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Programmer

ManWithComputer

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Male, 37

I've worked at multiple Internet startups of different shapes, sizes and ambitions. Now I'm the CTO (Chief Technical Officer) of another small company with big dreams. I look nothing like the picture above.

If you copy and paste your homework question in here, I will answer with something that will, at best, get you an F on your project, and at worst, will get you kicked out of school. You have been warned.

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Last Answer on September 07, 2015

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Hello, is it possible to write a Windows application (.exe) that will check something on a website (check if a string is on a website page source), and if the string isn't found then run a shortcut from my desktop or an .exe. Thank you!

Asked by Sam over 11 years ago

Well, it's been maybe 20 years since I wrote a program for Windows. But that said, although I can't tell you exactly how to do it, that should be eminently possible.

Hello, can you please give me ideas and stuff how to create a smart counter that can be used as a "code number" generated for a program? I've tried searching online but can't seem to find any.. please help

Asked by apc almost 12 years ago

I'm not really clear on what you want, but it sounds like you may want a hash function like MD5 or SHA-1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5

What programming language would be best to code a program that identifies, manipulates, and processes audio inputs like music or tones?

This program would be used to eg. distinguish different tones, and instruments.

Asked by Jackie almost 12 years ago

It's not a matter of the language. Most programming languages are general-purpose. It's like asking "Is English or French better for writing novels?"

The answer is whichever one you know and can either find appropriate libraries for, or can write them in.

Shall I try and be a programmer this late in life? I am 35 have been learning some for about a year and like it but I worry after I master it in about 3 years I will be around 37/38 is that too old to get work in the field?

Asked by Doug almost 12 years ago

Go for it! You were planning to be alive and doing something in three years anyway, right?

There's a bit of an ageism problem in the industry, but I no longer think it's as bad as I used to think. The hard part is getting the first opportunity, and after you've proven yourself on a project even once, getting work will be much easier.

Let's say I want to write code that does this: an input into the Google Search field causes the text to fly over the earth, via Google Earth, to the location of the top search result. What size programming team is needed? Or just sell idea to Google?

Asked by Bry about 11 years ago

You can't sell the idea to Google.

To implement it takes just one programmer--if they're the right one.

I have to make a Isometric game fantasy themed game, since I only have a lil delphi knowledge what language should I use to make it.
something easy and intuitive please. And yes, i know this is oppinion based, that's what I want, oppinions

Asked by Miguel Silva over 11 years ago

You can write a game in Delphi perfectly well. (I think. I don't actually know Delphi, but last I heard it's a general-purpose language).

Except in a few specialized applications, "What language should I use to write X?" is not the right question to be asking.

Note: Please forgive my ignorance of programming lingo
What does "error: expected expression before ‘int’ "
in "c = int gah(d);" mean?
int gah(d)is a function I wrote outside of int main() and I'm trying to assign its value to c. How do I fix it?

Asked by madnecessity over 11 years ago

I'm assuming this is C, which is what it looks like, anyway. Try leaving out that "int" so that the line reads:

c = gah(d);

You need the type when you're declaring or defining a function, but not when you're actually using it.