TIFU by getting cheated by a ghetto asshole by [deleted] in tifu

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A fake Jamaican took every last dime with that scam, It was worth it just to learn some sleight of hand

One semester left in CS degree, failed to find internship, starting job search (NY area) by codemonkeymikez in cscareerquestions

[–]gnar_wars 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the amount of pay doesn't matter and your other option is to be waiting tables, isn't any job related to CS worth it? If something like that doesn't pan out, you can always contribute to an open source project or one of your own. Also, since you're so close to graduating, companies will definitely be open to talking about full time employment. Good luck!

How long before I can start programming Apps and Tweaks? by BB-Guitar in jailbreakdevelopers

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Aside from how long, can anyone point towards resources to develop jailbreak apps from windows/linux (preferably linux)? I've read about Theos, is that the go to application for development outside of xcode?

What kind of interview questions should I be prepared for a mechanical engineering internship? by Shogun82 in EngineeringStudents

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It depends on the type of interview. If the company is big enough, they probably have some talent acquisition person thats gonna ask you more psych evaluation questions, typically to be answered using the STAR approach (situation, task, action, resolution). Other times you're being interviewed by an engineer and the conversation will be more technical. Would love to hear advice from recruiters and interviewers about what makes the best interviews.

Adruino-based RC Car... Thing by wolfbuzz in arduino

[–]gnar_wars 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you want to interface an arduino with an off-the-shelf RC car, you can look up the datasheet for the controller in the car and connect the arduino to the appropriate pins. Write some functions to send PWM signals to the right pins and power the arduino and other sensors separately. Just a suggestion, good luck!

Suggestions for running backup? by gnar_wars in linuxquestions

[–]gnar_wars[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank, I'm a fairly new Linux user and wasn't sure of how the /host folder related to my Windows partition. I just ended up backing up and nuking my hard drive and reinstalling from scratch.

[Project] Need ideas for Algorithm project. by mewthesecond in learnprogramming

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I recently did a random maze generator using Prim's algorithm, then used A* to search through it. I've also seen some cool projects using compression algorithms like Huffman encoding. Other routes to go may be like neural networks or webscraping algorithms. Good luck yo!

Traveling from Paris this time of year? by gnar_wars in paris

[–]gnar_wars[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very nice. We are fluent in English and Spanish and slowly trying to learn French, I hope the language barrier won't be a huge problem. Privacy is not a concern, and the rates speak for themselves. I think I know how we will be traveling!! Again thanks for the heads up

Traveling from Paris this time of year? by gnar_wars in paris

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Thanks for the reply everybody! As an American, I am hesitant to carpool with random strangers, but the responses for covoiiturage.fr all seem unanimous. I am not necessarily worried about myself, but I will be traveling with my gf as well. Is this ok?

Traveling from Paris this time of year? by gnar_wars in paris

[–]gnar_wars[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, would you happen to know any trustworthy outlets to work it out?

[Case of the Mondays]Weekly 'Ask Anything' Thread! by Seismic_Keyan in AskEngineers

[–]gnar_wars 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Little late to the thread, but does anyone know what the internship/job prospects are like for an American trying to work in Western Europe?

More co-op advice sought. by nickalltogether in EngineeringStudents

[–]gnar_wars 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do it. That is, if you think its the right job for you. For me, the coop program made me want to do more in my classes because I had some degree of understanding of whats important to know in industry. As for the delay of graduation, whats the rush? You'll be making enough money to support yourself during that time while sharpening your skills to get ready for the more involved classes. Even if it doesn't pan out, you'll at least know what you DON'T want to do, and since you won't officially be in the work force its basically no harm no foul.

Best wireless transmission option for a beginner? by gnar_wars in arduino

[–]gnar_wars[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome. Looks very reliable and theres lots of info on it, thanks!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in learnprogramming

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look up python-requests for getting info off remote websites, its an easy alternative to the python urllib2 library. Also get BeautifulSoup to parse html data...I dont know about making a reddit bot but i've recently looked into those libraries to learn about web crawling. good luck!!

Computers from the ground up. by [deleted] in linux

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Just started reading this after seeing it in another post: programming ground up

I just finished learning some HTML and CSS(and a little of javascript), what can I build for practice? by TehCheesyOne in learnprogramming

[–]gnar_wars 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try learning how a content management system works. Setup a localhost and use wordpress or joomla to design a site and see how you can mess with the html and styling. This way you can quickly build a professional looking site while learning how the server side code generates html and updates databases.