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Perhaps a bit off topic, but seeing the breadth of general discussion about online CS masters programs in this thread, figured I'd ask the HN crowd: How is a program like the Penn …

Yeah, the disk space issue is what I'm concerned with. I'd prefer not to use local disk space to store a copy of my emails but I haven't been able to find a way to disable local st…

This is great in terms of UI. Does anyone know if you can use Mail.app with Gmail and keep all emails on the server? I'm currently using Mimesteram which has a great UI and doesn't…

Got it, that makes sense.

What about a firm like Knight?

Why aren’t these firms insuring against this risk? Seems like any other risk that can be managed - pay premiums and so that a third party would fund any erroneous losses.

Was going to post this - have users submit the track data! That also might make it easier to expand to other stations where you aren't as familiar with the track layout.

Interesting, thanks. I had in mind a system that would basically regex match a string and add an entry to the ledger (similar, but it would probably be a bit more flexible than the…

Have you ever thought about using a natural language interface with ledger? For example, the Mac/iOS calendar app Fantastical lets you create an event by typing or dictating a sent…

Thanks for the insight. Are there any particular social media sources you like to use? I find that Twitter and reddit are the most real-time, but reddit can often carry its own bia…

Your comment was enlightening and compels me to ask: where can the public get access to live field reports such as the one you mention? If news companies transform these reports in…

I posted this comment on another taxi medallion article, but figure it's hopefully more relevant here: Just a little background on medallion finance: A few summers ago, I worked in…

Just a little background on medallion finance: A few summers ago, I worked in commercial credit and we did a financing for a "taxi mogul." He was replacing several cars in his flee…

Why don't we launch the nuclear waste into deep space? Seems like that would avoid the burial problem described here, and since space is mostly, well, empty space, wouldn't inflict…

Great idea. To start, why not have the app find episodes that match the user's commute time? For other episodes, an app like Overcast could first apply SmartSpeed and then speed up…

Awesome, thanks.

For those of you on iOS looking for a polished transit app with support for multiple cities, I highly recommend Transit.[0] It allows you to quickly map trips as well as easily sav…

Any plans to open source the code?

I agree. It seems that Uber could be for transportation what Seamless is for food (at least in midtown Manhattan). Currently, banks etc. either hire company car services to take em…

Is your system open source? Would love to take a look at how it works.

Me too. I think there could be a sizable market for a tablet or app that does notetaking and handwriting really well. The iPad seems limited by its touchscreen tech/software, which…

You might be interested in the axlsx ruby gem: https://github.com/randym/axlsx Haven't used it, but it allows the creation of pretty complex spreadsheets from ruby code. Not sure i…

You mention fees and AML/anti-terrorism regulation...it seems that the major impediment to cross-border wire transfers and ACH is regulation, not a lack of infrastructural capabili…

For every discussion about Bitcoin, I wonder if improving the ACH system and/or writing services on top of it would be a logical next step to make the existing banking system more …

You raise a good point about mood tracking. I've found that iTunes's genius shuffle does a decent job of shuffling a single genre of music, so you don't generally get harsh interru…