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Author here: Sorry for the confusing formatting on the task descriptions at the end of the paper. That "4" is the human-generated target completion, not a model generated completio…

It adds important things like: "Review OKRs", "Planning sync", etc. https://www.dropbox.com/s/7xizuaap0lbjt0k/Screenshot%202016-...

I agree that the phrase "non-specialized" is a bit tricky. Ants are mostly non-specialized in structure (there are only a handful of forms within the colony), but individuals take …

Nobody has mentioned hooktheory.com yet. If you're interested in why some music sounds good, check it out.

This is great. I could see it replacing much of my Illustrator work.

Thanks for bringing this to the playa, Samuel. Hope to see it again next year!

Here's an implementation of the latter try operator in swift. extension Optional { func try (f: (T) -> U) -> Optional { if let unwrapped = self { return f(unwrapped) } else { retur…

Totally trending. All of us Smiths, Browns, and Johnsons have to do something to claim our handles. http://names.mongabay.com/most_common_surnames.htm

In Swift, you have to signal and guard against the nil. In ruby, you choose whether to signal and you choose whether to guard. Here are some ruby examples that may be more clear: D…

Here's the source of try from active_support def try(*a, &b) if a.empty? && block_given? yield self else public_send(*a, &b) if respond_to?(a.first) end end https://github.com/rail…

Author here. Let me know your thoughts, concerns, and favorite dinosaur.

Coffeescript is just javascript with syntactic sugar on top. This library provides sugar for multiline strings.

This. In addition to distribution being free, content creation has become far more accessible. Supply is way up.

Hey HN, We’re looking for an experienced rubyist to join us. This would be a two-pronged role focused on both building product and crunching data to improve our matching process. W…

Hey HN, We’re looking for an experienced front-end dev to join us. You’ll work with us to build a javascript app for our members to use while out on Groupers. Who are you? - You ha…

Hey HN, We’re looking for an experienced front-end dev to join us. You’ll work with us to build a mobile-optimized javascript app for our members to use while out on Groupers. Who …

Hey HN, We’re looking for an experienced front-end dev to join us. You’ll work with us to build a mobile-optimized javascript app for our members to use while out on Groupers. Who …

Hey HN, We're hiring a designer to help us design the perfect night out with friends. You'll be responsible for working with the product team in NYC to define the look and feel of …

We’re opening an SF engineering office and are looking for an experienced rubyist to lead the charge. You'll be responsible for running a small team working on product and matching…