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Announcing Linkerd 1.0 - erikgrinaker https://blog.buoyant.io/2017/04/25/announcing-linkerd-1.0/ ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== elchief I like how it has December as a month too. ~~~ Eduard ... and it even has a 31st of February! Awesome. No other popular datepicker provides this yet! ~~~ 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&#x27;m a whistleblower fired from a FANG and I&#x27;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/ ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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? ====== aneesh Why are you bothering me? Can't you see I'm checking my Blackberry? ------ 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== darklrd Amazing concept. ~~~ flynixie Thanks! ------ jijojv Awesome video ~~~ 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 ====== 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/ ====== darkstar999 What a joke. These software patents are getting out of control. They should be limited to unique, meaningful algorithms. ------ 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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/ ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== lisper The fundame...
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Entrepreneur? Stay in School. - intenex http://branliu.com/the-education-for-a-successful-entrepreneur ====== 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&#x27;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. ====== 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 ====== 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. ====== verdverm Postgres is still the champ ~~~ 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== legulere Why not use a CC0 license which is essentially the same? ~~~ 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 ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== jor...
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Ask HN: Pricing SaaS based on how much it cost to develop? - altern8 I&#x27;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&#x2F;mo. at a minimum, or things like that? ====== 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/ ====== 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. ====== 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/ ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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&#x27;m crazy.<p>Appreciate all your feedback on this, it&#x27;s extremely valuable. ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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/ ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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 ====== 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...
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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 ====== Errorcod3 Crazy seeing what kids get away with today. However I think the medium has just changed: Not...
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Ask HN: Good 15-20 min. CS challenge for high school students? - Micand I am helping design a CS-related activity for a Let&#x27;s Talk Science competition (http:&#x2F;&#x2F;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/ ====== 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...
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The tale of the neuroscientists and the computer: why mechanistic theory matters - tdaltonc http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2014.00349/full ====== 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...
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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...
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The Ternary Calculating Machine of Thomas Fowler - tgrass http://www.mortati.com/glusker/fowler/index.htm ====== 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 ====== Paul_S The deal has been signed so many times, how on earth have the contents not been leaked yet? O...
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The New Future of Notifications - jsgyfc http://blog.latis.io/the-new-future-of-notifications/ ====== 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...
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Show HN: Glass Dome — an Alfred workflow to fight link rot in markdown notes - macedotavares https://github.com/macedotavares/Glass-Dome ====== 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...
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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...
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Advert for truecaller on bbc.co.uk? - crottypeter http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36015547 ====== 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 ====== komeijist Not so much a victory considering whatsapp is in complete control over metadata. Even if it somehow lay in the interests of Fac...
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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...
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Microsoft meets with private equity over Yahoo deal - surement http://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-yahoo-idUSKCN0WS067 ====== 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...
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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/ ====== 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...
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Show HN: A Browse-able RESTish API - qixxiq http://developers.snapbill.com/2011/02/a-browseable-restish-api/ ====== 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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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/ ====== retroafroman This is an excellent example of someone bootstrapping up a community and profitable business. Also, I've worked with A...
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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!
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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...
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Google Research: Poetic Machine Translation - alecco http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2010/10/poetic-machine-translation.html ====== 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...
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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...
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Ask HN: How does sharing trademark or copyright ownership work? - tci22 ====== 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...
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