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by ianl 15y ago
At my university (Dalhousie, Halifax NS), they still use Java for the first 3 classes (CSCI1100,CSCI1101,CSCI2110) which are basic data structure and algorithm classes, they include a mixture of Linked Lists, Binary Trees, Search Algorithms
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by ianl 15y ago
I can remember the pain of doing this as a first year intern at a sporting odds aggregation site, the biggest challenge was dealing with the invalid xml and non standardized naming scheme. Montreal Canadians, The Habs, etc. Our eventual sol
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by ianl 15y ago
The last financing round valued Facebook at $50B, and now with this latest buy in of $6.5M it increased the valuation to $70B. That is where the $20B figure is originates.
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by ianl 15y ago
You can just start up X instances of your server for X cores. This way you have completely independent processes running and maintain data independence without getting bogged down with synchronization and other messy issues.
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by ianl 15y ago
Eve online uses mssql, however it is no longer their primary bottleneck from what I've read on the dev blogs in the last few years.
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Justin.tv Office on TC Cribs(tcrn.ch)
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by ianl 15y ago
Larry and Sergey started Google, at which time it was no longer a stanford research project, many years before AdWords. In fact, they were very resistant to the idea of have any advertisements and were adamant in maintaining clean search re
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by ianl 15y ago
People are naturally resistent to change
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by ianl 15y ago
Wouldn't a fluid approach be better? I haven't done much HTML/CSS in the last year.
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by ianl 15y ago
This is a very good point, you can pull higher CPM since everything is directly measured.
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by ianl 15y ago
People like to watch professional players so they can learn things, and also entertained. There is value being created for these individuals and JustinTV has snatched up the market by offering revenue sharing deals to get people to switch.
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by ianl 15y ago
This is really cool; very impressed!
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by ianl 15y ago
Paypal, at least in my experience gouges its customers at every turn. For instance, the exchange rates they used are generally highly outdated. However, I have not used Paypal in several years so they might have fixed that.
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by ianl 15y ago
If you read the IPO Filing with SEC, LinkedIn is pouring a lot of there revenue back into company in the form of research and development.
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by ianl 15y ago
Interesting idea, hiring a team like this could have its drawbacks. For instance, what happens when they want to leave? You have a segment of your work force leaving with domain knowledge all at once. It seems really good for teams, you get
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by ianl 15y ago
I know they used launchrock, but I'm really curious how effective it was in locating the proper initial users in solving this problem.
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by ianl 15y ago
During my first year of university while I was running a start up our of dorm room (modest success) and doing a full course load I was running on four hours of sleep a night and an hour afternoon's nap just before supper. That experience ta
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by ianl 15y ago
This is a prime example of how not to attract new users. On another note, wouldn't a site like this have a significant problem where the only people with enough motivation to make a post on a website like this would be someone who has a chi
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by ianl 15y ago
For me, I started using Python because I could write the front end (web-facing) and back end code in the same language. Meaning I can write back end services like mail server and share models and other code across both. You could argue that
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by ianl 15y ago
I too was confused by the name, I thought it was a tablet until they showed the laptop in the video. I had actually totally forgotten about ChromeOS until the announcement. That being said, I really like it. For people (and there seems to b
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by ianl 15y ago
I think its important to note that many coding competitions historically only allow C/C++/Java. There is advantage in that you can use many hacks in these languages to get around certain issues quickly if your an innovative person (which yo
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by ianl 15y ago
I forgot all about that, I actually stayed in one during a visit a few summers ago. Very nice, and pretty cheap, esp considering the fact your close to downtown Charlottetown.
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by ianl 15y ago
Having "swanky" residence rooms (which are paid for by the students and I'm sure they don't loose money on these) is a selling point. In all honesty, as someone who grew up and goes to school in the Maritimes, not many people want to go to
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by ianl 15y ago
The only problem with this method is that if you modify your hosts file, you have to modify both.
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by ianl 15y ago
If you're talking about an incubator like YCombinator where they'd co-found a company, it'd be very difficult as the more important question is whether they can work together.
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by ianl 15y ago
Contribute to open source, and start your own projects. Show your passion for what you do.
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by ianl 15y ago
The article just ended, felt like the author got half way done and just stopped.
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by ianl 15y ago
Interesting idea, do you have a mobile application? This seems perfect for the mobile market. I can imagine sitting in a pub after a meal with friends wondering whats next and perhaps using an application similar to this one.
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by ianl 15y ago
Add a note, or a link to which formatting syntax you use for posts. For example, is it markdown or similar.
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by ianl 15y ago
I use git along with my github account. I generally have several different branches, usually a development branch which is my current development build, staging, and then the master being the primary. When working on a new bug or feature, i

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