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by eob 14y ago
Lots of people are with you. I think this behavior is the better route because it accommodates both crowds. The line-wrap folks can just press enter twice; no biggie. But the console and vim users of the world can continue using line-breaks
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by eob 14y ago
Can the extensive code-review systems often layered on top of Perforce be achieved with git? As someone who has used both, the workflow features geared towards large organizations and professional-grade code processes have always struck me
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by eob 14y ago
Hi deliminator! The Aloha Editor is great. I was poking around in your source the other day and noticed that it doesn't seem like it's received much active development for the past few months. Is it at a stage where you expect future change
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Don't fear what you can measure: an idea for improving email(klaviyo.com)
5 points by eob 14y ago|0 comments
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by eob 14y ago
I like it. There's an interesting question of scale that comes up: this tool helps me understand the behaviors of a handful of named users. Is that best for high-margin businesses with only a few users or for the most-valued users of system
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by eob 14y ago
Congratulations to the Typesafe team. As a regular user of Scala, it is very welcome news to see the commercial arm succeed. It's interesting to watch hybrid open-source/commercial enterprises develop. Getting the revenue stream right is tr
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The Boston Globe gets a look at a DB of every bomb the US has ever dropped(bostonglobe.com)
81 points by eob 14y ago|13 comments
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by eob 14y ago
It's a bit abusive of the Harvard brand to throw the name in a post just so you can get some training data for model. At least include a writeup of what you're doing so people who click through get something out of it too.
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by eob 14y ago
I thought Google did away with the Translate API. Are you sneaking around this by loading it in a background page and simulating user interaction?
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by eob 15y ago
I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted. Maybe for the final 99% thing you threw in? I agree 100% with your sentiments about transportation in the West. I get that the weather is great and world-class outdoor activities are only a few hou
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by eob 15y ago
Woah. I had no idea csail-related archives were published on the web....strange feeling to realize you've been in a glass house the whole time you thought you were in a regular house. I only post that comment here because it served as a rem
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by eob 15y ago
I think the first ad says "I'm just another giant corporation who wants your money." The second ad says "I'm a human being, probably with a sense of humor"
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by eob 15y ago
Patronage is a model that has existed as long as artists. You wouldn't be able to go see Michaelangelo's work without this model. But people have, and do, paint for free, too. I don't see why it's a bad thing that in modern times, skilled a
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by eob 15y ago
Requiring my Facebook credentials to log in guarantees my non-participation. I realize I'm in the minority for behaving that way, but there is a nonzero number of potential users you lose when you charge the fee of privacy at the door. Whic
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by eob 15y ago
I am still searching for the holy grail that allows me to blend markdown and LaTeX.
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by eob 15y ago
The lawyer's explanation for this is usually that law is the kind of subject that requires one person to centrally have access to all the facts. A distributed system won't work, unless it has shared memory which, given the fact that we're d
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by eob 15y ago
Playing dumb. Hashing the information is such an obvious choice, there's really no plausible explanation for the developers to have not to consider it. They probably just figured "everyone else is doing this so what's the harm?"
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by eob 15y ago
Wow, it's almost like you studied a video of me coding to write that post. Thanks. This will improve my vim-fu tremendously.
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by eob 15y ago
There's another bit that nobody has brought up: no author ever ends up owning the entirety of his or her work. If I write a book for Harper Collins, I am not allowed to reproduce or distribute that content via any channel not approved by th
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by eob 15y ago
Making a public stand isn't just about using shock-and-awe to create an educational moment. It's also about making headlines and showing solidarity. Despite the fact that the majority of HN readers already know about SOPA, I think it's an e
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by eob 15y ago
Likewise. Two other template engines you might be interested in are Knockout.js ( http://knockoutjs.com/ ) and the template engine from the Lift web framework. Both play relatively well within HTML. And Stanford has done some nice work on s
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by eob 15y ago
Been working on something like this for a while and nearing a big push of version 1 to github. Glad others feel the same way!
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by eob 15y ago
The problem was that there was an entire feedback cycle of fraud going on: * Lenders were making outrageous loans (no money down, no payments -- just accrue more debt!) and coaxing people to sign up for them. These lenders collected transac
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by eob 15y ago
Here's a completely anecdotal, "a friend of a friend.." story, but I think it's a cool yi and you'll enjoy it: A friend of a friend is a cartographer who works in DC. According to this person, the official subway map of DC distorts the true
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by eob 15y ago
Yes, you're right. I'm not criticizing their decision. With the cost of a college education skyrocketing, and "open source" education in its infancy, the moves and adaptations of the big players are just interesting to watch, is all I meant
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by eob 15y ago
It's interesting to see the school simultaneously make a big push for free educational content online while also expanding it's for-profit online reach.
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by eob 15y ago
This is a sweet story, but I just wanted to point out that this is pretty common for someone with terminal cancer. Jobs was a private, controlling man, for sure, but I feel like this reporter is unfairly stretching the narrative to fit this
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by eob 15y ago
> friends who have been ... "disappeared" for corruption I'm pretty sure this is an answer to your earlier question. Humans are corruptible, and thus all countries and governments contain corruption. But the governments that deal with t
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by eob 15y ago
What rude and demanding bug reports.
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by eob 15y ago
Let me take a wild guess: you don't have kids, do you?

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