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   by alok-g 6y ago

   Looks nice. I did but barely hear a sound during the 'listen' segment (had tried on the phone with full volume).
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   by alok-g 6y ago

   I am using classic shell [1] start menu which includes launcher and works so much better than the built in start memu. [1] https://coddec.github.io/Classic-Shell/www.classicshell.net/
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   by alok-g 6y ago

   Thanks. I'll be curious to watch the keynote. :-) A question on my mind is how is "different domains" defined (a loose definition and/or positive and negative examples would be OK): * Running and swimming? * Playing vi
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   by alok-g 6y ago

   What's the definition of Deep Generalist that you have in mind?
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   by alok-g 6y ago

   If comparing for the _same_ functionality, power consumption will typically reduce unless it is dominated ny other components. Both positive and negative examples below to explain: * An audio amplifier: Power consumption is ultimately dic
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   by alok-g 6y ago

   >> Hanson says that while other organizations have similar technology in development, Sony is the first to ship devices to customers. Following are some links to such similar technology developments for those interested. Of these, [4
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   by alok-g 6y ago

   >> You've only failed if you stop trying. There are more details to the above, which I've explained in my blog: https://alokgovil.com/winners-quit-strategically/
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   by alok-g 7y ago

   The benefit they could derive is perhaps the same. However, they cannot prioritize it the same way as others with a higher budget.
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   by alok-g 7y ago

   If I as an author disable the check and continue to use double spaces, would it stop flagging on my machine only, or on the readers' machines too? If only on my machine, then the option to stop the flagging would do no good to me and
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    As far as the software is able to do this correctly ... it doesn't. (Other comments already cover the rest that I would have said.) :-)
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    Is it able to determine the end of sentences correctly all the time? If not, there needs to be some means for humans to indicate the same, and typing two spaces is a reasonable one. I disable even autocapitalization wherever allowed a
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    Thanks. This is such a useful and insightful comment, @zaroth.
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    I had learned that Cakewalk had become free but had not looked into it. Sounds like it is a good option.
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    Got you. Thanks.
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    Does someone know how much of this needs to be injected to be effective?
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    A data point: A HN post of mine had ~29K unique viewers* with ~680 upvotes. Ratio comes to 43 unique visitors per upvote. (* Per Github traffic stats.)
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    Thanks!
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    How good is Axiom as compared to Mathematica in general? I am familiar with Mathematica, am asking to get zeroth order idea for Axiom before I would try it out myself. Thanks.
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    This is a genuine problem indeed. Someone is in violation of copyrights and is sitting hidden behind a domain name. What practical means do I have to even reach out to the violators, as an individual?
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    This looks nice. I was once considering developing something similar in 2013, and note that this is from 2011. :-) It would be nice to run this on the following to see what comes out. https://github.com/amzn/computer-
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    >> Obamacare attempted and does enact a variant of almost every concrete reform imaginable. Whatever you think of Obamacare, you can't deny that it has provided mountains of empirical data about the difficulties and promises of c
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    Indeed, Excel is usually not the right tool. It is very powerful, but organization of the code/logic, correctness of the calculations, and readability/maintainability are all left on the developer. Mistakes are hard to spot. Th
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    OP co-author here. It could be worth a shot to try (I'll do when time permits). However, I am doubting it would help given how often LibreOffice was freezing with it (without crashing). My suspicion is that the formula recalculation
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    We don't have a good-quality recording of this that we could release. I have been looking forward to making one in the future. Thanks for the interest. :-) Addendum: The text notes inserted within the Excel files partially cover for
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    OP co-author here. :-) Yes, someone told us about this video when we first showcased this work. This video and a few more such works that we have discovered since then are linked in Q&A #7 in the readme. :-)
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    Indeed. I have found Excel to be surprisingly fast at running this. I can also draw parallels to literate programming in this: The code and visualization of what the code is doing are very tightly integrated.
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    Computer vision basics in Excel, using just formulas(github.com)

    687 points by alok-g 7y ago|92 comments
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    How much of interview-style coding is involved in your work? More broadly, would you agree to the OP that interviewing for software developers is broken?
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    Any such incentive by itself be prone to abuse.
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    by alok-g 7y ago

    I can take that. Thanks.