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Re:Why is computer science a sausage fest? on Tuesday July 27, 2010 @04:13AM (#1550601)
How many programmers you know like video games?
Re:Why is computer science a sausage fest? on Tuesday July 27, 2010 @04:10AM (#1550596)
Another article demanding that coders have no self-respect, but this time, it's assumed that self-respect is a masculine trait.
Re:Amber Waves of Pain (Do Not Buy Commodity ETFs) on Saturday July 24, 2010 @08:32PM (#1544687)
I've held GSG for a year or so and wondered why it wasn't gaining while gold, oil, and everything else was going up. Is there any way to invest in oil using a standard brokerage account? Doesn't seem like it.
Re:FreeBSD 8.1 released on Saturday July 24, 2010 @02:48PM (#1544174)
Does FreeBSD have any real purpose anymore except as the base of your new proprietary OS?
As if government stimulus was the only cause of economic growth.
Re:The Web Means the End of Forgetting on Wednesday July 21, 2010 @02:15PM (#1536004)
I think everyone has realized this by now.
Re:Ask HN: Should I learn C? on Saturday July 17, 2010 @01:56PM (#1524265)
Maybe they did. It's not like you'd know.
Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with suicidal thoughts ? on Thursday July 15, 2010 @08:11PM (#1519731)
It's perfectly normal. You just have to deal with it like everyone else does.

Depression is mainly alleviated by doing something productive almost every day. That way, your night feels good because you got something done, and so does your next morning.

Re:Startups: Don’t Hire Frontend or Backend Webdevs on Thursday July 08, 2010 @02:28AM (#1496661)
Frontend and backend are different skill sets and proficiencies. Backend is more analytic, frontend is more aesthetic. I've never worked at a company that didn't have this distinction; people tend to naturally go one way or the other.
Re:Go's Declaration Syntax on Thursday July 08, 2010 @01:37AM (#1496588)
We took what you're used to... and flipped it around! Did I just blow your mind??
Re:Dear Apple, what the dock? on Monday July 05, 2010 @11:43PM (#1489871)
The "hacked" dock looks disgusting.
Re:Ubuntu command line fu - How not to spell "ls" on Monday July 05, 2010 @04:13PM (#1488995)
"Still on" and intend to stay on.
Re:Ask HN: What were your naivetés in your twenties? on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @08:03AM (#1474562)
Speak for yourself.
Re:Ask HN: What were your naivetés in your twenties? on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @03:45AM (#1474169)
If you're a rational person, you can learn a lot from other people's mistakes.
Re:Will the real programmers please stand up? on Tuesday June 29, 2010 @07:19PM (#1473236)

  void reverse_list(head) {
    struct node* current = head;
    struct node* last = NULL;
    struct node* next;

    while(current != NULL) {
      next = current->next;
      current->next = last;
      last = current;
      current = next;
    }
  }