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Giant Frog Farms of the 1930s - microtherion
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/frog-farming-1930s-failure-ponds-canning-legs-conservation?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=fa9a7b617f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_27&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-fa9a7b617f-64276797&ct=t()&mc_cid=fa9a7b617f&m... | {
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A Big List of Browser-Based Emulators and Ports of Classic Games - ghosthamlet
https://archive.vg/blog/a-big-list-of-browser-based-emulators-and-ports-of-classic-games
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ggm
N64? I have kept my cartridges for just such an occasion. I know its a folorn
hope but presumably somebody will make a card to read the roms... | {
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Evolving JavaScript with TypeScript - tosh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut694dsIa8w
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tosh
tl;dr: Interesting up-to-date (Thanksgiving) Google Tech Talk about everything
TypeScript by Anders Hejlsberg (C#, .Net, TypeScript, Turbo Pascal, …)
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A Forest Grew for Millennia in North America Without Anyone Noticing - curtis
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-secret-forest-grew-for-millennia-in-north-america-without-anyone-noticing?
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MiguelVieira
Ancient forests like this are not too rare in the United States. You can find
a list of them here:
[https:... | {
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Arduino ESLOV IoT Invention Kit (Kickstarter) - OrangeFlash81
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iot-invention-kit/eslov-iot-invention-kit
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RichAP
Really looking forward to this...it's going to be great for little makers as
well as some of us older less patient makers ;-)
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Man in a ‘vegetative state’ for 12 years, wakes to tell incredible story - tobydownton
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/incredible-story-of-man-who-wakes-after-being-frozen-in-his-body-for-12-years/story-fnixwvgh-1227184009664
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ColinWright
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8864791](https://news.y... | {
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Breaches, traders, plain text passwords, ethical disclosure and 000webhost - finnn
http://www.troyhunt.com/2015/10/breaches-traders-plain-text-passwords.html
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brianclements
After reading all that, am I the only one who thinks that sites with security
practices that egregious aren't simply fronts or traps for min... | {
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Deadpool: Five Stupidest Startups of the Summer - ordersup
http://valleywag.com/tech/deadpool/five-stupidest-startups-of-the-summer-292031.php
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ahsonwardak
Unless it was intentionally stupid, they are trying. I have to disagree with
Doostang.com. I've heard a lot of good things, and the other sites are the
beg... | {
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Mile of London Tunnels for Sale, History Included - robg
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/business/worldbusiness/28tunnel.html?ref=business&pagewanted=all
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abstractbill
As my wife just pointed out, it's cheaper than a lot of houses in Palo Alto
and way cooler!
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robg
And much bigger too!
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josefresco
R... | {
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Reddit DMs will not reach their destination if they contain certain text - ValentineC
https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8ps94a/it_appears_reddit_direct_messages_are_being/
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sotojuan
From that thread:
> Reddit's new "private" chat system is powered by send bird without any
> additional end to end encrypt... | {
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The Types of Emails not to Send Us (websummit.net) - donal_cahalane
http://blog.websummit.net/post/21641261574/the-types-of-emails-not-to-send-us
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microcentury
I would bet my house this is supposed to be a joke. It just falls slightly
short of the mark in a way that's hard to define, and so looks like it might... | {
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Google ends first click free policy - maxgiraldo
https://digiday.com/media/please-subscription-hungry-publishers-google-ends-first-click-free-policy/
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grzm
Previous discussion on NYTimes piece covering same policy change (1 day ago,
132 comments):
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15384512](https://news.yco... | {
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When Mozilla's Fanatics Make Us All Look Bad - jasoncartwright
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/001099.html
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ZeroGravitas
This seems a little bit "fanatic" itself, though I've not read what they're
responding to so maybe that's even worse.
I'm glad someone is coming up with the ideas, even if the right answer... | {
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Books For Learning to Design, The Hard Way - bad_user
http://alexn.org/blog/2011/11/25/4-books-for-learning-to-design-the-hard-way.html
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commieneko
The Robin Williams book is great. I used it as a text several years ago for a
class I taught. A very good overview.
I was a bit surprised to see the Edwards (Draw... | {
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A review of the Nokia E71 - raganwald
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/08/22.html
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gamble
Am I missing something? He lists three requirements for a new phone:
\- decent mp3 player \- laptop tethering \- good Exchange synchronization
Then he spends the rest of the review explaining why the E71 doesn't m... | {
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Apple Removing Support for AMD GPUs in macOS Arm64 - ksec
https://twitter.com/never_released/status/1280207485278789633
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Rebelgecko
That's a bummer for e-GPU users. It was a small niche but seemed like a very
promising one
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m-p-3
Just when Linux kernel drivers for AMD GPU are actually becoming good. I kno... | {
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Xray – An experimental next-generation Electron-based text editor - seanwilson
https://github.com/atom/xray
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feep
A higher performance backend with the undeniable community momentum that Atom
has?
I want this to work.
Also excited to see the discussion and possible cross-pollination with Xi[1]
and raphlinus.
... | {
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How Much Is a Professor Worth? - sew
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/02/world/europe/02iht-educlede02.html?pagewanted=all
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canopylabs
Thanks for posting this. Have you read the book?
I'm from Canada and am very surprised at Canada's high rankings. Wondering if
the authors took into account the relative differe... | {
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Twitter says a spear phishing attack led to the Bitcoin scam - aspenmayer
https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/30/21348974/twitter-spear-phishing-attack-bitcoin-scam
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aspenmayer
[https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/an-
update...](https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/an-update-on-
our-secu... | {
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Save Your Eyes on Chrome - JacobIrwin
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-vision/fommidcneendjonelhhhkmoekeicedej/details?hl=en-US
I am sure there are similar fixes for firefox, IE, etc. users.<p>But for Chrome, I just started using 'Hacker Vision' extension and it seems to work nicely: https://chrome.go... | {
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Canadian firms plan to try to make car from hemp - chopsueyar
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/08/canadian-firms-plan-to-try-to-make-car-from-hemp/1
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stretchwithme
I don't know about the hemp, ut what the world needs is an open source car.
you know, one that works like the PC where can... | {
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MVC and Purity - fogus
http://blog.ezyang.com/2010/07/mvc-and-purity/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ezyang+%28Inside+245s%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
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extension
If you have to deliberate on a design pattern on this abstract and dogmatic
level, it is unlikely to be making you more pr... | {
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New Line Of German Stuffed Animals With Mental Illnesses - cwan
http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/09/09/new-line-of-german-stuffed-animals-with-mental-illnesses/?hpt=C2
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sosuke
[http://www.parapluesch.com//catalog/product_info.php?product...](http://www.parapluesch.com//catalog/product_info.php?products_id=30)
Lo... | {
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Show HN: I Built My Dad a SQL Consulting Page - aarondf
http://sqlstanley.com/
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aarondf
Hey HN, I just wanted to post this here and ask for feedback / advice.
My dad is a genius and has been working with SQL Server for almost as long as
I've been alive. He recently left his last job and is considering doing
c... | {
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Netflix announces “The Switch”, a programmable button - thedufer
http://makeit.netflix.com/the-switch#overview
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ratfacemcgee
so its a DIY netflix and chill button?
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A Good Samaritan Law for Engineers at a Software as a Service (SaaS) Company - rmason
https://www.bennadel.com/blog/3652-a-good-samaritan-law-for-engineers-at-a-software-as-a-service-saas-company.htm
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rmason
I've known Ben and his cofounder Clark Valberg for probably fifteen years.
Clark is the front man, the CE... | {
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Last Words of Great Men - _ttg
http://www.online-literature.com/twain/2848/
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masonic
(1889)
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Show HN: Disrupting the hypnosis industry - xekul
I've been a hypnotherapist for the past five years, doing fairly well for this small niche, but since day one I've had ambitions of expanding beyond the borders of my city. The only question was how to do it without a corresponding increase in staff (...and capital, an... | {
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Ask HN: How do I sell my business? - saltcod
I've got a friend (no, really) who owns an office equipment business. He has about 5 employees and has a recurring income of about $30-40k per month. If he sells more, he can make more, but that $30-40 comes from existing contracts.<p>Problem is: he wants to retire, ... | {
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Ask HN: Any interest in an API for original HN submission titles? - ecaron
More and more I'm believing that editor adjustments of titles are dissuading conversation and interest. I'm considering throwing together a simple system that scans new submissions, retrieves/retains their titles and their destinations' title... | {
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Google bans reddit client from Play Store for "sexually explicit material" - veeti
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/r3dhg/reddit_is_fun_banned_for_sexually_explicit/
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georgemcbay
The march towards being a half-assed Apple continues.
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3700731>
The disappointment conti... | {
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Fall on your ass, it's good for you - nephronim
http://pitch.rs/fall-on-your-ass-its-good-for-you/#.UTSbixm65LE
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a_macgregor
Sorry, but you do not have permission to view this content.
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nephronim
Yeah sorry about that. Permissions issue in the cms. All fixed now. Thanks for
letting me know.
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Magic Wars - your iPhone is a wand - sara
http://pocketfungames.com/
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sara
What do people think?
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Tables vs CSS: CSS Trolls begone - iamelgringo
http://iamelgringo.blogspot.com/2009/02/tables-vs-css-css-trolls-begone.html
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dasil003
Lets call them zealots since they're mostly not really trolls.
CSS zealots are a lot like TDD zealots. Both CSS and TDD have huge, _huge_
benefits that you shouldn't write off be... | {
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Natural image reconstruction from brain waves - soofy
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/787101v3.full
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anonytrary
I'm highly skeptical. I mean, a hash function that has four output states also
maps _anything_ to one of those four states. That doesn't mean it's some next-
level classifier.
The problem here... | {
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Google's Chrome on Android Support Library only for Samsung Devices - fredliu
https://plus.google.com/+ArtemRussakovskii/posts/6tSXAePWz6N
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fredliu
This was released almost 2 months ago, but still not exactly sure what this is
for from either comments on G+ or in the play store.
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REASONS: My final blog entry… love you all… [Wilkes McDermid] - CmonDev
https://wilkes888.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/my-final-blog-entry-love-you-all/
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CmonDev
Interesting reasoning.
PS: [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-
order/1140149...](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-
order/1140... | {
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HN Violates the GDPR - feld
There is no way to delete your account and your comments on HN. This is a violation of the GDPR. Why has this not been addressed yet?<p>https://gdpr-info.eu/art-17-gdpr/
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DanBC
Citizens don't have an absolute right to have all data erased on request.
The comments ... | {
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Why a Toaster Is a Design Triumph - cjCamel
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/07/toaster-a-bit-more-button/534312/?single_page=true
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brudgers
When I need perfect toast, I use TASS. My usual TASS provider also offers
EASS, BASS, and CASS but limits its hours of operation. Fortunately, Waffle
Hou... | {
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Name My Colors – Bulk Color Naming Tool - djcoleman
https://domcoleman.github.io/name-my-colors/
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karmakaze
It gives the same name to similar colors but seems very useful as that should
be uncommon in practice.
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The five biases pushing women out of STEM - anigbrowl
https://hbr.org/2015/03/the-5-biases-pushing-women-out-of-stem
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paulhauggis
"A Latina geographer had a different take on social isolation, saying that
white people are “afraid of people of color in a way, like just worried
they’re going to say the wrong thi... | {
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China Turned 350M Millennials into Day Traders - paulpauper
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/how-china-turned-350-million-millennials-into-day-traders/2019/04/11/c007d8ba-5cad-11e9-98d4-844088d135f2_story.html
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TheOperator
Isn't this just gambling with extra steps?
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Sim-Template – A Clojure Template for Simulation Testing - rkneufeld
http://homegrown.io/articles/introducing-sim-template/
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mlakewood
Simulation testing using simulant is very intriguing to me. But up till now
its been pretty impenetrable. Glad to see somebody picking up the education
baton.
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Ask HN: How do you build your MVP - vishalzone2002
Share the tech stack you use or suggest to build quick MVPs for your ideas?
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leeraj
minimum money maximum functionality
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Tools for Coders and Developers - nicolasd
http://dailytekk.com/2012/09/24/100-terrific-tools-for-coders-developers/
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zalew
I love it when a website wants me to tweet-like-+1 them with an annoying popup
even before I got the chance to check out their content.
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zwieback
Real eye opener for me. Been codin... | {
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When SEO Fails: Single Channel Dependency and the End of Tutorspree - nedwin
http://www.aaronkharris.com/when-seo-fails-single-channel-dependency-and-the-end-of-tutorspree
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_sentient
It's interesting to read a thorough postmortem of this variety. I think
adversity can help unmask all sorts of problems that can... | {
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} |
Show HN: Stackey.com, a place where you can stack things that go together - andyshora
http://www.stackey.com
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julianpye
I have been working on a few horizontal products and the starting challenge
with chicken and egg is always the same - you need to attract one vertical
community and allow to fill it with cont... | {
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Caves in Which Jewish Rebels Hid from Romans 2,000 Years Ago Found in Galilee - wslh
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.744834
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Animats
Haaretz page layout has become awful. Banners sliding in from the top. Banners
sliding in from the bottom. Banners which play thunder sounds.
It's a clickbait article,... | {
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Review startup: blurtt.com - exspiro
http://www.blurtt.com
We want to deliver thoughts and emotions or just a burst of words on a 3.5"x5" physical card
(what we call "blurtts") easily and with as much impact as possible.Send them to your friends,
your family; send them to famous people or big corporations. Send the... | {
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} |
U.S. teenager tortured in Kuwait and barred re-entry into the U.S. - yeahsure
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/01/06/kuwait/index.html
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mrr2
As a Somali, this person's life is likely absolute hell in Kuwaiti prison. The
Middle Eastern countries are incredibly prejudiced against people of ... | {
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ASK HN: 1 core for a 16 core VPS server, is it dedicated or shared? - ForFreedom
I was having a discussion with a VPS web host ( a well known web host). I asked them is them about the usage of the core. They said that if I choose a 1 core VPS it will be dedicated to me. To my understanding that cores on a VPS are... | {
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When to buy what in a start-up, and who pays for it? - robertgaal
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robertgaal
This is a problem I have right now in my current start-up, Wakoopa.
We're currently working on a thematic social site, which will launch in about
a month. We've had a small investor gives us some seed money, which could last
us for a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
NASA Artemis - bentaber
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/
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bentaber
Explanatory video
[https://youtu.be/_T8cn2J13-4](https://youtu.be/_T8cn2J13-4)
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buffaloo
Please raise my taxes as much as you need to in order to do this.
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An Arab Spring For IT - FluidDjango
http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/04/an-arab-spring-for-it/
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andrewvc
This is disgusting. Taking an international movement against dictatorship and
comparing it to trends in the tech sector?
Not only is this a poor analogy, it's outright disrespectful.
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U.S. Senate to let NSA spy program lapse, at least for now - suprgeek
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/01/us-usa-security-surveillance-idUSKBN0OG0RF20150601
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shit_parade2
A misleading title,
"Still, eventual resumption of the phone records program in another form, and
the other government powers, appear... | {
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The NSA is building the country’s biggest spy center - bootload
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/all/1
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guimarin
The most chilling quotation from the article: "Binney held his thumb and
forefinger close together. 'We are, like, that far from a turnkey totalitarian
state.'" In the Futur... | {
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} |
The next Bank of England £5, £10 and £20 banknotes will be printed on polymer - ohjeez
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/polymer/Pages/default.aspx
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switch007
> The Serious Fraud Office and the Australian Federal Police are conducting a
> joint investigation into the activities of the employees and agents... | {
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My biology paper in Science - nabla9
http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=2862
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biounit
A better title for your link would be - "OUR biology paper in Science." Big
congratulations on the paper. Impressive.
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Rainymood
>ZYX _Y_ = GATTACA TAG AGT CTA.
Subtle ;) I like it.
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guard-of-terra
That's nice!... | {
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Founders: live with cofounders or not? - OpenWebU
Here's the situation: I have an extra room at my home. A developer I have been working with overseas is now excited about the idea, and is willing to fly here and live in the extra room to accelerate the project. We're doing ok in our current working relationship... | {
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} |
A Simple Explanation for Why HP Abandoned Palm - A-K
http://daringfireball.net/2011/08/hp_apotheker
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acangiano
I think his interpretation of the facts is very plausible. Sadly, Larry
Ellison was absolutely right when he said, at the time of Hurd's scandal, "the
HP Board just made the worst personnel decision sin... | {
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} |
SolarCity: Tesla's Solar Boondoggle - microtherion
https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/10/18/solarcity-teslas-solar-boondoggle.aspx
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olivermarks
I have a feeling Tesla could be this generation's DeLorean....
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Show HN: Eternum: Easy IPFS pinning - stelabouras
https://www.eternum.io/
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fiatjaf
I've been looking for this service for a long time. I liked the way it works
and the simple interface.
What happens if my balance is exhausted? Do you notify me or my files are just
gone?
~~~
StavrosK
We notify you when your bal... | {
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Steve Jobs Tried to Hire Linux Creator Linus Torvalds to Work on OS X - Brajeshwar
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/22/steve-jobs-tried-to-hire-linux-creator-linus-torvalds-to-work-on-os-x/
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DHowett
This came up and was discussed at length yesterday.
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3741813>
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dfc
E... | {
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Castle Story by Sauropod Studio - the next Minecraft? - brd
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/902505202/castle-story/
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wreckimnaked
When you say "the next Minecraft", are you referring to the some innovation on
game dynamics or to the fact that it is an attempt to mimic Minecraft's
gameplay style?
PS: Bette... | {
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'Homeland Security could inspect what enters the United States in cyberspace' - azarias
http://rt.com/usa/news/dhs-internet-clarke-cyber-355/
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dtf
From the Op-ed: "Should hackers uncover classified information and hand it
over to the Chinese, writes Clarke, America’s “competitive edge” against other
nations wi... | {
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Edge install undermines Microsoft’s argument that automatic updates are critical - butz
https://www.theverge.com/21310611/microsoft-edge-browser-forced-update-chromium-editorial
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encoderer
Without respect to the facts, it's funny as hell to see this called "a new
low" when browser bundling is what got them sued ... | {
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FBI looking into City of Atlanta computer issues - warcop
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/fbi-looking-into-citywide-computer-issues-in-atlanta/720045695
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warcop
Channel 2 Action News obtained an internal memo from the Atlanta Police
Department saying that the city network had been hacked.
“The city net... | {
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} |
2011: The Enterprise Resets - cwan
http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/02/2011-enterprise/
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JanezStupar
Marketing hogwash...
Mainframe ain't dead and won't be for long... It's quite interesting how IBM
plays this game underhandedly - promoting cloud while betting strong on
mainframes which ain't going anywhere.
In... | {
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} |
Company survival does not imply job survival - beeforks
https://whilewest.com/things-might-get-worse-2b5b88caa54#.wnl3butqn
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runesoerensen
Previous discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10976280](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10976280)
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AMD GPU Supply Exhausted by Crypto Miners, AIBs Now Directly Advertising to Them - mrb
http://wccftech.com/amd-gpu-supply-exhausted-by-cryptocurrency/
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ac29
The article doesn't really touch on it, but this seems to be related to the
"altcoin" boom of the past month or so, most of which are GPU mineable. The
rise... | {
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Latin American megacities risk becoming a drag on growth - _delirium
http://www.economist.com/node/21525915
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tuukkah
Comparing apples to snowballs, are we? " _For example, every dollar of GDP
generated in Chile’s capital, Santiago, requires 60% more energy than a dollar
of GDP generated in (much colder) Helsin... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Tips for maintaining a C codebase? - shortlived
My team has a small but growing C library. We have a set of coding and naming conventions that are generally followed and things are fairly modular. Most of us are not C programmers though, so I want to continue reading and learning from other code to bring in ... | {
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Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Are Growing Faster in the US Than Any Other Country - doener
https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2020/03/20/coronavirus-is-growing-faster-in-the-united-states-than-any-other-country-in-the-world/#4eb806657e72
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tannerbrockwell
Not really surprising at all. There are most likely a h... | {
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Om Next Quick Start - ds_
https://github.com/omcljs/om/wiki/Quick-Start-%28om.next%29
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swannodette
Lots of new stuff in Om Next. Unlike Relay and Falcor we have recovered HTTP
caching [https://github.com/omcljs/om/wiki/Remote-Synchronization-
Tut...](https://github.com/omcljs/om/wiki/Remote-Synchronization-Tutor... | {
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} |
Google Health Begins Its Preseason at Cleveland Clinic - dskhatri
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/google-health-begins-its-preseason-at-cleveland-clinic/index.html?ref=technology
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jyu
"would you trust google with your medical records?" 32% yes, 68% no[0]
the follow-up questions should be: -do doctors t... | {
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} |
Stanford to Offer Joint Computer Science MS/MBA Degree Program - sethbannon
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/headlines/stanford-offer-joint-computer-science-ms-mba-degree-program
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vonsydov
bout time
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Apple won’t stop “acquihires”, but maybe we can help - slaven
http://blog.tapstream.com/post/27658813582/apple-wont-stop-acquihires-but-maybe-we-can-help
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jazzychad
So you have to put a js snippet on a page to be able to track conversions,
right? So how can I track if TechCrunch decides to writeup my app and lin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Successful hardware startup in entertainment. How can we go consumer? - sigil
We're iLuminate, a bootstrapped hardware / software startup working our way downmarket from the entertainment industry, and we'd love to hear your advice on how to get our product into consumer's hands. You may have seen us on Amer... | {
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} |
Show HN:I raise you Love As A Service, the RESTful API - nichochar
http://www.loveaas.com/
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ismaelc
Added to Mashape! [https://www.mashape.com/community/love-as-a-
service](https://www.mashape.com/community/love-as-a-service)
(Disclosure: I work for Mashape) Let me know if you want me to transfer it to
your a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ten things we know to be true - cribbles
https://www.google.com/about/philosophy.html
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zeveb
> It’s best to do one thing really, really well.
They should probably revisit that at this point …
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Nest recalling 440,000 smoke alarms for safety risk - ntakasaki
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_25808087/nest-recalling-440-000-smoke-alarms-safety-risk
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_delirium
The AP newswire article that various newspapers are picking up does indeed
appear to be dated today, but it's not clear to me what the new p... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mission to Mars – PyCon 2014 - twakefield
http://blog.mailgun.com/post/mission-to-mars-pycon-2014/
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sov
iRobot Roombas also have an API that allows you to communicate with them over
a wire.
| {
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} |
UPenn DIY Companion Cube with LED's - MarkusB
http://youtu.be/xOFvoRBPGo8
Come on, who here wouldn't want one of these?
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MarkusB
Source code in the blog here: <http://companioncube.posterous.com/>
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OrrinB
Looks cool!
| {
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How Bicameralism Helps Explain Westworld - fmihaila
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/12/how-bicameralism-helps-explain-westworld.html
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visarga
> consciousness begins when a being (be it human or host) stops believing that
> the voice inside their own head is a message from the gods
Yep, let's define consciousn... | {
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The flow language manifesto - magnusjonsson
http://www.flowlang.net/p/flow-manifesto.html
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jsnk
Grey Times New Roman at 12px on pastel background makes it an effort to read.
It looks good visually, but actual reading is difficult. I would change the
font size to 14px and make the font darker.
| {
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Make - A Tutorial - sdp
http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/Tutor/Make/index.html
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silentbicycle
Here's the canonical reference on BSD make:
<http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/pmake/index.html>
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jgrahamc
And if you really want to do cool things with make:
<http://www.lulu.com/content/2584447>
~~~
sdp
This book... | {
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WebGL spherical environment mapping and normal mapping - robin_reala
http://www.clicktorelease.com/code/spherical-normal-mapping/
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pbhjpbhj
Wow, that's really incredible. Given that even doing 2D graphics on this
machine is like wading through molasses this is a surprisingly perky and
detailed rendering.
Only... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Howler.js - Javascript audio library for the modern web - james33
http://howlerjs.com
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lpinca
<http://jsfiddle.net/mt6Tt/1/>
Value is not of type AudioBuffer. Origin null is not allowed by Access-
Control-Allow-Origin.
~~~
james33
This is not a bug in the library, it is a browsers security feature. Audio
fil... | {
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} |
How my program passed the Turing Test - ELIZA [1989] - avner
http://www.compapp.dcu.ie/~humphrys/Eliza/eliza.anon.html
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nazgulnarsil
passing the turing test doesn't count if the subject is a moron.
| {
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} |
Deconstructing "K&R C" - thatmiddleway
http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/learn-c-the-hard-waych55.html#x62-28000055.1.3
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zedshaw
Just for the record, I am as sick of this part of the book showing up on HN as
everyone else. I do not post it here, other people do, and I apologize in
advance for it showing up h... | {
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} |
Jason Calacanis: We need to empower hollywood - not kill it - camlinke
http://www.launch.is/blog/we-need-to-empower-hollywood-not-kill-hollywood.html
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marssaxman
'Can you imagine if Hollywood released a press releasing saying "Kill the
internet?"'
I don't have to imagine it; the rights mafia has been trying e... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Python for Finance - tom_jones
http://www.packtpub.com/python-for-finance/book
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danpalmer
This is the same as an older thread, but I didn't comment in the last one, so
I thought I'd comment here.
I was a technical reviewer on Node Security from Packt, and it was an
interesting experience, so I thought I'd hig... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask YC: Where do you guys find designers for your projects? - nanijoe
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tjic
I've gotten recommendations from several people...and none of the recommended
designers were all that great. The one I use all the time I met on the general
interest town mailing list - we are two libertarians in a sea of Massachusett... | {
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} |
The word “mafia” is never heard in The Godfather - networked
https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/the-one-word-you-never-hear-in-the-godfather/news-story/4301fd8014305c005f13eeaccdca51a2
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throwaway_tech
Its because its not a police movie, and these group didn't refer to themselves
as Mafia...they referre... | {
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} |
RFC 1925 – The Twelve Networking Truths (1996) - avantgarde
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1925
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nitinics
Thanks for posting this. This is an April Fool's day RFC. Similar hilarious
RFCs are posted almost every year on 1st of April.
Check out the list here
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day_Requ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: 2D Portals - zakn
https://blog.applepinegames.com/2d-portals-e293dc41a61e
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jastr
This is a great write up!
~~~
brudgers
I agree. Yet, the spirit of "Show HN" is for items that other people can try
out or play with rather than prose such as blog posts.
| {
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Found: A Batch of DNA Molecules That Seem To Have Originated in Space - jellicles
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-08/building-blocks-life-can-originate-space
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RobertHubert
Interesting! Could that rock have come from earth? It would be possible that
pieces of earth that escaped into orbit from a c... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
US Army grants HP $249 million contract to deploy private cloud services - rdl
http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/03/us-army-grants-hp-249-million-contract/
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rdl
I've been using the HP Cloud private beta for a while, and it's definitely
interesting. It's basically Open Stack, and might make some sense vs. Amazon
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Popularity of keyword “recession” on Google for the past 12 months - iamspoilt
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=recession
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joncrane
This displays a lot of interesting characteristics, but I wish I could explore
the data further. For example, zoom in on the 4 years leading up to 2008, then
compar... | {
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} |
Avoiding blackouts with 100% renewable energy - ramonvillasante
https://news.stanford.edu/2018/02/08/avoiding-blackouts-100-renewable-energy/
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westurner
I notice that cases A and C require _batteries_ for storage.
Should there be a separate entry for new gen supercapacitors? Supercapacitors
built with both grap... | {
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} |
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