b3eck

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by b3eck 17y ago
One suggestion to try: for a young comment whose score has not stabilized (i.e. high recent variability), then no score is displayed except for an indicator for users whose recent comments have low recent variability and high score. (Edited
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by b3eck 17y ago
During the experiment of not displaying points on comments, was the voting less volatile, with smaller voting swings? If it was, then hiding the points until a few minutes or hours after the comment is posted (i.e. until the volatility bec
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by b3eck 17y ago
The reason not to put your all your eggs in one basket is not the usual one, which applies even when you know which basket is best. The last paragraph of 7 has an extra 'your' (but otherwise you're not repeating yourself ;-)
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by b3eck 17y ago
If you're trying to prevent the wrong sorts of attractions, you might also try it on a selective basis. For example, if a thread hasn't received a vote in the past hour or day, or if a user isn't logged in and can't vote, you could continu
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by b3eck 18y ago
As scott_s suggested, LyX is a prominent LaTeX WYSIWYG editor. I use TeXmacs ( http://texmacs.org ) on Linux because I input a lot of Greek characters and do a lot of Maxima computations while taking class notes, and the ease of Ctrl-Enter
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by b3eck 18y ago
I've been using this program to update my Debian Lenny system for the past month or so, without problems. The status page says that the total number of users in the distributed hash table is still pretty low, but it's probably because the
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by b3eck 18y ago
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but here's a guess at a Mac OS X version of the commands: sudo ipfw add 1 pipe 1 src-port 80 sudo ipfw pipe 1 config bw 500Byte/s
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by b3eck 18y ago
Yes, fortunately they're still up at port 6881 and have a ways to go to get down to 80 :-)
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by b3eck 18y ago
Glad you didn't procrastinate this time around...and glad I wasn't the only one to think of it :-)
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by b3eck 18y ago
Yes, my router provides access restrictions by day, hour, website, and keyword, but I wanted a throttle for my own computer that wouldn't effect the rest of my family. If you're the only one using the connection, then controls at the router
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by b3eck 18y ago
After reading your comment and others', I realized that iptables might be able to help out here. I wrote up an Ask HN ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=192953 ) which shows my current setup for throttling internet usage. Granted, st
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Ask HN: Have you used iptables to prevent procrastination?
8 points by b3eck 18y ago|10 comments
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by b3eck 18y ago
How about time-regulated voting for a)? ( see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=147383 ) Presumably, people who go on an impulse voting spree do it without much thought and would be greatly discouraged by periodic voting prevention, w
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As if the horse isn't already dead enough
1 points by b3eck 19y ago|0 comments