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by ejain 13y ago
Hard to argue with this logic: 1. Poorly designed unit tests are a waste. 2. Most code is poorly designed. 3. Therefore most unit tests are a waste. To be fair, there's no shortage of high level advice on how to write good tests (e.g.
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by ejain 13y ago
Researchers do studies that show e.g. that drinking coffee in the afternoon has a significant effect on sleep (let's say it results in an average of 15 minutes less sleep, p < 0.05). This is valuable information, but people are diff
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by ejain 13y ago
The best use of this data isn't for finding problems, but for evaluating solutions: - Do I sleep better if I don't listen to techno music before going to bed? - Does not exercising late in the evening help? - How about not drinkin
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by ejain 13y ago
If you prefer "confirmatory analysis" over the "correlate all the things" approach then check out zenobase.com (I'm the founder). The answers you get are as smart as the questions you ask :-) That said, I also just
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by ejain 13y ago
Touch screens in cars are a great idea... in places with smooth, pothole-free roads :-)
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by ejain 13y ago
I wonder if Google is regretting making the camera a fixed, non-detachable part of Google Glass?
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by ejain 13y ago
In browsers, yes, but what about apps? Search StackOverflow for e.g. "ssl ignore server certificate" and despair...
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by ejain 13y ago
The least useful passport is the expired passport :-)
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by ejain 13y ago
Best thing that could have happened to you, given all the attention you're getting now? :-)
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by ejain 13y ago
No, it's called being viral. Monetizing is when you get spam from people you're not connected to (a.k.a. InMail)...
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Got data? Get a date(match.zenobase.com)
1 points by ejain 13y ago|0 comments
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by ejain 13y ago
CircleCI is really neat, going to ditch the slow CloudBees build server as soon as CircleCI gets the last remaining issues sorted out. Hope the money lets them hire someone who can write proper docs and changelogs :-)
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by ejain 13y ago
This site looks great for inspiration, but for me the most important thing when planning a hike is being able to see updates on current conditions (e.g. is the trailhead accessible? Is there snow on the trail?). One of the best-implemented
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by ejain 13y ago
Typo? wta.org
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by ejain 13y ago
Withings has a wireless blood pressure cuff, and makes the data available through a Web API for services like exist.io. BodyMedia's FIT detects when you lie down and get up (so no need to push any buttons), and you don't need to t
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by ejain 13y ago
The problem isn't the data, it's the services, which for the most part are geared towards motivating and entertaining you, not helping you interpret your data. One reason for this is that the human body is too complex (and the dat
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Open source BLE heart rate monitor app for Android(blog.zenobase.com)
2 points by ejain 13y ago|0 comments
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by ejain 13y ago
Sounds good, but StartCom's certificates don't appear to be recognized by Oracle's Java out of the box; this should be a show-stopper for anyone who is providing a Web API.
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by ejain 13y ago
The product may speak for itself, but what if there is no one to listen? :-)
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by ejain 13y ago
An equally common mistake is to visualize without analyzing :-)
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by ejain 13y ago
I don't think you can place ads in any movie--only movies that have the "monetization" feature enabled. It's the same issue as with Google AdSense, though there you have options to exclude certain ads.
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by ejain 13y ago
Personal analytics can help you decide e.g. if those expensive supplements you started taking last month do in fact improve your sleep, or if you burn more calories at the gym than when you go for a free walk. Sometimes the effects are obvi
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by ejain 13y ago
I'm the founder of https://zenobase.com/ , another startup in this space. Completely agree that "graphs without the ability to manipulate data are worse than nothing"--it's hard to gain much insight witho
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by ejain 13y ago
Play is an interesting option if 1. you need async request handling (most people don't), 2. are comfortable with Scala, and 3. don't mind maintaining your own branch of the framework (or can pay for commercial support). Otherwise
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by ejain 13y ago
This company will be bought by New Relic in 3... 2... 1...
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by ejain 13y ago
It's not a head transplant, it's a body transplant.
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by ejain 13y ago
BrainTree is another option to consider: Their API seems to be as simple as Stripe's, and their pricing looks better (quicker payouts, volume pricing).
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by ejain 13y ago
Google Maps is quite useless for navigating in the backcountry, especially now that they appear to be dropping the "terrain" maps. But that doesn't mean all digital maps are useless.
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Common obstacles when working with Quantified Self APIs(quantifiedself.com)
2 points by ejain 13y ago|1 comments
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by ejain 13y ago
The inability to filter out items that I have already seen is precisely what makes Facebook, Twitter, Google+ et al so inefficient for me.

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