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Erlang or Java (Reactor) - dericop
Hello,
I want to select a stack for a new highly concurrent service (hundreds or thousands
of updates per second).<p>Do you think that Erlang or Java reactive stack (Reactor) will be a good fit? Which would you prefer?<p>Thanks.
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dmlittle
The answer will probably depend from p... | {
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Snowden to make statement imminently, from Moscow. - teawithcarl
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/351809049446203392
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brown9-2
[http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/01/us-usa-security-
sn...](http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/01/us-usa-security-snowden-
letter-idUSBRE96017M20130701)
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Now on twitter.com you can save or schedule drafts up to 18 months in advance - aspenmayer
https://twitter.com/twittersupport/status/1266081598748925961
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aspenmayer
Tweet was edited for length. Original tweet was:
Not quite ready to send that Tweet? Now on
[https://twitter.com](https://twitter.com) you can save... | {
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Firefox, IE, Chrome and Common Names - adontz
I have found a really strange thing I have not heard about.<p>If you visit a TLS enabled website under name "www.something.ext", but it provides certificate for "something.ext" only, I mean common name is "something.ext" and "www.somethin... | {
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Don't Panic: there's more TTL - tetrakai
https://karla.io/2016/06/12/dont-panic.html
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beezle
This could be a really neat canary too
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Heathrow Airport fined £120K for serious failings in data protection practices - bauc
https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2018/10/heathrow-airport-limited-fined-120-000-for-serious-failings-in-its-data-protection-practices/
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SenHeng
> The member of the public decided to tell The Sunda... | {
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What to Do About Inequality (2012) - huihuiilly
https://bostonreview.net/testing-tax-policy
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netcan
Picketty kind of reminds me of Yuval Noah Harari in that they both have
stunning insight and perspective on the past, but get quite bland once the
present comes up.
For YNH, his key points in history really chang... | {
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Ten Dropbox Engineers Build Lossless 'Pied Piper' Compression Algorithm - boyd
http://science.slashdot.org/story/15/08/28/2014238/ten-dropbox-engineers-build-bsd-licensed-lossless-pied-piper-compression-algorithm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29
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Cra... | {
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The Killer App: Wired Magazine, Voice of the Corporate Revolution (1995) - pron
http://thebaffler.com/archive/the_killer_app_wired_magazine_voice_of_the_corporate_revolution
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pron
"Wired’s distinctive maimed typography and its fluorescent hues may be
interesting, but the magazine’s truly marvelous feature is its... | {
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Project Cassandra: Facebook's Open Source Alternative to Google BigTable - Anon84
http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2008/07/14/ProjectCassandraFacebooksOpenSourceAlternativeToGoogleBigTable.aspx
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siculars
good stuff... the amazon dynamo paper should be required reading for people
contemplating implementing the... | {
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Ask HN: Why are RationalWiki articles always high up in Google search results? - StandardFuture
RationalWiki admits to their political-bias and outright incompetence in maintaining a purely objective stance on topics:<p>https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Essay:I_thought_this_was_supposed_to_be_RATIONALW... | {
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New wonder drug matches and kills all kinds of cancer - spking
http://m.nypost.com/p/news/national/testing_starts_creates_homegrown_4jSHWpWFBEkczPTFque7VM
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Splendor
I get all of my science news from celeb gossip sites.
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How Much Land Does a Man Need? (1886) - utopian3
https://www.online-literature.com/tolstoy/2738/
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idoubtit
This story was faithfully transposed to *bande dessinée" (European comics) by
Martin Veyron in 2016. "Ce qu'il faut de terre à l'homme" won a prize at the
Angoulême Festival, and I recommend it very much if... | {
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Don't Create Objects That End with -ER - yegor256a
http://www.yegor256.com/2015/03/09/objects-end-with-er.html?2015-10
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dalke
You posted this 5 months ago, at
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9174193](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9174193)
, with 10 comments.
In that thread I gave what I consider to... | {
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The Atlantic: A Waking Nightmare for Covid Patients: PTSD - nixtaken
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_AKe07J7tE
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nixtaken
Holy hell. This epidemic is going to teach everyone a thing or two about
anesthesia. Part of you does remember what happened to your body while you
were under. I had two operations as a teen... | {
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Show HN: Type someone's name and find out how to pronounce it - mac_was
https://www.sayoname.com/me/maciej
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mac_was
Hi HN, I've created sayoname.com, which allows everybody to create profiles
and record first and last names. You can video chat with people and search for
names and last names. It is free.
Why thi... | {
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No password is safe from new breed of cracking software - lisper
http://www.salon.com/2013/09/02/no_password_is_safe_from_new_breed_of_cracking_software_partner/
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thirsteh
I'm sorry, but this latest spree of articles is nonsense. There is nothing
wrong with a _randomly_ constructed password or passphrase, and ... | {
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MicroTESK (Microprocessor Testing and Specification Kit) - peter_d_sherman
http://www.microtesk.org/microtesk/about-microtesk/
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peter_d_sherman
>"MicroTESK (Microprocessor Testing and Specification Kit) is a toolkit that
automates development of test program generators for microprocessors and other
programmable ... | {
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The Problem with Patriotism/Nationalism - cwan
http://mattmaroon.com/2009/12/02/patriotism-is-stupid/
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callmeed
_"So when I buy a shirt, whether the job of making it went to an American or a
Chinese person, someone got paid and I’m happy for that."_
While I (think I) understand the heart of this sentiment, if y... | {
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Charlie Chaplin was the ideal actor for members of the Soviet avant garde - never-the-bride
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/06/the-chaplin-machine-by-owen-hatherley-review
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THE_PUN_STOPS
Pretty amazing that the "Modern Times" link in this article goes to their
original review of the film from July 14, ... | {
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Show HN: One tool to view your website analytics, SEO, uptime, and security - kamban
https://flatga.io
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kamban
I launched this tool last year, as a simple Google Analytics interface. Since
it attracted a good audience, I improved the tool to be an all-in-one website
metrics tool. It works on top of Google Analyt... | {
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Show HN: CloudFetch Never miss interesting stories on HN/ProductHunt/any website - timqian
https://cloudfetch.info/
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timqian
Hi HN,I build this tool to help me collect interesting updates on my favorite
websites such as Hackernews, ProductHunt, Github trending, IH and so on. Hope
this tool can help you been bett... | {
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Google Automatically Adds Scroll to Text Fragment to Search Results on Chrome - SaijoGeorge
https://tldrmarketing.com/seo/google-automatically-adds-scroll-to-text-fragment-to-featured-snippets-in-serps-on-chrome/
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yamboy1
I honestly dislike this feature, because it leads to very messy looking urls
with lots of u... | {
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The Paradox of Building America's Green Lifestyle Grid - hownottowrite
https://mountainjournal.org/renewable-energy-solves-one-problem-but-creates-another
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mrpopo
Very important article.
A point that failed to be mentioned is this one : as the mining demand goes
up, more and more "low-concentration" mines will ... | {
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Benefits of Bootstrap framework with it's example - brijeshdobariya
https://dev.to/codedthemes/benefits-of-bootstrap-framework-with-it-s-example-2i26
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nivertech
How tailwind CSS compares to Bootstrap?
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Dahoon
A list of benefits but no cons?
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Ask YC: Avoiding "enterprise software" and self-justifying IT groups? - makecheck
One of the things I miss most about working at a startup is that IT in a startup focuses on actual productivity. Ironically, in a tiny company with a keen instinct for survival, the IT people at a startup don't seem as paranoid as tho... | {
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Website that will log you out of all your accounts - sergiotapia
http://superlogout.com/
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kitwalker12
goddamit...atleast ask for a confirmation.
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dvh
AKA "The list of websites that don't know what CSRF is"
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gus_massa
Some site don't check this in the logout page on purpose, for example google:
[https:... | {
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Could Facebook Become The Next Microsoft? - rchambers
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/could-facebook-become-the-next-microsoft/
Amongst all the noise today over Facebook's acquisition of Parakey, little has been said on what the acquisition means for Facebook in the broader sense.
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Jd
I made a comment on ... | {
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Lambda Architecture - r4um
http://lambda-architecture.net/
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lfl1001
Good, bookmarked
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Photoreal Roman Emperor Project - pier0
https://medium.com/@voshart/photoreal-roman-emperor-project-236be7f06c8f
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ralfd
Quite a bit "dark-washed". Aurelius was likely from the Balkans/Dacia, maybe
even descended from Roman settlers, Carus was probably from southern Gaul.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus](ht... | {
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Sort CSS declarations with this npm package - Siilwyn
https://github.com/Siilwyn/css-declaration-sorter
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Siilwyn
Released this package some time ago, now I'm searching for ways to improve it.
If anybody knows a good documented order that I can include don't hesitate to
suggest it. Also any other kind of feedback... | {
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How Our CSS Framework Helps Enforce Accessibility - kungfudoi
http://www.ebaytechblog.com/2015/11/04/how-our-css-framework-helps-enforce-accessibility/
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thebouv
The title is a bit strong -- their standards encourage accessibility, they
don't enforce it.
Now a TDD/linter/review bot that could check for broken ru... | {
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Ask HN: What day of the week has the most traffic on Hacker News? - questionr
I'm curious which day (of the week) does HN experience the most traffic/viewership?<p>If not available, could you wager a guess? I would say, Monday or Friday.<p>Are there any numbers for this and other HN-related statistics?
=====... | {
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Show HN: Observable Notebooks - jashkenas
https://beta.observablehq.com/
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jashkenas
Before this post fades from the front page, I just wanted to take a moment to
link to some of the things folks have been publishing this morning:
Nick Strayer shows how t-SNE is similar (equivalent?) to a force-directed
graph la... | {
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XSS in Tweetdeck (don't view in Tweetdeck...) - maaarghk
https://twitter.com/derGeruhn/status/476764918763749376
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adambard
So apparently this was retweeted by @5SOS, a teen pop band with some 3 million
followers, which is why most of the responses are confused teenagers.
For some reason this is hilarious to m... | {
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Up with Downfly - bootload
http://gigaom.com/2007/07/11/downfly/
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cmars232
Unfortunate name!
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The State of Mexican Venture Capital - dennisvdheijden
http://www.dennisvanderheijden.com/the-state-of-mexican-venture-capital/
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ememorato
As you have well mentioned, Mexico's entrepreneurship and startup investment
scene is in its infancy. A notable barrier between this current state and a
more mature ecosyst... | {
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Fanboy Theory - Cadsby
http://www.marco.org/2012/01/04/fanboy-theory
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loso
I don't agree with this at all. Most of time, when I see charges of
"fanboyism" it is when a person is attacking, or is known for attacking, the
choices of others. For example, "You use Windows over Macs? You must like
viruses". Or "You... | {
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Overview of our startup industry - Daily Deals - saifa
I want to write a post and overview about my start-up industry. Unfortunately it's not a pro post, as I’m far from being a good blogger and english is not my 1st language.<p>That is not a secret that group buying (daily deals, social e-commerce, Groupon) is one ... | {
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The Feed Is Dying - frostmatthew
http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/04/the-feed-is-dying.html
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drdeca
My only complaint about chronological feeds is that it doesn't have a "jump to
where I last was/left off" option, so that I can read the things in order.
On the other hand, I have much larger complaints about an o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Will the techno-optimists save the world? - mwhite
http://paulgilding.com/cockatoo-chronicles/will-the-techno-optimists-save-the-world.html
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redwood
While I would never deny that the climate is changing, I think you do see an
intellectually dishonest approach used by the climate change-focused
community: and t... | {
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Viddyou Offers High Definition Uploads For Personal Videos; For a Price - aaroneous
http://mashable.com/2008/03/19/viddyou-hd/
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aaroneous
Hey guys - this is my tiny little startup, and we released some exciting new
stuff that's getting a little coverage. I'd love to hear your feedback if you
have any. :]
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Peanut-allergy cure close after Australian breakthrough - ourmandave
http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/peanutallergy-cure-close-after-australian-breakthrough-20170816-gxxz10.html
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DrScump
If it has a 33% failure rate, I think "cure" is overstating it.
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jessriedel
Does this lend additional weight to th... | {
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What Millennium Park's 'Cloud Gate' Looks Like from Inside - mzs
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-millennium-park-cloud-gate-looks-like-from-inside-451341533.html
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one2zero
I had no idea that this was called the "Cloud Gate"...just assumed it was
called "The Bean".
Let's talk about The Sears Tower and... | {
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Ask HN: Can't get motivated. Help? - t0pj
I've been thinking about creating an online dating service for quite a while.<p>I figured it would be a good way to do something simple and cut my teeth on some new technologies. I had a plan. The code would be written in PHP. I would use MySql for the database. Apache w... | {
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Ask HN: How do you manage redux at scale? - adambratt
Question for all the redux or Rx.js users...<p>How do you efficiently manage your state/actions when it gets super complicated?<p>I don't mean in terms of performance though, I'm interested in terms of how you make it so your codebase is still scalea... | {
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Linux – Btrfs, ZFS, ext4: performance [pdf] - joshumax
http://www.dhtusa.com/media/IOPerfCMG09.pdf
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jmcguckin
You ought to point out that this paper is 6 years old.
| {
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Dizzy Gillespie ran for U.S. president - keiferski
https://www.jazziz.com/time-dizzy-ran-president-united-states/
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rudiv
> John Birks Society
LOL. In case anyone missed the reference:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birch_Society](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birch_Society)
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Ask HN: Which books did you download from the Springer Bonanza? - jacquesm
For a much too short time Springer allowed the free download of a large chunk of their catalog. I downloaded "Impact of Information Society Research in the Global South" and "Intertwingled" (A book about Ted Nelson).<p>What ... | {
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Valve: Handbook for New Employees [pdf] - dcschelt
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1074301/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf
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RUG3Y
I've read this before. I wish I could work there, but I'm sure my resume and
skills are not good enough.
| {
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China’s Financial Services Industry Is Banking on AI - Yuqing7
https://medium.com/syncedreview/chinas-financial-services-industry-is-banking-on-ai-68995e8b90f4
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NicoJuicy
They are betting so hard on A.I., but a bank only has to do a couple of
things.
\- transfer money cheaply, fast and easy
\- fix/ detect abus... | {
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Show HN: Voice to MIDI bot - rammo92
https://blog.buildo.io/voice-to-midi-bot-193b83f47d6e
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matt_the_bass
Will this work with drums? It would be awesome if I could (poorly) beat box a
rythme and get a drum loop in return.
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casper-12
Yes, it does. Have a look at the bot.
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matt_the_bass
Awesome! I’ll take ... | {
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Meter‐Scale Experiments on Magma‐Water Interaction - sohkamyung
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2018JB015682
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sohkamyung
NYTimes article on the experiments at [1] with video.
[1] [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/science/volcanos-
explosio...](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/science/vol... | {
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Land deals in Africa and Asia: Cornering foreign fields - Anon84
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13697274
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potatolicious
Very interesting article - and we can see the effects of this sort of land
ownership historically, particularly with regards to American multi-national
agriculture... | {
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} |
New Haswell Thinkpads - Aaronneyer
http://shop.lenovo.com/il/en/laptops/thinkpad/t-series/t440
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Aaronneyer
No purchase page yet, but you can see details on most of the new haswell
thinkpads by hacking the URL.
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Aaronneyer
Here's some of them:
[http://shop.lenovo.com/il/en/laptops/thinkpad/t-series/t440s](... | {
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COBOL ON COGS - troystribling
http://www.coboloncogs.org/INDEX.HTM
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mynameishere
Laugh all you want. I remember when the terminal connections to mainframes and
vaxen were being replaced by websites in the mid-to-late 90s. It was
astonishing just how much _worse_ websites could be.
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gaius
Yeah, those old deve... | {
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Sprint Nextel Lost 1.3 Million Customers in Quarter - josefresco
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/08/technology/08nextel.html?ref=technology
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iigs
The only thing keeping me with sprint is that I have a soft spot for the
underdog.
The device situation on CDMA is bleak, and Sprint aggravates it by not
allowing de... | {
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} |
Controlling a Quadcopter with Hand Gestures - theseankelly
http://www.thejumperwire.com/articles/controlling-a-quadcopter-with-hand-gestures/
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fermienrico
Hand Gesture controls bother me. I see all these fancy implementations
enabling hand gestures such as the Google ATAP project called Soli [1], but
none of the... | {
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} |
Apple faking 489 to 815 PPI on iPhone 4 ads - pmikal
http://www.digitalsociety.org/2010/06/apple-using-fake-489-to-815-ppi-on-iphone-4-ads/
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MarcusA
Also, none of my friends are as attractive as the models used on the Facetime
page. Stop faking my friends. Apple, please fix this.
~~~
redstripe
As a side note,... | {
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Codeacademy Learn SQL Course, with HN Data Dump - awin
https://news.codecademy.com/how-to-hack-hacker-news
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DrScump
Actual title: "How to Hack Hacker News".
Github, the New York Times, and Medium are the sources most trusted by the Hacker News community
Most _clicked_ != Most trusted.
---... | {
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London's rental market: where $2k a month gets you a bed beside the toilet - onetimemanytime
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/29/uk/london-renting-compared-berlin-gbr-grm-intl/index.html
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strken
If you look at the floorplan[0] shown in the article, it looks like any sane
person who lived in the flat would treat i... | {
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What happened, Gmail? - xoxoavi
https://uxplanet.org/what-happened-gmail-e5f35e423b1b
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tgb
The author's experience with GMail seems to be the opposite of mine. The new
features for disappearing/unprintable/etc. emails sound like they're just
going to cause annoyances while Gmail sorting things into promotions an... | {
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} |
Google AMP is bad for e-commerce - themaveness
https://thirtybees.com/blog/amp-is-bad-for-e-commerce/
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kinkrtyavimoodh
Despite understanding and largely agreeing with the concerns against AMP Cache
that get discussed any time an AMP article gets posted on HN, I cannot stress
enough on how relieved I feel to see ... | {
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12 fuck ups whilst making a chatbot - jonplackett
https://medium.com/wk-ventures/11-f-k-ups-whilst-making-a-chatbot-10b71d837e2a
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BentFranklin
<i>Some people are too stupid to follow directions</i>
Just have the chatbot tell the cookbot what to do.
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How would you flip 5k - shams93
Her first thought is house flipping, not sure what people think about that. I've heard of good results with short term corporate bonds from some family. How would you flip 5k into a running business?
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CyberFonic
You only make money flipping houses if you do most of the work y... | {
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} |
Why leaks are so toxic to secretive entities - antonioono
http://zunguzungu.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/julian-assange-and-the-computer-conspiracy-%E2%80%9Cto-destroy-this-invisible-government%E2%80%9D/
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badwetter
Excellent read; thanks for posting this blog!
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ArrayDB, a new and easy PHP ORM - mstdokumaci
http://github.com/mstdokumaci/arraydb
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blj
I am not a PHP programmer, but I noticed that most of the files does not have
a php closing "?>". Or am I missing something?
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mstdokumaci
it's mostly not adviced: <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4410704/php-
closin... | {
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Stephen Wolfram IAmA On Reddit (3pm EST) - nswanberg
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/tmutz/stephen_wolfram_nks_10th_anniversary/
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minimax
Anyone interested in NKS might also be interested in Cosma Shalizi's review
which details several substantial problems with the book.
<http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crsh... | {
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We’d have more quantum computers if it weren’t so hard to find the damn cables - respinal
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612760/quantum-computers-component-shortage/
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stwe_
I am working with one of these dilution refrigerators of Oxford Instruments in
my PhD thesis (not directly quantum computing, but a rela... | {
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} |
An iPhone App Market That Doesn't Require Jailbreaking... Which Apple Can't Stop - peter123
http://techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20100730/00083610420.shtml
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bradleyland
It's not exactly like this is a secret. Steve Jobs talked about the "openness"
of the web as a platform explicitly at WWDC.
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Willia... | {
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A majority of millennials now reject capitalism, poll shows - alphonsegaston
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/26/a-majority-of-millennials-now-reject-capitalism-poll-shows/?postshare=6201488310112857&tid=ss_tw
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tabeth
In my experience, people who criticize this article are probably benefiting
... | {
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} |
DoNotPay Unsubscribes You from Spam–and Tries to Get You Paid - mmhsieh
https://www.wired.com/story/donotpay-unsubscribe-spam-class-action/
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hedora
Clicking through the article: They also offer a service to sue robo callers.
You get a burner credit card number to help you claim that bogus cruise you
keep winnin... | {
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} |
Army War College paper predicts possible collapse of US military within 20 years - low_common
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbmkz8/us-military-could-collapse-within-20-years-due-to-climate-change-report-commissioned-by-pentagon-says
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grouseway
"Water is currently 30-40 percent of the costs required to susta... | {
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Joint Statement Regarding the Insolvency of Mt. Gox - velcro
http://blog.coinbase.com/post/77766809700/joint-statement-regarding-the-insolvency-of-mtgox
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lkrubner
For historical perspective, consider the last great panic to sweep the USA
before the Federal Reserve was established:
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... | {
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A cheaper, already available brydge competitor. (iPad = MacBook Pro) - nico_h
http://www.thefancy.com/sales/2273/ipad-notebookcase
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SpenceAiello
No speakers on this one?
| {
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RIP Jody - kfadler
http://heykfa.com/post/45663629559/rip-jody
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esthercrawford
Mental health conversations are really tough because no one wants to be
stigmatized. Depression and anxiety are issues that millions of people deal
with but unfortunately acknowledging personal issues with either is seen as a
sign o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
ThinkGeek TK-421 iPhone keyboard case review - shawndumas
http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/01/thinkgeek-tk-421-iphone-keyboard-case-review/
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kls
Sold, it is the one thing I decry about the iPhone. I prefer the side kick
style physical keyboard. I am a happy camper right now.
| {
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} |
HP packs 6 cores, 32GB ECC memory, 4TB SSD into a 5lb laptop - bluedino
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/04/hp-uses-new-6-core-mobile-chips-to-build-some-monster-workstations/
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peatmoss
Impressive, but will it run Linux without being a pain in the ass? In all
seriousness, I feel like the Thinkpads almost, bu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Sleep 'boosts brain cell numbers' - akandiah
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23932577
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yardie
Good article. I hope some of these 'brogrammers' read it and realize that
programming 20 hours a day is not only shortening your lifespan. It is,
literally, making you more stupid.
~~~
arethuza
I wonder if anyone has ... | {
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} |
Show HN: Style – A very small, responsive style sheet - 127001brewer
http://style.choinski.net/
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fiatjaf
This is very, very cool. Awesome, I would say. It is really awesome, when your
layout is simple, to not have to think about various screen sizes and just let
this stylesheet adjust it for you.
Maybe you co... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Ringo - Building access the way you want it - j-m-o
https://www.tryringo.com
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j-m-o
Long time lurker, first time poster.
Around Christmas, my apartment building changed over their buzzer system to
call a dedicated number instead of a phone in the unit. This made coordination
of inviting guests over d... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Stop Wasting Money on Unnecessary Monthly Subscriptions - nreece
https://www.wsj.com/articles/stop-wasting-money-on-unnecessary-monthly-subscriptions-11557331377
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dr01d
Requires a subscription to read. Nice.
| {
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} |
Volvo introduces airbags for pedestrians - flexie
http://inhabitat.com/volvo-introduces-the-worlds-first-pedestrian-airbag-equipped-car/
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nagrom
Hm. This seems odd to me - the system certainly costs some money to install,
and the person paying for it (the driver) derives minimal (no) benefit from
it. Why would... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What books can I read to improve my writing? - ssono
In the past, my writing has been good enough to get the job done for classes. However, I would like to learn to write in a way that is enjoyable to read. I know that the usual advice is to read and write more often, but I was hoping that HN would have some book sugg... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Shyp Goes Nationwide By Letting You Comparison-Shop Shipping Services - bitsweet
https://www.fastcompany.com/3064387/startup-report/shyp-goes-nationwide-by-letting-you-comparison-shop-shipping-services
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piron_t
I sent 3 boxes (same size) to a friend, the estimate price was $95 + 25 of
shipping, the total price I... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What is the modern equivalent of monster.com these days? - epynonymous
what do people use to find full stack development opportunities, hacker rank? i am targeting us market.
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RNeff
monster.com is still in operation. Also: Hacker News has jobs at YC companies
LinkedIn.com Glassdoor.com indeed.com simply... | {
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} |
Is it time to move away from silicon-based solar? - turing
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/02/is-it-time-to-move-away-from-silicon-based-solar/
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kken
PV "breakthroughts" are a dime dozen. Usually things quickly break apart due
to these reasons:
1) The solar cell has to stable for 20 years in the field, not ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
After 3 years, admin of Free Rainbow Tables has decided to quit - vaksel
http://www.freerainbowtables.com/
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ErrantX
I wonder if he's found anyone to take it over - shame to see it die (I learnt
a lot from the site)
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pmorici
"Current CPU power 998 GFLOPS"
Doesn't seem like they have much computing power b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Let your website cast the Northern Lights – Auroral - szynszyliszys
http://blog.lunarlogic.io/2016/let-your-website-cast-the-northern-lights-auroral/
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ArturT
This demo page looks awesome
[https://lunarlogic.github.io/auroral/](https://lunarlogic.github.io/auroral/)
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szynszyliszys
Thanks! :)
| {
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} |
Facebook Does Not Benefit from Hate - minimaxir
https://about.fb.com/news/2020/07/facebook-does-not-benefit-from-hate/
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diego
They benefit from engagement. Turns out hate is a large part of engagement.
Writing an article to say it isn't so does not make it true.
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consumer451
> Turns out hate is a large part ... | {
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} |
S.F. Tenant Forced Out by 315 Percent Rent Hike Wins $400,000 Settlement - happy-go-lucky
https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/17/s-f-tenant-hit-with-315-percent-rent-increase-wins-400000-settlement/
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afinlayson
If you don't understand the rental laws don't be a landlord. There's too much
of a belief that landowner... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
PostSecret Pulls iOS App Over Abusive Submissions - d_r
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/01/02/creator-pulls-postsecret-ios-app-over-abusive-submissions/
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prawn
"We even tried prescreening 30,000 secrets a day." and "99% of the secrets
created were in the spirit of PostSecret."
Is there a point where even 30,000... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Top 8 Worst Kids Boardgames - bengarvey
http://kidsdungeonadventure.com/top-8-worst-kids-boardgames/
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YmMot
Operation and Hungry Hungry Hippos don't really belong on this list as they
are not board games per se, they are games of skill. By this rationale quite a
lot of video games are "bad" because they don't ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Amazing WebGL demo: A 4-dimensional rendering of a Klein Bottle. - sjwalter
http://tenfour.ag/n22d?ref=hn
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sjwalter
Source for the renderer and the rest available on github.
<https://github.com/adrianbg/n22d>
| {
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} |
Introduction to Parallel Computing - crfprogrammer
https://medium.com/tebs-lab/the-age-of-parallel-computing-b3f4319c97b0
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crfprogrammer
Snippet that caught my attention as someone who’s mostly been programming in
high level languages.
“During the era of Moore’s Law a common mantra in the software world has bee... | {
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} |
File sharing = theft is a "category mistake" - laika4000
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2010/0813/1224276715223.html
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wcarss
"throw someone off the internet? - is that some surreal metaphysical joke by
the Irish, British and French governments"
Good read - this would make for some excellent comed... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
New Startup Offers Free Live Negotiation Course from MIT - negotiateup
https://negotiateup.com/courses/curhan
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axiosgunnar
Is it only for people in the US?
| {
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} |
Is there any way to see blocked content in my chrome browser? - SabrinaMorris
I can't browse youtube and facebook from laptop. there are no problem with internet connection. Can you help regarding this matter?
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LillieAfleur
To unlock all blocked sites in Chrome, you can use the best fastest and most
secure ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Internet For Obama - This Seat's Taken - riskish
http://teespring.com/ThisSeatsTaken
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jilt
How about this instead?:
[http://www.zazzle.com/government_did_not_build_my_business_t...](http://www.zazzle.com/government_did_not_build_my_business_tee_shirt-235188879708487239)
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
State board concedes it violated free speech rights of red-light camera critic - JoshTriplett
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2017/12/state_board_concedes_it_violat.html
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JoshTriplett
This is the case regarding whether someone could call themselves an "engineer"
without going through some kind of li... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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