What was the first computer operating system to use device drivers as we would recognize them today? Bonus question: when was that specific term first used?
posted by idiopath
on Jun 14, 2011 -
14 answers
I'm being interviewed for a job as a VB.NET programmer. I have a good chance of getting it, despite all my past experience being with Java/Perl/Python/C. I'm somewhat of an Open Source ideologue, and hate the idea of using Microsoft technologies, which strike me as not only technically inferior and frustrating to work with, but on the wrong side of history. I'm looking for other options, but assuming they don't come through before I'm given an offer will I regret taking it? Doesn't Microsoft itself consider VB deprecated? To what extent are the other .NET languages (C#) better?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 12, 2011 -
17 answers
Tell me about Youth app development projects, please!! Things like the
Stanford Fall 2007 "Facebook Class" are a good starting point but we're even more interested in projects in underprivileged community (US/non-US) or developing country contexts that involve youths in app development (for any platform, not just Facebook and including mobile).
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posted by zresearch
on Jun 10, 2011 -
2 answers
[PythonFilter] How can I create a location-based web application using Python? Or, what are some good resources to help me get started with this specific task?
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posted by Rickalicioso
on Jun 8, 2011 -
5 answers
Programmers, did you ever start a job and have the feeling you couldn't complete the work? Is this normal?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 6, 2011 -
21 answers
I want to get into game development for android. Where do I hang out online, who do I talk to, what do I need to know, and what do I read?
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posted by Cogentesque
on Jun 6, 2011 -
7 answers
Howdy, We're in the early stages of developing an online directory site that will include online booking capabilities similar (if not exact) to something you might see on a vacation rental site. Due to my limited knowledge on the subject, I thought I might plead for some help answering a couple simple questions.
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posted by ISeemToBeAVerb
on May 26, 2011 -
3 answers
What can a common PHP/MySQL-based CMS package teach me about data structures and algorithms?
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posted by circular
on May 20, 2011 -
7 answers
Arduino! I want to build a very basic network connected battery operated alarm system. What's the best kit for doing so?
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posted by 3mendo
on May 19, 2011 -
12 answers
How much should I get paid as an inexperienced programmer doing Java web development for a US government contractor? I’m clueless.
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posted by anonymous
on May 17, 2011 -
10 answers
How do I set up a contract? This is my first freelance software-development project and I have no idea what I'm doing.
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posted by Chicken Boolean
on May 13, 2011 -
10 answers
I have an audio recording of children playing. I want to take data from that recording (frequency? volume? something else?) and use those numbers to generate some sort of visual output.
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posted by uauage
on May 8, 2011 -
12 answers
Help me increase my technology/computer knowledge and resourcefulness so I may help others in my community get the most out of digital tools. Or: How do I apply the DIY/empowering/hackerly approach to computing in a way that benefits others?
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posted by elephantsvanish
on May 7, 2011 -
4 answers
Developers and content curators: Help me with some market research. I am trying to find an off-the-shelf solution or to spec out how to develop a solution to the following problem. My organization is looking to setup an internal collection, curation, and distribution system to push multimedia content to hundreds of social media accounts (in dozens of languages) with potentially hundreds of users. Ability to enable push-button publishing via Facebook, Twitter, and other APIs through a plug-in architecture. Sound interesting? Read on.
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posted by Hammerikaner
on May 5, 2011 -
6 answers
let's assume i'm decently technically minded, and entirely burned out on my current job (technical support). let's further assume that programming is vaguely attractive and something i think i could do, and that i would like to be employable at 50-65k a year.
what language do i learn? why?
posted by radiosilents
on May 5, 2011 -
18 answers
What is the minimal Nvidia GPU that supports all the newest features for CUDA programming?
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posted by scose
on Apr 30, 2011 -
5 answers
Prog-rammer seeks prog-rock. Help me find some new coding music.
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posted by zvs
on Apr 27, 2011 -
41 answers
Recently I've been looking for a new job. I think I want to work at an interactive agency, but I can't really finding any listings, and I feel like I'm missing something. Can you help point me in the right direction for finding tech jobs that are at places other than pure IT companies?
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posted by gchucky
on Apr 23, 2011 -
8 answers
What open source/free software projects exist that have a humanitarian or social justice mission?
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posted by shaun uh
on Apr 20, 2011 -
14 answers
I'm writing a program in Python using Tkinter for GUI stuff. How can I pass data back from my buttons to the logic of my program?
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posted by anaelith
on Apr 18, 2011 -
9 answers
I like the idea of
Genius play lists, but I'm wondering when I will be able to click a button that says "Make awesome mash-ups of my iTunes library".
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posted by klausman
on Apr 11, 2011 -
2 answers
I am a GIS college student looking to develop my skills in programming, particularly in Python. For starters, I need to wake up my dormant math skills. What mathematics-for-programmers books, or general Computer Science books, should I be looking for?
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posted by ajax287
on Apr 10, 2011 -
9 answers
Are you an automotive engineer? Do you design engine control module firmware? Do you know or love someone who does? How is that firmware actually written?
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posted by TheNewWazoo
on Apr 9, 2011 -
17 answers
My friend has a question about how positioning is supposed to work in cascading style sheets.
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posted by biochemist
on Apr 8, 2011 -
1 answer
Programming Filter: How do I find the specific path where a DLL was loaded from?
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posted by JPowers
on Apr 8, 2011 -
3 answers
I want to write a tool for multiple-searching a site that only supports single-searches. What's the best implementation language?
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posted by Four Flavors
on Apr 4, 2011 -
7 answers
Is there an easy way to map numbers to words on a CUSTOM keypad- SORT OF like - but not exactly like - the way you map letters on phone keys to words... i.e. my phone number 638-9675 spells "network."
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posted by dyerfr
on Mar 30, 2011 -
9 answers
Can I compute how frequently a word occurs in
general English text? I have a list of about 2000 words, and I want to sort it with the most common words first.
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posted by Chicken Boolean
on Mar 28, 2011 -
27 answers
How does one create a paper form/survey that can be scanned and have the info mapped to separate data sets?
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posted by lukeklein
on Mar 23, 2011 -
4 answers
I'm looking for realtime vocal feature tracking algorithms that I can buy or implement. I'd like to be able to track pitch, volume, formants, vibrato, and as much more low-level info as I can get, as close to real-time as possible. I don't need speech recognition.
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posted by moonmilk
on Mar 23, 2011 -
10 answers
Updating to Firefox 4 broke my favorite Greasemonkey scripts! Is there any way to fix them?
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posted by Rhaomi
on Mar 23, 2011 -
2 answers
A continuation of
part 1 of my "looking for a new place to live" saga, I'm now ready to start a serious hunt for a (preferably) software development job in a new city. Problem is, I don't have any contacts in the cities I'm interested in. What's the best way to land a job in one of these towns?
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posted by mrbob14
on Mar 21, 2011 -
8 answers
What's the best way to do a complete clone/copy/export/duplicate/mirror/whatever of an Eclipse-based development environment and move it to another PC?
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posted by nmaster64
on Mar 16, 2011 -
4 answers
Making the leap from familiarity with a programming language to actually making things with it?
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posted by LSK
on Mar 11, 2011 -
14 answers
I recently bought an LG Optimus V running Android 2.2 Are there any great tutorials that are easy to understand in the field of Android programming? In other words, I want to get up and running and in the most painless and comprehensible way possible.
posted by antgly
on Mar 8, 2011 -
4 answers
I want to turn off my work programming brain and turn on a game design programming brain as a hobby. What books should I read to start down this path?
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posted by ShootTheMoon
on Mar 7, 2011 -
1 answer
I have an unbearably noob question about learning python...I can't run my program?
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posted by sweetkid
on Mar 5, 2011 -
6 answers
Similar to
firei's post, I've lived in the same town for almost all of my 23 years on this planet. I want to move to a brand-new, exciting city. Where should I go?
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posted by mrbob14
on Mar 3, 2011 -
19 answers
What IDEs, editors, or general tools do people use to do web development? I'm a linux geek, so my tool of choice is gVim. But I'm teaching a course on this right now and don't want to inflict my prejudices on the students, and I'd like a broader perspective. So if you're a web developer, what do you use? NetBeans, Notepad? Something in-between?
posted by handee
on Mar 2, 2011 -
38 answers
I want to write a text-heavy story-based RPG. I'm familiar with scripting languages like python and ruby, but I have no art talent whatsoever, so i'd prefer that whatever I use have art assets available, and I don't want to write an engine from scratch so I'd like to build off of an existing framework. What are my options? Free or paid, doesn't matter. It might be an RPG engine or an adventure game engine, or even a 3d engine, but whatever I use, I'd want something that would let me focus on writing and designing and less on programming the framework.
posted by empath
on Feb 26, 2011 -
6 answers
How does my friend overcome the catch-22 of needing experience in programming, but being unable to get a job because he doesn't have any?
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posted by biochemist
on Feb 15, 2011 -
16 answers
I'm a web developer. I feel like I'm not living up to my potential, not getting the opportunity to apply my abilities, and drifting into a career dead end—and it's bumming me out.
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posted by ixohoxi
on Feb 14, 2011 -
14 answers
How, in Flash AS3, would I implement a sort of forced-transparency?
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posted by piato
on Feb 11, 2011 -
5 answers
I'm in need of graduate level schooling on psychoacoustics and audio compression on the cheap. What are the latest and/or most used textbooks on these topics?
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posted by waxboy
on Feb 10, 2011 -
3 answers
