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jwingy

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    I like mayo but pretty much all shelf mayo is made with oils that are bad for you. Even some brands which claim to use olive oil primarily use another oil with olive oil further do…

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    Comment #15051234

    I wonder how Facebook would feel if all the open source software they currently use incorporated the same license. I bet it would deter them from enjoying much of the code they bui…

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    I wonder how Facebook would feel if all the open source software they currently use incorporated the same license. I bet it would deter them from enjoying much of the code they bui…

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    Comment #11743538

    I don't understand the value of this over simply building a mini ITX system for cheaper and equal/greater performance? The only advantage this has is being able stay portable with …

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    Comment #11625544

    There's some decent questions here, but also too many "how to" questions that most people won't bother memorizing since they take 2 seconds to google.

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    Comment #11614090

    This reeks of forcing a parent's goals and ideals onto their children which in the situations I've seen tend to never end that well. Encouraging them to do what their genuinely int…

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    Comment #11524891

    A significant impediment is handling peak usage power. Maybe solar can provide most of our energy needs, but for those times where peak power is needed, it's probably more sensible…

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    Comment #11517686

    Whether "millennial hipster game developers" are actually lazy or not seems to be besides the point. Hasn't it already been consistently proven that working more than 45 hours is m…

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    Comment #11270275

    Wow never knew. That's a pretty huge barrier that more people should know about.....

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    Comment #10200051

    There's also the swagger spec: http://swagger.io/

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    Comment #7735691

    CALM and CRDTs are interesting stuff. That being said, I feel like the author is confusing a bit the specific implementations of modern APIs vs the concept of an API which I see as…

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    Comment #7246851

    I find it curious how people who are as smart and technical as programmers are, can come up with testing/interview methodologies that so clearly deviate from the actual day to day …

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    Comment #6763304

    You missed another benefit towards API first development: it makes it much easier to get a head start on mobile development as you can reuse many of your endpoints for common opera…

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    Comment #5941048

    I think you're mostly on the point, but unless you have serious inside knowledge, I don't know if you can really assume PRISM is about national security and not about other nefario…

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    Comment #5638509

    New York, NY - Brooklyn Museum - Front-end Developer (Full-time): We’re looking for a creative individual to help us in a key role working with a small team on our website, mobile,…

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    Comment #5273447

    I did a startup then got out for precisely the same reasons the author states. You won't always be young, but a startup at any age is always possible. Since money will never be abl…

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    Comment #4806308

    On a related note, does anyone have some informed opinions on the best type of business entity (e.g. LLC vs S-Corp vs C-Corp, etc.) to set up for a consulting business such as this…

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    Comment #4229536

    It's an article focused on Singapore. Exec hasn't launched in Singapore yet afaik.

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    Comment #4200137

    Maybe I'm not understanding it correctly, but on the point about "it's ok to block", does that mean Go will continue to serve other requests normally, but at the point of the block…

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    Comment #4156780

    The worst part about an article like this is someone will take this seriously and believe this is the path towards "success".

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    Comment #4132457

    Well, sometimes saying you're profitable is important to the topic at hand, and sometimes it's not. If it is and you gloss over the details, people will find it less helpful, and I…

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    Comment #4132373

    The disagreements in just these small sample of comments is a little bit of an example that people don't always have the same idea of what 'profit' means no matter how well defined…