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Campaign to Open Source VB6(i-programmer.info)
2 points by mohaps 10y ago|0 comments
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Why Storytelling Will Be the Biggest Business Skill of the Next 5 Years(blog.hubspot.com)
2 points by mohaps 10y ago|0 comments
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by mohaps 11y ago
Any details about the backend/implementation? shameless plugs for two similar projects(open sourced both) I did a while back 1) Algorithmic Summarizer: https://github.com/mohaps/tldrzr 2) Readability Clone /
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Circular Gallifreyan Generator(gallifreyan-9000.rhcloud.com)
2 points by mohaps 11y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: XTractor, a simple heuristics-based webpage text extraction demo(github.com)
7 points by mohaps 11y ago|0 comments
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by mohaps 11y ago
ha! Any problem in Software Engineering can be solved by adding another layer of abstraction! :D
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by mohaps 11y ago
Atom/Electron stuff from github also allows you to package a HTML5 application as a native desktop app : http://electron.atom.io/ kinda like cordova/phonegap for desktop
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by mohaps 11y ago
but valid phishing can occur with "Please call this number" type of scam! :( I know my dad would fall for that.
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by mohaps 12y ago
loved the article. I strongly believe that when doing geospatial indices, it is quite important to up front establish the nature and distribution of your data. Searching for a generic/theoretically all-encompassing solution is quite ak
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Netty 4.0.17 basic server grabs a bunch of TCP ports on loopback on windows(stackoverflow.com)
1 points by mohaps 13y ago|0 comments
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Java 8 Released(techweekeurope.co.uk)
1 points by mohaps 13y ago|0 comments
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by mohaps 13y ago
Personal favorites: "Flowers for Algernon", "Snow Crash" and "Schild's Ladder" #YMMV
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by mohaps 13y ago
yeah. I always find RFC 3117 (basically design notes) very interesting to read : http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3117
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by mohaps 13y ago
fair point, erkose. But why didn't the JSON-ified successor to BEEP come about? As someone who has spent the last 15 years basically trying to plumb bandwidth aware/adaptive chatty AND bulk-data-transfer applications, I always l
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Ask HN: Why did the BEEP protocol never get much traction?
2 points by mohaps 13y ago|4 comments
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How a Pasta Chain Called Noodles & Co. Punked Wall Street(thedailybeast.com)
4 points by mohaps 13y ago|0 comments
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Rotting Apple (mohaps.tumblr.com)
1 points by mohaps 13y ago|1 comments
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by mohaps 13y ago
You should look up the tragic case of the Indian mathematician V.N. Singh to get some perspective :( http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-19/patna... Shakuntala Devi had amazing calculation prowess, but to me it was always
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Star Wars Episode IV retold in 1 minute animated speed run(io9.com)
12 points by mohaps 13y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: XTractor - heuristics based webpage text extractor demo in java(xtractor.herokuapp.com)
3 points by mohaps 13y ago|0 comments
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by mohaps 13y ago
yeah, that's what I ended up doing. :) first time using git. These old bones have been ground up bad by CVS/Subversion :P Here's the announcement: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5535827
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by mohaps 13y ago
TL;DRzr is now open source! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5535827
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by mohaps 13y ago
As promised on previous thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5523538 :) Have fun, be good, enjoy! :)
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TL;DRzr (Weekend hack of a Summarizer) Open Sourced(github.com)
10 points by mohaps 13y ago|1 comments
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by mohaps 13y ago
Updated the app with some goodies like links to summaries, ability to summarize all types of urls (not just feed urls) and a "spiffy" new logo :) Also did some css fixes etc.
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by mohaps 13y ago
Now the url can be a page, I try to extract the article text using boilerpipe. :) Also added a simple GET endpoint for linking. Try this summary of PG's "Writing and Speaking" essay: http://tldrzr.herokuapp.com/tldr/?feed_url=http://www.pa
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by mohaps 13y ago
Thanks for the idea. Try this :) http://tldrzr.herokuapp.com/tldr/?feed_url=http://www.paulgr...
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by mohaps 13y ago
okay, added a fix to try and extract article text from non-feed urls. try http://tldrzr.herokuapp.com/tldr/?feed_url=http://matt-welsh... :)
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by mohaps 13y ago
the algo is listed at the bottom of the home page. Will be opensourcing this code soon.
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by mohaps 13y ago
well put, hayksaakian. Also, never underestimate the built in auto-correct of the human mind :) There will always be a market for expert-curated approaches, but sometimes it's just cheaper to algorithmically "Crunch" it. Sometimes RAIN MAN

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