Hacker News: AtmaScout

New comment by AtmaScout in "As Tech Booms, Workers Turn to Coding for Career Change"

AtmaScout — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 20:45:22 +0000

Sounds eerily similar to the 2000s bust when English majors were being vacuumed up for web development. Maintenance will be fun, I'm sure.

New comment by AtmaScout in "After the Layoffs"

AtmaScout — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 23:55:20 +0000

Probably the combination of the price of the car and no severance/ bar money, in this case.

New comment by AtmaScout in "What was the technology stack driving the original Ultima Online servers?"

AtmaScout — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 18:08:18 +0000

> With a pedigree like that one would merely need not get too drunk before the interview to walk on to almost any "cloud" team.

Thanks for that, I needed a nice laugh today.

New comment by AtmaScout in "Neural Networks in Plain English (2004)"

AtmaScout — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 16:33:21 +0000

Thanks for the book recommendation, I'll be sure to check it out.

New comment by AtmaScout in "How Naughty Dog Fit Crash Bandicoot into 2MB of RAM on the PS1"

AtmaScout — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 13:55:44 +0000

You're right about being in for a treat. Thanks for the link.

New comment by AtmaScout in "DuckDuckGo on CNBC: We’ve grown 600% since NSA surveillance news broke"

AtmaScout — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 18:08:01 +0000

I tried the query. Second link was to your post. I also got some audi links and a Ford link about vehicle colors.

New comment by AtmaScout in "DuckDuckGo on CNBC: We’ve grown 600% since NSA surveillance news broke"

AtmaScout — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:39:14 +0000

> I do simple things like using duckduckgo, using a private email service that I trust, only using chrome for social media access, and setting Firefox to be as secure as possible and drop all cookies every time I close it.

I read the comment prior to the username and thought your description of browser use sounded familiar, then checked the name and wasn't surprised that it was your blog where I saw this recommendation.

Do you still use Ghostery with Firefox and Fastmail for email?

I really enjoy your blog btw.

New comment by AtmaScout in "Interviewing candidates"

AtmaScout — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 14:18:07 +0000

I second this. I've read a lot of your writings and have even watched your episode of 'Checking in with Erik Meijer', both of are very informative. Thanks for writing this article.

New comment by AtmaScout in "Hard-Core Career Advice For A 13-Year-Old"

AtmaScout — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 20:57:55 +0000

Can you elaborate on being unprepared? Do they struggle with algorithms and data structures? Do they not grasp the computer at a lower level?

I fully agree with the mediocrity part though.

New comment by AtmaScout in "Eight years today (2012)"

AtmaScout — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:47:15 +0000

Thanks for including Randy Pausch. His 'Last Lecture' is highly recommended for those who haven't seen it. It can be found in melling's link above or directly here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

New comment by AtmaScout in "Rules for Writing Safety Critical Code"

AtmaScout — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 12:28:13 +0000

I agree completely with avoid being clever. If the situation requires you write clever code, make sure it is commented fully.

New comment by AtmaScout in "When will we stop using Facebook?"

AtmaScout — Thu, 28 May 2015 12:52:08 +0000

I'm sorry about your son.

New comment by AtmaScout in "Ask HN: What project are you working on?"

AtmaScout — Fri, 22 May 2015 19:10:11 +0000

Please do, I'm interested in this.

New comment by AtmaScout in "Show HN: My reply to LinkedIn recruiters"

AtmaScout — Fri, 22 May 2015 17:51:57 +0000

They likely moved on, but then again dealerships are always looking for sales people. He has the lying requirement down.

New comment by AtmaScout in "Agar.io"

AtmaScout — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 19:17:11 +0000

Yea they are, although I have been on the wrong end of it. :)

New comment by AtmaScout in "Agar.io"

AtmaScout — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 19:07:36 +0000

Spiky cells breakup the larger cells. I guess similar to the government breaking up monopolies. A bit of a stretch though.

New comment by AtmaScout in "Ask HN: I'm going on an internetless vacation today. Any book recommendations?"

AtmaScout — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:28:41 +0000

I'm enjoying The Martian by Andy Weir.

New comment by AtmaScout in "Ask HN: What do you think of your new Apple Watch?"

AtmaScout — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 17:30:28 +0000

That is awesome that your boss enjoys tech like that.

New comment by AtmaScout in "5 Reasons You Should Never Agree to a Police Search"

AtmaScout — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 16:37:15 +0000

#5, although I've never tracked that into the car, I have had a cigarette stick to my shoe and end up on the floorboard.

I see vehicle searches all of the time here. Mostly on the interstate. I always wonder why the driver doesn't refuse. Could be they would be detained until the k9 unit arrives. If that were the case who knows how long they will be waiting.

New comment by AtmaScout in "Audi and Amazon to try car-boot delivery service"

AtmaScout — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 16:22:49 +0000

Nearly everyone I know has one.