I don't understand why people hate on others so much, for no reason at all. What is the point? Just let people do whatever they damn like, it isn't like their interests are affecting you. How do people grow this mentality? I have never once negatively judged or put down someone because of some "weird" interest they had, such as preferring to use a typewriter. I seriously don't understand.
Does anyone have any tips on getting started contributing to open source? I'm looking to get into it but I just don't know where to start or even how to find projects where I could contribute.
It may be easiest to look at small projects you are already using (but want to fix something... or just, write better documentation, which may be the best start).
It is an approved technology by the US government. It is mostly used as an interrogation tool as opposed to a lie detector. Having only worked with interrogators I only know second hand how it is used, from my understanding it usually used in a good cop/bad cop scenario (such as, "The machine is saying you are lying, let me help you out and tell me what happened.") I am sure there much more knowledgeable people then myself on this forum. Short answer: as a lie detector it is unreliable,but as a interrogation tool fairly effective.
Pretty much. They've been sold as lie detectors based on the notion that stress == lies, this is obviously incorrect. The same notion is also what make voice stress analysis unreliable as well.
I think they're considered not reliable enough to count as a testimony in court for sure. That's not to say they don't have uses in other places. The intelligence community uses them quite often. The most common use most folks see is their application in getting and maintaining security clearances. They're part of a larger screening process in that case.
Hearing the term "passive income" just reminds me of the Warrior Forum. What an ugly place. Especially when affiliate marketing is mentioned.
I understand someone can create an actual business, a SaaS or product (not some get rich quick e-book) and make passive income like that, but when I hear of affiliate marketing it just leaves a sour taste in my mouth. It just reminds me of people ripping off others or selling them sham, snake oil e-books for their own gain.
This isn't true, there's lots of legitimate ways to bring in passive income if you know the right niches to explore. Look at this screenshot of my Adsense earnings for last month, where I brought in over $13,500!
"Learn the tricks to uncovering the top undiscovered niches for making a fortune! Click here to buy the e-book. Special offer for warriors!"
There are a bunch of legitimate affiliates out there who aren't spamming "get rich quick books". There are also infoproducts that do create value for the people that buy them. It's a shame that "affiliate marketing" has this negative connotation associated with it because of things like WaFo.
Junior-level developer here, looking for a permanent position. Preferably full-time but I'm also open to an internship opportunity. I'm currently located in Boston but would be willing to relocate to NYC or San Francisco.
I have a good understanding of: Ruby, Rails, HTML, CSS (SASS), Bootstrap, Git, Heroku, TDD (RSpec/Capybara), Agile methodologies
Currently teaching myself: Javascript, Backbone, jQuery, AJAX, JSON
I love to pick up new skills and am continuing to better my knowledge of everything web dev/software engineering. I'm a self-starter, very resourceful and eager to prove myself. Super excited and ready to work with some great minds and great people. Take me on and mold me into the engineer that you need!
Ah, I didn't know the freelance thread could also be used for seeking job positions.
I think it would be better if it were separated into two different threads, freelancers that are needed/freelancers that are looking for work, and those that are seeking full-time/part-time/internship employment positions. Perhaps my wording didn't properly convey that.
