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Is it possible for you to share the awk tarball you mention?

It is a bit long, but you can also use Python for parsing the json files from command line: echo '{"a": "hello", "b": "world"}' | python -c"import sys,json;j = json.loads(sys.stdin…

A way to export the list of articles in 'Saved Stories', either by way of an export function or an RSS feed (public/private) of the page. After many years of enjoying Hacker News I…

If you are looking to work on a Python (or for that matter any language) project, why not start contributing to one of the many libraries that you use daily. That will give you an …

Your thoughts seem like an over-reaction to me. I think your problem is not race related, its that you are not able to explain your decisions properly to those involved. People com…

This is just opinion, not based on any facts or circumstances that the companies might have faced.

Path Intelligence in Portsmouth, UK: http://www.pathintelligence.com We think of ourselves as providers of analytics for the real world. By identifying the patterns of mobile phone…

Its not a bad phone. I have an iPhone 4, and I am really impressed with it, actually I can't put it down. It has really great screen resolution, is much faster than other phones I …

Isn't that part of what the Semantic Web is supposed to be?

and step 1 is already done for you

Good points. But it is harder to make yourself not do something, rather than to do something. You could set a daily time or long goal for something that you want to do, but not doi…

The author is Chris Bishop...

The December Edinburgh Hacker Meetup is this Wednesday. The time and venue are the same as last time: Venue: 8th Floor Appleton Tower Time: 6:30 PM Hope many new people come along …

Hi all, The November Hacker (Tech) Meetup at Edinburgh is on Wednesday, 12th November at 6:30pm at 6th Floor Appleton Tower. Please email me (arnav (at) yadster (dot) com) if you w…

The point here is not whether India is developed or not. Nobody in India realistically expects India to become a "developed nation" for another 30 years. The point here is progress…

Sorry, this is stereotypical and stupid generalization. How can you attribute the characteristics of a bunch of programmers you met in a small outsourcing company, to a whole count…