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How Did Cool Become Such a Big Deal? (2014) - pshaw
https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2014/julyaugust/feature/how-did-cool-become-such-big-deal-0
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dluan
Cool is one thing I feel like robots will never understand. It is so hard to
capture beyond just the physical vocabulary or syntax or body movements, or
even black... | {
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Rutgers Defunded Student Paper After It Called Out White Supremacist Propaganda - iron0013
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rutgers-defunded-daily-targum-paper-after-it-called-out-white-supremacist-propaganda
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pmdulaney
How can that be? Calling out white supremacist propaganda is perfectly in line
with progressive ... | {
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Twitter Displaying Expanded Short URLs Using 301 Lookup - DanLivesHere
http://www.centernetworks.com/twitter-displays-expanded-short-urls
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brlewis
FriendFeed had this over 2 years ago:
[http://friendfeed.com/steverubel/54df8bf5/short-urls-
shared-...](http://friendfeed.com/steverubel/54df8bf5/short-urls-shared... | {
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The kernel and BitKeeper part ways (2005) - JDW1023
https://lwn.net/Articles/130746/
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tannerbrockwell
This is a perfect example of winning a battle, and losing the war. Out of this
was born git [1] and the rest [2] is history [3].
[1]: [https://lwn.net/Articles/131312/](https://lwn.net/Articles/131312/) [2]:
[h... | {
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Here’s how Google Fi will work with iPhones - AhmadM91
https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/28/18116333/google-project-fi-apple-iphone
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LeoPanthera
"you should know that iPhones won’t be able to make calls or text over Wi-Fi,
use visual voicemail, or be used as data hotspots outside the US at all"
That's worse than... | {
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High Arctic relocation - curtis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Arctic_relocation
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smcmurtry
Great article. In Canada a lot of people don't know about the injustices the
government has inflicted on the Inuit and other indigenous people. It's all
conveniently left out of the school history curriculum.
~~~
end... | {
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Kakao acquires top Korean music streaming service for $1.5B - williswee
https://www.techinasia.com/kakao-korea-melon-music-streaming-acquisition
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dpflan
“Acquiring [MelOn parent company] Loen gives Kakao a massive music content
library as well as a pipeline for future content. [The app’s] current
businesses are ... | {
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Ask HN: What are your 2020 year resolutions? - djebril
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topmonk
Stop fantasizing about getting something I will never have.
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furgooswft13
Stop drinking and stop vaping. Not because of any of the recent vaping
hysteria, but because I work from home now and just end up vaping constantly
all day, and it's mak... | {
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Ask HN: what are your favorite JavaScript APIs? - Tichy
I'll start a new project for a client soon, and my task will probably be to design a JavaScript API. So I gathered it might be a good idea to look at some existing ones for inspiration. There are so many possibilities in setting up a JavaScript framework (from ... | {
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GitHub blocked my account and they think I’m developing nuclear weapons - bifrost
https://medium.com/@hamed/github-blocked-my-account-and-they-think-im-developing-nuclear-weapons-e7e1fe62cb74
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bifrost
I'll add in my $0.02 - the author set himself up for this.
Here's his GitHub Profile:
[https://github.com/Hamed... | {
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Eigenface - breck
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eigenface
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dandelany
I always thought that "Eigenman" would make a cool superhero. A man derived
from the covariance matrix of the probability distribution of the high-
dimensional vector space of _all of mankind_. His superpowers would be instant
recognition of a... | {
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How to Hack an Expensive Camera - pi-rat
https://alexhude.github.io/2019/01/24/hacking-leica-m240.html
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ggm
Excellent work. Almost forty years ago my first paid job on graduating was
clean room reverse engineering a spec of a binary dump of somebody's code. You
put me in awe of how well you did this.
As a forme... | {
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Angular $http stripping $ prefixed fields from json post body - downtowncanada
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27071259/angular-http-stripping-prefixed-fields-from-json-post-body
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angersock
Wow, that's some bullshit.
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Google, Apple and AT&T: Enough Blame to Go Around for Everyone - rizzn
http://siliconangle.com/ver2/2009/08/21/google-apple-and-att-enough-blame-to-go-around-for-everyone/
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jf781
great angle on this story from SiliconANGLE.com lots buzzing on why this
happened. Its an example of the misinformed blogosphere. Th... | {
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Self-hosted server platform arkOS starts crowdfund for new features - jcook818
https://fund.arkos.io
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maaarghk
Seems like a good idea in theory, but I know that my ISP sends you a
threatening letter in the post if you have too much incoming traffic - and
it's unbelievably slow anyway. I wish this project a who... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Swedish ISP Protests ‘Site Blocking’ by Blocking Rightsholders Website Too - Vinnl
https://torrentfreak.com/swedish-isp-protest-site-blocking-by-blocking-rightsholders-website-and-more-181102/
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CM30
Previous discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18370446](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1837044... | {
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DIY Scanning Electron Microscope - poindontcare
http://hackaday.com/2011/03/23/diy-scanning-electron-microscope/
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bkraz
I built this electron microscope. Let me know if you have any questions.
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ChuckMcM
About a zillion :-) Building one has been one of my "wouldn't it be neat to do
..." projects for a long ti... | {
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Advanced Machine Learning with Python – FREE Until 6/8/17 at 7PM ET - carlosgg
https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning
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equalunique
Thanks for the link. Was able to take advantage of the offer.
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15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete - car
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/us/electoral-college.html
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hyperpape
There are discussions about the electoral college favoring small states. Some
people think that's bad, some people think it's good.
However, there's a more important issue: t... | {
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Adventures with cgo: Part 1- the Pointering - spooneybarger
https://blog.wallaroolabs.com/2018/04/adventures-with-cgo-part-1--the-pointering/
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spooneybarger
Hi y'all.
I'm the author of the post. Will be checking the discussion from time to time
today and will try to answer any questions I can.
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Numeral Systems of the World - bookofjoe
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Numeral_Systems_of_the_World.svg
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skovorodkin
Maybe the link to [1] would be more interesting.
[1]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_numeral_systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_numeral_systems)
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Ask HN: What sort of advice can you offer to a 20 year old? - mrlurker
Hey there guys, it's been a few years since I graduated and things haven't been working out too well for me, nor do I see them working very well in the future.<p>I'm very poor. I'd like to turn my life around. I want to become successful and have a... | {
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Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on? - jlevers
I know there are lots of really interesting problems out there waiting to be solved, but I haven't been exposed to much in the software world besides web technologies.<p>I'd love to hear about what interesting problems (technically or otherwise)... | {
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Interesting Startup Idea: Photo Sharing (etc) for Couples... - cosgroveb
http://www.cupcaking.us/
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pamelafox
That is indeed an interesting idea. I'm not sure about this promise though:
"YOU remain in control of them, so you never end up starring in your own sex
tape scandal if a nasty breakup occurs."
I'm gue... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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The State of the TclQuadcode compiler (2017) [pdf] - blacksqr
https://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2017/assets/talk101/Paper.pdf
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nothrows
TCL is fun to write. And with Tk desktop apps are fast and easy to whip up.
Kicks Atoms Ass for internal apps and doesn't eat all your ram. I don't get
why its gets so much flack.... | {
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Ask HN – What do you do to stay fit while working? - kzisme
While working in the tech field (misting sitting) how does everyone stay fit or active, or maybe how do people get to a state of fitness?
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busterc
Tldr; eating salads
In the past I did crossfit. I enjoyed the short time commitment: 30 minutes, 3
tim... | {
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Cartographie des permis de construire dans toute la France - based2
https://vigibati.fr/
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based2
[https://github.com/atelier-des-
communs/vigibati.fr](https://github.com/atelier-des-communs/vigibati.fr)
from [https://linuxfr.org/news/vigibati-un-outil-libre-de-
cartogra...](https://linuxfr.org/news/vigibati-un-... | {
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Ask HN: Do microservices just shift complexity from app to ops? - quezzle
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joeblow9999
no. so-called 'microservice architectures' increase the complexity of the
platform in terms of ops AND the code
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Feynman Nobel Lecture "The Development of the Space-Time View of QED" - cgs1019
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1965/feynman-lecture.html/
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cgs1019
I love the detail he goes into about different possible approaches that didn't
work out. He gives a real sense of some of the process that... | {
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Xah's Emacs Lisp Tutorial - jackhammer2022
http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/elisp.html
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jrockway
If you write Lisp like Xah suggests, people will laugh at you. Just read the
Emacs Lisp Introduction that ships with Emacs, that actually teaches idiomatic
Emacs Lisp.
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superxor
I've been a fairly recent Emacs use... | {
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Incumbents, Not Startups, Are Regulatory Arbitrageurs - cjbest
https://diff.substack.com/p/incumbents-not-startups-are-regulatory?r=2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=hackernews
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asciimike
Not entirely related, but I very much enjoyed the reference to _United States
vs Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How would you validate an idea for SaaS product? - vsolanki19
I've heard of many SaaS companies building the products first and then try to sell it only to fail later due to lack of demand and customers. My question is how would you validate an idea for SaaS is worth pursuing with enough demand and intere... | {
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Self-inlining anonymous functions in C++ - adg001
http://matt.might.net/articles/self-inlining-anonymous-functions-in-c++/
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barrkel
This is truly revolting, offensive code. Unless you like C++ template
metaprogramming, I recommend you don't look.
:)
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DCoder
(Edit: fixed formatting) Revolting? I think that... | {
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On Chomsky and the Two Cultures of Statistical Learning - EdiX
http://norvig.com/chomsky.html
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brockf
Chomsky's one paragraph quote at the beginning of this article is more clear
and thoughtful than the rest of this. I feel the author's missing the point.
In the case of language, observing and reporting statist... | {
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Poll HN: Is TechCrunch Doomed? - philco
Jason Kincaid, Sarah Lucy, the list goes on. Is TechCrunch over?
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rvcamo
Realistically.....yes. There are so many new tech blogs popping up everyday,
one of them is going to nail content and insight; but at this point TechCrunch
is a sinking ship. Even Mashable has bee... | {
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} |
Robots Are Ruining Your Driving Skills - mcone
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-10/as-robots-take-the-wheel-driving-skills-begin-to-hit-the-skids
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warrenm
95% of driving is not operating the vehicle: it's interior distraction,
tiredness, weather, other drivers, animals, mechanical issues, etc.
In... | {
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The hiring process to become an Apple Store "Genius" - jseliger
http://www.macblogz.com/2008/09/26/leaked-apple-genius-position-hiring-documents
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jm4
There is not anything particularly remarkable about this interview process or
offer letter. I am not sure why the author would even write about this. If
anything, ... | {
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} |
Rare “positive” lightning bolt caught on video - camtarn
https://boingboing.net/2019/05/11/rare-positive-lightning-bo.html
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howard941
Not all _that_ rare, yesterday's storms were racking up >1000 strikes over the
course of an hour, around 100 of them were positive. This excellent discussion
of the dangerous stri... | {
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Chapter Two of Peter Thiel's New Book - sama
I asked Peter if I could post some of his new book on HN. Here is Chapter Two, which I think will be interesting to people here.<p>Party Like It’s 1999<p>Our contrarian question—What important truth do very few people agree with you on?—is difficult to answer directly. It ... | {
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RethinkDB 1.15: Geospatial queries - coffeemug
http://rethinkdb.com/blog/1.15-release/
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CitizenKane
I've made a comment to this effect before, but seriously do yourself a favor
and check out Rethink. It's been great to work with, and has been 100% rock
solid. The only complaint I have is keeping up with the chan... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Fake Boarding Pass App Gets Hacker into Fancy Airline Lounges - smn1234
https://www.wired.com/2016/08/fake-boarding-pass-app-gets-hacker-fancy-airline-lounges/
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netsharc
Dear Wired, it's not QR, it's Aztec Code
([http://www.howtobarcode.net/howtobarcode/barcode-
types/image...](http://www.howtobarcode.net/howtob... | {
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Build Your Own Intellectual Oasis - mastazi
https://quillette.com/2020/01/04/build-your-own-intellectual-oasis/
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jsilence
Because it is possible!
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U. of Chicago's Yerkes Observatory to close after 120 years - wglb
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-yerkes-observatory-closing-20180308-story.html
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closeparen
Yerkes is a special place. I had the privilege of spending the night there as
a student, and while I know nothing about astronomy,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Make your AngularJS, EmberJS, or BackboneJS website crawlable by Google - chaddeshon
http://www.BromBone.com<p>I posted “Tell HN: My Web App has 13 Users” 3 months ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5386966). Over time, it grew to 150 (free) users, but retention was pretty mu... | {
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How the world will change as computers spread into everyday objects - prostoalex
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/09/12/how-the-world-will-change-as-computers-spread-into-everyday-objects
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modeless
I've said this before, but the "Internet of Things" is a bad vision for the
future. Dystopian, almost. I don'... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Unboxing in Guile - jsnell
https://wingolog.org/archives/2016/01/19/unboxing-in-guile
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marktangotango
This is an excellent post, I found the documentation around Guile
implementation[1] to have a lot of really valuable information about the
implementation details of dynamically typed languages. I highly recommen... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Aza Raskin Leaving Mozilla - twapi
http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/leaving-mozilla/
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baran
Aza is correct. The fundamental problem inhibiting good personal health is
lack of timely feedback. In healthcare, feedback always happens too late. The
beer I drink tonight doesn't affect me until my liver fails. Overeati... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
H1-B population Estimate [pdf] - Bang2Bay
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Native%20Docs/USCIS_H-1B_Authorized_to_Work_Report.pdf
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Bang2Bay
Hard to believe that there is no way for USCIS to get the actual count. Is
this the best they can arrive at given all the technology these H1-Bs develop.
USCI... | {
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This Could Be Your Last Day of Life - msurocks
https://medium.com/@msuworld/this-could-be-your-last-day-of-life-51a797fc0a54#.x0b0jjocl
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maxharris
But it is vastly more likely that it is not, and you are far better off
working, planning and preparing to make your future a better one.
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US State Dept questions Australia's planned Internet Filtering. - ra
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/stephen-conroy-and-us-at-odds-on-net-filter/story-e6frg996-1225846614780
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mmastrac
This quote from the article is what bugs me about these national firewalls:
"While considered a noble idea..."
... | {
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People, Places, and Jobs - SeoxyS
http://journal.dedasys.com/2014/12/29/people-places-and-jobs/
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graeme
As a Canadian, I have to say that the logic in Paul Graham's essay seemed a
lot clearer to me. We get a lot of good people you guys don't get in.
I'm one, actually. I run a bootstrapped business, and would ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Curated list of awesome Mastodon-related stuff - j0k3r
https://github.com/tleb/awesome-mastodon
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shazamfr
Can I create a PR to add some stuff?
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_tleb
Sorry, I didn't see this post. Thanks Github for detailing the traffic infos,
which I just looked at today.
Sure, you can! Or if you want to do it quickly, ju... | {
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Could Virtual Reality Be the Next Big Thing in Education? - BaptisteGreve
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ptc/2014/08/27/could-virtual-reality-be-the-next-big-thing-in-education/
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BaptisteGreve
An other article about the subject :
[https://unimersiv.com/blog_post.php?id=15](https://unimersiv.com/blog_post.php?id=1... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Chad Rigetti at Startup School SV 2016 - BIackSwan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzMvG8UO6Eg
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MCneill27
He says he is from Saskatchewan, but he pronounces Regina wrong. What is going
on here?
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They think they are above the law: the firms who own America's voting system - wallace_f
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/22/us-voting-machine-private-companies-voter-registration
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tptacek
If you want to have strong opinions about voting security, you should do as
Matt Blaze recommends and sign up to... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Anyone ever use TLA+ on a Webapp - fenier
I recently became aware of TLA+, and I was curious if folks who have used it, have used it with webapps and had much luck with it?<p>I typically work with things like Personalization and Caching, and was wondering what folks thought about TLA+'s usefulness in thos... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Ask HN: Freelance sites for single scripts or small programs? - breathesalt
I'm looking for some <i>good</i> freelance sites that specialize in only gigs for single scripts or small programs. Anyone know of any--or currently making something like this?
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rpicard
I think that's what <http://gun.io> is for.
~~~
... | {
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Music Sales Are Just 6% of Average Musician’s Income - mtgx
http://torrentfreak.com/music-sales-are-just-6-of-average-musicians-income-130114/
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paulhauggis
so..this means you can just take music as you please?
Music is only 6% because they can't make a living by selling it. We might
actually have better music... | {
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} |
This Book Could Remove The Myth About Vim Learning Curve - 300
http://www.jovicailic.org/2014/07/vim-learning-curve-myth-book/
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irickt
This is a promotion for the book.
| {
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Why Engineers build crappy Products - RKoutnik
https://medium.com/@wschenk/why-engineers-build-crappy-products-6558eedcf0c1
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DrScump
The premise assumes that Engineering, rather than Marketing or Sales, has the
final say on public interfaces.
| {
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Sunrise is shutting down - Remiii
http://blog.sunrise.am/post/144196642739/its-almost-time-to-say-goodbye
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eterm
From their announcement of acqusition:
[http://blog.sunrise.am/post/110577824529/sunrise-
microsoft](http://blog.sunrise.am/post/110577824529/sunrise-microsoft)
> Today, we’re excited to announce tha... | {
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Is AlphaZero really a scientific breakthrough in AI? - bmc7505
https://medium.com/@josecamachocollados/is-alphazero-really-a-scientific-breakthrough-in-ai-bf66ae1c84f2
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sunstone
I obviously took the original press release and breathless articles at face
value when I should have been a little more careful as this... | {
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How Cable & Satellite Can Save the Newspaper Business - jasonlbaptiste
http://blogmaverick.com/2009/02/22/how-cable-satellite-can-save-the-newspaper-business/
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opinionator
When you let the old guard control the revenue that the newcomers receive you
never get change. Cable and satellite having a spigot on online... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Build a Blockchain from Scratch in Go” training codebase - lukaslukac
https://github.com/web3coach/the-blockchain-bar
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lukaslukac
The goal of this project, tutorial is to re-implement major blockchain
components from specific implementations such as Bitcoin/Ethereum/XRP while
documenting how to do it st... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Was Kevin Cooper Framed for Murder? - fmihaila
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/17/opinion/sunday/kevin-cooper-california-death-row.html
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mannykannot
If Cooper is innocent then, in my view, those who obstructed his exoneration
are as guilty as those who framed him - and if he is executed, then what th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Zynga Buys German Game Engine Developer Dextrose AG - vyrotek
http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/24/zynga-continues-international-expansion-buys-german-game-engine-developer-dextrose-ag/
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vyrotek
I have to admit, I was actually a bit upset to hear this.
I remember finding these guys some time ago and loved what th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
$AAPL in free fall, currently at $407 - orrsella
https://www.google.com/finance?q=aapl
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loganfrederick
"Free fall" is a bit of an exaggeration. Yeah, it dropped 4% really quickly
this morning, but in the grand scheme of market drops, 4% is not that large. I
was expecting to see a 10%+ drop. A 4% drop could be ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
FBI Raids Apartment of Alleged King’s Speech Uploader - tomkarlo
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/04/kings-speech-uploader/
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kylelibra
It is always nice to have confirmation that these things get leaked by the
very industry trying to vilify the leakers.
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NYC JavaScript User Group: First meeting, tonight at 7pm. - aditya
http://groups.google.com/group/nycjs/browse_thread/thread/6348252c09dc4706
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zackola
hm. a little bit of notice might have been nice :)
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paddy_m
I'd like to go. I haven't heard of this group before. There is no history
other than this thr... | {
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The moving sofa problem - franzb
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_sofa_problem
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lb1lf
Recycled anecdote from the last time this was discussed on HN:
While a student, I looked after the apartment of a friend of mine, who was
overseas.
When he moved there, we were _just_ able to eke his sofa around the last
... | {
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Norway tightens IT security to prevent ballot tampering - ingve
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-election/norway-tightens-it-security-to-prevent-ballot-tampering-idUSKCN1BC4AH?il=0
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klondike_
Computer voting was a mistake. It has been shown over and over that voting
machine security is abysmal.
Voting i... | {
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} |
Show HN: Googling a sentence yields copycat sites and poor results in general - HoppedUpMenace
Take the following sentence for example, searched in google with quotation marks included:<p>"Booster seats, car seats and seat belts are equally effective at saving the lives of children"<p>This is a sentence that... | {
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} |
Show HN: April Fool's Pranks - siong1987
Instead of saturating the frontpage with April Fool's pranks, why don't we keep all the jokes under this thread?<p>It works just like a subpage for just April Fool's pranks.<p>* Submit your link with comment.
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siong1987
From Google,
* Google Nose: <https://www.google.c... | {
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Show HN: Data Calculator: See who makes money selling your data and how much - rvrabec
https://app.fastgarden.io/assessment
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rvrabec
The news about companies making billions off targeted ads and data access
agreements is interesting. We get that hackers made money off the Equifax and
Marriott breaches. But this ... | {
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} |
The emergence of laboratory benefits managers: PBM déjà vu? - wiggles_md
https://www.statnews.com/2019/11/05/emergence-laboratory-benefits-managers/
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wiggles_md
I submitted this because there are more than a few startups in the lab test
space (partly to take advantage of CLIA).
| {
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} |
Should I work for free? (Flowchart) - Sukotto
http://shouldiworkforfree.com/
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ColinWright
Many comments from when this was last submitted:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2098332>
| {
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What doing a Startup feels like - enki
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XI3U8eupNQ#t=1m0s
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jgrall
Like you're crazy at first. Once you push through the initial self-doubt and
start building something that people want, it's one of the most energizing
things you can do.
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dh2k
like surfing on the top of the... | {
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} |
Show HN: Mix, Preview and Download Trendy Font Combinations - jonifico
https://fontpairings.bypeople.com/
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bootstraptor
a must-have tool for web designers, one of the best interfaces works like a
charm!
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
U.S. senators ask consumer watchdog head for details on Equifax probe - rectang
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-equifax-cfpb-lawmakers/u-s-senators-ask-consumer-watchdog-head-for-details-on-equifax-probe-idUSKBN1FS2R1
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linsomniac
A previous HN discussion, possibly on Equifax now that I think about it, had... | {
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} |
We're Shutting Down and I'm Scared - danaseverson
http://startupsanonymous.com/story/were-shutting-down-and-im-scared/
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tptacek
Been there.
* If your payables and debts are all in the company's name, nobody is coming for your house. The likelihood that your business was going to die before you could pay all you... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Kagi sparks controversy with $5 VisualHub Lion update - DeusExMachina
http://www.macworld.com/article/161777/2011/08/kagi_sparks_controversy_with_5_visualhub_lion_update.html
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marssaxman
Kagi still exists?
| {
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Map showing the homeland of every character in Homer’s Iliad - juanplusjuan
http://kottke.org/17/02/map-showing-the-homeland-of-every-character-in-homers-iliad
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PeterisP
"it was surprising to me how geographically widespread the hometowns of the
characters were"
On the contrary, that was quite unsurprising, bec... | {
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} |
Tmobile.com is having some serious problems - jpindar
T-Mobile's site has been having some major issues for several days now, bad enough to make the site unusable. 400 bad requests everywhere (among other things).<p>Even the salespeople in their brick & mortar stores can't order anything because their sy... | {
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} |
Nvidia's Hackintosh Support Is an Insurgency Against Apple's Computers - ptrptr
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nvidia-titan-xp-hackintosh
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gableroux
I used to work on a hackintosh, the support is impressive on tonymacx86.
[https://www.tonymacx86.com/](https://www.tonymacx86.com/)
ReHabMan is just am... | {
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} |
Elizabeth Holmes’ Downfall Has Been Explained Deeply–By Men - rossdavidh
https://www.wired.com/story/elizabeth-holmes-downfall-has-been-explained-deeplyby-men/
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rossdavidh
My first take on the article was that it would be overwrought feminist
apologizing for fraud. It seems considerably more interesting, and pla... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A risky currency? Alleged $500,000 Bitcoin heist raises questions - Hoff
http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/WZ6R0WGNqJs/bitcoin-the-decentralized-virtual-currencyrisky-currency-500000-bitcoin-heist-raises-questions.ars
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pavel_lishin
Of course this is one of the risks. It's balanced by the all... | {
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} |
Tell HN: I mixed Yelp with Craigslist and got this. - proexploit
http://iowacityaccess.com
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nailer
I _love_ _love_ _love_ your design (so much I've bookmarked it as a reference
for my own projects).
It's the perfect mix between extreme minimalist and professional.
~~~
proexploit
Thank you so much. Minimalism i... | {
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} |
Niche Tracker - leanvertising
https://www.serpwoo.com
SERPWoo was created to answer the frustration traditional rank trackers pose - only tracking selected URLs. That process did not give a clear picture of what's really going on in the top SERPs for a niche; nor how to rank properly or automatically track, moni... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Clojure at Github - freddealmeida
https://github.com/clojure/clojure
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freddealmeida
I didn't realize clojure was in Github. With 1.3 coming out soon, makes
upgrading so much easier.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: YuleCal – Advent calendars with your pictures - mkempe
https://www.yulecal.com/
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mkempe
I built this slowly over the years, originally just for the enjoyment of our
relatives (we're spread all over Europe and North America). Then they started
to say they wanted to make their own advent calendars.
It ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Understanding International Trade and Why Trump’s Approach Is Misguided - georgeshi
https://medium.com/discourse/understanding-international-trade-and-why-trumps-approach-is-misguided-b5626a9a3fe1
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deogeo
The article has a somewhat rose-colored view of free trade agreements - in
practice, they tend to include ma... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
About Coding House (2014) - p8952
[url redacted]
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codinghouse
Hello!
Our mission at Coding House is to provide a viable alternative to higher
education; one that does not result in crippling debt and teaches the real
world skills necessary to get a job - in a fraction of the time.
We recognize that our program... | {
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} |
CES 2014: What To Expect From The Biggest Tech Show of The Year - davidsmith8900
http://www.techradar.com/us/news/phone-and-communications/ces-2014-what-to-expect-from-the-show-1193036
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AdrianRossouw
i only really care about seeing more about steam machines
| {
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} |
The Gervais Principle IV: Wonderful Human Beings - SandB0x
http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2010/10/14/the-gervais-principle-iv-wonderful-human-beings/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Ribbonfarm+%28ribbonfarm%29
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zck
Already posted: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1790749>
| {
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} |
Do I have to float through life? - thecombjelly
http://thintz.com/essays/float-through-life
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nostrademons
This is basically why I wanted to drop out through most of college. I _wanted_
the challenge, I wanted to make things difficult for myself, because I
certainly hadn't been challenged until then.
I realize... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: WhatLane – A fun Q&A platform - whatlane
https://whatlane.com
======
whatlane
We just launched WhatLane in open beta and are looking for feedback regarding
the web design, features, market demand, etc.
Do let us know (you can be harsh). Thanks!
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A picture I took in Times Square - iqster
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/37/timessquaret.jpg/
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nxn
Hmm, saw the same ad on a billboard somewhere outside of Philly a few weeks
ago. Reminded me that I should check the address to see how many pictures
they'd have of people wearing headsets on their site. Fu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tracked calories and macros for a year – analysis suggestions? - gx
https://nutritionize.co/analysis/guan/
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gx
I've put together a simple moving average analysis that lets me analyse my
nutrition/bodyweight history in two things I find useful:
1\. measuring how consistent I've been with my calories/macros (blue... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Sean Parker: Now Is the Most Toxic Time Ever In Silicon Valley - michaelochurch
http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-parker-now-is-the-most-toxic-time-ever-in-silicon-valley-2012-10
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atomical
Sob story by a company that doesn't have a price? It seems to me that Jason
Fried is talking about companies like this.
... | {
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} |
Facebook Focusing on Privacy Is Like McDonald’s Focusing on Healthy Food - RamyHassan23
https://medium.com/@magdoub/facebook-focusing-on-privacy-is-like-mcdonalds-focusing-on-healthy-food-53ce81ac3b79
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Magdoub
Thanks for sharing, I wrote this article after I felt the amount of
indoctrination happening under our ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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