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by real-hacker 9y ago
yes, and s/plumage/plummet/. :)
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by real-hacker 9y ago
So the deep learning machinery is becoming part of OS. I am wondering if part of the model (the relatively stable layers) will also be released with OS.
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by real-hacker 9y ago
This, along with Safari's 'stop-ad-tracking' feature released on WWDC17, will very probably kill the Internet ads business (the others). I would be surprised if stock prices of the ads networks don't plumage.
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by real-hacker 9y ago
This is a poorly written post. The title is referring to the stop-ad-tracking feature, but the text is mostly about 'reader mode'.
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by real-hacker 9y ago
This is different from the popup in nature. A lot of ads rely on cookie tracking to target users, this feature makes tracking almost impossible, and ads without targeting have much less value. Are you suggesting internet ads will invent new
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by real-hacker 9y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if the feature of 'blocking snoopy ads' become a browser standard. And considering Chrome + Safari take a majority of browser market share, this feature, basically, is a death sentence to all the Inter
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by real-hacker 9y ago
Apple has every reason to do so, as their revenue doesn't come from ads. But I guess Google also has the motivation to enable this in Chrome, to make other ad networks less effective (and Google ads more effective). If it happens, wha
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by real-hacker 9y ago
Yes, 1 link I can manage. An unfinished list always makes me anxious.
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by real-hacker 9y ago
This looks good. But I really shouldn't subscribe this. I read HN/high scalability/morning paper, there are so much to learn about that I don't have much time left to do serious work. And I always prefer reading web post
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by real-hacker 9y ago
Agree. I sometimes read Python standard lib for fun.
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by real-hacker 9y ago
A picture is better than 1000 words. But, which words? or for programming, which code? Most visual programming efforts focus on representing algorithm logic with diagrams. But I think the difficulty to understand most complex programs (from
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by real-hacker 9y ago
There is: https://github.com/hackerkid/Mind-Expanding-Books
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by real-hacker 9y ago
Books that are mentioned multiple times in this thread: The master switch; Sapiens/Homo Deus; How to Win Friends and Influence People; The animal farm; The lean startup; The Bible. Ctrl+F these names in this page for rationale. Is ther
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by real-hacker 9y ago
+1 for Different Seasons. I still get goosebumps when thinking about reading this book a few years ago. This man is a master of words.
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by real-hacker 9y ago
Also, this is a video that argues for ad-blockers from an ethical perspective: https://youtu.be/bltoTMJZetc .
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by real-hacker 9y ago
I think the ad-based business model for internet companies could possibly be toppled in the next few years: 1. The ads are becoming increasingly ineffective, the CTR keeps falling, even as the ads are being personally customized. People are
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by real-hacker 9y ago
This is amazing. One-man operation defeats venture capital backed product. I wonder how many paying users does pinboard have?
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by real-hacker 9y ago
Reportedly. https://techcrunch.com/2013/07/06/google-and-others-reported...
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by real-hacker 9y ago
Especially when the ad-blockers are running on the browsers (Chrome), which are controlled by the ad platforms (Google). If I remembered it right, reportedly Google had struck a deal with AdBlock Plus to whitelist Google ads.
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by real-hacker 9y ago
Yes, I agree. Technically, with text classification/image recognition we can block all forms of ads, but you risk throwing out the baby with the bath water, and from my own experience, these 'plug' ads are not so repugnant, c
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by real-hacker 9y ago
In China, some routers provide the optional feature of blocking ads by domain names.
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by real-hacker 9y ago
Native ads will prevail. And the kinds of promotion that is blended in the content. I believe it is already happening.
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by real-hacker 9y ago
That's why there are tens of thousands of toy web frameworks out there. It's quite a simple task (basically assembling routing/template engine/ORM, etc), but programmers just cannot resist the sense of accomplishment fro
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by real-hacker 9y ago
Exactly!
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by real-hacker 9y ago
I was interested in the merging of desktop and mobile OS many years ago. I don't understand why Apple/MS/Google didn't pursue this, is it technically challenging? or is this just not "something people want"?
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by real-hacker 9y ago
I have written a toy vi clone in python, based on curses, https://github.com/RealHacker/python-vi . That's nothing compared with Vy, which obviously is a much more serious project.
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by real-hacker 9y ago
I love the idea of introducing serendipity. A bold idea: reach out to Amazon: 1. Kindle users have marked numerous snippets for their favorite books, and the snippets marked by most users can be better than your own selection. 2. A link to
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by real-hacker 9y ago
Thanks. But I read some really negative review of the book in HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1713352 . And the first Chapter talks about revolution and solving every problem, which sounds like exaggeration.
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Ask HN: Is there a highly condensed version of the book “A New kind of Science”?
2 points by real-hacker 9y ago|3 comments
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by real-hacker 9y ago
Maybe it is not wasting time that is fulfilling, it is adjusting the rhythm that is fulfilling. I think it's more about allocating enough time for both left brain/right brain, or id/ego.

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