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by clintonb 9y ago
The web server doesn't matter since it isn't processing the regex. It's the application server that is being tied up. If you're using a multi-threaded application server, it would eventually get bogged down. See https:&
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Django Migration Don'ts(engineering.edx.org)
1 points by clintonb 9y ago|0 comments
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Serverless(engineering.edx.org)
2 points by clintonb 9y ago|0 comments
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EdX Engineering: Building a Delivery Team(engineering.edx.org)
1 points by clintonb 9y ago|0 comments
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by clintonb 9y ago
Unless I have a reason to seek out The Daily Stormer or similar sites, why/how would I know about them? Some of us just want to go about our lives without having to be stressed about all of this. https://xkcd.com/1053&#
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by clintonb 9y ago
The USB drive solution solves only one part of the problem. You assume all of my music in iTunes/Apple Music. I only listen to music in that app...because the car plays "Aaj Ki Raat" every time I plug in my iPhone. I usually
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by clintonb 9y ago
The >> operator indicates that moving fast, and breaking things, is much better than moving slowly with stable infrastructure.
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by clintonb 9y ago
Credit card payments usually have a 2-3% processing fee. Your property manager doesn't want to pay that, thus you pay via check.
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by clintonb 9y ago
Most banks allow you to setup bill pay online. The bank will mail a check on your schedule. No need for phones.
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by clintonb 9y ago
I saw the last show for the "red team" in Providence, Rhode Island. While I have seen a number of Cirque du Soleil (CdS) shows over the last 10 years, I haven't seen Ringling Bros. (RB) in about 20 years. The difference I imm
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College2.0 #CollegeReboot – How would you change college/higher education?(michellelessly.com)
1 points by clintonb 10y ago|0 comments
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by clintonb 10y ago
Yes they would. Some people co-mingle work and personal data on the same computer. Granting a third party access to the non-personal data might violate some NDAs. The obvious solution is to remove, or further encrypt, this private data.
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by clintonb 10y ago
Ensuring documentation is in sync with code is straightforward if you have tooling in place to generate documentation from code. For example, at edX we use Django REST Framework and django-rest-swagger. Our Swagger docs are always up-to-dat
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by clintonb 10y ago
> If students know their children will probably be studying in the same college they have an incentive do things to make that college better in all respects. The downside to this is that legacy students have less incentive to work hard i
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by clintonb 10y ago
Is this the return of VRML?
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by clintonb 10y ago
> It's about the next person who downloads too much free stuff doing it emboldened by the thought that MIT will have their back when the feds come knocking. Aaron Swartz was not an MIT affiliate, alum, faculty, or student. MIT had n
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by clintonb 10y ago
If the videos are private, there is no need to make accommodations.
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by clintonb 10y ago
Is it pure coincidence that the use of satellites to gauge retail traffic was a minor plot point in the [latest episode of Billions ]( http://www.sho.com/billions/season/2/episode/2 )?
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by clintonb 10y ago
Perhaps the current valuation is too high given the lack of profit.
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by clintonb 10y ago
They have amazing external documentation. It was so good I [blogged about it]( https://dev.clintonblackburn.com/2015/07/24/good-documentati... )! I have never had an easier experience integrating with a payme
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by clintonb 10y ago
Go to a matinee. I see most movies at 10 or 11 AM on Saturday and Sunday mornings. The theaters are usually no more than half-full. The ticket prices are about half-off, so I have over-priced popcorn for breakfast.
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by clintonb 10y ago
> Replacing him requires an enormous effort which is really what it is all about. It's not _that_ difficult. We have at least 17 people in line to replace him https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presiden
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by clintonb 10y ago
cblackburn@edx.org
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by clintonb 10y ago
They already have such a feature: Apple Pay can only be used in Safari for web payments.
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by clintonb 10y ago
edX | Cambridge, MA | ONSITE We build/maintain the OpenEdX platform that powers edx.org and numerous other MOOC sites. We have multiple positions available. While we are primarily seeking local talent, we are open to remote talent. Mor
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by clintonb 10y ago
https://xkcd.com/1053/ You mind sharing the knowledge that is so "well-known here"? We aren't all part of a hive mind.
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by clintonb 10y ago
> The problem is that network APIs still suck. The boundary between components is the place where strong typing is most vital, but microservices are still largely based around stringly-typed JSON. You don't have to use a RESTful API
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by clintonb 10y ago
Solving the problem depends on the organization. At edX, various teams own certain services; but, everyone is encouraged to contribute where needed. My team owns the ecommerce services. If the teaching-and-learning team wants to make an upd
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by clintonb 10y ago
This project is a great OIDC provider, but a not-so-great OAuth 2.0 provider. For example, it doesn't support the client credentials grant type.
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by clintonb 10y ago
Yes, that is me. I have the expertise, having maintained a fork of django-oauth2-provider for over a year; however, the issue with django-oauth-toolkit seems to be the lack of responsiveness on the part of the maintainers. We at edX are wil

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