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Ask HN: What are industry implications /applications of Structured Concurrency

Swift as of of the first languages embedded structured concurrency into their latest update. I think I do understand the implication as it guarantees a child task to be finished before the parent task. I understand it in a way that one can avoid race conditions altogether.However, I'd like to know if this is a great deal and if so what it can mean for industry applications? What can now be done...

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Ask HN: Should I improve my basic Scala skills or learn Python from scratch?

I am currently facing the decision on how to continue to improve programming skills.I have a masters in Mathematics, yet never wrote a line of code until 3 years ago when I started to learn JS. Almost 6 months ago I started learning Scala in order to get more into Data Science and improve my skills on this field.I find Scala really is not an easy language to work with yet I am getting there....

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I think foremost consulting companies actually do the job you describe.

They basically try to find the right information in the data. It often takes them weeks to do so. I could imagine that especially those consulting firms as well as their clients have a strong interest in a solution like that

Re:Automated Code Repair on Friday December 04, 2015 @09:53AM (#10676599)
Wow, that's awesome guys! Do you have more background info on this? Anyway one can get involved?

Ask HN: Which airlines charge more in different currencies?

Hi Guys, I am trying to compile a list of those airlines that provide different fares in different currencies.E.g. Norwegian has the lowest fares in Norwegian Krones and the highest in USD. I compiled a longer list but I am looking for more airlines. If you can think of one, please let me know. I really wanna know how to get around higher...

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Yeah, forgot to mention that
Re:Using machine learning to search flights and generate savings on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @12:20PM (#10297383)
thanks...Sorry, rather unexperienced with that..I'll change it
Re:Checking multiple airports can save a fortune: Here is why on Thursday September 10, 2015 @10:12AM (#10198116)
nice write!!! But isn't that clear? I mean, that's why it always takes me ages to book a flight....But good to know why. Is there a way to find out which airport has especially high surcharges?
Re:Can cookies really make flight prices more expensive? on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @10:16AM (#10159289)
@jeffmould What you describe is absolutely true and no myth at all. There are several reasons for that.

1. Price differences may occur because all Online Travel Agencies (OTA) mostly provide cached data to the user as requesting live prices can be super expensive. Differences in the age of the cache cause the difference

2. Some OTAs have so called negotiated fares with the airlines and sometimes can offer different prices

But, when we as metasearch request prices from the OTAs, we always do that from the same IP with cookies

Re:Ask HN: How can I improve my Accelerator Pitch? on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @09:36AM (#10079084)
Ok, this is a good help when pitching to investors. I should have been more specific. I am looking for both, advices on how communicate my message properly to the public and to investors.

But asking your questions is certainly a good help. Thanks !!

Ask HN: How can I improve my Accelerator Pitch?

A couple of weeks ago we went online with our flight search, that is different from standard flight searches. We often find better and cheaper results.However, when pitching our product to people we often get the message asking how we are different from Kayak and Skyscanner. I usually attach an example showing the price differences and the savings we conduct...

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