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boskonovitch

programming is definitely a skill which doesn't require a lot of resources, with a pc and decent internet connection, one can become very powerful.

5 thieves, 5 cities, 12 hours: Can Twitter catch them?

http://gcn.com/articles/2012/03/05/state-dept-tag-challenge-catch-5-jewel-thieves-twitter.aspx

The U.S. State Department's Tag Challenge will offer a $5,000 prize to anyone who can use Twitter and other social media and online tools to track down five fictional jewel thieves at large in Washington, D.C., New York, London, Stockholm, and Bratislava, Slovakia

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Re:How to correctly use code you didnt write on Sunday March 11, 2012 @03:37PM (#3691054)
great article.somebody once said "programming is filled with plagiarism" and i think that is absolutely true,noobs especially like to do it this way.
Re:How to Hire a Programmer on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @05:03AM (#3670361)
#2 in addition to seeing their portfolio they should also give you a code review and explain what the code does.This avoids code plagiarism.
Re:Spicing unix shell scripts on Monday February 20, 2012 @01:07AM (#3611495)
cool tips, but i'm worried about writing a script which isn't portable because of dependencies to some tools.
Re:Hacker News clone for Python on Sunday February 19, 2012 @08:58AM (#3609341)
Great aggregator, we should have the same for ruby,c, c++ and all the major languages.