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Introducing Times (for Python)
A tiny pet library for dealing with datetimes and timezones in Python.
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Java Tuning in a nutshell
While delivering a training recently, I got a request to put together a JVM tuning cheat sheet. Given the 50+ parameters available on the ...
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New Google Accounts Require Gmail and Google+
Where are you from? Try using TOR to sign up if your country is blocked, once you have an account you should be able to access the service without having to run TOR again.
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Kindle Paperwhite
Amazon’s goal should be for Kindle typography to equal or match print typography. They’re not even close.
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The bandwidth of a Boeing 747 and its impact on web browsing
Suppose you needed to transfer 1TB of data (perhaps your home movie collection) from San Francisco to London. What would be the fastest route? Put the disk on British Airways flight 286 at SFO, or transfer it across the Internet using a 100 Mbps connection?
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Mapping Racist Tweets in Response to President Obama's Re-election
Note: for questions about the methodology/approach of this post, see the FAQ (added 16:20 EST 11/9/2012). Note: as of 11:00 EST 11/10/2012...
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Coding skill vs. employee skill
DRUPAL Bootstrap Upgrade: MIKE IT
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Do not ask me personal details when calling me
This page has permanently moved to: https://blog.oxplot.com/dont-ask-for-personal-details
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Three years later, Mr. Moore is still letting us punt on database sharding
Three years ago, I wrote about how improvements in technology keep allowing us to punt on sharding the Basecamp database. This is still true, only more so now. We’ve grown enormously over the last three years but RAM keeps getting cheaper and FusionIO SSD’s keep getting faster. If an…
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New Particle Discovered at CERN
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Virtual Machines in Your Browser
Updated March 13, 2012 at 10:43PM: I have a list of limitations and known bugs toward the end. Updated March 14, 2012 at 9:30PM: I’ll be on the VMware Community Roundtable podcast at 12:00PM …
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The desks of 37signals
Perhaps it’s my inner engineer, but seeing behind the scenes of workshops, be they real or digital, always fascinates me. Maybe that’s why How it’s Made is so compelling. The show proves that there’s more than just the end product: the workspace and the process that surround…
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The SIM-less Phone Is Coming. And It Should Scare The Shit Out Of You
The argument over the nano-SIM is a distraction. It's a sleight of hand designed to catch the industry off guard and fool it into doing something really stupid. The SIM is designed to do a number of things; encryption, address storage, hold SMS, etc. Most importantly, it's designed to be swappable. With GSM, you can…
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