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STFU About What Women Want - mikeleeorg
http://usersknow.blogspot.com/2011/12/stfu-about-what-women-want.html
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9oliYQjP
There's a group in Toronto called Ladies Learning Code
<http://ladieslearningcode.com/>. The group holds events for learning how to
program and constantly sells out. Once while I was in Toronto... | {
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} |
Hong Kongers avoid China's internet censorship with peer-to-peer mesh network - BrandonMarc
https://legalinsurrection.com/2019/09/hong-kong-category-1-insurgency/
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BrandonMarc
From the article:
_How do you communicate when the government censors the internet? With a
peer-to-peer mesh broadcasting network that ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: HN for science? - geuis
I think this has been asked before, but can't find any references. Is there an HN-style place specifically for science news?
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mixmax
A subreddit called hardscience was created just the other day with emphasis on
submitting scientific papers. I don't know whether it'll fly or not... | {
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} |
Twice on the front page of HN, but no journalist is interested. What to do? - bozho
I have submitted my algorithmic music projects - computoser.com and the related android app to hacker news and both times it got to the front page, with many positive comments.<p>That made me think I can get the algorithm covered in ... | {
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Android vs. iPhone: Why Openness May Not Be Best - peter123
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/22/is-being-%e2%80%9copen%e2%80%9d-an-absolute-in-mobile/
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nazgulnarsil
no, google doesn't have to "support everything". Did the author miss the boat
on what open source software is? each vendor can modify android as they see
f... | {
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Apoorva Mehta had 20 failed startups before Instacart - elmar
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-himi-apoorva-mehta-20170105-story.html
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11thEarlOfMar
Tracey Lien completely missed the punch line: Mehta got into YC 2 months late
by ordering a 6 pack and having it delivered to Garry Tan at YC Office... | {
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} |
Verizon launches Yahoo Mobile phone service - altaaf_baatli
https://www.msn.com/en-us/finance/other/verizon-launches-yahoo-mobile-phone-service/ar-BB112SiY
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weare138
> Verizon is launching a Yahoo-branded mobile phone service called Yahoo
> Mobile in an attempt to use consumers’ total apathy toward familiarity w... | {
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It's Official: AOL Acquires TechCrunch - taylorwc
http://www.businessinsider.com/its-official-aol-acquires-techcrunch-2010-9
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carlos
congrats to Mike!. Will he move out from Seattle now?
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CS researchers find way to derive laws of nature from stacks of data - jkopelman
http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/11/48443-deep-data-dives-discover-natural-laws/fulltext
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dmlorenzetti
I'm a modeler who works with experimenters. Their general attitude is that
unvalidated models are about as useless as unexamine... | {
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} |
Cryptocurrency stunt to climb Mount Everest reportedly turns deadly - spking
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/05/25/cryptocurrency-stunt-to-climb-mount-everest-reportedly-turns-deadly.html
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perl4ever
Odd they don't name the deceased.
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Nike Open Source Software - jonbaer
https://nike-inc.github.io
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pacofvf
Looks like their iOS app already uses swift and the android one is neglected.
I hate that I feel like a 2nd class citizen when comparing Android vs iOS
running apps, the Android one is just so inferior and buggy, once I lost like
4-5 runs be... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Taser Will Use Police Body Camera Videos “to Anticipate Criminal Activity” - Futurebot
https://theintercept.com/2017/04/30/taser-will-use-police-body-camera-videos-to-anticipate-criminal-activity/
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I_am_neo
Pre-crime
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Unpatched Wordpress Instance on Yahoo Blog Leads to Cookie Theft - georgek1029
http://labs.bitdefender.com/2013/01/unpatched-wordpress-instance-on-yahoo-blog-leads-to-cookie-theft/
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caseyf
Yikes. Any site with a publicly accessible swfupload.swf is open to XSS.
[https://nealpoole.com/blog/2012/05/xss-and-csrf... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to get a job in US? - chromer
I am a python-django developer in India looking to move to US. I have sent my resume to a few people now and they like what they see but when it comes to relocation(work permit) they say sorry. I was wondering is there any company in NY, LA or SF willing to offer relocation.... | {
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The itch list - smritim
http://www.theitchlist.com
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smritim
One day. That’s when we plan to do all the things we absolutely MUST do on
this planet. Climb Mount Everest. Learn to salsa. Hug Ryan Gosling. Judging
from the number of things we’ve left for this day, chances are we won’t get to
do most of them (ther... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Glui – The simplest way to capture, annotate and share screenshots - razola
http://glui.me
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shortformblog
I've been doing sort of a hand-made version of this for a while. It's a useful
trick and one of my favorite quick-blogging techniques.
This doesn't have annotations, but it's a free alternative:... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How do you fire a startup employee? - zaph0d
We have a small startup and we hired one guy a couple of months back. His programming skills were OK, but when it came to delivering, he scored a blank. Apparently he had never shipped software before and seemed to be more of a "software processes" zealot than bei... | {
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Apple Watch: “Don’t concentrate on the finger” STFU and listen, golden marketing - lessthunk
http://lessthunk.com/2015/03/11/apple-watch-dont-concentrate-on-the-finger-stfu-and-listen-their-marketing-genius-is-golden/
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thomasFischer
>Apple WATCH is a mass market platform for greater things Agreed -- it's
compl... | {
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} |
Gay Marriage: The database engineer's perspective - jlangenauer
http://qntm.org/gay
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tptacek
Dupe. Burn it with fire.
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1183686>
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Remember Backing Up to Diskettes? I’m Sorry. I Do, Too - ohjeez
http://www.druva.com/blog/diskette-nostalgia/
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SixSigma
Floppies, how advanced, I still have a box of C15 cassette tapes with my data
from the 1980s on them!
~~~
ohjeez
Yeah -- but how would you get the data _off_ those tapes?
I have one computer ... | {
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The big puzzle in economics today: why is the economy growing so slowly? - jseliger
http://www.vox.com/2016/8/1/12131216/theories-gdp-growth-slow
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aurizon
As China increases their creative capability they are increasingly capable of
matching US products at higher and higher levels. They started with dollar
store... | {
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} |
The Hacker Papers (1980) - salgernon
http://www.textfiles.com/news/hackpape.hac
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rguzman
This reminds me of at least a few people in college. I tended to avoid the CS
department computer lab for fear of becoming something like the essay
describes. I didn't do too much better, though. I did decide to snap out o... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What's the status of Diaspora? - waterlesscloud
Any news since the Kickstarter funding hype ended? Their last blog post was 4 weeks ago, nothing at all about what they've done since getting funding far past their expectations.<p>The Kickstarter approach seemed interesting, but it seems like massively publi... | {
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} |
Iranian web developer faces death over photo uploading tool used by porn sites - hoag
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/10/iran_web_developer_smut_site_death_sentence/
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hoag
Sorry for the delete & resubmit: I realized the original title of the post
totally missed the point, i.e., that he is not faced with the... | {
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L++ Language - throwaway344
https://bitbucket.org/ktg/l
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espadrine
In principle, it is very similar to the design of Chicken Scheme, a transpiler
from Scheme to C:
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Scheme](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Scheme).
The L++ source also looks very much like this lovely wri... | {
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} |
Need Advice on building a product for US market - udayaprakash19
I am a co-founder at an India based hardware startup. We build routers that can bond multiple 3G and 4G connections together and give you a higher combined bandwidth output. Simply put you can insert AT&T, T-mobile, and a Verizon SIM into our device ... | {
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Release Notes: How to tell a developer's passion - joeybaker
http://forrst.com/posts/Release_Notes_How_you_can_tell_a_developers_pa-9xd
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namank
You must be a developer yourself. Me too!
But I`ve found that nothing targeted at the general public should contain
stuff they can`t understand or don`t care about. J... | {
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} |
In a weird sneaker-net way we have implemented a human DNS - davewiner
http://scripting.com/stories/2010/12/03/wikileaksOnTheRun.html
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commieneko
In Soviet Russia ... no wait, seriously ... in Soviet Russia, when they tried
to control copy machines and fax machines, people used typewriters, pen and
ink, and good... | {
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} |
Alternative Lending Platforms Should Not Own the Loans They Originate - prostoalex
https://medium.com/@alibhamed/why-alternative-lending-platforms-should-not-own-the-loans-they-originate-and-the-danger-of-asset-d5862f800f14?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_zAfQkok8WmILxGIwRmVEz8h96VrfeTQ5xrVE7E6EZ5j0Oq8-26Ij_jMtevyVO7xccfI-13sv5iZJGxM... | {
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Show HN: “Crafting Interpreters” chapter, control flow and Turing-completeness - munificent
http://www.craftinginterpreters.com/control-flow.html
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ASipos
A bit of nitpicking:
"the function to compute the truth value of a given proof" should be "the
function that returns the truth value of a given statement" (1s... | {
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} |
How have lack of travel and increased social isolation affected mathematics? - theafh
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-has-coronavirus-affected-mathematics-20200428/
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btrettel
> “Mathematics used to be a much more individual activity,” Minsky said.
> “Maybe in the next year or so, we’ll be back to some solo pr... | {
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} |
People call me Aaron - kevindeasis
https://medium.com/@swartzcr/people-call-me-aaron-3761481871e5#.r1zszbieg
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zck
Previously:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10881413](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10881413)
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The Common Start-up Mistake You Don't Want to Make - palidanx
http://www.inc.com/margaret-heffernan/common-startup-mistake-you-dont-want-to-make-timing.html
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palidanx
*Sigh. Story of my life.
| {
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} |
Ask HN: What do you do for healthcare checkups? - doctossaway
Hi HN -<p>I had a small health scare recently despite generally taking great care of myself.<p>Through the experience I realized I haven't had a primary doctor in years.<p>I am not even sure what I should be doing on that front to ensure I'm getti... | {
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Babydux: Paper-thin, 100% typesafe Redux for babies - bcherny
https://github.com/bcherny/babydux
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acemarke
I find the tagline to be rather confusing. Why "for babies"?
Also, while this appears to be _inspired_ by Redux, it's definitely not the
same as Redux. In particular, it has separate event emitters for eac... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Cloud SSH Key and sudo management - jamiesonbecker
https://userify.com
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jamiesonbecker
We just launched our full SaaS product to go along with our self-hosted/on-
prem products. Founder/CEO, AMA!
| {
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Millions of Americans Can't Afford Water - walterbell
https://www.consumerreports.org/personal-finance/millions-of-americans-cant-afford-water-as-bills-rise-80-percent-in-a-decade/?EXTKEY=AFLIP
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yardie
One of the things I noticed since moving back to the US is Americans are
averse to spending money on anything t... | {
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} |
TSA Needs a Risk-Based Approach to Airport Security - jazzdev
http://reason.com/blog/2010/11/17/tsa-needs-a-risk-based-approac
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gojomo
Strange days indeed: Reason Magazine advocating a federally-issued biometric
ID card.
I suspect that the body-scans and frisky-frisks are just door #1 and door #1
in a grand p... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
MIT’s Liquid Metal Stores Solar Power Until After Sundown - adventured
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-06/mit-s-liquid-metal-stores-solar-power-until-after-sundown.html
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jessaustin
TFA is pretty thin on info. The "$500/kWh" goal seems to come from Musk's
battery marketing rather than something inherent to ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Path — Introducing The Personal Network - ssclafani
http://blog.path.com/post/1576969971/introducing-the-personal-network
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jamiequint
The production quality here is really really good.
However, I agree with the excellent presentation posted here a while ago 'The
Real Life Social Network' ([http://www.slidesha... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The untold story of the vegetable peeler that changed the world - ryan_j_naughton
https://www.fastcompany.com/90239156/the-untold-story-of-the-vegetable-peeler-that-changed-the-world
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smileypete
Not sure if a peeler can be world changing, but these articles on Joe Ades are
a well worth a read; a true character a... | {
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} |
DXR: a smart code browser using instrumented compilers for static analysis - saulrh
http://quetzalcoatal.blogspot.com/2011/06/alpha-release-of-dxr.html
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saulrh
See also <http://dxr.mozilla.org/clang/>,
[http://dxr.mozilla.org/clang/clang/include/clang/AST/Recursi...](http://dxr.mozilla.org/clang/clang/include/... | {
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} |
How Writing 1000 Words a Day Changed My Life - sebkomianos
https://medium.com/on-publishing/3895f4d045d2
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dyladan
tl;dr Actively maintaining a blog is incredibly difficult and kudos to you. I
hope I eventually have that kind of self discipline.
I really wish I had the drive to do this. Every 6 months I sit do... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Hyperapp – A tiny framework for building web interfaces - Al0neStar
https://hyperapp.dev/
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PufPufPuf
I have tried Hyperapp some time ago. It's usable for small apps, but the lack
of ecosystem makes it unfit for anything larger -- as is usual for all niché
JS frameworks.
Funnily, the "ecosystem" page contains ju... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Memrefuting - wglb
http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=2212
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jimrandomh
tl;dr: Scientific American published an article about an analog computing
technique that the author claims can solve NP-complete problems, but which
contains an elementary mistake that invalidates the result. Before SciAm
published it, an a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Essential Swedish tech jargon all programmers in Sweden should know - YeGoblynQueenne
https://www.thelocal.se/20191101/essential-tech-jargon-all-programmers-in-sweden-should-know-tyreso-c3l-tlccu
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eesmith
It's a paid-for advertisement, by a company selling a "Swedish for
Programmers" course.
~~~
NonEUCitizen
Lo... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Which book are you reading currently? - throwaway_yc
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verdverm
Good leaders ask great questions
------
yesenadam
Treasure Island.
| {
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Breakthroughs Don't Pay - jawgardner
http://innovatorinside.com/2011/10/19/breakthroughs-dont-...
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wisty
Oh, but Harry Potter _was_ a breakthrough. It's a little of Roald Dahl's
magical realism, a little boarding-school fiction, and a dash of Agatha
Christie. I can't think of any other writer who tried to writ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Jeff Bezos warns US military it risks losing tech supremacy - DyslexicAtheist
https://www.ft.com/content/b38c5cf6-198a-11ea-97df-cc63de1d73f4
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aurizon
China and Russia have a number of advantages. The biggest one is the top down
ossification in the US military where aged milpols (military politicians) with
old i... | {
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} |
iOS Apps Using Private APIs - tptacek
https://sourcedna.com/blog/20151018/ios-apps-using-private-apis.html
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NateLawson
Hey all, I'm the founder of SourceDNA and happy to answer any questions about
how we found this or about binary code search in general.
We take a different approach to understanding code than t... | {
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} |
"The 411 Parable": Goog411 vs Bing411 - Make sure you are playing the same game. - benhedrington
http://buildcontext.com/blog/2011/the-411-parable
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indygreg2
I was working at Microsoft/Tellme at the time Bing411 was launched and would
like to state a few facts:
\- When launched, Bing411 was essentially a re-b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Most hilarious sites in the internet? - copycat22
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nitin1213
mindreality.net www.bibliotecapleyades.net/
------
crazy_colonel
ajitvadakayil.blogspot.com,
secret.TV
------
osho
Facebook
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Debunking Dvorak vs QWERTY myths - gnosis
http://reason.com/archives/1996/06/01/typing-errors/1
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jmillikin
Previous discussions can be found at:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=438124>
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1062284>
The QWERTY vs Dvorak argument is silly; both were designed at a time befor... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Stop the presses: Facebook CTO says news next in social revolution - wippler
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12406171
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tgriesser
Gotta love sensationalist headlines...
Should read: Facebook CTO says purchasing servers for a separate startup prior
to Facebook _might_ have been unnecessary
The idea that Fac... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: I built a better way to watch music videos - freeslave
http://chartbrain.com
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flexxaeon
nice job. nice mashup idea. i could see myself using this for various reasons
("what is that song i've never heard that i keep hearing people talk about
because i only listen to NPR?")
sole nitpick - (on chrome) w... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Free Responsive Bootstrap Admin Theme With Animations - manpreetrules
http://metaware.github.io/responsive_bootstrap_admin_theme/
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jas1102
Nice work
| {
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} |
ANSI Safety Code and Requirements for Dry Martinis [pdf] - surement
http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/download.php/6140/K100.1-1974%20-%20American%20National%20Standard%20Safety%20Code%20%26%20Requirements%20for%20Dry%20Martinis%20.pdf
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anonu
Who knew there was a "radiation mixing method"?? I still don't get... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mathematician laments about the state of math education - iwwr
http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/74787799?access_key=key-1q7eqk1yjq2t1i63jb8e
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tokenadult
Even better than the lament article is "Mathematics Education." Notices of the
American Mathematical Society 37:7 (September, 1990) 844-850.
<http://arxiv.or... | {
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} |
Raspberry Pi Tacho Projector Bike Fake? - Uchikoma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Nfk1-XMASrk#!
======
Uchikoma
I looked at that project and found it very cool.
Then I was confused, e.g. at 2:29 (and in some places before) the projection
against the car doesn't look right. Is it fake? Is it ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to effectively build and manage a remote development team - Evrone
https://evrone.com/remote-teams-management
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onlyhackergirl
Thanks for the article! Very useful tips considering the current situation
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Dave Gorman on the 118 800 mobile phone numbers directory - swombat
http://gormano.blogspot.com/2009/07/118-800.html
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TrevorJ
The problems he encountered with his phone getting prank called had nothing to
do with the 118 800 directory - it was due to a friend losing his cell phone.
------
russell
I did some p... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Should I go to college? - robotkilla
I'm in my mid 30s. I've been working professionally as a web developer for the last 13~ years, 4~ of which have been fully remote as a contractor. I can program in multiple languages (including Javascript, Python, PHP... and i'm currently teaching myself c# a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How can I move from domain email address from my host to DO? - siquick
I have a info@mydomainname.com email address with my current hosting provider.<p>I want to move my hosting for site www.mydomainname.com to Digital Ocean but don't want to lose my email address.<p>Can I use DO to service that email a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why Bootstrap? Because You Can't Succeed Unless You Persevere - aytekin
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/315208
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aytekin
Bootstrapping takes more time but in the end you control your destiny. The
first year, it was only me. The second year, I hired my first employee, so it
was two of us. The third year, we w... | {
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} |
There are ways to overcome surveillance capitalism - iafrikan
https://www.iafrikan.com/2018/04/13/deletefacebook-is-still-feeding-the-beast-but-there-are-ways-to-overcome-surveillance-capitalism/
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klez
If I could highlight a passage from this article, it would be this one
> Plus, it is imperative to increase da... | {
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} |
Obama issues whistleblower directive to security agencies [2012] - evolve2k
http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/obama-issues-whistleblower-directive-to-security-agencies/2012/10/10/5e2cbbfe-132d-11e2-ba83-a7a396e6b2a7_blog.html
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johng
Surprised this hasn't gotten more exposure. Seems like Snowde... | {
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} |
JSTOR Statement on Aaron Swartz - darrellsilver
http://about.jstor.org/statement-swartz
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redegg
For those unable to access their statement due to the traffic load:
\------
Aaron Swartz
We are deeply saddened to hear the news about Aaron Swartz. We extend our
heartfelt condolences to Aaron’s family, friends, a... | {
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} |
Barclays scraps 'Big Brother' staff tracking system within one week - joshuahughes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51570401
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Broken_Hippo
So, they basically treated people like low-level employees at a call center in
the US?
This sort of thing isn't actually new. Those cameras in retail stores are,
first an... | {
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} |
Category Theory and Declarative Programming - CarolineW
http://bartoszmilewski.com/2015/04/15/category-theory-and-declarative-programming/
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mark_l_watson
Great writing!
The author should consider making that online book into a leanpub book - it
would be nice to get it in ePub or Kindle format.
~~~
gh02t
I've b... | {
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} |
Properly setting up Redis and Sidekiq in production on Ubuntu 16.04 - thomasrw
https://thomasroest.com/2017/03/04/properly-setting-up-redis-and-sidekiq-in-production-ubuntu-16-04.html
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mperham
I disagree with the redis quickstart guide - making the user download a
tarball, compile source and install systemd serv... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
2015 is going to be the year of Go - jdkanani
http://dave.cheney.net/2015/03/28/2015-is-going-to-be-the-year-of-go
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zerr
Sure, if generics and error handling mechanisms will be added to it.
Guys (Go team), please convince Gilad Bracha to spend at least one day with
you...
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What modern technology would be most revolutionary to ancient Greeks? - jmstfv
http://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/47694/what-modern-technology-would-be-most-revolutionary-to-ancient-greeks
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jamam
Becomes scary if you think about it: Can we reproduce fraction of the stuff
that we take for granted to... | {
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How to get a merchant account - a series of hoops - swombat
http://danieltenner.com/posts/0006-how-to-get-a-merchant-account.html
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asmithmd1
I just recently had very good luck with <http://paysimple.com/> They acted as
the "friend" wheb applying to the bank who has been there and done it before.
They took a lo... | {
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} |
On the Need for a Business Language - johnm
http://blog.vagmim.com/2008/04/need-for-business-language.html
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tom_rath
Awesome idea! We can call it the Common Business-Oriented Language
Oh, wait...
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donw
Is it possible that the need for a language tailored 'business logic' stems
from the simple fact that... | {
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7 Marketing Lessons Learned From Acquiring StrideApp - dylanlacom
http://www.quicksprout.com/2014/07/14/7-marketing-lessons-learned-from-acquiring-a-startup/
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EveretteTaylor
"Perfect is overrated" \- so true.
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Ask HN: What are the effects of a Trump presidency on Tech immigration? (H1-B) - jensvdh
As someone finishing grad school here. How does this impact my odds?
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MichaelBurge
It's probably helpful. Trump has mentioned speeding up the Visa process, since
people were waiting years to get in.
It doesn't sound like yo... | {
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} |
Watch Mac OS X Leopard running on 2020 iPad Pro - ig0r0
https://www.cultofmac.com/701879/watch-mac-os-x-leopard-running-on-2020-ipad-pro/
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mastrsushi
Please retitle this, it's an emulation.
I'll admit with the overhead of a VM, a snappy response is in some ways more
impressive than native.
But a lot of people ... | {
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Ask HN: Career advice for someone attending a coding bootcamp - biznerd
I graduate in about a month. It's been intense, a ton of fun too.<p>I don't know how "good" I am. There seems to be a lot of people smarter than me. Completing assignments faster than me. Particularly with OOP. OTOH I am averag... | {
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} |
The best web browsers of 2016 - tomjacu48
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365692,00.asp
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just_observing
To save you the trip:
Mozilla Firefox Editors' Choice
Firefox can't be beat when it comes to customizability and features. It's also
fast, secure, and protects your privacy. It's our Editors' Choice fo... | {
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} |
Google mobile search getting faster - briangonzalez
https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z12isbkr2l2hdjjr504chrfidpb4s1vglfg
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millstone
Why is this mobile-specific? It seems like desktops too could benefit from not
having to be redirected through Google.
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Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half, Study Shows - echair
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070417193338.htm
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bprater
Wow, marijuana news is hitting a feverish pitch lately, especially with that
most-winning "Olympian pothead" making news.
I am glad to see studies like this being performe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
GoldenOrb: Open-source version of Google's Pregel released by Apache Hadoop - espeed
http://www.goldenorbos.org
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espeed
This was just open sourced today. The code is here:
<https://github.com/raveldata/goldenorb>
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} |
Bill Gates on the Difference Between Elon Musk and Steve Jobs - rmason
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/18/bill-gates-difference-between-elon-musk-and-steve-jobs-as-leaders.html#:~:text=Bill%20Gates%20on%20the%20difference%20between%20Elon%20Musk%20and%20Steve%20Jobs,-Published%20Fri%2C%20Sep&text=Steve%20was%20a%20genius... | {
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} |
India, U.S. Agree to Joint Exploration of Mars - ForHackernews
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/10/01/india-u-s-to-agree-to-joint-exploration-of-mars
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Naritai
While I'm a big supporter of international co-operation, remember that the US
has been striking a number of technical deals with India, as a part o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Run and package HTML5 Apps using node-webkit - copesc
http://blog.joocode.com/js/run-and-package-html5-apps-using-node-webkit/
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leoplct
404 - Not found
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bdfh42
yup broken link - so the up-vote was interesting...
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copesc
sorry about that, I had an issue on the site, the first page load led to a
404. On re... | {
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What MSFT did in 2K4 instead of buying all then existing internet companies - jaboutboul
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/21/technology/21gates.html
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jaboutboul
Except for google. Got this from a tweet by @cdixon.
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Freshmeat.net, 1997-2014 - ingve
http://jeffcovey.net/2014/06/19/freshmeat-net-1997-2014/
Includes an interesting comment from ESR:<p>http://jeffcovey.net/2014/06/19/freshmeat-net-1997-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-2111
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liedra
I was an editor for freshmeat back in the ear... | {
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} |
“Why We Sleep” Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors - AuthorizedCust
https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/#no-two-thirds-of-adults-in-developed-nations-do-not-fail-to-obtain-the-recommended-amount-of-sleep
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raz32dust
Previous discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21546850](https://news.ycomb... | {
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} |
The ancestry and affiliations of Kennewick Man - shawndumas
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vnfv/ncurrent/full/nature14625.html
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tokenadult
The reporting about this over the years has been very confusing, because a lot
of the reporters who were making best efforts to report on this story are
confused by the... | {
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} |
The 5G BlackBerry could be 'the most American-made phone out there' - fortran77
https://www.engadget.com/5g-blackberry-keyboard-global-flagship-american-made-peter-franklin-175112005.html
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fortran77
They really should go after Apple for its misleading "DESIGNED IN CALIFORNIA"
(and in tiny letters underneath "mad... | {
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} |
Operational Calculus for Differentiable Programming - bmc7505
https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.07690
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whatshisface
One thing that is not entirely clear to me about constructions like these is
the behavior of array indexing. I understand how to differentiate the
assignment of x+y into the variable z, but if I use X as ... | {
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} |
GIMP 2.9.4 and our vision for the future - ashitlerferad
http://girinstud.io/news/2016/07/gimp-2-9-4-and-our-vision-for-gimp-future/
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imurray
Gimp 2.8 frustrated me: I could no longer open a .png, edit it and easily
resave it back to .png. The Gimp developers knew better and made the UI
strongly favor saving as ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
When will machines outthink us? - schtog
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20676037/
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mlinsey
Strong AI (the creation of a general intelligence capable of learning new
things in the way humans can, as opposed to weak AI which includes programming
machines to do specific tasks that are usually considered to require
i... | {
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} |
Why SSDs are worth the money - peteretep
http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/17/why-ssds-are-worth-t.html
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rkalla
Something to consider before going the SSD route: failure rates are high right
now.
The Intel X-25 series seem to be doing OK, but the Vertex2 and Vertex3 (brand
new SandForce 2k-based drives) have ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Scoble: Facebook identities on VR are the biggest strategy tax of all time - Kroeler
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2020/08/scoble-oculus-facebook-vr-business-strategy-tax.html
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pinewurst
I didn't realize Scoble was still alive - was almost going to submit "(2008)"
:)
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Why won't you answer my question? - upofadown
http://rion.io/2017/02/09/why-wont-you-answer-my-question/
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al2o3cr
I have an important homework assignment due this afternoon
at 5PM and it isn't working. Can you download it from here
{dropbox-link} and get it working by then?
IMO, t... | {
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} |
Where Do the Smartest People Move? - Mz
http://www.citylab.com/work/2014/07/the-smartest-people-move-into-and-out-of-cities/373760/
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Mz
Excerpt:
_The study 's overall takeaway? Smart people just don't like to stay put._
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Manage AWS EC2 SSH Access with IAM - hellomichibye
https://cloudonaut.io/manage-aws-ec2-ssh-access-with-iam/
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throwaway2016a
This seems really cool but I just got in the habit of using AWS OpsWorks for
everything an OpsWorld handles this for you with Chef recipes and has a nice
front-end.
| {
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} |
Emacs standing alone on a Linux Kernel (2004) - Ivoah
http://www.informatimago.com/linux/emacs-on-user-mode-linux.html
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noir_lord
In concept it kinda reminds me of Oberon (I wish those had succeeded) though
the integration between the kernel and the language (elisp) isn't anything
like as tight.
For anyone who ... | {
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} |
Options Pricing in Excel with QuantLib - karamazov
https://datanitro.com/blog/2012/08/13/QuantLib/
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photon137
This reminds me that compiling QuantLib is such a pain in the ass. I love
QuantLib though - I use it via C# and there is an Excel plugin already
available in the source code.
As regards your example:
... | {
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} |
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