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Android Studio 1.0 released - rilut https://sites.google.com/a/android.com/tools/recent/androidstudio10released ====== ademar111190 the post on official blog: [http://android- developers.blogspot.com.br/2014/12/android-st...](http://android- developers.blogspot.com.br/2014/12/android-studio-10.html) ------ ademar11...
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Show HN: JavaScript snippet to highlight new posts - whichdan Hi all. I wanted an easy way to highlight new posts, without basing it on the last time I visited a page. The snippet is as follows, if any of you folks would like to use it:<p><pre><code> &#x2F;** * Usage: highlight(&#x27;newpost&#x27;, 3, &#x27;hour...
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My nephew brought home a menacing maths problem - fjmubeen https://medium.com/@fjmubeen/my-nephew-brought-home-this-menacing-maths-problem-e8bbba30e5cb#.gywzjj8kv ====== StavrosK > He ultimately could not bring himself to accept that a solution does not > exist — this is not how his mathematical world operates. I don...
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We do not pay to keep our messages perpetually in Slack and it’s intentional - hrishikesh1990 https://content.remote.tools/what-we-learnt-from-our-chat-with-gitlab ====== hrishikesh1990 We had a blast talking to Darren from GitLab. There was a lot we learnt about GitLab on why it participates so strongly in the narrat...
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Apple: Magic Accessories - davidbarker http://www.apple.com/magic-accessories/ ====== buster Scroll down to the mouse gestures and the first thing you see is someone slowly demonstrating the unbelievable feature of a right click on a mouse. With the index finger. Awesome. Edit: There it is: [https://www.apple.com/med...
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Learn Relay – A comprehensive introduction to Relay and GraphQL - schickling https://learnrelay.org/ ====== robinricard Disclaimer: I'm a contributor to Apollo [0], an alternative client to Relay. This is a great initiative! I remember struggling to learn Relay, I love it though, used it in some toy apps and will use...
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ComiXology Security Breach - domrdy https://www.comixology.com/ This is the email I received:<p>Dear Comics Reader,<p>In the course of a recent review and upgrade of our security infrastructure, we determined that an unauthorized individual accessed a database of ours that contained usernames, email addresses, and cr...
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Topics in Advanced Data Structures [pdf] - htiek http://web.stanford.edu/class/cs166/handouts/100%20Suggested%20Final%20Project%20Topics.pdf ====== jhayward I was going to roll my eyes about stuff no one will ever hear of, much less use in their day job, but there are some really relevant structures here. Finger trees...
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PoC || GTFO Episode 9 [pdf] - ewams http://ewams.net/pocorgtfo/pocorgtfo09.pdf ====== ewams PASTOR MANUL LAPHROAIG'S tabernacle choir SINGS REVERENT ELEGIES of the SECOND CRYPTO WAR: 9:2 A Sermon on Newton and Turing 9:3 Globalstar Satellite Communications 9:4 Keenly Spraying the Kernel Pools 9:5 The Second Underh...
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Bitcoin is up 125 Percent in 2019 - TechFinder https://medium.com/futuresin/bitcoin-is-up-125-percent-in-2019-358cdf08ab8e ====== mimixco These stories are so misleading. _Up_ only means something in relation to when you bought. Everyone bought at different prices and some people are very "up" while others are decided...
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Canonical Redirect Pitfalls with HTTP Strict Transport Security (2010) - diafygi https://coderrr.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/canonical-redirect-pitfalls-with-http-strict-transport-security-and-some-solutions/ ====== jusob It looks like all the problems raised would be solved by using the option includeSubDomains in the...
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Retire Python 2 - arunc https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RetirePython2 ====== president Looks like they will still provide a legacy python27 package
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Ransomware attack 'not designed to make money', researchers claim - rbanffy https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/28/notpetya-ransomware-attack-ukraine-russia ====== Animats It made maybe $10,000, from the Bitcoin tracker. As for damage, Maersk container terminals worldwide are still shut down on the truck ...
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Show HN: Make reports from your pull requests with Shipping Report - dereke https://shippingreport.com/ ====== dereke Hi one of the developers here. We've found this a really good way to share progress with our clients. It would be great to get some HN feedback! ~~~ brudgers \+ I'd probably go ahead and move "How it ...
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Ada Programming on Slackware Linux - Tsiolkovsky http://blogs.fsfe.org/thomaslocke/2012/01/08/ada-programming-on-slackware/ ====== jmilkbal Developing in Ada is one of the best ways to go. For being proven for 30 years, more projects should launch new Projects in Ada catching bugs as early in development as possible...
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Why don’t you smile more? Assertive women in the workforce - CodeLikeAGirl https://code.likeagirl.io/why-dont-you-smile-more-assertive-women-in-the-workforce-53adfc01ffc3 ====== pmp301 Thank you for sharing. Especially on a Monday
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ONLamp.com -- An Introduction to Erlang - charzom http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/09/13/introduction-to-erlang.html ====== arete Joe Armstrong's thesis "Making reliable distributed systems in the presence of software errors" (<http://www.sics.se/~joe/thesis/armstrong_thesis_2003.pdf>) is a really excellent i...
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Keas can understand probability, a trait only seen before in apes and humans - clouddrover https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-03-04/nz-kea-parrot-understand-probabilities/12018464 ====== db48x They'll also steal anything that isn't nailed down. Wheelbarrows, plump helmet roasts, you name it.
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Investigating the Galaxy Nexus LTE Signal Issue - johno215 http://www.anandtech.com/show/5254/investigating-the-galaxy-nexus-lte-signal-issue ====== johno215 "I would not be surprised to see Google make a change to its signal strength to bars mapping for LTE and placebo away an issue that never really existed to beg...
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“Flattening the Curve” is a deadly delusion - senderista https://medium.com/@joschabach/flattening-the-curve-is-a-deadly-delusion-eea324fe9727 ====== jshevek > _They suggest that currently, the medical system can deal with a large > fraction (like maybe 2 /3, 1/2 or 1/3) of the cases, but if we implement > some mitiga...
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Finish Weekend ATL - Oompa http://highgroove.com/articles/2012/04/30/finish-weekend-atl.html ====== vanstee Perfect timing right after Start Atlanta a week ago. ~~~ avolcano Wow, I just googled this and I'm really bummed that I missed it. Looks like it never got submitted to Hacker News for some reason, that's a sh...
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Show HN: Quotesy – Memorable Quotes from Movies and TV Shows - swissRF https://itunes.apple.com/app/id995278698 ====== swissRF Quotesy (Free, iOS) brings the most memorable quotes from your favorite movies and TV shows to your mobile device. Discover, revisit or save your favorite quotes. • Features the best curated ...
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Scotland's Decision - andrewaylett http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/2014/newsspec_8699/index.html ====== tim333 While I tend not to be too impressed by UK politicians I'm quite proud that the government is able to say to Scotland, OK have a vote and go independent or not. So many of the world problems seem to have be...
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The Reasons of Arnold-Chiari I, Idiopathic Syringomyelia, Idiopathic Scoliosis - creker Hello, I know that this site is for technical things. But doctors community is so closed and not friendly). I deciced to ask question here. Maybe someone has the experience or can give some usefull info.<p>There is institute in Bar...
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Subject lines: Amazon's lessons on discounts and frontloading - waterlesscloud http://www.email-marketing-reports.com/iland/2009/09/subject-lines-amazons-lessons-on.html ====== richardburton _"[Incidentally, since the analysis was done, I'm getting more emails from Amazon.co.uk that lead with my name: "Mark Brownlow...
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Investigating fraudulent clicks in Google Adwords - ph0rque https://medium.com/@nesovok/investigating-fraudulent-clicks-in-google-adwords-f3c42da0ad62#.5h74rv3k5 ====== chasebank My company spends hundreds of thousands of dollars every month with Adwords, soon to be in the millions. My business partner and I have spen...
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Keras as a simplified interface to TensorFlow - viksit http://blog.keras.io/keras-as-a-simplified-interface-to-tensorflow-tutorial.html ====== farizrahman4u cool!
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Linus: People take me much too seriously, I can't say stupid crap anymore - donatj https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-people-take-me-much-too-seriously-i-cant-say-stupid-crap-anymore/ ====== stirfrykitty I for one despise the political correctness that has occurred/is occurring in the current online communit...
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Matt Groening’s Disenchantment lacks magic of Netflix’s other animated originals - Tomte https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/7/17661852/disenchantment-review-netflix-bojack-horseman-big-mouth-animated-originals-comparison ====== mmel I watched one the other day called "final space". I don't think it had much magic either....
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The Night Watch [pdf] - lamflam https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1311_05-08_mickens.pdf ====== GFischer James Mickens is very funny :) He had some really cool posts at Microsoft Research, which have sadly been deleted (originally for Usenix magazine too). [https://web.archive.org/web/20150208050249/http://researc...
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Anatomy of the Great Adderall Drought - pier0 http://motherboard.vice.com/2012/2/16/anatomy-of-the-great-adderall-drought ====== alexhaefner I find this absolutely startling: "It’s well known that many college students use Adderall to give themselves an extra edge for getting work done whether they’re prescribed or ...
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Krugman on the Climate Change Conspiracy - onlyafly http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/opinion/29krugman.html?em ====== jswinghammer I'll never understand why those who argue that there's such a serious problem with climate change also seem to not want to debate the topic much. If this is just a matter of science the...
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Study shows that U.S. is best equipped to handle pandemics - mmhsieh https://www.ghsindex.org ====== robocat What a gorgeous example of false analysis - typically lists like this fail (especially if they weigh all items equally). There are multiple Asian countries that are handling this wayyyy better (no economic shu...
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Ask HN: Google Chrome browser tab locks up if page title contains apostrophe - dctoedt I've searched for answers about this any number of times but never found anything responsive.<p>SCENARIO: I use Google Chrome to open a page whose title has an apostrophe in it.<p>RESULT: The tab locks up completely -- can't use ...
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The Pentagon Says It Will Not Bomb Iranian Art Sites - ughitsaaron https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pentagon-trump-iran-cultural-sites-1747071 ====== aerodog they'll just bomb sites with innocent human beings instead. phew, i was worried for a second they'd commit war crimes! ------ pavlov Just two weeks before the ...
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Why are universities teaching this stuff? Stata, Java, no SQL - seamusabshere http://seamusabshere.github.io/2020/06/12/why-are-universities-teaching-this-stuff ====== beezle I took an RDBMS class to complete a comp sci minor back in the dark ages.. 1984ish. Agree at some level it should be taught. Disagree on the Ja...
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Reversing the Smarter Coffee Machine Protocol to Make Coffee Using the Terminal - evilsocket https://www.evilsocket.net/2016/10/09/IoCOFFEE-Reversing-the-Smarter-Coffee-IoT-machine-protocol-to-make-coffee-using-terminal/#.V_pNmOrep1Y.hackernews ====== timthorn Good work, although already done: [http://adenforshaw.com/...
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Using gpg-agent Effectively - eklitzke https://eklitzke.org/using-gpg-agent-effectively ====== phyzome I just started using gpg-agent recently [1] when I had to figure out how to store secrets in Ansible's Vault without entering the vault passphrase every time. Here's the guide I used: [https://blog.erincall.com/p/us...
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Ask HN: Best way to learn the CS background I missed by not going to school? - brandoncordell I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask if it's not I apologize. This is my first post to HN.&#60;p&#62;Background: Basically I've been a developer for almost four years now. I started as a front-end developer writin...
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Presenting unexpected futuristic solution to client - waliurjs I&#x27;m in talks with a client who is asking me to build a software solution for his company. They have a preconceived idea of the software (that I&#x27;ll build for them) which is very ancient way of doing things. But I have a far advanced solution that ...
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Bitrise launches ASMR video tutorial series (YouTube playlist) - thebtrtm https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbKJc0NMPDrCv91fpEy_sOWzPhKzgYUuQ ====== moneytide1 The high frequencies of a whisper makes it ironically louder and more piercing than speaking with at least a little vocal cord vibration... especially wit...
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Show HN: Post about past aka java 8 pills - made2591 https://made2591.github.io/posts/java-8-pills ====== brudgers The way to 'show' a blog post to HN is as a regular submission. "Show HN" is for things the user has made that the community can "play with or try out". It's an interesting read, but the title is misleadi...
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Octotree: GitHub Code Tree on Steroids - ausjke https://www.octotree.io/ ====== Etheryte This is probably the first time I remember seeing a paid browser extension in these days — good job if it's actually making revenue, since you're competing with free! ~~~ ausjke I used it briefly and did not realize this needs pa...
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Show HN: A really simple way to write BDD tests with NUnit - RokitSalad https://github.com/RokitSalad/Helpful.BDD ====== thom Years ago when I did .NET stuff, I had a framework that implemented Given, When, Then and And as properties on a 'Scenario' test superclass that just returned this. I then created 'Steps' fil...
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John Gruber on the “Auteur Theory of Design” from Macworld 2009 - anderzole http://www.edibleapple.com/john-gruber-on-the-auteur-theory-of-design-from-macworld-2009/ ====== aditya So, then the question becomes... how do you develop good taste? Is it even something that's developable at all? And, also there's a gap ...
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Looking to rent a bullet for that Leh Ladakh trip perhaps? Try Rideindia - ravimevcha http://www.nextbigwhat.com/rent-bullet-on-rideindia-297/ ====== ravimevcha easiest way to get motorcycle on rent for your next bike trip.
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Ask HN: How do you learn and improve yourself as an experienced developer? - Schulmacher How do you learn and improve yourself as an experienced developer? I&#x27;m talking about constantly learning any topic that helps you professionally.<p>I&#x27;ve seen this topic covered superficially by a thousand times, but neve...
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They brought wolves to Yellowstone and that changed it - palakchokshi http://theshrug.com/they-brought-wolves-to-yellowstone-but-they-had-no-idea-this-would-be-the-result-2/ ====== dalke [http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/ess-news-and-events/news- head...](http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/ess-news-and-events/news- headline...
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Survey of popular Node.js packages reveals credential leaks - fapjacks https://github.com/ChALkeR/notes/blob/master/Do-not-underestimate-credentials-leaks.md ====== seldo Many thanks to ChALkeR for responsibly disclosing this to npm and giving us time to notify people and clean up as much as possible. We were very bus...
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How Gender and Race Affect Police Interactions - connorpjennings http://www.hallwaymathlete.com/2016/06/how-gender-and-race-affect-police.html ====== tzs The order of the categories in the stacked bar graphs not being the same as the order in the legend for said graphs is irksome.
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Seeking HN Input: Fastlayer - an HTTP accelerator for the cloud - jjoe http://fastlayer.com ====== jjoe In brief: <http://www.fastlayer.com> * Appliance-like software that can run on as small as a VM * Dynamic & static object caching with Varnish Cache * API for demand provisioning * Goes well with cloud deploy...
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Secret Dots from Printer Outed NSA Leaker - banku_brougham http://blog.erratasec.com/2017/06/how-intercept-outed-reality-winner.html?m=1 ====== NamTaf The arrest warrant says nothing about printer dots, actually. It says that once they saw it was printed (per the Intercept showing them a copy to confirm its legitimacy...
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FotoBlog is a simple app to share your blogpost in a form of a photo - marjann http://fotoblog.me/ ====== shiggerino What is there to discuss? ~~~ marjann Just wanted to share a hobby project.
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Russia’s Plan to Crack Tor Crumbles - T-A http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-22/russia-s-plan-to-crack-tor-crumbles ====== secfirstmd Massive Tor fan here but trying to think about this subject from a bad guy point of view... Sometimes I think Russia is probably less likely to have the capability to have ...
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Ask HN: Which really famous people do we have on here? - chunkyslink There must be some really famous founders / engineers / programmers hanging out on here.<p>If you know of anyone or are that person please let us all know. Don't be shy !<p>Let us know what you've done / do and why you are well known :)<p>I would r...
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The 1 Dead Giveaway That an Employee Is About to Quit, According to Science - jrs235 http://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/the-1-dead-giveaway-that-an-employee-is-about-to-quit-according-to-science.html ====== greenyoda Most of these symptoms are also consistent with an employee who has problems in their life outside of...
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NVidia's FastPhotoStyle: Fast, Photorealistic Style Transfer - indescions_2018 https://github.com/NVIDIA/FastPhotoStyle ====== Oras I'm literally playing with now and first impression is its not processing photos as shown in README file. I might be doing something wrong but I am just following installation steps with ...
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Why Science Needs Metaphysics - dnetesn http://nautil.us/issue/29/scaling/why-science-needs-metaphysics ====== draaglom It's a shame that philosophy has gained such a poor reputation in certain circles. I mean, it's understandable: the extent of most people's interaction with philosophy is with cartesian-style "but c...
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Heartography – Translating emotions into photographs - weitzj http://heartography.nikon-asia.com ====== weitzj video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a6fd- wvIdw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a6fd-wvIdw)
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Scientists discover asthma's potential root cause and a novel treatment - denzil_correa http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/96649-researchers-hugely-exciting-asthma-discovery ====== long Link to the paper, "Calcium-sensing receptor antagonists abrogate airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation in allergic asthma": [h...
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Hurting For Cash, Online Porn Tries New Tricks - uladzislau http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/02/17/276897125/hurting-for-cash-online-porn-tries-new-tricks ====== beloch Porn has long been at the forefront of internet technology, driving next-gen solutions that eventually trickle down to many other secto...
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Ask HN: Do I adjust freelance rate due to fact client will be patenting product? - callmeed I recently took on a small freelance programming gig for a fixed bid. I sent over a boilerplate work agreement and, before he signed it, the client informed me that they plan to patent the software I build and needed to pull ...
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The Engineering Behind Twitter’s New Search Experience - phiggy http://engineering.twitter.com/2011/05/engineering-behind-twitters-new-search.html ====== rajeshvaya good stuff
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The Chinese media model - subsonico https://china-underground.com/2019/03/26/chinese-media-model/ ====== taneq I'm always amused by the indignation expressed by people when some nation other than their own is shown to be using their resources to to exert international influence. The British Empire did. The USSR did. T...
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Show HN: Birth Control As A Service - jaldoretta http://www.readytogroove.com/ ====== jaldoretta For everyone wondering about this method, it's called the sympto-thermal method and is _not_ the same as the rhythm method. Planned Parenthood lists it as 99.6% effective with perfect use. See the "What is the Sympto-the...
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Ask HN: How does Google get data from ReCAPTCHA yet it knows if I'm wrong? - aerovistae If it asks me to label all street signs, the common understanding is that I&#x27;m labeling data for their ML algorithms.<p>But if they&#x27;re counting on me to label it, then how does it already know if I miss a tile? It seems to...
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Dust cloud sparked explosion in primitive life on Earth, say scientists - jajag https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/sep/18/dust-cloud-sparked-explosion-in-primitive-life-on-earth-say-scientists ====== sword_smith I thought this would be about the Cambrian Explosion but that is 541m years ago, and this alleged ast...
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Team productivity hack: Todo list as IM status - markchristian Last week, I came up with a weird trick that's actually catching on inside of my office, so I thought I'd share it with HN. It's pretty simple: keep your TODO list in your IM status message field.<p>I mean it: this should be <i>your</i> primary TODO list...
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Things developers “love” hearing from non-technical managers - alexcircei https://waydev.co/the-impact-of-git-on-software-development/ ====== qohen This guy has 2 blogspams that he's been posting over the last 12 hours or so to HN, one about things developers 'love' to hear from management and the other about git. (T...
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You won't remember the OpenSSL options, so here's bash shortcuts for everything - mikemaccana https://certsimple.com/blog/openssl-shortcuts ====== atoponce On the one hand, this is really quite good. I'm always interested in making my time at the command line more efficient. If I put this in my shell's config, and rem...
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Entrepreneurs: Do One Thing Every Day That Scares You - feint http://feint.me/articles/entrepreneurs-do-one-thing-every-day-that-scares-you ====== rorymarinich _But whats more incredible about this is the change in attitude it has brought about. I’m starting to see through the irrational fears that I have (and every...
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Lyft vs. Uber: A Tale of Two S-1’s - andrewfong https://benjamintseng.com/2019/04/lyft-vs-uber-a-tale-of-two-s-1s/ ====== raiyu Looks like Uber is better on every metric, total volume, growth, revenue, the only area they are behind is margin where they are taking less from their drivers than Lyft is. While Uber looks...
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Ask HN: Are Your Donations to EFF Triggering Bank Fraud Protection Measures? - wlj HSBC (UK) has erroneously blocked my monthly donations to the EFF on the basis of &quot;fraud protection&quot; for 2 consecutive months now and I&#x27;m wondering whether this is a more widespread issue.<p>Also, is there any good reas...
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Logitech’s Adaptive Gaming Kit Finishes What Xbox’s XAC Started - sohkamyung https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/11/logitechs-100-adaptive-gaming-kit-finishes-what-xboxs-xac-started/ ====== falcolas I am not significantly disabled in any way, and I can think of quite a few usecases for non-traditional controllers that...
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What's Wrong with 19 Year Old Developers - unfoldedorigami http://mattballdesign.com/blog/2008/02/20/the-forgotten-delicious/ ====== daniel-cussen He could have made the text a little bigger, but he has a point about guys our age having trouble sticking to things. Of course, the implication is to make less ambitious...
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School-Sanctioned Mid-18th-Century Hazing Rituals at Harvard - smacktoward http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2014/09/02/history_of_harvard_customs_hazing_rituals_of_the_school_in_the_18th_century.html ====== SocksCanClose Agree. Besides, point by point (from the article) 1\. No freshmen wearing hats on the quad....
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What do you think about a NLP for spanish language blog? - mfalcon I&#x27;m a software engineer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. We use spanish as our primary language and I&#x27;ve been working on several applications with the help of different NLP features.<p>I&#x27;ve been thinking about launching a blog with practica...
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Clojure multi-methods - puredanger http://tech.puredanger.com/2010/08/21/clojure-multi-methods/ ====== barrkel I would actually object to describing Clojure's multimethods as being multimethods, especially in the CLOS sense of the term. Clojure's multimethods are more like a clumsy, dynamic version of functional patte...
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Ask HN: Any good email reminder startups? - ajaimk Hey,<p>I'm in need to a tool that will be able to automate sending a reminder to about 200 people 24 hours before each deadline. We usually have 3 or 4 a week.<p>Is there any startup doing this? Know of any good websites?<p>Thanks ====== Serene \- <http://www.youboo...
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See the Twitter 'bots swarm – can technology solve this problem? - ColinWright https://twitter.com/rsnous/status/1002778364443176960 ====== ColinWright Clearly triggered by the word "evolution" this tweet has a huge number of replies that are clearly from 'bots. Surely twitter can start to solve this problem? It can'...
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Why I am working on Artificial General Intelligence - chegra https://medium.com/career-pathing/5c73c0865969 ====== orionblastar My sister and I are working on a problem like that: [https://medium.com/p/3fdccaab0956](https://medium.com/p/3fdccaab0956) I believe the term is Artificial Genuine Intelligence so that it ca...
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Show HN: Google+ for Google Apps / GMail - ajessup http://www.noosbox.com ====== ajessup Do you feel the 'group' method of sharing conversations (as presented in this app) is a better way of sharing information across a team than the Google Circles method? I would worry that in a workplace setting, people wouldn't b...
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Animal-rights activists wreak havoc in Milan laboratory - ananyob http://www.nature.com/news/animal-rights-activists-wreak-havoc-in-milan-laboratory-1.12847 ====== ananyob "Some of the mice they removed were delicate mutants and immunosuppressed ‘nude’ mice, which die very quickly outside controlled environments" Sh...
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GitLab integration for Netlify – Netlify - webbuddy ====== riffic Found this link via Google: [https://www.netlify.com/blog/2016/07/13/gitlab- integration-f...](https://www.netlify.com/blog/2016/07/13/gitlab-integration- for-netlify/) ------ cugrande ?
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Windows Terminal (Preview) - hbcondo714 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-terminal-preview/9n0dx20hk701 ====== moocowtruck is there non app store download? ~~~ hbcondo714 Their Github page lists only one download link to the Windows Store but you could build it too [https://github.com/microsoft/terminal](htt...
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Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch competing products - benryon https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-scooped-up-data-from-its-own-sellers-to-launch-competing-products-11587650015 ====== nateburke About 10 years ago I met the head of IT for B&H cameras in NYC. Among many things, he was in charge of th...
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Richard Stallman: "I Wished I Had Killed Myself" - Sandman http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2010/04/richard-stallman-i-wished-i-had-killed.html ====== doki_pen The comments in the blog talk about arrogance and how someone else would have done what RMS did if he didn't exist. They also complain that him being a "nutjo...
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Weekend project: LeaveYourEmail widget for your startup - snitko http://leaveyouremail.com ====== liamk Good idea! The registration page should really be encrypted though. I'd also work on refining the design of the home page. ~~~ snitko Thank you. Yeah, there's work to do, you're right. I just needed this asap for...
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The state of netbooting Raspberry Pis - alexellisuk https://blog.alexellis.io/the-state-of-netbooting-raspberry-pi/ ====== geerlingguy Not to mention the onboard LAN is over the USB connection, but is topped off at 100 Mbps, so no high-throughput uses will work over the network. Alternative SBCs have started adding o...
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The SF housing market is a joke - julien_c https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/reb/4339607018.html ====== jack-r-abbit This is the house on Google Streetview: [https://www.google.com/maps/@37.720003,-122.392886,3a,75y,15...](https://www.google.com/maps/@37.720003,-122.392886,3a,75y,15.07h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s6vOMsy...
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Ask YC: best other hacker news sites? - anette I follow hacker news and new mogul... Craving more! Suggestions? What are the best other sites? ====== ieatpaste There used to be a thread, but I can't find it, but here's the academic hacker news: <http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~ad/news/>
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Tardigrades may have survived spacecraft crashing on moon - sorokod https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/aug/06/tardigrades-may-have-survived-spacecraft-crashing-on-moon ====== sorokod TIL: _Apollo astronauts left behind their own microbes in the 96 bags of human waste_
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Ask HN: Any Brisbane Based Hackers? - ctrand Hello HNers,<p>I was just wondering if there are any other Brisbane (Australia) Hackers out there?<p>I am co-founder of a Brisbane based startup and I am wondering if there is any community presence here as my business partner and I would love to share successes, lament d...
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The Minimalist Beauty of a Renaissance-Era Geometry Book - misnamed http://hyperallergic.com/176036/the-minimalist-beauty-of-a-renaissance-era-geometry-book/ ====== jwtadvice These are the sorts of forms that fill the empty spaces in my notes for work and school. Getting the shading and proportions exactly right is a...
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Show HN: Criterion – A new C unit testing framework - Snaipe https://github.com/Snaipe/Criterion ====== Snaipe Developer here, I would be happy to answer any question that you have. If you have any suggestions/criticism, I would gladly hear it!
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Programming Is - A New Short Book - thecombjelly http://thintz.com/programming-is ====== kasharoo Programming Is - never having to say you're sorry.
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Why isn't there any free sublime text (non electron) alternative? - xstartup Yea, completely free one! ====== tuananh \- google xi-editor: [https://github.com/google/xi- editor](https://github.com/google/xi-editor) \- textmate: [https://github.com/textmate/textmate](https://github.com/textmate/textmate) \- lime text...
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It’s Official: Meebo Raises $25 Million From Jafco, Time Warner and KTB - kyro http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/30/its-official-meebo-raises-25-million-from-jafco-time-warner-and-ktb/ ====== CapnObvious For Meebo to really monetize all their traffic they'll have to start extracting information from conversations. Goo...
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As ‘Slither.io’ Goes Viral, Game’s Creator Scrambles to Keep Up - personjerry http://www.wsj.com/articles/as-slither-io-goes-viral-games-creator-scrambles-to-keep-up-1466195058 ====== mabbo It's such a simple, wonderful game. There's a few key details that I think distill it into a masterpiece. 1\. A three year old c...
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Approaching the CEO question - VSRE I've cofounded a company, and I do more work than the other guy i'm working with. Currently we have it as a 50/50 split. I'm wondering how you approach asking the other partner to be CEO. ====== btilly Would the other guy agree that you do more? If so, be direct. Say, "I feel lik...
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