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Re:MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with Ivy Bridge on Monday June 11, 2012 @03:44PM (#4096496)

Anyone have any opinions on whether you'll be able to hack in some 8gb memory chips in last year's verison of MBA?

Re:League of Legends database compromised, passwords hashed without salt on Saturday June 09, 2012 @01:52AM (#4087363)

Out of curousity - is it a salt if you do something like this:

salty = md5(md5(pw) . pw . 'poniesaremagical' . md5(username));?

It is per-user... how is it different than using a timestamp which will be as unique as username?

How to get a job as a self taught programmer?

Posted by bobobojer on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @12:32PM
from the self-post dept.

Hi I've spent the last few years learning to program. I've gotten jobs on elance and recently my first contract gig for $35 an hour.I've produced some web apps and each is much more complex than the last.My question is what is the minimum requirements... or what are some minimum specific things that hiring people are looking for... to get a job at a startup or bigger co.?

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