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by jknightco 13y ago
I took an Intro to Crypto course offered through my University's Mathematics department and we used that exact text. I'm the kind of person that requires a very good text in order to do well in a course, and the book in question w
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Ask HN: Did you get in to Georgia Tech's OMSCS Program?
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by jknightco 13y ago
Times Square is in Midtown. Downtown is the Financial District :)
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by jknightco 13y ago
I used Angelist to find a job once. Salary said $110-120k. Interviewed. Offered the job on the spot. "Since we're just going into another fundraising round the most we can offer is $80k." Didn't take that job.
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by jknightco 13y ago
Its not actually the search bar that's important: the Google Search APK is where all of the Google Now functionality lives. This change basically turns the home screen into Google Now.
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I believe this is primarily to fix the latency that existed when you tapped the little search bar up top. Before, the Search APK had to be launched—now its already running.
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by jknightco 13y ago
We use SFO to denote our San Francisco office, and I've seen other companies do the same. Not necessarily contradicting you, just offering another data point.
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by jknightco 13y ago
I'm going to go sit in the corner and cry now. Thanks!
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I'm legitimately stumped. Which large bird starts with 'O'? Or is it second from the top.. so an Ibis?
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by jknightco 13y ago
"He eats half of a slice of pizza and The Comedy Cellar." I know Louis is a bit overweight, but that just felt like a low blow there.
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by jknightco 13y ago
I'm really, really hoping its TWIT...
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by jknightco 13y ago
But why should your personal moral dilemma define legislation for all citizens across the country? I have an issue with "it makes ME feel bad, therefore make it law." You can use the same basic argument against gay marriage. Regar
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by jknightco 13y ago
Look HN, I understand that people disagree. That's the point of this site, right? If you don't like what I said, let's talk about it. Down voting opinions you don't agree with seems childish at best.
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by jknightco 13y ago
If she's doing something she could be getting paid for bit she's not charging, then society definitely should not have to pick up the bill. That's just unfair.
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by jknightco 13y ago
Except your granddaughter isn't providing services to society. She's providing one service to her grandmother, as a family member (which could almost be seen as repaying a debt). The other service she's providing is the equiv
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by jknightco 13y ago
Not everything has to have a benefit. This is an extremely entertaining project, something OP worked on over several weekends because it was something he wanted to see exist. No need to get all high and mighty about purpose and benefit.
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by jknightco 13y ago
I noticed the same thing. Perhaps it could be an effect of how those populations use Twitter as well? Regardless, this project is awesome, and way too fun to watch. Even if 90% of the photos are of the same Korean kid with the red bowl-cut.
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by jknightco 13y ago
I don't think you've eaten in a Google cafeteria then. The food here really is top-notch. An equivalent restaurant would cost you between $25 and $35 a plate, possibly more depending on the day. I've had meals that would have
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by jknightco 13y ago
I don't think Google's hiring standards have decreased, they've just shifted their focus away from inaccurate signals such as where you went to University and what your GPA was there. One could argue that Google's hiring
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by jknightco 13y ago
But they focus none of there efforts on elegant, usable, and consistent design. Because none of the effort done was for design. Its literally a carbon copy of OS X. The layout, the colors, the gradients, the multitasking, the dock, the app
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by jknightco 13y ago
Seriously, this might be the most important change in the list. Jake's work has been incredible, but having this provided by the support library is a huge improvement to Android development.
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You can do full display mirroring via Chrome's Remote Desktop extension ( https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-remote-desk... ). I believe the same functionality exists for Chromecast, but don'
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by jknightco 13y ago
Good job on the launch! I'll second what jeremymcanally said: the pricing seems absolutely out of control. Other than that, its an interesting concept. Best of luck to you guys. A couple of UI problems I noticed: I keep my secondary mo
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by jknightco 13y ago
Not what I said. I was specifically calling you out for this comment: "Health has nothing to do with luck." It was either naïve, ignorant, or a bit of both.
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Ah yes, all of those people with chromosomal diseases should just take their health into their own hands, because it clearly has nothing to do with chance. </sarcasm>
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Interesting study, I hadn't seen that one. I think one of the problematic points is this though: "...the chances of winning prizes increased with continuous time abstinent." They're literally upping the "dosage" over time. Also, the variabi
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by jknightco 13y ago
Great job! I have a huge personal interest in motivation and the science behind it, its always fun to see how people try to bring it into technology. I think there's still a lot of room for motivational-tech. That said, this reward style fi
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by jknightco 13y ago
"...parent sees the CS focus as a sideshow..." My point is that the CS is never a sideshow. Improvements gained from changes in algorithmic complexity vastly outpace improvements gained from switching languages/platforms. Worry about your a
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by jknightco 13y ago
Execution time isn't the only cost in building software however. Building a web application in C may be "cheap" in regards to scaling performance, but it would sure as hell increase development costs a ton. I think what Github has done is e
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by jknightco 13y ago
Slow platforms are exactly where you need to talk algorithmic complexity. Switching to a faster environment would only reduce a routine's execution time by a constant multiplier—switching algorithms has the potential to do much more.

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