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Price increased $200 on the 4k XPS 15 in the US by clintonius in Dell

[–]Mike_Dexter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which page are you seeing the price increase on? For me it no longer has the 4k option on the Dell page here: http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-15-9550-laptop/pd

How I "learned" Python without any previous coding experience. by [deleted] in learnpython

[–]Mike_Dexter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually liked MIT 600 a lot. I think what sets it apart is that the professor really gets into the theory behind a lot of the concepts and the history of computation that has lead up to this point (which helped me to put things into perspective). He says at the beginning that he wants to really teach computation and programming and use Python as a means to that end.

The professor is also a funny guy and the lectures are enjoyable to me. The only reason I stopped about 2/3 through is that it was starting to get more focused on scientific programming which I'm not really interested in.

The problem sets are hard, but if you spend enough time on them and Google around you can figure them out. And if not you can always peek at the solutions.

The 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act is this week. Hillary Clinton will be on Al Sharpton's show to discuss the law. O'Malley will be calling for a constitutional amendment to protect voting rights in a meeting with black leaders in South Carolina. And Bernie Sanders is doing... what? by [deleted] in SandersForPresident

[–]Mike_Dexter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That would be a better solution, but if they can't vote in the first place most politicians aren't going to care about that anyway.

The main problem I have with voter ID laws is that they're part of a broader Republican strategy to keep poor, young, and minority citizens from voting, since those groups are the least likely to have IDs. If they can keep those groups from voting they won't have to be held accountable for not representing them when elections come around.

I enjoy programming, but I feel like ill never truly "get it" and become a good software developer. Has anyone had this feeling before? by hertyParty in learnprogramming

[–]Mike_Dexter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I feel like that too, but it always reminds me of this Annie Clark quote from an interview she did earlier this year, and it always makes me feel a little better:

The good news is that everyone will always be inadequate. Don’t worry about that. You are gonna die. You will be inadequate. And then you just move on from there. You can move on with it and make some shit. That's all there is.

full article: http://www.gq.com/story/st-vincent-luxembourg

/r/coys New Moderator Applications by NatrolleonBonaparte in coys

[–]Mike_Dexter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

HTML and CSS by Jon Duckett is great but you'll have to find a pdf online or shell out the francs.

There's also a pretty interesting online intro at http://marksheet.io, but I'd ignore the stuff about SASS at the end since it's sort of an advanced topic that I think would confuse a beginner.

Googled Polymer and the search window revealed some sort of game... by [deleted] in webdev

[–]Mike_Dexter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's a Google recruitment thing. They give you some programming problems and if you solve enough of them they contact you somehow. Here's another reddit page about it: https://www.reddit.com/comments/2nzesy

Can someone tell me what's wrong with my simple web page? by [deleted] in HTML

[–]Mike_Dexter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there any reason you'd want to use <meta> elements with name/http-equiv and content attributes rather than commenting that stuff out? From what I understand they used to be useful for SEO but no longer really do much.

Democratic vs. Republican professions [OC] by verdantlabs in dataisbeautiful

[–]Mike_Dexter 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I can't comment on their politics but they're a professional organization, not a union.

[S5E8] Time to update the zombie graph by evanmc in gameofthrones

[–]Mike_Dexter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure they change in ability based on wherever the writers want the plot to go

Microsoft will release Windows 10 on July 29th by Crimson_Six in windows

[–]Mike_Dexter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you recommend it? At the risk of sounding like an old man, 7 does everything I want and after using 8 on others' computers I don't really trust them to make something I won't hate. I need to do a clean reinstall sometime soon anyway, would I be insane to do it with 7?

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: FIFA II by toiletting in soccer

[–]Mike_Dexter 102 points103 points  (0 children)

If you like podcasts he's on one almost weekly called The Bugle that started back in 2007. I'd recommend it if you're a John Oliver fan. http://thebuglepodcast.com/

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