LyndsySimon

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2101.
by LyndsySimon 13y ago
As far as I know, most states in the Southern US have laws against obscuring one's face during a political gathering, in response to the Ku Klux Klan in the past.
2102.
by LyndsySimon 14y ago
sockets.io? aspen.io? Just off the top of my head.
2103.
by LyndsySimon 14y ago
If you want to be semantic, it is in fact a database. It isn't a good RDBMS, but it is a database. It's also not a bad computational framework, within the bounds of its capabilities.
2104.
by LyndsySimon 14y ago
Excel is extremely powerful for data analysis, and is getting more powerful still as new versions are released. If a dataset is under 200k or so rows, I'll generally do analysis in Excel. Larger than that, and I'm turning to Python. Even th
2105.
by LyndsySimon 14y ago
That's not the case. You can have named ranges in Excel - in fact, you can have named ranges which are dynamically calculated based on a formula.
2106.
by LyndsySimon 14y ago
Market cap is just over $1b USD at the moment. A guy used MtGox to sell 5,000 BTC the other day, and caused a small dip - about 15%, if I recall. That's about 500k USD out in an afternoon. Some exchanges also have "dark pools", designed to
2107.
by LyndsySimon 14y ago
My understanding is that QML describes the interface, but the actual application logic is written in something else. From Ubuntu's developer portal: > While Ubuntu and the applications that come with Ubuntu are written in many different
2108.
by LyndsySimon 14y ago
While I've been a Linux user for several years on and off, I don't really keep up with the news and happenings in that world. From my perspective, the move to Unity made zero sense at the time. It was a clear case of NIH (Not Invented Here)
2109.
by LyndsySimon 14y ago
Well, for starters, who says the sensors have to be in the device itself? Accelerometers would be handy in gaming devices, for instance. I'm not positing this as a huge win for Linux, but it's not useless either. Built-in GPS would be fairl
2110.
by LyndsySimon 14y ago
My limited experience says this is right on. One of my best friends has been working on a startup for about two years now, focused on a B2B vertical where he has experience. It's gone well, and he's gained a handful of customers who are all
2111.
by LyndsySimon 14y ago
Yep - they're Apple for credit card processing. All they do is UX work and strip out features. That's a great thing. My wife and I own a small boutique, and we've been using Square since before the public launch in the App Store. We've just
2112.
by LyndsySimon 14y ago
While I don't think we'd agree on whether or not this is a good thing, I really think you hit the nail on the head. I know I personally view world news through the lens of "how will this affect me?". If I want to learn something about how t
2113.
by LyndsySimon 14y ago
To be clear, I did not advocate learning only anything. If you aren't interested in learning about MongoDB, MySQL, DB2, and stack of brittle punch cards, you're probably not cut out to be an IT professional in the first place.
2114.
by LyndsySimon 14y ago
MySQL is as popular as it is because it has been free (as in beer), and relatively easy to set up and use. The time for that has come and gone. MySQL's shortcomings limit its use in many corporate and professional settings, and the alternat
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by LyndsySimon 14y ago
I'm very interested in Bitcoin, and advocate for it as best I can. I don't think you'll find anyone really who disagrees with you in the Bitcoin community. Most of us see that as a feature, not a bug.
2116.
by LyndsySimon 14y ago
> but with $100m in cash from VISA, I was unaware of this; that does make a significant difference.
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by LyndsySimon 14y ago
I have no insight into Square's management or financials, but if I were Jack Dorsey, I would find it reasonable to operate at a moderate loss for a fair amount of time, before launching my own exchange system that bypasses cards completely.
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by LyndsySimon 14y ago
Not true, necessarily. There have been proposals to form a "web of trust" for miners, which would prevent this sort of thing from happening. Miners who have been on the network for longer would have greater authority than new miners, regard
2119.
by LyndsySimon 14y ago
That depends on your perspective, and what you value in a monetary supply. If deflation outstrips investment returns, then yes - that would cause capital to stay in one place, as people wouldn't want to spend money that would be worth more
2120.
by LyndsySimon 14y ago
The argument could be made that it's generating discussion here. I might buy one myself...
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by LyndsySimon 14y ago
My employer blocks it as well. That's interesting, though understandable I suppose.