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Django Admin Suitable For Production? | pistoriusp: I suppose it depends on who is going to be using the admin:* If you're creating a product, and want to give them access to some kind of backend, then I would suggest you write your own.* If it's just a handful of users, like a blog, then I think it pretty much covers everything.I wrote a custom backend for ... |
Django Admin Suitable For Production? | Jasber: Thanks guys, I feel much better knowing this shouldn't be an issue.This isn't for a product--it will be accessed by me and one or two writers.I'm also looking at using their user system for regular users. Do you see any problems with that?Thanks |
Fink or Macports? | eugenejen: MacPorts. I am just used to FreeBSD's port system and I don't mind to recompile code from sources. I hate dependency hell in apt/yum style system. I like the old unix way of self contain packages which can be controlled by environment variables.Disk space is going to be like infinite in the long run. So I w... |
Fink or Macports? | tzury: I myself considering throwing away my MacBook and get a nice Dell with Ubuntu. I just can't get things done here the way I used to have with Ubuntu. |
What hardware do you use to run your load balancer ? | anotherjesse: I run Nginx/HAProxy/PostgresQL/Memcache/Mongrels/Solr all on a single box $200 box from serverbeach (2 cores, 3GB ram)The site averaged 581,661 dynamic requests per day over the last 21 days, and my biggest problem with the server performance has been the rails production log analyzer. The parser hits so... |
What hardware do you use to run your load balancer ? | anotherjesse: Nginx/HAProxy/Pound probably don't care about disk access if they are balancing.http://haproxy.1wt.eu/news.html shows that he got nearly 10Gbps on "cheap" hardware (excluding the donated NICs) |
how did you fix problems with bad sleep? | redsymbol: Hello! I used to have a lot of problems with sleep myself. In fact, there was a period of time where I would take Nyquil to force myself to sleep, because it causes drowsiness as a side effect. Obviously this is not recommended :)I now have a pretty high quality of sleep without the assistance of any drug... |
how did you fix problems with bad sleep? | rms: You can get an SNP test for restless legs syndrome if you want to find out if you have a related genetic mutationAlso, and this is definitely not medical advice, anti-depressants might work but they also sometimes cause restless legs syndrome. Restless legs syndrome pills have gotta be under international copyrigh... |
Twitter-like dating site. LAMP. As an idea? Scale? | ahold: Little bit a Twitter but idea is nice :) I'm also separated and 35, but I don't think you can start a startup only in 21 :) Keep running. |
how did you fix problems with bad sleep? | JFred: Some people do better without caffeine. There is also a condition called Mononucleosis that can cause fatigue, as well as other conditions. Lots of things from vitamin deficiencies to cancer can cause fatigue.If you look up the pill on the web you can get information but they tend to list any side effect ever s... |
how did you fix problems with bad sleep? | ephextom: I can't imagine cavemen having problems like "restless legs syndrome", and they managed to get by pretty well without CPAP machines too. The causes of these types of things can generally be found in modern diet and lifestyle factors.The most effective things I've found in improving sleep and general wellbeing... |
Twitter-like dating site. LAMP. As an idea? Scale? | rms: +1 for a new approach to online dating... no one else has got online dating to work for heterosexual dating. Remember that you need to target women. There are a lot more men using online dating than women. [1] Online dating right now works incredibly well for homosexual "dating", particularly casual sex for men ... |
how did you fix problems with bad sleep? | JFred: You'll also want to look at this recent NYT article on fatigue:
http://health.nytimes.com/ref/health/healthguide/esn-chronic... |
how did you fix problems with bad sleep? | Andys: I had restless legs syndrome. My (herbalist) wife diagnosed it as a magnesium deficiency. There are a variety of reasons why habitants of western society can be magnesium deficient, which I don't have time to go into here.Rather than waste time with potentially ineffective dietary supplements, the easiest way... |
how did you fix problems with bad sleep? | agentbleu: also try monitoring your body temperature, especailly head and feet (socks and a hat), this can also help. |
Twitter-like dating site. LAMP. As an idea? Scale? | sant0sk1: I'm down with taking the twitter idea and applying it to different areas of interest, but blatant copying of their site design/layout is kinda lame, imo. |
solar energy, how can i buy? can i buy online? | Alex3917: Finance solar power with no capital costs:http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagid=22330There might also be a box you can check off on your electric bill to get your power from renewable sources if you're willing to pay a couple extra bucks a month.If you really want to do something good for the environment though a... |
Do you want to touch the screen? | bomberstudios: I know I'd like to touch a screen when prototyping stuff, or for fast-paced creative sessions (i.e: brainstorming and such)On the other hand, I'm also a keyboard junkie, so you can happily ignore my point of view :) |
Do you want to touch the screen? | snowbird122: Touchscreens are great for applications that don't require a keyboard. Non-technical people like touching screens. It usually means a simple UI and a small feature set. |
Do you want to touch the screen? | kurtosis: Has anyone combined the ideas behind the theremin with the touch screen? - This way you wouldn't have to ever touch the screen and there would be an extra degree of freedom in the distance from the screen. |
Do you want to touch the screen? | msg: "You make a better door than a window"seriously, though: "on their own grounds / in context". But you're right, no pithy phrase comes to mind.OT: I was looking for stuff like this:
"Linux: can't blend margaritas", which is kind of the idea.and I found this fun Google query:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22worst+... |
Do you want to touch the screen? | designtofly: One thing that I hate most is having to switch between interface methods and devices. If I can't do everything I need to do quickly, intuitively, and accurately with a touchscreen, then I don't want one. I don't want it for the 10% of the time that it might be useful if I still need a keyboard for the othe... |
Do you want to touch the screen? | dazzawazza: I'd love to touch my screen! I'd also like my keyboard, mouse and monitors to be touch sensitive screens (same form factor but made with a 'screen' layered over them. So my mouse/keyboard can be completely customizable to the task at hand.Now if they can get the screen surface to change texture AS WELL as t... |
Ethics and laws regarding scraping websites? | puppetsock: You just need to respect copyright. So if they explicitly allow you to scrape the data, or if you're operating within the "Fair Use" doctrine, then you're fine.(IANAL) |
Ethics and laws regarding scraping websites? | dazzawazza: I think this is a very grey area. If it's on the internet it's scrapable. Does that mean you can use it? You really need a lawyer.Take for example Amazon reviews. They are there to be scraped but some of them are not available via the web service API due to copyright restrictions. That's a clear sign to me ... |
Ethics and laws regarding scraping websites? | nickb: Depends on what and how you intend to use the scraped data for. I'd recommend you also check the TOS of the site you intend to scrape. Many sites explicitly say how their data can be used and how you should scrape it. Some sites also ban IPs that are scraping them (they assume it's a DoS type of an attack. |
Ethics and laws regarding scraping websites? | ntoshev: If the websites you scrape don't want you to do so, they will update their robots.txt and ban you. If you don't respect that, they will ban your IP and/or take legal action.So just try not to piss them off. |
Ethics and laws regarding scraping websites? | schtog: but if we take google for an example. they give the serached sites something in return, they make the easy to find. but how does the google spider know that it can index the site? it checks for robots.txt obv but does it check for Copyright?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Use
fair user seems to be only in the... |
Do you want to touch the screen? | davidw: I'd like to have a screen that gives an electric shock to anyone who gets their greasy, grubby fingers near it. |
Do you want to touch the screen? | mullr: A touchscreen doesn't replace a mouse - as you've noted it's not precise enough. It can work with a UI that's designed for it specifically. But you give up a lot of screen real estate to make that work. (I've spent the last 3 years working on a touch-screen kiosk app...)What's really interesting is the multit... |
Do you want to touch the screen? | silencio: All four of the displays for the computers I use often have fingerprints all over them. Also I occasionally have a finger that feels sore from overestimating the distance from my lap with the keyboard to the display.Stupid iPhone with its multitouch touchscreen display. |
Ethics and laws regarding scraping websites? | a-priori: Ethically, I see no problem is doing any scraping as long as you credit the source and obey the robot.txt file. I figure, they were the ones who made the information freely available on the web.Legally, however, it's a whole different beast that I'm not qualified to talk about. |
Ethics and laws regarding scraping websites? | tylercarbone: So, copyright law doesn't care whether you scraped the data or acquired in some other way. That is, either you can use the information under copyright law, or you can't. If you can't use it, then getting it through some method other than scraping won't help you -- and if you can use it, then scraping won'... |
Do you want to touch the screen? | flipbrad: I'd rather not touch my screen but I do want multitouch controlling of onscreen objects, e.g. in games or graphics apps, or for sorting through photos, organising research snippets/post it notes (digital ones of course), moving icons around, etc.My proposed solution is this: a flat digital touch-sensitive key... |
Ethics and laws regarding scraping websites? | webwright: Search engines all scrape... Titles, meta data, and some or all of the content.I think a good rule of thumb is to consider whether the scraping target will benefit from being scraped. Most sites are delighted to be scraped by Google. Will your scraping drive sales/visitors to the target? Or will it cost ... |
Do you want to touch the screen? | ken: I've never used one, but every review of the Cintiq I've ever read is roughly "Best device ever! Should have bought it years ago! Worth every penny! From my cold dead hands!". This suggests to me that for at least a significant minority of use cases, more direct manipulation is quite useful.You admit it's good... |
Ethics and laws regarding scraping websites? | cduan: You should look into the DMCA safe harbor provisions for Internet Service Providers. The basic idea behind them is that, if you comply with certain requirements (establish a DMCA officer, respond to takedown notices, etc.), then your service will be immune from many sorts of copyright infringement claims.This is... |
Ethics and laws regarding scraping websites? | schaaf: IANAL, but...To reuse copyrighted content, you have to consider fair use eligibility and such -- but fortunately, not all data is locked down by copyright.One of my favorite ten USSC rulings:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications_v._Rural_Tel..."""
It is a long-standing principle of United States copyr... |
What size monitor(s) do you use | LPTS: I got a 15 in MacBook Pro and am getting a 24 or 26 in HD TV to put in my music studio/office space to double as a second monitor (with the first being my laptop screen). |
Do you want to touch the screen? | reggplant: Being an iPhone user I often find myself out of habit sliding my finger up my screen to scroll down when browsing the web. I promptly bang my head on the desk and feel like an idiot when nothing happens and there is now another finger smudge line on the screen.I'm in favor of this new interaction so long as ... |
What size monitor(s) do you use | epi0Bauqu: I have a 19" and a 28" side by side. |
What size monitor(s) do you use | brk: 15" MBP plus 23" Apple Cinema at home. Plus a Mac Mini on a 22" HDTV/LCD combo monitor next to it. |
Anyone building a REST API only product? | cperciva: Tarsnap (http://www.tarsnap.com/) doesn't use a REST API (for various reasons, I built my own API), but it's essentially an API-only product. Users will (once I get the website built) be able to create accounts and check how much storage and bandwidth they're using via the website; but all the "core" work is... |
What size monitor(s) do you use | cperciva: I have a 14.1" monitor, and I'm thinking of downgrading to a 13.3" monitor. I use multiple desktops in X, but I've never seen a need for an external monitor. |
What size monitor(s) do you use | bigtoga: Dual 22s |
What size monitor(s) do you use | markbao: MacBook Pro in clamshell mode with a 24" Dell Ultrasharp monitor (with Microsoft keyboard and mouse :/) |
Ethics and laws regarding scraping websites? | dhotson: Apart from the copyright issues, if you're going to scrape or crawl someone's site.. it's best to be polite about it.I wrote a web crawler a few years back and at the time I didn't really understand the implications of having a crawler grab 20+ pages concurrently from a site.I learned pretty fast when I found ... |
Where did you top out in math classes? | LPTS: For me the brick wall was social, not related to the math, and I hit it in geometry class in 10th grade. Our teacher was an idiot, and had trouble solving the more difficult proofs at the end of the homework. Day after day I would go up to the board and write down the solution to the problem he couldn't solve. ... |
What size monitor(s) do you use | pcestrada: 30" lcd flanked by a pair of 20" lcds |
Where did you top out in math classes? | nostrademons: Long division. 1st grade.I never really topped out, because I always figure that when I don't understand something, I'm not smart enough to get it yet, but that doesn't mean I'll never get it.This pattern started, as I said, in 1st grade with long division. My dad had been trying to teach me math early,... |
What size monitor(s) do you use | jackdied: A dual-head linux box (two 20" LCDs) and a windows box with a matching 20" LCD. Running Synergy as a virtual KVM so I only need one keyboard/mouse. |
Where did you top out in math classes? | ctkrohn: When taking 2nd level honors linear algebra, we were given a takehome exam. I spent ~40 hrs on it and got just under the median grade. I was able to pull out a decent grade in that class, and I graduated with a degree in math, but now I know I'm not smart enough to hack it as a professor.Not that I'd want to... |
Where did you top out in math classes? | cperciva: Algebraic number theory, when I was a graduate student in Oxford.Well, sort of -- by that point I was pretty firmly on the CS side of the fence, and was just sitting in on the number theory classes out of interest. I probably could have grokked class field theory and L-functions if I had taken the time, but ... |
Where did you top out in math classes? | g00dn3ss: Recent evidence tends to indicate that 'not smart enough' is probably a myth. Almost everything can be attributed to exposure and effort at some point rather than some innate smartness.A lot of advanced math takes some serious concentration to understand. For some non-practical aspects, I found that I lacke... |
Where did you top out in math classes? | edw519: I'm still asymptotically approaching the "top out limit point". |
Where did you top out in math classes? | voidfiles: Last class I attempted was trig, and failed completly. I enjoy math, but have given up untill after I finish collage. |
Where did you top out in math classes? | rms: Calculus III... I think I could have got it, but it's tough material and I had a terrible professor, so I didn't really learn any Calculus III. I passed and did much better in my final math course, a one semester differential equations/linear algebra hybrid course. |
What size monitor(s) do you use | pragmatic: 3 19" widescreen @ work. 1 24" Dell at home.
However, I spend the most time (not by choice) working on my HP laptop (not even sure the size of the screen, company bought it)
I'd like to get 2 more monitors for home but I just don't work enough there to make it worth it. |
Where did you top out in math classes? | tjr: I went to Cornell College, which schedules classes on a "block plan", one class at a time for a month each. My first semester, I took four consecutive courses in calculus. By the fourth one, I was extremely burned out on math and barely squeaked by.I ended up taking a couple more math classes before graduating (... |
Where did you top out in math classes? | jfarmer: I have yet to find it, but Algebraic Topology took me a long, long time to get. |
Where did you top out in math classes? | rtf: I don't know, how about every subject?Multiplication. Long division. Algebra. Geometry. Trig. Calc.I was never very motivated to study math. The problem was, my older brother was very into it(and now is a math grad student, ever-so-slowly getting his thesis together). This set a model that I could not hope to emul... |
Where did you top out in math classes? | epi0Bauqu: Didn't. Just lost interest. |
Where did you top out in math classes? | a-priori: My most advanced math course is currently Calculus II (integral calculus and so on). However, I don't believe it's my "wall", and I'm planning on taking courses on differential equations and linear algebra whenever I have some time. |
How do Mint and Buxfer sync with online banking? | oldgregg: Back during private beta I think someone told me that mint is using yodlee for account aggregation (yodlee's moneycenter has awesome functionality, crap UI). How does yodlee do it? No idea. Oh, this is interesting: http://www.bizorigin.com/2007/techcrunch40-top-company-award... |
Where did you top out in math classes? | streblo: Multivariable Calc and Linear Algebra kicked my ass. I didn't really do much beyond that. |
Ethics and laws regarding scraping websites? | jexe: Definitely check the TOS of the sites you plan to scrape. Some data, in particular factual data, isn't copyrightable, but that doesn't necessarily give you the rights to automatically collect it from any place you can find it. Businesses spend a lot of money and time collecting and hosting data, so they can g... |
Where did you top out in math classes? | vegai: I never bothered to invest much to the math classes. The benefit didn't seem so large.Of course, now I see how completely stupid that line of thought is. The time I saved by not attending classes or demonstrations was indeed not well spent. |
Where did you top out in math classes? | rw: Set theory & mathematical logic.Learning math is all about spending time with the material. I find that upper-level math is easier than lower-level topics. Less grunt work, more pondering. |
Where did you top out in math classes? | mnemonicsloth: With one notable exception, math seems very easy to me. I open the book, write down verbatim anything labeled Definition, Theorem, or Lemma, and trace through anything labeled Proof. There's nothing particularly hard about it -- you just have to make sure you actually do every step listed inside your h... |
What's your desk/workstation of choice for hacking? | rms: What's wrong with too cheap? Generally the advice for furnishing a startup is "expensive chairs, cheap desks." If you don't want anything used Ikea is a reasonable, convenient place to look. |
What's your desk/workstation of choice for hacking? | breily: I got fed up with crappy desks from office stores and decided to make my own desk instead - its basically just an 8 foot long piece of wood, about 2 1/2 feet deep. Its not only really cheap, but it has room for my two monitors plus my laptop plus lamps/papers/etc.It doesn't have the frills that seem to come wi... |
Where did you top out in math classes? | loowee: Geometry, Logic, Trigonometry |
What's your desk/workstation of choice for hacking? | cperciva: I have a "desk" which is an old dining room table (and is a few inches higher than ideal); but I do most of my coding while lying in bed. I like my laptop. :-) |
Where did you top out in math classes? | strlen: My undergraduate degree is in Computer Science, which at the time I attended the university was (if one was doing their degree in the College of Arts and Sciences vs. School of Engineering) in the math department. In the end I ended up going further than I would have naturally (just by the nature of department... |
Where did you top out in math classes? | ekzept: there's learning on an academic track timeframe, and there's learning. there are lots of courses i took which i did not do well gradewise, but i learned a lot, enough to go back and re-learn the material at my own pace and better.ultimately, all learning is self-taught. |
Where did you top out in math classes? | Tichy: Seems to me all or most human understanding of maths is poor. Most things, even if we can prove them, we can not really understand them.I wonder if there is a different way to understand maths out there. |
Where did you top out in math classes? | akd: My first math class at MIT. :-\ |
Where did you top out in math classes? | jamiequint: Vector Calc, because I stopped caring. Somehow Diff. Eq. held my interest but vector didn't. Calculating the area of partial 3D oval objects for the sake of doing it was painful. |
Where did you top out in math classes? | cousin_it: Got my masters in math, then kinda lost interest, but I'm pretty sure that everything is understandable with a little effort. When I get genuinely interested, no effort is required at all. |
Where did you top out in math classes? | pageman: did he mean "tap out"? as in UFC "tap out"?can't get enough of Math (although I barely passed Linear Algebra and Numerical Analysis). Maybe it's the challenge. I shall try more of it when I take up a Masters in CS. :P |
Where did you top out in math classes? | maxklein: Math is pointless if you are not planning to apply it at some point in your later career. Learning algebraic topology when you are studying digital circuits is like learning literary analysis - it may make you feel smart, but it's a damn waste of time. |
What's your desk/workstation of choice for hacking? | jgrahamc: My work set up is the following:1. Aeron chair2. Pair of trestles and a large piece of wood on top of them.#1 cost $$$, #2 cost next to nothing. I bought cheap trestles from a hardware store, and a nice piece of flat wood which was prestained and edges smoothed off. |
What's your desk/workstation of choice for hacking? | andrewf: Last time I had to pick out a desk for an office I chose this one (sadly I doubt they'll ship to you):http://www.jkhopkins.com.au/showproduct.asp?webno=1Sitting in the middle gives you a lot of surface area within reach. |
What's your desk/workstation of choice for hacking? | axod: A reclining sofa with comfy cusions. |
What's your desk/workstation of choice for hacking? | maryrosecook: Biggest, smooth-surfaced desk that will fit in the room without blocking the door. |
What's your desk/workstation of choice for hacking? | davo11: I've got an ikea desk with two tier sort of thing for the monitors and keyboards and pull out wings you can stick things on, I've had it for years, it's survived two house moves and has many more years ahead of it and I wouldn't part with it.I've got another desk from an auction which is a great place to check ... |
What's your desk/workstation of choice for hacking? | iamelgringo: I went cheap with the desk: Ikea $80 But, I splurged on Ergotron Montior arms: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000959.htmlThey are truly one of the best workspace purchases I've ever made. Really, they're very, very nice. |
What size monitor(s) do you use | cpr: I found the 30" cinema display too large for comfort, for some odd reason. Now I use a 24" iMac with a secondary 23" cinema display to the left. Perfect for me. |
Where did you top out in math classes? | thorax: I don't know if I topped-out, but I did lose interest. Calc III felt hard with not very much useful information (my comp sci advisers basically gave me grief for taking it). Linear Algebra sparked my interest again, but only because it started out wicked hard and then (just like with Calc years before), it just... |
What's your desk/workstation of choice for hacking? | comforteagle: Avoid any chair with arm rests which stick out to far foward and don't allow you to get close enough to your keyboard without having to lift your shoulders/elbows. |
Where did you top out in math classes? | nothingHappens: I very nearly hit that point taking Differential Equations my last semester, but thanks to persistence and a very helpful prof, I got over it. Not sure where I'd have ended up if I kept going, but I've always regretted not taking more abstract/"modern" algebra |
Where did you top out in math classes? | DaniFong: I'm not sure I ever had that reaction. I explored a few topics in different lectures in grad school which were pretty obtuse: ergodic theory, for example. I didn't get it, but I assumed it was because the topic wasn't suited to lectures, and after learning of the basic direction they were headed in and settin... |
What's your desk/workstation of choice for hacking? | truebosko: This one from ikea is pretty ideal. Flat surface but some shelving on top for storage of books and whatever else: http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/60111123 |
What programming language to use? | aitoehigie: I recommend Python, once you try it, you will never look back, and it has decent web frameworks, libraries etc for whatever you want to do. |
Where did you top out in math classes? | geebee: In retrospect, I topped out in my upper division coursework for the math major. I still got B's and even some A's in those courses (Real Analysis, Abstract Algebra), but I was reduced to studying solution sets rather than mastering the material creatively. This was when I got more interested in applications (... |
What programming language to use? | twism: languages don't scale, your architecture does. |
What programming language to use? | iamelgringo: Python and Ruby are pretty much the players when it comes to web apps these days.If you want to stick with a Microsoft Stack, you could try ASP.NET (shudder). |
What's your desk/workstation of choice for hacking? | metajack: I wanted a thin surface (relatively) with legs and no drawers or gimmicks. I ended up buying a dining room table from West Elm which fit the bill perfectly. Later I added two small raised shelves (which my speakers and various doodads sit on) to the desk which I built by using Ikea kitchen cabinet legs and ... |
What's your desk/workstation of choice for hacking? | noelchurchill: I want a tall desk so I can stand while I work. |
Where did you top out in math classes? | eru: Perhaps differential equations for me. But that's more a question of motivation. I like optimization more and look forwand to having more lectures. |
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