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Re:Ask HN: Which laptop for development? on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @03:46PM (#15395491)
Can you remote into your desktop from a lightweight laptop or a decent tablet?
Re:Gource – A version control visualization tool on Friday November 11, 2016 @02:29PM (#12933550)
I used this once to illustrate software development work to non-technical colleagues. It succeeded in showing them how many small changes from many people come together into the final product.
Same is true of cars on the road -- some or all vehicles from past model years would fail to meet this year's automotive regulations.
You can ask how long team members have been with the organization, to tactfully get a sense of turnover. At a young company you might ask how team came together: was it through past working relationships and friendships? or the internet equivalent of putting an ad in the paper?
Re:JSONx is an IBM standard format to represent JSON as XML on Tuesday September 23, 2014 @01:42PM (#8356739)
Most likely they developed this format to store JSON in DB2 or to manipulate JSON with existing XML-based tools.
Re:Ask HN: What's your desktop wallpaper? on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @07:11AM (#6633201)
Michigan rocky lakeshore detail http://imgur.com/nj6f1kO
Consider Ann Arbor, home of the University of Michigan http://www.bestplaces.net/cost-of-living/san-jose-ca/ann-arb...
Re:Obama endorses required high school coding classes on Friday February 15, 2013 @10:15AM (#5226513)
The four R's: readin', 'ritin', 'rithmetic, and R! <http://www.r-project.org/>;
Answer with pseudocode if you have to, it will show your mastery of the concepts.
Re:Git is exploding on Saturday October 29, 2011 @04:32PM (#3172720)
indeed.com's Job Trends shows Subversion still king, Git growing, and Mercurial holding its own.

Subversion, Git, Mercurial Job Trends http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=Subversion%2C+Git%2C+Mercu...