Right. "Realtime" is a bit overloaded of a term, and you've identified the two main interpretations. The realtime data concept has a bunch of buzz right now and is predicted by some to replace "web 2.0" as the most…
The correct question is, "what are you reading _for_?" and the answer is "I'm reading 'Hee Haw: The Book.'" Actually, it's "Matrix Methods in Data Mining and Pattern Recognition." Two years ago I would have torn through…
This reminds me of that YC funded recruiting company (forgot the name--help!) that closed up shop and had their postmortem featured on HN recently. The conclusion was that HR departments aren't a profit center, so…
internet/_why #=> SystemStackError: stack level too deep I remember reading on his twitter something like, "a caller asks: should I use hpricot or nokogiri? If you're not me, use nokogiri. If you're me, then stop…
I liked the article, but agree that the suggestion that Cell networks can be run like Wi-Fi isn't feasible. The amount of signal loss through a barrier increases with frequency, so 2.4GHz signals die out more quickly…
Shorter: Based on one or two poorly coded web apps, which are also examples of the best web programming ever, I have concluded that web developers are stupid. Shorter comment thread: I have decided that all of the hard…
I would recommend that you switch to ruby or python, then start going to the local users groups for whichever one you switched to. Stick around for the chatting/beers/etc. afterwards and network. Bring up your ideas…
Right. "Realtime" is a bit overloaded of a term, and you've identified the two main interpretations. The realtime data concept has a bunch of buzz right now and is predicted by some to replace "web 2.0" as the most…
The correct question is, "what are you reading _for_?" and the answer is "I'm reading 'Hee Haw: The Book.'" Actually, it's "Matrix Methods in Data Mining and Pattern Recognition." Two years ago I would have torn through…
This reminds me of that YC funded recruiting company (forgot the name--help!) that closed up shop and had their postmortem featured on HN recently. The conclusion was that HR departments aren't a profit center, so…
internet/_why #=> SystemStackError: stack level too deep I remember reading on his twitter something like, "a caller asks: should I use hpricot or nokogiri? If you're not me, use nokogiri. If you're me, then stop…
I liked the article, but agree that the suggestion that Cell networks can be run like Wi-Fi isn't feasible. The amount of signal loss through a barrier increases with frequency, so 2.4GHz signals die out more quickly…
Shorter: Based on one or two poorly coded web apps, which are also examples of the best web programming ever, I have concluded that web developers are stupid. Shorter comment thread: I have decided that all of the hard…
I would recommend that you switch to ruby or python, then start going to the local users groups for whichever one you switched to. Stick around for the chatting/beers/etc. afterwards and network. Bring up your ideas…