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Question: So I want to make a logo for my friend's company. Am I allowed
to use cliparts from google to add or make the logo? Or do I have to make
everything from scratch?
My Answer: There are a few different laws you might have …
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Posted Tue 13 February 2018
by mcherm
in Law
Depending on Someone Else's Code
We had an interesting problem arise the other day, a problem about code dependency.
Our problem was in no way unique, so it seemed worthwhile to write out the problem
and our proposed solution.
The problem
The core of the problem is that we need …
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Posted Sun 28 January 2018
by mcherm
in Programming
An email I received from an Amazon recruiter
Hi Michael,
I recruit for a multitude of software development engineers for Amazon Services which is frequently mentioned by Jeff Bezos as one of our key strategic growth opportunities for the company, which gives you the opportunity to dive deep, think big …
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Posted Sat 05 August 2017
by mcherm
in Programming
REST Lambda Versioning
So, we want to build a "serverless" application on AWS. We have configured Amazon's "API
Gateway" to invoke Lambda functions when accessing certain URLs, and the lambda
functions access back-ends like DynamoDB. So far so good. But we don't want to be
breaking the application every time …
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Posted Sun 02 July 2017
by mcherm
in Programming
Michael Chermside's Election Guide
to the May 2017 Democratic Primary
As I sometimes do, now that I have finished doing my own research on the candidates
and the issues, I will write down my thoughts to endorse the candidates and to share
the results of my research. In this case …
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Posted Sun 14 May 2017
by mcherm
in Politics