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by xasos 11y ago
Responsiveness breaks on iPad 4th Gen
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by xasos 11y ago
This is what happened with Google. The innovated on the UI front multiple times, and I'm really starting to dislike their new design changes on Drive, GMail (by way of Inbox), etc.
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by xasos 11y ago
This is why I prefer to have infinite scrolling sites with a nav bar at the top, so that I don't have to scroll for ages
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by xasos 11y ago
The fact that I have failed so many times, but thankfully live in the US, where opportunities are abundant.
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by xasos 12y ago
Interesting. In Ben Horowitz's book The Hard Thing about Hard Things , he recalled doing the opposite at Opsware/Loudcloud. He made sure that all his employees knew that they were in trouble. For six months, Loudcloud employees w
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by xasos 12y ago
I think now that it's on GitHub, it's a lot more accessible and easier for developers to start pulling the source
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by xasos 12y ago
Here's a link to the current project's source if anyone is interested: https://github.com/researchkit Love that Apple is going open-source, and hopefully they do this for more of their code (pssssttt...Swift)
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by xasos 12y ago
Is this just a Go Wrapper for the Yahoo Finance API?
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by xasos 12y ago
Bloomberg's API is real-time, but you have to pay for how much data is consumed.
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by xasos 12y ago
In Hamburg, Germany, it's pretty popular to pee on walls. Since most people don't want to pay to use the restroom, they resort to peeing on walls outdoor. [1] I wonder what the average maintenance cost is for a public bathroom. Ma
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by xasos 12y ago
I agree. This is kinda how Facebook has lost the attention of an important early demographic - high schoolers. It was probably due to the fact the everyone they knew was on FB, and it wasn't the "cool" place to be anymore.
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by xasos 12y ago
It's a common thing to say that we Australians are descendants of criminals (Australia was originally populated by British prisoners). It's interesting to see that it is now one of the friendliest countries in the world, coming fr
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by xasos 12y ago
Trying to quantify all the aspects of my life and improve upon them. Mostly, I want to sleep and exercise more. I've used Jerry Seinfeld's Productivity Trick [1] to keep a streak on GitHub and improve my software engineering skill
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by xasos 12y ago
> Why pay ~$27/load at local wash and folds? Does one load of laundry in NYC really cost this much? Where I live, it's ~$7.
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by xasos 12y ago
That's one of many things they do. (Gang Leader for a Day gives great insight into the many role gangs play in their communities [1]) It's also a possible consequence of Nixon's War on Drugs [2] [1] http://www.amaz
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Squircle(en.m.wikipedia.org)
2 points by xasos 12y ago|1 comments
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by xasos 12y ago
Getting around to finishing Marc Andreessen's blog post collection [1]. [1] http://a16z.com/2015/01/09/pmarca-blog-ebook/
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by xasos 12y ago
> Doesn't explain the statistical violence peaks of the 1970s and 1980s in our society This probably came because of the creation/rise of gangs, an organization dealing with things very similar to the Mafia.
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by xasos 12y ago
Very true. I just like when sources are linked by URL so it is verifiable by another user.
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by xasos 12y ago
I believe it's mostly illegal to have an unpaid intern as well, unless you follow the California and Federal Labor Laws. > 1. The internship, even though it includes actual operation of the facilities of the employer, is similar to
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by xasos 12y ago
Teen here. I don't see 95% of my friends on a daily basis (even good friends). Facebook is incredibly useful for managing events, messaging others (my main use), groups (school and interest groups), and keeping up with what's goin
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by xasos 12y ago
Coursera often changes the numbers/units for math problems and switch up problems on every attempt. You can cheat at a 4-year physical college, but it's harder. If you are trying to cheat on courses, you probably shouldn't be
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by xasos 12y ago
Right now, Coursera offers certificates for degrees that cost money. They also use this to create capstones, consisting of 4 to 5 MOOCs and a final project. I believe there was someone who completed all the necessary open courseware for an
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by xasos 12y ago
It's getting more significant. Keep in mind it's only been around for five years, and still has a very good adoption rate for a new technology.
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Top Daily DDoS Attacks Map(digitalattackmap.com)
1 points by xasos 12y ago|0 comments
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Your Uber and Lyft rides visualized(pistats.io)
38 points by xasos 12y ago|33 comments
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by xasos 12y ago
Love the backstory. Fitness startups are pretty interesting, and I like that Smartspot is using computer vision (because I haven't seen anyone else doing it). I would love to see a performance comparison to Athos[1], which uses embedde
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by xasos 12y ago
And back-end as well. Their API is so easy to set up and use.
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by xasos 12y ago
Well, nw.js[1] to be precise. It is a pretty small application. [1] https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/
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by xasos 12y ago
Anand never fails to impress with his design!

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