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Ask HN: What are you ways to learn new things? - aryamaan
This question is kept this vague intentionally to not bias your answer in any way.
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jimsojim
By jumping right into them. Usually I try to spend straight 8-10 hours in the
beginning to get hang of things + it gets you in a flow. The idea is to get
over tha... | {
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Will Microsoft restore Start Menu to Windows 8? - denzil_correa
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2012/11/13/microsoft-sinofsky-fired-windows-8/1702511/
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diminish
If Windows 8 is a flop, Microsoft may restore the Start Menu, and that way may
come closer in the UI experience to Win7. This will be Windows 9. Si... | {
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Celebrating Marvin Minsky – Live Webcast (3.30pm EDT March 17 2016) - sajid
http://www.media.mit.edu/events/marvin/
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osteele
Hosted by John Hockenberry.
Speakers: Joi Ito, Daniela Rus, Gloria Rudisch Minsky, Jacques D'Amboise,
Patrick Winston, Yoshiaki Shirai, Mike Hawley, Dylan Holmes, Danny Hillis,
Cynthia So... | {
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Why Does Covid-19 Kill So Many Older People? - likajan
https://www.labroots.com/trending/health-and-medicine/17095/covid-19-kill-people
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bjornsing
This doesn’t seem very interesting from a scientific standpoint, and it’s also
a somewhat dangerous message politically. The director of the WHO said
yesterday that a... | {
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Recent programming books - vamsee
http://programmingzen.com/2010/06/21/ten-recent-programming-books-that-will-make-you-a-better-developer/
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regularfry
I'm surprised to see Programming Collective Intelligence on the list. Not to
say it's not a good book - it absolutely is, I've got a well-thumbed copy sat
next ... | {
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To stay young, kill zombie cells - devy
https://www.nature.com/news/to-stay-young-kill-zombie-cells-1.22872
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DrScump
2 days ago, 217+ points, 62+ comments:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15577836](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15577836)
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How the Father of Claymation Lost His Company - benjaminfox
http://priceonomics.com/how-the-father-of-claymation-lost-his-company/
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doctorpangloss
I expected the story to end with, "And then the billionaire's son ran the
company into the ground," but it didn't.
Still, I'm skeptical to credit Travis Knight wit... | {
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} |
Business Lessons I Learned This Year - webtickle
http://www.quicksprout.com/2009/08/31/10-business-lessons-i-learned-this-year/
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jwesley
Anyone else tired of these business-advice-self-help blog posts? It's all this
feel good generalized advice that just seems to reiterate the same points over
and over again. ... | {
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Writing a Phase-locked Loop in Straight C - blueintegral
http://liquidsdr.org/blog/pll-howto/
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phunge
PLLs are fascinating. Software PLLs are less fun than messing with the
hardware, in my experience!
I started working on a software PLL recently -- not analog like this one,
digital. Specifically, I was trying... | {
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At this point, 5G is a bad joke - CrankyBear
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3575510/at-this-point-5g-is-a-bad-joke.html
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jkchu
I am personally fine with my current phone speeds. I even use my phone as a
hotspot for my laptop when I do coding at the park.
Curious what the bottlenecks for people are that m... | {
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} |
6 steps to building a better iphone app - newsio
http://mashable.com/2009/06/10/build-iphone-app/
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TomOfTTB
The basic premise here is "focus on the iPhone, not on being a generic mobile
app" (and "test" which is sort of a "duh point")
Almost a year ago there was a post saying Apple was making a mistake by not... | {
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The Startup Choice: Get Big or Get Bought - olivercameron
http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/30/technology/startup_acquisitions/
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ori_b
Where did being sustainable go?
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apike
Small but sustainable startups are not on the media's radar. Simply put, we're
boring.
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kylebragger
The good thing is, I don't wake up... | {
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Microsoft wins right to sell Word - RiderOfGiraffes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8237497.stm
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phsr
The title is misleading here, Microsoft was granted a stay on the on the
injunction that would prevent them from selling Word. They still need to
appeal or settle the Texas court's ruling if they want to... | {
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A tiny robot with moves inspired by caterpillars and jellyfish - IntronExon
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/science/tiny-robot-medical.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fscience&action=click&contentCollection=science®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront
======... | {
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A Seed Stage Mental Framework to Limit Failure as a Startup Founder - massimosgrelli
https://thevalley.substack.com/p/fail-sucks-a-seed-stage-mental-framework
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artembugara
"people don’t know what they want until you create it for them" in point 2
"“Go looking for your user base” is something that you need to do... | {
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Hypertext Literal - jashkenas
https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/htl
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mbostock
We created Hypertext Literal because we wanted a convenient (and safe!) way to
create DOM from JavaScript, and nothing more. As the post explains, we were
inspired by lit-html, but felt we could simplify (and optimize) by focusing... | {
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Show HN: A cli JSON processor powered by Node.js - flerro
http://www.rolandfg.net/2014/07/29/json-commandline-processor/
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brianparks
From your page: "I tried jq, which seems very good. However I was not quite
able to grasp its syntax, so I gave up searching and I created my own."
I use jq on an almost daily b... | {
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How do I deal with the problem of too many talents and personas? - magsafe
http://www.quora.com/How-do-I-deal-with-the-problem-of-too-many-talents-and-personas
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gamechangr
You're going to have to get focused on one and BRAND yourself as the expert
and let the other two take on a hobby form.
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Facebook Tries To Silence Lamebook: Removes Its Page, Blocks Links And Likes - ssclafani
http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/22/facebook-blocks-lamebook/
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mmaro
You can't even send private messages that have a lamebook URL. At least
Facebook makes it obvious that we shouldn't trust them with private
communication / Fa... | {
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} |
Flint Officials Could Have Prevented Lead Crisis for $80 a Day - jayess
http://www.mintpressnews.com/flint-officials-could-have-prevented-lead-crisis-for-80-a-day/213462/
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bobby_9x
The problem is the lead in the pipes. Flint was mis-managed years before
Snyder appointed an emergency manager.
Even kwami kilpatri... | {
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Sorry, Geeks, Microsoft Excel is Everywhere - csixty4
https://davidmichaelross.com/blog/microsoft-excel-is-everywhere/
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ef4
As a geek, I actually think Excel is one of the few really nice things
Microsoft has created (I realize it wasn't the first spreadsheet, but MS gets
credit for taking it mainstream).
It's ... | {
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Ontop – A Virtual Knowledge Graph System - hmottestad
https://ontop-vkg.org
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mark_l_watson
Looks interesting. Years ago, I experimented with the D2RQ project that does
something similar.
It would be interesting to see a benchmark with something like WikiData or
DBPedia converted to a relational database and com... | {
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Report: NSA defeats many encryption efforts - Baustin
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/090513-report-nsa-defeats-many-encryption-273543.html?hpg1=bn
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greenyoda
This article is just blogspam. The original article from the NY Times that it
refers to has already been posted:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/it... | {
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Daily discovery of 600+ startup tool gems; Find the best options for your needs - jwtuckr
Hi everyone!<p>The startup environment today is changing at an incredible pace. New technologies, methods, and processes are being formed practically by the hour, and it can be tough to know which things can be applicable to yo... | {
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A decade's worth of IPv4 addresses - r11t
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/01/dont-publish-the-decade-in-ipv4-addresses.ars
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jacquesm
Just like with any other scarce item we'll see more and more tricks to wring
the last out of what we've got.
The good news is that an IP address that is given out can... | {
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The [USA] Government is Profiling You - Create
http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/cis/videos/21814-the-government-is-profiling-you
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techtalsky
I'm feeling extremely impotent at this point to cause any meaningful change on
this issue. It seems like the deck is stacked. We have the ACLU and the EFF
but it increas... | {
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The Busy Person’s Lies - dwynings
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/opinion/sunday/the-busy-persons-lies.html?_r=1
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Jtsummers
I did an analysis on my own time once, ignoring the breakdown of my work day
and just focusing on overall time available:
1130-0000 - prepare for bed, relax
0000-06... | {
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Cohabitation with Python and C++ - benhoyt
http://tech.oyster.com/cohabitation-with-python-and-cpp/
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ephelon
It's quite easy to release the GIL while you are running non-python code.[1]
Just be sure that if you touch the Python API that you reaquire the GIL.[2]
[1] [http://docs.python.org/c-api/init.html#rele... | {
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Minecraft Kings Landing (jpg) - fmsf
http://i.imgur.com/VGLM1MI.jpg
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fmsf
I've never been a player of minecraft but this game keeps amazing me on so
many levels. Markus Persson really built a tool for fanatics...
| {
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} |
Boeing 2016 internal messages suggest employees may have misled FAA on 737 MAX - HugoHobling
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-airplane-boeing-exclusive/exclusive-boeing-2016-internal-messages-suggest-employees-may-have-misled-faa-on-737-max-sources-idUSKBN1WX25G
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tspike
The actual transcript is illumi... | {
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4 Reasons to Keep a Work Diary - gatsby
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/04/four_reasons_to_keep_a_work_di.html?cm_sp=most_widget-_-default-_-Four%20Reasons%20to%20Keep%20a%20Work%20Diary
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thesz
> _Although it can seem that I'm making only baby steps of progress — and,
> yes, sometimes going sideways or even backw... | {
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The unknown man who (may have) invented optogenetics - dharma1
https://www.statnews.com/2016/09/01/optogenetics/
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dharma1
Sorry about the clickbaity title, but that was as close to the original as I
could fit in 80 characters.
Also, looks like the company licensing his patent just got bought by Allergan
for $60... | {
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} |
CallStranger UPnP vulnerability exposes routers, gaming systems, TVs, printers - geek_slop
https://www.geekslop.com/news/technology-news/hacking-and-security/2020/new-callstranger-exploit-takes-advantage-of-upnp-vulnerability-in-millions-of-routers-gaming-systems-tvs-printers-and-other-internet-connected-attachable-de... | {
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Open Up vs. Break Up - PretzelFisch
https://avc.com/2019/06/open-up-vs-break-up/
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dluan
This is so uncreative. Besides conveniently forgetting how Twitter starved out
its third party apps with breaking API changes, and Amazon's similar strong
arming of smaller vendors and services, he doesn't seem to understand ... | {
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Surge – Static Web Publishing for Front-End Developers - stevelacy
https://surge.sh/
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sotojuan
I'm not a paying customer of or affiliated with Surge—just a happy user.
Surge is what I've always wanted to when I do frontend development for fun and
learning. This is especially true if you're new. When you're new,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Fall of the House of Tsarnaev - weisser
http://www.bostonglobe.com/Page/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Metro/BostonGlobe.com/2013/12/15tsarnaev/tsarnaev.html
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guard-of-terra
They seem to be describing an average Chechen family.
Or so many Russians believe, therefore a growing movement to split Chechnya
and ... | {
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Who's Going To Get Money For Facebook Apps? - vascoos01
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/9/who-s-going-to-get-money-for-facebook-apps-
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sanj
Me!
[http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/7/the-best-of-the-best-
the-...](http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/7/the-best-of-the-best-the-most-
interesting-fbfund-winners)
| {
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HTTPS with a Custom Domain on GitHub Pages - jgrahamc
https://lukeb.co.uk/2018/01/02/HTTPS-With-A-Custom-Domain-On-GitHub-Pages/
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PebblesHD
I’ve been using CloudFlare to provide SSL on my documentation sites hosted on
GH Pages for around 12 months with excellent reliability. The only caveat I’ve
found so far is ... | {
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Ask HN: Does anyone else also have a thick black line at the top of the screen? - eindiran
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mindcrime
Yes, it's an HN tradition to acknowledge the passing of notable figures in the
community. On this particular occasion, the individual is Larry Tesler.
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22361282](https://news... | {
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Show HN: Monitor Your Competitor's A/B Tests - ysekand
http://cromonitor.com/#hn
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smt88
What's the benefit of knowing what your competitor is A/B testing?
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Onion names reserved by the IETF - finnn
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/landmark-hidden-services-onion-names-reserved-ietf
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duskwuff
It's the sensible, pragmatic thing for them to do. Allowing .onion to be
allocated as a "real" TLD would just be disruptive and confusing at this
point.
The implications with re... | {
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The Future Of The Web — A Draft - drublic
http://thenittygritty.co/the-future-of-the-web-a-draft
Bastian Allgeier describes his idea of decentralized sytems that build the web in the future focusing on self-distributed servers.
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drublic
Bastian Allgeier describes his idea of decentralized sytems that build the ... | {
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Thinkfuse’s Status Report App Inspired by Google Internal Feature - erin_bury
http://betakit.com/2012/05/15/thinkfuses-status-report-app-inspired-by-google-internal-feature
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nswanberg
Based on a past thread (<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3531075>) it
sounds like Google discontinued Snippets, the tool that... | {
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Why Would Anyone Want To Host The Olympics? - Qtz
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/09/economist-explains-0?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ee/hostOlympics
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nemesisj
I think there's an important psychological dimension that's often missed from
these calculations, particularly for countries that have a chi... | {
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Bitrise.io – Apple Credentials Portal Bug - dirtylowprofile
Anybody received an email from Bitrise regarding their bug? It is frustrating that this was not publicly posted by them on any of their blog and social media channels.
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mgliwka
Can you disclose the contents of your email here for the wider public?
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Ask HN: Why would anyone want to hijack my HN account? - shashankp
Got a bunch of 'password reset' emails yesterday for this very account, I'm assuming they're malicious. What would anyone stand to gain any HN acct let alone my worthless acct?
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throw03172019
They want your 1 karma! Usually th... | {
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Power line corridors provide important wildlife habitat - stevemillburg
https://cloverly.com/blog/power-line-corridors-provide-wildlife-habitat/
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detaro
Another interesting example is the "green band", the former East-German
border. One long stretch of land where for decades humans where mostly kept
away, the la... | {
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} |
NIST recommendation: Use random generated passwords - fulldecent
https://github.com/usnistgov/800-63-3/issues/449
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pixpop
Doesn't that result in them being written down? How do you remember fifty or
so randomly generated passwords?
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fulldecent
You don't. If you can remember it, it will be guessed by a script... | {
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Before You Get Too Excited About That GitHub Study… - chroma
http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/02/12/before-you-get-too-excited-about-that-github-study/
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exolymph
Yet another sign that people read the meanings they want into most information
that they encounter.
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Moshe_Silnorin
It's telling that this got swa... | {
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How a completely funded kickstarter project faded into darkness - rohu1990
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lifelog/lifelog-remember-life/posts
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onion2k
Kickstarter projects are often lofty goals to make an app that people think
they can build in a few months, but they forget the "take a wildly pessimistic
... | {
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Let’s embrace the end of food - ph0rque
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/5/soylent-end-foodinsecurity.html
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vixin
'But the line between dystopia and utopia is a thin one' (in this case). Nope,
I can't detect it at all. A nightmare propelled along by politically correct
nonsense.
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hnal943
Yes, be... | {
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...all programming, will, in one sense, be maintenance programming - misham
http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2011-02.html#e2011-02-22T16_06_38.htm
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dreamux
There will always be a place for innovation, regardless of how software is
architected. Gluing libraries together may seem like an ignor... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Finding Unity in the Math Wars - kalid
http://betterexplained.com/articles/finding-unity-in-the-math-wars/
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dvse
Some really nice suggestions in the article that for whatever reason are not
often brought up while discussing maths education.
A good way to bootstrap the "math avengers" website would be to get p... | {
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} |
The 9 Oddest Job Interview Questions Asked at Tech Companies in 2011 - MichaelApproved
http://mashable.com/2011/12/27/glassdoor-interview-questions-2011/
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valuegram
For people wondering about the hourglass problem: 1) @0min: Take both glasses
(4 & 7) and flip them over. 2) @4min: When the 4min glass is empty, fl... | {
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Hong Kong is collateral damage in Trump's new trade war with China - partingshots
https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Hong-Kong-is-collateral-damage-in-Trump-s-new-trade-war-with-China
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dirtydroog
Weren't Hong Kongers themselves asking the US to remove HK's special status?
Seems like they're scuttling the ship.
Whi... | {
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} |
PayPal Allowing Me To Use Two Different Passwords To Login - karlhadwen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc2BUwqTwAM
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eyeareque
Are your passwords similar in the first few chars? ex:
thisismypassword12345 thisismypassword54321
I've heard of password hash issues (amazon had this problem) where they only
used t... | {
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} |
Silicon Valley Seasteaders Go Looking for Low-Tax Sites on Land - Osiris30
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-20/silicon-valley-seasteaders-go-looking-for-low-tax-sites-on-land
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azinman2
So let’s get this straight — rich, educated guys — all from countries where
having a super developed functional g... | {
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TextMate 2.0 goes open source in response to OS X restrictions - stefanve
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/08/textmate-2-0-goes-open-source-in-response-to-os-x-restrictions/
https://github.com/textmate/textmate
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matthewmacleod
This is an old article, and it's rubbish anyway. The sandboxing ... | {
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Letsencrypt just sent an email containing all their users' email addresses - aaronpk
https://aaronparecki.com/2016/06/10/12/fail
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molecule
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11881704](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11881704)
~~~
x0
cheers
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Ask HN: United States' history from other ancient civilizations' perspective - unexaminedlife
The other night it struck me how interesting it would be to read United States' history from the perspective of other cultures that already existed at the time, and preferably from the perspective of the most ancient civ... | {
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Factoring may be easier than we think (2016) - braised_babbage
http://math.mit.edu/~cohn/Thoughts/factoring.html
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waynecochran
Imagine what you would do if you discovered how to factor efficiently?
Think carefully. You now how the power to decrypt much of the world's banking
and internet traffic and spoof certi... | {
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} |
Technical founder seeking a technical co-founder - jason_wang
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/sof/3885337620.html
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mathattack
I'm trying to figure out if this is earnest, or a satire on "Non-technical
founder seeking a technical co-founder"
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hauschi
CTO & Co-CTO?
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jason_wang
CTO.
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GitHub vs. Bitbucket vs. GitLab vs. Coding – A Comparison - sidcool
https://medium.com/flow-ci/github-vs-bitbucket-vs-gitlab-vs-coding-7cf2b43888a1#.4yiueiza6
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mathiasrw
Would be nice if [https://gogs.io](https://gogs.io) was also included...
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I've just built this great PostgreSQL Database. How do I get it to my users? - justintocci
Envelope is a complete platform that makes it easy to build web apps on top of PostgreSQL using just HTML and SQL.<p>visit envelope.xyz for details.
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justintocci
For your convenience:
How Does Envelope Work?
[http://envel... | {
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I spent my career in tech, but wasn’t prepared for its effect on my kids - ALee
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2017/08/24/melinda-gates-i-spent-my-career-in-technology-i-wasnt-prepared-for-its-effect-on-my-kids/
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citizenkeen
'One of my favorite things you can do is plan a “device-free dinner.”'... | {
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Robinhood gets almost half its revenue selling orders to high-frequency traders - gadders
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-15/robinhood-gets-almost-half-its-revenue-in-controversial-bargain-with-high-speed-traders
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icebraining
Dupe:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18223972](https://news.ycom... | {
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The employment green card backlog tops 800k. A solution is elusive - nafizh
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/the-employment-green-card-backlog-tops-800000-most-of-them-indian-a-solution-is-elusive/2019/12/17/55def1da-072f-11ea-8292-c46ee8cb3dce_story.html
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president
Has anyone ever considered that mayb... | {
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} |
Show HN: Solo – App for sharing loneliness and aloneness - wtsui
http://www.sharesolo.com
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cyberferret
As an INFP persona who has worked remotely and solo for many years, I'd like
to break the stigma that "alone = bad". I find it incredibly energising a lot
of the time, but then there _are_ the odd times when I ... | {
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BPG Image format - mjs
http://bellard.org/bpg/
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pslam
The big story here is this introduces a new image file format _without
requiring you to upgrade a browser or download a plugin_. Those aren't PNGs of
representative images you're looking at - that's BPG decoding happening in
your browser.
So we don't like HV... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Know your chemical weapons - xadxad
http://boingboing.net/2013/05/28/know-your-chemical-weapons.html
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devicenull
Direct link
[http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/05/24/chemical_wea...](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/05/24/chemical_weapons_wwii_posters_taught_soldiers_to_identify_gasses_by_smell.... | {
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} |
Multicore OCaml: Feb 2020 update - sadiq
https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/multicore-ocaml-feb-2020-update/5227
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pdimitar
I'll say it again every time OCaml is mentioned here: there are programmers
who are eagerly awaiting for it to become more friendly to the modern hardware
realities and then they'll use it a lot. L... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
No, Ebook sales aren't down. Major publishers' sales are down - caseysoftware
http://voxday.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-collapse-of-publishing-industry.html
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GFK_of_xmaspast
I would have to see evidence from a different source besides Vox Day / Ted
Beale before believing it.
| {
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} |
Introducing TelAPI - dougiebuckets
http://www.telapi.com/blog/introducing-telapi-todays-most-feature-rich-telephony-api/
Introducing TelAPI – Today’s Most Feature Rich Telephony API
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timdorr
"No longer must developers and entrepreneurs have a deep understanding of
telecommunications systems to build application... | {
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} |
The Prose Garden – Spiritual Child of Dr. Doubs Journal - e12e
http://theprosegarden.com/
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e12e
Just came across this drm free digital magazine that's been published since
2009[1], edited by Michael Swaine and Nancy Groth[2]. Closely associated with
pragprog.com.
Apologies for the slightly editorialized title -... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why we build 7 productivity apps within a month - robins73
We launched our new startup a productivity tool Due.work on September 17th on ProductHunt.<p>Within a month we hit almost 1000+ users. We are a team of 5. We started with a web application and our customer was happily using it. As our user base started growing... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Chronic Schizophrenia Put into Remission with Ketogenic Diet - daveytea
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/advancing-psychiatry/201904/chronic-schizophrenia-put-remission-without-medication
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motohagiography
Ketogenic diets have been prescribed for people with seizure disorders
("epilepsy") for decades. Give... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
#iotashaming - ingve
https://sean-parent.stlab.cc/2019/01/04/iota.html
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atombender
Something seemingly glossed over in these discussions is whether calling it
"iota()" is even that helpful.
The fact that a lot of software engineers -- engineers, not mathematicians! --
are unfamiliar with it at least points to a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
GameStop opening Deus Ex boxes, removing free OnLive game code - sp332
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/report-gamestop-opening-deus-ex-copies-removing-free-game-code.ars
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dotBen
Digital distribution is coming, whether GameStop like it or not. Removing the
free codes for OnLive is not going to stem t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Plangrid (YC W12) Builds A New Market For The iPad: The Construction Industry - rsuttongee
http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/02/plangrid-builds-a-new-market-for-the-ipad-the-construction-industry/
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reneherse
Very very exciting! Assuming a thoroughly brilliant execution, I'm certain
that this app will find its fans... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Evidence SARS-CoV-2 Emerged from a Biological Laboratory in Wuhan (Updated) - nextalt
https://project-evidence.github.io/
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rolph
>>An earlier version of this document referred to us as "Project
E.P.S.T.E.I.N." (Evidence Plausibly Supporting Theories Explaining Infection
Naturality). It was intended be a humorous... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: We Opened Up Our Transcription Tool - braindead_in
Audio/video transcription tools are quite rudimentary. The audio player is separate from the editor which makes it very cumbersome cross-reference between the audio and the text.<p>Our transcription editor solves this problem. It provides the audio and a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Order of Magnitude Physics Material - nickb
http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/sanjoy/oom/
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mhartl
I love this stuff! Sanjoy wrote his brilliant Ph.D. thesis based partially on
an Order of Magnitude Physics course taught at Caltech by Sterl Phinney (his
advisor) and Peter Goldreich. He is a brilliant teacher and... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Secret government plans leaked: UK manhunt for "George Orwell" - microkernel
http://translate.google.de/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.der-postillon.com%2F2013%2F08%2Fgeheime-regierungsplane-geleakt.html
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sehugg
Might mention that the website in question is satire...
| {
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} |
The Fast Supper (Calorie Restriction) - eru
http://www.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=The+Fast+Supper&expire=&urlID=30475243&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnymag.com%2Fnymag%2Ffeatures%2F23169%2F&partnerID=73272
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DanielStraight
Original: <http://nymag.com/nymag/features/23169/>
| {
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} |
Corporate CEOs have failed to engage with startups - ekpyrotic
https://venturebeat.com/2017/04/30/corporate-ceos-have-failed-to-engage-with-startups/#article-masthead
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cal2016
"First, we know that tech, innovation, and R&D departments themselves do not
have enough exposure to the top team. In fact, only 34 perce... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
25 Great Talks from the Atlanta Ruby Users Group - vanstee
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqZY2tk6rSRn2Vapk2raOTFjXGiDbpQUU
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vanstee
If you're in Atlanta and want to say hi, our next meetup is this Wednesday
(July 9th)
[http://www.meetup.com/atlantaruby/events/183306632/](http://www.meetup.com/atlantar... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
NIST reopens draft recommendation on random number generation for comment [pdf] - healsjnr1
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistbul/itlbul2013_09_supplemental.pdf
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lmgftp
It should probably be noted that this is not some sort of validation to the
fact that "the NSA owns this particular DRBG".
Surprisingly (... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Sample Chapter From "Ruby Best Practices" - sandal
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/329554
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sandal
This chapter is basically the meta-programming / DSL stuff if not by that
name. It gives a good sampling of the overall feel for the book. Feedback is
very welcome. The book will be rel... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Video lectures of mathematics courses available online for free - llambda
http://mathoverflow.net/questions/54430/video-lectures-of-mathematics-courses-available-online-for-free
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conroy
Instead of just watching lectures, I'd suggest taking one of the many
available math courses:
Coursera (23 courses)
[https://w... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Space Elevator Science - doc4t
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaellaine/space-elevator-science-climb-to-the-sky-a-tethered?ref=category
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lutusp
The original title wasn't accurate (something like "help launch a space
elevator"). The proposal is to put a balloon at a 2 kilometer altitude. I say
this for ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
SockJS benchmark (with PyPy, CPython, and Node.js) - ericflo
http://mrjoes.github.com/2011/12/15/sockjs-bench.html
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scubaguy
A websocket client library that works against Node.js and Python, sweet! Now
if we can only have a .Net and Java server interface to go with it. Any it
falls back to good 'ol polling too... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
APIs Are Forever, Wait No...They Can Go Away at Any Time - apievangelist
http://www.apievangelist.com/2012/04/20/apis-are-forever,-wait-no...they-can-go-away-at-any-time/index.php#.T5IIrH2siH8.hackernews
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DHowett
This makes me think of the not-so-recent deprecation of Offline Access by
Facebook. I do not know wh... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Best Online Courses? - ambivalents
I searched but there hasn't been a thread about this in a while.<p>What is the best online course you've taken? Doesn't have to be confined to CS -- I'm personally interested in expanding my horizons and learning new things in different fields.<p>Thanks al... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
6 months ago, Kevin Rose created this. Does anyone subscribe? - DanLivesHere
http://tinyletter.com/foundation
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KMEthridge
I watch it when it's posted on Revision3, but there must be enough subscribers
for him to keep filming it.
| {
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} |
First Bitcoin-to-cash ATM card - mrb
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cryptex-card-debuts-first-global-100000730.html
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samstave
I have said this so many times:
There are always methods to spend BTC...
I see very few methods to create/earn BTC...
The whole ecosystem is fiat modeled...
Fuck that.
How about an ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
There are no bugs, only unintended causation - dawie
http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/706-there-are-no-bugs-only-unintended-causation
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edw519
"Bugs are always about a lack of good information"
Wrong.
Bugs are the result of either:
\- not knowing what you're doing
or
\- kn... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google developed a school curriculum to help kids fight trolls and hackers - rbanffy
https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/6/15739412/google-be-internet-awesome-interland-hacking-phishing-troll-curriculum
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DarkKomunalec
"includes sections on how to limit sharing personal information with people
online"
No word on if ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
New York governor approves short-term apartment rental ban in NYC - kvs
http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/dispatches/post/2010/07/new-york-governor-approves-short-term-apartment-rental-ban-in-nyc/101054/1
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nphase
I was in NYC with my team this past Jan, trying to raise money with a few
angels in the area. ... | {
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} |
Thinscript: language that compiles to both WebAssembly and JavaScript - DAddYE
https://github.com/evanw/thinscript
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constexpr
Oh wow I did not expect this to be up here this soon. Warning: two-week-old
project. I've got a lot of plans for this but it'll take at least a few months
for this to be anywhere near use... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How (not) to sell iOS apps - harper_
http://www.onslaught.io/article/how-not-to-sell-ios-apps
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vellum
I looked at a bunch of the free apps and yours. Nothing about your app really
jumped out at me.
~~~
harper_
You might be right. "Solve a new problem or an old one better than anyone
else". Solving an old prob... | {
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} |
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