Learning Deep Learning. I want to recapitulate the results in this paper: http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~vmnih/docs/dqn.pdf
How far along are you?
Ask HN: What projects are you working on?
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#342I'm working on a service which provides (obfuscated) aliases of your users e-mail addresses on your own domain. It only requires some API calls to generate the aliases and eliminates e-mail servers or servers to process the e-mails. Started working on it after a request of a fellow HN'er. Check it out on: http://mailobfusc.com
I'm not sure I understand the tradeoff here. It sounds like people are gaining a little bit of extra privacy (by preventing spammers harvesting your email) while sacrificing a ton of privacy (by allowing a a third party MitM to intercept all of their emails to and from that domain). I actually like the idea a whole lot, but I'd prefer if this could be done in some provably confidential way (where your service has no…
Of course you're putting some kind of trust in a third party. But the idea here is that you do that with all your good intentions and have a better alternative than just plain listing the address. It is up to us to prove our reliability, got some ideas on how to do that, but love to discuss that with you!
Apart from that it could also provide a service to your customers with the webhooks you utilize.
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#343I'm working on an extension for Chrome that lets you add a bunch of new emotive reactions to Facebook posts. It's based on this PDL comic (http://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/proposed-facebook-buttons/) and includes all of the reactions described there: dislike, hate, love, threaten, applaud, stare creepily, accuse of racism, offer bribe, express doubt, incite rebellion, pass joint, and throw tomato. I even got the author of that comic to tweet about my extension! https://twitter.com/PDLComics/status/481493925878714368
I work full-time on Javascript, but this is the first Chrome extension I've completed and actually added to the Chrome Web Store.
Right now it works by adding a unique emoticon comment and parsing that out into a "reaction", but I've been rebuilding over the past week and a new version of it is almost complete (public git repo here: https://github.com/ollerac/New-Facebook-Reactions). This version relies on an external API instead of parsed comments to keep track of the reactions on Facebook posts.
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#344I'm working on a simple little utilty for finding and exploring internal rhyme schemes in poems and songs. I made this in order to better show people just how complex a rap artist's rhyme combinations can get. You can view my work in progress online at http://reasonedrhymer.com (Click on a combo or word to filter the results) https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7u3f9rllmb1jbx/Screen%20Shot%2020... The screen shot shows a subs…
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#345I'm working on PhoneCard, a service to make cheap international phone calls without requiring a data connection. You enter the phone number in the webapp and it calls you. Next time you're using poor hotel wifi or you're frustrated with skype (e.g. multiple disconnects per hour), try PhoneCard for a high-quality call. PhoneCard can call most places in the world, and in some countries you can also purchase incoming nu…
How would you say this compares to a "virtual calling card" service like KeepCalling.com? (Dial a local KC number, enter your pin, and then dial your desired phone number in the US or wherever.)
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#346I built this video tutorial for Citrix XenApp this weekend:
http://codebazaar.blogspot.com/2014/06/install-and-configure...
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#347I'm working on improving technology used everyday in education through open source.
Specifically, right now I'm working with a brand new school to get their technology started, and in the process learning about what they're looking for in their software that's different from existing solutions.
Right now, the copy on the site is really confusing (new site coming out in a week) but here it is: http://opensourceschool.co
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#348A ruby gem that takes an RGB triplet and gives you a color name. Been using the XKCD Color Survey dataset ( http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ ) to find mappings for the color space to names. It has been a pretty interesting little project. Color is a pretty interesting topic.
Hmm... Just nearest color in the CILAB colorspace? Or what?
Color is fascinating, I agree. Or rather the human perception thereof. Same with sound.
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#349So this project is likely to be VERY different than what most HNers are posting - largely because there isn't a MAJOR tech component.
I partnered with a friend of mine to launch a fitness workout series - https://10poundpledge.com - Basically, an in-home workout and nutrition guide to losing 10 pounds in 5 weeks with fitness coach Kamila McDonald.
It may sound cheesy, or even 'me-too-ish'....but we think we have done a few new things.
The way this came about is that she entered Miss Jamaica in 2009 when she was overweight and used it as a catalyst to lose her last 15 pounds. In total she lost like 60+ pounds from her peak to where she is now.
She started sharing her journey and her results on social media and people literally started begging her for a "DVD".
So after seeing the many informational type products launched and how well they do in terms of revenue, all of which are focused on some super niche (like Nathan Barry's iOS & Web Design books that have grossed hundreds of thousands so far), I figured we could do something similar with fitness.
Alas, after 2+ years (I know, I cringe when I think about the time too, but it was well worth it) we finally launched and the feedback has been awesome.
I have launched a few products on my own, and I have read many stories about successful products with actual customers - but this is the first time I have had my own.
The best feeling in the world is getting emails from customers, literally thanking us for giving them the opportunity to give us their money.
Never thought I would ever have that experience, and even though the journey is just starting (i.e. 4 weeks ago) I am pleased with what we have done so far.
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#350I'm connecting a Hedgehog to the Internet :) . I have a hedgehog that runs all night in a wheel. Counting the laps gives me the traveled distance, so every morning he'll tweet how much he ran. He runs up to 15 km./9 miles! Check him out at https://twitter.com/runhedgie This project is a combination of hardware and software. I'm using a Raspberry Pi, a custom-built wireless node based on Arduino, Python, Redis, and a…
Greenpeace / Animal rights defenders are now on the way
[just kidding]