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by shaddi 16y ago
Interesting approach. Thanks for the clarification.
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Ask HN/PG: How often does karma average get updated?
4 points by shaddi 16y ago|2 comments
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by shaddi 16y ago
Robert Pirsig has some words to say on this. If the idea of pursuing quality intrigues you it might be worth your time to take a read through his books, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" and "Lila".
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by shaddi 16y ago
I keep seeing this come up. I don't think Gmail has ever been noticeably "slow" for me. Which leaves me wondering, what do people mean when they say "Gmail is slow"? Searches take a long time? Delays in sending/receiving mail? Unresponsive
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by shaddi 16y ago
Probably looked at relationship status changes. I'd personally be interested in seeing the opposite -- i.e., peaks in people starting relationships, as well as the inter-arrival periods of relationships.
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by shaddi 16y ago
Seems like a hammock might be a good alternative.
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by shaddi 16y ago
I once had Cleverbot and an ELIZA clone "talk" to each other. After a few back and forth exchanges, Cleverbot spit out this: Eliza clone: What does that suggest to you? Cleverbot: A program like Eliza.
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by shaddi 16y ago
Not sure what the Ideapads use for wifi, but there is an issue with the iwlagn driver (what my Thinkpad X61 uses) that disables 802.11n modes. Not a problem if you're using not using 802.11n, but something to be aware of. Check the release
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Instant Runoff Voting in a bash script(sha.ddih.org)
1 points by shaddi 16y ago|0 comments
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The fatal grandeur of the Golden Gate Bridge(newyorker.com)
1 points by shaddi 16y ago|0 comments
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by shaddi 16y ago
You can even watch a video from the founder on their "videos" section. http://www.globalcommunity.me/videos/video/index.html
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by shaddi 16y ago
I remember when I first visited Google a friend of mine who worked there very excitedly showed this to me. I was terribly unimpressed because at the time I was interning at the Jet Propulsion Lab and I had already seen their version of this
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PhD Program Rankings: an Interactive Tool(chronicle.com)
2 points by shaddi 16y ago|0 comments
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by shaddi 16y ago
Finally, Farmville can get what it has coming to it.
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by shaddi 16y ago
That last one is awesome -- thanks for pointing that out to me. To add one I haven't seen on here yet, Switchy!, which lets you quickly switch proxy settings under Chrome. It supports SOCKSv5, which last I had checked before I started using
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Metcalfe's Law is Wrong(spectrum.ieee.org)
1 points by shaddi 16y ago|0 comments
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by shaddi 16y ago
True, but in this case the asker doesn't know what a soft drink or company is to begin with.
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by shaddi 16y ago
Certainly a change of heart -- we were trying to host an AGPL project on Google Code in 2008 and were told to find a new host or face deletion. There was a discussion that got a bit heated in fact, with with Chris DiBona at one point callin
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by shaddi 16y ago
I'm glad danah took the time to write this; it's a compelling point particularly given her strong background in social factors and gender on the internet. But I really wish she hadn't re-purposed the term ISP to refer to Craigslist.
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by shaddi 16y ago
A proper date picker for the date field would be good. Also, it took me a second to figure out you could edit the whole thing (if it hadn't been a Tell HN type thing, I would have bounced). I like this idea, and the interface. Lots to do ob
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Glibc is now Free Software(blogs.computerworlduk.com)
6 points by shaddi 16y ago|0 comments
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by shaddi 16y ago
To me this is like the guy who spent all his money and had to be bailed out by his neighbors complaining that his neighbors aren't doing enough for him. Arguably it's not merely like that, it is exactly that.
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by shaddi 16y ago
This was invented 48 years ago; would relevant patents have expired by now? What would prevent other companies from also manufacturing this glass?
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by shaddi 16y ago
The logical player wouldn't start bidding, unless they bid first. The illogical player presumably would stop bidding when they get tired (or have changed their billing information so that they can't get charged for their bids!).
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by shaddi 16y ago
I'm not an expert in game theory (I just had a half-completed econ degree once upon a time) but your analysis is spot on as far as I can tell. The pareto efficient outcome is for the first agent to bid $1 and for the second agent to quit wi
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by shaddi 16y ago
Probably a lot of these "legacy systems" are an inherent result of trying to govern a large number of people with competing interests, perhaps analogous to the cultural difference between a 10k person company and a 3 person startup. Even if
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by shaddi 16y ago
And if you mouseover the color swatches it highlights which pixels correspond to that color. Doing that really makes the intricacy of these images apparent. Truly a wonderful piece of art.
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New Google Image Search(google.com)
2 points by shaddi 16y ago|0 comments
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by shaddi 16y ago
Very cool! I really liked the registration process, very smooth. I also like that you made it clear that I could delete my account if I wanted on the front page, before registration: that made me much more likely to sign up. One point: your
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by shaddi 16y ago
If everything goes well, they (Adm. Allen) announced they would be leaving the cap in place. Only if things go wrong will they reopen the seals. Even if they need to reopen it, the plan is to capture the oil into ships using pipes connected

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