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Re:GPT‑5.3 Instant on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @06:29PM (#47240633)
Think about who runs this website
Google has done a lot of work in this area: https://federated.withgoogle.com/
Re:A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Coursera on Thursday September 04, 2014 @10:59PM (#8272098)
Was Coursera contacted before this was published?
Re:Python Maze Generator on Sunday April 06, 2014 @05:51PM (#7543199)
This is super cool, and surprising to see since last week I implemented something similar in ClojureScript. Mazes are awesome.

http://jeffcarp.github.io/maze/

Code: https://github.com/jeffcarp/maze/blob/gh-pages/maze.cljs

Re:How To Build A Maze on Monday March 24, 2014 @03:54PM (#7460948)
A few weeks ago I was fooling around implementing algorithms from that page and Prim's Algorithm looked really cool, so I implemented a version with randomized colors on my homepage: http://jeff.is/
Re:Omaha Code School on Saturday December 07, 2013 @02:27AM (#6865828)
> because you're not doing it in Boston or SF

...or NY!

If they don't compensate security researchers enough, the incentive to find security holes goes away. People do this for a living.
Re:Quotes. Get Inspired on Thursday September 19, 2013 @06:23PM (#6414697)
Looks beautiful, but why isn't it free?
Re:Readme.io - free to a good open source project on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @12:43AM (#6397618)
nic.io or dnsimple.com
Re:Getting a Job in a Top Tier Quant Hedge Fund on Wednesday September 11, 2013 @07:18PM (#6370847)
Silicon Valley or Wall Street?
Re:Top Sites Built with Ruby on Rails on Thursday August 22, 2013 @05:11PM (#6260113)
That wouldn't exclude JRuby though
Re:The Great App.net Mistake on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @07:18PM (#6247236)
Wouldn't those apps just be App.net clients? If you're limited only to what types of media App.net provides, how can you make an innovative app?
I don't want transparency into the NSA, I want no NSA. They've lied to us before on what they collect, why should we trust a PR site they put up?
Re:Show HN: Journal Your Life as Data with Thyself.io on Friday August 02, 2013 @07:25PM (#6150288)
Awesome, if you're open to talk some time I'd love to learn more about your way of doing things.
Re:Show HN: Journal Your Life as Data with Thyself.io on Friday August 02, 2013 @06:19PM (#6150027)
That's crazy, I've been developing something very similar for personal use: http://rcrd.org/
Re:The Bogus High-Tech Worker Shortage on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @06:44PM (#6099614)
FizzBuzz isn't software engineering, it's CS101.
Re:TSA searches valet-parked car on Thursday July 18, 2013 @12:21PM (#6064629)
I think you meant TSA
Re:Moto X Feature Video Leaks on Sunday July 14, 2013 @03:07PM (#6041815)
In the case of the recent NSA spying revelations, those "conspiracy nuts" turned out to be correct.
Re:Sublime Text 3 Public Beta on Friday June 28, 2013 @02:15PM (#5959512)
I was in your position for about a year until bit the bullet and uninstalled Sublime Text from my machine forced myself to use vim exclusively. It was an arduous and painful 2 weeks, but it got better and paid off in the long run.

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