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by trequartista 10y ago
Wow, this is such a detailed analysis. Having used Postgres and suffered issues with data replication as well as database crashes, this post was really helpful.
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by trequartista 10y ago
George Carlin summed this up pretty well - "When does a kid get to sit in a yard with a stick anymore? You know, just sit there with a fucking stick. Do today's kids even know what a stick is?" - https://www.youtub
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by trequartista 10y ago
Having worked at 2 of these "too big to fail" banks, disaster recovery testing is par for the course now. We would do DR testing every quarter on both the primary and secondary data centers. Common simulation scenarios were - netw
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by trequartista 10y ago
Don't touch Flickr as well
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by trequartista 10y ago
I have done bluesheet reporting code for another large bank and it is one of the most tedious things you can ever do in software. It's a report of all the trades that the bank does and the SEC can come back and ask for historical data
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by trequartista 10y ago
So far, I think Guardian has the best approach towards ad-blocking. There's a non-intrusive banner message at the bottom of the screen, which says that they know you are using adblock and asks if you would like to support them via a p
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by trequartista 11y ago
There's a tour - https://www.omniref.com/code_review/tour
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by trequartista 11y ago
Automattic, the makers of Wordpress is an all-remote company. Here are a couple of good articles on how they make this work: http://www.businessinsider.com/automattics-awesome-remote-wo... https://automattic.com&
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by trequartista 11y ago
Parody and satire has long been one of the most important tools to address and highlight the most important issues of the day.
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by trequartista 11y ago
Very ambitious. Will be interesting to see how it pans out. Interestingly, Google acquired Terra Bella in 2014. Even though the domain says google.com, is this an Alphabet subsidiary or part of Google itself?
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by trequartista 11y ago
Nice LoTR reference :)
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by trequartista 11y ago
Extremely interested in the multi-window support. With phone screens getting bigger than ever, this could be a very useful feature for multi-tasking
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by trequartista 11y ago
I get that this provides context specific information to the wearer. But the site makes no mention of the safety aspects? In all the images, the sides of the head and the ears are totally exposed. The primary reason for wearing a helmet is
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by trequartista 11y ago
http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/23/11098592/bill-gates-fbi-ap... - Bill Gates says he was 'disappointed' by reports he backs FBI in Apple fight But he doesn't fully support Apple, either
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by trequartista 11y ago
Actual blog post on the Netflix site - https://media.netflix.com/en/company-blog/completing-the-net...
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by trequartista 11y ago
Here's the link to the actual GitHub - https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore
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by trequartista 11y ago
Here's John Oliver's take on the daily fantasy sports industry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq785nJ0FXQ (probably some NSFW language)
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by trequartista 11y ago
This has been my experience as well - getting a deeper, business insight into the applications that I was building for my customers. It has also helped me in one more way - getting a feel and helping me understand why my own company behaved
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PHP Microframework V/s Full Stack Framework(blog.appdynamics.com)
1 points by trequartista 11y ago|0 comments
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Your new technical skills(blogs.msdn.com)
1 points by trequartista 11y ago|0 comments
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How to decimate a city(theatlantic.com)
2 points by trequartista 11y ago|0 comments
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Fantasy sports inquiry puts spotlight on a success for Yahoo(nytimes.com)
1 points by trequartista 11y ago|0 comments
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Why men don't like funny women(theatlantic.com)
6 points by trequartista 11y ago|6 comments
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Standing desks at work make you feel lazier at home(fastcoexist.com)
2 points by trequartista 11y ago|0 comments
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by trequartista 11y ago
I ran the entire text of this article through XKCD's simple writer tool ( http://xkcd.com/simplewriter/ ) and it pointed out that "movement" is not among the 1000 most common English words. The word "
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Can a $150 laptop be any good?(theverge.com)
3 points by trequartista 11y ago|4 comments
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by trequartista 11y ago
H-1B visa is a work visa and as such is not employer specific. Once you are in the US with one employer, it is very easy for you to switch companies. The new company also has to file a petition, you don't go through the lottery process
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by trequartista 11y ago
While this is excellent news, couldn't find answers to a few important questions: 1. Where is the source for Boss Linux. It's based on Debian, but couldn't find the link to view the source. It's all nice to talk about em
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by trequartista 11y ago
Oh the match fixing scandals definitely did ruin the face of the game. There were other notable infamous incidents - the Rebel Series to South Africa during the 80s, the ball tampering scandal
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by trequartista 11y ago
This is like Cricket 101 - a wonderful introduction to the rules of cricket. However, this is from 2009 and as such slightly dated. Recent years have seen the explosion of Twenty20 (20 over games - shorter and supposedly more entertaining)

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