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New comment by jfno67 in "Parsing / Recursive Descent Parser"

jfno67 — Mon, 09 May 2022 15:33:57 +0000

I read it on my own, while I was writing compilers for a reengineering tool. I have to admit this was a very long time ago.

New comment by jfno67 in "Parsing / Recursive Descent Parser"

jfno67 — Mon, 09 May 2022 08:13:44 +0000

I feel obliged to mention "Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools" or more commonly known as the dragon book. I loved that book.

New comment by jfno67 in "Lemonade files S1"

jfno67 — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 20:13:58 +0000

I think you can say that all insurance have at least partial network effect built in. Quality of underwriting comes from a diverse and large risk portfolio, which leads to profits and pricing accuracy.

New comment by jfno67 in "Google Maps is filled with false business addresses pretending to be nearby"

jfno67 — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 21:40:46 +0000

Locksmith use to do the same kinds of scam on 411 services and yellow pages listings. The fees to have multiple business phone lines with the phone company was the real curation.

New comment by jfno67 in "Google Cloud Text-To-Speech Powered by DeepMind WaveNet Technology"

jfno67 — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 21:51:21 +0000

I decided to do the opposite so French text with the wavenet English voice, pretty funny too.

New comment by jfno67 in "Mark Karpeles Will End Up Taking $859M from Mt. Gox Bankruptcy"

jfno67 — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 17:31:10 +0000

Isn't this the choice you made at filling time when you specified you wanted to be repaid in BTC?

New comment by jfno67 in "Startup Technical Diligence Is a Waste of Time"

jfno67 — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 20:37:16 +0000

Beating random doesn't mean making a return. A lot of VC plainly and simply lose money.

New comment by jfno67 in "Dozens of oil tankers cluster off the coast of Texas due to oil price fall"

jfno67 — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 14:43:17 +0000

I wonder if all those tankers next to Fujairah are indicating the same thing. http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:56/centery:...

Finger Server

jfno67 — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:24:58 +0000

Article URL: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/finger-server

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7178834

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by jfno67 in "The Driverless Car Revolution Should Not Begin with Cars"

jfno67 — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 20:30:40 +0000

You can also have a convoy of 1 manned truck with n driverless truck that play follow the leader. You end up with a train model on the road infrastructure.

New comment by jfno67 in "Poll: How do you create the website for your startup or side project?"

jfno67 — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 04:54:27 +0000

Once I heard Marissa Mayer recount that she asked Sergey Brin where he got the idea of doing such a minimalist design for Google. Sergey's answer was: I don't do HTML.

New comment by jfno67 in "Google Play revenue grew 17%, iOS revenue contracted 0.7% in Nov 2012"

jfno67 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:25:53 +0000

Contracted vs grew is still in opposite direction and significant, but I doubt those numbers are right, they should both be growing.

New comment by jfno67 in "The Sudden, Mysterious Exit Of A Quora Cofounder Has Silicon Valley Baffled"

jfno67 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:45:37 +0000

After the new $10M in cash it is $20M/3,000,000, so they are worth $6.66/share

New comment by jfno67 in "Building A Factory vs. Discovering A Goldmine"

jfno67 — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:22:37 +0000

The formula by Sivers he refers too seems to be the best approximation to value idea. I still like to put emphasis on execution instead of idea, since almost everybody I talk with that value idea is in fact doing some analysis paralysis and will start working when they get that "great idea".

New comment by jfno67 in "How many metrics matter for your startup? Only one"

jfno67 — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:06:47 +0000

Cool recap of all the aspect you want to monitor while building your business. While giving you the way to not drown in too much information by focusing on one.

In retrospect it is obvious, but so hard. I always wanted to focus on the metrics where we were doing well or where we knew what to do next.

New comment by jfno67 in "Blind man shocks researchers with what he sees."

jfno67 — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:53:54 +0000

This subject was presented in a book I read recently, along with many interesting aspect of how our mind works. The book is definitely worth reading, it was "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman.

I wonder if it can explain the fact that I don't fall or bump into obstacles when I walk and read at the same time...

New comment by jfno67 in "Marissa Mayer Employment Offer Letter"

jfno67 — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:17:28 +0000

I saw her current net worth being evaluated at $300,000,000. I doubt this moves has anything to do with money, but she would not want to be seen as a cheap hire either.

New comment by jfno67 in "Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide'"

jfno67 — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:40:47 +0000

The article cited never asked "Is 12,000 ...". They say "Look cameras are not that bad since most are on premise and are privately owned and operated." I find that this comparison is dishonest and is not relevant.

edit: changed "you cite" to "cited", The response is not to the OP.

New comment by jfno67 in "Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide'"

jfno67 — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:37:56 +0000

The fact that the majority of camera is privately owned is not relevant. The question remains: "Is 500 cameras too many, too little or just about right, for a county of 1 million?". I have no idea, but I don't see why the ratio public/private is important.

New comment by jfno67 in "Google Maps for Android Labs Offers Offline Caching"

jfno67 — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:58:40 +0000

I used it while abroad. Since the GPS works, you can see where you are on the map, which is a big plus over only a paper map. Obviously getting data access would be even better, but it's a nice free alternative.