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by jerfelix 15y ago
Save the Quicksort challenge for last. It's the easiest one (in my opinion). That way you can see all the other challenges.
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by jerfelix 15y ago
I disagree. You can message people that you aren't friends with. See the first screen shot ("add her as a friend or send her a message"). I think the reason it only works on some profiles it that perhaps the profile pictures are the only
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by jerfelix 15y ago
Therefore, I am not intelligent because I can't get my logic correct. :-) Actually, I was hoping to slip that one by you guys, because I knew there was something wrong with it. The point I should have made was that the species that underst
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by jerfelix 15y ago
Make sure you teach the "tricks". Those are amusing. I'm sure you can find a bunch online. For example, a trick to multiplying by 9: hold up all 10 fingers, and then put down the one that matches what you are multiplying. The answer is
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by jerfelix 15y ago
> we defined intelligence as traits that only we possess There's also an article on HN right now about Dolphins proving to be intelligent beings [1]. It says: Our research has provided an answer to an age-old question highlighted
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by jerfelix 15y ago
I registered about a year ago, when I saw a "Ted Talk" -like presentation that inspired me to. I researched it, and the registration process is painless, and now the donation process is fairly painless too. Just register. You may save a li
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by jerfelix 15y ago
The end result of Duolingo would be a multitude of translation examples, which should be a huge benefit toward teaching machines how to translate. I listened to the interview, read the website, and read through the quora page, and didn't no
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by jerfelix 15y ago
Thanks. I just picked Modesto because it appeared close on Google Maps and was on the Zillow list. I prefer not to live in a dump in a slum (as others seemed to suggest). I wasn't looking for cheap rent in a small dumpy place that was cl
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by jerfelix 15y ago
I wonder if this idea could be mimicked on land, for Midwesterners who want to move close to Silicon Valley, but can't tackle the housing prices. I know of several - no, many - entrepreneurs who would love to move to SV, but the money's to
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by jerfelix 15y ago
I agree that as of late November 2011, Python 2.7 is the safer choice for a novice. But I bet within a year, that's no longer true. (This is dependent on package migration, but there's been a lot of progress lately, and the chances of a no
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by jerfelix 15y ago
I always thought that Firefox should have had a giant "F" icon. "Dad, I upgraded your 'E' software to the latest version: 'F'" Google Chrome could be "G"...
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by jerfelix 15y ago
It becomes more interesting if you add a third: "This logic was presented by a female mathematician." (Before I get modded down into oblivion, I should state that I agree with both points: Women and men are about equally good at math. Also
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by jerfelix 15y ago
It'd be awesome if there was a plug-in that auto-magically worked around these blocks, using bit-torrent and crowdsourcing. Features: If you try to peer into a walled garden, your browser plug-in notices the issue and grabs the content off
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by jerfelix 15y ago
The first example is pretty cool... Not to nitpick, but as he states the problem: Could there be two squares with side [sic] equal to a whole number, n, whose total area is identical to that of a single square with side equ
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by jerfelix 15y ago
I missed your logic. If Obama is a big supporter of RIAA and MPAA, then why wouldn't he come out and say that he is for SOPA?
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by jerfelix 15y ago
tldr: There were some recent changes in Rails in the portion of the code that handles CSRF protection, specifically around handling AJAX. Users' sessions were getting dropped and it was costing him money.
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by jerfelix 15y ago
The short answer is that you SHOULDN'T set up a mining rig to mine bitcoins, if all you want to do is USE bitcoins. Simply buy or trade for them. The easiest way to do that, in my opinion (from a US-centric perspective) is to set up a Dwol
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by jerfelix 15y ago
25 cents. 25 percent. whatever. we really want that quarter. That's pretty funny.
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by jerfelix 15y ago
But if I want to send money to a family member (as an "online transaction"), and I have concluded that I do not need chargeback protection, why should I have to pay an extra fee to cover all those people who DO need it? I believe there's a
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by jerfelix 15y ago
It's great to see the EFF, the Free Software Foundation, and other big freedom fighters opposing this bill. (See http://americancensorship.org/ ). But are any of the big corporations fighting it? Google / YouTube? Microsoft? Apple? C
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by jerfelix 15y ago
I agree that HN shouldn't be used for legal advice. I was actually involved in a case where the registration page, terms and usage policy were confusing and inconsistent in a similar fashion (not exactly, but close), and as I recall, the ju
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by jerfelix 15y ago
The article says: "In the Justice Department’s view, the CFAA criminalizes conduct as innocuous as using a fake name on Facebook..." Facebook's Terms say: "You will not provide any false personal information on Facebook..." But Facebook's
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by jerfelix 15y ago
Looks like a cool project. One note to entrepreneurs using Kickstarter, or creating any slide presentation for potential investors: Take the time to spell check your slides. Tim Sefton (creator of this project), if you happen to be reading
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by jerfelix 15y ago
Watch out for the reseller contractually locking up territory or clients, and not selling your product. If it's not an easy sale for them, they may move on to other projects, and you'll miss out on a lot of potential business. Also, watch
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by jerfelix 15y ago
I'm not sure whether major portions of their archive are unacceptably outdated. But I am sure that it would be logic failure to conclude that it must be out of date simply because they've been indexing for several years. With that logic, G
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by jerfelix 15y ago
OK so I don't announce my name. Maybe I can just hand the clerk a card with my name on it. Perhaps a credit card.
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by jerfelix 15y ago
I can think of several reasons besides being a secret agent that I wouldn't want my name announced. Say I am meeting someone that I wouldn't want to normally be associated with - whether it's for a job interview or a personal meeting. Or sa
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by jerfelix 15y ago
Cool until you click on their "contact us" page, and get a map. Do they think I'm going to fly to Seattle to meet with them, just to contact them? huh. Edit: Ohhh you have to scroll down. Could be improved for dummies like me! :) http
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by jerfelix 15y ago
The fact that Michael can't come up with a single black entrepreneur, when asked to come up with one off the cuff, actually speaks more for his LACK of racism. Michael talks to a LOT of entrepreneurs. He looks at their quality of their com
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by jerfelix 15y ago
Almost 100 comments, and no one mentions Bitcoin. I'm surprised. Seems to me this same app could be built for Bitcoin, and you could eliminate or reduce the 2.75% service fee. Or you could make it 1% and give it back to the purchaser in t

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