glynjackson

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by glynjackson 9y ago
> "An engineers actions are so far removed from revenue that they can't make a claim so directly" This statement is simply not true in my experience as an engineer in the tech industry for over 15 years. Sell a bad product
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Ask HN: GitHub, why it's bad for freelancers/external collaborators
1 points by glynjackson 10y ago|0 comments
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by glynjackson 11y ago
There are many, many ways to test! A control group, quasi-experiment evaluation etc. "Correlation does not imply causation". All she has is a hypothesis, a theory based on observational research, while this is ok, the article trie
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by glynjackson 11y ago
Quote: "By the end of the year, she had received just six doses of the drug instead of the usual twelve. Marette responded just as her doctors would have hoped from the full drug amount." I'm sorry, at this point I stopped re
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by glynjackson 11y ago
The second he made-up a statistic quote: 9 out of 10 computer problems are fixed by turning it off and on again (I love IT crowd), I stopped listening!
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Django on AWS Elastic Beanstalk with Docker(glynjackson.org)
3 points by glynjackson 11y ago|0 comments
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by glynjackson 11y ago
I'm more looking forward to seeing the Sony VR. It's rumoured to be around the $250-$350 price mark. Sony have a history of getting traction despite not having the best spec/product, for example, remember HD DVD vs Blu Ray?
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Tutorial: Django on AWS Elastic Beanstalk with Docker(glynjackson.org)
2 points by glynjackson 11y ago|0 comments
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by glynjackson 11y ago
Do you have timeframes on other languages and how you are giving priority?
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by glynjackson 11y ago
I believe there is more at play here. I hope someone more qualified would research this, very interesting.
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by glynjackson 11y ago
Wow, this is really interesting stuff. One could read from this that to be more creative, say, for designers they should focus on the left screen.
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Ask HN: IDE Right Screen == Better Problem Solving Skills?
5 points by glynjackson 11y ago|11 comments
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by glynjackson 11y ago
Found httpie sometime back. I still use curl but 80% of the time I use httpie now.
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by glynjackson 11y ago
I really feel sorry for the guy, but even just a few simple due diligence checks would have shown the company has no money even the accounts are overdue: http://companycheck.co.uk/company/07335249/WORLD-GLANCE-LIMI
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by glynjackson 11y ago
Thanks so much for this. I've been using gevent 1.1a2 to support Python 3.4. Does this mean we are out of Alpha? __init__.py shows 1.1a3 tho!
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by glynjackson 11y ago
Is there any evidence that dark colour schemes when coding help sleep pattens? I ask because after using the default theme of sublimetext for 6 months then going back to white background for a few days made it difficult to sleep at night. A
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by glynjackson 11y ago
I often work late or watch movies on my laptop in bed. About 6 months ago I read about how screens/backlight have a negative effect on sleep pattens. I found an app called Flux ( https://justgetflux.com/ ). A simple idea
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by glynjackson 11y ago
Instead of Facebook owing your photos and ID, they now own your phone numbers and your friends phone numbers! Not the best swap. WhatsApp Terms: "In order to prevent and reduce unsolicited spam messages, as well as to improve your in-a
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PIL is 20(github.com)
1 points by glynjackson 11y ago|0 comments
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Meet John Romero: One of the Godfathers of the First-Person Shooter(youtube.com)
1 points by glynjackson 11y ago|0 comments
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by glynjackson 11y ago
He shows a chorded keyboard for shorthand typing, how did that not catch on! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorded_keyboard Strange feeling watching the first computer mouse demo, first TODO list tutorial, code folding,
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Django 1.8 released(docs.djangoproject.com)
3 points by glynjackson 11y ago|0 comments
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by glynjackson 12y ago
Really? Build a button yourself to overlock! The Pi is about giving you the tools, now, go forth and build.
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by glynjackson 12y ago
I agree, my few experiences don't prove anything. He mixed LSD, cannabis and alcohol on that night. I also agree, I knew very little about his mental health before that day. His section (involuntary confinement to a mental institution)
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by glynjackson 12y ago
My theory is that there is NO direct correlation between drugs like cannabis or LSD and creativity. I know some talented people, experiences when I was young was watching friends "stoned"/"high" but talking utter cr
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by glynjackson 12y ago
I know I will get some backlash for saying this, but there is a lot to be said for a good IDE. - PyCharm (a Python IDE) would detect the example given. The word "elephant" would be grey (parameter not used) and the live Python int
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by glynjackson 12y ago
My decision on which provider to use is based on trust. How can any developer trust that Google won't pull the rug out from under them. This can happen with AWS too but Google has a history of doing this. No matter how cheap I'll
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by glynjackson 12y ago
Rubbish! It is called an open standard for a reason. http://www.toptal.com/python/why-are-there-so-many-pythons
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by glynjackson 12y ago
Having read some of the research the whole theory is based around a shawl found around the fourth victim belonging to Aaron Kosminski. Now It could well be him but this "evidence" does not prove this. All it does prove is that the
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by glynjackson 12y ago
I have used itsdangerous a lot with DRF and it works really well, good call.

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