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symplee

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About symplee

Too many ideas, not enough time!

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    This is awesome! Anyone discover any cool graphs to share? For example, the simplest one producing something interesting I've found so far is: t%x Which creates a growing jagged tr…

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    Gotta love the "Customers also viewed these products" section on that page, for example: "Salt Block Grilling: 70 Recipes for Outdoor Cooking with Himalayan Salt Blocks"

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    Comment #25380081

    Looks cool, thanks for sharing. Just a quick feedback note, under the "free tutorials" section, I scrolled passed the images thinking they were just gifs. Then got to the bottom of…

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    Comment #24945443

    For a detailed comparison of various voting systems, check out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_electoral_system...

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    Comment #24823378

    There's https://millionshort.com/ > The search engine, which brands itself as “more of a discovery engine,” allows users to filter the top million websites on the internet out of t…

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    Comment #24822496

    Extraordinary find! (While also heartbreaking to read that so many literary works have been lost.) For another list of lost books, check out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_lit…

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    Comment #24715946

    This may be a dumb question, but is there really a "yup that conspiracy actually happened" book? Not literally a book with that title, but is there some resource that has a list of…

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    Comment #24646565

    Anyone catch the price? Or is this one of those "contact sales" products...

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    Comment #24405192

    I wonder if players will be able to use this to prepare for opponents. For example, knowing where to hit and "seeing how they typically react" and then predicting where they'll mos…

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    Is it just me, or is it a little disingenuous to write the claim "...improve the accuracy of real time ETAs by up to 50% in places like Berlin, Jakarta, São Paulo, Sydney, Tokyo, a…

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    Edit: (overwritten since can't delete a comment if someone replies?)

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    Comment #23864937

    1000 years from now, I can only imagine the hidden Y3K bugs...

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    Comment #23821142

    Very cool resource. Have you thought about adding the scale of the author's following and/or social media presence? For example, this story's author has 21,000 followers on Twitter…

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    Comment #23765735

    Another excellent analysis of what Trends on YouTube [0] "Is the trending tab rigged against creators? Is late night dominating the charts? Why does it feel your favorite controver…

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    Comment #23503254

    I'm sure it doesn't hurt to have 35,000 followers :) I've noticed a trend that these success stories usually flow out of an already existing user base. Does anyone have any success…

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    Comment #23264472

    Can anyone recommend an easier alternative?

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    Comment #23251614

    Can this freaky A.I. also generate the corresponding unit tests? Or, for TDD, generate the unit tests first based on the function name and description. Then, if the dev updates any…

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    Comment #23251242

    Any ideas as to a better system that can be designed and implemented under which these brilliant, but quiet, people have a higher probability of getting funding, becoming recognize…

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    Comment #23227856

    Looks great. Would be awesome if it had a hook to easily generate Anki flashcards from text selection.

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    Comment #23210315

    Does anyone have an actual cost breakdown of every expense that goes into running a university? It would be great to see this for any major private college, and/or a public univers…

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    Comment #23194593

    Nice! I like how at first it just shows the headlines/articles. Then, if you want, you can toggle the "show bias" switch. Have you thought about an option to gamifying it a little …