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by davidf18 14y ago
I wouldn't second guess Israeli security measures...unlike TSA, these are highly trained people who undoubtedly have military training since with few exceptions (Arab or Orthodox Jewish) not only men but women are drafted for military servi
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by davidf18 14y ago
You could also just "google" for the headline to read the entire story....
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by davidf18 14y ago
I'm an American who has been to Israel countless times and unless you've been there you can't imagine the security situation. At the last moment I was saved from a terrorist attack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_BMW_attack whe
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Why Israel is a hotbed for flash storage innovation(computerworld.com)
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by davidf18 15y ago
There is a new book that is very good and to the point (the first 9 chapters are available free from Typesafe, the company that distributes the Scala/Akka/Play stack). Scala for the Impatient: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321774094/
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by davidf18 15y ago
Ironically, this story would itself make a great movie. One can only imagine how much this old man, who our society would write-off as "no longer productive", raised the morale of our troops who were otherwise lonely from their families. F
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by davidf18 15y ago
Many of the people go into the army to get a college education because their parents or they can't afford it compared with perhaps most of the readers of HN whose parents paid their way....
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Washington Post‘s Ombudsman Dings Soul-Destroying Blogging Sweat Shop(observer.com)
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by davidf18 15y ago
I live in Manhattan and for me and my friends not only do we not like wasting time in cars but we like stores/restaurants, etc. open 24 hours. We have 5 Apple stores in Manhattan including one store open 24/7/365. So...have a city that is
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by davidf18 15y ago
Private offices are definitely the most productive. Developers should avoid firms that do not understand this basic piece of information. Conversely, those firms that understand that their success depends on getting the best people will b
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by davidf18 15y ago
IMHO much of asking questions is largely cultural. For instance, at the Passover Seder the youngest child asks (with prior coaching from their parents) the "four questions." My father is a prof at a "top university" and in my family we wer
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by davidf18 15y ago
Novels and light non-fiction is easy to read on the Kindle but for non-fiction with lots of ideas that are new I often have to buy the hard copy as well and underline and notate. Still I like the Kindle version because I travel a lot.
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Marvin Minksy: Tinker Toys vs. LEGO(webofstories.com)
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by davidf18 15y ago
Alas the X1 at 13.3" has only the low resolution 1366x768 display and weighs 3.7 lbs and has less battery life than the Mac Air 13.3" which as the higher res 1440x900, weighs 3 lbs and has longer battery life. Lenovo did not update their "M
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by davidf18 15y ago
...perhaps but Sony service is for the dogs (by reputation). Both Lenovo/Thinkpad and Apple service is outstanding - both in American English. If you depend on your machine and you travel consider service.
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by davidf18 15y ago
X201s, a previous model to the X220 (along with the non "s" X201) has a higher resolution display (1440x900 same res as Mac Air 13) than the X220 (1366x766) and weighs about 1/2 lb less than the X220. Loaded with SSD and 8 GB RAM it is my
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by davidf18 15y ago
I also look at the number of people in related Meetup and Linkedin groups. I'm in NYC and there are a lot of local people in various groups.
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by davidf18 15y ago
There is also a NuGet package/library for Visual Studio entitled SassAndCoffee. Which method is preferable? http://blog.paulbetts.org/index.php/2011/07/12/sassandcoffee...