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Desustorm | 2 years ago | on: JupyterLab 4.0

To add to this, shamelessly self-promoting, Notebooker (https://github.com/man-group/notebooker) is a neat way of scheduling your Jupyter notebooks as parametrisable reports whose results are presented in a little web GUI (either as static HTML, PDF, or as reveal.js slideshow renders)

Desustorm | 7 years ago | on: Nasdaq Acquires Quandl to Advance the Use of Alternative Data

Alternative data is non-financial data which can be tied to various securities.

Financial data, for example, would be EUR USD spot prices. Non-financial data (i.e. "alternative data") could be healthcare reports which you could theoretically couple to e.g. pharma stocks.

Desustorm | 7 years ago | on: British intelligence hacked Belgacom then sabotaged investigation

> But I guess the City of London needs to get their financial "tips" somehow...

[Citation needed]

Desustorm | 7 years ago | on: Why Jupyter is data scientists’ computational notebook of choice

I have used jupytext (https://github.com/mwouts/jupytext) for this and it seems to work great - it outputs a separate .py file which is easily diff-able.

Desustorm | 9 years ago | on: I’m Joining LinkedIn

Out of interest, why are they scum? Never heard this before about LinkedIn.

Desustorm | 9 years ago | on: Netflix Downloads

This has been the differentiator between Netflix and Amazon Prime - very welcome news indeed. I do wonder how limited the number of allowed downloads will be, though...

Desustorm | 9 years ago | on: New security camera compromised by worm within minutes of installation

This is absolutely fascinating - and stunning that it only took ~90 seconds to be infected. Turns out the source code is... open source:

https://github.com/jgamblin/Mirai-Source-Code/blob/6a5941be6...

Desustorm | 9 years ago | on: A demonstration of browser events used to monitor online behaviour

This was surprisingly moving! notch is truly talented.

Desustorm | 9 years ago | on: Tesla ‘Easter Egg’ Makes the Fast-Accelerating Model S Even Faster

Not sure I agree with the terminology of the article (fast rather than quickest accelerating), but I thought this quote was special:

> Speeds like this offer more Gs than Earth, so the rate of acceleration is faster than falling. It can feel difficult to support your head and shoulders if you don’t lean back on the headrest.

Desustorm | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: Where is Assange?

Still at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, I suppose?

Desustorm | 9 years ago | on: US Navy denies it pirated 550K copies of software, says contractor consented

I guess that would be number of developers/machines they were using during development

Desustorm | 9 years ago | on: Donald Trump Is Elected President

There are already quite a few similar companies, such as Entrepreneur First (https://www.joinef.com/)

Desustorm | 9 years ago | on: British Government loses Article 50 court fight

The UK economy was/is doing fine? Not sure you read up on all the facts.

Desustorm | 9 years ago | on: British Government loses Article 50 court fight

>For the Americans out there, this is akin to Trump receiving a 52% majority by US voters (yes, 52% is still a majority, no matter how thin), and then the Electoral College deciding to vote amongst themselves instead about who becomes President: of course it would be Clinton.

Um, not really. It means that we are applying the law, not meddling... The prime minister doesn't get to decide what she wants to do regardless of whether it can pass in the commons, and an advisory referendum is certainly not legally binding.

Desustorm | 9 years ago | on: Why terrorism doesn’t work (2002) [pdf]

One man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter...

Desustorm | 9 years ago | on: Stealth Cell Tower Disguised as Printer

Would you count WhatsApp amongst that list of apps?

Desustorm | 9 years ago | on: Show HN: Anonymous messaging with a 1km radius

I would be careful about this. Could definitely be used for bullying by kids - would suggest you come up with a strong mechanism/policy for banning users!

Desustorm | 9 years ago | on: Advancing our amazing bet

That sounds like it was deliberately orchestrated by AT&T to me...

Desustorm | 9 years ago | on: Daydream – Google VR

It's a VR exclusive version of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" where you are a wizard (and therefore have a wand, too) and explore the Harry Potter universe.

Desustorm | 9 years ago | on: Music theory for nerds

I think people with experience in the field are just annoyed with her poorly-conceived assertions at the end, e.g. "This has got to be some of the worst jargon and notation for anything, ever." rather than pedantry.