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by scubaguy 14y ago
If your master data source is JSON, then you can store your raw data as JSON and be able to do ad-hoc queries against it. At the same time, you can break your JSON into relational tables so you can also operate on it in traditional ways.
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by scubaguy 14y ago
The article says "According to a recent report from Pacific Crest Securities, a Portland, Oregon-based investment bank, orders for components used in Amazon's standard e-readers have fallen 75% from the bank's previous expectations."
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by scubaguy 14y ago
.. All of you have been faced with the extra cookie. All of you will be faced with many more of them. In time you will find it easy to assume that you deserve the extra cookie. For all I know, you may. But you'll be happier, and the world w
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by scubaguy 14y ago
mmap files and sharding... It seems like the problem is that you're not using MongoDB in a sharded setup to begin with. For good or bad, MongoDB targets the scale where you need sharded and replicated setups. In other words, a large enough
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by scubaguy 14y ago
I've been impressed by the number of programming languages they support, especially the less main stream ones like Clojure. These guys also host many tech events in the LA area on all sorts of subjects. Kudos to them.
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by scubaguy 14y ago
The author mentioned one of the reasons for choose MySQL is that they are familiar with MySQL. They could've went with PostgreSQL and EnterpriseDB, also a great company. It's not like you can't get commercial support with PostgreSQL.
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by scubaguy 14y ago
But take a look at the Finagle example from Heroku and compare it to the example from vert.x. There's a lot of boilerplate in the Finagle version because Finagle is a general purpose async service framework, which was my entire point.
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by scubaguy 14y ago
Finagle looks like it is a bit lower level framework compared to vert.x. While Finagle aims to be a framework that supports services using multiple protocols, vert.x appears to be much more tailored for HTTP web services.
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by scubaguy 14y ago
The Nexus name doesn't mean as much as it used to. Not all Nexus devices offer a pure Android experience - the Verizon version of Nexus will not have Google Wallet. In term of timely updates, the HTC Sensation received ICS update in March 2
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by scubaguy 15y ago
For a large table, adding a new column can be non-trivial, each record is updated when the new column is added.
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by scubaguy 15y ago
48 cores and 128GB of memory and all messages are passed in the same JVM. So illustrates that Akka makes vertical scaling easy (is it really easier for complex cases?). But that doesn't translate for people who are trying to scale horizonta
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by scubaguy 15y ago
Macs will eventually be more like PS3 and less like a general purpose computer.
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by scubaguy 15y ago
A websocket client library that works against Node.js and Python, sweet! Now if we can only have a .Net and Java server interface to go with it. Any it falls back to good 'ol polling too, right?
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by scubaguy 15y ago
You have to admit having a folder per package level is a bit silly, especially considering so many projects contain empty "org.foo"/"com.bar" folders.
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by scubaguy 15y ago
It's exactly what you asked for, an example of "You are wrong. You haven't learned it properly." You are also saying this kind of response (You haven't learned it properly) is appropriate. This attitude is what turns people away. You can be
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by scubaguy 15y ago
> Do you have a link? http://blog.joda.org/2011/11/scala-ejb-2-feedback.html?showC... I don't question the intent of the Scala community. There's no mystic group of evildoers there trying to degrade newcomers. But the mailing list is
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How CDMA Is Killing the Galaxy Nexus Idea(pcmag.com)
5 points by scubaguy 15y ago|0 comments
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by scubaguy 15y ago
> Instead of the http server being an external service that we configure to run our code, it becomes just another tool in our arsenal. This is unfair. If I create a framework cal Java.js and make it possible to create a httpserver by ru
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by scubaguy 15y ago
Evidence of startups adopting Node.js. It is hardly evidence of enterprise adoption of Node.js.
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by scubaguy 15y ago
I can't wait for someone to post a link to the Pirate Bay in the comments, thereby providing legal justification for taking down sites that criticize SOPA.
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by scubaguy 15y ago
As a professional Java developer, my advice is to stop caring why people bash Java. Java is still one of the most used language on the web and it will continue to be for some time. As a hobbyist programmer, my advice is that you should not
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by scubaguy 15y ago
Android (VM based language) has the following API: public View getDropDownView (int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) convertView - the old view to reuse, if possible. Note: You should check that this view is non-null and of an
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by scubaguy 15y ago
You think the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation wouldn't do its best to make this available to as many kids as they can?
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by scubaguy 15y ago
I wonder if they can do this without getting in trouble with smartphone patents.
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by scubaguy 15y ago
Thank god for common sense rulings.
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Walkthrough of SBT's inspect command(fisharefriends.us)
1 points by scubaguy 15y ago|0 comments
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by scubaguy 15y ago
Apple has built a certain brand image about people who use their products. There are many people who will gladly choose Android to avoid being identified with that image. That is not to say that Android has no virtues of its own. I prefer A
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by scubaguy 15y ago
If you are reading this article, you are not a bad programmer; you are a programmer learning to master your craft.
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by scubaguy 15y ago
Isn't Neo4j a graph database?
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A minimal SBT build file for Twitter's Finagle project(fisharefriends.us)
1 points by scubaguy 15y ago|0 comments

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