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by chime 10y ago
> For example, if a current month of data is primarily used for INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and MERGE operations while previous months are used primarily for SELECT queries, managing this table may be easier if it is partitioned by month. Th
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> Good CS expert says: Most firms that think they want advanced AI/ML really just need linear regression on cleaned-up data. Cleaning up data is very expensive. And without that, the analysis is good for nothing. AI helps provide go
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by chime 10y ago
Zenefits should show a counter on their site to each logged in user: "Get the state law changed and we will refund you the $24,545 you paid us so far." Let a few hundred thousand businesses see that amount in their dashboard and s
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by chime 10y ago
> What makes you define art school in particular as something we should pay for everyone to do, rather than a luxury? We're not outright paying for it. We're taking a risk on it. If we create a society that supports art and cul
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> I'm curious why we treat student loan debt as being special. Because you can no longer declare bankruptcy to erase student debt. > If your degree of choice is unlikely to yield the kind of return that will pay for it, then you
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by chime 10y ago
My FF has crashed many times on OS X and while it does restore the URLs, it has never restored the state. I know it because sometimes I am in the middle of writing a comment and it crashes. On recovery, the comment is gone.
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by chime 10y ago
I've been working on Databricks for a month now and it is a very unique and satisfying learning experience. I generated a billion n-grams (1-6 word) from 300k docs and thinking in RDDs and Dataframes reminds me of how I felt when I fir
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by chime 10y ago
Already use ublock (even in incognito mode) and block 3rd party cookies. But personally dealing with no-script is too much hassle. I would much prefer my activity remain anonymous and disconnected between sites, not JS gives me trouble ever
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by chime 10y ago
Wouldn't work with Google since I also use Gmail and few Google Apps.
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The more annoying buying on Amazon is, the more I reduce spending. Win-win in this specific case.
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by chime 10y ago
I feel less paranoid now for my browsing process. Almost everything I search is in an incognito window, from shopping and research to programming and how-tos. And when I'm done with looking for a new dog leash or Python module, I close
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by chime 10y ago
And then something happens and market 'corrects' itself. Before investing, it can be useful to know the post-market-corrected value of any asset.
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> Regardless, I think people get too hung up on buzz-phrases like "is time real?" or "are we in a multiverse?". If by people you mean science vbloggers like VSauce or Veritasium or even NDT's new Cosmos, then I&#
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by chime 10y ago
Random trivia for tech history buffs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forethought,_Inc . under founder Rob Campbell sold PowerPoint to MS and FileMaker to Apple. Of course everyone knows PowerPoint but even most techies t
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by chime 10y ago
Is that already a law?
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If I understand this correctly, they are applying the Chess strategy of thinking n-moves ahead to Scrabble, where the opponent's tiles are hidden and ones own future tiles are mostly unknown. If you use all the tiles, on the upside you
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by chime 10y ago
I was at a theme park last month with my toddler, sitting on a bench in no-smoking area and this lady came over and started smoking an e-cig right next to us. When I pointed out to her the smoking area about 200 feet away from us, she said
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by chime 10y ago
> My problem with password managers is that: a) I have more than one computer, b) I lose physical objects routinely, and my computers tend to break down and be replaced. Dropbox with KeepPass on Windows / KeePassX on Mac / Min
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by chime 11y ago
I wish Amazon would just forward to smile.amazon.com instead.
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by chime 11y ago
Wow! Built-in Wifi + 4GB storage for $9? This changes the entire scope of my repeatedly-postponed environmental monitoring project. I can wire a $10 temperature/humidity sensor and put 40-50 of these devices around the building for $1k
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by chime 11y ago
That's exactly what we do in one of our iPad apps.
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The local device could have cleared the stored password if the remote server rejected it even once.
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by chime 11y ago
We put a couple of Intel 750s in our primary DB server and so many of our issues just went away instantly. Reading at 2GB/s is amazing. On a 10gb network, our network backups now happen at 1+GB/s. Of course we optimize our DB quer
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by chime 11y ago
No worries mate. Though notice I said consulting repeatedly and contrasted it with running a business or being employed. You can sell your services without having to run a business. I don't want to hire anyone, advertise, have an LLC&#
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by chime 11y ago
That's a sign that you have what it takes to start consulting on your own. Every client I've ever had has appreciated my non-programming skills. I've never taken a client until I thoroughly understood the business and I have
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I just do compapyname@mydomain.com. That's how I knew Broderbund sold my email address.
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My GP did the same but at least he sold his practice to a group so I didn't have to find a new one immediately. I ended up sticking with the group because my new doctor is the best! We spend hours and days finding the right library or
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by chime 11y ago
If you define the problem as a lack of business or financial success, then looking at everything from business perspective is just problem solving. I honestly cannot speak for any Gujarati in SV or even tech, but in my experience, I don&#x2
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I agree with you that this article makes too many sweeping generalizations but nevertheless it struck a chord with me. I am a Gujarati programmer and have never fit in with any of my family or community members in the realm of career or goa
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by chime 11y ago
It's actually pretty neat. I use it to program the Ozobots ( http://ozobot.com/ ) my wife got me for my birthday.

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