an0nym1ty

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by an0nym1ty 10y ago
One billion people get in and out of a car every single day. They go to work, they go home, they shop, they play, they do a billion different things. Knowing where they're going and what they're doing can be very valuable. And th
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by an0nym1ty 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplace_transform in the solution of certain ODEs
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by an0nym1ty 11y ago
Can that really be asserted for anything but standard development/architect roles? It seems to me that anyone who wants to get into serious algorithm design (or the big buzz in ML), does need more advanced technical background. If you
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by an0nym1ty 11y ago
Not being factitious here. Do you have a better (more technical) alternative?
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by an0nym1ty 11y ago
I don't understand the connection here. Could you elaborate for me?
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by an0nym1ty 11y ago
The difference that the article is trying to highlight is the contrast between fame and economic security. Van Gogh wasn't famous while he was alive, so it's a straw-man argument. The modern Internet Star, however, is quite known.
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by an0nym1ty 11y ago
Anyone have comments/inisght as to why Clojure would have lost traction over the past year? Just curious as my impression of the language is that, relative to other functional languages, it's very useful for highly parallel comput
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by an0nym1ty 11y ago
Based on the presence of a bookshelf on his webpage [0], he seems to be a fan of literature. I've been looking for a text on abstract algebra and now I think I've got one! Seems like a question that he would welcome. [0] http:&#x
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by an0nym1ty 11y ago
This is completely tangential to the discussion of this thread, but so much of google search is forecasting based on user's search history these days it's hard to tell if it's just biased towards HN because we all visit it.
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by an0nym1ty 11y ago
I once had a mentor who was fond of saying "Git doesn't solve human problems", in reference to git-conflicts while explaining the system to less technical team members. Technological advancements have, to this point, had fair
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by an0nym1ty 11y ago
It seems to be listed as a software engineering position (and are likely paid through the same construct, since participants are required to be eligible for work in the US). I would think they are paid as entry level software engineers, but
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by an0nym1ty 11y ago
>Google has scanned more than 20 million books since 2004 without the permission of the authors. I am blown away how this is ruled legal, but in many cases scanning books as an individual is considered copyright infringement. As though t
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by an0nym1ty 11y ago
Is that not one of the most common analogies used by Pirates, the similarities between file sharing and lending a book or movie to a friend? That argument has failed for file sharing, what makes your argument different?