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Re:Optimizing trie-based spelling correction algorithms at Constructor.io on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @06:21PM (#14800509)
Nice post. How do you customize the Damerau-Levenshtein algorithm? Did you write a new from scratch?

Ask HN: Why can't I copy and paste into HTML fields?

Posted by danmccorm on Monday February 29, 2016 @06:24PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I've noticed a trend to prevent copying and pasting into HTML fields which I find quite irrational. Doesn't accuracy increase if I'm allowed to copy and paste something? Presently, I'm prevented from copying a checking account number into a field, so I have to type it out by hand, which is much more error-prone. Does anyone know why sites do this?

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Re:The Imperfect World of A/B Testing Selection on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @01:26PM (#10657601)
Great article. Designing a/b systems always seems (relatively) simple at the start, but in my experience there are 1,000 things you don't think of until you have massive amounts of worthless results. Add this to the list of things to watch out for.
Re:Do You Know What Your Users are Doing? A Guide to Understanding Se... on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @07:09PM (#10390173)
Cool beans! I like that.
Re:Do You Know What Your Users are Doing? A Guide to Understanding Se... on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @06:54PM (#10390084)
I think using them together is crucial. Qualitative research gives you insight into what you should look for through quantitative research. It's important to start with some basic qualitative research (talking to a few customers) and then scale it through quantitative methods (analyzing logs).
Re:Free Services for Websites on Friday February 06, 2015 @02:10PM (#9010899)
Phabricator's awesome, but this list is more for hosted services.
Re:Why engineers hate your shitty job specs on Wednesday August 13, 2014 @02:22PM (#8174275)
I like the part about arming others to help you. I've found this to be critical. The more your job specs reflect the excitement of working at your company, the more other people can evangelize that for you.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2014) on Friday August 01, 2014 @11:04AM (#8120270)
Shutterstock - New York, San Francisco, Remote, Visa

We're hiring all sorts of software engineers and data scientists. We've got some pretty fun problems -- image search, video search, storage scalability, tons of behavioral data to mine -- and an awesome team. We prefer folks to work in one of our offices, but are always willing to consider remote superstars.

Take a peek at http://www.shutterstock.com/jobs

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2014) on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @10:32AM (#7970887)
Shutterstock - New York, San Francisco, Berlin, Remote, Visa

We're hiring all sorts of software engineers and data scientists. We've got some pretty fun problems -- image search, video search, storage scalability, tons of behavioral data to mine -- and an awesome team. We prefer folks to work in one of our offices, but are always willing to consider remote superstars.

Take a peek at http://www.shutterstock.com/jobs

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2014) on Sunday June 01, 2014 @09:52AM (#7829134)
Shutterstock - New York, San Francisco, Berlin, Remote

We're hiring all sorts of software engineers and data scientists. We've got some pretty fun problems -- image search, video search, storage scalability, tons of behavioral data to mine -- and an awesome team. We prefer folks to work in one of our offices, but are always willing to consider remote superstars.

Take a peek at http://www.shutterstock.com/jobs

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