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Facebook has hired the Patriot Act's co-author as a general counsel - Jerry2
https://boingboing.net/2019/04/22/mass-surveillance-r-us.html
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javagram
“Jennifer Newstead helped craft the Patriot Act, a cowardly work of treasonous
legislation foisted on the American people in the wake of the 9/11 attacks;”
Source ... | {
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CIA bought an encryption company and used it to spy on clients and countries - edu
https://www.businessinsider.com/cia-secretly-bought-encryption-company-crypto-ag-spy-countries-report-2020-2
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ekimekim
Original Washington Post article discussed here:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22297963](https://news.y... | {
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Passive solar glass home: watching the sun move - kirstendirksen
http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/passive-solar-glass-home-watching-sun-move/
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jbrun
If you are keen on this, see Amory Lovins talk on buildings: Short version:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvmHJNeif24> Long Version:
[http://www.youtube.com... | {
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Google SSL Search - jamesbkel
http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=173733&hl=en
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wladimir
This was available for quite a while already, though in beta/labs. I'm not
sure what is new.
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JonnieCache
Yeah, it doesn't seem any different to how its been in the past year. The
_beta_ sigil ... | {
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Copper - Data analysis toolkit for python - dfrodriguez143
http://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=display&name=copper&version=0.0.2
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johncoogan
Looks awesome, always love seeing my favorite tools wrapped up in new ways.
Thanks a lot for posting.
Quick note, since PyPi doesn't seem to parse markdown, the more inf... | {
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Zebrello only delivers news which is tailored to your personal interests - zebrello
http://www.zebrello.com
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qsymmachus
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_bubble](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_bubble)
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We are starting WebKit modularization - robin_reala
http://markmail.org/thread/fkiibwrwv3xporxx
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dhx
_> We hope this will make it much easier to develop vendor-specific features._
DRM[1]? Flash/"ActiveX 2012"[2]?
We've seen a great deal of recent discussion about the harm vendor-specific
CSS properties[3] an... | {
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} |
Doom on GLium, in Rust - hansjorg
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TjWba0CR9RHFm47rvW1nFUlmouaR55Xt235aHyLPf9U/edit#slide=id.p
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outworlder
Are my perceptions clouded from being inside the Hacker News echo chamber, or
is Rust really picking up steam really fast?
It seems to have more libraries and the one... | {
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} |
Communication blackout is forcing young entrepreneurs out of Kashmir - amrrs
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/in-a-land-without-internet-how-the-communication-blackout-is-forcing-young-entrepreneurs-out-of-kashmir-valley/article30219792.ece
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amrrs
For some context on Internet Shutdown:
[https://news.ycombi... | {
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Namecoin - rfreytag
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namecoin
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JacobAldridge
At the risk of hijacking yet another cryptocurrency thread, this is an
opportunity to note how valuable I believe HN to be when it highlights primary
sources.
Secondary sources - whether it's lazy journalism, blog-jacking, or Wikipedia,
e... | {
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Tag Clouds For Every App Store Category - dbachelder
http://bustedloop.com/blog/2009/7/2/iphone-app-tag-clouds.html
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andrewljohnson
This is kind of fun to look at, but I wish tag clouds would die the innocuous
death they deserve. They are basically a useless, and worse a distracting, UI
element. If you have a ... | {
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Last of the Neanderthals - robg
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/print/2008/10/neanderthals/hall-text
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biohacker42
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=306927>
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robg
Cool man, thanks. Usually I'd delete the dupe, but in this case I'd rather
have the unpaginated version in my personal archive.
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Four Reasons Taxpayers Should Never Subsidize Stadiums - SQL2219
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-07-16/four-reasons-taxpayers-should-never-subsidize-stadiums
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masonic
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18832975](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18832975)
600+ points
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Contents of the Voyager Golden Record - tosh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contents_of_the_Voyager_Golden_Record
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tosh
The content is quite fascinating. Unfortunately the information in the article
is quite sparse. Shouldn't all the content be available in the public domain?
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A $277 million navigational error - uvdiv
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/01/world/asia/us-navy-to-scrap-vessel-stuck-on-philippine-reef.html
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uvdiv
_[US Navy Rear Adm. Jonathan] White's message states, "initial review of
navigation data indicates an error in the location of Tubbataha Reef" on the
digital map._... | {
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} |
Wikipedia - Thank You for stopping SOPA - justhw
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CongressLookup?new=yes
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carlsednaoui
Yesterday's blackout was simply incredible. When I woke up and saw all of the
sites that were protesting I got chills down my spine.
| {
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SpaceX Launch: Starlink 12 [video] - cjnicholls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j4xR7LMCGY
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codeulike
Everyone is commenting saying how mundane it has become to see the landings.
Hence you might enjoy this official SpaceX Blooper reel from 2017 that shows
the numerous spectacular failures that they worked throu... | {
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} |
Found trapped in a diamond: a type of ice not known on Earth - pulisse
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-water-in-diamonds-20180308-story.html
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lamename
This is fascinating. I had no idea ice could take on so many crystalline forms
depending on the variety of conditions. Apparently there are ot... | {
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} |
Show HN: IMDB for YouTubers - smhtyazdi
http://www.rshiv.org/
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anigbrowl
This is a badly needed thing but there is no way I am signing up when you
don't even have a screenshot. Put something together first.
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smhtyazdi
Thanks, for your comment. I started to add some titles. Here you can find a
simple one.
[... | {
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Microsoft's little-screen, big-screen interactive future - clbrook
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57572163-75/microsofts-little-screen-big-screen-interactive-future/
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clbrook
Reminds me of Corning's day of glass videos:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38>
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The YOLOv3 Object Detection Network Is Fast - Qworg
https://medium.com/@Synced/the-yolov3-object-detection-network-is-fast-fcceae0ab650
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Qworg
Paper:
[https://pjreddie.com/media/files/papers/YOLOv3.pdf](https://pjreddie.com/media/files/papers/YOLOv3.pdf)
GitHub:
[https://github.com/pjreddie/darknet](https://git... | {
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} |
The Evolution of Trust - abhi3
http://ncase.me/trust/?
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shock
Nick Case has other awsome stuff you can play with. I quite enjoyed
[http://ncase.me/polygons/](http://ncase.me/polygons/).
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Facebook Code - GutenYe
https://code.facebook.com/
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GutenYe
Facebook Open Source 2016 year in review:
[https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/t39.2365-6/15945710_1292506674...](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/t39.2365-6/15945710_1292506674139589_2204580213088583680_n.png)
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Why is Apple only buying startups from Israel? - ForFreedom
Are there no startups in the US/EU/UK?
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jaachan
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisition...](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Apple)
says they've only bought two Israeli companies so far.
... | {
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How script kiddies turns Linux box into a Zombie - True Story - Andrew-Dufresne
http://blog.larsstrand.org//article.php?story=HollidayCracking
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DCoder
_"Let's execute command 382 to see what it does."_
Oy. Not the best idea, generally speaking.
Edit: I used to read the localized paper version of <http://xake... | {
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The Coders Programming Themselves Out of a Job - xcubic
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/10/agents-of-automation/568795?single_page=true
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eindiran
Duplicate of:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18120322](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18120322)
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IronWolve
Go away or I will re... | {
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Secrets of BackType's (YC S08) Data Engineers - omakase
http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/01/secrets-of-backtypes-data-engineers.php
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blantonl
This illustrates that a staff of _three_ highly skilled innovative engineers
can bring to market an innovative solution.
Jeeze, these guys developed their own _datab... | {
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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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} |
Amazon Should Acquire Netflix - Here's Why - dell9000
http://ryanspoon.com/blog/2009/01/02/why-amazon-should-acquire-netflix/
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catone
The argument I've always heard against Amazon acquiring Netflix is that
Netflix has distribution centers in something like 45 states, whereas Amazon
only has them in a handful. So... | {
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} |
OpenSSH and the dangers of unused code - corbet
http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/672465/4c0bced62cb3e625/
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Kristine1975
Use memset_s, people. The compiler isn't allowed to remove calls to it:
[http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1381.pdf](http://www.open-
std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1381.pdf)
| {
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These genetically modified cyborg dragonflies could perform ‘guided pollination’ - preetish
https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/25/these-genetically-modified-cyborg-dragonflies-could-perform-guided-pollination/
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LordWinstanley
>>we can make enough of them fast enough to counter the disappearance of
honeybees
Black M... | {
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} |
Uber Picks Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi as New CEO - nbmh
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/technology/dara-khosrowshahi-uber-ceo.html?mcubz=0
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mwnivek
Previous discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15113613](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15113613)
| {
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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?
~~~
general_failure
Desktop software using HTML and node.
~~~
SixSigma
I still don't quite understand.
How is it different ... | {
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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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} |
HumanPredictions – Bootstrapping a SaaS app to $18k/mo in under a year - csallen
https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/humanpredictions?utm_source=hacker-news&utm_campaign=interview-promotion&utm_medium=social
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hiou
He basically gets a spot in the family business which he uses as a launchpad
to creating a SaaS... | {
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} |
Famed mathematician claims proof of 160-year-old Riemann hypothesis - thomasahle
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2180406
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ColinWright
There is significant scepticism[0][1] surrounding this, and many, many
submissions:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18044050](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1804... | {
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Linear Algebra and Applications: An Inquiry-Based Approach - henning
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=books
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jcranmer
Pedagogically, the challenge to teaching linear algebra is that you start with
"here's systems of linear equations, we can put them into matrices and now
her... | {
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} |
Blockupload.io: Upload Files to Bitcoin Cash Blockchain(LZMA and OCB3-ChaCha20 - MCCCS
Hello HN community,<p>I'd like to present you my tool (https://blockupload.io) that allows embedding files up to 1 MB in Bitcoin Cash transactions. The tool uses WebAssembly to compress files using LZMA, and optionall... | {
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} |
Barclays Center freight elevators: each can carry a loaded semitruck (2015) [pdf] - owenversteeg
http://www.meielevatorsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/BARCLAYS-CENTER.pdf
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couchand
Very interesting read.
I was confused about the specific location the document desribes. "They enable
semi-truck or bus dr... | {
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} |
Worse Than China? U.S. Government Wants To Censor Search Engines And Browsers - sdizdar
http://act.demandprogress.org/act/protectip_docs/?source=fb
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jgershen
This article, like the headline, is light on facts and high on sensationalism.
However, the bill (full text available at [1]) does look pretty ugly.
[1]... | {
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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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HN Being Fair - unimpressive
https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/comments&q=%22to+be+fair%22
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niggler
To be fair, "to be fair" is a common phrase that many of us use in face-to-
face conversation
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unimpressive
It is, I just find these little quirks in language fascinating.
| {
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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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Do you remember TJ Holowaychuk? - volument
TJ (https://github.com/tj) used to be a significant JavaScript contributor and could easily be labeled as the "rockstar" of the time. In 2014 he switched from Node to Go (https://medium.com/@tjholowaychuk/farewell-node-js-4ba9e7f3e... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why I'm Learning Node - b14ck
http://rdegges.com/why-im-learning-node
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wickedchicken
Not many people know this, but Javascript: The Good Parts is available online
as a PDF, for free! [http://www.rose-
hulman.edu/Users/faculty/rickert/OldFiles/Cl...](http://www.rose-
hulman.edu/Users/faculty/rickert/OldFiles/Cl... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Whats your favorite YouTube tech channels but not famous? - giis
Recently came across this relatively little known channel[1]. Though it has only 6 videos and <50k users, its good. Do you know such channels?<p>[1] https://www.youtube.com/user/PieterExplainsTech/feed
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rafzzz
Je... | {
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8 Steps Two CS majors Took to Becoming Powerful Speakers - ciscoriordan
http://bases.stanford.edu/2010/04/07/8-steps-two-cs-majors-took-to-becoming-powerful-speakers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+stanfordbases+%28StanfordBASES%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
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ciscoriordan
Copy and past... | {
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90% of software developers work outside Silicon Valley - douche
http://qz.com/729293/90-of-software-developers-work-outside-silicon-valley/?imm_mid=0e5d09&cmp=em-prog-na-na-newsltr_20160716
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ratfacemcgee
>90% of the world lives outside the United States
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brudgers
I agree the submission could use a title chan... | {
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} |
Pikini just launched – App to find your friends' bikini pictures automatically - mosselman
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pikinis/id715969584?utm_source=Launch+%28wave+13%29&utm_campaign=b3a794a37b-Launch+email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_aa9fcb934b-b3a794a37b-79962533
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jaegerpicker
Jesus, and people in this ... | {
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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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A Breakdown of Selected Government Surveillance Programs (2013) [pdf] - cmurf
https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/analysis/Government%20Surveillance%20Factsheet.pdf
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cmurf
Decent three page summary from Brennan Center for Justice at New York
University School of Law.
Are They Allowed to Do That?... | {
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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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} |
Show HN: Mobile consumable HackerNews cards - prats226
http://web.cubeit.io/web/index.html?id=7ee8b2b5-4aa9-49db-b054-b8cd1a9c28780
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brudgers
Related: [http://cubeit.io/blog/2016/03/29/understanding-why-people-
sh...](http://cubeit.io/blog/2016/03/29/understanding-why-people-share-
screenshots-how-that-led-to-ou... | {
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} |
The FTC's PrivacyCon Is *Today* in DC (free to Public and Webcasted) - Dowwie
".. to discuss the latest research and trends related to consumer privacy and data security"<p>event url:
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events-calendar/2016/01/privacycon<p>research submissions ... | {
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Why do Google ads point to adware? - jakepoz
http://jakepoz.com/why_do_google_ads_point_to_adware.html
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djnliung
Google is a web company, why would Google invest significant money and
engineering effort into filtering out things that only harm competing
platforms? Google's own platforms (Chrome + the web and A... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Evercookie used by NSA to track TOR users across browsers - grhmc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evercookie
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sp332
That edit was made a year ago. It's not news.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Evercookie&diff=5...](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Evercookie&diff=577190307&oldid=568209885)... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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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} |
Ski Resorts Exaggeration of Snowfall Reduced Sharply Because of iPhone App - dean
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122084539&ps=cprs
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s3graham
My Dad used to work for IDRC (www.idrc.ca) and he told me a story about one of
his earliest (and happiest) development projects. It's very simple: b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The $1bn hostage deal that enraged Qatar’s Gulf rivals - forkLding
https://www.ft.com/content/dd033082-49e9-11e7-a3f4-c742b9791d43
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kristianp
Archive version: [http://archive.is/LqMos](http://archive.is/LqMos)
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bradknowles
Paywalled.
| {
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} |
Cicada 3301 challenge: partial solutions [video] - vinchuco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svJF_FoSI9o&t=25s
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vinchuco
Extensive previous discussion
[https://hn.algolia.com/?query=cicada%203301&sort=byPopularit...](https://hn.algolia.com/?query=cicada%203301&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=s... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Optimizing Dynamically-Typed Object-Oriented Languages With Polymorphic Inline Caches - qwph
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.36.6379&rep=rep1&type=pdf
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Hexstream
This provides good insight into some of the techniques used to make
intuitively slow dynamic operations very fast in practic... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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<... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Evaluating potential co-founders? Try going camping. - jesselamb
http://notmylawyer.com/post/745869535/evaluating-potential-co-founders-try-going-camping
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hnote
Vladimir Vysotsky, Song about a friend
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN0YzyUEhbo>
Original version, without subtitles
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... | {
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} |
EU dropped plans for safer pesticides because of TTIP and pressure from US - de_Selby
http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/eu-dropped-plans-for-safer-pesticides-because-of-ttip-and-pressure-from-us/
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tzs
See also extensive discussion from 2 days ago:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9587772](https:/... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: ChessBoss – enhancing physical chessboards with computer vision - yeldarb
https://devpost.com/software/chess-boss
We built ChessBoss at the TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon this week. It didn’t make the top 10 but I thought Hacker News might think it’s pretty cool.<p>https://devpost.com/software&#... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Alum Charged With Hacking Into Texas A&M - terpua
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-College-Hacking.html?ex=1346817600&en=2b7a3ceda0264fcf&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
======
jsjenkins168
I actually know a few people who go to A&M who discovered similar
vulnerabilities. A friend gained access to the Wind... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Is The Web Really Just Links Or Is It Evolving? - jpro
http://www.dzone.com/articles/web-really-just-links-or-it
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dlsym
No - there are awful lot of dead links, too.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How did you get over your fear of shipping? - fratlas
Currently building a web app and feature creep and an intense feeling that the product is worthless (I enjoy using it, but it's niche so hard to user-test) is a daily occurrence. is this normal?
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rgbrgb
Here's an open secret that might make you f... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Limited Role of Utility Calculations in Moral Judgment - randomname2
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0160084
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throwaway3042
I'm kind of disapointed that this doesn't really reference existing
philisophical ideas about morals or ethics. A lot of what the article talks
about is... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Manchin Demands Federal Regulators Ban Bitcoin - imd23
http://www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=237cbd66-6a26-4870-9bcb-20177ae902b0
======
ColinWright
Extensive discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7307299](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7307299)
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
12 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Building a Web App - luccastera
http://www.slideshare.net/carsonified/12-things-i-wish-id-known-before-building-a-web-app/
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danw
This would be more useful with the audio from the talk:
<http://cdn2.libsyn.com/carsonsystems/Ryan_Carson.mp3>
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
An Illusion with a Future [pdf] (2004) - dredmorbius
https://www.jstor.org/stable/20027925?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
======
dredmorbius
SciHub or LibGen deliver, for those interested.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
URL query parameters and how laxness creates de facto requirements on the web - todsacerdoti
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/DeFactoQueryParameters
======
drewcsillag
Accepting random stuff like this is in the spirit of the protocols of the
internet.
Postel’s Law: > Be conservative in what you do, be lib... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
SEO for expiring pages - bee
Hello, I have a q regarding SEO<p>I have a free classifieds websites, with categories/ads.
Each ad is active for 30 days and then is marked as expired.
How should I handle this better from SEO point of view?<p>1. Display the ad and put a message that this ad is expired?
2. Make a 301 red... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: review my app idea: easily get comments on wires/designs - petervandijck
My idea is this: an app that lets you get comments on your documents (I'm thinking wireframes/designs). Works like this:<p>1. Email a PDF to us.<p>2. We email you back a url and a password.<p>3. Go to the url, enter password and your na... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
An Instagram star with 2M followers couldn't sell 36 T-shirts - paulpauper
https://www.businessinsider.com/instagrammer-arii-2-million-followers-cannot-sell-36-t-shirts-2019-5
======
emsy
Previous discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20063667](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20063667)
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derefr
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
An open source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 - j_s
https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2
======
bbx
For all RCT2 fans here: check out RCT Classic on iOS [1] and Android [2]. It's
_fantastic_.
I thought the size of the device would be an issue, but I've been playing on
an iPhone SE with surprisingly great... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Practical quantum key distribution protocol - christianbryant
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v509/n7501/full/nature13303.html
======
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... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Posix Abstractions in Modern Operating Systems: Old, New, and Missing [pdf] - bshanks
https://roxanageambasu.github.io/publications/eurosys2016posix.pdf
======
bshanks
By way of
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11791636](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11791636)
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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?
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy work culture (2016) - DiabloD3
http://www.vox.com/2015/7/21/8974435/switzerland-work-life-balance
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manarth
Deja-vu.
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13303544](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13303544)
~~~
manarth
And in 2015 (although that sour... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Five Biggest Threats To Human Existence - ghosh
http://www.popsci.com/article/science/five-biggest-threats-human-existence?src=SOC&dom=tw
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lutusp
Let me guess -- they'll list five issues, each to a greater or lesser degree
derived from the world overpopulation problem, but won't mention
overpopulation as a p... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: GitHub Inbox, a Chrome extension that shows your unread GitHub messages - pedromenezes
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lliahakgdhnopceclokooacmcgimcdoo
======
Pewpewarrows
I'd enjoy this much more if it also integrated GitHub Notifications, not just
private messages, or at least had an option to d... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Anyone got YC invite for summer batch,2017? - jayanthsugavasi
======
GlennJoe
[https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=krishnanvs](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=krishnanvs)
got an invitation
------
GlennJoe
it is now 4:48 am 18 April in Silicon Valley
------
acurti
Not yet
------
ys1715
Not yet
------
bummed
No... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Pugmarks: A Smart Browser for Android - bharath_mohan
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.pugmarks
======
bharath_mohan
Browsing on a mobile or tablet can be painful. Its hard to type, and simple
things like copy-paste are hard. On the other hand, mobiles - with their touch
interfaces are extremely amen... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Space giants join forces to battle SpaceX: This is how cheap space travel begins - cryptoz
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/184434-space-giants-join-forces-to-battle-spacex-this-is-how-cheap-space-travel-begins
======
Gravityloss
There's no link to the original release, that's not very good journalism.
[http://ww... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
IBM builds 15nm model of Matterhorn - dreemteem
http://news.techworld.com/sme/3221422/ibm-builds-15nm-model-of-matterhorn/?cmpid=TD1N3&no1x1
======
AdrianMiller
If anyone's interested in more information on the science behind this story,
we've set one of the original research articles that it's based on free to
access... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Balanced: A Third-Generation Payments Provider - jordanmessina
http://whit537.org/2013/04/balanced-third-generation-payments.html
======
BitcoinStore
Dismissed Bitcoin far too quickly.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Khan Academy Computer Science - wave
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=36E7A2B75028A3D6
======
jgrahamc
I've really enjoyed watching the MIT 6.00 course (Introduction to Computer
Science and Programming):
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6U-i4gXkLM&feature=relat...](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6U-i4gXkLM&f... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Drones Used to Find Toy-Like “Butterfly” Land Mines - prostoalex
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/drones-used-to-find-toy-like-butterfly-land-mines/
======
darkpuma
> _" More than a million Russian-made PFM-1 land mines—the most common
> butterfly type, possibly inspired by similar U.S. weapons deployed duri... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Can a New Website End Tech Meetup Sexism in DC? - chippy
http://dcinno.streetwise.co/2016/11/09/can-a-new-website-end-tech-meetup-sexism-in-dc/
======
chippy
The moratorium on political submissions on HN has been lifted. see:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13131251](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13131251... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Cambridge Analytica scrambles to halt Channel 4 exposé - foxh0und
https://www.ft.com/content/7ed1572c-2aa4-11e8-a34a-7e7563b0b0f4
======
neonate
[http://archive.is/VfEuT](http://archive.is/VfEuT)
[https://outline.com/gdN45D](https://outline.com/gdN45D)
~~~
chillidoor
Thank you for this.
------
sabertoothed
[https:/... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Information age tarot deck - blackobelisk
http://nettarot.net
======
lelandbatey
Gotta say, the dorito taco is awesome:
[http://i.imgur.com/gzSyXlT.png](http://i.imgur.com/gzSyXlT.png)
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Pop-up Fabrication of the Harvard Monolithic Bee - nealabq
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxSs1kGZQqc
======
nealabq
Related links:
<https://micro.seas.harvard.edu/media.html>
[http://trvideo.technologyreview.com/services/player/bcpid263...](http://trvideo.technologyreview.com/services/player/bcpid263777539?bctid=... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Microsoft shipped Python code in 1996 - znpy
http://python-history.blogspot.com/2009/01/microsoft-ships-python-code-in-1996.html
======
teh_klev
Repost here with discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12141311](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12141311)
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: ShelfLife, a social commerce platform for collectors - nickh
http://www.shelflife.net/?utm_source=hackernews&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=showcase_shelflife
======
eterm
"Blocked, category games"
I think perhaps it's matching on *lflife and making some assumptions?
~~~
nickh
What's blocking you? A corpora... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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