trapperkeeper79

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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
Usual rant .. I think paywalled articles don't have a place on Google search results and also HN. I suppose someone will reply telling me to change my user-agent or something else. Edit: actually .. scratch that .. I should have an opt
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
What does "2x liquidation preference for $2,000,000" mean?
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
My latest gen Apple TV wants to disagree with you. As does my wife's first gen Apple Watch ... both are magical turds IMHO.
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
Amazon is killing it in IoT/Smart Home. However, IMHO, they are making a bit of mistake by not allowing developers to monetize their platform (at least the last time I checked). There were also certain device functions that apps could
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
Wish Canada did something like startup chile .. I'd move and do a startup in a heartbeat.
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
Wish they deployed this in Mountain View. I see like 20 of these a day going around aimlessly. I'd sign up as a customer!
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
Shower? For me, that makes the lunch break workout impractical :(
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Ask HN: Have major news outlet learned to game search engines?
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
I knew a guy with an eye patch, and politeness prevented me from asking how that happened. Now I know that one of the causes is cancer .. but it is a bit surprising that I only learned that after this article.
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
How to play it???
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
I'm curious what the fundamental underlying tech is that is driving Lora and Sigfox? E.g. cdma has a few core ideas that make the magic work. What is the equivalent fundamental concept that is driving the low-power, long-range, low-bw
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
Your last point reminded me of some old days for me. I too taught as an adjunct when I was younger. I would try to bring industry insiders to visit for the Software Design course. Students loved these as well as sessions on how to get a rea
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
Yes .. the early discounts on games explains it. Very odd from the typical way discounting happens on XBox, etc. Typical games lose value a month or two after release. Nintendo crap either stays the same, or goes up in value because of lack
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
RIP. For you youngins ... you may want to read up on him. He is an example of a boss we'd be fortunate to get at some point in our life.
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
They really have the worst supply chain out there. A bunch of people I know wanted this and/or the Switch. These are casual gamers who may not care later.
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
The article and title are a bit sensational but makes valid points.
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
Wait .. is this the track where you get a mentor or does it include the "follow along" track as well?
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
This!!! At the top-level, you know people are not slackers. They want to do their best to contribute. It is true that goals are not always aligned, etc. In the modern world, it seems we have lost our humanity. This story, the United airline
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
You got into an MBA program on whim? Was it full-time?? I look at the sticker price for the degree (around 100K just base tuition for a top program; more than double that in lost income). Even a part-time program seems like an expensive pro
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
Equal society? Lets see you buy a detached house in Toronto if you are a first generation immigrant, and your parents are not loaded. If you do not own property today, I don't see a way to EVER afford it in Toronto. Our society is hell
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
Why? I've never lived there but it seems one of the few places with tech jobs and houses that don't cost a million bucks.
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
Spot on. This new institute (and other govt efforts like it) all fail to answer this fundamental question - why would someone work at half the pay (or less) if they were a Canadian citizen? It is a chicken-and-egg problem .. salaries and la
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
For the past few years, I've noticed that a major news site (CNN) has titles that I would term click-baity. Seems wrong to me.
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
I really wanted to get that board - but the price difference between academic and regular users was a bit too much given this was coming out of my own pocket (I ended up buying used FPGA dev boards from ebay, etc.). I recall there was a lot
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
Getting RETE right isn't trivial. I tried looking into the fundamentals a few months ago, and was very unsatisfied - it felt like people explaining it knew parts of it but not the whole thing. I guess it is good that we have some open
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
It was a unique situation - we spent a lot of effort to get a baby sitter. Movie theatre was completely full. We just ended up leaving and got a refund.
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
I'm not a user but have a question for people with more experience. I recently had a few very bad experiences at the movie theatre where (a) the entire outside area smelled of what I think was weed, and (b) the person next to us in a v
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
The plumbing unions made some dumb arguments about toxic gas coming up from the sewer IIRC. Why does the regulation care about costs anyways?
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
This reminded me of my time in NYC :)
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by trapperkeeper79 9y ago
Any tips for introductory/intermediate material on the topic? In undergrad, we used Russel and Norvig. Surely there are more advanced books or courses.

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