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by Todd 13y ago
Since it's a REPL, probably so.
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by Todd 13y ago
Thank you so much for finally including the ASP.NET/IIS/Windows stack. I understand that it was a user contribution. This finally gives me something to compare the other stacks against. I realize that Windows/IIS and Linux/Apache|nginx is a
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by Todd 13y ago
If Google makes G+ mandatory, then they expose themselves to competitors that don't require such ties.
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by Todd 14y ago
jQuery, LESS, Knockout and Uppercut (my Backbone-style model transport). ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor) with WebAPI, Unity IoC/DI, Enormous (a micro ORM not published yet) PostgreSQL, Redis
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by Todd 14y ago
The taser and rubber bullet example was just an example. They could also have a cabinet with three M4s. The point is that it would be great if we could discuss defensive and offensive measures. There are many teachers who have concealed p
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by Todd 14y ago
I agree with you. It's not a clear-cut answer. I'm just hoping that we think more broadly about how to actually minimize harm. If it were left to school boards, they could do things like require a stringent process to certify particular sta
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by Todd 14y ago
I'm not looking forward to the coming months. It's going to be a political circus, with each side clamoring to push or protect their already strongly held beliefs and positions. I really wish we would have a meaningful debate over the best
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by Todd 14y ago
You're right, that's not the only issue. The "Windows Store" apps are limited to a specific subset of what we're accustomed to coming from Win32 and COM. Much of this is designed to sandbox applications. So there's a new API and the new API
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by Todd 14y ago
You make a good point about the linear flow that's typical in media players. I haven't looked at the VLC source, so I'm not sure about how it's structured. With 7M LOC, I'm guessing that there might be some entanglements. The async model ca
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by Todd 14y ago
It sounds like it's going to be a real challenge, then. Much of the restriction around API usage is related to IO and other things that can block for more than about 50ms. As you know, the APIs that are allowable have been converted to be a
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by Todd 14y ago
There are two countervailing trends here: one is the increasing level of experience and the other is the decreasing level of hipness (hear me out, please). As an older engineer (early 40's), I speak from experience. When I was young, I thou
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by Todd 14y ago
Agreed. I hope awareness increases in the near term. It's a sad fact, but we need to find an alternative to using helium in frivolous ways--in particular, party balloons.
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by Todd 14y ago
The Europeans don't have a 4th amendment.
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by Todd 14y ago
It's a shame to see Marco panning the Surface so thoroughly. It's apples and oranges. On the one hand, comparing brand new hardware (one day old) with 4th generation hardware and on the other hand comparing brand new software (again, one da
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by Todd 14y ago
They're in court now if you're nearby the courthouse in Queens and want to offer support.
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by Todd 14y ago
I'm impressed by how quickly they've been able to add much of the significant features of C# 5.0 and .NET 4.5 -- in particular, async/await. Visual Studio 2012 has only been out for one month.
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by Todd 14y ago
I haven't. I'll check it out. Thanks for the rec.
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by Todd 14y ago
The design is very clean and appealing. I'm glad to see they're still investing significant effort. I want to see Bitbucket get more visibility and success. I prefer Mercurial. Among other things, it has better cross platform support. Bitbu
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by Todd 14y ago
I would agree with that. Programming languages are more about logic and modeling (algorithms and data structures). Learning a human language uses a part of the brain which has evolved for that purpose. It not only requires learning thousand
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by Todd 14y ago
I love this site. My MBA fan had an issue and I only stumbled across it while researching my repair options. I was able to buy a new fan and all the tools at less than half the cost of getting an Apple repair center to do it. I'll certainly
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by Todd 14y ago
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Bootstrap by Kenneth Hess
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by Todd 14y ago
Thank you. I will. ATM, it's mainly jQuery or Zepto, just like Backbone.
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by Todd 14y ago
Another alternative: https://github.com/toddlucas/uppercut This is a simplified version of Backbone designed for use with Knockout and other client side rendering frameworks. Disclosure: I'm the author
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by Todd 14y ago
The goal behind the 1:1s is apparently building "a good place to work." In the conclusion Ben mentions Bill Campbell and GO. Yet, there is no discussion of how Bill made GO such a great place. 1:1s aren't mentioned. Is the 1:1 process what
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by Todd 14y ago
XMPP is probably the best approach. I'm currently investigating this path myself. The disparate set of alternative protocols that app.net is considering are the same ones that diaspora* used. The result is a server that speaks several overl
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by Todd 14y ago
This is definitely a move in the right direction. These are some of the same protocols that the Diaspora* folks have settled on. It will be interesting to see the degree of compatibility they can achieve in federating.
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by Todd 14y ago
That was exactly my first thought, too. Seems strange from a company that is so design centered. The fact that it violates the aesthetic sense of an engineer is probably a bad sign.
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by Todd 14y ago
It feels a little retrograde to vote this up using the old fashioned .gif arrow.
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by Todd 14y ago
The truncated title inverts the meaning of the original title "Microsoft Surface Just Made the MacBook Air and the iPad Look Obsolete".
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by Todd 14y ago
There was some great innovation that happened at Wildseed. The inverted design made it easy to type with your thumb. The Smart Skins not only changed the look of the device (they wrapped around and clipped on to the body), but there was an

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