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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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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. ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== JdeBP The question mark and "a terrifying idea" are editorializations not in the actual comic title. ~~~ 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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/ ====== 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/ ====== 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? ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== _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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 - ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== penbuzz We are a site for you to list your startup, post news about your startup and allow people to search for your startup. ------ 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== RyanMcGreal Headline error; should read: "American Copyright Bill Coming to Canada Thursday". ------ 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 ====== 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. ------ 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/ ====== 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. ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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 &#38; 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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) ------ 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 &#x27;highschool&#x27; 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 &quot;solutions&quot; 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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? ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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. ------ 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 ====== 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&#x27;s really difficult to get a loan of such huge amount in my country. ====== 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 ====== 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... ;) ~~~ 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 ====== 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 ====== n8n3k > intended to convince its user that he or she is journeying to the great > beyond, he said. wtf? nothing with suicide, but ... ------ 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/ ====== 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/ ====== 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. ====== 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/ ====== pmtarantino I really like the idea. A few months ago, I used IndieGogo for the same: a book project - and it ...
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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. ====== 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/ ====== 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/ ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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/ ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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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