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		phumbe on March 17, 2017 \| parent \| context \| on: Enroute Airbus A380 wake flips Challenger business... For anyone interested, there are several great youtube videos[1-4] that show the wakes (the wingtip vortices in particular) created by various aircraft. This incident brings the Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM)[5] into question. Strategic Lateral Offset Procedure (SLOP)[6] can be used used to avoid such incidents. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ESmvyAmOs [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfY5ZQDzC5s [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy0hgG2pkUs [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXlv16ETueU [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_vertical_separation_mi... [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lateral_offset_proce...
		gexcolo on Oct 17, 2016 \| parent \| context \| on: Ask HN: $1k+ side projecters, what was the best th... I run https://box.cock.li/ , a VPS provider that caters to shitposters and people that kind of like that eerie feeling that your server could shut down at any moment. I don't really have any idea what I'm doing, but I don't really know how to run a mail server either but I seem to be doing okay with https://cock.li/ (this is where most of my customers are from) It's currently at about $2K total revenue, and once this transfer of IP space finishes I can properly scale to about $1.8K MRR.
		jotto on Oct 15, 2016 \| parent \| context \| on: Ask HN: How to get started with machine learning? If you want to jump right in with "hello world" type TensorFlow (a tool for machine learning), see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12465935 (how to fit a straight line using TensorFlow) If you like to study/read: the famous Coursera Andrew Ng machine learning course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning If you just want course materials from UC Berkeley, here's their 101 course: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11897766 If you want a web based intro to a "simpler" machine learning approach, "decision trees": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12609822 Here's a list of top "deep learning" projects on Github and great HN commentary on some tips on getting started: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12266623 If you just want a high level overview: https://medium.com/@ageitgey/machine-learning-is-fun-80ea3ec...
		rwmj on Oct 12, 2016 \| parent \| context \| on: What are malicious USB keys and how to create a re... If one finds a USB key in a parking lot, is there any safe way to find out what's on it?
		jrm415 on Oct 6, 2016 \| parent \| context \| on: Are closed social networks inevitable? (2010) Perhaps you meant that she is _really_ well articulated (rather than rarely)?
		jwatte on Sept 19, 2016 \| parent \| context \| on: Ask HN: Where do you go to get recruiters to find ... For that to work, you have to arbitrage the fee the business would pay to a recruiter against the lost income for the employee you place. Maybe you have secret sauce that makes it possible? Tell us more?
		kbart on Sept 16, 2016 \| parent \| context \| on: Show HN: I invented a caffeinated toothpaste "two 20kb toddlers." Is that a mistype or do you really measure babies in kilobits?