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gabrielrdz

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About gabrielrdz

Software Architect in NYC

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    Comment #42082692

    they just made Global Entry free for kids under a certain age, I think, as long as their parent(s) have GE.

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    Comment #41851462

    while they might block the plus, they likely do not block the dot. It's not exactly the same but can help for at least a few scenarios.

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    Comment #41544543

    hah, this takes me back. There used to be a game called Jezzball, I think, back in the late 90's or early 00's. Had a lot of fun with that one.

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    Comment #35380718

    can you share how much you make a year?

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    Comment #26245932

    If you search for Scott Hanselman's Penny Pinching blog post series, he details how he runs a couple of his high volume sites for as cheap as possible in Azure.

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    Comment #25017827

    That is a great analogy. I hope lawmakers patch all those holes, because you are right.

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    Comment #24969258

    This. It is very comfortable to use Google OAuth sign in, even if you have a custom domain, but I've run into a few services that will not let you log on with user/password if you …

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    Comment #24969235

    Are there cases where users have taken Google to court to get their data back in this case? I've had my Gmail account since 2004 and I am also terrified about this. I ended up re-r…

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    Comment #24969212

    Do you really think that they have no way to tell that it's you between all those accounts? I mean, there's no really a concept of account linking between Google Accounts, but betw…

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    Comment #23451059

    I think I recognize your name. You had a motivational website or blog, Impossible things or something like that?

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    Comment #23195610

    It's so ironic that Google's original motto was "Don't be evil".

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    Comment #23194486

    I saw this on Reddit so I guess that's why you're getting double hugged to death

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    Comment #22803879

    I really like the format of your blog and it seems your posts are very high quality. Will have fun for a few weeks! thanks for sharing

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    Comment #22292771

    Posting this since I don't see it mentioned yet. Scott Hanselman and Rob Conery created the Imposters Handbook. I believe both of these guys are self-taught, and they are incredibl…

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    Comment #22139271

    just call Walter White. Sure he'd be able to pull something off with Magnets..

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    Comment #21906637

    This is why I love Manning Books. I actually ordered a book off of Amazon that I forgot was produced by Manning, and I went to cancel the order and get it from Manning instead. Tha…

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    Comment #21800919

    Congrats! I just glanced at the site for a few minutes but it looks nice and I really enjoy hearing about people finding success from hobby projects. Best of luck!

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    Comment #21673806

    It should not. StackOverflow.com, for example, runs on ASP.NET MVC and is one of the websites with most traffic in the world. Also blazing fast and rarely goes down. Even in Black …

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    Comment #20970037

    I haven't bought them either, but I do think there's a market. There are some people who are in technical departments that are not necessarily software developers but due to their …

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    Comment #20636984

    best of luck with this, sounds like a great idea... there are always new improvements to be made to processes and you just found a great one.

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    Comment #12897657

    Why waste any time using it if a few years down the line they will discontinue it?

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    Comment #7510490

    Scott also replied to me about a specific .NET issue I emailed him about more than 7 years ago. He's an incredible person and as keithwarren pointed out, it's a win not only for co…

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    Comment #6946998

    no way windows search will ever replace Everything. Windows search is slow and it will not find whatever document you want 90% of the time.

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