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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.

Fired 11 years ago

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.

Fired 11 years ago

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.

Fired 11 years ago

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).

Fired 11 years ago

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.

[0] http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionDispatch/Cookies.ht...

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 (mark.campbell@thescore.com) or tweet me (@Nitrodist). Also, please don't apply if you are junior, sorry :(

[0] http://www.thescore.com

[1] http://mobile.thescore.com/2014/07/thescore-inc-reports-fisc...

WillYouHack.Me? 12 years ago
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theScore - http://mobile.thescore.com/ - Toronto, ON, Canada

We're looking for backend developers. Right now we're focused on ruby and python, but looking to get into other languages (see this speakerdeck[0] for all the technologies we work with, given by one of our devops guys).

Currently we have 4.8 million users -- about 50% more than we had last year at this time. We send over a billion push messages a year... lots of cool things going on here, in other words!

If you like sports, this place is great. Not a big deal if you don't, though.

Lots of perks:

* foosball (we have a league and it's serious)

* ping pong

* PS4 (FIFA and NBA2K are popular)

* Wii (Mario Kart Double Dash is the go-to game)

* various computer games (CS:GO, TF2)

* outdoor deck with bbq

* free snacks

* free drinks

* espresso/coffee machine

* top-of-the-line macbook pro with cinema display

Any other questions? Contact me (below) or reply to this and I'll try to fill you in on more details.

Interested? Email me (mark.campbell@thescore.com), tweet me [1]@Nitrodist, or connect with me on [2]LinkedIn!

[0] [https://speakerdeck.com/lreeves/scaling-applications-at-thes...]

[1] https://twitter.com/Nitrodist/

[2] http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mark-campbell/33/856/818

Absolutely give it a shot. I agree with only travelling on the weekends -- you don't want to scramble to find somewhere to work (that has Internet access!).

The most important aspect is being ready to work and actually doing the work when the time comes.

In fact, if you're remote, then I would be hesitant to tell them that you're travelling (unless you need to be on-call).