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   by random42 16y ago

   I know python, SQL and actionscript and learning JS now.I totally agree to knowing the importance of JavaScript. even if its just for the sheer joy to have the ability to write little addons for browsers, and customize the internet little
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   by random42 16y ago

   To me, ability to comment makes sense, ability to submit stories does not (as per the about page)
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   by random42 16y ago

   So, whats the reasoning behind it?
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   by random42 16y ago

   I am thankful for being lucky to lead a happy, healthy life, having loving parents and a decent job.
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   by random42 16y ago

   Having explored it myself, I will say go with flash (Yeah, I am sorry :( ), else you'll run into browserism
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   by random42 16y ago

   Also, I've started to work with a great designer on further improving the search UX. +1. As a developer, who is also the sole designer in the team, nothing pleases me more, when someone does not try to apply common sense for design/UX
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   by random42 16y ago

   Neat service! Would like to have a copy to clipboard button (A low hanging fruit, I suppose), for the image url.
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   Beautiful Soup 3.2.0 - Release to fix version number(crummy.com)

   1 points by random42 16y ago|0 comments
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   by random42 16y ago

   In response to Gruber's criteria, a much more objective comparison from end-user perspective would be to compare android only apps to iOS only apps, without further restrictions (eg., Who the vendor is or whether app is invalid for compari
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    by random42 16y ago

    The point of the story is not the actual problem that author had to solve, which we have been discussing (but again, its _hacker_ news, after all :-)), but basically to tell how interviewing experience, even at which you fail, prepare you f
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    by random42 16y ago

    This is not how sentiment analysis work (or should work). I worked on something similar (Naive Bayes based sentiment analyzer https://github.com/mohitranka/TwitterSentiment ). I also work for a company which is in the same space as groub
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    by random42 16y ago

    I like search and youtube too.
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    by random42 16y ago

    I am a software developer, so I know "shit happens", but having the same configuration for database as testing environment, (same superuser name and password), which is not isolated from test environment, is pretty criminal even for a first
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    by random42 16y ago

    Because people do not criticize the alma-mater and mentor, especially as influential as, YC (and by extension PG) in public.
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    by random42 16y ago

    What does the US court(s) say on TSA security check?
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    by random42 16y ago

    But the problem for me, and for many other people I'd imagine, is that when I'm at an airport, chances are I've paid a very large amount of money to be at a certain place at a certain time for what is probably an important reason Freedom
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    by random42 16y ago

    Isn't that a usual practice? (It is, in my country, not sure of valley culture)
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    by random42 16y ago

    if you get 1/10 of 1%, that’s $100 million in stock. Now it’s a party I dont get the maths here. Given that facebook already has 3000+ employees, I am not sure they can give everyone 0.1% stocks and given how 100 Billion evaluation is an
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    by random42 16y ago

    What are the rules regarding conflict of interests for holding federal positions in the US?
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    by random42 16y ago

    What is the basis of this assertion? If a spammer can create an email address, he can create a fb profile too (anyways, email headers can be spoofed)
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    by random42 16y ago

    On GMail, my contacts' email addresses are MY data. I do not agree to it.
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    by random42 16y ago

    Well, they are still here and thriving, and we still search for information, Mainly on search engines (Wikipedia is one, right?) and keywords.
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    by random42 16y ago

    Non-US person here. Is 10% raise supposed to be big? We get 10% raise minimum at my country (inflation is around 12.5% here)
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    by random42 16y ago

    Thanks.
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    by random42 16y ago

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
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    by random42 16y ago

    I would have tested the cases for you, but fortunately, I have deleted my FB account. I dont trust them with anything.
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    by random42 16y ago

    The term profit share makes me curious (about something). Can you please find the link where Jobs says so?
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    by random42 16y ago

    As an Non-American, While reading the article, I got the vibe, that the ideology at the TSA security check is, Unless proven otherwise, everyone is a terrorist (criminal) IANAL, but where does US constitution/judicatory stand on it?
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    by random42 16y ago

    I write most of NewsBlur on the A train, 35 minutes each way from Brooklyn to midtown. This is fantastic, and very inspiring.
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    by random42 16y ago

    I don't believe too much in dispute stories, when there is only one party of the dispute to represent. The stories are inevitably skewed too much in one direction.