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Bostwick

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About Bostwick

Software Developer in Boston, MA

http://www.danielbostwick.com/ http://github.com/bostwick https://www.linkedin.com/in/dbostwick

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    TechCrunch has also picked up the story, at https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/28/bose-takes-on-the-homepod-... The original press release appears to be overloaded right now, but hopef…

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    Comment #17611979

    Hey everyone. I'm the author. I'd love to hear other's stories with RN and what questions you asked before starting to use it on your projects.

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    Comment #12968272

    I think part of the problem with IoT firmware updates is that so many companies are rushing to get v1.0 of their project out the door that it's very difficult to even think of v1.1…

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    Comment #10588551

    I tried the application, and it looks great! One thing Caret gets right that other Markdown editors (Macdown is what I currently use) don't is wordcount. In Caret, the document wor…

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    Comment #9409451

    Reading this article leads me to believe the writers at Techcrunch are slowly discovering basic economics, and they think it's revolutionary. Instead of selling “software-as-a-serv…

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    Comment #8297317

    As a daily bike commuter around Boston, this idea terrifies me. Multitasking is extremely dangerous while biking. There are already enough bikers out there who choose to distract t…

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    Comment #7871657

    I'd like to see the author make an attempt with the React library [1] in PHP as well. You don't have to abandon your language of choice to gain the ability to do asynchronous I/O. …

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    Comment #7372893

    One of the assumptions made by this article is that the user in question is loading your web page with jQuery on a mobile device running on a 4G network. In reality, however, it is…

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    Comment #7170800

    I like this concept - small, usable art installations designed to make inconspicuous things social. But the pessimist in me takes one look at their concept and things "That's going…

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    Comment #6690650

    > You can't write cli applications in a JVM language because the start-up time is too slow. Which means you can't compose scripts that call Java apps. You're right. In the case of …

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    Comment #6690033

    And building Twitter [1], and big-data next-generation databases [2], and android apps, and desktop apps, and big data [3], and as a platform for new languages (Clojure, Scala, Fre…

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    Comment #6647116

    Could you provide some links or sources to substantiate your claim that Orson Scott Card is bigoted against sexual minorities? I'm a fan of the book, and I've been waiting to see t…

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    Comment #6380570

    Boston Logan airport has certain benches dedicated to power charging, and for the most part they all have two power sockets and two dedicated USB charging ports. I've also seen ded…

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    Comment #4973749

    I've been doing Crossfit for about five years, at multiple facilities. The really good CF facilities, including Crossfit Southie in Boston where I currently go, place a huge emphas…

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    Comment #4673998

    I would differentiate between "Purchases" and "Downloads" here. Purchases mean people paid for the application, while downloads imply no revenue. It's great that your app took off …

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    Comment #4673518

    I found it helpful to read through Think Stats and Think Bayes before tackling a machine learning book. [1] Think Stats: http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkstats/thinkstats.pdf [2] …

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    Comment #4171826

    From CNN's live blog [1]: Chief Justice John Roberts had noted that however that the mandate would have been struck down based on the commerce clause , saying it would "open a new …

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    Comment #4107157

    So why not make the twitter handle an optional field for each entry? People could still use twitter to get in touch, and those who don't use twitter would not be excluded.

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    Comment #4107067

    I was going to post a domain, but when it made me authorize with Twitter, I stopped. I don't understand why you need identity for this project and why that identity is limited to T…