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Re:Examples from The LaTeX Companion book (3rd edition)
on Friday September 12, 2025 @11:26AM (#45223160)
Here's the link to the in-print version:
https://www.informit.com/store/latex-companion-parts-i-ii-97...
Re:Examples from The LaTeX Companion book (3rd edition)
on Friday September 12, 2025 @11:26AM (#45223151)
Looks like there's an update to the tutorial:
Re:The Deterioration of Google
on Monday December 02, 2024 @08:53AM (#42296207)
I recommend Microsoft's Launcher, it's simple and gets out of your way. Similarly, Edge's search widget just launches a browser and executes your search. This really should be the stock behaviour that Google should provide.
Re:BazelCon 2024 Recap
on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @06:08PM (#41929685)
Selenium has a pretty good Bazel setup which uses a lot of different functionality:
Re:Ask HN: Getting back into an IC role as a manager
on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @05:42AM (#34593569)
IC stands for Individual Contributor, i.e. non-management positions. It's pretty common in the industry.
Re:Android Malware Increased 3,325 Percent in Seven Months
on Wednesday February 15, 2012 @01:00PM (#3595283)
"... application stores are fast becoming the prime delivery mechanism for infected applications..."
I completely disagree with that statement. People downloading pirated or fake APKs from the web is the prime delivery mechanism for infected applications.
Re:Google's Android Market is crippling small development teams
on Monday July 18, 2011 @12:44PM (#2776985)
Regarding #1, it's a pain when the stats break, and I agree it needs to be more robust and accurate, but it has no effect on your rankings what so ever.
That's been possible on Android Market since the website was launched in February:
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/02/introducing-android...
Re:Impressions of Android from a dev's perspective
on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @04:55AM (#2682318)
You can target apps to Colombia, it's in the rest of world section beneath the countries where Android Market is officially launched.
List of countries where you can publish free apps: https://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/developer/bin/a...
List of countries where you can publish paid apps: https://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=1437...
Re:Google tries new angle on hiring
on Monday February 21, 2011 @11:24AM (#2245924)
Engineering has been good at getting rid of trick questions, but some other groups still use them.
Re:Freeing Europe's top tech talent to build pioneering companies
on Tuesday June 08, 2010 @09:25AM (#1413812)
I don't know any specifics, but on Y Combinator's page they say:
"We make small investments (rarely more than $20,000) in return for small stakes in the companies we fund (usually 2-10%)."
Which I assume means $20,000 = 10% (max of both ranges). So a 30% stake, at this stage, is worth $60,000, which is less than the salary of an average experienced programmer, so is it such a bad deal?
Re:Tips for Tech Leads
on Monday April 19, 2010 @11:42AM (#1276940)
That's not the point he is trying to make. Computers are the tools of your job. Not providing the best tools is a false economy because the cost is easily offset by the increased productivity of the programmer.
Re:How FlightCaster (YC S09) was built (RoR + JVM + Clojure + Hadoop)
on Wednesday August 19, 2009 @01:33PM (#773181)
http://www.flightcaster.com/faq#data_sources
What are FlightCaster's data sources?
FlightCaster uses data from:
FAA Bureau of Transportation Statistics
FAA Air Traffic Control System Command Center
FlightStats
National Weather Service
Re: Garbage In, Garbage Out: Why Scraping Doesn't Work for Local Search
on Tuesday July 14, 2009 @11:49AM (#703915)
It looks like it still needs a lot of work. As a quick test I looked for Sports Bars in London (via their categories) and it returned an Antique Shop in Westerham. I then tried editing the record to remove irrelevant categories and got a server error.