We used FB for some ads at the last place I worked. They are actually incredibly targeted. On a location scale, you can target people in a single city, no need to even talk about countries. Moreover, you can target by age, education, etc. So, you have a $80k luxury car want to advertise? You can target people over 40 with post secondary education. What about a "hip" econobox? You can target young, recently graduated 20-somethings. You can even choose to just include just people with majors that will most likely have jobs. Check out FBs page on targeted advertising.

At the end of the article, they say they don't do any joins in their MySQL DB (not joking). So, I'm guessing they still match the "should probably be using a NoSQL DB" but aren't camp. I'm not sure what to make of this.

Harper came in on a strong surplus created by a Liberal govt. He quickly chose to cut $6b in revenue by lowering GST. This was shortly before the worst recession in 75 years. Yes, truly a genius.

Recently discussed this with a cop. It isn't so easy. He said most warrants for wiretaps are 600-odd pages and take a god awful long time to get through. Part of the bill would let them tell the phone company to start collecting data on someone while they went through the process of getting warrant signed. Once the warrant was approved, then they'd get access to all the data and could make their case. One of the problems, even with pedos, is that they know the guy is a Bad Dude, they know he's committing crimes, but they can't get the evidence because they can't get the wiretap in time. I definitely don't agree with the bill, but it isn't so cut a dry as some people make it out to be.

Unfortunately (for Ramare), this was already proven before Terrence Tao's result:

I'd say oil changes are a bad example. For the cost of oil + filter, your usually saving $10 by changing it at home. And you end up with a jug of oil you'll need to take to a dump to dispose of. Moreover, the first car I owned put the oil filter over the axle. The second over the front cross member. So, not only is it hard to get to, but, as near as I can tell, impossible to take off without getting oil all over the axle/cross-member, my driveway, and my arm (due to the way I have to reach around to get it). I'd say brakes are a better example. People get paranoid about their brakes, but in reality it is one of the simplest jobs (especially since most cars come standard with disc brakes now). Pads? 2 nuts. Rotors? 2 more nuts. Your done. Worst case, you may have to smack 'em with a hammer.

Thanks. I was, of course, exaggerating for effect. I'm aware there must be other languages that use the prototype-style OO system. However, looking at that list, I see 2 other languages that I recognize: Lua and Self. Perl, R, and Tcl I obviously recognize, but all have multiple object systems, so it shouldn't be too surprising that someone's implemented prototype-based ones. Looking through list further, most seem to be ancillary scripting languages for some larger system (or made to fit this role in other systems). This is very useful, but still niche.

Sorry, I didn't mean everyone that programs in JS, but rather the people who really espouse JS as a great language. I've just had a lot of people try to explain "closures" to me over the last few years :)

Lastly, I would say JS is a lot of people's first foray into functional programming. I think a lot of the love for JS is just misplaced love for functional programming and that these types would be better served by learning Haskell, Clojure, Scala, etc. Basically, any other current functional programming language.

Huh? I don't understand this. Going from JS to another language would not be easy. It's got an OO system that no other language uses. It's dynamically typed (so going to Java or C# would not be simple). If you are doing it right, you are probably passing a lot of functions around, which will be quite different from Java, C#, and PHP. If you are coding Java, C#, PHP, or Python in JS, then you are probably not doing a good job of coding JS. Moreover, JS has an incredibly small standard library and a wide array of different environments.

Python is simple. It has a very gradual learning curve. You don't need to know anything about objects or functional programming to start using it to solve real problems. Moreover, its object system is very similar to Java's, C#'s, PHP's, etc. Going from Python to ANY of these languages would be very easy. Moreover, writing "Python" (ie. pythonic) code in any of these languages (Java, C#, PHP) would mean you are still writing good code. Lastly, Python has (for all intents and purposes) a single environment (CPython) with a great standard library with tons of 3rd party support for pretty much anything you want to do.

Javascript is OK for what it is. It's an incredibly "simple" language, which made it amenable to most browser makers and got it adopted quickly. Its scope has expanded a lot since then, but its still a quirky language at best.

I wouldn't count on a positive correlation between "resources" and "# of offspring." On a world-wide scale, it actually appears to be the opposite ( http://www.indexmundi.com/g/correlation.aspx?v1=67&v2=31&y=2004 ).

No, you are supposed to feel confident that the higher-ups like someone who takes a risk and pitches an idea, even if it doesn't pan out. That they'd rather someone take the risk and pitch their idea, rather than sit on it, thinking they would get laughed out of there and lose the respect of their bosses. The main goal is to remove the self-doubt.

The jury part of jury duty I have no problem with. The wait-around-doing-literally-nothing for 4 days, 7h, 30min of the 5 working days you're required to be there is what I have issue with. It could be different where you live, but where I live the potential jurors are treated so disrespectfully it ruins the entire process.

100% agree. I've been in my house for a year now, but the couple we bought it from ran cabling ALL over the house (mostly when they finished the basement). Not just cat5, but HDMI and coax (wired up to my antenna) too. They also ran speaker wires to the backyard and in the ceiling/walls. If you are finishing a basement or doing some renovations, its pretty cheap to do and will have great returns. Visually, not having wires all over the place looks great. Cost wise, it's nice to have one receiver that can play music to the entire house and the backyard.

Posting to reverse accidental negative mod. Sorry.