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If you are giving your ball a collide method, or creating a CollisionPolicy, then you are probably doing it wrong. Therein lies a huge part of the problem of OO design: modelling i…

Cool!

Hey very cool. Not exactly related, but if you are interested, I have an adventure journalling side-project I am working on. I would love to have more techie travel/adventure lovin…

I have high hopes for Electron. In some regards, it feels like the new Java. I remember in the early days, using Eclipse and thinking how bad the performance was, but appreciated a…

Didn't you just describe Twitter?

I would be willing to bet that once a country goes cash-free that a second underground hard currency of some type will develop. Being able to barter/exchange without being tracked,…

How is this different than what DevonThink does?

Here's an idea: how about charging more for European users to access your site. If it is a cost issue, how about reflect that cost in the price of your service. So, if your web app…

I live in Montreal and had an initial interview with the Montreal office several months ago. I was looking for flexible work, specifically the ability to work remotely. I was told …

I would say that it depends on your project. I recently launched my personal side project ( https://outsideways.com/ ) and it took me about 9 months to get my first 100 (soft launc…

For me, it is not just what the MacBook Pro can do now, but what it will be able to do in three or four years. When I buy my computers, I am looking for something that will last se…

There is a compatibility layer now, it just happens to be a complete Ubuntu environment.

I am a Python/Django developer. I am not a WordPress fan, but I am not above recommending it to people, provided that they understand what they are getting into. This is what I gen…

When I am not doing software development, I like spending time hiking and backpacking in the outdoors. In 2014 my family and I successfully thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail. To fun…

Thanks for the feedback! More detailed locations and maps are in the plan, as I would like to have that kind of stuff as well. For now all I have implemented is basic place names. …