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by amackera 14y ago
The error conditions that cause bugs in concurrent code are difficult to replicate since concurrent code can have so many additional states of operation. It's also harder to program, especially in languages / environments that don't explici
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by amackera 14y ago
Just say "but enough about me, let's talk about YOUR experience" or something. Seriously. Be explicit. People love talking about themselves. They are probably just being polite asking you all of those questions.
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by amackera 14y ago
This is the worse management advice I have ever heard.
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by amackera 14y ago
If you're willing to move to Toronto, you can apply at Top Hat Monocle (my company).
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by amackera 14y ago
You can believe whatever you would like to believe, but the fact of the matter is that there is no scientific evidence to suggest that ayurvedic treatments are effective whatsoever.
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by amackera 14y ago
Remedies that have been subjected to scientific experimentation to determine if they are effective are by definition "evidence-based", or "modern" medicine. Any medicine that is not evidence-based should be treated with suspicion and skepti
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by amackera 14y ago
Do you integrate with existing LMSs? Or do you work with schools on a partner level and integrate with their specific SISs? I love this. My company is in the midst of integrating with LMSs and it's brutal.
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by amackera 14y ago
Please refer to: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Specifically the passage "If your account is less than a year old, please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit." I know I sound mean quoting guidelines, bu
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by amackera 14y ago
I've never really had this issue. There's a light right on the MagSafe connector that indicates if it's charging your Mac or not.
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by amackera 14y ago
Could you expand a bit on this? I've read his Cathedral and Bazaar book, and quite enjoyed it. I didn't realize there was a whole context that I should be aware of.
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by amackera 14y ago
I think this is a marvellous idea, and I'm now an official backer. One thing that I'm worried about is that a "pay wall" sort of model might prevent casual users from signing up. Maybe a paid API / developer model might work better. For ins
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by amackera 14y ago
This has been covered a lot, but in short: this is basic science that will have far-reaching implications in the long term. It gives us a greater understanding of the universe, and confirms a hypothesis that heretofore had no direct evidenc
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by amackera 14y ago
Agreed, Backbone is great! I haven't looked much at the alternatives, though.
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by amackera 14y ago
diff formatting is not the easiest / most humanly parsable format to read.
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by amackera 14y ago
The older Dell laptops seem to fare much better than the newer ones.
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by amackera 14y ago
I've owned 3 Dell laptops in the past 2 years. First one's screen broke. Second one's graphics card was faulty. Third one's sound was messed up, sent the PC in for repairs. Dell technicians dropped it on the ground, blamed me for doing it,
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by amackera 14y ago
Even in your example you were consistent, so was I. Inconsistency would be To me, consistency is important . All of my codebase is traditional comma postfix , so I'll keep using that; however , maybe [...] Which is more confusi
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by amackera 14y ago
That example gist went a long way towards convincing me of isaacs' comma prefix style. To me, consistency is important. All of my codebase is traditional comma postfix, so I'll keep using that; however, maybe with some new projects I'll try
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by amackera 14y ago
What is your system for pub/sub from the client's perpective? Do you have matching models on Backbone & Django? I guess what I'm interested in is how to know what users to route what data to via socket.io. Great stack! We use something
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by amackera 15y ago
Thanks for sharing, that was an informative article! Well done.
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by amackera 15y ago
I hate cubicles. Cubicles are soul-crushing abominations.
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by amackera 15y ago
To me, it's more like working in a busy computer lab. This works well for me since I was conditioned through university to be productive in a lab environment, to get things done efficiently and to not be distracted by other groups or people
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by amackera 15y ago
I attended my first Hackathon last year (in fact, the first Hackathon I attended was one that I hosted!). It was a really incredible experience. So many more people turned out than I expected, and the quality of the work was really impressi
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by amackera 15y ago
Formal verification goes a long way.
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by amackera 15y ago
From the article: "Typically, between all of these devices one can expect that in a classroom of 300 students there may be 1 or 2 that do own a connected device. Add to that the fact that a pre-paid cell phone can be purchased at a conveni
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The Classroom Is Broken(huffingtonpost.com)
4 points by amackera 15y ago|1 comments
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by amackera 15y ago
Hey, thanks! This is a great resource that I wasn't aware of. After reading it, I highly recommend anybody interested in bill C-11 should also read through this for greater context. I should also point out that my original comment indicat
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by amackera 15y ago
Though you make good points, perhaps Sharefile shouldn't claim that their API is RESTful when in fact it clearly isn't. There's nothing wrong with having a non-RESTful API, apart from it being far less clear and understandable as REST.
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by amackera 15y ago
Unfortunately there's not a whole lot we can do (speaking as a Canadian). There's a majority government in power that can basically do whatever they want. The only hope we have is to protest this law publicly to the point where they alter i
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by amackera 15y ago
We do this at Top Hat Monocle too, except we call them Hack weeks. We've found it tricky to make sure they are respected, meaning it's hard not to get distracted by critical bug fixes. We have quite a small team right now so that might pl

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