grzm

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by grzm 8y ago
Timestamps in UUID values shouldn't be (and generally aren't) used for coordination between nodes (where such precision an accuracy would be important): they're used for rough sorting and partitioning of values. Indeed, node-
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by grzm 8y ago
> "I don't understand the desire to store timestamp information into a UUID" One reason is to be able provide sortability with respect to what is often a surrogate key attribute, as listed in the introduction: > &quo
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by grzm 8y ago
Does this work for you? https://twitter.com/search-advanced
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by grzm 8y ago
Are you looking for something more than the search capability found in the footer (powered by Algolia)? https://hn.algolia.com/
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by grzm 8y ago
Discussed at the time (775 points, over 400 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14403036
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by grzm 8y ago
Discussed 4 days ago (48 points, 60+ comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19030119
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by grzm 8y ago
Guessing from context in the document, I'd say circa 1982. > "Some five years ago, Jim Simons ... persuaded me to come down and consult for a day in March 1977." Also, the latest figures for reported returns in the docum
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OOP Before OOP with Simula(twobithistory.org)
1 points by grzm 8y ago|0 comments
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by grzm 8y ago
'dang is a mod.
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by grzm 8y ago
The best way to get the mods' attention for matters like this is to email them directly via the Contact link in the footer.
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by grzm 8y ago
Submissions are ranked according the the associated activity. It'll appear on the first page if it is ranked accordingly. See the FAQ ( https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html ): > "How are stories ranked?&quo
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by grzm 8y ago
https://www.e-verify.gov > "ABOUT E-VERIFY" > "E-Verify is a web-based system that allows enrolled employers to confirm the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States. E-Verify employers
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by grzm 8y ago
It happens like any other flagged submission: members flag it. And as you note, vouching restores it. 'minimaxir's put together a lengthier explanation here: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocument
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Byte Magazine Volume 06 Number 08 – Smalltalk(archive.org)
3 points by grzm 8y ago|1 comments
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by grzm 8y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html > "How are stories ranked?" > "The basic algorithm divides points by a power of the time since a story was submitted. Comments in threads are ranked the same
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Facebook Moves to Block Ad Transparency Tools(propublica.org)
9 points by grzm 8y ago|1 comments
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by grzm 8y ago
Submissions can be upvoted or flagged. There's no separate downvoting for submissions. I believe the karma threshold for flagging submissions is 31. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#flaggi...
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by grzm 8y ago
Cheers! I hope you didn't take my original comment as a criticism, which wasn't at all it's intent. I meant it as a prompt or prod, and at a general audience, rather than you specifically.
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by grzm 8y ago
One of the ways to add a substantive "me, too" or "+1" is to provide additional insight and reasoning as to why (and omit the "me, too" or "+1").
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by grzm 8y ago
> "Introducing a new thing less good than what came before is a waste of our time and a distraction from the better things.... The new thing should be better. Why is that hard to process?" Using "good" and "bet
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by grzm 8y ago
> ”Source Code Pro was a step down from Inconsolata that preceded it.” I’m not aware of any shared history between Inconsolata and Source Code Pro. Do you know of any? On the on there hand, Inconsolata is heavily influenced by Lucas De
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by grzm 8y ago
AIUI, the black bar is a manual process, not automated.
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by grzm 8y ago
If you think someone is abusing the site, you can email the mods via the Contact link in the footer.
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The FTC Thinks We Pay Too Much for Smartphones(wired.com)
2 points by grzm 8y ago|0 comments
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by grzm 8y ago
Do you have evidence of the duplicate alerts? Of the couple? If you do, please share it.
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by grzm 8y ago
Looking at the text of your flagged comments, they read like unsubstantiated conspiracy theories, not something relevant that would contribute to substantive discussion on the topic.
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by grzm 8y ago
From the article: > "After comparing a year’s worth of verified child abuse cases to the dates elementary school report cards were issued, the researchers found a correlation between report cards and child abuse — but only when gra
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by grzm 8y ago
I don’t believe there’s any special motivation for including Python than what motivates the inclusion of any other of the common Unix tools such as Ruby, Git, grep, or awk.
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by grzm 8y ago
Discussing one’s feelings doesn’t necessarily mean giving into them or letting them control your actions.
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Amazon's DocumentDB, MongoDB, and TechCrunch(rhaas.blogspot.com)
2 points by grzm 8y ago|1 comments

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