rayalez

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   by rayalez 11y ago

   I have to side with the modern man here. I don't think that there's anything that makes death "okay", or makes one death better than the other. Even this thread is not exactly the discussion of death, just people wanting
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   by rayalez 11y ago

   Oh, I have recently written a (very) short story on the subject: https://medium.com/@rayalez/the-best-way-to-die-b6118acb34c7 Seriously, though, I don't want to die at all, I hate death, but if I had to choose it
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   by rayalez 11y ago

   I see your point, it's just.... Sometimes people do things simply to add a nice convenient feature. People distrust big corporations, and that makes sense to a degree. But if I imagine a team of programmers that work on that stuff, whe
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   by rayalez 11y ago

   Look, I know that nowdays it's popular to pay attention to security and privacy, and I understand that it's important. But can we for once not immediately assume ill intentions? I mean come on, do you seriously believe that progra
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   Ask HN: Any advice on coming up with a name for a startup?

   2 points by rayalez 11y ago|3 comments
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   by rayalez 11y ago

   Yeah, I would really advise you to remove adsense(for me it is showing completely irrelevant ads), and focus on affiliate. It will be much more relevant and you will make more money. And I would create a store, contact whiskey manufactures,
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   by rayalez 11y ago

   The easiest way would be adsense and affiliate links(to amazon for example), but I don't think it's the best one. The best way, I think, is to create a store and sell your own producs - write an ebook, sell merch, whatever fits be
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   Ask HN: What do you think about Medium?

   5 points by rayalez 11y ago|12 comments
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   by rayalez 11y ago

   It seems like a fun and interesting platform, and that's where a lot of people are. If somebody wants to read my stories on medium - why not give them that opportunity? Also if in five years Medium will be like twitter now - I want to
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    by rayalez 11y ago

    Here's mine: http://orangemind.io I write short funny sci-fi stories, and sometimes essays on writing, computer science, tech. I have also recently made myself a blog on medium: https://medium.com/@rayalez
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    YouTube Red is live(youtube.com)

    29 points by rayalez 11y ago|65 comments
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    by rayalez 11y ago

    I want to ask a question on this subject. Don't websites get paid for(most of?) the ads only when user clicks through? People talk about turning off ad block "to support creators", but aren't you supporting creators only
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    by rayalez 11y ago

    I have recently wrote an article collecting the best AI resources: https://medium.com/@rayalez/best-deep-learning-resources-76b... Specifically, I would reccommend AIMA as the best introduction to AI in general, and a
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    by rayalez 11y ago

    These interpretations are so silly. You can classify plots into any number of anything based on any merit. Will it be of any value though? Meh. I understand the natural human desire to figure out how stories work, but this is not how it&#
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    Ask HN: Exciting things to study(in CS) to break out of plateau?

    2 points by rayalez 11y ago|1 comments
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    Best resources for getting started with Deep Learning(medium.com)

    8 points by rayalez 11y ago|0 comments
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    by rayalez 11y ago

    I've created myself a blog on Medium, and I thought it would be fun to find like-minded people there. In my blog I post short sci-fi stories and articles on programming and tech: https://medium.com/@rayalez
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    Ask HN: Do you use Medium? Whom do you follow? Can you link to your blog?

    5 points by rayalez 11y ago|4 comments
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    by rayalez 11y ago

    I would guess relevance(how closely text on the page matches the query) and backlinks(how many popular websites link to the page). Or if relevance doesn't count as signal maybe it's social sharing.
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    by rayalez 11y ago

    Wow, this is very cool and detailed. I've tried to simplify my list as much as possible, because many details are hard for me to keep in mind, and when I have too many things to track it's hard for me to focus. Now the list of thi
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    by rayalez 11y ago

    Setting a theme for each month is an awesome idea! Yes, I track these habits. There's an awesome app called TracknShare, super convenient. Here's how my list looks like: http://imgur.com/I9qK9iu I measure writing
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    by rayalez 11y ago

    Yeah, it's harder than it sounds. I've made a simple list like that years ago, and I'm still struggling to stay on top of all items. Sometimes I succeed and I'm happy, but I keep failing regularly, it's a bummer. He
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    by rayalez 11y ago

    Just ignore this question and don't worry about it. If you like it, and are ready to put in the effort - just keep learning and you will become a good programmer. There's no magical mysterious "talent", there's just
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    by rayalez 11y ago

    There's a very interesting book on this topic - "Trust me, I'm lying." It looks at similar methods, at people getting published on small blogs and then leveraging that to get articles in major publications. The book has
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    by rayalez 11y ago

    I wonder if this will work well with Ubuntu Touch. Ubuntu is on a similar path of creating universal OS for both laptops and tablets. On this hardware it can be something really epic.
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    by rayalez 11y ago

    I think it's a smart and awesome decision. Curated reddit. It solves so many problems and can offer a lot of value to everybody. - People who want "clean" and moderated reddit get what they want, - advertisers get what they w
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    by rayalez 11y ago

    Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky These are the most intelligent and well written books I've ever read. Authors are amazing at thinking clearly, and expressing their ideas. Stor
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    by rayalez 11y ago

    - Read PG's essay on coming up with startup ideas ( http://paulgraham.com/startupideas.html ) and books on startups (Start Small Stay Small, Lean Startup, Rework, Zero to One, Abundance). - Read Edward DeBono's &quo
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    by rayalez 11y ago

    I'll talk to the professional lawyer and ask about how to do this right. But legal technicalities aside, my intention is to make the licensing maximally favorable for writers, so that everyone preserves all the rights to their work.
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    by rayalez 11y ago

    Hmm... I haven't encountered many writers who really dislike fanfiction, so I haven't really thought about that problem. But it is very solvable. I will make it possible to subscribe to and unsubscribe from categories("hubs&q