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by markbao 12y ago
Did anyone else find Rust's package/module management kind of, well, sloppy? Perhaps coming from Rubygems and `go get` has made me spoiled. (And npm, and Cocoapods, and pip...)
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by markbao 12y ago
I'm sorry if I missed this, but what will happen to the Freebase software? I always found that to be a strong asset, but Wikidata's is less than stellar. They only mention the data and APIs here.
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by markbao 12y ago
Any recommendations for the best online course on game theory?
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by markbao 12y ago
Hah, that's amazing. Great solution. If I had a house, I'd put together something like that, but with a Qi wireless charger with the magnet holding it up (hopefully strong enough). Still waiting for home automation widgets to come
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by markbao 12y ago
This is really awesome and a good example of a cheap Android device as glass for software (what a world). Do you just have it instant-on when you push the power button? What about having it automatically wake up when you pick it up? (Since
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by markbao 12y ago
What other Hacker News for Xes are out there?
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by markbao 12y ago
We expect “Satoshi Nakamoto” is Japenese. When you take out “I am Nash” you are left with “sato” and “koto” Japenese is the key because if you didn’t know the language then you could never match the words to verify the co
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by markbao 12y ago
The key post from that page: "Since it goes through Google's servers, they can verify a lot of things. Whether you are logged in currently to google, have you been logged in the past, verify your activity on your IP address, etc.
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by markbao 12y ago
That's what I thought at first, but the language from the original post seemed ambiguous—that it could only be published in Open Access Journals, and I also couldn't find OA costs for Cell or Science . I did find this page from
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Even more insane when you consider that peer reviewers are unpaid.
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This is really great, but to play devil's advocate, does this hurt the authors? That is, does this mean that they can't publish in Cell or another reputable journal, and would this discourage them from taking funding from the Ga
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by markbao 12y ago
Unfortunately, it wouldn't be that easy—and I assume parent commenter is talking about a "code dump" that is not within legal limits. Original author wants to do things by the book: Setting all that aside, open sourcing
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Dan Ha: Family Believes Missing Son Is Dead(sfweekly.com)
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by markbao 12y ago
For those that have the money to pursue a lawsuit for the principle of it. Most don't take the time or have the money, or the cost–benefit makes the lawsuit more expensive than the asset itself.
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by markbao 12y ago
HN'd. Mirror: https://archive.today/QF25G
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by markbao 12y ago
For comparison: 28" 4K monitor (above) - 157 ppi 24" 4K monitor - 184 ppi 15" MacBook Pro Retina - 221 ppi Source: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/07/26/4k-monitor-retina-ma
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by markbao 12y ago
Was this a worthwhile read or was it debunked like some other New Yorker stories?
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That's a relief. Thanks for that. Don't know how you found it, that's pretty impressive!
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by markbao 12y ago
I sympathize with you and I hope that HN/Google does too, but please, please, please include a description of the app that clearly describes how it is the converse of what Google says it is, if you want people to understand why it&#x27
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by markbao 12y ago
This street view photo [0] is very concerning. Any background? [0] http://40.media.tumblr.com/b25992bbea23f4cac12d7dde172a4295/...
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I think the key point is that it is very difficult for software to parse view-from-windshield images like this: http://blogs.bootsnall.com/chaskaconrow/files/2006/02/Chaska... The human eye can instant
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by markbao 12y ago
The marketing here is a little disingenuous ("Imgur is reimagining the looping GIF video"), and a good number of Imgur users (those that have also used Gfycat, the intersection of which I presume are relatively dedicated users) wi
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by markbao 12y ago
Never thought of that—that explains a lot of the fatigue I get from typing on them for long periods of time. I know that certain Cherry MX keys do the same. Which ones don't bottom out too harshly?
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Awesome. I've been meaning to pick up a Kinesis Advantage—the combination of MX Brown switches plus ergonomic keyboard is great. I had the Freestyle2 which was less than great. I've been typing on Apple chicklet keyboards for year
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by markbao 12y ago
These things are fantastic (I used to own a Unicomp), though of the "modern" mechanical keyboards, which is the best? The Reddit r/MechanicalKeyboards buying guide[0] lists a lot of stuff, but I'm curious what HN likes
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Non-disparagement agreements are common elements in the USA for severance/release contracts. As for the 'unconstitutionality' of Sony trying to make people sign away their right to a class action lawsuit, it doesn't viol
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by markbao 12y ago
This is a good question. I sometimes comment about and help others on the topic of travel on Reddit, often writing a lot of content. The incentive for me is that it's fun and intrinsically rewarding to help others do something that I f
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by markbao 12y ago
> They are obviously more dangerous if you have to take your eyes of the road to do it is what I was saying. Yeah, for sure. That's the problem with this sort of product: you release it without texting functionality and [most peop
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by markbao 12y ago
Don't downvote mden if you disagree. > So you are claiming that having to look away from the road for possibly whole seconds to deal with a phone is not really dangerous, but what is dangerous is your mind wandering? I'm not
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It's fascinating to see that the account seems to be active, if we are to trust the "replied" icons to G.M. (Bitcoin developer?) and R.M. (Wired reporter that wrote the article on this leak?). EDIT: From the Wired article, it

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