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Patent holder attempts to put x-plane out of business - zobzu
http://www.x-plane.com/x-world/lawsuit/
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noonespecial
This title isn't quite right. Uniloc does not want to put x-plane out of
business. They want to reap some of the profits from the app without doing any
work.
They're rent seekers, not enemy comb... | {
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} |
Dutch spies helped Britain's GCHQ break Argentine crypto during Falklands War - samizdis
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/18/maximator_euro_spy_alliance_falklands_war/
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mike_d
The Dutch have an absolutely amazing intelligence apparatus.
In 2014 AIVD hacked the office network of Russia's APT29, and maintain... | {
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} |
Getting Rich off Those Who Work for Free - maurycy
http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1590440,00.html
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parker
I'm sorry, but saying that when I use sites like Flickr for free I'm lending
them free labour is like saying I'm an employee of NBC for watching TV.
~~~
astine
Not quite. Flickr, Youtube, et al.... | {
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} |
Redeye VC: I Don't Know... - jkopelman
http://redeye.firstround.com/2008/03/i-dont-know.html
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redorb
I don't know; seems to be a lesson in honesty, do you know? no!? then say so
... If you gained an advantage by slanting the truth then you will almost
always end up over promising and under delivering
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"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Hugin: open source panoramic photo stitching and HDR merging - henning
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugin_%28software%29
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est
If you need easier tool to stitche your Panorama pics, try Microsoft Research
Image Composite Editor
[http://research.microsoft.com/en-
us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ic...](http://research.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
H1B – the super secret weapon - shna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrE9z1JFT1Y
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dalke
Videos are too slow to watch or quote. This appears to be a repeat of what
Kaku said in 2011. A partial transcript is at
[http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2011/06/how-come-the-
scientific...](http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2011/0... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Internet Archive free library to close due to copyright lawsuit - mimixco
https://www.inputmag.com/culture/internet-archive-kills-its-free-digital-library-over-copyright-concerns
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RogueBurger
While I think we do need better digital access to books, it was only a matter
of time before something this extreme got k... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What are problems inappropriate for iterative solutions? - eric-hu
I just watched Gary Bernhardt's talk "A Whole New World" [1]. Two-year old spoiler alert: he introduces an editor and terminal that doesn't actually exist. His thesis: that some pieces of software--specifically developer... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What smartphone should I get if I'm concerned about privacy? - padobson
I refuse to buy an Amazon Echo or Google Home because I don't want anything listening to me constantly. I would also like to be able to carry my smartphone around without worrying about it listening to me either.<p>I know this sounds ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The CPU C-States Power Saving Modes - jcr
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-cpu-c-states-power-saving-modes/
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th3iedkid
something interesting with APIC and power-states was with tick-less kernel
starting 2.6.18 and only win8 in NT.
[http://lwn.net/Articles/223185/](http://lw... | {
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} |
20 weirdest and pointless phone apps - abula
http://thelightmedia.com/posts/17173-20-weirdest-and-pointless-phone-apps?user_id=15
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hrgeek
Haha!Thanks for sharing!
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Show HN: I found my WHY, which trumps passion anytime - azarai
https://mindfuldevmag.com/find-your-why
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mikro2nd
Oh the hurdles to jump! The final straw was the reCapcha it stuck in my face.
I went away. Away, away, I ran away.
~~~
azarai
Where did you get a ReCaptcha?
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Hackers Can Delete Facebook Friends, Thanks to Flaw - JeanPierre
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/196901/hackers_can_delete_facebook_friends_thanks_to_flaw.html
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snewe
Original story without the splash page:
<http://prominentsecurity.com/?p=119>
It also says that the flaw has been patched:
"*Up... | {
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} |
Is there a US alternative to Second Life? - eastsidegringo
http://www.hunterhost.com/64/mining-habbo-data/
Habbo is like Second Life in Japan. From the article:<p>Could you conduct market research in a week and come back with the buying and spending habits, and brand preferences, of 42,000 teenagers around the world... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Moving Beyond Basecamp: Managing Company Growing Pains - danielodio
http://go.DanielOdio.com/basecamp
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bdclimber14
I like how you approach your problems with Basecamp as usability issues and
not as feature-set limitations. I think Basecamp is at a sweet-spot with
features, but has a lot of room for improvement... | {
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} |
Its been 20 years since I used a Mac - g-garron
http://www.tyleringram.com/blog/its-been-20-years-since
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mmphosis
Affordability? I read this as twenty years ago it was much easier for people
in the prior generation to pay $3200 (1993 dollars) vs. some today paying
$1249 (today's dollar.)
"I finally was able t... | {
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} |
The tech behind building an independent, internet radio station - oggadog
https://watsonsmith.com.au/building-an-internet-radio-station
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jedberg
Ha too funny! I haven't heard the name Icecast in a long time. I know the guys
who created Icecast. They did it because they wanted to run a radio station
but according... | {
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} |
Custom t-shirt site I've been working on the past few months. - teejayvanslyke
http://www.teemakers.com
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tiddchristopher
To improve the preview for Windows and Linux users, why don't you use Typekit
with Nimbus Sans (a rather accurate Helvetica clone)? Many designers and
typophiles won't trust a service that d... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Racial and gender gaps in computer science learning: New Google-Gallup research - riqbal
https://blog.google/topics/education/racial-and-gender-gaps-computer-science-learning-new-google-gallup-research/
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brudgers
Software Engineering Daily podcast interview with Jennifer Wang:
[http://softwareengineeringdaily.co... | {
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} |
Canon printers found using very outdated (NSA backdoored) encryption standard - KirinDave
https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg25168.html
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Chaebixi
I think this needs more clarification. As far as I can tell, this post only
states that these printers merely used the BSAFE library, which used a li... | {
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} |
Ask HN: For those of you self-employed, what is your health insurance? - kurtvarner
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simmons
I have a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) from Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
of Colorado, associated with a health savings account (HSA). It has worked
well for me and I recommend that general route to other self-em... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Modest Proposal: Recruit The Hackers - mjlangiii
http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_072612_full_show.mp3/view
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toomuchcoffee
_Coleman says that her contact with hackers indicates that they would not want
to work with a government that encroaches on online privacy._
Other data -- such as the readiness of ... | {
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} |
Danger signs to search for in your writing - RiderOfGiraffes
http://io9.com/5520058/4-danger-signs-to-search-for-before-sending-off-your-novel
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RyanMcGreal
Don't forget:
* The passive voice is to be avoided.
* You want to not split your infinitives with a negative.
* In order to streamline your text, take o... | {
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} |
Steve Jobs receiving Cancer Treatment in Hospital - joshbert
http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/02/17/steve-jobs-may-have-just-six-weeks-to-live-receiving-treatment/
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RiderOfGiraffes
Related:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2228842>
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2230042>
<http://news.ycombinator.c... | {
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Windows Phone 7 Series Features Video - Dauntless
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IOTrqlz4jo
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Dauntless
I'll be honest it looks like Facebook OS for phones :) Not bad, not bad at
all. Still though, imho, Microsoft will lose most of the old Windows Mobile
fans and users and will start from scratch with this one... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Life at the Palace (1996) - ims
http://truecenterpublishing.com/psycyber/palacestudy.html
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andyidsinga
ha! I was a software developer at The Palace ..my first Internet startup :) I
did tech support for The Palace server then went on to coding in next
generation projects ..like an ICQ-like instant messenger calle... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tesla Model 3 – Exploded View - kozak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDYbvI32OBE
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kozak
If you like this, you'll probably also enjoy the Weber Auto YouTube channel:
[https://www.youtube.com/user/WeberAuto/videos](https://www.youtube.com/user/WeberAuto/videos)
| {
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Show HN: Hue v4.6.1 - madprops
I'm working again on this project I started months ago. Made a lot of improvements in a week, and I wanted to share some images and stuff to others.<p>It's currently at Version 4.6.1<p>Basically it's a multi-room chat platform with internet radio, image uploading (latest u... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Where would you invest $500K? - min5k
If you were generally a risk-taker, what would you invest $500K in?
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brc
200k in good quality under-or-moderately valued commercial real estate with
moderate leveraging (say, 60% LTV) 100k in a hedge/growth fund with a
consistent record. I know of one that has delivered 20... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Free Speech Battle at the Birthplace of a Movement at Berkeley - thomyorkie
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/us/university-california-berkeley-free-speech-milo-yiannopoulos.html
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tokenizer
Free Speech is a concept dead to the left wing of political ideology.
Hate Speech, "Evil People" prevented from speakin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Russia cyber attack targeted voting software and election officials - Aqueous
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/bombshell-intel-leak-reveals-russia-cyber-attack-targeted-voting-software-and-election-officials/
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pkilgore
Interestingly, (and despite an erroneous popular belief), prior to this there
was no evidence R... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Txqr: Transfer data via animated QR codes - kumaranvpl
https://github.com/divan/txqr
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delinka
"...written in Java, Python or JavaScript. That means the code is not cross-
platform..." [1]
wat. I need an explanation how these implementations are not "cross-platform"
yet his Go implementation is.
1 - from the au... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apache Wicket – three years of lessons learned - rohshall
http://blog.bosch-si.com/apache-wicket-lessons-learned/
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rauar
Wicket is a single design flaw:
-no clean dependency injection possible due to the "page" life cycle
-inheritence hell out of the box with coder kiddies thinking adding even more subclasse... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
WhatsApp accused of giving terrorists 'a secret place to hide' - vixen99
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/26/home-secretary-amber-rudd-whatsapp-gives-terrorists-place-hide/
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merricksb
Active discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13959953](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13959953)
------
... | {
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The secret to hiring a designer - waxman
http://waxman.me/the-secret-to-hiring-a-designer
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tomelders
If I may: Design is how something works, not how it looks.
My view is that if you pick a _designer_ with a _style_ , you're gambling.
I've seen an alarming increase in designers with styles over the past 10 ye... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
V8-GL: A Toolkit for creating Desktop Hardware Accelerated Graphics with JS - mnemonik
http://github.com/philogb/v8-gl
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nkassis
Interesting stuff. I've been working on some WebGL stuff and it would be
interesting to see if it could run as a native desktop app also. Maybe they
could ensure to be using the same ... | {
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} |
Inside McKinsey - bane
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0d506e0e-1583-11e1-b9b8-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1enItOpBZ
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mmaunder
This is how you hit the undo button on a nuclear detonation. If this wasn't
buried in FT Magazine, I'd be tempted to cancel my subscription. It's so
obviously part of the damage control campaign tha... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why is there no live stream of the World Series game? - ceworthington
It's 2012. Why hasn't FOX found a way to make money from live streaming a sports event that they broadcast for free on TV?<p>They could load it up with ads, or charge me $10 per game. Instead, they black it out, asking me to tune into their free, ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A heads up display for git - michaelallen
https://github.com/michaeldfallen/git-radar
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an_ko
I use a modified version of mislav's git prompt
[https://gist.github.com/mislav/1712320](https://gist.github.com/mislav/1712320)
which is pretty minimal but usually enough for me.
For when I have to wrangle lots of file... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google Kicks Android Adware Out of the Google Play Store - ChuckMcM
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-kicks-chamois-android-adware-off-the-play-store/
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ChuckMcM
This is another article about the lengths people go to in order to defraud
mobile advertisers. I certainly applaud Google for being ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apple tablet can't save print on its own - nreece
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60Q0BY20100127
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Perceval
>Bob Sauerberg, group president of consumer marketing for Conde Nast, expects
digital versions of its titles on the tablet may one day command higher ad
rates than those of their print versions, becau... | {
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} |
Chinese hacking attempt/Secure your Servers - shamsulbuddy
I just have reinstalled Debian 7 on my VPS. Logged in for the first time with "root" and on port 22..then I didn't locked down anything and within an hour I can see the below root password breaking attempt in /var/log/auth.log f... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Ask HN: Ruby, Python, or JavaScript for teenager? - tmaly
If you were going to recommend a language to a teenager about to turn 18, that wants to try to learn something on their own, what would it be and why?
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zubat
Python, because it's the rare combination of "wildly popular" and "keeps you
out of trouble". Rub... | {
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} |
The Art of Travel (1872) - pmoriarty
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/14681/14681-h/14681-h.htm
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ape4
Travel must have been a much bigger deal 100 years ago. You could not get
shots for the area you're going. It would be so slow. On the other hand, with
fewer travelers there wouldn't be areas over run by tourists... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Bug #1 in Ubuntu: “Microsoft has a majority market share” - Sadranyc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1
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JCB_K
Kind of a running gag in the Ubuntu world. Funnily, Mark Shuttleworth himself
filed it in the first place, but still it's been declined for every single
version :)
| {
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It's Time for a New Old Language – Guy Steele [video] - zengid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCuZkaaou0Q
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cryptonector
Wow, this is a very nice talk. I particularly liked the Q&A, where Guy Steele
went back and explained the type checker shown earlier. And I also loved the
LISP macro backtick-comma inspiration... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Countries with the Highest / Lowest Average IQ - lambersley
http://www.statisticbrain.com/countries-with-the-highest-lowest-average-iq/
There are many things wrong with this
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stephengillie
Apparently, the source is a 2002 book on the subject, written by a pair of
emeritus professors. Emeritus professors don't n... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
E la Carte (YC S10) to Deploy Restaurant Tablets in 113 Airports Nationwide - yoniriemer
http://pandodaily.com/2012/08/02/e-la-carte-partners-with-hmshost-to-deploy-restaurant-tablets-in-113-airports-nationwide/
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rmcfeeley
Tried out a similar service at NYC's La Guardia while waiting for a flight.
Not a fan -- a... | {
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} |
Parallel Programming, a book by Paul McKenney - alexkon
http://paulmck.livejournal.com/23027.html
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JoshTriplett
I've followed the development of this book for several years, and it has
progressed quite well in that time. It currently has a good combination of
"documentation nobody else ever bothered to write" ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
ESO telescope sees surface of dim Betelgeuse - dnetesn
https://phys.org/news/2020-02-eso-telescope-surface-dim-betelgeuse.html
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SiempreViernes
The original ESO press release is probably a better link, as the phys.org text
mostly just a small bit of context but doesn't include the "before" pictures
or links to an... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Elementary OS to Build the Next-Generation Linux App Store - ajaviaad
https://news.softpedia.com/news/elementary-os-to-build-the-next-generation-linux-app-store-529141.shtml
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gen3
I really liked my time using Elementary OS. It had a good and consistent
design scheme, and shipped with a good default tool set (I w... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Amazon no longer hosts wikileaks - credo
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/01/131730912/wikileaks-leaves-amazon-host-servers
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RiderOfGiraffes
Choose your news source:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1959697> \- techdirt.com
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1959655> \- cnn.com
<http://news.ycombinator.com/... | {
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} |
Show HN: Search 1M recipes by their ingredients - qrv3w
https://timetomakefood.com/find
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qrv3w
I wanted to find an average recipe for “no-bake” cookie. This is complicated
to Google because the “no-bake” cookie goes by many names (read on to learn
them all). My search was also complicated by a need to find a rec... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Inside the RFID 'virus' that 'infected a man' - jgrahamc
http://blog.jgc.org/2010/05/inside-rfid-virus.html
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Vivtek
This whole story just really made me roll my eyes.
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LaPingvino
He is missing the point. Sure, this is a logical thing to happen. The
sensation of the story was that it's a device in the hu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google, it's time – We want Scala for Android - phatak-dev
http://blog.madhukaraphatak.com/scala-for-android/
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colig
Um, people have already been able to use Scala to make Android applications.
Just about anything that doesn't require dynamically generated JVM bytecode
can manage, difficult and error-prone as it... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Things Every Aspiring Entrepreneur Should Know - acremades
http://postmasculine.com/33-things-every-aspiring-entrepreneur-should-know
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kirinan
Honestly if you are starting a startup to get rich, just quit and get a real
job because you'll get richer quicker. Unless you are a consultant (and thats
not really a ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Letting plumbers duplicate your product - opeadeoye
http://www.opeadeoye.com/Articles.aspx/Letting-plumbers-duplicate-your-product
Letting plumbers duplicate your product can be beneficial to you.
In any industry, when the factors of production are placed in the direct control of a larger audience than is currently p... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Inflammation and vitamin D: the infection connection (2014) - fpoling
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00011-014-0755-z
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grok2
It's hard to keep up with advances in scientific knowledge -- this paper seems
to hypothesize that Vitamin D deficiency is a symptom of inflammation in the
body rather than t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google Is Building A Same-Day Amazon Prime Competitor, “Google Shopping Express” - ankneo
http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/04/google-is-building-a-same-day-amazon-prime-competitor-google-shopping-express/
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DigitalSea
It's going to take a lot of money, time, hardware and infrastructure to beat
Amazon. We're talkin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Lowhash.com – sentences that produce low sha-256 hash values - sagebird
https://lowhash.com/
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sagebird
I am the author of this website (and the go client to search for sentences). I
would be happy to take any questions, comments and suggestions.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
TLS-O-MATIC – self TLS testing for web apps - eloycoto
http://www.tls-o-matic.com/
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y0ghur7_xxx
With all those TLS vulnerabilities coming out in the last months, i start to
wonder, is there a tool that allows me to test those vulnerabilities? For
example when the "basicConstraints" man-in-the-middle attack cam... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Language popularity on GitHub - blamonet
http://beust.com/weblog/2014/05/03/language-popularity-on-github/
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workhere-io
_I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that Python is being replaced by
Go. I don’t have a lot of information to back up this prediction except that
most of the positive articles I read a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Hydrogen Myth - TriinT
http://www.slideshare.net/stephenfleming/the-hydrogen-myth-presentation
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Shakescode
A 38 page powerpoint presentation. Very illuminating. Who knew such things as:
Liquid hydrogen leaks can be ignited by the static spark set off by the leak
itself?
Hydrogen flames are _not_ visible ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Is this the future of advertising? - dfragnito
wyzscan.com
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dfragnito
I forgot it's April 1, ugh, it was very early when I received this email.
| {
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} |
Turing completeness bullshit - fogus
http://shebang.ws/turing-completeness-bullshit.html
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cleverjake
While I agree that it is a bit of a misnomer to say that anything is possible
in a turing complete language from a feasibility stand point, I think this
response falls back to a common thought process that techni... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Is there a config manager based on shell scripts? - mkauer
So, I stumbled upon "fucking shell scripts" from a couple of years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7401952<p>From the major config managers, I'm only familiar with Ansible.
There, I feel like I'm fighting its syntax... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Gauss Taught Us the Best Way to Hold a Pizza Slice - _mayo
http://www.wired.com/2014/09/curvature-and-strength-empzeal/
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ubasu
The author's point that "curvature imputes stiffness" conflates several
different and distinct mechanisms, and offers an inadequate explanation.
For the examples of the pizza, the l... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Godel's Thoughts on AI: Godel, Nagel, minds and machines - Jd
http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/2515
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Jd
Feferman usefully explores the presuppositions and equivocations of both Godel
and Nagel in their exchanges over the mathematical mind. In the end Feferman
advocates for recognizing mathematics as part of a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
CUPP crams ARM inside of a MacBook Pro, makes it run Android with a button press - lotusleaf1987
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/14/cupp-crams-arm-inside-of-a-macbook-pro-makes-it-run-android-wit/
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clvv
I would prefer if they just make a ARM laptop. Seriously, why aren't there any
decent ARM laptops? I know ther... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Don't get bitten by Javascript variable hoisting in loops - ithayer
http://thecomputersarewinning.com/post/a-dangerous-example-of-javascript-hoisting
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Q_the_Novice
JavaScript variables are passed by reference, the variable `i` on the
statement: `var msg = txt[i];` will always reference the last value after the... | {
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How the Coronavirus Short-Circuits the Immune System - mikhael
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/health/coronavirus-immune-system.html
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salawat
For the record, the Thymus does _not_ produce new T cells. New T cells are
formed from stem cells in bone marrow.
What the Thymus does do, is it plays a key role in pr... | {
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Tumult Hype 1.5 is out with major improvements to the HTML5 builder for Mac OS X - tumultco
http://tumultco.com/blog/2012/02/23/tumult-hype-1-5-is-here/
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lukeholder
I just don't get that here on hacker news, on an announcement of a new version
of software that someone probably put a lot of work into, the main
... | {
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Writing GUI Apps Using the Red Programming Language - wesleyhill
https://wesleyhill.co.uk/p/writing-gui-apps-using-the-red-programming-language/
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QuantumAphid
Very cool. I love all of rebol's descendent languages (red, ren-c), and this
is a great article to introduce Red. Well done!
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I Went from Grad School to Prison - theoutlander
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a29775/cecily-mcmillan-grad-school-to-jail/
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mabbo
What does society _gain_ from a prison like that?
Imagine a person spends 10 years in that situation, and gets out, what the
hell are they supposed to do now? They have no job... | {
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} |
GoDaddy Silences Police-Watchdog Site RateMyCop.com - nickb
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/03/godaddy-silence.html
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mixmax
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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ZFS versus RAID: Eight Ironwolf disks, two filesystems, one winner - sharjeelsayed
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/05/zfs-versus-raid-eight-ironwolf-disks-two-filesystems-one-winner/
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kyuudou
First paragraph of conclusion:
"If you're looking for raw, unbridled performance it's hard to argue against a
prope... | {
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Stripe: We reached our goal of net-zero emissions in a matter of months - beNjiox
https://stripe.com/environment
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shoo
It is positive to see stripe is voluntarily doing this.
That said, the analysis ignores net emissions (positive or negative) that may
arise as a consequence of how stripe's business impacts the... | {
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} |
Current Mobile Patent Suits - Graphic of the Day - ColinWright
http://blog.thomsonreuters.com/index.php/mobile-patent-suits-graphic-of-the-day
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ColinWright
Here's another rendering of the same thing:
<http://www.solipsys.co.uk/images/MobileSuits.png>
There may be errors, I gave myself 5 minutes to replicate it... | {
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How Cheap Can Electric Vehicles Get? - Osiris30
http://rameznaam.com/2016/04/12/how-cheap-can-electric-vehicles-get/
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dsfyu404ed
A cheap used economy car will still have the lowest cost per mile for a very
long time....
When you factor purchase price into the equation gas vehicles win by a long
ways since you n... | {
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} |
Irish teenagers make dotcom millions - papersmith
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/mar/28/technology
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Harj
unfortunately the press have sensationalized things here, we never claimed to
have made "millions" and we know this deal isn't the "we've made it" one it's
being portrayed as. i'll blog about our t... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Reselling Datacenter FPGAs - michaelxia
Do datacenters buy second hand FPGA boards? (ie. VCU1525 with recent VU9P chips)
Who would know about this?
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slipo
I want to buy
| {
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IPhone 3.0: Push Notifications, Copy and Paste, MMS, and More - Anon84
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/iphone_30_push_notifications_copy_and_paste_mms_an.php
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Angostura
One nice little addition not really mentioned anywhere - it will have the
ability to sync notes with the desktop, making the notes applet a... | {
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} |
Sumo Logic S-1 - tpw212
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1643269/000119312520227201/d821436ds1.htm
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tmd83
Wow! The numbers, 837 PB/day. 18.6B events/s. I wonder who is the biggest
player in logging/monitoring and what's their rate of ingestion/processing is,
how much do they store and their infrastructure... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Why is Google purging all search results for Syrian Arab News Agency? - teamgb
The website sana.sy of the Syrian Arab News Agency has been 'censored' or 'purged' from Google search results. Even after clicking through 10 pages of results, not a single one links to Sana.sy. Contrast with ... | {
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Telegram for PC - virtualoops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqcvcSPx2T0
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DLion
or just use the web version. WTF?
[https://web.telegram.org/](https://web.telegram.org/)
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gsfgger
or just get the windows version. WTF?
[https://telegram.org/apps](https://telegram.org/apps)
| {
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Show HN: Watch Agents – Curated Vintage Watch Dealers - graham1776
http://www.watchagents.com
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beamatronic
I have a small request :-) Can you aggregate their inventory so it can be
searched? I would love to find a dealer near me with the watch of my dreams.
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beamatronic
Is there a way to find the ones nea... | {
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The Guardian’s new image management system - shade23
https://github.com/guardian/grid
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mjsweet
I would love to be able to install a service like this with AWS Lamba and API
gateway with a React of AngularJS front-end. If anyone has thoughts on how
ElasticSearch could work with Lambda?
| {
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Fixing Reddit - whack
http://www.thecaucus.net/#/content/caucus/community_blog/103
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CM30
I think the simplest fixes for Reddit would be just to make sure anyone who
works for the site actually agrees with its goals. That's what caused most of
the reason issues, they hired people who didn't really like the challe... | {
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} |
Netflix Lowers Data Usage By 2/3 For Members In Canada - hanifvirani
http://blog.netflix.com/2011/03/netflix-lowers-data-usage-by-23-for.html
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ultrasaurus
I'm a netflix user who's had a bandwidth cap for a while, so I only watch
movies in SD not HD and you while you can notice the difference in quality
it's wo... | {
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} |
This is also a web page - MichaelAza
http://michaelaz.github.io/
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nulagrithom
I stopped reading because the font size and color choice made it difficult to
read. Is that irony?
~~~
zackkitzmiller
Same. I instantly closed the tab.
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MichaelAza
There, fixed. Hope the new theme is easier to read.
~~~
erso
Yo... | {
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} |
TRS-80 Model III emulator in Go with a web interface - bane
https://github.com/lkesteloot/trs80
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BorisMelnik
I guess Go is a real language now that it has a TRS-80 emulator. Seriously
though, great accomplishment. This is really neat esp after I just got done
watching "halt and catch fire" tonight
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jaem... | {
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Ask HN: Do you use any tools to assist you with thinking? - febin
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codingdave
For thinking out code? My answer might not be what you are asking, but...
A whiteboard, a text editor that supports bulleted lists, and my legs.
If I have a general idea of what components are needed, I write them in the
list, drillin... | {
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} |
Comcast rejected by small town, residents vote for municipal fiber instead - coatta
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/12/comcast-rejected-by-small-town-residents-vote-for-municipal-fiber-instead
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bronco21016
I hate Comcast with a passion and have always fantasized about living in a
progressive municipalit... | {
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} |
Capsicum: Practical Capabilities for Unix - logicprog
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/capsicum/
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dang
A small thread from 2010:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2043933](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2043933)
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dredmorbius
ELIF / practical applications / examples?
~~~
logicprog
Have... | {
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MBP vs MBA - wglb
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/04/12/MBP-vs-MBA
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spicyj
> And you need something between it and your gonads, because it’s a real
> toaster when it gets going.
The new Ivy Bridge machines are supposed to run much cooler.
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heapify
I don't get people who enjoy matte finished ... | {
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} |
The Updated Draft Design for Go 2 Contracts - saturn_vk
https://go.googlesource.com/proposal/+/4a54a00950b56dd0096482d0edae46969d7432a6/design/go2draft-contracts.md
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Animats
Why are these called "contracts"? It's just another generic type mechanism.
"Contracts" are generally associated with entry and exit condit... | {
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} |
We’ve Gotta Stop Using “Lifestyle Business” as a Pejorative - iamflimflam1
https://sparktoro.com/blog/weve-gotta-stop-using-lifestyle-business-as-a-pejorative/
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brudgers
The term is pejorative in the world of venture capital and means little
outside of it. It's pejorative because in the world of VC investing, a
... | {
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} |
World's biggest fake conference in computer science - merraksh
http://sites.google.com/site/worlddump1
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gee_totes
Wow, this is fascinating. I never knew there was money to be made in holding
fake conferences.
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minopret
Seen it.
[http://www.google.com/search?q=sites.google.com/site/worlddu...](http://www... | {
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} |
Transcript of Tapes from US 1549 that landed in the Hudson - aneesh
http://www.scribd.com/doc/11719666/Tracon-Transcript
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aneesh
PDF is here:
[http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/accident_incident/1549/me...](http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/accident_incident/1549/media/Full%20Transcript%20%20L116.pdf)
-----... | {
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Eyeview's effort could be a reach, or brilliant - codyb
http://www.adweek.com/videowatch/b-b-firm-hopes-facebook-look-back-styled-video-reels-zuck-martin-and-marissa-155645
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codyb
Full disclosure: I'm currently an engineer working at EyeView.
This is our new viral marketing campaign focused on showing the tec... | {
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} |
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