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Calculating the Distance Between Points in Wrap Around (Toroidal) Space - Atrix256 https://blog.demofox.org/2017/10/01/calculating-the-distance-between-points-in-wrap-around-toroidal-space/ ====== ealloc A trick for dealing with periodic coordinates, not discussed in the article, is to convert each periodic coordinate...
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Hoover Dam may stop producing power by end of 2015 - davidbarker http://clockworkchaos.com/project7/?q=dam_water_wasters ====== therobot24 Interesting analysis; I would like to think that there are smart people working at/with the dam over the years that have already put some effort into mitigating any effects in th...
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Show HN: Chat with WebSockets - dlubarov http://jabberings.net/ ====== slosh add embed widgets ~~~ dlubarov Hm, do you mean something like this (but without the header and footer)? <iframe src="http://jabberings.net/mysite" style="width: 800; height: 300px; border: none;"></iframe>
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Vim – Should You Still Use Vim? - koalakinger https://matthewmullin.io/should-i-use-vim/ ====== syrrim >it’s surprisingly rare that I find myself editing only one file at a time. Vim can edit multiple files at once. >Most of my time is spent flipping between multiple files, ctrl clicking into function calls, cutting...
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Bill Gates: Books I Read this Summer - clbrook http://www.thegatesnotes.com/GatesNotesV2/Personal/Books-I-Read-This-Summer ====== jacques_chester I'm finding that writing reviews, even very surface-level reviews, of books I am reading is helping me to derive a lot more value from them. Firstly, while reading, I find ...
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Ask HN: Anyone want to help build an open source Zaarly like app in node.js? - thenbrent I want to use Zaarly. But I know it won’t come to Australia any time soon.<p>I want to learn node.js. But to really learn it, I have to build something in it.<p>Anyone else in a similar position want to build it with me? ====== ...
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Ask YC: How good is my privacy policy? - curtis Pretty much every website has a privacy policy these days, but as far as I can tell, actually crafting one is a black art. For Golimojo, the need for a good privacy policy was even more serious than your run-of-the-mill website -- the Firefox extension in particular i...
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Atlassian sold $320M worth of software with no sales staff - frostmatthew http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-18/this-5-billion-software-company-has-no-sales-staff ====== seizethecheese From Peter Thiel's CS183 class notes: "People say it all the time: this product is so good that it sells itself. This is ...
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Recurly releases API V2, client libraries and multi-subscription - raerae7133 http://blog.recurly.com/2011/10/api-v2-and-multi-subscriptions/ ====== zemo I wrote my own Python client for Recurly API v1 that I released a few days ago (<http://pypi.python.org/pypi/recurlib>) and asked them, last week, if I had their p...
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Computer Files Stored Accurately on DNA - bellajara http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9821895/Computer-files-stored-accurately-on-DNA-in-new-breakthrough.html ====== sonabinu Links to articles that talk of storing data on DNA, bacteria and diamonds [http://miningbigdata.blogspot.com/2012/08/storing-dat...
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DEC's No Output Division Memo (1982) [pdf] - zhte415 http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/DEC/dec.bell.no_output_division_C-I_TF;productivity_review.1982.102630376.pdf ====== OliverJones Late 1980s joke: "How many people work at DEC?" "About a quarter of them." Pay increases were a percentage of each gro...
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Think Complexity - free book on complexity science, data structures & algorithms - jonbaer http://www.greenteapress.com/compmod/ ====== a_bonobo Here's a version optimized for 6" e-readers: [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23436680/Think%20Complex...](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23436680/Think%20Complexit...
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Hundreds of luxury Vancouver mansions being rented for cheap - mji https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/why-are-hundreds-of-luxury-vancouver-mansions-being-rented-for-cheap-1.4329800#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=av92XSY ====== jandrese Seems like the housing tax is working as intended. The most interesting part is how thi...
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Ask HN: How to get funding when I'm over 2000 miles from SV? - bennyg Well I finally feel like I have an idea that, if done beautifully and right, actually would require some funding to make happen. How should I go about doing this from lonely Alabama? I've looked into some Angel networks but nothing seems to have h...
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Ask HN Researchers: What do you use for organizing your notes? - kunjaan Right now I use simple latex and text files and let OS and Dropbox help me organize these scattered Notes ; but is there a good layer that would let me organize them?<p>Features that I would like:<p>1. Tag Notes and not deal with categories (fo...
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Linux Tip: Don't use kill -9 - chankey_pathak No no no. Don&#x27;t use kill -9.<p>It doesn&#x27;t give the process a chance to cleanly:<p>1) shut down socket connections<p>2) clean up temp files<p>3) inform its children that it is going away<p>4) reset its terminal characteristics<p>and so on and so on and so on.<p>...
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Ask HN: European online payment preferences? - gyardley We're implementing online payments for a subscription service used about equally by American and European clients.<p>We've already decided, for this first iteration, that we'd prefer not to get a merchant account, and that it's acceptable to bill in USD. (I kno...
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New TinCan eLearning Communication Spec Released - tseabrooks http://tincanapi.com/2013/04/26/the-world-just-changed/ ====== brogers This is awesome!
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What Product Managers can learn from the World's most famous Sushi Chef - tosh https://medium.com/what-product-managers-can-learn-from/cbf273488f2 ====== tosh Anyone who hasn't seen Jiro Deams of Sushi yet, I can highly recommend it: [Netflix] [https://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Jiro_Dreams_of_Sushi/7018...](https:...
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Build this HN: paper "subscription" to Facebook photos - kadavy This idea has been eating at me for awhile, but since I'm busy with another project, and really would like to have this service, I figured I'd share it with the community.<p>Do you ever miss having paper photos? I do. Every once in awhile, I'll motivate...
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Scientists create crystal which would allow us to breathe underwater - albanlv http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/scientists-create-crystal-which-could-allow-us-to-breathe-underwater-9772871.html ====== tomtoise Update: A representative for Syddansk University has issued a revised estimate of the compound's eff...
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20 000 free high-resolution photos from 40 sources - artnosenko http://zoommyapp.com/ ====== slindz I feel weird about an app charging (admittedly, a negligible one time fee) solely for access to images where all of the various creators intent was for them to be free. Am I overlooking the value of curation? ~~~ shar...
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Technical cofounder lost motivation - what now? - purpleclock My CTO lost motivation to complete the product we originally decided to make. I can't code what he's coding. The product is probably about 90 % done already, the last 10 % should take no more than two weeks, but he is dragging his feet and has even admitt...
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A new edition of Burke's writings, speeches, and essays - drjohnson http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/6429/full ====== hyperion2010 This is one of the best book reviews I have ever read. Thank you for sharing it. *edit: I should say, that the review alone succeeds in casting Burke in an entirely new light for me. Tradi...
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Allocation Efficiency in High-Performance Go Services - mrbbk https://segment.com/blog/allocation-efficiency-in-high-performance-go-services/ ====== kenhwang When you need to start worrying about memory allocation control, garbage collection latency, pointers, byte padding, and CPU instructions per operation, Go might...
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A former Googler has declared war on ad blockers with a new startup - thescrewdriver http://www.businessinsider.com/former-google-exec-launches-sourcepoint-with-10-million-series-a-funding-2015-6/ ====== bediger4000 I don't see how ad blockers are "bad" \- I'm running it on my computer, after all. Don't I get to con...
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How would you rebuild software from the ground up? - regan I often see people saying things like: &quot;If you want a secure OS, you&#x27;d need to be thinking about security from the beginning.&quot; &quot;The HTML&#x2F;CSS&#x2F;JS stack is a mess, we need to rebuild it from the ground up.&quot;<p>And Alan Kay certai...
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Best Machine Learning Books for Developers - majikarp https://www.zeroequalsfalse.press/2019/02/13/machine-learning-books/ ====== masonic All book links are Amazon affiliate links (zeroequalsfals-20).
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USB drive, OSX thinks its a keyboard? - quantumpotato_ I plugged in a borrowed USB drive to transfer jquery.js to students in my class (internet wasn&#x27;t working).<p>The USB drive didn&#x27;t work - it popped up for keyboard verification, and I pulled it out.<p>You don&#x27;t need to tell me it&#x27;s stupid to p...
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Two Bitcoin services "hacked" in the last two days. The common denominator? OVH - ZeroCoin https://twitter.com/bitcoin_central/status/327131323342942209 I made a post about slush's bitcoin pool being hacked here last night to no avail: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5599329 ====== ZeroCoin I made a post about s...
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The first modern-day marine fish has officially gone extinct - ab8 https://news.mongabay.com/2020/06/the-first-modern-day-marine-fish-has-officially-gone-extinct-more-may-follow/ ====== ab8 The loss of this species may seem insignificant, especially since it hasn’t been seen for about 200 years, but it’s a noteworthy ...
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Debugging in Python (2009) - mattyb http://pythonconquerstheuniverse.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/debugging-in-python/ ====== mrshoe The lack of discussion about pdb on the internet speaks to Python's simplicity and transparency. There just aren't many subtle traps to fall into from which you need a debugger to free you...
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Workers, don't fear the robot revolution - dctoedt https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/workers-dont-fear-the-robot-revolution/2016/08/16/28c1606e-631f-11e6-96c0-37533479f3f5_story.html ====== adamwi I think that this point of slow down in productivity is often completely forgotten when when discussing the AI/robot...
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Macron Wants to Rein in Silicon Valley, from Brussels - awiesenhofer https://www.politico.eu/article/macron-mounir-mahjoubi-tech-regulation-eu-vestager-wants-to-rein-in-silicon-valley-from-brussels/ ====== peteretep This article is a bizarre set of weird talking points, trying to tie together a conspiratorial narrativ...
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SSH client in Google Chrome - Garbage https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/secure-shell/pnhechapfaindjhompbnflcldabbghjo? ====== jwr This is exactly what I've been waiting for! The ability to take my critical secret information into a huge, buggy, extensible, unaudited, complex and constantly changing browser en...
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15 Slides, Three Writers, Three Ways -- One Hour - shawndumas http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP7472 ====== davidjhall Am I missing a link -- there's not a way to view the presentation and the author's link goes to his website (no presentation). ~~~ shawndumas <http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/podcasts/15Slides.mp3>...
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Half of All False Convictions in US Involved Police or Prosecutor Misconduct - pseudolus https://reason.com/2020/09/15/half-of-all-false-convictions-in-the-u-s-involved-police-or-prosecutor-misconduct-finds-new-report/ ====== Joking_Phantom The original report only analyzes successful exonerations. There are many time...
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Crab crisis: Maryland seafood industry loses 40% of workforce in visa lottery - petethomas https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crab-crisis-md-seafood-industry-loses-40-percent-of-workforce-in-visa-lottery/2018/05/03/bf397874-4ef0-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html ====== CoolAndComposed Crabbing companies cannot relia...
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Node.js Is Chaotic and Insecure - jsaintcool https://medium.com/@caspervonb/73fac4bc5068 ====== _o_ is-odd? IS-ODD? This is having 500000 downloads?! Omg, some people should never be allowed to code.
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Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 - georgecmu https://www.britannica.com/event/Tulsa-race-riot-of-1921 ====== wpietri Those interested should also read up on the Wilmington Insurrection: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_insurrection_of_189...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_insurrection_of_1898) It's the onl...
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Show HN: Audio Message directly to your inbox - natzar https://gumroad.com/l/oaTOX ====== firatcan Pretty great but pitty that it is a plug-in for wordpress.
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Solaris vs. Linux: In-depth comparison for large systems - e1ven http://www.softpanorama.org/Articles/solaris_vs_linux.shtml ====== patrickgzill This is an interesting (if poorly formatted) set of articles. 1\. Not mentioned is Solaris's (IMHO) superior virtual memory (VM) subsystem. It can have just a few MB of fr...
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FeeFighters Loses BBB Accreditation Over Investigative Blog Post - LiveTheDream http://feefighters.com/blog/bbb-accreditation/ ====== tptacek So tone deaf. A PR coup for FeeFighters. A total PR debacle for BBB. FeeFighters could in fact give a fuck about their actual accreditation, so they had nothing to lose. BBB mea...
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PandaPy has the speed of NumPy and the usability of Pandas - firedup https://github.com/firmai/pandapy https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;firmai&#x2F;pandapy<p>PandaPy has the speed of NumPy and the usability of Pandas (10x to 50x faster) ====== shoyer It's a lovely idea to build pandas like functionality on top of Nu...
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Google shows amazing quarter-century Earth timelapse - amima http://earthengine.google.org/#intro/LasVegas ====== xtraclass very interesting, thank you
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Ask HN: Do you care about your digital footprint? Why/why not? - lionhearted It strikes me that a lot of us have niche interests. If you browse Hacker News, a couple other small technology sites, and then mix in a hobby or two, you've got a pretty recognizable digital footprint that people can follow around.<p>That'...
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Ask HN: What do you call this style of front-end design? - kiyanforoughi Hi everyone,<p>What do you call this kind of front-end designing?<p>http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.polygon.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;xbox-one-review# https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.apple.com&#x2F;30-years&#x2F;<p>(where scrolling unveils the content&#x2F;photos&#x2F;text)<...
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Ask HN: Will there ever be a resurgence of interest in symbolic AI? - snazz Symbolic AI fell by the wayside at the beginning of the AI winter. More recently, with powerful GPUs making ML and other statistical AI approaches feasible, symbolic AI has not seen anywhere near as much investment.<p>There are still companies...
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Programming Language Checklist - kibwen http://colinm.org/language_checklist.html ====== zeteo >[ ] The name of your language makes it impossible to find on Google Unless you work for Google, in which case your language's name (maybe shared with a common verb or a popular board game) will quickly become the top searc...
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Inside Pinterest's Plans to Fix Its Diversity Problem - lightcatcher http://www.fastcompany.com/3051659/inside-pinterests-plans-to-fix-its-diversity-problem ====== 746F7475 I can never understand these "diversity problems", like unless they are discriminating based on gender and/or race there shouldn't be a problem. I...
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UberCab Ordered to Cease And Desist - tswicegood http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/24/ubercab-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/ ====== sriramk I think there is a pattern across both UberCan and AirBnb where both are facing opposition from existing, regulated industries (taxi services and hotels respectively). Among all the po...
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Collaborative live coding in VR with three.js - gfodor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAJgLQyvpc0&t=30s ====== acous Interesting interview with the same guy (audio). [http://voicesofvr.com/214-using-three-js-to-create-social- vr...](http://voicesofvr.com/214-using-three-js-to-create-social-vr- applications-with-alts...
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Google to enforce SSL encryption on developer APIs - taylorbuley http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/18/google_apis_require_ssl/ ====== forwardslash This is good, now if they could enforce SSL for adsense.
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Show HN: Fun little weekend project, my ode to Star Trek - vnglst http://startrek.koenvangilst.nl/ ====== vnglst Features: * stars follow your cursor * click in starfield adds 100 more stars (3D Touch, i.e. 'press really hard' on iPhone) * click on STAR TREK toggles true color stars * turn up your speaker volume a...
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Brazil's controversial plan to extricate the Internet from US control - lemming http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/20/brazil-dilma-rousseff-internet-us-control ====== PeterisP It's not that controversial - as we have detected that there's hostile wiretapping happening, a rational mitigation strategy requires ...
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Spend Bitcoin where ever MasterCard is accepted - iamchmod http://beta.prepaidcustservice.com/ ====== noenzyme Sweet, I need something like this.
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How to write efficient matrix multiplication - Mtz1974 https://gist.github.com/nadavrot/5b35d44e8ba3dd718e595e40184d03f0 ====== vmarsy Writing the fastest matrix multiplication you can is pretty fun. It probably won't be as fast a BLAS or MKL, but if you get close to it, it's a rewarding experience. > see what else c...
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Blasphemy Multiple microservices, shared database - danielovichdk https://medium.com/@oprearocks/blasphemy-multiple-microservices-shared-database-f525025a8a81 ====== GrumpyNl I would like to hear some more opinions from the HN audience on this subject.
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What Mark Cuban Really Thinks About Facebook - inshane http://blogmaverick.com/2012/11/19/what-i-really-think-about-facebook/ ====== hayksaakian Facebook is fully entitled to enforce edgerank. People consume content differently on FB than say twitter. Since twitter is more of a firehouse, its OK to simply sort by da...
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Release of open source Android anti-censorship library - greatfire We are very excited to share with you the release of Envoy - our open source C and Java Library derived from Chromium Cronet which can be used to make Android apps resistant to censorship. We have uploaded the library to our GitHub page:<p>https:&#x2F...
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Nile: decentralized, commission-free, local-economy focused Amazon alternative - marcocastignoli https://github.com/open-source-ideas/open-source-ideas/issues/78 ====== hardwaresofton OpenBazaar[0] already _is_ this idea. I just checked the github post and one of the committers to openbazaar-go has left a nice length...
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Why a lot more startups are going to get acquired this year - vinnyglennon http://founderware.co/silicon-valley/2012-is-for-buying-startups/ ====== bdunn Better yet: Build a company that makes you a comfortable living, acquire customers who pay you (sort of needed for that "comfortable living" bit), and when people tr...
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Please consider Mailbox before adding attachments - scottmcdot Where I work, the standard attachment size is becoming around 3MB and we are only allocated 512MB of Outlook storage space. Rather than my email signature reading &quot;Please consider the environment before printing this email&quot;, would it be unprofess...
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Stop telling your engineers what to do - tylerwince https://productsolving.substack.com/p/problem-space-solution-space ====== gamell "As a product manager, your job is to live in the problem space. You should spend nearly all of your time focusing on your target customer, what needs they have, and what value you are g...
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Eating Leafy Greens Each Day Tied to Sharper Memory, Slower Decline - dpflan https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/05/582715067/eating-leafy-greens-daily-may-help-keep-minds-sharp ====== conwy Nothing like chopped & steamed spring greens topped with west indian hot sauce, a little mayo and some pepper. Mmm...
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Dark Patterns, the Ratchet - l1n https://jacquesmattheij.com/dark-patterns-the-ratchet ====== jerf I was discussing some work on some opt-out we're going to be offering customers so they can either accept or decline certain automated patches to their systems, and I found myself describing the opt-out as "real opt-out"...
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This USB Drive Is Just Thicker than a Penny and Holds 2TB - mccooscoos http://www.netbooknews.com/33811/2tb-usb-the-size-of-your-finger-nail/ ====== MaysonL And is almost certainly vaporware, at least as far as a 2TB version available any time soon is concerned. ------ tobylane SDXC cards can also go up to 2TB, you...
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Collect Your Favorite Quotes Online with Quotica - erin_bury http://sprouter.com/blog/collect-your-favorite-quotes-online-with-quotica/ ====== mikeleeorg I love quotes and have considered keeping a text file in my Dropbox account. Quotica sounds like a natural evolution from such an approach. Years ago, I kept such a...
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7 reasons the tech sector should be scared - jrowley http://www.sfchronicle.com/technology/article/Has-the-tech-bubble-popped-and-we-just-haven-t-6775865.php?t=92cf4da2ae ====== eganist Every bullet missed the important detail where a ton of companies seem to be basing their business models on datamining and advertisi...
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Robber barons bought dozens of medieval European buildings – where are they now? - samclemens http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-the-early-1900s-dozens-of-centuriesold-european-buildings-came-to-america-where-is-medieval-america-now ====== nemo Hearst's papers were one of the chief propaganda outlets deceiving th...
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Oculus Touch - bkmn https://www.oculus.com/rift/ ====== cocktailpeanuts How is this "touch"? More like "Oculus Hold"
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee: Semantic Web Is Open for Business - paul_reiners http://blogs.zdnet.com/semantic-web/ ====== bayareaguy A direct link to the podcast transcript: [http://talis- podcasts.s3.amazonaws.com/twt20080207_TimBL.htm...](http://talis- podcasts.s3.amazonaws.com/twt20080207_TimBL.html)
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GitHub Public Roadmap - nicolas_ https://github.com/github/roadmap ====== danicgross It’s one thing for a startup to do this while small. A whole other level of evolution to do it while you’re large. Imagine Apple suddenly publishing their roadmap. This type of organizational neurogenesis done as an adult is impressi...
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Ada 2012: A New Language for Safe and Secure Software (2012) - shepardrtc http://cotsjournalonline.com/articles/view/102810 ====== jmilkbal These articles give the worst impression of Ada possible. It's not the it's a specialized language for the military, but a language created to cleanup the DoD's software nightmare...
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SleepBus – nightly non-stop trips between LA and SF - smaili http://www.sleepbus.co/ ====== joezydeco Given how many accidents we see with drowsy Megabus, Greyhound, and semi- trailer drivers swerving around in traffic and plowing into other vehicles we really should ask: _is this a good idea_? Do we have a guarantee...
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Bowing to pressure, PepsiCo withdraws its lawsuit against Indian potato farmers - rustoo https://www.businessinsider.in/pepsico-withdraws-its-lawsuit-against-four-indian-potato-farmers/articleshow/69156061.cms ====== gingabriska But I think it's so bad. What if same farmers come up with a new type of potato then Pepsi...
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TTIP: A locked room, no internet access, two hours, 300 pages and lots of typos - bloke_zero http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/10/surreal_world_of_the_ttip/ ====== roddux It's been suggested that the typos are unique to each viewer as a form of anti-copying mechanism, allowing anybody who sees the pirated excerpt t...
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Show HN: one day project, get better bug reports from customers / clients - bobbywilson0 http://goodbugreport.com/ ====== bobbywilson0 This idea was inspired by Jeff Casimir's talk at Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference, he basically said it is hard to get a good bug report from a client, then outlined a framework for th...
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Even Tetris is hard to test - shalmanese http://blog.jwhitham.org/2014/10/its-hard-to-test-software-even-simple.html ====== thu The interesting bit that isn't mentioned is that all the given examples are actually part of the game specification, i.e. those behaviours are there on purpose. It means that if you have an...
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Your Company Is Screwing Itself by Not Supporting Open Source Software - jmadsen https://medium.com/@codebyjeff/your-company-is-screwing-itself-by-not-supporting-open-source-software-c0e58ff04629 ====== carlmr The title should be changed to "OSS developers are being screwed over by companies". It's a fundamental clash...
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UI is the Killer Feature - puns http://www.usabilitypost.com/post/10-ui-is-the-killer-feature ====== JeremyChase UI is extremely important, but this article is wrong to say that without it your product is doomed to fail. The most obvious example that comes to mind is an xterm window. Even on OSX any programmer will...
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Google’s fires four organizers after hiring union-busting firm - callil https://medium.com/@GoogleWalkout/googles-next-moonshot-union-busting-7bd2784dc690 ====== throwawaylolx This article is ranked 16th on HN first page right now, and it has 80 points, was posted 4 hours ago, and has 16 comments. A different article ...
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The Low Latency Live Streaming Landscape in 2019 - mmcclure https://mux.com/blog/the-low-latency-live-streaming-landscape-in-2019/ ====== jdietrich Interesting example: there's currently a major squabble in the British gambling industry over the use of drones to provide low-latency streams of horse racing. Off-track b...
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Ask HN: How would you describe Bloomberg Terminal to a complete layman? - Brazilian-Sigma Just saw a Bloomberg Terminal post, I have been ignorant of finance in my CS career so far. Any resources to learn computer finance, Bloomberg, and all the hype around it in finance scene? ====== verdverm The Bloomberg Terminal ...
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I Built a Stable Planetary System with 416 Planets in the Habitable Zone - happy-go-lucky http://m.nautil.us/blog/i-built-a-stable-planetary-system-with-416-planets-in-the-habitable-zone ====== Quequau I picked up universe sandbox recently and I struggle to construct simple binary star systems with a few planets.
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A Simulation in Emoji - callumlocke http://ncase.me/emoji-prototype/ ====== Roedou A Start Up Game: [http://ncase.me/emoji- prototype/?remote=-K4BeA6ciFnVG_fD9wXP](http://ncase.me/emoji- prototype/?remote=-K4BeA6ciFnVG_fD9wXP) People appear, and have ideas. Ideas need customers (or money) to become startups. Startups...
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The Smartest Unknown Indian Entrepreneur - muriithi http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/02/22/mitra-zoho-india-tech-inter-cx_sm_0222mitra.html?feed=rss_technology ====== mtts Web 2.0 blah aside, if this guy is really hiring high school graduates from poor backgrounds instead of elite (by Indian standards) college ...
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Startups Wiki: Ask YC Archive - epi0Bauqu http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/startupswiki/Ask_YC_Archive ====== epi0Bauqu I was keeping a list of these, and I just decided to make it public and build it out a bit. If you have additions/deletions/organization ideas, you can edit it, or just put them on the comment page: [h...
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Samba 3.6.0 released - kbd http://samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.6.0.html ====== kbd I linked to the release notes, here's their announcement: <http://www.samba.org/samba/news/releases/3.6.0.html>
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Goodbye Jody - kirillzubovsky http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2013/01/29/goodbye-jody ====== iusable I never had a chance to meet Jody, but had connected with him online a couple of times. He couldn't have been more gracious with his time and knowledge. Great loss to #startupville & the LA Scene.
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Show HN: Dizzlike Dislike everything you want and share it with your friends - XillerGmbH https://apps.facebook.com/dizzlikeprofile/ ====== XillerGmbH Hi Guys, has someone tried it out so far? Can you provide any ideas, bugs or critique? Greetings Xiller
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Show HN: Martin Luther King Jr. quote search engine - ashbhat It just so happens that we had a Martin Luther King Jr. project at my high school. The options were an essay, poem, multimedia, or web project. Me being a person who hates writing, decided to do something more web based.<p>Check it out and give me feedbac...
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“A tale of lies and deceit” – GrabGas CTO let go by founders - visakanv http://julianee.com/a-tale-of-lies-and-deceit-my-experience-on-how-grabgas-screwed-me-over/ ====== yllow It's just that you are unlucky to bump into pyshopaths. They suck up your energy slowly until you are too late to realize. It's a lesson that ...
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Ether Camp Launches the Virtual Accelerator and Hacker Gold Token - cryptobubble https://www.deepdotweb.com/2016/10/12/ether-camp-launches-virtual-accelerator-hacker-gold-token/ ====== cryptobubble As featured by DeepDotWeb: ether.camp, the organization behind the biggest blockchain hackathon out there, has recently a...
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Don't write too much code before you have a customer - sajid http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/15/startup-clinic-dont-write-too-much-code-before-you-have-a-customer/ ====== serverascode I have a few concerns about the author generally speaking, but this particular article I like because I think it's good advice to find...
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Pseudonymisation is helping firms comply with GDPR - tormeh https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21740165-stripping-our-identifying-information-they-are-still-able-do ====== jypepin is pseudonymisation really a new thing? We do this with prod data for our dev and staging database. a subset of a dump i...
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Sunlight on laser-etched metal purifies contaminated H2O w over 100% efficiency - bookofjoe https://scitechdaily.com/laser-etched-metal-purifies-contaminated-water-using-sunlight-with-greater-than-100-efficiency/ ====== taxicabjesus Pretty cool use of lasers: > Prior to creating the water attracting and repellent met...
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Three effective tips to get started with conversion rate optimization - paraschopra http://www.wingify.com/conversion-blog/three-effective-tips-to-get-started-with-conversion-rate-optimization/ ====== dmix >For example, commonly used examples of less effective call to action are “click here”, “submit”, “read more,” ...
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The Engineer Crunch - clarkm http://blog.samaltman.com/the-engineer-crunch ====== GuiA I'm starting to be a bit disillusioned with this whole "we can't find great people" spiel that a lot of startups put up. I have friends who are extremely good engineers (i.e., a mix of: contributors to major open source projects us...
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The Smartest Advice I Ever Got: Personal Finance - iseff http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/105452/The-Smartest-Advice-I-Ever-Got;_ylt=AqdvGb618aD7ChQv7OYbDP67YWsA ====== byrneseyeview "Tom held some shares in Disney, and while he liked the company, he thought its stock price was a bit rich at the ti...
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