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Discovery Channel Buys Revision3 for $30 Million - protomyth
http://allthingsd.com/20120503/discovery-channel-gets-a-web-video-arm-courtesy-of-revision-3/?mod=tweet
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sp332
Here's a press release: [http://revision3.com/blog/2012/05/03/discovery-
communication...](http://revision3.com/blog/2012/05/03/discovery-
co... | {
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Beauty Shots of Retro Machines - sohkamyung
http://podstawczynski.com/retro/beauty_shots.html
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contingencies
Please, if anyone takes old hardware images, do put them on Wikipedia Commons,
where there is a shortage. Recently I donated a bunch of old systems and
peripherals to a museum in Australia. Before doing s... | {
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Yocto: Tools for building a custom embedded Linux distribution - based2
https://www.yoctoproject.org/
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lowercased
[https://www.yoctoproject.org](https://www.yoctoproject.org)
"The Yocto Project (YP) is an open source collaboration project that helps
developers create custom Linux-based systems regardless of the... | {
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Ask HN: How to find an “entry level” job? - startDestroyer
I will graduate engineering very soon and I'm starting to look for an entry level job.<p>The problem is, every job with titles like "Graduate, Junior, etc.." end up with 3 to 5 years of experience in the requirements.<p>Am I doing something wron... | {
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MapLatency.com – check latency to your website from any country - forcer
http://www.maplatency.com/
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lucb1e
Cool, it works quite well. Get the feeling it's being hammered though, with
500ms GETs in the UK for a Dutch site (would expect 40ms) and 24000ms
pageloads (onready; simulated browser; costs quite a few ... | {
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France's TV5Monde 'hit by Islamic State Hackers' - DangerousPie
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32229152
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DangerousPie
Struggling to find a better source for this, but German news reports say that
not only their website but also their actual TV channels have been down for
hours now:
[https://translate.g... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to get started with Linux kernel developing/debugging? - jesusofsuburbia
Hello HN,<p>I'm a developer and Linux user for quite some time. I run Arch Linux and already experienced with different kernels, also with building some special Kernels from AUR and applying some patches, etc.<p>Now I have a mino... | {
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What to Expect at Google I/O 2015:Google Cloud, Google Now for Apple Watch SWAG - stevep2007
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2925083/opensource-subnet/what-to-expect-at-google-i-o-2015-google-cloud-google-now-for-apple-watch-and-swag.html?nsdr=true
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stevep2007
Google will celebrate independent software dev... | {
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If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley - trequartista
https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Silicon-Valley
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snowwrestler
Amazing anecdote from a 2016 New Yorker article on the show:
> During one visit to Google’s headquarters, in Mountain View, about six
> writers sat in a conferen... | {
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Effect of treating Covid-19 with hydroxychloroquine with azithromycin - AaronFriel
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1198743X2030505X
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AaronFriel
From the abstract:
> Results
> The initial search yielded 839 articles, of which 29 articles met our
> inclusion criteria. All studies except one we... | {
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The Oatmeal fights back, snaps photo of cash, sends money to charity - evo_9
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/the-oatmeal-fights-backs-snaps-photo-of-cash-sends-money-to-charity/
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Vivtek
Carreon's wife sounds even crazier than Carreon himself, apparently saying
that there is a conspiracy of actual gram... | {
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How do the rest of you feel about Quora.com? - AwesomeTogether
https://www.monosnap.com/image/I2Q29GVCDfHcYtgi7DAzLjw3P
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Fuzzwah
I receive the Quora Weekly Digest emails and will tend to open them up and
have a skim when I'm looking for something to read. I'd say that roughly 50%
of the time they include a top... | {
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Hacking Ruby's Default Arguments - pwim
http://blog.mobalean.com/2009/02/28/hacking-rubys-default-arguments
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jamesbritt
I don't quite see this as "hacking" anything, but it's a useful thing to know.
Along similar lines, I was coding some Ruby and calling a method that took a
flag argument. E.g.
... | {
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The American origins of Telegram - doener
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/11/23/the-secret-american-origins-of-telegram-the-encrypted-messaging-app-favored-by-the-islamic-state/
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nickpsecurity
Interesting backstory. I didn't trust the app early on and now trust it less.
Far as ISIS, onl... | {
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Show HN: How to host a live website on your laptop (or anywhere else) - HerraBRE
http://pagekite.net/
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Animus7
Reliability? Scalability? Apparently if your lappy goes down, so does your
site, and if your site ever makes the front page of HN your ISP will probably
cut the figurative cord to your house.
Unless ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: anybody working on a non-profit startup? - vijayr
something like Kiva, for example.
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cperciva
I think most startups are non-profit, actually.
Startups which are _deliberately_ non-profit is quite a different matter, of
course...
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vijayr
I meant startups that are deliberately non-profit, thats why ... | {
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Against privacy defeatism: why browsers can still stop fingerprinting - randomwalker
https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2018/06/29/against-privacy-defeatism-why-browsers-can-still-stop-fingerprinting/
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fpgaminer
Over the years I've noticed this, privacy defeatism, amongst other excuses
used to push back against secur... | {
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Getting 100x better search performance on Riak - gwf
http://blog.clipboard.com/2012/03/18/0-Milking-Performance-From-Riak-Search
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gfodor
The deficiency with AND queries due to term based partitioning reminds me of a
hack I did a few years ago trying to build a basic IR system on simpledb:
[http://codingthrill... | {
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The UBI Bait and Switch - chrismealy
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/ubi-finland-centre-party-unemployment-jobs/
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aminok
How utterly shameful that programs based on imprisoning people who refuse to
hand over a share of all currency they receive in private trade are the
primary political objective of major sub... | {
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} |
Codecademy Launches New API Course Track with Parse - csmajorfive
http://blog.parse.com/2013/01/09/codecademy-launches-new-api-course-track-with-parse/
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sergiotapia
Previous discussion: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5032504>
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6thSigma
The Parse documentation is already pretty good but the Codeaca... | {
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I have a different view on stack ranking - jamesjyu
http://theludwigs.com/2013/08/i-have-a-different-view-on-stack-ranking-than-the-spate-of-critical-microsoft-articles/
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pjungwir
As someone interested in someday building a development firm on a
partner/associates model, I really appreciated reading the differen... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Are there other developers trying to learn design? - mattedigital
Just curious as to whether the big recent 'designers should learn to code' idea goes the other way for any developers out there?
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BjoernKW
Absolutely. I've been more actively learning more about design for about 4
years or so and... | {
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The epic startup story of Karl and Bertha Benz - geopsist
https://medium.com/@Giorgosps/a-tale-of-karl-bertha-a-revolutionary-startup-and-the-importance-of-marketing-f38b9ea77bf#.jjecvusye
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devnonymous
Oh that last statement... Such a disappointment. The entire post was well
written and brought out the point of ... | {
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Learn data science in your browser - emre
https://dataquest.io/
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vikp
Hi everyone:
Very exciting to see this posted here.
I'm the maker of dataquest. I'm a self-taught data scientist/coder, and I
wanted an easier way for people to get into the field.
I've been working on it for the past three months, and I'm ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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An Update on Facebook Ads - the_watcher
http://www.facebook-studio.com/news/item/an-update-on-facebook-ads?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+facebook-studio%2FhxhX+%28Facebook+Studio+Blog%29
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the_watcher
I'm disappointed that they are removing offers. We've had great success with
them,... | {
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} |
First “Appstore” for WordPress and Drupal Coming Soon - felicianotech
http://melitix.org
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mixologic
Considering that virtually every plugin for Drupal is available on drupal.org,
for free, and that all drupal modules are released under the GPL, I think
you're going to have a hard time including Drupal in this. N... | {
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} |
Havana syndrome: Exposure to neurotoxin may have been cause, study suggests - goodcanadian
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/havana-syndrome-neurotoxin-enqu-te-1.5288609
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aug_aug
Possibly related tidbit - I used to roll my own cigarettes when working in the
field as a geologist, left a pack of papers under the seat... | {
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Ask HN: Would the economy be better off with $18,126.88 per person - throwaway_jobs
Tomorrow the government will likely pass a stimulus bill that could pay each person in the US (based on a pop. of 331M) $18,126.88 each.<p>Some taxpayers will receive direct payments, up to $1,200, and the rest is going to businesses a... | {
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Show HN: A site that helps you find the perfect gift by showing you random stuff - sufyanadam
https://itsonsale.today/
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luxegift
That's cool dude! This site also shows you gift ideas
[https://luxegift.co](https://luxegift.co) and
[https://luxemiss.com](https://luxemiss.com)
| {
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Flickr Accidentally Wipes Out Account: Five Years And 4,000 Photos deleted - barredo
http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/02/flickr-accidentally-wipes-out-account-five-years-and-4000-photos-down-the-drain/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
======
... | {
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Beginner's Intro to Coding Fundamentals - jdaudier
http://blog.learnstreet.com/fundamentals-of-coding/
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saiprashanth93
I am new to programming.How much truth is there in the statement"90% of code
consists of for,while,if loops"?Even though the page states it is a made up
statistic?
~~~
songzme
I write if whil... | {
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How Computer-Hacking Laws Make You a Criminal - ck2
http://www.livescience.com/26383-are-you-looking-at-this-website-you-might-be-breaking-the-law.html
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maxharris
"Computer criminals" doesn't get us anywhere conceptually in this instance.
When people bring up Gates, Jobs and Woz, it's nearly always because they... | {
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Getting screwed out of rent by my non-ebooks - xrd
http://www.webiphany.com/2011/05/20/ebooks-are-only-licensed-well-at-least-they-are-not-living-rent-free-in-my-house/
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josephcooney
The true cost of books is not the price you pay for them, or the space they
take up on your shelf - it's the time you spend read... | {
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} |
Show HN: Google Meet Studio Mini – Change your appearance with a browser script - xingyzt
https://x-ing.space/mercator
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skybrian
This looks like pretty clear trademark infringement to me, unless you work for
Google and I think that's unlikely.
I'm surprised Google lets anyone post a Chrome extension with a titl... | {
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} |
Microsoft Whiteboard - pizza
https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2017/12/05/microsoft-whiteboard-preview-the-freeform-canvas-for-creative-collaboration/?eu=true
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taylodl
"It’s designed for teams that need to ideate, iterate, and work together both
in person and remotely, and across multiple devices." _So long as all ... | {
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Absence of evidence - henning
http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2011/02/22/absence-of-evidence/
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baddox
The big point here, which the author doesn't mention, is that you can have
absence of evidence _without searching for evidence_ or you can have absence
of evidence _after rigorous searching_.
I believe that the... | {
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} |
A Call of Duty exploit - danso
https://momo5502.com/blog/?p=34
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movover
Interesting read - This is actually how a ton of game trainers/bots are made
(especially ones used by Chinese gold farms in MMORPGs), along with private
servers (except the other way around, where you send packets to the client).
For some ga... | {
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} |
How I Sold My Bible App Company - reuven
http://trevormckendrick.com/how-i-sold-my-bible-app-company/
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trevmckendrick
Trevor here, creator of the Spanish Bible app.
IkmoIkmo got this spot on in his/her comment.
Biggest two mistakes people are making in this thread:
1\. $100k was revenue, not profit.
2\. I ge... | {
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} |
Climb In, Tune In: A Renaissance for Sensory Deprivation Tanks - phodo
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/18/us/climb-in-tune-in-a-renaissance-for-sensory-deprivation-tanks.html
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Zelphyr
I tried that very location in Colorado. My experience was good though not
earth shattering like Joe Rogan makes it out to be. Then... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
U.K. to Trigger Brexit March 29, Starting Two Years of Talks - antr
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-20/u-k-to-submit-formal-brexit-notice-to-eu-on-march-29-pm-s-spokesman
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cstross
I would just like to note that March 25th (Saturday) is the 60th anniversary
of the Treaty of Rome, which created the... | {
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Apple deletes an entire galaxy - scottshea
http://boingboing.net/2011/08/11/apple-deleted-a-galaxy.html
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mwexler
They were dropped for not adhering to the App Store guidelines. They are
appealing, but it's unclear which star violated which guideline, so they are
probably out of luck.
~~~
raganwald
I don't fin... | {
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Syrian Electronic Army Hacks DNS Records Of Twitter, New York Times - gz5
http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/27/syrian-electronic-army-apparently-hacks-dns-records-of-twitter-new-york-times-through-registrar-melboune-it/
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ballard
At present time: tw is back, nyt returns 500.
| {
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Ask HN: Snapchat for documents? - saimiam
FD: this is part tongue in cheek, part market research.<p>The other day, I had to hire someone to do some writeups for me. They generously provided me final samples on the subject under discussion. It got me thinking that I could have taken their samples, told them I hated the... | {
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Bank economists warn of disruptive threat from mobile and crowdfunding - Irishsteve
http://www.finextra.com/News/FullStory.aspx?newsitemid=24986&topic=internet
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oofabz
For now, banks continue to profit from crowdfunding. They get a percentage of
each credit card transaction.
However, they could be in serious ... | {
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Why we don't develop for platforms other than iPhone - niyazpk
http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2009/04/11/please-dont-mistake-my-apathy-for-a-lack-of-understanding/http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2009/04/11/please-dont-mistake-my-apathy-for-a-lack-of-understanding/
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dejb
Repost from comment by Tom Hume (... | {
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Show HN: Introducing – Hacker Fund - brezh
http://blog.hacker.fund/introducing-hacker-fund/
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vinay427
I'm excited to follow their progress. I've had the privilege of following
Justin's Facebook posts for a while now, and his passion for the mission seems
unstoppable.
| {
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FontSprite - a new approach to custom fonts on the web - digitalclubb
http://jasper.clarkberg.org/fontsprite/index.html
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winestock
From the website:
"By using the FontSprite generator, you can create sprite images of glyphs
from your chosen font. Then, give the FontSprite engine your image, and the
metrics da... | {
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} |
CIA Offers Proof Huawei Has Been Funded by China's Military and Intelligence - karambir
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/04/20/cia-offers-proof-huawei-has-been-funded-by-chinas-military-and-intelligence/#68bfd7647208
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contingencies
A country with 1.4 billion people and a centralist governance stratag... | {
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Ask HN: Industry standards for locking down a SAAS product to prevent abuse? - Terpaholic
I've just finished the software side of my first SAAS product, and was wondering if there are any industry standards or pre-made solutions/API's for signing up/email recovery, managing billing to those accounts, and enabling f... | {
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YC News Users / Startup School Attendees - Drinks @ The Bus Stop (Downtown SF) on March 23? - semigeek
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semigeek
I've left this note on the Facebook group but also wanted to put it on YC
News. A few of the attendees that I know will be gathering at The Bus Stop for
drinks on Friday Night. If you're attending, o... | {
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Why don't humans have a penis bone? Scientists may now know - vezycash
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/dec/14/why-dont-humans-have-a-penis-bone-scientists-may-now-know-baculum
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gomijacogeo
I always figured it was fallout from moving to bipedalism. So many structural
changes going on - femur, pelvis, spi... | {
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} |
Can't override procrastination settings anymore - sanj
For anyone who was also surprised, PG has made good on removing the override switch on the no-procast settings.<p>Now I can't undermine myself. As much.
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ars
Can I ask for an option to _yes_ override myself? Otherwise I'm going to have
to turn it on and o... | {
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} |
Should We Abolish User Access to rm? (2011) - giis
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7950/
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TallGuyShort
This would break _so_ many scripts. In such environments, surely it would be
preferable to transparently implement "trash can" functionality behind RM
transparently? (As on commenter on that site mentioned). Rath... | {
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We cannot afford to be indifferent to internet spying (2013) - octosphere
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/09/internet-surveillance-spying
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gpvos
(2013).
_> However, I believe that we have turned a corner: we have finally attained
Peak Indifference to Surveillance. We have reached the moment aft... | {
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Quasar Framework about to hit 1.0 (Vue for web and mobile apps) - digitaltrees
https://medium.com/quasar-framework/quasar-1-0-sneak-peek-727b4e490899
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digitaltrees
I thinking about Quasar for a new project but wondered if anyone familiar with
something similar in scope.
| {
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When Value Judgments Masquerade as Science - donohoe
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/when-value-judgments-masquerade-as-science/?src=twr
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Retric
This blogger _appears to have_ an extremely superficial understanding of
economics. Economists have no problems talking about economic efficiency when
a fe... | {
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} |
Facebook, Carnegie Mellon build first AI that beats pros in 6-player poker - moneil971
https://ai.facebook.com/blog/pluribus-first-ai-to-beat-pros-in-6-player-poker/
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maximilianroos
What's its edge in some understandable units (e.g. BB/hand)?
This doesn't mean anything:
> If each chip was worth a dollar, Pluri... | {
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Ask HN: Has anyone made money on Amazon Mechanical Turk? - cdvonstinkpot
I'm out of work at the moment, & am considering trying this to make at least something until a real job materializes. What are people's experience with this? I'm curious to hear what users have to say.
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tinkerrr
Check o... | {
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Show HN: Flint – The filesystem linter in go - z0mbie42
https://github.com/astrocorp42/flint
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z0mbie42
Hi, author here.
This is commonly accepted that naming convention and style convention have no
place in code reviews so we invented style linters (eslint, prettier,
golint...).
But what about filenames and di... | {
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} |
If the US Government used personal finance software - ry0ohki
http://budgetsimple.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/the-us-government-budget-in-budgetsimple/
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adestefan
That's not a budget, that's a cash flow statement. Budgets are expected income
and expected expenses.
The problem with the US budget is that income is... | {
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} |
The Al Jaffee / Mad Magazine Fold-In Effect in CSS - thomaspark
https://thomaspark.co/2020/06/the-mad-magazine-fold-in-effect-in-css/
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fluxsauce
This is fun, thanks for making that! There's a treasure trove of Al Jaffee's
work that can be shared with future generations.
Al Jaffee just retired at 99! Here's arti... | {
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} |
Glassomer: Glass shaping at room temperature - lucioperca
https://www.glassomer.com/
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cududa
Not sure if this is supposed to be a marketing plug or generate discussion?
Either way, the company would’ve been better off making a blog posting and
posting HQ images of what they can do. The images on the site kind o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
XXY Oscilloscope - rbanffy
https://dood.al/oscilloscope/
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flowless
This needs some samples
https://dood.al/oscilloscope/#-0.05,-0.8,0,0,0,0,0.0,3,1,sin(a*t-t/5)*cos(a*t/b)*cos((a+b)*t),sin(a*t+(t/11))*cos(t*t/(b*a)),3,5,0,0.74,125,0,0,0
https://dood.al/oscilloscope/#-0.05,-0.8,1,0,0,0... | {
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Show HN: I ported this classic DOS game to HTML5 - woj
http://www.heartlight5.com
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e1ven
It looks like a great accomplishment, and I'd love to read a blog article on
the process of porting it. Perhaps you could share that ? ;)
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woj
Sure. I wasn't certain anyone would be interested in it, but will do a writ... | {
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} |
Windows non-LAN, wormable RCE 0-day discovered - nerdy
https://twitter.com/taviso/status/860681252034142208
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buster
I'm curious what "don't need to be on the same LAN" means. If it would be
exploitable over internet wouldn't you just write that oder even leave the
part about LAN out?
~~~
rdtsc
Because other rem... | {
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Apple to release OS X 10.9 with new power-user features, more from iOS - uladzislau
http://9to5mac.com/2013/04/29/apple-to-update-os-x-with-new-power-user-features-more-from-ios-later-this-year/
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dljsjr
Rumors. All rumors.
Why is this here? I'm one of the biggest OS X 'fanbois' in the world, and I
read the rumo... | {
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} |
Sex robots to “feel” human touch with new ‘smart skin’ - oedmarap
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/8030636/sex-robots-feel-human-touch-smart-skin
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fastbeef
Every day it seems more and more like were living in a Black Mirror episode.
How do I get off?
~~~
jandrese
When we realize that the these smart skins are frag... | {
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PayPal Restores Seafile's Account after File-Monitoring Row - TimWolla
http://fortune.com/2016/06/22/paypal-seafile-monitoring/
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mtgx
Sure, an apology - because the negative PR is starting to hurt Paypal.
But how many other tens or hundreds of other companies experience the same
kind of censorship from Paypal, ... | {
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Produce different behaviour in all versions of your language - lelf
http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/48898/produce-different-behaviour-in-all-versions-of-your-language
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PaulHoule
I am amused that Python is the most popular language here, since the Python 2
to Python 3 transition was so badly botched. ... | {
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Ask HN: Review my new product (startup) - rogerthat_au
We are a web agency startup (langoor.com) who recently launched a mobile website building tool:<p>www.langoor.mobi<p>We would love your feedback on the tool and whether you think it is useful for SMEs. Thank you!
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aioprisan
One piece of feedback on the 4 s... | {
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The one thing wrong with sites like Digg - mattculbreth
http://onstartups.com/home/tabid/3339/bid/1393/The-One-Thing-Wrong-With-Social-Content-Sites-Like-Digg.aspx
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mojuba
That's unfortunately not the only problem. Socially selected content sucks
because it is being selected by an Average Joe, while actually wha... | {
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} |
The Vimes Boots Theory: Further Reflections - panic
https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1477942.html
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Androider
Louis CK has a fantastic bit about this:
"When you're broke, the bank starts charging you money... for not having
enough money. If you have a lot of money, they give you money. Because you
have a lot of mo... | {
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} |
Prettier 2.0 – Opinionated JavaScript formatter - kristiandupont
https://prettier.io/blog/2020/03/21/2.0.0.html
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Waterluvian
A bit irritating that formatting zealots are changing the defaults. What can
possibly drive the decision to change whatever option it is they landed on and
deployed? It's contrary to every... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Must do's and must know's when switching to Windows? - Tenoke
I am switching to Windows from Linux (and MacOS on my last work laptop). It used to be my main OS years ago, and I think the time has come for another try. I know I won't be especially happy with it, just like I am not especially happy with Mac... | {
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How 6 people were rescued from an elevator at the Hancock - erentz
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-hancock-building-elevator-rescue-20181116-story.html
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greenyoda
Previous discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18508693](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18508693)
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Why business analysts and project managers get higher salaries than programmers? - Unosolo
http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/45776/why-do-business-analysts-and-project-managers-get-higher-salaries-than-programmer/45814#45814
Whether project managers get higher salaries than programmers and business analy... | {
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} |
Redesigned GNU C Library manual - elmerland
http://elmerland.com/gnu_manual.html
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hurin
It really doesn't work for me. Here is why:
A big part of manuals is being able to read or scroll fluidly into the next or
previous section - very often one doesn't know whether what they are looking
for is mentioned in 1.3.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Making of Prince of Persia - alex_c
http://jordanmechner.com/blog/2009/11/the-making-of-prince-of-persia/
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wlievens
This is a totally awesome read. It's basically Microserfs or JPod, but for
real. Total treasure trove for guys who grew up in the nineties with games
like Prince of Persia.
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there
and ... | {
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We (Mozilla) Fight For the User - Garbage
http://www.aminutewithbrendan.com/pages/20110721
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michaelchisari
I've sent Mr. Eich an email, I'm very interested to see where Mozilla is going
in terms of open social networking. While Google+ might be the next
centralized ship that everyone jumps to (after Facebook,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Steve Jobs' first boss: 'Very few companies would hire Steve, even today' - filvdg
http://www.siliconvalley.com/ci_22884138/steve-jobs-first-boss-very-few-companies-would
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untog
The only thing that worries me about bringing focus to stuff like this is that
people will walk away with the reverse impression- that ... | {
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} |
Machine Translates Thoughts into Speech in Real Time - dhbradshaw
http://www.physorg.com/news180620740.html
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dubcomesaveme
wow.
~~~
anigbrowl
x2. This is some really impressive work. I wonder which platform they will use
for the synthesis? This (regrettably discontinued) device yields the most
impressive resu... | {
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} |
Emails prove traffic shutdown was political payback from office of NJ governor - ck2
http://www.northjersey.com/news/christie_kelly_bridge_lane_closures_emails.html
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ck2
What's interesting about this is apparently you can get anything back from
Google gmail via a warrant.
Also, without the press, this would h... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Linux Needs Open Multimedia on the Web - linuxmag
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7483
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loup-vaillant
> Overall, the situation isn’t great. Flash works well under 32bit Linux but
> only when using closed source, bug ridden proprietary software.
There is a funny little contradiction: If Flash works well, how can you... | {
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} |
Elon Musk Had a Deal to Sell Tesla to Google in 2013 - r0h1n
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-20/elon-musk-had-a-deal-to-sell-tesla-to-google-in-2013
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nakedrobot2
In an alternate universe, Google sold to Yahoo for $1M in 1998; Tesla sold to
Yahoo in 2013.
~~~
higherpurpose
Except it's more likely ... | {
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} |
Ask YC: WoW items commodity exchange, why wouldn't it work? - andreyf
http://andreyf.tumblr.com/post/61389798/wow-stock-exchange
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ram1024
because unlike a standard material commodity, a playing card's value can be
dramatically affected by whatever the publishing company decides to do to the
game. whether it be... | {
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} |
Fed Aims to Hasten Payments - prostoalex
http://www.wsj.com/articles/fed-aims-to-hasten-payments-1422313936
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na85
Please stop submitting sites with paywalls.
~~~
prostoalex
WSJ.com provides no visual indication of whether or not the article is behind
one.
Sometimes it's the full view of the article on the orig... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apple's 2013 Acquisitions - jason_slack
http://m.tuaw.com/2013/10/29/a-look-back-at-apples-2013-acquisitions/
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jason_slack
A better version: [http://www.tuaw.com/2013/10/29/a-look-back-at-
apples-2013-ac...](http://www.tuaw.com/2013/10/29/a-look-back-at-
apples-2013-acquisitions/)
| {
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} |
Let's Dial Down our Enthusiasm over the Billionare Giving Pledge - dcaldwell
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-dorfman/the-giving-pledge_b_796159.html
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nlwhittemore
There are a bunch of fine reasons to be low-to-medium excited about the Giving
Pledge instead of totally amped, but Dorfman's argument - that th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Burden of iOS - mthwl
http://thew.me/writing/the-burden-of-ios
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frogpelt
With no offense intended to the author, this post is 500 words of
unsubstantiated generalities. Not that it's terribly written. It's just looks
more like a preface to an article that contains the actual substance.
The author makes this... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Twitter begins rolling out audio tweets on iOS - themantra514
https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/17/twitter-begins-rolling-out-audio-tweets-on-ios/
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themantra514
Will Clubhouse offer 139 character slugs?
| {
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} |
Life With Arsenic: Who'd Have Thought? - barredo
http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2010/12/02/life_with_arsenic_whod_have_thought.php
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kragen
This is the highest-quality discussion of the issue I've seen anywhere: both
the blog post and the comment thread.
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hartror
Another HN discussion on this news:
<... | {
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} |
European Interoperability Framework: Promoting seamless services and data flows [pdf] - fghtr
https://ec.europa.eu/isa2/sites/isa/files/eif_brochure_final.pdf
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fghtr
Recommendation 1: Ensure that national interoperability frameworks and
interoperability strategies are aligned with the EIF and, if needed, tailor
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Former NSA chief warns of cyber-terror attacks if Snowden apprehended - Cbasedlifeform
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/06/nsa-director-cyber-terrorism-snowden
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Cbasedlifeform
How to make friend and influence people:
_" If and when our government grabs Edward Snowden, and brings him back here
t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Links were always supposed to go both ways. It just took decades to get there - awwstn
https://capiche.com/e/roam-research-worldwideweb-xanadu
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8bitsrule
Here's another article on Roam Research (I did appreciate the history in that
link) that more clearly explains what it is they're up to.
[https://nesslabs.com/... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Problems with TypeScript - BarelyLit
https://blog.logrocket.com/is-typescript-worth-it/
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sethc2
IMO, Yes (usually).
Let me elaborate.
If you are starting a new project, yes use typescript over JS. And configure
it with all strict options.
This doesn't magically give you well architected and well-tested code, ... | {
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} |
TechStars in Boulder - dawie
http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/07/techstars-in-bo.html
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pg
_Brainchild?_
<https://www.gtldna.net/>
~~~
brett
Ha. Do you have a take on the "let's have all the startups work in one big
room" decision?
~~~
pg
I think that's a mistake. It's hard for programmers t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
AWS Session Manager: SSH tunnels with less user management - jon918
https://blog.symops.io/2020/03/23/aws-session-manager-ssh-tunnels-with-less-user-management.html
======
jon918
This is a follow up to last week's post on session manager, a bunch of people
had questions on SSH tunneling. Last week's post:
[https://new... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
You are only cool if you own a brand - myearwood
http://brands.tk
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yakto
Spaces after periods are cool, too.
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mikerhoads
Yeah....I'd rather be a billionaire.
| {
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} |
Tell HN: Scroogle's back - percept
Good news, Scrooglers!<p>http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/scraper.htm<p>Unadorned:<p>http://scroogle.org/scraper.html
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pierrefar
How are you doing it this time around?
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MikeCapone
If you want to use the encrypted version in Chrome, add this to your search
engine list:
... | {
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} |
Microsoft says encryption laws make companies wary of storing data in Australia - technion
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-28/microsoft-says-companies-are-no-longer-comfortable-storing-data/10946494
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mastazi
I have migrated to Australia many years ago and I have recently become
eligible to become a citizen. ... | {
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} |
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