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nicholaides

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About nicholaides

Software Engineer and Cofounder at PromptWorks.

mike@promptworks.com

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    The difference here is that these paintings were "previously unknown paintings by well-known artists", so, it's not like a frame-by-frame reproduction or a cover song at all. It's …

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    Comment #23732560

    The duration can differ. A shortage lasting a week is better than a shortage lasting months.

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    Comment #22960192

    Thanks for bringing it up. An underlying assumption here is that cordiality should be the default, and I agree with that. In this particular case, though, this question is essentia…

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    Comment #22948471

    "Side dish" is not another way of saying "side project" (in the context of this article. Side dish = product built on a platform the customer already uses. Example: Streak (a side …

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    Comment #22948438

    RTFA: it's not talking about side projects. Side dish = product built on a platform the customer already uses. Example: Streak (a side dish) is a CRM that lives inside Gmail (the m…

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    Comment #22881633

    It converts your regexp into a virtual filesystem and then you can test if a string matches the regexp by converting the string into a path and testing if that path is contained in…

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    Comment #22826066

    Seems like it overlaps a lot with Yaml. What are the benefits to using Hjson instead?

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    Comment #22469653

    SEEKING FREELANCER | Philadelphia & New York | Local & Remote US We are a development shop that focuses on software craftsmanship. Our calling is to help companies create amazing, …

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    Comment #22469649

    PromptWorks | Multiple positions | Philadelphia PA | ONSITE | https://promptworks.com/ We are a development shop that focuses on software craftsmanship. Our calling is to help comp…

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    Comment #22153390

    I think a good under-appreciated use case for SQLite is as a build artifact of ETL processes/build processes/data pipelines. Seems like lot of people's default, understandably, is …

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    Comment #21884443

    I wrote some Crystal recently for a hobby project. I have to say, I really like it. • Nice syntax (mostly just that blocks/procs are easy to use— Ruby-like syntax is nice, but it’s…

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    Comment #20696529

    I have a relative who has a farm that sells products wholesale to a large supermarket chain (not Walmart). One of the supermarket's tactics: place huge orders from you so that you …

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    Comment #17663255

    SEEKING FREELANCER. Philadelphia & New York. Local only. We are a development shop that focuses on software craftsmanship. Our calling is to help companies create amazing, intuitiv…

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    Comment #17663229

    PromptWorks | Senior Software Engineer, UI/UX Designer | Philadelphia PA | ONSITE https://promptworks.com/ We are a development shop that focuses on software craftsmanship. Our cal…

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    Comment #13798255

    You would think that if you clicked a bomb first, the app would regenerate the board until it made one where the place you clicked was not a bomb.

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    Comment #12016458

    Federal computers, too!

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    Comment #11278263

    The author does mention that, though, when he's talking about the pros and cons in the very beginning of the article: > What do I miss? Syntax highlighting hinting that I made a du…

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    Comment #11012881

    PromptWorks - Philadelphia, PA and New York, NY All positions ONSITE, 1 of the positions for INTERNS. Relocation assistance available. We are a development shop that focuses on sof…

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    Comment #10832098

    PromptWorks - New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA. All positions ONSITE, 1 of the positions for INTERNS. Relocation assistance available. We are a development shop that focuses on so…

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    Comment #10685329

    For example, you would assign a very low prior probability to your friend telling you that she met her 5’2” tall second cousin last Tuesday at 8:47am at 11 feet northwest of the sm…

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    Comment #10655787

    PromptWorks - New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA. All positions ONSITE, 1 of the positions for INTERNS. Relocation assistance available. We are a development shop that focuses on so…

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    Comment #10592010

    It's also a 2nd amendment issue. From wikipedia: Since World War II, many governments, including the U.S. and its NATO allies, have regulated the export of cryptography for nationa…