j_col

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Easing back from Twitter(alphadevx.com)
1 points by j_col 13y ago|0 comments
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Think twice before giving away your UGC(alphadevx.com)
2 points by j_col 13y ago|0 comments
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by j_col 13y ago
It's much easier to scan and correlate email data on a massive scale if it is all centralized in the one place (GMail servers). I'm not saying that is what's happening, just saying it makes it easier.
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by j_col 13y ago
> PHP's per-request execution model is a strength that is often overlooked by people who are mostly using persistent application servers. You nailed it. AKA "Shared Nothing Architecture".
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by j_col 13y ago
Virtual hosts in Apache? mod_rewrite? Your understanding of modern PHP development really is circa 2000. Try replacing those with nginx and PHP-FPM for a start.
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Australia moving guide(worldirish.com)
1 points by j_col 13y ago|0 comments
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by j_col 13y ago
Yeah, I've seen many similar, some examples: http://www.mybigambitions.com/ http://www.bucketlist.org/ And probably the oldest of them all? http://www.43things.com/
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by j_col 13y ago
> Until PHP starts to take its core defects seriously I don't think it will ever make significant progress as a platform. I'm sorry, but given that PHP the platform (forgetting about gripes with the language syntax for a mome
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by j_col 13y ago
> And what I still don't see is anything saying they are taking their performance problems seriously. Hmmm, you have heard about PHP-FPM right? And the built-in APC cache? And HipHop? Besides, in my experience performance problems w
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by j_col 13y ago
> Considering the cure for cancer is basically fresh vegetables, fruits, and fungi... I've met vegetarians with cancer. I'm pretty certain it's not that simple.
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by j_col 13y ago
Characters like Mark Thomas and Michael Moore build their protest messages around PR stunts, it's their modus operandi and I believe it's a valid usage of media.
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Music companies move to block access to Pirate Bay websites(irishtimes.com)
1 points by j_col 13y ago|0 comments
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by j_col 13y ago
> As the only “European” startup hub, Tel Aviv... Indeed! Use of quotes in original piece says it all.
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by j_col 13y ago
Good for creating a positive brand.
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BlackBerry CEO Questions Future of Tablets(bloomberg.com)
2 points by j_col 13y ago|0 comments
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by j_col 13y ago
Yeah that one caught my eye in an otherwise good list too. Typically sending email via PHP's mail() function is only slow if your server is not configured correctly: http://www.alphadevx.com/a/372-Fixing-slow-performance-of-se...
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Is Google Glass a World-Class Hoax?(pcmag.com)
2 points by j_col 13y ago|0 comments
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by j_col 13y ago
Just to elaborate further on why I think this is a throwaway comment from Atwood rather than getting into the whole "one language is faster than another" dick-measuring competition: "Fast" in the context of the Internet is incredibly subjec
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by j_col 14y ago
> Of course, we went on to build Stack Overflow in Microsoft .NET. That's a big reason it's still as fast as it is. Wow, that claim could really do with some qualifying.
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by j_col 14y ago
Sure I get, but I think it just dilutes the meaning of the term "real-time" to use it in a soft context.
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by j_col 14y ago
Please stop calling anything on the internet real-time. Response time is not guaranteed here.
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by j_col 14y ago
> provided that they've proven they can do the work and know the language(s) in question. And that's the rub of it for me: you have to let them lose on your project in order to prove themselves capable, and you have to hope they work ou
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by j_col 14y ago
> The best IT professionals are those with the capability to self-learn That's a universal truth. You also have to self-learn in college. > So those who skip university are around 2 to 3 years ahead of the rest that was pumped outda
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by j_col 14y ago
Given that half of the professional IT people I've ever worked with don't even have IT-related qualifications, I'm really not surprised (but I am disappointed for our industry that the bar is set so low). Can you work as a lawyer without a
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LG acquires webOS from HP, plans to use it in smart TV platform(engadget.com)
153 points by j_col 14y ago|70 comments
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by j_col 14y ago
Cue an increase in personal injuries. I really hope people are not going to drive with these :-(
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Burnout(williamdurand.fr)
3 points by j_col 14y ago|0 comments
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Amazon 'used neo-Nazi guards to keep immigrant workforce under control'(independent.co.uk)
6 points by j_col 14y ago|1 comments
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by j_col 14y ago
Nice idea! I guess it works on any browser?
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by j_col 14y ago
I never claimed that HN was free. I simply said that comparing it to Chrome was invalid.

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