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

    I didn't get a "real" CS degree I got an IT degree with a focused track. I chose software development. However I was in the extreme minority -- much to my surprise. I'd say a good 60% of the graduating class chose networking. I think it is simply far easier to find someone willing to be a...
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    Moving to Redwood City next week

    Per month? Seems about right/maybe a bit high. I think all in all I pay maybe $135/mo for my electric, gas, sewer, garbage. Most of which is my electric like I said.
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    Overwatch

    Alternatively I get equally frustrated when people refuse to play around some non-meta comp. Sure some guy is an asshole and refusing to get off Bastion. It sucks. But make some lemonade out of the lemons. Don't just pick a Zarya/Roadhog into your Bastion comp. Have someone go Mercy and...
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    Overwatch

    Rofl I did the exact same thing. Purchased Nutcracker the day before I thought it would end. Got a few more loot boxes and got him. Shit sucks.
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    Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath

    I think the appeal of Scientology can be broken down to two types: #1) Want to be a personal God #2) Desire a clearly defined path to being right I think #2 is the lion's share of their user base. It is almost like getting addicted to an MMO. It gives you a clearly defined path to getting...
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    StarCraft 2

    To be fair most of those points are just RTS basics
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    The Fast Food Thread

    Even just taking a chicken breast and tossing it in a zip-lock with Italian dressing overnight makes it taste 10x better
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    This will take way longer than 5 hours
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Rebrand it as Calibre in a browser and maybe Tyen will help out
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    Moving to Redwood City next week

    You sure on higher utilities? My electric bill went from ~$35/mo now up to ~$100/mo in California.
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    That was towards Tyen and his traffic numbers. Yours would be more but honestly you can whip up and out a web front-end complete with authorization, security, stored in a Postgres/MySQL just out of a Maven archetype. You can get all that with literally one command. Then you'd just have to...
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    Moving to Redwood City next week

    Ya my apartment is a 2/2 and ~$2600 a month. My wife works from home so I hope I can try and claim some of that rent for my taxes but who knows. My mortgage on my house with P/I + taxes was right around $1050/mo after I refinanced :(
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    I had to quickly google the Calibre solution and it seems so awkward, cumbersome and difficult that it barely even uses Calibre. It almost telling you to set up your own hosting infrastructure which disassociates Calibre from the situation. With yours you want an all-in-one, easy-to-use...
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Wouldn't the #1 issue here be the legality of it all? It seems like once a publisher gets wind that you're hosting (and presumably profiting from) their material for others to access and consume they'd shut it down immediately.
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    MMA Thread

    I'm trying to understand how you would create the habit of twisting your wrist when you throw a punch without deliberately practicing it. It feels really unnatural.
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    Moving to Redwood City next week

    Yeah I went from a 1900 sqft house to a ~950 sqft apartment. In our price range depending on where I'm willing to live I'm looking at a 1200 sqft condo or at best a 1600 sqft detached. And that is all for almost triple what I paid for in Ohio. Luckily most of the stuff in our house was crap...
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    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    Shovel Knight has additional free content planned as well. I beat the game and was surprised I could play again as Plague Knight. Apparently playing as Specter Knight is upcoming in Spring and after that King Knight. I actually find Plague Knight's mechanics more engaging than Shovel Knight.
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    Moving to Redwood City next week

    I'm surprised they aren't putting you up in a hotel or an apartment. My company paid for a 1 month stay at a nearby apartment complex until we could find something a bit more permanent. Although I feel even a month wouldn't be long enough to get a great feel for exactly where I'd want to live...
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Ya no other language has a User.getIp() function
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    VB6 was the first language I ever learned so it has a special place in my heart. I don't remember it being all bad outside of the inability to really structure the program well and everything living in a massive class file. Though I'm sure that is because of my own ignorance on how to use the...
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    Moving to Redwood City next week

    Jeez and I thought my rent was stupid high in Irvine. Thats pretty nutty. Just did it myself and yeah it sucks. Luckily my home sold really fast so that was a massive weight off my mind. I'm sure you get a corporate location contact as well and mine did a bang up job. Coordinated the...
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    Overwatch

    I played with a guy who had about 50 hours on Hanzo and 50 on Genji. 0 on everything else. I wonder how much hentai he's masturbated to in his life?
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    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    I personally loved that part. I'm at the part now where you have to hold the globe and walk on the fire bricks and manipulate gravity. I'm having a far harder time here.
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    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    I'm really digging this Ori and the Blind Forest game as well
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Our service stack for purchasing is exclusively written in Java. While being knowledgeable and flexible is nice at the moment it isn't required. The only reason we were using C++ here was for a different project which will be launched shortly. Other teams on battle.net do exclusively use C++...
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    While the language hasn't formally been discussed there is a 99% chance it'll be Java backend at least
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    After doing mostly tech debt, code cleanup, "nice to have" and things for China stuff I'm finally starting on my first major project. It is actually going to be customer facing and its something I think the players will be pretty excited about. Obviously I can't say too much about it right...
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    Overwatch

    Symettra on KotH is pretty frustrating both playing with and against. You will pretty much always concede the first 50% and then just hope with shield gen up you can steamroll the final 100. Its nerve racking to play as and against it that just means you need to assign your DVA to full time...
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    Overwatch

    I know Kaplan has said they're looking into addressing how common draws are on 2CP. I never really liked adding ticking the point as a win condition. I still feel like the ruleset for the game should be you need to complete the objectives to secure the win. I think the best thing they could...
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    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    I played it for a bit when it came out on PS3 and it never really got to me. Maybe I'll give it another whirl since my friend still has it in his top5 games.
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    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    Shovel Knight is pretty damn fun. Any other recommendations for couch controller games vis steam link? I got Fez, Shovel Knight, Mega Man collection & FF7. Wasn't sure if there were some other platformers I missed.
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    Path of Exile

    Thats why I decided to just say fuck it this league and buy a pre-5L BotB instead of dumping fuses into it. I figured at 60 chaos it was worth it since I have the absolute worst fuse luck.
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    Overwatch

    She's a hybrid support/offensive. Her biggest problem is she pretty much can't do shit on her own. She is a classified offensive hero who's ult does zero damage. If your team isn't on the same page to follow up on your ult shit just won't work. Alternatively your team needs to understand to...
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    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    Ok this steam link thing is pretty nifty. I currently have my Wii U pro controller synced to it but ordered a DS4 since the mapping is weird on the Wii U pro in most games since that layout isn't natively supported.
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    Overwatch

    That Kaplan video is pure gold
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    Overwatch

    I'm down about 300 points since yesterday :(
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    The Fast Food Thread

    I knew a guy in college who was a vegan and ate nothing but vegan processed bagged food. Somehow dude was a fat fucker and a vegan at once.
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    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    Is steam bricked right now? Can't get to the store nor even play Path of Exile.
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    Peaky Blinders

    Everyone I know recommends this show but I had to give up a few episodes into season 2. It is super fucking slow and got way chick flicky. I just couldn't hang with it.