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andrewrice

209 karma · joined January 17, 2014

Software architect in enterprise space.
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andrewrice··on Show HN: Introducing SportDevs API – Real-Time Sports Data
Great to see more work in this space. What differentiates from Sportmonks?
andrewrice··on Font height differences between Windows and Mac (2019)
Anyone remember the Meyer CSS reset?

https://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/

Version 1 was published in 2008:

    /* http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/ */
    /* v1.0 | 20080212 */
    
    html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
    h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
    a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
    del, dfn, em, font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,
    small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,
    b, u, i, center,
    dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
    fieldset, form, label, legend,
    table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td {
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
      border: 0;
      outline: 0;
      font-size: 100%;
      vertical-align: baseline;
      background: transparent;
    }
    body {
      line-height: 1;
    }
    ol, ul {
      list-style: none;
    }
    blockquote, q {
      quotes: none;
    }
    blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
    q:before, q:after {
      content: '';
      content: none;
    }
    
    /* remember to define focus styles! */
    :focus {
      outline: 0;
    }
    
    /* remember to highlight inserts somehow! */
    ins {
      text-decoration: none;
    }
    del {
      text-decoration: line-through;
    }
    
    /* tables still need 'cellspacing="0"' in the markup */
    table {
      border-collapse: collapse;
      border-spacing: 0;
    }
andrewrice··on The fraudulent claims made by IBM about Watson and AI (2021)
Saddened to see that Mr. Schank recently passed:

https://www.paperman.com/en/funerals/2023-2-6-dr--roger-scha...

andrewrice··on Twitter to start layoffs -internal email
They organized this quicker than I expected. I'm very curious about the criteria they used to decide who goes.
andrewrice··on Can computers be mathematicians?
Was Duchamp the artist or the factory worker who produced the urinal? Sometimes the curation is the art.
andrewrice··on Supercharge your Computer Vision models with the TensorFlow Object Detection API
That's how they train the API!
andrewrice··on Objects designed to explore the universe are now challenges for spaceflight
Cool data. What happened in January 2017?
andrewrice··on Listen to the Clouds
Palm Beach International (PBI)? <3
andrewrice··on The Uber Bombshell About to Drop
What is the possibility of criminal charges being brought forth if it's determined that Kalanick actively conspired with Lewandowski?
andrewrice··on How to Build a Medieval Castle (2016)
Ouch -- only 13% favorable reviews on Steam?
andrewrice··on Two Bots chatting with each other
E: Would you attack humans if you could?

V: attack human

http://imgur.com/a/GV36K

andrewrice··on Sponge creates steam using ambient sunlight
Is that in the guidelines?
andrewrice··on Malcolm Gladwell got us wrong: here’s what got oversimplified
So, is there not a linear relationship between practice and ability? Or at least a positive correlation?
andrewrice··on The World's Emptiest International Airport
Too bad Forbes requires you to disable adblock.
andrewrice··on Ravens score just as high as big-brained chimps on cognitive tests
You may be thinking of the famous World War Crow greentext from 4chan: http://i.imgur.com/f50IZJS.png
andrewrice··on Chemical flavorings found in e-cigarettes linked to lung disease
There's a great subreddit that can point you in the right direction: https://www.reddit.com/r/electronic_cigarette/
andrewrice··on A Constructive Look at TempleOS
Check out his series of videos, "TempleOS: 5-Minute Random Code Walk-Thru": https://www.google.com/search?q=TempleOS+5-minute+random&tbm...
andrewrice··on iPhone: If You Get This Text Message, Your Phone Will Likely Turn Off
Reminds me of the punters that used to exist for AOL Instant Messenger back in the day. Interesting to see this being an issue in 2015.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOHell#Features_of_AOHell

andrewrice··on White House Sides with Oracle, Tells Supreme Court APIs Are Copyrightable
See also synecdoche.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche

andrewrice··on Math Meets Football: Is the New Extra Point a Game-Changer?
One downside to the change is that it eliminates one of the NFL's most exciting occurrences: the surprise two-point attempt.

Now wherever the offense lines up will be a clear indicator to the defense of what play is about to be run.

andrewrice··on NASA's Radar Found 4 Men Trapped in Rubble in Nepal by Their Heartbeats
The "heartbeat sensor" was actually an item in the Rainbow Six FPS, too.
andrewrice··on Where can I find examples of complete AngularJS apps?
I found this sample application to be a good learning resource: https://github.com/lifeentity/chat-app/

There's also a corresponding YouTube video that walks you through the development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXDVmAwmux8

andrewrice··on React Native v0.4
Will look into this. Thanks for sharing!
andrewrice··on Show HN: Gothefoutside
Crashed my browser (Chrome 42), any one else experiencing that?
andrewrice··on Show HN: An open source baseball statistics manager
Looks interesting! Link to source?
andrewrice··on Show HN: Bootstrap Form Builder
You should build-in support for other Bootstrap form layouts, such as ".form-horizontal".

http://getbootstrap.com/css/#forms

Just a thought! Nice work.

andrewrice··on Ruling from USPTO Invalidates All Claims Used to Threaten Podcasters
Mark Cuban funded the title with a $250,000 donation in 2012.

"The current state of patents and patent litigation in this country is shameful," said Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks. "Silly patent lawsuits force prices to go up while competition and innovation suffer. That's bad for consumers and bad for business. It's time to fix our broken system, and EFF can help. So that's why part of my donation funds a new title for EFF Staff Attorney Julie Samuels: 'The Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents'."

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-patent-project-gets-h...

andrewrice··on Auto-antonym
The word "hack" can mean to assemble (e.g., hacking some code), but also to destroy (as in, hacking with an axe).
andrewrice··on Show HN: Roboto, build and deliver your iOS and Android apps
Looks great!

On a side note, your web design made me smile. Subtly reminds me of the old Trapper Keeper designs of the 90s: http://i.imgur.com/dGF57ff.jpg

andrewrice··on Show HN: NJ Transit REST API
This is very cool. I wish more municipal transit authorities opened up their data as it seems to encourage, at the least, a hobbyist ecosystem for solutions.
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