does is whine and whine about the lack of talent because most fresh graduates want to build a start-up for themselves instead of joining a company.
He tries to convince fresh graduates that they are better of joining established companies because most startups fail anyway. It seems like people distort their values when it comes to self-interest.
I said he does so because he is once the founder of a startup himself. Why would he discourage others from doing the same.