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alexwestin··on What do you think about this startup?
Try to do something unique next time.
alexwestin··on How a 25-Year-Old Investor Spurred Lumber Liquidators’ Plunge
Engines like this one can help uncover these hidden relationships: http://cymetica.com
alexwestin··on Topics in Tcl Programming
There's really not a thing I can't do in TcL. I move back and forth from Python and TcL all of the time. I had Tcl before I had Python and it's quite mature which makes sense considering how long it's been around.
alexwestin··on Algorithm that summarizes text
This is no hobby level system. I've done side-by-side comparisons and they've got something else going on here that beats other systems hands down. You've also seemed to miss the fact that these guys are enabling the context to be controlled using any word.
alexwestin··on Algorithm that summarizes text
[–]moridin007 1 point 1 day ago comparing this algorithm with the one i wrote for wingztv.com (shameless plug) i am really shocked by how much better these guys algo is. although mine was just kinda was hacked up. it just sees sentences with more words in common and ranks then by it, and then i just grab the top 5. this algo looks a lot more fancy O.o probably why it's a lot better lol. http://www.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/comments/2wqq5t/...
alexwestin··on [dead]
I actually found these summaries to save me from having to read something just to find out I'm not really interested in it.
alexwestin··on [dead]
I was just thinking of going full code-hipster and learning Tcl!
alexwestin··on I'm thinking of going full code-hipster and learning Tcl
Thanks. I was wondering about the Tk implantation in terms of plotting and charts.
alexwestin··on I'm thinking of going full code-hipster and learning Tcl
Digging
alexwestin··on Ask HN: It's 2065 – What does history say about the software industry today?
There is no software industry, just us and SkyNet.
alexwestin··on Stop Equating Women in Tech with Engineers
We all know LinkedIn is a 'match.com' or 'tinder' or 'okcupid' for the majority of folks. "We only hire hot chicks..." a quote from the article, is very truth telling. Lets be honest folks.
alexwestin··on Stop Equating Women in Tech with Engineers
Until we are honest with ourselves about the sexual dynamics (including what our wives or SO's think) that exist, we will go no where on this issue.
alexwestin··on High-reproducibility and high-accuracy method for automated topic classification
Contact Kasian Franks kasian.franks@gmail.com he has a good summarization system I'm using.