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Announcing Linkerd 1.0 - erikgrinaker
https://blog.buoyant.io/2017/04/25/announcing-linkerd-1.0/
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Sevein
I think that Linkerd is totally awesome and that it's definitely not receiving
the attention that it deserves.
One may think that Linkerd only fits in large projects but having that layer
that manages the co... | {
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What are the main ways in which the world will likely be different in 20 years? - lpolovets
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-biggest-ways-in-which-the-world-20-years-from-now-will-probably-be-different-from-today-What-are-the-biggest-X-factors-changes-that-are-not-probable-but-are-possible-and-could-be-huge?share=1
... | {
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Tree Tent Design - ChuckMcM
http://www.drewapenaar.nl/project.php?id=67
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ChuckMcM
Ok saw this linked off the Toxel site and thought if anyone is looking for an
interesting Burning Man art/camp/idea this would be a cool one. Create some
otherworldly 'trees' and hang these bad boys from them. "Fruit of the Deser... | {
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Using Go instead of bash for scripts - ngaut
https://presstige.io/p/Using-Go-instead-of-bash-for-scripts-6b51885c1f6940aeb40476000d0eb0fc
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jackewiehose
No thanks.
> I write those scripts so infrequently that I every time I need to re-learn
> basics. How do I declare a function? How do I write if? How do I write... | {
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Uses This Interview – Bram Moolenaar - alekq
https://usesthis.com/interviews/bram.moolenaar/
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shred45
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I have found Bram to be surprisingly hostile
to power users, which seems to go against the nature of Vim. In particular, I
found this issue to be especially painful, although it a... | {
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Review "my" profitable startup - md1515
A friend of mine used to work with a modeling and promotional agency when he lived in Australia. I guess he noticed a huge need for better coordinating employees so he developed a web based staff management system.<p>He is the programmer and has finished the site sometime in t... | {
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User Interaction 101 - dhotson
http://andymatuschak.org/articles/2008/05/07/user-interaction-101/
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sysop073
This post was excellent, although I take issue with the silent waiter part.
His waiter example was trivial; there's no reason you wouldn't want the
marshmallow bowl refilled, but usually programs aren't ... | {
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Google delayed SameSite cookie changes to Feb 17 - owenwil
https://www.chromium.org/updates/same-site
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rowan_m
This is a staged rollout with Chrome 80 as announced, so any current plans
you're making for this change should stay as is. If you're looking to know if
your specific browser instance is enforcing the n... | {
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Vim is a Game - alixander
http://alexanderw.xyz/essays/vim/
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notnightwing
[http://vim-adventures.com/](http://vim-adventures.com/)
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I was owed $5k. I tried to hold them accountable - msrpotus
https://medium.com/@wudanyan/i-was-owed-more-than-5-000-from-late-paying-publications-47db55dfba2a
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GhostVII
I think a better strategy would be to send an email as soon as the payment was
late, saying a late fee would be assessed in x days if payment is... | {
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Smartphones' accelerometer can track strokes on nearby keyboards - duck
http://digitallounge.gatech.edu/digitallife/index.html?nid=71506
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tectonic
I read somewhere that this can also be done with some accuracy by listening to
the sounds of keypresses.
Other examples of (mostly) passive information gathering:
\... | {
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HTML Datepicker - cientifico
http://jsfiddle.net/RSryb/2/embedded/result/
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elchief
I like how it has December as a month too.
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Eduard
... and it even has a 31st of February! Awesome. No other popular datepicker
provides this yet!
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cientifico
The validation should be done on the server. It is documented... | {
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Ask HN: Clojure code worth reading? - psawaya
I'm learning Clojure. Coming from Python and JavaScript, I'm still not used to the Clojure way of doing things.<p>Can anyone recommend code (ideally, large apps or libraries) that is considered high quality and readable? I'd like to better wrap my head around the techniq... | {
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Ask HN: I'm a whistleblower fired from a FANG and I want to go public - choochoochoo
I'm a whistleblower fired from a FANG and I'm considering going public. What are the current draw backs and perceptions of whistleblowers in tech?<p>The issues involved are serious to the corp, to the degree they might have ... | {
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100k Digitized Art History Materials from Getty Research Institute Now Available - mxfh
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/100000-digitized-art-history-materials-from-the-getty-research-institute-availble-in-dpla/
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sweir27
Some of those later images could use some cropping- this seems related
[https://news.ycombinator.... | {
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Live Moose TV - Breadmaker
https://www.svtplay.se/video/21733002/den-stora-algvandringen/den-stora-algvandringen-slow-tv-sasong-1-16-apr-06-00-1?info=visa
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Breadmaker
>For several thousand years the moose have walked the same path to get to the
rich pastures of summer. Follow the walk live from Kullberg in the n... | {
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HKSAR Government issues statement on Edward Snowden - adulau
http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201306/23/P201306230476.htm
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mbenjaminsmith
My opinion of the HK SAR, which has always been quite high, just went up a
couple of notches.
I hope Snowden finds asylum and can live a reasonably comfortable life. He's a... | {
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What are the most frequently asked questions by a VC? - wave
When you go for a fund raising, what are the most frequently asked questions by a VC?
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aneesh
Why are you bothering me? Can't you see I'm checking my Blackberry?
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staunch
* How are you going to use my money ("put it to work")?
* To what point... | {
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Full Circle: SecondMarket Raises $15 Million From Former Facebooker - shakes
http://www.betabeat.com/2011/11/02/secondmarket-raises-15-m-from-socialcapital/
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cienrak
At this period, the public markets are a scary place. Tech companies that
embody the new economy and have room to grow are going to become an
inc... | {
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Microsoft Discontinuing Skype for Business, Teams, and Yammer for Windows Phone - rbanffy
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-discontinuing-skype-for-business-teams-and-yammer-for-windows-phone
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erric
They are pushing Teams pretty hard to compete with Slack.
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OAuth tutorials for HTML5 applications - thyb
http://www.htmlcenter.com/blog/great-oauth-tutorials-for-html5-applications
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sauliuz
Thanks for shout out. The goal of this post was to collect good resources for
HTML5 and OAuth into one place.
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How to know which Trump impeachment polls to believe - triff
https://qz.com/1729426/how-to-know-which-trump-impeachment-polls-to-believe/
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hans1729
Ah, these are the days that xkcd's browser-replacements really pay off.
My browser renders the title as "How to know which Trump impeachment psychic
readings to bel... | {
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Yarn's Future – v2 and beyond - arcatek
https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/issues/6953
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scrollaway
Very happy to see yarn.lock will finally be a proper format that won't need
its own parser. YAML subset is a pretty good choice, though I think
canonicalized, indented JSON would be a better choice for this use case.
... | {
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Pinterest finally launches full API - alialtaf
https://engineering.pinterest.com/blog/start-building-pinterest-api
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artur_makly
Does anyone have the latest user stats/demographical breakdowns for Pinterest
they share?
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Woman jailed for trying to open the airplane door mid flight - joaosardinha
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/chloe-haines-flight-stansted-airport-cabin-crew-trial-jail-sentence-a9331441.html
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drunken-serval
Not sure why this is news. She assaulted a flight attendant, said she was
going to kil... | {
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How and why the government is stalking you - jasonkolb
http://www.applieddatalabs.com/content/how-and-why-government-stalking-you
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gnosis
What's even sadder is that many if not most HN users are contributing to the
surveillance apparatus by building web apps and infrastructure, promoting it,
and not taking a s... | {
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Rovio's CEO steps down after just over a year on the job - richardboegli
http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/9/9878424/rovio-angry-birds-ceo-replaced
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richardboegli
So Pekka Rantala has done what he was asked to do; rationalise the company. He
has finished, so he is leaving.
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Ask HN: Would this idea help keep discussion civilized? - gregpilling
This may already exist, but I am the business guy on the team so please forgive my coding ignorance.<p>- Have a staff member or moderator go through all the posts and flag the ones that are determined to be part of the decay of the community. A fe... | {
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1983 Radio Shack Catalog - bane
http://archive.org/stream/radio-shack-catalog-rsc-09-computer-catalog-1983/radio_shack_catalog_rsc-09_computer_catalog.1983#page/n0/mode/2up
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simonsarris
Oh wow. This is delightful.
As a younger(?) (24) person I am _astonished_ at how many options there were
for different home co... | {
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Ask HN: Beginning web development language for a non-programmer? - flink127
I have a few ideas for some rather simple, fun websites, but I need to learn a language so I can do the backend. I know html/css, but pretty much no actual programming languages. I've done some research but really I'd just like some personal... | {
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Ask HN: Free cloud servers for 15 year old high school developers? - andrewstuart
Some family friends kids are 15 years old and learning to program.<p>They need access to a free Linux server so they can learn back end development.<p>Anyone know of free cloud server access for high school student developers?
======
r... | {
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Nixie: the drone that flies and takes a picture of you - jjallen
http://www.flynixie.com
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darklrd
Amazing concept.
~~~
flynixie
Thanks!
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jijojv
Awesome video
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flynixie
Thanks so much! - Team Nixie
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Pentagon compiled research into invisibility cloaking, wormholes, and warp drive - DoreenMichele
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/29/18187178/pentagon-research-documents-invisibility-cloaking-wormholes-warp-drive-department-of-defense
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lioeters
Here's the list itself, following The Verge to Federation of American... | {
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Snapchat Could Be Stripped Of “Tap-And-Hold For Video” Patent - andmarios
http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/14/snapchat-patent/
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darkstar999
What a joke. These software patents are getting out of control. They should be
limited to unique, meaningful algorithms.
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gopher1
The patent system is truly broken.
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Unreal Engine 4.19 Released - ksec
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/unreal-engine-4-19-released
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frenchie14
I've tried to learn UE4 multiple times before and I can never get into it.
I've been using Unity for several years and the workflow was much more
intuitive to me when I first picked it up. Visual sc... | {
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I've reproduced 130 research papers about “predicting the stock market” - starpilot
https://www.reddit.com/r/algotrading/comments/cr7jey/ive_reproduced_130_research_papers_about/
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starpilot
Spoilers:
> Literally every single paper was either p-hacked, overfit, or a subsample of
> favourable data was selected (I... | {
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US lost more tax revenue than any other developed country in 2018 due to (cont) - whack
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/05/us-tax-revenue-dropped-sharply-due-to-trump-tax-cuts-report.html
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bernierocks
We have the lowest unemployment rates in a decade. He has to be doing
something right.
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Replacing the input reader in cmd.exe - s3graham
http://h4ck3r.net/2013/08/10/replacing-the-input-reader-in-cmd-exe/
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hondje
Ctrl W? That makes my day :-D
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Snowden’s biggest revelation: We don’t know what power is, nor do we care - npalli
http://pando.com/2013/12/29/snowdens-biggest-revelation-we-dont-know-what-power-is-anymore-nor-do-we-care/
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Empact
"the only thing close to a politics around leaking is libertarianism, the
worst of all political worlds."
Funny ho... | {
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Google self-driving car gets rear-ended in 13th accident since 2009 - hashx
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/06/google-self-driving-car-gets-rear-ended-in-13th-accident-since-2009/
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grovulent
This is not a story.
Google is only even announcing it because were there to be even suspicion that
a google car ... | {
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North Korea defied world with nuclear test. Now it seeks aid for flood disaster - endswapper
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-korea-defied-world-with-nuclear-test-now-it-seeks-aid-for-flood-disaster/2016/09/12/3e710483-476f-4f04-aae4-52af58064e91_story.html?tid=pm_pop_b
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lisper
The fundame... | {
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Entrepreneur? Stay in School. - intenex
http://branliu.com/the-education-for-a-successful-entrepreneur
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blackquantum
this sounds like Steve Jobs' oft-quoted quip on how calligraphy class is the
reason we have different fonts. not sure how much I buy that...should we spend
4 years taking random classes just to ... | {
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Ask HN: Why have post numbers become green and red? - eimrine
Dear HN, I appreciate you for the minimalistic interface that just does not contain anything unnecessary. For what purpose did you start using colors in post number?<p>Does this mean the beginning of the end of the HN I know and love? Maybe now you will mak... | {
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Ask HN: What domain hosting provider you use? - mhasbini
I'm looking for a service that:<p>1. Have clear pricing without hidden or obscure costs.
2. (Optional) expose api for automating the hosting process.
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CM30
I'm using Namecheap at the moment, and it seems to work pretty well overall.
Seems to have an A... | {
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Watch This Charger Fully Juice A Smartphone In 30 Seconds - lgp171188
http://www.popsci.com/article/gadgets/watch-charger-fully-juice-smartphone-30-seconds
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blisterpeanuts
Interesting. The Popular Science article is a bit inaccurate, though; they
didn't mention that it's a battery, not just a fancy new charger... | {
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Ask HN: MySQL vs. MariaDB as of 2019 - akmittal
When mariaDB was forked it was having better performance than Maria, is it still true?
Are there any major differences between the two.
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verdverm
Postgres is still the champ
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chrisjack
came here to say the same.
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Scientists are suggesting that depression is a result of inflammation - ck425
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jan/04/depression-allergic-reaction-inflammation-immune-system
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tasty_freeze
What I'm about to say isn't to deny that inflammation might trigger or
contribute to depression. In fact, anyone ... | {
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Why Use an FPGA Instead of a CPU or GPU? - ScottWRobinson
https://blog.esciencecenter.nl/why-use-an-fpga-instead-of-a-cpu-or-gpu-b234cd4f309c
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seliopou
One clarification on the comment about latency. FPGAs are typically clocked
much slower than a modern CPU. Typically, they run somewhere in the low 100's
of MHz,... | {
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Dear Apple: Fix the App Store with a Measure of Credibility - andrewljohnson
http://www.andrewljohnson.com/article/Fixing%20the%20App%20Store%20with%20Measure%20of%20Credibility
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makecheck
I'm reminded of programming, and how code comments don't always describe what
the code does. Trying something really is of... | {
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Placing documents into the public domain (2008) - aburan28
https://cr.yp.to/publicdomain.html
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legulere
Why not use a CC0 license which is essentially the same?
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Houshalter
If they are really the same then it doesn't matter of course. One advantage
might be that everyone's heard of the public domain, I have ... | {
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The Long-Term Stock Exchange Is Worth a Shot - dsri
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-10-16/the-long-term-stock-exchange-is-worth-a-shot
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timthelion
This article misses the reason why short term investors are potentially
harmfull. The author writes: "One basic and important implication of this
theory ... | {
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Playing with Docker 1.13 and Minio - russmck
https://media-glass.es/playing-with-docker-1-13-minio-9b38a36e88b#.pl01otijq
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alrs
Before anyone gets excited, know that Minio only _just_ started supporting
clusters of multiple machines, and that it is severely limited: "As with Minio
in stand-alone mode, distribute... | {
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The Cost of Free Apps - lkorth
http://lukekorth.com/blog/the-cost-of-free-apps/
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siliconesoul
The goods and bads in the world of an app writer - Well written from the
perspective of a programmer. Thank you for your perception.
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Intelligence is Irrelevant: An MIT Alum’s Advice to a Struggling Student - da5e
http://calnewport.com/blog/2012/01/09/intelligence-is-irrelevant-an-mit-alums-advice-to-a-struggling-student/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+StudyHacks+%28Study+Hacks%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
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jor... | {
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Ask HN: Pricing SaaS based on how much it cost to develop? - altern8
I'm trying to make sure that pricing for a SaaS is correct.<p>Is there anything like finding a price based on how much it cost to develop the service?<p>For instance, if it cost 500K, $100/mo. at a minimum, or things like that?
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Akira... | {
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Double Fine chooses Moai - snprbob86
http://pandodaily.com/2012/05/01/how-two-startups-are-joining-forces-to-fix-the-mobile-silo-problem/
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greggman
this is going to sound like a sales pitch for Unity but ...
Engine + Tools > Engine
Moai = Engine Unity = Engine + Tools
I've got 25 years experience making AAA... | {
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Looks like github is down - emeraldd
It looks like github just went down for emergency maintenance.
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ColinWright
To quote John Graham-Cumming (@jgrahamc[0])
Every time github goes down I think,
"If only there was some way to use git
locally without a network connection".
... | {
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Github cofounder says his company doesn’t just ‘sprinkle Internet on top’ - bjansn
http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/12/github-cofounder-says-his-company-doesnt-just-sprinkle-internet-on-top/
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OafTobark
Was that comment about internet available in more places than electricity
meant to be factual?
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The Confessions of an Arrogant Startup CEO - cnipb
http://francispedraza.com/the-confessions-of-an-arrogant-startup-ceo/
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arasmussen
Way to be open about it. You seem to be getting a lot of attention from the
whole thing so maybe it wasn't a bad idea after all.
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Up to $10,000 of developer software, for free - nosmig
https://pusher.com/developer-package
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sprremix
This is more like an all-in-one trial package for various XaaS. I thought this
would be neat development software..
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Show HN: Visualizing My Spotify Listening Patterns - vb42
https://vinaybhaip.com/blog/2020/08/22/spotify-artist-viz
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vb42
Hi Hacker News! I recently downloaded my Spotify listening history and decided
to make an interactive visual story on my listening patterns. I hope you
enjoy!
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Brand Name Loyalty or Mental Trap? - ZeroGravitas
http://www.flashlightreviews.com/features/loyalty.htm
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pbhjpbhj
I wonder why he missed out those that haven't purchased but still see the
value of a product irrespective of a brand label?
Aside: I'm assuming this piece is by DougP, I found it annoying that the... | {
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Falsehoods programmers believe about networks - kiyanwang
http://blog.erratasec.com/2012/06/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about.html#.WA2xdpMrJ-V
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rvense
It'd be great if someone wrote three lines explaining why one would believe
each of those, why it's wrong, and why that's important.
~~~
Vendan
I tried to wr... | {
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Why Old Operating Systems Never Really Go Away - walterbell
http://tedium.co/2017/04/20/obscure-operating-systems-os2-qnx/
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Artlav
It's not like inventing a car makes a bicycle obsolete.
Also, since when is QNX old or obscure?
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Ask HN: Meeting with an investor in few hours, what is your advice HNers? - synto0day
Hello,<p>Please excuse me for creating this temporary account to place the question, I just wouldn't want to be linked to this question.<p>So, now my question I need advice. In few hours I am meeting with a guy from a hedge fund, h... | {
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Ask HN: I want to build a better content discover platform. - kamilszybalski
Tell me what you hate, what you love and if you think i'm crazy.<p>Appreciate all your feedback on this, it's extremely valuable.
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visakanv
I love:
\- insightful personal stories
\- thoughtful reviews and perspectives
\-... | {
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Flowbox 1.7 – the most powerful video processing startup - wdanilo
https://flowbox.io/
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wdanilo
Hi guys! I'm Wojciech Danilo, one of the early Flowbox founders. I'm not
actively working there right now (I'm working on [http://luna-
lang.org](http://luna-lang.org)), but I truly love these guys. They are
brilliant... | {
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} |
UK listened to scientists about coronavirus who were slow to sound the alarm - abhi3
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-path-speci/special-report-johnson-listened-to-his-scientists-about-coronavirus-but-they-were-slow-to-sound-the-alarm-idUSKBN21P1VF
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The Berklee College of Music Sampling Archive - jacquesm
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sound_samples
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vortico
This is an excellent archive. Although, I find it a bit funny that they warn
"over 8GiB (!!) of space" for the entire page of samples, while most
commercial single-instrument sample sets these days are often... | {
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The Autistic Kid Who’s More Intelligent Than Einstein - karlzt
http://www.disinfo.com/2011/03/the-autistic-kid-whos-more-intelligent-than-einstein/
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yaely234
I've heard about him on the radio but I'm not sure as to what his full
capability/capacity is. Everyone talking about how much he knows, and how he
is atte... | {
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World's largest natural sound archive is now online - mhb
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan13/MacaulayDigital.html
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dhx
The licensing is unfortunately non-free and is therefore incompatible with
free projects such as those operated by the Wikimedia Foundation. It is
however a slight improvement on arXiv.... | {
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Web Framework Benchmarks round 9 - idlewan
http://www.techempower.com/blog/2014/05/01/framework-benchmarks-round-9/
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dang
A dupe of
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7680242](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7680242).
~~~
idlewan
Ah, I guess we posted at the same time.
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Neurodegenerative Disorder: Novel Targeted Therapeutic Strategies - Santoshprophecy
https://medium.com/@user8.prophecymarketinsights/neurodegenerative-disorder-novel-targeted-therapeutic-strategies-26b8bf6cde74
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Santoshprophecy
Until the 1990s, growth in developing therapy for neurodegenerative diseases
was slow... | {
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} |
Siri’s Last Remaining Cofounder Is Out at Apple - raleighm
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/siris-last-remaining-cofounder-is-out-at-apple
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ttul
Ooh I wonder what Vipul is up to next...
| {
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“1024,” “2048″ And Other Copies Of Popular Paid Game “Threes” Fill App Stores - ychw
http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/24/clones-clones-everywhere-1024-2048-and-other-copies-of-popular-paid-game-threes-fill-the-app-stores
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saurik
I have not played 1024; but, I will say the mechanic of 2048 is very different
from Thr... | {
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} |
CREAM: the SSL attack you’ve probably never heard of - bascule
http://tonyarcieri.com/cream-the-scary-ssl-attack-youve-probably-never-heard-of
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sdevlin
This attack is conceptually simple, and the linked paper
([http://cr.yp.to/antiforgery/cachetiming-20050414.pdf](http://cr.yp.to/antiforgery/cachetiming-20050414... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Latest Sexting Scandal Shows Many Adults Have Some Growing Up to Do - jseliger
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/04/28/liberty_high_school_sexting_scandal_focus_is_on_consent_and_adults_are_irate.html
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Errorcod3
Crazy seeing what kids get away with today. However I think the medium has
just changed:
Not... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Good 15-20 min. CS challenge for high school students? - Micand
I am helping design a CS-related activity for a Let's Talk Science competition (http://www.letstalkscience.ca), which promotes STEM amongst high school students. In the competition, teams of six students will move from station to ... | {
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} |
Show HN: "Who Is Hiring?" React and Python Top Requested - 20years
http://www.gosmartsolutions.com/hn/
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20years
Java currently shows as the top programming language but I believe the parser
may be picking up some Javascript for that category. I am working on a fix for
that now.
~~~
20years
Fixed the bug where i... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The tale of the neuroscientists and the computer: why mechanistic theory matters - tdaltonc
http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2014.00349/full
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tdaltonc
I don't think that the engineer in the story about the radio actually
understands the radio. He could reproduce an identical radio, but he doe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Autonomous Trucks and the Future of the American Trucker - lawrenceyan
http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/driverless/
======
twblalock
Driving the trucks is the most obvious part of a trucker's job, but not the
only one. They do a lot of other important stuff:
[https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2018/02/wi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Ternary Calculating Machine of Thomas Fowler - tgrass
http://www.mortati.com/glusker/fowler/index.htm
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dhamidi
See also Setun
<[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setun>](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setun>), a
computer from 1958 using the balanced ternary system.
~~~
dsplatonov
Nice. It's strange why don't we ... | {
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} |
Microsoft inks mystery Linux licensing deal - ukdm
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/the-frontline-blog/2194270/microsoft-inks-mystery-linux-licensing-deal?utm_campaign=V3_co_uk&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Twitterfeed
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Paul_S
The deal has been signed so many times, how on earth have the contents not
been leaked yet? O... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The New Future of Notifications - jsgyfc
http://blog.latis.io/the-new-future-of-notifications/
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TeMPOraL
The core of the problem is right there in the language of the article. As a
user installing an app, I want to use it to help me with some problem or task
I have. Here are things I absolutely don't care abou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Glass Dome — an Alfred workflow to fight link rot in markdown notes - macedotavares
https://github.com/macedotavares/Glass-Dome
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macedotavares
Hey!
Following the advice dang left in the comments, here’s the backstory for this
workflow:
I've been taking plain text notes on my computer for almost 20 yea... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
MBTA Sux - capturing the public transportation zeitgeist - anateus
http://www.mbtasux.com
For those who don’t know, the MBTA is Boston’s public transportation authority, running subways, busses, commuter rail, and the like.<p>To say the least, many people are unhappy with the way it is operated. So, as a subject near... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Advert for truecaller on bbc.co.uk? - crottypeter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36015547
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gjvc
The BBC news website has a long tradition of "product-related" articles
masquerading as news. This is a byproduct of the blurring between news and
entertainment.
| {
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} |
Victory for Users: WhatsApp Fixes Privacy Problem in Group Messaging - panarky
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/victory-users-whatsapp-fixes-privacy-problem-group-messaging
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komeijist
Not so much a victory considering whatsapp is in complete control over
metadata. Even if it somehow lay in the interests of Fac... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Machine Learning Crash Course - TakakiTohno
https://developers.google.com/machine-learning/crash-course
======
burger_moon
There's a lot of points on this post but no comments. What do people
experienced with ML think about this course? Is it worth the time?
------
manishsharan
I have a dumb question: isn't the quali... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Microsoft meets with private equity over Yahoo deal - surement
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-yahoo-idUSKCN0WS067
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mbesto
This looks like another Informatica deal [0]. It actually makes a ton of
sense. Yahoo needs to get out of the scrutiny of the public markets and into a
private ownership that wan... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Classes? Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Classes (CSS) - Couto
http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2012/06/19/classes-where-were-going-we-dont-need-classes/
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valuegram
The top comment by M. Andrews says it best:
"This is a well-written and well-argued piece, but I have to ask: have you
ever built a large site... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: A Browse-able RESTish API - qixxiq
http://developers.snapbill.com/2011/02/a-browseable-restish-api/
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numix
I know that the meaning of REST has been diluted a lot, but this mostly RPC
with pretty URLs.
I don't understand why they don't support PUT and DELETE. They are already
using jQuery on the HTML ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Wounds taking weeks to heal on skin disappear in a week inside the mouth (2013) - bookofjoe
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/health/the-mouths-guard.html?ref=health
======
giardini
From the article: _" “It is a known observation among the vulgar that the
saliva is efficacious in cleansing foul wounds, and cicatrizing... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google Makes $900 Million Stalking-Horse Bid For Nortel Patents - ankimal
http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/04/google-makes-900-million-stalking-horse-bid-for-nortel-patents/
======
roc
I wonder whether Google's support for Patent Reform will follow a similar
course as their support for Net Neutrality.
That is: will it g... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Aibek Esengulov of MakeUseOf.com Shares His Startup Story - akramquraishi
http://www.foundora.com/2010/10/26/aibek-esengulov-co-founder-of-makeuseof-com-shares-his-startup-story/
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retroafroman
This is an excellent example of someone bootstrapping up a community and
profitable business. Also, I've worked with A... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
AdventureLog NZ - FinnLeSueur
Https://adventurelog.nz
======
FinnLeSueur
A site for users of the extensive tramping (hiking) hut system in New Zealand
to leave little logs about the hut/track so future trampers can make more
informed decisions!
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Best data-store service with a JSONP/CORS REST API? - some1else
I've got a few client-side apps in JavaScript and I'm looking for a place to store the data. I don't want to run my own persistence API for every one of these little experiments, but I need to have access to the records they create, so I can't u... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google Research: Poetic Machine Translation - alecco
http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2010/10/poetic-machine-translation.html
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abecedarius
Another step towards Trurl's electronic bard!
If you'd like to see some unrelated but available and open-source code to
generate rhyming metric verse: <http://github.com... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Kisan Network (YC W16) is an online marketplace for Indian agriculture - adi_agarwalla
http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/09/y-combinator-backed-kisan-network-is-transforming-the-rural-indian-agricultural-market/
======
adi_agarwalla
Co-founder Aditya here. I'd love to answer any questions you may have, so
please free to f... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How does sharing trademark or copyright ownership work? - tci22
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ggchappell
(IANAL; ignore me if you wish.)
First of all, trademark & copyright law are completely separate. Don't depend
on any general principles to apply to both.
Second, it's probably better if you don't think in terms of "ownershi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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