joehilton

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by joehilton 11y ago
I usually read through a couple pages worth, but I'm usually only reading the asks and shows. I'll scan the headlines of a few articles, but they're submitted from so many sources that it's hard to sort through for some
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by joehilton 11y ago
Is there a difference between QPX Express and Google Flights results? I can't see that there is (i.e. no Southwest results etc.).
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by joehilton 11y ago
I play chess regularly, and while I don't think chess skills translate into programming skills, I do think there is a moderately high incidence of good chess players being good programmers. However, I believe this to be because you&#x
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by joehilton 11y ago
spectrum.ieee.org, money.cnn.com, searchsecurity.techtarget.com, techcrunch.com, and news.ycombinator.com
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by joehilton 11y ago
This is also quoted on CNN feeds under the title "Intel's miracle chip could make your gadgets 1,000 times faster". The IEEE article is a little more skeptical than the CNN one because of the vaguery around the chip and its a
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Intel and Micron Announce “Revolutionary” Mystery Memory(spectrum.ieee.org)
3 points by joehilton 11y ago|1 comments
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by joehilton 11y ago
I agree - great article, although I was expecting something on relativity or maybe the recent attempts to remodel physics with only events and not rates (e.g. exploring the possible non-existence of time). But I did love the blog title - al
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by joehilton 11y ago
This is exciting stuff. However, the sad takeaway to me is the broken patent system is already stifling what can be done with this innovation. Consider this: the patent was awarded to a group that could not have invested more than a few t
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by joehilton 11y ago
Does a wolf pack count as a herd? Or possibly the raptors I keep hearing so much about at the movies? If we're going to critique Friedman, I agree that his verbosity is fair game, but hardly the best criticism. How about his just bein
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by joehilton 11y ago
Cool solution. I like it. Is it helpful to first look at the names and sign-up times of a particular set of users, and then search for votes on common posts? This would result in a slightly different ratio: SUM Votes(U1, P) / Votes(U
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by joehilton 11y ago
This sounds like splitting hairs over semantics because applying that definition of artificial in this context is circular: all things humans do are artificial because artificial is defined as things humans do. Humans gather at residential
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by joehilton 11y ago
The thing that has potentially changed (if they can really pull it off) is the ability to get a reliable quote for any particular project in a few minutes. Any technical manager can duplicate the process of building out a project plan and
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by joehilton 11y ago
I agree that they're not a competitor, but they are highly complementary. It could be that the sourcing that makes this model possible is taken straight from Toptal (and if so, great way to capitalize).