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by udev 5y ago
Should've named it JackSON5.
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by udev 5y ago
Is Woodpunk a thing? It also reminds me of how some of Leonardo da Vinci's contraptions look like when they create them in real life (some museums do that).
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by udev 5y ago
Catherine Zeta-Jones to receive a 'takedown' any minute now.
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by udev 5y ago
I am blocked on finding a good (defined below) way to determine whether a product description A and product description B refer to the same product. Imagine that a product description is a n-dimensional vector like: ( manufacturerName
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by udev 5y ago
What kind of loads are we talking about here? How many requests per seconds? Or is each request response large? Have you noticed whether it is worse for lots of small requests vs large data transfers? I use a very similar setup, but haven&#
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by udev 5y ago
Genuine question: why would a rational seller accept to sell before listing the house on the market (MLS) to a widest possible audience?
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by udev 5y ago
Can you please elaborate? Are you thinking more about the performance, or code maintainability? One thing that is difficult is updating the BeautifulSoup code every time a website changes design/layout/etc.
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by udev 5y ago
See my reply to other similar question in this thread.
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by udev 5y ago
A book that appeared previously on Hackernews is Lev Tarasov's "The world is built on probability". This is not striclty a textbook, but it is translated in English in a way that preserves a lot of the feel of the original:
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by udev 5y ago
Lots of comments asking what is "Soviet/Russian Math" actually like, and how is it different. I was lucky to get an education in three systems (Soviet Math, Romanian Math School (influenced by both French and Soviet Math scho
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by udev 5y ago
Finally I can join the Three Comma Club [1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzMUrB-Um1Y
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by udev 5y ago
I've been observing one thing about Musk... He seems to not have a surgically precise thinking at all times like some smart people do, but he is always right in the stochastic sense if you will, over longer periods of time, he tends to
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by udev 5y ago
Isn't this just saying that Pelosi has a good financial advisor?
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by udev 5y ago
A mightily photogenic place, so much colour!
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by udev 5y ago
I tactlessly order you to elaborate.
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by udev 5y ago
There is a much stronger argument for tactless communication. In tactless mode there is little space for manipulation, misrepresentation, and other kinds of bullshit. In tactless mode coercion cannot be sugarcoated, becomes overt, imposing
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by udev 5y ago
Downvotes from people who can't accept that one can dominate a market with many inconsistencies in your UI? I guess the same people who applaud each time when Federighi anounces the redesign of the macOS trashcan icon.
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by udev 5y ago
Yes, and you need about 12 digits to write the net worth of Bill Gates, which is to say this does not matter as much as you think.
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by udev 5y ago
Stephen Wolfram continues to shy away from the understating, unexagerrating language that is the norm in the best technical, scientific literature. His writing is dominated by the I pronoun, and he keeps creating these complex sentences jus
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by udev 5y ago
First author definitely creative with his titles. This kind of papers are testament to the amount of data that we are bringing from Mars: multiple rovers with progressively better and better resolution cameras, and the orbiters. As the amou
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by udev 5y ago
This is a sub-optimal solution. If you want real results, just make being unemployed illegal. No need to increase salaries... so is perfect!
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by udev 5y ago
An extreme version of your question: Why even bother taking pictures? Just ray-trace or otherwise render your images.
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by udev 5y ago
Did not expect to see RedFlagDeals on Hacker News! RFD is an amazing (Canadian) forum officially focused on shopping deals, but it is much more than that. Just like HN, and maybe even more so, RFD has a user base very diverse in its experti
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by udev 5y ago
What is a good offline alternative? I hear Excel, but one needs also to know how an what to compute. Any books/guides in that sense?
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by udev 5y ago
When/where can we read the second part of the interview?
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by udev 5y ago
That equalizer curve for the Rock preset is burnt into my memory, its shape, and color, and positions of sliders. Say what you want about the skeuomorphic design, but it really felt great to slide the volume a bit higher when at your favori
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by udev 5y ago
Like this? https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/04/11/microsoft-in-talk...
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by udev 5y ago
Also wasn't Siri based on Nuance technology? If so imagine them sales...
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by udev 6y ago
Context is essential for understanding art. This was released in 1991, a period of great economic and political turmoil in Russia. They were essentially in the process of switching from one-party communism to a democratic system with real p
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by udev 6y ago
"the novelty of walking to a convenient store" <- this sounds funny Not sure if sarcasm or figure of style of some sorts. If neither I recommend traveling to European/Asian/UK/Commonwealth cities where walking, c

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