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It can be easily done; but I think the problem here is that if you're using the Twitter API (as is the case with the link you mentioned), you are required to honor deletion request…

I was disappointed that the author repeatedly mentioned the Twin Prime conjecture, but neglected to mention the recent work done by Yitang Zhang: http://www.slate.com/articles/heal…

Services like Uber definitely need some regulation. I drove from downtown SF to the Castro this evening, and witnessed 4 separate incidents of Uber drivers being reckless and/or di…

Where did the water come from on Pluto?

FTA: United unveiled the approach in May just weeks before technological glitches grounded its entire fleet twice, underscoring the risks that airlines face. Hmm, makes me wonder: …

I live in SF. Within 2 blocks of me 3 gas stations have shut down over the past few years, to be replaced with apartments/condos. Probably it's not related to electric cars per se;…

Try that in an interview. Unfortunately, too many interviewers rely on one's ability to memorize obscure tricks to cute programming puzzles.

The majors have not been able to put out a decent, reliable car in ~100 years, and you expect them to crush Tesla, a pioneer in the space?

Rant time. This talk about "church's definition of marriage", etc. is a red herring, and just a couched way of saying "we don't like homosexuality and homosexual behavior". I got m…

> What should happen is the government should stop defining marriage ... Sure. But gay marriage and getting government out of marriage altogether are not mutually exclusive. Govern…

> The team acknowledges that the project is in its earliest stages, and many key challenges remain before a viable prototype can be built. There you go. Fusion be a harsh mistress.…

These folks all seem like political appointees. What happens in 18 months when Obama is gone? I hope the successor keeps the initiative going, as it seems like a good cause.

If tunnel boring was that cheap, why is it costing the city of SF $1B to bore a tunnel ~1 mile?

Certificates lose their meaning if they are doled out willy-nilly. Hence, Coursera has to implement (or at least try to) some sophisticated verification technology. This stuff does…

Apparently Apple has closed the "canOpenURL" loophole: https://www.ihasapp.com/

Apparently Apple will shut you down if you overuse the canOpenUrl method: https://www.ihasapp.com/

Is there an API in iOS to get information about other apps? How is Twitter doing it? I thought all apps were 'sandboxed' in iOS.

Google's strength lies in (and always has been in) the tail and ambiguous queries. Everyone can get the query "facebook" right; try the query "how to disassemble tile" on Google[1]…

If too many people use this site, Google (and probably others too) will ban the IP.

I've yet to find one significant benchmark dataset where HTM beats other methods. One.

Netflix? Senior Software Engineer, $375K.

You need to dedupe the companies better. I just searched for "LinkedIn", and found several matches: 1 linkedin, ltd. 2 linkedin, inc. 3 linkedin, corp. 4 linkedin ltd, inc. 5 linke…

Wait: nip 'function(l) { return /^var/.test(l); }' is supposed to be better than egrep '^var' ?

This was on HN recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9269760

> Pull out a phone at -40, it won't even switch on. Same can be said about a human being. Edit: I'm being downvoted, so let me explain. Drones _can_ be made to function in temperat…