Asahi Net | Kyoto, Japan | Full-time software developers | ONSITE VISA Asahi Net, a Japanese ISP based in Tokyo, has started a new R&D lab in Kyoto. We are developing our first product, which would likely be exciting to…
Great job! I really like the multi-line editing and IPython-style prompts. The syntax highlighting feature is nice as well, and it can be turned off with a flag. I am not a fan of auto-completion, however, so I wish…
In my humble opinion, each layer should have a clear purpose: http://www.extellisys.com/articles/docker-layer-overload
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/california-form-llc-3...
It seems that the terminology is causing some confusion. The definition of a wiki is "a website which allows its users to add, modify, or delete its content via a web browser" [1], which is pretty much the opposite of…
Verbose links for you: Khan Academy: http://www.khanacademy.org/ Arithmetic videos: http://www.khanacademy.org/#arithmetic Easiest addition video: http://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/addition-subtract...…
TL;DR: Mobile platforms can bring (Internet) technology to a global audience that is larger than any that we have seen. Smartphones represent a very small percentage of this audience, so there is more money in creating…
I don't think that the number of interesting stories have declined, but I think that they have become much harder to find because the number of non-interesting stories have definitely increased. Among the…
The rolling blackouts are imposed in the cities and prefectures around Tokyo, but central Tokyo itself (the 23 wards) keep power so that the government and key industry can continue to function. Here is a map:…
A friend of mine here in Tokyo owns a small music company and recently launched a series of games to help with music training. They are flash-based, but I have been quite impressed with them and have enjoyed them quite…
LingQ (http://www.lingq.com/) is a service that allows you study with native speakers online.
Though the qualifier "functional" is often used in a discrete sense (either a language is functional or it is not), I think that it is useful to consider degrees of functionality. Compare the properties of a language to…
I once did a university Spanish course that used Destinos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destinos), a 52 video episode course that uses techniques that you describe. A textbook and a few workbooks are also provided, as…
The title is likely a hat tip to a famous functional textbook: _ML for the Working Programmer_. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~lp15/MLbook/
This site reminds me of another site that has been online a lot longer: http://www.passwordchart.com/ Instead of having to store a number to regenerate your card, the card is (re)generated from a "master" password that…
I recommend two authors, listed below with Amazon links to their most famous books: C. J. Date http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Database-Systems-C-Date/d... Joe Celko…
Smashing Magazine has an article with links to many resources: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/24/drupal-developers...
I highly recommend _C: A Reference Manual_ by Harbinson and Steele. It has many tiny examples, but it is mainly used as a reference manual (as the title suggests).…
Practice is essential in becoming proficient in design. A technique that I particularly recommend for beginners is recreating designs that you like, from scratch. Start with something easy and work up! The majority of…
_Introduction to Algorithms_ (aka "CLRS") http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Algorithms-Third-Thomas-C...
There are many different styles of martial arts, with a wide variance in philosophy. Some martial arts discourage hurting the body, in stark contrast to those that seem to promote it. Personally, the philosophy of…
Asahi Net | Kyoto, Japan | Full-time software developers | ONSITE VISA Asahi Net, a Japanese ISP based in Tokyo, has started a new R&D lab in Kyoto. We are developing our first product, which would likely be exciting to…
Great job! I really like the multi-line editing and IPython-style prompts. The syntax highlighting feature is nice as well, and it can be turned off with a flag. I am not a fan of auto-completion, however, so I wish…
In my humble opinion, each layer should have a clear purpose: http://www.extellisys.com/articles/docker-layer-overload
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/california-form-llc-3...
It seems that the terminology is causing some confusion. The definition of a wiki is "a website which allows its users to add, modify, or delete its content via a web browser" [1], which is pretty much the opposite of…
Verbose links for you: Khan Academy: http://www.khanacademy.org/ Arithmetic videos: http://www.khanacademy.org/#arithmetic Easiest addition video: http://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/addition-subtract...…
TL;DR: Mobile platforms can bring (Internet) technology to a global audience that is larger than any that we have seen. Smartphones represent a very small percentage of this audience, so there is more money in creating…
I don't think that the number of interesting stories have declined, but I think that they have become much harder to find because the number of non-interesting stories have definitely increased. Among the…
The rolling blackouts are imposed in the cities and prefectures around Tokyo, but central Tokyo itself (the 23 wards) keep power so that the government and key industry can continue to function. Here is a map:…
A friend of mine here in Tokyo owns a small music company and recently launched a series of games to help with music training. They are flash-based, but I have been quite impressed with them and have enjoyed them quite…
LingQ (http://www.lingq.com/) is a service that allows you study with native speakers online.
Though the qualifier "functional" is often used in a discrete sense (either a language is functional or it is not), I think that it is useful to consider degrees of functionality. Compare the properties of a language to…
I once did a university Spanish course that used Destinos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destinos), a 52 video episode course that uses techniques that you describe. A textbook and a few workbooks are also provided, as…
The title is likely a hat tip to a famous functional textbook: _ML for the Working Programmer_. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~lp15/MLbook/
This site reminds me of another site that has been online a lot longer: http://www.passwordchart.com/ Instead of having to store a number to regenerate your card, the card is (re)generated from a "master" password that…
I recommend two authors, listed below with Amazon links to their most famous books: C. J. Date http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Database-Systems-C-Date/d... Joe Celko…
Smashing Magazine has an article with links to many resources: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/24/drupal-developers...
I highly recommend _C: A Reference Manual_ by Harbinson and Steele. It has many tiny examples, but it is mainly used as a reference manual (as the title suggests).…
Practice is essential in becoming proficient in design. A technique that I particularly recommend for beginners is recreating designs that you like, from scratch. Start with something easy and work up! The majority of…
_Introduction to Algorithms_ (aka "CLRS") http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Algorithms-Third-Thomas-C...
There are many different styles of martial arts, with a wide variance in philosophy. Some martial arts discourage hurting the body, in stark contrast to those that seem to promote it. Personally, the philosophy of…