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jader201

8,533karma·1,520submissions·November 4, 2011
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Developer at Kaggle

Email: jerad @ my HN user name + .com

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I don't ignore the alternatives, but I certainly don't have the time to dive into every language of the month so that I can add them to my tool belt "just in case". And, of course,…
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Just curious, any idea why you have so many users (10%) still on IE8 or under? I just checked my usage, and I only have 8% using IE period -- all versions. Of those, only 8% are on IE8 or under -- whi…
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The original discussion [1] to the original article [2]: [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7484053 [2] http://asherv.com/threes/threemails/ …
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The point isn't that they made a bad/immoral decision. The point is that they say this: > Beyond our core community, we expected it would be positive. Oculus are brilliant people -- how…
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> I get the frustration about the short-term impact on gaming, but I don't (yet?) understand why this is a bad move for VR in general... That's just it. Fans of Oculus and the Rift were…
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> Beyond our core community, we expected it would be positive. > If you actually understand [Facebook’s] vision of letting us be who we’re going to be, just like they wanted to let Instagram …
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I bet had they left "Show HN: " off, it would've gained more traction. I have several theories behind that: 1) It looks more like a discovery. 2) It doesn't look like a self promot…
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Is the only difference between pending and live that pending will lock them out of posting again (within the timeout period)? Or, will they eventually drop out of visibility from others?…
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A bit off topic, but I find it odd how the 16-seed teams are calculated at between 1-4%, even though no 16-seed team has made it past the first round in the entirety of the 64-team tournament (1985: 2…
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Am I the only one that was hoping I could fill in the bracket by clicking on a team to see the probabilities of different matchups (vs. the overall probability of each individual team for each round)?
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My response was in response to the direct parent, not the root parent. My point is that most people that care about the environment already know the hazards of plastics, and are not the ones overusing…
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I'm pretty sure those who care are already doing this.
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FWIW, I've heard multiple recruiters and managers/directors compliment me on my resume style [1]. It's a bit more narrative and a bit less focused on bulleting out skills. This seems to…
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Lol. 9007199254740992. http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~b01902112/9007199254740992/
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> That's a bug, it should pop up a dialog with your score. Rest is intentional. Yeah, just played, and it stops after the "GG" alert.
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There are a few differences with this version: - The game allows a new tile to spawn even if you move in a direction in which no tiles move. - Only 2 tiles spawn. I don't think I've ever see…
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> The changed rule that allows spawning blocks at any time makes it easier indeed Was this change intentional, or a side-effect of the simplified code?
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Unfortunately, my chair would remain in that position the majority of the time. And yes, I'm looking for a new job.
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Did you guys play Chrono Cross? To date, this is by far my favorite soundtrack. I will sometimes go back and play through it again just to experience the music with the game (because I listen to the m…
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> ... forcing me to work 8 hours no matter what. This is why I am no longer a software engineer. The problem wasn't that you were a software engineer. The problem was the companies you were …
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Sorry, but I can top that. And this has happened to me. Multiple times (by the same offender). A manager that uses her speakerphone to call someone else. Two cubes over. Needless to say, I don't …
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First of all, kudos on a well designed game. It's obvious you've made something pretty addictive, as evident by the place on HN and the responses you're getting here. One thing I'v…
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I don't follow the multiples of Bitcoin articles that show up on HN daily, but both the Newsweek and this article caught my attention, and I was not clear on the founder vs. CEO separation. Consi…
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