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by iharris 14y ago
Not to mention that S3 buckets tend to remain online when EC2 instances in US-east are exploding due to <insert a problem related to EBS, network, or datacenter power failure>. :)
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by iharris 14y ago
This made me laugh. I worked for a POS company in Canada and we've seen ant colonies in Epson thermal printers, and the retailers don't realize it because the printers just keep working.
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by iharris 14y ago
I'm intrigued by the concept, but... XBox 360 and PS3? For a game that is going to span years? I hope to see an announcement of PC support at least.
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by iharris 14y ago
Interestingly, some provinces place weekly or monthly limits on the purchase of tax-exempt smokes in order to combat this. However, their method of synchronizing the limits with retailers is laughably outdated and insecure (one province tra
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by iharris 14y ago
If memory serves, I believe that they mean that the servers run at 100% capacity, not 100% load ie. CCP does not throttle back system resources during periods of light use.
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by iharris 14y ago
I largely agree with Fred's opinion on the shortcomings of bioinformaticians and the general attitude in the industry, but my personal experience was actually pretty positive. My past research was on building visualizations of the complicat
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by iharris 14y ago
I would absolutely love to see more visualizations like this in e-textbooks. I think it would assist with the readers' understanding, particularly in secondary school math or physics where students may have difficulty grasping new concepts
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by iharris 14y ago
Yes, yes, yes! This article matches the feeling I had when riding a road bike for the first time. The sense of speed and freedom is amazing, like rediscovering the joy of a bike without training wheels. If I can offer one piece of advice, i
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by iharris 14y ago
Let's not gloss over the fact that the sole purpose of organ transplants is to save lives. I have a hard time believing his argument about financial motivation for organ donation - a surgeon's salary should preclude the temptation of "makin
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by iharris 14y ago
I'm not convinced that a point-and-shoot camera can be considered "pro". Thumbs-up for manual exposure settings and the inclusion of Android, but a single f/2.8-5.9 lens is not going to be suitable in a lot of situations. I also don't see a
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by iharris 14y ago
Heh... they say that there's no such thing as bad weather, only bad gear! With that said, it really depends on where you live and what route you take to work. In my city (one of the colder parts of Canada), I can ride a road bike in the win
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by iharris 14y ago
Yeah, for me, 1d experiences the lowest load of all zones. According to the pricing history for spot instances, 1d experiences the fewest price spikes compared to 1a and 1b. I'd be interested to see if other users have noticed the same thin
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by iharris 14y ago
I have instances in two different zones - both are down, although I don't know if AWS's randomization means that my 1a and 1d are actually located in the same logical zone.
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by iharris 14y ago
SNS sent me an e-mail of my instance alarms pretty quickly. EDIT: My status checks were slow to update like the sibling comment stated, although the alarms that measure system resources triggered almost immediately when everything blew up.
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by iharris 14y ago
The website could use some optimization but it's a great start. I like the music that you've posted so far. One question, though: Would you consider doing short musical sound effects ("jingles" for lack of a better word)? For example, for l
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by iharris 14y ago
This looks great! As a former property manager, I can definitely say that integrated credit checks would be a godsend (when I was doing this there weren't any great web-based tools like there are now).
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by iharris 14y ago
Actually, here's the children's documentary I mentioned. They also use a couple other sneaky tricks to make the product appear larger without image manipulation software. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUjz_eiIX8k
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by iharris 14y ago
Yeah, there was a kids' documentary made about fast-food photography a few years back. Basically they will just use a skillet to surface cook (brown) the outside of the patty to avoid the shrinkage that occurs when you grill a burger (lots
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by iharris 14y ago
This is a great idea and your descriptions and illustrations are hilarious. A couple things - on the subscription form you might need to provide some details about what countries you can ship to (The "State", "Zipcode", and lack of a "Count
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by iharris 14y ago
I agree with your point about not pointing fingers. I do think that this article has value - in the sense that it fosters a frank dialogue about the human-rights records of our own governments. As a dual US/CA citizen currently living in Ca
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by iharris 14y ago
Seconded! I think you guys are building something great here, and I can't wait to take it for a spin. Keep it up!
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by iharris 14y ago
On a related note, I think that Microsoft and OEMs would have a hard time overcoming consumers' perception of the iPad as 'sexy' or 'luxurious'. Apple's had the head-start to build this sort of brand recognition for the iPad and IMHO, I fea
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by iharris 14y ago
Right, I should have been more specific - I mostly meant in the PC/laptop product line, where there was often a notable price gap if you compared similar hardware specs. I'm not saying that either product was inferior, just that if the aver
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by iharris 14y ago
I can really feel the irony here - one of the biggest gripes of Apple critics was the price of their products. It'll be interesting to see if things have turned around.
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by iharris 14y ago
Unless Microsoft will produce their own hardware for a Win8 tablet, I think we are going to see a whole slew of tablet models with varying (and sometimes dubious) build quality. Like it or not, the iPad is pretty well put-together - I think
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by iharris 14y ago
I'm in agreement here. Like it or not, FB will likely affect everyone here, whether directly or indirectly. Regardless of how the trading goes today, it should be an interesting ride.
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by iharris 14y ago
That's a good point. I guess I was more concerned that other companies (or unscrupulous app developers) might abuse the ability to place ads anywhere. As long as Google exerts strict control over ad policy and placement, it's a win-win like
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by iharris 14y ago
I had to pick the Swiss cheese out of my sandwich after seeing the pictures.
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by iharris 14y ago
The potential applications of this technology are pretty awesome - I just hope that we don't see Google ads superimposed on every blank surface we look at.
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by iharris 14y ago
It takes guts to take a leap like this. Good luck, I hope you succeed.

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