justintbassett

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Nov 24

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Comment · 6 years ago

>I'm not sure how many of the current admins read HN

there are DOZENS of us

Comment · 9 years ago

my fault :). I have to get a few things ready for a public release of more data

Comment · 9 years ago

MAU isn't a great metric, I'd prefer to see both platforms' DAU

Comment · 9 years ago

also it sounds too similar to "reddit"; it would lead to hilarious Abbott and Costello-esque hijinks

Comment · 10 years ago

That's just askreddit

Comment · 11 years ago

I've entered into the US dozens of times, never once have I been asked to even turn on my laptop. You'll be fine

Comment · 11 years ago

Please don't do this . . .

Comment · 11 years ago

Centralized IRC defeats the purpose of IRC

Comment · 11 years ago

If one were bugging a telephone line, I think they'd use something far less conspicuous

Comment · 11 years ago

VBA. It's nice to be able to write somebody an excel macro that they can run without having to install anything. Sue me.

Comment · 11 years ago

Yes, it's a habit I picked up from reddit, I think. It saves time, and commenters often explain difficult concepts in a more accessible way

Comment · 11 years ago

I'm not sure I really understand the implications of this. It doesn't seem like this is an inherent weakness in computer recognition of images, but instead a weakness of a particular DNN? Or am I way off base?

Comment · 11 years ago

I listen to a few every time there's a new episode:

* Free Beer & Hot Wings -- this is actually a radio show, but I've been listening since I was in high school and I'm a huge fan or their humor: http://www.freebeerandhotwings.com/

* Upvoted by reddit -- Alexis Ohanian takes a reddit comment or post, and turns it into a long-form podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/upvoted-by-reddit/id9541...

* Men In Blazers -- two soccer guys talking about soccer: http://meninblazers.com/podcasts

* Wait Wait Don't Tell Me -- humorous review of the news from NPR: http://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/

Comment · 11 years ago

Some devices still probe, even for APs that broadcast their SSID. I honestly don't know enough about it to explain why, but I know some Android phones will probe (my Note used to, my nexus 5 doesn't)