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Re:Why London’s NYE Fireworks Display Broke Economics Textbooks
on Thursday December 31, 2020 @01:49PM (#25595718)
Apologies. Fireworks are the text book example of public goods.
Re:Why London’s NYE Fireworks Display Broke Economics Textbooks
on Thursday December 31, 2020 @01:45PM (#25595663)
making the public good a private good so they could raise the money for making the transition :)
but seriously, the reasons are legit.
Re:Ask HN: Is there a new habit you cultivated recently that is really...
on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @04:12PM (#17297537)
I tried this for a while, via daily tweets instead of a journal. Tried to find one thing a day, even if it was the smallest of things (e.g. first time wearing a new pair of socks!).
Very quickly I found out that my daily gratitudes are about (1) driving to/from work that was less congested than usual. (2) finding a good parking spot (mostly at work). (3) getting a tasty lunch (during lunch break, at work).
This actually depressed me, b/c it was just further indication all I do is work.
Re:Ask HN: Is there a new habit you cultivated recently that is really...
on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @03:55PM (#17297367)
Doesn't it make it hard for you to fall asleep night time?
Re:Ask HN: Is there a new habit you cultivated recently that is really...
on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @03:53PM (#17297346)
> I suffer from general fatigue
I think I do too. I'm always tired and weak. Check ups and blood works are OK, and doctors I see just say 'there's nothing wrong with you, you're probably just depressed'. Nope.
Very frustrating.
Re:Ask HN: Is there a new habit you cultivated recently that is really...
on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @03:36PM (#17297177)
1) I may sound like a total n00b, but don't you find it hard to code only from a command line environment? I mean, you can't use IDEs with SSH, right?
2) I'm going to be that guy that chimes in and says you have to be careful with code you write on company's time / using company equipment. So, be careful with that.
Re:Ask HN: How do you manage your personal and professional knowledge ...
on Saturday February 24, 2018 @04:51AM (#16452539)
How easy is it to retrieve and browse through information stored?
Re:Ask HN: How do you manage your personal and professional knowledge ...
on Saturday February 24, 2018 @04:42AM (#16452526)
+1 :(
Ask HN: How do you manage your personal and professional knowledge base?
Explained by example: whenever I learn something new, say, a new machine learning model and its implementation in Python, I create or update a Jupyter Notebook, write my notes as text, add the relevant snippets and run them on locally stored dummy data. This proved useful for me with Python.I need an effective system for other things, like SQL, or generally anything I learn or need to keep...
Re:Show HN: A game my 12-year-old daughter wrote
on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @04:34AM (#16050893)
IMHO for a 12 y/o to stick to a goal and work on something for a year, without losing interest or moving to a new shiny object, is no less remarkable than actually producing a game. Well done.
Re:Machine Learning 101 slidedeck: 2 years of headbanging, so you don'...
on Thursday December 14, 2017 @05:18AM (#15921191)
> Fortunately, there are new automated tools today that can do that automatically.
can you please elaborate?
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2017)
on Thursday November 02, 2017 @07:52AM (#15609506)
Hi, anyway to PM you with a question? Tnx
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2017)
on Thursday November 02, 2017 @07:48AM (#15609493)
Can I PM you somehow ? Tnx
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2017)
on Thursday November 02, 2017 @07:36AM (#15609428)
emailed you :)
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2017)
on Thursday November 02, 2017 @07:01AM (#15609288)
Can I PM you somehow for a question? Tnx
Re:November Workshop: Running the Pi-hole Network-wide Ad-blocker, and...
on Thursday November 02, 2017 @04:56AM (#15608815)
Interesting. For the less tech savvy, is there a way to take the list on [1] and _automatically_ update the hosts file on my own machine (mac)?
Re:I cured my tech fatigue by ditching feeds
on Sunday October 29, 2017 @07:07AM (#15578869)
Strange. Neither sportlight or alfred can find it. (and alfred does search though system files)
Re:I cured my tech fatigue by ditching feeds
on Sunday October 29, 2017 @05:43AM (#15578683)
Thank you very much for your reply. I magic barred it on my mac and couldn't find it. A little more help? Know the direct path? Is it global or per browser? Thanks again.
Re:I cured my tech fatigue by ditching feeds
on Sunday October 29, 2017 @05:17AM (#15578624)
Non techie here. Mind sharing what the hosts file is and how you use it?
I've been hesitant to use 3rd party extensions/tools that block websites. I just assume if they are free they must sell my data.
Also, controlling something on local machine could be cool. I'd experiment with adding/removing sites on random timeframes, to see if that could help me (one weird trick to help you overcome your social media addiction!)
Re:Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated?
on Thursday October 12, 2017 @11:28AM (#15458677)
Love both of these.
Started working on a similar thing to #2 in python, never got around to finishing it.
Re:Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated?
on Thursday October 12, 2017 @04:11AM (#15456422)
I'd be really interested in #1. Even with facebook's open event search and meetup radius based search, still find it hard to find somewhere I'll want to be.
Good job.
Ask HN: How to price consulting work (data science / USA)
Hi, An opportunity presented itself to do some consulting work for a startup in NYC (working remotely). I'm a data scientist with a few years experience. Always worked full time as a salary man, so don't know how I should price my time, what factors to consider and how to settle on an hourly rate.(side note: I tried looking for going rates of US data scientists on freelancing websites like...
Re:Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @02:37PM (#9422553)
don't think there was room for a downvote really... I'm used to python 2 syntax and would argue more than 50% of python enthusiasts prefer it.
Re:Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @06:47AM (#9419501)
thanks, and also - :(
Re:Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @04:32AM (#9419154)
This is cool. Python 2.x or 3.x?
Re:Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?
on Friday January 09, 2015 @02:55PM (#8864104)
wow. kudos! pretty incredible it makes so much money today, when you can do it with ifttt
Re:Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?
on Friday January 09, 2015 @02:25PM (#8863905)
awesome awesome idea. any willingness to disclose a few numbers?
Re:Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?
on Friday January 09, 2015 @02:22PM (#8863883)
fwiw I was in the same situation and found taking a stab at the challenges in http://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer helpful.
Re:Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.
on Saturday October 11, 2014 @02:05AM (#8441442)
Google helpouts too