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Ask HN: Would you rather have contextual or behavioral advertising

Would you rather have contextual or behavioral advertising?On one hand, behavioral can be very powerful when it's very articulate with who is shown what and why at that specific moment in their life, maybe in a positive way to help you better your life.On the other hand, contextual gives you more privacy and a more autonomous decision about what you choose.

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Ask HN: Do you really issue 10M shares at incorporation?

Hey there - I'm doing some research on how many shares you should "create" at incorporation to issue to your cofounders. I've talked to a few people who say the number is arbitrary and that you can increase the number of shares issued with a board resolution before a priced round; I've also read that it's common to issue 10,000,000 shares initially (still before a priced round).Are there any...

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Re:Ask HN: Open-Source OCR Recommendations? on Sunday January 17, 2021 @11:32PM (#25818177)
I've already provided fields of what information should be extracted, i.e., passport - number - name - expiration - country of issue - place to attach a picture
Re:Ask HN: Open-Source OCR Recommendations? on Sunday January 17, 2021 @10:34PM (#25817802)
I've created a series of templates for different types of documents (passports, driver's licenses, receipts, insurance policies) and I want to be able to scan the document and have the OCR 1) determine what template it should be on 2) extract relevant information to fill out the "form" aka template so the user doesn't have to

Ask HN: DB Browser / Safari History

I'm trying to view my search and web history in DB Browser but am not seeing any content. I made a copy of History.db > opened in DB Browser > see the tables, indices, but when I click on Browser data, there are two columns and they are both the same for every table. Am I missing something?

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Re:Ask HN: I wish I knew before I launched my project on Thursday January 14, 2021 @09:28PM (#25786214)
What's your process been for deciding core features?
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? on Thursday January 14, 2021 @09:12PM (#25786108)
How do you find an item then? I've read numerous research studies that prove people still prefer navigation over search. Ofer Bergman has done a lot of work.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? on Thursday January 14, 2021 @06:48PM (#25784776)
What's a flat collection hierarchy?
Re:Ask HN: I wish I knew before I launched my project on Thursday December 31, 2020 @07:50PM (#25599334)
You have to launch the bad thing first and as fast as possible; there's no way around but through.
Re:Ask HN: Indium Tin Oxide or Graphene in OPV on Monday December 28, 2020 @11:41AM (#25560603)
Indium tin oxide is a byproduct of the zinc oxide refinement process so it's doesn't see sustainable/enough to go around which seems like graphene is a better choice. Right now, they're primarily made of perovskite which is hybrid inorganic/organic and a lil toxic. MIT has a few studies on using graphene for OPV.

Do you know what they use in BIPV?

Re:Ask HN: How to Overcome Startup Regret? on Sunday December 27, 2020 @07:08PM (#25555365)
Trust the timing of the universe - sounds woo woo but that's how I get through. Nothing that's meant to be your's will pass you.
So essentially the UI is called SSO and the authentication happens with Oauth2/OIDC - that's the combo Apple uses.

Do you know what the barrier to entry is for a company to integrate another company's SSO?

Re:Ask HN: What hobbies do you pursue in your free time on Sunday December 27, 2020 @05:07PM (#25554680)
I've recently picked up origami and love the need for precision
Re:My team slide is ridiculous, please help with suggestions on Monday December 14, 2020 @06:13PM (#25424685)
What I've heard, is that you need to demonstrate that you have an ability to hire strongly.
Re:Ask HN: Can you borrow Googles search algorithm? on Monday December 14, 2020 @10:30AM (#25418626)
Golden, so helpful - thank you!
Re:Ask HN: Can you borrow Googles search algorithm? on Monday December 14, 2020 @10:29AM (#25418621)
Forgive me if this doesn't make sense:

If I'm implementing search in an application and want to use NLP, do I need to train the search or are these solutions already ready to go? I'm not sure how other people do it/how search works/if you need to tell it what to do.

Re:Ask HN: Which is better, a desktop or web application? on Saturday December 05, 2020 @01:36PM (#25316996)
Facebook was first a reputable web application.
Re:Ask HN: Which is better, a desktop or web application? on Saturday December 05, 2020 @01:35PM (#25316982)
This is a valid point.
Re:Ask HN: 1Password vs. LastPass vs. Bitwarden for teams ? on Thursday December 03, 2020 @03:00PM (#25293883)
What are hardware password managers - like a flash drive? What happens if you lose it or someone steals it?
I watched a documentary on Vimeo that showed how magic mushrooms contributed to the evolution of our species dating back to neanderthal times. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/fantasticfungi/397318008

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