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IzzyMuradon Porting dl.google.com from C++ to Go

speculating a conspiracy.

IzzyMuradon Porting dl.google.com from C++ to Go

Too many Google employees in Hacker News trying to advocate Go...

IzzyMuradon An open letter to Jeff Bezos: A contract worker’s take on Amazon.com

> An open letter... > ... > Sincerely, > Steven Barker

Relevant last name.

IzzyMuradon Stay-at-home dad

> being constantly alert

A good or a retarded dad? I am not sure. What trouble a 0-4 month old baby could get into if you put him in a place where he could not fall?

IzzyMuradon CppCMS – High Performance C++ Web Framework

"CppCMS is a Free High Performance Web Development Framework (not a CMS)"

This is so dumb. Why it is called CppCMS then?

IzzyMuradon Internet Explorer 11: “Don’t call me IE”

It's not a matter of the browser features anymore, but rather the company behind it. Say we all switch back to IE11 tomorrow... I am pretty sure Microsoft will abuse its power just like they did during IE6 era.

IzzyMuradon Introducing Cloud Typography Webfonts by H&FJ

There are just too many excellent free alternatives to justify such subscription.

IzzyMuradon AlloyUI – a framework built on top of YUI3

Most of these widgets already come bundled with Bootstrap (http://twitter.github.io/bootstrap/javascript.html) and it's done better; see http://alloyui.com/examples/button/, for example, you get a checkbox then it's converted to a button after being displayed for a brief period.

IzzyMuradon Ruby 1.8.7 retired

Django 1.5 (latest stable version) requires Python 2.6.5 or above, so it doesn't matter.

IzzyMuradon Ruby 1.8.7 retired

That's exactly why I went with Django/Python instead of RoR/Ruby.

I have no problem with keeping software up-to-date but I don't want to make that a main task because some "cool" kids easily get bored and keep phasing out stuff which break production apps and/or causes security issues.

IzzyMuradon My Song Got Played On Pandora 1 Million Times and All I Got Was $16.89

I see. So both are paying next to nothing in comparison to the number of plays.

IzzyMuradon My Song Got Played On Pandora 1 Million Times and All I Got Was $16.89

I don't get it. Many of you are saying "Pandora pays a ton more than a radio station".

The song was played 1 millon times and he got $16.89.

How many times the song should be played to make a significant amount then? A billion times?

IzzyMuradon Ask HN: Advice on how to best spend $3,000

From my +10 years experience in the hosting industry, I'd say in this case the best way to spend the $3,000 is to buy Xbox One and some other cool gadgets.

IzzyMuradon One Year Later: Review of PyCharm 2.7 from a Vim User’s Perspective

The only major downside I found is its nonnative feel since it's written in Java. Otherwise, it's the best.

IzzyMuradon In 8 months at Microsoft, I learned these things

If I were Bill Gates, I'd fire you without blinking an eye.