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by umjames 14y ago
Do you mean like the Fog ruby library is an abstraction over several services' APIs?
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by umjames 14y ago
The problem is that the boss needs a way to tell if that help is falling on deaf ears. If the help isn't having a sufficiently positive effect, then you have someone who is not qualified to do the work. Is the boss really interested in ma
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by umjames 14y ago
Does Alzheimer's run in your family? My mom drinks at least 3 big cups of tea daily. There's no way she doesn't have Alzheimer's or some other form of dementia. Although her mother had Alzheimer's also, so maybe caffeine isn't enough to o
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by umjames 14y ago
The proof of the education shouldn't be passing some test or getting a certificate, it should be that you'll be required to use that knowledge in your job. If you "completed" the education and aren't able to do the work that requires it, t
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by umjames 14y ago
I didn't know that this had something to do with Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I honestly thought it was about Towelie from South Park.
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HealthIT is terrible. That's good news.(forbes.com)
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by umjames 14y ago
I'd take the headphones off if I could close a door or, even better, work from home. Otherwise, I can guarantee there will be several times each day where a bunch of coworkers (and sometimes my boss) will spend considerable time talking lo
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by umjames 14y ago
With all the dubstep links here, I'd be remiss if I didn't include Philly's own Dubsef: http://soundcloud.com/dubsef/dubsef-filthwater-mix-www http://soundcloud.com/dubsef/dubsef-broverload-vol-2 http://soundcloud.com/dubsef/dubsef-all
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by umjames 14y ago
That explains why I like both Knife Party and Pendulum's sound. Set Me On Fire is an awesome Pendulum track.
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by umjames 14y ago
OK, so no one's going to mention Above & Beyond's Group Therapy Miami set for this year's Winter Music Conference? http://soundcloud.com/edmtunestv/above-and-beyond-live-group... http://soundcloud.com/edmtunestv/mat-zo-live-group-the
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by umjames 14y ago
No one's born knowing how to properly use a version control system, but that doesn't mean you can't learn.
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by umjames 14y ago
How about when the good tools are free (as far as money), but your boss doesn't want to use them because that would require him (as well as co-workers) to learn something new? My current employer still uses CVS. No one really uses it prope
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by umjames 15y ago
I wasn't at the meeting. I could have gone, but decided not to. The only reason I can find for the OP to explicitly call out Yehuda is so that maybe he'll actually read the article and consider the advice it contains. If the article's int
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by umjames 15y ago
I haven't played bughouse since college. Spent way too much time during freshman and sophomore years playing chess and bughouse. Those guys wasted too much time pushing pawns. When you play with/against good players, you learn not to move
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by umjames 15y ago
Congrats! Go Philly-based startups!!!!
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by umjames 15y ago
The Steelers have enough Super Bowl titles already. Why not help your brethren on the other side of the state? The Eagles still haven't won one (and have only been to two). You'd be a permanent legend here. :)
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by umjames 15y ago
What about the ability to look at API responses in a browser? You can't normally change the request headers a browser sends without some type of plugin. Including the version number in the URL gets around this and even allows you to test A
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by umjames 15y ago
You don't have to sell the TV, just don't watch movies on it. The harder part, is getting non-tech people to join your boycott. Good luck trying to tell people not to see the new Batman movie when it comes out. What would be good to know i
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by umjames 15y ago
"Shelved" just sounds like they're waiting for attention to die down so they can quietly sneak it in. The party starts when they're eradicated. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening. They'll probably just change the name and try again
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by umjames 15y ago
Wait, so do you agree that co-founders with day jobs should be treated as first employees equity-wise or not? Your original comment seemed like you did, but this comment makes it seem like you don't. Personally, I believe that having a day
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by umjames 15y ago
Do the respiratory problems include sleep apnea? If so, do you use a mask?
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by umjames 15y ago
As someone who is about to work with a client's enterprisey SOAP API, I really wish I could upvote this article multiple times.
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by umjames 15y ago
I will be trying this out when I get home tonight! My ][e is as fully functional as it was in the early 80s when I got it. I'm glad someone remembers these games. I still have a good chunk of these games (some legit copies, others pirated
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by umjames 15y ago
A lot of these Java-based portals have plenty of open standards. A lot of JSR-### compliance. From my perspective as a developer, I don't use the document sharing or publishing features of Liferay. My focus is on the portlet development.
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by umjames 15y ago
By portals, I mean enterprise portals (like Liferay, JBoss Portal, Apache Jetspeed, etc.). The biggest problem with them is that the "applications" or "portlets" that occupy its pages we're really meant for dashboard-like information. Just
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by umjames 15y ago
You don't have to be a CS graduate to be good at programming. You need to have a genuine interest in what you're doing. Otherwise, you're not likely going to do (let alone enjoy doing) what it takes to be good at this. You always need to i
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by umjames 15y ago
> There isn’t a shortage of developers and designers. There’s a surplus of founders. This is especially true of non-tech companies looking to hire quality people for positions in their IT departments. I currently work in such an IT depa
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by umjames 15y ago
Isn't that what Matz is doing now at Heroku?
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by umjames 15y ago
There's http://www.usemailroom.com/ .
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by umjames 15y ago
I also think it's interesting that with Jobs and Woz's offices being across the building from each other, that forces them to walk past everyone else to talk to each other in person. That has to make it easier for founders and executives t

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