I wrote a program to solve chess once. After I realized that it would take a massive amount of computing resources to finish in my lifetime, I abandoned the project.
Most interesting to me is that it really isn't that hard to create a program to solve chess (i.e. the logic behind it), it just would take too much time/money to actually do it.
It's much more difficult to create AIs and approximations like this.
Kinda weird once you realize that fact...approximating a solution to chess is much more difficult, logic wise, than actually solving chess.
Though I wouldn't be surprised if chess is solved in the next couple decades or so.
I probably spend just as much or more time sitting, thinking, and staring at partially written code, than I do actually writing the code. It's frustrating when you have superiors who don't understand that time spent thinking is just as productive as time spent typing.
That's just my personal style, although I've never worked in "large" teams on a single codebase so can't comment on what styles work best in those situations.
Also I never thought I'd be quoting scripture, but this is a fitting passage!
"Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them" ... "So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men."
Another saying about players...(this one's not scripture)
"Real players don't say they're players; they just are"
I've never been out of the country. Will I one day? Sure, but it's not like I have a burning desire to leave tomorrow and spend significant amounts of time and money at some tourist destination on the other side of the earth.
I don't really participate much in social media, I have my own interests and like to just do my own thing. I have friends who share similar interests and sometimes we'll do those things together.
I don't have to share with random facebook friends (whom are really just acquaintances -- who really has 200+ real friends?) how many countries I've been to, how many miles I ran this morning, the wonderful healthy breakfast I ate, the celebrity I met on the street, or how amazing my volunteer experience was, how wonderful my bf/gf/husband/wife is, how crazy it was at the night club, etc etc etc.
I have great memories of lots of things I've done, and I share those memories with the people I experienced them with, and sometimes I'll tell those experiences to close friends or family members, or share them at relevant moments in social situations like a related conversation taking place where I can actually add value (as opposed to just hearing myself talk and looking for more validation from the others around you).
I do what I do and I'm perfectly content. Social media as a whole is an opportunity for people to sideline brag and make them feel part of "the club." They achieve their validation by how many people "like" their photo or post.
Volunteering and traveling are two things that some (keyword some) people use as a vehicle to make themselves seem more important or esteemed than others. If you haven't traveled, surely you're a naive American who doesn't know anything about the world outside of your own bubble -- BUT on the otherhand, if you see the eiffel tower in person you somehow become wise and cultured by that experience. If you haven't volunteered recently, you certainly must be a selfish prick. And of course these people don't say these things directly to you, instead they have become an expert at implying them passively.
Meh.
There was recently a thread on front page of HN about which social networks middle school and high school kids are using. It's mainly instagram, and it's used as a vehicle to allow some kids to attain status as "popular". Everyone "follows" the popular kids, etc. I think the article of this thread highlights how that same popularity contest exists for older people too. Except it's on facebook, and you become popular by posting travel photos, volunteer photos, your color run photos, etc.
Good job, you made a review site? Sorry I know I sound negative but you made a simple review site for domain registrars in an attempt to make commissions from those registrars, and then attempt to get people to refer others to those registrars through you to get commissions.
Unique, new, or innovative? No
Better than current solutions for finding reviews on domain registrars? No
A simple attempt to earn affiliate commissions with a review site? Yes -- this concept has been around forever in the affiliate world.
Not sure why this link is on hacker news...
My personal advice would be to spend your personal time on something actually productive.
Relevant to who/what? Netflix didn't write the article.
It depends who's perspective you're looking at. The article could have been titled "Yahoo's new CIO accused of accepting kickbacks at former employer".
That was my attempt at a joke. But seriously, I love python when it comes to manipulating data and doing anything statistical. You've got numpy, scipy, scikit-learn, etc.
Would google publish data that shows how searches for porn spike during different times of the day or times of the year, as if it's some "cool and hip and edgy!" insight?
I don't think so.
And for the same reason they don't (whatever reason that is), it would probably also be wise for Uber not to post stuff like this.
I really don't care, nor am I offended. I'm just speculating that Uber doesn't have the brightest team of execs and still have a lot of "growing up" to do.
OKCupid is a dating website which deliberately branded themselves as further on the "edgy" and "hookup" side of dating websites. Then you have POF somewhere in the middle, with eHarmony way on the other side, quite opposite of OKCupid.
I'm not sure why Uber would want to put themselves anywhere on that same scale (i.e. aligning your brand with notions of sex and one night stands). There's a time and a place for everything, and for edgy data analysis like this -- that "place" is edgy dating websites who want to be known for hooking up.
It's unprofessional and out of line with their brand image, obviously why the post got deleted. IMO this further validates all the bad press the media has been publishing about Uber.
Imagine if Uber CEO made a comment like Elon Musk did about the "D" in P85D and having "velcro on the sides of his pants." The media would be ALL OVER that.
Based on what I've read, Uber CEO sounds like a douchebag. But I'm not really sure, never met the guy or seen him in person, it's all from stuff read online.
I am working on a project that I need to incorporate soon, but I have no plans to take on any investors at all if I can manage it (i.e. and grow organically).
Any reason to do a C-corp vs. LLC in that scenario? (Either way I was planning on using Delaware even before watching this video)
This is not really "news" at all. I stopped drinking dairy milk a couple years ago because I realized it offered no potential benefits, and only alleged risks that kept surfacing in these studies.
There is literally no up-side to drinking milk, only purported risks. Thus, IMO the only reason to drink it is if you REALLY REALLY REALLY like the taste and can't imagine your life without it.
Also, interestingly - I personally have seen absolutely zero studies that showed milk benefits, that was not funded by the dairy farmers.
So all you'd see from me is encrypted stuff being sent to a random IP address.