blaze33

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   by blaze33 11y ago

   He explicitly wrote: "I thought long and hard about building a tool to solve this problem. Others, like pip-tools, already have. But, I don’t want another tool in my toolchain; this should be possible with the tools available." so
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   by blaze33 11y ago

   I would additionally recommend to use : pip freeze -r requirements-to-freeze.txt > requirements.txt instead of just: pip freeze > requirements.txt So you can keep your file structure with comments, nicely separating your
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   by blaze33 11y ago

   And if, like me, you didn't knew what this contest was about, the explanation is one click away [1]: "a competition that challenges coders to solve a simple data processing problem by writing innocent-looking C code that is as rea
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   Python hasattr() Considered Harmful(hynek.me)

   45 points by blaze33 11y ago|54 comments
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   by blaze33 11y ago

   As I understand it, the universe actually started in a heat-death state (very small temperature differences, homogeneous and isotropic), it's just that it is a very hot heat death state, not the usual cold one where everything freezes.
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   by blaze33 11y ago

   If you are interested in this topic, I highly recommend you read Tradition of Freedom by Bernanos (original title in French: La France contre les robots ). Written in 1944, there is a specific passage where he argues against this "b
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   by blaze33 12y ago

   I guess this post deserves a productivity/self-assessment chart in the spirit of this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8802454
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   by blaze33 12y ago

   Not really: I tried android-screencast [1] but had to root my phone, the framerate was terrible, lots of crashes, touch gestures not really satisfying. The other option was using genymotion, works well, but some apps can't be installe
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   by blaze33 12y ago

   I'd say it's IBM's response to Google material design. IBM blog announcement: http://www.ibm.com/design/blog-page.shtml?ibm-design-languag...
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    by blaze33 12y ago

    Previous discussion in feb. 2014: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7305224
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    by blaze33 12y ago

    > the first app that allows you to use your iDevice as an extra display for your Mac I stumbled upon iDisplay.com the other day. Can't recommend anything though, I'm not an apple user, I was looking for ways to replicate my and
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    by blaze33 12y ago

    Can you recommend any particular Firefox tree-tabs or tab panorama addons ? I don't know how I went this far without this...
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    by blaze33 12y ago

    1. Real world issues that I personally encountered: hard to find a flat to rent? → build a zen process around this individualistic race, disappointed with your city lifestyle? → build the city of tomorrow, difficulty to learn how to sing b&
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    by blaze33 12y ago

    Thanks, I hadn't seen this thread before, I was actually thinking that an open protocol would allow you to have a fast/reliable/etc. backup in exchange of a share of your local storage. Obviously if it's phrased like I&#
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    by blaze33 12y ago

    Seeing the discussion around disk42 (Saas version of seafile) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8739094 I thought it would be a good time to repost the space monkey link (not that I'm affiliated nor a user) to see w
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    One device, 1TB of personal cloud storage(spacemonkey.com)

    64 points by blaze33 12y ago|45 comments
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    by blaze33 12y ago

    "Watson Analytics is Now Open For Business", doesn't say open source. Also the submitted title doesn't match the linked page title.
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    by blaze33 12y ago

    I discovered Hy two weeks ago through this previous discussion: How Hy backported “yield from” to Python 2 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8641126
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    by blaze33 12y ago

    I did some scientific computing for OL3 in 2009-10 and the issue you're referring to is a different one. Back in the 80's, there was around 5 new nuclear plants built in France, each year. It powers 75% of our electric grid and mo
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    by blaze33 12y ago

    One reason that allowed us to quickly develop fission power is that the physics is mostly linear meaning building a 1GW plant wasn't so much more difficult once you mastered the small experimental reactors. Now I worked on nuclear plan
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    by blaze33 12y ago

    > a hassle to enter "git add [specific file]" `git add .` worked as well and clicking the command autoenters it at the prompt.
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    by blaze33 12y ago

    Part 1 posted yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8629538
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    by blaze33 12y ago

    > There's also an interesting health & wellness aspect to this -- could this be a way to free people working digitally from sitting at desks in front of screens all day? I dreamed of a future where I could have magic leap contac
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    Did Philae drill the comet?(blogs.esa.int)

    2 points by blaze33 12y ago|0 comments
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    Rosetta blog: Reddit AMA 20 Nov 19:00CET Start(blogs.esa.int)

    2 points by blaze33 12y ago|0 comments
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    by blaze33 12y ago

    I tried the demo with a Lego castle priced 99€ and got a grand total of more than $10k... FYI, Lego showed me the French version of their website as it's where I live. You seems to only offer shipping in the US though that's not c
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    by blaze33 12y ago

    I hear there are arguments for the thesis of the high greedeenness / productivity of the SV people. What strikes me is the everlasting ability to pick some facts to build a narattive. 'cause I hear you. Living in Paris, France, I
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    by blaze33 12y ago

    youtube replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1iyxouD38g
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    Mars Express – Siding Spring Flyby [live hangout](plus.google.com)

    2 points by blaze33 12y ago|1 comments
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    by blaze33 12y ago

    Also found ESA's one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1iyxouD38g