rojoca

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by rojoca 10y ago
Yes! A lot of the time people can't finish things because they don't know or can't decide what to actually do next. Having another person around to validate decisions or even just make them can be a great help. Bringing peopl
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by rojoca 10y ago
I found this advertisement from Mercedes interesting: https://i.redd.it/wwxk8nqh88ex.gif I can't speak for the quality of Mercedes interface (and this is obviously marketing for non-programmers) but LOC seems like an o
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by rojoca 11y ago
You can always use a VPN, register with a dummy email account, and pay with a prepaid credit card if you're concerned about such things. Alternatively, subscribe to everything so your preferences disappear.
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by rojoca 11y ago
I had the same experience moving from NZ to Canada in 2010. I could not believe how terrible the banking experience was. Everything was so slow. Opening an account, depositing or transferring money. People still writing cheques for everythi
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by rojoca 11y ago
I agree with the general sentiment that someone's technical experience should in almost all cases be able to be presented independent of their political views but I would append to that the following: "but conferences can do whate
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by rojoca 11y ago
Usually used for long running queries but sometimes appropriate for this problem is creating a "query" resource via POST after which you have a URI for the results: POST /queries {"query": "..."}
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by rojoca 11y ago
Start with a problem, then decide if it can be best solved by a website or an app.
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by rojoca 12y ago
If you sign an agreement with your friend behind your girlfriend's back you're looking out for your own interests. You're in effect controlling or limiting her choice without her knowledge.
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by rojoca 12y ago
Interesting title given that Netflix has just released pricing for their upcoming New Zealand release undercutting the local offering from Spark (formerly Telecom).
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by rojoca 12y ago
My first job was building something like this into sugarcrm circa 2005. It was more of a generic workflow tool and is a great way to automate business process. Not not sure how enjoyable it was for people to come into work, check their task
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by rojoca 12y ago
I downloaded and installed in about 3 hours but the download kept "failing" and had to be manually resumed from the App Store.
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by rojoca 12y ago
If you watch the linked video above you will see how clever persistent data structures mean that nothing is ever cloned or copied.
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by rojoca 12y ago
> This is important: the really painful part of being stuck in traffic is not, really, the actual amount of time that it takes to get from Point A to Point B. Rather, it’s the “stuck” bit. I've noticed this tends to not matter so mu
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by rojoca 13y ago
Has anyone made a todomvc implementation using this?
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Don't trust your brain [video](infoq.com)
3 points by rojoca 13y ago|0 comments
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by rojoca 13y ago
Some people like to run their browser without sending REFERER headers. I know chrome and firefox can both be configured to do so. That would mean these users would not be able to use your site/app. Better to stick with the tried and true me
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Thorough analysis of The Avengers screenplay(comicsbeat.com)
3 points by rojoca 14y ago|0 comments
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by rojoca 14y ago
I don't think it is that unsurprising either, nor do I have a problem with this kind of advertising. My only gripe would be that I believe you can opt-out of targeted gmail ads now so it would appear this is either out of date or inaccurate
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by rojoca 14y ago
Don't forget that this is Pike's ideal setup. Presumably in this "ideal" the security issues no longer exist and my "setup" is available at any interface I interact with - instantly.
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by rojoca 14y ago
It should be noted that the post explicitly recommends using free/fun to play games and links to a problem gambling site.
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by rojoca 14y ago
To get benefits from testing you really need your team to buy into it. In my experience developers are much more inclined to try things that they had an active part in suggesting or formulating. It's likely your team has some experience or
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by rojoca 15y ago
In my experience I have found that explicitly passing your dependencies around through constructors or method arguments leads to more robust abstractions. Defining an object as a Singleton from the get-go can lead to its overuse. If you hav
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by rojoca 15y ago
I can see this as a useful tool in prototyping. You can create these short DSL phrases to describe the behaviour you want, then implement as much as you need. The other benefit is the documentation (in DSL form) you get. It's always nice to
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by rojoca 15y ago
> we've all seen OK/Cancel prompts before It's interesting to think about common patterns and if they really are in the user's best interest or if a new pattern might offer some benefit. I'm undecided in this case. When it comes to non-
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by rojoca 15y ago
I'm not sure about the terms of Apple's in-app purchasing (perhaps someone could elaborate), but can a publisher add a surcharge to the native app, to cover apple's cut, then offer the original (now discounted) price to users who pay throug
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by rojoca 15y ago
I imagine the main reason they moved to PHP5 was not for features but simply because the PHP development team ended support for PHP 4. That means no more security fixes for version 4. This point was mentioned explicitly by WordPress. WordPr
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by rojoca 15y ago
There is the EFF: https://w2.eff.org/patent/
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by rojoca 15y ago
Taking it a bit further it's often useful to invite criticism. Next time you show off your latest prototype instead of asking "What do you think?" ask "What do you hate about this?". Sometimes your peers are reluctant to criticize; make the
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by rojoca 15y ago
While not an option for everyone, serving static content from a different domain is another way to avoid this bug.
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by rojoca 15y ago
After riding this train I started to wonder why driverless trains are not more prevalent. It seems so obvious now.

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