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Re:The Party Math Trick on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @01:53AM (#29401377)

I tried to impress my 6 year old with this. His starting number was 999. I guess he had the last laugh.

Google Cloud unicorn mode (Cmd+Shift+u) (login required)

Posted by chaimkut on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @05:52AM
from the cloud.google.com dept.

https://cloud.google.com/

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Vitamin D and Covid-19: evidence and recommendations for supplementation

Posted by chaimkut on Saturday December 12, 2020 @02:27PM
from the royalsocietypublishing.org dept.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.201912#d1e1637

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How to reconstruct a mummy sarcophagus (hint: slowly)

Posted by chaimkut on Monday March 28, 2016 @01:39PM
from the drive.google.com dept.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4OJihldV0yqcmJWYnVMaVozS1U/view?invite=CNmpkvcK&ts=56e7d24c&pref=2&pli=1

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Re:List of April Fools' Day Announcements on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @03:59AM (#9302242)

Glide to be acquired by Apple for $430 million, will open an R&D center in Jerusalem

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https:/...

Coding interview resources

Posted by chaimkut on Monday November 17, 2014 @12:22PM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/andreis/interview

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Ask HN: How best to learn software design principles?

Posted by chaimkut on Monday July 07, 2014 @03:28PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Recently I had several rounds of interviews with one of the big tech companies, and while they said my problem solving and coding skills were good, they said they eventually decided to reject me due to my inadequate solutions to design problems, particularly software design.In the long term, I'm sure the usual advice of reading through great open source code is the way to go. In the short term,...

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GNU/Linux Distribution Timeline

Posted by chaimkut on Monday March 24, 2014 @02:26AM
from the futurist.se dept.

http://futurist.se/gldt/wp-content/uploads/12.10/gldt1210.svg

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Re:Ask HN: How to write a web app that will outlast the latest JS trends? on Sunday March 02, 2014 @08:33AM (#7329087)

Because in 3 years the frameworks, tools, etc. will have a much weaker base of developers than it its heyday (now). So in 3 years the framework will fall behind in browser compatibility, integration with newer tools, etc. Left to rot in the bit bin of history. And if I need to make changes in the web app, add new features, it'll be much more challenging if I also have to be dealing with framework maintenance in parallel.

Ask HN: How to write a web app that will outlast the latest JS trends?

Posted by chaimkut on Sunday March 02, 2014 @07:30AM
from the ask-hn dept.

HN is rife with JS framework wars, comparisons, latest feature news, libraries of the week, etc. What are surefire strategies for building a web app that won't have to be completely rewritten in 2-3 years? If I choose to write a web app in AngularJS and then in 2 years the Web community decides to coalesce around the new latest and greatest framework, technology, then it seems like I'll be in a...

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