jamesrom

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   by jamesrom 8y ago

   Yeah gotcha!
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   by jamesrom 8y ago

   So the first person (P1) gets everything up to their second card. Are you saying that the second person (P2) gets everything from P1's second card up until P2's second card? How is that not a small unfair amount of candy? I think
3. 153.▲
   by jamesrom 8y ago

   They are lying to you. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12657116
4. 154.▲
   by jamesrom 8y ago

   You must not have read the post you are replying too.
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   by jamesrom 8y ago

   um is a great name for this tool
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   by jamesrom 8y ago

   Markdown has supported inline HTML since conception: https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/
7. 157.▲
   by jamesrom 8y ago

   Seeing how much Facebook has been spending on advertising and PR in recent weeks, I would not be surprised.
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   by jamesrom 8y ago

   Everyone talks about the 'collecting' of customer data. Like simply collecting and holding that data is somehow wrong. Apple doesn't collect the same customer data that Google does, but even if they did, it's much much m
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   by jamesrom 8y ago

   Most other commentators here have hit the nail on the head, in summary: - Backfeeding into the grid is unsafe - Backup generators will throttle to not produce too much electricity for your home, so you can safely use a transfer switch - Sol
10. 160.▲
    by jamesrom 8y ago

    Do any online tools to validate and visualise siteswap notation exist?
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    by jamesrom 8y ago

    Using a Hilbert Curve for indexing is a pretty standard approach for geospatial queries. Nothing new here... However, using a Hilbert Curve for sharding doesn't seem like the best approach. You can partition by anything you like, it do
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    by jamesrom 8y ago

    I think the bigger red flag is that none of these screens showed moving images. Only a single demo with a very slowly blooming flower... and it didn't look great.
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    by jamesrom 8y ago

    In other news, water is wet.
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    by jamesrom 8y ago

    Yep, using many predictions you can calculate a 'brier score' which is a measure of your predictive performance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brier_score See also: https://predictionbook.com
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    by jamesrom 8y ago

    >With a bit of hand-waving, we might be able to claim that "HN points are worth half as much in 2018 as they were in 2011". A lot of handwaving indeed. The value of a point is surely a function of clicks. If there's more v
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    by jamesrom 9y ago

    Does anyone have a screenshot they could share?
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    by jamesrom 9y ago

    >We dont want apology for the breach, we want apology for collecting all the data for so many years. Please don't feign surprise that facebook has been collecting your data. Everyone knew, but expected some level of privacy and secu
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    by jamesrom 9y ago

    Thanks for the info. Will remove my comment.
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    by jamesrom 9y ago

    edit: removed
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    by jamesrom 9y ago

    Thank you for the warning. Some people like to cast judgement about being overly zealous or prude with NSFW designation... But it's clear that being too cautious is better than the alternative.
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    by jamesrom 9y ago

    As an Australian, I wonder why I’ve never seen this published on the ABS website?
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    by jamesrom 9y ago

    This is awesome. Thank you for sharing.
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    by jamesrom 9y ago

    What if lobsters do not have the capacity for emotion? What if it felt about being boiled alive exactly how a potato might? What if a lobster never suffered?
24. 174.▲
    by jamesrom 9y ago

    6 hours later and it’s still not fixed.
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    by jamesrom 9y ago

    I think "modern society" is a scapegoat here. You aren't yearning for a more antique society. You are romanticising the past. The part you are looking for is being connected to a community, and there's many more ways to
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    by jamesrom 9y ago

    This isn't a solution. It's a trade off like every other decision.
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    by jamesrom 9y ago

    It’s getting such criticism because people would rather debate the topic, instead of calling someone an asshole (no matter how diplomatic). You know... The entire point of Sam’s piece.
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    by jamesrom 9y ago

    So you’re an “explorer” that’s “burning” a “runway” who needs to choose what to “expand”. Reading this piece made me dizzy trying to unpack all of the stretched analogies.
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    by jamesrom 9y ago

    No, I don't mean physically.
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    by jamesrom 9y ago

    Serious question, if everyone was colourblind, what disadvantages would there be?