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by scalablenotions 8y ago
Dark patterns seem to be becoming standard UX for Google now. I notice so much of it all over their products.
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by scalablenotions 8y ago
This is one day where you REALLY don't want the elevator to jam on the way to the office.
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by scalablenotions 8y ago
Headlines 10 years from now: "Scientists mystified by 'bird blindness' colony collapse" "Laser manufacturers found to be spending millions on lobbyist groups"
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by scalablenotions 8y ago
It seems like a any particular fad in UI design has just enough time to get well-defined before it goes out of fashion.
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by scalablenotions 8y ago
What about Managed solutions, like DynamoDB? What could be easier than that - with cloud scale analytics opportunities to boot.
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by scalablenotions 8y ago
Let's see. Can you move your feet?
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by scalablenotions 8y ago
A real Winter is a lack of warmth. An AI winter is a lack of ______
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by scalablenotions 8y ago
I'd be interested in an 'aggregator' service where I can subscribe to sections that interest me from a number of agencies.
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by scalablenotions 9y ago
We are working on it, so watch this space. The power consumption will not increase linearly, because of tier 2 & 3 solutions. The key is that blockchain is automated. With traditional centralised trust systems, you need buildings full o
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by scalablenotions 9y ago
I read the article. The disclaimer is both inadequate and a poor substitute for a humbler article. Disclaimer: Just saying.
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by scalablenotions 9y ago
If you compare the energy consumption of traditional banking systems to Bitcoin, you will realise how very efficient blockchain is.
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by scalablenotions 9y ago
It would be nice if this was called, "Why would I need a Blockchain?" or something. It's pretty clear the author hasn't gone deep enough to tell other people how relevant Blockchain might be to their lives. A change in t
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by scalablenotions 9y ago
This is laughable. Bitcoin is already a major global currency. The sixth largest by circulation.
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by scalablenotions 9y ago
Massive and growing consensus and significant transfer of representative value from FIAT.
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by scalablenotions 9y ago
Reading this article, along with the following one, is striking: http://www.labsix.org/physical-objects-that-fool-neural-nets...
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by scalablenotions 9y ago
Reading this article along with the following one, is striking: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2017/11/01/gtc-dc-project-mave...
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by scalablenotions 9y ago
"Just one thing" - I'm sure Karl knows this is not fully-fledged, bug-free terminal. Great concept Karl, I think you're a no-brainer hire for anyone who wants to add out-of-the box problem-solving to their team, since yo
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by scalablenotions 9y ago
I hope nobody will try to use this as a substitute for supervision with regards to children accessing the internet. Not that many parents seem to think supervision is necessary for children accessing the internet, which never fails to floor
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by scalablenotions 9y ago
I was interested in programming at a very young age, because of video games. I wanted to learn to make them. I was interested in video games first. What do they like to do on the computer? Can you find an opportunity for them to make their
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by scalablenotions 9y ago
This is fun reading, but it paints a picture of a "Google" much smaller than the real thing.
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by scalablenotions 9y ago
As far as public use goes, it's always been considered legal / ethical to photograph people in public places. One does not know where the "information" in a photograph will end up, but since they are already technically
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by scalablenotions 9y ago
Why do you hear "Please consider" as "I demand/expect"?
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by scalablenotions 10y ago
Thank you! This is marvelous and really made me understand this process at a much simpler level. Please consider making more for other mathematical concepts :)
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Soularium Retrospective: Retro's aren't just about productivity(scalablenotions.wordpress.com)
1 points by scalablenotions 11y ago|0 comments
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by scalablenotions 11y ago
A response to Evan Todd's excellent post: "Data first, not code first" ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10291688 )
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Process first, not data first – a response to “Data first, not code first”(scalablenotions.wordpress.com)
5 points by scalablenotions 11y ago|1 comments
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by scalablenotions 11y ago
This .Net async programming guide is a little bit different. It’s not a ‘how to’ or a deep dive. It’s more like a cheat-sheet for keeping out of trouble. Born at Trade Me Ltd, New Zealand.
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TPL and async/await Best Practices for the Busy Developer(scalablenotions.wordpress.com)
8 points by scalablenotions 11y ago|1 comments