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by markhelo 13y ago
Besides the already good technical book suggestions, I am going a bit off the path here, but these books have made me a better developer. "Endurance" about Sir Ernest Shackleton's incredible failed expedition to the South Pol
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by markhelo 13y ago
Lesser men would have gone into a shell and "put this behind them" by letting people forget. I commend what PG is doing here. Taking this head on and not worrying about people picking apart sentences in isolation and ultimately st
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Design of the Mumbai Suburban Rail Map(mrane.com)
1 points by markhelo 13y ago|0 comments
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Is Youtube down for you?(twitter.com)
4 points by markhelo 13y ago|3 comments
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Why I Love my Microsoft Surface 2: Tips and Tricks(youtube.com)
6 points by markhelo 13y ago|0 comments
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by markhelo 13y ago
Disclaimer: I build Wello( https://www.wello.com ) and am ex-googler. We are a vertical marketplace for connecting you to fitness professionals. We are extremely focused on this segment and our offering in terms of price and train
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Beware of the Google Blacklist(money.cnn.com)
1 points by markhelo 13y ago|0 comments
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CircleCI security incident(status.circleci.com)
108 points by markhelo 13y ago|45 comments
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by markhelo 13y ago
I was conflicted about what you were saying because on one hand you seem to be moderating yourself after making an extreme statement, but then this statement clarified it for me. Not sure if you realize it, but as an employer if YOU have to
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by markhelo 13y ago
Or just offering coffee before or at the end of each meal. Factor the price in your menu for large entrees. People like free stuff.
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by markhelo 13y ago
Mini MSFT was on a hiatus, but seems to like the news and trying to shape the post-Ballmer Microsoft. Speculation that it was Sinofsky should be put to rest now.
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Steve Ballmer is Going to Frickin' Retire From Microsoft(minimsft.blogspot.com)
11 points by markhelo 13y ago|1 comments
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by markhelo 13y ago
WELLO - San Francisco, CA - UX Design Lead At Wello ( https://www.wello.com ), we are rethinking how people get fit. We are bringing the Gym to your home over live video. The fitness options today work for the highly motivated but
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by markhelo 13y ago
Not sure why but not all clouds have disappeared. It could be Africa. I also see images that are stitched from different times of the year as you can see the difference in vegetation. -7.038329,36.246508
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by markhelo 13y ago
If I am paying for a service, I prefer to have the option to not have ads. If you like ads, go for it. If PBS, HBO and other premium cable can be ad-free, Hulu should be to. The reason they are not, is because the three networks want more m
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by markhelo 13y ago
Not sure if the artistic pun was intended but his signature can probably be expressed as a bezier curve as well :)
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by markhelo 13y ago
What we have done is use Chartio but connect it to our Slave database. I like this approach for many reasons. Our charts implicitly test that our slave connections are working well. If compromised, it wont immediately impact our site. You
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by markhelo 13y ago
I own 2038K.com, if anyone has interesting ideas on what to do with it besides making money from ADS, let me know. I bought it as a retirement hedge with the evil plan to drum up doomsday scenarios to drive traffic. Wait, I am sure the medi
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by markhelo 13y ago
Anyone with a ZX Sinclair Spectrum Basic game code? I need to walk down nostalgia too!
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by markhelo 14y ago
Congratulations Jesse. Its clear you made the decision after a lot of thought. PyCon 2013 was my first and it was especially better because of the help and support we got from you and your team. It was remarkable to see you on top of things
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by markhelo 14y ago
+1
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by markhelo 14y ago
Wello: SF or REMOTE fulltime (near pacific time) At Wello ( https://www.wello.com ), we are rethinking how people get fit. Gyms do not work for 89% of Americans, but yet they are a $21B industry thanks to recurring fees. We are trying to ch
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Nike+ selects 10 startups.(techcrunch.com)
1 points by markhelo 14y ago|0 comments
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by markhelo 14y ago
Agreed. I was only saying that mosts tests are written to codify what is expected not that they should not be changed with changing code.
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by markhelo 14y ago
I am not sure I agree with it being worse. Would you rather have code with no tests or code with tests even if they do verify what it is doing? Most regression tests are brittle because they never change and get hardened. In my previous lif
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by markhelo 14y ago
Wello: SF or REMOTE fulltime (near pacific time) At Wello ( https://www.wello.com ), we are rethinking how people get fit. Gyms do not work for 89% of Americans, but yet they are a $21B industry thanks to recurring fees. We are trying to ch
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Group Workouts from your home(wello.co)
4 points by markhelo 14y ago|1 comments
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A Brief Introduction to Personal Genome Analysis(skillshare.com)
33 points by markhelo 14y ago|6 comments
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Minimalist Scaling(amolkher.info)
1 points by markhelo 14y ago|0 comments
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by markhelo 14y ago
Wello - San Francisco, CA (INTERN, H1B) We are looking for engineers who are interested in the health and fitness space. If you are a generalist who wants to solve different problems as they show up and learn and grow with us, consider us.

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