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Re:Obsidian Sync now has a headless client
on Saturday February 28, 2026 @12:33PM (#47197975)
Same
Re:Ollama has a native front end chatbot now
on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @09:48PM (#44741557)
gptel in emacs does this. You can run the same prompt against different models in separate emacs windows (local or via api w/ keys) at the same time to compare outputs. I highly recommended it. https://github.com/karthink/gptel
From earlier post (2018):
https://www.uber.com/en-CA/blog/keplergl/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17181879
Re:
on Thursday March 02, 2023 @09:37AM (#34996168)
+1. Accessibility is in huge demand right now and setting up a consultancy could be very interesting for you as you get to see issues and patterns across companies. Most, if not all, Fortune 500 companies are interested accessibility.
Re:Write documentation first, then build
on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @08:45AM (#31752162)
In my experience it is not one or the other. You can experiment first and then document, or vice versa. The point of documentation is "writing is thinking". The act of writing forces you to think through your ideas in ways that other modes of thinking do not. This is especially important when you are working on a team and need to share your ideas.
I agree that sufficiently detailed design documents are indispensable from code and should be avoided. However, clearly documenting the why, what and how of your work helps align everyone clearly. It also helps an individual clarify their ideas to themselves. It is hard to write clearly & succinctly. It takes time & practice, but I find it essential.
Re:Investigating musical genius by listening to the Beach Boys a lot
on Sunday March 27, 2022 @11:47AM (#30821151)
The Beatles were obsessed with Pet Sounds. Sgt. Pepper was their response to it.
Re:37% of jobs in the United States can be performed entirely at home
on Friday March 25, 2022 @11:12AM (#30803132)
This. A big problem with office work is office cube design. I'm old enough to have had a closed door office in the 90s and it was the best. I also worked in large cubes which had moveable partitions as walls where you couldn't see your neighbours. They were also good, not great, but better than today's cubes. They even had large book shelves where you could keep your reference books!
At home, I can close my door and it is much superior for my personal productivity than an open office cube plan.
Re:The Unreasonable Math of Type 1 Diabetes
on Thursday February 17, 2022 @03:25PM (#30378178)
This.
Re:The Long Road to Today’s Cochlear Implant
on Friday January 28, 2022 @07:27AM (#30113754)
That is amazing, thank you for sharing. Given you had experienced sound before your hearing deteriorated, is it possible to describe the difference in sound with a cochlear implant? I always thought with the limited number of electrodes in an implant, the sound would be "buzzy" (less rich), but the brain is quite malleable and maybe adapts to the new sounds.
Re:Cue: A new language for data validation
on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @01:31PM (#28920891)
I really enjoyed the article. Thank you for posting it.
Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
on Monday October 18, 2021 @02:08PM (#28908861)
Yes. Tim said the notch looks great in dark mode.
Re:H3: Hexagonal hierarchical geospatial indexing system
on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @05:44PM (#28544752)
You forgot the reference video!! :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thOifuHs6eY&t=5s
Re:Responsibly recycle your used Dell and non-Dell equipment for free
on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @06:56PM (#28308260)
This is so true and you can buy high quality gear for cheap on Craigslist, Kijiji, VarageSale or your local garage sale.
Re:Replacing grass lawns with native plants
on Friday June 04, 2021 @10:42AM (#27394091)
I also have kids, but where I live we have plenty of pine & maple trees and traditional grass doesn't grow well in the shade. But we are lucky and native moss filled in. Moss is great for balls, they bounce & roll better, especially for games like bocce & croquet. The kids love it and I rarely have to mow or water. Sometimes there is a native alternative to grass, sometimes not.
Re:Yann LeCun Deep Learning Course 2021
on Friday June 04, 2021 @07:21AM (#27392481)
Alfredo Canziani is awesome and did a lot of the heavy lifting for this course. I agree with siddharthb_, it would be great to include his name in the title.
Re:Embrace the Grind
on Saturday April 10, 2021 @08:25AM (#26760982)
Respect!
California: The Flood That Could Change Everything
Re:Check Out PC Classic, a $99 Adorable Tiny DOS Games Console
on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @12:39PM (#18451807)
What, no Turbo button??
Re:AI Startups in Montreal
on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @08:18AM (#18282687)
Except he missed one major selling point. Our food/restaurant scene is second to none. If you consider moving here then negotiate a couple of months remote work per year and work from Costa Rica in Jan-Feb.
Re:People Start Hating Their Jobs at Age 35
on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @12:56PM (#15074233)
... you forgot luck.
Re:Ask HN: What is something you do for clients that consistently blow...
on Monday December 12, 2016 @01:26PM (#13160426)
Back in the late 90's and early 00's I did the same thing. We had an online record store, homebass, and we would give free records (mostly promos) to our best customers. I would also include a hand written note thanking them for their business.
A Yale history professor’s 20-point guide to defending democracy under Trump
Re:Bombardier to Cut 7,500 More Jobs Through 2018, Most in Rail
on Friday October 21, 2016 @10:44AM (#12760838)
They have horrible management, which is where the "layoffs" should happen. They have great engineers, skilled craftsmen, workers, etc., but the upper ranks and board of directors are full of patronage and incest.
New Ways to Teach Young Children to Code
Re:In the Works – AWS Region in Canada
on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @11:31AM (#10895477)
you mean us-nord-1 :-)
High Scalability: The Serverless Startup – Down with Servers
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Re:Beat Detection Algorithms, Part 1
on Friday May 29, 2015 @11:02PM (#9628719)
Yeah, that's what I would do. First apply an IIR low pass filter (e.g. 200 Hz), downsample, apply a window function (e.g. Hamming, but there are probably better choices) and then autocorrelate the window. The peaks in the autocorrelation should give you the beat. If you use a higher frequency you can get the sub-beats. This should work with all music types ... kick drum or no kick drum.