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Ask HN: how do I learn to think like a programmer.

Posted by JerusaEnt on Monday June 11, 2012 @09:36AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am currently a freshmen in a technological school majoring in Computer Science.I have a friend here at the college who has been programming for 4 years prior to starting college. It seems as if he can think more programatically and he knows how to approach a programming problem and find a solution.Do you have any advice as per how to think more like that?

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Ask HN: Code with what I know, or expand my horizons

Posted by JerusaEnt on Sunday June 03, 2012 @01:16PM
from the ask-hn dept.

for the past 4 years, I have been coding in PHP, JQuery and MySql.Recently, I got really bored of those being that I generally just made CRUD apps; nothing that really tickled my fancy. So I decided I was going to learn Ruby on Rails.I am still learning RoR but I don't yet feel confident to build a whole app in it, but on the other hand I feel like I haven't built anything in awhile.Should I...

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Re:Show HN: the start-up butler, a weekend project on Monday May 28, 2012 @01:21PM (#4034179)
One piece of advice is to say who you are. For all I know I'm giving my email, and the right to email me daily, to some hobo on the street. How do I know who you are? How can I trust you?
Re:Manhattanhenge on Monday May 28, 2012 @01:08PM (#4034139)
The difference is that I'm sure that Manhattan is well documented. Where Stonehenge is not.
Re:Ask HN: Does lucid dreaming help for people in (y)our line of work? on Monday May 28, 2012 @11:03AM (#4033647)
Check this website out. It has a lot of information:

http://www.lucidipedia.com/

Re:Ask HN: How would you teach Java to at risk youth? on Saturday May 05, 2012 @04:55PM (#3933253)
It's not going to be a one day thing. It's going to be a 3 month, twice a week, 2 hours each.

A real course

Ask HN: How would you teach Java to at risk youth?

Posted by JerusaEnt on Friday May 04, 2012 @03:17AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I recently had the privilege of being picked to teach Java to at risk youth, but I feel like I am in need of some advice as per where to start.I'm not having an issue with dealing with the kids, it's just what angle should I start with? Should I start with the basics of what happens when you type "System.out.println()"? the JVM? OOP? Should I just go into how to do variables, loops, and if...

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Re:A roundabout way of turning on a light. See the explanation b4 reading on Friday February 17, 2012 @03:31AM (#3602657)
Well there are scores of books on these issues, and some great Rabbis hold exactly what you are saying. But some say that since there is no action on the Sabbath, and the act is before the Sabbath, and before the Sabbath it wasn't an issue. So then even though the result is on the Sabbath, it's not actually an issue.
Re:A roundabout way of turning on a light. See the explanation b4 reading on Friday February 17, 2012 @03:27AM (#3602648)
That is true. If any ones life is in danger, your supposed to "forget" the Sabbath right away and do what's necessary. But, for example, if your wife is very very pregnant and can give birth over Sabbath, if she goes into labour on Sabbath, 100% you HAVE to driver her to the hospital. But it's better if before Sabbath you order a taxi.
Re:A roundabout way of turning on a light. See the explanation b4 reading on Friday February 17, 2012 @02:37AM (#3602555)
Another "hack" us Jews use very often is a timer. We have a timer hooked up to an outlet, and plug things into the timer, so you can set certain times to allow the electricity through, and other times not to.
Re:A roundabout way of turning on a light. See the explanation b4 reading on Friday February 17, 2012 @02:34AM (#3602550)
I am Jewish.

So I can tell you that you are 100% right. I don't think this is really going to catch on for that very reason. Sabbath is a day set aside for family, religion, and not working.

I think what the main use is going to be is people will install it for emergencies. So I'm sure in Israel a lot of people will put it in their bomb shelters so if they need to spend Sabbath in the shelter and need to use the light, it won't be directly going against Sabbath.

A roundabout way of turning on a light. See the explanation b4 reading

Posted by JerusaEnt on Friday February 17, 2012 @01:26AM
from the kosherswitch.com dept.

http://www.kosherswitch.com/live/tech/how

In Judaism, you are not allowed to use electricity on Saturday. So this company made a light switch that according to them (and granted, many others) IS allowed to be used on Saturday. So I thought HN would like the way it works to try to get around things.<p>If your interested in seeing why this is allowed on Saturday as opposed to a normal light, if you go to Halacha>>Halacha:...

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Re:ShowHN: ShareVideos MVP on Sunday February 05, 2012 @06:15AM (#3553832)
what problem is this solving?

Why can't someone just use the regular youtube URL?

Ask HN: Many people want to start blogging. But about what?

Posted by JerusaEnt on Saturday February 04, 2012 @05:26PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I've seen/read/heard from countless people/articles that blogging is a great thing to do. It helps get your name out, it helps you formulate ideas, etc.I've tried countless times, and I keep finding it difficult to find topics on what to write about. For the people who do have successful blogs. How do you get your inspiration?

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Re:Facebook’s only weakness: Mobile on Thursday February 02, 2012 @10:51AM (#3543121)
"I also disagree that relying on advertising revenue is such a bad risk for Facebook: so does Television and their business model has been succesful for a loong time. "

It's not a problem to rely on advertisements as a main source of revenue, but Televisions have commercial breaks. What Facebook is afraid of is that most of their users won't even use the website at all, and only the mobile app. Or to continue the Television metaphor, it's like having all the TV watchers switch from TV, to TVs without commercial breaks. poof goes the revenue.

Re:Did Mark Zuckerberg just accidentally leak the new newsfeed design? on Thursday February 02, 2012 @10:23AM (#3543002)
I wonder if they would be interested in buying out Greplin (greplin.com) If they are moving in that direction.
Re:How Did Israel Become “Start-Up Nation”? on Wednesday February 01, 2012 @06:13PM (#3540557)
The reason that Israeli schools and American schools differ, stem from the fact that originally, Israel needed fast results.

in 1948, Israel started getting boat loads of Jewish immigrants (a lot of them just out of the holocaust and uneducated). Additionally they were at war and trying to build a country fast. So instead of going for liberal arts and such, the college education is much more direct and to the point. So after 3-4 years, these people can go out and help the new county.

This is also seen in the fact that majors are picked in High School also, to further pinpoint what you are going to do for the society, and then get it done.

Re:Codecademy Launches Peer-to-Peer Coding Lessons on Thursday January 26, 2012 @11:59AM (#3514854)
In my humble opinion, I think this was a genius move. There comes a point where "the internet" can simply generate things faster (and sometimes even better) then a static team of people. Good job CodeAcademy.
Re:Did Techcrunch get Hacked? on Wednesday January 18, 2012 @10:45AM (#3480227)
I called them, and they had no clue that it exited. I also called their umbrella organization, Resource Horizons Group, and they to had no clue.

But overall they were simply confused as to why I cared to tell them.

Re:Ask HN: Who's looking for employment? on Sunday January 15, 2012 @05:10PM (#3468412)
looking for an internship for summer 2012:

I'm Binny zunpick, I am in Jerusalem College of Technology, majoring in CS.

I've been programming since 14, building websites since 15, and havn't stopped working for a second.

I am proficient in php/mysql, but I am learning Ruby on Rails. email: http://[email protected]

github: http://github.com/bzupnick

portfolio site: http://bzupnick.com

linkedin: http://il.linkedin.com/pub/binny-zupnick/23/598/297

Re:Ask HN: Who's looking for employment? on Sunday January 15, 2012 @12:39PM (#3467668)
I'm Binny Zupnick, 17, in college, http://bzupnick.com

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