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by bprater 18y ago
There is no standard anything anymore -- everyone is playing with business models left-and-right. As long as they clearly tell end-users how reviews are done, they could be using monkeys to write the reviews on papyrus. Can you ask them wha
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by bprater 18y ago
All very good tips. I prefer a smaller font when hacking because I like to be able to scan more of the codebase, but I can see how it could force a person to tighten up the scope of their methods/functions.
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by bprater 18y ago
500k/euros over 5 years savings? Sounds like a waste of time just talking about it. Did they actually factor in the actual costs of switching folks over? It's going to take more than a couple 50k/year employees to support a massive upgrade.
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by bprater 18y ago
How much is a denarius worth in today's US dollars?
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by bprater 18y ago
Wow, marijuana news is hitting a feverish pitch lately, especially with that most-winning "Olympian pothead" making news. I am glad to see studies like this being performed. If you are a pot smoker, keep in mind that taking smoke in your bo
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by bprater 18y ago
Karma is a bitch, I hope he realizes this.
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by bprater 18y ago
Great data, although it leaves out some useful bits to the formula, such as how loyal readership is to a certain company or individual sending the email. If the email were going out to random folks, it would be a much more accurate survey.
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by bprater 18y ago
> Lim started using computers at age 2 and is fluent in six programming languages. Only six languages by 9, yeesh -- by that time I was already fluent in 35. Kids these days are just barely getting by.
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by bprater 18y ago
Sometimes denormalizing a database is okay. But when you get into programmatically mucking with CSV data in a field, you probably have pushed things a bit too far.
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by bprater 18y ago
The advantage Pixar has is that the environment has been created so that collaboration is easy. Everyone has a framework they've assimilated from previous Pixar generations that makes them pro-collaboration. Unfortunately, unless your emplo
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by bprater 18y ago
I believe folks in Obama's administration tend to be pro-neutrality: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2233906/obama-appoints-net...
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by bprater 18y ago
Some days, all I wish is that PHP had a shortcut assignment operator: $var = $tom || 'ed';
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by bprater 18y ago
Thanks for the insight. I didn't realize that CDN's like Akamai used a private type of network. Makes good sense.
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by bprater 18y ago
Excellent! Thanks for taking the time to write up a more technical look at the changes you guys made. I'm still not clear on how Akamai helps speed things up. I understand how CDNs work: they move static files to edge servers that are physi
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by bprater 18y ago
The link to this comes from his blog post on resignation: http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/02/time-to-move-on.html
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MySQL founder's new company is "hacking business models"(zak.greant.com)
13 points by bprater 18y ago|3 comments
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by bprater 18y ago
What media are you trying to deliver? Traditional CDN are very expensive -- like cell phone minutes, you pay up-front for X number of GB. If you buy 1000GB and burn 20GB, you still pay your $10k/month bill. Amazon is making a big play in th
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by bprater 18y ago
I would have like to see some technical notes in there. It almost comes across like a glorified sales pitch for two products! First Joel says that they don't deliver static files and that edge caching won't help. And then they swap out some
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by bprater 18y ago
Agreed, I'm surprised they decided to use a non-standard attribute. But it is a simple and elegant technique if you want to save the server from doing extra work it doesn't need to.
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by bprater 18y ago
Man, who doesn't need an ordered hash from time-to-time? The big problem is that most people assume a hash isn't ordered -- so when looking at Ruby source, I wonder if this is going to be confusing for awhile?
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by bprater 18y ago
The one that keeps floating to the top.
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by bprater 18y ago
After many years of flailing from side-to-side of the css/table argument, I've found myself doing what the author talks about -- simple table for layout, css for everything else. Keep in mind: there is more than css and tables in this equat
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by bprater 18y ago
Exxxactly. If it takes an expert to do CSS, it may be an indication that it wasn't created well.
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by bprater 18y ago
Most sites also used a backend with their own templating functionality. Often, it's surprisingly simple for a programmer to change out the look of the site by tweaking a simple template.
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by bprater 18y ago
Wow, I thought that because I was a bit older, I could appreciate it more. If nothing else, everyone should have a zen-like hobby where they can disengage their mind and use their hands. Meditation has some tremendous benefits.
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by bprater 18y ago
Are the only good articles that ones where we learn about a new shell command or where frameworks are debated?
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by bprater 18y ago
Might be good enough reason to have RF-shielded "holders" for your passport or any other RFID nuggets you have in your purse or wallet.
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by bprater 18y ago
If Microsoft ships Windows 7 for $99, how does this change the game? I would go out and buy it immediately for my Mac's VM.
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by bprater 18y ago
It'll be a time sink. Why not do it as dirty as possible now and go back and tune it as time goes on?
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by bprater 18y ago
Gut wrenching, for sure. To see your whole model explode, it's just not worth it. If you don't have a backup plan -- close your browser, stop surfing Y!Hacker, and go write a shell script to dump your database and rsync to anywhere else on

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