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Ask HN: Where are the Wakemate reviews? - adelevie
I am so close to buying a Wakemate. I'm completely sold on the concept and it presents a compelling value proposition: sleep better, without taking meds, for $50.<p>However, I can't seem to find any actual hands-on reviews of the device. The website says the first d... | {
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Microsoft joins preemptive patent protection program - grellas
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/06/microsoft-joins-pre-emptive-patent-protection-program.ars
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dodo53
That is such a cool scheme. I'm glad somebody is actively seeking to
invalidate bogus patents. I'm not sure how they're getting money - ... | {
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From encryption to darknets: As governments snoop, activists fight back - duck
http://arstechnica.com/business/the-networked-society/2012/02/from-encryption-to-darknets-as-governments-snoop-activists-fight-back.ars
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CWuestefeld
_governments ... are actively trying to find out what is being said and
transmitted o... | {
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$153,161.25 for a Snake Bite - Keverw
https://twitter.com/mcpheeceo/status/622179748685283328
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naner
This same topic has 14k comments on reddit. Here is one of the attempts at
explanation by a physician:
[https://np.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/3dngld/this_is_the_cos...](https://np.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/3dng... | {
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Two Startup Guys Looking for a New Roommate in SF - jasonshen
http://www.jasonshen.com/2011/two-startup-guys-look-for-a-roommate-in-sf/
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fido
I was just about to post here looking for roommates! I have already purchased
a one-way ticket to SF for February 3rd. My plan was to use Airbnb for a few
days until I f... | {
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Guide to Low Cost, High-Impact Websites - adrianwaj
http://blog.wajsbrem.com/index.php/guide-to-low-cost-high-impact-websites/
15 tips for kickstarting your web project. Almost 40 shopping sites listed at bottom.
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joshwa
"work with and offer equity to a development partner who already has a team,
management pro... | {
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ShellCheck: Lint for Shell Scripts - sci_c0
https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck
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sci_c0
A Shell syntax (well sometimes beyond that) checking utility with variety of
supported formats viz. plugins for Sublime, Atom.
Installation in Debian, Windows or through Docker.
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Seeking Big A.I. Advances, a Startup Turns to a Computer Chip - ghshephard
https://fortune.com/2019/08/19/ai-artificial-intelligence-cerebras-wafer-scale-chip/
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ghshephard
400,000 cores, 1.5 kW - that’s a big chip.
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The New Hexayurts - ph0rque
http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/other/the-new-hexayurts-2044
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blahedo
This is clever! As soon as you realise that the roof of the original hexayurt
has the footprint of a regular hexagon, you can mine the entirety of the
platonic, archimedean, and semiregular solids for anything w... | {
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Gimp doesn't properly remove image data - cyptus
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/issues/4487
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bootloop
Works as intended I guess. If I want to manipulate color I use the brush.
BUT, when saving the picture in a file format which doesn't support alpha it
should not fall back to the color information by defau... | {
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Ask HN: Is the Fraternity/Sorority market too niche? - deepkut
Greeks have specific needs that Facebook and other sites do not meet. CollegeACB had 900,000 hits its 2nd day, now its down.<p>Greeks are:<p>1. Predictable: If they purchase stuff for an event one year, they will the next
2. Bulk: Everything they purchase ... | {
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Voting Software - marcodave
https://xkcd.com/2030/
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JdeBP
The question mark and "a terrifying idea" are editorializations not in the
actual comic title.
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dang
Yes. Submitted title was "(XKCD) Voting software? a terrifying idea". That
breaks two of the site guidelines: the one against editorializing in titles... | {
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Two Tap (YC W14) Wants to Fix Mobile Checkouts - razvanr
http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/20/two-tap-makes-online-shopping-easier-with-global-shopping-cart-two-tap-checkout-on-hundreds-of-sites/
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lnanek2
Don't really see anything distinguishing it from PayPal. You can generate a
PayPal button and slap it on your ... | {
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Israel's Vice Prime Minister's Twitter hacked by Anonymous - saadmalik01
https://twitter.com/silvanshalom
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saadmalik01
Looks like the account has been suspended. Here's some screenshots:
[http://gawker.com/5962371/the-israeli-vice-prime-minister-
wa...](http://gawker.com/5962371/the-israeli-vice-prime-minister-... | {
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Psdash: A linux system information web dashboard using Psutils and Flask - r4um
https://github.com/Jahaja/psdash
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shirro
Not picking on this tool specifically but I see these sorts of things posted
on HN a bit and I am struggling to understand the appeal. So genuine quesion:
I can understand it is a fun task t... | {
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Real estate site Redfin files for IPO - realdlee
https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/30/real-estate-site-redfin-files-for-ipo/
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bkjelden
I hope this company sees nothing but success.
I bought my house through Redfin last year, and not only did I save ~$5k in
commissions compared to a conventional realtor, I also fel... | {
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Erlang and Trading Systems - yarapavan
http://groups.google.com/group/erlang-programming/browse_thread/thread/97fe15af680debfc?pli=1
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gtani
also:
<http://www.maxdama.com/search/label/Automated%20Trading>
[http://groups.google.com/group/thinkerlang/msg/4546b551ef704...](http://groups.google.com/group/thinkerl... | {
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L.P.D.: Libertarian Police Department (2014) - mjwhansen
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/l-p-d-libertarian-police-department
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eglover
In the case that anyone is wondering, this is a joke.
[http://hotmeme.net/media/i/4/f/d1Z-thats-not-how-it-works-
th...](http://hotmeme.net/media/i/4/f/d1Z-thats-no... | {
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Inbox Bliss - wj
https://www.startopz.com/blog/inbox-bliss/
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deepak-kumar
Those email notification always seemed distraction to me.
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Net Neutrality? Not so fast, says GOP - anigbrowl
http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/09/gop-senators-net-neutrality/
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JCThoughtscream
As if we need another reason to distrust the GOP...
Seriously - one of the major arguments for net neutrality is that the lack
thereof serves as a serious /threat/ to commercial int... | {
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Android and the philosopher’s pencil - mbateman
http://www.asymco.com/2010/08/20/android-and-the-philosophers-pencil/
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teilo
The premise of this argument is that Google's services require a Google-
supplied OS. This premise is false, and therefore this little article is just
plain silly.
It is in Google's best ... | {
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Ask HN: As a programmer, what do you wish you knew at 25? - FahadUddin92
What have you learned now that you wish when you started?
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makecheck
The most carefully-constructed, architecturally-pure piece of code will still
break in the face of future requirements. And in a surprising number of cases,
it will break ... | {
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Cool Things in Perl 6 - fogus
http://blogs.perl.org/users/ovid/2010/01/cool-things-in-perl-6.html
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telemachos
I love Perl. Perl is my language of choice. So I promise that I am not
trolling. Let's just stipulate that I'm slow or inexperienced or very
confused.
What is the cool in that code? Can someone explain ... | {
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Show HN: Read summaries of Hacker News links without leaving the front page - czzarr
http://tldr.io/extension
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dy
As the creator of hnsummaries.com and former founder of a news summaries
business, seems like a nice middle-ground would be to give the user an
automated summary and then let them edit it if they c... | {
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A Webpack plugin for wiring up prefetch – supports async chunks - zthomas
https://github.com/GoogleChrome/preload-webpack-plugin
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zthomas
Trending on www.gitlogs.com today, new repo from Google
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Curious tilt of the sun traced to undiscovered planet - noyesno
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-curious-tilt-sun-undiscovered-planet.html
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noyesno
I don't know about you but I find it incredible that while we can see galaxies
formed 13 billion years ago[0], we have completely missed the existence of a
large planet ... | {
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The extraordinary life and death of the world’s oldest known spider - okket
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/05/01/the-extraordinary-life-and-death-of-the-worlds-oldest-known-spider/
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spyckie2
Surprisingly well written.
Was wondering why a 43 year old spider was in the news, it's ... | {
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Machine Learning for Human Memorization - danger
http://blog.smellthedata.com/2010/12/machine-learning-for-human-memorization.html
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shef
I gave only a quick read, and I'm completely unfamiliar with Scrabble... but:
why not use a Markov chain? I would start looking at the two step case, using
only the most prob... | {
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TakeThisLollipop - really clever/creepy use of the Facebook API - wesleyzhao
http://www.takethislollipop.com/
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slapshot
Looks like it's connected with the ad agency Evolution Bureau ("EVB")
(clients: [1]), the same people who did the Office Depot-braded "Elf Yourself"
sensation [2].
Why do I think it's EVB? Thi... | {
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Hacking language learning - Void_
http://blog.rinik.net/hacking-language
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_feda_
The idea of 'hacking language learning' puts me in mind of Kato Lomb [1] a
hungarian linguist who worked for the UN as one of the world's first
simultaneous translators and knew around a dozen languages fluently. One of
the most int... | {
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My Last Day of Social Skydiving (I made it) - darkxanthos
http://socialskydivingwithjustin.posterous.com/social-skydiving-day-30-wrapping-up-the-daily
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darkxanthos
As an aside... I still need to finish my final project/exam but that's set to
take a couple weeks.
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Design and Implementation of a 256-Core BrainFuck Computer [pdf] - bryanrasmussen
http://sigtbd.csail.mit.edu/pubs/veryconference-paper2.pdf
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wybiral
> The BrainFuck computer is an attractive solution for servicing high
> throughput BrainFuck cloud services, both in terms of performance and cost.
BrainFuck as a... | {
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Apple Maps Accidentally Revealed a Top Secret Military Base - lusob
http://gizmodo.com/5950391/apple-maps-accidentally-revealed-a-top-secret-military-base
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bediger4000
From the gizmodo.com article: _Taiwan's secret radar, which was supplied by
Raytheon, was probably on China's metaphorical radar already_
"Pro... | {
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Show HN: Technical note app that builds a knowledge base - mtbarta
http://monocorpus.com
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TeMPOraL
No note-taking thread could be complete without someone mentioning Emacs and
org-mode, so let's be done with this already.
Comparing this app to Emacs/org-mode, I'd say that the core benefit of this
app is collabo... | {
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In a previously unpublished story, Kurt Vonnegut bellies up to the bar - edw519
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-kurt-vonnegut18-2009oct18,0,4119732,full.story
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growt
SPOILERS AHEAD:
Maybe Vonnegut is over my head but throwing a cat over a wall that scratches
someone later and showing pict... | {
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Ask HN: What are people using Steve Ballmer's USAFacts dataset for? - arikr
-
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olivercreashe
I've seen people choking the rooster with it, and doing some cool machine
lesrning with it to see how much they can mine for bitcoin a la Martha Stewart
meets James Bond.
DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS!!!!
... | {
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The Hacking Business Model - subsystem
http://hackingbusinessmodel.info/
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jzd131
Its an interesting concept. However, it may never work for one simple reason
"risk". When my partners and I started our company the risk that we took was
astronomical, leaving our high-paid jobs, masters, phd's to start a company.... | {
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Catch the London underground with Google - adamcollingburn
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2011/07/catch-london-underground-with-google.html
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babul
The Transit Navigation android app is a welcome addition, but I wish these
types of android apps would work without constant need for data connection
(i.e. woul... | {
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Show HN: Best Friend – Animation Short Film - lawrenceyan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j01Hg4QJ6NE
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mtmail
I think this might be miscategorized. "Show HN is for something you've made
that other people can play with. HN users can try it out, give you feedback,
and ask questions in the thread."
------
federico... | {
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Website to share your startup - penbuzz
https://www.penbuzz.com/
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penbuzz
We are a site for you to list your startup, post news about your startup and
allow people to search for your startup.
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orliesaurus
Hey OP your site doesn't load properly on mobile
~~~
penbuzz
The site currently only works on PC/lap... | {
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WikiLeaks Releases Fifth Estate Challenger: Mediastan - r0h1n
http://wikileaks.org/WikiLeaks-Releases-Fifth-Estate.html
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milesf
Give me something I can print off and a way to attach it to a movie poster
without damaging the theatre owner's display case and I'll visit my local
theatres and make sure the URL and Q... | {
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My Mindshare 10-Point Declaration - jimbursch
http://blog.mymindshare.com/2006/08/my_mindshare_10.html
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danielha
The mind sharing concept is interesting. I see an inherent flaw in the
"traditional model" that you posted:
\---
Advertiser posts ad
Consumer views ad
Advertiser pays media
\---
You missed a cru... | {
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Guy Builds A Star Trek Phaser - jalbertbowden
http://thecuriousbrain.com/?p=30918#.T8fyV_fODhU.hackernews
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ChuckMcM
Easy when you use a blue pen pointer in a smokey room :-).
And while I think these portable lasers are cool, they are insanely dangerous,
to humans, to pets, and to video gear. (not to mention dar... | {
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LulzSec Leaks 62,000 Email/Passwords of writerspace.com - unixroot
http://www.thehackernews.com/2011/06/lulzsec-leaks-62000-emailpasswords-of.html
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palish
These kids seriously need to be punched in the face. "For the lulz," as it
were. Or perhaps "for great justice" would be more fitting.
Is there any way we ... | {
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.NET Garbage Collector Basics and Performance Hints (2003) - vikas0380
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms973837.aspx
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alkonaut
If you are considering GC issues in an app, I think the reference code you
should look at now is Roslyn and how it uses pooled ImmutableArrays to work
with immutable collections... | {
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Canadian Copyright Bill Coming Thursday - jgoguen
http://www.jgoguen.ca/2010/5/copyright-bill-coming-thursday
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RyanMcGreal
Headline error; should read: "American Copyright Bill Coming to Canada
Thursday".
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mrcharles
Good to know that despite the ridiculous amount of anti-bill sentiment from
the voters, th... | {
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Show HN: Wtfstarter.com – A Crowdfunding campaign parody generator - drcursor
http://www.wtfstarter.com
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drcursor
An easy way to share those ridiculous crowdfunding ideas you have without
having to spam kickstarter.com / indiegogo.com with yet another fake
kickstarter campaign.
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richerlariviere
I absolu... | {
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America May Get Broadband for Free, But Porn Will Cost You - qhoxie
http://gigaom.com/2008/10/13/america-may-get-broadband-for-free-but-porn-will-cost-you/
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netcan
Back to the opt-out vs opt-in debate.
One that should drive the pure theory guys nuts. In theory, it shouldn't make
any difference. In practice, ... | {
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Ask HN: Is the black bar at the top of HN now a G+ joke? - reso
That just occurred to me.
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ColinWright
Please, people, do a search before asking questions like this. It's been 6 or
10 times already, and just makes you look crass, insensitive, stupid or lazy.
Perhaps all four.
Added in edit: I understand why I... | {
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HTTP security headers - mgdo
https://blog.appcanary.com/2017/http-security-headers.html
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ivanr
For some time now I've been working on a new project with the idea that you
want to use a single testing tool that can give you comprehensive, coherent,
and deep advice. It's early days and there's a lot to add still, ... | {
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Getting an Amiga 1000 Online - erickhill
https://amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=300
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Boothroid
Anything involving an Amiga gets my vote. Apart from someone taking their old
Amiga to the recycling centre, like I did :(
~~~
Jupe
Bummer.
I bought an Amiga 3000 for $1200. Three years later, I sold it for $1200.... | {
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Show HN: Yagol, a Game of Life sandbox built with React.js - Sarcadass
https://sarcadass.github.io/yagol/
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kjeetgill
If you're mesmerized by the "Game of Life" like I am your going to enjoy the
Continuously Domain versions like smooth life. Check out the video[0], and an
implementation in python[1] on HN.
[0]:
... | {
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Ask HN: Best DB for power outages? - Killah911
There are rolling blackouts where I'm planning on deploying a lightweight DB on a regular PC. Which DB would be the most well behaved in case of sudden power failure? (So far I know of SQLite & FireBird to be the top contenders)
======
justincormack
On a regular P... | {
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Show HN: Massren – multi-rename tool using your text editor - laurent123456
https://github.com/laurent22/massren
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peterjmag
This is awesome! Really great work. I can think of about five different
instances in the last couple weeks where this could've really helped me out.
Oftentimes, I ended up just using someth... | {
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Künstliche Intelligenz 2016 – Was in diesem Jahr geschah - flezzfx
http://ki-blog.de/wissen/2016/das-jahr-2016-was-bisher-geschah-minsky-tay-turing-sxsw-openai-alpha-volkswagen/
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mtmail
welcome to Hacker News. Please submit English articles only
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The Mother of All Demos (1968) - Malfunction92
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY
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EricE
For more on this and what lead up to it I highly recommend:
[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/722412.The_Dream_Machine](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/722412.The_Dream_Machine)
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welcome_dragon
That th... | {
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Ask HN: Would HN be interested in an adapter, that can prevent BadUSB-attacks? - jpidea
Let me first give some context:<p>I am part of a group of 'highschool' students (actually the equivalent of this in Germany) and we are currently searching for ideas for a startup-project, in where we are founding our o... | {
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GNU Toolchain Update – Fall 2017 - rayascott
https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2017/11/03/fall-2017-gnu-toolchain-update/
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lima
Red Hat is doing a great job keeping RHEL/CentOS 7 up to date with latest
technologies while not introducing regressions. Very welcome, they used to be
more conservative.
The Software... | {
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Now is the Time to cash in on your passion - datums
http://cdn3.libsyn.com/carsonified/Now_is_the_Time_to_Cash_in_on_Your_Passion.mp3?nvb=20091013194148&nva=20091014195148&t=00451d1a34484856bda13
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BigCanOfTuna
Here is the video of this presentation. Excellent, actually.
[http://carsonified.com/blog/web-apps/no... | {
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Jean-Marie Hullot has died - mrpippy
https://www.inria.fr/actualite/actualites-inria/jean-marie-hullot-informaticien-visionnaire-technologiste-exceptionnel
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mrpippy
Created Interface Builder at NeXT, among other pioneering research
Translation:
[https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https...](... | {
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Feynman's Vision: The Next 50 Years - vinutheraj
http://tedxcaltech.com
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raintrees
Teasers?
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A day after claiming total power, Trump caves in - Farbodkhz
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/opinions/trump-claims-total-power-and-then-caves-in-filipovic/index.html
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8bitsrule
Ahab's been pacing the decks again.
| {
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New Gap logo was not social media theatre, but part of a year-long rebrand. - thesethings
http://thesethings.posterous.com/gap-did-they-mean-to-do-that
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thesethings
Not earth shattering, but I posted this 'coz I've seen a few suggestions that
the Gap logo launch + reversal was planned social media genius. Nope... | {
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Google has made Usenet archives impossible to search - tarr11
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/google-a-search-company-has-made-its-internet-archive-impossible-to-search
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th0ma5
This has been fixed
[https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/apps/JEIYhpk7aa...](https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/apps... | {
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Ask HN: Am I just burnt out or should I find a new career? - amiburntout
Hey HN,<p>Since I was a little kid I was fascinated by computers and loved tinkering with them. I always saw them as a hobby and always thought it was kind of cool that I could make them do things. I went to college and got myself a liberal arts ... | {
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Poweliks: the persistent malware without a file - miles
https://blog.gdatasoftware.com/blog/article/poweliks-the-persistent-malware-without-a-file.html
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halfcat
This is exactly why, on a Windows computer, you should:
1\. Never run under an administrator account unless you are performing
administrative duties ... | {
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Ask HN: What were your naiveté's in your twenties? - notoriousarun
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parasthinker
Labeling myself as nihilist.
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Jim Keller Joins Intel to Lead Silicon Engineering - kasabali
https://newsroom.intel.com/news-releases/jim-keller-joins-intel-lead-silicon-engineering/
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sctb
Previous discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16928975](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16928975).
~~~
kasabali
IMO these two are differ... | {
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Low-income housing has no impact on nearby home values (2016) - gerbler
https://www.trulia.com/research/low-income-housing/
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netcan
Short & medium term effects on real estate prices is only part of the issue.
Ultimately, NIMBYism exists for a bunch of reasons... and the reasons don't
matter much.
Once you have ... | {
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Auto-BAHN App still sends Messages when Cellular and the Internet Fails - luigionline
http://www.i4u.com/47440/auto-bahn-app-uses-wi-fi-and-bluetooth-send-messages-if-cellular-and-internet-fails
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iqster
DTNs (delay tolerant networks) have been studied to death in academia _sigh_.
I'm a bit jaded by this line o... | {
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Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: "I don't think anyone can make money from the Linux desktop." - qhoxie
http://blogs.computerworld.com/ubuntus_shuttleworth_i_dont_think_anyone_can_make_money_from_the_linux_desktop
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amix
Mozilla is making millions on advertising from Firefox search and I think the
same business model can... | {
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Teaching Business People How To Hack - jevgeni
I work in a team of financial analysts in a large company. My team came to the conclusion, that adhering to enterprise "solutions" for our results is really unproductive. So a lot of stuff we do is now solved by lightweight home-hacked implementations.<p>Being... | {
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How texting is changing the world [infographics] - Teresag
http://blog.nexmo.com/post/11340724199/how-texting-is-chaging-the-world
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ajanuary
What's their obsession with blonde people not texting?
| {
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First Impressions of a $9 CHIP Computer - ingve
https://spin.atomicobject.com/2016/03/27/chip-computer-review/
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noonespecial
I'm going to go ahead and say it. It doesn't count until I can buy them in any
quantity at any time for $9 each. Shipping to a few backers doesn't count.
"One per customer, supplies limite... | {
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Some Thoughts on Facebook Groups - Anon84
http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2010/10/08/SomeThoughtsOnFacebookGroups.aspx
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jdp23
Great points from Dare Obasanjo, noting how Facebook groups may not respond
particularly well to a weakness Google's been trying to exploit. His
conclusion:
"Facebook Groups cranks th... | {
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Ask HN: What causes some people to be left-handed? - zvanness
Does anyone have a solid theory on why there is such an unbalanced ratio between the number of right-handed people and left-handed people. Why is the default to be right-handed? What really causes people to be left-handed?
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devfeed
I can't answer yo... | {
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Fine-Grained Language Composition: A Case Study - matt_d
http://soft-dev.org/pubs/html/barrett_bolz_diekmann_tratt__fine_grained_language_composition/
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zackmorris
This is great. I often miss the asm blocks of C, and think the benefits of
mainly working in a higher level language and dropping down to a lower leve... | {
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} |
Measles: Four European nations lose eradication status - pseudolus
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49507253
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bla3
The four nations are Albania, the Czech Republic, Greece and the UK.
~~~
pjc50
Three failed states with endemic poverty problems, and the Czech Republic.
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Covzire
"All regions of the world sh... | {
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Daring Fireball: Regarding the Idea of iPad Apps Running on Mac OS X - barredo
http://daringfireball.net/2010/11/ipad_apps_mac_os_x
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warwick
In the iPhone HIG, there's a section on bringing a desktop application to
iOS[1]. The entire HIG spends a fair amount of time talking about the
different needs of mobile an... | {
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} |
Show HN: ccPing, a secure messenger - dnqthao
http://ccping.com
With the 2 prominent features:
- Encrypted Chat: your chat will be encrypted with a password so only when you type in the correct password then it will be unlocked.<p>- Ephemeral Chat: your messages will be self-destructed after a few minutes.
======
KMa... | {
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Ask HN: Student loan for international students? - rustymirror
Hi All,
I got an offer for MS CS at NYU. You know any loan provider that give loan of around $70k without an US Cosigner? It's really difficult to get a loan of such huge amount in my country.
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coreyp_1
$70K for a Master's is too much (IMO). Su... | {
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PG's Arc Lessons - nickb
http://www.paulgraham.com/arclessons.html
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Jd
Aren't these the same Arc lessons that have been available for awhile now?
Just because something is posted over at reddit that doesn't mean it has to
come here...
;)
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fallintothis
The same thoughts I had as I jumped over from reddit ... | {
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Show HN: Wikiclaim – an Encyclopedia for Claims - devinplatt
https://www.wikiclaim.org
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qwerty456127
Cool! I wish tis is going to become popular. I always dreamed of a global
collaborative think-tank where everybody can publish an idea and other people
would submit constructive comments about why/how is it right... | {
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} |
The Elon Musk of Assisted Suicide, Whose Machine Lets You Kill Yourself Anywhere - hbcondo714
http://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-assisted-suicide-machine-727874
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n8n3k
> intended to convince its user that he or she is journeying to the great
> beyond, he said.
wtf? nothing with suicide, but ...
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grawprog
... | {
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Why is Rick Santorum Using a Picture of 4Chan Founder Moot on His Website? - gnarls_manson
http://betabeat.com/2012/11/why-is-former-presidential-candidate-rick-santorum-using-a-picture-of-4chan-founder-moot-on-his-website/
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JonnieCache
Because, class war. (Obviously for "goatse" read "moot's face")
_"In this ... | {
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Shaving Your RTT with TCP Fast Open - bradleyfalzon
https://bradleyf.id.au/nix/shaving-your-rtt-wth-tfo/
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d0ugie
Regarding client support, why does only Google appear to be interested?
Talking about saving a round trip here...
To try with NGINX, you may need to add compile it with --with-cc-
opt="-DTCP_FASTOP... | {
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The Era of Symbol Fonts - robin_reala
http://alistapart.com/article/the-era-of-symbol-fonts
For what it’s worth the Timepiece ligature demo appears to have been hacked - I’ve let ALA know and submitted it to Google’s malware checker. Would probably avoid visiting that link for the time being.
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Samuel_Michon
Usi... | {
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Startup Book Publisher Unbound Raises $2M For Kickstarter For Authors Platform - elie_CH
http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/22/startup-book-publisher-unbound-raises-2m-for-kickstarter-for-authors-platform/
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pmtarantino
I really like the idea. A few months ago, I used IndieGogo for the same: a
book project - and it ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
MIT Media Lab Design Innovation Workshop 2013 in India - shrikrishna
http://mitdi2013.pes.edu/
PES Institute Of Technology, Bangalore is collaborating with MIT Media Lab to host the third “Design and Innovation” workshop in Bangalore from 21st to 25th of January, 2013. The aim of this workshop is to enthrall and insp... | {
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} |
Ask HN: If you had to build Facebook from scratch, what stack would you use? - nestorherre
and why? I have an idea of a social network and would like to get some insights on the technical side.
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drewrv
If the question is about handling their scale, then I would suggest you avoid
premature optimization and worry ... | {
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} |
Show HN: WP Offload S3 – Offload Your Assets to S3 and Cloudfront - sgallant
https://deliciousbrains.com/wp-offload-s3/
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codeddesign
How is this really different than the many other wp-to-s3 plugins out there?
| {
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Sony Finally Beat the Hackers in Latest Breach (Sort Of) - jjp9999
http://techzwn.com/2011/10/sony-finally-beat-the-hackers-in-latest-breach/
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pavel_lishin
> hackers use a “massive set of sign-in IDs and passwords against our network
> database,” while repeatedly failing.
Sony detects script kiddies brute-for... | {
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All work and no play makes Jack a dull startup - jgrebski
http://www.betabeat.com/2011/11/30/return-of-the-diaspora-after-a-taste-of-the-valley-new-york-techies-are-coming-home/
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AznHisoka
I dunno.. it's not like NYC is any better. Sure there's lots to do, and lots
of people, but it can get more lonely when 99... | {
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} |
In New York City, What’s the Difference Between a $240 and a $6.95 Sushi Roll? - MarlonPro
https://psmag.com/in-new-york-city-whats-the-difference-between-a-240-sushi-roll-and-a-6-95-sushi-roll-cd057bfa3a29#.e310bj5pt
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msie
I skimmed the article and didn't find the answer. I guess, nothing?
| {
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Show HN: I wrote a remote story estimation tool - confused-candle
http://home.1358.io
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utsav91292
This looks awesome. UI is great. The only thing is I would have to start a new
session(which means share the link again) instead of continuing the same
session for estimating the other stories. Take a look at Pointi... | {
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} |
Antirez Suggestion: “Redis Labs Sharing License” - rectang
https://twitter.com/antirez/status/1034435239651815424
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rectang
Thank you, antirez -- your suggested naming change would address the primary
concerns of many of us. I hope that Redis Labs follows through with either
that name or a similar one in the spir... | {
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} |
A rare LHC tour - stickhandle
http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/04/a-rare-lhc-tour-avoiding-radiation-to-see-scientific-history-up-close/1/
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gus_massa
> _when the LHC runs, the chambers housing the detectors experience intense
> radiation_
I thought that it was very energetic but low intensity radiation (ou... | {
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} |
Pundi X Debuts New Decentralized Mobile OS and Device - sanefive
https://beincrypto.com/pundi-x-debuts-decentralized-mobile-os-device/
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physicsyogi
This phone sounds interesting. It also reminds me of the Pied Piper platform
from the Silicon Valley show.
| {
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A browser extension that replaces offensive words with Indian food dish names - keyur1610
https://whatthefalooda.swiggy.com/
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Hackbraten
What’s the matter with censoring profanity in North America? In Europe, it’s
just part of life and most people don’t give a fuck. I honestly would love to
know why so many Amer... | {
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} |
How Many Machines Do You Need To Run Your Site? - aaroneous
http://highscalability.com/how-many-machines-do-you-need-run-your-site
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staunch
Servers are so damn powerful these days that it's a bit misleading to use the
number of servers as a measurement. The standard a few years ago was dual
processor PIII ~1Gh... | {
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} |
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