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azuajefon The Use of Subroutines in Programmes (1951) [pdf]

Does anybody know where this article was originally published?

azuajefon Political Orchestra: The Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics During the Third Reich

Nice read, thanks for sharing. Also it's good to know that not all "political" submissions are being flagged.

azuajefon Who Buried Paul? (1999)

Humans are natural clue hunters, we love finding meaning in patterns we want to find.

azuajefon Ask HN: How do you deal with distraction?

Try to take a break from HN ;-)

azuajefon Immigration Ban Blocks Travelers at Airports Around Globe

This situation in general, inc. these stories, point to wider global issues that should matter to all of us regardless of nationality...

azuajefon [dead]

On this and wider issues..., influential people are standing up and speaking out....for the long run, e.g., https://stactivist.com/2017/01/28/doing-it-for-the-right-rea...

azuajefon Mark Zuckerberg statement on Trump immigration order

There is a need for other influential business people, entrepreneurs and scientists to stand up. E.g., https://stactivist.com/2017/01/28/doing-it-for-the-right-rea...

azuajefon Geneticist Michael Eisen Launches Bid for US Senate

Another view: https://stactivist.com/2017/01/28/doing-it-for-the-right-rea...

azuajefon Diego Gomez risks 8 years in prison for putting one paper in open access

Some background to his situation: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/07/colombian-student-face...

azuajefon The Web Summit: Watching the World Rot

Well said.

azuajefon Feynman’s first paper (1939)

And the same can be said about other communities, inc. computing and biology.

azuajefon Feynman’s first paper (1939)

Apart from the historical value of this submission, imagine nowadays a scientific paper starting with "Imagine...". Thanks for sharing!

azuajefon Plotly for R

Nice reference. Thanks for sharing.

azuajefon TensorFlow for R

This is a key point, well said. However, we need more people who are proficient in both "worlds" or at least, as another user points out below, more people willing to collaborate.

azuajefon Implementation of various string similarity and distance algorithms in Java

A nice variety of approaches. Any plans for implementing others, e.g., Smith-Waterman and mutual info. similarities?

azuajefon From Linear Models to Machine Learning (draft) [pdf]

Thanks for sharing. I also recommend "An Introduction to Statistical Learning - with Applications in R": http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~gareth/ISL/

azuajefon Ask HN: How do you get notified about newest research papers in your field?

In the bio/health/bio-info areas: a key option is to create alerts with http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

azuajefon British woman held after being seen reading book about Syria on plane

Similar incident - a man doing math: https://stactivist.com/2016/05/12/equations-on-an-airplane/

azuajefon Is there any evidence that, in the long run, startups are net job generators?

This is also my initial impression. But is there any published study in favor or against this view?

azuajefon Is there any evidence that, in the long run, startups are net job generators?

But even for programmers, I wonder if start-ups are actually generating sufficient jobs now.

azuajefon Claudio Ranieri (Manager, Leicester City): We Do Not Dream

Leicester City 2016: Not only a great sports story, a great story.