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by jcr 11y ago
Thanks for pointing out the C.R.A.P Index. A bit of digging found the initial blog post(s) from 2007, along with java and php coverage. Part 1: https://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=210434 Part 2: https:&
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by jcr 11y ago
I started digging into McCabe's Cyclomatic Complexity [1] after reading an interesting message on the DragonFlyBSD mailing list [2] regarding its questionable usefulness on complex data structures and file system (HAMMER) code. The &#x
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by jcr 11y ago
Your best bet is to learn about the Elo Rating System [1], and then about the strength of human players throughout history [2]. Keep in mind that "Elo Rating" is imperfect, particularly in historical context, but it's still a
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by jcr 11y ago
previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11006915
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McCabe's Cyclomatic Complexity and Why We Don't Use It (2014)(cqse.eu)
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by jcr 11y ago
Berkeley Snap [1] and MIT Scratch [2] come to mind. I'm not a teacher, so I'm unsure if these are applicable to your age/time constraints, but they might be worthwhile. [1] http://snap.berkeley.edu/ [2] http
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by jcr 11y ago
previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9777316
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There was also an article in the Guardian on the submitted paper. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/29/speed-reading-c...
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So Much to Read, So Little Time(psi.sagepub.com)
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I sent the following info to someone who emailed me about the comment above: The main site for the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab is here: http://vhil.stanford.edu/ Most their papers can be downloaded from the &quot
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by jcr 11y ago
sama, my apologies if quoting you is too over the top, but the following comment of yours from last year is just wonderful, and it's a great answer to your question: "I think figuring out how technology can encourage empathy is on
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QIRA is a timeless debugger(qira.me)
65 points by jcr 11y ago|24 comments
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Nano-Mechanical Study Offers New Assessment of Silicon for Next-Gen Batteries(news.gatech.edu)
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by jcr 11y ago
Yes, there have been four link-bait web-spam regurgitations of this story submitted to HN. Some of them needed to have their titles edited by HN moderators due to link-bait. None of them linked to the original source, and none of them got m
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by jcr 11y ago
Without data, usefulness is limited, so increasing your record count should be your first priority. Entering data manually is slow, boring, and error prone. It would be wise to try automating data entry using existing data sources such as w
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by jcr 11y ago
previous discussion 1564 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2674052
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by jcr 11y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > In Submissions > Please don't do things to make titles stand out, like using uppercase or exclamation points, or adding a parenthetical remark saying how gre
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by jcr 11y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute
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First Optical Rectenna Converts Light Directly to DC Current(news.gatech.edu)
35 points by jcr 11y ago|7 comments
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by jcr 11y ago
dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10283477
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original source url: http://www.news.gatech.edu/2015/09/28/first-optical-rectenna...
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Neumann Space Ion Engine Sets Record for Specific Impulse(neumannspace.com)
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by jcr 11y ago
Don't feel too silly; I regularly lose my sunglasses when I'm wearing them. It's even worse when they're perched on top of my head. ;)
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by jcr 11y ago
discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10303466
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by jcr 11y ago
Using the "Stylish" plugin or similar custom CSS injection, you can substantially change how vote links look, along with adding space between their placement. My vote links read '▲sig' for up-vote (signal), and empty lin
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by jcr 11y ago
To prevent abusive flagging by making it too easy to flag comments, the 'flag' link on comments only appears when you're on the /item?id=... page of the comment, or the /reply?id=... page.
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This submission was reposted by request. The POCA software was mentioned in the "How FDA Reviews Proposed Drug Names" PDF and is somewhat interesting reading: http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/DrugSafety
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FDA Phonetic and Orthographic Computer Analysis Program(fda.gov)
8 points by jcr 11y ago|2 comments
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The POCA software was mentioned in the "How FDA Reviews Proposed Drug Names" PDF and is somewhat interesting reading: http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/DrugSafety/MedicationErro... The PDF was prev
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FDA Phonetic and Orthographic Computer Analysis Program(fda.gov)
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