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Because everyone is a racist. - kamakazizuru
http://asymptotejournal.com/article.php?cat=Nonfiction&id=47
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kamakazizuru
a Swedish writer with immigrant roots writes an open letter to the swedish
justice minister.
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Manufacturing bombshell: AMD cancels 28nm APUs, starts from scratch at TSMC - DigiHound
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/106217-manufacturing-bombshell-amd-cancels-28nm-apus-starts-from-scratch-at-tsmc
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Symmetry
Yup, Semiaccurate reported on this story a week ago. Its probably a good move,
given that the ... | {
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Interactive FEC Campaign Finance Data Explorer - itay
http://blogs.splunk.com/2012/11/05/splunk4good-announces-public-data-project-highlighting-fec-campaign-finance-data/
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erintsweeney
nice way to explore campaign finance contributions by state, employer, job
role, etc. Check it out.
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Ubuntu Phone, Jolla Sailfish and KDE Plasma Active to share API? - emilsedgh
http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2013/01/qml-component-apis-to-come-together.html
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scriptproof
Another good resolution for the new year...
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shmerl
Good development.
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Sky: A 60fps GPU-Powered Text Editor - noajshu
https://github.com/evanw/sky
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ngrilly
Impressive piece of work for a single developer.
~~~
jmiserez
Also some cool demos on his website:
[http://madebyevan.com/](http://madebyevan.com/)
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jandrese
The title makes it sounds like a crack at javascript developer... | {
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Why Scrum Should Basically Just Die in a Fire - gcoleman
http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2014/09/why-scrum-should-basically-just-die-in.html
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DupDetector
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8334905](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8334905)
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8352235](https://news.yc... | {
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Hasp: An S-Expression to Haskell Compiler - kruhft
http://www-student.cs.york.ac.uk/~anc505/code/hasp/hasp.html
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twfarland
Glad to see another attempt at this righteous marriage. The piping approach is
very tasteful.
I tried to get this working with Racket (on osx) but hit too many blocks and
ended up going w... | {
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Ask HN: What are the best MOOCs on web development? - pyeu
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hackermailman
If you're in the EU/US then probably Lambda School, but since you already know
Python may as well try a practical data science course
[http://www.datasciencecourse.org/lectures/](http://www.datasciencecourse.org/lectures/)
most of that cour... | {
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Show HN: Embed Map – Great looking maps, embedded, for free - jitnut
https://www.embed-map.com
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slater
And pray tell how do you get around Google Maps' usage restrictions?
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Show HN: Sawtooth – Online audio workspace - myzie
https://www.sawtooth.io
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jensenbox
I find myself asking questions that could easily be answered with a demo or
some sort of try before signup.
The idea of everything I click on going to the signup page really is a huge
turn off and personally I consider it to b... | {
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Autonomy misled HP about finances, Hewlett Packard says - finknotal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20412186
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masukomi
I worked for a company that was Acquired by Autonomy. They made us fire a
large portion of our staff before the final papers were signed so that they
could continue with their claims that the... | {
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Google is testing an arrow next to trusted queries - davidedicillo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7896006@N06/5040747038/
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slipstream
Not testing, rolling it out as a keyboard navigation feature indicator,
enabled by default since couple days ago:
[http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/fly-through-your-
inst...... | {
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Elon Musk Needs Sleep - smacktoward
https://slate.com/business/2018/08/elon-musk-needs-sleep-to-save-himself-and-tesla.html
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amacalac
srsly?
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lutorm
yes.
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At Airport Gate, a Cyborg Unplugged (2002) - kick
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/14/technology/at-airport-gate-a-cyborg-unplugged.html
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icedata
I once drove through the border from Canada to the US with Steve. He was
wearing his headset. He explained what it was, the guard said "you can't come
in here with that... | {
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Ask HN: Anyone over 35 admitted to YC? - dreamzook
Is there any team admitted to YC where founders were over 35 years of age?
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pg
There have been plenty that old. I believe the oldest founders we've funded
were in their early 50s.
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dreamzook
Also PG thanks for the reply I was wondering do we have a chance... | {
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The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas - diaphanous
https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/it-was-never-enough/
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breakfastduck
What a fascinating character & interesting read.
> he is taking college correspondence courses, “the path of least resistance”
> toward a business administration PhD. “I simply thou... | {
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Jquery is better than React - qhoc
https://medium.com/@melissamcewen/jquery-is-better-than-react-cd02dfb026a6
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oxmo
total bullshit. jquery and react are very very different
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Say Goodbye to Alexa and Hello to Gadgets Listening to Voice Inside Your Head - startupflix
https://medium.com/mit-technology-review/say-goodbye-to-alexa-and-hello-to-gadgets-listening-to-the-voice-inside-your-head-3405ef93835b
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Finnucane
Video demo:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUa3np4CKC4](https://www.you... | {
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Programming reminds me of my stand up comedy days (2018) - songzme
https://medium.com/@kevinyckim33/how-programming-reminds-me-of-my-stand-up-comedy-days-5522722c4d73
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JabavuAdams
"Whenever I catch myself wondering whether this function I’m writing is going
to crash or not, I remind myself to just run the tests ... | {
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1.8M American truck drivers could lose their jobs to robots - Futurebot
http://www.vox.com/2016/8/3/12342764/autonomous-trucks-employment
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pedalpete
This is definitely coming, and truckers need to be aware. Upskilling now is
imperative.
At the same time, it isn't just the truck drivers. Logistics is also changi... | {
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Fake job listings to get users? - TokyoKid
Hi guys,<p>I'm a first-time poster but long-time start-up fan.<p>Recently I started looking for some work to help me through college. I found a job on my school internship page and applied, but a few things made me suspicious.<p>First, the job was for a "content s... | {
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Ask HN: Software Engineering or Computer Science? - cmelbye
Hi all, I have a quick question. When hiring someone, is it more desirable that they carry a Software Engineering degree or a Computer Science degree, or are both equally desirable?
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shrughes
It doesn't really matter, except that if they got a Softwar... | {
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Where is your user name registered? - maxwell
http://www.usernamecheck.com/
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randomwalker
There's this idea I've had for a while, but never got around to implementing:
every namespace is a market. So there should be a place where you can trade
ownership of tokens in different namespaces. There already exists a... | {
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A Sticky String Quandary - hyperpape
http://www.stephendiehl.com/posts/strings.html
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teh
I read this and I agree with everything that he says - but I also think it
makes Haskell look worse than it is to some passer-by.
My impression is that the Haskell community is very self-critical (which is
great), but someo... | {
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Node.js - ANSIdom to share HTML templates between the browser and the terminal - coenhyde
http://ohh.io/ANSIdom
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Cieplak
This is really awesome. I don't understand how it works yet.
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Cieplak
My understanding is that the server sends either ANSI codes or HTML depending
on the user agent.
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People often use the word ‘you’ rather than ‘I’ to cope with negative experience - upen
http://exactlyscience.com/archives/11689.html
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DrScump
Blogspam of
[http://www.ns.umich.edu/new/releases/24689-it-s-really-
about...](http://www.ns.umich.edu/new/releases/24689-it-s-really-about-me-not-
you)
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#GamerGate's Detractors Aren't Doing Themselves Any Favors - 5trokerac3
http://www.exitevent.com/article/gamergates-detractors-arent-doing-themselves-any-favors-101014
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zimpenfish
Except, though, this has been going on for -decades- and there was no
organised campaign until the sudden miraculous pivot of the g... | {
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Apple copies rejected app - Gupie
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/08/apple_copies_rejected_app/
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bradleyland
Hrm. Dan Goodin. I recognize that name. This is the same author who published
an article on _The Register_ with the title "Skype bug gives attackers root
access to Mac OS X", which was factually in... | {
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Is Dentistry Science Based? - anthilemoon
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/is-dentistry-science-based/
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h2odragon
Dentistry is practiced in a wider variety of ways than medicine: Most dentists
would agree that things like drilling teeth at the gumline "to relieve
pressure" and then accusing the patient a year la... | {
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Doom as a tool for system administration (1999) - ColinWright
http://www.cs.unm.edu/~dlchao/flake/doom/
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ckeck
How did I never hear about this before?
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"I Have a Startup" - Midwest vs Bay Area - garbowza
http://leavingcorporate.com/2008/12/30/i-have-a-startup-midwest-vs-bay-area/
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Shooter
"I have a startup" seems a very ODD way of saying what you do when people ask,
anyway. It is almost intentionally oblique. Even as a serial entrepreneur, I
would probably ha... | {
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Does a charger that is plugged in but has no load use energy? - fananta
http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/7287/does-a-mobile-phone-charger-that-is-plugged-in-but-has-no-phone-attached-to-it-u
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dchichkov
Lol @ stackexchange.com:
Inside virtually every phone charger is a transformer. ... | {
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NASA has no idea why it exists. Where to now for the space program? - Eurofooty
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/mars-a-mere-curiosity-in-days-of-thrift-20120818-24f84.html
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thinkingisfun
<http://www.nasa.gov/offices/ogc/about/space_act1.html#POLICY>
_(1) The expansion of human knowledge o... | {
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Buying groceries for rich people, I realized upward mobility is largely a myth - drags
http://www.buzzfeed.com/nielaorr/two-college-degrees-later-i-was-still-picking-kale-for-rich
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pjlegato
The headline ("Two College Degrees Later, I Was Still Picking Kale For Rich
People") is a statement of disappointed entitle... | {
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How slow is Python really? Or how fast is your language? - kisamoto
http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/26323/how-slow-is-python-really-or-how-fast-is-your-language
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wting
Python is fast enough, until it isn't and then there are no simple
alternatives.
If your problem is numerical in nature, you can cal... | {
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What iOS7 looks like (and other tidbits) - drinchev
http://9to5mac.com/2013/06/09/what-ios7-looks-like/
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tathagata
The new icons look ugly, especially the gradients in the background.
Psychedelic looking, should come with a warning.
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drinchev
I agree. In fact those icons are not the real ones. They are cre... | {
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Show HN: Type-safe metaprogramming for Java (and other killer lang features) - rsmckinney
https://github.com/manifold-systems/manifold
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rsmckinney
Think code generators are the only way to type-safely connect your Java code
to JSON, XML, SQL, Javascript, etc.? Think again. Manifold offers a radical
new way to co... | {
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} |
Benzodiazepines: Our Other Prescription Drug Problem - pratheekrebala
https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/public-health/benzodiazepines-what-journalists-should-know
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maddyboo
I have battled with severe anxiety and panic disorders for years. At my worst,
I was often unable to get out of bed for days a... | {
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Can the EU become another AI superpower? - PretzelFisch
https://www.economist.com/business/2018/09/22/can-the-eu-become-another-ai-superpower
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Ftuuky
Apologies if this rant makes no sense but I'm somewhat frustrated with this AI
thing.
One thing I've noticed in large EU corporations (where I and friends of mine... | {
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Madoff Trustee Seeks $19.6 Billion From Austrian Banker - ojbyrne
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/madoff-trustee-seeks-19-6-billion-from-austrian-banker/
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badwetter
Makes me sick when I read of the greed. Hope the trustee has a solid case and
can retrieve the funds in whole.
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5G will cost you a bundle - cdvonstinkpot
http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/18/technology/5g-cost-wireless-data/index.html?iid=ob_homepage_tech_pool&iid=obnetwork
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DiabloD3
Except the article fails to say that upcoming LTE Advanced service is "true"
4G, not 5G.
4G has multiple requirements and are only satisfied b... | {
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New Horizons enters safe mode 10 days before Pluto flyby - dandelany
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2015/07042044-new-horizons-enters-safe-mode.html
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dandelany
Alan Stern, the mission's P.I., dispelled rumors that contact had been lost on
the USF forum, saying "Such rumors are untrue. The bird... | {
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} |
Mozilla Outlines Plan to Replace Firefox for Android with 'Fenix' - ecesena
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/04/26/mozilla-outlines-plan-to-replace-firefox-for-android-with-fenix/
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ZeroGravitas
Seems quite good, but still a few rough edges (only nightly builds with no
auto-update, Lastpass doesn't seem to work... | {
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MongoDB Cloud and Backup Are DOWN - rmykhajliw
http://status.cloud.mongodb.com
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rmykhajliw
[https://cloud.mongodb.com](https://cloud.mongodb.com) \- link to the main
page [http://screencast.com/t/L6nyk8DT](http://screencast.com/t/L6nyk8DT) \-
screenshot
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Tails, you win - tosh
http://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/tails-you-win/
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sharemywin
I doubt the author would have invested in Disney right before snow white.
VC's only exist because rich people can only throw so much money at google.
So, what I get out of this if you live in SV and your technical.
For 85 o... | {
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Ask HN: you're rich, now what? - ryanwaggoner
This question is just for fun:<p>Let's say you sold your startup yesterday for enough cash that you never have to work or worry about money again.<p>What would you do now?
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sivers
I sold my startup a few months ago for enough cash that I never have to work
or worry a... | {
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Ask HN: Git Hooks, who uses them and for what purpose? - mroche
https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks<p>Decided to learn more about them the other day as they seem interesting. In a quick search here for past discussions it seems this feature is used in a variety of way... | {
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Limitations and pitfalls of the job interview - galfarragem
https://fs.blog/2020/07/job-interviews/
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simonw
If you want a really big competitive advantage, figure out how to hire great
people who don't interview well.
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edoceo
I use a gig to hire process for this. It works very well. I've been meaning to
writ... | {
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The Looming Battle Over AI Chips - poster123
https://www.barrons.com/articles/the-looming-battle-over-ai-chips-1524268924
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oneshot908
If you're FB, GOOG, AAPL, AMZN, BIDU, etc, this strategy makes sense because
much like they have siloed data, they also have siloed computation graphs for
which they can lovingly ... | {
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Mt.Gox put announce for mtgox acq here - MPetitt
The only HTML on the Mt.Gox homepage<p><html>
<head>
<title>MtGox.com</title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- put announce for mtgox acq here -->
</body>
</html>
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defcon84
Dear MtGox Customers... | {
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Remote Work – NoDesk - swimduck
http://nodesk.co/remote-work/
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rijoja
Nice collection of links! I'm quite interested in seeking some interesting
freelance work. Currently I'm working on putting together a portfolio. Enough
about me! Does anybody have any feedback on these sites? Does any of them
stand out?
~~~
... | {
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What We Know About Inequality (in 14 Charts) - warrenmar
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/01/01/what-we-know-about-inequality-in-14-charts/?mod=e2tw
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jemacniddle
"The annual income Americans earn is unevenly distributed"
Income isn't distributed, but earned.
General quality of life is far better now than ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What kind of products would you rent after landing in a new country? - kseudo
I have a kernel of an idea that I was thinking about but I think I need some honest external feedback before I decide pursue it further. Basic idea: Enable people entering a country on holiday/business to rent items that they can d... | {
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Effective coding for small children? - fyacob
So we're about to launch a toy on kickstarter that effectively and truly introduces children to programming logic. It is basically a physical version of the logo turtle, and uses a visual sequence of instructions to breach concepts of high level abstraction.<p>The first... | {
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How $96,000 can buy you a top 10 ranking in the U.S. app store - beshrkayali
http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/04/how-96000-can-buy-you-a-top-10-ranking-in-the-u-s-app-store
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thedufer
I just wanted to point out that that last graph is outrageously misleading.
The bars start at around -20,000, which makes the 11x ... | {
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} |
Job Search: Interview Disasters Revealed By Employers - eroach
http://roachpost.com/2010/02/25/job-search-interview-disasters-revealed-by-employers/
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xenophanes
-- Candidate wore a business suit with flip flops.
God, who cares?
-- Dressing inappropriately - 57 percent
If d... | {
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Military Aircraft Hit Mach 20 Before Ocean Crash, DARPA Says - Shalle
http://www.space.com/12670-superfast-hypersonic-military-aircraft-darpa-htv2.html
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51Cards
August 18th, 2011? Possibly a few tests after this have already happened?
Edit: Looks like no third flight yet. Found this followup:
<http://www.darpa.... | {
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Some Obvious Things About Internet Reputation Systems - jonathansizz
http://tomslee.net/2013/09/some-obvious-things-about-internet-reputation-systems.html?
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ColinWright
I've noticed that you've deleted and re-submitted this constantly. This is the
third one I've counted - there may have been more.
It was subm... | {
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Which book describes all dirty business practises used in past? - xstartup
Is there any book which describes all the evil practices used in past by companies/individuals.
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indescions_2018
Evil? Who am I to cast such a stone? But the recent PBS American Experience
episode on The Gilded Age. Demonstrates the ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Does Reddit now also force you to use app? - drummer
I tried to visit /r/cpp just now via Firefox on mobile and get the following message on Reddit:<p>"This community is available in the app<p>To view posts in r/cpp you must continue in Reddit app or log in."
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sarcasmatwork
Try: ... | {
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Show HN: Practical Modern JavaScript - bevacqua
https://ponyfoo.com/books/practical-modern-javascript
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bevacqua
OP here:
Just published this book on Amazon, and it's also free to read online[1][2].
It covers ES6 in a comprehensive and practical manner, focusing on how
features can be used to write better code.... | {
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} |
Hackers conquer Tesla’s in-car web browser and win a Model 3 - sahin-boydas
https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/23/hackers-conquer-tesla-and-win-a-model-3/
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Corrado
This is a really great accomplishment. Tesla says that they only breached the
entertainment center but other car manufacturers have said similar things,
... | {
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} |
Operation Crossbow: How 3D glasses helped win WWII - JacobAldridge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13359064
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rrrazdan
The same technique was used later in satellites to map terrain. I had the
chance to see an image of the Himalayas, in my Remote Sensing class. You don't
use any special glasses and consequen... | {
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Show HN - My Weekend Project: Twitter Secret Santa - biggitybones
http://thegreattwittersecretsanta.com/
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ben1040
From the terms:
_IF YOU CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GIFT EXCHANGE AND YOU DO NOT SEND A
GIFT, YOUR TWITTER.COM USERNAME WILL BE POSTED PUBLICLY._
I didn't go any further, but didn't see this an... | {
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} |
Training Computers to Find Future Criminals - nigrioid
http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-richard-berk-future-crime/
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Houshalter
I could not disagree more with these comments. Psychologists are just now
starting to study the phenomenon of "algorithm aversion", where people
irrationally trust human judgement ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to transition out of startup I founded? - throwawaynum1
I started a company (sole founder) a few years ago. We were mildly successful, and have a handful of employees and are breaking even.<p>We never raised money, and I think the company could continue to grow organically on its own, growing revenues may... | {
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Thank you all, today is my first anniversary at News.YC - edu
Today I read on my profile<p><pre><code> user: edu
created: 365 days ago
</code></pre>
A full year here! Mostly lurking, and seldom commenting and submitting news. One year and it is as good as ever.<p>I wanted to thank you all guys, and specially... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Help fight dementia by playing a mobile game - gregdoesit
http://www.seaheroquest.com/en/
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brudgers
[The page load was painfully slow for me.]
The game appears to be sponsored by Deutsch Telekom (T-mobile).
The video explainer is here: [http://www.seaheroquest.com/en/what-is-
dementia](http://www.seaheroquest.... | {
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} |
Django Girls: workshops about programming in Python and Django for women - goblin89
http://djangogirls.org
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bndr
I don't really understand the need to create a women only workshop. Why is
there such a need for this?
~~~
goblin89
Me neither. Every time I see Django Girls mentioned in my Twitter timeline
(often... | {
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} |
Show HN: CV Compiler 2.0 – Instant Resume Suggestions for Techies - andrewstetsenko
https://cvcompiler.com/?hackernews
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floki999
First off, where did it get its hands on 1M resumes to train their analytics?
Looks like yet another underhanded way of getting hold of personal information
on a massive scale.
If it ... | {
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Advertisers using face recognition to watch people watching TV - prostoalex
http://fortune.com/2016/02/13/bbc-ads-crowdemotion/
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KannO
"Koyaanisqatsi" director Godfrey Reggio made a film using just the blank gazes
of kids watching TV:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuI_nCADnW0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=... | {
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What is behind the name duckduckgo - blackvine
http://www.altvirtual.com/tech-news/duckduckgo-a-new-way-to-search-the-web.html
No seriously is it because most of the good domains are in the hands of cyber-squatters
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villageidiot
Expected this to be entertaining or informative. Instead it's just a shameless
plug... | {
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Stop Coming Up With Startup Ideas - rrhoover
http://ryanhoover.me/post/37498575737/stop-coming-up-with-startup-ideas
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nomi137
i agree... we need more execution not ideas ali
| {
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Ask HN: Any domain name registrars that don't require JavaScript? - glockenspielen
I wish to manage nameservers and records via a text browser such as links, lynx or w3m.<p>I recall when namecheap and namesilo did not require scripts.<p>Anyone have current experience with a registrar free from JavaScript?
======
nlolk... | {
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Machine learning is easier than it looks - jasonwatkinspdx
http://insideintercom.io/machine-learning-way-easier-than-it-looks/
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eof
I feel I'm in a _somewhat_ unique position to talk about easy/hardness of
machine learning; I've been working for several months on a project with a
machine learning aspect with a w... | {
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} |
EBook - 12 Things you can do to Shorten Your Lead Time in Software Development - RexDixon
http://www.abtests.com/test/39002/product-for-ebook---12-things-you-can-do-to-shorten-your-lead-time-in-software-development
Test Details
Big Takeaway<p>3D eBook picture provides better conversion/downlaods.
Results Hypo... | {
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} |
New Sublime Text update - pyed
https://www.sublimetext.com/3
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Overtonwindow
I'm not a programmer, please forgive me, but I love using sublime as of
writing tool for legislation and public policy in my work. The color coding
system popular in programming, has been invaluable in drafting legislation.
~~~
dreen
Ou... | {
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Robert Stone’s Bad Trips - samclemens
https://newrepublic.com/article/157573/robert-stone-madison-smartt-bell-biography-book-review
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jonnypotty
Thanks for this. Never read any Robert stone but will now.
| {
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Ask HN:Why do browser don't display the tabs on the left? - baby
I've been using "Tree Style Tabs" for years on Firefox. This is what is pushing me away from chrome (that I use everyday but very lightly since it gets too messy when I have too many tabs opened).<p>I still don't get why it's not the default, or it's n... | {
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The challenging task of sorting colours - signa11
http://www.alanzucconi.com/2015/09/30/colour-sorting/
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jugad
This is pretty cool.
4 years ago, I spent few days playing with colors to come up with an algo
which allows us to automatically generate a set of colors for objects in our
3D scene. Some of the algos c... | {
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} |
Path to Success for One Palestinian Hacker: Publicly Owning Mark Zuckerberg - graeham
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/10/facebook_hacker/
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simonswords82
If nothing else I hope this guy gets to continue what he so clearly loves
doing and doesn't have to switch back to hard labour to make ends meet.
Faceb... | {
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} |
How to Get Microsoft Office at 91 Percent Off - edw519
http://www.theultimatesteal.com/store/msshus/ContentTheme/pbPage.microsoft_office_ultimate
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rantfoil
To this day I will not understand why Microsoft product managers like to use
non-microsoft.com domains for their promotions. It's just not a good idea --
s... | {
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} |
Israel Asked Facebook CEO to Remove “Third Palestinian Intifada” Page - ArabGeek
http://arabcrunch.com/2011/03/israel-asked-facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-to-remove-page-calling-for-third-palestinian-intifada.html
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yuvadam
I'll give a slightly political insight on this issue, from within Israel.
The past few week... | {
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How the Japanese IT Industry Destroys Talent - jbm
http://www.japaninc.com/node/2674
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flocial
Japan's IT industry is so thoroughly messed up I don't even know where to
begin. However, for the scope of this article, I would say that Japanese
enterprise solution companies (this is where the so-called "system
int... | {
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} |
Sim2Real – Using Simulation to Train Real-Life Grasping Robots - rreichman
https://www.lyrn.ai/2018/12/30/sim2real-using-simulation-to-train-real-life-grasping-robots/
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rreichman
I found this paper to be very cool. Happy to answer any questions you may have
on it.
| {
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An Oral History of Unix - jacquesm
http://www.princeton.edu/~hos/Mahoney/unixhistory
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barrkel
I wish I could hear the original audio. The transcripts look like they were
done by a non-computer expert and then edited to fix up the terminology
inaccuracies, but there are still missing and odd bits.
~~~
jacquesm
I... | {
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Show HN: Sellfy Market – Discover best digital content directly from creators - renaars
https://sellfy.com/
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jdawg77
First thing I'm missing is, "Why not games?"
Second thing is as a creator, why not use Patreon, Indiegogo, Gumshow, or
IndieAisle. Most of my books are on all the major platforms, outside of Go... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Any interest in data loss prevention(DLP) app for Slack? - alexgaribay
Would anyone be interested in a DLP app for Slack that monitors messages in realtime for sensitive info like credit cards, social security numbers, etc.? I've built a crude prototype that can do so and delete the culprit messages.
====... | {
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Why did I get so many emails from sites regarding Privacy Policy changes today? - Froyoh
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bausshf
GDPR has to be in effect by May 25th and so companies are changing their
privacy policies to comply with it.
It's probably a coincidence that it all happened the same day for you.
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MBCook
GDPR is going into e... | {
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} |
The Man Who Broke Ticketmaster (2017) - barry-cotter
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mgxqb8/the-man-who-broke-ticketmaster
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dang
Discussed at the time:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13643045](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13643045)
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parliament32
>After Lowson and his cofounders w... | {
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Being Eric Schmidt (On Facebook) - stevefink
http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/10/being-eric-schmidt-on-facebook/
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chrisbroadfoot
I started getting emails from Facebook, because someone had used my work
address to create an account. (I get a lot of spam on this address - it being
cb@... .com)
Really, very annoying!... | {
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} |
Software Developer Salaries: Ruby on Rails vs. Java - iamelgringo
http://blogs.payscale.com/ask_dr_salary/2008/01/software-develo.html
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Tichy
I don't think the differences in pay would be because Ruby is easy and Java is
(supposedly) hard. I think it is simply an effect of the different number of
jobs available.... | {
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} |
Bitcasa Offers Infinite Storage for $100 - citizenkeys
http://money.cnn.com/2013/08/06/technology/innovation/bitcasa-cloud-storage
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citizenkeys
The secret is MD5 hashes on all the files. If you upload a file and the MD5
hash matches another file, then instead of storing the file you're effectively
just storing... | {
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} |
Ron Conway steps back as Y Combinator cuts team funding - pizu
http://news.cnet.com/8301-32973_3-57554351-296/ron-conway-steps-back-as-y-combinator-cuts-team-funding/
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jasonkolb
Does it strike anyone else as odd that the context for this discussion
revolves solely around the funding they're given, and that's the... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Problem with Tying Health Care to Trade - mrjaeger
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-problem-with-tying-health-care-to-trade/
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athenot
The word "patent" always sounds better than "guaranteed monopoly", yet there
is no fundamental difference. With respect to drug patents, I think the French
system has a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Strike that out, Sam [2004] - yuhong
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/strikeout/
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yuhong
Inspired by this: <http://paulgraham.com/stypi.html>
| {
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Ask HN: How do you process and pay incoming invoices? - lbr
Trying to figure out how best to manage the invoices that are sent to me through various channels (email, fax, mail, etc). Does anyone use bill.com, QuickBooks, or other software? Thanks!
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edoceo
I use one I built myself, Imperium. Manually enter rec... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Looking for quote on technology being used for revolution and porn - steerpike
Hi,
I'm looking for a quote I read years ago that, paraphrased, said something along the lines of: You know your service is successful when it's being used by freedom fighters and pornographers.<p>Realise it might be a bit... | {
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} |
Link between health spending and life expectancy: US is an outlier - mbroncano
https://ourworldindata.org/the-link-between-life-expectancy-and-health-spending-us-focus
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erpaa
Looks to me that in USA there is no incentive for healthy lifestyle at all: if
you can pay (for the insurance), the healthcare provider do... | {
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} |
GE switches off light bulb business after almost 130 years - caution
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/05/ge-switches-off-light-bulb-business-after-almost-130-years/
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terracatta
GE is literally selling the metaphor for innovation and ideas for $250
million. It's also the last Edison original bu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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