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Re:Beej's Guide to Network Programming
on Friday May 29, 2015 @07:57AM (#9624023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5241220
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9445692
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=584557
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9623813
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5989561
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7584974
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=286701
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6779200
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9018621
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7917102
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4666318
What's New in PyCharm 4.5
Re:Pure CSS FizzBuzz
on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @12:55PM (#9533093)
That's not being fair. That's your own problem. I'm also a self-taught programmer, but I don't feel like I need to compare myself to her.
The point is that she didn't fit the requirements of the job.
As a result, she did not get the job. That's pretty much end of story. If the job requires her to be "experienced with JS", that means that they want her to know the language.
And it's not just modulo. She didn't know how to convert a timecode string to seconds.
I have no idea how someone like that would be able to understand the code. Nor why she would think that "it's okay" not knowing those things and yet be an engineer at their company.
To repeat what has been said - she was not applying to a job as a designer. She was applying to a job as an engineer and designer. She didn't meet at least half the criteria (and she didn't have degrees, which is probably why they even asked her those questions to test what actual knowledge she has).
Re:Pure CSS FizzBuzz
on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @12:52PM (#9533066)
>doesn't specify what level of knowledge is expected of you. Familiarity? Proficiency? Master? Do you need to know how v8 interprets Javascript?
It says "experienced with OO JS". That's vague, but not so vague that it can mean "I don't even know the basic operators of the language".
And that from someone who claims they can "teach others to code". (http://notlaura.com/services/teach-me-to-fish/)
Re:Pure CSS FizzBuzz
on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @11:28AM (#9532464)
>and descriptions that are not representative of the job they're trying to hire for.
The position is described as a UX engineer and designer, and the applicant is expected to be experienced with JS and various frameworks for it.
The story seems to be more about a person who can't read and feels entitled to a job position they're not fit for. They were unable to display knowledge of basic for loops and conditionals and they were unable to convert a timecode string into seconds. Both of which are basically tests for "does this person even understand programming". Which they obviously don't because they wrote "OMG MATH" to a problem consisting only of the most basic logical concepts.
Maybe next time they should apply for a job that doesn't require programming knowledge.
Re:A re-introduction to JavaScript
on Saturday May 09, 2015 @09:31AM (#9516323)
Pure Python Vim clone
Yahoo says its Mozilla Firefox deal sent search volume to a ‘five-year high’
UBlock extension taken down from Chrome store
Guido van Rossum's PyCon talk on type hinting in Python
Examples of Currency Breakup (2011)
10 years of OpenStreetMap
Belarus Bans Tor and Other Anonymizers
Re:A Russian TV Insider Describes a Modern Propaganda Machine
on Saturday February 14, 2015 @12:39PM (#9050172)
Well, with Russia's already severe lack of independent media or freedom of speech and the active repression of both, things are certainly looking a lot bleaker than anywhere in the west, including the US.
uBlock can now be downloaded from AMO
Re:China’s Pearl River Delta overtakes Tokyo as world’s largest megacity
on Saturday January 31, 2015 @09:56AM (#8976837)
>The total area of the Pearl River Delta is about 40,000 km^2.
The definition of the urban land for PRD and Tokyo as used by the World Bank report is ~7000 square kilometers (PRD) and ~5500 square kilometers (Tokyo).
They do not count the entirety of either of the two. For the aforementioned areas (that they deemed urban land), they estimated them to have populations of around 42M (PRD) and around 31M (Tokyo).
This area excludes Hong Kong and many other parts.
Grauniad did a very poor job at getting the World Bank report's message across.
EU should oblige Internet firms to hand over encryption keys, says EU advisor
Re:Hacked emails reveal China’s Internet propaganda machine
on Thursday January 08, 2015 @02:09PM (#8858217)
It never explicitly states that the "this size or bigger" refers to its population, it could be area.
Re:How we made editing Wikipedia twice as fast
on Tuesday December 30, 2014 @03:40PM (#8816618)
> while page views are static.
They're static?
http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesPageViewsMonthlyAllProje...
Sept 2014 - 23.1B views
Sept 2013 - 17.9B
Sept 2012 - 19.1B
Sept 2011 - 15.8B
Sept 2010 - 14.5B
Sept 2009 - 11.8B
Sept 2008 - 10.6B
Security Analysis of Estonia's Internet Voting System
Re:Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such mem...
on Saturday December 27, 2014 @08:45AM (#8802522)
For Firefox, there's Bluhell Firewall
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/bluhell-firew...
Re:Uber CEO Indicted in South Korea Over Its Taxi Service
on Wednesday December 24, 2014 @07:54AM (#8792657)
>If I want to drive somebody and make money I don't need no licence. There's absolutely no justification for requiring a licence.
What about the client's rights?