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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    There's also the concept of checked and unchecked exceptions, at least in Java, but the concept is still good for other languages: Should you catch an exception from a piece of code that's doing something wrong (such as a bug/defect) or something unforeseen? In the case of say network...
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    Cities: Skylines

    What's up with all my people getting sick? I got plenty of cemeteries, hospitals, clean water, residential is way the fuck out of industrial... what the fuck?
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Jesus, it's going to take me from 679 to like 684
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    DOTA 2

    Razor for life vs Troll. Steal all of his damage and he's nothing.
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    Cities: Skylines

    If you think it's too easy, go in the menu on 'Content Manager' then 'Mod' then click on Hardcore mode.
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Lol, we follow a strict code format and we use Rubocop (Ruby tool) to comb our code. I think people should after learning the basics get one of those books that actually talks about patterns and common solutions and mistakes (Eloquent Ruby for example, Effective Java is another).
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    Amazon Echo - no thread yet?

    I'm currently working on coding an integration with a Raspberry Pi and a iguanaworks IR dongle and control the TV with Alexa. Sometimes I can't find the remote or similar and just want to adjust say volume or turn the TV off. I'm thinking of scraping 'alexa tv off', and my code to send the...
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    Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)

    Of course they are, please don't be this naive (and I don't mean offense). State and local politicians are the one (in the case of this thread) that are setting up exclusive contracts with Service Providers such as Comcast/Verizon/TWC/etc. State officials are the ones passing laws banning...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    That used to be me. Pack a bowl, plop some Avatar and do an Apexis Daily. But haven't done those in like 2 months, it's just not worth it. Apexis is bullshit, and other than doing them for the legendary quest line, you shouldn't bother with them. Maybe if itemization wasn't that crappy, also...
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    Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)

    Wait a minute It all starts at the local level; you guys mention Nader and Perot and whatever, but that's a presidential election, that shit is way way too 'powerful' to go with an independent yet. A lot of independent success is on that 'small' scale of government. City Council, Mayor...
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    Amazon Echo - no thread yet?

    Hah, I signed up for the invite the day they announced it (october? november?) it was going to be my xmas present for myself. It came and went. Around mid January I check ebay and I see there were like 25 for sale (at 250+$) and I went on a Twitter rage rampage to @Amazon and jeff bezos (after...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    It's really stupid to see Disc Priests nerfs. You might say "Yea they are way out inbalanced with their shields" but you know what? You can pretty much only bring ONE to a raid so that's the drawback of playing a Disc Priest, if you aren't the 'main' Disc Priest you're SoL, go learn Holy...
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    Amazon Echo - no thread yet?

    Like a month. You should have a 'shippable' date on your order list. Although mine was actually updated and was shipped earlier than expected.
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    For me (Hiring manager) if your skill is ok but your eagerness and curiosity is high then you get a small Yes from me (small/big Yes/no). If you got a lot of skill then it's a big yes from me. One of the first things I think to myself is "Can I see myself directing this guy to what he needs...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    They need guild garrisons. There's plenty of ideas to play with there, it would be a hub for your guild, a big garden that needs to be tended; a big mine, everybody producing for raiding or mats. You could have real raid invasions onto your garrison, and you have to set it up correctly, so...
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    All this if it's needed or not is irrelevant, in IT nothing but skill and curiosity is needed. A degree is a plus, and you never hear a recruiter say "Too bad he DOES have a degree otherwise I would have hired him!". If you don't have it but have the passion and skill you can make it as good...
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    Amazon Echo - no thread yet?

    Oh no, I'm actually accessing the echo.amazon.com page (which allows you to send commands/control/etc your echo) and scraping the last command sent (in the history section) every 10 seconds, and then sending it to my code to figure out what to do. I can potentially do something like 'start...
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    Amazon Echo - no thread yet?

    Check it out I made a video about it: Triggering IFTTT Recipes using Amazon Echo (Tweeting example) - YouTube
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    Amazon Echo - no thread yet?

    Yea I like the device, and I see an awesome potential if it's open natured instead of closed down like Siri. When I started messing around with it this morning and started looking around for API calls and stuff I thought of maybe doing an email script to send an email, but quickly realized...
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    Amazon Echo - no thread yet?

    I believe so, However I found a small github project that managed to change HUE lights on/off and decided to fork it and coded this whole afternoon and coded the trigger for IFTTT recipes with a twitter example:damianFC/tepuy · GitHub
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    Amazon Echo - no thread yet?

    Well, I got one a few days ago and is sitting in my living room. I just wish you could sync it up with Spotify, right now music selection is really bad and I have all of my stuff on itunes already. Having said that, she's great for setting timers, alerts, my husband loves her when he cooks...
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    Casual Rerolled WoW guild - Hyjal Horde

    It does take a lot of mastering that I can tell you. Monk Healing that is.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Next expansion IMO there's finally "peace" and external agents want to break it. And I'm not talking about a "truce", peace as in as a human I can walk to Orgrimmar and go in without being attacked. Also, new class: Bard. I feel there's so much this game can do and offer, that in one way they...
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    Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)

    The lady said it was guaranteed for 1 year then it jumps 15$. By then I'll cancel and have my husband subscribe with this maiden name.
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    Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)

    What's our stance on Verizon FiOS? Moving to Long Beach and it's the preferred provider of my community complex, get 300+ channels, 2 HD Boxes, 75/75mbps and phone-unlimited for 80$ NO CONTRACT.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Friendly as in 80% is LGBT. Including transgenders.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Me. Send me a whisper/addme Oproh#1859 . We do alt runs on monday of Normal content (now BRF) and raid Tuesday/Thursday Heroic BRF right now. PST Time. I can invite you to the active guild, bear in mind it's very LGBT friendly.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    If you deleted it, any innkeeper should give you a new one.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    I'm not saying the actual removing shitty players is bad; is the drama that happens when you have to do it. Also, we had a DK that wasn't pulling her numbers and SHE should've been kicked out, but we needed death grip so the other guy who was doing more DPS had to go, which resulted in drama and...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    We finally got Heroic Imp last night after the fucking raid leader snapped and kicked all the crappy DPS players out, we had 2 people with a lower DPS than our tanks! That's a drawback of the whole "flex" type raids, it causes drama when some people aren't pulling their numbers and they need...
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    Amazon Echo - no thread yet?

    I'm getting one in a week, I got the invite like a month and a half ago and it said it would ship first week february. I don't have a sound dock/station and I want one for the kitchen, where I can just operate it without having to use my hands (like while cooking). I got Prime so for 99$ is...
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    Las Vegas

    Well if we're around the same time I wouldn't mind sharing an edible hah
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    Homeworld Franchise

    Shit man, I saw the name of this Thread on the front page of this sub and my heart skipped a beat.
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    Las Vegas

    Let me know how this works for you, I'm not sure I would do a night at the Luxor even if it's for that price. I have a Platinum Mlife Card (I live in LA so I go to Vegas all the time) and I can get nights at the Luxor comped but the hotel is definitely on the cheapo side and you see it when you...
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    Yearly Vacay Plans

    As a South American I see no mention here or other posts about South America. I've been to the Amazon jungle and spent a few days in there (survival training) and then went through Brazil all the way down to Argentina and taking a ship out to see Antartica from a distance. People are amazing...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Spam Chain Lightning? That's not how it works. Unleash elements -> Flame Shock -> Lava Lash -> Fire Nova. Chain Light only when it procs lol. Someone correct me if in my rotation I should use UE before Fire Nova or if it's good how it is right now. Lol Chain Lightning spam.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Bunker, Gold, GR. Yes, the whole thing with accepting different forms of "payment" is that you are free to PvP or whatever, but Apexis is really crap. They need to rework the gear and the price for Apexis become a bit more alt friendly or something.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    I stopped doing Apexis, is just not worth it.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    That's Miss Venezuela, my sister used to be friends with her