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    Ask HN: Why are gambling adwords the most expensive?

    I have recently come across a post: http://visual.ly/most-expensive-google-adwords-keywords-uk-data which basically (tldr) says that gambling content is the most expensive (upto £8…

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    Comment #5779150

    Thanks again for your answer - I have noted this down now. I will benchmark both cases (CONN_MAX_AGE and PgBouncer) and see which one is faster. Would like to thank you (!!) for th…

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    Comment #5775288

    Thank you very much for the clarification `jacobian` - I am assuming that django's connection pooling on 1.6 would still play nice with pgBouncer.

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    Comment #5774105

    Pardon my ignorance but, `Persistent database connections` Is this the same as pgBouncer connection pooling? It does sound like the same - but unsure. I just spent a week learning …

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    Comment #5265300

    For UK, I have used: http://www.gaussnewton.com/convert-word-to-latex-tex

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    Lanczos on Mathematics and Life

    On the occasion of the 120th anniversary of Cornelius Lanczos's birth the NA group at Manchester is delighted to make available online a series of video tapes produced in 1972: htt…

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    Comment #5098229

    Awesome :)

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    Comment #4972821

    Sounds VERY interesting. I was wondering - is there a python implementation of this algorithm somewhere?

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    Comment #4816909

    >>The lower order teams get called "pit dodgers" (behind their backs). External companies know that statistically these teams don't finish so many races, and the attention to detai…

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    Comment #4815689

    Cool stuff. Will use it on my next project!

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    Comment #4513162

    Awesome stuff.. Thanks a lot for this.

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    Comment #4509493

    Not really - I have done motorsports for long (F1 designer), and I feel Michael Schumacher is more of a role model than AS. Infact, MS has been my role model since I was 14.

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    Ask HN: Domain name for home improvement, diy app

    Hi All, This is probably a slightly unusual question/request. We are working on a shopping app for home improvement and diy products (for the American market). Everything is "reaso…

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    Comment #4474333

    Amazing! Thanks for this.

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    Comment #4086649

    Thanks for this info jat. I will look into this.

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    Comment #4086644

    Thanks a lot swanson for your detailed Django Android mapping. Actually, our idea is to create an API for the Django app, and come up with a wrapper for Python. However, our Django…

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    Ask HN: How to go from a Django app to Android app.

    We have a properly structured Django app, which we now want to develop an Android app for with the same functionalities as the Django app. What is the most relatively pain free way…

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    Comment #4018561

    @bking: I am glad you asked this question. I do exactly what you say: After my regular 9-5 job, I work another 6 hours on my personal projects & I have been asking myself how to in…