QuasiAlon

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by QuasiAlon 6y ago
Apologies. Fireworks are the text book example of public goods.
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by QuasiAlon 6y ago
making the public good a private good so they could raise the money for making the transition :) but seriously, the reasons are legit.
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Why London’s NYE Fireworks Display Broke Economics Textbooks(alonnir.medium.com)
44 points by QuasiAlon 6y ago|24 comments
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by QuasiAlon 8y ago
I tried this for a while, via daily tweets instead of a journal. Tried to find one thing a day, even if it was the smallest of things (e.g. first time wearing a new pair of socks!). Very quickly I found out that my daily gratitudes are abou
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by QuasiAlon 8y ago
Doesn't it make it hard for you to fall asleep night time?
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by QuasiAlon 8y ago
> I suffer from general fatigue I think I do too. I'm always tired and weak. Check ups and blood works are OK, and doctors I see just say 'there's nothing wrong with you, you're probably just depressed'. Nope. Ve
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by QuasiAlon 8y ago
1) I may sound like a total n00b, but don't you find it hard to code only from a command line environment? I mean, you can't use IDEs with SSH, right? 2) I'm going to be that guy that chimes in and says you have to be careful
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by QuasiAlon 9y ago
How easy is it to retrieve and browse through information stored?
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by QuasiAlon 9y ago
+1 :(
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Ask HN: How do you manage your personal and professional knowledge base?
11 points by QuasiAlon 9y ago|11 comments
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by QuasiAlon 9y ago
IMHO for a 12 y/o to stick to a goal and work on something for a year, without losing interest or moving to a new shiny object, is no less remarkable than actually producing a game. Well done.
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by QuasiAlon 9y ago
> Fortunately, there are new automated tools today that can do that automatically. can you please elaborate?
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by QuasiAlon 9y ago
Hi, anyway to PM you with a question? Tnx
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by QuasiAlon 9y ago
Can I PM you somehow ? Tnx
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by QuasiAlon 9y ago
emailed you :)
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by QuasiAlon 9y ago
Can I PM you somehow for a question? Tnx
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by QuasiAlon 9y ago
Interesting. For the less tech savvy, is there a way to take the list on [1] and _automatically_ update the hosts file on my own machine (mac)?
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by QuasiAlon 9y ago
Strange. Neither sportlight or alfred can find it. (and alfred does search though system files)
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by QuasiAlon 9y ago
Thank you very much for your reply. I magic barred it on my mac and couldn't find it. A little more help? Know the direct path? Is it global or per browser? Thanks again.
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by QuasiAlon 9y ago
Non techie here. Mind sharing what the hosts file is and how you use it? I've been hesitant to use 3rd party extensions/tools that block websites. I just assume if they are free they must sell my data. Also, controlling something
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by QuasiAlon 9y ago
Love both of these. Started working on a similar thing to #2 in python, never got around to finishing it.
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by QuasiAlon 9y ago
I'd be really interested in #1. Even with facebook's open event search and meetup radius based search, still find it hard to find somewhere I'll want to be. Good job.
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Ask HN: How to price consulting work (data science / USA)
2 points by QuasiAlon 9y ago|0 comments
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by QuasiAlon 11y ago
don't think there was room for a downvote really... I'm used to python 2 syntax and would argue more than 50% of python enthusiasts prefer it.
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by QuasiAlon 11y ago
thanks, and also - :(
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by QuasiAlon 11y ago
This is cool. Python 2.x or 3.x?
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by QuasiAlon 12y ago
wow. kudos! pretty incredible it makes so much money today, when you can do it with ifttt
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by QuasiAlon 12y ago
awesome awesome idea. any willingness to disclose a few numbers?
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by QuasiAlon 12y ago
fwiw I was in the same situation and found taking a stab at the challenges in http://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer helpful.
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by QuasiAlon 12y ago
Google helpouts too

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