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by pie 17y ago
Although it seems like a political and economic improbability in the US, I'm somewhat fond of the BBC's (potentially as an extension of PBS's) system of large-scale, government-supported news. Clearly we would prefer a more distributed, per
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by pie 17y ago
It's been interesting watching visualization (and similarly, intuitive usage of data mining) struggle through what appears to be a very long and very awkward infancy stage. Academics and developers continue clinging to things like hyperboli
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by pie 17y ago
It seems strange to me that nobody's mentioned that a good chunk of society might actually enjoy shaking hands with one another. Even in the depths of germ paranoia, it seems silly to focus on other peoples' hands - there's much worse out
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by pie 17y ago
Looking back, I think I struggled with Pylons' lack of convention (or perhaps flexibility) more than anything else. There seemed to be a lack of consensus (or as I saw it, no established "best" solution) for handling common middleware tasks
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by pie 17y ago
I love the idea of Pylons, if for nothing other than its inclusion of SqlAlchemy, which I respect hugely. However, after working on a medium-sized Pylons project for a few months, I found that there was quite a bit of "glue" that I had to
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by pie 17y ago
Exactly - I think the mega-sarcastic first half (which reminds me of "let's sell out and make a hit song"-type talk from jaded bands in the 90s) sets the stage for the more positive message in the second half which simply attempts to illust
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by pie 17y ago
I agree with you that this post does not come to much of a point. However, in my own experience, I had the same sense that Django was more straightforward, simple, and transparent than Rails - just look at the file structure of an empty pro
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by pie 17y ago
Sensational phrasing ("Nature is gone") gives way to a quick overview of mankind's impact on the planet throughout history. I don't see much new here in terms of either information or perspective.
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by pie 17y ago
It seems as though I hear this "next big thing in news" revelation every 6 months or so. I think we continue to have difficulty imagining the as-yet-unrealized "hyperlocal killer app," or perhaps it will simply turn out to be the right comb
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by pie 17y ago
I often see "social media" sites hiring users (via Craigslist's writing section or Mechanical Turk) to create accounts and engage in some baseline level of participation. I know there's the old chicken-and-egg issue when working toward crit
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by pie 17y ago
The frenzy of confused customers and hurried salespeople on a typical afternoon at B&H can be a little overwhelming, but this is all trumped by the dazzling selection of equipment. The place feels more "professional" than Circuit City's
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by pie 17y ago
This may seem like an obvious point, but encouraging prepayment is often overlooked by typical struggling startups when designing billing options. It's definitely something to consider if you haven't already.