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by tlack 11y ago
Kinda off topic: Those who are interested in modern implementations of APL and similar vector languages are invited to join #kq on Freenode IRC. We have John Earnest who implemented K5 in Javascript (oK.js) and Kevin Lawler who worked on bo
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by tlack 11y ago
Depressing surprise move for those of us that were interested in this quirky tiny platform. To announce this in between versions (ie 3.3) without using official channels like Twitter, their news feed, or their KXCommunity blog, is quite baf
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Tell HN: Q/Kdb 32-bit no longer free for commercial use(groups.google.com)
7 points by tlack 11y ago|1 comments
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by tlack 11y ago
You should consider writing up something with examples. Given how it's implemented (unboxed directly typed mmap'd arrays) it's hard to see how much slack there could be in it. I and many others are beginning to experiment wit
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by tlack 11y ago
Are there any open source tools that would slurp in content like this and develop its own sense of relationships in the data, that I could then explore by hand? Bedarra's Text Analyzer[1] kinda floored me and I'd like to use somet
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Ask HN: Founders of large tech companies that work from home
1 points by tlack 11y ago|0 comments
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by tlack 11y ago
Seems inevitable. CPMs drop, buyers get desperate, ad units get invasive. Consumers hate invasive. Ad blockers emerge as a relevant biz category, so there's money to be made. To Apple, by allowing ad blockers (and other Safari filters
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by tlack 11y ago
Here's something I'm pondering: is this product unethical?
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iVe – Infotainment and Vehicle System Forensics(berla.co)
47 points by tlack 11y ago|24 comments
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by tlack 11y ago
You should make a demo version that people can explore before signing up. That would make your features more tangible.
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by tlack 11y ago
I prefer 21:9. The form factor is much more friendly (I almost always want two different things on screen while working, but I rarely need more than that), seems less obnoxious on the desk, and I found the display performance much faster on
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by tlack 11y ago
I believe Q/Kdb+ to have the most natural implementation of IPC that I've seen, as long as you can keep all your gear inside Q. To connect to another host you just do: remote:hopen `:server:port; The port number is specif
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Amazon now offers one-hour booze delivery in Seattle(bloomberg.com)
5 points by tlack 11y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: What Was Wrong with Display PostScript and NeWS?
2 points by tlack 11y ago|2 comments
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by tlack 11y ago
Such an interesting subject. Anyone have any pointers to the most interesting post-quantum algorithms?
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by tlack 11y ago
first, i think it looks good. the following are a bit nitpicky. you should focus more on your work, and tell the story behind what occurred on each project. put yourselves in the shoes of a potential client: they probably want to know how t
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First Node.js Application Is Accepted to Apple’s App Store(nubisa.com)
23 points by tlack 11y ago|5 comments
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by tlack 11y ago
Perhaps the best looking tutorial I've ever seen. People tend to think of code as incapable of having any aesthetic beauty, so they tend to think the stuff you put around it should be ugly too. Nice to see this bucking that trend. Grea
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by tlack 11y ago
It has a limited version of regular expressions available in the "like" and "ss" functions: http://code.kx.com/wiki/Reference/like There's also a port of re2 available: http://c
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by tlack 11y ago
Glad to hear my useless observations benefited someone! Getting into J: I like J a lot. I like how professional the software is, their excellent docs, and their amazing community on IRC. But for some darn reason, the syntax just doesn'
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by tlack 11y ago
I'm having a blast playing with the free 32bit version of Q/K/Kdb+ these days in the context of a medium sized website which requires a good deal of data analysis. As you probably know, Q/K are in the lineage of APL lang
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by tlack 11y ago
> But hidden ads are far more sinister, and thus - should result in far more people coming up with ways to remove them. But how? Give me an example on a site like my (admittedly far from perfect) startup, http://lump.co . How
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by tlack 11y ago
Sadly, this won't be the end of intrusive advertising. It will just go underground. I think as a result of wide-spread ad blocking we'll see three worrying trends develop. 1. More paid-only content More content will go behind pay
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by tlack 12y ago
They'll probably attempt to install the bugged XCode at TextSecure, WhatsApp, etc. That way, people are happily using an app from a well known vendor (not CIA Games Company, Inc.) while still being surveilled.
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by tlack 12y ago
Really interesting. This could even be implemented as a require() provider so that you could mix K and JavaScript in your Node app. Is there somewhere to follow along with the development of K5?
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by tlack 12y ago
Yep! Just buy a .CO and get your info into WHOIS and you should be good.
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by tlack 12y ago
Some companies, especially at the beginning, would put a trailing slash on their domain names when using .CO on a business card or other printed material. Things have gotten better now, and millions of people have interacted with t.co, the
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by tlack 12y ago
I've had this same issue over and over again in my career. I've toyed with the idea of writing a daily "sanity checker" in crontab that verifies various concepts of system health. Examples: Did the latest batch of data t
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by tlack 12y ago
Ramen is interesting - thanks. My problem with Invision, which we used extensively about a year ago to redesign POP.co, is that it expects you to live in its own interface and interact with the Invision prototype on their own terms, inside
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by tlack 12y ago
I was formerly the CTO of .CO, so it's shameless self-interest. :) If you're considering what TLD to use for your next project, .CO gives you a ton of great freebies with their membership program[1]. Worth a look. EDIT [1] whoops

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