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by sh1mmer 16y ago
I've experienced this in my professional career too. When I started being a full time technology evangelist I hardly applied to speak at conferences. Rejection was hard and I just assumed I wouldn't be able to get into a large conference. I
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
I know it's SF Gate and all, but it's surprising to me that Hacker News is listed above sites like Reddit and Digg. I think it says a lot about how our little (but obviously growing community) is seen.
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
PHP contains filters for a reason. They are there to protect you. While this was a clever challenge, in general you should sanitize all of your input using filters.
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
It's not really "in" the browser. It's more try Node.js using the browser. That said, they've done a sterling job of it.
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
While it's true that Google is starting aggressively they are still using the slow-start algorithm, not ignoring it. If your physical layer is tin cans with string sure you'll get crowded out, but then the connection will degrade in the sam
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
This isn't much of a secret. As it says in the article Google are lobbying to change the initial window size in the RFC. A lot of people here at Yahoo! want to see that too, and personally I think we should be more aggressive with our initi
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
Could someone explain what "Org" mode is? The readme is pretty sparse.
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
Some definitions of the word strict from the Random House Dictionary that might explain my position: 3. closely or rigorously enforced or maintained: strict silence. 5. extremely defined or conservative; narrowly or carefully limited: a str
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
Stricter implies that I am applying more conditions to myself, 'holier-than-thou' implies that I'm somehow applying them to you too. I've chosen my morality for me, I'll happily advocate it if you are interested. However, my act of choice i
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
Actually while monks do depend on alms it depends what Buddhist tradition you come from. In many schools of Mahayana ('Great Path') Buddhism all animal produce is to be rejected. It's impossible to declare "the only thing the Buddha said" b
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
Actually veganism is much older than the word 'vegan', which was coined in the 1940s. There are many eastern religions, such as Buddhism and Jainism, that encourage various forms of veganism (not all of them necessarily healthy diets) in th
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
Reposting my thoughts from Reddit: As a vegan I'm sad on two fronts. a) That some vegans see the need to attack someone in this way. I know some vegans consider (including myself) see it as a deeply moral issue. However, I'd rather be like
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
This is exactly why Apple don't lease their software to device makers. If you want to be known for quality you _have_ to curate the whole experience. Android is certainly achieving an amount of ubiquity but that also means they will be asso
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
Hey Patrick, for those of us who don't read Kanji could you explain the difference?
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
If you tag a release I don't see why you couldn't just pull the release only.
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
John Rauser did an awesome session on Slow Start at Velocity this year. Steve did an awesome write up ( http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2010/07/13/velocity-tcp-and... ) Google have a really good (in my opinion) initiative to aggressively o
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
This isn’t actually “speed” though, is it? It’s bandwidth. Google’s Mike Belshe released data this year showing that network latency rather than bandwidth had a greater affect on the speed of browsing. I’d be very interested to see how each
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
yes, yes and yes.
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
If you actually looked at the book you'd see that the significant part of it is looking concepts. For example: why event driven programming is interesting, the architectural decisions that make Node the way it is, programming style for serv
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
Um... a kind of noisy way is to follow me on Twitter (@sh1mmer). I'll throw up a site soon dedicated to this. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll announce that on my Twitter feed ;)
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
I also did it on DNA-day for my wife and I. Again, nothing special. However, I thought there were a few really interesting things such as highlighting particular drugs I might find less effective. While this technology (and the statistical
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
This is also a list of the "recently closed" tabs in the history menu if you cmd+w instead of cmd+q.
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
Final release date will be some time in the spring. Until then we'll be doing regular electronic releases. I'd love to get your feedback so I can work it into those releases and the final book.
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Announcing a Node.js Book Project(developer.yahoo.com)
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
It's obvious to me why this is possible. It isn't about transferring "speed" from the wind, it's about transferring energy. Traditional methods, such as sails, didn't have a high enough wind capture/energy output ratio. By using a propellor
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
I agree with many of the article author's points. However, I am also extremely aware that I typically pay under half the price of the physic book for e-books. Given that paying authors, editorial and production staff is often the most signi
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
I think this is an excellent point. Rape is a very difficult crime in this respect. Many victims don't want to report it and deal with the emotions associated with having it be public knowledge. That doesn't mean it's ok to assume anyone ac
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
I can't share the specifics to protect the privacy of the people involved. But, I help out with a lot of conferences and speak at dozens more every year. I've heard at least 3 accounts similar to this, just this year, at other conferences.
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
You didn't post the full text. That last paragraph is important. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:DUxu_L4...
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by sh1mmer 16y ago
Not to be too pedantic, but I deliberately choose my wording. I didn't say Nintendo made a loss on the hardware I said it likely has worse profit margins than selling games on their platform. Selling hardware may not actually hurt them, but

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