{"id":3867,"date":"2014-05-24T18:42:11","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T00:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=3867"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:57:06","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:57:06","slug":"where-ive-been-online-may-24-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/05\/24\/where-ive-been-online-may-24-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Where I&#8217;ve Been Online (May 24, 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><ul class=\"diigo-linkroll\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stilldrinking.org\/programming-sucks\">Programming Sucks<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">&#8220;very friend I have with a job that involves picking up something heavier than a laptop more than twice a week eventually finds a way to slip something like this into conversation: &#8220;Bro,1 you don&#8217;t work hard. I just worked a 4700-hour week digging a tunnel under Mordor with a screwdriver.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They have a point. Mordor sucks, and it&#8217;s certainly more physically taxing to dig a tunnel than poke at a keyboard unless you&#8217;re an ant. But, for the sake of the argument, can we agree that stress and insanity are bad things? Awesome. Welcome to programming.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\">tags:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/programming\">programming<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/sucks\">sucks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/humour\">humour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/coding\">coding<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.agupieware.com\/2014\/05\/online-learning-bachelors-level.html\">aGupieWare: Online Learning: A Bachelor&#8217;s Level Computer Science Program Curriculum (Updated)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">&#8220;A few months back we took an in-depth look at MIT\u2019s free online Introduction to Computer Science course, and laid out a self-study time table to complete the class within four months, along with a companion post providing learning benchmarks to chart your progress. In the present article, I&#8217;ll step back and take a much more broad look at com-sci course offerings available for free on the internet, in order to answer a deceptively straightforward question: is it possible to complete the equivalent of a college bachelor\u2019s degree in computer science through college and university courses that are freely available online? And if so, how does one do so?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\">tags:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/computer\">computer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/programming\">programming<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/online learning\">online learning<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/curriculum\">curriculum<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skepticaesoterica.com\/debunking-fake-albert-einstein-quotes\/\">Debunking Fake Albert Einstein Quotes | Skeptica Esoterica<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">&#8220;The reason for the proliferation of so many fake quotes attributed to Einstein is that he has become synonymous with genius and wisdom. Surely, if Einstein had said these things, then they must be wise indeed!<\/p>\n<p>This post will examine popular quotes on the internet that have been falsely or mistakenly attributed to Albert Einstein.<\/p>\n<p>I will update this page as more fake Einstein quotes circulate the internet. Please post a comment for any questions or corrections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\">tags:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/fake\">fake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/einstein\">einstein<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/quotes\">quotes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"diigo-ps\">Posted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\">Diigo<\/a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-3867'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3867);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3867);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(3867);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>Programming Sucks &#8220;very friend I have with a job that involves picking up something heavier than a laptop more than twice a week eventually finds a way to slip something like this into conversation: &#8220;Bro,1 you don&#8217;t work hard. I &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/05\/24\/where-ive-been-online-may-24-2014\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[353,9,14,81,24],"tags":[286,6,287,289,285,249,47,288],"class_list":["post-3867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers-2","category-educational-technology","category-general","category-information-technology","category-teaching-learning","tag-coding","tag-computer-science","tag-cs-education","tag-curriculum","tag-hunour","tag-online","tag-programming","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-10n","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4638,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/01\/18\/women-shouldnt-code-seriously\/","url_meta":{"origin":3867,"position":0},"title":"Women Shouldn\u2019t Code \u2014 Seriously???","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"January 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Trying to justify the status quo? 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