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Let's not get pedantic! Sales of limited-stock goods will ideally run their course in a super short span of time. For example if I am running a Magento site and am anticipating 100k+ visitors per minute, then I have to start worrying about the need for load balancers, etc. Shopify removes this burden. I think it's clear that that's what they're saying.
Re:Startups in Montréal on Monday April 04, 2016 @11:05PM (#11427506)
It is sad to me that nobody in this thread knows what racism is.
Re:Why Learn to Program in C? on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @12:36AM (#11024904)
Harvard's CS50 begins with C and it's quite successful. Well, technically they begin with Scratch, but the course quickly moves into C. They get around certain barriers (you mention user input) by providing helpers/abstractions, which are gradually torn down as the course progresses.

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Re:What You Get When 30 People Draw a World Map From Memory on Thursday January 09, 2014 @02:00PM (#7032412)
I thought it was hilarious above all else.
Dogecoin is as "real" as Bitcoin, or USD for that matter.
Re:Capitalist Science on Friday December 13, 2013 @09:46AM (#6900700)
This is daft.