robertjwebb

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by robertjwebb 1mo ago
It should appear a second after the page seems to have finished loading, so that it hijacks the input if the user is navigating with the keyboard or typing something into a form.
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by robertjwebb 4mo ago
Hell yeah
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by robertjwebb 5mo ago
Craig Mod is great for Japan https://craigmod.com/ !
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by robertjwebb 8mo ago
This makes me suspect that OP would have similar problems with other inference providers.
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by robertjwebb 8mo ago
The funny thing about this is that this also appears in bad human writing. We would be better off if vague statements like this were eliminated altogether, or replaced with less fantastical but verifiable statements. If this means that noth
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by robertjwebb 7y ago
Land-line telephones are awful because the majority of people who will pick up the phone during the day on Monday-Friday are old or disabled, i.e. easier to manipulate. I don't think I have received a single legitimate phone call durin
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by robertjwebb 7y ago
The thing is, these topics have already been discussed by philosophers! Questions of authenticity, human subjectivity, reproducibility etc are not new. But for the average joe and the non-philosophically-inclined techie, the thing has to ac
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by robertjwebb 7y ago
Hi HN, Getting started in open source software development can be intimidating to newcomers - but a lot of great projects highlight "good first issues". I wanted to make something that allows you to see all these issues in one pla
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Show HN: A listing of beginner-friendly issues for open-source Python projects(rjwebb.github.io)
1 points by robertjwebb 7y ago|1 comments
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by robertjwebb 11y ago
I did a MSc in computer science, got burned out. Learned where my limits were. I learned a bunch of academic things, sure, but also was filled with doubts about what I should do next...
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by robertjwebb 12y ago
Spaced repetition is great, but be warned - it's no substitute for really learning the content. It won't let you draw connections between concepts, because the information is presented in bite sized chunks in a way that each conce
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by robertjwebb 13y ago
Couldn't you split compound words so the components appear in sequence? e.g. Kinder- -betreuungs- -möglichkeiten
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by robertjwebb 13y ago
How about a to-do list that deletes all but the most recent n entries?
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by robertjwebb 13y ago
Are developers on the play store allowed to delete reviews? That sounds like something that would be really easily abused (i.e. delete all bad reviews of your bad product).
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by robertjwebb 13y ago
Maybe people think that if everyone believes Facebook is dead then it will die. Facebook has information on everyone and it's really hard to leave because everyone else uses it. If it just fucking disappeared one day I would be so happ
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by robertjwebb 13y ago
Go incognito if the Economist says you're over your article limit (or delete the relevant cookies).
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by robertjwebb 13y ago
Thank you for making this talk.
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by robertjwebb 13y ago
They should get Gene Ray, creator of Time Cube on TEDx next!
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by robertjwebb 13y ago
Why would your employer want you to start a company or work on side projects? Think of this from the boss's perspective - they want you to dedicate all of your energy to their work, not something else that won't even make them mon
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by robertjwebb 13y ago
Procrastination happens when you reject a large long-term reward (the joy of finishing a project or solving a problem, or becoming successful in business) in favour of a smaller short-term one (partying, playing video games). The latter act
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by robertjwebb 13y ago
In a way Hacker News more insidious than Reddit, because a lot of the articles are about people being productive and successful it tricks you into thinking it's more "wholesome" than Reddit/Buzzfeed/etc. It is, but
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by robertjwebb 13y ago
What product are you developing the engine for?
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by robertjwebb 13y ago
Yeah. Also, how do you computationally distinguish between a commercial and non-commercial site? Loads of grey areas.
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by robertjwebb 13y ago
I agree - such a search engine would not be as general as Google or Yahoo. But in sacrificing generality it might become better at handling certain types of requests. I am sure that given such a service the community of HN will make light w