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More and more companies and open source projects are trying to let users run SQL queries from inside Hadoop itself. Here’s a list of what’s available and, on a high level, how they work. NoSQL + SQL = the future?
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Nasuni uses public cloud resources in its enterprise storage offering, so each year the company conducts a series of rigorous tests on the top CSPs' clouds in an effort to see which companies offer the best performing, most reliable infrastructure. Last year, Amazon Web Services' cloud came out on top, but this year Microsoft Azure outperformed AWS in performance and reliability measures. AWS is still better at handling extra-large storage volumes, while Nasuni found that the two OpenStack powered clouds it tested -- from HP and Rackspace -- were lacking, particularly at larger scales. Some clouds will rain on your parade.
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This goes without saying, but honestly, I never thought I'd see the day. Running Half Life nice and smooth... On Linux. Wow. Although there were really no actual problems with the installation process, there were some annoyances, so I've decided to compile a short list of steps that you should follow in order to use Steam on Debian. Please note that these only solve problems which I myself have encountered, and that they are usually solved for you if you use Ubuntu. The year of the Linux GAMING desktop!
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Today we’re excited to announce the online debut of Thief of Thieves: Experience, an interactive online game based on the comic book series from Robert Kirkman and Skybound, his imprint at Image Comics. The site is a showcase of the new features in Internet Explorer 10, including full multi-touch capabilities and HTML5 support. We thought bringing the comic book style to the web would suit the immersive, chromeless browsing experience on Internet Explorer with Windows 8. Reach out and touch this comic book.
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All is not happy in Java.next[^] land.
The most important JEPs that we've slipped into M7 are those related to
Project Lambda, the sole driving feature of the release. The language
and VM work for Lambda has already been integrated, but at least another
six weeks are needed to refine the stream API and finish the related
core-libraries enhancements (JEPs 107 and 109).
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TTFN - Kent
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I think they've been a bit pre-occupied recently papering over the gaping holes in their security model.
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Oh look, yet another large company has released the framework[^] that runs their site. I thought that "general wisdom" was that doing this would put you out of business? At least that's what obfuscation-frantic project managers have told me in the past.
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TTFN - Kent
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SAN FRANCISCO - A touch-screen Chromebook? Speculation is building about what search giant Google might announce at a press event Thursday morning in San Francisco
I hope its OS isn't something that could ALSO work at laptop, desktop, mobile, or even Google Glass. 
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Looks lovely, but I'm a bit unconvinced of its real usefulness.
If I could gut it and run a normal Win/Linux environment, having beefed up the SSD, I may almost be tempted.
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Using social media in your job hunt doesn’t just mean having a LinkedIn profile and tweeting industry news anymore. Many employers are looking for candidates with an impressive online presence, also known as a social resume.
Why You Need a Social Resume[^]
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream. Discover.
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So if you spend most of your working day, posting crap and tweeting you'll be more attractive for employment 
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Looks like there's a big social experiment going on right here, right now.
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That is one way of looking at it. I like to think of it more in terms of what Mr. Scott Hanselman once said in his interview. The essence was having a constructive online presence in form of blogs, CodeProject, StackOverflow, Asp.net forums is an added advantage both in terms of learning and flaunting the resume.
I don't think crapping on twitter will be helpful in any way....
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream. Discover.
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There is one dilemma here.
During the work time, you can't just keep on browsing the tech forums and sites. It would affect your productivity. 
And with very little free time during weekdays, there is not much time at home to spend on browsing.
So there has to be a balance between maintaining a presence in social forums and work activities.
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Exactly. And how often are we told that we have to sell our achievements? That is, behave like chicken - cackling all day: I think of laying an egg later today gack gack gack I'll soon lay an egg gack gack gack I am about to lay an egg gack gack gack I am laying an egg just now gack gack gack I have just laid an egg gack gack gack Earlier today I laid an egg gack gack gack gack gack gack gack gack gack...
And the more you cackle, the higher your rating, the higher your raise.
But actually, chicken aren't rated for their cackling, only employees are. Typical managers would fail managing even a chicken coop.
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Must say, I have learned a lot from CP and StackOverflow, it could not only shine your resume but sharpen your knowledge, because to write something where these many experts readily read and verify needs good amount of fathom.
Happy Programming
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We have a corporate intranet site used internally by all employees. They are revamping it to make it like Facebook (so we can chat with each other, post pictures, "like" things, and so on).
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Yet another reason that the HR department should be replaced with automated scripts.
As a mate once said in the lunchroom to a room full of incredulous, open mouthed stares:
"I come here to make money, not friends"
Ha ha, classic.
Make it work. Then do it better - Andrei Straut
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Twaddle! If that's true, I should be working. QED it's bol*.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
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Complete bollocks.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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It's quite pricey, isn't it? The Enterprise edition is $1899 per platform, so that's almost 4K for iOS and Android development. That's quite steep!
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that. - George Carlin
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This paper is not meant for grading programmers, it was intended to be read by programmers who trust their ability to judge when something is a sign of bad practice, and when it's a consequence of special circumstances.
Signs that you're a bad programmer[^]
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream. Discover.
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