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Ask HN: How to approach two competing job offers - is bidding war an option? - mbord
I studied Computer Science, and I recently graduated as a bachelor. I went on to apply to two major Silicon Valley companies, let's call them A and B, and aced the interviews.<p>I got an offer from A, which I would have happily acce... | {
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How to market my NoSQL technology - tom_andersson
I have been developing a technology which best can be described as an object oriented / graph NoSQL database, and I need some ideas on how to market it. Check out my web site at: http://www.clear-objects.com/clearodb<p>The end users would be software developers who w... | {
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FBI director: Cover up your webcam - grej
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/295933-fbi-director-cover-up-your-webcam
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6t6t6t6
From all they ways I can be spied, the webcam is the one that concerns me the
least.
At the end, all they will see is a bearded man staring to the front. May they
be able to se... | {
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Simple example of machine learning in TensorFlow - jostmey
https://github.com/jostmey/NakedTensor?bare
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dbcurtis
I like these kind of "Hello, world!" examples for TensorFlow. As a TensorFlow
beginner, I need all the references I can get. Here is what I need right now:
"Hello, we meet again!". I can build a neura... | {
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Arch Linux – Best Distro Ever? (Update with Pacaur and Linux-Zen) - akitaonrails
http://www.akitaonrails.com/2017/01/10/arch-linux-best-distro-ever
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ake1
I love arch and would be using it if my hardware worked better out of the box.
Having to tinker with blacklisted drivers and manual pulseaudio configuration
is... | {
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Windows 10 marks the end of 'pay once, use forever' software - aceperry
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/31/rising_and_ongoing_cost_of_windows/
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chmike
I have my finger hanging over the mouse button ready to click install Ubuntu.
I'm not a cash cow waiting to be milked.
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Rockdtben
I will be switching t... | {
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Ask HN: Looking for few testers for my website & associated open-source darknet? - mikeliu8
I'm a dual-class programmer/lawyer who's decided to use my powers for good. I've made an open-source system to let you copy/lend/share files and media privately with friends. It plugs into a site where you can add friends and... | {
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US/UK news has been responding to Coronavirus since 2020 - massanishi
https://public.tableau.com/profile/masatoshi.nishimura#!/vizhome/CoronavirusMentionedinNewsPublishers/ResponsestoCoronavirusby5MajorPublishers?publish=yes
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massanishi
I analyzed 46,601 news over the past 3 months from the major US and UK
publi... | {
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PostgreSQL Monitoring Cheatsheet - websec
http://russ.garrett.co.uk/2015/10/02/postgres-monitoring-cheatsheet/
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dijit
Reddit discussion;
[https://www.reddit.com/r/PostgreSQL/comments/3nhcnh/postgres...](https://www.reddit.com/r/PostgreSQL/comments/3nhcnh/postgresql_monitoring_cheatsheet/)
I actually met the aut... | {
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Graceful Athiest – What If I Grant You That? (2016) - logicprog
https://gracefulatheist.wordpress.com/2016/11/26/what-if-i-grant-you-that/
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logicprog
I'm a Christian but this is a particularly well thought out and fair anti-
apologetic piece. I thought it would be interesting to see what HN thought of
it (as a l... | {
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Project to Run RTL-SDR Dongle with Microcontroller Host - fallingmeat
https://fallingnate.svbtle.com/portable-rtl2832-usb-dongle
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fallingmeat
I started this project a while back and am just now releasing the results
piecemeal. If anyone has experience running SDR DSP operations on an MCU, I'd
be very interested ... | {
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Merb ♡ Rails - qhoxie
http://merbist.com/2008/12/02/merb-loves-rails/
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Locke
Yes, it's clear that Rails blazed the path for Merb. At the same time, the
Rails people really shouldn't be surprised (or feel badly) that their
"opinionated software" has created a market for flexible, agnostic software.
Both projects... | {
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Ask HN: Getting a Cs Degree After 15 Years in the Industry? - empath75
I’ve been in the industry for 15 years and I’m a senior software engineer at a very large company, but I also dropped out of community college and I’ve never taken a cs class.<p>I have, however invested a lot of time learning higher math and advanc... | {
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Linux users file EU complaint against Microsoft - recoiledsnake
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/thomson-reuters/130326/exclusive-open-software-group-files-complaint-eu-against-micros
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neya
From the article:
Microsoft's relations with the EU executive have been tense since 2004, when th... | {
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Implementation of Direct Segments on a RISC-V Processor (2018) [pdf] - ingve
https://carrv.github.io/2018/papers/CARRV_2018_paper_4.pdf
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JoachimS
Very interesting. But I was really surprised that the conclusions didn't
mention any performance results.
The problem description in the abstract states that "Past an... | {
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Yasnippet: TextMate snippets for Emacs - pookleblinky
http://code.google.com/p/yasnippet/
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KirinDave
I use this library and like it. Snippet-like functuonality a one of the things
that got TextMate as much attention as it received.
It's particularly nice when you have Emacs's terrific electric mode on along
w... | {
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I've had enough of being a mindless drone. - jpalacio486
I've submitted my application for Winter 08 funding. <p>I am a 21 year old full time college student/full time employee for a Disney contractor doing tape backups for 12 hours a night. After I get off work at 7am I go directly to school. Not fun at all.<p>My p... | {
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Software engineering: UK vs Silicon Valley - rjshade
http://80000hours.org/blog/26-software-engineering-britain-vs-silicon-valley
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gamechangr
well said.
I'm an american who has been to London maybe twenty times. I have noticed the
difference in pay rate. London has very similar pay rate to places like Austin
or... | {
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Sony Pictures Presents: The Propaganda Model [pdf] - cinquemb
http://cryptome.org/2014/12/sony-wurlitzer.pdf
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matthewwiese
Cryptome contains a lot of interesting information. If you enjoyed the linked
pdf, just navigate to the main site and check out the rest.
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xnull2guest
I'm not sure that Bill Blunden... | {
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Sex myths without substance: Mislabelling Japan - pjan
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/sex-myths-without-substance-mislabelling-japan-8911325.html
"These stories gain traction because they support a simplistic view of East Asia which is at best patronising and at worst overtly racist [...] The collec... | {
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Ask HN: Where can I hire developers for my dinky bootstrapped startup? - j32fun
I'm interested in some ideas, fellow HNers. I run a bootstrapped software business. It's small, but profitable. I want to expand the company, and I see myself (who's technical) as needing some hired help in expanding the cod... | {
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Ask HN: Is it 'normal' to struggle so hard with work? - throwawayqdhd
This question might come across as dumb, especially for a 30 year old, but I come from a culture where this aspect of work was never emphasized and at this point, I don't know who to ask.<p>Basically, since as long as I can remember, I've ... | {
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Useful Links for Front-End Web Development - SarahJune
https://www.codefellows.org/blogs/useful-links-for-front-end-web-development
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ivanoats
I love these tools lists. It's great to get a lay of the land out there if you
are new to web development.
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hijk
Oooo, definitely some goodies in there that are n... | {
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Unable to submit my *.github.io subdomain on HN - ashutoshgngwr
I'm returned an error saying my account is too new to submit "this site". PS, I'm able to share other links.
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greenyoda
For questions about site policy, please contact the moderators at
hn@ycombinator.com.
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ashutoshgngwr
Than... | {
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Some Indian start-ups shun funding in bid to retain independence - paraschopra
http://livemint.com/Companies/hZXXOXHl9euEdJMSkvpKMM/Some-startups-shun-funding-in-bid-to-retain-independence.html
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kamaal
Firstly, Congratulations Paras.
One more company that comes to my mind is HasGeek(<http://hasgeek.com/>).
HasG... | {
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Ask HN: Web app feedback (intelligent chatting system) - benjamincanfly
http://www.circleofconversation.com
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gruseom
I like it too. I might even use it, if there are enough high quality
participants.
I read the whole Theory page and it struck me as blah blah blah blah blah,
_except_ for these two points:
1\.... | {
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Ask HN: Best distributed job processing system in 2019? - sharmi
I have around 10 million network I/O related jobs that I would like to do in a short period.<p>So I hope to use a job queue to run it distributed on several servers.<p>I have used celery in the past but it is not quite reliable.<p>Features most impo... | {
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Ask HN: Learning Ruby + MooTools - sscheper
Compared to most people here, I'm a n00b when it comes to programming. I've had a computer since I was five, but I never really got into computing languages until this past year (I'm 23 now---yes, pretty old).<p>Without ever taking one class in computer science, I managed ... | {
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ASCII art animations in the URL bar - qbonnard
http://glench.com/hash
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gus_massa
Really interesting but I hope this doesn't become popular and appear in every
site. A few comments:
* Wave2 is broken in Chrome (in Windows)
* The title should change, it's always "I'm sorry".
* I'd prefer that this doesn't des... | {
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How We Test the Stateful Autoscaling of Our Stream Processing System - chuckblake
https://blog.wallaroolabs.com/2018/03/how-we-test-the-stateful-autoscaling-of-our-stream-processing-system/
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nisanharamati
Hi All,
I'm Nisan, a Chaos Engineer at Wallaroo Labs, and the author of this post.
I'll be keeping an eye o... | {
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The Wire Image of a Network Protocol - okket
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8546
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wyldfire
> QUIC is ... the first ... protocol to ... prevent ossification
I'd never heard of the term 'ossification' regarding a protocol before. But
"QUIC as a solution to protocol ossification" from LWN [1] clears it up:
> TCP ... | {
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How to go faster than jQuery, Ext, Mootools...? - jie
http://myjs.fr<p>I coded a JS framework that goes faster than jQuery, Ext, Mootools... (I haven't find any faster on the web for now)
Accessing and modifying HTML Element properties are the main taks of JS frameworks and My.js does those operations way faster tha... | {
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AMD Ryzen 4000 Mobile APUs - neogodless
https://www.anandtech.com/show/15324/amd-ryzen-4000-mobile-apus-7nm-8core-on-both-15w-and-45w-coming-q1
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m0zg
And laptop manufacturers will now proceed to stuffing these into bargain bin
laptops with shitty 1080 displays. To this day desktop/workstation Ryzen CPUs
are not ... | {
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Wssdl – WireShark-Specific Dissector Language - Snaipe
https://github.com/diacritic/wssdl
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rwmj
Interesting, but surprising they didn't look at how Erlang bit syntax works.
[http://erlang.org/doc/programming_examples/bit_syntax.html](http://erlang.org/doc/programming_examples/bit_syntax.html)
It's considerably ... | {
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Yet Another DDoS device – The connected mattress ;) - maghis
https://www.eightsleep.com/buy-mattress/
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simonebrunozzi
I like the irony! Ehehe. I personally know the Eight team, and it's nice to
see them launch a smart mattress.
I think that their smart cover works quite well. They spent a few months
refining th... | {
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Reputation: kind of a big deal - holman
http://zachholman.com/2010/12/reputation/
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thesz
>If you take an action — write a blog post, publish a photo, launch a website
— you want your action to spread to as many people as possible.
Overgeneralization, is what I see there.
Actually, "avoiding success at all co... | {
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Richard Stallman on the Anonymous WikiLeaks Protests - gnubardt
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/17/anonymous-wikileaks-protest-amazon-mastercard/print
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iwwr
I guess you could compare this with the 1960s sit-ins at the whites-only
establishments.
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The born-again entrepreneur - jacquesm
http://swombat.com/2011/6/6/born-again-entrepreneur
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edanm
Absolutely agree with the conclusion.
I would take it a step further, though. For us geeks/entrepreneurs, oftentimes
the non-conformist thing to do, but which ultimately make us happiest, is to
run our own busine... | {
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Make something and sell it - J3L2404
http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/01/22/make-something-and-sell-it/
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actf
I think this article presents an interesting argument, even though much of it
is anecdotal. Some of the author's points are very interesting:
> He says he’s an empiricist and that data have convinced ... | {
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At - colinprince
http://furbo.org/2014/03/25/at/
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elektronaut
In Norwegian the official name is "krøllalfa", meaning "curly alpha". Hip in
the 90s, but I don't think I've heard anyone call it that in years. I was
actually surprised when I learned that "at" was the proper English name and
usage. I had always assu... | {
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Ask HN: Who is working remote due to CoronaVirus? - shabirgilkar
This is to let everyone know which are the individuals/companies started to work remotely due to COVID-19 virus spread.<p>Please feel free to mention your experiences, challenges, pre-requisites, suggestions etc.
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Trias11
I working mostly from... | {
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Toki Pona - ColinWright
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toki_Pona
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anonymfus
Conlang Critic is a fan of this language:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLn6LC1RpAo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLn6LC1RpAo)
I highly recommend watching all episodes of their show if you like an idea of
short text based video ess... | {
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Node WebKit - gits1225
https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit?
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SixSigma
I don't quite understand what this is. Is it a Web browser that runs Npm?
Is it a server side html renderer?
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general_failure
Desktop software using HTML and node.
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SixSigma
I still don't quite understand.
How is it different ... | {
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Naughty Strings: A list of strings likely to cause issues as user-input data - caseysoftware
https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings
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minimaxir
Creator/Maintainer of the repo here.
I apologize for the lack of updates to the BLNS. (since I'm free today and
this is on the HN front page, I'll do a... | {
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ESPN Sues Verizon to Stop New Sports-Free TV Bundles - kw71
http://www.cnet.com/news/espn-sues-verizon-over-new-skinny-bundles-for-cable-tv/
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kw71
I have always hated the idea that I have to pay ESPN and Disney, services I
have zero interest in, in order to have video services from the cable company.
It's one ... | {
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DNC warns 2020 campaigns not to use FaceApp 'developed by Russians' - smacktoward
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/17/politics/dnc-warning-faceapp/
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bifrost
I was discussing this (faceapp) earlier today, and I really don't feel like
its a big deal aside from the russaphobia it drums up. We shouldn't condemn
all of th... | {
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Learn Spock, a Haskell web framework - agrafix
http://www.spock.li/tutorial/
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cschneid
I have been using spock for a 2-3 end point website. It's good. Very
simplistic form of web framework (along the lines of sinatra).
The docs should be a bit better, with some examples of how to use the database
and session ... | {
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Ask HN: How to know how good at coding you are? - blackrabbit
I'm a student in college, and I use to think that I was fairly good at coding. But lately, I'm not sure.<p>I was wondering if there are particularly principles of a good coder or some kind of pattern. I find myself coding well and quick when I'm intereste... | {
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Help wanted for a new pretty printer and code editor - djalbat
https://github.com/djalbat/yapp
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djalbat
There's some fun to be had in working with the grammars, even if you've never
done this kind of thing before. If you take a moment to clone the repository
and have a look at the examples, you'll see that you a... | {
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Low Level Programming of the Raspberry Pi in C (2013) - mountainplus
http://www.pieter-jan.com/node/15
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edoo
If you need a little bit more determinism the beaglebone has a PRU
(programmable realtime unit), a separate processor that can pass data back and
forth to the main RAM.
[http://beagleboard.org/pru](http:... | {
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Surprise graphene discovery could unlock secrets of superconductivity - mrfusion
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02773-w
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classicsnoot
I eagerly await the day when articles about graphene have simple, technical
titles. So far, we've had years of, "graphene could cure cancer, provide free
lunch, and so... | {
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The Yale Problem Begins in High School - frostmatthew
http://heterodoxacademy.org/2015/11/24/the-yale-problem-begins-in-high-school/
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jseliger
I've taught at two colleges and based on my (purely) anecdotal experiences and
attention to the climate, I'd say that the number of students and faculty
interested in sti... | {
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Ask HN: What do you think of open office floor plans? - att159
Good for promoting collaboration, or merely an obstacle to privacy and productivity? Seems like it's very difficult to find a Bay Area tech company these days which doesn't use the open office plan. Facebook now has a 2800 person room in its head... | {
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British cave diver sues Elon Musk for defamation over “pedo guy” tweets - tolien
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/british-cave-diver-sues-elon-musk-for-defamation-over-pedo-guy-tweets/
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GoToRO
"Vernon Unsworth, the British cave diver who played a key role in rescuing a
dozen teenagers and their coach ... | {
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John Gruber’s hypocritical and off-base Google attack - apress
http://theorangeview.net/2011/03/john-grubers-hypocritical-and-off-base-google-attack/
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DeusExMachina
John Gruber is an Apple pundit and fan? Yes, we know.
His attack is hypocritical? Maybe.
Off base? I don't think so.
Yes, as the article says, A... | {
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A thought stream on XKCD click and drag - brosner
https://thoughtstreams.io/jtauber/xkcd-click-and-drag/
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waterlesscloud
I want to do a thoughtstream on thoughtstreams.
I like the idea. A lot. And yet I don't want to pay for it. Which is a
reaction worth exploring a bit more.
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jere
Maybe I can interest yo... | {
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Tell HN: Check out my new note taking app, ScribbleJot - unfug
http://www.scribblejot.com<p>I've been playing around with Google App Engine for a few weeks and this is the result. My goal was to design a really simple app for quickly jotting down notes. It uses Markdown so that you can easily style/format your not... | {
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Rogue Wave acquires Zend - mgkimsal
http://www.zend.com/en/resources/news-and-events/newsroom/press/3683_rogue-wave-software-acquires-enterprise-php-leader-zend-acquisition-broadens-enterprise-strength-across-top-five-development-languages
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plorkyeran
I didn't realize Rogue Wave still existed, since I haven't he... | {
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Ask HN: Can you posit some examples of civil discourse? - ahdroit
I understand this is not a political forum and am not looking for your political opinion rather examples of effective communication.<p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DvmLMUfGss
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: Vietnam and the In... | {
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Brand/Marketing Advice Available - Reformed Ad Guy - tdslj
Creative Director for top-5 global digital ad agency based in SF offering marketing advice to startups. First session is free. If you like what you get, we can discuss how to take things from there. My background: First, ten years of traditional, madison ave... | {
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Have an idea for an IPhone Game, Looking for other developers - dottertrotter
If anyone has some experience in IPhone development and has some spare time, I have an idea for a game that takes advantage of the IPhone's unique user controls and should be fairly simple to build.<p>I am a developer, but have no experien... | {
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Mint.com for Networking - dfuhriman
http://signup.xfluential.com
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wushupork
I would have been more inclined to provide my email if I knew or saw more
about the product. I understand people want to do customer development and
such but I think I have launch rock fatigue. Without more info this feels too
much lik... | {
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Google Zeitgeist 2012 - sethbannon
http://www.google.com/zeitgeist/2012/#the-world
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chrisacky
Op op op op oppan. So, I was browsing through the source of the Zeitgeist
pages (as you do), and I saw some pretty cool stuff.
I started off by just wanting to know how the explore map was done [1]
But then I saw #eas... | {
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CommonMark Is a Useful, High-Quality Project - chubot
http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2018/02/14.html
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ggm
Two things in one story (I see this a lot. Its good actually. stories don't
have to have only one story-arc)
one story is a bloody good C implementation of a parser for common markdown.
Thats wonderful! I wan... | {
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Ockam built a JAMStack site and it's 100% Open Source - mattgreg
https://www.ockam.io/learn/blog/ockam_website_is_open_source/#the-ockamio-open-source-stack
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ChymeraXYZ
I don't know but somehow the ockam.io page being blank except the menu somehow
does not inspire confidence...
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chrisacky
Code looks reall... | {
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Four Months After a Concussion, Your Brain Still Looks Different Than Before - aronvox
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/11/four-months-after-a-concussion-your-brain-still-looks-different-than-before/
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ASpring
I've sustained between 2 and 4 concussion in the past 6 years. 2 were
clinically diagnosed a... | {
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Are you misusing Alexa numbers? (Probably) - andrew_null
http://andrewchen.typepad.com/andrew_chens_blog/2006/11/are_you_misusin.html
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Tichy
I thought the advertising companies would just track how many ads are being
downloaded from their servers? Also I don't understand how the comScore
approach is better than ... | {
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Show HN: Page of HN links - kgermino
http://hnlists.pen.io/
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kgermino
I wrote this up after the earlier discussion at
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2496527> It's nothing fancy, but I figure
it might be a nice reference.
Let me know if there is any pages/links you want added.
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Ask HN: Science for the very young? - timwiseman
My son is just about to turn 5 and I am looking for "science experiments" or projects we can do together to help get him interested (and give me an excuse to do some of them).<p>Any suggestions, especially on a budget?
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zoba
I think anything that "looks cool" wi... | {
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Multi-Value All the Wasm - feross
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/11/multi-value-all-the-wasm/
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reikonomusha
Slowly but surely WASM is turning into Common Lisp! (:
I kid, sort of. Greenspun and all that.
(Common Lisp has support for multiple values built in. They’re not a “data
structure” like a tuple, but rath... | {
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Startup that planned to deliver babies in space [is] suspending operations - exolymph
https://www.businessinsider.com/space-life-origin-suspending-operations-babies-in-space-2019-7
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exolymph
Had to trim down the BI title quite a bit.
I am, frankly, gobsmacked by the existence of this startup.
| {
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How to Find a Co-Founder Success Story: LegCyte - dglidden
http://www.cofounderslab.com/find-a-co-founder/success-story-spotlight-legcyte/
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skaviani
I was just with LegCyte, today - love seeing tech startups in DC tapping into
local problems like legislative efficiency.
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How Apple conquered China and learned to think like the Communist Party. - jibjab
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/08/01/red_delicious_and_rotten?page=full
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buddylw
I am no fan of Apple - mainly for their closed architecture, but I am also a
cold-hearted economist when it comes to these types issues an... | {
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Detaining my partner: a failed attempt at intimidation - ptbello
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/18/david-miranda-detained-uk-nsa
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rfnslyr
" _Before letting him go, they seized numerous possessions of his, including
his laptop, his cellphone, various video game consoles, DVDs, USB sticks, and... | {
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Since 2016, Half of All Coral in the Great Barrier Reef Has Died - esalazar
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/since-2016-half-the-coral-in-the-great-barrier-reef-has-perished/558302/?single_page=true
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Qworg
Corals are fascinating creatures and incredible symbiots. Vulcan (where I
work) has been... | {
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} |
Ask HN: So I've learnt Ruby, now to choose where to go next? - mcdowall
Hi Guys,<p>So I've project managed high budget e-commerce builds across different platforms and languages, multiple smaller sites and am a pretty dab hand at SEO to boot, but having the funds to outsource and manage the project myself was just n... | {
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Netflix picks up an Oscar nomination for “The Square”, a documentary - 0cool
http://thenextweb.com/media/2014/01/16/netflix-picks-oscar-nomination-square-documentary-egyptian-revolution/
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smackfu
Documentaries are a smart direction for Netflix. They can actually afford to
license the best ones for streaming. Of ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Why you keep coming back to HN? - pyeu
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duiker101
Because I find interesting stuff and I get to interact with other like-minded
people. I feel like I have always something new to learn.
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philipkiely
I found several of my clients and my most recent internship on HN, it may be
small but for me it’s t... | {
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Ask HN: Please stop tearing each other up. - jacquesm
I am beginning to believe that one of the unintended casualties of Aarons' passing is that HN is dying as well. I've never seen such a rift in the community as what is happening right now.<p>Can we please all stop this before there is no turning back? I understan... | {
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StackOverflow bans one of its top contributors over frivolous matter - Envec83
https://plus.google.com/+BaukeScholtz/posts/GRjfSAXYw9t
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fsk
I contributed to StackOverflow a little when it first got started, got
frustrated by the heavy-handed censorship (too aggressive about closing
question), and then gave up ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
God Help Us All - lfuller
http://blog.loganfuller.com/god_help_us_all/
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ceejayoz
God help his webserver, apparently.
~~~
lfuller
I'm trying to get the cause figured out. Spun this up yesterday on a spare dev
server - not the best idea in hindsight!
~~~
lfuller
It's back up now.
~~~
mdonahoe
FYI, I couldn't ... | {
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CSS Animated Slide Toggle - tzm
http://jsfiddle.net/joshnh/evePU/show/
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jmyc
Just a suggestion: I was annoyed when I first tried to drag the slider. I
figured out you have to click it instead, but some users may just quit first.
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douglascalhoun
You can drag it, you just can't end the drag motion outside of... | {
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I don't know mathematics, I want to learn it, where to begin? - l4m3r
Practically the most advanced aspect of mathematics that I know is "1 + 1", I want to learn more advanced topics; where to begin?
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Ixiaus
These two books will get you started, I was very much in the same boat as you
and endeavored to improve... | {
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} |
Postman - a JavaScript message bus - slace
http://github.com/aaronpowell/postman
Postman is a JavaScript library & npm package which allows for cross-component messaging like traditional pub/ sub libraries but without the reqiurement on a message to be published after all the listeners are attached.
======
drdaem... | {
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Show HN: A New Game I Built in Two Months - felipemora
Sorry for using a brand new account. I've lost access to my old account of several years.<p>This is a game that I spent the last two months working on: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noatechnologies.android.shooter<... | {
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Can BitCoin, the First Open Source Currency, Threaten the Dollar? - TuxPirate
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/90660/can-bitcoin-the-first-open-source-currency-threaten-the-dollar/
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markkat
I have BitCoins, so this only is of benefit to me; but I have the feeling that
stories about BitCoins are being promoted o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Connect Watch: first AsteroidsOS powered smartwatch - PascalW
http://connect-watch.com/en/
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PascalW
Very excited to see AsteroidsOS getting it's first hardware product. Hopefully
this will stir AsteroidsOS adoption in general.
I like having an open source, free smartwatch OS as alternative to Wear.
| {
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Funding Brooklyn Castle - maudlinmau5
http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2013/06/funding-brooklyn-castle.html
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Sealy
I admire the VC companies that pledge towards charitable causes. Its nice to
see one that actively works towards promoting these causes too.
| {
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Which hosted and simple acceptance testing tools are out there? - matlock
I am currently researching which hosted tools there are to get started with testing your application. Something that everyone in the company could set up and start using instantly. Testing here encompasses clicking through the website and asse... | {
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} |
Toolkit - prostoalex
http://titon.io/en/toolkit
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n8m
It's good to see something else than Bootstrap. If you like this, have a look
at: [http://www.semantic-ui.com/](http://www.semantic-ui.com/) \- I love using
this as every component can be downloaded separately.
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im_dario
I tried to use Semantic UI and I di... | {
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} |
Do you keep a work journal/diary? How? - gt384u
I've observed over the years that people who I respected as "good at what they do" disproportionately often use a journal to keep track of their work.<p>I'm starting a job soon and want to try doing this for myself as I'd like to be able to reflect on what it is that I d... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Serial communication using the WebAudio API - ecubed
https://github.com/cteubank/AudioSerial
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ecubed
I'd appreciate any feedback, especially from more experienced devs. I built
this JS class to send serial commands over the headphone port of an iPhone
using Javascript and the HTML5 WebAudio API. This ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Microsoft, stop sending user identifiers in clear text - ramen-hero
https://annoyedmicrosoftuser.blogspot.com/2015/10/microsoft-stop-sending-user-identifiers.html
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eponeponepon
Intriguing that this renders Tor essentially transparent in some contexts -
that could almost seem by design.
I guess (unless Tor is co... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Button UI behaviour - FiatLuxDave
I have observed a certain behaviour with on-screen buttons in a number of different environments (Android, PC, Browser) which perplexes me, and I'm hoping someone on here can explain it to me. I'm not a UI developer, but I did try googling before asking with no luck... | {
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} |
Practical quantum key distribution protocol - christianbryant
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v509/n7501/full/nature13303.html
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christianbryant
I was very fascinated with this article and apologize that it isn't fully
readable by non-subscribers. I'm looking to see if there is another place the
authors ha... | {
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} |
Betaworks Launches iPhone App Promotion Ring - moses1400
http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2011/02/betaworks-launches-iphone-app.php?sms_ss=hackernews&at_xt=4d65bcc54a243fb3%2C0
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gyardley
This looks a bit like AdBrite's now-defunct Spottt, but brought to iPhone
applications.
I'm a little skeptical, because ove... | {
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} |
Amulet's New Type Checker - hydraz
https://hydraz.semi.works/posts/2018-02-18.html
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skybrian
I wonder if this approach results in good error messages?
| {
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How To Hire Great Business Development People - eladgil
http://blog.eladgil.com/2013/02/hiring-great-business-people-is-hard.html
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pkaler
I interview Business Development people just like I interview developers. I
want to see them "code".
I have them open up their CRM tool of choice. Then I have them explain ... | {
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} |
Domino's Pizza unveils U.S. infrastructure project filling potholes - dsr12
https://www.pavingforpizza.com/
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jotto
Reminds me of how Stephenson describes Los Angeles in Snow Crash
"Los Angeles is no longer part of the United States, as the federal government
of the United States has ceded most of its power and ... | {
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} |
Find the lowest airfare (and have fun doing it) [Tripeedo - YC 08] - adudley
http://blogs.computerworld.com/find_the_lowest_airfare_and_have_fun_doing_it
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jgrahamc
Hmm.
I don't think the natural language input is a very good idea. It's very error
prone and only works correctly if you actually know what langua... | {
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} |
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