I've never had my posts downvoted so much as on HN. I'm more or less on topic. I'm not engaging in a flame war. I'm not trolling. Is it the "kilopounds" thing? What can I say, I heard that this kind of Greek prefix gets…
Interesting how the example image for a bad UI shows the good UI using "Metric" vs "English" buttons. In the England and the rest of the UK we use "Metric" vs "Imperial". And we use a half metric system; metres and…
A "motion map" ? I think you'd better read the paper again. They compute a full 3D reconstruction. Much much more computationally expensive. You would not "be able to create a similar motion map using the gyroscope…
She didn't emphasise it very strongly, in fact it was a very weak emphasis but she was saying that everyone has a different set of strengths and weaknesses. She might find it easier to get press attention as a woman but…
It was developed before or after Elop's burning platform speech ?
> If someone were to hack into any mail account, all they need to do is search for ‘password’ and they have all of the user’s passwords. Only if you're dumb enough to not delete any password emails. Granted, preferable…
I am not surprised. I tried to add some additional languages to Google (web) preferences to the "Skip translations for" but then the primary language for everything Google was changed to one of my additional languages.…
The information was on the web. Students didn't have to pay the $1 to get to the information; they would have paid it because he made a nice, convenient app. Or they could go in via the website and dig through it…
Profit = Sales - Apple's cut - Apple Developer Account annual fee - iTunes App Store annual fee. What makes you think he will be making a profit on a $0.99 app ? Likely he was not making any profit at all. Are you…
I think we need to see this story in its proper perspective here. Yes, this woman received unacceptable messages via twitter. Yes, there need to be mechanisms to deal with it. However, from her Twitter history you can…
> Adding memory is the cheap option Only in the sense of having a broken system, putting in place some procedural constraints and then praying that everyone follows the rules. As you say, it's a software bug. Until it's…
But surely they don't use the mean to find the average score ? Even a basic trimmed statistic would find a much more accurate average. Lazy people leaving 10s and 1s would be removed or given a lower weighting.
Me: I'm trying to do X, I know I need to do Y first but it doesn't work. Can someone please go through the basic principles I need to do this thing. Comment: Post some code Me: (posts summary code but it's a difficult…
This. This is what causes at least 50% of queues. Everyone can take 1 small bag. Nothing on wheels. If you can't lift it above your head it's too heavy. No exceptions. Overhead bins will be sufficient, no hunting around…
a. They get money for each patent examined. If they spend more time scrutinizing it, their profit is reduced. At their annual review, one measure of how hard an examiner worked is probably based on how many patents they…
> Almost every organization in the world, no matter if it is profit or non-profit, gets more rigorous the more applications come in. They get more money from processing more patents. They don't get more money by making…
The author thinks he is "helping" the USPTO - to stop bad patents. But he is doing nothing of the sort. The USPTO are part of the problem. Do you really think that you can strike down a bad patent by simply sending some…
Skype as software has a lot of issues. Before they were bought by Microsoft the software worked quite well; on my Mac I'm still running an ancient version. Why ? - it got replaced by a version that takes up half your…
If only the author of 2048 had used a thinner font, think of all the electrons that could've been saved
I was excited about Oculus even though I wasn't necessarily going to buy one. But this acquisition is like Elon Musk announcing that Tesla will build a small 1 litre diesel car next, or SpaceX's next mission is to…
Absolutely. These articles are always aimed at the candidate. Where are the articles about "The most important question the interviewer has to be able to answer" ? e.g. How are (you/the guy who's going to manage me)…
I agree about needing to know the culture. I don't care about perks because I'm interested in the work and the culture. Job ads use the perks as the main justification why you should want to work there. I can find my…
Can I have a quick micro rant here: I don't want to know about perks when I'm job hunting. Tell me about the type of work (not a wishlist of skills you want), the ball park pay (not a range), the location (I'm looking…
What I said was if he didn't follow the rules then he's only got himself to blame. If he had followed the rules then he has been wronged. I didn't mindlessly side with the government but I did read the article. If YOU…
Every country has export/import regulations at their borders. They usually don't check that what you take out is permissable to bring back in. If he didn't have the proper documentation or follow the rules, he's only…
I've never had my posts downvoted so much as on HN. I'm more or less on topic. I'm not engaging in a flame war. I'm not trolling. Is it the "kilopounds" thing? What can I say, I heard that this kind of Greek prefix gets…
Interesting how the example image for a bad UI shows the good UI using "Metric" vs "English" buttons. In the England and the rest of the UK we use "Metric" vs "Imperial". And we use a half metric system; metres and…
A "motion map" ? I think you'd better read the paper again. They compute a full 3D reconstruction. Much much more computationally expensive. You would not "be able to create a similar motion map using the gyroscope…
She didn't emphasise it very strongly, in fact it was a very weak emphasis but she was saying that everyone has a different set of strengths and weaknesses. She might find it easier to get press attention as a woman but…
It was developed before or after Elop's burning platform speech ?
> If someone were to hack into any mail account, all they need to do is search for ‘password’ and they have all of the user’s passwords. Only if you're dumb enough to not delete any password emails. Granted, preferable…
I am not surprised. I tried to add some additional languages to Google (web) preferences to the "Skip translations for" but then the primary language for everything Google was changed to one of my additional languages.…
The information was on the web. Students didn't have to pay the $1 to get to the information; they would have paid it because he made a nice, convenient app. Or they could go in via the website and dig through it…
Profit = Sales - Apple's cut - Apple Developer Account annual fee - iTunes App Store annual fee. What makes you think he will be making a profit on a $0.99 app ? Likely he was not making any profit at all. Are you…
I think we need to see this story in its proper perspective here. Yes, this woman received unacceptable messages via twitter. Yes, there need to be mechanisms to deal with it. However, from her Twitter history you can…
> Adding memory is the cheap option Only in the sense of having a broken system, putting in place some procedural constraints and then praying that everyone follows the rules. As you say, it's a software bug. Until it's…
But surely they don't use the mean to find the average score ? Even a basic trimmed statistic would find a much more accurate average. Lazy people leaving 10s and 1s would be removed or given a lower weighting.
Me: I'm trying to do X, I know I need to do Y first but it doesn't work. Can someone please go through the basic principles I need to do this thing. Comment: Post some code Me: (posts summary code but it's a difficult…
This. This is what causes at least 50% of queues. Everyone can take 1 small bag. Nothing on wheels. If you can't lift it above your head it's too heavy. No exceptions. Overhead bins will be sufficient, no hunting around…
a. They get money for each patent examined. If they spend more time scrutinizing it, their profit is reduced. At their annual review, one measure of how hard an examiner worked is probably based on how many patents they…
> Almost every organization in the world, no matter if it is profit or non-profit, gets more rigorous the more applications come in. They get more money from processing more patents. They don't get more money by making…
The author thinks he is "helping" the USPTO - to stop bad patents. But he is doing nothing of the sort. The USPTO are part of the problem. Do you really think that you can strike down a bad patent by simply sending some…
Skype as software has a lot of issues. Before they were bought by Microsoft the software worked quite well; on my Mac I'm still running an ancient version. Why ? - it got replaced by a version that takes up half your…
If only the author of 2048 had used a thinner font, think of all the electrons that could've been saved
I was excited about Oculus even though I wasn't necessarily going to buy one. But this acquisition is like Elon Musk announcing that Tesla will build a small 1 litre diesel car next, or SpaceX's next mission is to…
Absolutely. These articles are always aimed at the candidate. Where are the articles about "The most important question the interviewer has to be able to answer" ? e.g. How are (you/the guy who's going to manage me)…
I agree about needing to know the culture. I don't care about perks because I'm interested in the work and the culture. Job ads use the perks as the main justification why you should want to work there. I can find my…
Can I have a quick micro rant here: I don't want to know about perks when I'm job hunting. Tell me about the type of work (not a wishlist of skills you want), the ball park pay (not a range), the location (I'm looking…
What I said was if he didn't follow the rules then he's only got himself to blame. If he had followed the rules then he has been wronged. I didn't mindlessly side with the government but I did read the article. If YOU…
Every country has export/import regulations at their borders. They usually don't check that what you take out is permissable to bring back in. If he didn't have the proper documentation or follow the rules, he's only…