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Random thoughts on a PGP based social network - zemanel
http://zemanel.eu/random-thoughts-on-a-pgp-based-social-network
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RiderOfGiraffes
FWIW - Doesn't load for me on either of the platforms I have easy access to
right now.
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zemanel
direct link: [http://www.slideshare.net/MyCatStoleMyPPT/pgp-based-
social-... | {
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The HPV Vaccine Doesn’t Deserve Its Reputation. Get It for Your Kids - bitcuration
http://vitals.lifehacker.com/the-hpv-vaccine-doesn-t-deserve-its-reputation-get-it-1748529758
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DrScump
This is a really sloppy article with a number of factual errors:
1) there is not "a vaccine", there are SEVERAL, each with dif... | {
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RMS: A GNU manual, like a course in history, is not meant to be a “safe space” - rhabarba
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2018-05/msg00017.html
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eesmith
We all have and want "safe spaces".
I'm pretty sure that Stallman wants an FSF conference to be a safe space where
he doesn't have to hear people talking ... | {
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} |
Amazon's growth is a systemic risk to Seattle - crabasa
http://www.geekwire.com/2015/commentary-amazons-unprecedented-growth-is-too-risky-for-seattle/
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ethanbond
Interesting, and I think Seattle is at least vaguely aware of this. It's worth
noting that in recent years tons of other companies have been setting ... | {
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} |
Vaccinating the World's Top Predators May Be the Only Way to Save Them - DiabloD3
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/vaccinating-the-worlds-top-predators-may-be-the-only-way-to-save-them
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ars
They should do it.
Almost every extinction I've read about was caused at the end by an infection
of some kind (fungus, p... | {
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} |
The planets of our solar system viewed in the Moon's orbit - ukdm
http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/the-planets-of-our-solar-system-viewed-in-the-moons-orbit-2012084/
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derefr
Oh, I interpreted this headline slightly differently--I was expecting to see a
set of epicycle-orbit-diagrams given the Moon as the... | {
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} |
Modern-day 'Yellow Peril' of Google's Chinese links is just the same old racism - saligne
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/17/google-peter-thiel-yellow-peril-racism-tech
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nutcracker46
More fascist propaganda from the far right extremists in power in the USA. The
situation has nothing to do with treason... | {
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} |
Say Hello to Cortana, Microsoft’s Siri Equivalent - btimil
http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/say-hello-to-cortana-microsofts-siri-equivalent-24441
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parfe
I hope Microsoft decides to target Google Now instead of Siri. Google Now
provides so much more depth than a voice interface; Siri offers so little in
compari... | {
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} |
The difference between the US and Europe - jseliger
http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2010/01/the_difference_between_the_us.php
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josmala
Actually the things he pointed out where, A) London is really expensive city
to live, by European standards. B) Europeans do make different lifestyle
decisions.
B... | {
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} |
Simple Facial Recognition Search Engine Can Track You Down Across the Internet - aspenmayer
https://onezero.medium.com/this-simple-facial-recognition-search-engine-can-track-you-down-across-the-internet-518c7129e454
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aspenmayer
Product is PimEyes
[https://pimeyes.com/en/](https://pimeyes.com/en/)
Original titl... | {
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} |
Vayable Guides Travelers Off the Beaten Path - timr
http://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/goldman-sachs-progress/archive/2012/11/vayable-guides-travelers-off-the-beaten-path/265495/
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waitwhat
_Vayable launched with 70 guides in April 2011 [...] Since then, the company's
been growing at a rate of 30 percent each w... | {
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Docker user? Haven't patched Dirty COW yet? Got bad news for you - nwrk
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/01/docker_user_havent_patched_dirty_cow_yet_bad_news/
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gtjay
As I've discused before, seccomp can block ptrace and thus this VDSO-based
attack (and currently does by default in some distros). Shameless se... | {
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} |
Apple Using iCloud to Lock in Users - acak
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-12/apple-using-icloud-to-lock-in-users-after-online-misfires-tech.html
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warmfuzzykitten
Yes and no. What they're actually doing is reducing friction. People have more
than one information device but they have only one set of da... | {
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} |
How to Create a Firefox Plugin (hacker-friendly javascript framework) - trevelyan
http://blog.popupchinese.com/?p=19
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catch23
firefox plugins aren't really all that hard to begin with. i'm not sure if
you're gaining much with this framework
~~~
nick007
firefox plugins are actually pretty tough to get started ... | {
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Symfony 4 Released - SnaKeZ
https://symfony.com/4
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SnaKeZ
Here the post:
[https://symfony.com/blog/hello-symfony-4](https://symfony.com/blog/hello-
symfony-4)
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Love Is Like Cocaine (2016) - dnetesn
http://nautil.us/issue/33/attraction/love-is-like-cocaine
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gaspoweredcat
great article. due to various mental health issues i dont really have the full
range of emotion that others do so "love" is something thats out of my sphere
of experience however i have experimented wit... | {
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} |
Accessing the Accelerometer and Gyroscope in JavaScript - seminatore
http://blogs.adobe.com/cantrell/archives/2012/03/accessing-the-accelerometer-and-gyroscope-in-javascript.html
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untog
Does anyone know if it is possible to get meaningful movement measurements
from the combination of these two? i.e. get an ini... | {
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} |
I failed a Twitter interview - mostelato
http://qandwhat.apps.runkite.com/i-failed-a-twitter-interview/
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acchow
This question involves an "a-ha" moment (for the linear-time solution) and was
thus banned from interviews at Google last year.
Don't use questions involving eureka moments. They reveal nothing about ... | {
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} |
A malicious module on npm - gburnett
https://blog.liftsecurity.io/2015/01/27/a-malicious-module-on-npm
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bizzbuzz
now you've made me all paranoid, I hope you're happy
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Rebrand America - caiobegotti
http://mgmtdesign.com/flags/
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core-questions
Most of these are absolutely terrible, or are political commentary in image
form. None of them look like something people would want to wave to represent
themselves and their nation.
As a non-American, absolutely none of these convey any... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Uber, valued at billions, was sent packing by a startup in Singapore - kschua
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/cnainsider/uber-grab-singapore-ride-hailing-southeast-asia-private-hire-10630396
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akhatri_aus
So it had nothing to do with Softbant, who also has a stake in Grab, asking
Uber to leave. The title... | {
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} |
First free file transfer service for files up to 20GB - hshojaee
https://www.transferbigfiles.com
Now you can send files that are up to 20GB in size through any modern browser without flash or any other plugins. It's free.
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hshojaee
For those interested to know more about this...we rebuilt TransferBigFiles.com
... | {
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} |
Ron Rivest: Keys Under Doormats – Mandating Insecurity [video] - mzl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqacHM6Wm0Q
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Intermernet
This talk is (as expected) a very level headed summary of why exceptional
access in encryption is a _very bad idea_.
The only point I think it's worth adding to those in the talk (which ... | {
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} |
The trouble with Linux: it's just not sexy - theandym
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/the-trouble-with-linux-it-s-just-not-sexy-679859
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retube
I'm not sure Windows is especially sexy either, altho Apple clearly is.
Linux will struggle for years to come in the corporate desktop market: a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Twitter discussion – Docker threatening legal action over naming - avitzurel
https://twitter.com/kelseyhightower/status/775657952430596096?lang=en
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wmf
Many trademark holders have a policy that you can't use their name as the
_prefix_ of the name of something else. So e.g. JavaCache would not be allowed
but Cach... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How do you handle billing by the day? - rquantz
Several prominent members of the HN community advocate billing <i>at least</i> by the day for freelancers/consultants. This is extremely appealing to me, and I've begun discussing changing to this billing structure with some of my existing clients.<p>That being... | {
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Plant your own tree in California - lasharela
Hi guys,
In case if someone wants to help California, we launched a website: https://treespond.com<p>In few clicks, you can plant your own trees in California's National Forests Damaged by wildfire.<p>Any Comments, Questions, Recomendations are appritiated.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Arc: Build Apache Spark Jobs Without Code - seddonm1
https://github.com/tripl-ai/arc-starter
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aissar
What a clever framework and clever bunch of people behind this. Take it for a
spin and find out for yourself just how great this is.
| {
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} |
Understanding Python decorators - spoon16
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/739654/understanding-python-decorators
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mkramlich
this is RTFM material and i wish i could downvote it
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weaksauce
I don't think that it is quite RTFM material. I looked at the documentation on
decorators in the python manual(actuall... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
SearchYC is back up - ivank
http://searchyc.com/?
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tokenadult
It has very current results too, as I just verified by test. P.S. I'm curious
why the parent post, which just opened this thread, is now dead.
~~~
ivank
It was probably [dead] because it wasn't up for everyone, due to slow DNS
propagation. It was u... | {
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} |
Researchers Find that Parasitic Flies are Turning Bees Into Zombies - rosser
http://inhabitat.com/researchers-find-that-parasitic-flies-are-turning-bees-into-zombies/
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olb1ue
There are all kinds of theories on how a Zombie apocalypse could actually
happen. From parasites to neuro-toxins. The most far out there I... | {
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} |
Exploring Euclideon's Unlimited Detail Engine - timknauf
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/11/22/exploring-unlimited-detail.aspx
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dmbaggett
The article sensationally positions this as some incredible breakthrough that
the "old guard" of gaming is trying to suppress. More likely, the code works,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How much should you pay developers? - brianwillis
http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/07/how-much-should-you-pay-developers/
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hammerdr
Experience = Full Time Work Experience.
That's the only measure that they accept (and this is a _formula_ dammit! We
cannot go against that!).
This seems to me to be a complete ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Anyone use Windows Server? - breck
I'm getting a virtual dedicated box to launch a new product on(currently I maintain 6 linux servers). For fun, I was thinking of trying Windows Server. The box will primarily be used for hosting webapps(php & python, mysql db) and processing incoming email.<p>I have a f... | {
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} |
Gameduino: an Arduino game adapter - potomak
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2084212109/gameduino-an-arduino-game-adapter
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potomak
Want to share with you hackers my birthday present. Can't wait to hack it!
| {
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} |
Why Aren't Schools Grouping Kids By Intelligence Level? - mcnabj
As we look at ways to improve and update educational systems, does it still make sense to have kids grouped by age rather than by their level of intelligence? Should less intelligent kids have to be overshadowed by geniuses? Should Geniuses have to wai... | {
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Attackers Demand $2.5M After Coordinated Ransomware Attacks on Texas Government - mojoraja
https://cyware.com/news/attackers-demand-25-million-ransom-after-coordinated-ransomware-attacks-on-texas-government-entities-79af8a80/
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zelon88
All of those managed service providers do the same thing. 4 full time
employee... | {
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} |
WebGL Water (2011) - joubert
http://madebyevan.com/webgl-water/
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SXX
Anyone who want to check one of the best WebGL demos should try this:
[http://codeflow.org/webgl/craftscape/](http://codeflow.org/webgl/craftscape/)
~~~
FraKtus
Nice!
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mkilling
Are there any more modern real-time water effects out ther... | {
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} |
Animatable: One property, two values, endless possiblities - Dekku
http://leaverou.github.io/animatable/
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jwarren
I highly recommend front-end developers keep up to date with Lea Verou's blog
and talks. She's a great ambassador for standards-based development and
maintains a great sense of whimsy.
I really reco... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Evil Within the Comparison Functions - AndreyKarpov
https://www.viva64.com/en/b/0509/
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Animats
Oh, I thought this was going to be about floating point comparisons.
The IEEE floating point people thought this through, and a NaN is generated
when there's no meaningful numeric value for a result. But they were... | {
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} |
The Mystery of the Havana Syndrome - dbuxton
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/19/the-mystery-of-the-havana-syndrome
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LeifCarrotson
> The name is a pseudonym, which she requested in order to protect her
> privacy.) Her life in Havana was fascinating but orderly. She lived with her
> husband and their tw... | {
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} |
Google Buzz data to be copied to Google Drive for shutdown - tekacs
Dear Buzz user,<p>In October 2011 we announced that [Google Buzz was shutting down]. On or after 17 July 2013, Google will take the last step in the shut-down and will save a copy of your Buzz posts to your [Google Drive], a service for storing file... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Short Lessons from 21 Long Books - durmonski
https://durmonski.com/21-lessons-from-21-books/
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m10i
This is a wonderful idea! But I can't help but wonder... is this legal? Seems
like a litigation nightmare.
~~~
durmonski
I believe this type of work falls under the Fair use doctrine, where you can
use a ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Are you planning to move HN to IPv6? - lookforipv6
Are you planning to move HN to IPv6?<p>It would be great to see in IPv6 the content of this site.
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wmf
What's the benefit?
I would expect pg to adopt IPv6 right after he replaces his table-based markup
with CSS.
~~~
lookforipv6
honestly not many, but... | {
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} |
Datos IO 2.0: Cloud Mobility and Cloud Data Protection for the Multi-Cloud Era - thakurtarun
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/datos-io-unveils-latest-application-130000533.html
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mrbee
This is great solution!
| {
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} |
Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan on Science Friday in 1992 - carlosgg
http://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/two-cosmic-explorers-investigate-the-world-within-us/
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carlosgg
There's a Federation of American Scientists?! Sounds like Star Trek! :-)
[https://fas.org/](https://fas.org/)
| {
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Effective Testing with RSpec 3, Getting Real: Integration Specs - the-red-button
http://blog.travisspangle.com/effective-testing-with-rspec-3-getting-real-integration-specs/
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the-red-button
Completed Part 2, building an application top-down testing! Excited to get
some use out of the bisect flag and learning mor... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tell HN: Triplebyte reverses, emails apology - trianx
This just landed in my inbox. The discussion on hackernews (<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23279837" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23279837</a>) surely helped Triplebyte understand that it was a mis... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How we get high availability with Elasticsearch and Ruby on Rails - konklone
https://18f.gsa.gov/2016/04/08/how-we-get-high-availability-with-elasticsearch-and-ruby-on-rails/
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shockzzz
I have no idea why the phrase "high availability" is in this post.
~~~
mburns
>We call these extensions "high availability" bec... | {
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I Fooled the World into Thinking I Was a Successful EDM DJ–For an Art Project - kposehn
http://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/i-fooled-the-world-into-thinking-i-was-a-successful-edm-djfor-an-art-project?utm_source=thumpfbus
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MOARDONGZPLZ
I'm reminded of a Key and Peele "How to Rob a Bank" skit:
Now I know this pl... | {
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} |
LendUp: Playing with people's lives - Bootvis
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/09/28/2176153/lendup-playing-with-peoples-lives/
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kchoudhu
I am sure we will be seeing numerous comments in this thread braying for the
CEO of this criminally negligent financial firm to be thrown in jail.
| {
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} |
The shockwave-less supersonic body - floater
http://linux.osdn.org.ua/pub/mirrors/ftp.flightgear.org/docs/www.4p8.com/eric.brasseur/swlbi.html
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RiderOfGiraffes
> The plates around the body are thin and do
> virtualy not generate shock waves by their own.
Well, that's just nonsense. Thin or ... | {
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} |
Cloud-based monitoring for scripts, jobs, apps and batches - bdavid_tex
http://www.pushmon.com/cms/
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bdavid_tex
Hi. We're releasing a free, cloud-based monitoring solution for scripts,
scheduled jobs and batches. PushMon is unique since existing hosted monitoring
solutions check public facing services. It instea... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Memristor cell scaled down to 10nm - mrb
http://semiaccurate.com/2011/12/08/imec-scales-rram-to-10nm/
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Symmetry
We already had MRAM which was non-volatile and was as fast as DRAM, but had
horrible density. Now it looks like we have a workable device that can be both
main memory and storage.
However, modern op... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Trojan Horse wasn't a horse - alanfranzoni
http://www.academia.edu/26945391/F._Tiboni_2016_The_Dourateos_Hippos_from_allegory_to_Archaeology._A_Phoenician_Ship_to_break_the_Wall_in_Archeologia_Maritima_Mediterranea_13.2016_pp._91-104
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alanfranzoni
TL;DR
The ancient greek word "Hippos" \- which, undoubtedly,... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What are the best resources to learn shell scripting? - b2hack
What are the best resources, courses, tutorial to learn shell script.
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moonboots
A good intro is a talk given by Ryan Tomayko called the Shell Hater's
Handbook[1]. His POSIX Shell and Utilities is also a great reference[2]. For a
more compr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Twitter's GIF hack - kwntm
http://blog.embed.ly/post/89265229166/what-twitter-isnt-telling-you-about-gifs
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ars
This is not true:
"A GIF is literally a sequence of independent images squeezed into the same
file. An mp4 video can take advantage of all kinds of fancy compression
techniques like keyframes and forwa... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why I Was Fired by Google - dpflan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-i-was-fired-by-google-1502481290
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Upvoter33
I personally find the whole "Goolag" thing ridiculous. I've had relatives
(great grandparents/uncles/aunts) in the USSR who were removed from their
homes in the middle of the night by the government. O... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Deciding among a hacker's best friend: pens - jseliger
http://jseliger.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/product-review-pens
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pasbesoin
I used to have a Koh-I-Noor brass barrel Rapidomatic 0.5 mm mechanical pencil
that was the best thing I'd ever written with. Foolishly, I took it to a
training class one time and lost it... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
NYC Tech Boom: Not Just Mini Silicon Valley East - julien421
http://m.cnbc.com//id/100553792
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bsg75
Not the first time I have read about this, but I am always curious about the
costs. NYC has some significant tax burdens, and property is difficult to find
and costs are high, correct? Does the professional popu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Theory of Neural Computation with Clifford Algebras (2005) [pdf] - adamnemecek
https://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/inf/Sommer/doc/Dissertationen/Sven_Buchholz/diss.pdf
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MrQuincle
I'm not really aware about this application of Clifford algebra. I'll
summarize it as the algebra that operated on sets of scalars, v... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Webauthn – W3C's passwordless login specification - soulmerge
https://webauthn.io/
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timClicks
"Attestation type"? Why create something intended for general use and hinder
its adoption by using words like that?
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Microbes Likely Abundant Hundreds of Meters Below Sea Floor - tellarin
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/03/microbes-likely-abundant-hundred.html
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tellarin
Very interesting findings. There is still so much we don't know about the
oceans...
But I guess this kind of news can be a show stopper for the r... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Advice on obtaining an L1B visa - benlvink
I'm currently working at an Amsterdam based YC company with offices in the United States. Does anyone have advice on obtaining a L1B visa. I currently have experience in marketing and my role will be marketing and event manager.
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djsumdog
Do you want to continue wo... | {
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} |
Superconductivity theory comes a step closer - bookofjoe
https://physicsworld.com/a/superconductivity-theory-takes-a-step-closer/
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bookofjoe
>Exact theory for superconductivity in a doped Mott insulator
[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-020-0988-4.epdf?shari...](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-020-... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Polyglot stacks, alternative databases and performance fails - rebzees
Polyglot programming is the focus of this issue of the digital magazine JAXenter. From Shutterstock’s gradual evolution from one to many languages, an intro to polyglot IDE Komodo from ActiveState, plus intros to HBase and RethinkDB (both big sal... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Making Playgrounds a Little More Dangerous - Reedx
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/well/family/adventure-playgrounds-junk-playgrounds.html
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devchix
A recent episode of 99% Invisible: Play Mountain looked at how the playground
got to be safe and boring.
"A two-year-old boy named Frank Nelson was climbing a 12... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why walking makes you a better worker - pseudolus
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190304-why-walking-makes-you-a-better-worker
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crooked-v
Begin the countdown to businesses installing treadmills at every desk.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: ZFS on FreeBSD vs. expensive NAS for 100 TB backup over NFS? - reacharavindh
Fellow HNers!
I have a chance to upgrade our backup server that is an aging NetApp Filer costing us big money.
Is it a good idea to setup FreeBSD-ZFS on Directly attached JBODs and use it over NFS?<p>Or are there any practical reason... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it? - procastatron
For as long as I can remember I have been a super procrastinator. However, I'm also pretty smart which helps me fake it so that no one else notices. I think part of my problem might be that I grew up with an entitlement complex as I was vale... | {
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Developers, beware. Facebook really is the new Microsoft - nickb
http://valleywag.com/tech/facebook/developers-beware-facebook-really-is-the-new-microsoft-283941.php
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paulgb
I don't see what the problem is. If I recall correctly, the videos application
was developed in-house before the platform was ever releas... | {
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Barter Exchanges - Startup Idea - mhb
http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/03/unemployment-recessions-and-barter-a-test.html
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yummyfajitas
Interesting idea, but it presumes that our current recession is caused by
insufficient liquidity.
Most of the evidence suggests that the liquidity-induced... | {
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} |
The first pictures of blood from a 10,000 year old Siberian woolly mammoth - phowat
http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/exclusive-the-first-pictures-of-blood-from-a-10000-year-old-siberian-woolly-mammoth/
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endtwist
The most interesting part of that article is the non-chalant last line: "Once
the [woo... | {
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LA Speed Check, Becoming a Crew - slowhand09
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg73GKm7GgI
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ColinWright
The video is put together nicely, but for those of you who prefer the written
word:
[https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-blac...](https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-blac... | {
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Assume You're Wrong - adamb0mb1
http://verbadam.com/assume-youre-wrong
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Jemaclus
This is great advice. Just today I had a similar issue. I wrote some code a
long time ago, and a new coworker who started about a month ago comes up to me
and proposes an alternate solution. He asked why we didn't do it this way
i... | {
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} |
Lessons learned: writing really long fiction - wellokthen
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2019/03/lessons-learned-writing-really.html
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jonathanstrange
I'm writing German science fiction novels as a hobby that are around 700-800
norm pages each and learned the hard way that at least in the German
publ... | {
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} |
Quit Your Job for a Better One? Not If You Live in Idaho - dmode
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/business/economy/boise-idaho-noncompete-law.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
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Boothroid
Non-compete agreements are one step... | {
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VS Ramachandran on Your Mind - vinutheraj
http://www.ted.com/talks/vilayanur_ramachandran_on_your_mind.html
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prat
Great guy. Gotta get his book "Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of
the Human Mind"
| {
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} |
Tesla Plans to Acquire Maxwell Technologies in Deal Valued at $218M - Elof
http://fortune.com/2019/02/04/tesla-maxwell-technologies/
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Elof
I’m hopeful that this means Tesla will Open Source Maxwell’s patients -
[https://patents.justia.com/assignee/maxwell-technologies-
inc](https://patents.justia.com/assignee/ma... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Time 100: Moot, by Rick Astley (Not Online Poll) - frisco
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1893837_1894180,00.html
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SwellJoe
Rick Astley is so much cooler than Chuck Norris, it's not even funny.
~~~
buugs
Usually you can find some humor in chuck norris jokes the first time yo... | {
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} |
On Anger, Disgust, and Love: Interview with Martha Nussbaum - Hooke
http://emotionresearcher.com/on-anger-disgust-love/
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yestoallthat
> I argue that political love needs to be particularistic in this way, but
> that care must always be taken to harness that particular love to good moral
> principles and keep peo... | {
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} |
Publix cake ordering UI's obscenity filter rejects mom's 'summa cum laude' cake - bmpafa
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/05/22/grocery-store-censors-cake-with-request-for-summa-cum-laude/npFzLAzg2b7w54247o3MIO/story.html
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metalliqaz
> Jacob was ‘‘absolutely humiliated,’’ Koscinski said.
Oh please.
... | {
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No Intelligent Aliens Detected in Gliese 581 - phreeza
http://news.discovery.com/space/no-intelligent-aliens-in-gleise-581-are-home-120602.html
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tzs
I now think there might be a decent chance we really are alone, after reading
this interesting timeline of the far future:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Who is Anna-Senpai, the Mirai Worm Author? - chopin
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/who-is-anna-senpai-the-mirai-worm-author
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ploggingdev
Previous discussion :
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13428824](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13428824)
Mods, the current url points to somewhere in the midd... | {
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} |
TI removes access to assembly programs on the TI-83 Premium CE - dTal
https://www.ticalc.org/archives/news/articles/14/149/149342.html
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nullc
I'm really happy with the very well build swissmicros DM42 calculator:
[https://www.swissmicros.com/dm42.php](https://www.swissmicros.com/dm42.php)
It is inspired by the ... | {
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} |
Improving advertising on the web - robin_reala
https://blog.chromium.org/2017/06/improving-advertising-on-web.html?m=1
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dang
Comments moved to
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14465546](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14465546).
| {
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Bad Elk V. United States - shawndumas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Elk_v._United_States
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shawndumas
"Most states have, either by statute or by case law, removed the unlawful
arrest defense for resisting arrest"
| {
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Air-powered LEGO V8 engine running at 1440 rpm (vid) - TriinT
http://www.nicjasno.com/node/1019
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ynniv
The complete drivetrain with automatic transmission is much more impressive: [
[http://www.lpepower.com/content/heavy-duty-automatic-
transmi...](http://www.lpepower.com/content/heavy-duty-automatic-
transmis... | {
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} |
Why we have to boycott RSA - techinsidr
http://blog.erratasec.com/2014/01/why-we-have-to-boycott-rsa.html
======
ics
> I mention this because people on Twitter are taking the stance that instead
> of boycotting RSA that we should attend their conference, to represent our
> views, to engage people in the conversation, ... | {
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} |
Show HN: “Who's Hiring” Trends - austinhutch
http://austinhutchison.com/hntrends/
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austinhutch
I built a tool that analyzes the frequency of strings in the monthly "Who's
Hiring" posts over the past 12 months. It works with one word or two word
strings.
Here's a blog post with more explanation and a few inter... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How to securely purchase a project? - bukka
I am looking into purchasing a website/project. How can I assure that I do not get scammed or tricked, which method should I use to perform the transaction.
======
iancarroll
Put the money into [http://escrow.com](http://escrow.com) Get the files
Release the m... | {
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} |
Quantum effects in relatively large systems - JumpCrisscross
http://nautil.us/issue/29/scaling/how-big-can-schr246dingers-kittens-get
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biswaroop
Superfluidity is briefly mentioned in the article, but it's a quantum effect
that's visible in very large systems.
A system exhibits zero viscosity when its particles ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Police to Seattle’s techies, streamers: Sign up for our anti-swatting service - tonyztan
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/10/police-to-seattles-techies-streamers-sign-up-for-our-anti-swatting-service/
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Reelin
So... why don't we fix the problem at its source by trying to better assess
the reliability of a... | {
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} |
How Fast is the National Broadband Network? Broadband in Australia. - brotchie
http://howfastisthenbn.com.au/
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jfoster
This is getting quite a lot of media attention in AU today.
[http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/nbn-speed-test-
we...](http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/nbn-speed-test-website... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Cars All but Banned on One of Manhattan’s Busiest Streets - ramzyo
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/nyregion/car-ban-14th-street-manhattan.html
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mrpopo
> “I think it’s extreme and there should be a compromise. Everybody pays taxes
> — not just the people in the buses.”
I would make the opposite argument actua... | {
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} |
Good Practices for Writing Rust Libraries - jaxondu
https://pascalhertleif.de/artikel/good-practices-for-writing-rust-libraries/
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jerf
This isn't really specific to Rust, but, while I wouldn't necessarily do all
this stuff while working through a tutorial on Rust, the start of a brand new
language is a great tim... | {
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} |
What Will Replace PDF? - chrisstpierre
PDF-like documents are a very common need. However, PDF as a format is not the best. Documents are not reliably consistent across platforms/readers, and have vulnerabilities. It really seems like something that should be replaced, but isn’t. What will replace it?
======
NonE... | {
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NoSQL East 2009 day 2: Pig/Twitter, Cascading, Neo4j, Redis, Sherpa/Yahoo - uggedal
http://journal.uggedal.com/nosql-east-2009---summary-of-day-2
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antirez
There is some problem with the numbers for Redis:
"Can do 19,600 gets and 13,900 sets a second on a MacBook Pro"
In my macbook (not PRO) Redis performs l... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Bitcoin breaks $3K to reach new all-time high - janober
https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/04/bitcoin-3000
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mmaunder
That was quite a stair step up around 8pm PDT. Anyone know what happened?
[http://imgur.com/a/W6m6n](http://imgur.com/a/W6m6n)
~~~
xiphias
In the last week there was a fear of the Bitcoin Cash fork s... | {
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} |
Show HN: OKR Example Directory – Incl. Roles Like DevOps, VP Eng, etc. - brennanm
https://soapboxhq.com/goal-examples
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brennanm
Direct link if you want to skip straight to engineering examples:
[https://soapboxhq.com/goal-examples/engineering](https://soapboxhq.com/goal-
examples/engineering)
The examples are a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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