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by mwexler 13y ago
Not sure why estebank's comment was downvoted; Resolver One was truly awesome. DataNitro's stuff is also interesting, but it's a different approach, and Resolver One's model and work shouldn't be forgotten.
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by mwexler 13y ago
Though I am reminded of the Ram Doublers from Connectix and others in the early 90s, and the buzz around magically doubling your memory... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectix and http://www.ambrosiasw.c
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by mwexler 13y ago
I hope this doesn't start a sad trend of 'Nano USB' and 'Pico USB'.
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by mwexler 13y ago
For those wondering which of the many DSP acronyms this is referring to, it's Digital Signal Processing.
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by mwexler 13y ago
Big is relative, of course. I don't think I ever used that feature of Google Reader, and it's unclear how many others depended on it as well. That being said, of course, it's a great feature to have.
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by mwexler 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1x#Windows_for_Workgr... if you don't get the reference... Well played, Sir Linus.
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PCWorld Exits Print, and the Era of Computer Magazines Ends(techland.time.com)
1 points by mwexler 13y ago|0 comments
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by mwexler 13y ago
I will throw out R just because it should be thrown out... there, out there, I mean. I know, it's a terrible language, but it is a great collection of capabilities. Quintessential example of love/hate.
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by mwexler 13y ago
They also use a similar trick based on the icon colors for the iTunes ios app update feature (for those of us who still like plugging our phone or tablet into the USB cable). In the latest iTunes, when you click on an app in icon mode to f
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by mwexler 13y ago
For those who have no idea what Pixate is, " Pixate was founded in May 2012 by Paul Colton and Kevin Lindsey with the goal of enabling designers and developers alike to quickly and easily create beautiful, native mobile interfaces. Pi
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by mwexler 13y ago
The stages of grief each take time, and the amount of time varies from person to person. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BCbler-Ross_model
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by mwexler 13y ago
Indeed, the article is credited to him, thanks for pointing that out (missed that!). But the original posted site ("smartmotorist") didn't seem to have any credits, so unclear if it's a rip-and-post or if Mr. Beaty was
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by mwexler 13y ago
This appears to be a prettier version of William Beaty's work at http://trafficwaves.org/ which is well worth the read. I send this link out multiple times a year to friends, because it advocates (and shows some proof
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by mwexler 13y ago
Given that the source is available ( https://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur ), I sincerely hope that some kind soul will patch this and let us config the "mark as read" aging function, either by days or ability
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Adobe Acrobat at 20: Successes, Second Guesses and a Few Miscues(knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu)
3 points by mwexler 13y ago|0 comments
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by mwexler 13y ago
Source article actually points out that the teacher didn't do anything wrong in the warning, but that the warning was unnecessary and that the survey instrument was designed to protect students and give them a less risky way to get help tha
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Ask HN: Have you settled on a Google Reader replacement?
38 points by mwexler 13y ago|87 comments
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by mwexler 13y ago
I think you are misreading the Bityota pages. On the contrary, you CAN run queries with JSON... but you can also just pass in regular SQL statements. I guess Postgres direct protocol is handy; I find that ODBC covers many of my needs, so
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by mwexler 13y ago
If you like Redshift, you really should look at BitYota ( http://www.bityota.com/ ). Launched the same day at the AWS Re:invent show as Redshift, it provides much of the performance of Redshift with much more customization, as well as a mo
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by mwexler 13y ago
Wow, so many comments missed the entire point of both articles. McDonald, in the WSJ, said that if you don't at least try to understand some of the tech behind the scenes, you are basically a tool and won't get hired by him and other modern
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by mwexler 13y ago
Lots to love about NeXT. I got a kick out of the display PostScript screen. Very few other computers or workstations ever took that route. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_PostScript tells a bit more about how it evolved into PDFi
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by mwexler 14y ago
Funny. Replace the word "Python" with "R" and you get the same thoughts I had. In some ways, I wonder if Julia is creating more silos instead of having these smart folks work to integrate the wonder of Python with the vastness of the R lib
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by mwexler 14y ago
Perhaps, though he states "In this area, it’s unfortunately hard to dispute that general-purpose scripting languages like Perl, Ruby, and Python, have much better language and library support in this area than any of the data-specific langu
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by mwexler 14y ago
R is a great set of statistics wrapped in a crime of a programming language. You have to fight the latter to get to the former. Is the fight worth it? I and many others say yes... but it sucks that we even have to make that decision.
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by mwexler 14y ago
You know, I haven't seen anyone yet mention the obvious. I'd pay something per month to keep using Google Reader. Is there some reason they don't want my money? We keep complaining that they are killing this free service. How about keepi
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by mwexler 14y ago
40 million rows of one column with 1 byte is probably fine in a reasonable desktop system. 40 Million rows of varying "blob" fields each containing a totally different structure of data data, each with a gig or so of various entries... we
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by mwexler 14y ago
Feels redundant now, but Archive.org cache: http://web.archive.org/web/20130115012349/http://guidetodata...
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by mwexler 14y ago
This seems very similar to Hadapt ( http://hadapt.com/ ). Anyone familiar enough to comment on the differences?
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by mwexler 14y ago
This would be great if it was for a language that had more popularity. I mean, Forth is great for learning what a stack is or how to program a telescope (look it up), but think how great this could be to help folks learn Pascal or Basic.
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by mwexler 14y ago
Loved that tool. For those who didn't know, they EOLd it. Sigh. http://www.resolversystems.com/eol.php

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