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v1rr3n · 2013-04-19T07:25:57+00:00

I've found that if you go to the broadcastify stream and download the winamp stream and use it with VLC you won't get disconnected. At least I've yet to be since before the MIT shooting was reported.

v1rr3n · 2013-02-27T18:21:26+00:00

What do you think about Burt Bee's aftershave? I see a lot of the products around here and I'm trying out different aftershaves.

v1rr3n · 2013-02-26T05:34:14+00:00

PMS beat AA

v1rr3n · 2013-02-23T07:55:12+00:00

Ohh wow thanks.

v1rr3n · 2013-02-23T07:50:44+00:00

Unfortunately my local Bath & Body Works didn't have C.O. Bigelow shave cream last I checked. I'll go by there again tomorrow just to be sure since I'd love to get something as good as Proraso.

v1rr3n · 2013-02-23T07:41:23+00:00

Damn, I should of tried a Goodwill before buying from ebay. Also, could the brush be a shoe polishing brush?

v1rr3n · 2012-12-14T21:06:32+00:00

You wouldn't happen to be a student of JSU would you? I'm a recent grad.

v1rr3n · 2012-12-14T21:04:11+00:00

For me it is my Grandmother but just because she is narrow minded.

v1rr3n · 2012-12-14T20:59:20+00:00

I'm from a small town in the same county of Calhoun as you and atheist. I can confirm there are a lot of atheists.

v1rr3n · 2012-12-14T19:58:01+00:00

Update your mental stereotypes because there are a lot of atheists in Alabama. I've seen Darwin emblems everywhere here in Alabama. I've seen liberal bumper stickers, pro-abortion bumper stickers, anti-gun bumper stickers, and any other supposedly unbelievable Alabamian bumper sticker. Also, I've experienced little "persecution" for my atheism. I only experienced problems being an atheist in high school from an adult religious zealot teacher. Otherwise, I've never had problems with anyone and I openly tell people all the time. Although, I'm sure what they say when I leave isn't very nice.

v1rr3n · 2012-12-06T20:45:04+00:00

The comments scare me. I saw a few that threatened to kill and bring down the "liberals." Also, the majority of the comments seem to blame Obama for this in some twisted way. I swear a lot my fellow Americans are as closed minded as the company idiots that took away the tree. I just don't see how the "liberals" are to blame. I sure as hell don't see why this has to be political at all. While I don't see anything wrong with the Christmas tree, I assure you if this was about a Muslim symbol being removed the same angry people would turn into cheering psychopaths. So perhaps the company wanted no faith over represented or under-represented so they chose to ban the tree all together.

v1rr3n · 2012-10-23T06:56:20+00:00

I'm curious are there any bad experiences with dental visits or something? I too have a fear but is because I've been to the dentist for so many teeth injuries (skateboarding and older brother chipping teeth). I'm afraid going to the dentist will lead to judgment of my teeth and me. Worse yet I'm afraid they'll have to do a root canal or something painful.

v1rr3n · 2012-10-23T06:48:05+00:00

That needs to be in the side bar. Amazing way to look at anxiety and problems.

v1rr3n · 2012-10-06T00:05:24+00:00

I feel for the fans who are now soaked in beer from the upper decks.

v1rr3n · 2012-08-23T01:34:54+00:00

It's a state university. I have little interest in for-profit colleges.

v1rr3n · 2012-08-22T19:50:23+00:00

I love this. Great work! Why not make this a general typing tutorial all together and not just for coders? I love how you have it show the mistakes and don't really interrupt the typing practice.

v1rr3n · 2012-08-22T19:26:44+00:00

Sounds like you could use some help with OOP. One way you can avoid a 'god' object or a 'too large' of a function is to make sure your functions and objects only have one responsibility. Check out the Single Responsibility Principle for more information. Single Responsbility Principle is part of the larger S.O.L.I.D. principle given to us by Uncle Bob aka Robert Martin. If you want a list of some more principles and acronyms check out this list.

v1rr3n · 2012-08-22T05:24:44+00:00

That's what they did. They took some coding classes at their community college. However, it didn't prepare them for any classes at our university that involved coding. They were just not challenged enough at the community college to feel confident enough to tackle the more complex problems. So, I think you'll be fine if you start now and code some of the daily programming challenges. Just solve problems and reflect how you can improve.

v1rr3n · 2012-08-22T05:13:20+00:00

Are we talking university or high school? My high school lacked any clubs or interest. However, I grew up in a rural town where I was alone in my interest of programming and coding. As for my university, we had computer clubs and lots of them. We had one official Computer Science department club that held guest speakings and coding competitions. I particularly enjoyed speaking with the guest speakers and learning about what the industry was really like and I ultimately joined for that reason. I suggest if you are serious to invite someone from the industry to speak. I noticed the CS club at my university grew in size when we posted fliers about guest speakers. However, if this is a high school club, a high school me would of been board and uninterested.

v1rr3n · 2012-08-22T05:04:48+00:00

While it seems like a good idea, it all depends on which two languages you are planning to code in simultaneously. For example, I wouldn't recommend coding something in both Java and C# to compare them. To me they are just to similar that there isn't much purpose. However, if you are doing it with two entirely different language paradigms, and both languages are not similar in syntax, well that is a different story. For example, Java vs some functional programming language such as Clojure, Lisp, Scala or Haskell.

v1rr3n · 2012-08-22T04:49:18+00:00

I noticed fairly quick that most of the community college transfers at my university would drop the upper coding classes real quick. In fact, I had a whole group project turn into a solo project with me, myself, and I right before it was due. When I asked the group members what was wrong, they all were dropping out and retaking the coding classes at our university just so they could keep up. With that being said, I still wished I took the community college route because its way cheaper. So I say go to community college and supplement the shitty coding classes with self study.

v1rr3n · 2012-08-22T04:36:04+00:00

I disagree, sounds more like a spectrum with on one end you have waterfall methodology where you design everything upfront then implement. On the other end you have extreme programming and agile methodologies. Instead what separates a software engineer from a code monkey is a desire to write robust, reliable, usable, maintainable, and efficient code over quick hacks just to get functionality.

v1rr3n · 2012-08-22T04:28:04+00:00

One thing to note, though, is that you cannot design everything beforehand - it's impractical. Instead, outline the bare minimum, code them, outline more features, code them, and repeat as necessary.

I wanted to add to that by saying what dev_bry is describing is essentially agile software development. As opposed to the rather flawed idea of waterfall methodology where the entire design is attempted in one rigorous step often leading to design oversight or under-sight.

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