scott_w

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by scott_w 15y ago
It's probably a bit extreme to say he's "bitching". This sort of thing is quite useful to those of us who have an involvement in hiring, but don't have a lot of experience. I've been involved in hiring a couple of people, though the process
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by scott_w 15y ago
Not usually. However, I do sometimes make explicit comparisons to False or None if I can end up with both, and the behaviour differs depending on what I have. It's probably not the best idea to be doing that, but it's not tripped me up yet
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by scott_w 15y ago
I completely agree. When my friend and I were teaching ourselves how to develop software, we would write simple games. We went through a process of learning the basics of C, Python and Java by writing Scratchcard style games. It was simple
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by scott_w 15y ago
Custom verbs aren't really necessary. You can do some of your "method" naming in the URI. One example could be: /sum?number=1&number=2 which, when a GET is issued, will return a representation of 3. If you need to perform some action th
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by scott_w 15y ago
I disagree. Nginx brings a lot to the table in simplicity and ease-of-use. Just reading an nginx.conf and comparing it to an httpd.conf should be enough to convince you what nginx brings to the table.
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by scott_w 15y ago
Using interfaces is nice, in theory, but I find them cumbersome in practice. Say you have a function that takes a IAmReadable object, with the method read(). You implement it, and all is well with the world. Then, you encounter a function t
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by scott_w 15y ago
I must respectfully disagree. I work with web-based systems and find the dynamic typing of Python to be its biggest strength. The ability to just throw another property onto an object before sending it to the template-engine saves so much e
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by scott_w 15y ago
However, even with copyright we still undoubtedly lose talented authors due to them being unable to make enough money from book publishing. Same goes for software development, musicians etc. You have merely stated your opinion as fact, and
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by scott_w 15y ago
An HTML form could be one way of doing this. As long as the API complies with the form it sends out. However, getting a client to automatically understand this is a little harder. You could approximate a form in JSON, which would be similar
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by scott_w 15y ago
I would argue that you don't. JSON isn't a format for HATEOAS, for the reason you state. I'm leaning towards saying HTML 5, with some of the new semantic markup, though it's not perfect. You can use both, and simply use the Accept HTTP head
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by scott_w 15y ago
I'm currently working on a project where the WSDL is broken. The Java application that constructed the WSDL was unaware it was running behind a HTTPS proxy. This led to it importing HTTP URLs that didn't actually work. The solution was to h
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by scott_w 15y ago
Rackspace Cloud starts at a little over £7/month for their cheapest offering. They also give you some ability to "scale up" by simply asking for a bigger instance, and they handle moving your server over. The only real downside is the defau
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by scott_w 15y ago
I totally agree with this. I don't see any excuse whatsoever to take on an intern without paying them. I think the closest I ever saw was when we brought a guy in for 3 days unpaid for him to learn on the system. He did no work in those 3 d
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by scott_w 15y ago
It's not impossible. Levitt discusses issues like this in Freakonomics. Just because all crime falls over a period of time doesn't discount the effect. It doesn't even mean the effect of income disparity is minor. If the rate of crime falli
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by scott_w 15y ago
The disclaimer at the bottom states that it's a parody.
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by scott_w 15y ago
If you're right, then it could be because of the difference between building cars and building circuits. It's unlikely Asia will get the same monopoly on building Western cars it has on high tech, simply because cars are difficult to transp
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by scott_w 15y ago
While I can't cite any studies, Richard Dawkins presents some of the theory in The Selfish Gene. While total "nice guys" tend to finish last in a population of "bad guys", a localised population of "fool me once guys" can, given time, push
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by scott_w 15y ago
I suppose you could expose the counter as a separate resource. It depends how important that counter is. If it's somewhat incidental, you could use PUT. If it's key to your system, use POST for updating the counted resource, because it's no
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by scott_w 15y ago
That's a good point. I suppose one way is to decide on the equity %, as opposed to the share e.g. first 5 employees get 2% each, next 10 get 1% each.
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by scott_w 15y ago
In the UK and USA, yes you do have that right. Apple have the right to ignore your demand.
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by scott_w 15y ago
Oh the irony... Remind me, the next time I write to my MP, that I'm abusing my power and trying to subvert democratically elected representatives.
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by scott_w 15y ago
Totally agree with the market comment. You're selling a product that needs to leverage the network effect, otherwise it's useless. Marketing this product in a geographically sparse environment such as the USA means you need more users befor
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by scott_w 15y ago
Learning how to admin a server is a simple enough task for a small-ish company. We set up on Rackspace Cloud in a couple of hours, and we're running just fine. We're lucky in that our core market doesn't give us traffic spikes. If and when
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by scott_w 15y ago
3rd Paragraph http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/jan/... Skip to about 0:25 where the fun stuff starts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHaJrnlqCgo