Maro

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811.
by Maro 15y ago
I don't think this hacks the immigration problem. It just puts people on a boat which happens to be close to Silicon Valley, so I suppose it's comfortable for VCs to come onboard and see the action?
812.
Famous old guys talking about cool old stuff(webofstories.com)
1 points by Maro 15y ago|0 comments
813.
by Maro 15y ago
Terrible presentation. Didn't learn anything, even though I'm a Developer always struggling with Design.
814.
by Maro 15y ago
I've never read or written a single line of Scala code, I was just trying to be helpful by providing a link where there's lots of Scala code..
815.
by Maro 15y ago
You can browse Scala code here: https://github.com/languages/Scala
816.
by Maro 15y ago
I'm not really an expert on landing pages, it just seems to me that coming up with a good landing page for one set of users is hard enough... This isn't that bad until the first horizontal line (except for the fox), where it's clearly targe
817.
by Maro 15y ago
Some feedback: 1. About the name: Non-native speakers may not know what "poach" means. I've lived in California for four years in the past and I was confused. 2. The cartoon fox looks like it's about to steal my mouse. It looks like you're
818.
by Maro 15y ago
For "internationals" like myself it's minimum $35 to pledge and receive 2 clips. That's way too much. I'd pledge $10, no more.
819.
by Maro 15y ago
"Interview" with Sebastian Marshall: http://www.whohub.com/sebastianmarshall
820.
The Benchmark Handbook for Database and Transaction Systems (by Jim Gray)(research.microsoft.com)
3 points by Maro 15y ago|0 comments
821.
by Maro 15y ago
Great idea. Some thoughts: "A boutique network of developers & designers" This is too dense: "boutique", "network", "developers", "designers". Instead try something that reads well, like "Get help with your MVP" or "Get help wi
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Design Paradigms by Henry Petroski(bytepawn.wordpress.com)
5 points by Maro 15y ago|0 comments
823.
The meaning of 9/11's most controversial photo(guardian.co.uk)
2 points by Maro 15y ago|0 comments
824.
by Maro 15y ago
Of course not.
825.
by Maro 15y ago
Put "have read book X" on the buzz list. I know plenty of people who have not read TID and are doing it just right.
826.
by Maro 15y ago
> Big share holders know that there is a time frame that they care about that is as short as they want it to be. It's always said that the it's the "public" [through centralized funds like retirement funds] that get the short end of the
827.
by Maro 15y ago
As publicly traded companies (eg. Goldman, Morgan Stanley), don't the executives have legal obligations towards the shareholders? Isn't it illegal for them to game the rules to maximize their bonuses at the expense of the company's long-ter
828.
by Maro 15y ago
MongoDB has very nice tunability. The new version ships with journaling turned on by default. You can specify `safe`, which means the data will be written to the journal. You can also specify `fsync`, which means additionally the system wil
829.
by Maro 15y ago
Not yet. ScalienDB uses synchronous replication which works only works inside the datacenter. Across datacenters is a completely different use-case coming in 2012.
830.
by Maro 15y ago
Yes, but from an application perspective your database will be left in an inconsistent state. The next morning the ops guys will have to call the dev guys to "repair" the database by hand. Truth is ScalienDB runs in W=3 mode at about the sp
831.
by Maro 15y ago
My Cassandra benchmarks were performed a couple of months ago. Turns out MongoDB doesn't scale well with number of connections due to software issues (eg. one thread per connection instead of async io). At about 500 connections Mongo starts
832.
by Maro 15y ago
You have to be careful here, as MongoDB and Cassandra use a different model of replication. Cassandra does not perform replication/synchronization on a per command basis between the nodes. Roughly: the client writes to multiple nodes, which
833.
by Maro 15y ago
If you: 1. evaluate the default settings with which MongoDB ships and 2. evaluate MongoDB performance with more strict, consistent options and learn that it's quite slow and 3. look at my comment above ... then you will quic
834.
by Maro 15y ago
Disclaimer: I'm the competition. It's pretty easy to demonstrate data loss with MongoDB if you're doing replication, but it's the "normal" behaviour because MongoDB uses asynchronous replication and W=1 writes by default. Set up a n=3 clust
835.
by Maro 15y ago
Dislaimer: I'm not the target audience. Looks good. $25/mo seems too much. Can't take any sample tests without paying $25.
836.
by Maro 15y ago
I disagree. A lot of thought went into this very well written essay. Some of the author's criticism even applies to the new wave of dot-ly Silicon Valley startups.
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Faux Friendship(jobs.chronicle.com)
2 points by Maro 15y ago|0 comments
838.
The Disadvantages of an Elite Education(theamericanscholar.org)
4 points by Maro 15y ago|2 comments
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What is it like to land on an aircraft carrier?(quora.com)
2 points by Maro 15y ago|0 comments
840.
by Maro 15y ago
Bro is slang for brother, which in this context is supposed to mean (male) buddies. I guess "brogramming" is supposed to mean "programming with buddies". These super-duper-cool-stealth-YC-startup job listings are becoming more idiotic every

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