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dang/mods: The title here has a small typo: it misspells algorithm.

Bad for performance as primary keys . But, still provide strong value as a unique identifier which is what makes them popular. I’ve used integers as primary keys, with UUIDs as alt…

I actually think if you squint testing is part of observability, except it gives you signal during the development phase. And observability as a concept is fundamental to a reliabl…

If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend his book: https://bookshop.org/books/the-food-lab-better-home-cooking-... It’s a pragmatic, and opinionated general purpose cookbook.

Do you have a quote for this? This is the first I’m hearing of it and a simple search online doesn’t pull anything up.

This. I used to be a strong proponent of owning music, until rd.io. I loved rd.io, and used it as a sandbox -- If I really enjoyed an album / song / artist, then I would get the fi…

Not sure if you're on the OS X / iTunes ecosystem... You can have a playlist that is made up of other playlists by creating a smart playlist and adding a rule that includes songs f…

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? There is something verifying and controlling what the watchers do ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Intellige... ). The problem is…

I hear it differently: Focus on mastering the material, not on a grade you want to get. As you said, with mastery the rest should follow. Though, in my experience, testing itself n…

Kahneman and his research is fascinating. Vanity Fair had an short article that serves as a goodish introduction to him that is worth a quick read. ( http://www.vanityfair.com/cult…

You can see a prototype parachute in action in a test the company filmed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHPedpE70Es .

+1 for cargo cults: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult . Its a great idea to keep in mind for a creator/designer/programmer. People/users/everyone all too often intuit through…

I haven't tried Crate. I use Cloudapp. I prefer the idea of an app that sits on my menubar — for myself. But for a 1 time solution for someone else, Crate seems like a better solut…

A year ago while still in a closed beta, Google Voice had 1.4 million users, with 570,000 using the service 7 days a week.#1 Skype added 39 million users in Q4 2009, to come to a t…

"The results surprised me. Apparently the optimal number of digits to include is 1, and the more digits you have the more likely it is to be registered. In fact, it appears that so…

You gloss over the treatment of patients at the "mental institutions". It was truly horrendous and deinstitutionalization arose out of that. I don't think anyone would argue that w…

Oh privacy, I knew you well. Does anyone have insights into any specific methods [x+1] would use?

In the 2 minutes I've spent on there I've seen a number of artists I don't know (which could be unsigned garage bands) and number that I do including Of Montreal and Animal Collect…

One vertical to begin with isn't a bad strategy. I think the one they've chosen is a good vertical to start with — the genre has a strong online community looking for new things. I…

The actual NASA article is about a 'space weather-forecasting' conference as solar weather looks like its going to get increasingly active. It is much more informative than crunch …

To figure this out all you have to do is follow the money. :) I love the last part of the story: During an interview on Tuesday, General Jabiri challenged a Times reporter to test …

First, India isn't mostly vegetarian (about a 1/3 of the population is vegetarian). Second, India has had and continues to have horrible acts of violence committed against various …

I see a simpler and arguably better search-find-consume cycle that includes more sources like the TV channels you subscribe to, PPV, etc. I'm not sure if thats enough though. I gue…