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libso··on Relearning math as an adult
Now tell us where to find the ladder with all the steps in order.
libso··on Google Photos will end its free unlimited storage in June 2021
Google photos is one of the worst among the lot. It is Apple of photo apps. Very little user control. No way to manually tag stuff or name stuff. The only reason I use it is for the free storage. The design philosophy treats users as dumbfuks. I'm looking to move everything out.
libso··on Google, the Stupidity Amplifier (2016)
On a related note, how do I block Google from showing me the Answer blurb when I search for something, especially on desktop browsers?
libso··on Ask HN: Is all of FAANG like this?
Principal is L7. No way they make millions unless they are exceptional Principals and get discretionary pay.
libso··on Tell HN: Interviewed with Triplebyte? Your profile is about to become public
Chill everyone. Ammon didn't mean to betray anyone's trust. He just executed public profiles feature very poorly and compared them to profiles on anonymous platforms which was naive. Before a lot of people see this and delete their profile if I were him I'd do this>

+Continue keeping it an opt-out feature. But give a long lead time. A month or two. Regular emails warning that profile will go public and a personalized screenshot of what exactly would be included. +If users want to approve the public profile, they will stop receiving these emails. They should also be able to choose who to show in their profiles. +If users forget to approve or deny, make an extremely minimalist profile public with only initials of the name listed.

libso··on Kanboard – Kanban Project Management Software
Any use this with Jira? Do you recommend?
libso··on 2020 Cloud Report: AWS vs. GCP vs. Azure
It is less to do with Google investing in GCP offerings than their investment in general in Operating Systems and their sheer quality of engineers.
libso··on Highest Paying Tech Companies of 2019
How is the level mapping between various companies decided?
libso··on Asciinema – Record and share terminal sessions
And the site is down.
libso··on Microsoft announces dual-screen Surface Neo
# of users of Duo calling app is small and tending to zero. It is laughable to think that MS would name it Duo for this negligible benefit.
libso··on Two More Cases of Third-Party Facebook App Data Exposure
Facebook sure as hell won't create such a tool. If you do, open source it and I shall use it for sure.
libso··on Google has added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users
Purely from a search quality and end user experience stand, I'd choose Google or Bing over ddg. I have given ddg a shot for over a couple of months. But I found myself using other search engines more often than not for the lack be quality results.
libso··on Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything?
The Fellowship of the Ring. JRR Tolkein

"Frodo: I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

Resonates with me in real life a lot.

libso··on Modern Weather Forecasts Are Stunningly Accurate
What's missing in most of the weather services is the recent history forecast vs observation.
libso··on Google Container for Firefox – Prevent Google from tracking you around the web
That doesn't prevent shit. These companies have invested far more man power to track you than you have to protect yourself. They can use a variety of methods to still track you. And they will. Think IP address based tracking.
libso··on Migrating away from Google Maps and cutting costs
Geez, do people sue for anything in America?
libso··on Oboe: A C++ library for low latency audio in Android
One the face of it, it does look like the memory pointed by streamP leaks. Unless build () kept another pointer to be used in the destructor.
libso··on Facebook launches PyTorch 1.0
Thanks for the constructive response to someone who cannot look beyond facebook.com.

I think this OP's expletive is more appropriate to some applications of FB's AI research and tools in their products.

If they weren't investing heavily in AI research & tools, they probably would've leveraged Google's TF, Microsoft's (since they like them) CNTK, etc.

So, in net, they have a positive impact with PyTorch which is the subject matter. Not facebook.com.

libso··on Facebook launches PyTorch 1.0
At the least, this is funny.
libso··on Facebook launches PyTorch 1.0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PyTorch

Based on Torch initially developed by now VP AI @ Nvida.

For some reason they don't tend to publicize much directly. I have observed that with other initiatives they have taken up.

E.g. atscale conference. No mention of FB on their about page.

libso··on Facebook launches PyTorch 1.0
Fair enough.
libso··on Facebook launches PyTorch 1.0
Since tensorflow has released eager execution a while ago, did you ever consider switching back to TF for your course (or have a version of it)?
libso··on Facebook launches PyTorch 1.0
They are the creator of pytorch and have a team dedicated to drive its development. They implicitly own it.
libso··on Windows 10 works incorrectly with Large memory pages
An independently powered external HDD connected to your PC can also wake it up. I had this problem as well but haven't found a solution that doesn't stop me from using my current setup.
libso··on Dropbox Files Confidentially for U.S. IPO
Right. That keeps dropbox at $5B. More if their path to profitability and more look better than box.
libso··on India has banned disposable plastic in Delhi
titlegore

"Delhi has banned disposable plastic"

Not all of India. Just Delhi.

libso··on Vim for Humans
Working link where I can download the book? Link in OP isn't doing it.
libso··on 4WD vs. AWD. What's the Difference?
AWD should be redefined as Automated Wheel Drive or Auto all Wheel Drive.
libso··on Introducing the Keybase filesystem
This is awesome. Never knew such a product was in works
libso··on How to minimize procrastination
There's a bunch of people who added a to-do to reply to this saying "Me too!" whom you'll never see.
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