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sown

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    Comment #10416588

    Do you use a lot of joins, writes along with the queries? I'm curious as to what might happen with other profiles.

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    Comment #10301472

    I wonder if this is a prelude to some acquisition or merger to make the company more sellable.

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    Comment #10260344

    This seems like kind of a trick question. The vast majority of interviewers want to hear what they want to hear, or at least have you agree. We've all been conditioned to expect th…

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    Comment #10203465

    This is a real and substantial hack. Most adults wouldn't think of doing this.

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    Comment #10138749

    > ... start something yourself. Or contribute to an open source project. Or write a book. Do something that will have your name put on it. You say this like I've not thought about …

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    Comment #10138729

    I've been around engineering teams for a while now and here's what I mean: there's always some principal engineer or fellow (in the terms of a title) that is greatly esteemed and a…

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    Comment #10138727

    > Impulse you rather Not sure I understand. Anyways, I've been around engineering teams for a while now and here's what I mean: there's always some principal engineer or fellow (in…

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    Comment #10134028

    > Being able to take an idea and turn it in to a product is a brilliant skill that startups absolutely need, but equally, once the product is out there being used, you need the oth…

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    Comment #10064169

    Not to be a jerk but I'm going to sound like a jerk, but know it is from a position of love: linked lists and arrays are both fundamental data structures. At the very least you now…

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    Comment #10058599

    Thank goodness. I thought I was going crazy. Thank you for pointing this out to me. That jar file is not in the sdk I downloaded.

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    Comment #10057618

    Stuff like logins are extra work the user has to do and it increases your bounce rate -- people seeing it, and then just leaving because of it. You might want to try comparing how …

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    Comment #10056524

    As an aside, has anyone else noticed on Android SDK 1.10.0 ParseQueryAdapter seems to have disappeared?

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    Comment #10025777

    This sounds kind of like an exo kernel?

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    Comment #9964004

    I'm a fan of line_profiler: https://github.com/rkern/line_profiler % cat > l.py @profile def slow_func(): for i in xrange(1048576): continue return -1 @profile def fast_func(): for…

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    Comment #9934477

    I think it's actually makes you look secure in your self, maybe even a bit gutsy. I'm not sure what the right word would be here, but it I like it. Someday, I hope to join the rank…

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    Comment #9908875

    I remember seeing this concept appear over the years. I suppose this means they solved heat dissipation and vibration issues?

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    Comment #9883401

    I just noticed notice in the browser window. I didn't recall seeing it earlier so when I saw this headline, I clicked on the link. I chuckled when I saw this: http://i.imgur.com/CH…

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    Comment #9802304

    What does this mean? If there was a supernova eons ago in another galaxy and I'm the only human who had been hit by a cosmic ray, does that mean it didn't exist or happen until ...…

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    Comment #9787313

    I only recently developed this skill a little. The Ruby application server I looked at was for doing social network feeds. Posts/Likes/Comments go in, feeds come out. I followed so…

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    Comment #9742681

    > f you can't figure it out yourself but ask me questions, if you try a simpler problem first, if you talk and explain what you are doing, if you run your ideas with me asking what…

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    Comment #9737601

    Time + Internet = A smaller world that doesn't forget

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    Comment #9730332

    Maybe just luck, along with good diet and exercise. He looks better than my grandpa did at 70.