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The Azure tools don't totally miss out on Cloud Services[1]. You should enter an issue for the commands you feel are missing [2].

[1]: http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/comm...

[2]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-tools-xplat/issues

On Chrome I use the Stylebot plugin because there are many sites that make it difficult to read their content.

Instead of using your media center pc could you get him a Raspberry Pi? I bought my nephew an RPi so he could use Scratch and have a computer of his own. The only challenge I had was figuring out an easy way to introduce him to Minecraft Pi edition.

I was talking to my mom about this, she was recently in an area of Pakistan where people live under Taliban rule. She was talking to several women and they openly confirmed to her that they are too afraid of the Taliban to give their children a polio vaccination. It could be possible to provide vaccinations in a sort of black market environment, but it carries a high risk of retaliation for anyone who does so.

During our conversation it was mentioned that the CIA shouldn't have used polio vaccinations as a cover for gathering intel. I don't know why the CIA thought compromising polio eradication was a safe idea.

From what I've heard Bill Gates is doing his best to help eradicate polio from Pakistan. With corruption prevalent in the country he has few people to depend on but I've heard he's contacted the right people.

Is it just me or does throttling delivery like this seem identical to Netflix vs Comcast.

Beats streaming apparently has about 200,000 subscribers. That doesn't seem so cool when it's competitor Spotify has about 10 million subscribers.[1] Even if you think Apple is going for the subscriber base it still doesn't make sense.

[1]:http://recode.net/2014/05/08/why-apple-is-betting-big-on-bea...

It's weird how this April Fools article about Apple buying Beats [1] doesn't seem ridiculous right now.

http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2014/04/01/a...

I started to learn programming at college in the US. I lived in a developing country prior to college, and access to computers was limited. When I started college I didn't know much about computers so I figured it would be a good time to learn and majored in CIS. I've been working as an engineer since then.

I'm interested too. I don't have a CS degree and would really like something like this since I can study it at my own pace. Do you have any ideas on how you want to publish it?

The best technical question I've had so far was after the phone screen the hiring manager emailed me a question that I needed to solve in 2-3 days. During my investigation on how to solve the problem I discovered I would need to implement a K-D tree. I don't have a CS background so I just found some open source implementations of a K-D tree.

I sent the manager an email telling him that I couldn't write a K-D tree on my own, but I would use the implementations that I found online to solve the problem. He replied that what he was looking for was someone who would've relied on an existing solution to solve the problem instead of trying to code it all from scratch. So I passed his test and was called in for an in person interview which was just trying to see if I would fit in with the team. It all worked great and I was hired. I didn't have to do anything with a whiteboard.

I totally failed an interview because I was panicked when writing some simple code on a whiteboard. The interview started with three interviewers in the room but only one was talking to me. The other two remained silent the entire time. The talking interviewer asked me to solve a simple problem on a whiteboard, and I to my own surprise just couldn't do it. I'm already nervous just meeting new people who don't know me as a person, and I'm trying to perform my craft outside of my usual environment while being judged.

I use a whiteboard at work to pseudo code a solution, and the writing looks like chicken scratch but even my co-workers get what I'm expressing to them. Then I open up a console and start typing out my idea to see if I was right. That's how I normally solve some throw away piece of code. I don't go into a manager's office and call some other random people and in detail explain to them my idea to a solution.

I also got the feeling they never saw my resume because I was asked if I had a github profile, and it's on my resume.

Tucson, Arizona, Remote | local within Arizona, Full Time

Stack: Javascript (Angular, Knockout, Node), CSS (Sass,Less,Stylus), (C# / ASP.NET MVC but a bit rusty not 100% white sheet developer).

Resume: http://cdn.omerwazir.com/docs/omer_wazir_resume.pdf

contact: see in my resume

I've worked on health insurance claims systems and defense projects but really want something that is public facing, needs to scale, uses open web technology and isn't drowning in bureaucracy. I want to be surrounded by people much smarter than me. I'm looking for a front end role or something that allows me to work in Node and the front end, although I'm perfectly comfortable learning up on a language/stack. I also have Secret Clearance access.

I'd suggest not to use a condensed typeface for the editorial header. It makes the paragraph look weird and is difficult to read.

Sometimes packages look for a specific install of VS. To set it to the installed version try:

`npm install <module> -msvs_version=2013`

Seems more like a page that went live before it should have.

Based on what the page says nothing seems like a joke to me.

You will probably have a higher chance of developing technical skills if you take some time to study and code during your free time. You shouldn't depend on your job to train you on new languages or frameworks. There are a lot of things you and I don't know and we won't have time to learn about them while at work.

Also being a developer isn't just purely coding. There's the ability to write legible code, write tests, know what to use when, know how to read code that you didn't write (or even in a language you aren't a master of), find the cause of a bug in an efficient way. You need to be able to talk effectively to non-technical people to figure out why they think X is a bug or how Y is really supposed to work. Those type of skills kinda evolve during your work hours but you have to be aware about improving on them.

I think if you don't spend some extra time programming you very well might grow stale. Years will pass by and you'll realize you want to get a new job but you don't really know that much beyond what you did at work.

It very well could be if the experience does not seem laggy. I've been using a Windows VM from Azure whenever I want to do something that my Chromebook can't do. I get to the VM with Chrome remote desktop in a new window and it works pretty well.

I find the layout to be very refreshing. Whoever put it together did a pretty sweet job since it doesn't feel like reading the usual technical guide on how to use XYZ.

Warby Parker is an American company that sells stylish glasses for a reasonable cost. They emerged out of a frustration with the cost and control of Luxotica an Italian company [1]. Luxotica dominates the eye-wear market by owning manufacturing [2], retail [3] and insurance [4] related to eye-wear.

[1]: https://www.warbyparker.com/our-story/ [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxottica#Brands [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxottica#Retail [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxottica#Medical_managed_care

It does seem to make sense to me that Google would partner with a company that can place Google Glass in front of the average consumer. Luxotica owns 7000 retail locations [1] and I am pretty sure most of those locations accept EyeMed insurance (which Luxotica also owns). People would be very happy to put their insurance benefit towards a pair of Google Glasses.

I'm on my second pair of WB frames because I don't like spending a ton on eye-wear. I understand the value that WB provides to consumers. I just think Luxotica currently offers way more to Google than WB could.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxottica#Retail

I don't know much about CoreOS so what benefit would I gain from building an app on CoreOS?

>"People who have had the opportunity to see both the DK2 and the Morpheus have almost all thought the Morpheus a better device."

Do you have any reputable links to support this?

I read the following

'allows us to execute on some of our most creative ideas and take risks that were otherwise impossible. Most importantly, it means a better Oculus Rift with fewer compromises even faster than we anticipated'

and that for me sums up why Oculus took the offer.

Is there any record of Facebook acquiring and then completely destroying a product?

I used the same certificate from StartSSL and got an A- grade from SSL Labs.

I was just thinking today about how cool it would be if I could easily deploy an email service that was entirely under my control. I've allowed MS and Google full access to my email only because I don't know how to setup an email server with appropriate spam filtering and reliable security. I have my own RSS aggregation server and I don't ever have to worry about it going away as a service.

Brian K. Vaughan's The Private Eye [1] was on my mind when I was thinking about an individual being entirely in control of all their data without compromising on functionality or usability.

[1] http://panelsyndicate.com/

If Glass needs to be in every mall in America while being covered by a major insurance plan than partnering with Luxotica can make that happen.

What would be a normal percentage for a founder to keep in their company?

Thanks for the response. I'll make sure to ask you after your first semester how the class went.