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by jwarkentin 13y ago
I disagree that it's really even that hard to start with. It's like any library or framework. You have to learn it initially, but then it's just not that hard. I've been using RequireJS for a couple years as well as node
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
Are you updating older password hashes to bcrypt on login? That's the perfect opportunity since you have the users password prior to hashing and comparing.
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
There's a simple, free, realtime method (doesn't require me to "retrieve" anything, updates all computers instantly). In Linux you can just use some cloud syncing service (Dropbox in this example) and do the following:
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
I think you're thinking of the wrong problem. The basic problem, of course, is simply that we want an easy way to pay for things without having to carry a lot of cards around. Google Wallet was an attempt to solve that, but it's g
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
This is an example of something that shouldn't be patented. I had this idea about half a year ago and thought it was unique until I saw coin. Then I got excited that someone actually made it and I bought one. If everyone's coming
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
The ridiculous part is trying to slap him with 35 years in prison (worse than murder in many cases) when the victim, JSTOR, chose not to even press charges.
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
It seems to me that browsers ought to pop up a security warning for any site that tries to use an insecure cipher like RC4 or 3DES so the user is at least aware. I say that simply because it's possible that even if a site supports some
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
Seems like we should be focusing more attention on the Department of Justice. They were the ones really pressing the ridiculous charges. MIT definitely shares some blame, but the DoJ is where we really need to see some reform.
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
I get a ton of recruiter spam. For me I think it's a combination of having a LinkedIn profile, an active Github and Stack Overflow profile, having a blog, and having them all linked together. Unfortunately, I'm now at a place wher
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
In the realtime stuff I've built I publish update notifications on different channels to Redis whenever data is saved from a model. Then I have a Node.js server that listens for those update notifications, fetches the new update once,
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
Or make life real simple and just use Socket.io
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
That's basically what I was going to say. I've developed a realtime system for my company that uses a REST API on the backend, but we use websockets to push updates to the clients in realtime. It's so much faster (no polling
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
I think it comes down largely to what you know, and if you can show it. I don't have a degree and I have a great job. I also get contacted usually multiple times a week about jobs. I maintain some open source projects, I have an active
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
I absolutely agree. I think that it's important to first establish interest and weed out candidates that are obviously unqualified. You can figure a lot of that out in a short amount of time. While some of your best candidates may alre
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
I disagree. While I have an awesome job, I'm always casually open to new opportunities. That doesn't mean that I'm willing to sacrifice a day of my time for an opportunity which I know very little about before making the sacr
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
Sure, your company invests the time of many people in the process. But you do it because you've determined that overall it adds value to have another employee. It's worth the cost. Hopefully, most things that they would otherwise
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
On the other hand, many people already have jobs are were contacted by the company looking for a candidate. I would have to take a day off work to go in for a full day interview, so some compensation is also reasonable.
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
You're missing the big picture. If all it was doing was slowing down a developer for a day then the company wouldn't bother interviewing anyone that way because all it is just a cost and there is no benefit to the company. However
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
It is common practice when hiring a developer to pay them for time spent programming if it's any significant amount. I've never heard of paying for all the time spent in the interview, or for time spent if it's just something
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
A first interview should never be sitting down with code. That's a waste of everyone's time. The first interview should probably happen over the phone, though it could be in person. There are too many people out there looking for
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
Some things to consider: http://www.sarahmei.com/blog/2013/11/11/why-you-should-never...
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
I don't know that you can consider healthcare.gov an existing service. I don't know anyone who's actually been able to get service there. It's more in the idea/alpha phase. Health Sherpa ripped off an existing idea
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Traffic flow and merging during congestion(teknically-speaking.com)
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
This is awesome! I've wanted something exactly like this for ages for publishing to my blog! You are my hero - at least for the night :p
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
I'm curious if there's any advantage to this over the Espruino which actually runs JavaScript.
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
Whoops, that's what I meant to say. Good catch!
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
Haha, exactly what I was thinking. Like the part where the IRS stops auditing...
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
I think 3 months is a bit long to wait, but I'd be all for a new election.
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
My thoughts exactly. People already make fun of our dysfunctional government. It's just adding fuel to the fire. Then again, I make fun of it too... :)
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by jwarkentin 13y ago
I never figured it would be done in the way it's presented. I like it because there's a lot of potential. And if a lot of smart hardware engineers start working on it, we can develop something way cooler. I want to see companies r

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