johnlbevan2

11 ms·

61.
by johnlbevan2 9y ago
Feature Suggestions (top level comment to hold various suggestions, so upvoting can be used per-suggestion to bubble the best to the top)
62.
by johnlbevan2 9y ago
Upvote for "don't change default file handler without asking".
63.
by johnlbevan2 9y ago
For those who'd not come across the term "Near East" before, it's the same as the "Middle East". Ref: https://www.britannica.com/demystified/are-the-middle-east-a...
64.
by johnlbevan2 9y ago
The article doesn't mention lying about your current salary / compensation. Personally I wouldn't; but then I also tend not to negotiate / just roll over and take what I'm offered since generally I care much more ab
65.
by johnlbevan2 9y ago
Wouldn't Darwinian processes produce "just barely good enough" solutions? i.e. once you're at the stage where things are good enough to survive long enough to reproduce, evolution doesn't play much of a role. A gre
66.
by johnlbevan2 9y ago
For the soil variability, is that hit when the TBM gets to a bad patch, is some kind of geophys carried out beforehand, or are there probe TBMs? I suspect having mini TBMs which go ahead of the main machine, boring small tubes would be an e
67.
by johnlbevan2 9y ago
It seems they do, but are shutting it down; see related thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14154378
68.
by johnlbevan2 9y ago
Related link: https://action.greenparty.org.uk/progressive-alliance
69.
by johnlbevan2 9y ago
A useful article to those who think "aside from saying 'Brexit means brexit' a lot, what has Theresa May done since taking power?": http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/theresa-may-brexit-first... NB
70.
by johnlbevan2 9y ago
Agree that it's good to have 1 recommended option; but think there's also value in alternatives... maybe have the recommended, but then include other options afterwards; so you get the best of both worlds; recommended option getti
71.
by johnlbevan2 9y ago
For those unfamiliar with CoAP, it's a REST based protocol for machine-to-machine communication targeted at IoT (Internet of Things) scenarios particularly in Home Automation. NB: Unlike REST though, URLS begin COAP:// instea
72.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
Suggestion: Add automated machine info collection to the Developer Survey A suggestion to improve the amount of data available in future surveys without adding to the manual collection effort, provide a facility to automatically collect wor
73.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
On the other hand, you could add tests; i.e. list case examples of outcomes and ensure that the laws meet those tests. That would be particularly helpful in capturing where new laws or changes to laws may create loopholes in other laws. As
74.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
If content is filtered, those filtering the content can bias what's shown; influencing their audience. E.g. imagine if Amazon filtered out all the <4 star reviews of their products, and filtered the 5 star reviews of their competit
75.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
Other theories: - This is a bug / happens randomly; you just noticed it because you were looking (i.e. as you analyse this data); all the posts it's happened to before and since went unnoticed. That's supported by the eviden
76.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
Not mentioned: Password reuse across sites. Have some check as to whether the same password can be used for the same username / email across other sites. I discovered this one early; back in 2000 I was an admin for a student porta
77.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
Agreed; many side projects are just for fun, to create a tool that you want & you don't care if others want it (though you may or may not choose to share it having created it), to ship just to show your friends, or see how it does
78.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
Hundreds of restaurants in the same geographic area will be purchasing ingredients from a variety of different suppliers, based on their need. If they clubbed together with other local businesses to source common ingredients they could bene
79.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
"We're a first person shooter for ex-girlfriends." Erm...
80.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
I don't think so... Based on http://www.skuuddle.com/#features I'd say: - Lets you find people who aren't contacts who happen to pass close by you. - Lets you organise events with open invites. - Lets
81.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
Related HN Post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13326065
82.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
Ah; I'd interpreted inversely proportional to mean "y = -mx" rather than "y = m / x", forgetting my GCSE maths terms :S. Thanks for the pointer.
83.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
"when observations are ranked from most to least frequent, the frequency of an observation is inversely proportional to its rank" Is this just a complex way of saying "when you put items in ascending order, that order's
84.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
She was thinking for 2 though ;)
85.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
By being less able to read into the multiple possible reactions of a person; e.g. - "they're looking at my baby because she's cute" - "they're looking at my baby because they want to kill him" - &q
86.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
It would be bad to have a book about multiple trees which implemented less than 1 tree in its printed form.
87.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
Agreed that generally fast turnaround's a good idea were possible. Would you guys hold on to property in some circumstances though; e.g. if prices are rapidly escalating (e.g. as occurred in the UK around 2000: http://www.ho
88.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
That's an awesome idea; thanks for sharing.
89.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
Have you considered offering a "chain breaker" service? What is a chain? (provided in case this is a UK specific term) A common problem with buying & selling property. In order to buy a new house you first want to know that yo
90.
by johnlbevan2 10y ago
Presumably whilst any properties are in stasis (i.e. awaiting buyers) OpenDoor could partner with AirBnB and rent out those properties to keep a cash flow from any properties. They'd presumably not do this when they're expecting

More ›