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by donretag 14y ago
While it is understandable that the author is upset about his dealings with O'Reilly, I would have preferred if he left people's names out of the article. Naming the acquisitions’ editor does not affect the article, but makes the author sou
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by donretag 14y ago
Here is another freely available book, Text Processing in Python: http://gnosis.cx/TPiP/ Plain text files and not tied to a library.
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Quandl – A Search Engine for Datasets(quandl.com)
5 points by donretag 14y ago|0 comments
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ElasticSearch raises $24M in Series B round(elasticsearch.com)
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by donretag 14y ago
I live in Califonia, but since I do not live in SV (or anywhere with a noticeable tech scene), my answer must be because it is a nice place. Anyone hiring in Santa Barbara? SB is my eventual goal.
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by donretag 14y ago
They both had great marketing. Both got elected with slogans. Bush: "you are for us, or against us". Obama: "Yes, we can". There was nothing behind this marketing, but these simple empty phrases got them elected. Reality TV has reduced elec
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by donretag 14y ago
Is anyone really surprised on Obama's stance on civil liberties? His track record as a Senator was atrocious, why would he be any different as President? FISA flip-flop anyone?
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Harry Fox Agency claims heavy breathing and car noise is a copyrighted song(bikeforums.net)
1 points by donretag 14y ago|0 comments
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by donretag 14y ago
He obviously did not read this article, which was popular on HN a few days ago: http://www.jasq.org/2/post/2013/01/the-mathematician-the-mon...
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by donretag 14y ago
I feel suddenly so left out. :) I actually do my best to minimize my appearance in search. No job descriptions besides titles, no skills, no visible endorsements, no recommendations. I basically use LinkedIn to keep track of ex-colleagues,
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by donretag 14y ago
Posted this the other day, but got no traction: http://computinged.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/gt-and-courseras... If these courses are still experiments, what measurements do we take to know when they are ready?
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by donretag 14y ago
I agree, especially the deal breakers section. No Microsoft Windows? At all? I use whatever gets the job done, as any good technologist would.
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by donretag 14y ago
The article fails to mention how they are going to attract other minority groups such as African-Americans and Hispanics. Yes, I am playing the Devil's Advocate. You cannot give yourself a pat on the back for only tackling one segment of th
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by donretag 14y ago
My issue was the sentence: "Luckily, we have great reading devices in our pockets: our phones." My phone is not a great reading device. Far too small. I do have ebooks on my smartphone in case I ever needed something to read, but the compac
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GT and Coursera’s MOOC stumble: Why they are still experiments(computinged.wordpress.com)
1 points by donretag 14y ago|0 comments
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by donretag 14y ago
Since the course was offered by Georgia Tech, hopefully the Computing Education blog (run by a GT professor) will have more details: http://computinged.wordpress.com/
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by donretag 14y ago
Has LinkedIn launched any usable features (Endorsements and LinkedIn Today do not count IMHO) in the past few years? They removed Events, Answers, Github integration, job search agents and others. Groups are basically spam repositories. Not
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by donretag 14y ago
I completely agree. I have chosen to not list endorsements to my profile, but LinkedIn still allows others the ability to endorse me. I added "Basket Weaving" as a skill, and have been endorsed for it.
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by donretag 14y ago
StackOverflow is simply a tool that I do not need. It is not a community site, it is a Q&A site. Too formal. I find it far better to ask a question on a specific mailing list and not on SO. It causes fragmentation and I prefer to have o
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by donretag 14y ago
"You like us…you really like us!" The problem with this statement is that the survey is based only on SO users. Non-users cannot comment whether or not they like the service. Sincerely, A StackOverflow non-user
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by donretag 14y ago
Exactly. The difference a month makes. It has been noted in the media that the Aaron Swartz case might not affect her status as a prosecutor, but her political aspirations are effectively over (for now).
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The Difference In Profitability Between Apple And Amazon(businessinsider.com)
1 points by donretag 14y ago|1 comments
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by donretag 14y ago
Someone is interested in what you and I have to say: https://github.com/ruggeri/hn-local-copy Found via Github search
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by donretag 14y ago
That is not the only disturbing part. SSH private key by itself is not much of a threat, but bundled together with known_hosts is a recipe for disaster.
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by donretag 14y ago
It is ironic since one of the Github's latest changes broke plugin distribution for ElasticSearch.
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by donretag 14y ago
Or variations of AWS Secret https://github.com/search?q=aws+secret&type=Code&ref...
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by donretag 14y ago
You can try Google Plus events: http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/events/ Far more customizable, better discoverability than EventBrite, but customer service as bad as Meetup's. :)
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by donretag 14y ago
What is the difference between the conference that got shut down and this conference: http://nescala.org/ ? The difference is that the latter is organized by Meetup employees. A different set of rules if you work there I guess.
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by donretag 14y ago
If I did not explicitly subscribe to a newsletter, I will hit the SPAM button. I do not care if I completed a transaction with the sender, spam is spam. I don't bother with the unsubscribe links.
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by donretag 14y ago
Someone actually did the math behind Carrie Bradshaw: http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/carrie-bradshaws-budget-in-re...

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