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Fennec (aka Firefox Mobile) To Debut Next Week - pclark
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/fennec_aka_firefox_mobile_to_debut_next_week.php
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pclark
I think it's an uphill struggle for Moz now that the iPhone is so popular.
Apple only allows webkit browsers on their store.
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Long-time Googler will head Silicon Valley patent office - azylman
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/11/long-time-googler-will-head-silicon-valley-patent-office/
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JohnGB
A first step in the right direction. I don't think the fact that she formerly
worked for Google is an issue though. The fact that she h... | {
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Wilhelm von Hackensplat: 'First Past the Post' isn't. - billpg
http://blog.hackensplat.com/2011/01/first-past-post-isnt.html
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edderly
If I understand rightly, the AV system being discussed in the UK allows the
voter to choose to vote for either one or a limited number of candidates.
All votes won't be carried t... | {
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How Cloud Computing Edges Out Other Hosting Services - Katel
http://www.freearticlesnow.com/article-how-cloud-computing-edges-out-other-hosting-services-67709.html
This is how cloud computing edges out other hosting services being offered by different hosting providers firms in Australia. A web hosting services inclu... | {
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Show HN:Review my App - Elapsed - The Timer App for Hackers(Multi-Taskers) - appsuler
Long time lurker reading and learning from the community here. Inspired to act and currently working to escape from cubicle nation. Financial constraints mean I can't quit cold turkey but realized that working on the "Next Big Thin... | {
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POLL: What computer do you use for programming? - azizali
Recently we had a poll on what programming language we you use. Now I want to know what computer do hackers use?
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TheSmoke
I have a retina macbook pro for my own development and have a macbook air at
work.
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NAFV_P
A dirty, smelly black Toshiba Sa... | {
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Amazon Releases Kindle Fire Source Code - revorad
http://briefmobile.com/amazon-releases-kindle-fire-source-code
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drewda
See the discussion at <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3114383>
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Ask HN: Does Hacker News make you overwhelmed or frustrated or worried? - pshyco
After being a HN regular for more than two years, I've now changed the way I think. That is the only way I can get over this and stop going crazy.<p>When you scroll through all these pointers and read some of them, I used to feel lik... | {
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We need a new document markup language – here is why - Yuval_Halevi
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/we-need-a-new-document-markup-language-c22e0ec44e15
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tannhaeuser
SGML, on which HTML and XML is based, has had the features the author is
looking for since before 1986. No need to pull a 927 and invent yet another... | {
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} |
Something Weird Is Happening on Wall Street, and Not Just the Stock Sell-Off - tysone
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/upshot/markets-weird-coronavirus.html
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withinboredom
Is it really not obvious? 80% of the assets being sold belong to people who
either A. are at risk of dying from this virus and B. don’t exp... | {
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EU proposal to clamp down on Bitcoin curb terrorism funding - ghosh
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0T81BW20151119?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter
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mikekchar
The headline is misleading. This is a Reuters reporter reporting that some
ministers are planning to discuss non-bank methods of ... | {
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Sub-second reloads for mobile developers with Flutter and Dart - rpeden
http://news.dartlang.org/2016/10/flutter-sub-second-reloads-on-mobile.html
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rpeden
I like the potential for code sharing between web and mobile.
In the past, I've done this with React and React Native. Angular 2
(Typescript) can easily acco... | {
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Show HN: An even better solution for declarative animation - leeluolee
http://regularjs.github.io/blog/2014/07/26/2014-7-26-animation-rethink/
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zjuwwq
so flexible design support event trigger and conditional trigger, support
chainable even between two element, easy extend
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Do You Really Want to be Doing this When You're 50? - rw140
http://prog21.dadgum.com/154.html
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edw519
57, programming for 33 years with hardly a day off, and having more fun than
ever.
My motivation? It's not about the technology, the tools, the apps, the
business, the customers, or even the money, although any... | {
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Apple: We’re responsible for over 500,000 American jobs - GBond
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/apple-were-responsible-for-over-500000-american-jobs/2012/03/02/gIQAnRaEnR_story.html
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davewicket
Please stop posting this to HN.
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Ethics, Morals, and the Law: Where do you draw the line at what to develop? - DanielBMarkham
http://www.whattofix.com/blog/archives/2007/10/wheres_the_line.php
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gibsonf1
I enjoyed the post until we hit Kant. This "imperative": "Act only according
to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it shou... | {
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} |
Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Puzzle Claimed Solved by Special Relativity - dhimes
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27260/
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thegrossman
This is an almost trivial application of special relativity. It was be
absolutely shocking if the dozens of scientists involves in the neutrino
experiment didn't take thi... | {
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After Travis Kalanick’s Resignation, Will Uber Really Change? - hluska
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/after-travis-kalanicks-resignation-will-uber-really-change
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thevardanian
Maybe Kalanick wants to manufacture a return story.
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iamdave
I was thinking about this last night after listening (paradoxical... | {
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How SQLite Is Tested - deegles
http://www.sqlite.org/testing.html
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voltagex_
Previous discussions:
[https://hn.algolia.com/?query=http:%2F%2Fwww.sqlite.org%2Fte...](https://hn.algolia.com/?query=http:%2F%2Fwww.sqlite.org%2Ftesting.html&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story)
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antonios
Th... | {
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Quickest way to $30,000 profit after taxes? - airwick
I'm a programmer employed full time. I need to find a way to earn 30,000 dollars or so after taxes to pay for some health related debt I incurred last year. What kind of site or online activity would you start in your free time to make that kind of money?
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rm... | {
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Coding practices NASA uses to write millions of code - SenHeng
https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/4npim9/10_coding_practices_which_allows_nasa_to_write/
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LandR
Link to pdf is broken on that reddit site.
Think this is the link
[https://lars-lab.jpl.nasa.gov/JPL_Coding_Standard_C.pdf](https://lar... | {
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CCRMA at Stanford, anyone students or faculty around these parts? - thealphanerd
Looking to get an idea of what kind of grades, portfolios, and GRE scores students had. Also curious what type of references you used.<p>Also would be interested in hearing anything positive or negative any has to say about the... | {
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Angels sing: ‘frankly ridiculous’ restrictions might ‘destroy Silicon Valley’ - pstevensza
http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/26/angel-investing-chris-dodd/
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pstevensza
This bill strikes me as being a little odd in light of the drive toward the
small and agile versus the monolithic and too big to fail. I think thi... | {
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Lockheed Martin's laser can stop a truck from over a mile away - eplanit
http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/04/lockheed-martin-laser-athena-test/
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lettergram
I don't see any benefit to this in its current state.
It's way less inefficient than standard weapons today, and it is effected by
things such as smoke, humi... | {
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Ask HN: How do you manage multiple client servers on Amazon? - zenincognito
I am looking for a tool that can monitor the services and perform some automation as restarting server when certain events are triggerd.<p>Any solutions out there ?
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smt88
AWS supports this natively. Not sure how to do it through the GUI... | {
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Hacker Steals Military Docs Because Someone Didn’t Change a Default FTP Password - Jerry2
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-steals-military-docs-because-someone-didn-t-change-a-default-ftp-password/
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hinkley
He stole the docs by compromising a router that was running the FTP protocol.
That s... | {
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Trump’s FDA plan should raise concerns for Americans who eat food - ArtDev
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trumps-fda-plan-should-raise-concerns-americans-who-eat-food
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ArtDev
This article title is priceless.
"The good news is, if you don’t eat food, you have nothing to worry about.
Everyone else, howev... | {
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Alleged Coinomi exploit shows how easy it is to have Bitcoin stolen - timcc50
https://decryptmedia.com/5414/alleged-coinomi-exploit-concern
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rory096
To _Google Chrome 's_ spellchecker. It's a bad vulnerability, but it's
unlikely that it's really the attack vector here.
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Veen
Right. The "thief" would have to ... | {
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A Quick Demo of Apache Beam with Docker - ecesena
https://medium.com/@ecesena/a-quick-demo-of-apache-beam-with-docker-da98b99a502a
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ecesena
Author here: feel free to reach out for comments, additional details,
clarifications...
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Lua: the world's most infuriating language? - jgrahamc
http://www.slideshare.net/jgrahamc/lua-the-worlds-most-infuriating-language
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Pxtl
... that is the _strangest_ collection of complaints I've ever seen about Lua.
He obsesses over minor syntactic quibbles like the lack of a += operator and
the ~= and "not" ins... | {
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} |
Show HN: ShareSEER- Research tool for investors - shareseer
https://shareseer.com/
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shareseer
ShareSEER is a research tool for investors. We are excited to announce the
launch V 1.3 of ShareSEER. We now have:
\- A real time insider filing dashboard -
[https://shareseer.com/today/insiders](https://shareseer.com/... | {
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Custard Antenna - maxerickson
https://michaelcullen.name/2019/04/custard-antenna/
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anilakar
If you're willing to experiment, you'll find out that you can tune pretty much
anything from a random spool of wire to an iron frame bed, and in this case
custard. I've found that an inductively coupled sausage is a nice ... | {
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Eating out – one month in SF - rf45
http://rf45.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/eating-out-one-month-in-sf/
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jacalata
Very interesting. I look forward to reading a summary of your month of eating
in, but one thing to be careful of is that because you won't have any
staples/basics, you should be planning/ready to spen... | {
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58% Of Americans Still Own A VCR - nettizen
http://www.businessinsider.com/pew-research-electronics-poll-2014-1
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tzs
I have a VCR. To play a tape I would have to dig it put of a closet and hook
it up. If I were surveyed by them, would I be counted among VCR owners?
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Measuring HTTPS Adoption on the Web [pdf] - okket
https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//pubs/archive/46197.pdf
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prathiks
what the % number
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lifthrasiir
That's not what the paper primarily shows. The gists are sentences in italic
(in the section 3):
> Is HTTPS usage still growing... | {
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Show HN: Libtmux – A tmux workspace manager in Python - git-pull
http://libtmux.git-pull.com
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foota
Might be able to make some cool neovim (or another text based editor) python
plugins with this.
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tekacs
Perhaps like how the Kakoune text editor[0] (discussed a few days ago on HN
[1]) uses tmux to manage pane... | {
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A collection of useful .htaccess snippets - scapbi
https://github.com/phanan/htaccess
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_cudgel
While I think this is a very valuable resource, and patterns are always
welcome by me, it should be noted that the Apache docs recommend against using
.htaccess files due to the performance penalty.
From the docs
([... | {
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Putin’s playbook for discrediting America and destabilizing the West - matthewsinclair
http://kottke.org/17/06/putins-playbook-for-discrediting-america-and-destabilizing-the-west
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addmeaning
So author basically read Wikipedia page about some Russian philosopher's book
and somehow connected it to Putin and assume... | {
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} |
Wow very terminal doge - thiderman
https://github.com/thiderman/doge
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alanh
very humor
enough
wow still doge
homepage again
stop now
done shibe
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benatkin
This predates the doge_js twitter account, the doge npm package, and
dogescript. It's ... | {
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Ask HN: Where do Rubyists host their application? - hendricius
Where are rubyists currently hosting their applications?<p>So far I mostly hosted at OVH/Hetzner. But I am looking forward to moving to PaaS service or so.<p>What are you doing right now?<p>Thanks,
-hendrik
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blairanderson
heroku, aws, digitaloce... | {
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Approve or Reject: Can You Moderate Five New York Times Comments? - dotluis
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/09/20/insider/approve-or-reject-moderation-quiz.html
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franciscop
> "Women and their monogamy obsession. Why are they so insecure and try to
> fight biology?"
> "Reject"
> "We would have approved.... | {
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Twitto: A web framework in a tweet - kenver
http://twitto.org/
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dchest
How about (secure?) OO version (with no error handling)?
$c=new ReflectionClass('co');$m=$c->getMethod($_GET['m']);if($m && $m->isPublic()){$i = $c->newInstance();$m->invoke($i);}
Example usage:
<?php... | {
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Run Bash on Ubuntu on Windows - jessaustin
https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2016/03/30/run-bash-on-ubuntu-on-windows/
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dang
[https://hn.algolia.com/?query=bash%20windows&sort=byDate&dat...](https://hn.algolia.com/?query=bash%20windows&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story&storyText=false&prefix&page=0)
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Critical Code in Millions of Macs Isn't Getting Apple's Updates - doener
https://www.wired.com/story/critical-efi-code-in-millions-of-macs-is-not-getting-apple-updates/
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floatingatoll
The same Twitter-posting Apple employee noted in a thread last week that they
had intended EFI checks to ship in Sierra. This ind... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Enterprise software vendors have no taste - lelf
https://medium.com/michael-dubakov-selection/enterprise-software-vendors-have-no-taste-add7e78b7f69
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pinaceae
The design challenge behind a modern enterprise app is also way steeper than
on any consumer app.
Enterprise apps like CRM, ERP, HR, etc. need to cover a... | {
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} |
Elementary OS Loki Released - aroman
https://elementary.io/
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billconan
the os seems to be built on top of linux and gtk?
can you really sell a linux distro? given it's gpl licensed?
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r3bl
You can charge for the distribution of the software any way you want. You just
need to provide the code.
They don't eve... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Should we create a Crypto Bank that issues bank notes? - Findeton
Some people have created "bills" and physical "coins" that actually contain crypto. I haven't seen anyone creating bank notes that are simply backed by a bank that stores the crypto for them. What do you think about the ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Dafny: A Language and Program Verifier for Functional Correctness - kushti
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/dafny/
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nickpsecurity
Good to see it show up on HN. It's a nice language and their rise4fun project
brings such stuff to a wider audience. I wonder if any readers with a lot of
hands-on experie... | {
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} |
Switching roles told me how hard it is for women to get the respect they deserve - pvorb
https://twitter.com/SchneidRemarks/status/839910253680553988?s=09
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pvorb
Disclaimer: This story is _not_ by me but really worth reading. Posting it
here for better discussion.
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ASk HN: I Need a Self-hosted blog platform - BeccaCory
I'm a marketer, and looking for a blog platform where we can host the blog ourselves - ie, I want to implement extreme customization. Anyone have any recommendations.<p>Wordpress is not capable enough.
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robotys
If wordpress is not capable enough for y... | {
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‘None of this happened the way you think it did’ - Avshalom
https://www.hcn.org/issues/51.10/communities-none-of-this-happened-the-way-you-think-it-did-cremated-remains
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rurban
Great timing. Just lost my grandmother (she was 92), and now she's getting
cremated next week. I can really use that info to detect susp... | {
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} |
CloudFlare on Spamhaus SBL - simpleenigma
http://blog.wordtothewise.com/2012/07/cloudflare-and-spamhaus/
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simpleenigma
I recently got an message from a client who has a business email blocked
because of a Spamhaus SBL listing for CloudFlare. I know they have already
responded to this at <http://blog.cloudflar... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Are crowds really all that wise? - blasdel
http://nonbovine-ruminations.blogspot.com/2009/08/are-crowds-really-all-that-wise.html
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billswift
You might try actually reading Surowiecki's "Wisdom of Crowds". Once you get
past all the hype and glosses on the book, and the book's introduction, you
will find that the ... | {
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Welcome Back, Nokia - tilt
http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/24/just-try-a-windows-phone/
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laacz
TechCrunch did it again. Brutal PR. I mean, 33% (OMG, 33%!!) of a market,
which is tiny. In a linked article it says, that nokia sold 1 million (that's
rounded up from mentioned .9 mil) devices in Q4. WP7 share is arou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
NVIDIA reaches settlement in class action suit affecting Apple, Dell, HP laptops - lotusleaf1987
http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/30/nvidia-reaches-settlement-in-class-action-suit-affecting-apple/
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kls
Wow great info, I did not even know that this was going on, I have one of the
affected models, thanks for the in... | {
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} |
Grantoo lets college students earn tuition by playing games - thegarside
http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/04/grantoo-lets-college-students-earn-tuition-by-playing-games-exclusive/
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vitno
as a college student, I say the games really suck...
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“AI-generated” content is sometimes just unaltered training data - weswpg
https://twitter.com/eevee/status/1298932940697550848
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weswpg
> it appears this was "produced" by an AI, but it also exists verbatim
> elsewhere as written by a human, so it was probably picked up in the
> training data and then spat back o... | {
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} |
Tesla crash victim had complained about auto-pilot in same location - ucaetano
http://abc7news.com/automotive/i-team-exclusive-victim-who-died-in-tesla-crash-had-complained-about-auto-pilot/3275600/
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antirez
"Our data shows that Tesla owners have driven this same stretch of highway
with Autopilot engaged roughly... | {
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Ask HN: I got kicked out of an Ivy League, now what? - crappystudent
I got withdrawn from the Engineering program at an Ivy League because of my grades. Looking back, it was completely my fault, but I can't change that now. I was transitioning from a "core" engineering major to CS but before I could, ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Swatting Could Soon Be Illegal - ColinWright
http://mic.com/articles/128931/swatting-could-soon-be-illegal-in-all-50-states
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bpicolo
This sounds like something that's already illegal. How would fraudulently
calling law enforcement NOT be illegal?
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mistercow
Yeah sounds like this is about a new law that is mo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Raganwald on Inheritance - 0x44
http://weblog.raganwald.com/2008/04/is-strictly-equivalent-to.html
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ambition
Summary: If superclass has method X with behaviour Y, do not override X to
have behaviour Z in a subclass, because this violates the spirit of
inheritance semantics.
To be fair, his version is long, pe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: TubeDrop.in, simple and quick YouTube to audio conversion - gmaster1440
http://tubedrop.in
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Eduard
hmm, searching for "Whitebeard - No we can't" didn't list me the video that
actually exists at Youtube.
~~~
gmaster1440
That's because, for now, TubeDrop only searches through videos that support at
lea... | {
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} |
Landmark Copyright Lawsuit Cariou V. Prince Is Settled (2014) - nkurz
http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/landmark-copyright-lawsuit-cariou-v-prince-is-settled/
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lloydde
Seems like the expensive road Andy Baio wisely chose not to travel,
[http://waxy.org/2011/06/kind_of_screwed/](http://waxy... | {
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The Daily WTF maliciously infringes Programming Praxis trademark - igorhvr
http://programmingpraxis.com/2009/08/13/the-daily-wtf-maliciously-infringes-programming-praxis-trademark
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johns
Anecdotally, shortly after The Daily WTF gained popularity I emailed Alex to
suggest starting a sister site for non-programm... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Companion – Your Personal Safety Service - dsfreed
http://companionapp.io/
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lexieernst
This is literally the sickest app idea since Nam. Need this for me and my
family!
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} |
Internal Boeing Documents Show Cavalier Attitude to Safety - alistairSH
https://www.wsj.com/articles/internal-boeing-documents-show-cavalier-attitude-to-safety-11578627206
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bookofjoe
[http://archive.is/9fEvf](http://archive.is/9fEvf)
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The Android Pebble App Has Been Pulled from the Play Store - sundvor
https://www.reddit.com/r/pebble/comments/b8l6i2/the_android_pebble_app_has_been_pulled_from_the/
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sundvor
We still have a few Pebbles which we run using the great Rebble initiative -
and there's the option of sideloading APKs, however it's goin... | {
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} |
Quality over quantity – The right way to comment your code - feedjoelpie
http://revelry.co/2014/09/30/quality-over-quantity-the-right-way-to-comment-your-code/
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jMyles
You've neglected to mention the most harmful possible comment: the one that is
wrong, especially when it was once correct, but wasn't updated i... | {
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} |
Layoffs Taboo, Japan Workers Are Sent to the Boredom Room - GabrielF00
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/17/business/global/layoffs-illegal-japan-workers-are-sent-to-the-boredom-room.html?hp
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workhere-io
Relevant Dilbert:
[http://www.dilbert.com/2013-08-09/](http://www.dilbert.com/2013-08-09/)
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Documenting every apple variety in North America - bookofjoe
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/history-of-apples
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oeuviz
I grew up near an orchard containing just over 120 varieties of apples and
remember being very impressed that so many varieties exist and yet we end up
eating only a few of them. Now readi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Uncatchable - AlexMuir
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/2014/newsspec_8700/index.html
======
breakyerself
15 comments and no ones bothered to say anything about the content of the
article. So let me be the first to say that I love this guy! He's what the
public wanted Dillenger and Jesse James to be. He hasn't ki... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Digital coins may be on the verge of going mainstream - jonbaer
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/style/what-is-cryptocurrency.html
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dcw303
We're a long way off mainstream. Take the Web as an example:
When my university lab computer got trumpet winsock and Netscape installed, it
wasn't mainstream. When Hotbot ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Women 2.0 x Startup Quote: Wendy Tan White, Founder, Moonfruit - raychancc
http://startupquote.com/post/7590260543
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raychancc
Sustaining a successful business is a hell of a lot of work, and staying
hungry is half the battle.
\- Wendy Tan White (@wendytanwhite)
<http://startupquote.com/post/7590260543>
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Bitcoin – what happened yesterday in Japan? - cocoapriest
I'm a developer of the Bitcoin Tracker iPad app (http://www.alstertouch.com/bitcoinapp/) and I just noticed a big spike in yesterday's downloads from Japan. Does anyone have any clue what happened over there?
======
mschuster91
T... | {
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Building Waze for the Boston subway: my first adventure in civic hacking - gklitt
http://geoffreylitt.com/2015/02/28/mbta-ninja.html
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sethbannon
"In a world where political systems are increasingly gridlocked every day, and
much of Silicon Valley is focused on peddling ads, the civic innovation and
open data m... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Oat Milk Could Change the Way You Drink Coffee (2018) - indigodaddy
http://time.com/5190977/how-oat-milk-could-change-the-way-you-drink-coffee/
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dpkrjb
I've become a particular fan of oat milk over the past couple of years. It's
one of the more difficult milk substitutes to find in at restaurants the UK
(coffee ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Resources for making hardware ideas into products - collyw
I am a software developer. I have a reasonably good idea about how to start a software based company from reading articles on this site. I sometimes come up with ideas for hardware, or a mix of software and hardware (something that plugs into your ph... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
F# Versus Java Shootout - dayjah
http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/demo/compare.php?lang=fsc
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Jacked
What point am I supposed to be getting here? Yup, it's a benchmark. F# was
consistently slower than Java, but, consistently used less memory and fewer
lines of code.
Are you saying this is good, or bad?
~~~
g... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
NASAs Cassini spacecraft has delivered a glorious view of Saturn... - jug6ernaut
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20121218.html
======
T-hawk
Here's a fantastic detailed explanation of the geometry and what's going on
with each visual element of the picture, from Slate:
[http://mobile.slate... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
They Have, Right Now, Another You - kushti
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/12/22/they-have-right-now-another-you/
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marchenko
The idea that Facebook and other services may allow the proliferation of
erroneous doppelgänger profiles more attractive to advertisers than the real
versions is very interesting. How... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Random Country – Explore the World - sleiman
https://random.country/
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elmerfud
Interesting site, but really need to work on the mobile view of it.
| {
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} |
Turning the Apple //e into a lisp machine, part 1 - antics
http://blog.nullspace.io/apple-2-lisp-part-1.html
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fsck--off
If you want to play with a Lisp Machine on Apple hardware, Symbolics is still
selling refurbished MacIvory boards. Even though the hardware is ancient the
latest model (MacIvory model 3) costs ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Spikey Spheres - ColinWright
http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/SpikeySpheres.html?HN_20161120
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jakobegger
A teacher of mine told us, "Don't try to imagine 4D space. You can't. If you
think you can imagine a 4D hypersphere, you're wrong. It's just not possible."
And everytime someone talks about how to imagine highe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apply HN: Remember – Intelligently search all of your files from one place. - merterdir
Hello HN!<p>Remember is an intelligent personal search engine that lets you find every moment of your digital life.<p>We connect to your computer, phone, wearables and the services you use (Facebook, Twitter, mobile apps, etc.) and... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Aussies' fix for 'stagnated' email - michaelneale
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/aussies-fix-for-stagnated-email-20120221-1tkqd.html
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citricsquid
> "The market that we're going for initially is sort of independent
> professionals and small businesses that tend to have personal accounts [and]
>... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Programmers, how do you handle Copyright and IP in your contracts? - pbowyer
When working directly with a client or as a freelancer, what do you include in your contract about Intellectual Property and Copyright?<p>The only example contracts I've found (like the very popular Contract Killer [1]) talk abou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Live air traffic of the world - vibrunazo
http://www.flightradar24.com/
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state_machine
Pretty, though, just to nit-pick since I happen to be sitting on a plane,
seems to be not quite live: <http://cl.ly/image/002u2g152Y0T>
~~~
_djo_
Flightradar24's data comes from a network of volunteer-run ADS-B receivers,
whi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant - swyx
https://www.navalmanack.com/
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jamestimmins
Perhaps I’m alone here, but I find the common obsession with Naval creepy and
misplaced. From his content that I’ve read, he primarily spouts platitudes of
dubious substance.
------
MR4D
The book is free (or paid - your choice) on ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
UN experts say hacking of Bezos phone suggests effort to influence news coverage - mzs
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-n-experts-say-hacking-of-bezoss-phone-suggests-effort-to-influence-news-coverage-11579704647
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pryce
Motherboard (Vice) has the FTI report [1].
[1] [https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74v34/saud... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The URL Is Dead, Long Live Search - naish
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_url_is_dead_long_live_search.php
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mynameishere
I read somewhere that the #1 search phrase on google is "google". (They
publish a different list that filters out that and similar.)
I've definitely seen people get to google by sear... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
WOWIO: Free Books + Free Minds - dous
http://www.wowio.com/
======
andr
In order to register I need a non-anonymous email (i.e., non-Gmail) or Credit
card number or Scan of ID card.
Are you serious?
~~~
dous
<http://www.wowio.com/help/helpmain.asp#newusers6>
~~~
andr
Still. Other US-only sites, like Hulu, don't a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Facebook Gets a Multibillion-Dollar Tax Break - kumarski
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-15/facebook-gets-a-multi-billion-dollar-tax-break
======
miked
So, Facebook invites Obama to their HQ to give a "townhall", then many of
their execs contribute heavily to his campaign, and then Solyndra, er,
Faceboo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Startup Quote: Gregg Spiridellis, co-founder, JibJab - raychancc
http://startupquote.com/post/3639205389
======
raychancc
If you make something good and put it out there, people will pass it along.
\- Gregg Spiridellis (@jibjabceo)
<http://startupquote.com/post/3639205389>
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Elastic SIEM – Security Information and Event Management - praseodym
https://www.elastic.co/blog/introducing-elastic-siem
======
strictnein
> SIEM detection rules ... on our roadmap
The current solution in this space, that actually works really well at scale,
is ElastAlert[0]. The problem is that ElastAlert is kind o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A top food poisoning expert won’t ever eat these foods - mudil
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/02/why-a-top-food-safety-expert-doesnt-eat-oysters-and-always-orders-meat-well-done/
======
tzs
In the case of steak, the problem is with "mechanically tenderized" meat.
Mechanical tenderization involves ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Keeping node.js servers up forever - maraksquires
http://blog.nodejitsu.com/keep-a-nodejs-server-up-with-forever
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intranation
This reminds me of the bad old days of Rails, when every man and his dog had
some random hacky and myopic solution to keep Rails and Mongrel running. Just
say no to Node/Rails/whatever ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Android Version Market Share History (from 2.0.1 onward) - mmastrac
https://plus.google.com/u/0/104025431341062052230/posts/3bpKVnMgnrz
======
mmastrac
Originally subtitled as "from the start", but that was incorrect - this is
from 2.0.1 onward.
Easy full-size version link:
<http://i.imgur.com/qZy56.png>
One inte... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Yes, some blogs are profitable - very profitable - gibsonf1
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/21/BUVJSNSTC.DTL
======
bootload
_"... TechCrunch illustrates the new blogging math. It sells sponsorships that
allow advertisers to display on the home page at $10,000 per month. It also
uses Federat... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Anonymous leaks 1.7 GB of data and email from the U.S. Bureau of Justice - Kenan
http://anonnews.org/press/item/1521/
======
gee_totes
Umm... the US Bureau of Justice isn't the name of a federal agency. This dump
is actually from the Bureau of Justice _Statistics_ [0].
[0][http://news.yahoo.com/computer-hackers-acc... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
They Live - dchest
https://whispersystems.org/blog/they-live/
======
grandalf
Have been thinking of something similar lately: A fictitious newspaper with
headlines that illustrate the propaganda aspect of our news orgs. Headlines
like:
\- Foreign leader lacks dignity
\- US institutions solid
\- Life in the 3rd worl... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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