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Re:Developers’ side projects on Friday December 09, 2016 @06:21PM (#13142763)
I was checking out your side project but couldn't figure out what it was/did?
Re:Developers’ side projects on Friday December 09, 2016 @06:17PM (#13142732)
then he saved some people some clicks ;)
Re:Predictive Learning [pdf] on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @01:59AM (#13120979)
Your Asteria AI project looks pretty sweet.
Re:MakerBot's bold bet that 3D printers would become common on Saturday December 03, 2016 @01:58AM (#13094716)
Top highlight on this:

> Writing on Brokelyn.com, former employee Isaac Anderson placed the blame for those three machines’ problems squarely on MakerBot’s decision to go closed source. They could no longer rely on their old customer base of “capable hobbyists who provided tech-savvy feedback and suggestions for improvement.” The new class of buyers, he wrote, “were largely incapable non-hobbyists with no useful feedback, only unrealistic expectations.”

Re:Show HN: Wolfpack – Distributed task-based agents/bots on Friday December 02, 2016 @11:09PM (#13094261)
I think it's a small barrier to entry for such a powerful tool.

If you can't understand what task-based agents are, and can't dip into the code a little, you probably shouldn't be toying with this.

Re:YC’s 2016 Holiday Gift Guide on Monday November 28, 2016 @12:06PM (#13056729)
Pick up one of these for the hacker/developer/AI enthusiast in your family:

https://getasteria.com/