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Did either one of you login to amazon, Facebook, google, etc on one of the other persons device? If so there is likely still a tracking cookie associating you with her device. And …

How much data has Google and Apple collected using LIDAR and such on their mapping/street view vehicles?

Additionally you could decide to only store up to 6 occurrences of each integer in the bit array, use the value of 7 as an indicator that there are 7 or more occurrences and store …

The other challenge is developing for all the variants on Android (OS version, different manufacture idiosyncrasies, hardware speeds, screen resolutions, orientation, virtual vs ha…

Any opinions on pros/cons of using Varnish vs a CDN (Akamai/Limelight)

On small projects where one has complete ownership and knowledge of the code, one can get by without testing. When you have a large project with tens to hundreds of developers, aut…

Groupon is hiring for multiple engineering positions in Palo Alto and Chicago. Take a look at our job board or contact me directly at my username at groupon.com if you are interest…

Groupon is hiring in our new Palo Alto offices. Some listed below, but if you want to solve big problems (performance, scalability, personalization, etc), we have an abundance of g…

DPI is a pointless term in comparing different medium. One of the comments mentions Dots per Radian of viewing angle which I think makes much more sense. Don't need/want my TV to h…

I believe the biggest reason android adoption is so high is the availability of android devices on all major US carriers as opposed to the iPhone being an AT&T exclusive.

I was more concerned with how this would be applicable to a non Facebook site, particularly one that relies significantly on SEO for traffic. I would think Facebook would have solv…

Wondering how this affects SEO and non javascript enabled browsers. I assume one would still have to implement the more traditional solution as a backup option.

You pretty much describe exactly what I built. It's all installed in a wooden box I created that sits on my counter, the top has the PID display, on either side is a wall outlet, o…

Actually, what gave me the confidence to use the 1500 watt heating element was when I searched for the PID I was buying on google, I found a lot of links to home-brewers who used t…

Typically you would sear the fish/beef/chicken before/after for texture, flavor and color. Beef for instance will come out grey on the outside and look unpleasant unless seared (in…

Pretty easy once I got all the parts together. Assembled it all over the course of one night. Hardest part was drilling the hole into the side of the hotel pan for the water heater…