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Former Twitter Employee Says Fake Russian Accounts Were Not Taken Seriously - rayuela
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-03/former-twitter-employee-says-fake-russian-accounts-were-not-taken-seriously
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NN88
Twitter didn't care. They let it happen because they're broke.
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Splash Screens Are Evil, Don't Use Them - Alupis
http://cyrilmottier.com/2012/05/03/splash-screens-are-evil-dont-use-them/
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BetaCygni
So what's the alternative? If you've got an app that loads slowly, what are
you supposed to do?
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Clojure's missing piece (2017) - tosh
http://nathanmarz.com/blog/clojures-missing-piece.html
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vemv
As one can see in two other top-level comments in this thread, the choice of
an all-caps DSL is off-putting.
It would be more idiomatic to have a hiccup-like API, where data is passed -
not code, not syntax. And t... | {
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Massive Botnet "Indestructible," Say Researchers - headShrinker
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/2240245/Massive-Botnet-Indestructible-Say-Researchers
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kevin_morrill
Comments are at <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2712628>
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Avoiding quasiparticle decay may allow control&stabilization of quantum matter - bookofjoe
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-019-0535-3
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bookofjoe
>Scientists Find Evidence a Strange Group of Quantum Particles Are Basically
Immortal
source: [https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-evidence-a-
stra...]... | {
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XKCD: Meeting - dceddia
http://companyname.website
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frikk
I'm curious as to why/how this post thinks the URL is (companyname.website)?
It's obviously from the comic, but I'm curious about the mechanics.
edit: derp. the url points directly at companyname.website and my Chrome build
has a bug that prevented me fr... | {
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Microsoft shows off universal translator that preserves your voice - mrsebastian
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/122083-microsoft-unveils-universal-translator-that-converts-your-voice-into-another-language
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nextparadigms
Microsoft has been showing off a lot of these lab projects lately. I guess
they think i... | {
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Ask YC: Who would you pay to read? - pchristensen
Along the same lines as yesterday's discussion, whose writing would you pay to read? Keep in mind that for high quality, sporadic writers, payment might mean more frequent writing.<p>Here's my list (going alphabetically through my Google Reader list:<p>Definitely:<p>-... | {
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The Gloves Are Officially Off: Google Vs. Apple - edw519
http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/20/the-gloves-are-officially-off-google-vs-apple/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo
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blhack
_“We discovered something really cool, it’s called the Int... | {
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T7.js: alternative to JSX that compiles template literals into vDOM objects - tilt
https://github.com/trueadm/t7
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chowes
What's the advantage of this over using JSX? You can already go JSX->virtual-
dom [https://www.npmjs.com/package/virtual-dom-
jsx](https://www.npmjs.com/package/virtual-dom-jsx), and the fact ... | {
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Bitcoin Gains Correlate with Tether Issuance, Researcher Says - chollida1
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-03/bitcoin-gains-correlate-with-tether-issuance-researcher-says
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Fjolsvith
Can you say, "Insider trading?"
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Artist Uses 99 Phones to Trick Google into Traffic Jam Alert - kpetermeni
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/artist-google-traffic-jam-alert-trick-scli-intl/index.html
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ColinWright
A wonderful thing, the main discussion is here:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22216821](https://news.ycombinator.com/ite... | {
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I want to run an agile project - jester5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u5N00ApR_k&feature=related
This is funny..
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jester5
lol..
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Ask HN: How does project management work in your small / tiny startup? - akor
For some context I work for a tiny startup where I'm the only tech person. I am frequently handed a task that is unclearly defined and I work with the business owner to tease out the spec over time or am expected to come up with the &q... | {
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Comprehensions and Generator Expressions in Python - kaunta
https://johnlekberg.com/blog/2020-07-16-comp-genexp.html
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sohamsankaran
This is a test of a potential bug in the HN API, please ignore.
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Show HN: Mobile friendly Hacker News reader, with built-in memory - arcticmill
http://hn.arcticmill.com
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arcticmill
We’ve hacked together this reader for Hacker News that helps us better consume
all those juicy news items.
It keeps track on what you've seen and read before.
Hopefully some of you will find it... | {
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} |
Show HN: Project Lovelace–Learn science and programming through problem solving - bazram
https://projectlovelace.net/
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MrTonyD
While I like the idea of this site, I think it is good to understand how it is
fundamentally flawed.
I do training. And most outside of training don't stop to think about how
there are ... | {
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Ask HN: I'm visiting SF for 3 days, what do I do? - idiotb
Hi HN'ers, I'm visiting SF for 3 days from May 15th to May 17th. What meetups/cafes/events can I go to to network with VC's, founders, tech people, other awesome companies, etc?
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jowiar
Forget all of that. The most interesting pe... | {
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Ask HN: an ethical dilemma in recommending an Android DRM solution fix - rndmcnlly0
An alternative Android app store invited me to sell my apps in their marketplace, which requires integration of a complicated in-house DRM scheme to protect apps from piracy. Upon investigating the docs and sample code for the integr... | {
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Show HN: I've built this promo to help people build their products - s-stude
http://mvp.sstude.com
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dinwal
This is like [http://prostart.me](http://prostart.me) but without the long
term partnership. Cool idea, but one-size-fits-all does not work.
~~~
s-stude
You are right. The problem here is that it's hard to... | {
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Calculus, rope swings, and the optimal release angle - squeakynick
http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/september42014/index.html
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richcuteguy34
This reminds me of one of their earlier posts about Calculus and monsters
[http://datagenetics.com/blog/october12013/index.html](http://datagenetics.com/blog/october12013... | {
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GitHub Down - jcla1
https://status.github.com/#14102013
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brennebeck
Is it really necessary to always broadcast Github being down? They have a
perfectly good status page for this express purpose.
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PLejeck
It's rather sad that DDoS attacks seem to just be the norm at this point.
~~~
yeukhon
Well, a lot of ... | {
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Storm Worm Dwarfs World's Top Supercomputers - chmike
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/08/storm_worm_dwarfs_worlds_top_s_1.html
You may also read <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2dydfa" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/2dydfa</a> reporting about a ciberwar against Estonia in April.
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wmf
Of course, ... | {
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Ask HN: How to take advantage when a competitor shuts down? - jpn
A competitor of ours has shut down (Fotopedia).<p>Seems like a lot of people are upset, especially since they only gave a 10 day notice for users to download their own content.<p>What are the best ways that I can reach out to their customers and invit... | {
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Font Awesome 5 - kauegimenes
http://five.fontawesome.io
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StavrosK
I quite like Font Awesome, but it strikes me as a bit bloaty to include 200 KB
(best case) of files (i.e. all the icons) just to add a few icons.
Would the old method of a bunch of small png files in a directory work much
better, now that HTTP/2 ... | {
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Ask HN: Is the noidea app the same? - plamb
Is it just me or is the noidea app the same as the regular app?
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pg
It's a proper subset of the questions, although the wording had to be changed
in a few.
~~~
plamb
hmm i wonder if something is wrong with my cache or browser... I'm pretty sure
when I click through ... | {
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Nanomsg postmortem and other stories - profcalculus
http://sealedabstract.com/rants/nanomsg-postmortem-and-other-stories/
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n00b101
I personally traveled to Slovakia to meet with Martin, Mato and Pieter, a few
years ago. I commissioned them to fix some annoyances I had with ZeroMQ.
I just want to say that they a... | {
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Mobile Browser Cache Limits: Android, iOS, and webOS - rgrove
http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2010/06/28/mobile-browser-cache-limits/
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modeless
Why do browsers have such ridiculously low default cache limits? Desktop
browsers do the same thing; Firefox's default cache size is 50 MB. That's
0.01% of my available st... | {
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Show HN: Sortedchef track nutrients and calories - loblollyboy
http://sortedchef.com/ - too much pie and gravy? I made an app that allows you to make meals and drag-and-drop them into meal plans. Nutrient daily % calculated relative to your specified desires.
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brudgers
Link: [http://sortedchef.com... | {
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Ask HN: Single repo vs. repo for each service? - BhavdeepSethi
Recently I’ve been working with having the entire codebase in a single repo way and it’s not really been a good experience. Every time someone modifies code in a separate module, I have to recompile/generate sources to fix the compilation errors. No... | {
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The Cybersecurity Effects of Fourth-Parties on Websites - Reflectiz
https://www.reflectiz.com/the-cybersecurity-effects-of-fourth-parties-on-websites/
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rikroots
I think this article is a useful overview of the risks associated with relying
on 3rd party software loaded into a website, which in turn rely on their ... | {
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Ask HN: VC funded startup downsides? - mr_puzzled
I'm starting to question the whole thought process behind VC funded startups : take money -> grow fast -> get to a liquidity event so investors can make returns. VC funded startups are all about growth growth growth. I feel like there are serious downsides t... | {
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Using GitHub Webhooks to rebuild static web sites - markchristian
https://writing.markchristian.org/2019/01/26/watchnrun.html
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Klonoar
Alternatively, just... have a git endpoint on your server with some post-
commit hooks.
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Storytelling: what story should I tell? Part II - abarrera
http://blog.press42.com/index.php/2012/11/07/storytelling-video-pitch-part2/
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rilinho
talking to users is an incredibly important exercise, though its not exactly
straight forward how to approach it - i.e. what questions to ask to get to
those "golden ... | {
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The Oscillation of R33 - yread
http://airminded.org/2015/09/30/the-oscillation-of-r33/
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aaroninsf
Fascinating read.
NB: it's about purported trolls ('wild men of the ether') of the 20's and 30's
believed to be intentionally disrupting local radio reception by tuning to
beating frequencies on either side of true... | {
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Why save a language? - gpvos
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/opinion/sunday/why-save-a-language.html
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austerity
As the man in the back row, I am not convinced. He reduces the need to save
languages to the need to save cultures and leaves it at that, implicitly
assuming the latter to be an axiom. To me it's eve... | {
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European Space Agency (ESA.INT) Hacked – Full Disclosure - kmfrk
http://tinkode27.baywords.com/european-space-agency-esa-int-hacked-full-disclosure/
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beaumartinez
These are just account logins (and not "disclosure" on how the break-in was
accomplished).
I see no real use in this other than to create havoc.
~... | {
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That’s No Phone. That’s My Tracker. - wallflower
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/sunday-review/thats-not-my-phone-its-my-tracker.html?_r=1&hp
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comex
Subjecting a real problem to faintly ridiculous exaggeration and paranoia does
not help. (I'm not sure whether to be surprised this made it into the New York
Ti... | {
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Datasette-atom: Define an Atom feed using a custom SQL query - simonw
https://simonwillison.net/2019/Dec/3/datasette-atom/
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Hitton
For those who didn't know Datasette[0] either, it's a tool for exploring data.
Apparently it's an API above SQLite.
[0]:
[https://github.com/simonw/datasette](https://github.com/sim... | {
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Guile 2.2.1 released, includes sandboxed execution support - paroneayea
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guile-devel/2017-04/msg00034.html
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paroneayea
More docs on the sandboxed execution stuff:
[https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/Sandboxe...](https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_nod... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Is RSS dead? Take a look at the numbers - cygnus
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/rss-dead-look-numbers/
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MichaelCrawford
On my own website, I have a "What's New?" link with the date of the most
recent new stuff. On the page itself I have a list of the new stuff, with the
newest at the top. It actually works prett... | {
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Hervé This: The world's weirdest chef, building food molecule by molecule - gwern
http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/features/herve-this-the-worlds-weirdest-chef
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tptacek
Some Dave Arnold on Herve This (no love lost):
[http://www.cookingissues.com/2009/06/01/molecular-
gastronomy...](http://www.cookingissues.c... | {
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} |
Arabic Translators Did Far More Than Just Preserve Greek Philosophy - bootload
https://aeon.co/ideas/arabic-translators-did-far-more-than-just-preserve-greek-philosophy
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yuip1238
Translation is made worse when one doesn't have a "synchronizing" mechanism.
This is very common in India where the state is quite laz... | {
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Wow Squarespace just shutdown a website of a group of doctors - ycombonator
https://mobile.twitter.com/drsimonegold/status/1288178446569545734
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mariomariomario
1\. Squarespace is a private entity. They have no obligation to leave your
website online, similar to how you have no obligation to spend money at
busine... | {
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The commas that cost companies millions - happy-go-lucky
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180723-the-commas-that-cost-companies-millions
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pm24601
Short simple declarative sentences solve the "comma" problem. Do not use
commas. Do not use complex subjunctive clauses.
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Ten Things You Should Know About Haskell Syntax - malloc47
http://fpcomplete.com/ten-things-you-should-know-about-haskell-syntax/
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ggchappell
Very nice article.
> 7\. Functions Have Precedence over Operators
Yup. The killer for me has always been things like
f x:xs
Never does what I wa... | {
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Emojicode – programming language emoji based - dgellow
https://www.emojicode.org/
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cannedslime
Please tell me you did this as satire?!
| {
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Apple will argue that the FBI's court order violates its free-speech rights - reverend_gonzo
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-me-ln-apple-legal-argument-free-speech-20160223-story.html
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BinaryIdiot
Honestly I think this is the best argument above all else. Yeah Apple can
technically create the softw... | {
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Facebook scam post collects almost 100k shares 85k likes in ~19hours - stirlo
http://www.traveller.com.au/thousands-fooled-by-fake-qantas-firstclass-giveaway-on-facebook-1lzwj2
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stirlo
Page is here - [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Qantas-
Airline/38377836514044...](https://www.facebook.com/pages/Qantas-
Airli... | {
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} |
Nothing Will Ever Be AAA Again - borism
http://dealbreaker.com/2011/08/nothing-will-ever-be-aaa-again/
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jpluscplusm
Fairly sure we're still AAA here in the UK. Sounds like sour grapes to me ...
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Did Trade with China Make U.S. Manufacturing Less Innovative? - endswapper
https://hbr.org/2016/12/did-trade-with-china-make-u-s-manufacturing-less-innovative
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sharemywin
The cost(time and materials) to innovate in software is way smaller than
physical things. My bet is a lot of that innovation shifted there.
| {
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Intel made a huge mistake 10 years ago - molecule
http://www.vox.com/2016/4/20/11463818/intel-iphone-mobile-revolution
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AceJohnny2
TL;DR: Intel turned down the opportunity to make the iPhone's chip and gain a
foothold in the mobile market.
A more direct source, from Intel's own CEO (at the time):
[http://www.th... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How do you feel about job hunting? - ativzzz
I am currently employed and a few weeks ago was considering searching for other jobs for financial and other personal reasons.<p>How do you guys feel about still going through the process now? From the "Who is hiring" post, clearly companies are hiring.<p>... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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A Python tutorial on Bayesian modeling techniques - gedrap
https://github.com/markdregan/Bayesian-Modelling-in-Python
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markdregan
I am the author of this tutorial. If you are interesting in contributing a
section to this tutorial, please get in touch. Some suggested topics: survival
analysis, mixture models, cla... | {
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} |
NSA can retain encrypted communications of Americans possibly indefinitely - pronoiac
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2042673/nsa-can-retain-encrypted-communications-of-americans-possibly-indefinitely.html
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pronoiac
I had the terrifying thought that this could apply to HTTPS or SSH sessions.
That's alarmist, th... | {
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Tell HN: Thank You - Mz
http://micheleincalifornia.blogspot.com/2014/02/tell-hn-thank-you.html
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Mz
Just wanted to say "Thank You." (I don't know if a mod corrected the title or
if I mistyped it initially. If it changes, I will assume a mod did it. If a
mod did change it: Oops. Sorry. No offense.)
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Michael Hastings, 'Rolling Stone' Contributor, Dead at 33 - mkr-hn
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/michael-hastings-rolling-stone-contributor-dead-at-33-20130618
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danso
Hastings did an IAMA on Reddit a year ago:
[http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/uaha0/iam_michael_...](http://www.reddit.com/r/... | {
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The Internet Is Making You a Not Nice Person - donsupreme
https://rosakranse.com/2016/09/29/the-internet-is-making-you-a-not-nice-person/
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internaut
Actually I wasn't that nice to begin with.
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A new, non-Apache open-source revenue model - wisnesky
https://www.slideshare.net/slidarko/mmadt-a-virtual-machinean-economic-machine?qid=0867e394-3c0c-4e40-9b58-e166e5c4aa57
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gardenfelder
Slide presentation references [http://www.mm-adt.org/](http://www.mm-adt.org/)
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Working part time next to study in Tokyo - w8w00rd
I only have classes for 24 hours a week at most at the moment and still have 4 months left in Tokyo, does anyone have experience in working part-time in Japan, where would you get a job in development in Japan?
my visa is not an issue as long as work + study is not o... | {
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Stanford Large Network Dataset Collection - betolink
https://snap.stanford.edu/data/
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themeek
A note here that SNAP at Stanford is funded by NSF grants through DARPA SMISC,
which is a research group in the DoD looking to learn how to get better at
influencing social media groups online for propaganda.
(Strategi... | {
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} |
Distraction free writing and the simplest blogging platform in one - akos
http://throwww.com
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colmmacc
I really like the design and look of throwww, and I don't mean to pick on it -
but every time I see these minimalist low-friction writing engines, I feel
like a very big thing is missing; facilitating editing... | {
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} |
Startup Quote: Dennis Crowley, co-founder, Foursquare - raychancc
http://startupquote.com/post/4602710953
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raychancc
Stop sketching and start building.
\- Dennis Crowley (@dens)
<http://startupquote.com/post/4602710953>
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Moving our privacy advocacy forward to protect Australia and you - trulyrandom
https://fastmail.blog/2019/02/28/aabill-and-fastmail/
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Ultramanoid
> _FastMail’s business is not directly affected by this legislation_
Well, they have declared themselves that after the passing of this asinine
law, they've lost cust... | {
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} |
Challenges of Buling a Proptech Solution - OlaSola
https://themasters.io/blog/posts/3-challenges-of-building-a-proptech-solution
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mattyg23
Hey, I'm Matt, co-founder of HeyAgents.com.au
([https://heyagents.com.au/](https://heyagents.com.au/)) I'm new to this
forum, but here to learn and help provide value and adv... | {
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} |
The moral standards of wikileaks critics - JJMalina
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/12/01/wikileaks
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cafard
How was Eliot Spitzer more a threat to Wall Street as governor than he had
been as prosecutor?
| {
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Randomness and Why I am No Longer a Fan of Coworking Spaces - rcavezza
http://foundersblock.com/anecdotes/randomness-and-why-i-am-no-longer-a-fan-of-coworking-spaces/
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andrewjshults
It seems that the new trend in "co-working" in NYC at least is towards startup
focused spaces (e.g. Dogpatch Labs, General Assemb... | {
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} |
New US $100 bill to debut Tuesday - daegloe
http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/07/news/economy/new-hundred-dollar-bill/index.html
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skue
It absolutely makes sense for the Treasury to generate new bills with
technology/features that stays ahead of counterfeiters.
But changing bills every several years can also produce ... | {
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} |
Use work-computer at home or have your own computer? - BobCoder
My own computer has become unbearably slow and old. I am torn about buying a new computer or use the computer that has been provided by my company. The computer I have been provided with is very good and would be same one I buy for myself if I choose to... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Entrepreneurs and Risk - jasonlbaptiste
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/running_small_business/archives/2009/08/entrepreneurs_a.html
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wglb
One person's calculated risk is another persons sheer terror. If you have been
employed by a midwestern insurance giant for 20 years, your idea of risk might
be heavil... | {
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} |
Tech workers say poor leadership is number one cause for burnout - Raj7k
http://blog.teamblind.com/index.php/2018/08/20/tech-workers-say-poor-leadership-is-number-one-cause-for-burnout/
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throwawayamzn7
I know of a team (~20 devs, a handful of managers) in the middle of a
fantastic experiment in burning out the d... | {
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The cult of rotary mixers - richardwcollins
https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3275
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antris
I've been playing records for a few years and have had the pleasure of playing
with a DJR400. Some personal additions to the article I'd like to share:
1\. The physical feel of the device is amazing. Every knob fee... | {
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Why Telling a Story is the Most Powerful Way to Activate Our Brains - speeder
http://lifehacker.com/5965703/the-science-of-storytelling-why-telling-a-story-is-the-most-powerful-way-to-activate-our-brains
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Tycho
I've been trying to learn a lot about investment finance in the last 18
months. I find that I probab... | {
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Ask HN: How much of your personal capital $$ have you invested in your startup? - youngdev
1. How long have you been bootstrapping your startup?<p>2. Roughly how much of personal money have you invested in your startup?<p>3. Are you profitable, if not then at what point do you make the decision of pulling the plug a... | {
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Computational fashion on your laptop - mgl
http://www.rhymeandreasoncreative.com/portfolio/index.php?project=continuum
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mgl
Really interesting stuff, see also:
[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rhymeandreason/continuum...](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rhymeandreason/continuum-
computational-couture)
... | {
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} |
FCC to be led by Ajit Pai, staunch opponent of consumer protection rules - jawngee
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/01/fcc-to-be-led-by-ajit-pai-staunch-opponent-of-consumer-protection-rules/
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rashkov
Is there a sympathetic view of Ajit Pai that anyone could offer?
I can understand how he would be oppose... | {
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} |
Raw Gadget is a kernel module that allows to emulate USB devices from userspace - SomeSnail
https://github.com/xairy/raw-gadget
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XMPPwocky
A key bit of information that might clear up some confusion - USB gadgets are
the main _peripheral-side_ USB interface in the Linux kernel.
When you plug an embedded Linux d... | {
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} |
Show HN: Mys – an attempt to create a statically typed Python-like language - eerimoq
https://github.com/eerimoq/mys
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BerislavLopac
I was once toying with the idea to create a statically-typed Python-like
language, and I had the perfect name for it: Typhoon... ;)
~~~
HhE3334R7hf1lLF
Alternate idea: a language c... | {
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Mathematics is art (all the mathematicians say so) - adamnemecek
https://medium.com/@fjmubeen/mathematics-is-art-all-the-mathematicians-say-so-d0d569f89976#.6g5zbk2uf
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MrQuincle
I'd politely disagree. I like the intro in Mumford's text.
"The study of mental objects with reproducible properties is called
mathema... | {
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} |
Court has confirmed coordinated raids of Zwiebelfreunde in Germany were illegal - rendx
https://blog.torservers.net/20180704/coordinated-raids-of-zwiebelfreunde-at-various-locations-in-germany.html#update
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freeflight
A small remainder: German police also confiscated donor lists for anonymity
projects like Tails ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Offline Cookbook: caching and serving offline-first - jaffathecake
http://jakearchibald.com/2014/offline-cookbook/
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pavel_lishin
I wonder if there's a support group for AppCache survivors. Someplace people
can meet, and talk about how AppCache has hurt them. Someplace with a nice,
strong cell signal, and c... | {
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} |
What Is a Thought Experiment, Anyhow? (2006) [pdf] - lainon
https://philpapers.org/archive/PIGWIA-2.pdf
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GregBuchholz
The parent article is about 99% fluff, but for people interested in Philosophy
of Science, John D. Norton (from the article) has a treasure trove of
interesting stuff.
[https://web-beta.archive.... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Books and Courses for Wannabe CTOs and Heads of Engineering? - iforgotmypass
How did you become the CTO or Head of Engineering at a larger organization? What books and courses did shape your growth and prepare you for this role and/or solidify your knowledge as a CTO / Head of Engineering?<p>---<p>I&... | {
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} |
Agile Development for Designers - pius
http://hoth.entp.com/output/agile_for_designers.html
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VisuallyOn
Knowing that most software are always 85% ready! Rapid Prototyping and
Multiple Iterations is the way to go (I do).
| {
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} |
exFAT in the Linux kernel - UkiahSmith
https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2019/08/28/exfat-linux-kernel/
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pedrocr
I'll believe Microsoft loves Linux when I can install Microsoft Office in my
desktop Linux machine. Everything else is marketing.
Edit: to expand, the corporate world runs on Excel/PowerPoi... | {
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} |
Social and Cultural Aspects of Drinking - fanf2
http://www.sirc.org/publik/drinking4.html
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LarryL
A very interesting read.
I did not know that alcohol effects varied that much between societies &
context/circonstances.
I found especially surprising the part about how in some cultures drunkenness
is used as an ... | {
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} |
Chomsky: spying does not protect you - wslh
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/19-3
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danenania
There is a practical way to reduce terrorism and make the US and the world
safer that won't cost a dime and doesn't require compromises on civil
liberties.
Stop starting and getting involved in foreign wa... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Pancreatic Cancer Resources - LinkPlug
This is still very new to us and I couldn't think of a better place to try to get a head start on beating this.<p>I hope when future hackers go searching for this on HN that they will find a list of the best resources.<p>Thank you :)
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melling
Pancreatic cancer ... | {
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Show HN: Rotten Tomatoes for Amazon products - pierc3
https://bestbestlist.com/#
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chrisco255
One comment I've got is you might want to give users the option to receive
notifications and updates for when you add new product categories. Or write
frequent blog posts about it. I can see it being marginally entertain... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Microsoft's Windows 10 privacy headache extends into gaming - chris-at
http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/17/9164153/windows-10-privacy-concerns
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norea-armozel
It seems to me that Microsoft needs to get better writers for their EULAs
since they can be interpreted so freely. For example, I've had a discussion
with so... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What's the latest hot-topic about Speech Recognition? - TrollHammarenF
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RNeff
There is a lot of success in translating speech into a foreign language speech
in near real time. The next step would be to convert heavily accented speech
(example: English) into normal pronunciation speech (example: English). ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Raw Thought: The Weblog of Aaron Swartz in Markdown, PDF, and ePub - joshleitzel
https://github.com/joshleitzel/rawthought
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bguthrie
I believe SBP (aaronsw's digital executor) is planning to make sure his domain
is maintained and all the content remains available. But I do think it's nice
to have this stuff in... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Death Of Point-and-Shoot Cameras - techblock
http://www.thetechblock.com/articles/2012/pointandshoot-camera-dying/
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nathanb
"I’m sure I’ll catch a lot of flak for that prediction, but it wouldn’t be the
first time. People called me crazy when I predicted the end of console gaming,
too."
The author makes t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Profitable social network for people with curly hair raises $1.2M - dirtyaura
http://www.businessinsider.com/social-network-for-curly-haired-people-raises-12-million-2011-6
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BvS
It were sites like that which made my realize we are in a bubble back in 2000.
On the other hand they were far from being profitable... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Atomo (programming language): giant 0.4 release - vito
http://atomo-lang.org/notes/0.4
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vito
The link is to the release notes, which has the documentation embedded - click
Getting Started at the right if you've never heard of Atomo (which is very
likely).
| {
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} |
Show HN: Cpp_Redis – C++11 Lightweight Redis client - cylix
https://github.com/Cylix/cpp_redis
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albeva
Neat, but horrid naming for everything. Why does namespace need explicit
"cpp_" prefix? Why do classes inside "cpp_redis" namespace still have "redis_"
prefix? I would prefer simple "redis::client" so much nice... | {
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} |
Technology the new engine of central Canada - mtw
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/topics/story.html?id=1554656
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christofd
Go Waterloo! Go Warriors (<http://www.athletics.uwaterloo.ca/>)!
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pshc
Seconded! Though OMGUW might have you think otherwise, I rather like the
university.
On the topic, here are s... | {
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} |
Steve Wozniak Shares How the Name "Apple" Came About - patel
http://blog.tvdeck.com/2010/11/steve-wozniak-shares-how-name-apple.html
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Triplane
Alan Turing killed himself by eating a bite of poisoned apple...
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tiles
Can someone transcribe loosely for the video-disabled?
~~~
david2777
Steve Job's was wo... | {
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} |
Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos - ValentineC
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57559710-38/instagram-says-it-now-has-the-right-to-sell-your-photos/
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sgdesign
I'm starting to realize that Instagram is not the service I thought it was. I
initially thought it was Flickr with social features,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Understanding the Limitations of HTTPS - kawera
https://textslashplain.com/2018/02/14/understanding-the-limitations-of-https/
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aplorbust
More than 50% of the websites found through HN at present do not require SNI.
Do you think this is also true of the https-enabled www as a whole?
SNI was introduced to address... | {
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} |
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