Recent content by cdr

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    Why is Symantec (Norton) hated so much?

    My not very tech savvy brother had a trojan pop up on his laptop last week, while running an up-to-date Symantec from his university. After dealing with the (fortunately pretty simple) trojan I uninstalled Symantec and installed Antivir. Antivir found another dozen trojans on the harddrive that...
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    Free options to release a utility?

    Like I said, github is the place to be.
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    Free options to release a utility?

    SourceForge is stuck in 1998. It's hideous and clunky. There's not a single upside to it that I know of.
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    Do you exceed daily recommended sodium intake? Yes, you do.

    Even while arguing that low sodium intake is likely harmful, Taubes seems to respect the DASH study and accept that lowering sodium intake modestly affects blood pressure. The meta-study he cites also found a modest effect. The DASH study (to my amateur eyes) seems to have been very well...
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    Do you exceed daily recommended sodium intake? Yes, you do.

    Seems to be contested (like every single thing about nutrition), but: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/opinion/sunday/we-only-think-we-know-the-truth-about-salt.html?_r=1 (warning, Taubes). The often-cited DASH study (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DASH_diet#Study_Results) found a pretty strong...
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    SQL Book(s)

    Also, if you have the time and patience and interest, you may at some point want to also pick up a more academic treatment that goes deeper into the formal logic and mathematical underpinnings of SQL. It can help to understand the philosophy behind it, much like algorithmic theory can help your...
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    Free options to release a utility?

    If you release it as open source - and there's no reason not to - you can host on GitHub. Google Code and SourceForge are still kicking around, but they're both still as clunky as ever. Just use GitHub for open source. Having open source projects - especially on github - looks great on a resume...
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    SQL Book(s)

    If you need some background in SQL/database design in general - rather than details of a specific system - try Database Design for Mere Mortals. It's a pretty practical and easy to read text.
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    Star Wars complete blu-ray 9 discs FS Best Buy $69.99

    Agreed. And think of all the money we're saving while waiting for Lucas to kick the bucket.
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    denon 3312 for $549

    Too bad it's dead.
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    Gamefly PC download sell Update: over 50 games added

    List of games that activate on Steam: http://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/v9ow8/gamefly_huge_pc_game_download_sale_additional/c52pw24
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    Ruby or Python?

    I'll echo that ruby vs python doesn't really matter, they're both great. Which you want to pursue may depend on what you want to do with them. Speaking only to my impression of the web development landscape, Ruby/Rails/Sinatra is more mature and Python/Django/Flask is more upcoming and 'hot'...
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    What to learn next?

    I would really suggest starting with Ruby or Python for learning backend web development. PHP is an easy language to get started with, but one which makes doing stuff right difficult - you'll learn a lot better habits working in Ruby or Python plus a good framework like Rails or Django...
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    Looking for a very basic Linux distro

    Mint 13 has been out a few weeks and is a LTS. It works like a charm for me, other than the ATI fglrx drivers not working well with my Cinnamon + multimonitor setup. The open source drivers do everything I want flawlessly though, so no complaints. Cinnamon is a great blend of looks and...