C-Sides - one layer deeper than the B-Sides security conferences. I personally really find it funny and like it!
It's definitely going to be more low-key than what I've seen from the BSides Winnipeg crew (now The Long Con https://thelongcon.ca ) but I still expect it to be also a lot of fun, especially with the existing talks we've got lined up.
This is a very important aspect of the study. They did not do a true randomized survey as participants were self-selecting (online surveys have this inherently -- well, mostly).
He/she would only have to pay 3.28 times his normal payment in order to pay it off in 1/5th of the time. It's paid off more quickly because by paying more, you reduce the amount of interest that accumulates.
On a $100k 20 year loan at at 5.7% (I know, example), interest paid would be around $67k (so total $167k). By paying 3.28 times more per month ($2300 per month versus the $700 normal rate), the interest paid ends up being only around $12k.
Manitoba Pharmacare exists for prescription plans and is income adjusted. Similar story in Ontario with the Trillium drug plan. I'm certain other provinces are similar.
People with true emergent cases are seen quickly. You may not, but it's probably because it's not an emergency.
This example is flawed. What is the max take home pay of someone on unemployment benefits in Belgium? In Canada under EI (employment insurance) it's about $500 per week (~$2000 CAD per month).
3-6 months of salary is not the measurement. You need an emergency fund of 3-6 months of expenses. That amount is easily achievable for someone who is a few years out of college which is generally someone who is young, no mortgage, and no dependents.
If someone wants to make the commitments of mortgages or dependents, then that's on them and they still need to have that 3-6 month emergency fund, except the amount will be higher because of the added responsibilities.
I've left some comments on the Disqus thread on the blog, but I'll reiterate my concern about the security of the cookie being set.
The cookie being set is unsigned according to the documentation[0] on rails, so a user could modify it and send it back to get a different cached response. Say that they saw that the user level was being set in there (like in the blog post) and they change the value to the 'staff' value to get the staff cached response. Probably not a good idea!
With that said, I don't think that this technique is adequate right now when you have user access level concerns and you're relying on that piece of unsigned information to not be tampered with.
I don't think persistence in memory was the selling point. The other selling point is that doing comparisons are faster because `:a == :a` can compare on a memory address while `'a' == 'a'` requires comparing the data at the different memory addresses.
Ruby developer at theScore in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (no remote -- local)
We're a sports company (please, you don't have to like sports to work here)! We provide real-time push alerts, news, and scores to our users. We reached 5.5 million users this quarter (up 33% compared to last year's quarter) and we need more awesome people like you to keep it scaling up! I could go on, but it seems like that would take too much time. Check out the website[0] or contact me through twitter (@Nitrodist).
You would be working on the team that processes and provides data to our mobile and web clients (mostly Android, iOS, and an Ember app).
Our stack is basically this:
* Ruby (some sinatra and non-rails focused projects)
* Rails (a lot of projects)
* Python (one project)
* Angular (one project)
If you understand the importance of caching, have heard of Varnish, have used HAProxy, etc., we want to hear from you! If you've worked in distributed systems before, we want to hear from you!
Working here is pretty awesome... things off the top of my head that are great about this place:
* Personal top-of-the-line Macbook Pro and Thunderbolt display
* Foosball, ping pong, TF2 Fridays, beer, FIFA 14 (PS4) and Mario Kart 8
* Outdoor patio
* Watch sports games (liking sports is not a requirement!)
* We are publicly traded and make money[1]
If you're interested or want more details, hit me up with an email ([email protected]) or tweet me (@Nitrodist). Also, please don't apply if you are junior, sorry :(
It's definitely going to be more low-key than what I've seen from the BSides Winnipeg crew (now The Long Con https://thelongcon.ca ) but I still expect it to be also a lot of fun, especially with the existing talks we've got lined up.