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by emrah 5y ago
You could inspect the history of any big open source project, no? Pick any popular framework. They may not have created the git project from the very first moment they actually got started but there are so many such projects, if you poke ar
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by emrah 5y ago
Wait till you go past 40 and they start calling you "sir" at Starbucks :) There are two sources of meaning in life: being self-focused and trying to achieve your own goals (like going to Mars) OR being others-focused and trying t
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by emrah 5y ago
I like the concept of "defining a spec to meet for achieving a goal". Perfectionism is spec for "flawless" and that may very well be what's required to achieve one's goal but usually it's not necessary. Wh
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by emrah 5y ago
Someone not paying, using the free tier is by definition not a "customer". At least not yet, they are a potential customer at best.
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by emrah 5y ago
I think zepto.js is a better choice. It's slightly bigger than cash but much closer to jquery (for example it has $.ajax) https://zeptojs.com
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by emrah 5y ago
Author doesn't make a distinction between those earlier in their careers vs those much further along. For "senior" devs, I think there are two additional things just as important as the mentioned three: good compensation &am
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by emrah 5y ago
Words are great but why not put a demo video right on the front page? That could help with (some) people who want to try it out without signing up too.
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by emrah 5y ago
Its GitHub repo calls it a "transformer" rather than a compiler. https://parceljs.org/features/plugins/#transformers
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by emrah 5y ago
> Accept that ideas are low value. If you love the idea, set it free. I disagree. Value of an idea is on a scale too. Some ideas are more obvious than others because the evidence required to evaluate it is more readily available. Therefo
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Deep learning can’t be trusted, brain modelling pioneer says(spectrum.ieee.org)
113 points by emrah 5y ago|64 comments
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by emrah 5y ago
One thing everyone seems to be overlooking is that "quick answers" (or whatever they are called) and the accompanying "related questions" are very good and Google seems to be optimizing for them for the most part. I agre
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by emrah 5y ago
> By the way, some of the most valuable people in our societies are borderline horrible arrogant narcissists. I don't know if there is any data/research on being successful or valuable requiring an arrogant narcissistic persona
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by emrah 5y ago
> I had been taught I could simply confess whatever and it would be forgiven I personally agree that this is nonsense but there are kernels of good ideas in religious ideologies even if they are warped beyond recognition and usefulness.
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by emrah 5y ago
> To be honest, at the moment the algorithm doesn't return any sensible results for anything Is there an objective way to measure this? Do we just compare the output to Google or DDG? This seems like one of the many big hurdles in c
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by emrah 5y ago
Stream of JSON messages has got to be extremely inefficient for data transfer, especially from databases
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by emrah 5y ago
At the macro scale, i highly doubt we are fscked. Some will adapt and survive while others (most?) won't but it won't be the end. As Goldblum said, life finds a way
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by emrah 5y ago
It makes sense to multiply the effectiveness of talented engineers by training them to be technical leads, but management is a completely different beast
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by emrah 5y ago
dang, I see you do this on a regular basis. Is it automated or are you doing this manual?
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by emrah 5y ago
Facts don't change decisions made by emotions
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by emrah 5y ago
When they add another crap To your favorite app That's tumoreeee (Sing to the tune of https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OnFlx2Lnr9Q )
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by emrah 5y ago
Oh a "prepaid" card, I see. Yeah those are tricky
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by emrah 5y ago
> to explain that the card does not send me a billing statement and I cannot possibly produce one I'm sorry but this does seem extremely suspicious. I've never heard of a bank that does not provide any statements. Sure, a debit
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by emrah 5y ago
Long battery life and fanless quiet design are killer features imo but the 13" screen is a no-go for my aging eyes.
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by emrah 5y ago
I think they both used the same 8-bit cpu but had different peripheral chips for sound, gfx etc
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by emrah 5y ago
The problem isn't that there are too many, but that they are too expensive, especially since one needs to subscribe to several of them to get enough diversity/coverage of content ala cable.
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by emrah 5y ago
Because diversity is productive. If your constituents are similar with similar backgrounds, upbringing, sex etc, they will tend to have similar ideas, biases etc and that will lead to groupthink. In other words, they will be more likely to
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by emrah 5y ago
Searching anew (instead of using one's own cache of previous finds) is still valuable because you may discover better results, or new results that may lead to new/better thinking, or the answer to your question might have changed
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by emrah 5y ago
> Ask HNs are my favorite part of HN. It was a hassle for me to go through /new looking for just posted Ask HN threads I'm confused. /asknew doesn't just show Ask HNs though.
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by emrah 5y ago
The author appears to be a purist. While I respect the position, I'm a pragmatist and respectfully disagree. Also the title seems misleading. It should probably be "Stop making students use IDE". Schools' job should be t
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by emrah 5y ago
As with any software project, optimization is part of the trade-off equation. In those days, that type of optimization was a necessity. You just couldn't build a decent game without doing it. It can still be done today of course, but i

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