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One of the most annoying things about translation is that the length of the string may change which can mess up designs and layouts. For example German strings tend to be longer th…

What type of database did they use? What type of caching would be desirable? Most modern RDBSes, like Postgre, Oracle, or Microsoft SQL server, have internal LRU caching already im…

The back end is swappable. I think right now you can use Mongo or MySQL. If you want to use something else you have to write your own DDL. They hope that more people will do that i…

I assume it meant zoning that limits the number of hotels that can be built in a particular municipality. I also assume he meant to suggest that established players attempt to limi…

If more programmers did volunteer (or their employers encouraged volunteering), even for a little bit, by being exposed to the problem and having an opportunity to interact with th…

I work in the Downtown Crossing section of Boston, which has the one of the highest visible homeless populations in the Boston area. I was also consistently troubled by the number …

You are actually arguing that the developers should have made an effort to have their game appeal to those who take a copy of it without permission?

This is a false equivalency. Musicians can opt out of having their music played on the radio. If they do choose to have their music played on the radio, there is a genuine attempt …

Businesses take cash to local bank branches, which then take the cash to closest Federal Reserve branch. Most large cities have Federal Reserve branches even if they are not heads …

What motivates to spend so much effort on a job posting for an Office Manager position? Is this someone who needed a creative outlet or is there a specific goal?

What motivates to spend so much effort on a job posting for an Office Manager position? Is this someone who needed a creative outlet or is there a specific goal?

Isnt't Apple a hardware company that writes its own software ?

I could see myself adapting this strategy, except that my employer requires me to use a VPN client that runs only on Windows and OS X. As of right now this solution makes economic …

Both. If hacker who discovered bug in a system should have reported it, instead of exploiting it. However, the analogy is flawed because if you find a loophole in the law and it is…

The portrayal of the dwarves is consistent with their characterization in the book.

I don't think anyone (with the possible exception of the Spotify marketing department) thinks that Spotify will be the savior of the music industry. Most popular artists know this.…

Just because something is easy to do does not mean it should be legal. A person could walk into a business and find documents with private information that have been carelessly lef…

This is great. The path to peace is education, high skill jobs and prosperous businesses.

Both fraternities and synagogues are examples of non-profit organizations.

Or buy things

Selenium can handle a lot of gui issues with different browsers. There are also tools to compare images (could be used with screenshots). Yes ultimately you need human eyes and on …