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No mongo natural order is just order on the disk. It is not always in reverse insertion order

No mongo natural order is just order on the disk. It is not always in reverse insertion order

I have been apprehensive about asking that question, lest they judge me for a slacker. I want to ask in an email, but want to learn something about how this works before I email th…

Then really, "unlimited vacation days" is more of a PR spin than a valuable benefit.

I am considering a job offer that claims that my vacation days won't be tracked. While it sounds like I can take holidays for as long as I want, I know that can't be really true. W…

I just ran collection.fields() on a collection of books. Surprised to find keys that I didn't even know existed.

I am generally thought of by colleagues as a bright hacker with good ideas and implementation. What I suck at is speaking publicly. What course would make me build this skill bette…

Ok, all done. Ordered just now from london, never mind the 79 USD shipping cost. Next I installed their iPhone app. Shocked to see that it's gamified.

Sure, if it lasts 10 years, it's good code :-)

Edit: (addition) I mean I hate camelCase as an enforced standard. I use it when it feels useful. I use underscores as well when I think they are fit. I just don't like being one st…

I mean I hate camelCase as an enforced standard. I use it when it feels useful. I use underscores as well when I think they are fit. I just don't like being one standard of absolut…

I am a humbly good programmer who always gets a good job done (speed/meeting specs) I do not care for other people's arbitrary coding conventions. Not do I care about wasting time …

Surprising that china is low risk in their map. Their metric is clearly flawed, for china already "blocks" off the whole Internet.

No lives have different values. Bin Laden != Paul Graham

Working on this kind of hack sounds much more compelling than coding for an overhyped Internet startup. To my mind, solving an impossible sounding challenge is larger than ethics.

The burden of proof is on you if you are making the outrageous claim that ayurveda works.

The Indian government shamelessly squanders tax money on both Ayurveda and homeopathy. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/no-extra-fund-for-ayurvedi... check this link. Some quacks …

Notice the use of the phrase "allopathic hospitals" in a database of number of beds available! It always cracks me up how modern medicine is referred to as just another form of med…

I am going to go get some with the filthiest tonight!

I am going to go get some with the filthiest tonight!