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by idm 12y ago
Here is one comparison for 2048: http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/24134/create-a-s... I think the idea of comparing languages based on a variety of tasks is interesting. We've all seen "hello
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by idm 12y ago
I've been working on this project in my spare time over the past few months. SIGCHI is coming to Toronto this weekend, so I was inspired to post on HN and hopefully receive some feedback.
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Show HN: rofo.ca, a geo/social network visualization of the Rob Ford saga(rofo.ca)
2 points by idm 12y ago|1 comments
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by idm 13y ago
I lived in Berkeley for 5 years, and I can totally imagine this happening. While some parts of the condemnation are crazy (2 story palace!?) I nevertheless see the kernel of truth that lies somewhere in the murky rationale of that rant. Now
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by idm 13y ago
I would echo this sentiment. Not only are the columns intentionally mis-labeled but they also appear to be computed, meaning some of the variance inherent to the original sample will have been lost.
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by idm 13y ago
How realistic is this in practice? On this side of the "great wall," it is relatively simple to create and use a VPN. Isn't it likely that VPNs are prohibited, or at least given special attention, within China?
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by idm 13y ago
That's the thought process for purchasing a phone. Think about purchasing a general purpose computer. Think about replacing your game console. Motorola may have been a phone company, but this thing isn't a phone by any stretch o
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by idm 13y ago
To everyone complaining about the password-protected login, there is something you need to understand: this is about copyright, not the library being fake-open. This repository apparently consists of copyrighted works, and by the Fair Use
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by idm 13y ago
That's annoying... but it's a really good article! Send it to Pocket, perhaps? As a relatively new Strava user, I thought the article was worth it.
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by idm 13y ago
This script would appear to be at odds with the language of that clause, but I wonder if it is truly against the spirit of Coursera. I can see clear ways to automatically exploit the website for the purpose of scraping their content. Howev
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by idm 13y ago
According to this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5947276 feeds are synced by the server
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by idm 13y ago
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odds_ratio for one answer. Another "single number" answer is generated by the class of tests that determine the statistical significance of an observation; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_level
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by idm 13y ago
I love xkcd, and this one is the spookiest of them all. The logic of that comic leads to a challenging existential proposition.
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by idm 13y ago
I actually exclaimed "UNREAL!" when I launched this in Firefox Aurora. I was expecting Engine 1, but I see now it's Unreal Engine 3. WOW. If that's not proof that asm.js is a cool concept, then I don't know what is. I don't understand how
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by idm 13y ago
The HN community tries to avoid this sort of political/economic trolling.
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by idm 13y ago
So _why described a nearly-working OCaml program in the file he entitled SPOOL/HOMEWORK. The fact that it was handwritten turned out to be a surprising challenge, proving to be a real barrier to my own experimentation with the code. I took
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_why's print spool client (OCaml)(github.com)
9 points by idm 13y ago|1 comments
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by idm 13y ago
As DanBC pointed out, "moot" means the opposite of "open to debate." Honestly, I think Moot is kindof silly for sending the letter in the first place, but he's totally right that your name (moot.it) will cause confusion. Add me to the list
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by idm 14y ago
Once you get to PhD level, you need to be an independent student. The best students are. In order to get there, it's useful to be independent all along the way, typically by riffing on the constraints of the various assignments you comple
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by idm 14y ago
I finally created an account so I could sign this. I didn't sign for Ortiz because I thought she may have had a distant relationship to the case. However, as Heymann's direct supervisor, I thought she erred in that role. Heymann, on the oth
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by idm 14y ago
what is the story behind the creation of this repository? It doesn't appear to be 100% current. For example, there is no 2002/memeBirth/kerberos.cgi in the git repo even though one is present on the live site.
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by idm 14y ago
great slides; I read the whole thing. This is a very interesting project, too. I left perl around the time of Moose because I was desperate for a sane OO system. I'd love to see this succeed.
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Read qz.com on Chrome with Ghostery enabled (quick userscript fix)(iandennismiller.com)
1 points by idm 14y ago|0 comments
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by idm 14y ago
+1 to numbering the incognito sessions. Sometimes I need to simulate two user accounts polling some web service, or perhaps simulate a chat-like environment. Point is: I need two separate cookie jars. I've accomplished this using profile
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by idm 14y ago
Doubtless this poll is capturing the essence of something interesting, but when I look at that list of professions, a host of statistical moderators come to mind. I claim this list isn't measuring what they think it is measuring. I think t
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by idm 14y ago
The "skilled worker" immigration is the ticket for anybody trying to move from the US. However, to qualify for this, you will probably need an employer to sponsor it. This route also depends on credentialing, so academic transcripts and wh
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by idm 14y ago
Coming to Canada for 6 months or 12 months to work? I think that is really easy; those visas are available at the border. All you need is a passport. If you want to stay longer, though, there's tons of red tape. Boston -> Toronto her
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by idm 14y ago
Neuromancer; the drug-addicted protagonist had been the unwilling recipient of surgery like this (if memory serves).
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by idm 14y ago
Of course you're right about the corner cases where somebody has particular requirements, but I'm also counted among the Linux-to-Mac migration. I couldn't afford the amount of time I was spending just to keep my desktop functioning, so I g
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by idm 14y ago
Actually, the OP provided some context that helped. It's been a few years since I used Linux as a desktop - so I had forgotten all the x11 conf horrors. I appreciated the lead-in.

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