MrL567

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by MrL567 6y ago
For example, when proofreading writing, it's easier to catch mistakes when reading the document aloud and jotting down the needed edits on a printed copy of the document vs just reading it on the computer. Or when doing something like
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by MrL567 6y ago
Reminds me about the classic regression excel joke saying that to get a better regression, one should sort the points to be in order first.
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by MrL567 6y ago
Telling every time someone posts a bad regression they never post the R^2.
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Over 1M surgical masks a day: Armbrust American in Pflugerville(communityimpact.com)
5 points by MrL567 6y ago|0 comments
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by MrL567 6y ago
It's a interesting technical investigation that not only goes over the technology required to recreate the gold filter, but it's a nice explanation of how some imaging stuff works? And if the hack is interesting and well-written u
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by MrL567 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandestine_church Hidden chapels are fairly common in Europe during the Reformation when one could not be a practicing Catholic in a Protestant country and vice versa.
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J.D. Vance Launches VC Fund for Startups Beyond Silicon Valley(axios.com)
3 points by MrL567 7y ago|0 comments
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See No Evil (2018)(logicmag.io)
2 points by MrL567 7y ago|0 comments
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by MrL567 8y ago
The flipside of this is, in a hypothetical world where Amazon / Google is trust busted, this problem is delayed somewhat because only Google / Amazon have the necessary scale to create the IT apocalypse. I mean there is Salesforce
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by MrL567 8y ago
Interest rates for banking accounts for quite some time have been low. 3% is very high for the USA so it' s a pleasant surprise for many people.
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Quantifying reputation and success in art [pdf](barabasi.com)
1 points by MrL567 8y ago|0 comments
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by MrL567 8y ago
Chaos Monkeys by Antonio García Martínez is a good read. Good reminder that tech is not all sunshine and roses and that a lot of cloak and dagger goes behind the scenes in the valley.
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by MrL567 8y ago
Some of us don't want to use a C/C++ inspired language for web development when there is a simpler solution offered.
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Online life faking services exist now(lifefaker.com)
2 points by MrL567 8y ago|1 comments
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by MrL567 8y ago
Reminds me of this https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/3/12325104/airbnb-aesthetic-... article on how airbnb has changed the aesthetics of certain places. I feel like fears of algorithmic based fashion is ov
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by MrL567 8y ago
I appreciate the fact that Jerry Low's article is not quite as vicious as the title makes it out to be. A bit clickbaity the title, but the actual article makes a good point to separate the design portions of front-end dev from the wir
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by MrL567 8y ago
https://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/ Considering articles like this and the fact FizzBuzz tests are even a thing I wouldn't be so sure. I get your point, but the problem is while with enough
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by MrL567 9y ago
The playground insult version of Zuck is Zucc for reference. Also has become the term for when a Facebook page gets shut down, they get "zucced".
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Ask HN: Breaking into Tech
1 points by MrL567 9y ago|0 comments
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by MrL567 9y ago
Have to agree, it's bit disappointing the most common style of font used are the minimalist ones like Google's font or Facebook's. I mean for pixel blurring reasons it makes sense but if we have stronger computers, we can avo
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by MrL567 9y ago
For better or for worse for quite a large portion of the world Facebook is the internet. The sentiment is admirable but I have a feeling the people able to #deletefacebook, are the ones in the least need to delete facebook.
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Autonomous Polytechnics [pdf](polyteknik.org)
1 points by MrL567 9y ago|0 comments
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Anarchist hacker Amir Taaki says Bitcoin’s boom means it’s on verge of collapse(qz.com)
4 points by MrL567 9y ago|1 comments
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by MrL567 9y ago
The lines about engineers I find to be odd. I don't believe that an entire culture could think that way, yet the author states that the news is a out of context problem for these firms. Engineers don't actually think like that as