adorton

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by adorton 15y ago
One of the best TAL episodes in recent memory. The story mentions that modern patents (specifically software patents) lack the novelty that the patent system was originally designed to encourage. Did patent laws change at some point in hi
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by adorton 15y ago
Here's how I explained it to my facebook friends: "It's like facebook and twitter had a baby and let skype watch."
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by adorton 15y ago
Just so people are clear - this isn't THE Paul Allen. This Paul Allen is a Utah-based entrepreneur. I'm sure that's obvious to most here, but I thought it was worth pointing out.
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by adorton 15y ago
The series seems to be geared to the non-programmer, so some basic programming knowledge is necessary to start.
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by adorton 15y ago
@gmail.com - Thanks in advance! Edit - I'm in! Thanks!
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by adorton 15y ago
"No other language is capable of representing business data as accurately as COBOL," What does that mean? How is COBOL better at representing business data than another enterprise platform - say Java, or .NET?
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by adorton 16y ago
This isn't really a secret. Pandora outlines their information sharing policy in their FAQ: http://blog.pandora.com/faq/contents/60.html http://blog.pandora.com/faq/contents/392.html They also outlines their location sharing policy: Yo
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by adorton 16y ago
Are we looking at the same site? I see a clean, readable page. The navigation is kind of wonky, but the site is far from a disaster. Maybe it's because I use AdBlock?
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by adorton 16y ago
How would this even work? Would every browser need to have a "don't track me" mechanism that the server would have to obey?
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by adorton 16y ago
This sounds like an interesting idea for personal projects. My boss might raise an eyebrow if he saw me playing games or surfing the web for half of my day.
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One-man Orchestra of the Imagination(ted.com)
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by adorton 16y ago
This is the culmination of HTML5 technology. It doesn't get any better than this.
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by adorton 16y ago
Is this a well-understood model of a developing brain, or is this more "cutting edge?" I ask because it seems to contradict, at least to a certain degree, the concept of "attention deficit." How can a child be attention deficit when this
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by adorton 16y ago
Fallout 1+2 (and 3 when it gets old enough to be considered "classic")
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by adorton 16y ago
This is an excellent vim tutorial. Unlike others I've read, it makes me want to be vim power user by clearly spelling out the benefits of various tricks and commands.
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by adorton 16y ago
That's not realistic at all. If Facebook really did that to your car, they wouldn't leave the note.
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by adorton 16y ago
My office has a few pool tables, foosball, and some high-end gaming PCs. These things are nice, and I enjoy them, but I've worked where I work for almost four years because the pay is excellent and I enjoy my work. To me, money and job sa
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by adorton 16y ago
This just looks like a way to screen candidates that are competent. Of course they will interview each candidate to assess passion, but they need to make sure they're at least technically competent.
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by adorton 16y ago
Docco (and its variants) do sort of what you describe: http://jashkenas.github.com/docco/ I can see its usefulness in documenting test cases.
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by adorton 16y ago
Just listen to it. The visual aids aren't necessary to understand his talk.
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by adorton 16y ago
Matrix feels sluggish and under-responsive while Hipmunk feels crisp and snappy. Even if every other feature were the same, Hipmunk wins for that reason alone.
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by adorton 16y ago
I like the idea of choice that's available when you need it, but hidden when you don't. Take Firefox for example. It does a pretty good job of providing features that you need most of the time either in the interface or in the menus. More
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by adorton 16y ago
Very useful article. One thing I struggle with as a consultant is gauging a client's price sensitivity. Unfortunately, the article doesn't cover this point in great detail. I also have trouble mentioning my team's hourly rate without scar
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by adorton 16y ago
If you don't mind me asking - why so long? Our pediatrician recommended my wife breastfeed our son a year. Beyond that, he said, there are no benefits.
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by adorton 16y ago
Also, remember that when the project started, Python and Ruby didn't exist yet. Perl still wasn't the only dynamic scripting language on the block, but it probably the most mature and best-suited to this problem domain. I wonder if perl wo
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by adorton 16y ago
Interesting, but how could collected data be retrieved? Could a wireless transmitter be built to fit on this 0.1mm card?
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by adorton 16y ago
The Internet is still a cacophony, albeit a more organized one.