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Re:Push notification click-through rates on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @03:17PM (#8326486)
I wish apple charged for each notification.
Fine if it's in the bezel.
Re:NASA Open Sources Apollo 11 Code (2009) on Thursday April 03, 2014 @11:30AM (#7523498)
Digital Apollo is a great read.
Re:Don't Pickle Your Data on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @04:19PM (#7227405)
This is a huge thing he missed. Anyone using pickle for non-trivial work is doing cPickle with PROTOCOL_HIGHEST.
Re:Five Paragraph Essays on Saturday January 04, 2014 @01:09PM (#7012124)
It is taught for a reason though. Having some kind of introduction and thesis is important. Overly formulaic, etc it is, but understanding what it's supposed to be teaching is pretty important.
Re:Yancey Strickler to Succeed Perry Chen as CEO of Kickstarter on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @06:07PM (#6643782)
I don't think so. Perry and Yancey have very similar ideas for the company, and I don't think Perry is truly gone (Charles, it sounds like, pretty much is). This sounds more like Perry taking a break after 6 years of nonstop crunch mode.
Re:What is it like to be a mathematician? on Sunday October 13, 2013 @06:41PM (#6544411)
You've got a list of stores, and a person's location. Which store is closest?

You are buying ads online, and want to maximize your ROI.

You have 6 types of EC2 nodes you can use, and you want to pick the most efficient set for your mildly parallel work.