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Microsoft: We've sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses to date - mun2mun
http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-weve-sold-40-million-windows-8-licenses-to-date-7000007990/
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aresant
Win 8 moves ~40,000,000 licenses in first month. Upgrades are $39.99.
Win 7 moved ~30,000,000 in month one. Upgrades were $120 - 220/upgrade.
... | {
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Programmers Should Curb Their Enthusiasm - edmoffo
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bediger4000
So should pilot and aerospace engineers. It's hard for the product people to
make some decent product when engineers and pilots and programmers and chefs
are out there agitating to make planes that are fast and flyable, food that's
tasty, and program... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Where do I invest? - nikhilsaraf9
Where do you personally invest your money: savings account / fixed deposit / 401k, ESPP, bonds, mutual funds, Betterment / Wealthfront, individual stocks, personal algorithmic trading / Quantopian, real estate / own a house, lending marketplace, ange... | {
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Show HN: Goms is a ready-to-deploy schema driven adaptable platform - artpar
<a href="https://goms-demo.herokuapp.com" rel="nofollow">https://goms-demo.herokuapp.com</a><p>This is a very early stage demo for Goms.<p>1. Independent User registration / User sign-in<p>You can create a public site... | {
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git-feature: agile git workflow in code - jgeewax
http://geewax.org/my-git-workflow-in-code
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helium
Cool, I like it. Seems like it could save some time typing, although it I
don't you should use this unless you understand what is happening under the
covers.
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sandGorgon
what is the equivalent of this is ... | {
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} |
MIT Scientists Develop a Drug to Fight Any Viral Infection - schintan
http://healthland.time.com/2011/08/11/mit-scientists-develop-a-drug-to-fight-any-viral-infection/
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fauigerzigerk
That would be very good news indeed, if it turns out to work on anything but
mice.
But after reading a lot of that kind of arti... | {
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} |
Fighting the Imperial Californian Ideology - wmoxam
http://www.infoq.com/presentations/hirsh-california-ideology
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pjkundert
Quoting (near the end): "The Free Market f...d us in the last year..."
At this point, I stopped listening.
The Market that f...d _anyone_ in the last year is _anything_ but Free. It is
... | {
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} |
Chronicle Will Make You Question the Need for Blockchain Technology - CiPHPerCoder
https://paragonie.com/blog/2017/07/chronicle-will-make-you-question-need-for-blockchain-technology
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smt88
You may (and obviously do) disagree, but there is no universe in which I would
use a security-essential product built with P... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Node.js devs - What apps are you building? What tools are you using? - mousetraps
Hey everyone! I'm Sara, one of the devs on the Node.js Tools for Visual Studio team @ Microsoft<p>What?! msft + node.js?! Crazy talk.<p>Crazy indeed...<p>Anyways, now that you're over that shock... Can I ask you a fav... | {
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JQuery iPod-style Drilldown Menu - chaostheory
http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/jquery_ipod_style_drilldown_menu/
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tlrobinson
I found it sort of confusing and hard to navigate.
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bouncingsoul
iPod navigation is great for displaying lists on devices with small, low-
resolution screens and limited input. Usi... | {
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} |
What I Learned About Life at My 30th College Reunion - aberoham
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/10/what-my-harvard-college-reunion-taught-me-about-life/573847/?single_page=true
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arunmp
>discussions throughout the weekend centered on a desire for love, comfort,
intellectual stimulation, decent ... | {
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Ask HN: what do you think of my chat app? - th0ma5
http://270rule.appspot.com/ is anonymous live chat for any page, plus a feed of who is chatting where. no login, bbcode, and some embedding are supported. let me know what you think! thank you hn!!!!
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jackowayed
It's pretty cool. I'm using it on this page righ... | {
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} |
Eva: The World's First Smart Shower - ph0rque
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/eva-the-world-s-first-smart-shower
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jack-r-abbit
This looks pretty cool. I've often thought about how to build smart tech into
the shower. What I always envisioned would require a more integrated solution
(actually using controllabl... | {
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} |
Kurento WebRTC Media Server 6.7: Moving Forward - j1elo
https://www.kurento.org/blog/kurento-67-moving-forward
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j1elo
Hi, we are happy to officially announce the new release 6.7 of Kurento, the
WebRTC Media Server!
It has been available for some days in our repos, but now that version 6.7.1
has been fully publi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Facebook Lie Files - zepto
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/12/20/facebook_disaster/
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deogeo
> Well, you can do all that, and still Facebook will know where you are and
> sell that information to others.
So after limiting what it is authorized to access, the Facebook app proceeds
to access it anyway. You coul... | {
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} |
Auto-Threading Compilers Are Here - jacquesm
http://developinthecloud.drdobbs.com/author.asp?section_id=2284&doc_id=255275
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chucknelson
The author should really remove this statement:
"The power of a single CPU core has plateaued and won't ever get faster. CPUs
are only getting more cores."
Pretty sure that is... | {
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} |
Space-Filling Curves in Geospatial Applications - dhotson
http://www.ddj.com/184410998
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wwalker3
It's always nice to learn something I'd never even heard of before that's so
simple. The article is about how you can use a neat trick (space-filling
curves) to turn a multidimensional search into a set of one-dime... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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I just released this website about apps. Tell me what you think about it - netipsum
http://www.appsta.com/
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usaphp
Looks a bit cluttered to me.
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netipsum
You mean too many items? Or colors?
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The Wealthiest 5% Grabbed Most of the America’s Gains - privacyguru
http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2011/09/16/the-top-5-grabbed-most-of-the-americas-gains/
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ender7
It's easy to start filtering yourselves into the camps of "the rich are too
rich, tax them!" or "the rich earned their money, you have no right to ta... | {
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} |
NoPSW.com - use secure passwords you don't need to remember - tomd3v
http://nopsw.com/index.html
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venomsnake
I cannot note that I gave that as an example of security antipattern a few
days ago when we were discussing the xkcd style passwords.
This is one of the things that become worse the more people use the... | {
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} |
OSSU: A path to a free self-taught education in computer science - paulygarcia
https://github.com/ossu/computer-science
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tombert
This is a bit hypocritical coming from a self-taught dropout, but I have kind
of grown to dislike a lot of these "learn programming on your own!"
things/bootcamps/courses.
This isn't ... | {
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} |
Every Unicode character shown once per frame as a 33-minute movie - DanielKehoe
http://netpoetic.com/2011/04/unicode/
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coderdude
I'm surprised that I was able to perceive individual characters. At the
beginning when the movie is displaying the alphabet it seems like I can see
each letter. Is this really one char... | {
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} |
The Dutch East India Co was richer than Apple, Google, Facebook combined (2017) - sytelus
https://dutchreview.com/culture/history/how-rich-was-the-dutch-east-india-company
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em500
This is a non-sensical article, relying on some obfuscating math hidden behind
"Infl. Adjusted".
Inflation adjustments gets pretty fu... | {
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} |
Heim – A real-time community platform - tvvocold
https://github.com/euphoria-io/heim
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renke1
I kind of like the idea of threaded chatting. Is there any other chat program
that uses this idea?
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PopeOfNope
It has the same problem every other threaded system has: notification of
updates. How do you know what's ... | {
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} |
How to Run a Business in 202 - NN88
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/style/millennial-entrepreneur-startups.html
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LukeBMM
I'm not going to shame anyone for a simple typo, but I will admit that I was
genuinely hoping the link would be about how one would have run a business
1818 years ago.
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Philip Greenspun Reviews “Lean In” - soundsop
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2013/05/12/lean-in/
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therealarmen
Those who enjoy this review will also enjoy Philip's review [1] of "Straight
from the Gut" by Jack Welch (former CEO of GE):
_If you want to learn the names of every person who ever worked at GE d... | {
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} |
The Golden Rule For Internship Interview Survival - sydneyb
http://refer.ly/the-golden-rule-for-internship-interview-survival-/c/0849c51c85e511e2bfbf22000a1db8fa
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tomcardoso
Sorry, but I gotta nitpick. Sure, bad interviews happen, but it doesn't sound
to me like this was a bad interview — looks more like you j... | {
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} |
How Software Companies Die - signa11
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~chuck/jokepg/joke_19970213_01.txt
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chrisrickard
I loved this. Funny, and very much true.
| {
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The Benefits of Exercising Before Breakfast - robg
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/15/phys-ed-the-benefits-of-exercising-before-breakfast/
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robchez
This is hardly amazing to anyone who fasts regularly. I saw increases in all
my major lifts when I train fasted and eat plenty of good fat (60% of total
kcal).... | {
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} |
Independence Days: My Perfect Imperfect Gap Year - wallflower
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/education/edlife/my-perfect-imperfect-gap-year.html
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aaron-lebo
Flaunting wealth isn't cool. This essay is mostly him discussing jobs that
middle and lower class kids accept as part of life. They don't get a NYTimes
... | {
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} |
Microsoft Blocks FSF Donation Website as a 'Gambling Site' - dartttt
http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/06/microsoft-blocks-fsf-donation-website.html
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stephengillie
The "verify" link just takes me to an MS error reporting site, which doesn't
present any of the error or informational messages from the articles.
I... | {
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} |
Show HN: A home for your trip itinerary - s1mpl3
I've done a lot of travel over the past couple years and my trip itinerary has always been there to make things run smoothly. Well, I've finally decided to codify this process. No more quip docs or google docs, just https://trrip.co. A home for your ... | {
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} |
Tape Delay by NBC Faces End Run by Online Fans - echair
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/sports/olympics/09nbc.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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noonespecial
FTA _As dancers and acrobats whisked across the National Stadium in Beijing,
anonymous users uploaded more than 100 video clips of the ceremony to YouTube,
but the... | {
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} |
Scientists create quantum sensor that covers entire radio spectrum (0-100ghz) - lysp
https://phys.org/news/2020-03-scientists-quantum-sensor-entire-radio.html
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lysp
Direct link:
[https://www.army.mil/article/212935](https://www.army.mil/article/212935)
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Ask HN: Has anyone sponsored a J1 specialist or trainee? - mezod
Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to sponsor a foreign professional for a J1 visa to work with us. All the info I find links me to https://j1visa.state.gov/participants/how-to-apply/sponsor-search/?program=Specialist , w... | {
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} |
SpaceX to relaunch rocket Tuesday 12:44 AM PST/ 3:44 AM EST - jasondc
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-spacex-second-launch-attempt-20120521,0,1777511.story
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ChuckMcM
While watching the pre-launch, and listening to NASA comment on the rocket and
its sub-systems, I am left wondering how it feels ... | {
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} |
Crate.io on ContainerShip - phildougherty
https://medium.com/containership-articles/crate-io-on-containership-197ec8664cb3
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spanktar
Spanky from Crate.io here if there are any followup questions.
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phildougherty
Co-Founder here. I'm happy to answer any questions!
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Alan Turing papers on code breaking released by GCHQ - colinscape
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17771962
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IsTom
Did the Brits publicly apologize for what was done to him yet?
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winknudge
Nope. Would you excuse/apologise everyone who was prosecuted under that law or
just make a special case for Turing... | {
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} |
A bonus for HipChat users - Live Chat integration for customer support - kunle
http://www.hipmob.com/hipsplash
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kunle
Hey HN - Ayo from Hipmob here. Recently several users have asked us about
using HipChat to support customers (there's also a Quora question about it:
[http://www.quora.com/How-would-one-integra... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Evolution Is the Greatest Show on Erath - pabo
http://m.nautil.us/issue/85/reopening/evolution-is-the-greatest-show-on-earth
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zelphirkalt
The far far away planet of Erath! The stories told far and wide …
| {
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} |
Interactive editing of basic distance field operation - rinesh
http://stephaneginier.com/archive/editSDF/
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power
For anyone wondering what distance fields are for, check out:
[http://iquilezles.org/www/articles/raymarchingdf/raymarching...](http://iquilezles.org/www/articles/raymarchingdf/raymarchingdf.htm)
The ... | {
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} |
Amazon launches Houston web services hub as city looks to boost tech sector - lil-scamp
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Amazon-launches-Houston-web-services-hub-as-city-14189045.php
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RNeff
Texas cannot be a high tech hub until it prohibits non-compete agreements.
With non-compete agreements, st... | {
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} |
We're Trying To Be Less Evil. Really. - zaveri
http://www.thebigmoney.com/blogs/sausage/2009/07/10/were-trying-be-less-evil-really?page=full
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SwellJoe
This article is over a year old.
Swoopo.com still exists, and is still absolutely and utterly evil.
| {
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} |
From Ruby to Fantom:introspection - geoscripting
http://ssscripting.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/from-ruby-to-fantomintrospection/
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jamesbritt
A more robust comparison of the two, or something that explained why or when
one would prefer Fantom over Ruby, would be great.
This isn't it.
~~~
geoscripting
That will ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Snapline - social recommendations for online retailers via FB Connect - tmcneal
http://www.getsnapline.com
======
tmcneal
Hi everyone,
I'm the (solo) founder of Snapline, which is a B2B startup that lets online
retailers provide their customers with online recommendations via Facebook
Connect. Customers wh... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Legislation proposes paying Americans $2k a month - freediver
https://www.news4jax.com/news/national/2020/04/15/legislation-proposes-2000-a-month-for-americans/
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millstone
This is a good idea. Congress should commit to such ongoing payments, and the
Fed should back it with a commitment to unlimited borrowing.
B... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Has anyone had success with Canada's startup visa? - arash_milani
I wanted to know if anyone here has success with "Canada Start-up visa" program:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/business/start-up/index.asp<p>And if so can you share your experience here? they... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
“The Guardian's reader funding model is working” - lemming
https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2018/nov/12/katharine-viner-guardian-million-reader-funding
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lemming
I've been a monthly donor to the Guardian for a long time now. Their opinion
pieces have been getting more hysterical over time but I just don't r... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
News Corp. Q4: MySpace Profits Down - kennyroo
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/news-corp-q4-as-promised-decent-except-for-tv-which-is-terrible-nws-
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kennyroo
Anybody know what "new features and costs associated with the startup of new
ventures" means?
| {
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} |
Eloquent Javascript (ebook) - heseltine
http://eloquentjavascript.net/contents.html
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robertmrangel
Doesn't scroll when viewed using an iPad. You have to use two fingers.
| {
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} |
Amazon to install at least 50 solar systems on its fulfillment centers by 2020 - gordon_freeman
https://www.amazon.com/p/feature/3g9pdpvmnx3f9rf?pf_rd_p=406a6ab1-1ebf-49e9-b90e-7656c8521d51&pf_rd_r=KC5JGXBWT17KDZJ81ATM
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godmodus
"solar systems" had me scratching my head there for a minute.
solar power grids. ex... | {
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} |
Show HN: Ekho, a simple way to add voice interactivity to your site - ppymou
http://ekho.io/
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sarvagyavaish
Nice implementation!
~~~
ppymou
Thanks!
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timonovici
for chrome? seriously?
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whacker
I am sure other browsers will be supported in future. Why would a developer
spend time testing other browse... | {
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} |
I Went Vegan Keto. Here's What Happened to My Body - troydavis
http://blog.insidetracker.com/vegan-keto-body-changes
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sp332
Good overview of a lot of related factors and a complex conclusion. A problem
in the first paragraph though: glucose is not the same thing as ATP.
| {
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Living on a cruise ship cheaper than renting in London - neverminder
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/news/living-on-a-cruise-ship-cheaper-than-london/
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easytiger
Where/how are you going to earn £10k a month on a cruise ship?
| {
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} |
A Billionaire Mathematician’s Life of Ferocious Curiosity - yagibear
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/08/science/a-billionaire-mathematicians-life-of-ferocious-curiosity.html
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yagibear
For discussion see later submission
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8004244](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8004244)... | {
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Ask HN: How common is co-founder break-up at pre-launch startup? - tnsn
Working on an early stage start-up now and everything that can go wrong, seem to go wrong. One co-founder recently bailed, another (part-time) co-founder isn't willing to go all-in. I've been blaming myself for this, particularly my judg... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tim O'Reilly: How I Failed - gruseom
http://radar.oreilly.com/2013/09/how-i-failed.html/
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DanielRibeiro
I guess this is a recurring one:
_I complained, but I eventually gave in. As we grew, it was harder and harder
to maintain our informal processes. (I remember a real inflection point at
about 50-60 employees... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
About CSS corners - niyazpk
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2010/03/19/the-css-corner-about-css-corners.aspx
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daleharvey
add css animations, gradients, multiple backgrounds, tranforms, text shadows,
box shadows
then ill be impressed about improving an edge case on a feature other people
implemented 5 years a... | {
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} |
e7: a new Lisp dialect inspired by Python - paul
http://e7code.org/doc/progress-report.html
Also see <a href="http://e7code.org/" rel="nofollow">http://e7code.org/</a>
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jey
I ran into the author of this a few months ago at a SuperHappyDevHouse party.
He's a pre-IPO Googler and is now working on developing this ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Human Password Manager v0.1 - n1000
https://github.com/nheeren/humanpass/blob/master/README.md
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Tomte
The salt is nasty to remember, the position of the salt is nasty to
remember... just use the "XKCD scheme" or Diceware and get on with your life.
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} |
C#: No, you don’t get to use the “as” operator any more - Indyan
http://badcodemonkey.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/no-you-dont-get-to-use-the-as-operator-any-more/
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snprbob86
Many language designers, including many on Microsoft's Managed Language teams,
consider null reference and invalid cast exceptions to be hug... | {
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} |
Hiring Great People (and rules for how we do it) - borski
http://blog.tinfoilsecurity.com/hiring-great-people
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tptacek
_I’m not sure who originally told us about the Sunday test and the Caller ID
test, but if they remind me I would certainly like to thank them. These two
very simple ideas have kept us from makin... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to get motivated to code? - cmstoken
Hello HN,<p>I haven't touched code in a few months. In the beginning, it was because I got burned out. I realized I needed to take a break so I did -- had a little vacation away from home for a bit. I'm back now but I still can't get myself to write eve... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Should you use JavaScript or CSS - d3v3r0
http://alexsblog.org/2014/07/27/should-you-use-javascript-or-css/
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mattdw
My approach is (1) use CSS for as much as I can, (2) fill in the important
compatibility gaps with JS (polyfill style) then (3) use JS to layer on any
extra behaviours. That approach seems to pla... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
AMD's Six-Core Phenom II X6 1090T & 1055T Reviewed - ukdm
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3674/amds-sixcore-phenom-ii-x6-1090t-1055t-reviewed
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ukdm
"The better way to look at it is to ask yourself what sort of machine you're
building. If you're building a task specific box that will mostly run heavily
threaded a... | {
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} |
Show HN: Timeleft – See how much time is left of the hour, week, year - raouls
https://aoueon.github.io/timeleft/
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pabue
I really like the design. Well done!
One thing: After clicking one item it would be nice if using the browser
navigation (back button) would show the overview again. Currently it only
changes... | {
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} |
One of the less horrible of the many dystopian futures visited by Time Traveller - alvis
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00855-2
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blendo
WTF? In _Nature_?
Loved it, though.
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fpoling
15 years ago I subscribed to Nature for a year. The last page of each issue
was a short SF story. Some of them were... | {
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} |
GPT-3: Language Models Are Few-Shot Learners - baylearn
https://github.com/openai/gpt-3
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fouc
Duplicate thread at
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23345379](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23345379)
(with arxiv link)
~~~
dang
We've moved the comments thither. Thanks!
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} |
Show HN: I Made a Massively Multiplayer Board Game to Test Django Channels - miiiiiike
<a href="http://codewords.io/" rel="nofollow">http://codewords.io/</a><p>I've been trying to get permission to run a game of it from the publisher and designer (CGE & Vlaada Chvátil) but I have... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Fast.ai releases new deep learning course, libraries, and book - amardeep
https://www.fast.ai/2020/08/21/fastai2-launch/
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tosh
I do recommend getting the book that just came out (I did, it is fantastic)
[https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Learning-Coders-fastai-
PyTorch/d...](https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Learning-Coder... | {
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Why Are We in the West So Weird? A Theory - pw
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/12/books/review/the-weirdest-people-in-the-world-joseph-henrich.html
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haspoken
[http://archive.is/7qN8i](http://archive.is/7qN8i)
| {
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Ask HN: How do you use Parse.com? what about performances and scalability? - tiboll
Hi all,<p>I currently bootstraping a new project (a mobile app) witch will require me to handle a basic user profile, some categories for each profile and a advanced search based on these categories/criteria and the user locatio... | {
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JQuery finds its way into Microsoft and Nokia stacks - qhoxie
http://ajaxian.com/archives/jquery-finds-its-way-into-microsoft-and-nokia-stacks
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wayne
Wow, that's a pretty big deal. It's totally unlike Microsoft to ship a not-
invented-here API set, as-in, in the box.
~~~
henning
Scott Guthrie's team is one of... | {
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} |
Petition to release Cameron D'Ambrosio - ck2
https://cms.fightforthefuture.org/teenager/
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aqme28
A lot of people on Reddit, etc... seem to be misinformed about what illegal
free speech is, so here's some relevant case material:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_v._Ohio>
_"Court held that government cann... | {
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} |
What is WebAssembly? (2015) - VeilEm
https://medium.com/javascript-scene/what-is-webassembly-the-dawn-of-a-new-era-61256ec5a8f6
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castell
What's the difference between asm.js and WebAssembly?
"The initial implementation of WebAssembly support in browsers will be based
on asm.js and PNaCl". PNaCl?
[https://en.wik... | {
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} |
REI to sell sprawling new and unused headquarters to shift to remote work - helloworld
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/business/rei-sell-campus-coronavirus-trnd/index.html
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chives_yo
I know personally at least two employees who left REI when they announced
plans to move to these headquarters a few years back. The... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Your best passive income sources? - buf
Previous post 1 year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4639271
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dangrossman
Depending on what you consider passive...
My "best" passive income source would be subscription revenue from SaaS
businesses. I run several, with no employees, with ... | {
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} |
France Begins Shutting Down Alternative News Websites - doctorshady
http://yournewswire.com/france-begin-shutting-down-alternative-news-websites/
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CM30
And so it begins.
Yet another government rushing through poorly thought out laws that shuts down
freedom of speech and expression to 'protect people from terror... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Quiche – An implementation of the QUIC transport protocol in Rust - jgrahamc
https://github.com/cloudflare/quiche
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dochtman
I still don't quite understand why Cloudflare is going their own way rather
than joining our Rust implementation
([https://github.com/djc/quinn](https://github.com/djc/quinn)). So far the
p... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Deaf man sues Pornhub over lack of closed captions in violation of the ADA - elmar
https://abcnews.go.com/US/deaf-man-sues-pornhub-lack-closed-captions/story?id=68354500
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threatofrain
If a company doesn't have the kind of technology to effectively transcribe
their large volume of videos and the daily rate of up... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Baggage claim: Trading your excess airline luggage-allowance - edward
http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2016/09/baggage-claim?fsrc=scn%2Ffb%2Fte%2Fbl%2Fed%2Fbaggageclaimtradingyourexcessairlineluggageallowance
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desdiv
>Grabr largely skirts this conundrum by having the courier do the purchasing
and packing.... | {
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} |
Cassandra: Fact vs fiction - ropiku
http://spyced.blogspot.com/2010/04/cassandra-fact-vs-fiction.html
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didip
Based on our usage, I think Thrift is the Achilles' heel for Cassandra. Some
of Trift problems that we've seen:
* simple port scan can crash Thrift.
* Malform data can crash Thrift.
* inserting data ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Superhuman: Read Statuses - DVassallo
https://blog.superhuman.com/read-statuses-bdf0cc34b6a5
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dkhenry
No one who is outraged by this didn't know this was going on with almost every
email tool out there. I don't understand how this manufactured outrage gets
hyped, when literally every email tool in existence does... | {
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} |
Zuckerberg summoned to House Of Commons inquiry - sjcsjc
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43474760
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forkLding
I think most Americans comments in this thread is displaying bias.
To put in perspective, if Alibaba's partners was caught collecting massive
amounts of customer data through Alibaba and using it to spy (in... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Proposed SEC Rules Could Shake Leveraged ETFs - humbleMouse
http://www.nasdaq.com/article/proposed-sec-rules-could-shake-leveraged-etfs-cm555410
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humbleMouse
Here is the link to the actual SEC press release:
[http://www.sec.gov/news/pressrelease/2015-276.html](http://www.sec.gov/news/pressrelease/2015-276.html)... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Try Our New Landing Page Builder - CRMRoy
What’s better than a CRM that includes both sales and marketing automation? A full-service SaaS app that also includes a landing page builder! We’re excited to announce that Agile CRM’s new Landing Page Builder is now live in the app. Try out the beta version today and start c... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google has issued a statement about its months-long mystery barge project - lukashed
http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/06/google-says-its-using-mystery-barges-as-interactive-space-where-people-can-learn-about-its-technology/
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Raphmedia
So, it a place to learn?
Floating schools?
I'm a bit confused here.
| {
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} |
Infinity Is Launching Flexible Alternative to Trello - kefffalo
https://medium.com/infinitypm/is-infinity-better-than-trello-3b8ef7437022
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Biba89
Trello UX is outdated, but still the simpliest tool to use.
If Infinity solves flexibility and stay simple to use it can be a big shot.
| {
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} |
Ask HN: Learning Statistics? - avindroth
What is the best resource for learning statistics, intuitively?
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wizzerking
As an Applied Mathematician I just used books that talked about probabilities
but for explaining my work to co-workers who were not trained I found the
following to be helpful [http://www.wikihow.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
An Analysis of the ProtonMail Cryptographic Architecture [pdf] - zahllos
https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/1121.pdf
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protonmail
It seems Nadim (the author of this paper) took it really badly when we called
him out for intentionally spreading fake news this weekend. Putting aside the
author's personal biases for a mom... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Twitter vs. Disqus - shanehoban
http://www.startupcrusade.com/twitter-vs-disqus/
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manicdee
How do you moderate a Twitter feed?
How do you have a discussion thread when each post is limited to 140
characters?
~~~
marklyon
Additional metadata - a tweet could attach to a specific URL, which the URL
owner could re... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Czech bitcoin exchange Bitcash.cz hacked, up to 4,000 user wallets emptied - vlastik
http://www.coindesk.com/czech-bitcoin-exchange-bitcash-cz-hacked-4000-user-wallets-emptied/
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cs702
Every new day seems to bring another new Bitcoin scandal -- whether it's a
hacked exchange, stolen wallets, frozen funds, collaps... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Meet Microsoft, the world's best kept R&D secret - matan_a
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2020268/meet-microsoft-the-worlds-best-kept-randd-secret.html
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ChuckMcM
"Redmond spends more on R&D than Google and Apple combined. Think about that
the next time someone tells you Microsoft doesn’t have a future."
Two wor... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Favorite subreddit? - tmaly
I read /r/programming and /r/golang and have found some really nice gems over the years.<p>What are your favorite subreddits that you have gained some really valuable insights from?
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baccredited
[https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/](https://www.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Managing weekly income with monthly bills just got easier - drewlanghart
http://forecashapp.com/
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CtrlAltEngage
The forecast sounds good but why not monthly salaries too?
| {
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} |
Weber and Fechner – An Inquiry into Human Sensation and What Is Wrong with Sliders - boramalper
http://explorables.boramalper.org/weber-and-fechner/
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boramalper
Hey, author here!
If you have any comments, criticism, or questions, I would be happy to reply,
response, and answer! I was really frustrated with the ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Whom to follow on Google+? - tilt
So, I started "Following" Fred Wilson in one of my Circles<p>https://plus.google.com/103112588675637065591/posts<p>Do you have more interesting accounts to follow?
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tilt
Paul Buchheit
<https://plus.google.com/111732375221065535359/posts>
Harjeet Taggar
<https://plus... | {
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} |
Project Ares Open Beta (IDE for writing Mojo apps for WebOS) - ronnieliew
http://pdnblog.palm.com/2009/12/project-ares-open-beta/
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megaduck
Anyone who's interested in HTML5 should give this a look. Ares heavily
leverages things like the <canvas> tag to provide a rather nice development
environment.
More importa... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google is buying Fossil’s smartwatch tech for $40M - toufiqbarhamov
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/17/google-is-buying-fossils-smartwatch-tech-for-40-million/
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stcredzero
UX discussion here. Is there any UX/design/functional reason to have a round
watch face on a smartwatch? Analog watches were round to fit the ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What is your stimulant of choice to keep you working through the night? - ACSparks
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cwilbur
If I _need_ a stimulant to keep me awake, I go to sleep.
Pulling an all-nighter when I'm already in sleep debt only produces code that
sucks. The next day, I'm too tired to be functional and I've got a bunch of
code tha... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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