a5huynh

8 ms·

31.
Waymo obtains California's first fully driverless car permit(venturebeat.com)
36 points by a5huynh 8y ago|1 comments
32.
by a5huynh 8y ago
I believe Saudi Aramco and PetroChina have passed the $1T mark. Historically, adjusting for inflation there are also some really big ones: https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/08/22/a-history-
33.
by a5huynh 8y ago
While not incredibly high-resolution, ground penetrating radar ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground-penetrating_radar ) is often used in archaeology to try and find buildings/artifacts without digging anything up.
34.
by a5huynh 8y ago
Electronic Medical Record(s)
35.
by a5huynh 8y ago
I believe LIDAR and LADAR are interchangeable since it's based on a portmanteau of `light`/`laser` and `radar`
36.
by a5huynh 8y ago
It is much, much more than feeling sad. Please take a look at what it means to be clinically depressed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_depressive_disorder
37.
by a5huynh 9y ago
I personally used the OFA Facebook application and the intent is incredibly different. Notably, the folks who authorized the OFA application knew that the data about their friends was being collected. Because that was entirely the point!
38.
by a5huynh 9y ago
One of my favorite classes in grad school was learning to write about complex topics in a clear and concise way. Hopefully these reading materials are still useful! - "Science of Scientific Writing" https://cseweb.ucsd.
39.
Show HN: Offsetmyride.io – Carbon offsets made dead simple
1 points by a5huynh 10y ago|0 comments
40.
Show HN: Offset My Ride – Donate to CarbonFund to Offset Your Uber/Lyft Rides(offsetmyride.io)
4 points by a5huynh 10y ago|4 comments
41.
by a5huynh 10y ago
Quid | Senior Software Engineer, Models & Data Store | San Francisco, CA | ONSITE https://boards.greenhouse.io/quid/jobs/136208 As part of the model and data store team, you will help us tackle some of the cor
42.
by a5huynh 12y ago
Company: ProductBio ( http://www.productbio.com ) Locations: San Francisco ----- Right now, ProductBio helps organizations make their procurement processes more sustainable by providing data on the environmental, ethical, and fisc
43.
Can We See the Invisible, Together?(newswatch.nationalgeographic.com)
1 points by a5huynh 13y ago|0 comments
44.
Building A Global Health Sensing Network From Star Trek-Inspired Devices(fastcoexist.com)
1 points by a5huynh 13y ago|1 comments
45.
by a5huynh 13y ago
I'm one of the engineers involved in the data science behind the project, so if anyone has any questions, shoot away!
46.
OASIS -- Building 1000 citizen-sensors for the globe(indiegogo.com)
1 points by a5huynh 13y ago|3 comments
47.
by a5huynh 13y ago
MongoDB has a nice page which explains the core MongoDB use cases: http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/use-cases/ and also here: https://www.mongodb.com/solutions
48.
by a5huynh 15y ago
For a more technical treatise ( and additional information ) on what was done, check out this press release: http://calit2.net/newsroom/release.php?id=1967
49.
by a5huynh 15y ago
There's still tons of data to go through to further confirm the theory. After that... I'm not quite sure. Although it is highly unlikely at this point that they will remove the front wall which in itself is a masterpiece. Any damage would r
50.
by a5huynh 15y ago
They did drill holes, however they were tiny and in places that were undergoing restoration. The holes were even drilled in the presence and under the supervision of the people who were doing the restorations.
51.
by a5huynh 15y ago
Awesome to some of the work I'm ( indirectly ) part of on HackerNews! I'm part of Dr. Seracini's group here at UCSD, so if anyone has any questions feel free to ask and I'll pass it around to my colleagues if I can't answer it myself.
52.
by a5huynh 15y ago
Funny that you should mention Dan Brown! Dr. Seracini is the only real person in Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code"
53.
by a5huynh 15y ago
I'm sure if you're talking about Windows or OSX ( due to the Alt+Tab ambiguity ) but in OSX you can do Cmd + ` to tab between windows of the same app.
54.
Study Sees Credit Cards as ‘Choke Point’ for Spam(nytimes.com)
5 points by a5huynh 15y ago|0 comments
55.
by a5huynh 16y ago
I believe the white glossy circle is referring to that glossy shine on top of icons, much like the app icons you usually see on an iPhone/iPod. For instance: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ikoka/3660963620/
56.
by a5huynh 16y ago
On a related note, National Geographic has been doing a similar thing for the past couple years: http://exploration.nationalgeographic.com/ Just this past summer they went to Mongolia and used data from that little game to find tons of to
57.
by a5huynh 17y ago
Thanks for all the feedback so far guys! I know the UI is a bit unwieldy at this point because it was a quick mash-up of the work of a couple students. The playlist generator is still a work in progres, but the feedback certainly helps. Our
58.
Ask HN: Feedback on my project
10 points by a5huynh 17y ago|7 comments
59.
by a5huynh 17y ago
This is incredibly handy! Just scanned through the page and I picked up a couple things I never knew about.
60.
by a5huynh 17y ago
Haha, i think you mean Mohan Paturi! That explains how he knew his stuff when it came to new startups, especially web 2.0ish companies.

More ›