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Zish – An alternative to JSON(github.com)
3 points by tlocke 9y ago|2 comments
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Show HN: Pionic – A Python library for the Ion format(github.com)
6 points by tlocke 9y ago|0 comments
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by tlocke 10y ago
FLAVOR: All HEADLINE: Embrace the spirit of Open Source, not just comply with the letter of the law DESCRIPTION: Here's an extract from the Software Freedom Conservancy report on Canonical's licensing policy: > Redistributors o
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by tlocke 10y ago
Bath, UK
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by tlocke 10y ago
As far as I can make out from looking at the EULA: https://www.unrealengine.com/eula the Unreal Engine is not Open Source. Not least because you can't share the source code without restriction. As I understand it, the
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by tlocke 10y ago
I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the moral case for using an Open Source OS over a proprietary one. Just to restate, Open Source software gives users the freedom to: * Run the software for whatever purpose they want. * Inspect t
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by tlocke 10y ago
On your point about storage, if more renewable electricity is generated than is needed in a particular area, it's much cheaper to transport it than to store it. For example, this happens on a continental scale in Europe where there are
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by tlocke 10y ago
I'm afraid I never saw what was wrong with specifying dependencies in setup.py. For me, having requirements.txt and setup.py is confusing. Can't we just stick with setup.py? (and yes, I've read Donald Stufft's post http
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Robot doctors and lawyers? It’s a change we should embrace(theguardian.com)
2 points by tlocke 11y ago|0 comments
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by tlocke 11y ago
> Historically, realms that have been patched together from previously autonomous bodies have not done too well (I would appreciate counter examples). I'm writing from Bath in the UK where Edgar, the first king of England, was crown
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by tlocke 13y ago
Though not American myself, I'm an admirer of the US in many ways. One thing I don't get is Americans' attitude to guns. Surely the freedom to walk down the street without getting shot is more important than the freedom to ca
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American gun use: Shouldn't the world intervene?(theguardian.com)
32 points by tlocke 13y ago|39 comments
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by tlocke 13y ago
You're right that while the protocol is decentralized, the implementations aren't yet. Btw, I don't want to sound negative about your article, we're both fans of Persona and I'm really pleased you're talking ab
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by tlocke 13y ago
You can self-host the js files wherever you like. It's not recommended that you do because Persona is still evolving. However the point is that the protocol is completely decentralized. By the way, as a plug, I've implemented it o
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by tlocke 13y ago
Mozilla Persona is federated, so the BrowserId service is provided by the email provider. Mozilla provide a fallback service, in case your email provider hasn't set one up. So just pick an email provider in the country of your choice.
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by tlocke 14y ago
The public sector got too big in the UK, and the wealth-creating private sector too small. Osbourne is re-balancing the economy by scaling back the public sector back a bit, and allowing the private sector to grow to increase prosperity. I'
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by tlocke 14y ago
The government bailed the banks out using taxpayer's money, which added to our national debt. It happened to be a Labour government, but the Tories would have done the same. The banks should have been allowed to fail, just like any other bu
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by tlocke 14y ago
The interest payments on UK debt is £43bn. That money is going to bankers at the moment, but it should be going to the people. Sooner or later we've got to pay down the debt. The longer we leave it, the more the poor will suffer. Look at Gr
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by tlocke 14y ago
I'm from the UK and I'm broadly in favour of Osbourne's policy. We've run up a huge debt that resulted from the government spending more than it was receiving in tax revenue, for many years. Particularly bad were the years when Gordon Brown
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by tlocke 14y ago
Got it, thanks for the info and pointers everyone.
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by tlocke 14y ago
I had a look though this and was confused by this line: ratings[ratings<1.0] = 1.0 in https://github.com/alexbw/Netflix-Prize/blob/master/src/pred... Is it specific to NumPy? Or perhaps a Python trick I haven't seen before?
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by tlocke 15y ago
Yes, didn't that automatically give you a line number each time you started a new line?
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by tlocke 15y ago
I started programming on the BBC model B. You had to number each line by hand. The convention was to write the line numbers in steps of 10. Then as you went back and added lines, you'd run out of gaps to fit your lines in. Then you had to u
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by tlocke 15y ago
The article says of the Atlas Shrugged character Rearden that he, 'gets the girl'. Well, only temporarily. As I recall it is Galt who ultimately ends up with Dagny Taggart.
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by tlocke 15y ago
Of course, we don't have software patents in Europe, but I want to keep it that way.