MarkMc

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by MarkMc 8y ago
I've found that if you are using an older phone then you will certainly notice that Flutter is not as smooth as a native app. However, I know the Flutter team have made a lot of progress with performance so it may not be so bad. Three
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by MarkMc 8y ago
I don't know where they got those numbers. This graph seems more realistic to me [edit: maybe not - see subcomments]: http://sotagtrends.com/?tags=[ionic-framework,react-native,f... That is, Flutter is shooting up and
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by MarkMc 8y ago
> JVM has very limited integration possibilities with an existing C++ codebase Java has JNI. How does Go improve on that?
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by MarkMc 8y ago
Suppose I determine that advertising my software developer position to white people provides a better return than to black people. Wouldn't it be unfair to only advertise to whites? In some ways this is similar to how an employer cann
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by MarkMc 8y ago
Trump has countered the soybean attack by handing out subsidies to soybean farmers.
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Path was very popular in Indonesia when I visited a few years ago. I guess people just switched to other social networks like Instagram. I wonder whether people will have moved on from Instagram in 10 years.
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by MarkMc 8y ago
The stocks that someone puts in a portfolio can be useful in targeting advertising to that person. I'm surprised that Google decided this benefit was less valuable than the ongoing cost of maintaining the Google Finance website. Perhap
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by MarkMc 8y ago
But any replacement for Google Finance will require a pricing feed, so in this case you cannot get away from a 'service' model.
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by MarkMc 8y ago
The problem with GDPR is that it allows the website to decide how to ask the user for permission. That means the website can have a big bold button saying "I agree" next to a small gray link saying "I do not agree". More
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by MarkMc 8y ago
> Wages, in real terms, have largely lost purchasing power to the point where it takes two incomes to have the same (or less) purchasing power than one income did prior to WWII. I don't think that is true. Even if you exclude manage
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by MarkMc 8y ago
There seems to be a strong divide on whether excellent teaching can make a significant difference to poor kids. Typically this mirrors the left-right political divide. To quote from the article: "While teacher effectiveness may be the
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> given the stress and low pay, it seems a decent chance you'll end up in the same place you started. Perhaps a solution would be to increase class size and increase teacher pay. Singapore has one of the highest student achievement
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by MarkMc 8y ago
Doug Lemov's book "Teach Like a Champion" is great: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118901851/ref=dbs_a_def_r... I'd also recommend "Teaching as Leadership": https:/&#x2
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Can good teaching be taught?(nytimes.com)
196 points by MarkMc 8y ago|120 comments
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by MarkMc 8y ago
Pro tip: If you use paper add the same prefix to all your passwords, but don't write down the prefix. This improves security if you misplace the paper. For example, your paper might look like this: Gmail: face method ruler Facebook: r
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by MarkMc 8y ago
The great thing about paper is that even my grandma can understand it. For 80% of people that makes it superior to any other password manager.
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by MarkMc 8y ago
> Google offers the least precise targeting compared to Facebook and Amazon If that's true why haven't Facebook or Amazon launched a competitive AdSense alternative?
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> If I’m searching for something with the intention on buying it, I am going to go to the specific site - like Priceline, hotels.com, Zillow, etc. And quite often that specific site will tell Google everything they know about you because
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by MarkMc 8y ago
Excellent article with well-reasoned analysis of the range of future possibilities for Tesla. But one disappointing omission is any mention of ride-hailing - surely it will have enormous consequences for the entire auto industry because peo
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by MarkMc 8y ago
Here is another 'difference from trend' map: https://imgur.com/a/4p0NgRn Tennessee counties clearly stand out.
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Online Bettors Can Sniff Out Weak Psychology Studies(theatlantic.com)
1 points by MarkMc 8y ago|0 comments
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Author: Here is a simple example of how to draw a path based on mouse events - you are probably familiar with the observer pattern, making the example easy to understand. Now read the following 17 pages to see why it's wrong.
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As Trade War Intensifies, China Moves to Bolster Its Economy(nytimes.com)
2 points by MarkMc 8y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Is there a website that rates online courses?
7 points by MarkMc 8y ago|2 comments
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Person A says prosperity not increased for the middle-class since the 1970's, person B says it has. Do they have to rely on historical data, or is there some experiment they could perform to determine who is right? For example, suppos
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by MarkMc 8y ago
> If the lynch mobs were being organized over the telephone, would it be the telephone company's responsibility to intercept the communications and stop it? If the cost and effectiveness was comparable, and the government showed no
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by MarkMc 8y ago
This Lancet study [0] rated the 'harm to self' of ecstacy much lower than alcohol: https://www.thelancet.com/cms/attachment/b3a9c7d1-bb08-42f3-... Two points to note: (a) The study looked at the effect
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Should You Choose a Female Doctor?(nytimes.com)
2 points by MarkMc 8y ago|1 comments
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And that Germans work the least out of all OECD countries, working 1288 hours per year vs US citizens 1789 hours and OECD average of 1763 hours. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_time#Average_annual_...
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Wait, the article title says that "Google tracks your movements, like it or not". But if I don't like it I can turn off both "Location History" and "Web and App Activity", right?

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