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by ansonhoyt 9y ago
Arstechnica mentioned this research in an approachable article [1] on the challenges of getting speech recognition and generation working for more languages. I found it fascinating. Very cool stuff. [1] https://arstechnica.com&#x
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by ansonhoyt 9y ago
Once it is reported stolen, it could capture the face of everyone who tries to access it. If you assign your police case number in iCloud, it could automatically send your police department these faces (with times and locations) to expedite
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by ansonhoyt 9y ago
I like "Rodney Yee's A.M. Yoga for Beginners". It is gentle enough for when you're just getting started and only 15-20 minutes. It doesn't feel like much, but after several days you'll start to notice more flex
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What's New in Xcode 9(developer.apple.com)
2 points by ansonhoyt 9y ago|0 comments
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by ansonhoyt 9y ago
Shopify released their key boot optimizations as a useful gem. Optimizes several boot time hot spots for general Rails applications, getting your unit tests or developer server running significantly faster. May save 50% on smaller apps, and
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Bootsnap: Optimizing Ruby App Boot Time RSS(shopifyengineering.myshopify.com)
2 points by ansonhoyt 9y ago|1 comments
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by ansonhoyt 10y ago
I missed where the article mentions the efficiency figure. Can you point me to it? I read it and looked for "30", "rail", "train", "fuel", "efficiency", etc.
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by ansonhoyt 10y ago
Interesting graph, but I don't think we can say cutting tire noise won't help. While tire noise is significant, so is engine noise. If electric cars are "half" the noise problem of ICE ones, that's still a huge win.
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by ansonhoyt 10y ago
Agreed, the attributes API work is perhaps the top improvement for me.
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by ansonhoyt 11y ago
Cliff Mass also blogged [1] about the NOAA supercomputer. While a day after the USA Today's article, many folks appreciate his perspective. He's posted on this several times in the past year [2]. [1] http://cliffmass.bl
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by ansonhoyt 11y ago
For me, magic isn't the problem. I like the magic of conventions, but not when it is painful to pull back the curtain. For Rails, I think pain comes when magic stands on poor internals, which gets amplified when gems layer on their own
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Introducing EdgeHTML 13, our first platform update for Microsoft Edge(blogs.windows.com)
10 points by ansonhoyt 11y ago|0 comments
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SpaceX Plans to Resume Falcon 9 Rocket Launches by Mid December(wsj.com)
2 points by ansonhoyt 11y ago|0 comments