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BlackBerry Priv review: Android fixes the OS, but the hardware can’t compete - bane
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/11/blackberry-priv-review-android-fixes-the-os-but-the-hardware-cant-compete/
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jimrandomh
The main differentiating factor is that this phone has a slide-out keyboard in
portrait orientation. Th... | {
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Ask HN: Best Lego Mindstorms alternative for fun programming projects? - crypto-jeronimo
What are the best Best LEGO Mindstorms alternatives out there?
No upper age limit.
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MarcScott
I wrote these resources you might like.
[https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/?interests[]=ro...](https://projects.raspbe... | {
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Scientists: syntax highlighting doesn't support software developers enough - Jexia
https://medium.com/jexia/requirements-mislead-and-undermine-good-design-e065ab5cae80
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CarolineW
So I got this message:
Medium follows DNT but we track to
personalize your experience and send
data... | {
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} |
Ugly Software (like Blackboard) Gives Education a Bad Name - ashamedlion
http://www.smartlyedu.com/blog/posts/19-ugly-software-gives-education-a-bad-name
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netcan
If something is repeatedly happening (restaurants have bad sites, enterprise
software is crap, education software is ugly..), it might be worth diggi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Remote Year: Travel with interesting people while working remotely - pdappollonio
http://www.remoteyear.com/
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WestCoastJustin
Looks like the classic MVP page to _test_ if this is a good idea. Seems
interesting, but can you imagine the headaches of looking after 100 people, in
18 locations across the globe, in on... | {
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} |
What does HN think of the show Shark Tank? - lennysan
http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/
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BrandonWatson
I like seeing what projects on which people are working, but the investors are
ridiculous. There's no amount of diligence presented, they never justify the
valuations they pull out of the air, they alw... | {
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} |
An Exercise in Species Barcoding - rayvega
http://norvig.com/ibol.html
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ced
_Aside: Dawkins's Information Challenge_
Yikes, I'm wary of contradicting Norvig, but using Lempel-Ziv (or any
traditional compression algo) is a terrible idea. By that measure, a string of
random bits would have much higher informati... | {
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} |
RFC865 (1983) - brudgers
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wglb
Self link?
Did you mean
[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc865](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc865)?
| {
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Darius Monsef – COLOURlovers – 1 of 2 - dariusmonsef
http://www.founderly.com/2011/08/darius-monsef-colourlovers-1-of-2
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dariusmonsef
Probably odd submission etiquette to submit my own interview... but I did the
interview because I wanted to share some of my story with and help other
founders... and well, ther... | {
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} |
The garage rocket revolution - mkr-hn
http://bitoflife.mkronline.com/2011/10/10/the-garage-rocket-revolution/
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bediger
I'm almost with him on this: it looks like the amateur rocket folks are
getting performance like von Braun and company were getting in 1939, but they
have better electronics.
My thought is th... | {
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} |
Google Maps - Diffable: only download the deltas - Husafan
http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2010/07/09/diffable-only-download-the-deltas/
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olegk
Notice how that the chart scale doesn't start with zero. In reality they win
maybe 10-15% in speed, but they have all the crap overhead to support and
manage.
------... | {
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Zapd: ‘We built it, they came, but Facebook pulled up the drawbridge’ - vertr
http://www.geekwire.com/2011/zapd-day-2-we-built-facebook-pulled-drawbridge
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TheGreatBundini
Kelly, Did you consider that the answer is slightly more nefarious than this,
and that Facebook might view Zapd as competition for somethin... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Did anyone else get an invitation for a Chromebook? - mohsen
Just received an email. Did anyone else get an invitation?<p>I didn't find it exciting to have applied for a chrome cr-48 and now just received an invitation to buy a chromebook.<p>What are your thoughts?<p>-m
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brk
I got an invite to purchas... | {
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List of Printers Which Do or Do Not Display Tracking Dots - ertug
http://www.eff.org/pages/list-printers-which-do-or-do-not-display-tracking-dots
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marcus
I'd rather have one of the printers listed as having yellow tracking dots and
yank out the color cartridges.
Its easier to disable a security measure you kn... | {
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} |
Network visualization: mapping Shakespeare’s tragedies - hunglee2
http://www.martingrandjean.ch/network-visualization-shakespeare/
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danso
Cool analysis...I think the works of Shakespeare are vastly underused for fun
little tests of text mining and visualization, given how accessible (well, in
the downloadable/pu... | {
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} |
New Computer Architectures and their Relationship to Physics (1981) - TriinT
http://stochastix.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/new-computer-architectures-and-their-relationship-to-physics-danny-hillis.pdf
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jacquesm
There's an idea for an FPGA project, building a CM or it's closest equivalent.
Interesting observat... | {
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} |
4 12seconds.tv invites available - danw
Post a comment with an email address if you would like one
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menloparkbum
menloparkbum@gmail.com
~~~
danw
sent
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marketer
hoisie@gmail.com
~~~
danw
sent
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Show HN: Gource visualizations rendered without a GPU - jamesbrink
https://github.com/jamesbrink/Envisaged
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jamesbrink
This is a project I have been working on after having multiple requests to
create Gource videos for various projects. I got tired of murdering my laptop
with gource/ffmpeg processes so I set out... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Twitter buzzing seconds after earthquake in NYC - petervandijck
http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2011/08/23/4892/twitter-buzzing-about-earthquake-in-nyc
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sirmxanot
I was right near the center of it. Was pretty scary. The building I'm in was
shaking. Definitely made my day a bit more interesting.
| {
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Show HN: Version Control for Whiteboards - Minbot
Triple Point Robotics specialises in the hardware and software design of robots and robotics technology. Their first product, Synchroboard, is a collaboration and version control solution for whiteboards.<p>See their pitch video at Hey ★ Startup.<p>www.heystartup.com... | {
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'This has never happened before.' Powerball jackpot swells to $700M - hugenerd
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-powerball-jackpot-675-million-20160107-story.html
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aliston
If the odds are 1 in 292.2 million, doesn't this mean that the expected value
is actually positive? If you had 292.2 million bucks,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Email Integration Done Right - SteliE
http://blog.close.io/post/53528630349/email-integration-done-right
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gnosis
This is an advertisement.
~~~
anemitz
This is a comment.
Any company blog is boiled down to an advertisement at some level. If your
interested in learning about how we _technically_ do a lot of th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: Four tests for if you have a good startup idea - atularora
http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2011/05/four-tests-for-if-you-have-a-good-startup-idea.html
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ddodge
This is basic stuff for anyone here. I'm sure you get asked for startup advice
all the time. Here is somet... | {
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Apple repairs ask for root password - pragone
Had an interesting experience at the apple store the other day. Brought my 2009 MBP in because the screen was starting to have some issues. As part of the documentation, the rep asked me to input my username and password to their report form. Not thinking, I did so, a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Fizz, the tool we built to help us work remotely - grayfox
https://www.compose.io/articles/the-tool-we-built-to-help-us-work-remotely/
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jocatalin
Nice concept. Indeed for remote working teams (read asynchronous working team)
slack is not enough. We experiment now with basecamp+slack for the reasons you
mentioned... | {
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} |
Running a South Pole data center - davidw
http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/04/coolest-jobs-in-tech-literally-running-a-south-pole-data-center/
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pbh101
My grandfather visited Antarctica in '58-'59 as part of an initiative called
something like "International Year of Science." After his second year at the
Un... | {
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} |
Analyse a Reddit User - tepidandroid
https://atomiks.github.io/reddit-user-analyser
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rahuldottech
I'm curious to try it out, but results don't load for me.
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tepidandroid
seems to be working fine for me -do you have JS disabled or anything?
~~~
rahuldottech
Did some testing, appears to only work in Chrome, a... | {
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} |
Top diver’s death casts long shadow over deep beauty of the Blue Hole - ALee
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/26/blue-hole-red-sea-diver-death-stephen-keenan-dahab-egypt
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Godel_unicode
The article is about the blue hole in the Red Sea, not the one in Belize.
| {
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Snowman: native code to C/C++ decompiler - ingve
https://derevenets.com/
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xvilka
radare2 [1] project is also working on a decompiler, which uses ESIL [2]
intermediate language as a source and lifts it to the RadecoIL, whish is then
simplified and transformed to C. The missing parts now are mostly Memory SSA,
C A... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The DOM isn't slow - collypops
http://blog.korynunn.com/javascript/the-dom-isnt-slow-you-are/
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dewitt
The point the author is trying to make is perhaps a reasonable one, but what
an inappropriate communication style. I don't know if the author realizes the
tone is so off-putting, but I've found that supportive f... | {
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} |
Is OpenID Too Confusing? - qhoxie
http://lifehacker.com/5064261/is-openid-too-confusing
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jmatt
Yes, OpenID is too confusing.
This was a huge complaint I had during the stackoverflow beta. Those that are
believers in OpenID are zealots. They won't change their opinions no matter
how much the general populace h... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Who is the best hacker of all time? - pooya13
Who do you consider the most talented and well rounded cyber hacker of all time?
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justforfunhere
I think Fabrice Bellard is one of the top computer programmers of our times.
[https://bellard.org/](https://bellard.org/)
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bjourne
Linus Torvalds. He appe... | {
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The Founder Visa - pg
http://www.paulgraham.com/foundervisa.html
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bokonist
_How would the government decide who's a startup investor? The same way they
decide what counts as a university for student visas. We'll establish our own
accreditation procedure._
This part scares me. Accreditation boards are a bug, not... | {
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} |
Use a Wii Balance Board with Linux - kqr2
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/linux-wii-balanceboard/
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icefox
This would be a neat way to input a password
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Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy (2008) - razin
http://paulgraham.com/badeconomy.html
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awb
For those new to a tough economy, here's my story from 2008:
I was laid off from the digital agency I worked at. I had been trying to find
a new job for a while but no one was hiring at the income I needed to pay t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: SmartForms – Form back end as a service - GiancarlloRojas
Hi guys, my name is Giancarllo and I'm launching a pretty simple service: form backend that notifies you on Email, Telegram or Slack.<p>http://smartforms.dev<p>It's not intended to make tons of money, I made it for my use and I'... | {
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Wine 5.0 - ashitlerferad
https://www.winehq.org/news/2020012101
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frereubu
Previous discussion (with 110 comments):
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22108890](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22108890)
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classified
To the attention of Mac users: _Wine won 't work on macOS Catalina 10.15_
Apple is ... | {
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AT&T Seeks Supreme Court Review on Net Neutrality Rule - tareqak
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-28/broadband-providers-to-seek-high-court-review-on-net-neutrality
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tareqak
Techmeme summary: _AT &T, CenturyLink, industry associations ask US Supreme
Court to overturn Obama-era net neutrality rules... | {
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} |
Driver was streaming the Voice when Uber self-driving car crashed, say police - YeGoblynQueenne
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/22/driver-was-streaming-the-voice-when-uber-self-driving-car-crashed-say-police
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joshstrange
A lot of people and news articles focus a lot on the fact that Uber disabled... | {
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} |
Point and Spring Simulation - ichub
http://www.ichub.io/p/physics
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bemmu
Calling requestAnimationFrame again after drawing the previous frame gives
smoother results, no need for setInterval. You can know how much to update the
physics by seeing how much Date.now() has changed since the previous frame.
~~~
ich... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Windows 8 on a laptop: first look - revorad
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2011/09/15/windows-8-on-a-laptop-first-look/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
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dustinupdyke
First comment on this story is "'press the Windows key and start typing the
name' Who on earth does that? I don’t want to TYPE anything. I ... | {
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} |
How to Square a 2-digit number beginning with 5 in the blink of eyes - ssahnaz
http://mathema-tricks.blogspot.com/2011/12/squaring-2-digit-number-beginning-with.html
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ssahnaz
<http://mathema-tricks.blogspot.com/>
~~~
wr1472
if this only works with 2-digit numbers beginning with 5, and the first step
is to al... | {
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} |
The simplest autocomplete function in JavaScript - scriptproof
http://www.scriptol.com/javascript/autocomplete.php
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tantalor
Impossible to delete a character after matching (Chrome 34).
| {
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SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition Sucks - daigoba66
http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2013/07/sql-server-2014-standard-edition-sucks-and-its-all-your-fault
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jaynate
For years Microsoft-sponsored SQL Server consultancies have been telling us to
use the database to its fullest extent. Use Stored Procs and non ANSI S... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Movie Parody Game. Fair-use or Violation? - paliopolis
Hello,<p>I am thinking of developing a mobile app/game that is inspired from scenes from a couple of hit movies! e.g. a couple of hit scenes from Home Alone and maybe Baby's Day Out !<p>There will be no scenes from the actual movie but maybe th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Little-Known Firm Helping the FBI Crack iPhones - adventured
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-31/inside-the-little-known-japan-firm-helping-the-fbi-crack-iphones
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jo909
Cellebrite is an Israeli company, not Japanese. They are owned by a Japanese
parent company, but I'd argue that is not the sam... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google Closure: How not to write JavaScript - rams
http://blogs.sitepoint.com/2009/11/12/google-closure-how-not-to-write-javascript/
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gruseom
The article says:
Although it is necessary in Java, it is entirely pointless to
specify the length of an array ahead of time in JavaScript. [...]
... | {
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The Cognitive Upside to an Extended Adolescence - ohaikbai
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/11/metaplasticity/506390/
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ideonexus
Further reading, youthful mental characteristics appear to keep the brain
plastic and adaptable to change. Remain childlike, with the accompanying sense
of wonder and en... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Hacker News: Day 2 - aditya
http://web.archive.org/web/20070221033032/http://news.ycombinator.com/
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davidw
By day 2, it was already obvious that it was going downhill and was going to
be just like reddit sooner or later.
~~~
asdlfj2sd33
You're... kidding, but I had to think about it.
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rudd
I like the s... | {
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Ask HN: Are you tired of Google Reader? - drew_kutchar
Currently Google Reader is the main app that most use to read RSS, but it doesn't really handle reading other sources such as articles that you come across online. For those, there's Instapaper and Read it Later to name a few.<p>I was wondering is there room for... | {
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} |
Google Ultron – A browser light years ahead - dabber
http://ultronbrowser.io/
======
badrabbit
This has to do with a series of 4chan posts under "anon works IT"
[https://imgur.com/gallery/B9wqU](https://imgur.com/gallery/B9wqU)
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thosakwe
I can understand that this is a joke website, but I think I missed the po... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Scammers abused Facebook phone number search - evancaine
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43656746
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nathan_long
TL;DR - scammers would search for every possible phone number, find out the
owners' names & info, and make scam calls to them. FB tried to limit searches
per IP, but scammers would switch IPs.
See... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Musk’s SpaceX Plans a Spinoff, IPO for Starlink Business - _Microft
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-06/spacex-likely-to-spin-off-starlink-business-and-pursue-an-ipo
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Rebelgecko
Can someone who knows more about the finance stuff explain why a company
(especially one like SpaceX that prides itself ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google Assistant Can Now Translate Languages on Your Phone - jonbaer
https://www.wired.com/story/google-assistant-can-now-translate-on-your-phone/
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steelframe
I recently vacationed in Japan, and I found that using Google Translate on the
phone wasn't practical because the other person would have no clue what was... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Want to kill health insurers? This start-up is teaching hospitals how. - sc68cal
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/05/want-to-kill-health-insurers-this-start-up-is-teaching-hospitals-how/
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joshuaellinger
"We wanted a Steve Jobs feel so we decided not to bath for months."
But more serious... | {
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} |
Who wants an itunes ftp gateway? - terpua
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terpua
The software would allow for continuous and automatic itunes backup to your
ftp server.
~~~
inklesspen
No need. Your music is stored on your hard drive. So all you need is a daemon
that synchronizes your music directory with your remote server. Hmm, remote
sync... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Bitcoin Cash Litigation “Response to Complaint” Countdown Timer - mbgaxyz
https://www.bitcoincashlitigation.com/
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k-ian
uh. what? what exactly is the crime here? from the presentation:
"The lawsuit moves against multiple defendants: Bitcoin.com, Roger Ver,
Bitmain Inc. Bitmain Technologies LTD. Bitmain Technolo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Apple Leak Accidentally Reveals Radical New iPhone - mises
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2019/01/13/apple-iphone-11-upgrade-update-release-date-price-cost-xr-xs-max/
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flukus
Tripple camera system, new antenna and improved face id.
Radical only on the 80's sense of the word.
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wodenokoto
For tho... | {
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Show HN: Metalsmith – A pluggable static site generator - ianstormtaylor
http://www.metalsmith.io/
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sneak
I like that static site generators are basically the Cups And Balls of our
craft.
It's so well understood and constrained of a problem domain that we can now
ignore the practical considerations and go all-o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
LinkedIn, Reddit, GoogleNews and others caught spying on iPhone clipboards - phront
https://www.phonearena.com/news/more-iphone-clipboard-snoopers-surface_id125733
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rs23296008n1
I've removed them. Is there any justification why these apps shouldn't simply
be listed with a spyware warning? I've tried to see the "... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Employer OR Employee? - theearlybird
I noticed there is a lot of issues about fresh grads being unable to find a job. As an employer, what are the best platform or method to find these fresh grads?<p>P.S : I am having some hard time trying to find fresh grads to hire.
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Phithagoras
If you're looking for fresh gra... | {
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Write off the first hour of work - danw
http://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/archive/2008/write-off-that-first-hour/
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dawie
I would rather just go to work and hour later...
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} |
Bigger brains are not always better - mpweiher
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-genius-of-pinheads-when-little-brains-rule/
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tacon
Humans can also work fine with almost no brain tissue, as has been discovered
throughout history. The canonical article is from 1980, "Is Your Brain Really
Necessary?"[... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
2 years with Angular - robin_reala
http://www.fse.guru/2-years-with-angular
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jhpriestley
I find the rise of Angular kind of baffling.
Angular's scope system is exactly analogous to the scope system of a
programming language. This is a solved problem! When you make a scope system,
make it lexical, and require ex... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What are your must-have packages for vim? - gjvc
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entelechy
package manager:
[https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim](https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim)
surround: [https://github.com/tpope/vim-
surround](https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround)
repeat:
[http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_... | {
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Self-Driving Cars Have a Problem: Safer Human-Driven Ones - Bostonian
https://www.wsj.com/articles/self-driving-cars-have-a-problem-safer-human-driven-ones-11560571203?mod=rsswn
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ChicagoBoy11
As a private pilot it astounds me how the self-driving car industry has
seemingly taken every lesson we've learned from a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Check if your LinkedIn password was hacked or not - snitzr
http://billsnitzer.com/linkedin/
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facorreia
This is misleading. Not being in the list posted in that forum does not mean
your password wasn't hacked.
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How do you actually make something? - HiroshiSan
After being two-thirds through my Computer Engineering degree, I've yet to figure out how to make anything. Aside from school assignments I wouldn't know where to begin on a project I've set for myself.<p>So I ask you, how do you actually take an ... | {
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2018 European Software Conferences. Any Favorites? Why? - marklittlewood
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marklittlewood
Business of Software Europe -
[http://businessofsoftware.eu/](http://businessofsoftware.eu/)
Sister conference to Business of Software USA -
[http://businessofsoftware.org](http://businessofsoftware.org)
~~~
troydavis
It se... | {
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} |
Paul Ehrlich: 'Collapse of civilisation is a near certainty within decades' - fahd777
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/mar/22/collapse-civilisation-near-certain-decades-population-bomb-paul-ehrlich
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lucozade
Having just read the Population Bomb Revisited (linked in the article), I
think I'm a bit shocked.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Osquery: Easily ask questions about your Linux, Windows and macOS infrastructure - BerislavLopac
https://osquery.io/
======
pixelmonkey
Kinda shocked I have never heard of this before today. Seems very handy,
especially for people deploying x-platform desktop apps or scripts. It is a
SQL abstraction over OS informatio... | {
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Show HN: My weekend project, A domain name hack and semi-mass domain search - thedevelopment
http://domainsuitor.com
Hey HN,
I was always sick of trying to find available domain names for other side projects, so I came up with this. It'll check availability of .com, .net and .org, as well as any domain name hacks av... | {
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} |
Apple and Facebook - Amorymeltzer
https://stratechery.com/2020/apple-and-facebook/
======
Despegar
>Apple was quite clever in their approach: instead of killing the IDFA, which
could be construed as anti-competitive, particularly given Apple’s expanding
app install ad business (which is expanding beyond App Store sear... | {
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Let them paste passwords (2017) - notRobot
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/let-them-paste-passwords
======
jiggawatts
Making password entry difficult is like attempting weight loss by eating bland
food.
It's not the flavour that makes you fat.
Nonetheless, there's this _perception_ that something delicious can't b... | {
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} |
Homes vs Stocks - jasonlbaptiste
http://blogmaverick.com/2008/11/11/homes-vs-stocks/
======
jleyank
Based on my depressingly long experience, I would say that if you can easily
switch jobs w/o moving, and you like the area, you should consider a house.
Better customization options, the chance to create equity, better ... | {
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} |
Show HN: Automatic bullet point notes in real time [video] - sudotong
We did a livestream on Facebook where our model is running in real time on the interview.<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/udotong/videos/10214047632934326/" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/udo... | {
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We built a new social media experience, but we need help testing it - jarredkenny
Hello Hacker News,<p>We are a group of second year computer science students who have spent our summer developing a new and different social media experience.<p>We have just launched our beta phase and would appreciate any feedback you... | {
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How we’re changing Colombia through open-source communities - robermiranda
https://medium.com/colombia-dev/how-we-re-changing-colombia-through-open-source-communities-and-why-we-need-your-help-7825a9fd020e
======
sksksk
I recently moved from London to Bogotá to work as a software engineer at a
startup.
I think it's a... | {
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} |
Lisp Macros, Delayed Evaluation and the Evolution of Smalltalk - mpweiher
https://blog.metaobject.com/2019/03/lisp-macros-delayed-evaluation-and.html
======
lispm
That's a common misconception that Lisp macros are mostly used to 'delay'
evaluation.
What Smalltalk calls 'blocks' are just (anonymous) functions in Lisp.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Share your code poetry - pedrogrande
http://www.codetry.com
======
RYUUSEiiSTAR
I think you meant <http://codetry.org/>
some of them are pretty cute
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andyajna
That's right RYUUSEiiSTAR! its <http://codetry.org>
| {
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My ImpromptuDo reddit ad by the numbers - djb_hackernews
http://impromptudo.tumblr.com/post/3984362470/my-impromptudo-reddit-ad-by-the-numbers
======
crazydil
add a list as well...not easy to see everything on the map...maybe like a list
you can maximize on one side where you can see a short description of the
event... | {
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How I Spent A Million Bucks And Ended Up With These Two Chairs. - merrick33
http://blog.mixergy.com/how-i-spent-a-million-bucks-and-ended-up-with-these-two-chairs/
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callmeed
Keep your costs down, sure ... sort of a basic lesson
Cal me crazy, but I'm really skeptical about this author in general ... why is
it ... | {
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} |
Want to Do Business in Silicon Valley? Better Act Nice - atlasunshrugged
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/style/oh-behave.html
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purple_ducks
I don't see the issue here.
Would we be so hard on him if he was knowledgeable about blood testing and had
tweeted about Theranos when they ultimately failed?
The less ... | {
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} |
License to not drive: Google’s autonomous car testing center - davidcgl
https://medium.com/backchannel/license-to-not-drive-6dbea84b9c45#.os2lwoe8b
======
timothya
> _For some time, Google has been convinced that the semiautonomous systems
> that others champion (which include various features like collision
> prevent... | {
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} |
Show HN: Plenary – A privacy focused RSS feed and offline reader app for Android - spians
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spians.plenary
======
spians
Hey HN,
We've created an RSS feed and offline reader app for android that doesn't show
ads/track your activity. The app is a combination of a feature... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Meteor (YC S11) gets $9M in funding - dko
http://gigaom.com/cloud/scoop-meteor-gets-9m-in-funding/
======
lr
Really awesome. What would be really cool to see is a demo and example code of
an app that has authentication, and user-level permissions on the data. These
"everyone in the world can update a global list" demo... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Supporting a volunteered software project post-delivery - KiwiCoder
I'm thinking about the challenges of a programmer volunteering to help a charity.<p>One of the hard things is the question of support and maintenance after the volunteer delivers the project.<p>Volunteers aren't going to want to be tied to a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Free software advocate Richard Stallman spoke at Microsoft Research this week - tosh
https://www.zdnet.com/article/free-software-advocate-richard-stallman-spoke-at-microsoft-research-this-week/
======
rhabarba
The picture alone is worth the click!
| {
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How I fixed Node.js - davidvgalbraith
http://davidvgalbraith.com/how-i-fixed-node-js/
======
lightlyused
Nicely written.
| {
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} |
Why Can’t PCs Work More Like iPhones? - jlhamilton
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/why-cant-pcs-work-more-like-iphones/
======
megaduck
This idea's going to get market-tested real soon now. There's a _lot_ of
companies trying to replace the conventional desktop with something simpler.
During 2010 alone we'll ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Formula for love: X^2+(y-sqrt(x^2))^2=1 - carusen
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=x^2%2B%28y-sqrt%28x^2%29%29^2%3D1
======
ck2
Since the human heart looks nothing like the "heart shape" we all know and
use, I wonder where that originated...
Dang, wikipedia knows it all:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_%28sy... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Data-driven Scala Programming - francescogior
https://blog.buildo.io/data-driven-scala-programming-e50f07c4db35
======
rubenfiszel
I don't mean to sound rough but do you really need to analyze compilation logs
to arrive to the conclusion that you should use an IDE and that types are
helpful ?
There is also no real hi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Can Google app engine support big web apps like social websites? - kimmy13
======
smadge
The massive image sharing and social media network Snapchat uses Google App
Engine.*
* [https://www.theinformation.com/Why-Google-s-Cloud-Needs-Snap...](https://www.theinformation.com/Why-Google-s-Cloud-Needs-Snapchat)
------
nos... | {
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John Sculley Gives Detailed Account Of How Steve Jobs Got Fired From Apple - taylorbuley
http://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2013/09/09/john-sculley-just-gave-his-most-detailed-account-ever-of-how-steve-jobs-got-fired-from-apple/?nowelcome=true
======
mathattack
_The answer? “I really blame the board,” said Scul... | {
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} |
10 Most Successful Web 2.0 Startups To Date - tim
http://www.rev2.org/2007/04/14/10-most-successful-web-20-startups-to-date/
======
fauigerzigerk
In a way that list is depressing, or maybe it's just boring to a degree that
is indistinguishable from depression.
------
danw
No skype on that list?
~~~
timg
Yes, skype ... | {
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} |
Thinking Scientifically to Get Rid of Acne: The SkinTheory Method - jealousgelatin
https://blog.skintheory.app/skintheorys-birth/
======
stupstups
Yeah my struggle is hormonal acne but some products (e.g. niacinamide) will
just cause normal acne then.
| {
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} |
The Dark Side of the Orgasmic Meditation Company - pmcpinto
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-06-18/the-dark-side-of-onetaste-the-orgasmic-meditation-company
======
throwawayqdhd
> It’s best known for classes on “orgasmic meditation,” a trademarked
> procedure that typically involves a man using a gloved, l... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Tips to become a great programmer - chimmychonga
Hello HN,<p>I'm coming up on my sophomore year in college as a cs major. I feel as though I understand a good bit more than majority of other people in my classes but I still feel as if I'm only an "okay" programmer. I understand it takes wr... | {
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} |
SSLH – Access https and ssh from the same port - wjh_
http://www.rutschle.net/tech/sslh.shtml
======
wjh_
I've found it to be very useful, my college firewall blocks pretty much all
ports except 80 and 443. Using this I can both host websites over HTTPS, while
being able to SSH into my server.
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pmontra
Useful w... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Gcc compile error with 2GB of data - p4bl0
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6296837/gcc-compile-error-with-2gb-of-data
======
dexen
tl;dr:
the error is returned by the linker rather than compiler itself. It is not a
bug, just size limitation of the default memory model. Linux x86_64 provides
`large model' -- as p... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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