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by scottfr 11y ago
What is the benefit of something like disabling on Tuesdays? Isn't it simpler and just as effective to put the feature behind a configuration flag that is off by default and the user must manually turn on in the browser preferences? Bo
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by scottfr 11y ago
Correction: LocalStorage is synchronous not asynchronous.
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by scottfr 11y ago
You could have an auction for the 6 point slots, with the proceeds being divided and distributed to the group.
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Show HN: You liked my Retirement Calc, so here is my Startup Success Simulator(letscrunchit.com)
16 points by scottfr 11y ago|0 comments
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Tone Analyzer(tone-analyzer-demo.mybluemix.net)
19 points by scottfr 11y ago|6 comments
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Did Reddit Boss Coverage Cross a Line?(nytimes.com)
5 points by scottfr 11y ago|2 comments
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by scottfr 11y ago
Yep, that's why I built it! There are some great retirement calculators out there (e.g. firecalc), but I wanted a sandbox where I could explore different strategies and heuristics.
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by scottfr 11y ago
Thanks for the feedback!
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by scottfr 11y ago
1) Love the idea. I think that would be a great visualization. 2) Agreed, a simple function for this would be nice. You can currently doing it using some math based on the year, but it is a pain. 3) I think this would require collecting mor
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by scottfr 11y ago
The retirement income is adjust for inflation. All contributions and withdrawals are specified in today's dollars. Internally, I model this be decreasing the Savings each time step to compensate for inflation.
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by scottfr 11y ago
The share button will embed your data in a url (Base64 Encoded JSON) that you can save or share with others. Your changes are also saved to local storage (use the Reset button to wipe that). If you mean data harvesting for some sort of lead
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Show HN: Stochastic Retirement Simulator Weekend Project(letscrunchit.com)
45 points by scottfr 11y ago|26 comments
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by scottfr 11y ago
The double run does look a lot better.
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by scottfr 11y ago
Probably need to discuss how to isolate the component's Javascript. Web component's JavaScript exists in the global scope so it can overwrite and be overwritten by scripts external to the component. This is actually a major issue
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by scottfr 11y ago
Agreed. I would actually be surprised if only a single lab had tried to reproduce a key result. There may well be other labs which tried, and failed, to reproduce the original author's findings. In any event, it is unlikely we would
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by scottfr 11y ago
The linked article by Joel Spolksy is also great: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html
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WeWork Stretches Sharing-Economy Valuations(nytimes.com)
1 points by scottfr 11y ago|0 comments
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by scottfr 11y ago
I wonder what the legal implications of having a "gender bias" detector are. If you use Textio and publish a job description with the gender bias anywhere other than 0, doesn't that open you up to gender discrimination claims
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by scottfr 11y ago
I was hoping for something like: http://dropbox.scripting.com/dave/misc/appleHumanInterfaceGu... 300 pages of detailed ui/ux guidelines and rationales. It honestly was a joy to read when I first came across i
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Transit startup Leap puts 3 buses up for auction, coffee bar included(arstechnica.com)
2 points by scottfr 11y ago|0 comments
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by scottfr 11y ago
This is very cool, but it isn't really "playing" the game. Instead it's "memorizing" how to complete a specific level through trial and error. If you took this neural network and tried it on another Mario level
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by scottfr 11y ago
https://www.google.com/contributor/welcome/
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Gawker Media Employees Vote to Form a Union, and the Bosses Approve(nytimes.com)
38 points by scottfr 11y ago|16 comments
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by scottfr 12y ago
This is really just an example of Bike Shedding. Reviewing research papers is really, really hard work to do well. It takes a massive time commitment to truly digest and understand novel work to the level where you can provide a quality cri
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by scottfr 12y ago
80% of California water is used by agriculture and antiquated water allocation laws lead to massive inefficiencies in the agriculture sphere. Stopping serving water in restaurants, putting bricks in your toilets, and turning off the fountai
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by scottfr 12y ago
"Beat the market" is misleading. In the article "beat the market" means be in the top 25% of the market, therefore equivalent to winning two coin flips each year.
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by scottfr 12y ago
The best way to write a PhD thesis is to not write one. Instead, spend your time writing articles and getting them into journals. You should be able to produce roughly one published article a year [0]. When you have 3-4 published or near pu
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by scottfr 12y ago
Of course. The primary goal of academia is the advancement of human knowledge. Unfortunately, the current ecosystem of journals is to a significant extent failing at that. Possibly introducing a clear [0] profit motive into that system woul
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by scottfr 12y ago
The fundamental issue with the current peer review system is that most academic research is "valueless" to those involved in the system. I use the term "valueless" in a very careful and specific meaning. It does not mean
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Show HN: Browser-Based Simulation and Modeling IDE(insightmaker.com)
11 points by scottfr 12y ago|3 comments

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