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 Discussion on question by DiligentWor…

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Sean Burton
Sep 26, 2023 13:46
The fact that you can't seem to follow what she's saying just because she says "you know" often seems as much an issue with your listening ability as with her speaking ability. Maybe you should try taking an English listening class to improve your comprehension or get more practice listening to a diverse range of speakers?
 

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Sean Burton
Dec 2, 2018 06:59
Continuing education can just mean reading and learning though, it doesn't necessarily require writing code, in the same way that a doctor isn't expected to perform operations on people in his spare time...
 

 Discussion on answer by allo: Can an …

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Sean Burton
Jun 14, 2018 14:48
@MarioTrucco That's not true, many services allow you to create an account independently and then "link" it to your Facebook/Google/etc account.
 

 Discussion on answer by MineR: Is it …

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Sean Burton
May 30, 2018 17:14
@JeffC Yes, in your hypothetical situation you've wasted some time, but how often does it really happen that someone pays someone else to do a job's coding test for them? Maybe in other areas/countries it's more common, but in my experience It's going to be rare enough that it's not really an issue.
Sean Burton
May 30, 2018 17:14
@JeffC That might get you as far as an interview, but once they start asking questions about the code "you" wrote it will become pretty obvious to them if you didn't actually write it
Sean Burton
May 30, 2018 17:14
@antonro Personally I feel the complete opposite. I hate doing white-boarding or live-coding during an interview, I'd much rather spend a few hours coding the test at home with nobody looking over my shoulder then just discuss what I've done during the interview.
 

 Discussion on question by user32889: …

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Sean Burton
Apr 27, 2018 19:37
The coin toss does give everyone an equal chance, but it also will save, on average, 3 people, whereas choosing the larger group will save 5. So it depends whether you want to save the most people, or whether you want to be more 'fair' by giving the one person a chance instead of just condemning them.
 

 Discussion on answer by forest: Why a…

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Sean Burton
Mar 8, 2018 22:00
@Stephane You say it isn't security theater, then you say "the addition of the user name to the hashed key doesn't help with security". Something that appears to be a security feature yet doesn't actually help with security is literally the definition of security theater.
 

 Discussion on answer by WS2: Cloth wo…

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Sean Burton
Jan 28, 2018 23:15
I've never heard the term 'pareo' in the UK, nor heard 'kimono' used to refer to something other than the traditional Japanese garment. I've only ever heard one of these called a 'sarong'.
 

 Discussion on question by younes: Can…

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Sean Burton
Nov 2, 2017 07:34
The question "how secure is this" is almost always going to be meaningless, as there is no objective scale on which to measure how secure something is, and it depends entirely on exactly what you are trying to protect against. If this computer contained the nuclear codes, then your approach would probably be a 1, but for a game it might be perfectly sufficient...
 

 Discussion on question by Kozaky: Sho…

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Sean Burton
Sep 28, 2017 18:21
@IDrinkandIKnowThings: It's very unlikely the documented procedure is 'barge your way in without even identifying yourself'.
 

 Discussion on question by walrus: Why…

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Sean Burton
Sep 13, 2017 11:51
That implies that using version control itself isn't a skill worth teaching, other than as a tool or good practice as part of learning programming. I would argue that the ability to use version control is itself a skill that need to be taught, and whether you use Git, Subversion, etc as the tool might not matter, but the the skill itself is important.
Also, in real life, the first thing you do before starting any programming is to create a repository to house it, I don't think it's a bad thing to get students into good habits from the very first day.