anton_tarasenko

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by anton_tarasenko 6y ago
Maker here. I've put together several custom search engines that helped me fight poor Google search performance on certain queries. The search engines use Google Custom Search Engine configured for selected websites and return succinct
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Show HN: Improve web search with custom search engines(searchcommons.org)
23 points by anton_tarasenko 6y ago|2 comments
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by anton_tarasenko 6y ago
The AIP also maintain free access to their oral histories: https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral... They interviewed many famous physicists. Mostly autobiographical, but unlike in books, the
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Ask HN: Products that suck but you still use? (2020)
14 points by anton_tarasenko 6y ago|25 comments
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by anton_tarasenko 6y ago
Subreddit /r/askscience does a good job at explaining science in plain words. I usually google "site:reddit.com/r/askscience/ __QUESTION__". The StackExchange sites have less coverage and answers tend to b
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100 Things to Know(lanekenworthy.net)
2 points by anton_tarasenko 7y ago|0 comments
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by anton_tarasenko 7y ago
Thank you for going after primary sources. The sample letter refers to the press. Executives tend to be general with the press. Investors make them talk specifics. That happens during quarterly earning calls. Which would be a good source. S
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by anton_tarasenko 7y ago
The Wikipedia page on Moore's law includes similar observations.[1] For example, the DNA sequencing cost.[2] And another list that features laws, some of which describe exponential processes.[3] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org&
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by anton_tarasenko 7y ago
In terms of depth and breadth, the Princeton companions get close to Feynman.[1][2] A more formal approach appears in handbooks.[3][4] [1] Gowers et al., The Princeton Companion to Mathematics. https://press.princeton.edu/bo
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Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger FAQ(buffettfaq.com)
152 points by anton_tarasenko 8y ago|20 comments
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by anton_tarasenko 8y ago
I'm collecting HN meetup groups on GitHub: https://github.com/antontarasenko/hacker-news-groups (BTW, thanks to all contributors from HN) @lainon HN meetups in Germany: * Berlin http://www.meetup.com&#x
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by anton_tarasenko 8y ago
"Algorithmic justice" reminded me of a study where researchers predicted the risk of a crime better than judges:[1] > Millions of times each year, judges must decide where defendants will await trial—at home or in jail. By law,
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by anton_tarasenko 8y ago
Milton Friedman on doing this in the 1940s:[1] > One of my problems was to provide statistical advice to the people who were developing metals to be used in the blades of turbines. I had an enormous amount of data, and I had to construct
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by anton_tarasenko 8y ago
Freeman Dyson reviews and extends "What is Life?" in his "Origins of Life," both a lecture[1] and a book. [1] http://inspirehep.net/record/1268726/files/978-4-431-77056-5...
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Keyboard-only Mac Cheatsheet(gist.github.com)
1 points by anton_tarasenko 8y ago|0 comments
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by anton_tarasenko 8y ago
Also Landau and Lifshitz, Course of Theoretical Physics.[1] Released to public domain on archive.org: https://www.reddit.com/r/Physics/comments/1dmxq7/our_beloved... [1] https://en.wikipedia.o
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by anton_tarasenko 9y ago
I've updated your links. Thanks!
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by anton_tarasenko 9y ago
I maintain the list of offline Hacker News communities.[1] I have one Japan group.[2] Is it you guys? Otherwise, I'd like to add your permanent page to the list. [1] https://github.com/antontarasenko/hacker-news-gr
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by anton_tarasenko 9y ago
Wayback Machine allows browsing website history by year. Press year, instead of arrows: — The New York Times: http://web.archive.org/web/19961112181513/http://www.nytimes... — WaPo: http://web
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Drowning in the Data Deluge [pdf](ams.org)
1 points by anton_tarasenko 9y ago|0 comments
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by anton_tarasenko 9y ago
The previous thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9362252 A cached copy: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:v36n9t1... Most schools follow Socrates, sort of. Tests and textbook exe
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by anton_tarasenko 9y ago
Direct link: https://www.snappr.co/ycdb Looks relevant since http://yclist.com/ lacks the three latest batches. YCList has fellowships though.
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by anton_tarasenko 9y ago
Very nice! Imgur allows browsing Reddit subreddits too. For example: * https://imgur.com/r/dataisbeautiful/top/all * https://imgur.com/r/EngineeringPorn/top/all * https:/
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by anton_tarasenko 9y ago
Twitter Search does pretty much the same: "(hiring OR job)"[1]. Easy to get relevant results with right keywords. Also, Twitter already has filters for location and followers. [1] https://twitter.com/search?q=(hiri
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by anton_tarasenko 9y ago
Search docs[1], Reddit Wiki in general and their API docs. [1] https://www.reddit.com/wiki/search
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Unclaimed Money from the Government(usa.gov)
2 points by anton_tarasenko 9y ago|0 comments
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by anton_tarasenko 9y ago
Reddit can also send RSS: * https://www.reddit.com/r/shutupandtakemymoney.rss?sort=top&t... AmazonTopRated is invite-only. Hence, no 403.
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by anton_tarasenko 9y ago
Reddit Search can do a similar trick: "subreddit:gadgets site:amazon.com", sorted by "top"[1] It finds only posts, not comments. That's a good thing. Comment karma accounts for a comment's entire content. What
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by anton_tarasenko 9y ago
I once plotted the TSPDT Top 1000 movies by year. That's an all-time ranking voted by critics. The distribution plot peaks around the 1970s and declines since then. For one, post-war European cinema was really great and influenced the
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How to Have a Bad Career as a Stanford Graduate Student [pdf](taoli.ece.ufl.edu)
1 points by anton_tarasenko 9y ago|0 comments

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