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by 100k 16y ago
What the parent is referring to is that when a Python process gets the DeadlineExceededError, it will now be recycled. Previously it would be re-used, and this would break things if the error happened in the middle of a module import (becau
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by 100k 16y ago
I think TDD is useful, but practitioners should not be dogmatic about it. As I discussed in my talk "Testing is Overrated", programmer testing finds a different class of bugs than manual testing or code reviews. One of the problems is that
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by 100k 16y ago
IMHO, Django is too slow and bloated. I'm more interested in the frameworks which have a good cold start time.
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by 100k 16y ago
I think it was a mistake for the GAE team to port Django to App Engine. Django is designed for a SQL based worldview and even the crippled version included with the SDK is non-optimal for App Engine deployment. Since the included version is
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by 100k 16y ago
I killed the morning standup meetings at a former company after I pointed out that we were all on separate projects and so were wasting 3 person hours a day communicating updates that were irrelevant to others.
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If I'm reading him right, he doesn't like that Agile is dominated by consultants, meaning people who teach other people how to be agile. I agree with that, but I think there's a further problem: a lot of the people practicing agile are cons
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by 100k 16y ago
I recently started developing for Google App Engine after several years working with Rails, and my sense is that Python testing (at least on App Engine) is seriously behind the Ruby/Rails world. GAE is especially hard to test because you es
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by 100k 16y ago
Theoretically, your employer pays half the employment taxes and you pay the other half. When you are self-employed you must pay all of them. Of course, this simply equates to W2 employees being paid less income.
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Fortunately, you can buy your kids a book that will explain the difference: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/11/11/tsas-new-book-for-ki.ht...
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by 100k 16y ago
Fascinating! Twins, being genetically identical and raised in the same environment, already seem uncannily similar sometimes. Imagine what they will be like, with they ability to share each other's sensory experiences...
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by 100k 16y ago
I was thinking the same thing. This would have made a lot bigger impact if he'd donated the money 3 months ago. Now the most it can be used for is some last-minute TV ads.
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by 100k 16y ago
Another nice benefit of gratitude is that studies have show it improves the thanker's happiness. "The Happiness Hypothesis" covers some of the research on this. Participants would write a thank you letter to someone they felt they owed some
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by 100k 16y ago
Google and Amazon have published research to the effect that even small increases in page load time have a massive effect on traffic. Social sharing is intended to boost traffic virally, but I wonder if these stupid widgets are actually red
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Blinking lights are used because they focus your attention on the changing light. So it is working as intended.
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by 100k 16y ago
As a cyclist I am familiar with the unbelievable outpouring of bile in newspaper commets whenever a cyclist is killed. Thank you to the St. Petersburg Times for publishing this article.
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by 100k 16y ago
GeekSquad founder Robert Stevens always says GeekSquad "acquired" Best Buy.
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by 100k 16y ago
People who are blaming the coffee shop owner are missing why this incident is bad for Groupon. First of all, she acknowledges that it was her fault for not doing the math. However, what she learned from the experience (besides losing $8,000
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by 100k 16y ago
I wish Heroku officially supported autoscaling. I've been using Google App Engine lately and the autoscaling and pay for what you _really_ use is very compelling.
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by 100k 16y ago
I can't be a female YC founder but this is great advice for anyone who wants to apply to YC or simply found a startup. Definite +1 on talking to alumni. That helped us a lot, and everyone we talked to was happy to give advice. While most al
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by 100k 16y ago
Can Ping recover from such a lame initial offering, though? Will people who checked it out now and decided it was lame ever come back?
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by 100k 16y ago
I think this "structural change" argument is nonsense. An example: much of the unemployment is in the construction industry -- mostly due to the housing bust. But look around you. There are billions of dollars worth of infrastructure projec
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by 100k 16y ago
I had not heard of Khan Academy before today. I'm impressed by the breadth of his knowledge. He's a math expert so I understand that, but being able to lecture on a high school level on all the other topics on the site is pretty amazing. I
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by 100k 16y ago
Wow, this is a really impressive batch of startups. I thought our group (S09) was pretty good but I am awed by this batch.
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by 100k 16y ago
Isn't that the same thing?
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by 100k 16y ago
"Companies have also been pressed into serving as providers of health insurance. In a saner world, health insurance would be something that individuals buy for themselves and their families, just as they do with auto insurance. Now, adding
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by 100k 16y ago
The people in this video gushing how they can't believe video chat REALLY exists!!! should try Skype. I mean, yeah, it's cool that it's on a phone and everything but they are acting like Apple invented it.
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by 100k 16y ago
What kind of proof do they need that you moved?
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by 100k 16y ago
Malone makes a good point though: do you think Apple would sue the San Jose Mercury News (or ABC, or Time, or...)? They are suing Gawker because Gawker is weak, and the rest of the media won't defend a blogger.
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by 100k 17y ago
Probably not very original, but I use titles of SF books I like that also reflect on the machine (sometimes). Here's some I've used: - tau-zero - subtleknife - Dark Light (iPhone) - Omega Device (iPod Nano - I like this one :) - skyroad - z
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Interview with Dan Grigsby on ending Mobile Orchard (video)(tech.mn)
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