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lewiscarson

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About lewiscarson

Computer Science student at Durham University. Interested in game theory, probability, and high performance computing.

Email me: lewis.carson at durham.ac.uk

Github: https://github.com/lewis-carson

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    I always preferred money stuff. I feel like the hosts have better chemistry and matt levine is one of the most read/respected financial journalists in the last 20 years. I always l…

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    There is a fantastic blog post by Ross Rheingans-Yoo about the shortcomings of poker as a tool to teach trading and why Figgie is a better one. https://blog.rossry.net/figgie/ He a…

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    I wouldn’t be so harsh on him, Karpathy really knows what he’s at when it comes to this stuff. I was sold when I read his recipe for training neural nets.

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    Comment #42778789

    Check out Stripe Atlas - they do what you're asking for

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    Comment #42474213

    Screenshots disappear for some reason on mobile. Home page has screenshots but only of the mobile app.

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    I’m assuming the issues are encapsulated in the idea that you need to specify what events mean a user is engaged and using a product. Is there not a service which you can send user…

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    Ask HN: How do you track user retention metrics?

    Hey, I’m looking for a way to track user retention (without a load of hassle) for a side project. How do you guys do it?

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    Show HN: AI Powered Flashcard Generation

    Hey, I'm starting my undergrad degree in CS in a couple of weeks and wanted to build a weekend project. I made Noteform, and it speeds up flashcard creation 10x. Just drag and drop…

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    Just a note - naming something related to HTTP Express might cause some confusion.

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    As per PG: “It turns out almost any word or word pair that is not an obviously bad name is a sufficiently good one, and the number of such domains is so large that you can find ple…

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    Upload all of your course notes onto a website, and have it all categorised and sorted automatically with generated flash cards, key takeaways, etc Maybe a section for exploring a …

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    You cannot be serious, this has to be a troll. By pretty much every quality of life index most European countries (esp Western European) rank higher than US. Why do Americans group…

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    Comment #36036231

    I rarely see rugby mentioned on primarily American forums. Where are you from? Pacific Islander, UK, Europe, South Africa?

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    This looks really interesting but the colour scheme makes it impossible to read.

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    Right now, I have to remember a large amount of information through rote memorisation. I built myself a little webapp which allows me to upload a folder and it process the text (an…

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    I think it’s interesting, I haven’t seen something like it before (please correct me if I’m wrong)

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