jgoldsmith

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   Facebook relaxes privacy protections for teens(newsroom.fb.com)

   1 points by jgoldsmith 13y ago|0 comments
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   by jgoldsmith 13y ago

   If you understand Git well enough, then the only major difference Github adds is pull requests, which is a pretty intuitive concept once you understand Git branching. Try http://git-scm.com/ for a great (official) tutorial.
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   by jgoldsmith 13y ago

   Just a heads up for anyone tempted to run the code from the third question (bash script to play triforce through the system speaker), don't. I know I'm an idiot for running random code, but I'll save you the suspense - it pri
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   Show HN: Tiny productivity apps that run from your URL bar(github.com)

   4 points by jgoldsmith 13y ago|0 comments
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   by jgoldsmith 13y ago

   Each function has its own cache, and the size of the cache is limited by the number of unique requests you make. How would this be a problem? (totally genuine question) Also, if you have a better way of doing it, please totally fork and req
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   by jgoldsmith 13y ago

   Since I am using the MediaWiki extracts API, I never had to find/write my own Wikitext parser. However, I did run into a couple in my research that seemed relatively popular: - https://github.com/dcramer/py-wikimar
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   by jgoldsmith 13y ago

   Thanks! I'm working on some additional features including international support, and I hope to push them within a week.
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   by jgoldsmith 13y ago

   Hi (creator here), Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I've added a disclaimer to the GitHub page regarding Pywikipediabot and plan to make changes to fully comply with MediaWiki API etiquette. The last thing I'd want to do
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   by jgoldsmith 13y ago

   I'd really like to hear about this story from a college admissions officer's point of view. While I'm sure that they can tell the difference between an application from one of these tutors and a "genuine" one like y
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    Show HN: Easy to use Wikipedia API for Python(github.com)

    218 points by jgoldsmith 13y ago|35 comments
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    Wikipedia API for Python(github.com)

    5 points by jgoldsmith 13y ago|0 comments
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    Labrinth.py - a tiny Python program that modifies and calls itself(gist.github.com)

    1 points by jgoldsmith 13y ago|0 comments
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    Show HN: Encrypt Google Docs client-side(fogpad.net)

    4 points by jgoldsmith 13y ago|0 comments
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    Show HN: Open source Snapchat keeper for Android(github.com)

    4 points by jgoldsmith 13y ago|0 comments
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    by jgoldsmith 13y ago

    The cursor clashes with the question mark that it hovers over before you type a number. Otherwise, really nice design!
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    by jgoldsmith 13y ago

    Thanks for the feedback! Right now, it's graphing dy/dx = y*sin(x). You can change the function by editing the hard-coded function slopeFunc(x, y) at the bottom of the main file. (this was created when I was just learning JS, and I didn't k
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    Show HN: Differential equations and slope field grapher(htmlpreview.github.io)

    8 points by jgoldsmith 13y ago|2 comments
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    JSON Data Visualizations with Vega(github.com)

    3 points by jgoldsmith 14y ago|0 comments
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    Github(github.com)

    2 points by jgoldsmith 14y ago|0 comments
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    Official XKCD font download(xkcd.com)

    6 points by jgoldsmith 14y ago|0 comments