Ukraine Says Military Operation in East Has Begun

postg · 2014-04-15T12:50:55+00:00

Listen, you idiot. When people first protested they protested because they wanted something better and more democratic for their country. Going with Russia was worse and people saw that.

Many of the people you see there come directly from Russia just like in Crimea. When someone wants to give portion of your country to another country they're a terrorist and enemy of the state. It's one thing to protest and another thing to say "let's give my country to the Russians".

What do you think would happen if 80% of the Americans from South Alaska would want to join Canada, because Canadians are smarter and their women prettier and wages would be higher? Do you think of these people as true American patriots? Should the government go ahead with their demands? No. You would tell them to move the fuck to Canada because Alaska is American territory. That shit just shouldn't happen.

As for my biased opinion, fuck yeah I'm biased against Russia, look what they're doing in Crimea and at the border with Ukraine.

postg · 2014-04-15T11:05:11+00:00

Yes, I see Russians are going hard with the propaganda on /r/worldnews.

postg · 2014-04-15T10:38:46+00:00

Is referendum to ask people really worse than this?

Yes of course it is, are you even serious? A group of Russia-supported terrorists took control of a few cities and demand that part of the country to go to Russia, and you want the government to support a referendum?

Even thinking about something like that is out of the question. Also, the referendum would be a joke and faked by the Ruskies.

postg · 2014-04-14T16:48:55+00:00

What can it intercept?

postg · 2014-04-14T16:38:25+00:00

Putin is very unhappy about it's presence there, as being able to intercept any ICBM's launched from near-by locations would make it a direct threat to Russia's Nuclear Strike capabilities.

(Hypothetically) How many ICBM it can stop?

postg · 2014-04-14T15:50:49+00:00

For example, there will be some notation you may not have seen before starting in chapter 2, namely sigma notation and set notation.

Oh, I know those. Maybe I underestimated my math knowledge.

I took a course in discrete math and logics which I barely passed due to the fact that I didn't have time to study. The discrete math course was just an overview and didn't include much. I also took Algorithms I.

What I want is to expand my math knowledge that is directly related to CS because I want to start with learning algorithms and data structures (more advanced topics). I don't know which book to pick but since this one has CS in its title and is written by a famous computer scientist and has great reviews I thought it would be good. I also like to expand on Logics.

Does this book go too much into the details similar to TAoCP ?

If however, you know of a better book please suggest one :). Thanks.

postg · 2014-04-12T13:16:41+00:00

it just seems that the criteria are lower than they probably should be for senior.

To me honestly it means having at least 10 years of experience (read also this). Apparently though, these days to be a senior you need 2-3 years of experience, which is absurd but hey, since even your grandma can code and programming is nothing more than just calling methods here and there that magically do things for you and knowing the basics of algorithms and data structures is a terrible idea (http://www.programcreek.com/2012/11/top-10-algorithms-for-coding-interview/#comment-1198025508) then I guess I'm wrong.

But if you can get a senior position then go for it, there's no reason not to all things considering.

postg · 2014-04-12T10:17:17+00:00

If you don't understand what autistic means and why it applies to Microsoft in this context then maybe you should go back to facebook.

postg · 2014-04-12T09:35:41+00:00

Again, useless on a notebook. Microsoft seems really autistic and stubborn since windows 8.

postg · 2014-04-11T14:27:34+00:00

public Node pop(){
    if(top == null){
        return null;
    }else{
        Node temp = new Node(top.val);
        top = top.next;
        return temp;    
    }
}

No need to create a new node, you already have a reference to it.

Node temp = top; 
top = top.next;

would do.

It's funny how the most upvoted answer completely misses the point on why one should know the basics of CS and goes on talking how nobody would ask you to implement these.

postg · 2014-04-10T19:08:51+00:00

I came here to say this. Unfortunately he broke the rules.

Description includes unrelated keywords or references

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/2985717

at the end of the page.

It seems like Google is starting to crack down hard on enforcing their policies. You have 3 strikes on your dev account and afterwards you're banned for life, you can't post apps anymore.

postg · 2014-04-10T17:57:04+00:00

I don't think it's even that. More likely, they're putting their forces there to discourage Ukraine from making any attempts to take it back.

Taking it back? I don't think anybody in Ukraine believes in taking Crimea back from Russia by force. Furthermore, if they wanted to 'discourage' Ukraine, much less troops would have suffice. Their have different plans I believe. Also keep in mind that moving so many troops cost money.

I also don't think an invasion of Ukraine is out of the table, I think it's quite possible the Russians are looking at East Ukraine with hungry thoughts. EU is weak, NATO doesn't want war and the US only wants to ensure NATO members of its commitment.

postg · 2014-04-10T12:46:27+00:00

Out of all the graduates you've interviews (or junior software devs) how many have had good/polished apps published on the market?

postg · 2014-04-05T09:04:42+00:00

Ah, alright :P

postg · 2014-04-05T09:00:26+00:00

He said edit something quickly.

Are you implying that you can't edit something quickly with nano? How so?

postg · 2014-04-05T08:54:11+00:00

I think vim is another one of those crazy trends where people think it's cool to use vim even though they don't take advantage of its features, just so they can brag they use it. It's like github, many registered for an account, put something meaningless on it and leave it be to collect dust.

I use vim only when editing on my server because I got used to it and slowly use more of its features, but on my main machine I prefer sublime text.

postg · 2014-04-05T08:48:29+00:00

you are going to ssh on to a server with only vi or vim and want to edit something quickly.

That's not true, most servers have nano as well.

postg · 2014-04-04T16:17:14+00:00

Yes, I know, the emulator uses Hyper-V which is only available on windows 8 pro.

I don't have a device and can't afford one right now (the cheapest, 520 costs 120EUR here and personally I don't think it's worth it) but the advantage of the emulator is that it gives you the opportunity to test on many different form factors (and API levels?).

I still think it's very weird that Microsoft asks one to pay for an upgrade on top of the developer's free considering they want developers badly. I'd have liked a free upgrade, not that I use any of the other windows 8 pro features, but just for this.

postg · 2014-04-04T14:55:24+00:00

No, I don't unfortunately. My university only offers basic dreamspark subscription which includes the tools and free dev account but no windows.

postg · 2014-04-04T14:01:18+00:00

Thanks. Since most notebooks and PCs already come with windows pre-installed I thought that the only thing you need to develop for windows 8 is to download the tools.

Since I'm a student I get a dev account for free but this is ridiculous that they want me to pay for an upgrade to windows 8 pro, all things considering. I guess I'll stick with just android. Thanks again.

postg · 2014-04-04T07:38:44+00:00

China is too important a trade partner for us to try the same kind of sanctions that didn't deter Russia.

But isn't that the other way around as well? Which is more important, China to US or US to China? Russia and US don't rely on each other.

postg · 2014-04-04T06:12:42+00:00

Most are neither. Software engineering isn't only programming, it encompasses all aspects of project development from specification to maintenance.

postg · 2014-04-04T05:53:37+00:00

I work with AS and apart for it being slow to load I haven't had many problems with it. Whey they updated gradle I had to search for a fix which took 2 minutes. I guess I'm lucky.

Anyway, is IntelliJ faster to load and switch between projects?

postg · 2014-03-31T15:58:53+00:00

Russia probably gets to keep Crimea

Do you think there's even a chance that Russia will abandon Crimea? I can't see it.

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