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SCO and Novell square off at oral argument: Groklaw weighs in - grellas http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110120171030983 ====== anigbrowl I can't decide whether SCO's argument is brilliant or awful…
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Obama After Dark: The Precious Hours Alone - applecore http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/us/politics/obama-after-dark-the-precious-hours-alone.html ====== themartorana Makes me feel a bit better about my late nights. I'm also a night person, usually work after the rest of the family has gone to bed. Sometimes I feel g...
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iRobot Roomba Serial Command Interface Specification [pdf] - omnibrain http://www.irobot.com/images/consumer/hacker/roomba_sci_spec_manual.pdf ====== mng2 Having worked with Roomba SCI a while back, a few things come to mind. First is a lack of integrity checking. The default baud rate of 57600 is too high (at least...
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The Hard-Luck Texas Town That Bet on Bitcoin–and Lost - realshadow https://www.wired.com/story/hard-luck-texas-town-bet-bitcoin-lost/ ====== anm89 It doesn't appear that this town bet or lost anything minus some administrative time which is a fairly standard risk for any big development project. ~~~ jraedisch Seems a...
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Gizmodo: We're done with Kickstarter - learc83 http://gizmodo.com/5897449/were-done-with-kickstarter ====== jeffool "I can't trust myself around Kickstarter. Kickstarter, please do quality control for me." Conversely... This is the perfect opportunity for someone to buy IndieKicks.com and start blogging about cool ...
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Forget Bribery – The Real Scam Is Pretending That Degrees Have Value - pseudolus https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-03-28/admissions-bribery-scandal-pretending-degree-has-value-is-a-scam ====== stirfrykitty I've come to believe that many degrees are overrated, including my own CS degree. I could have lear...
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Show HN: ShaderGif, like ShaderToy, but with gifs - antoineMoPa https://shadergif.com/ ====== antoineMoPa Hello HN, I had created a shader editor with gif generation maybe a year ago. I recently decided to build a rails app to allow users to post gifs. I'd like to add other social features (likes, comments, etc.) when...
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Facts about the military empire of switzerland - philip1209 https://www.philipithomas.com/switzerland/ ====== carsongross "Facts about the military _exact-opposite-of-the-word-empire_ of Switzerland." The Swiss have been quietly and patiently demonstrating to the rest of us how a sane nation-state acts for hundreds...
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Banking malware in Brazil may be responsible for billions in losses - PaulSec http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/07/brazilian-boleto-bandits-bilk-billions/ ====== aylons So many comments asking why people don't use credit cards. The easy answer, already told, is that many Brazilian people don't have bank accounts or cr...
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Ask HN: What Is the Alternative to Google Ads? - speeder I own a company that sell parts for the construction of industrial machinery.<p>Most of our current sales comes from people that found our Google Ads.<p>Problem is... Google keeps removing more and more features we use, and adding features that are detrimental t...
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The TPP's Attack on Artists' Termination Rights - antiterra https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/12/tpps-attack-artists-termination-rights ====== antiterra This portion of existing US copyright law is a bit curious. On the one hand, letting artists 'have a second bite of the apple' if their work turns out to be so luc...
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Building a BitTorrent client from scratch in C# - nxzero https://cheatdeath.github.io/research-bittorrent-doc/ ====== jabstack Former admin of DC# here (forgive the sourceforge hosting-- it was a long time ago! [https://sourceforge.net/projects/dc- sharp/](https://sourceforge.net/projects/dc-sharp/)). Great write-up! ...
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Don’t waste your time in crappy startup jobs - Adrock http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/07/08/dont-waste-your-time-in-crappy-startup-jobs/ ====== heliodor Stock options expiry: One important point that was not mentioned by OP is the typical contract clause most startups use that changes the expiry of your veste...
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A "relatively close" alien planet that may be habitable - justinY http://news.yahoo.com/super-earth-alien-planet-may-habitable-life-000948317.html ====== mooism2 Although not habitable in the sense that a human could just walk around on the surface. 7 _g_ is a bit much for us.
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Google Tech Talk: Erlang (2007) - coglethorpe http://sysadmin.adnanwasim.com/2009/05/erlang.html ====== joeyo Can an admin please fix the title? ~~~ kqr2 The misspelling occurs in the blog title too. Since the blog doesn't add any more information anyway, here's the direct link to the google tech talk on erlang: ...
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PXL: A Better Way to Prioritize Your A/B Tests - sujanpatel http://conversionxl.com/better-way-prioritize-ab-tests/ ====== sujanpatel TL;DR - ConversionXL developed their own method for prioritizing AB tests. You can download for free (doesn't even ask for an email address) the excel spreadsheet to use their method yo...
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Glen Green wall's First Look News Site is down? - secfirstmd http://www.firstlook.org ====== nodata Then don't link to it. Flagged.
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Comparing C and Rust Network Protocol Exercises - signa11 https://ayende.com/blog/185859-A/comparing-c-and-rust-network-protocol-exercises ====== hyperman1 It's hard to say anything without comparing the source code. I don't see a github reference, so I don't know if it is available. I know his pain of rust's type in...
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The N.S.A. and Your Buddies - Imagage_radio http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/10/the-nsa-and-your-buddies.html ====== a3n Metadata is data. There is no difference (obviously, because they deem it worthy of collection), and no excuse.
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Dreamwidth Banned by PayPal in 2008 for Refusing to Censor Users - CM30 https://dw-news.dreamwidth.org/38065.html ====== dang The article is from April 2017. The title has been editorialized, which breaks the HN guidelines ([https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html](https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines....
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Painting a better life through side SaaS hustles - sergiomattei https://getmakerlog.com/stories/micah-iverson-founder-and-ceo-of-retrospect ====== wisemanwillhear Interesting to hear another story of someone finding space in a crowded market segment. > I was working for a company a couple of years ago and we needed a...
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2010 bug hits millions of Germans - jeffreyg http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/06/2010-bug-millions-germans ====== Timothee Does anyone know what the nature of the bug is? The article lacked on this aspect unfortunately. ~~~ sp332 I thought this was discussed earlier this week, but I can't find a link anywhe...
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Apple's Role in Japan during the Tohoku Earthquake - sahillavingia http://kevinrose.com/blogg/2011/3/14/apples-role-in-japan-during-the-tohoku-earthquake.html ====== jaysonelliot My father-in-law works in Tokyo, but lives in Kamakura. He wrote us a long email about his journey home. Because trains were not running, ...
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Show HN: Desktop application for fast saving anything without losing focus - silencerweb https://taggy.pro/?ref=news.ycombinator ====== silencerweb Hi everyboddy! My name is Maksim and I'm here to present you my second launched project - Taggy. I was going to do the same with my first one, DailyQ, but unfortunately, ...
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Which Is Closer: Local Beer or Local Whiskey? - lelf http://blog.wolfram.com/2014/08/19/which-is-closer-local-beer-or-local-whiskey/ ====== lumpypua Around "In[115]" I became convinced that the wolfram blogging team has a meth problem. I'm always blown away by the wolfram blog visualizations and variety of data sourc...
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The problem with gmail.co - avian https://www.tablix.org/~avian/blog/archives/2016/03/the_problem_with_gmail_co/ ====== mchahn I have all my bad email addresses forwarded to me. This is better than a bounce since I know immediately. The only issue might be that I accidentally see private email intended for someone els...
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Gene Editing in Embryos Not Safe or Effective for Clinical Use Yet, Report Says - bookofjoe https://www.wsj.com/articles/gene-editing-embryos-should-be-only-for-disease-prevention-report-says-11599145913 ====== bookofjoe [https://archive.vn/hVIIT](https://archive.vn/hVIIT) >Commission charts narrow path for editing h...
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Nothing Can Be Fixed Anymore - ableal http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2405770,00.asp ====== johnny22 It's just another hallmark of the era of ever increasing minuturization and not much else. I'm only against stuff like the macbook air/new mac book pro while they still come at such a price premium. Shouldn't ...
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A SaaS Startup’s Journey to $100K a Month - smit http://www.groovehq.com/blog/100k ====== nikentic I'm looking forward to the future posts. All luck to you! ------ spencerfry Best of luck to you guys.
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Google admits Android 'both open and closed' - barista http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/12/google_says_android_both_open_and_closed/ ====== Kylekramer _Google never had any qualms with releasing phone-centric Android code that anyone could squeeze onto a tablet. Why not release a tablet-centric version that anyone...
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Steve Ballmer Reboots - kenjackson http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/steve-ballmer-reboots-01122012.html ====== kenjackson Single page version: [http://www.businessweek.com/printer/magazine/steve- ballmer-r...](http://www.businessweek.com/printer/magazine/steve-ballmer- reboots-01122012.html) ------ Craiggybear ...
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How Bitcoin Works – Explained Through The Turbulent Life Of Satoshi Nakamoto - CryptoJunky http://cryptojunky.com/blog/2013/04/04/how-bitcoin-works-explained-through-the-turbulent-life-of-satoshi-nakamoto/ ====== CryptoJunky This is one of the best explanations of Bitcoin that I've found. It manages to explain a bit...
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How to tame comment trolls - jeremyliew http://lsvp.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/how-to-tame-comment-trolls/ ====== russell The last suggestion from BoingBoing uses "disemvoweling", which gets my vote for word of the day.
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A typo that almost crashed a plane - danso https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/FAA-safety-report-reveals-cases-of-pilots-mixing-14436212.php ====== biswaroop Tangentially related: In 1988, Iran Air flight 655 was shot down by an American missile cruiser, killing 290 people. It was likely due to a UI problem wi...
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The Best Ways to Consume the Web - cjdarnault http://claytonwrites.com/the-best-ways-to-consume-the-web/ ====== cjdarnault The constant stream of digital content can be overwhelming sometimes and it can be difficult to keep up with the Internet. As a writer and a power user of said internet (as many of you probably ...
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First Blog Post, “Getting Started with a VPS” - kertof https://kertof.com/posts/getting-started-vps ====== mtmail [deleted comment blog posts can't be Show HN] ~~~ kertof I fixed the title.
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Why don't we have an API for Experts? - pea http://blog.talktousers.com/an-api-for-experts/ ====== ArekDymalski I think it might be beneficial for you to reconsider what is the biggest value of this service - quality or price? The first part of your post starts with a list of problems with consultants: costly, unre...
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Show HN: Autohook – a single-file Git hook “framework” - nkantar https://github.com/nkantar/Autohook ====== l4nk332 This is awesome, can't wait to use this (^-_-^)
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Why 2 Crises May Finally Force NYC Schools to Integrate - japhyr https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/nyregion/coronavirus-nyc-schools-admissions.html ====== ng12 I would have longed for the privilege of testing into a good highschool when I was young -- let alone some of the best schools in the country. It makes me a l...
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Maybe Go without dependency management can be a good thing - cgarvis http://mwholt.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/maybe-go-without-dependency-management.html ====== jsegura or dependency management you can use external tools like godep[1]. [1] [https://github.com/tools/godep](https://github.com/tools/godep)
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The Island of Lost Apple Products - nikunjk http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/lost-apple-products/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=twitterclickthru&pid=3956 ====== 6cxs2hd6 Link that's undecorated and goes to start of story: <http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/lost-apple-products>
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Calling the Oregon Lottery's Bluff After Poker Machine Dealt a Strange Hand - pavel_lishin http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-24178-man_vs_machine.html ====== hristov Really bad article. Goes to great lengths to glamorize that Curzi person, yet does not provide some of the most crucial information on the subject. F...
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Millennials make 6 figure salaries but have no clue how to manage their money - tsrautde Change my mind! Most people I talk to look at investing as if it&#x27;s a liberty but growth of your spare income is as fundamental as managing your debt or costs, yet few people look at it like that. What is the biggest hurdle he...
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App-Powered Car Service Leaves Cabs in the Dust - MikeF http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/04/app-stars-uber/ ====== unwind This: _Even if all the world’s fastest supercomputers were put to work, they couldn’t generate a perfect algorithm to solve this classic puzzle, which computer scientists call the traveling-...
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Ask NH: Why aren't you an organ donor? - latch On average, eighteen people die every day because the organ they required was not available. ====== discard_account People have festered a general level of hostility in my psyche that is only overcome by personal attachment. I'd be willing to give my organs to someone I...
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Design for a developer? - dhaivatpandya Here's my problem.<p>I'm basically a developer and math type of person (if you read any of abstract algebra posts), and I'm trying to learn design.<p>I can do UI design pretty well, it turns out to be quite usable and friendly and people can get around it, but, I can't get mys...
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CloudKick.com account takeover. - adam_baldwin http://www.evilpacket.net/2009/sep/16/cloudkick-account-takeover/ ====== polvi (Alex from Cloudkick) This XSS is no longer valid. Thank you for the bug report. This was definitely a mistake on our end, and we deeply apologize for the error. Will post another report shor...
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Ask HN: Scratched my own itch. Is one week too soon to pivot? - chrisdew Hi everyone,<p>I've written a bit of software that I needed. I have packaged it and attempted to market it. http://www.virtsync.com<p>With a few hundred dollars spent on LinkedIn and Google Adwords, there have still been no downloads of the e...
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A Silk Road Renaissance - Thevet https://www.archaeology.org/issues/386-2007/features/8756-a-silk-road-renaissance ====== joveian That was one of the most interesting things I've read here for a while, thanks for sharing!
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How Facebook helps Ad Scammers – “They go out and find the morons for me.” - rvnx https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-03-27/ad-scammers-need-suckers-and-facebook-helps-find-them?1 ====== rvnx Facebook’s newly installed executive in charge of fighting shady ads, Rob Leathern, had invited him to the company’s L...
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Hunting the Hidden Dimension - bootload http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/hunting-hidden-dimension.html ====== bootload click on the "Transcript" link to read the article.
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State paid $22K each for Internet routers - Lazare http://wvgazette.com/News/201205050057 ====== ghshephard To be clear, from the article, the routers themselves cost $7,800. And, if I'm rolling out a state infrastructure, and wondering what I can put in place for the next 10 years to serve as a foundation, you could ...
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Kubernetes Best Practices - shifte https://medium.com/@sachin.arote1/kubernetes-best-practices-9b1435a4cb53 ====== thesandlord This seems to be a straight copy-and-paste of one of my talks. With zero credit to me :( [https://speakerdeck.com/thesandlord/kubernetes-best- practice...](https://speakerdeck.com/thesandlord...
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Bill Gates orders £500m hydrogen-powered superyacht - ciconia https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/09/bill-gates-orders-500m-hydrogen-powered-superyacht ====== smn1234 [https://www.inc.com/don-reisinger/no-bill-gates-didnt-buy- wo...](https://www.inc.com/don-reisinger/no-bill-gates-didnt-buy-worlds-first- e...
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The Village Sin Eater - pepys http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-worst-paid-freelance-gig-in-history-was-being-the-village-sin-eater ====== dghf IIRC, one of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels (a.k.a the Master and Commander series) sees a former sin-eater among the crew: ostracised by his crew-mates, he is...
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OpenFit:open source bluetooth enabled smart digital scale - pinar747 http://opnfit.blogspot.com ====== pinar747 Bluetooth \- easy to use, no wifi link or router required. \- use anywhere, work/gym/home... works seamlessly with other scales. data is on your phone, not on a scale \- simple connection to devices, no wi...
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Asqway – ask questions and get recommendations - pratim https://itunes.apple.com/app/asqway/id1039694793?ls=1&mt=8 ====== pratim Any questions on the App? email us help@asqway.co
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Facebook Hit With Lawsuit: Could This Spell The End Of The Social Giant? - Peroni http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140107133638-64875646-facebook-hit-with-lawsuit-could-this-be-the-end-of-the-social-network?trk=tod-home-art-list-large_0 ====== dancryer The link is broken. :( ~~~ ColinWright I know this ...
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered - doener https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/dayofthetentacle_storefront ====== atemerev The memories! Back in 1995, in Russia, where nearly nobody even seen any legal software, there were countless CDs with titles like "Best 100 adventure games ever", thoroughly repacked by your frien...
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Fairphone 3 - 2muchcoffeeman https://shop.fairphone.com/en/?ref=header%26amp; ====== squeezingswirls I really would want to buy a Fairphone 3 but it isn't possible to install a free OS on it currently, so I'll stick with my Fairphone 2 running Ubuntu Touch for now.
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Ask HN: Is Node.js recommended in the long term? - applecrazy I&#x27;m developing a side project using Vue, Express, and Mongo. I&#x27;m wondering whether this is the best idea, since I want the app to last 5-7 years before needing a rewrite. Is it a good idea to choose NodeJS for the backend or should I go with somet...
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‘I Want What My Male Colleague Has, and That Will Cost a Few Million Dollars’ - drugme https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/18/magazine/salk-institute-discrimination-science.html ====== iron0013 That's a provocative title, so I hope people will actually read this article before dismissing the scientist who was quoted. edi...
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‘Anti-rape’ tech won’t stop violence against women - alexwoodcreates http://www.thememo.com/2015/11/25/anti-rape-tech-domestic-violence-white-ribbon-day/ ====== coldtea Did any tech ever stopped all violence against everyone? ~~~ hassel street lighting ? ~~~ coldtea While they reduced it, they obviously didn't stop ...
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Jim Gray lost at sea, 3 years ago. - eam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gray_%28computer_scientist%29#Disappearance_at_sea_and_search ====== chaosmachine _"On February 1, 2007, the DigitalGlobe satellite did a scan of the area, generating thousands of images. The images were posted to Amazon Mechanical Turk in ord...
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Visa Systems Issues - jpatokal http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/news/technological-systems-issue.html ====== karambahh Does anyone else think that, all conspiracy theory aside, the information published is only partly true? If it's a purely hw issue, say a piece of highly specialized hardware (hw crypto...
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Millennials are sicker than Gen X, which bodes ill for the future economy - freedomben https://www.deseret.com/2019/12/16/20997339/millennials-are-sicker-than-gen-x-which-bodes-ill-for-the-future-economy ====== adamwong246 Don't the other generations feel the specter of dread hovering over us? Like you are running on ...
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Against TDD - roman-holovin http://neopragma.com/index.php/2019/09/29/against-tdd/ ====== JMTQp8lwXL For as much as I've heard about TDD over the years: in my education, articles, and mentions of it in industry -- I have yet to see anybody I know use it. You can't design your entire interface up front. Too much handw...
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Bill Gates not impressed with the iPad - anderzole http://blogs.bnet.com/corporate-strategy/?p=101 ====== sullrich And in other news, the Burger King CEO thinks the Big Mac tastes bad.
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Ask HN: Best use case writeups of SOA? - tmaly Can anyone suggest some good use cases &#x2F; whitepapers on companies that transitioned to SOA &#x2F; microservices? ====== austingunter This is a post to my corporate site, but I created a list of case studies / blog posts of folks discussing how they've moved over: dat...
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The High Cost of Technical Debt - samullen http://pixelatedworks.com/articles/the-high-cost-of-technical-debt/ ====== mamaniscalco An excellent article which speaks the obvious but all too often falls on deaf ears. My two cents: 1\. Code reviews are to developers what proof reading is to writers. A person could read...
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NASA's Voyager spacecraft nears exit of solar system - cwan http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/nasas-voyager-spacecraft-nears-exit-of-solar-system/story-fn3dxity-1225971341350 ====== DupDetector Same story: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2003511> \- universetoday.com - 29 comments <http://new...
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Boating startup closes $13M Series A round - JSeymourATL http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2016/12/13/boating-startup-closes-13m-series-a-round.html ====== CalChris $13M for boat timesharing? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlA9bNk3b5Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlA9bNk3b5Q)
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The story of the Slovak national top-level domain - thomasdd https://medium.com/@Oskar456/stolen-sk-domain-717e070f6735 ====== dandare Unfortunately this story is archetypal for a post communist country like Slovakia. The state is essentially captured by mafia-like groups and oligarchs and many public services are irr...
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Lastronaut: My first game and why I'm giving it away for free - dhenein https://medium.com/@darrinhenein/lastronaut-a-love-letter-adec05cdbee6 ====== chainsaw10 Nice game! I've played it for a half hour today :) Not to complain (it's free), but you might want to consider increasing the interval between asking for r...
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The fault-tolerant Auragen file system from pre-history - vyodaiken http://www.yodaiken.com/2016/01/25/the-auragen-file-system/ ====== strictnein What's the "pre-history" bit about? I don't think 1989 qualifies as pre- history, and the linked post is just titled "The Auragen file system". ------ sitkack Link to menti...
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Microsoft: “Time for Mozilla to get down from their philosophical ivory tower” - sirwitti https://twitter.com/auchenberg/status/1088587621721231361 ====== msl The title is wrong: this is not a statement by Microsoft, but by a single individual, as explicitly pointed out by said individual. ~~~ sirwitti You're right, ...
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The Slave Ship That Ran from Kerala to New Orleans - deskamess https://in.news.yahoo.com/the-slave-ship-that-ran-from-kerala-to-new-orleans-085329807.html ====== jakewalker I have had the great pleasure of helping represent a group of these workers (not the folks who just recently went to trial, but another related ca...
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Minecraft developers (Mojang) announce second game - pufuwozu http://www.scrolls.com/ ====== Skywing The most impressive thing, imo, is that he got scrolls.com. :P
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Ex-Google hiring committee member about job interviewing - maayank http://extroverteddeveloper.com/podcast/2012/8/30/extroverted-developer-18-gayle-laakmann-mcdowell.html ====== rckclmbr She's spot on. I consider myself a competent developer (6 years experience, "big fish in a small pond"), and I don't really intervie...
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Why Every Movie Looks Sort of Orange and Blue - vinnyglennon http://priceonomics.com/why-every-movie-looks-sort-of-orange-and-blue/ ====== swalsh In The Matrix, you could tell which "world" you're in by the general grade of color. When in the Matrix, everything had a greenish overtone, and when in the "real world" it ...
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Network Instability in NYC2 on July 29, 2014 - retrodict https://www.digitalocean.com/company/blog/network-instability-in-nyc2-on-july-29-2014/ ====== donavanm So an RE failed and flipped to the secondary. They run mlag from the agg layer to their tors. Said mlag had a grey failure. The time to recovery was predomin...
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How to store data for a billion years - robg http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/tm/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13853129&source=hptextfeature ====== trjordan > To switch spontaneously from a “1” to a “0” would entail the particle moving > some 200 nanometres along the tube using thermal energy. At room > temperat...
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Hey Yahoo, You’re Optimizing the Wrong Thing - ColinWright http://www.hilarymason.com/blog/hey-yahoo-youre-optimizing-the-wrong-thing/ ====== cbsmith It's unfortunate that the person who wrote this article didn't consult with someone more informed about the online advertising world. As someone who has been in the bel...
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Fans angry over 'missing' iPhone 7 headphone socket - edward http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36606220 ====== stephenr When did summarising twitter opinions about a tech industry rumour become news??
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Asking for a raise – and getting it - zsolt777 http://devcareermastery.com/asking-for-a-raise-and-getting-it/ ====== gragas This website seems so gimmicky. >What secret message are interviewers looking for? >How can you get the perfect resume within a day? >According to scientific research, which 4 skills help you ...
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Snap to choose NYSE for IPO - t23 http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/30/snap-to-choose-nyse-for-ipo-source.html ====== GFischer I'm amazed with Snapchat's staying power. I was utterly bewildered by them turning down a reported 3 billion offer (and so was most everyone else), but it seems it wasn't so wrong after all. [http...
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A quick overview of an app I built in 9 hours based on the new Twilio SMS API - cesarsalazar http://screenr.com/69d ====== progrium The idea is to delegate responsibility of paying for infrastructure resources (SMS) from the developer to the user. At $5/mo for 160 messages, that's roughly what you would be pay using...
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Hackers can use Snapchat to disable iPhones, researcher says - andrewhillman http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-snapchat-shut-down-iphone-20140207,0,3127301.story#axzz2sgFOyJTd ====== abat Details don't look as interesting as headline suggest. Snapchat doesn't throttle messages, so you can "snapchat...
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Markerless Augmented Reality. No app to install. No plugin. No special browser - leohart https://8thwall.com/products-web.html ====== jabbadabbadooba That went as fluent as I expected it to go.
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PHP-Queue - A unified front-end for different queuing backends. - coderkungfu https://github.com/miccheng/php-queue ====== arooaroo "Job Queue is Backend agnostic" This may be slightly tangental and I really don't want to come across as a troll but 'agnostic' in its absolute loosest terms could be defined as 'unkno...
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RightJS vs jQuery Mano A Mano (clean test comparison) - MadRabbit http://st-on-it.blogspot.com/2009/12/rightjs-vs-jquery-mano-o-mano.html ====== etherealG Sorry to say, but at least one of your tests still suffers from a non apples to apples problem. Specifically the "make" tests. The jquery make test does parsing o...
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Most Corporate Blogs Are Unimaginative Failures - bootload http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/06/30/most-corporate-blogs-are-unimaginative-failures/ ====== mnemonicsloth _Most Corporate X Are Unimaginative Failures_ For what values of X is the above not true? It can't be right to just assume the empty set, but...
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Harvard's debate team loses to New York prison inmates - spking http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/oct/07/harvards-prestigious-debate-team-loses-to-new-york-prison-inmates ====== pavornyoh A copy of the transcript with both sides arguments would have been nice for us to read. ------ japadoggg Yes would love to...
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Rosie Redfield: No convincing evidence that As has been incorporated into DNA - bbgm http://rrresearch.blogspot.com/2010/12/arsenic-associated-bacteria-nasas.html ====== bhickey The comments are great too. In particular I like what chemDroid had to say: Hi. I have posted on many places, they shoul...
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Why a Better OpenType User Interface Matters - lispython http://ilovetypography.com/2014/10/25/why-a-better-opentype-user-interface-matters/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ILoveTypography+%28i+love+typography%29 ====== Animats I refuse to take seriously a typography site that looks that awf...
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Former CEO of Paypal, Intuit: “Bitcoin is the greatest scam in history” - DEFCON28 https://www.recode.net/2018/4/24/17275202/bitcoin-scam-cryptocurrency-mining-pump-dump-fraud-ico-value# ====== DrScump [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16914632](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16914632) 80+ points ------ fr...
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A 14,000-year-old campsite in Argentina - tambourine_man http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/09/14000-year-old-campsite-in-argentina-adds-to-an-archaeological-mystery/ ====== curtis _For more than a decade, evidence has been piling up that humans colonized the Americas thousands of years before the Clovis people._ It...
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Airline passengers still concerned about paying extra to sit together - nhkssol https://www.caa.co.uk/News/Latest-Civil-Aviation-Authority-review-finds-passengers-still-concerned-about-paying-extra-to-sit-together/ ====== dazc Some people are willing to pay less because they don't care where they are sat. But now it's...
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The Past 2 Weeks in the World of Ruby - llambda http://www.rubyinside.com/the-past-2-weeks-in-the-world-of-ruby-40-links-to-bring-you-up-to-speed-january-2012-5766.html?utm_source=wordtwit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wordtwit ====== bstar77 Not sure why this was posted to HN, but I think is is a good opportunity fo...
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Ask HN: Is Fulfillment by Amazon worth it just to target Prime members? - p_k My company already works with a fulfillment company and we're already a seller on Amazon.<p>I'm considering of using Fulfillment by Amazon just to target Prime members for our Amazon listings. Not surprisingly, Prime members spend more.<p>...
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