jasonjei

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   by jasonjei 10y ago

   I've actually found the SFO private contractors to be fantastic. I once left my laptop at the security scanner, and they shipped it to me next day (at my expense) where I urgently needed my laptop the following day--it was boxed and pa
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   I'm not against GMO, but one thing that I think is a fallacy is the choice between GMO and heavily-pesticided products. In fact, GMO has made some plants more pesticide-tolerant, thereby increasing the use of pesticide. That's not
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   I actually don't think you and I are in much disagreement if at all. I said I believe enough time has passed for GMO studies, and that the whole world can't afford to shop at Whole Foods. But one area where I feel uncomfortable is
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   On the one hand, the precautionary principle argues we should be careful of GMOs and research the long-term consequences of GMO. But there's been enough time, and it seems it's safe enough, and it's at least in GA if not publ
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   I agree. I'm particularly interested in the full text search module. A lot of libraries that manipulate data structures in Redis could benefit from being able to modify data as a Redis module.
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   by jasonjei 10y ago

   If I remember correctly, C++11 smart pointers need more maintenance when being passed on a message pump across threads, particularly from my memory of using it on Windows.[0] When sending/posting a smart pointer to a different thread&#
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   by jasonjei 10y ago

   I just used the Github mobile UI to read code. I'm sure there are better tools out there. I've been meaning to try iOctocat...
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   by jasonjei 10y ago

   Yeah, I took it from 8th grade to 12th grade. In my class of 10 or so students, only one of us got a passing score. Perhaps our teacher didn't adequately challenge us. We had read Cicero and other Latin literature yet Latin grammar alw
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   by jasonjei 10y ago

   I find that doing code reviews are helpful on the phone. I often catch things that I don't on the desktop because the screen is so focused. However, I find writing code on the smartphone screen so clumsy that I only do it in emergenci
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

    I took AP Latin: Vergil in high school. That was one of the hardest classes I've ever had to take because the grammar is so complex (I'm also not surprised Japanese has few perfect scores). I know I didn't get a passing score
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

    Singapore Airlines has a close equivalent of the "Harvey Girls." They're called the "Singapore Girls."[0] Like the "Harvey Girls," the brand has received its share of sexism allegations. SIA also has a lis
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

    That's probably a good thing. People can get epileptic attacks from flashing lights...
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    Does that mean Cupertino has already rewritten iTunes and App Store and Apple Online Store? I'm guessing they're going to keep the WebObjects style URLs for compatibility with old versions of iTunes and App Store.
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

    It often reminds me of retail establishments that pay profit-shared wage vs. commission-based retail wage. I've actually had very earnest interactions with Apple retail employees, and they will recommend me products they personally li
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

    I think tipping is so culturally engrained in America that the odds of us completely switching to a gratuity-included system is about the same as switching to driving on the left side of the road. Americans will always lament tipping, but A
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

    Did NYPD refund fines from erroneously paid citations?
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

    We use Redis as a record level distributed lock on top of pub/sub and a cache and a queue. We also take advantage of expiring keys to detect if users are connected or have activity. We used to use it a session store but switched to enc
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

    I agree. I think Sidekiq is a good example of how modules are used. You can add the Pro features, use a community plugin, but the plugins usually don't affect core functionality (such as the Sidekiq "cron" scheduler, error re
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

    I'm trying to be cautious yet open-minded and optimistic with Redis modules. Redis is such a well-written C software that I can't help but think modules might become an antipattern to Redis. I like the idea that the option to use
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

    Makes sense, as it's clearly an abbreviation for "character."
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

    I'm interested to know the answer to this question. Is it safe to store things in the frunk? I actually keep quite a bit of stuff in my frunk (extra motorcycle helmets since I don't have much space in my condo and I have a shared
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

    ``The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.''---Winston Churchill
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

    You still use Al-Gebra inside differential equations. There's no limit to how these things can converge.
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

    Consultants have been making a big push for the block chain. SWIFT announced last month it is working with Accenture to develop a distributed ledger with block chain technology[0]. [0] https://www.swift.com/insights/pre
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

    Thanks for the enlightenment, I didn't know this aspect of the Ruby core team.
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

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    I think the i3 has great potential and mass appeal and is accessible at its price point. But having said that, I'm still confused why BMW went out of its way to design it as an "alternative car." I might be alone in this, but
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

    I would argue FedEx is a tech company. Creating and shipping labels can be done via the FedEx API, and pickups can be arranged too, like Uber. The supply chain solution is so good that companies can keep very low inventory of high value goo
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

    SFO is one of the better TSA operations. The employees of the TSA presence aren't directly employees of DHS; they are employed by a contractor of the TSA. I've found them to be professional and efficient (granted that I have Globa
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    by jasonjei 10y ago

    We had so much trouble deploying on ECS. Everything from its unhelpful debug/troubleshooting tools to its unhelpful log/event messages (yes, thanks for letting me know that you tried running a task 10 times and it failed; or that