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Re:Ask HN: What are shitty markets? on Thursday December 12, 2013 @02:25AM (#6893279)
SOAP Web Services.
Re:Get most StackOverflow rep by avoiding difficult questions on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @03:47AM (#6632517)
Same here. Got 9k rep by mostly answering basic Java questions.
Re:Ask HN: Which open-source OS do you use and why? on Monday October 28, 2013 @05:56AM (#6626051)
CrunchBang Linux: fast bootup, small memory footprint, Debian- based
Re:Open Source Web Framework on Linux? on Thursday October 17, 2013 @04:59AM (#6564277)
Grails.
Re:Ask HN: What is your favourite algorithm? on Monday September 09, 2013 @06:38AM (#6352622)
Insertion sort. Easy to implement (easier than BubbleSort), very fast for small data sets. Can be used in merge sorts / quick sorts when the set size becomes small.
Re:Quickly go back to a directory instead of typing cd ../../.. on Monday September 02, 2013 @03:13AM (#6313841)
Shameless plug: This works similar to a script called 'up' which I am the author of: https://github.com/helpermethod/up
Re:Using Github issues to track house repairs on Monday December 24, 2012 @12:16PM (#4963426)
So true. I use it to track every detail of my personal projects and never had the feeling that anything was missing.
Re:The impoliteness of overriding methods on Thursday December 20, 2012 @08:18AM (#4947545)
Actually I think when Java will finally introduce anonymous functions the Template Pattern will be obsolete. The strategy pattern is IMHO much more flexible and can be used everywhere where the template pattern is used.
That's also how I learn. As I never met anyone who learns that way I always considered this behaviour weird. Nice to know that I am not the only one :).