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Murdoch: Future of Journalism Is Promising - cwan
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107104574569661532881656.html
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sophacles
Why oh why wouldn't the wsj promote the commodification of news? Isn't
commodification a basic economic principle? Shouldn't we start working out
business models around ad... | {
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Apple Gets More Explicit About Bitcoin Apps - testrun
http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/02/apple-gets-more-explicit-about-bitcoin-apps/
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dang
A dupe of
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7836067](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7836067).
| {
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What It Was Like to Be a Woman at Goldman Sachs? - khuey
http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2012/11/what-it-was-like-to-be-a-woman-at-goldman-sachs/265572/
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qq66
Another factor may be the fact that Goldman Sachs, and investment banking more
generally, requires sacrifices that, even to me (a college inter... | {
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Who's Afraid of Michael Arrington? - scarmig
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2013/04/whos-afraid-michael-arrington/63933/
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scarmig
I'm surprised this hasn't turned up on HN yet. If there's truth to the
allegations AND it's been widespread knowledge among the Powers that Be for
awhile, it's a truly di... | {
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Men Only: Inside the charity fundraiser where hostesses are put on show - DanBC
https://www.ft.com/content/075d679e-0033-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5
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thecortado
It's about time someone reported it.
| {
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Does Twitter have a secret weapon for silencing trolls? - rograndom
http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/12/7188549/does-twitter-have-a-secret-weapon-for-silencing-trolls
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paulhauggis
"gendered harassment"
I'm curious to see if the "anti-harassment" techniques enabled at twitter are
motivated by politics or views ... | {
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Goats fighting America's plant invasion - fidotron
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30583512
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ndespres
When my coworkers see news like this they start telling me that I ought to
bring my fleet of Nubian goats out on jobs like this. They do great work,
easily digesting poison ivy (and destroying its seeds so it c... | {
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Uber is treating its drivers as sweated labour, says report - haliou
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/09/uber-drivers-report-sweated-labour-minimum-wage
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superninja234
If you find yourself making less than minimum wage, then get a job making
minimum wage. They aren't that hard to find.
While that... | {
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} |
Drupal 7 SQL Injection Vulnerability - foofoobar
https://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/advisory-012014-drupal-pre-auth-sql-injection-vulnerability.html
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anonfunction
The patch is only one line[1], so if you're scared to update Drupal for fear
of breaking things you can just patch the vulnerable part.
In this fi... | {
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Protecting People On Facebook - dbloom
https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-security/protecting-people-on-facebook/10151249208250766
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ghshephard
There is one specific step that everyone can take to eliminate approx 90-95%+
of drive-by-zero-day-exploits without really impacting your web browsing
habits that ... | {
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Create a blank virtual machine for VMWare's VMPlayer online - nickb
http://vmcreator.com/virtual-machine.html
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imsteve
Nice little tool, but what we really need is something like this for XEN, plus
more options.
~~~
wmf
Doesn't Xen already come with tools to create VMs? If you find them too hard
to use, maybe t... | {
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Algodoo – 2D physics playground - roryokane
http://www.algodoo.com/
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roryokane
Someone asked
([https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6230807](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6230807))
in the discussion of _507 Mechanical Movements_ for a tool that could simulate
those movements. This is such a tool. You co... | {
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Java 9 has six weeks to live - md365
http://blog.joda.org/2018/02/java-9-has-six-weeks-to-live.html
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paulddraper
> The new Java release train means that there will be a new release of Java
> every six months. And when the next release comes out, the previous release
> is obsolete.
> In practical terms it means ... | {
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How to choose a domain name - akkartik
http://swombat.com/2011/4/14/domain-names
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pbhjpbhj
Domain name choosing advice from "swombat.com"?
Quite a good summary piece nonetheless.
~~~
swombat
Hey, what's wrong with swombat? ;-)
Anyway, as I say in the article, the domain must be appropriate to the
audience. If... | {
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The WWII-Era Plane Giving the F-35 a Run for Its Money - da02
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/low-and-slow
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geezerjay
Calling the super tucano a WW2 plane is rather disingenuous.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_EMB_314_Super_Tucano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_EMB_314_Super_Tucano)
... | {
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Startup founder evolution (or, the biz guy *is* valuable, just not at first) - ph0rque
http://www.tonywright.com/2008/startup-founder-evolution/
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ryanwaggoner
Excellent post. Too often, product guys and business guys don't really
understand each other or the value that each bring to the table. I've lost
count ... | {
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Hey, Apple Here's why I am not buying more iPads - robomartin
<p><pre><code> TL;DR:
Data Plans and Carrier Tethering.
Data Plans: Too expensive and unfair. Should be like DSL.
Carrier Tethering: I want to buy an iPad, not a life-long hardware dependency to a carrier.
</code></pre>
Here's the long vers... | {
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How Apple Does Controlled Leaks - prat
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/how_apple_does_controlled_leaks/
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pohl
What's more interesting to me is how they avoid unintended leaks. I've been
told of a keycard system that knows if two different people are working on
different components of a product, and won't ... | {
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How To Get Covered In a Major Tech Blog - dshipper
http://dshipper.posterous.com/how-to-get-covered-in-a-major-tech-blog
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Mystalic
Actually, this is pretty much in line with the advice I give to entrepreneurs
when they're pitching me for a story on Mashable.
The big things to remember:
\- We get hundreds of em... | {
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Why I Switched to Git From Mercurial - pilif
http://blog.extracheese.org/2010/05/why-i-switched-to-git-from-mercurial.html
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mbrubeck
I've used Git for three years, at two different companies and various personal
and community projects. I sync my home directory between hosts using git, I
have administered multi-u... | {
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} |
There’s Nothing Magical About Breakfast - hvo
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/upshot/sorry-theres-nothing-magical-about-breakfast.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
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mmastrac
This reads like "I don't eat breakfast, so ... | {
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} |
Crowd-sourced Music Video - nate_martin
http://donottouch.org
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brennannovak
WOW! This is absolutely incredible. I can't believe no one up voted it here!
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Australian Political Parties Hit by 'State Actor' Hack - LinuxBender
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-47274663
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brobdingnagians
How do they ever know it is a state actor? It always seemed to me that a
sophisticated attack should be fairly untraceable? but then it always seems
that they always know where ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
AVIF for Next-Generation Image Coding - el_duderino
https://netflixtechblog.com/avif-for-next-generation-image-coding-b1d75675fe4
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webmobdev
It's a cool coincidence that this came up just when I was considering how to
create more space in my disk.
I have around 20GB of image files from my old graphic designing ... | {
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Ask HN: Do you have to read a lot as a programmer? - Onixelen
Not just code, I mean a lot of text in English. Can you rely mostly on videos, if you have a hard time reading, and minimize reading to small amount of text?
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mspaulding06
There's some you can learn from videos and other tutorials, but really you
need... | {
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The US spends more on healthcare for no gain says new report from Johns Hopkins - grecy
https://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2018/us-health-care-spending-highest-among-developed-countries.html
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mikeg8
The book _The Healing of America_ by T.R. Reid, 2010 was a phenomenal look at
this subject and the conclusio... | {
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} |
Apple's ping is a big pile of steaming dung - Swizec
http://swizec.com/blog/apples-ping-is-a-big-pile-of-steaming-dung/swizec/1444
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crad
I pretty much had the same experience.
For comparison I found Muse had a stream on Ping so I checked it compared to
their Twitter account. Ping's stream for them was sanitized... | {
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} |
Google doesn't want you to limit its ability to follow you around the internet - rosser
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/26/google-ability-follow-users-internet-advertisements
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leepowers
In principle, I have no problem with web companies tracking my movements and
habits online. The problem with ... | {
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} |
Simple Set Game Proof Stuns Mathematicians - retupmoc01
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160531-set-proof-stuns-mathematicians/
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Xcelerate
> The paper soon set off a cascade of what Ellenberg called “math at Internet
> speed.” Within 10 days, Ellenberg and Dion Gijswijt, a mathematician at
> Delft University of ... | {
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Js_of_ocaml: a compiler of OCaml bytecode to Javascript - ColinWright
http://ocsigen.org/js_of_ocaml/manual/
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mas644
Awesome! I love OCaml and this is a great way to get some apps running in the
browser. I particularly like the simple OpenGL example with the 3D globe.
Great way to get your app onto multiple pl... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Kevin McCarthy leads charge against Silicon Valley - petethomas
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/404642-mccarthy-leads-gop-charge-against-silicon-valley
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saagarjha
> After sharing a screenshot of a tweet from Fox News host Laura Ingraham that
> was covered by language warning of “potentially sensitive content,”... | {
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Is it better to take notes with a pen than by typing? Much better. - azewail
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-learning-secret-don-t-take-notes-with-a-laptop/
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anoncoward111
I've been given the task of handwriting thank you cards at my job, and within
the first 4 or 5 cards, I had already memorized t... | {
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} |
GitHub Marketplace - dewski
https://github.com/marketplace
======
chobberoni
More information on the GitHub Marketplace here:
[https://github.com/blog/2359-introducing-github-
marketplace-...](https://github.com/blog/2359-introducing-github-marketplace-
and-more-tools-to-customize-your-workflow)
| {
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Learning Node, Express, Jade, MongoDB from scratch - pranavpiyush
http://www.pranavpiyush.com/web-app-with-node-express-jade-mongoose-and-mongodb/
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jedireza
This is the same stack that Drywall is built with. When you're ready to get
past a simple hello world app, please take some time to checkout the project.
... | {
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} |
Material Design is design science - daviducolo
https://medium.com/@danhollick/material-design-is-design-science-6c99c1d76498
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TheSpiceIsLife
From the article:
"Time is a heavily neglected aspect of user experience. Humans don’t just
experience states of a device, they experience the transition between states
... | {
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} |
Show HN: Automate Multiple RSS Feeds in Mailchimp Newsletters - jamesq
https://fliprss.com
======
jamesq
We've just launched the public beta of FlipRSS and would welcome any feedback
on the website, brand and product.
It's been a fun 4 week project based on the needs of a client and it's been
great to ship beta.
| {
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My Internship Experience as a 13-Year-Old - shainvs
http://www.shalinshah.me/my-internship-experience/
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onedev
Man when I was that age, my only concern in the world was trading Pokemon
cards after school. I wouldn't have given up that carefree experience for the
world.
I don't know how I feel when I read about ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Alexa: Amazon's Operating System - misiti3780
https://stratechery.com/2017/amazons-operating-system/
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JoeCortopassi
Alexa has a fundamental short coming that stops them from being a robust
operating system like the writer describes: the cognitive load in memorizing
all possible variations of 3rd party apps on th... | {
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} |
Wait, Who Says My Tweets Belong to Google or the Library of Congress? - RiderOfGiraffes
http://www.thebigmoney.com/blogs/sausage/2010/04/14/wait-who-says-my-tweets-belong-google-or-library-congress?page=full
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doron
Why, the EULA you agree to in order to use the service. question answered.
| {
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Performance of Javascript (Binary) Byte Arrays in Modern Browsers - fogus
http://blog.n01se.net/?p=248
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nkassis
This is interesting because I've been working on a project that uses
ArrayBuffers and I noticed an odd behavior while doing random read with
Firefox 4 on Linux (issues does not occur on OSX).
I hope m... | {
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} |
What iOS Can Learn from Unix - ananddass
http://blog.inkmobility.com/post/60759200492/what-ios-can-learn-from-unix
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tuxracer
So really this is, "What iOS can learn from a 2008 Android device"? The author
is wrong in his footnote. Android intents are both action and file type based
or even wildcard URL based.
[ht... | {
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Apple's new battery case is awful - williswee
https://www.techinasia.com/disconnect-apples-battery-case-awful-buy/
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stephgonnasteph
The Verge has a pretty nice write up about how they might've been designing
around Mophie's patents. They make a good point, but still doesn't make the
design any better.
| {
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Cinpy - or C in Python - at
http://amundblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/cinpy-or-c-in-python.html
======
jcl
You might also want to look at Scipy's weave:
<http://www.scipy.org/Weave>
It's not as small or self-contained, but it looks to be more actively
maintained.
A comparison with some other optimization methods:
<htt... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Floating point explorer - ingve
https://kayru.org/articles/float/
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nebgnahz
Alternative FP explorer:
\- double precision:
[http://bartaz.github.io/ieee754-visualization/](http://bartaz.github.io/ieee754-visualization/)
\- single precision:
[https://nebgnahz.github.io/ieee754-visualization/](https://nebgnahz.gi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Kdo – Deployless Development on Kubernetes - stepro
https://github.com/stepro/kdo
======
stepro
Kdo is a command line tool that enables developers to run, develop and test
code changes in a realistic deployed setting without having to deal with the
complexity of Kubernetes deployment and configuration.
With ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Palm Pre Will Be an iPhone Killer - nreece
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/162528/the_palm_pre_will_be_an_iphone_killer.html
======
grinich
The iPhone has been out for nearly two years now. Besides from a mild software
and hardware update, it largely is the same product.
In those two years, I don't ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why Sitting May Be Bad for Your Brain - a_w
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/well/move/why-sitting-may-be-bad-for-your-brain.html
======
anoplus
I started stretching and walking around once an hour or so few years ago, and
it is the simplest most efficient prevention to various pains. Even in harsh
deadlines, when I... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: ESENT Serialize, a .NET Persistence and Query Layer for ESENT NoSQL DB - Const-me
https://github.com/Const-me/EsentSerialize
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Const-me
Got some spare time, ported my old open source project to UWP platform. Used
the library in several commercial projects, works OK.
MS-provided ESENT API is too low-leve... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Should You Comment Your Code? - jsonmez
http://simpleprogrammer.com/2014/02/13/comment-code/
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eridal
Leaving aside code documentation (aka dockblocks), I can think of dozen of
examples where you MUST comment you code..
- strict order of execution
- math formulas in the code (or its resul... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A happy ending for Seattle’s Bop Street Records: a nonprofit buys the collection - wallflower
https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/a-happy-ending-for-seattles-bop-street-records-a-nonprofit-buys-up-the-entire-collection/
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bergstromm466
> In a phone interview confirming the sale, Kahle said the goal o... | {
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} |
Google Trends Electionland - wlj
http://electionlandtrends.appspot.com/
======
dmix
Apparently a bunch of states (23?) are using a software system called
Interstate Crosscheck to look for "double voters".
> Election officials in more than two dozen states have compiled lists of
> citizens whom they allege could be re... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Emaildrop – a free disposable email service with a GraphQL API - mtusman
https://www.emaildrop.io
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fiatjaf
This is awesome. Just added it on [https://github.com/fiatjaf/awesome-
loginless](https://github.com/fiatjaf/awesome-loginless).
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kevsim
Several times I’ve been in need of a nice way to buil... | {
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TechStars offering $2k / mo. for developers and designers - thesausageking
http://www.techstars.com/hackstars/
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thesausageking
Why would anyone do this ? $2k / month with no benefits or equity for a full-
time job helping someone else build a start-up.
~~~
dabogy
My thoughts exactly. Getting no equity, and be... | {
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} |
Are cars the next hacking frontier? - bishvili
http://www.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1048876_could-connectivity-and-smartphones-open-your-car-up-to-hackers
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markstansbury
I'm pretty sure that cars are the _old_ hacking frontier. As in, kids into
computers today would have been into cars 50 years ago. Inst... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: jQuery Folder-Like Collapsible Lists - sergiocampama
https://github.com/sergiocampama/jquery-collapsible-list
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sergiocampama
Added support for tree view
| {
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} |
Best ways to get traffic/sales for my recently launched site? - bigheartbaby
I just launched a site called Big Heart Baby (www.bigheartbaby.com) that sells baby clothes and donates 50% of profits to children's charities. Our initial charity partners are focusing on Autism, Children's Cancer, Child Hunger, Juvenile D... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Jeffrey Epstein: ABC stopped report 'amid Palace threats' - tomohawk
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50296742
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drak0n1c
ABC's excuse of the allegations not meeting their journalistic standards at
the time doesn't hold up. The evidence against Epstein in 2016 was very solid
compared to other accusation s... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What's up with Data Scientist in 3 months programs? - arisAlexis
I have a bunch of friends especially female lately that are telling me that they will quit their job and become data scientists.<p>There is apparently a program that costs around $3k and takes you as a totally non-tech person working in sales or ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
I just subscribed to 60 blogs via RSS and maybe you should, too - imartin2k
http://meshedsociety.com/i-just-subscribed-to-60-blogs-via-rss-and-maybe-you-should-too/
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cjmcqueen
This is the exact same path I'm heading down. I had hundreds of feeds in
Google Reader and am slowly reconstructing my news sources after... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Scientists Estimate At Least 17 Billion Earth-Size Planets Inhabit Milky Way - G5ANDY
http://www.space.com/19157-billions-earth-size-alien-planets-aas221.html
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Symmetry
This is sort of terrifying, given that we haven't observed any space-faring
species from any of those other Earth-sized planets yet.
<http://... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Fallacy of Execution, or Why Mark Doesn't Talk About Facebook's Origins - thinkcomp
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-greenspan/sex-and-the-fallacy-of-ex_b_309304.html
======
olefoo
It's somewhat sad to see someone so obviously talented waste that talent on
building a career focused on the resentful reliving o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why are there two possible arcs for the path of MH370? - txsl
In all of the reports and images of where MH370 could be (based on Inmarsat data) eg http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26503141, they show two possible (and opposite in direction) arcs where MH370 could be. How come this is the case... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Amazon sells 'autism cure' books that suggest drink toxic bleach-like substances - whalabi
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/amazon-autism-fake-cure-books
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anm89
I'm sure amazon sells books that say that the moon is made of cheese and that
people can fly if they put their minds to it and an endless list of other
a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How did you learn programming? - michael_fine
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shane-armstrong
I am a 19 year old programmer, I began in 2009, learning PHP via debugging a
broken PHP script for a friend. It took me a long time, days, as the script
was 2,300 lines long and I was a complete beginner.
w3cschools was a great help durin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What's the Real U.S. Unemployment Rate? We Have No Idea - T-A
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-08-27/whats-the-unemployment-rate-new-research-suggests-we-have-no-idea
======
curiouscats
The article provide interesting information on the process for calculating the
unemployment rate.
But it also misleads in s... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Robustness Principle - dml_
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle
======
jloughry
Postel's law is a good principle when your threat model is nature; it leads to
robustness in the presence of random failures. But it is _not_ a good design
principle in an environment of intelligently malicious failures, i.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Pump manufacturer programs their devices to fail prematurely and lowers price - bkraz
http://www.xavitech.com/setting-prices-suit-service-life-want-pumps/
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daxelrod
What's fascinating is that they're being upfront with their customers about
this, rather than trying to sneak it in. They're also explicitly letting... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Armory Enterprise Spinnaker Release v0.61 - danielodio
http://blog.armory.io/how-to-install-armory-spinnaker-release-v0-61/
======
danielodio
We've created v0.61 to solve the following problem: Spinnaker is powerful but
hard to install and configure; lots of sub-services. We've created a package
that 'just works' to m... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How do you keep up with project dependency updates? - dchuk
Let's say you're working on a Rails project with an AngularJS front end. You use a gemfile to manage your Rails gem dependencies and you use Bower to manage your AngularJS dependencies.<p>How do you keep up to date with all the new release... | {
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Stripe open-sources Skycfg, a configuration builder for Kubernetes - jmillikin
https://github.com/stripe/skycfg
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londons_explore
I'm just waiting for someone to make a kubernetes config generator based on
googles GCL (not opensource, but this is an opensource clone of it, although
without k8s integration/example... | {
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Why write a 3D engine from scratch? - Peroni
http://alainrichardt.info/splash.sys
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shousper
I used to do this kind of stuff for fun in my high school days. Now I don't
have the time =( Kill to be able to get into game dev professionally (without
winding up in a sweatshop, lol)
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fbomb
Why not?
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biinui
... | {
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Show HN: Top 10,000 Hacker News Posts of All Time – Interactive Visualization - aaronhoffman
https://www.sizzleanalytics.com/Boards/sizzle/Hacker-News-Top-Posts-All-Time/dfb2af8e-67fa-47a7-892c-435de6321378
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aaronhoffman
Hello HN,
I am one of the developers that built sizzleanalytics.com. We built this tool
usi... | {
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} |
Show HN: A Hacker News Reader App with Tabs - aswinmohanme
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.aswinmohan.hacknews
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aswinmohanme
Since Ads are universally hated, I have made a decision.
The free version will not have ads no more and the Premium version will have a
beautiful dark theme.
What do you... | {
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} |
Pwn2own day one: Safari, IE8 fall, Chrome unchallenged - sigzero
http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2011/03/pwn2own-day-one-safari-ie8-fall-chrome-unchallenged.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
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jedsmith
> This is because, in a change to historic competition rules, the system
> configuration... | {
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Rosalind, a platform for learning bioinformatics and programming - aarestad
http://rosalind.info/
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chaoxu
I'm still looking for a open source version of this so I can create a nice
collection of algorithm problems.
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doug1001
excellent name! (i assume the choice is a tribute to Rosalind Franklin, the
cryst... | {
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} |
Quantum setback for warp drives - Anon84
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/23292/
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jerf
So, previously, if you applied an impossible amount of impossibly-stable
negative mass in an impossible configuration that was impossible to maintain
due to impossible-to-predict interactions with the interstellar me... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tesla 4Q net loss widens on costs for new car - tokenadult
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-02-20/tesla-4q-net-loss-widens-on-costs-for-new-car
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tokenadult
An assortment of other stories following up on today's fourth quarter 2012
results report from Tesla Motors:
"As Tesla Eyes Profit, Elon Musk Wants to ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Great commercial from Stride Gum that copies Apple - zackbigdog
http://www.fireoneout.com/post/29689851507/great-commercial-from-stride-gum-that-copies#disqus_thread
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LaniAR
great screenshots of the ad: [http://designtaxi.com/news/353353/Gum-
Commercial-Pokes-Fun-A...](http://designtaxi.com/news/353353/Gum-Com... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
New tech/developer focused Podcast: Building for the Next Billion - jburrski
https://soundcloud.com/building-for-the-next-billion
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carlmungz
Interesting concept. Will this be a podcast featuring a lot of interviewees
from developing countries where the next billion users come from?
| {
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Apple's Smart Bike - organicgrant
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662066/apples-smart-bike-could-squash-all-other-bike-tech?partner=homepage_newsletter
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pmccool
Ironically, the UCI is pushing to get rid of radios, so the communication side
of it is probably here nor there in pro cycling.
I suspect, though, that ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Man Who Found Stuxnet (2011) - swatkat
https://eugene.kaspersky.com/2011/11/02/the-man-who-found-stuxnet-sergey-ulasen-in-the-spotlight/
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Diskutant
Another interesting read about Stuxnet: [http://arstechnica.com/tech-
policy/news/2011/07/how-digital-...](http://arstechnica.com/tech-
policy/news/2011/07/how-dig... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Is CSS or HTML a programming language - abula
http://naijafixer.com/webmaster/is-css-or-html-a-programming-language/msg84/?topicseen#new
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wsgeorge
I find the argument for HTML/CSS being a programming language as more of a
status issue. People want to be called programmers.Not every language is a
programming lang... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Google understands language like a 10-year-old - gibsonf1
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/18/BUJ61FTF9I.DTL
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jakevoytko
I found this article wanting. It seems like they took an official Google Blog
post from January [0] and stripped out all of the interesting information.
I have a m... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Feedback that anyone can launch gather, share, and use - jackbwheeler
https://sprint.dscout.com/s/smcs2kak
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jackbwheeler
Hey HN - Wanted to share what I've been working on.
It's a product called dscout Sprint - which is geared to help design teams get
quick feedback outside their walls and hear from re... | {
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} |
Nth-child CSS pseudo-class Christmas colors. - init0
http://h3manth.com/content/nth-child-css-pseudo-class-merry-christmas-numbers
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calciphus
[dead link]
| {
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} |
France’s government is building its own encrypted messenger service - lnguyen
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-privacy/france-builds-whatsapp-rival-due-to-surveillance-risk-idUSKBN1HN258
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Arathorn
This isn’t a case of NIH; France has adopted Matrix for the project, which is
a lightweight fork of Riot.im... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How did I get 38 willing-to-pay customers before writing code? - kylebragger
http://artsyeditor.com/2011/04/how-did-i-get-38-willing-to-pay-customers-before-writing-code/
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ajg1977
38 willing to pay customers isn't quite the same as 38 paying customers.
Instead of spending a week getting ~$400 worth* of obligat... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
More than 60% of Ethereum nodes run in the cloud, mostly on Amazon Web Services - Jarqwiz
https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2019/09/23/ethereum-nodes-cloud-services-amazon-web-services-blockchain-hosted-decentralization/
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toxzic
Original research: [https://chainstack.com/the-ethereum-cloud-vs-on-premises-
nod...](... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Review our website - jackflap
http://isitopen.org.uk
We've just recently finished a proof-of-concept site called 'isitopen'. It is designed to allow users submit and review consumer devices regarding how 'open' they are (i.e. available source-code, documentation, standardized plugs, etc.)<p>We've hit a point ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
An OpenStack Crime Story solved by tcpdump, sysdig, and iostat (2014) - pmoriarty
https://blog.codecentric.de/en/2014/09/openstack-crime-story-solved-tcpdump-sysdig-iostat-episode-2/
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Doubleslash
"So many proxies, so many things happening in the shadows."
A fairly accurate description of a typical experience of... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask EU users: why are you using this shady site that doesn’t comply with GDPR? - ryanwaggoner
Pretty sure that HN is not fully compliant with GDPR, and that only very shady sites that intend to misuse your data are not compliant as of today. How can you stand this blatant violation of your human rights?<p>OK, I’m bein... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Detection of visible light from the darkest world - gsivil
http://www.astro.princeton.edu/%7Edsp/PrincetonSite/Home_files/darkest_world.pdf
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gsivil
And something from the popular press:
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14476411>
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Facebook blocks Scoble for downloading his contacts, sparks revolt - nickb
http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/03/facebook-blocks-scoble-for-downloading-his-contacts/
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sethjohn
Again, the future of the web is being written by petty acts of criminality.
(aka civil disobedience, aka breaking stupid rules)
Just as t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Too often the basic rights of people with dementia are overlooked - bookofjoe
https://www.economist.com/special-report/2020/08/27/too-often-the-basic-rights-of-people-with-dementia-are-overlooked
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bookofjoe
[https://archive.vn/NKNsD](https://archive.vn/NKNsD)
| {
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} |
Resilient SSH tunnel app (keep alive and conn retries) - davrodpin
Latest version of mole, 0.5.0, adds two new features that increases the resiliency of an established tunnel:<p>* Idle clients do not get disconnected from the ssh server since Mole keeps sending synthetic packets acting as a keep alive mechanism.
* Aut... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Local Innovator’s Dilemma (2011) - mw67
http://www.muckercapital.com/the-local-innovators-dilemma/
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soneca
_It is not impossible to crack the nut (and I’ve came across a few companies
in the last month or so that are almost there)._
As this is from 2011 (and the early success examples Groupon and Living S... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What are less-known best practices for email deliverability? - hvass
Hi all!<p>What are the best practices for email deliverability that you do that have helped you with open rates and making sure your subscribers engage? I am specifically asking for something that is outside the usual recommendations.<p>We ar... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Bad Binder: Android In-the-Wild Exploit - el_duderino
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2019/11/bad-binder-android-in-wild-exploit.html
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Groxx
> _The Original Discovery of the Bug_
> _This bug was originally found and reported in November 2017 and patched in
> February 2018. Syzbot, a syzkaller system that... | {
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} |
Web Trend Map, built with CSS 3 & HTML 5 - slater
http://webtrendmap.com/
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Hates_
What is it about CSS3 & HTML 5 that makes this impossible on "older" browsers?
Maybe I'm missing the point, but I'm not really seeing anything that couldn't
already be done cross most browsers?
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ptn
Pretty slow.
~~~
eswat... | {
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} |
Show HN: NoDB - Mizza
https://blog.zappa.io/posts/introducing-nodb-pythonic-data-store-s3
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Mizza
I wrote this, let me know if you have any questions. It should be useful for
online machine learning, simple landing pages, and prototyping microservices
that will have real databases in the future.
| {
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} |
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