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Mangling JSON numbers

TechEmpower

If we have a long (64-bit integer) that we serialize into JSON, we might be in trouble if JavaScript consumes that JSON. JavaScript has the equivalent of double (64-bit floating point) for its numbers, and double cannot represent the same set of numbers as long. The output of x.toString() in JavaScript is suspicious.

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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

Both Sides of the Table

But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. So my biggest recommendation of “what&# to blog is a series of articles that will be helpful to your community. Apparently not.

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Interview with Chris Lyman and Corey Brundage, SendLove.to

socalTECH

If you look at the articles on a site like CNN, and the 650 opinions you see after every article, your eyes just start to go crossed. When you stick that plugin on a blog you are writing, it scans the article for names. What happens is a lot of people end up writing really meaningful, thoughtful things about those people.

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Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …)

Both Sides of the Table

I have a very detailed article that covers stuff I won’t cover in detail in this post. But if you like this topic please consider reading the Mashable article. The disadvantage is that you can’t install a lot of additional tools that use Javascript. Every time I write a post I send it out on Twitter.

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How to Teach Computational Thinking

Xconomy

So when you write in it, you’re doing programming. Yes, there’s certainly a need for some number of software engineers in the world who can write low-level programs in languages like C++ or Java or JavaScript—and can handle the details of loops and declarations. The Wolfram Language is a programming language.