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How can a Right-Brainer Deal with Massive Left-Brainer Code?

I'm an artist, mostly, though I describe myself as a artist/physicist. While I can do math, deal with words, and the "logical" stuff considered left-brain, it's an effort and I make mistakes, ...
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A new CAPTCHA using sentences?

I was just thinking about how recaptcha is getting harder when I thought about another posible solution. Images won't last forever so we will need something else some day - like human logic or ...
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As a right-brainer, how do I become a better software developer/computer scientist?

I'm studying computer science at university, and so for a long time I thought I'm a left-brainer (which I guess is the normal case for people working in the field of IT). But recently I noticed that I ...
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What programming practices could be successfully applied in law? [closed]

I am not asking about some law processing database, but about law itself. What techniques could be used in the laws to make them better? As an example it could be variables definition before use, ...
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What Should I Learn To Reach A Higher Level Of Productivity [closed]

I am a computer programmer. I like programming and learning to program more productively/on a higher level is one of my favorite hobbies. I have been programming for about 6 years now. My question is ...
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What is the point of the prototype method?

I am reading through Javascript: The Good Parts, and struggled to get my head around the section on prototypes. After a little google, I came to the conclusion that it is to add properties to objects ...
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What techniques are used in solving code golf problems?

"Regular" golf vs. code golf: Both are competitions. Both have a well-defined set of rules, which I'll leave out for simplicity. Both have well-defined goals; in short, "use fewer hits/characters ...
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How do you manage passwords in your team for db with multiple env and security constraints?

I don't want any tools, but more methods to help us manage our passwords. I know this question has been closed, but I think this one, even if it's related, is more a programmers problem than a super ...
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server and request understanding

I want to know what a server does to run a php application. Below is what I think: client A types www.blahblahblah.blah/ Server resolves url and directory etc. Server go the index.php index.php ...
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Can you guys share technique about how you guys read programming books [closed]

Possible Duplicate: How do you remember books you read? I'm a secondary school student in Malaysia and I love to read programming books. However I'm facing a problem, that is, when I read ...