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Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
If I visit my in-laws house for a few days, which is a common occurrence, am I unable to watch my Netflix account on one of their TVs? It sounds like I would be restricted to only mobile devices.
Comment · 6 years ago
I absolutely keep my personal GitHub account separate from my work one for that reason. It's also because I like to keep my work life and personal life separate. That's why I don't use my work email for private matters (you never should anyway!) and I don't use my work PC for anything other than work. It keeps things clear cut for both my employee and myself.
Comment · 7 years ago
It should read "then compares the generated hash to the hash that was received from the client to verify that it matches"

Or something along those lines.

Comment · 9 years ago
Copy and paste the link in to a new browser window and then you will be able to read the book.
Comment · 9 years ago
A little random but I thought some of you might want to know what the stores were that were next to the vending machines in the photos.

Pictures:

1. Alcohol and food store

2. No store

3. No store

4. Alcohol store

5. Eel restaurant

6. No store

7. Egg vending store (direct from farmer)

8. Rice polishing vending machine (turns brown rice in to white)

9. No store

10. Sightseeing ferry office/shop

11. Apple store (actually name of company but they import brand name products)

12. No store

That's obviously only a small sample but as someone who lives in Japan I can tell you that usually where there are alcohol stores, there are vending machines. Of course there are other places they are too, but in my experience, it's rare to find one without vending machines.

Comment · 12 years ago
I live in Kyoto and was surprised to learn that there were even 18 convenience store robberies in the year before the program started. It's really safe here so I wonder what percentage of those armed robberies included assault on the clerk. Anyway, this is a good idea. And the Kyoto taxi drivers are amazing too. They aren't your standard "just arrive in the country and don't know where anything is" taxi drivers that are found in many cities. These guys usually own their own taxi and take great pride in knowing where and how to get to anywhere in Kyoto quickly and safely. If you are in Kyoto and take a taxi, you'll never have to worry about being taken the long way so they can get extra money. So good on them for working with the police in this situation.
Comment · 12 years ago
Thank you for your reply.

You are right in that I am a more practical, pragmatic programmer. I do have experience building enterprise applications and project management which is great, but I am lacking in the algorithm side. This is part of the reason why I am pursuing the degree.

Ultimately, I would ultimately like to do something with robotics/machine learning. I have a real passion for automation. I would love to work at a place like Amazon and help build the future of automated distribution. The algorithm side of things would tie all my skills together.

I will talk to the university about their statistics side of things of this course. I will see if I can get a full course outline and go from there. Would be more of a challenge, but worth it in the end.

Thank you again for your reply.

Comment · 12 years ago
I liked the concept but I found the game had a couple of annoying issues.

1. The clickable area around the number needs to be a little bigger. I am using a HTC One M7 and it often wouldn't register the clicks.

2. After this first game, a full screen ad popped up and that really annoyed me. I don't mind the banner ads at the bottom, but full screen ads are VERY, VERY annoying.

Comment · 12 years ago
I'm also taking the N3 in a couple of weeks. 頑張れ!
Comment · 12 years ago
I was in your situation. I switched from Firefox to Chrome and thought I would never go back. Funnily enough, I went back recently (a few months ago) and have really been enjoying the recent Firefox editions. Sure, they make some "interesting" design choices, but overall I believe it's really improved recently. You should really give it another shot.
Comment · 12 years ago
Comment · 12 years ago
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