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by thoman23 11y ago
Glad to see support for Scala/Play sprinkled throughout the responses here. I love working with both. Now I'm considering taking the next step and adopting ScalaJS for some small internal apps.
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by thoman23 11y ago
Now we just need a follow-up post from someone at AngelList explaining how their "signal" algorithm strongly weights proximity to tech hub and we will come full circle.
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by thoman23 11y ago
Come on...we can be for protecting the interests of our citizens without being racist. The last I looked, American citizens are extremely diverse.
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by thoman23 11y ago
Well you certainly have a point. I would argue that a working society is a society with purpose and is ultimately healthier than a society without jobs but adequate social welfare. But more pragmatically, I don't think a truly livabl
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by thoman23 11y ago
Ah, yes, the old "train everyone to be a doctor, lawyer, or CEO" mindset (actually, 2 of those 3 are at risk these days too!). Here's the thing. Not everyone in this country can be a CEO. The WALL-E premise of everyone livi
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by thoman23 11y ago
Can we please stop calling it the "sharing" economy? There is no sharing going on.
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by thoman23 11y ago
Without a denominator, that's like being told your salary will be "X". As in, they literally say the letter X. How could anyone accept that?
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by thoman23 11y ago
Apparently this is a repost, but I for one missed it the first time around. I'll just say I found it to be a highly entertaining and well-written account of a nightmare scenario I think many of us here can relate to: The unexpected and
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by thoman23 11y ago
I'll just say that when it comes to algorithmic portfolio planning, I think there will continue to be downward pressure on the fees that can be charged. Basic portfolio planning and diversification services are clearly becoming commod
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by thoman23 11y ago
As the co-founder and CTO of Investmynd, I have strong opinions on the rise of the "robos". We are building a company based on the premise that high net worth clients are not just chasing returns, but can truly benefit from the o
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by thoman23 11y ago
> "I like that I don't need to render things server-side because then the server is just running a REST-ful API." Thank you! I never understood the big push towards server-side rendering. I did server side rendering for
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by thoman23 11y ago
First, I believe them when they say they didn't steal anything. But second, and more importantly, I find it highly unlikely that even if they technically violated some agreement somewhere that it would play any significant role in the
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by thoman23 11y ago
Wow! Magic Piano? My daughters buy songs on there all the time. Deleting it right away! Thanks for the information.
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by thoman23 11y ago
@aidenn0 > "Our marketing research shows that there is a $3B market for an app that does X" <-- likely protected. ----- I don't see how even that would or should be protected.
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by thoman23 11y ago
"and you guys can all be friends". What world are you living in? This man is trying to destroy their livelihood. It's almost like a direct physical attack on them and their families.
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by thoman23 11y ago
It's been a while since I've seen anyone take a stand for IE6 users. As a web application developer whose bootstrapped startup needs every user it can get, let me just say: I am perfectly willing to forgo all IE6 traffic.
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by thoman23 11y ago
Agreed. I love Flexbox too, but you can't ignore the fact that this very same flexboxin5 tutorial site is completely broken in Safari and has been for months.
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by thoman23 11y ago
How exactly were you "burned by Angular"? Many of us here are using it very successfully. And no, you don't need to "serialize your data into some kind of string format" (at least in the sense that you would never
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by thoman23 11y ago
Yep, even though directive implementation is verbose in 1.x, once you get really comfortable building them it's a pleasure to use them.
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by thoman23 11y ago
Agreed. Once you are fully up to speed with it (and not at one of the local optima as brilliantly shown on the famous Angular learning curve diagram), it's a pleasure to work with.
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by thoman23 11y ago
Hmm, I think it's easier than ever for the solo programmer. Production deployment is easier, research and knowledge sharing is easier, testing is easier, finding a third party library to help is easier...everything is easier. A good
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by thoman23 11y ago
Finally, a website where I can find homes for sale.
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by thoman23 11y ago
I just really wish the Play Framework evolutions feature allowed you to give a logical name to your scripts. It would nice to be able to tell at a glance what the high level purpose of each script was.
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by thoman23 11y ago
Jeez, tough crowd.
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by thoman23 11y ago
Why would my child crash into my house?
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by thoman23 11y ago
Wait, what? What is wrong with the Atlassian suite?
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by thoman23 11y ago
One thing I always found interesting in these discussions is how the same people who are quick to cite The Mythical Man-Month when it comes to the futility of adding new people to a late project will also claim that working 1-3 hours on som
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by thoman23 11y ago
> Huh. It seems I'm the only one here who finds value in LinkedIn. I don't get the hate either. When it comes time for your next job search, it's incredibly valuable to have a consolidated list of everyone you've eve
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by thoman23 11y ago
Agreed, but Amazon as a retail operation is so well run with such excellent customer service it's hard to imagine Walmart outcompeting them.
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by thoman23 11y ago
Agreed on this advice. When I was new to AWS I kept receiving a bill for a few cents that obviously wasn't worth my time to resolve, but still really irritated my why I couldn't find a running instance. Turns out the running ins

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