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In 2019, blockchains will start to become boring - whichcoin
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612687/in-2019-blockchains-will-start-to-become-boring/
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jobigoud
My prediction is that some services or products will use a blockchain as an
underlying mechanism but without telling it and will even deny it, in order... | {
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Ask HN: Do you have some advice on pricing a product? - cx42net
Hi!<p>I'm finishing the beta release of my project and one of the main question that's bugging me is the following:<p>> Am I asking for the right price?<p>In general, I would compare the competitors, see their price and adjust accordingly, ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Show HN: LiveTourLab – A framework for creating Live VR Tours - andelar
https://github.com/livetourlab/live-tour-lab
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andelar
We are at a critical point in defining what VR will become.
It would be sad if VR just makes humankind even more addicted to consuming
passive entertainment, or something that you "scan ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
AI in medicine will help doctors, not replace them - elorant
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/does-ai-have-a-place-in-medicine/
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godelski
I'm always confused with these types of articles. "Will AI cause job loss" or
"Will AI create jobs" aren't really the important questions. Because those
quest... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Where are we now with eye tracking? - chx
Thanks to Windows Hello now many laptops basically pack a Kinect, infrared etc. I am wondering whether eye tracking using this hardware could be used to replace the mouse.
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imauld
I don't know about replace but most likely supplement.
I for one wouldn't want to ... | {
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} |
Show HN: A Facebook Group for Solo Founders - liquimoon
Startups are tough. It's especially tough for solo founders. Having gone through Startup Chile, I understand the value in having a good community of peers.<p>So, if the value of having cofounders is really just emotional support, let's be the emotional support fo... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Achieving financial freedom through freelancing - yasbhagchandani
I am working as a full time freelancer from around 7 years now but it's been major ups and downs in terms of income which never led me to achieve financial freedom.<p>Is there a good way to earn good amount and achieve financial freedom?
==... | {
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A London Hedge Fund Lost $1.2M in a Friday Afternoon Phone Scam - jackgavigan
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-07/friday-afternoon-scam-cost-hedge-fund-1-2-million-and-cfo-s-job
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Someone1234
> Fortelus has “strong internal policies against fraud prevention” [lawyer
> Daniel Astaire] said in an e-... | {
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} |
The Real Reason Tech Billionaires Should Fear Trump - cmurf
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/06/the-real-reason-tech-billionaires-should-fear-trump/amp
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cmurf
_Tech leaders who once fancied themselves the vanguard of a post-partisan,
technocratic future, now face a mounting public relations crisis in the Age ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Would you read a book about emulation? - cpro
I have always been a fan of emulation (system emulation such as NES, SNES etc). The process of learning how to create my own emulator was a grueling one (lack of documentation for some systems and lack of information on the subject in general).<p>After successful... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Please suggest a Facebook Connect gem/plugin for RoR - blizkreeg
Hi HN folks,<p>I'm integrating Facebook Connect into my Rails app and have been looking at various plugins in Rails. There seem to be three of them that are popular<p>- rfacebook (not maintained anymore?)
- facebooker
- facebook-rails<p>Time is... | {
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} |
What Does the HN Community Think of Burst (Green Crypto)? - npguy
Naturally decentralized, Energy efficient, Infinitely Scalable, is the claim.
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PixelPaul
Why do we need or want it?
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Show HN: A library to add a command promp (and telnet) to your programs - buserror
https://github.com/buserror/libmish
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j1elo
Given the explanation from the Security section (i.e. " _libmish is really
made for developement purpose_ "), it might make more sense that telnet access
is _disabled_ by default and only... | {
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} |
RxNDA.com: Painless Commercial NDAs Online - kemitchell
https://rxnda.com
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rmgraham
There's something about the verbose text-only UI that just screams "written by
a lawyer". The copy is not even objectively that wordy, it just feels like it
started as legalese and was pared down to this instead of starting with ... | {
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A Shocking Way (Really) to Break Bad Habits - maneesh
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/a-shocking-way-really-to-break-bad-habits/?_r=0®ister=facebook
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maneesh
This article is from earlier this year, but admin @dang mentioned that I
should repost it, with a link to the comment thread:
[https://news.yco... | {
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} |
What Marissa Mayer Brought to Yahoo That Can’t Be Bought or Sold - jessaustin
https://medium.com/@jelenawoehr/what-marissa-mayer-brought-to-yahoo-that-cant-be-bought-or-sold-4ee82382e4ee
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1024core
Heh, I remember Jelena from discussion on devel-random. I would like to
correct (mildly) a couple of anecdotes in he... | {
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} |
Inventor Of ADHD's Deathbed Confession: "ADHD Is A Fictitious Disease" - josht
http://www.worldpublicunion.org/2013-03-27-NEWS-inventor-of-adhd-says-adhd-is-a-fictitious-disease.html
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mikecane
The take from Snopes: <http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/adhd.asp>
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Digging into the Privacy Sandbox - feross
https://web.dev/digging-into-the-privacy-sandbox/
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gundmc
Without detailed prior knowledge in the domain, it seems to make sense. I'm a
proponent of privacy-aware advertising online and think the free services
supported by advertising are a net positive.
That being said... | {
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} |
A Snappier, New Look Editor – CodeSandbox - bpierre
https://codesandbox.io/post/new-look-editor
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GarethX
This update is really a ton of tiny things that improve the editor experience,
but mostly it's about laying the groundwork for what's to come. Still lots of
work to do
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Ask HN: How hard would it be to build js script that detects ad blocking - padseeker
Here's my question - Is it possible or realistic for content providers to add javascript to their own site to detect if ads are being blocked, and if so then block the user from seeing the content. Or making it extremely difficul... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Response to “Never Use Black” - oscar-the-horse
http://www.horsesaysinternet.com/design/never-user-black-bullshit/
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davewicket
Why are you using a nearly unreadable letter 'k'?
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oscar-the-horse
i've not written any posts on typography.
some may called the closed counter on the "k" charming, others unreada... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google Caught Funding Slew of Right-Wing Front Groups - shrikant
http://www.progressive.org/google-caught-funding-slew-of-right-wing-front-groups
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Uhhrrr
I guess the title is linkbait for progressives. Google disclosed this
information, so it's hard to see how that translates to "caught". And CATO and
Heritage m... | {
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} |
NYC housing court, created to protect tenants, has become a tool for landlords - danso
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/20/nyregion/nyc-affordable-housing.html
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beisner
I'm curious, and maybe this is not the right forum for this kind of
discussion, but it seems to me at some level there's going to be ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Vim - Navigating files in vertical splits - skwp
http://yanpritzker.com/2012/03/12/vim-navigating-files-in-vertical-splits/
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falcolas
The article mentions using Ctrl-O for navigating backwards in your jumps, but
much more useful for going through tags (Ctrl-]) is Ctrl-T. This way, you can
dive into a tag, go any... | {
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} |
British scientists claim to have found proof of alien life - xd
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-truth-is-out-there-british-scientists-claim-to-have-found-proof-of-alien-life-8826690.html
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bazzargh
Published in the Journal of Cosmology?
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Cosmology#Reliabil... | {
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Why enforce development dependencies? Use Nginx+lua to serve LESS/SASS and ES6 - titpetric
https://github.com/titpetric/nginx-lesscss
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some1else
Hey this is interesting! Did you notice a significant difference in
performance using this technique over running the compiler from the command
line? There has to be ... | {
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} |
The Dreams of an Inventor in 1420 - Petiver
http://publicdomainreview.org/2018/01/24/the-dreams-of-an-inventor-in-1420
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jcmeyrignac
Copy of the article: [http://archive.is/gj3sf](http://archive.is/gj3sf)
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pontifier
That last image with the spheres seems like one of the most straightforward...
The sphere i... | {
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How to Hire a Winner? Try a Game of Ping Pong - promocha
http://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/how-to-make-better-hiring-decisions-ping-pong.html?cid=sf01002
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Paul_S
At this point I can't even tell anymore if this is some subtle sarcastic
commentary on how ridiculous interviews can get or a real way to hire
employees.... | {
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} |
WhatsApp voice calls were used to inject spyware on phones - EwanToo
https://www.ft.com/content/4da1117e-756c-11e9-be7d-6d846537acab
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galadran
Interesting!
Google's Project Zero team investigated WhatsApp's and Facetime's video
conferencing last year:
"Overall, WhatsApp signalling seemed like a promising attac... | {
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} |
The (partial) state of the mobile data market - danw
http://mobileopportunity.blogspot.com/2007/08/partial-state-of-mobile-data-market.html
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jsjenkins168
I thought Americans text message a lot.. But it is still only half of how much
Europeans do. Amazing. Untapped startup potential maybe?
What I really want to ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: No US Degree, will get work permit in 4 months - Kshad
I don't have any schooling in the USA - moved here after my marriage. I will get my work permit in the next 4 months. What's the best way I can spend my time productively to land a good job ($100k+ and intellectually stimulating)
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akerl_
Wh... | {
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Snapchat COO Emily White to Depart - foobarqux
http://recode.net/2015/03/13/exclusive-snapchat-coo-emily-white-to-depart-ephemeral-messaging-phenom/
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foobarqux
Does someone know what is going on at this place?
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Show HN: Imageless – Read webpages without distracting images - ramoq
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/imageless/ceagmcmlnnpcdhnlocedfdciecplcpgj
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aam1r
Cool, very useful! Do you have plans to make it so that it remembers which
pages I have images turned off on?
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ramoq
Great idea. I'll see if I ca... | {
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} |
Integrating Spine & Rails using a JSON Ajax API and scaffolding - maccman
http://vimeo.com/30976192
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Gertig
Thanks for the screencast Alex, the documentation and examples around spine.js
are really helpful.
| {
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} |
What's new in Gradle 5.0 - wendelinsky
https://gradle.org/whats-new/gradle-5/
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iamdanfox
This is a huge achievement - props to the Gradle maintainers for delivering so
much with such careful adherence to backcompat! I’ve had two
enableFeaturePreview lines in my repos for a few weeks now and it made
upgrading to ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
OKCupid will make people use real names on their dating profiles - ValentineC
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/22/16810128/okcupid-remove-usernames-real-name-policy
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mariojv
What's the point of this, other than "nicknames are hard to remember?" Not a
rhetorical question, since that seems to be the main point bro... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Let’s improve commuter rail service between Providence and Boston - chmaynard
https://commonwealthmagazine.org/opinion/dear-gov-raimondo-express-trains-wrong-ask/
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davexunit
I would love for MA to improve the Worcester-Framingham commuter rail line,
too. The infrastructure feels so dated. The trains are slow, in... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Microsoft's Stephen Elop moves to Nokia -- what a waste - mindblink
http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/Microsofts-Stephen-Elop-moves-to-Nokia-what-a-waste/1284136468
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rbanffy
IMHO, Nokia has to give up on Maemo/Moblin, keep Symbian (but fix it, please)
for low-end smartphones (because in a couple years ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What is a good price for software that you license to schools? - wahwah
I have an idea for a piece of software that could be utilized by middle and high schools. The software would be run on my server. Basically I would charge each school a fee to let all of their students use the software. I was thinking of... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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PayPal chief reams employees: Use our app or quit - Kynlyn
http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/paypal-chief-reams-employees-use-our-app-or-quit/
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mikeryan
This is really one of those things that look, in principal, to be a simple
fix. "Why are our employees not eating our own dog food".
The part he's missing is t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Anyone have experience with PayPal Claims for services? - webdesigner
I'm a web designer (new account but old member) and I've got a sticky situation relating to PayPal that I'd like to get other's feedback on.<p>THE SHORT VERSION<p>A client commissions services, paid 1/2 deposit through PayPal and within 6 ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
My quest for better WordPress SEO plugin - kevinhq
https://kevinhq.com/the-quest-for-better-seo-plugins/
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mtmail
So the author looked for a better plugin, tried it, then decided to still use
the current one. Followed by "I don’t mention the name of those SEO plugins on
purpose. I don’t want to promote or demote ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Stealth Research and Theranos: Reflections and Update 1 Year Later - mmastrac
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2524161
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danso
I would love to hear more of the reasoning as to why Theranos thought Dr.
Ionnadis, famous for being hugely skeptical of medical research claims [0],
would be someone t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google Fights Back In Battle For Talent - razin
http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/15/google-fights-back-in-battle-for-talent-but-may-be-creating-a-worse-problem-for-itself/
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baddspellar
Effectively they're rewarding employees for interviewing with other companies.
What about the equally-valuable employees who are ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Rails 4.0 Sneak Peek: Asynchronous ActionMailer - bcardarella
http://reefpoints.dockyard.com/ruby/2012/06/26/rails-4-sneak-peek-async-actionmailer.html
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evdawg
I think this was the lowest-hanging fruit in Rails. Glad they've finally
addressed it in core. Years of people using job queues just to send mail is
fi... | {
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} |
Google gives developers code to disable iOS 9 app security - blacktulip
http://9to5mac.com/2015/08/28/google-bypass-ats-ios-9/
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jsjohnst
"Do no evil" unless it affects the bottom line...
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Fix for web encryption? - honey_cutt
Since the NSA incident I have been thinking about common encryption methods used currently in use on the web.<p>I was wondering if a rolling/hopping key scheme would work. Something similar to this is used in RF communications where they have frequency hopping.<p>I was think... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The unlikely resurgence of Dungeons and Dragons - gscott
https://www.inlander.com/spokane/nearly-45-years-after-its-creation-a-fantasy-game-played-with-paper-pencil-and-dice-is-having-its-biggest-year-yet-in-the-inland-northwest-a/Content?oid=15615918
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hellepardo
My friends and I play D&D because we have no real... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Medical Research: The Dangers to the Human Subjects - sergeant3
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/nov/19/medical-research-dangers-human-subjects
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medymed
This article compares medical experimentation with varying levels of
egregiousness, but leaves unmentioned the variable interpretation of the
stand... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Internet Explorer IQ report appears to be a hoax - azazo
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/08/03/explorer.report.faked/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn
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ColinWright
Same story, much discussion: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2840626>
Documenting the re-submissions: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2840... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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CloudFlare: The Google AdSense Killer - direclap
http://botcrawl.com/cloudflare-the-google-adsense-killer-how-cloudflare-will-destroy-your-google-adsense-earnings-and-harm-your-website/
How CloudFlare Will Destroy Your Google AdSense Earnings And Harm Your Website
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direclap
How CloudFlare Will Destroy Your Goog... | {
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} |
Wolfram Alpha on Android free today - vivekvinodh
http://www.amazon.com/Wolfram-Alpha-LLC/dp/B004J1DBJI
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Nadya
Good find. Sucks that Amazon bundles their software with it...makes it
annoying to have to install just for Wolfram then uninstall.
E: I'd like to note that I use Wolfram maybe a few times a month, i... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wants the Country to Think Big - howard941
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-congress-interview-797214/
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brodouevencode
It's insane how much the media are turning this woman into a rockstar.
~~~
wpdev_63
It's because she is a rockstar! Here... | {
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} |
How to make a search engine with crawler? - aScii
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vvvkkk
You need just login on bubblehunt.com
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MVC - How is it evolving? - misham
http://manulis.com/post/5395989522/evolving-mvc
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misham
I submitted my blog post here as I'm curious what people on HN think about the
effect of Backbone.js, et al. on how the traditional way of building web
applications using MVC is changing.
| {
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Wikipedia and the Wisdom of Polarized Crowds - dnetesn
http://nautil.us/issue/70/variables/wikipedia-and-the-wisdom-of-polarized-crowds
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ComputerGuru
One of the reasons I still frequent Hacker News is because there is a very
similar dynamic at play here on topics where informed dissent can bring about
greater aw... | {
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Show HN: WebRTC Serverless 2-player 2048 Game with Annotated Source - chrischen
http://www.instapainting.com/2x2048/index.html
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aikah
"Serverless" ? how do players connect with each others? I bet it isn't
serverless at all. When will developers stop using these buzzwords that are
effectively lies, from a strict ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Use of the Apostrophe in the English Language - someperson
http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/apostrophe/
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elblanco
Lame, didn't even cover the clusterf*k that is the apostrophe and year ranges.
1990s vs. 1990's vs 90s vs 90's vs '90s vs '90's
or the could've, could have, could of corrupted homophone disa... | {
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} |
Disney is safeguarding its future by buying childhood, piece by piece - e15ctr0n
http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21684138-disney-making-fortune-and-safeguarding-its-future-buying-childhood-piece-piece
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tunesmith
FYI, the first part of the article spoils some minor things about the new star
wars film, for ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
China's voluntary organ donation data perfectly fit quadratic equation - datashow
https://mobile.twitter.com/mprobertson/status/1195151387585216512
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thedudeabides5
If the organ donation data is cooked, imagine the incentive to massage market
moving data like GDP, industrial production, inflation....
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} |
Disputed NSA Phone Program Is Shut Down, Aide Says - tysone
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/us/politics/nsa-phone-records-program-shut-down.html
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Jerry2
One program is shutting down (according to who knows whom) but that doesn't
mean that other programs are doing the exact same thing. NY Times is again
acting... | {
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} |
Reading list of Christof Koch with brief reviews - DanielleMolloy
https://www.alleninstitute.org/what-we-do/brain-science/about/team/staff-profiles/christof-koch/book-list/
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DanielleMolloy
His list on the Caltech servers, before 2013:
[http://www.klab.caltech.edu/koch/books-i-
read.html](http://www.klab.caltech.... | {
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Show HN: Look at this thing I built - dwwoelfel
http://www.idyllicpast.com
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dwwoelfel
I made this.
It runs on Google App Engine and uses the new HNSearch API to get the
comments.
The goal is to present people with things from the internet that they liked in
the past. I think that sending people their HN comm... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
In 50 Years Steve Jobs Will Be Forgotten - bluedevil2k
http://m.cnet.com/news/in-50-years-steve-jobs-will-be-forgotten-gladwell-says/57449162
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michaelpinto
Not true -- people will remember Steve Jobs for his Pixar films. I also
suspect that Bill Gates may be remembered more for his philanthropic work than
his ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Same as It Ever Was: Why the Techno Optimists Are Wrong - jeffreyrogers
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2015-06-16/same-it-ever-was
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tim333
He seems a bit downbeat on the whole thing speaking as a bit of a techno
optimist myself. Viewing Earth's history from a long perspective the main
events would lik... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
IMAP Rant - nickb
http://sup.rubyforge.org/svn/trunk/lib/sup/imap.rb
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simpleenigma
LOL ... He hit most of my points except for the insane complexity of the FETCH
and SEARCH commands. Each of these commands could be broken down into smaller
commands that could be implemented in a hour or two instead of one huge
c... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Copying Y Combinator - If there's a right way, what is it? - jedc
I'm writing a master's dissertation on startup incubator programs: Ycombinator and the rising tide of YC clones that are cropping up all over the world. (TechStars, Seedcamp, etc.)<p>My goal is to provide a guide/framework that other people/r... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
After 50+ Years of Service, It’s Time to Retire the Cubicle - StackBundles
http://observer.com/2018/02/after-50-years-of-service-its-time-to-retire-the-cubicle/
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LinuxBender
I despise open work-spaces. It is distracting. Between slack and open work-
spaces, my productivity is significantly lower. This has not ch... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
After 5 years and $3M, here's everything we've learned from building Ghost - GvS
https://blog.ghost.org/5/
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johnonolan
Good morning HN! John from Ghost here - Thanks for all your support over the
last 5 years. We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for that very first blog post
hitting the #1 spot of HN and getting so... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Curriculum ideas for teaching programming to middle school kids - jasonkillian
Hey HN! I have plans to teach a 10-week, one-hour-a-week course to a group of kids in the 10-16 age range. These kids come from a poorer urban background and likely have no exposure to programming at all. I have some ideas for cours... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Wearality SKY: Limitless Virtual Reality on Kickstarter - jessmartin
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wearality/wearality-sky-limitless-vr
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jessmartin
I'm not affiliated with Wearality, beyond being friends with one of the
founders. I've gotten to use demo units over the past year as they've iterated
on de... | {
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This Website did cost 4.390.000 EUR - franze
http://www.lebensministerium.at/
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SnaKeZ
This site did cost 45.000.000 EUR (+ 8.000.000 EUR for restyling)
<http://www.italia.it>
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cico71
At least it doesn't have a logo with lens flares....
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fichtl
it's a news topic in austria ...
[https://www.google.a... | {
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Public Cloud Security Survey - sweis
http://saweis.net/cloud-survey.html
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sweis
Hi. I'm doing some research into security practices on public cloud
infrastructures (e.g. AWS, Linode, Heroku). Specifically, I'm interested if
and how people deploy credentials and handle sensitive data.
Please take a minute to f... | {
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Why subscriptions are the future of journalism - bitslim
https://medium.com/thoughts-on-media/selling-ads-is-a-short-term-strategy-here-s-why-subscriptions-are-the-future-of-journalism-6721226d52ca#.g1o3c99ud
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tyingq
For me, subscriptions wouldn't be great. There aren't many sources where I
appreciate a wide eno... | {
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} |
S-tui: Stress Terminal UI - yankcrime
https://amanusk.github.io/s-tui/
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anc84
This will make a nice partner to glances' current-state centric display:
[https://nicolargo.github.io/glances/](https://nicolargo.github.io/glances/)
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voltagex_
I wonder what impact this monitor has on power usage itself.
~~~
b... | {
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Interesting talks from Hot Chips 2018 - JoachimS
https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1333649&print=yes
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snaky
> Flexibility, not frequency, is the new mantra
> Compared to its current 16nm FPGAs, the so-called Adaptive Compute
> Acceleration Platform (ACAP) will deliver 20x and 4x performance increases
... | {
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Firefox on Mobile: Browser or App? - e15ctr0n
http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2016/01/firefox-on-mobile-browser-or-app/
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AndrewMBliss
Anyone remember the Firefox OS? It is also quite ambiguous to the consumers.
It is needed to define it clearly. Not all consumers are tech experts.
| {
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Ask HN: How long do you keep your emails? - stamps
I've been toying with the idea of deleting emails after x number of months/years.<p>Currently I have 11 years of emails that I can't say I ever reference.
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twobyfour
Pretty much forever.
Somewhere along the line my 1993-2002 archives went missing... | {
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India bans Facebook’s ‘free’ Internet for the poor - ghostDancer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/indian-telecom-regulator-bans-facebooks-free-internet-for-the-poor/2016/02/08/561fc6a7-e87d-429d-ab62-7cdec43f60ae_story.html
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herbst
Thats awesome. I was afraid most countries are going to fall for it, but no.
... | {
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Brainf****d - wglb
http://languageagnostic.blogspot.com/2009/05/brainfd.html
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klez
My extended implementation :-)
<https://github.com/federicoculloca/m4bf>
| {
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Germany’s Googlephobia - julianpye
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21615588-why-online-giant-has-become-countrys-bogeyman-and-why-matters-closing-circle
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julianpye
As the article mentions this is about business interests and is largely driven
by the old media with plenty of daily horror stories about Go... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Culture-First Companies - dmonn
https://dmonn.ch/culture-first-companies/
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towaway1138
Maybe. Personally, I loathe work environments where you're required to signal
various forms of the varies "virtues" that the majority holds as important.
I do my job, well. No one at work can tell what my politics and various... | {
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} |
Rough Day at Work? Call of Duty Can Help You Recover - station909
http://www.livescience.com/46355-rough-day-at-work-call-of-duty-can-help-you-recover.html
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station909
Seems interesting to try. I'm used to watch TV shows in order to disconnect.
Working out sounds like a good idea but I'm a little bit lazy. So ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Good hacker backpack? - jason_slack
What I mean is laptop, chargers, portable wifi, tablet, maybe a few books, snacks. Going on an extended trip and want to ensure I have room, but a good layout inside the bag.
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jenkstom
5.11 tactical RUSH12.
[http://www.511tactical.com/rush-12-backpack.html](http://www.... | {
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Is it useful to have a college degree? - lkrubner
http://www.smashcompany.com/business/is-it-useful-to-have-a-college-degree
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maxharris
no
| {
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State of Rust 0.11.0 - cmrx64
http://blog.octayn.net/blog/2014/07/15/state-of-rust-0.11.0/
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rdtsc
That is very exciting. I like the direction the project is going.
But, one thing worries me -- performance. Anyone know a list or tracker of
benchmarks to see how it roughly compares.
Or is it too ealry too talk a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ember Fastboot - brett-anderson
http://www.ember-fastboot.com
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tomdale
One of the authors of FastBoot here. I'm happy to answer any questions anyone
has.
(P.S. One thing I think that's pretty meta-cool about the FastBoot site is
that it is, itself, a FastBoot site, running on Heroku.)
~~~
jakubp
Hi, I'm new to... | {
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Stanford CS 144: Introduction to Computer Networking - charlysl
https://cs144.github.io/
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charlysl
OP here. I think the best would be to do the labs in posted link, after
watching the great video lectures (which have quizzes but are lacking labs) in
the free online Stanford course:
[https://lagunita.stanford.edu... | {
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Ask HN: Does Karma really matter? - traviswingo
When reading HN, I never look at the user who posted the content and never consider how much Karma that user had at the time of posting. So it's made me wonder, do these things have much influence at all on here?
======
sctb
There are features that become available ... | {
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Programming is Frustrating – This is Why There is a Shortage of Programmers - robbiea
http://robbieabed.com/programming-isnt-hard-its-just-frustrating-this-is-why-there-is-a-shortage-of-programmers/
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computerslol
"Programming Isn’t Hard, It’s Just Frustrating – This is Why There is a
Shortage of Programmers"
... | {
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} |
Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox - jonastern
http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/12/yahoo-starts-prompting-chrome-users-to-upgrade-to-firefox/
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dochtman
Seems like that has no doubt been an important part of the deal that Yahoo!
and Mozilla made. It's an interesting way to get back at Google... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Portal Released For Steam On Linux - mindstab
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTM2Mzk
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fragsworth
Steam is now the de-facto "app store" of the PC as far as games go, which was
no small feat. It took them more than 10 years to get to this point and it's
now in jeopardy.
With Google and Apple... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Basic Command-Line Data Processing in Linux - symkat
http://symkat.com/1/five-text-processing-tools-you-should-know/
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pbrumm
Even after using linux command line for years it is always useful to see how
others use it. I tend to overuse perl regex's to massage the data how I want
it and underuse awk.
my norm is... | {
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} |
Curve.app – All Your Cards in One – Raises $55m in Series B - franze
https://discover.curve.app/a/curve-raises-55m-series-b-funding
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sauravt
Does anyone know how this works in the backend ?
| {
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Eric 'ESR' Raymond Philly JUG presentation - fecak
http://youtu.be/1b17ggwkR60
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commandar
I'm honestly not sure how I feel about his argument that the GPL is no longer
needed. While I'm more sympathetic with BSD licensing now than I was 10 years
ago, I do think that the GPL still makes a lot of sense for infra... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask YC: DDOS Protection? - e1ven
Some friends of mine have been running into an issue with massive DDOS attacks, primarily massive junk UDP traffic.<p>Right now, they're shunning IP ranges as fast as we can, but things change quickly, and often at night.<p>I saw the discussion at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id... | {
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Reddit Founders' YC Application - ptn
http://alexisohanian.com/our-y-combinator-summer-05-application-what-w
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mikeryan
So I have to wonder if this application would have gotten anywhere if pg
hadn't personally met these guys previously?
ie. is this really a sample of a "winning" YC application?
~~~
ig1
I imagi... | {
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Leave your ego at the door and master your tools - abossy
http://adambossy.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/leave-your-ego-at-the-door-and-master-your-tools/
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noonespecial
_I constantly saw kids fumbling with the random crap that came with the KDE
installation: KWrite, Kate, pico, nano. Not just the young ‘uns. Junior... | {
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} |
Gmail really wants me to say yes - awinter-py
https://abe-winter.github.io/2019/05/21/yes-gmail-yes.html
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prlambert
I was the PM on this feature (and these are my views not Googles, as per
normal). The truth is actually much more banal. Most people are just really
positive over email.
The model is trained to of... | {
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} |
Smart Clothes Dryers Could Reduce Electricity Demand - MikeCapone
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/smart-grid-whirlpool-clothes-dryers-smart-appliances-energy-electricity.php
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AndrewJ
Electric dryers, even the high efficiency ones that are out SUCK up power. My
'rents got one recently and their power bi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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