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joellarsson

I think http://bitcraze.io might be a good fit.

It's a bit more expensive($180) but have a lot of open source apps and libs that you can play with.

Re:Can this mouse take Twitch to the next level? on Friday December 05, 2014 @09:32AM (#8704648)
Quantified Self for games, I like. Would be fun to implement support in some open source games like quake world.
Re:Survival guide for busy people on Wednesday November 12, 2014 @05:02PM (#8598548)
My short tips: 1) write short emails & respond quickly 2) remove notifications on your computer & phone 3) create gap time (showers, walking, running etc)
Re:What Every Startup Need to Know About IP in China on Friday September 05, 2014 @02:10AM (#8272538)
Are hardware+software startups like fitbit & withings copied as well?
Re:Gmail API on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @05:07PM (#7946761)
Yep, was hoping for more fine-grained control for reading, not just 'read everything'
Re:Startup School NY Live Stream on Wednesday June 18, 2014 @06:04PM (#7913173)
Lifestream is now off.
Re:Transport for London – New responsive website on Friday March 28, 2014 @12:40PM (#7488310)
This is the company that built the swedish travel planner, just check their site out: http://www.forslerostjerna.se/cm2f/default.asp

I know that they tried to recruit a 'creative pascal developer' about a year ago :)

Re:"How-do-you-feel dinners" for startups on Monday March 03, 2014 @05:24AM (#7332980)
Like Buffer uses the tactic "Default to Transparency", with Open Salary, Open Revenue data and sharing internal email conversations.

This might be a shortcut to better work/life transparency between co-founders?

Re:Startups Outside Silicon Valley to Watch in 2014 on Saturday January 04, 2014 @08:47AM (#7011024)
Studio Total (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Total) who are involved with the product are known to do crazy stuff to get PR, like the 'teddybear airdrop' over Minsk. Some things they make buzz about does not exist yet :)
Re:Monocle.io Open Sourced on Thursday November 28, 2013 @03:50AM (#6813666)
Do you know of any alternatives that has a browser-plugin similar to getpocket.com or sendtoinc.com?
And two Swedish journalists were kidnapped in Syria yesterday: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/2-swedish-journal...
Re:Magic Card Selling For $38K on Friday November 22, 2013 @05:59AM (#6780170)
I have a 700 cards from early packages up to 1995. Are they worth finding and selling again?

I remember selling dual-lands for 10$ back in the days, probably got robbed by my older friends.

Re:How Python became the language of choice for data science on Friday November 22, 2013 @05:27AM (#6780084)
I updated with a link to a post comparing statistical packages in a much better way.
Re:How Python became the language of choice for data science on Friday November 22, 2013 @04:24AM (#6779902)
I guess there are better ways of comparing. I like the survey data and kaggle.com data from my other link.
Re:How Python became the language of choice for data science on Friday November 22, 2013 @04:12AM (#6779867)
Comparing statistical packages by: Kaggle.com usage, Job posts, Activity on blogs, mailing lists, Stack overflow, Google Scholar and a few more..

http://r4stats.com/articles/popularity/

We have a winner?

Re:How Python became the language of choice for data science on Friday November 22, 2013 @03:55AM (#6779834)
It's not.

R vs some Python alternatives in Google Trends: http://bit.ly/1fpOR57

Pandas is looking good, but then we have Julia, Matlab and probably some people still using SAS.

edit:

Comparing statistical packages by: Kaggle.com usage, Job posts, Activity on blogs, mailing lists, Stack overflow, Google Scholar and a few more..

http://r4stats.com/articles/popularity/