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Re:Ask HN: What do you do on weekend? on Friday September 25, 2009 @04:37PM (#844295)

Sometimes I'm on the computer, sometimes not, but I always try and catch the Arsenal match (whether on TV or some online feed).

Re:Ask HN: hnnotify.com - useful to any users here? on Tuesday September 22, 2009 @01:29PM (#837476)

I never doubted that there would be something better and more robust for the task :)

This is the first time I've seen Pipes, pretty neat.

Re:Ask HN: hnnotify.com - useful to any users here? on Tuesday September 22, 2009 @12:53PM (#837391)

The course was completely online and I took it at Sierra College in Roseville, California. I found it to be slow paced, but wanting to get a good grade in the class did force me to make time to learn the material when I could have otherwise used that time to do work-related tasks, etc.

Re:Ask HN: hnnotify.com - useful to any users here? on Tuesday September 22, 2009 @11:12AM (#837127)

Yes, tested, registered another new user and keyword just now after reading your comment. Would you try again when you have a minute?

Re:Ask HN: hnnotify.com - useful to any users here? on Tuesday September 22, 2009 @10:47AM (#837061)

Link: http://hnnotify.com

Ask HN: hnnotify.com - useful to any users here?

Posted by alum on Tuesday September 22, 2009 @10:46AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Howdy, HN. I recently finished up a community college course in RoR (I'm usually a learn-on-my-own type person, but being busy I thought that having assignments, etc. would keep me on track with the learning task) and the beginnings of Hacker News Notify was my final project. I had some time this past weekend, so I finished it up and thought some folks here might find it useful.Hacker News...

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you live? on Monday August 10, 2009 @02:21PM (#753621)

Sacramento, CA

Re:I'm Moving To San Francisco, I Need A Job on Wednesday August 05, 2009 @01:11PM (#743775)

Personally, as someone without a ton of experience, I'd love the opportunity to work with Zed. With some of the position responsibilities he's looking for, I think the chance to be mentored by him would definitely be a plus.

Re:One Thing You Don't Need To Be An Entrepreneur: A College Degree on Friday February 27, 2009 @12:39AM (#496893)

I second the "don't think it's necessary, but sure it doesn't hurt" stance; I doubt someone would be docked points on an assessment or interview for having a degree right?

Some of us had parents who never stepped foot near a college or university and having their kids graduate with a degree is one of their dreams. Having picked up programming in high school, Computer Science was really the only appealing option. Overall I don't think it was a waste, though some parts were (most general education requirements.) At that age, I don't believe I would have been ready or mature enough to even work a full-time programming job, let alone start some sort of business.

Re:Twitturly for sale and YouNoodle thinks its worth $9.8M in 3 yrs time on Thursday September 18, 2008 @11:26AM (#308245)

On the link, there's a section titled "Why am I selling it?"... I'm guessing reading that section would answer your question.

Re:Ask HN: Are Frameworks the Way to Go? on Wednesday July 23, 2008 @06:19PM (#254862)

Definitely will, thanks!

Ask HN: Are Frameworks the Way to Go?

Posted by alum on Wednesday July 23, 2008 @06:05PM
from the ask-hn dept.

As both languages are new to me, I completed tutorials, scanned through a couple of books on the Safari Books Online site regarding both Ruby and Python (day job is .NET work). Though both were nice, I enjoyed Python a little more.I have an idea for a website that I think may be able to help folks out a bit, it could be considered a startup I suppose, but ultimately I am aiming to gain ‘real’...

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