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by jmcqk6 14y ago
There are plenty of startups that have been successful on the .NET stack. The one that pops to mind first is Stack Overflow. .NET & XNA are pretty popular in indie games due to exposure to the xbox. There are many examples, but they
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
PetaPoco has been excellent so far. I really like being able to easily switch between dynamic and strongly typed results. If you're not doing "Select * on <table>" the dynamic result is pretty necessary. I do see where there could
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
I don't know what they use at Fog Creek, but I will say that I've been building a lot of things lately in both Massive and PetaPoco, and I've really enjoyed it. I've done several projects in both Linq2SQL and EntityFramework at this point,
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Microsoft Open Sources their Entity Framework ORM(hanselman.com)
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
Yeah, I realized I didn't write what I really wanted to say, which was, why would you stay at a job you hate? Or even a job that you barely tolerate? Or a job that you are apathetic about? One life, and most of your time is going to be sp
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
You only have one life. Why would anyone want to spend the vast majority of it doing work for someone else? The rare case is that they are passionate and care about the work. Anything else, and I just don't understand it.
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
Given that this is science, it doesn't mean anything to creationists.
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
If you're going to make an announcement that is going to be held up to the highest rigorous standards, figuring out exactly what to say is going to be a difficult issue. This presentation isn't for you, this is for the physics community.
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
These can take the form of the joke "if your solution to a problem is [x] then you now have two problems." Possible substitutions for x: Regular Expressions, DB Triggers, xml, Java/VB/PHP/Other language, NoSQL... the list can go on and on
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
Actually, it's possible to to prove that something doesn't exist. It depends on how well defined it is. For example, you can take the dragon in the garage from Sagan's Demon Haunted World. If you're not familiar with it, the example is a
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
First, that is a really poor citation, but let me just take it at face value. Here's what the article claims (from qualitative research btw) does have an impact: -frequent teacher feedback -the use of data to guide instruction -high-dosa
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
>is there a problem of reaching students with good educational content? Actually, you've hit upon the root problem. Truly effective education doesn't scale. Why? Because truly effective education is personal and personalized. A teac
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
>Want to change the conversation? Don't sit around critiquing things; get off your ass and produce some content that includes your oh-so-much-better approach. Right now, you're just bitching about it and -- this I can promise -- nobody
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
Your problem here is that you are using your own experiences and extrapolating to the general. You think any math teacher you see teaches like that. This is not the case. The teachers that have been the loudest critics of Khan tend to be
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
Raldi, I respect you a lot, but this statement is hardly reflective of what's been going on. Criticism of Kahn academy, especially by math teachers has been going on for years, only to be consistently ignored. This is them going 'well, I'
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
What you are missing is the long line of criticism that has been made concerning Khan academy for years now from math teachers around the united states, all of which has been basically ignored. You're appalled that a few of them made a par
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
Perhaps I'm missing something, but I thought that the Xoom was included in the updated devices list that will be pushed OTA in july. The xoom is a ten incher, right?
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
For no good reason? I hardly think removing discrimination is not a good reason. You might mean that the financial benefits are outweighed by the financial cost. Look at it this way: if you have an ADA from the start, there isn't going to
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
This is going to be very tough to enforce, but I think it could have a positive effect on many websites. Forcing ADA requirements could lead to a better design in some places. Heck, just making sites readable on a screen reader could forc
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
>When I first discovered reflection, I was using it for everything. Well there's your problem. You have to use the right tool for the job. Reflection shouldn't be used for everything, and I wasn't suggesting that was the case. My poi
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
I think the implication here is that if they require fewer lines of code, they are going to reduce the number of bugs. Regarding LINQ: is there any .NET app out there that isn't using IEnumerable at some point? I can't recall every writing
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
Are you kidding? Reflection is one of the most powerful parts of the .NET framework. Hell, the page you link to contains many examples of the different possibilities, but they're just a start. The only knock I know of against reflection
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
I think the point here is that if you have a properly architected .NET application, porting to any of the platforms supported either by microsoft or mono is relatively straight forward. So that would include Windows (all flavors), xbox, wi
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
Windows 7 sold 600 million copies. There's your motivation to create Windows 8 apps. Edit: plus, if you're already on a .NET codebase, you can target all of those platforms with minimal fuss (and more).
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
This seems similar to another site that's pretty great, though it's focus is a little different. http://www.steminist.com/
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
With Hacker Monthly, I believe all authors are contacted and for permission. I think compensation is even provided, perhaps in the form of a free subscription?
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
All platforms are supported for development on Azure. The SDK is rleased for Windows, Mac, and Linux
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
In addition to the other examples mentioned, I would definitely call the F# and C# languages "interesting." I would also call their new approach to async "interesting." There are quite a few interesting things going on, but you don't find
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
Will definitely keep an eye on this. If it delivers on it's promise, then I'll probably try it out for a few weeks at least. I cook a lot on my own already, so the main thing I'm looking for is expanding my horizons a bit.
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by jmcqk6 14y ago
I was wondering what they actually mean by "nominal." According to the dictionaries I can find it means something like "in name only" which doesn't seem appropriate to the context.

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