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   by jschrf 16y ago

   Wow, that article is full of all sorts of stupid. Someone should tell the author that .NET is not a language (not that it'll make a difference). I find this part particularly hilarious: "However, if you need to make a 1.7 oz burger, you sim
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   by jschrf 16y ago

   .NET is great. It's fast, clean, and the framework libs are incredibly good. C#, IronPython, and F# are amazing. I still haven't found an IDE that compares to VS in terms of productivity and usability. Despite all the things going for it, i
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   by jschrf 16y ago

   Solution: C#
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   by jschrf 16y ago

   A rendering of the Mandelbrot set should be the Hello World of anything that's not a console app.
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   by jschrf 16y ago

   Check out Flot for jQuery: http://code.google.com/p/flot/ Some excellent examples here (scroll down): http://code.google.com/p/flot/wiki/FlotUsage
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   by jschrf 16y ago

   One thing that blows my mind with the Fukushima plant (and presumably others) is that the spent fuel pond is seemingly built above ground. Wouldn't you want this to be at the very bottom of the reactor building, so that water could collect
7. 157.▲
   by jschrf 16y ago

   IMHO choosing between ASC and DESC isn't exposing an input into the query in the same way that accepting arbitrary text (escaped or not) into the query is, but thanks for clarifying.
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   by jschrf 16y ago

   Can you elaborate on this? Given a properly parameterized query, where none of the parameters are ever evaluated, how do any user inputs remain unseperated from query structure?
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   by jschrf 16y ago

   "In fact they're not injection protection mechanisms at all" What?! Parameterized queries (in any competent implementation) ARE, in fact, injection protection mechanisms. Escaping != Parameterization. Ruby on Rails is a poor example to use
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    by jschrf 16y ago

    Thanks.
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    by jschrf 16y ago

    You can try this stuff interactively here: http://www.wischik.com/lu/AsyncSilverlight/AsyncSamples.html (requires Silverlight)
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    by jschrf 16y ago

    I agree with you 100% on your definition of sensors, and I see that the app is about proximity as well as location. What I'm curious about are how these "advanced proximity algorithms" and "sensor inaccuracies" can be used to locate co-user
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    by jschrf 16y ago

    I've read this article multiple times now and I'm having a hard time reconciling it with reality. The app "intelligently identifies nearby smartphones, whether at a local park or at a concert, using advanced proximity algorithms". OK, I'm l
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    by jschrf 16y ago

    Wow what a great article. Time to read the entire series. LISP macros are what makes me want to learn me some LISP.
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    by jschrf 16y ago

    Having a standard API for doing realtime notifications across devices would be great, but running Javascript in the background of a mobile device and exchanging JSON or XML sounds like a good way to chew through battery life.
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    by jschrf 16y ago

    I like the idea of transport transparency on the client, yet very much unlike the idea of writing JavaScript on the server. I've never tried node.js but I'm very curious to know what it offers that, say, Twisted or .NET or any other framewo