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Shaken Beliefs: Seismic Lessons from Japan’s Tohoku Earthquake - Thevet
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/shaken-beliefs-seismic-lessons-from-japans-tohoku-earthquake
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lovemenot
I wonder what kind of person could have felt _that_ quake, at closer proximity
than I felt it in Tokyo, heard the sirens, been exp... | {
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Ask HN: What are the best way to learn advanced SQL? - slinger
As a web developer what are the best resources and exercises to learn advanced SQL? How do you choose which open source database best fits an application use-case?
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lastofus
PostgreSQL is hands down the way to go when you need a relational DB (which ... | {
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Tell HN: Cinch, W7-like window management for OSX - pxlpshr
http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/cinch/
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ghempton
What a milestone for windows when people on OSX are using 3rd party apps to
emulate its UX.
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boredguy8
Still doesn't handle multiple monitors as elegantly as Win7 though,
unfortunately. The Win7 w... | {
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Why I Will Never Hire Anyone, Even at $1/Hour - dismal2
http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2015/11/why-i-will-never-hire-anyone-even-at.html
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xlm1717
The author does make many compelling points. I almost want to buy the book he
was pushing now.
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DougN7
This post leads to the popular idea of a basic inco... | {
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Show HN: Customize your Facebook Page in minutes - dawie
http://tabtrick.com/
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pdenya
What are the benefits vs something like pagemodo.com?
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Bitcoin is an Energy Hog - EdwardIrby
https://medium.com/@adaburrows/bitcoin-is-an-energy-hog-bd0a69e8ae89
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xg15
I find this thread quite hilarious.
With PoW + self-adjusting difficulty, bitcoin is quite intentionally
_designed_ to encourage ever-higher energy consumption to "secure the
blockchain". Yet HN is t... | {
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Google Censorship of Health Information - labatbell
https://www.brighteon.com/d5f1c412-7bc9-4904-919c-5061eff324a9?mc_cid=e675310e80&mc_eid=9851493571
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labatbell
This caught my eye because over the past few months I have felt finding
information on Google has been more difficult. Don't know if recent algorithm
c... | {
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Protestors march on Ebola centre in Sierra Leone - archgoon
http://www.trust.org/item/20140726160952-f3p5c/?source=jtTheWire
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msie
Argh, I say. As if Ebola isn't bad enough, pile on a fearful and uneducated
public making the situation worse. My sympathies and admiration to the people
trying to get a handle on ... | {
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The Economics of Anime - michaelpinto
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2012-03-05
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patio11
A corollary to this is that resources are eventually going to get diverted to
produce the kinds of things which appeal to hyperconsuming outliers who
actually spend money on anime rather than e.g. a broader demograp... | {
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App Store Video Preview Is a Gamechanger – See Why - daveciccarelli
http://blogs.voices.com/voxdaily/2014/09/apple_app_store_video_preview.html
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eximius
cue "Android had it first" posts.
~~~
th0br0
While no "Android had it first" post, I just find it interesting that they
don't mention Android in their articl... | {
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Electron 5.0 Released - burtonator
https://electronjs.org/blog/electron-5-0
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21 Day No Complaint Experiment - jlthom2113
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/09/18/real-mind-control-the-21-day-no-complaint-experiment/
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old-gregg
I don't really share everyone's obsession with fighting "negativity". Actually
I find the lack of nonconstructive bitching to be quite annoying: sometimes... | {
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Best Posts of 2008 for Developers - nreece
http://aytemir.com/best-of-2008-for-developers-2008-tips-tricks-scripts-and-sources/
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comatose_kid
Sadly, the op's definition of 'best' excludes anything that isn't a
compilation of tips.
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Making Elm faster and friendlier in 0.16 - jwmerrill
http://elm-lang.org/blog/compilers-as-assistants
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boubiyeah
I find the Elm language quite fun and I think it has potential.
However, I'm absolutely not convinced about "the Elm architecture" for
anything but the simplest UIs. Is pure functional reactive progr... | {
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Is Google fearing pg's call on reinventing search startups? - RuggeroAltair
I thought this deserved some attention.<p>In response to pg's essay on ambitious ideas for startups, Matt Cutts said: "Paul's #1 suggestion is reinventing search. I happily welcome competition in search because it keeps us on our toes, but h... | {
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Songs in the key of life: What makes music emotional? - wallflower
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18367-songs-in-the-key-of-life-what-makes-music-emotional.html
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discolemonade
I think the reason music makes us emotional goes beyond language. I think
music also taps into the Amygdala, which is the part o... | {
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Female entrepreneurs - #4 Digital Agency on AdAge A-List wants to help - laklak24
On Sept. 24, Resource will launch RI:30; an opportunity for one female-owned business seeking a robust digital presence to work together with Resource Interactive's digital experts for free for up to one year. The lucky winner will wor... | {
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Amazon Kindle Fire vs. iPad 2 - obilgic
http://www.marco.org/2011/12/19/amazon-kindle-vs-ipad
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Turing_Machine
Personally I own both, enjoy and use both, and think that comparing the two is
a mug's game. They're aimed at completely different use cases.
Is it really worthy of so much virtual ink (not just in the ... | {
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I'm bored by web dev. Where is the cutting edge of tech and how do I get there? - lint_roller
Hi all. Recent college graduate here.<p>Did a lot of hacking for a couple years back in the early 2000s as a kid in PHP, Perl, etc. before losing interest. Recently graduated with an unrelated non-STEM degree, turned down an ... | {
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Job hunting tips - MarkPearce
https://www.markpearce.net/single-post/30-quick-and-simple-job-hunting-tips-for-job-seekers
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karmel
I disagree with many minor points here, but one strongly enough to comment: do
not send your resume as a Word doc. Any modern tracking system parses PDFs,
and Word docs make it look l... | {
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Xerox internal memo about the Alto (1972) - parenthesis
http://research.microsoft.com/lampson/38a-WhyAlto/WebPage.html
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pg
A Word original? Can't have been the original original...
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Ask HN: simplifying credit card forms. - transmit101
This is 37signal's beautifully simple credit card capture form for Highrise.<p>http://img.ly/2u8H<p>I'd like to know how feasible it is to create a form with so few fields. Presumably there are some fraud checks being skipped? Is this something that many payment g... | {
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Tesla Owner Finds Torn A-Pillar on Freshly Delivered Model S - joatmon-snoo
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2017/04/tesla-owner-finds-torn-pillar-freshly-delivered-model-s/
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oblib
Those photos don't provide enough info to know for sure, but I'm more than
just a bit suspicious of the claim the car arrived like t... | {
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Ruby Summer of Code - jeremymcanally
http://rubysoc.org
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jackowayed
They really need to make the requirements for students a little more clear
(for example, I'm a senior in HS, can I apply?). I'd assume they'll flesh that
out before they open the student app.
Also, from the questions for students they list th... | {
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Comparing HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 on Aircraft WiFi [video] - velmu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqY1MfgTYmE
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digi_owl
Tried the test in desktop Firefox, and the HTTP1 gave me a "insecure
connection" error.
Apparently it is an expired certificate.
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Apply to 50 Schools? Why Not? - edw519
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/09/12/why-are-colleges-so-selective/more-college-applications-means-rising-selectivity
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akadien
That article is useless.
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Next-Generation iPhone Parts Caught on Video? - dave1619
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/01/05/next-generation-iphone-parts-caught-on-video/
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dave1619
I think this is the real thing. iPhone 5 is coming.
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Why Developers Leave Big Name Software Companies - fecak
http://techbeacon.com/why-developers-leave-big-name-software-companies?
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mitchpron
My suspected reasons 1 work/life balance 2 most of the company is not as
amazing as you think 3 managers are still just managers 4 working in silicon
valley with that cost o... | {
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Curated list of Clojure-like programming languages - chr15m
https://github.com/chr15m/awesome-clojure-likes
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kebolio
You mean Lisps?
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velkyel
Another one
[https://github.com/candid82/joker](https://github.com/candid82/joker)
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Y Combinator Dataset Of Users Version 1.6 - 10,000 Posters - xirium
A 1MB archive of Y Combinator user profiles is available by accessing http://www.rushy.com/ycombinator-news-profile20080821.tar.gz
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j2d2
Please share any tools created to leverage this!
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analytics - build your own or off-the-shelf? - comatose_kid
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danielha
Mint (http://www.haveamint.com) is a great application with an exceptional
interface.
If you can design your own system that serves your needs better, then that's
even better.
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phil
The nice thing about google analytics is you can hav... | {
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Plink (Collaborative Music Generation) - coreyp_1
http://plink.in/
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sigmaprimus
That is quite fun, might be the highlight of my morning!
Thanks for sharing!
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p1esk
Wow, this is so good! Loved it.
| {
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Erlang On Xen is now Open Source - rellik
https://twitter.com/erlang_on_xen/status/462175524870422528
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rellik
Some interesting use cases: [http://erlangonxen.org/case/thwarting-a-
combinatorial-explos...](http://erlangonxen.org/case/thwarting-a-
combinatorial-explosion)
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nmcfarl
And a nice blog entry on... | {
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Ask HN: How do I find out what people will pay for my product? - rnochumo
I have spent some time developing a feedback widget for startups to use on their own websites to entice their visitors to record their screens and submit their feedback. It is a free tool right now but that's largely because I have no idea wha... | {
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Ask HN: What are your struggles as a product manager? - sajthom
A friend and I were discussing lately the struggles of building a product. We both worked at 3 different startups and noticed that most product managers face the same problems. A few problems we identified are:<p>- Prioritizing features<p>- Collecting fee... | {
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Truth does not exist - gioscarab
fact = truth<p>fact = statement proven with evidence<p>evidence = anything presented in support of an assertion<p>so<p>truth = statement proven with anything presented in support of an assertion<p>source wikipedia, just a little condensed
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dmfdmf
> Truth does not exist... | {
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[UK] Post code data to be free in 2010 - davecardwell
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8402327.stm
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nailer
At FOWA a few months ago, the Ordanance Survey (a taxpayer funded organization
that handles postcode and general surveying in the UK) had a stand asking
people to pay the typical exhorbitant amount o... | {
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Equity/ Rev Sharing for Startup... Help - ashleys
Hello HN community, I need your advice. I am venturing into my own startup.I dont have a lot of money or the resources to develop the software I need to. I have come across a company that is willing to help me out. Here are the terms, tell me if this makes sense or i... | {
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Cool It! - moog
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10795585
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cawel
I just found my first typo ever in an article from The Economist! That's a
once in a lifetime :) Notice the missing second 't' in "petabytes"?
"Project Kittyhawk, as it is called, would link several thousand Blue Gene
computers... | {
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The Rip-offs and Making Our Original Game - jmduke
http://asherv.com/threes/threemails/
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eigenbom
"It's a mix of feelings, we're still thrilled by all the love for Threes. But
it has me wanting to never make a small beautiful thing again." \- Threes dev
Greg Wohlwend on Twitter (@aeiowu)
I liked 2048 and its ... | {
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Why did Kickstarter ban GMOs? - protomyth
http://pandodaily.com/2013/08/02/why-did-kickstarter-ban-gmos/
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sumit_psp
Kickstarter is still a relatively new company and as the company matures, I am
sure they will come up with better ways of dealing with these things.
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jrkelly
Surprising since it was a very p... | {
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Show HN: Drive Enroute API Gateway (Docker Container) Using OpenAPI Spec - chintant
https://getenroute.io/blog/can-your-api-gateway-tango-to-openapi-swagger-spec/
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chintant
Drive automation in API delivery in addition to generating client and server
using OpenAPI Spec.
Automating API Delivery reduces error and ... | {
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How To Get Top Engineers To Open Your Email Then Join Your Company - iProject
http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/23/recruiting-elite-engineers-in-the-new-ultra-competitive-talent-market/
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JoeAltmaier
Interesting about A/B testing subject headers for recruiting emails - which
ones got opened/discarded.
Has anybody do... | {
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How to Pick Your Next Gig: Evaluating Startups - QuanticoIsLove
http://www.samvitjain.com/blog/evaluating-startups/
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dvt
Using Zuckerberg/Jobs/Bezos/Gates as archetypal examples of founders is a
terrible idea as they are _extreme_ \-- and I mean EXTREME -- outliers.
I also don't get how Jennifer Lawrence fits i... | {
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Show HN: Share what you own - TimLeland
https://iownit.co
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RaDoubleD
Startup website where users add categories of products or services they use in
their online presence. iOwnIt condenses links into one page and pulls directly
from Amazon by URL with real-time price updating.
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drt
Interesting idea...
~~~... | {
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Your Timeline: Revisiting the world that you’ve explored - sagivo
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2015/07/your-timeline-revisiting-world-that.html
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notcub
Easily remember all the places I've been, eh? Sounds familiar. Is it like
Google Latitude, which I used to easily remember all the places I had been
unti... | {
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Ask HN: What personal finance tools do you use? - xupybd
I've been using YNAB(6 months) after having used HLedger(2 years). HLedger was beautiful, I really loved budgeting that way. There were fantastic tutorials on how to do envelop budgeting. The lead developer helped fix bugs instantly. There was a tool that ... | {
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Ask HN: How do you know if an idea is worth running with? - alexbanks
I'm currently developing a SaaS product in my spare time. It's a tool that I want/I will use that doesn't seem to exist in the market already in any decent fashion. In my own bubble it seems like a great, potentially profitable i... | {
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In Norway, a Prison Built on Second Chances - user_235711
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/05/31/410532066/in-norway-a-prison-built-on-second-chances
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bsenftner
The US prison system is actually an industrialized slavery system for US
corporations. The prison system here has a "work program" for inmates... | {
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} |
Don't Make Me Code, a New Podcast about Developer Experience (DX) Design - tedcarstensen
http://blog.heavybit.com/blog/dont-make-me-code-1
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kafkaesq
_Don 't Make Me Code_
There's a lot packed into that saying.
| {
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The Kansas Experiment - lfowles
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/magazine/the-kansas-experiment.html?_r=0
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Artistry121
Kansas is a beautiful state but like most of the middle of the country its
population spread, lack of "entrepreneurship-role-models" in most communities
and talent flight hurt its chances of de... | {
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} |
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences - BerislavLopac
https://fermatslibrary.com/s/the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-mathematics-in-the-natural-sciences#email-newsletter
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nsajko
Dupe of
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20452008](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20452008)
... | {
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How the NSA scandal hurts the economy - richtr
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/15/how-the-nsa-scandal-hurts-the-economy/
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bigiain
For what it's worth - I've got clients and colleagues asking hard questions
about data jurisdiction and data sovereignty in the last 6 weeks. The old
"obvious answer... | {
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} |
This supercomputer is a supersleuth for insurers - hackuser
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/this-supercomputer-is-a-supersleuth-for-insurers/
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hackuser
_You 're just starting work on a major home improvement project when your
insurance agent calls. "You need more coverage," he says. But the real
question is: How did... | {
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} |
Burger Burger – Order Burgers via SMS in London - reddavis
https://burgerburger.lol
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autonomy77
£51 for four burgers and fries in London is a tad excessive :)
| {
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Why you should contribute to open source - shalinmangar
http://shalinsays.blogspot.com/2009/10/why-you-should-contribute-to-open.html
Sharing notes I put together for a talk I gave to some students
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erikb85
it would be so nice, if open source contribution could bring u a job in a cool
software company. but I gu... | {
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} |
Bold move: BlackBerry Dakota photo, specs leaked - alphadoggs
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/011311-blackberry-dakota.html
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st3fan
Underwhelming
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The macho sperm myth - kawera
https://aeon.co/essays/the-idea-that-sperm-race-to-the-egg-is-just-another-macho-myth
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Footkerchief
The author seems confused:
> Sperm passage up the female tract is more like an extremely challenging
> military obstacle course than a standard sprint-style swimming race. Sperm
> nu... | {
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It May Not Feel Like Anything to Be an Alien - dnetesn
http://cosmos.nautil.us/feature/72/it-may-not-feel-like-anything-to-be-an-alien
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probably_wrong
Holy browser hijack, Batman! On Firefox for Android, this link opens 10+ times
the same link, hijacking the "back" button.
| {
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Facebook's ad algorithm is race & gender stereotyping, new study suggests - sapski
https://theintercept.com/2019/04/03/facebook-ad-algorithm-race-gender/
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m0zg
It would be "stereotyping" if it was sentient and had an ulterior motive. As
of 2019 sentient algorithms do not exist, not even at Facebook. So the
algor... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Is ok if I have a few subscribers in the waitlist but a 29% week growth? - IsraCV
Hi everyone!<p>Three weeks ago I put online a landing page for my app and start looking for early traction, I'm testing different traction channels to see which one performs better, organically.<p>Right now I have 58 subsc... | {
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Stop exporting N95 masks to Canada, Trump administration tells U.S. manufacturer - fudged71
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2020/04/03/stop-exporting-n95-masks-to-canada-trump-administration-tells-us-manufacturer.html
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fudged71
3M's response: [https://news.3m.com/press-release/company-
english/3m-respons...](... | {
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Team Combat Identification:Effects of Gender, Spatial Visualization Disagreement - GoRudy
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0018720820902286
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gshdg
Armored vehicles. Yup, totally unbiased study. Try it with birds or something.
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I'm not sure it's Mou against the world - ismiseted
http://larryhynes.net/2014/09/mou-against-the-world.html
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dewey
I got my Mou licence the same way the author of the blog post got his and I'm
still very happy with Mou for my casual markdown need.
I don't blame him for selling a few things on the side. It's ... | {
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Cisco: The anti-Nokia - narkee
http://www.economist.com/node/18114914?story_id=18114914&fsrc=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economist%2Ffull_print_edition+%28The+Economist%3A+Full+print+edition%29
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pvdm
Cisco is the next Nokia.
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What's a CPU to do when it has nothing to do? - reddotX
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/767630/594421f913c3d00a/
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IcePic
I have no idea on how many other OSes do this, but at least OpenBSD will use
idle time to pre-clear memory pages that have been returned to the OS, so that
when the next process has them mapped... | {
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} |
Middle East Dictators Buy Spy Tech from Company Linked to IBM and Google - notlukesky
https://theintercept.com/2019/07/12/semptian-surveillance-mena-openpower/
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jsty
> The Chinese firm is a member of an American organization called the
> OpenPower Foundation, which was founded by Google and IBM executives with
>... | {
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August Engelhardt - Thevet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Engelhardt
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drongoking
"He developed a philosophy that assumed that the sun was the venerable source
of all life, and since the coconut was the fruit that grows nearest the sun,
it must be the most perfect food for people."
That may sound comical, ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
LHC results put supersymmetry theory on the spot - sbt
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14680570
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Jach
Excuse some potential ignorance of the terms here (I'm not a physicist), and
possibly misremembering my history, but is this really incredibly surprising?
BBC mentions supersymmetry seeming "old ... | {
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} |
What's your favorite web template company? - 9ec4c12949a4f3
I'm presently looking for some template companies to replace the face of our site, I'm just interested in picking up a $50 one or something in that general range. I want a nice clean face before we put up anything, as the domain is already live. Does anyone... | {
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} |
Show HN: Aidem Network – Launch your product on 150 websites with one click - juhaszhenderson
https://www.aidem.network/?ref=hackernews
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juhaszhenderson
Hey everyone!
My Co-founder and I have completed dozens of growth hacking projects like
Rumblr (featured by 200+ media outlets in 4 days:
[https://goo.gl/Xbp7R... | {
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} |
A Soccer Con Man Who Couldn't Play the Game - dluan
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/soccers-ultimate-con-man-was-a-superstar-who-couldnt-play-the-game
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lordnacho
How many of you have not worked with someone whom you suspected of not being
able to program, despite being paid to do so?
Here's a description o... | {
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When Haskell is Faster than C - metajack
http://paulspontifications.blogspot.com/2013/01/when-haskell-is-faster-than-c.html
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haberman
These "faster than C" claims are almost always embarrassing (usually involving
C code that would easily win if it were as aggressively optimized as the high-
level language) but t... | {
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Is Historical Knowledge Philosophically Interesting? - diodorus
https://newramblerreview.com/book-reviews/philosophy/is-historical-knowledge-philosophically-interesting
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epberry
This is the measurement problem in quantum mechanics. Attempting to write
about a historical event disturbs it. Even so, the metaphysic... | {
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Copyright Directive: how the mob was told to save the dragon and slay the knight - mqus
https://medium.com/@EuropeanCommission/the-copyright-directive-how-the-mob-was-told-to-save-the-dragon-and-slay-the-knight-b35876008f16
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apsec112
The claim: "Journalists and online publications will have more money to keep
on... | {
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Dyslexie: the chubby-ankled font that makes reading easier for dyslexics - jcater
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2014/nov/12/dyslexie-new-font-that-makes-reading-easier-with-dyslexia
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Someone1234
> Watching letters float and twist across a page, flipping and jumbling with
> gy... | {
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Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction - hownottowrite
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0784ZL96K/ref=tmm_kin_title_0
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hownottowrite
Kindle/Google Play versions are out now. Print book comes in April. Highly
recommended by some Geomorphology friends.
Oxford Press Description:
The proposal that the impact of hu... | {
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Voice Controlled Lights with a Raspberry Pi - albi_lander
https://adrienball.fr/2018/06/17/voice-controlled-lights/
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xchip
We have seen lots of projects doing this, you should make more clear in what
way yours is better/different.
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The Hacker Who Cracked the Code in Iron Man and The Social Network - jgrahamc
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2014/01/movie-fake-code/
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ChuckMcM
Well if nothing else this suggests there is a lifestyle level business in the
Entertainment industry doing "code" inserts. The article lays out all of the
things that ar... | {
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The Tragedy of the New Coronavirus Spikes - fortran77
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/06/the-tragedy-of-the-new-coronavirus-spikes
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zaroth
RealClearPolitics links to TFA, and just below links to this story as well,
“Where are all the deaths?”
[https://spectator.us/where-deaths-coronavirus-
wave/](htt... | {
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} |
My NASA Friend Found a Box of Film from Apollo 15 in His Desk Drawer - mxfh
https://petapixel.com/2017/04/25/nasa-friend-found-box-film-apollo-15-desk-drawer/
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mxfh
No original moon films though:
[http://disq.us/p/1i59278](http://disq.us/p/1i59278)
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Just Fix Tests - markazevedo
http://engineering.bookrenter.com/actually-upgrading-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-w
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abc_lisper
I had the exact same revelation two weeks ago, and surprisingly that is almost
the same phrase I tell myself :).
~~~
markazevedo
You know, after 2 failed ... | {
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The Official Patron Saint of the Internet - vinutheraj
http://www.scborromeo.org/saints/isidores.htm
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patio11
A quick note for non-Catholics: there aren't "official" patron saints of the
Internet or anything else. Sainthood is an official designation. Status as a
patron saint, on the other hand, is bestowed by... | {
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} |
Avoid a Common Software Bug by Using Perl 6 - bane
http://blogs.perl.org/users/ovid/2015/02/avoid-a-common-software-bug-by-using-perl-6.html
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raiph
A comment on Ovid's blog post says:
> Perl 6 does some compile time type checking but it only works in some very
> simple cases.
I was thinking that all P6 code ... | {
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New Hire Checklist - antiform
http://startupcfo.ca/2008/06/new-hire-checklist.html
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Alex3917
I can't remember if this has come up before, but what is the best resource for
learning how to hire people?
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sharpshoot
pmarca has some great articles on the topic for startup hiring. We at
Snaptalent love his stuf... | {
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} |
Yes, Determinists, There Is Free Will - dnetesn
http://nautil.us/issue/72/quandary/yes-determinists-there-is-free-will
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c3534l
So the argument is basically "there appears to be free will so long as you
don't look at the details, so free will is not an illusion, so long as you
ignore the details." Even if you acc... | {
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Unexpectedly Good Things VR Will Probably Cause (2016) - thenomad
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2016/05/three-unexpectedly-good-things.html
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corysama
4: Many people have reported that slowly conditioning themselves to be
resistant to motion sickness inside VR has also helped them become more
resist... | {
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} |
Is There a Google-Free Future for Firefox? - kiyanwang
https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2020/09/03/is-there-a-google-free-future-for-firefox/
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eitland
The saddest thing I see in these comments are always people hating on some
minor thing like Pocket or something and who has decided to go with Chrome
ins... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What happened to Dart? - kentf
I remember their being a lot of hype around Dart given that it was Google and Chrome and all that jazz, but I don't hear much about it lately.<p>Their website has been refreshed: https://www.dartlang.org/<p>Looks like there is a conference coming up too. Jus... | {
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} |
WeWork: The ‘hypothetical’ company at the heart of the property market - hhs
https://www.ft.com/content/0e426c90-8c45-11e9-a1c1-51bf8f989972
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pseingatl
Paywall.
| {
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Tesla is suing oil industry exec for impersonating Elon Musk - traxmaxx
https://electrek.co/2016/09/14/tesla-is-suing-oil-industry-exec-for-impersonating-elon-musk-to-get-delivery-numbers/
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gerfficiency
For impersonating Elon Musk... to get confidential information.
| {
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Users report losing Bitcoin in clever hack of Electrum wallets - bubblehack3r
https://www.zdnet.com/article/users-report-losing-bitcoin-in-clever-hack-of-electrum-wallets/
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Meekro
This is actually super-clever, let me try to explain. Electrum is unique in
that it's not a "real" bitcoin wallet. To save time and c... | {
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} |
Yet Another Librem 5 and PinePhone Comparison - cunidev
https://tuxphones.com/yet-another-librem-5-and-pinephone-linux-smartphone-comparison/
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aritmo
They cost $150 and $700 respectively.
| {
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} |
Show HN: Minimal Vagrant base-box images for various Linuxen - lwhalen
I've been frustrated dealing with other Vagrant boxes that come pre-loaded with a bunch of cruft - old versions of Puppet, Chef, Ansible, and other software that just plain ships broken. To address that, I've created some Minimal Vagra... | {
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} |
OpenELEC 4.0 released - bloody0815
http://openelec.tv/news/22-releases/125-openelec-4-0-released
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cultureulterior
Apparently an XBMC distro.
| {
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} |
Facial Recognition’s Threat to Privacy Is Worse Than Anyone Thought - CapitalistCartr
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/10/memo-doj-facial-recognitions-threat-privacy-worse-anyone-thought
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Animats
A facial recognition database of politicians would be easy to construct. There
are plenty of pictures of them. We c... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How did you meet your cofounder? - mezod
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philippz
2013 there was a big flood in Germany. I was a victim and lost a lot of my
stuff. I instantly wrote a simple and fast HTML-app to coordinate all those
thousands of volunteering flood-helpers. The city and the university who tried
to organize all volunteer... | {
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} |
Clinical Reasoning - DanBC
https://drohanlon.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/clinical-reasoning/
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DanBC
Submitting this because there are lots of medical threads on HN. This post
talks about some of the cognitive biases that affect doctors.
| {
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Apple won’t allow iPhones to downgrade from iOS 13.5.1 to iOS 13.5 - vvpvijay
https://androidrookies.com/apple-wont-allow-its-users-to-downgrade-their-iphones-from-ios-13-5-1-to-ios-13-5/
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devenblake
That's unfortunate for the jailbreaking community (as mentioned in the
article, 13.5.1 patches out the kernel exp... | {
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} |
Quake II RTX: Re-Engineering a Classic with Ray Tracing Effects on Vulkan - nullifidian
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/quake-ii-rtx-ray-tracing-vulkan-vkray-geforce-rtx/
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tqkxzugoaupvwqr
The new lighting makes such a dramatic difference. Despite the same low
polygon count, the levels seem much more li... | {
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} |
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