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Network monitor with REST endpoint project - bsmit
https://github.com/benhsmith/netwhere
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bsmit
I made a little packet capture/monitor process in modernish C++ that serves
the results over a REST endpoint. It comes with a demo site that shows the
data it's collecting. It's been tested on Ubuntu and OpenWRT.
| {
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Robot Journalism Is Great for Journalists - fraqed
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/07/why-robot-journalism-is-great-for-journalists.html
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danso
"Robot journalism" is good for journalism in the same way that outsourcing is
good for programmers and engineers: drudge code entry that needs to be done
can b... | {
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} |
Government shutdown: TLS certificates not renewed, many websites are down - jmsflknr
https://www.zdnet.com/article/government-shutdown-tls-certificates-not-renewed-many-websites-are-down/
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smitop
HSTS errors can be bypassed on Chrome by entering "thisisunsafe", if anyone
wants to bypass these HSTS errors. Of cou... | {
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} |
Elon Musk: Only a Carbon Tax Will Accelerate the World's Exit from Fossil Fuels - cpeterso
http://fortune.com/2015/12/02/elon-musk-carbon-tax-paris/
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valvar
Not that I disagree (in fact I strongly agree), but is Musk really the person
we should be taking this from? It's a bit like taking investment advice from
y... | {
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} |
Nftables – A new packet classification framework - bandrami
http://developers.redhat.com/blog/2016/10/28/what-comes-after-iptables-its-successor-of-course-nftables/
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SwellJoe
I'll take what seems to be the contrarian view and say I really like the looks
of this. There's nothing about this implementation that isn... | {
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} |
Vest in peace or leave? - throwaway_emily
Hi everyone,<p>I am the founder of a startup which was acquired by big G last year. We were trying hard for two years and things were going OK; not great. I wanted to persist but our investors decided to sell us. Monetarily, the deal was good for me, other employees and the in... | {
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In Google Earth, a Service for Scanning the Heavens - pg
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/22/technology/22sky.html?ex=1345435200&en=54c20b9d89f2e2df&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
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limeade
totally flippin sweet, a copernican revolution if you will, vive la
revolution, companeros!
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Kanban project management: What to look for in a tool - ohjeez
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/low-cost-tips-for-project-management-success-1712.html
======
unixhero
I use taiga.io self hosted.
Works really really well.
| {
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} |
Consumer Webcams finally begin to break 1080p 30fps barrier - anw
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/02/finally-a-webcam-that-offers-better-than-1080p30
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cvwright
Interesting that it's taken so long for web cams to increase their resolution.
Especially when you can find several different brands of cheap IP sec... | {
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} |
Using Machine Learning and Node.js to detect the gender of Instagram Users - spolu
http://totems.co/?p=11084
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idunning
Neural networks have their place, but are probably the most complicated and
opaque machine learning tool. They are also hard to set up: so many
parameters! Given that, I found it really strange ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What do piracy and porn have in common? - smileplease
http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4255.html
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physcab
Scaling websites incredibly fast.
Check out this thread: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=565152>
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Patent Application: Full body teleportation system (2006) - gee_totes
https://www.google.co.uk/patents/US20060071122?dq=John+St.+Clair&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjn5-n32ffTAhVhKMAKHYwWCAMQ6AEIPDAD
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colept
Teleportation is one of those technologies I would never use even if it was
bullet proof.
There would be no way ... | {
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} |
Why I Don't Want to Learn Go - dwwoelfel
http://arantaday.com/why-i-dont-want-to-learn-go
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jrockway
Go is designed for large codebases, which is a problem that the author may not
have, and so he may not see the benefits.
One key feature is that the Go compiler itself is the style guide: it
automatically refor... | {
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} |
A Fully Concurrent Garbage Collector for Functional Programs on Multicore CPUs - cm3
http://www.pllab.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/papers/icfp2016UenoOhori-preprint.pdf
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cm3
Edited title to fit into character limit (Processors -> CPUs).
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cm3
Implemented for SML# and the max pause times look great.
| {
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"DRM is about political and economic subjugation." - asciilifeform
http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/3794#comment-55808
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bediger
Indeed. Hard not to emphasize this point enough. Even calling the loathed
method "Digital _Rights_ Management" is disingenuous, because it's not your
rights, it's someone else's ri... | {
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} |
Niklas Zennstrom on Entrepreneurship & Scratching Your Own Itch (and not having a business plan) - nickb
http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2007/06/25/niklas_zennstro.html
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davidw
Summary: "um, um, um"... argh!
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Stories and lessons from working with Jeff Bezos on the original Kindle - prostoalex
https://twitter.com/drose_999/status/1287944667414196225
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soapdog
I've spent 16 years working for major niche publisher and am a bit addicted to
eReaders. Every time threads like this appear here I see lots of people that
have n... | {
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} |
Silicon Valley is the Only Place for Startups (based on PG article) - transburgh
http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/10/silicon-valley-is-the-only-place-for-startups.html
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pg
Argh. I never said SV was the only place for startups, just that all other
things being equal it was the best.
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brlewis
Not that it ... | {
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RedHat Dismisses CFO - bitmage
https://www.wraltechwire.com/2019/10/11/red-hat-cfo-dismissed-without-pay-in-connection-with-firms-workplace-standards/
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Arbalest
Until we get more details about what these workplace standards are, the bigger
news is still that IBM bought them, and Red Hat is showing the picture of... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Drug made famous by Shkreli’s price hike is still $750 a pill - rbanffy
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/05/drug-made-famous-by-shkrelis-5000-price-hike-is-still-750-a-pill/
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Clubber
Sure, while everyone was feeling smug about Shkreli being thrown in jail, we
ignored the actual problem. It was a huge dis... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Advanced Denanonymization through Strava - dsr12
http://steveloughran.blogspot.com/2018/01/advanced-denanonymization-through-strava.html
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abcd_f
This is neither advanced nor denanonymization (sic).
They basically pluck an interesting route from the hotmap (as per other
people's recent discovery), pretend that t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Parasite living inside fish eyeball controls its behaviour - Dim25
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2129880-parasite-living-inside-fish-eyeball-controls-its-behaviour
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Dim25
I'm pretty sure that human's body may be filled with bunch of similar
parasites too.
Another example: [http://www.independent.co.uk/ne... | {
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} |
Bower is alive, looking for contributors - rickhanlonii
http://bower.io/blog/2015/bower-alive-looking-contributors/
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rickhanlonii
This was Wednesday; on Thursday Dave says[1]:
> [A] noble death still requires people to manage a funeral. We're realistic —
> moving to npm is right thing to do. I want to get to a ... | {
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} |
Airpair Connects Startups With Expert Developers To Get Help With.. - rhufnagel
http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/04/airpair-connects-startups-with-expert-developers-to-get-help-with-code-via-online-sessions/
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lifeisstillgood
Seemed. Good idea
No submit button on the form. At least that iPhone found
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Show HN: Training and onboarding software for teams - chrisbuttenham
http://tasytt.com
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pech0rin
Looks like a great product! Hard to find good ways to onboard new employees.
Just an FYI your sign in button gets cut off about half way on chrome, mac
book pro 13". Looks like the ".container" width is hard coded wh... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Percentage of employees working more than 50 hours per week, 2014 OECD area - bootload
https://utopiayouarestandinginit.com/2016/08/15/employees-working-more-than-50-hours-per-week-2014-opec-area/
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adventured
Interesting to see New Zealand so high up on that list.
There was a lot of discussion a few years ago a... | {
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} |
Internal FAA Review Saw High Risk of 737 Max Crashes - tompic823
https://www.wsj.com/articles/internal-faa-review-saw-high-risk-of-737-max-crashes-11576069202
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forgingahead
_The MAX’s safety record when it was grounded, after two years in service,
roughly amounted to two catastrophic accidents for every one mill... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What's new in Java 12, 13 and 14 - sindrebn
https://java.christmas/2019/17
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pron
One thing I find a bit disappointing is the focus on language features. Most
of the effort in Java goes into the VM and libraries, while keeping the
language conservative. This is because VM/library features have a much bigger
impac... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
PEP 582 – Python local packages directory - BerislavLopac
https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0582/
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nicolashahn
I'm definitely in favor of this. This is much simpler than the virtualenvs we
currently deal with. The only downside I can see is that virtualenvs also
manage the python version, so there could potent... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Extraterm. A cross platform terminal enumlator - sbuttgereit
http://extraterm.org/
======
quangio
It would be quite good if this is something like VSCode/Atom extension. But as
a standalone application, well, ehem, electron, ~70Mb.
For more electron hate and terminal:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16900941](h... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How To : Install Webmin In Ubuntu - abttech
http://www.abttech.com/how-to-install-webmin-in-ubuntu/
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bradleyland
A better method is to add the Webmin repo to your repository list. This allows
you to update using apt along with your other software. Webmin has it's own
built-in update mechanism, but I find it eas... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker - idiotb
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/09/13/bill-gates-risk-taker/
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noahc
This is something a lot of people don't always see. For example, I spent 20
hours building a website and doing all the SEO, link generation,etc and then
j... | {
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} |
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Trump Bid to End 'Dreamers' Immigrant Program - jbegley
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/06/18/us/politics/18reuters-usa-court-immigration.html
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tareqak
The SCOTUS opinion:
[https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-587_5ifl.pdf](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19p... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Solving mazes using Python: Simple recursivity and A* search - laurentluce
http://www.laurentluce.com/?p=264
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orijing
Not to be pedantic, but where's the recursion?
Seems like an instance of a common metaphor:
while queue.hasElements():
element = queue.pop()
explore elemen... | {
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} |
NASA Finds Perfectly Rectangular Iceberg In Antarctica - jaequery
https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2018/10/22/nasa-finds-perfectly-rectangular-iceberg-in-antarctica-as-if-it-was-deliberately-cut/amp/
======
jaequery
There is something weird going on. Check this too:
[https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/101661... | {
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} |
Kent M. Pitman Answers On Lisp And Much More - udzinari
http://slashdot.org/developers/01/11/03/1726251.shtml
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gjm11
Very good stuff, but note that it's from 2001.
(Kent Pitman was involved in the ANSI CL standardization process, was the lead
author for the standard itself, and created the HyperSpec --
[http:... | {
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} |
Dwolla raises $5M to continue its work on “really freaky stuff” - Codhisattva
http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/07/dwolla-gettin-freaky/
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bproper
It's fun to see a startup talking about having "A good relationship with the
Federal Reserve."
There is a big competitive advantage to not being in SF or NYC. They are i... | {
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} |
We just released VLC 1.1.0 - jbk
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/1.1.0.html
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a2tech
In very sad news they've removed the Shoutcast integration inside of VLC. This
was one of the great 'hidden' features of VLC-you could view essentially any
type of video or audio through a very slick integrated menu. Darn AO... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to stop Apple from listening to your Siri recordings - october_sky
https://9to5mac.com/2019/07/29/stop-apple-listening-siri-recordings/
======
bluesign
Good luck removing
2019-05-03 Removed allowSiriServerLogging from the Restrictions Payload.
[0]
[https://developer.apple.com/business/documentation/Configura...]... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Any chance of monetizing this webapp(solarpower, price)? - schtog
As a sideproject a year ago to learn Python and learn more about solar-energy I created a webapp that compares prices of solar-energy equipment/parts.<p>I did the basic work and presentation but never made it into a "professional" one, meaning... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Nook Color gets Froyo, Flash, Facebook, and Angry Birds - shawndumas
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/04/nook-color-gets-froyo-flash-facebook-and-angry-birds.ars
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ares2012
I like that the price point makes it one of the most affordable Android
"tablets" but the e-ink refresh rate must make motion games l... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Whitespace in US politics for socially liberal and fiscal conservative? - bobosha
For example, someone who largely agrees with the left on police reform, universal healthcare etc. But, then be tough on illegal immigration, reduced immigration levels, and be business friendly.<p>Is there a whitespace for someon... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Autonomy CFO trial to shine light on HP deal - yazr
https://www.ft.com/content/2517ec02-1a08-11e8-aaca-4574d7dabfb6
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yazr
Some context:
Hewlett-Packard wrote down about $5bn of the $11.1bn it paid for Autonomy in
2013, alleging fraud and inflated sales figures.
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lettergram
Financial Times is blocked unle... | {
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} |
Rules for new FPGA designers - jsnell
http://zipcpu.com/blog/2017/08/21/rules-for-newbies.html
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adwn
> _Do not use an asynchronous reset within your design._
This is flat out wrong. Registers that drive output pins should _always_ be
reset asynchronously. If you're not careful with your board design, it can
hap... | {
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} |
Royal pardon for Alan Turing - rmason
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25495315#TWEET993634
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jamesbritt
Existing discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6957423](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6957423)
| {
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Pen.io is Hiring Remote PHP Devs - feint
Pen.io was launched here on HackerNews early this year. Since then, my weekend project has turned in a startup backed by some incredible investors.
We're now looking for some remote PHP devs to work on Pen.io.<p>Email anthony@feint.me
======
dawilster
I would love to apply bu... | {
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} |
First intelligence gene discovered - iknowl
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/5515/intelligence-gene-found
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tokenadult
The most important quotation from the article for establishing context on what
the latest finding means: "It is generally accepted that genes, a good
education and environmental factors comb... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Best practice to stay healthy? - Windson
What you eat/What you do to keep yourself healthy?
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byoung2
For the past few years I've been doing the most boring thing but it works. I'm
eating minimally processed foods, sticking mainly with vegetables, fruits, and
meat, avoiding bread, pasta, and any drin... | {
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} |
Zeus: A simple HTTP router for Go - darylginn
https://github.com/daryl/zeus
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mrwnmonm
is it faster than the native mux?
~~~
darylginn
Probably not, but I haven't benchmarked anything. The native mux doesn't
support named parameters, however.
| {
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Xobni Decides To Start Making Money, Launches Premium Upgrades - jasonlbaptiste
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/14/xobni-decides-to-start-making-money-launches-premium-upgrades-for-your-smarter-inbox/
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CWuestefeld
Announcement from Xobni already posted here:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=705107>
| {
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The Digital Karnak Project - benbreen
http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Karnak/
======
replicatorblog
A bit of a non-sequitur, but I knew very little about Egyptian history and
recently decided to listen to a Great Courses series about it. The professor
who delivers the lectures, Bob Brier, was amazing. His affect is ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Exploring Programming Language Architecture in Perl (Scheme-Like Interpreter) - draegtun
http://billhails.net/Book/
======
mahmud
That was pleasantly surprising. Very thorough and highly recommended.
Don't miss the PDF link for later perusal.
<http://billhails.net/Book/EPLAiP.pdf>
Nice find draegtun, thanks!
~~~
b... | {
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} |
Rory Sutherland on The Psychology of Advertising and more [audio] - da02
http://theknowledgeproject.libsyn.com/rory-sutherland-on-the-psychology-of-advertising-complex-evolved-systems-reading-decision-making
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pixelmonkey
I am only 15m into this podcast, but I know I will enjoy it.
An executive at ad firm Ogilvy... | {
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} |
Our hiring process at Argo - pkfrank
https://dev.to/argo/our-hiring-process
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bhalp1
Author here. Any questions?
| {
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} |
Meet the 19-year-old Kiwi making $5000 a week using stolen credit cards - camtarn
http://www.vice.com/en_au/read/meet-the-19-year-old-kiwi-that-makes-5000-a-week-from-the-deep-web
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camtarn
TL;DR: he buys stolen credit cards from the dark web, buys products from
Amazon and other big retailers, then sells the prod... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Could a $2 Pair of Eyeglasses be Made? - jjets718
http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-process-for-designing-and-finding-the-parts-for-a-physical-product-such-as-eye-glasses-Are-there-firms-that-do-this-or-can-you-crowdsource-the-process?__snids__=26964942
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drallison
Plastic eyeglass frames and a standard lens... | {
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} |
You Will Totally Work for This Start-Up - hartard
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20110517/you-will-totally-work-for-this-start-up
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roachsocal
My favorite part is the subtle Blackberry notification sounds throughout the
video.
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martythemaniak
No brandcuffs!
| {
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} |
Apple picks Bing over Google to power Spotlight search on OS X and iOS - anderzole
http://www.tuaw.com/2014/06/04/apple-picks-bing-over-google-to-power-spotlight-search-on-os-x-y/
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baldfat
Another example where the customer is secondary to business practices. Do
people actually request to have Bing more then G... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Interactive Traffic Simulation - robomartin
https://imaginary.org/program/interactive-traffic-simulation
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robomartin
[https://traffic-simulation.de/routing.html](https://traffic-
simulation.de/routing.html)
| {
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} |
Millions of SMS messages exposed in database security lapse - known
https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/01/millions-sms-messages-exposed/
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breakingcups
> TechCrunch contacted TrueDialog about the exposure, which promptly pulled
> the database offline. Despite reaching out several times, TrueDialog’s chief
> executive... | {
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} |
Learn by Doing – Volume 27 - kylegalbraith
https://www.kylegalbraith.com/learn-by-doing/volume/27/serverless-linear-algebra.html
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vfulco2
Kyle finds some of the best material for his chosen areas of focus. I continue
to be very impressed with his curation skills and original content. I have
been meaning to promo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
SEO Growth Hack: Piggy-Back For Fast Rankings - stanners
http://www.gettingmoreawesome.com/2012/10/29/seo-growth-hack-piggy-back-for-fast-rankings/
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keywonc
I was about to submit this too. Wonder how it went for those that tried this
hack. Can someone share experience?
| {
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} |
Ask HN: What skills do you need to acquire to benefit the society? - febin
Ex:
System Thinking
Finance
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brad0
This question is way too open ended.
I would say that most jobs benefit society.
Benefit yourself first, then your family and friends, then society.
| {
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} |
Ask HN: What podcasts do you listen to every week without fail? - coinbit
I am interested to know what are some of the podcast you lisen to every week. For me its The Daily.
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gw666
I'm a fan of the bizarre. Here's what I listen to:
* The Magnus Archives
* Alice Isn't Dead
* Rabbits, The Black Tapes, Tanis (al... | {
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} |
Visualizing Modulo Bias - ejcx
https://twiinsen.com/blog/visualizing-modulo-bias/
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nitrogen
This could be really cool if this live generation of random images was merged
with some of the other visualizations that exist for evaluating randomness.
| {
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} |
Automakers Knew of Takata Airbag Hazard for Years, Suit Says - davidf18
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/business/takata-airbags-automakers-class-action.html
======
davidf18
I work in healthcare patient safety and study safety in industries such as
aviation, nuclear power, oil & gas, and auto and airplane design amo... | {
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} |
Changes to our content policy, our board, and where we’re going from here - ComodoHacker
https://old.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/gxas21/upcoming_changes_to_our_content_policy_our_board/
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kitsune_
Ellen K. Pao was right all along. Also if the replies in here are
representative of Silicon Valley as a whole... | {
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} |
The lost infrastructure of social media - chmars
https://medium.com/@anildash/the-lost-infrastructure-of-social-media-d2b95662ccd3#.f0rz8cyiv
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PaulHoule
I remember the rat (Technorati)
Back then I ran 4 or 5 blogs and maybe 20,000 splogs (spam blogs) and I could
never get the rat to index my blogs but it seemed... | {
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} |
Samsung 3D Vertical NAND crams a Terabit on a single chip - ChuckMcM
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/08/samsungs-3d-vertical-nand-crams-a-terabit-on-a-single-chip/
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ChuckMcM
This is a pretty interesting part. I was pretty convinced that the FLASH guys
had nowhere to go with respect to geometry limitations,... | {
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An Efficient Quantum Algorithm for a Variant of the Closest Vector Problem - aruss
https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.06999
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aruss
Shor has done it again!
I'm not an expert on quantum algorithms, but if you're wondering what the
implications of this are, here's what I understand as a cryptographer: a lot
of post-quantu... | {
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Show HN: Build online Books directly from GitHub - bryanbraun
http://bitbooks.cc
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sgdesign
Nice. Reminds me a lot of [https://www.gitbook.io](https://www.gitbook.io)
We actually ended up building our own Gitbook/Bitbooks for Discover Meteor, in
Meteor.
And we also have a Middleman implementation, although Mi... | {
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It takes more than practice to excel - Multics
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140728094258.htm
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mcone
I think this confirms what a lot of us intrinsically felt: Some people are
just better at certain things than others. Jeff Bezos came to this realization
while he was in college:
"Intent on becomi... | {
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Features are faults - Athas
http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/features-are-faults
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api
It's not just true for security, but also to some extent for usability.
At ZeroTier we develop our core network virtualization engine with a very
strict philosophy about settings and features:
* Any setting a user must a... | {
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} |
Reverse Engineering the YouTube Algorithm - lahdo
http://www.tubefilter.com/2016/06/23/reverse-engineering-youtube-algorithm/
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visarga
Interesting. Didn't know that starting a YT session on a video boosts that
channel.
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Master Your Recurring Revenue: Analytics for Stripe, Chargify and Recurly - adzeds
https://chartmogul.com
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adzeds
What are people's thoughts on this service?
I like the way it can easily bring all the data into an easy to understand and
use dashboard...
Anyone know any similar services?
| {
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I’m with the Band [Led Zeppelin] (and their Private Jet) - bonemachine
http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/07/10/im-with-the-band-on-their-private-jet/
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bonemachine
Damn. I'd give anything to go back to 1973.
| {
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Is the DevOps Movement Leaving the Enterprise Behind? - cheyne
https://www.scriptrock.com/blog/devops-movement-leaving-enterprise-behind/
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beat
Undoubtedly. DevOps as a movement is at risk of being the playground of
startups and small businesses, with little impact in the enterprise.
More of a concern to me, ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How have you asked for a raise? - dalanmiller
What has worked? What hasn't?
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lifeisstillgood
I went in six years from bankrupt to 100k ukp a year, most of that over the
latter 2 years - and I did it by asking my next-boss-to-be for the raise.
Usually I managed a 20k leap each job, something frankly not ... | {
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Compilers Targetting Parrot - draegtun
http://wknight8111.blogspot.com/2010/05/compilers-targetting-parrot.html
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RiderOfGiraffes
This returns me to the question I asked here:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1361382>
If I'm compiling, what should I target?
I could target LLVM, C, some high-level compilable... | {
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Ask HN: Software Craft in Your Company - incognitotech
I'm Tech Lead in a relatively sized Corp (3k employees, 200 developers) and I'm doing full stack from mobile to Backend and APIs, and I was wondering what is the state of Software Craft in your company.<p>More specifically how did you create a culture of... | {
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Evolution of the Lego Logo - NaOH
http://www.logodesignlove.com/lego-logo
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matthewvincent
So much nostalgia in those logos! One thing that struck me looking through
those old sets is just how timeless Legos really are. I inherited many of the
70s-80s sets from an older cousin in the 90s, that were subsequently u... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Weak Link in Full-Disk Encryption (PDF) - all
http://citp.princeton.edu/pub/coldboot.pdf
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rakkhi
Good article and I think you are doing some very interesting research.
My problem with this type of research though is the amount of fear,
uncertainty and doubt (FUD) it generates. Your attacks are viable if c... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Unified font file for all languages? - seibelj
I'm writing a game that makes heavy use of chat and GUI interfaces. The UI framework requires you to load a single font to display characters. Therefore, to support as many languages as possible, I would like to load an OTF / TTF that has unicode charact... | {
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We are Mt. Gox: AMA - nico
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1c7ahh/we_are_mt_gox_ama/
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jack_trades
Talk about putting up a shingle and calling yourself an exchange.
The clamor from the crowd that they need to do better PR gets me chuckling the
most. They are fairly transparent about their lack of tech... | {
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} |
A Regular Expression Matcher in 30 lines of C - coderdude
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/spr09/cos333/beautiful.html
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gjm11
It's very nice pattern-matching code, but it isn't a regular expression
matcher. The class of patterns it's able to match is much smaller than the
class of all regular expressi... | {
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} |
WhatsApp warns that Google Drive backups are not encrypted - fnigi
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/08/29/whatsapp-backups-google-drive/
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Djvacto
I didn't realize this to be quite honest, and will probably be disabling my
GDrive backups now.
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jmcnulty
That sucks. I would rather have it encrypted and b... | {
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} |
Disney+ Was the Most Downloaded App in the US in Q4 2019 - sogen
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/01/14/disney-plus
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nscalf
It is beyond me how Disney is allow to buy up a monopoly of content creation,
then allowed to pull content from other platforms to compete with them. It’s
been a long time since I rev... | {
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} |
Ten Tips to Ignore When Starting a Business - da5e
http://www.businessknowhow.com/startup/tips2ignore.htm
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mathgladiator
I would say if you are looking for tips/advise on starting a business, then
don't start one.
Most of successful entrepreneurs I've met and consulted for have an insatiable
desire/passion. The... | {
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} |
N.S.A. Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers - nealyoung
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/us/nsa-effort-pries-open-computers-not-connected-to-internet.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimesworld
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todayiamme
I do understand that it is now the status quo to disavow everything the NSA
is, but foreign intelligence... | {
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} |
Show HN: Graph-based data storage REPL in C - jhedwards
https://github.com/incrediblesound/Graph-Reply
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jotux
Some general feedback:
In C you separate your implementation from your interface with header files.
If you include .c files in .c files it will end up causing a lot of problems
and start making includ... | {
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} |
Help Kill Internet Explorer 6 - mgrouchy
http://www.ie6update.com/
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pbhjpbhj
[http://almost.done21.com/2009/04/announcing-ie6-update-
help-...](http://almost.done21.com/2009/04/announcing-ie6-update-help-kill-
internet-explorer-6/)
^^ ie6update bars author discussing the ethics of the situation.
I'll probabl... | {
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} |
Multi-view Wire Art - jbhuang0604
https://cgv.cs.nthu.edu.tw/projects/recreational_graphics/MVWA
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eat_veggies
Wow, this is pretty cool! I've seen some art installations that work through a
similar concept: this is one of the more memorable ones:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-GR9IVjU54](https://www.youtube.c... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apple changes open-source page copy - tjmehta
http://www.apple.com/opensource/
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powera
I still see the (blatantly absurd) "As the first major computer company to
make Open Source development a key part of its ongoing software strategy" copy
on this page.
| {
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Patchmap: Memory Efficient Hash Tables and Pseudorandom Ordering - signa11
https://1ykos.github.io/patchmap/
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nullc
I'm fond of using interpolated search on hashed data. I've never tried it on
data with dynamic insertions/deletions.
I would have anticipated the cost of maintaining the sort making it not a
winne... | {
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} |
Do People Really Think Earth Might Be Flat? - digital55
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/do-people-really-think-earth-might-be-flat/
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codingdave
The survey question asked was not whether people currently believe the earth
is flat. They asked, "Have you always believed it is round?" Those are not... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google updates indexing to execute JavaScript - edsykes
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2014/05/understanding-web-pages-better.html?utm_source=javascriptweekly&utm_medium=email
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gavinpc
This was posted earlier this week:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7805144](https://news.ycombinator.com/item... | {
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} |
Life and death on a superyacht - camtarn
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/may/26/superyachts-something-goes-wrong-raise-the-anchor
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blackrock
To be honest, when I see all these excesses of the super rich, I just want to
puke.
I am dumbfounded how the normal people can just celebrate it, and dream t... | {
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} |
Interesting facts about Arctic Ice (Querying a csv file with LokijS) - joeminichino
https://medium.com/@tech_fort/interesting-facts-about-arctic-ice-or-how-to-query-a-csv-file-with-javascript-and-lokijs-985d6e0128d9
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joeminichino
disclaimer: self-submission (author of LokiJS).
| {
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Windows Phone is currently five times more profitable for us than the iPhone - kenjackson
http://blog.anlock.com/?p=28
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rbanffy
I am quite sure that, for every company that claims WP7 is more profitable
than iOS, there will be more than five companies saying otherwise.
As was pointed out to me a couple weeks ... | {
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} |
A few things about Redis security - shawndumas
http://www.antirez.com/news/96
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fulafel
It is NOT OK for networked server software in 2015 to be "totally insecure if
exposed to the outside world" without having this warning in large letters
stressed very visibly in documentation and in the software installation
p... | {
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} |
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