thmorton

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by thmorton 7y ago
I built something like this awhile ago ( http://weather.basementserver.org/ ) as an afternoon hobby project. I'm shocked that Google hasn't added this feature yet!
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by thmorton 10y ago
Counsyl | Software Engineering (Robotics) | South San Francisco | ONSITE Counsyl is a health company that offers DNA screening for diseases that can impact men, women, and their children. We screen patient's DNA for inherited (and othe
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by thmorton 10y ago
Usually this notation ("x >> y") means " x much larger than y ," so you need way more than 1 person to A/B test.
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by thmorton 12y ago
It's currently listed on Ali Express (NEXX WT3020) [1]. Can't vouch for if it would arrive or not. [1] http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Brand-Original-WT320...
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by thmorton 12y ago
Link: http://3things.gitbooks.io/77-failed-startup-post-mortems/co...
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by thmorton 12y ago
Nah, that would be fine. It's not a problem with the source being available, more the fact that the file could contain sensitive information like passwords (like say in a config.php file).
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by thmorton 12y ago
It's probably a PCI compliance scan. They check for a lot of things like (basic) XSS, CSRF, insecure versions of PHP/Apache, unprotected folders named "admin/", backup files which could leak source code, and so on.
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by thmorton 12y ago
Location: Oregon Remote: Possibly Willing to relocate: Absolutely. Technologies: C, C++, Java, Python, R, SQL, and standard bioinformatics tools are my primary tools at the moment, but I have fluency in other technologies as well (primarily
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by thmorton 12y ago
To prevent them from falling into the wrong hands and another nation building an SR-71: > In 1968, a presidential order required that all molds and tools used to build the SR-71 be destroyed so that the plane could never be built by anyo
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by thmorton 12y ago
If you don't mind hosting yourself, Seafile is also open source and has really nice Mac/Windows/Linux/Android/iOS client apps. It also does delta syncs, which I don't believe ownCloud supports yet: http:/
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by thmorton 12y ago
419 Eaters, possibly? There are quite a few people who contribute their stories there: http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm
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by thmorton 12y ago
Location: Oregon Remote: Possibly Willing to relocate: Absolutely. Technologies: C, C++, Java, Python, R, SQL, and standard bioinformatics tools are my primary tools at the moment, but I have fluency in other technologies as well (primarily
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by thmorton 12y ago
Link without the annoying Quora-login pop-over: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-profound-life-lesson...
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by thmorton 12y ago
Thanks for the feedback! That was actually one of the features I wanted to add, but I never got around to implementing it. I was planning on using the time estimates from Google's directions (in addition to the departure time), but par
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by thmorton 12y ago
Hey Erik, I just wanted to say thanks for your awesome icons. I used them on a Saturday project I did awhile ago ( http://weather.basementserver.org/ ) and they looked great!
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by thmorton 12y ago
> Totally fascinating subject. It wasn't clear to me if Dragon 2 is going to use the APAS-95 connector (what the Shuttle used), or the newer NDS connector. Dragon 2 will use a newer connector, scheduled to go up on one of the future
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by thmorton 12y ago
Just a heads up, your Youtube videos on the home page won't play in Chrome if you loaded the page over HTTPS (you get a blank pop-up and the "This page contains insecure content." message). Slick product you have!
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by thmorton 12y ago
> - I cannot visit Reddit and many similar sites with a cold web browser cache without revealing my use of the web site to Google, thanks to their AJAX library hosting Not disagreeing with anything, but in case you didn't know, you
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by thmorton 12y ago
Back in the day, CMS Made Simple ( http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/ ) was pretty excellent, but I haven't used it in a few years. PHP-based (so you can host it pretty much anywhere), and fairly easy to use.
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by thmorton 12y ago
> #2 is actually a really big deal with developing software to interact with anything USB. Well, I should say anything based on the FTDI chipset. I don't have any experience with anything else. Which is increasingly the case, given