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7,546karma·1,281submissions·January 21, 2016
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Copy and design is pretty swish, but it's too over the top for me. I don't want buying domains to "have never been this cool" or to "blow my mind". I want it to be simple…
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The comparisons are nice, but it would have been nice to see a comparison with Flask + Nginx/Apache2 for example.
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I'm not familiar with this site, so this might be ignorant, but it seems strange. Bad copy on a wordpress site. At first is looks pretty official, but none of the "according to Apple" o…
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Curious, what's your definition of "the cloud"? Under mine, running off a cheap vps is very representative of "running in the cloud". What would the "move to the cloud&qu…
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I think the author is talking past Joel to some extent. Joel's emphasis is not on good developers not changing jobs, but more about the fact that they very seldom go through a traditional applica…
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it only works the other way -- 2.7+ allows both print("hello")
print "hello"
while 3+ allows only print("hello") …
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I'm guessing you've never tried migrating a mid-sized Java project an older version of Java to a new version? This is definitely not my experience.
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Looks like the output I pasted is actually wrong though so maybe I spoke too soon.
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On the contrary, last time I needed to parse natural dates in Python I got confused because there are dozens of libraries that do exactly this. One example: >>> from parsedatetime impor…
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I do a lot of NLP stuff and the Python/Java divide is definitely a problem right now. I'm happy with both languages, but generally prefer Python. A lot of the state-of-the-art tools, especia…
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Something like this maybe? https://www.mysql.com/why-mysql/windows/excel/ …
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As others have mentioned, getting to the footer links with infinite scrolling is less than ideal. More generally, I disagree with "Email provides an excellent channel to re-align those incentives…
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Eh, I phrased it badly. Wasn't trying to distinguish between employed and unemployed people, but rather a distinction between those who don't have a job and say "I'm looking for a …
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This was the first post I ever read by Patrick. It and Joel Spolsky's blog should be regarded as compulsory reading for all CS grads. Definitely set me on the right path. I think a good follow up…
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I live in the Netherlands and don't speak Dutch. Got redirected to /nl/4, which is almost all in English but has some of the headings in Dutch. Pretty sure it's not intentional..
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4/5 use snapchat. I wonder what that number is among HNers.
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You can either approach this small-scale (you want to actually know the people in your network) or large-scale (you want millions of readers/twitter followers, etc). For small-scale: * Industry…
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> I decided to pen a magnum opus of my own opinions "magnum opus (noun)
a large and important work of art, music, or literature, especially one regarded as the most important work of an ar…
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Yes, everything you can do in VBA you can do in another language, and probably more easily. But then you have to persuade the users to use your app - if they're already comfortable with spreadshe…
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1) Some background is necessary for building and monetizing projects. Not necessarily university education, but you're not just going to pick up a book on CS and start monetizing projects that …
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Most discussions I see about basic income (BI) fall into the same trap of conflating two very different arguments: Argument 1 looks at BI on a practical level and asks questions such as: Is BI feasibl…
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"The postcard will show up at the address within a week" In South Africa if I send a letter from one city to another, it can take a week to arrive. For international mail, I usually work on …
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No, I'm looking at pushing the limits a bit further on a standard keyboard with no specialized software.
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That's certainly a lot of words you've typed. Thanks for the detailed insights. I need to Google things like "n-key rollover", so I'll definitely spend some quality time with …
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I didn't say 'only'. But no, I'm not bragging -- I Googled quite a bit, and found a few forums where people were asking similar questions, and no good solution, so I thought it wou…