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by hx2a 8y ago
I live in NYC and see the same thing. Many people seem to be reading emails in addition to the other stuff. For me being on the subway is quiet time for me to think about software projects. When I give my mind a chance to wander I come up w
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A Philosopher Argues That an AI Can Never Be an Artist(technologyreview.com)
8 points by hx2a 8y ago|4 comments
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by hx2a 8y ago
Cool. I will give this a try in the near future.
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by hx2a 8y ago
Cool, thanks for your reply. What does by hand mean in this case? Entering all of the data myself? Is there a way to import CSV data of portfolio and transaction information?
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by hx2a 8y ago
Firefly looks like a better choice. The mint clone uses Plaid, a financial intermediary that has been heavily criticized on this forum. Firefly uses Spectre. Anyone know of security or privacy issues with using that?
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by hx2a 8y ago
The artist Walead Beshty used the hazards of the shipping system to create art. He would ship glass boxes through Fedex and the damaged result would become art. https://www.artsy.net/artwork/walead-beshty-fedex-large-kr
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by hx2a 8y ago
I finished the 2018 edition of the class two weeks ago but I am happy to go through the latest version now. The class was so thought provoking. I came up with a lot of good ideas for my thesis project while watching the videos.
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by hx2a 8y ago
Iceland is not a member-state in the EU but they have close economic and political ties. They are a part of the European Economic Area (EEA) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). They once applied for membership after the financia
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by hx2a 8y ago
I agree. This also sets an important precedent that future investors in different funds must consider. If something seems too good to be true, there might be consequences for them. They are disincentivized to look the other way.
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by hx2a 8y ago
When I was a trader at Merrill Lynch (NYC, 2005) I traded these basket securities on a Swiss exchange through a Rube-Goldberg-like trading system employing two Excel spreadsheets. Here's how it worked: A spreadsheet on my computer woul
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by hx2a 8y ago
This book is a classic. I've read the whole thing several times and found it to be thought provoking and helpful. The author gives you tools for "explicit cognitive processes" to aid analysis of complex situations.
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by hx2a 8y ago
Even if a non-compete is legally unenforceable in court it can still be used to bully employees or those who attempt to hire them. I once worked at a consulting company (one of the big dot-com consulting companies) that put a clause in the
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8-Year-Old Girl Pulls 1,000-Year-Old Sword from Lake(history.com)
3 points by hx2a 8y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: What are good resources for teaching a blind student Python?
1 points by hx2a 8y ago|0 comments
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by hx2a 8y ago
> far more exciting party balloons filled with hydrogen gas instead. Far more exciting, of course, because the balloons will explode. My kind of party!
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by hx2a 8y ago
I've never met Jordan but I used to work with his brother, David, whom the motion capture is based on. He was always proud of his contribution to his brother's game. What a great experience for both of them to be involved with thi
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by hx2a 8y ago
> Say you've just reminded yourself how grep works for the third time this month. Hahaha, exactly. There are some commands that I just don't use enough for them to properly stick in my mind. Awk is another one. This utility wou
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by hx2a 8y ago
Haha, I knew I was going to be rick-rolled before running this and yet I ran it anyway. I didn't know about this utility. Awesome it does sound too. Thanks for pointing it out.
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by hx2a 8y ago
I'd really like to see a YouTube demonstration & explanation. Seriously, if you can make a Raspberry Pi and Python code cook for you, you will be my hero.
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by hx2a 8y ago
> So then like any rational person, I spent the remaining hours re-discovering awk and forgot to sleep. Pissed away the whole next day (and some part of the day after that too!) :-D Haha! I've been there! Awk is amazing and when pai
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by hx2a 8y ago
There is a LaTeX version of the paper available: https://content.iospress.com/articles/algorithmic-finance/af...
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by hx2a 8y ago
This is neat! It looks like it can do a lot of the things people use a Microsoft Kinect for. Do you have any examples of linking this to P5 or three.js?
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Fossil footprints ‘unique in the world’ show a human chasing a giant sloth(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by hx2a 8y ago|0 comments
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by hx2a 9y ago
Also note there is fake news or a lame April fool's joke going around saying that Zuckerberg quit.
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by hx2a 9y ago
Today the WSJ has an article with the opposite headline: Silicon Valley Rivals Take Shots at Facebook https://www.wsj.com/articles/silicon-valley-rivals-take-shot...
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How Programming Affects Your Brain(makeuseof.com)
3 points by hx2a 9y ago|0 comments
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by hx2a 9y ago
Nope! Not for me.
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by hx2a 9y ago
She doesn't give them the prescription. Sorry I should have mentioned that in my previous reply.
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by hx2a 9y ago
No, she doesn't. Happily her job is structured in such a way that she has full control over her job and decisions. The employees can get her fired for not giving them what they want.
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by hx2a 9y ago
> I'd never be in a meeting regarding deaths of users of my software I know what that's like. About 20 years ago I was at a consulting firm supporting an electric and gas utility company. Among other things they had to do somet

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