Not a course, but a good podcast by great engineers: https://anchor.fm/happypathprogramming
Readit Newsbillman commented on Ask HN: Any “Udemy for Advanced Programmers”? · Posted by u/aristofun
billman commented on “Really successful people say no to almost everything” inc.com/marcel-schwantes/... · Posted by u/Oras
I refuse to read this article.
billman commented on C++ the Good Parts (2014) infoq.com/presentations/c... · Posted by u/zerofrancisco
I wish I had seen this 20 years ago. I did some horrible things in c++ that I would be embarrassed to see today. It was a fun language to explore though, and I learned much from it.
It's a big shame that whenever anything related to Calibre is posted, top comments will often be how arrogant is author is. I used to think the same. But when I read his comments history in GitHub, he doesn't seem a dick to me at all. So I googled his name, and end up in a forum. It completely changed my mind.
Contrary to what people believe, Dovid Goyal is the most friendly programmer to his users. He spent lots of time answering questions in the forum https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=166. His answers include where is a menu located, how to convert a book from one format to another, helping the user to debug the exact the problem with Calibre. He has been doing this daily and is very responsive. You can expect an answer to your question in the same day. (The forum used to allow you to read user's comments history anonymously, but now you need a account to do so)
Thanks. Its refreshing to see someone giving props in the comments.
billman commented on Java Turns 25 – Whats Next? [pdf] oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/co... · Posted by u/praveenperera
Java might be the most successful programming language. It is a solid choice among many different fields. It is used on huge infrastructure projects (Apache Foundation), governments, big tech companies such as amazon, ibm, google, apple for many large scale services. It can do web, ml, GUIs, it's still strong among academics. On top of that it offers a great programming experience with excellent IDE support and it's ecosystem is huge. Even if you don't like the language itself , you can choose between Kotlin,Scala,Clojure that run on the JVM.
I think that Java is seriously being downplayed by HN crowd.
Java is pretty solid, but not percieved as cutting edge anymore, even though they are still improving it. I think Oracle has done a better job then I originally expected. I think the ecosystem is by far it's biggest advantage. It's a integration target for many projects just because it has such wide adoption.
I think you can use replication to accomplish this.
It's definitely nice to have the actual cards, though they're quite expensive.
But you can get a feel for the idea online, eg https://www.joshharrison.net/oblique-strategies/
This site used to have some really funky color combinations that were inspiring all on their won, but unfortunately it's a little bland now.
I had a hard time buying the cards at first. I think this was due to the fact that creativity is hard to put a value on. I ended up buying two packs (I gave one as a gift), and I can honestly say that I have used them hundreds of times. I think the price of the pack actually forces you to get your money's worth out of it. Being creative in your life is one of the best investments you can make.
Allow an easement (an easement is the abandonment of a structure)
billman commented on The Long-Term Stock Exchange Opens for Business blog.ltse.com/the-long-te... · Posted by u/ummonk
Best of luck Eric. I can feel the ship turning.
Facebook is going down the same road with forcing you to install messenger if you have messages.