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by rmc00 16y ago
Very true. I recently inherited an application at work that has a dark corner where a past co-worker wrote a crappy, I-hope-nobody-sees-this-code prototype. While the code does produce correct results, it's very messy. Most of the people wh
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by rmc00 16y ago
Is writing this type of resume really the best means of filtering out an applicant's undesired companies? It would seem to me that the best way to avoid companies you don't want to be involved with is to simply research the company before y
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by rmc00 16y ago
Yeah I believe it should be somewhat straightforward since the history is stored on your computer. The problem lies in the fact that there's no standardized means of storing browsing history, so every browser requires a different approach.
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by rmc00 16y ago
I actually grew up in a small town that was built around a factory that made one of the featured products. When the factory closed, unemployment was really high, and a lot of people were upset. I see the same sort of response from IT folks
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by rmc00 16y ago
I work for a company that provides a mission critical service to a lot of people. Maybe we're just spoiled, but we have multiple failover environments. That means that we can deploy in the afternoon by failing the service over to a hot back
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by rmc00 16y ago
FWIW, PERL variables start with $ too, see http://www.cgi101.com/class/ch2/text.html . It looked like PERL to me.
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by rmc00 16y ago
I think this video is really informative. It helped me understand how the browser works and gave me a good view of the DOM. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2_6bGNZ7bA
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by rmc00 16y ago
It's pretty exciting to see the iPad coming to the enterprise. I've heard that the company I work for released them to executives a few weeks ago, and it sounds like we're not alone. What's really exciting though is how the enterprise deskt
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by rmc00 16y ago
Is this not the point of RUP? To create an iterative, agile methodology that looks like a waterfall at a high level? I think the problem you define is the exact reason that RUP becoming so popular, but I admit that I may misunderstand.
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by rmc00 16y ago
This is an interesting service to consider from the perspective of both the sender and recipient of an email message. The value that you create for the recipient is the spam filtering that you mention only as an aside. If someone is paying
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by rmc00 16y ago
If you don't mind, I'm curious to find out why you view the private cloud as un-cloud-like. I don't think the cloud is defined by where the service is hosted or even how the service is paid for. To me, cloud computing is defined by 3 big id
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by rmc00 16y ago
I would echo the recommendations for Introduction to Information Retrieval. If you want something with the same concepts but a little less math, I liked Search Engine: Information Retrieval in Practice by Bruce Croft, et al as well. If you
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Consider the Product(jounce.net)
1 points by rmc00 17y ago|0 comments
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by rmc00 17y ago
There are a lot of tools that can create CSS/HTML. I've heard a lot about psd2html http://www.psd2html.com . There's also an article on alistapart.com on how to make photoshop create better html/css, if you're interested, at http://www.al
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by rmc00 17y ago
I've been asking the same questions lately and trying to find the answers. The problem that I've run into is that a lot of designers just feel what is right. It seems very instinctive, which makes it hard for them to pass on knowledge. One
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by rmc00 17y ago
Despite the question "What are you doing right now?", the value in Twitter is that people answer "What are you thinking right now?" I can use Twitter search to find some things out faster because people's opinions appear on Twitter before t
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by rmc00 17y ago
That's really cool, but the problem for newspapers is bigger than the medium. I can already pull up the New York Times on my iPhone. Now I can do it on Kindle. Cool, but not big news. Newspapers are still slow to respond. The news is alread
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by rmc00 17y ago
"I’ve often believed that the true measure of an entrepreneur’s character comes not during the boom times, but how they react in times of adversity and challenge." Couldn't be more true! I have a friend who runs his own restaurant. He's suc
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Where Zope Leads, Python Follows(dirtsimple.org)
1 points by rmc00 17y ago|0 comments
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by rmc00 17y ago
Most definitely yet. Twitter search has some real potential. It's growing rapidly as a place that people can search for quick reviews of restaurants, movies, etc.
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by rmc00 17y ago
I found that I like hourly rates better than fixed prices. Fixed prices work great if you have a lot of experience on which you can base estimates. For someone who is an emerging developer, I would suggest starting out at a modest hourly ra
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by rmc00 17y ago
Yeah, it wasn't much of an article, but the point was still valid. Too many web designers use the div tag for absolutely everything. It works, but there's a reason for the other tags. They create semantics that make the web more accessible.
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by rmc00 17y ago
I believe language and effort are the two main factors for a good signup form. Language means clarity, which makes doing the work easier. Minimizing the amount of effort that actually goes into filling out the form is really important too t
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by rmc00 17y ago
I really agree that this approach of gradually engaging the customer is the best way to go. The last thing a startup needs is to lose customers just because they can't use the product without going through a ridiculously long signup form. I
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by rmc00 17y ago
Don't get me wrong, UML needs some serious change. However, there is some value in the process and thought that goes into creating the UML diagrams for projects, especially larger, more complex projects. I find that it helps me better visua
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by rmc00 17y ago
Wow, a system that can understand and intelligently answer questions would take down Google in a heartbeat. That would effectively convert the problem that Google solves from searching to recommending, which is much more valuable.
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by rmc00 17y ago
I can't talk much about the passion here, but working short days is not a sign of having too little to do. I would argue that if you absolutely have to work all the time, you've got too much to do. Sometimes less is more. Consider if you sa
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by rmc00 17y ago
So many content creators are brilliant but have a fundamental misunderstanding of the web. It's great to see that they're starting to understand how the web works and what makes it different from other means of communication.
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by rmc00 17y ago
Right now, I only sell my services as a freelancer, but I would love to sell my actual software. I found David Heinemeier Hansson's talk at Startup School 08 ( http://www.omnisio.com/startupschool08/david-heinemeier-hans... ) to be profound
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by rmc00 17y ago
You may want to take a look at comet and long polling. With this method, you can eliminate reliance on a clock (and all the associated headaches). Using comet/long polling, you can sort of mimic pushing the new pictures to clients. This cou

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