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chimen··on Firefox Quantum Lands in Beta, Developer Edition
Any idea how I can get rid of that title bar that sits on top of the tab bar? In the demo I saw it's not present or it may have been cut from it. Linux
chimen··on Ask HN: Project that allows you to sell API
Mashape was recently sold and it's taking 20% off of everything. Too expensive...
chimen··on Ask HN: What Go framework for web API are you using in production?
I use beego.me for https://typely.com and It's great so far. It has a lot of features but I use just a few which worked great from day 1.
chimen··on Typely, free proofreading software
Point taken. My goal was to stop people from starting their sentence using 'Me and ...'. I guess I didn't give it enough thought and simply swapped the words.
chimen··on Typely, free proofreading software
Since we don't have neutral sentiment baked in, it probably couldn't rate it as being positive because my post is, somewhat, apologizing.

It is easy to read and it is understandable by a fourth grader. The vocabulary was being reported as "Rich" due to the fact it's just a comment and does not repeat many "same" words. The story changes once you keep writing and the vocabulary will go down another level.

I have "in the works" some code to make the engine skip analysis for words inside quotes because of the clear indication of quoting someone else.

chimen··on Typely, free proofreading software
Honestly, it's a "one man show" and I'm trying to do what I can with my time. The backend of this thing took so long that I pushed everything else too far and too early but I'm recovering.

I will add an eula and privacy. There is absolutely no data being stored or sent anywhere else. You will have to trust my words until I manage to upload those pages. I don't even have a marketing strategy yet, let alone selling "your data for profit". This tool was created for me and a short list of friends. Non of us are native English speakers/writers and I made typely to aid in writing.

Thank you for taking the time and I hope Typely can prove itself useful to you.

chimen··on Typely, free proofreading software
It's a tool that analyzes your text against a huge list of common mistakes writers usually do. The typos are fixed and pushed, CI is baking them now.
chimen··on Typely, free proofreading software
Oh no, it was not. I just uploaded that page last night. Good catch, thank you.
chimen··on Typely, free proofreading software
Typely is actually a huge list of regexes carefully targeted at exact bits. We don't do any text analysis beyond that and we try to stay away from being "too clever" which is a fine line that we don't want to cross.
chimen··on Google’s new program to track shoppers sparks a federal privacy complaint
Europe? You need to be more specific than that. I find it hard to believe what you say and I live in eastern europe (Romania). I don't have any problem paying with cards here. It's an actual european law that asks the merchants to accept credit cards.
chimen··on VPN crackdown ‘unthinkable’ trial by firewall for China’s research world
And you think that's done by regular VPN users bypassing the gov firewall?
chimen··on Luna – Visual and textual functional programming language
I disliked it myself up until ES6 when it started to be "enjoyable" or..should I say less annoying. I program in 6 languages (it may not be much but enough to draw a conclusion from a sample) and I can't say I have one without it's list of wtf's.

By placing big keywords in your bio like "Serial enterpreneur, haskeller, programming languages design freak, former senior R&D technical director in the biggest film studios in Europe" + "hates java script" and keeping your flag up here makes it look very unprofessional. Of course, who are we to judge if not...your target audience for a "functional programming language", visual or not.

I remember when RoR came out and some [1] "cool dudes" decided to mock everything else on the planet. RoR vs php, RoR vs this and that. It made me feel sick even though RoR was a big step up from everything else back then. It took me 2 - 3 years to even consider it because of that.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnnpbVW7Yb8

chimen··on Crystal Lang vs. Node.js vs. Go Benchmarks
I don't think the power of elixir sits in the benchmarks of this sort. Elixir is not a fast language.
chimen··on We’re Bad at Death
> "My personal feeling is that if humans would quit wasting their time bullshitting on the Internet all day, and we figured out a way to collectively be more productive, we could cure cancer, create artificial organs, extend life by a few healthy decades, eliminate poverty"

You just wasted time on the internet telling people not to waste time on the...internet. Let's not take from the importance of the internet and how much we accomplished in the past years just from being able to ask strangers about our problems and receive answers...among many other things.

You can't add/multiply intelligence. Even if 1,000,000 researches work on curing cancer compared to 1,000 it might still be solved around the same time. In other words, putting 1000 people bad at math together in a room doesn't mean they are going to bring any new algorithm out.

It's all a symbiotic process and things need to move in all directions just so you can tackle certain issues at the right time with the right tools.

chimen··on The Science About Planet Nine, So Far
Planet 9 discovery and early papers dates back to 1800s. Don't attribute this to "conspiracy theorists". It just so happens that they like to cling on "not yet fully understood" artifacts of theories and research fields so they can fuel their ramblings and lure people. It was the mayan calendar, the 9th planet or Nibiru how they like to call it and now they like to use the word quantum a lot.
chimen··on My son died in 1994 but his heart only stopped beating this year
You never had a panic attack. When the brain overloads in such situation will take the most extreme action it can, shut you down, put you to sleep so you can't feel anything probably. It won't happen to everyone but it does to many. I've had some panic attacks 5 years ago that got me close to that point. I didn't pass out but I was right there, in all instances I ended up in the ER though.

I have a friend who's girlfriend was driving one day and the car slipped off the road going towards an electrical pillar (it didn't hit it though because my friend managed to grab the wheel). Near the collision point with that pillar his girlfriend passed out, in an instant. We laughed at that situation for years. They ended up in someone's yard, killing a poor dog in his little house.

chimen··on My son died in 1994 but his heart only stopped beating this year
I donated a lot when my father died. Just make sure you're not looking at the bag filling with your blood. We're programmed to think that our life is dripping out through that cord but be positive and aware that this helps someone and also regenerates your blood so it has its benefits.

Don't look and prepare mentally that you're not going to die there. I know it sounds absurd but the "fight or flight" situation kicks in and, like with panic attacks, the fear of actually dying probably leads you to pass out probably.

chimen··on An AI defeated human fighter pilots in an air combat simulator (2016)
On top of that, it will make things much cheaper cutting the need to carry an extra 90~kg (the pilot), a huge interface with commands that must be operated by the pilot and a cockpit to carry him. Not to mention the human errors, and efforts invested in training them.

Humans will most likely be used in "decision-making" roles.

chimen··on Why Are There So Many 17th Century Paintings of Monkeys Getting Drunk?
Don't know why you're venting. "understanding the past is the key to understanding the present"
chimen··on Kurzweil Claims That the Singularity Will Happen by 2029
I have nothing against Kurzweil and I would love to see that happen as he is predicting but, after seeing about 5 documentaries about him in particular I tend to believe he desperately wants that to happen. I mean, the man takes about 150 pills a day to make sure he will live to see these predictions happen, nothing against that by all means but I'm not the one to put too much weight on his predictions.
chimen··on Employees who decline genetic testing could face penalties under proposed bill
Employers collecting on death insurances might get a higher ROI now with access to such information isn't it? This gets too far.
chimen··on Romania is developing its own culture of protests
Which sets 50 corrupt politicians free to deal with it in a civil court. Yeah right.
chimen··on Romania is developing its own culture of protests
Don't copy paste. This is the 2nd time you answer me with this link and same words. Are you at work?
chimen··on Romania is developing its own culture of protests
I am in a managerial position actually and what you quoted there is not what I said. I never said that > a government should be only focused on their campaign plan.

If you find it hard to comprehend that it's out of order to take care of this law (which is selfish to the bone and only serves their own interest) before anything else you promised in your campaign I'm afraid there's not much to discuss here.

Stop promoting that ordinance please, you are outnumbered here.

chimen··on Romania is developing its own culture of protests
Funny that you're doing politics on the internet but fail to write your president's name correctly. The president has nothing to do with the issue discussed by the way.
chimen··on Romania is developing its own culture of protests
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Yes they are many. They voted and the winners tried to go far beyond the original plan for which they got voted in the first place - securing their own safety first by trying to lower the bars on the law so they can sneak under the radar.
chimen··on Romania is developing its own culture of protests
Yes. It's obvious we're leaving behind the old generation which loses it's grip. There's also the faint rising of a counter protest with a majority of old people and I'm certain they're being lied to or paid to go on the streets. The balance is obvious though and I'm proud of the outcome so far.
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