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by JamilD 11y ago
To be fair, the author addresses some of these points at the end: > The only two reasons this system is not widespread now are regulations and unions. I'm more than convinced had regulations allowed for such a system and had not the
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When the Oil Fields Burned(nytimes.com)
57 points by JamilD 11y ago|17 comments
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To be honest, chat.center looks a lot like the iMessage interface, or the legacy facebook.com/messages interface… or, well, any messaging client. There's nothing remarkably unique about having that layout, or using blue and white
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It's no secret that Guido has a little bit of a distaste for functional paradigms. From the man himself: "About 12 years ago, Python aquired lambda, reduce(), filter() and map(), courtesy of (I believe) a Lisp hacker who missed th
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From the article: "In truth, the portrait wobbles at a second glance and crashes at a third. The sitter has a sparkle of personality but utterly lacks the personhood—the being-ness—that never eluded Rembrandt. He is an actor, acting.&q
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A Few Words About the Faux Rembrandt(newyorker.com)
1 points by JamilD 11y ago|1 comments
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Node.js' left-pad is Accidentally Quadratic(accidentallyquadratic.tumblr.com)
5 points by JamilD 11y ago|0 comments
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I won't deny it :P
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I find — anecdotally, of course — the people who type notes in class are usually the ones that sit at the back, don't pay attention, and seem inattentive. The people with their notebooks open, and pens in hand, are usually in the first
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Vivado is miles ahead of Quartus, especially for beginners. Altera's tools have a very steep learning curve for beginners to hardware.
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How the U.S. Digital Service is transforming government IT (2015)(networkworld.com)
2 points by JamilD 11y ago|0 comments
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This is fascinating; it's always neat to get a different perspective on programming, even if it may not be a hugely practical one. I love the idea of code as calligraphy, which has traditionally been an important part of the culture su
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I'm just curious; which other industries?
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This requires entering your email before downloading the report; is this allowed by the HN rules?
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I find this is a culture that pervades most of Canada (with perhaps the exception of Waterloo). It's a culture that follows, not leads and innovates. We're all for pretending to be like Silicon Valley… but not trying anything new
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It's worth noting that the average age of a minimum wage worker is 35, and the majority are women [0]. Middle-aged women, not teenagers, are the demographic which the minimum wage affects the most. [0] http://mobile.nytimes.
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Love seeing more prominent Canadian startups. I'm always impressed when I speak to people from McGill too… they have a tech-focused culture that could rival Waterloo. Miles ahead of the University of Toronto.
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Two identical articles on the front page? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11423511
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You can see what aircraft is operating the flight you're booking on most airline's websites. Makes a huge difference in what flight I book. For example, I just booked ORD-SFO on UA in business, which is a completely different expe
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by JamilD 11y ago
The airline industry is extremely protectionist. I'd rather fly on Qantas JFK-LAX (they do fly that route) but cabotage rules prevent them from selling tickets on it. Because evidently if any competition comes to the domestic aviatio
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According to the investor slide deck [0], it's to get into the California market, which they're not dominant in. This acquisition will mean that Alaska will be #2 at SFO, and a major player at LAX. Virgin America's aircraft a
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Passengers almost always choose price over anything else. RouteHappy [0] does most of what you ask, and Google Flights has partnered with them - but I don't think the average customer really cares. Profits at the ultra low cost carrier
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Virgin Atlantic is 49% owned by Delta, and for all intents and purposes is essentially "Delta UK"
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Cheaper foreign labour doesn't make people obsolete. It makes blue-collar workers in the West obsolete. Technology, in turn, will make that cheaper foreign labour obsolete; outsourcing manufacturing only accelerates the inevitable job
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I think out of all the threats to democracy in this world, Ad Blockers don't seem to be the most pressing.
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I really appreciated the brevity of the presentation. There was enough suspense before the unveiling, but the whole thing was <30 minutes.
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From earlier today, Virgin America's New Logo, parodying AirBnB: http://blog.virginamerica.com/blog/a-labor-of-love-reimagini...
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This is Tesla's Model 3(techcrunch.com)
3 points by JamilD 11y ago|0 comments
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My understanding (and correct me if I'm wrong!) is that handing over a copy of the data does not fall under All Writs. If the map included warrants for iCloud data, etc, I'm pretty sure all 50 states would be colored.
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iCloud Data can be obtained with just a search warrant. The power of the All Writs Act is in making a company do work to assist in decrypting or accessing data, rather than just handing it over. From Apple's Legal Process Guidelines

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