mattquinn

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by mattquinn 14y ago
Definitely avoid Joomla if you can. I've been maintaining a Joomla site since 2009, and I can't update any of the core components because it would break too many plugins for which there are no newer, compatible versions. I'm building a repl
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by mattquinn 14y ago
As if this speaks for all start-ups. Look, if you don't value time away from business or if you ascribe significant meaning to the results of an A/B test, you should sit down and think very hard about the world around you. With regard to th
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The Wisdom of Slime(nytimes.com)
2 points by mattquinn 14y ago|0 comments
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Joe Weisenthal vs. the 24-Hour News Cycle(nytimes.com)
3 points by mattquinn 14y ago|0 comments
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by mattquinn 14y ago
I've used Knockout for two applications and it's great; MVVM is definitely more relevant for JS web applications than MVC in many, tho not all, cases.
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by mattquinn 14y ago
No dude, think about what you're saying. The idea you've presented isn't a solution at all. Simply stating your desire to get rid of TV commercials without explaining how to do it is not a solution.
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Physicists Observe the Splitting of an Electron Inside a Solid(sciencedaily.com)
6 points by mattquinn 14y ago|0 comments
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by mattquinn 14y ago
"Now, I’m going to throw something out there that might seem kind of crazy." You managed to write a blog post that hypes up your proposed solution to "hacking" TV...then don't even have a solution? You suggested that we get rid of commercia
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by mattquinn 14y ago
The publication date was August 4, 1993. Not to say it's irrelevant, but alot has changed since then. We are all going to disagree about how much tech is too much in education. On the other hand, very few disagree that tech has no place in
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by mattquinn 14y ago
> "He suggested that teachers design what interactions take place..." This is exactly my point. Those who work with software/tech/etc often trivialize the relationship between software and people who hold completely different societal r
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by mattquinn 14y ago
I have a lot of issues with what you just posted. Perhaps the biggest is enforcing a division between "best teachers" and "run-of-the-mill teachers" into a corporate project management of sorts. I'm not sure where you work, but just imagine
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by mattquinn 15y ago
When you say "IT in higher ed", are you referring to personal experience? That's a pretty specific domain, just wanted to know if you have any specific anecdotes.
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by mattquinn 15y ago
Actually, what I'm working on involves both front-end and back-end. I've got a UI that trades data back and forth with a web service endpoint called Integration Broker within PeopleSoft. I'm focused on enrollment right now, and currently I'
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by mattquinn 15y ago
Seconded. The university I'm attending uses PeopleSoft (acquired by Oracle) as their ERP system, and it's horrendous. Not a week goes by where I don't hear students and faculty members openly complain about it. I've got a live PeopleSoft in
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by mattquinn 15y ago
Then how in the world do you ever expect to launch it in the first place? This kind of attitude always perplexes me - if your solution to a problem is excellent, there will be little incentive for others to copy it.
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by mattquinn 15y ago
The only person who knows enough info to make this decision is you; as a university student myself, I understand your dilemma. I will say that the fact that you're only making $9/hour at a company that's supposedly about to go big is a huge
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by mattquinn 15y ago
"If society tells you to go kill somebody and you do, you can't be a sociopath." ...what? I'm at a loss for words on this one. Just because society - a large, faceless group prone to rallying around propaganda and emotional bandwagons - emb
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by mattquinn 15y ago
You can't possibly compare biotech to the computing industry in terms of where accessibility to the former is headed. Equipment costs may go down and education may become more accessible in biotech, but the risks to humans and property asso
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by mattquinn 15y ago
> "Most of them are "simple" engineers well versed in current "technologies" but are uninterested or unable to break new frontiers". I'm glad you said this because I feel as if it needs to be reiterated much more often. I'm a CS student
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by mattquinn 15y ago
Science isn't a finite spectrum, so of course there's much to be done in all fields. But this article specifically laments the fact that the term "innovation" is no longer strongly associated with substantive breakthroughs in relatively unk
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by mattquinn 15y ago
"Regrettably, we now use ["innovation"] to describe almost anything. It can describe a smartphone app or a social media tool; or it can describe the transistor or the blueprint for a cellphone system. The differences are immense." I cannot
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by mattquinn 15y ago
L) Start dating her/his best friend.
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by mattquinn 15y ago
Instead of worrying about trivial things like this, how about you focus on actually making your site/product available? The number of ppl these days who equate "launching" with only putting up a sign-up form (or launchrock page) is ridicu
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by mattquinn 15y ago
GitX is good (and free), but if you're looking for the best Git client for Mac, without a doubt it's Tower ( http://www.git-tower.com/ ).
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by mattquinn 15y ago
Me: 20, male. Google Infers: 65+, male. not sure how to take that...
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IBM Makes Tiny (Though Impractical) 12-Atom Magnetic Bit(spectrum.ieee.org)
1 points by mattquinn 15y ago|0 comments
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by mattquinn 15y ago
Didn't expect to see familiar photos when I visited the site, I'm a 3rd-year at UVA right now. Sick site man, and for an excellent cause.
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Former Apple Retail Chief Ron Johnson's Plan to Turn JC Penney Around(nytimes.com)
1 points by mattquinn 15y ago|0 comments
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11 Bizarrely Wrong Beliefs Americans Have About Themselves(theatlantic.com)
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by mattquinn 15y ago
Only thing I can see is a Launchrock template and dysfunctional navbar links that don't actually take me to any informative pages...

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