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by JMill 14y ago
Code.org seeks to 'change the wind', so to say, of programming education, to help motivate individuals to learn more about coding. Codecademy.com is one form of online education to help satisfy the needs of those who became interested in p
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Data-driven Lord of the Rings: stats, timelines, maps, app(lotrproject.com)
2 points by JMill 14y ago|0 comments
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by JMill 14y ago
Interesting analysis. Correction: The paragraph under "Fastest server OS": it says Linux has twice the average tick, but the graph shows it having half the average tick. What sorts of decisions can we glean from this technical analysis?
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by JMill 14y ago
related: "Star Wars Traceroute - How I did it" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5193725
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by JMill 14y ago
Video of Star Wars Traceroute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPJELwSV1P0
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by JMill 14y ago
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPJELwSV1P0
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by JMill 14y ago
A follow-up has been written, titled "Onboarding a Django app within a 'Two Scoops'-style project" [1]. It explains the steps I took to migrate the Polls app from the 4-part Django tutorial [2] into our 'icratings' project. Please let me
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by JMill 14y ago
This was written as a 'memory crutch' while learning Django and synthesizing the content in Greenfeld's and Roy's new book, "Two Scoops of Django" [1]. I hope it helps other novices for learning how to get started based on best practices.
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First Licks of "Two Scoops of Django"(jmillville.com)
3 points by JMill 14y ago|2 comments
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by JMill 14y ago
Your point about degrading gracefully is very important. Even with leading electronic record systems, paper will continue to be heavily used for producing backups, permanent copies, changelogs, etc. For example, a large regional hospital
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by JMill 14y ago
Oh, I thought 'sezon' was a new slang term for 'season'. Haha.
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by JMill 14y ago
I like it. Suggestions: As a user commented on another post, it's a bit tough to type fast without seeing more words on the screen. I settled on 3 words at a time which was okay('ish). I'd be interested in trying it with the timer bar goin
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by JMill 14y ago
It's great to see content delivered in an alternative format to engage a different segment of watchers/listeners/readers. Has C-SPAN always provided live transcripts? In layman's terms, how is the data pulled from C-SPAN? Edit: I misread
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by JMill 15y ago
Try switching to "Map" view (vs. "Satellite" view) -- the whole region around that huge facility was a big lake. Did they suck it dry? http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=40.42761,90.793762&...
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by JMill 15y ago
The time lapse catches the strikes by chance. There are ~100 lightning flashes per second globally (80% are in-cloud flashes and 20% are cloud-to-ground flashes) and ~2000 thunderstorms occurring simultaneously on Earth. [1] That's a huge
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by JMill 15y ago
Due to the way the flashes scatter among the clouds, I'd say that they are lightning contained within thunderheads/conflicting air masses.
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by JMill 15y ago
I like it too. Suggestions: - decrease the page width some. Both hainbit1.png and hainbit2.png are partly cut-off at normal browser widths. - add captions to each URL. (As jk86 suggested, delicious integration would be neat.) - ability t
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by JMill 15y ago
See also this blog post by SBA Administrator Karen Mills: http://www.fastcompany.com/karen-gordon-mills-sba-job-creati...
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Startup America: Reducing Barriers report released [pdf](sba.gov)
1 points by JMill 15y ago|1 comments
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by JMill 15y ago
Are PEO's generally startup-friendly or do PEOs tend to only take on established medium-sized businesses that are less volatile? (For anyone else who was unfamiliar with PEO, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_employer_organizat
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by JMill 15y ago
This sounds like a good opportunity for private enterprise. How might regulation help spur growth in this area?
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by JMill 15y ago
Do you think bandwidth caps are a startup barrier as well?
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by JMill 15y ago
Copyright and IP should be a good discussion starter. It's noted. Thanks!
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by JMill 15y ago
As an example, we'll be mentioning the difficulties we've had with stewarding our patent application -- the Patent Office fees are reasonable (a couple hundred $$$) but the fact that a good lawyer is essentially required to write the claims
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Ask HN: What should I bring up at the White House's Startup America event?
4 points by JMill 15y ago|15 comments
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by JMill 15y ago
Airplane mode is a vague label. I use airplane mode solely for saving battery life when my device is near me as I rest. I like "Interesting person mode" -- that's a nice perspective!
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by JMill 15y ago
I've always had an innate fear/discomfort of password managers. First, there's a definite single point of failure with the master password. And second, if the password manager fails for some reason, all of the passwords it contains are l
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by JMill 16y ago
Cutting firewood. I enjoy all of the above sports but usually can't find the time for them. The one activity I HAVE found the time and motivation for is cutting and splitting firewood to stockpile for winter (I live in central Pennsylvani