YPetrov

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by YPetrov 14y ago
I like some of the reasons the OP has listed (great skill set, intellectually curious) and because of those I was planning on doing a PhD after I finish my BSc (4th year now). However, after careful consideration, I realized that: 1. I am n
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by YPetrov 14y ago
Exactly, the whole presentation looked artificial to me. Like they were forcing themselves to be liked, instead of just being natural. W.r.t the device - as I said, some nice features but I am not a big fan of plastic phones. It might sound
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by YPetrov 14y ago
I liked some of the features of the new Galaxy S4, but this show put me off so much. They were trying SO hard to make it 'cool', but it was getting more and more awkward with every new scene. That's why at some point I just couldn't take an
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by YPetrov 14y ago
I used to be a Firefox user a couple of years ago and then when I switched to Chrome I noticed a BIG difference in the performance. Chrome was faster and more stable. Now, similar to the OP I keep having issues with Chrome, the biggest of w
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by YPetrov 14y ago
I think I get the idea of the product, but with the information you have provided - I can never be 100% sure. First, I would suggest adding a demo video on the front page. If you like your page to have as little content as possible - that's
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Dell Said to Draw Interest From Blackstone to Lenovo(bloomberg.com)
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by YPetrov 14y ago
The website looks great! When I opened it, for some reason, I instinctively looked for a short video explaining what the website does and how it works. Maybe that could be something you might want to consider? Also, I had to check the comm
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by YPetrov 14y ago
Not sure. http://askubuntu.com/questions/343/alternative-for-mac-os-x-... maybe ?
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by YPetrov 14y ago
Great idea! Never knew about the Automator. That got me inspired to create a HN Search service for myself: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5331370
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Show HN: OSX HN Search, Inspired by QR-Codify(github.com)
4 points by YPetrov 14y ago|2 comments
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Hugo Chavez dies aged 58(bbc.co.uk)
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by YPetrov 14y ago
Same here, tried reproducing the issue without any success. Also, I can express the same feelings towards my 13" 2012 MBA - best machine I've ever had.
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by YPetrov 14y ago
Right, makes a bit more sense now. Thanks for the thourough explanation. Also, I would too be interested in a post which gives more insight into Wingtip as it sounds quite interesting.
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by YPetrov 14y ago
Any ideas on what prevents them from getting the rest of the data?
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by YPetrov 14y ago
Agreed. I can easily see this interface + NLP capabilities working perfectly with an API from Skyscanner.
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by YPetrov 14y ago
Great website, love the idea! One thing I still don't get is why exactly it is slow? How come you can pre-load some data, but not other? The first thing that comes to mind is caching, but I guess I am not understanding the problem correctly
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TIOBE Programming Community Index for February 2013(tiobe.com)
2 points by YPetrov 14y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: FlyScape - A university hackathon product.(youtube.com)
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by YPetrov 14y ago
Hi everyone, As part of a university course, I wrote a blog post on why scripting languages should be encouraged by the university professors for courseworks and how this will help students learn more. What is your opinion on the topic?
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Show HN: Scripting languages at university?(informatics-sapm.blogspot.co.uk)
2 points by YPetrov 14y ago|3 comments
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by YPetrov 14y ago
There was a post about how clever their marketing strategy is - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5185004 I just received my 5% email too by the way.
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Using nanotechnology to extend battery life(phys.org)
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by YPetrov 14y ago
Good luck with that! Question: How do you go about classifying the sentiment - are you doing anything interesting or?