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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 have to agree with some of the risks of cyber bullying with this. And like you, I don't know of a bullet proof method for mitigating that risk. Some possibilities that come to mind, maybe using…
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I don't know Ruby, but this caught my eye: true.class #=> TrueClass
false.class #=> FalseClass
Why would they have two different classes (types?) for what I consider values of a …
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Oh, sorry, 80% of what I currently make. Big difference. :)
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My wife, whose dad is a coal miner and works harder in one day than I've had to my entire career, cannot figure out why I'm able to work from home whenever I want, and why my boss isn't…
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I can't tell if you're complaining about Apple abandoning support for Snow Leopard, or just making a statement supporting why people still stick to old(er) hardware. If the latter, then I co…
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One thing that I'm confused about though. If the two lenses are at fixed depths (i.e. 1X vs. 3X), does this mean that the benefits of better low light, blurred backgrounds, and augmented reality …
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This article doesn't mention much about 3D being a feature of this particular implementation. It sounds like it uses 3D for other benefits -- quicker autofocus, augmented reality, blurred backg…
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With the title being a bit misleading (this isn't about 3D), the key takeaways are that two cameras/lens will allow: 1) Two different focal lengths/zoom levels without having to use dig…
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It's free, unless you exceed 1000 submissions/month: > How much does it cost? > Formspree is free for 1000 submissions per email each month. If you need more, please reach out. …
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At first, I thought you were being flippant, but then I realized in horror that you were serious. While I know you were coming from a good place -- I'm all about automating a testable problem (i.…
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I think the point isn't who closed it, but the fact that this type of knee-jerk reaction is fostered within the community at SO. I see, time and time again, questions that are closed as off-topic…
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I actually laughed out loud.
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And with line breaks: Arizona - Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe California - San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto Georgia - Atlanta, Avondale Estates, Brookhaven, College Park, Decatu…
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Yeah, for anarchy mode to truly work, it would be better to give 1 second or so delays between each queued command. It seems pointless to have it send them all at once, or only a few ms apart. As for …
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I generally disagree. I always feel that it sets a bad precedent by relieving those in charge of having to take the initiative to recognize and reward the efforts of their employees. If they are too b…
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As someone who bailed cable/satellite a long time ago in favor of OTA broadcast, I'm personally less concerned about the impacts this will have on cable vs. the impacts this would have on ca…
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I have an iPhone, so I'm not sure how they're generally used. But I would assume that if you have a widget docked, then you are likely getting some use of it, and if not, you will undock it …
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Ideally, usage would be handled by the OS, and it could actually distinguish between running in the background vs. being active. Background usage would be discarded, ideally.
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Two reasons I don't think is true: First, how much harder is it to spoof actual devices, and take the time to spoof usage on these apps, vs. what it takes to spoof a single review? Second, add to…
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> Of course some people leave their apps installed even if they don't use them, but my guess would be it's not that many (any data on this?). True, but this should still average out in …
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There are many ways usage stats can be used to provide more value than ratings. Provide a ton of metrics to those that like them and know how to interpret them, or aggregate them somehow for those tha…
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> Well, what do the stars actually mean? Is it a measure of whether or not the app is useful? Or some subjective measure of how "good" it is? Right now, they're pretty meaningless,…
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I think this would still address that (and I mention this in another response below). As someone deciding between the two, I will see that you keep coming back to the app, even if you don't use i…
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Maybe so, but this would cost you a lot more vs. purchasing reviews, and would probably still be outweighed by the usage statistics of "real" users. If going by usage statistics, every user …
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> Uber would do poorly by this metric because I rarely need to take a black car anywhere, so even though the app is great I rarely open it. Would prospective purchasers realize this, though, by t…
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Get rid of ratings altogether. Period. I want to see usage statistics: - How many users are continually coming back to the app? - How many times a day/week/month, on average, is the app open…
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But seriously, aren't all competitors just trying to destroy each other?