yannis

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   by yannis 17y ago

   Thanks a lot.
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   by yannis 17y ago

   Interesting! Personally I find that once a function is too long it needs refactoring either into an object or more functions although with web stuff one tends to end up with much longer functions. can we have an example of one of your long
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   by yannis 17y ago

   It is probably too long at 50 lines. Turn the question around, what must the function return and start from there. The function should do no more than necessary to achieve the goal stated as the return of the function.
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   by yannis 17y ago

   The author suggests that you “bump up against people and ideas” that are different as a means to having a healthy brain. In my younger days we used to call it - keep an open mind and is good advice for young as well as older people. :) In
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   by yannis 17y ago

   It is a good approach and one I share. NLP has done it for years, once you have a corpus which is tagged is so much more easier to then work on your data. I also like your idea of using the Mechanical Turk to gain traction on the manual tag
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   by yannis 17y ago

   Two fields is adequate. Image verification can be staged. With Javascript you can check that someone is actually clicking and not show a captcha. However, if JavaScript is switched off you can show a captcha so that you can stop bots trying
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   by yannis 17y ago

   Hmm... put it this way, it is productive to put in three hours of work in your business before your opposition wakes up!
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   by yannis 17y ago

   I work in intense spurts , when I do, I am so focused on the task that I really don't care what's happening around the keyboard:), my desk gets cluttered very quickly with coffee cups, the occasional book, keys, notebook, pieces of paper e
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   by yannis 17y ago

   Is this a js emulation? Nice!
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    by yannis 17y ago

    Maybe a good idea, but ... who is going to click on the ads? I cannot imagine any of the member here trying to get any information via clickable ads, although it maybe possible that a few clicks can be generated for special offers applicabl
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    by yannis 17y ago

    thesixtyone.com has a very well thought out system.
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    by yannis 17y ago

    First, remember that even though the internet makes international dealings trivially easy, much of the interaction (most perhaps?) takes place entirely within the borders of one country. That is true and current laws in most countries wou
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    by yannis 17y ago

    >Finally, it's time to re-examine the current legal system. Online hostility is cross-jurisdictional. We might need laws that directly address this challenge. There is currently no uniformity of definition among states in the definition
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    Top patent applications of 2009(theregister.co.uk)

    3 points by yannis 17y ago|0 comments
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    by yannis 17y ago

    It should, is like saying he had a head transplant:)
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    by yannis 17y ago

    I was thinking something like the Gunning fog index http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunning_fog_index
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    by yannis 17y ago

    Love the jq comment!:) +1
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    by yannis 17y ago

    Perceval thanks and by the way an excellent essay. You hit the nail on the head with ... 'our hypothetical comment-driven forum would push stories up based on quality of conversation....'. Do you think that part of the formula can be improv
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    by yannis 17y ago

    Thanks lots of videos - will need three days to view them! :)
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    by yannis 17y ago

    Thanks I will send you an email! Is that UWaterloo like in the UK?
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    by yannis 17y ago

    Thanks! I added Gowalla on the list! I am more interested in the data modeling and algo and good examples like Gowalla.
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    by yannis 17y ago

    One way to get ideas is to visit your local library and go through all the technology magazines of +- 3 years ago.
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    by yannis 17y ago

    There are many examples, the whole Japan growth in the eighties was based on this model. They took existing technologies and refined them. Stackoverflow is one example of redefining forums (they essentially killed a lot of programming forum
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    by yannis 17y ago

    Jeff Thanks! What you saying is very true of stack-overflow and although I visit occasionally their whole karma formula does not appeal for the reason you mentioned. I was thinking in similar lines and have introduced the groups concept for
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    by yannis 17y ago

    Create a 'Django' for Lisp!
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    Ask HN: How to design a karma reward system

    16 points by yannis 17y ago|22 comments
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    2009 As seen through twitter hashtags (mashable.com)

    1 points by yannis 17y ago|0 comments
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    by yannis 17y ago

    >I don't invent shit. Look at what is invented already and make it a bit easier to use This is great advice!
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    by yannis 17y ago

    Before making any suggestions I would ask what is the definition of a better programmer? Since this can be a bit subjective I will suggest that you strive to become an 'expert programmer'. It is difficult to even define what an 'expert' i
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    by yannis 17y ago

    Christmas came a bit earlier here, so I got a hangover!:), but I used the break to get my next Project to 95%, I am targeting release in January!