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OpenAI Ruby API library(github.com)
9 points by rvb 1y ago|2 comments
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by rvb 1y ago
"The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting." — Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
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by rvb 2y ago
One of my all-time favorite essays is by the same author: "The Shape of Rome" — https://www.exurbe.com/the-shape-of-rome/
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by rvb 2y ago
> - Do a quick mindfulness/breathing exercise. Clearspace does exactly this: https://www.getclearspace.com/#how-it-works I've been using it for a month or two, with good results. Good luck!
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by rvb 2y ago
Another nice write-up at NYTimes (gift): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/technology/microsoft-quan...
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Microsoft announces quantum computing breakthrough with new Majorana 1 chip(theverge.com)
16 points by rvb 2y ago|12 comments
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by rvb 2y ago
When possible, they pick "control points" at places where there are usually no passengers on board — for example, the ends of a linear route, or the bus depot. But otherwise, they have a bunch of optimizations to spread the pauses
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by rvb 2y ago
This phenomenon is called "bus bunching". My friends, two profs from Georgia Tech and UChicago, came up with one solution for it. They wrote a paper about their solution[1], and then built a startup that has successfully implement
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Teaching Remote(remote.raghubetina.com)
1 points by rvb 7y ago|0 comments
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To Fight the Coronavirus, Cut the Red Tape(nytimes.com)
2 points by rvb 7y ago|0 comments
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Teaching Remote(remote.raghubetina.com)
3 points by rvb 7y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Best meatspace “stack” (benefits, legal, etc) for a new startup in 2018?
16 points by rvb 8y ago|4 comments
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by rvb 9y ago
I very much wanted to believe this, but the study you linked to lists "Percent of national health expenditures for physician and clinical services: 19.8% (2015)". What do you think accounts for the discrepancy between 3.12% and 19
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This is why you should learn to code (TEDx talk)(rugb.com)
9 points by rvb 14y ago|8 comments
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by rvb 15y ago
PROTECT IP already has 41 sponsors out of the 100 members of Senate: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:SN00968:@@@P The facts that almost half of Senators are sponsors and that they represent whole states would make a spatial v
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by rvb 15y ago
Thanks for the suggestions. Will get that info up asap.
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by rvb 15y ago
I wanted people to see at a glance whether there's a chance their own representative is supporting the Act. Also, the reason I started looking at it was to see if there really was a concentration of support in any particular region. It seem
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by rvb 15y ago
hey HN - I put this together because I was curious who the actual sponsors of SOPA were. I welcome feedback on how to make the site more informative. In particular I would like to include links to some of the best articles discussing the is
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Show HN: SOPA Sponsors(sopasponsors.com)
35 points by rvb 15y ago|13 comments
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by rvb 15y ago
SEEKING FREELANCER -- Looking for someone to build a web client for our existing backend, which was developed for iOS and Android apps. We're in Chicago but remote is okay too. Ruby preferred. The timeline would be around four weeks. There
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by rvb 15y ago
From one of the author's responses to comments: "It’s that insurance is fundamentally zero-sum — the only transaction is money going back and forth. When you buy a refrigerator, say, your value for it is huge. (If refrigerators cost $50k yo
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by rvb 16y ago
For what it's worth, I dropped out of college, ended up starting a company, and had a decent exit (fortunately). But I'm using the freedom that gave me to go back to school. I was able to manage before by teaching myself out of books, but t
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by rvb 16y ago
I think we've encountered all of these issues already :) Definitely would appreciate any resources for them that people can suggest.
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by rvb 16y ago
Actually, both; developing for other companies is a way to pay the bills and gain exposure to new things, but the ultimate goal is to make our own stuff. So definitely, processes for communicating and dealing with clients are things we'd li
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by rvb 16y ago
I loved Good to Great, especially the data-oriented nature of it. And, of course, Seven Habits is a classic. I look forward to checking out the others. Thank you
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by rvb 16y ago
Sounds like a valuable perspective on the "team" part. Thanks very much.
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by rvb 16y ago
Getting Things Done is a permanent resident of my bookshelf (and OmniFocus is one of all of my devices). That's exactly the sort of guide I was looking for, but for a company instead of for an individual. So I am very eager to check out you
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Ask HN: If you could recommend only three management books...
4 points by rvb 16y ago|19 comments
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by rvb 16y ago
If you can set aside 10 days during which you are completely cut off from the outside world, check out Vipasanna. I found it tremendously valuable. It teaches you to filter less of the info your senses are continuously delivering to your br