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This is How Wrong Kurzweil Is - Digit-Al
http://asserttrue.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/this-is-how-wrong-kurzweil-is.html
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TeMPOraL
> But to say that we will see, by 2029, the development of computers with true
> consciousness, plus emotions and all the other things that make the human
> brain human, is nonsense. W... | {
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Massive Cyberattack: Act 1 Of Israeli Strike On Iran? - iProject
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/24/159959300/massive-cyberattack-act-1-of-israeli-strike-on-iran
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sambolling
derp
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HTML5 <input type=range> and HTML5 Notification API coming to Firefox 22 - paulrouget
https://twitter.com/paulrouget/status/314290720108314625
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lutusp
I'm glad to hear it -- I just wrote a page that needs it, one that looks
terrible with the lame substitute that non-compliant browsers offer instead (a
text... | {
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} |
Programming Is Forgetting: Toward a New Hacker Ethic - mdlincoln
http://opentranscripts.org/transcript/programming-forgetting-new-hacker-ethic/
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devnonymous
Insightful. (I read the transcript rather than watching the video and it made
a huge difference because that afforded me time to pause and think). Good
stuf... | {
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} |
Machine Learning and Node.js, is this a match? [video] - ftreml
https://youtu.be/SF8sluhCQTY
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ftreml
Personally, when using node.js i am a little bit envious on python, for
pandas, sklearn, keras.
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Ask HN: Quick question about HN Toolkit regex - winter_blue
I'm currently using HN Toolkit (http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/25039) to block Apple-related articles. Unfortunately the block fails to filter 50% of the articles.<p>My regex for filtration is:
Apple|Steve Jobs|iPhone|iPad<p>It should work fine, but it... | {
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Penguin scraps degree requirement - bootload
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-35343680
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bootload
_" The firm wants to have a more varied intake of staff and suggests there is
no clear link between holding a degree and performance in a job."_
What a statement. No mention of how they do selection.
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California Approves Statewide Rent Control - dawhizkid
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/business/economy/california-rent-control.html
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bhauer
I am a landlord in Oregon, but not California. The curious, although
ultimately predictable, outcome of the new rent control measure in Oregon is
that while I have histo... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Moving into System Engineering - blacksoil
Hi all,<p>I want to ask for advice regarding getting a career in system programming. I have about 7 years of professional working experience. Last 4 years has been in the area of full-stack development (Typescript, MySQL, AWS, etc). Prior to that, I spent 3 years wor... | {
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Looking for Mobile/Web Developers - VRealSoft
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usamaejaz
What technologies are you looking at (if any)? I am a full stack developer
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Show HN: Improved Seam Carving Using Forward Energy - seam_carver
https://github.com/axu2/improved-seam-carving
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seam_carver
Don't think most people know about the improved seam carving algorithm (since
only the original is taught in most CS curriculums) and thought you might
think this is cool!
~~~
jaytaylor
I... | {
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Why Learning Assembly Language Is Still a Good Idea (2004) - jacquesm
http://onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/05/06/writegreatcode.html
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ANTSANTS
I don't think programming in assembly language for modern architectures
(x86-64 as implemented by the latest Intel/AMD chips) will ever be as fun as
doing so for microcont... | {
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} |
Darpa Grand Challenge: Autonomous Bipedal Robot - MiguelHudnandez
http://www.hizook.com/blog/2012/04/03/new-darpa-grand-challenge-humanoid-robots-preliminary-unofficial-details
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MiguelHudnandez
For anyone wanting to sink their teeth into the previous grand challenge,
autonomous cars, there is a Nova special ca... | {
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From Silence to Sound - esoteriq
https://medium.com/@cmmhartmann/from-silence-to-sound-a93f742fae88
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kradeelav
I was one of the few who was also implanted in '91, at 2 years old. (My
parents had to wait as medical regulations wouldn't allow the surgery to be
done to younger kids - nowadays they do at ~6 months, ... | {
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} |
Build hybrid apps with the Ionic Creator - mkremer90
http://ionicframework.com/blog/ionic-creator/
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Brajeshwar
From the Site.
"Totally free!
We want to help more web and mobile developers become hybrid developers with
Ionic. Having great tools like Creator will lower the bar for getting started
with mobile d... | {
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} |
"You Don't Know JS" book series kickstarter - _getify
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/getify/you-dont-know-js-book-series
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fuzzywalrus
I'll bite. I dropped $10 on it.
~~~
_getify
thanks so much for the backing. really excited to get this off the ground!
please help me keep spreading the word.
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Our cities' water systems are becoming obsolete - clumsysmurf
http://www.vox.com/2014/10/6/6900959/water-systems-pollution-drinking-water-desalination
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tomohawk
As far as I can tell, the biggest threat to water in my state are the elected
politicians. Certain municipalities are dumping raw sewage into the wate... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Language Innovation: C# 3.0 explained - nreece
http://blogs.tedneward.com/2005/09/22/Language+Innovation+C+30+Explained.aspx
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smoody
The extension methods are very Ruby-like, which is kind-of scary. Don't get me
wrong -- it's a powerful idea, but have you ever tried to get a complete
definition of a class that i... | {
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Visual Basic, PHP, Rails. Is Node.js next? - dwynings
http://andrewchenblog.com/2012/04/01/visual-basic-php-rails-is-node-js-next/
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olalonde
IMHO, Node.js will not directly compete with Rails/PHP as long as it forces
programmers to program in an async style. As an example, async style makes it
impossible to impl... | {
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Godot Rust - homarp
https://hagsteel.com/posts/godot-rust/
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kroltan
Which demonstrates my main peeve with Godot currently:
It was made for GDScript as much as GDScript was made for it.
Both the C# and Rust integrations _work_ , but they feel so wrong because the
whole engine was designed in this ultra-dynamic ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Late Meditations on XKCD 936 - gambler
http://insideofthebox.tumblr.com/post/75234834370/late-meditations-on-xkcd-936
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aragot
I had a talk in 2005 and the person was saying passwords belonged to the past.
2014 and we're still there: Why?
\- We have browserside certificates. Granted they're not sexy.
\- We have... | {
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} |
What Google engineer James Damore got wrong - happy-go-lucky
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170811-what-google-engineer-james-damore-got-wrong
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TheRealDunkirk
So Damore wrote a treatise on how the "diversity mindset" \-- with it's
presumption that both (all?) sexes are equally biologically suited for
technic... | {
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} |
Brightbox vs Amazon EC2: Phoronix Ubuntu 12.04 Benchmarks - jeremyjarvis
http://brightbox.com/blog/2012/09/20/brightbox-outperforms-amazon-ec2-ubuntu-12-04/
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jread
You have to careful comparing one specific EC2 instance with other providers.
Unlike most compute services, EC2 infrastructure is heterogenous. The... | {
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Your opinion: a simple cloud note & paste web app. - jakeme
http://scrib.in/index.php
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vyrotek
<http://scrib.in/3e20tp>
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Apple Approves iPhone App That “Promotes School Shootings” - vaksel
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/20/apple-approves-iphone-app-that-promotes-school-shootings/
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booticon
Can we please ban any TC article on HN? Nothing but FUD to generate pageviews.
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This is how Google is killing the Web - pmcpinto
https://medium.com/web-design-and-development/d9baf7179950
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taigeair
Actually I don't really browse on my desktop or mobile. I always prefer to
type something to search my computer or phone instead of having to browse for
it. Unless it's on my home screen. I thi... | {
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GitHub Says ‘No Thanks’ to Bots — Even if They’re Nice - cyphersanctus
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/12/github-bots/
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briandoll
I'm quoted in the article and I wanted to clear one thing up that was missing
from it.
When bots get reported to us by people using GitHub our support folks reach
out to t... | {
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} |
Netromancy - dnetesn
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/magazine/netromancy.html?ref=technology
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toothbrush
“There isn’t a procedural way to live your life, and that might be inspiring
people to think mystically for guidance,”
Well, herp derp, then i guess i'll just have to go ahead and live my life
declarativel... | {
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Ask HN: Why aren't there more rental apps for renting personal items? - fil_a_del_fee_a
Why aren't there more rental apps for renting personal items?<p>I have some DJ equipment sitting around that I would like to rent out to fellow DJ's. I did some googling, and only came up with peerrenters (which I cannot ... | {
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} |
Educated Germans avoid social media - phreeza
http://www.dw.com/en/educated-germans-avoid-social-media/a-18875970
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madez
As a german I can tell from experience that in Germany it is much more
accepted — and quite often even sympathized with — not to have a facebook
account than for example in Spain or Brazil. An... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
FAA OKs first commercial drone flights over land - andrewmac
http://news.yahoo.com/faa-oks-commercial-drone-flights-over-land-125928627--finance.html
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frisco
I hope that drones end up going through the same channels as traditional
aviation - you get a pilot certificate with a drone rating (Drone Quadengine
Lan... | {
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} |
How Our Professional Elites Are Hired - tortilla
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/08/how-our-professional-elites-are-hired.html
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grellas
The Big Law model (in which I worked for four years some time back and with
which I have dealt repeatedly over the years from one angle or another)
dep... | {
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} |
Anyone looking for an intern?? - kiel
I'm a senior in computer science at Oregon State University. I'm looking for a internship to improve my skills and also bring my creative, outside the box thinking to a fast growing company. I enjoy linux development and probably know more languages then C3PO. I'm a hard worker ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Efficient Graph Algorithms in Neo4j - gregorymichael
https://neo4j.com/blog/efficient-graph-algorithms-neo4j/
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m0th87
Coincidentally, I just tried this out earlier today. `pageRank` yielded a
stack overflow, and `pageRank.stream` yielded an OOM error. The graph it was
run on was large, but not unreasonably so. H... | {
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Ask HN: Do you patent your software projects? - kgermino
In class today my teacher mentioned that most small coders don't bother filing patents for their programs because it's too expensive to be worth it. Is this true in the "real world"?
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georgecmu
What class, what school, which country?
Generally, it's ve... | {
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} |
Health Care Site Rushing to Make Fixes by Sunday - danso
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/30/us/politics/health-care-site-rushing-to-make-fixes-by-sunday.html?hp&_r=0&pagewanted=all
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davesque
Pretty classic software drama.
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PicoLisp: A Radical Approach to Application Development - prakash
http://www.picolisp.org/radical
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kbob
The text on this page is garbled. Here's an ungarbled copy (PDF).
<http://software-lab.de/radical.pdf>
| {
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Digg overtakes Facebook; Both cross 20 million U.S. Unique Visitors - zx76
http://blog.compete.com/2007/06/20/digg-overtakes-facebook-cross-20-million-visitors/
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adamdoupe
Congrats to both sites, although I rarely visit Digg anymore and am addicted
to Facebook. Honestly, I'd rather have the market that Facebook ... | {
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} |
Hong Kong budget to hit record deficit of HK$139b with HK$10k relief - spyckie2
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3052405/hong-kong-budget-hk120-billion-relief-package-includes
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spyckie2
Some personal context (and why I share this):
I moved from the US to Hong Kong 3 years ago and immediately... | {
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} |
Box.com becomes HIPAA compliant and partners with healthcare startups - Skeletor
http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/25/with-hipaa-compliance-cloud-storage-platform-box-makes-a-big-push-into-healthcare-invests-in-drchrono/
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drcgirlie
This is really cool! Go drchrono!
| {
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Why are pianos traditionally tuned “out of tune” at the extremes? - amelius
https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/14244/why-are-pianos-traditionally-tuned-out-of-tune-at-the-extremes
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vnorilo
Related: in a grand piano, the hammers strike the string at a node of the 5th
harmonic (thus avoiding excitation), wh... | {
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} |
Apple v. Samsung Voir Dire Reveals Broken Promises - divy
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120923233451725
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sbuk
Does this _really_ change anything? Do you not think that a reasonable jury
would come to similar conclusions? I'd call this clutching at straws TBH. I'm
not convinced that all of Apple's cl... | {
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} |
How Vector Space Mathematics Reveals the Hidden Sexism in Language - exolymph
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602025/how-vector-space-mathematics-reveals-the-hidden-sexism-in-language/
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HoopleHead
Jesus H! Is there anything that doesn't upset Generation Snowflake?
The sky is gender-biased and transphobic, be... | {
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} |
Employee gets £10,000 bounty for revealing software abuse - monkeygrinder
http://news.techworld.com/applications/3238361/employee-gets-10000-bounty-for-revealing-software-abuse/?cmpid=sbycombinatorschapman
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dminor
What they want me to hear: don't pirate software.
What I actually hear: use as much free software ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Why am I getting asked to review books? - lukevella
I've been approached to review books a number of times now. I'm curious to know if this is common or not. Has anyone here been approached to do a book review? If yes, have you ever gone through with one? How does it work? Is it worth doing?<p>From... | {
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Solar outstrips coal in past six months of UK electricity generation - iamflimflam1
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/04/solar-outstrips-coal-in-past-six-months-of-uk-electricity-generation?cmp=oth_b-aplnews_d-2
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pjc50
Excellent news. There's a bit of a thumb on the scale because of the
seasonalit... | {
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} |
Wikipedia website suffers global outage - Rabidgremlin
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10656680&ref=rss
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johnfn
How did that article manage to shift from a report of outage to an editorial
on why Wikipedia is bad for college research?
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seancron
And why is the entire seco... | {
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} |
Heroku June Development Uptime: One Nine - CesareBorgia
98.15%<p>https://status.heroku.com/
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carsongross
Saw this on twitter. Unfair, but hilarious:
http://memecaptain.com/893ea5.jpg
I know this: if _I_ was running my AWS cluster, I'd be doing a worse job of
it.
| {
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} |
The race to find the 'holy grail' of drone technology - goodcanadian
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/british-columbia/the-race-to-find-the-holy-grail-of-drone-technology-1.3671065
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smegel
I would have thought the holy grail would be a battery that lasts a week of
continuous usage.
And we have self driving ca... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How To: Stop procrastination (Dan Ariely) - sbt
http://bigthink.com/ideas/dan-ariely-how-can-people-overcome-procrastination
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ZeroGravitas
It's a bit of a misleading title, it's not all about procrastination and it's
not much of a howto either.
It's about how you can do many things better than standard econom... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Cable Haunt vulnerability allows remote control of cable modems - Lyrebirds
https://cablehaunt.com/
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crmrc114
Direct Link to report PDF from the page: [https://github.com/Lyrebirds/Cable-
Haunt-Report/releases/dow...](https://github.com/Lyrebirds/Cable-Haunt-
Report/releases/download/2.4/report.pdf)
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Stie... | {
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Show HN: SupportKit embeds Zendesk into your iOS apps, with one line of code - gozmike
http://supportkit.radialpoint.com
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acgourley
I am considering adding helpshift.com to our app - it's a native helpdesk
library which fairly expensive but seems to have great features and it covers
android/ios and even has un... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Evolution of Character Codes, 1874-1968 [pdf] - dang
http://trafficways.org/ascii/ascii.pdf
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iconjack
Enjoy this character code puzzle.
[http://realmode.com/punch22.html](http://realmode.com/punch22.html)
~~~
nickysielicki
I've been thinking about this all night. I can't seem to wrap my head around
it. Got ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Can I expect extra compensation for fixing product problem of employer? - newyearnewyou
There is a company we acquired that has a product, with an issue that prevents it from working as the diligence team believed. I was not part of the diligence, nor is my job description related to products of this nature (e... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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What are the best resources for wannabe startup CEOs? - simonebrunozzi
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scobar
I found sama's class
([http://startupclass.samaltman.com](http://startupclass.samaltman.com)) to be
a particularly great collection of knowledge. I remember catching a few almost
subtle drops of wisdom that I'd have underappreciate... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What do they mean SQL? - arisAlexis
I see all these highest paying jobs/skills to have and I am wondering. I have always programmed in different languages but I never really thought SQL is a language. Sure it is in a way, but you know like not a complicated one. You have joins,unions,some oracle stuff a... | {
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Netflix Uses Pirate Sites to Determine What Shows to Buy - Garbage
http://torrentfreak.com/netflix-uses-pirate-sites-to-determine-what-shows-to-buy-130914
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alexeisadeski3
Looking at revealed preferences. Smart.
| {
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Rails 3.1 Adopts CoffeeScript, jQuery, Sass and.. Controversy - vamsee
http://www.rubyinside.com/rails-3-1-adopts-coffeescript-jquery-sass-and-controversy-4669.html
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jarin
Well, bad news guys:
<http://doihavetousecoffeescriptinrails.com/>
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dzine
I don't see why this should be controversial, it's so easy ... | {
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Ask HN: Esperanto and Hacker News - LaPingvino
Saluton! Mi tre ŝatus scii ĉu estas aliaj Esperantistoj en HN, kaj kion ili pensas pri Esperanto por laboraj celoj.<p>For the non-Esperantists here (the most of the people here I guess): what do you think about Esperanto and about using it internally in a business (exte... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask YC: What do I, a graduating CS student, need to know to go into the real world as a programmer? - eznet
What do I, a new graduate, need to make sure I know to land a decent job in the 'real world' as a programmer? I am graduating in less than 2 months with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Computer Science (BSACS)... | {
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The Mysterious Case of Exploding Teeth - Hooke
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160301-the-gruesome-and-mysterious-case-of-exploding-teeth
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dsmithatx
Argh this seemed so interesting until I read it and realized there is no
conclusion. I believe the explosions were real and probably chemical in
nature. However, ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: HN Sakura – see quick rising/falling HN posts before they're gone - dosy
https://hnsakura.xyz/
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dosy
The Sakura season is short-lived.
So too are some posts on HN.
The rise sharply (blossom), only to fall even faster
Off the rankings forever.
This re-ranks HN by how fast the posts are moving through... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A 2017 Nobel laureate says he left science because he ran out of money - Fede_V
https://qz.com/1095294/2017-nobel-laureate-jeffrey-hall-left-science-because-he-ran-out-of-funding/
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etiam
Reminds me of a rather heart-breaking interview with a man who should have
been a laureate.
(I wish I had saved this at the t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Are 3rd party browsers banned by Apple App Store Guidelines? - applenerdfan
The guidelines say<p>Apple's current say<p>> ### 4.7 HTML5 Games, Bots, etc.
>
> Apps may contain or run code that is not embedded in the binary (e.g. HTML5-based games, bots, etc.), as long as code distribution isn’t the... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Waiting 100+ Years for Version 2.0 - grellas
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110519/17104214346/waiting-100-years-version-20.shtml
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grellas
Copyright terms in the U.S. did not always run into the 100+ years category.
Here is a rough summary of how the terms have evolved under U.S. law (the
details of which... | {
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} |
One Kings Lane, Once Valued at $900M, Is Likely to Sell $150M or Less - warrenmar
http://recode.net/2016/01/06/one-kings-lane-once-valued-at-900-million-is-likely-to-sell-for-fraction-of-that/
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randycupertino
Color me not shocked. One Kings Lane just seemed like a rehash of another
overvalued flop, Fab.com
| {
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} |
Professors Consider Classroom Uses for Google Plus - joetyson
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/professors-consider-classroom-uses-for-google-plus/32131
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janesvilleseo
I never thought of using it in this fashion, but it is strikingly obvious once
you think about it. Pushing it even further, or in similar ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Run Rust on your embedded device from VSCode in one click - praveenperera
https://ferrous-systems.com/blog/run-rust-on-your-embedded-device-from-vscode/
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rckoepke
This is super cool to see a quick overview of. I have a few hobby projects
ongoing using C on Espressif chips. I wanted to use Rust for some of them
i... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Microsoft appoints Scott Guthrie new Cloud and Enterprise chief - Flemlord
http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-appoints-scott-guthrie-new-cloud-and-enterprise-chief-7000025973/
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the_unknown
This is likely the first of many personnel moves at Microsoft. ScottGu is
favourably looked upon by the dev community so this mo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
MongoDB has filed confidentially for IPO - abhi3
https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/15/database-provider-mongodb-has-filed-confidentially-for-ipo/?ncid=rss
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leothekim
They've made their share of mistakes, but they've stuck it out and have
definitely improved their product over the years. I wish them all the best for... | {
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Ask HN: What do you think of this business idea? PDF printing & delivery - zackattack
The idea's simple: you upload a PDF, and then a hard printout is mailed to you ASAP. Useful if you don't have a printer, or want it mailed to someone else, etc. Like FedEx Kinko's except way simpler and only solving the one problem... | {
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Shuttleworth: Growing Ubuntu for Cloud and IoT, Rather Than Phone and Convergence - based2
https://lwn.net/Articles/719037/
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based2
[http://linuxfr.org/news/ubuntu-abandonne-unity-mir-et-le-
mob...](http://linuxfr.org/news/ubuntu-abandonne-unity-mir-et-le-mobile)
| {
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Hacking Facebook’s Legacy API, Part 1: Making Calls on Behalf of Any User - ssclafani
http://stephensclafani.com/2014/07/08/hacking-facebooks-legacy-api-part-1-making-calls-on-behalf-of-any-user
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neilwillgettoit
As a security researcher, the most impressive part of this is the response
timeline from Facebook's s... | {
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A collection of Python books - marban
http://importpython.com/books/
======
mjhea0
you forgot real python!
[https://realpython.com](https://realpython.com)
------
originalankur
click on free ( filter ) to see the free python books.
| {
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Windows 8 Vs. Mac OS X Lion: Feature by Feature - adeelarshad82
http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/265435/windows-8-vs-mac-os-x-lion-feature-by-feature
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rbanffy
This topic has two possible paths - oblivion and a bitter discussion full of
hatred. I hope it takes the first.
| {
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Debugging Go code (a status report) - abraham
http://blog.golang.org/2010/11/debugging-go-code-status-report.html
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akeefer
One of the first things you will find out, if you attempt to write a new
programming language and then use it for actual production work, is how much
users of that language will miss simpl... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How do you document and keep tabs on your infrastructure as a sysadmin? - redsec
I am wondering how do experienced sysadmin document and manage their infra.
======
cik
We use Collins
([https://tumblr.github.io/collins/](https://tumblr.github.io/collins/)) as a
Configuration Management Database, Ansible
([https... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Sleep 7 hours or more per day and you die early - Mitt
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-09/uoc--wsf093010.php
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jpk
This seems to be an unscientific conclusion. There's no mention of other
conditions the patients may have had or acquired before the follow up and how
those conditions may have played a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How do you WFH with schools closed? - teacpde
With the COVID-19, most companies in the valley have asked employees to work from home. It works out until now the schools/daycares are also closed. How do people with kids manage to work from home?
======
bryanrasmussen
there was another thread here recently ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
EBay Bans Auctions Of Digital Goods - parker
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080328/014049683.shtml
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gordianknot
Great! It's never been a better time to start an eBay killer.
~~~
parker
Dude, I assure you, no one will ever beat eBay at being eBay ... their network
effects are in a different stratosphere.
But ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Books on creativity? - vijayr
can you suggest me any good books on creativity? I saw some books on doodling, drawing (drawing on the right side of the brain by betty edwards etc) - what are your favorites?<p>Specifically those books that have exercises, not just theory. And preferably that can be done with... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Jason Calacanis responds to Aaron from SEO Book - ashishk
http://calacanis.com/2010/01/25/my-thank-you-email-to-aaronwall-for-the-free-seo-advice-great-seo-great-guy/
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aaronwall
"We can't tell whether Jason is misleading us about the proportion of scrape-
generated pages on Mahalo without access to any Mahalo ... | {
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} |
Programming is Not Terrible - molex333
http://blog.m1cr0sux0r.com/2013/10/programming-is-not-terrible.html
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debacle
I have a hypothesis. Is it possible that the people who talk with wide-eyed
wonder about programming after doing it for ten years and the passion that
they have for writing software haven't come to... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Dementia rates decline in U.S., researchers unsure why - tokenadult
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2016/02/11/Dementia-rates-decline-in-US-researchers-unsure-why/8051455195428/
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proksoup
> results showing the number of dementia diagnoses in Europe has stabilized
> during the last 20 years
Diagnosis changes seem... | {
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} |
Google Announces Q1 Earnings, Beats Analyst Estimates But Shares Drop - hiteshiitk
http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/15/google-announces-q1-earnings-beats-analyst-estimates-but-shares-drop/
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marcamillion
They actually don't beat analysts estimate.
Some analysts were way too bullish:
'April 15 (Bloomberg) -- Goog... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Watch and learn: How music videos are triggering a literacy boom in India - robg
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/09/19/watch_and_learn/?page=full
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krakensden
Seems like a good companion to the "how to raise boys who read" article.
| {
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} |
Is this website intentionally bad? - kaishiro
http://www.noodleanddumpling.com.au/
======
aychedee
Ya know. It's probably the best restaurant web site I have ever seen. It has
the phone number, the address, the opening hours, and the menu all available
on the first page. And it loaded in less than a second on my mobil... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Grandpappy's Hard Times Survival - 2038AD
https://grandpappy.org/
======
octosphere
Summons the phrase _good links never die_. I like how this is not one of those
frightful Single Page Apps that weigh 3MB and require the latest Chrome to
work.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Launching really old code written in 2006 - vaibhav228
We have a project written in 2006 with old tech stack like Struts1. It has lot of frameworks written based on hash maps which can be replaced with good frameworks available. For example they have written workflows frameworks for validating a use case by executing ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Greece's Varoufakis to Run in European Election – In Germany - tpush
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-election-germany/greeces-varoufakis-to-run-in-european-election-in-germany-idUSKCN1NU0QA
======
MrTonyD
For anybody trying to understand why the world is the way it is (global
politics and who really runs the wor... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Is it too late for a late 30s person to start learning coding - prkvs
I am in my late 30s , i learnt basic C programming in school some 15 years back , means i picked up some basic programming concepts. I work in Software product company in a managerial/coordination role. I did make a few failed attempts ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Open API Initiative - tilt
https://openapis.org/
======
matrixcubed
[https://xkcd.com/927/](https://xkcd.com/927/)
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
101 Reasons Why Java is Better than .NET (Reloaded) - known
http://helpdesk-software.ws/it/29-04-2004.htm
======
ilkhd2
What about tail-call optimization? What about "correct" generics (as in .NET)?
What about startup time? What about closures?
Anyway old useless flame.
| {
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} |
New App – Coming Soon Feedback Appreciated - JamieWilkes
We have a NEW App launching very soon, we need feedback on the design and concept please. This will be available on ios and android. Thank you in advance. https://www.matchstixx.com/
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gus_massa
I really don't expect that someone will pay... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Ungrabbed – Available domains for startups and side projects - sasan
https://www.ungrabbed.com
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marclave
Cool idea, appreciate the note in the inspiration of the project from Paul
Grahams "Change Your Name" [1]. Really looking forward to getting a surprise
email with some .coms.
Curious on a bit more d... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Dayta – data tracker for mindful living - zmxv
https://dayta.app/?hn
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zmxv
I had been using Google Sheets to keep track of some of my daily activities.
Google Sheets is a feasible solution but the UI is not optimal for this use
case, so I built this web app and released it on the first day of 2020.
Hope... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ancient Egypt may have given cats the personality to conquer the world (2017) - benbreen
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/06/ancient-egyptians-may-have-given-cats-personality-conquer-world
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seibelj
What I love about cats vs. dogs is that cats only do what they want. If they
sit on you, cuddle, want pets, han... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
ESR announces ForgePlucker: solving the data-jail problems of OSS hosting sites - Luyt
http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=1369
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jgrahamc
It's amusing to actually look at the source code of this. It's a single file,
here:
[http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/forgeplucker/trunk/bugplucker.py?...](http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/forgeplu... | {
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Ask HN: How do you say it? - mattlanger
I'm sure I'm not the only one whose introduction to computers consisted of sitting home alone and hacking away and only ever communicating about technical terminology via non-spoken media like IRC. What I wonder is if anyone else consequently developed their own quirky pronunc... | {
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} |
To Prevent Upskirts, Japanese iPhone 3G Always Alerts When Taking Photos - ksvs
http://nobi.typepad.com/blog/2008/07/available-only.html
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rkowalick
Why Japan is at once one of the most hilarious and one of the most disgusting
places on earth:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDSdcxzz6uE>
<http://en.wikipedia.or... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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