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globalrev

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    Comment #635155

    What about wireless? I have a functioning wireless connection with my Vista desktop. However it seems really hard to get going with Ubuntu. I can't figure out exactly what to do wi…

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    Comment #632522

    so his books contained 8000 errors?

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    Comment #536281

    OK one use of this is to check for your copyrighted photos obv. But will people pay for such a service? There are just so many companies starting with seemingly no way to make mone…

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    Comment #525754

    do you make money?

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    Ask HN: So do these companies make actual money or they just have revenue?

    A lot of web companies raise loads of money and you often read claims of profit or at least enormous revenue. But do they actually make a profit? I have searched and tried to figur…

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    Comment #522755

    Doesn't Skype make money(as in profit not just revenue)?

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    Comment #508010

    This has been up so many times. It's not happening, live with it. Python "lambdas" can do most things you need anyway.Normally I don't really find the need for supercomplicated lam…

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    Comment #507942

    Could someone give a very simple example of a problem to solve with this?

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    Comment #504382

    OK but then how is this "working"? I mean it is very cool and it might work if someone puts effort into it. But is there any reasonable way of using this right now?

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    Comment #504189

    does GA and GP behave somewhat predictable then? Couldn't it, if you are unlucky, take a very long time to converge?

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    Comment #492928

    It is not that hard to build yourself.

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    Comment #490253

    They seem to say generally that they don't make much money but obviously that doesn't mean that they don't.

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    Comment #490230

    Does R have a Java binding?

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    Comment #486412

    Is the pirate bay making money?

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    Comment #485931

    it doesn't load for me, just a blank screen, what do I need to do?

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    Comment #465957

    how is Mathematica compared to Matlab? As I understand Mathematica is for all kinds of math while Matlab is basically only matrix and linear algebra-stuff(with a lot of libraries f…

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    Comment #441943

    I didn't catch how, could you explain?

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    Comment #394974

    All I know is is that Git i supereasy to use for a beginner for 1-man-projects if you get the right help or tutorial. Preferrably start a repo at github and you will be waled throu…

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    Comment #392980

    Did I miss something? There are 2 parts, one which is pro microsoft and then a defense post which is pro Linux...right?

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    Comment #390496

    I just did this because I got inspired. What does it count as, genetic programming? It uses naive mutation and crossover(don't know if they qualfiy as real crossover and mutation) …

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    Comment #381796

    "I don't think so, not beyond your very first couple of jobs." And how long is that, 5-10years? And for the really attractive jobs, do you even get a shot if straight out of colleg…

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    Comment #381760

    Sure but what I mean is for engineering the difference between a good and bad college might be bigger than say for economy?