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How to optimise an sentiment analysis algorithm for larger data sets?
I am a noob to sentiment analysis and found a good resource for Bayesian Opinion Mining and a way to make it self improving. I was wondering though, if the optimum analysis is dependent upon the ...
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Does a mobile app need to poll external data sources or can it receive data in other ways?
I'm beginning the design stages of a mobile application. I'm looking for knowledge about common practices for user notifications. I understand that the SDK for the device will expose methods which ...
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Why should I use interfaces if the implementation will mostly stay the same? [closed]
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Why are interfaces useful?
In our company we have a service oriented architecture in our asp.net application. We use interfaces for every crap class. Its a huge ...
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Are there problems with using Reflection?
I don't know why, but I always feel like I am "cheating" when I use reflection - maybe it is because of the performance hit I know I am taking.
Part of me says, if it is part of the language you are ...
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How to train yourself to avoid writing “clever” code?
Do you know that feeling when you just need to show off that new trick with Expressions or generalize three different procedures? This does not have to be on Architecture Astronaut scale and in fact ...
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How do you dive into a big ball of mud? [closed]
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How do you dive into large code bases?
So there is a question about understanding code. Mine is a similar problem. It started when I joined my current org. and like I ...
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UI automation patterns and best practice for desktop applications
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I'm currently automating some tests for a plugin for MS Office. We are creating Coded UI tests in VS 2010. I suppose I could use the "Coded UI test builder" tool, but it does not really ...