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by wesd 6y ago
there is possible performance hit [1]. Also, it could mean that the data granularity has not been modeled well if there are duplicate rows. https://sqlperformance.com/2017/01/t-sql-queries/surprises-a...
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by wesd 8y ago
I had similar issue with iOS. I didn't disable in-app purchase and right after installing the game, my 6 year old spent $55 and when I got the receipt email a day later it was too late to reverse the transaction. Lesson learned and in
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by wesd 8y ago
That is primary reason why I don't like watching Dr Who. My kids love it but most episodes are magically resolved at end for my liking.
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by wesd 8y ago
There was a thread about this about a month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18535748 "This one is funny, and has a couple of obvious solutions that have been prevented due to internal politics. The short answ
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by wesd 8y ago
Can an Industrial Giant Become a Tech Darling? (Ep. 357) http://freakonomics.com/podcast/ford/
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by wesd 8y ago
I submitted that article on HN but it didn't get any attraction. It seems Ford CEO thinks they can collect and monetize drivers data: -- So the case I would make is that we have as much data in the future coming from vehicles, or from
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by wesd 8y ago
sampleinajar is stating that when doctors were over-prescribing the patient became addicts. When those patients were cut-off from legally buying the drugs, they turned to black market where the quality of the drug is unknown which leads to
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by wesd 8y ago
>I walk twice around the earth before even considering a subscription service. I can't imagine going back not having music subscription service. I don't have to make a decision which album to buy anymore and I don't have t
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by wesd 8y ago
I coach soccer for my kids. The primary obstacle to players development is that they've never watched a game therefore you have to teach them everything.
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by wesd 8y ago
It seems Ford CEO thinks they can collect and monetize drivers data: -- So the case I would make is that we have as much data in the future coming from vehicles, or from users in those vehicles, or from cities talking to those vehicles, as
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Can an Industrial Giant Become a Tech Darling? (Ep. 357)(freakonomics.com)
1 points by wesd 8y ago|1 comments
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How Iceland Got Teens to Say No to Drugs (2017)(theatlantic.com)
1 points by wesd 8y ago|0 comments
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by wesd 8y ago
Assume you work from home, you can deduct portion of your internet, electricity, gas bill and mortgage. If you work primarily from home and go into the office, you can deduct millage. Best thing for you to talk to an accountant. How is the
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by wesd 8y ago
Google has been trying to tie store purchase to ad impression [1]: "This location tracking ability has allowed Google to send reports to retailers telling them, for example, whether people who saw an ad for a lawn mower later visited o
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by wesd 8y ago
That example code seems overly complicated and redundant. Should the code be simpler like this: SELECT id , max(a) ma , count(*) Cnt FROM ... GROUP BY id
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by wesd 9y ago
> he doesn't seem to understand the limitations of his own knowledge He does. When he has a decent Scientific guests on his podcast, he is very deferential but when he is alone, he is very elitist.
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by wesd 9y ago
>ad-free Youtube TV is bundled in the plan Only in US.
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by wesd 9y ago
How does this trend affect new websites such as the Bill Simmions theRinger.com? He has invested heavily on long form writing.
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by wesd 9y ago
Start by having a strong understanding the various joins first: http://www.sql-join.com/sql-join-types/
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by wesd 9y ago
How much of a say does Netflix has on the production of the shows? I thought one of the advantage of Netflix was that they don't interfere with the production of the shows and they let the creative people make the decisions.
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by wesd 10y ago
It's using OMDB.js: const omdb = require('omdb');
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by wesd 10y ago
maybe rephrase to desk top only users is around 100 million.
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by wesd 10y ago
Assuming users are not on both mobile and desktop, then the desktop is around 100 million (DAU less Mobile DAUs): Daily active users (DAUs) – DAUs were 1.18 billion on average for September 2016, an increase of 17% year-over-year. Mobile DA
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Hollywood’s dangerous obsession with China(latimes.com)
2 points by wesd 10y ago|1 comments
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by wesd 10y ago
I can get to/from work four different ways. I want to know which way is the fastest. It gets tiring turning GPS on on/off every day just before using Maps.
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Drug companies spend millions to keep charging high prices(latimes.com)
51 points by wesd 10y ago|34 comments
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by wesd 10y ago
>Cutting off the ability to work remotely, which is how most people who cannot afford child care manage small children I haven't seen anyone who can look after a small child and work at the same time. Either you're working or l
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by wesd 10y ago
The only difference between UFC and other leagues is that UFC only has 100 million per year guaranteed income from TV rights. Most of of their revenue (600 million last year) is based on gate and pay per views which can fluctuate based head
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by wesd 10y ago
>Software engineerings in Calgary are lucky to make 70k canadian I have to disagree with that statement. As an example, here is a system admin job posting by City of Calgary. The pay range is $77,891 - 117,609 per annum https:/&#x
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by wesd 10y ago
Also the assumption is that you don't need to report on the data. If you need to report on the data then you might need to create index on those columns for performance which you can't do on a blob.

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