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Ask HN: How do I go about truly “understanding” JavaScript, or any language?
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AdBlock Now Disables “Please Disable AdBlock” Messages(i.imgur.com)
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by elbigbad 11y ago
Is that a bad thing?
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I wish I hadn't had the attitude of, "I'm going to learn everything from scratch because I don't need help or dependencies." I was stubborn and thought that to be a "real" programmer I had to know how to i
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The Jellybean Problem(waitbutwhy.com)
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I can't say whether the FBI's intent was nefarious or not, but I used to work for the Fed and have some experience in FOIA as well working with them. First, not all website changes go through some high level review. We had an inte
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by elbigbad 11y ago
Do you have any data to provide that goes along with your statement that women don't get "these jobs and promotions in the first place"?
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by elbigbad 11y ago
This is beyond the scope of my knowledge so maybe it's a stupid question, but why doesn't space debris deorbit on its own like anything else not in geostationary orbit?
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by elbigbad 11y ago
So does this mean one has to go into their email everytime they need to log in, or just until the cookie expires? I assume it's the latter. It's a little more inconvenient in the second instance that traditional password entry (gi
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by elbigbad 11y ago
I have a problem with the phrase "obviously sloppy work on the part of the developers." How exactly does one avoid loopback in an application like this? Your second point is spot on though I think, one would need to own the machin
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by elbigbad 11y ago
Nice to create a throwaway so no one connects your misogynistic ranting to your real identity.
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by elbigbad 11y ago
This is interesting! Shoddy writing int he Fortune piece though. "The amount handed over [to charity], though, is not likely to be $1 million, because of changes that Buffett and Protégé made in the wager a couple of years ago" On
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Sailors Unexpectedly Photograph a Volcano and the Birth of a New Island(m.imgur.com)
7 points by elbigbad 11y ago|1 comments
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Palladium-tin catalysts for the direct synthesis of H2O2 with high selectivity(science.sciencemag.org)
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New catalyst makes hydrogen peroxide accessible to developing world(phys.org)
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by elbigbad 11y ago
The Strassler links are VERY good, thank you for posting. I'm especially impressed that he answers comments on the posts in detail, even "stupid" questions.
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by elbigbad 11y ago
Definitely sounds like you would still need to coordinate with the host, but perhaps the different culture and mindset makes people more cognizant of the fact that they have to do the coordination quickly and be ready to do it.
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by elbigbad 11y ago
So, as I understand it, it combines the compression ignition of diesels with opposing pistons. The opposing pistons go toward one another and compress the air/gas mixture and ignite it. The exhaust escapes when the pistons move back th
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by elbigbad 11y ago
Presumably there is a premium for last minute bookings over traditional AirBnB. And there's the factor that, hey, maybe I have a spare room tomorrow and didn't plan on having that, might as well make some money on it. I've st
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by elbigbad 11y ago
It's hard to set up. There is instant booking on AirBnB, but mostly you have to email people and have a conversation, introduce yourself, etc. and wait for the host to get back to you. I have booked relatively last minute on AirBnB, in
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Belgian woman, 24, granted euthanasia death over depression(m.nydailynews.com)
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Abstract Social science research finds that the only group to have experienced real economic gains over the past four decades is the top 20 percent of the income distribution. This finding, along with greater awareness of growing inequality
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by elbigbad 11y ago
It sounded like a joke, meaning that it has been both a plus in some ways and a minus in others.
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by elbigbad 11y ago
I didn't get the "sex sells" angle from that. I'm a male and that's where I keep my phone while walking around. It tied the Beartooth in my mind more to the feelings of "this is a portable cell-phone related de
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by elbigbad 11y ago
My GoPro creates a wifi network and the phone just auto-connects to that to control the GoPro. So certainly the Beartooth could create a wifi network that the phone connects to and essentially sees the Beartooth as a traditional wifi networ
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by elbigbad 11y ago
This is great. For anyone interested in learning further, this is basically considered the Flask bible: http://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/the-flask-mega-tutorial-...
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by elbigbad 11y ago
Just so I'm clear, you're saying that there should be a law where some goods cannot be sold online and have to be sold in stores only. And the purpose of this is to prop brick and mortar businesses up so they can stay in business?
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by elbigbad 11y ago
I don't need to ask him to clarify because I can infer what he means from the context. I can't downvote things, but I don't think you're getting downvoted for your opinion or for anyone thinking you're evil, but my
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by elbigbad 11y ago
Given the context, "I wish the world wasn't that way" means "I wish we didn't live in a world where people could unprofitably pour money into a market to grab market share to kill off competitors." It's i
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by elbigbad 11y ago
Regarding dumb luck, that's exactly how I got my first real job out of grad school. I had specialized in kind of a risky way. It would have made me less generally employable, but more desirable in the sector in which I wanted a job. Lo

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