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by suprememoocow 13y ago
Actually, FreeNode integration is something we've discussed quite a bit and could well end up in the product if there is enough interest in us putting it in. FreeNode is an incredible source of information and it would be a pity not to
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by suprememoocow 13y ago
When you perform the OAuth signup via GitHub, GitHub provides us with your name username, etc. Then, if you click the link to signup with Troupe, we create a Troupe account for you, pre-populated with your details, so that you don't ne
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Live Collections using Backbone.js, Faye and Node(engineering.troupe.co)
6 points by suprememoocow 13y ago|1 comments
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by suprememoocow 14y ago
If you want to play around with the example, I've stuck it on jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/KndsL/2/
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by suprememoocow 14y ago
Oh dear. The site immediately crashes Chrome (Version 22.0.1229.79 m) on Windows XP.
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by suprememoocow 14y ago
The Economist did a good, balanced piece on this subject: http://www.economist.com/node/21559922
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by suprememoocow 14y ago
Uh, can you spell P.R.O.T.E.C.T.I.O.N.I.S.M?
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by suprememoocow 14y ago
Interesting that Dyson seems calling for an easier patent application process and more protection for patent rights holders. He almost seems oblivious to the problem of patent trolls.
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James Dyson calls for reform to patent system(telegraph.co.uk)
1 points by suprememoocow 14y ago|1 comments
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by suprememoocow 14y ago
From the introduction to The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow: "Traditionally these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead. Philosophy has not kept up with modern developments in science, particularly phy
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by suprememoocow 14y ago
#firstworldproblems
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by suprememoocow 14y ago
Beware that older browsers, including IE8, won't automatically parse ISO8601 dates, so Date.parse('2012-05-04T12:20:34.000343+01:00') or new Date('2012-05-04T12:20:34.000343+01:00') return the date representation of 'invalid date'. ISO8601
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by suprememoocow 14y ago
Agreed! This really shouldn't be on HN front page.
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by suprememoocow 15y ago
For a contrary view on game theory, I highly recommend watching the excellent BBC documentary series "The Trap" by film maker Alan Curtis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trap_(television_documentar... In the first episode, Curtis examin
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by suprememoocow 15y ago
I've been contracting in the finance industry in London for seven years (at four firms) and although financial companies are some of the biggest users of open-source software, it's almost unheard of for firms to contribute back to open-sour
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by suprememoocow 15y ago
You are right - that is very true. In most large finance companies though, it's also true that a lot of the less-exciting back office development work is being done by software developers who are overqualified for the roles but attracted by
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by suprememoocow 15y ago
Many of the sentiments expressed by the author are shared by developers and other technical staff working in the finance industry. In places like London and New York, finance has, for a long time, managed to get the best technical staff by
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by suprememoocow 15y ago
Interesting article. I tend to agree with the author. In fact, I would go further and claim that while I've met many very good programmers who learnt they're craft at university or college, it's probably safe to say that all the truly great
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by suprememoocow 15y ago
I'm colour-blind (red-green) and have, since I can remember, always had a huge affinity for the paintings of Van Gogh. I didn't realise that other people considered his paintings to be unusually toned or that he may have been colour-blind,