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shabby

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    Comment #96429

    So, why won't a big restaurant chain try out order-at-table? 6% net margins. Small changes in restaurants can result in big changes to the bottom line, either good or bad. And, cha…

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    Comment #96378

    The first problem is that existing restaurants have POS systems that are (1) expensive, and (2) essential for operations. If you want to build an order-at-the-table system that red…

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    Comment #96356

    I spent a year of my life shopping a business plan for the tablets-at-the-table concept. I made a prototype system and tested it extensively at a restaurant. Guests loved it. Men c…

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    Comment #93257

    And the memory footprint thing.... I understand the concern for mobile/embedded stuff and don't know much about how well Java does there. However, when a half gig of RAM for a serv…

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    Comment #34996

    I have a similar technique for phone screens. Candidates are told to do the interview where they can receive email. To avoid cheating, we send them a couple of code snippets right …

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    Comment #33272

    I work in a Java shop but do some statistical work using R. For me, Java is the easiest way to gather together data for an analysis. R is the clear winner over Java for doing stati…