tinkerdol

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by tinkerdol 9y ago
>Mobility and a willingness to learn new skills seems to prevail. It's what other generations have done, millions of immigrants (my parents included). For an individual this might be a solution (even for me! I've moved around l
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by tinkerdol 9y ago
We shouldn't ever confuse machine learning with predicting the future -- just because you've never encountered a black swan in the wild, doesn't mean they don't exist. That being said, the article otherwise seems like a
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by tinkerdol 9y ago
Anyone have recommendations for video ad providers? I would like to embed ads to play before a stream starts, but would also like to do it in the most ethical way possible.
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by tinkerdol 10y ago
Perhaps off-topic but can anyone recommend coffee shops in central Europe that have this type of atmosphere? Right now I live in a smaller city (not far from Frankfurt, Germany), and the majority of places here are not laptop/work frie
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by tinkerdol 10y ago
I meant people near me -- either in my city or somewhere within an hour away. I struggle to find people around my area to socially code with. Meetup.com already provides a way to filter events by location, but the problem is, people need to
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by tinkerdol 10y ago
Nice idea, would be even better if you could filter based on location. This to me is even more important than subject matter.
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Ask HN: How to best estimate potential [video] ad revenue?
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by tinkerdol 10y ago
Yep... and this post is already downvoted to the 2nd page. Despite gathering over 70 comments during the last hour...
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by tinkerdol 10y ago
I wonder why the techcrunch article just got flagged? (how do you even flag something here, do you need to have an account with a certain number of points?) discussion was here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13555124
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by tinkerdol 10y ago
If it is yourself: Realize it is likely you feel this way for a reason, and it is a sign of health. Do an inventory of the main pieces of your life and note which situations are causing you pain: - work life - living/housing situation
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by tinkerdol 10y ago
strange, I'm watching from Germany and it's streaming just fine
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by tinkerdol 10y ago
He/she is talking about the newer home of CSAIL, the Stata Center: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_and_Maria_Stata_Center It is notoriously difficult to work in, with way too many open spaces (open in the sense
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by tinkerdol 10y ago
See Strasbourg for example: https://www.google.de/maps/@48.5827359,7.7525392,3a,49.9y,21...
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by tinkerdol 10y ago
For those interested in discovering music over the decades from different countries: http://radiooooo.com/
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by tinkerdol 11y ago
Depends on what program you're in? In general I think grad school (esp. the PhD level compared to Master's) typically gives the student a lot of freedom. At the PhD level often you are basically an independent researcher and might
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by tinkerdol 11y ago
What would be a real-time OS? I'd be interested in hooking up a bunch of independent boards that could interact with each other, and have as quick as a response to sensors as possible... Do you have any advice as to where to start with
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by tinkerdol 11y ago
Could you please elaborate and provide links about what happens then? This sounds important, yet I have never heard about these things...
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by tinkerdol 11y ago
Reminds me of this movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dPnFO_JCdc (haven't seen it, but it looks interesting)
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by tinkerdol 11y ago
>The mob is inherently irrational, stupid and over reactive Any type of democracy relies on trusting the public to decide for themselves. It is an old idea that education is the solution to this problem: "The commonwealth requires t
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by tinkerdol 11y ago
Perhaps I am nit-picking but.... ROSS "is a digital legal expert" that managed not to attribute its landing page's photo legally. The photo is from here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stuttgart_
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by tinkerdol 11y ago
Note to the organizers -- this sounds awesome, and I'd even love to apply, but something announced now is too short notice for a round that starts in September for those of us living in Germany and who currently have jobs (maybe this a
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by tinkerdol 11y ago
> Occasionally, one gets the impression that this meticulous, sober man could be a little stuffy. > when Mick Jagger wrote to “Maurits” asking for permission to reproduce one of his pictures on the cover of the Rolling Stones’ album T
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by tinkerdol 11y ago
Thanks for the response! Let's assume we want to dominate the market and not create a lifestyle business. Isn't it a benefit of a more lean/bootstrapping style to be forced into finding a product people love faster (rather th
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by tinkerdol 11y ago
Thank you for your response. That's an interesting point, about an effectively infinite timescale, but to play devil's advocate, it can't be true. Greater than a human lifetime? Sure, but not infinite. Therefore, what timesca
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by tinkerdol 11y ago
I don't know anything about investing, that's why I'm asking :) Tell me where to start.
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by tinkerdol 11y ago
> By relying on private investors for a longer period of time, start-ups get more runway to figure out sustainable business models Can anyone explain, what is the rough amount of runway that a company should need? For instance, are the
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by tinkerdol 11y ago
> seems only to make sense as a business in cold locations. I'd change that to read "in cold or temperate locations." There are plenty of locations in Europe for example that rarely have days over 30 C yet don't oft
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by tinkerdol 11y ago
> But we have to deal with the cards we were dealt Are you sure about that? You're a manager. Responding to your parent comment about managing worker's perceptions of their team members: In the case that someone wants to leave
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by tinkerdol 11y ago
What department is it replacing?
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by tinkerdol 11y ago
Beautiful. Anyone know what music is playing in the background?

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