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This is really nice! I was similarly bothered by biases in new sources so I built https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bias-tracker/mhijk...

The servo is mounted to the piece of rubber which is then mounted to the doorknob. The only thing keeping the servo on the lock is friction.

I've been building a lockitron clone using a raspberry pi. The key functionality selling point for me was being able to lock/unlock the door base on proximity like lockitron's "sen…

This. I often tutor beginners wanting to learn to code and environment setup is by far the biggest hurdle. Frankly, think about the last time you started learning a new language, i…

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If you ever think of doing this STOP, watch this video http://vimeo.com/22053820 and then reconsider. Better yet, watch that video now, hire a lawyer like every other freelancer on…

When I've tutored for web development and CS I've surprisingly been able to change the same as my freelance rates. This might suggest that I don't charge enough for freelancing, bu…

yeah, choosing to do this in python might not have been the best idea.

Guys there is an easy way around your problem. if your results are as good as you say they are then its just a matter of tweaking your ux. offload the result delivery to email and …

Guys there is an easy way around your problem. if your results are as good as you say they are then its just a matter of tweaking your ux. offload the result delivery to email and …

There is plenty of third party javascript that is not at all predatory. Pretty much all analytics services, Olark and other similar customer outreach services, A/B testing suites. …

My personal favorite: $array = array('z'=>12, 'o'=>43, 't'=>32, 'th'=>85, 'f'=>91, 'fi'=>42); Take a minute look at that and tell me what the keys stand for. When you figure it out…

Slightly off topic but I enjoyed this and it is a great example of self promotion, something a lot of people here are interested in: The most recent video on Jia's site is of him a…

Your email isn't in your profile so if you would like to drop me a line and let me know what you're looking for I would be happy to help or suggest some people that might be able t…

http://www.siliconprairienews.com/ is a good starting point. KC, Chicago, Minneapolis, Columbus, Madison, Detroit and Omaha all have great tight knit entrepreneurial communities, a…

related hn discussion here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3019163

This seems really cool, but I'm having some trouble coming up with a use case for this. Why would I want to translate my django model to a dictionary?

The testing rules I code by: - will someone else be touching the code? If yes then I TDD - Am I likely to be touching the code six months from now? If yes then I at least document …

Very well put. I'm not a huge fan of php, but find this possibility of resurgence (particularly because I use the language for my day job) very interesting.

Quite possibly never, but it was arguably the best web language in the early 2000s.

OP here, I would be interested to hear how others automate django project creation.

You might find https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hapackcnjagkljgfjl... helpful. /shameless plug