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Linode, Physical hardware issues - bosslee
http://bosslee.co/linode-i-was-wrong/
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bosslee
Hello there, My name is Bryan, I run a small business in Singapore. Have been
using Linode Cloud Services since 2013. In the last 4 months, I have gotten 6
emails regarding physical hardware issues from Linode. Each email... | {
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Show HN: Networking rooms 4 podcasts, webinars & other virtual events. Feedback? - panabee
http://www.tekiki.com/cher/40-How-to-Choose-the-Right-Incubator-for-Your-Startup
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panabee
Sorry, submitted the link incorrectly yesterday. Hopefully this will generate
some feedback! Thanks in advance!
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Ask HN: Where do conservative, pro-military software engineers hang out online? - throwaway15392
Looking to find more like-minded peers.
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jmspring
Interesting article from about 5 years ago —
[https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/390048/](https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/390048/)
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chishaku
Plea... | {
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YUI Theater — “Crockford on JavaScript — Part 5: The End of All Things” - emiraglia
http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2010/04/08/video-crockonjs-5
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spenrose
Liked the first 4 better than this one, FWIW. This one he mostly talks about
the browser/JS security model.
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maxwin
Thanks for the links. Very nice video... | {
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Hamano: Most elementary use of C – Silver award - anbux
https://www.ioccc.org/2012/hamano/hint.html
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anbux
Hamano is an offuscated C code written by Tsukasa Hamano for IOCCC 2012. It
implements C+PDF polyglot and creates a beautiful piece of art.
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A16Z is re-registering as a financial advisor, renouncing its status as a VC - zt
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2019/04/02/andreessen-horowitz-is-blowing-up-the-venture-capital-model-again/
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ar7hur
a16z ("our" partner was Chris Dixon) led our seed round at Wit.ai. Working
with them on a day-to-day basi... | {
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Staples, Office Depot in Advanced Talks to Merge - fhinson
http://www.wsj.com/articles/staples-office-depot-in-advanced-talks-to-merge-1422937999
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cpursley
Wait, these are separate companies?
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Show HN: Pod Hunt – The best new podcasts daily - iisbum
https://podhunt.app
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IanMikutel
Been a supporter of Pod Hunt since the day it launched, decided to have my
podcast (The Better Show) become an official Pod Hunt "Supporter", and spent
over an hour last night with it's founder, Mubs, on Skype talking produc... | {
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10 Reasons To Quit Your Job Right Now - zher
http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/26/10-reasons-to-quit-your-job-right-now/
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keithpeter
I think I belong to the 10%. I work as a teacher. I get paid to talk to
teenagers, and to get them to think straight and focus their attention. I have
been doing this long enough tha... | {
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The Top 5 Crashes on iOS - andrewmlevy
https://www.apteligent.com/developer-resources/top-5-most-frequent-crashes-on-ios/?partner_code=GDC_hn_top5ios
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makecheck
The first example’s remedy seems to be wrong.
I am not aware of any reason to test for "nil" in Objective-C, as that remedy
suggests. Sending the "doSo... | {
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Snapchat VP of Product Tom Conrad Will Disappear from Tech - LearnerHerzog
https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/24/tom-conrad-leaves-snapchat/
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LearnerHerzog
> _“I started making software when I was 18 years old, and it’s hard to
> believe I’ve been doing this for 30 years. It’s time for me to put my energy
> outside ... | {
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Excessive brain activity linked to a shorter life - jiux
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/10/16/excessive-brain-activity-linked-shorter-life/
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phasnox
I wonder if this could be related purely to stress.
People with more brain activity tend to have more stressful lives, as they
also tend to move upwar... | {
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Ask HN: If C++ is so bad, what should game developers use? - olliesaunders
I've been reading some of the C++ hate that's been on HN of late. I've been successfully convinced (not that it was hard) that C++ is a really terrible language. But, if that's the case, then what else are commercial game developers to use? Is ... | {
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Alfa Data – Analytics Ruins Football - tropianhs
http://www.alfadata.xyz
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tropianhs
A Football (Soccer) Analytics Portal made in Flask
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Nintendo to Double Production of Switch Console - Tiktaalik
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nintendo-to-double-production-of-switch-console-1489728545
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baby
I love this console, haven't been able to sit down and play for long hours in
decades and here I am.
I love that it's handheld, I travel a lot and so far I've... | {
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} |
Facebook is Doomed: Forrester Says Ads Tell a Sad Story - selmnoo
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/facebook-doomed-forrester-says-ads-tell-sad-story-142946812.html
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adventured
Facebook isn't doomed, they're going to end up like Yahoo, in my opinion.
Granted some consider that worse than death.
Thei... | {
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The biggest leak of TTIP documents yet: more than 100 confidential papers - rendx
https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/3d0ftu/this_is_the_biggest_leak_of_ttip_documents_yet/
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AndrewGaspar
Proposal to make it easier for US professionals to work in the EU and vice-
versa:
[https://www.documentcloud.org/documen... | {
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Ask HN: How to manage professional connections? - ashishb
How do people manage their professional connections? LinkedIn works to find and make new one but not to stay in touch.<p>I am looking for the ability to<p>1. Tag existing connections
2. See my connections by location (eg. If I am visiting New York,I can reach o... | {
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Kuma and Envoy: Multi-Cluster and Multi-Cloud Service Meshes - fosk
https://kuma.io/blog/2020/multi-cluster-cloud/
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otikik
Will Kuma support also hybrid VM and Kubernetes zones as part of the same
multi-zone deployment?
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fosk
Yes, multi zone mode can be used to enable hybrid service meshes via the
built-in s... | {
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BrowserFS: an in-browser filesystem with many back ends - setra
https://github.com/jvilk/BrowserFS
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rektide
I'm a huge fan of the work here & strongly strongly believe in file-system
oriented architectures.
Being able to use a wide number of existing "server side" libraries in the
browser could be a huge win.
... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Why do companies not provide good feedback for rejected candidates? - vishalzone2002
I am curious it is a policy or is it too time consuming ?
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DanielStraight
When you need to cover your ass, providing feedback for rejection is _always_
a bad idea. If you're dealing with a pushy sales person and you gi... | {
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Masks Don’t Work – A review of science relevant to Covid-19 social policy - teknico
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340570735_Masks_Don%27t_Work_A_review_of_science_relevant_to_COVID-19_social_policy
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lukev
I don't understand why people feel the need to say stuff like this. It's
dangerous and wrong.
Ye... | {
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99-problems in Java 8, Scala, and Haskell - shekhargulati
https://github.com/shekhargulati/99-problems
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egeozcan
I find the language percentage information (~ Java 57%, Scala 37%, Haskell
5%)[1] a bit scary (and admittedly hilarious), given that I have only serious
experience with Java among the three.
[1]: [ht... | {
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Meter hackers find free parking in San Francisco - abennett
http://www.itworld.com/hardware/73131/meter-hackers-find-free-parking-san-francisco
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Locke1689
_To figure out how the payment system worked, Grand hooked up an oscilloscope
to a parking meter and monitored what happened when he used a genuine payment
ca... | {
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It's Harder to Read Code than to Write It - edw519
http://www.jakevoytko.com/blog/2007/12/22/reading-comprehension-will-make-you-a-better-programmer/
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cduan
Great post, so true. One point I'd add, though: when you're writing code, make
it readable by commenting well! Sure it's obvious to you why you used a
ter... | {
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Firefox reached 29% share in Europe - rockstar9
http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/04/firefox-reached-29-share-in-europe/
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dualogy
Sometimes you have no choice. Under Linux, for once: I'm loving it, but I
loathe FireFox which is still the only decent browser I've come across there
(but then, I'm only a recent conve... | {
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} |
Top-secret UFO files could cause “grave damage” to national security if released - weare138
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-secret-ufo-files-could-cause-grave-damage-to-us-national-security-if-released-navy-says/
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markus_zhang
This is going to be buried deep in the archive. Nothing is going to be
revealed to th... | {
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We Invite Everyone at Etsy to Do an Engineering Rotation - kevingessner
https://codeascraft.com/2014/12/22/engineering-rotation/
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karmacondon
I'm a huge fan of cross disciplinary rotations of all types. A startup
company, or any organization, should act as a unified whole. "It's not my
problem" is not an option,... | {
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} |
Show HN: We're 2 engineers and we've built product search better than Google's - dmpn
http://goodzer.com
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leeHS
Hey there! So I took it for a spin. I entered "bike brakes" since you use this
as an example in your "About" page, but nothing came up within a 50 mile
radius.
Maybe because I'm in Toronto? But if t... | {
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Ask HN: How do you deal with potential acquirers? - rexreed
How do you respond to someone who says they are interested in acquiring your business (especially a potential competitor) but won't make an offer until you share your financals and other confidential data? Do you ask them to make an offer without seeing ... | {
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It's 2012, and there's still no official SIP to Skype gateway - xxqs
Any idea why Skype does not provide any official means to call skype accounts from a SIP connection? Even a paid interface is not available.
The only thing that is available is a paid service where you can call phone numbers from Skype to your SIP ... | {
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} |
Comparative Advantage in economics confirmed by evidence - chewxy
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/confirming-ricardo-0620.html
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chewxy
Paper can be found here: <http://ideas.repec.org/p/nbr/nberwo/17969.html>
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Here's What to Do If Both Your Pilots Die on a 737 - mirap
http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a19397/heres-what-to-do-if-both-your-pilots-die-on-a-737/
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makecheck
Please stop linking to the page-that-talks-about-the-page.
They're actually referring to this Quora page: [https://www.quora.com/What-
should-I-d... | {
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One Policy to Control Them All: Shared Modular Policies Agent-Agnostic Control - jonbaer
https://wenlong.page/modular-rl/
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pathak22
Tweet-print (summary of the paper):
[https://twitter.com/pathak2206/status/1281656944718053378](https://twitter.com/pathak2206/status/1281656944718053378)
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The "Unix issue" is 35 years old - phkamp
http://www3.alcatel-lucent.com/bstj/vol57-1978/bstj-vol57-issue06.html
35 years ago they wrote: "UNIX is not the end of the road in operating systems innovations, [...]" but it very much was the final word: Today the only OS's left are those which converged on... | {
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What ABOUT Sanders? - yadayadayada
What are your educated and intelligent thoughts about Sanders? I really want to believe; but, the odds are stacked against the guy heavily.<p>Thoughts?
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sharemywin
The problem I have with most politicians is that most changes come with pros
and cons. And they completely want to... | {
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} |
Resurrecting the extinct frog with a stomach for a womb - ComputerGuru
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/15/resurrecting-the-extinct-frog-with-a-stomach-for-a-womb/
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verelo
This is seriously cool and great to see coming out of Australia.
I know there have been attempts to clone several other spe... | {
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} |
Vo Trong Nghia Architects – S-House 2 - ph0rque
http://votrongnghia.com/projects/s-house-2/
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linhchi
I've been in one of VTN's awarded house in Saigon. I've read quite a lot
discussion of Vietnamese's architects around his works in general.
I agree with some comments that, VTN creative points in his designs (a ... | {
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} |
ISPs Aim to Use Facebook Fracas to Saddle Silicon Valley with Crappy New Laws - sqdbps
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180409/09020639593/broadband-industry-aims-to-use-facebook-fracas-to-saddle-silicon-valley-with-crappy-new-laws.shtml
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drawkbox
The ISPs are in an all out attack on competitors like
Facebook... | {
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Learning iOS/Swift tempted to switch to React Native as it seems like the future - Egamis
I've been learning iOS for a couple of months and I like it so far but more and more I feel tempted to switch to React Native instead as it really seems like the future and the most flexible and also quicker to develop than ... | {
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Show HN: The Byte – A Byte-Sized Podcast about Containers, Cloud, and Tech - vegasbrianc
http://thebyte.io
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quickthrower2
Looks interesting. I will take a listen tomorrow on my drive to work.
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quickthrower2
I listened to three of these and they were great. Thanks.
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Apple's Swift Programming Language May Be Adopted by Google for Android - Jerry2
http://www.macrumors.com/2016/04/07/google-possibly-adopting-swift-for-android/
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thevibesman
Discussion on the original source of the story:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11451093](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=114510... | {
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Detecting Sarcasm with Deep Convolutional Neural Networks - fagnerbrack
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bjourne
Missing link? [https://medium.com/dair-ai/detecting-sarcasm-with-deep-
convo...](https://medium.com/dair-ai/detecting-sarcasm-with-deep-
convolutional-neural-networks-4a0657f79e80)
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Rocket Launch Real-Time Telemetry Server - JoshTriplett
http://live.psas.pdx.edu/profiles/Default
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JoshTriplett
Also see [https://twitter.com/pdxaerospace](https://twitter.com/pdxaerospace)
for live commentary on the launch.
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Study of 4chan's Politically Incorrect Forum and Its Effect on the Web - jtanderson
https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.03452
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internaut
Are the academics involved in the creation of this document aware that they
are, in 4chan parlance, 'raiding'?
So far as I am aware this is not illegal, merely annoying or immoral.
He... | {
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} |
Malcolm Gladwell on spaghetti sauce - mun411
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/malcolm_gladwell_on_spaghetti_sauce.html
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covercash
[2004]
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BitBucket now has voting on issues. - planckscnst
https://bitbucket.org/site/master/issue/3674/add-ability-to-vote-for-issues-bb-3647
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planckscnst
Issues for BitBucket itself, sorted by votes.
[https://bitbucket.org/site/master/issues?status=new&status=o...](https://bitbucket.org/site/master/issues?status=new&... | {
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Microspaces (aka Nested GUIs) - mbuchanan
We're just about ready to release several products using our new technology. Essentially it's a new category called 'nested GUIs' (aka Microspaces).. With microspaces you can keep info in multiple GUIs and are able to nest them in each other.<p>I'd really like to get any fe... | {
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Show HN: A Google chrome extension to add a little bro in your browsing. - swiil
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bro-ifyme/hfpgpmnapkjlmdogaeiimdoplddnokeb?hl=en-US&utm_source=chrome-ntp-launcher&authuser=1
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DonateKarma
Bro, did you give yourself a 5 star review? Not cool.
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swiil
I whipped thi... | {
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Svgbob – convert ASCII diagrams to SVG, now with styling support - ivanceras
https://ivanceras.github.io/svgbob-editor/
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mbar84
I recently wrote an editor for this:
[https://mbarkhau.keybase.pub/asciigrid/](https://mbarkhau.keybase.pub/asciigrid/)
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michael-ax
excellent! created something sensible and releva... | {
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} |
We Analyzed 12 of the Biggest Direct-to-Consumer Success Stories - pmp301
https://www.cbinsights.com/research/direct-to-consumer-retail-strategies/
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wwwdonohue
A while ago it seemed like the incredible margins that you could make off
selling something DTC was going to make this the dominant business model of
the... | {
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} |
A gallery of large graphs - davi
http://www2.research.att.com/~yifanhu/GALLERY/GRAPHS/index.html
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Dilpil
Cool stuff, but it would be cooler with more context as to what each graph
represented.
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davi
If you click on a thumbnail, then on the "click here for this matrix" link,
you get a bunch of additional in... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Review the project idea for Android - db42
I am thinking of doing some project on android platform. Right now, these are the thoughts on my mind.
People carry smart-phones 24X7 with themselves so, there is a lot of scope for interaction between these devices (through wifi, bluetooth or whatever). For example... | {
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Airbnb allegedly purged more than 1,000 New York listings to rig survey - jflowers45
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/10/airbnb-new-york-city-listings-purge-multiple-apartment-listings
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jakevoytko
Honestly, it couldn't be easier to find listings that violate the law. This
stuff isn't abstract, you ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Where/how can I find a personal Programming Coach? - spking
I'm a professional designer, but I want the ability to build my own ideas. I've stopped out of learning Ruby (and Rails) three times now due to frustration, lack of discipline and just not getting beyond parroting the tutorial examples from the boo... | {
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You Shouldn’t Wake Up at 5AM - CreamPuff
https://medium.com/1-one-infinity/you-shouldnt-wake-up-at-5am-12252618eef5
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vhodges
Sorry, I am not signing up just to read some friggin' blog post.
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A Look at Gab, 'Free Speech' Social Site Where Synagogue Shooting Suspect Posted - kadendogthing
https://www.npr.org/2018/10/28/661532688/a-look-at-gab-the-free-speech-social-site-where-synagogue-shooting-suspect-poste
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angersock
Looks like both Joyent and Paypal pushed them off their platforms. Paypal has
alway... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Presentation on giving presentations? - ZoFreX
I'm pretty sure I saw this on HN but my search-fu is weak today. It was a presentation (on slideshare I think) on how to give presentations. It emphasised bold use of images and colour, and minimal use of text. If anyone has any idea which one I'm talking about,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Developing HTTPS Services in Node with Self-Signed Certificates - mattcbaker
https://mattcbaker.com/post/developing-https-node-local/
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z3t4
Save a ton of work by placing a http proxy infront of your NodeJS apps, and
also let the http proxy serve static content. That way you dont have to
implement a http-server+S... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Project Management tool with flexible tracking time - sharmi
Hi,<p>I'm on the look out for a task tracking tool.<p>1. It should be able to work with just the duration of the task with the starttime and endtime of the task being optional.
2. I should be able to indicate which task depends on which.
3. Af... | {
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This Video Has 477,200 Views - loayxz
https://youtu.be/BxV14h0kFs0
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ummwhat
Inaccurate submission title. Can one of the mods please change it?
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emsign
lmao (that's the whole point of the video)
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Ask HN: Does YC ask for option pool and pro-rata rights for their standard deal? - foreign-inc
I have received an angel investment offer from an incubator in SV. They are offering 125K at 4m valuation using original YC safe style docs. They have asked for pro-rata rights, 10% option pool and 3% common advisory stock(p... | {
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} |
The skill-building recession - dangoldin
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/11/the_skillbuilding_recession.cfm
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Wilduck
A good follow up question would be: Will the US economy be able to absorb
these skilled laborers upon graduation?
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beza1e1
Well, the recession may be an indirect reason w... | {
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This Is Why Poor People's Bad Decisions Make Perfect Sense - gabzuka
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-tirado/why-poor-peoples-bad-decisions-make-perfect-sense_b_4326233.html
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jareds
It was also not explained why this person is going to school. Why are they
going to school? I would assume that if they were m... | {
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} |
Long-tail acquirers for medium exits - revorad
http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2012/05/long-tail-acquirers-for-medium-exits.html
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ramanujan
One aspect of gabe's otherwise excellent post that went unmentioned is the
cultural issue associated with an acquisition of this sort.
For the acquired company to make ... | {
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} |
Python REST Examples For Parse - bjornick
http://blog.parse.com/2012/07/09/python-rest-examples/
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seanodonnell
very nice, and very nice docs as a whole, is this built on top of an existing
documentation framework, or is it a completely in house tool?
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hanapbuhay
Points for using Day[9] and 1337 in the e... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Is velocity a good metric to measure team performance? - duykhoa12t
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_niom_
Short answer is no.
Problem with the velocity is that we developers are really poor in estimates
and the velocity is rarely accurate enough.
So what I would like to recommend is that you first check your definition of
done and t... | {
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The Oil Industry’s Covert Campaign to Rewrite American Car Emissions Rules - pingou
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/climate/cafe-emissions-rollback-oil-industry.html
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nimbius
Disclosure: im a full-time auto mechanic learning python in my ample spare
time.
In terms of emissions, you wont come close to what a ... | {
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} |
Defund the NSA - This Isn't Over - sethbannon
http://defundthensa.com/#
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pvnick
This is great! A followup contact, either praise or criticism, is like
Pavlovian conditioning for our representatives. I'm happy to say I was able to
give positive reinforcement to my congressman. Forgive me if I'm mixing up my
theor... | {
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} |
In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That - dnorris10
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/business/22law.html?&pagewanted=all
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gaius
_If somebody’s paying $150,000 for a law school degree_
Colleges don't sell degrees, they sell educations - you have to earn the
degree. Or you used to, anyway. Why not skip al... | {
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Ask YC: Do you guys think a think tank startup would work? - zitterbewegung
By think tank I mean a startup which generally does research and possibly sells or markets the ideas. You have a group of people implementing the ideas and the same group also thinks up new ideas to implement.
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nreece
Sure. That's how ... | {
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Google: Changes Coming To G+ This Week - mindcrime
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218303/Google_Changes_coming_to_Google_this_week
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joebadmo
Changes I'm looking forward to:
* Integration with Google Reader.
* Group chat (why is Huddle a mobile-only function?).
* Photo/screen-sharing (like the youtu... | {
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Ask HN: Any tips to get VC funding for a consulting business? - googlycooly
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davismwfl
So I agree with svennek that VC and consulting businesses are not generally
compatible but I disagree with the logic used. Marketplaces being the
exception, but in those cases those businesses aren't even categorized as a
consu... | {
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} |
Forget philanthropy. The super-rich should be paying proper taxes - paulpauper
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/02/forget-philanthropy-super-rich-should-be-paying-proper-taxes
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roenxi
At least everyone can agree that government taxing should be higher than
government spending^.
This article is... | {
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} |
Carbon: Create and share images of source code - polm23
https://carbon.now.sh/
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oefrha
I learned about Carbon maybe three years ago. Back then the README example
looked like this: [https://user-
images.githubusercontent.com/10369094/30791512-...](https://user-
images.githubusercontent.com/10369094/30791512-cb001... | {
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The Oracle NoSQL Database 11g - nosh
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/nosqldb/learnmore/nosql-database-data-sheet-498054.pdf
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gerardo
What the hell? First, they dissed NoSQL, and then make their own
implementation?.
What is this marketing sorcery?.
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Udo
They recognized NoSQL as a threat (after l... | {
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} |
Arguing Is Pointless - acconrad
http://blogs.hbr.org/bregman/2011/02/arguing-is-pointless.html
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Fargren
No, arguing is not pointless. But the point of arguing is rarely to convince
someone of anything. The point of arguing is learning the other persons
arguments and the flaws in your own. Arguing is platonic dia... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Javascript Trap - rlm
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html
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tsally
There's a disturbing lack of understanding in this community about free
software, the GPL and other licences, and RMS himself. Of course Stallman is
an extremist. Every leader of such a movement by definition must be an
extremis... | {
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} |
The Impending Demise of the University - nostrademons
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/tapscott09/tapscott09_index.html
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tokenadult
I thought this looked familiar:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=642478>
| {
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How White Nationalism Courts Internet Nerd Culture - aeontech
https://medium.com/@DeoTasDevil/how-white-nationalism-courts-internet-nerd-culture-b4ebad07863d
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slphil
> IQ is a pseudoscience
This is how people trying to oppose the alt right shoot themselves in the
foot. Alt right intellectuals and propagandists ... | {
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} |
Flea Marketers Rejoice TSA Auctions Large Lots For Cheap - DanielBMarkham
http://freedom-or-safety.com/blog/flea-marketers-rejoice-tsa-auctions-large-lots-for-cheap/
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DanielBMarkham
Wonder what kind of market there would be for a site called something like
"TSA Took My Knife" where you could sell people their ... | {
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} |
The case for cities where you’re a sensor, not a thing to be sensed - raleighm
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2020/jan/17/the-case-for-cities-where-youre-the-sensor-not-the-thing-being-sensed
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kristianc
> It’s not hard to see why: “smart” has become code for “terrible”. A “smart
> speaker” is a speaker that ... | {
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} |
EU plans to plant 3B trees and expand organic farming - onetimemanytime
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2244115-eu-plans-to-plant-3-billion-trees-and-massively-expand-organic-farming/
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fsflover
I wonder why organic farming is so popular. Wikipedia says:
1\. "Researchers at Oxford University analyzed 71 pee... | {
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} |
Ask HN: traditional PPO or HDHP PPO medical plan? - yeukhon
I received a new offer and I am in the process of selecting health benefit. What a boring and sophisticated process.<p>I like the benefit of HSA in HDHP PPO, but the high deductible is kind of a bit bummer.<p>I am single, and I am pretty healthy. I plan to ha... | {
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Software Development Dogma That Needs to Die - wayofthesamurai
http://thinkfaster.co/2015/11/software-development-dogma-that-needs-to-die/
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0xdeadbeefbabe
I think hating the tools is timeless.
| {
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Who Doesn't Want Their Own Personal Flying Watercraft? - mielles
http://www.futureofgadgets.com/futureblogger/show/1337-who-doesn-t-want-their-own-personal-flying-watercraft-
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yan
As someone who is currently getting his pilot's license, I wouldn't be
comfortable sitting in a craft that abstracts flying to maki... | {
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} |
Young entrepreneurs turn a Tweet from Richard Branson into $1 Million - ahlemk
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/advisor/young-entrepreneurs-turn-a-tweet-from-richard-branson-into--1-million.html?fb_action_ids=10100137262022753%2C10100137211768463%2C4381961266023%2C10100137295874913%2C10100137272476803&fb_action_types=n... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Tiled: fee, easy to use and flexible tile map editor - cheiVia0
http://www.mapeditor.org/
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candiodari
Perhaps "fee" should be "free" in the title ?
~~~
cheiVia0
Yes, too late to edit it though.
| {
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Facebook, Axios and NBC Paid to Whitewash Wikipedia Pages - danso
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wikipedia-paid-editing-pr-facebook-nbc-axios_n_5c63321be4b03de942967225
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ilamont
_A few people, however, have figured out how to manipulate Wikipedia’s
supposedly neutral system to turn a profit._
Neutral system? A ... | {
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} |
Having Frequent Diarrhea as a Child Shapes Your Adult Mate Choice - lkrubner
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/bering-in-mind/2014/08/12/this-queasy-love-how-having-frequent-diarrhea-as-a-child-shapes-your-adult-mate-choice/
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anigbrowl
This is one of the worst-written articles I have ever encountered - I fee... | {
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} |
How WeChat faded into the silence in India - HalfRebel
https://factordaily.com/how-wechat-faded-into-the-silence-in-india/
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yorwba
WeChat seems to have never tried very hard to adapt their app for
international users.
The English interface is reasonably well-tested (many of my Chinese friends
use it to practice... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Why doesn't google.com implement DNSSEC? - kralos
https://dnssec-debugger.verisignlabs.com/google.com
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kralos
Does anyone know why Google hasn't implemented DNSSEC on google.com ?
~~~
tptacek
Because DNSSEC is silly and doesn't solve any real problems, but does
introduce a major operational burden where... | {
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} |
“Origins of the Apple human interface” lecture – an annotated transcription - NaOH
http://morrick.me/archives/8432
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syspec
I love the bit about being able to view content in a larger window. “This
thing called an elevator shaft, with an elevator in it. That thing is still
there today, called the scroll bar”
Tha... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Bug in the Physical Building - kqr
http://two-wrongs.com/the-bug-in-the-physical-building
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brudgers
The 1995 story in the _New Yorker_ :
[http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1995/05/29/the-fifty-
nine-...](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1995/05/29/the-fifty-nine-story-
crisis)
It is misleading to classify ... | {
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} |
The State of Espresso in 2015 - daledavies
http://www.jimseven.com/2015/08/31/the-state-of-espresso-in-2015/
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brudgers
I realized I am so pavlovian conditioned to expect bullet points regarding an
open source javascript framework at the other end of the link, that I had to
read the article twice just to make sur... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Angular's $watch, $digest and $apply explained - bjoe_lewis
http://angular-tips.com/blog/2013/08/watch-how-the-apply-runs-a-digest/
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funkiee
It really is easy to end up with over 1000 watches in a page if you use any
sort of list of length 100 or greater with complex data. Directives like
bindonce help cut dow... | {
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} |
If Nvidia wants a proof-of-concept of A64 in a compute cloud, here's one - kristianpaul
https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/15/aws_t4g_burtable_arm_instance/
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kristianpaul
AWS is bursting with pride for its Arm CPU cores – so much it’s put them
behind a burstable instance type
| {
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} |
Facebook Overhauls Groups, A Social Solution To Create “A Pristine Graph” - ssclafani
http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/06/facebook-groups/
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amanuel
I'm not buying the idea that a social graph has long term value. Relationships
come and go. People die. People delete their Facebook accounts.
A social graph is just a... | {
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} |
Is amazon or flipkart better for purchasing a macbook pro? - stealthmodeclan
I am gifting it to a developer friend who expressed desire for a macbook. Need help from developers.
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andymoe
If you’re in the US but not in NY Give
[https://www.bhphotovideo.com](https://www.bhphotovideo.com) a look. They are
are large... | {
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} |
IBM and Red Hat to Vote “No” on Java Modules (Jigsaw) - taylodl
https://www.infoq.com/news/2017/05/no-jigsaw
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lvh
Jigsaw breaks far too much stuff to be useful in its present form. There are a
_lot_ of cross-links between things you might expect to be separate; e.g.
java.sql's date objects using java.util.Date.
... | {
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} |
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