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Re:The Python Package Cache on Friday March 19, 2021 @05:32PM (#26518326)
UPM's philosophy is to use a lockfile to specify dependency constraints. The first time you press run and UPM guesses which packages satisfy which import statements, those versions are put into the lockfile.
Re:Getting hired on Thursday March 13, 2008 @09:36AM (#135935)
> I spent the next four years waiting for a Green Card

Damn. We have to eliminate that wait.

Re:Ask YC: feedback on my startup on Wednesday February 20, 2008 @10:55AM (#119746)
Put an example on the front page. Show a site before and after a change, along with the resulting RSS entry. The quality of the diffs will determine whether I want to subscribe.
Re:Corporate Social Networking Startups Attract VC Funding on Friday August 24, 2007 @02:25PM (#46304)
"The networks are designed to let business professionals exchange information such as business leads, job candidate referrals, and new product ideas, or develop networks for groups of people with similar interests and concerns, such as women."

You know those women, always having the same interests and concerns.

Re:news.ycombinator meetup - Cambridge, MA on Wednesday August 15, 2007 @09:47PM (#42866)
+1
Re:Henry Blodget: Why Newspapers Are Screwed on Monday August 13, 2007 @10:50AM (#41935)
The Economist has seen subscriptions rise recently, I think. People who want quality journalism are willing to pay for it.
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