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joeblau

3,944karma·1,828submissions·January 11, 2012
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They don't have 40%, they have 0% and will get to 10% in 1 month. Then have to accrue 1% for the next 36 months after that. Wasting 3 years is not worth the time. The Op should eject and focus on…
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I downloaded it, installed it, searched for "SwiftUI button". The correct answer was the 3rd result. The first two results weren't even relevant at all. I love the concept but this is g…
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Is there something Angular can do to help improve the performance before creating the page?
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You're not wrong :-D
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Maybe because it's not a need most people have? Most may the the right word. This is really about a lot of small wins over the current system, not really one right answer that solves ev…
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I'm not a Bitcoin advocate, I just recognize the value the invention provided and I recognize that this whole cryptocurrency space relies on it being successful for long enough for anything else …
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The fees are a business decision, not a technical requirement.
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How can I be sure what you're selling me is in fact what you say it is? And if it's not, what recourse do I have? A fundamental design in cryptocurrencies is that it's mathemati…
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I can do all these things already. You're absolutely right, but just like you can send a letter in the mail, email does the same thing but is digitally native to the internet. Up until th…
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I wonder if this is the source for any “leaks” from tech companies who use Zoom as their office communication tool?
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This is one I’ve heard a lot on the Data Skeptic podcast. Great for math and science. https://brilliant.org/
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I don't understand what's going on here. Can you explain?
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I love this, but I would fall asleep in this thing in 2 seconds.
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Not iOS apps, but windows applications[1]. [1] - https://swift.org/blog/swift-on-windows/ …
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30 hours not including 8 hours of sleep, 1 hour bike ride, shower, eating and all of that fun stuff.
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I’m testing a bunch of SwiftUI2 features right now so it’s constrained to iOS 14 for them. If you’re on the beta, you’ll get it when iOS 14 is released.
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This is actually what I was listening to on Friday morning that prompted me to build this.
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It's just my own mental model that I use to separate companies like Hertz and Taxi's (both of whole have have apps) from Lyft and Uber. How would you describe the difference between those tw…
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You're absolutely correct. That's why if I applied to work at any of those companies (I've already worked at Amazon) I would be extremely particular about what project I work on.
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> Does either camp have second thoughts about how their careers have progressed? Anecdotally from our conversations, I would say that they see computer programming as being less valuable than peopl…
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You know what's funny. I would not call the environment you're describing as a tech company . I would call what you're talking about a tech-enabled company . If you are working at a …
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I’m in my late 30’s and almost all of my good friends with a CS/BIT degree has cycled into management. The interesting thing I’m noticing now is that they all have ideas for projects but zero cap…
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I wouldn't have any problems giving these APIs access via the web, but one challenge with the websites is that I'm never 100% sure that when I "retract" a permission or say "s…
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A buy button for a buy button... sounds like a startup idea.
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Where is the “Buy” button?!
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