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by smharris65 14y ago
>But for many web apps, the database is not the bottleneck. Really? I think the database is usually the bottleneck in most web apps. That's why you cache data: to avoid hitting the database.
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Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World(businessweek.com)
1 points by smharris65 14y ago|0 comments
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Is the golden age of soccer analytics about to begin?(theatlantic.com)
2 points by smharris65 14y ago|1 comments
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by smharris65 14y ago
What is the direct link to subscribe to NFL live video feeds?
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New York starts turning payphones into free Wi-fi hotspots(gigaom.com)
2 points by smharris65 14y ago|0 comments
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The Long History of the Espresso Machine(blogs.smithsonianmag.com)
1 points by smharris65 14y ago|0 comments
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E-Commerce Is Head Over Heels for Pinterest, and for Good Reason(allthingsd.com)
2 points by smharris65 14y ago|1 comments
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Pencil vs Camera(telegraph.co.uk)
6 points by smharris65 14y ago|1 comments
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Basic instinct: how we used to code(reghardware.com)
6 points by smharris65 14y ago|0 comments
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by smharris65 15y ago
http://timkay.com/aws/
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by smharris65 15y ago
Performance is really good. How much processing is server-side vs client-side?
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Peel Kills Remotes and Your Cable Company's Crappy UI(fastcodesign.com)
3 points by smharris65 15y ago|0 comments
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Nice demo of maze creation algorithms in JavaScript(jamisbuck.org)
8 points by smharris65 15y ago|0 comments
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Why ++[[]][+[]]+[+[]] = 10 in JavaScript(stackoverflow.com)
159 points by smharris65 15y ago|72 comments
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by smharris65 15y ago
I got some use from the slides by reading the speaker notes.
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Meet the New Boss(theatlantic.com)
2 points by smharris65 15y ago|0 comments
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by smharris65 15y ago
But why does the Foundation layout go directly from 4 columns to only one at smaller sizes? For example, the soapbox page has 4 photo columns that at smaller sizes go to directly to one large column. Why not have two columns as a transition
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by smharris65 15y ago
Well, everyone's definition of "cheaper" may vary, but the Chromebook seems okay to me: http://amzn.to/q2FqQ9
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by smharris65 15y ago
Good point. Maybe you have to choose a tool that allows you to discard it if you find a better tool once the problem becomes clearer. So, the question is: are ORMs easy to "unplug" if you need to use a better tool?
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by smharris65 15y ago
Can you cite evidence, other than anecdotal, that Google "uses a ton of SQL databases"?
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by smharris65 15y ago
How does this project compare to the three320 project originally started by Joe Hewitt from Facebook? 320 seems to have more features: https://github.com/facebook/three20/
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by smharris65 15y ago
Great video.
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Why is a used Python book on Amazon cost over $200?(amazon.com)
7 points by smharris65 15y ago|5 comments
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by smharris65 15y ago
Or another idea that doesn't require frameworks: http://toys.lerdorf.com/archives/38-The-no-framework-PHP-MVC...
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by smharris65 15y ago
Can any of these command line programs connect to Microsoft Outlook email servers? That's the number one problem: at many work places Outlook is entrenched and the Outlook UI is terribly outdated.
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by smharris65 15y ago
Really? I don't think for musicians that "Advertising yourself is the ONLY way to get fans". That's the fallacy of modern celebrity. For musicians the music should attract fans, not the musician talking about himself and his work.
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by smharris65 15y ago
Can anyone provide more info when the site says "...the file locking logic of many network filesystems implementation contains bugs (on both Unix and Windows)"?
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by smharris65 15y ago
I agree with groby_b that understanding concepts is the key. That's how you can remember things that apply across any programming language. For example, when I first studied Objective-C I didn't care about syntax. I wanted to know the langu
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by smharris65 15y ago
Any reason why you don't set the "charset" on your pages? I'm seeing some unknown encoding "question marks". (chrome/mac)
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by smharris65 15y ago
You won't find many documentaries as revealing, hopeful, sad, and full of wisdom about the world of black kids in the American inner city than the documentary "Hoop Dreams". It's so much more than a story about kinds playing basketball. It'

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