alex_c

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by alex_c 19y ago
>To convince yourself of this, consider a matter replicator that copies every single atom in your body. You'd create a clone. It would be thinking and feeling just as you do. Now consider a computer simulation of a single atom; if that
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by alex_c 19y ago
I like the design. It's refreshing to see a startup that's not gradienty/shiny/stripy. :)
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by alex_c 19y ago
What do I do if I like karma whoring? Aaaahhhh!
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Why your startup shouldn't fear Google(blog.clutterme.com)
3 points by alex_c 19y ago|2 comments
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by alex_c 19y ago
Any good security tips for Rails? :p (speaking of which, I keep seeing requests for php files in my server logs... bots looking for php apps with known vulnerabilities, I'm guessing... kinda interesting to see).
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by alex_c 19y ago
Good advice for those of us striving for levels 3-5 (as the vast majority of ycnews readers probably are)... Stop and imagine how pretentious such advice will be to those - the majority of the population - who are still trying to achieve le
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by alex_c 19y ago
Doomed? No way! They'll get the very best consultants money can buy to build an enterprise solution that will leverage their strategic advantages. It'll be enterprise!! It can't possibly fail, and I'm sure they have the powerpoints to prov
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by alex_c 19y ago
Very cool... I think I remember seeing this concept discussed on Slashdot a few years back. Two of the biggest problems in software development are - the client gives incomplete or wrong requirements, or the programmer doesn't implement the
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by alex_c 19y ago
Water. Lots and lots of water. Also has the advantage that it forces me to get up and move regularly - what goes in must come out. Other than that, good music can get me "in the zone". I've only ever really drank coffee out of boredom, or
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by alex_c 19y ago
Not really. Information I can give you would likely be a lot more vague (and less accurate?) than what you can research on your own. I guess I'll try anyway. Toronto is the largest, and the financial center, but you can't really draw a pa
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by alex_c 19y ago
>I might not be seeing potential problems with Canada. If you understand things better, please leave a comment here. Well, just my two cents as a Canadian citizen: - the major cities have a fair share of high-tech companies and workforc
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by alex_c 19y ago
Heh... I think it's a bit amusing how conceptually similar this is to what Microsoft tried to do years ago with IE and ActiveX.
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by alex_c 19y ago
Very cool, and very simple... I wonder if Facebook will appreciate it though ;)
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by alex_c 19y ago
During high school some people wrote drafts of assignments and then made a "good copy" to hand in (it was high school, so busywork was common, I guess?) A teacher warned us that this is not going to work in university. True enough, in univ
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by alex_c 19y ago
A few years back I was talking to the Electrical and Computer Engineering department head at University of Toronto about pretty much the same topic. He's very much an entrepreneur - started & sold his own business, knows lots of people
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by alex_c 19y ago
As someone who's not very familiar with EC2 and S3... what's the advantage of going this route over the traditional app server(s)/web server(s)/database(s) model?
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by alex_c 19y ago
"Third, always prototype and throw it away. I have seen too many prototypes become product. Just avoid the maintenance nightmare and toss it." Much easier said than done. "But it WORKS, what do you mean you want to start writing it again f
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by alex_c 19y ago
aston, we're not suicidal ;) We use the term "social network" out of convenience, but we're not working on a Facebook clone. It's a hybrid of a few different markets.