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Convert excel to sql script - fechin
https://github.com/Fechin/pyscripts/tree/master/xls2sql
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AdrianRossouw
csvkit.readthedocs.org also has some incredibly useful tools for this kind of
thing.
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Tether – Locks your Mac when you walk away and unlocks it when you return - mlex
http://www.hellotether.com/
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JoeAltmaier
Car lock radio devices had a man-in-the-middle attack vector where a repeater
could be set up by the car, and a roamer with another would walk thru the mall
until they got close to you by a... | {
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Sick of working from home? Work at a hotel instead - ryan_j_naughton
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/work-remote-hotel-room-covid-19/index.html
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Havoc
Doing exactly that - moving to a different country so figured I'll do hotels
for a while.
A surprising number don't have even basic desks in the room unfortun... | {
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MS-DOS is 30 years old today - ukdm
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/91202-ms-dos-is-30-years-old-today
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pavlov
Sweet DOS memories. I could probably still remember how to write CONFIG.SYS
and AUTOEXEC.BAT files that wring out every possible byte of <640K memory so
that Ultima VII would run. (This game had ... | {
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10 Optimizations on Linear Search - EvgeniyZh
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2984631
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diziet
Other ideas, assuming on modern intel (or similar cache size) architecture --
you can load multiple ints at a time and do a bitwise or on the bits higher
your largest number.
There's also spagetti sort equivalent
[... | {
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Computer science faces an ethics crisis after Cambridge Analytica built a weapon - auxbuss
http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2018/03/22/computer-science-faces-ethics-crisis-the-cambridge-analytica-scandal-proves/IzaXxl2BsYBtwM4nxezgcP/story.html
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otakucode
Why would someone publish an article like this?
>I didn’... | {
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10 steps to better secure your Mac laptop from physical data theft - naish
http://www.sophos.com/security/technical-papers/mac-data-theft.html
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silentbicycle
First, the article is actually a PDF.
[http://www.sophos.com/security/technical-papers/mac-data-
the...](http://www.sophos.com/security/technical-papers/ma... | {
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Uruguay legalises production and sale of cannabis - wslh
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/11/uruguay-cannabis-marijuana-production-sale-law
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pstuart
It feels like we're just about at the tipping point with cannabis. Once enough
states in the US legalize it, the Feds will have to back down.
The next ste... | {
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Never Give Your Information To 10 Minute Old Startups - RKearney
http://blog.ryankearney.com/2012/10/never-give-your-information-to-10-minute-old-startups/
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JoeCortopassi
Everyone here that is _thinking_ of giving this company the benefit of the
doubt _needs_ to go read their (smeagle) responses to RKearney from... | {
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Ask HN: Anyone looking for a new lab/business partner? - newman8r
I have a lab, looking to move it soon but - I want to collab with some smart person(s) who are extreely motivated. I have had a hard time finding people who have the extreme motivation that matches mine. I like coding (scala is my first choice), quant... | {
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Unsealed docs will detail how Facebook made money off children - daveed
https://mashable.com/article/unsealed-docs-facebook-money-children/#bJPU_Uc5nmqd
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renholder
I feel like we _just_ talked about this and that's because we did - only but a
day ago[0].
[0] -
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18937640](htt... | {
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Unsafe Lead Levels in Tap Water Not Limited to Flint - DiabloD3
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/09/us/regulatory-gaps-leave-unsafe-lead-levels-in-water-nationwide.html
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staunch
Ancient Romans knew that lead water pipes were unhealthy and so they preferred
terracotta pipes. It's hard to imagine why the U.S. ever h... | {
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What does Oracle plan for Netbeans IDE? - Veera
http://veerasundar.com/blog/2010/01/what-does-oracle-plan-for-netbeans-ide/
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etherael
But.. Netbeans is good and JDeveloper is terrible, isn't the clear thing to do
to promote Netbeans and let JDeveloper fall by the wayside?
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kls
one would think, given the fa... | {
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Find the phrases Google Instant is Suggesting to users as they type a key phrase - trustfundbaby
http://suggestedsearchtool.com
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SRSimko
I agree Google Instant will more than likely be changing the PPC model. It
will ultimately come down to the users of search and if people embrace
Google's new approach. Howev... | {
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Ask HN: What’s your go-to investment for protecting cash from inflation? - elamje
I am curious what investments, and why, you all invest in to mitigate cash depreciation. Bonds, CD’s, etc.
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dv_dt
Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, often called TIPS?
[https://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/products/prod_tips... | {
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Solar Industry Learns Lessons in Spanish Sun - d4ft
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/business/energy-environment/09solar.html
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ars
Money = resources.
If you need extra money to run your solar plant, that means you are consuming
more resources than a comparable plant.
Which means you are not "green". And oft... | {
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Show HN: We created an iPhone app that lets you share your plans for tonight - alanpca
http://www.doingtonight.com/
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martinshen
Clean UI. Like the logo. Don't know why you ask for an additional password
beyond FB log in.
Anyway, some UI fixes I'd suggest:
1\. On open, prompt the user for what they are doing ... | {
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Jekyll Asset Pipeline: A Powerful CSS/JS Asset Packager for Jekyll - matthodan
http://www.matthodan.com/2012/11/22/jekyll-asset-pipeline.html
======
matthodan
I had some free time over Thanksgiving break, so I decided to build an asset
pipeline for Jekyll. There are a bunch of improvements that I have in mind,
but I... | {
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Ask HN: How to prove that I have been hacked? - siska
My IP address has been blocked by some websites in these 4 days. I did not do anything illegal or post any illegal or provoking comments. I also feel that I have been hacked, everybody can see my activities with or without Internet connection.<p>What should I do to... | {
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The Leanest Startup in Silicon Valley - joshavant
http://www.inc.com/magazine/201207/leigh-buchanan/the-leanest-startup-kurt-varner-dailytoaster.html
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damonpace
Repeat after me...You do not have to suffer to build a business. So many
stories like this are sensationalized in the media and it convinces so many
you... | {
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Ask HN: How do you build an activity/news feed with Firebase for iOS? - davidcoronado
I'm a total noob when it comes to iOS programming. I've built an iOS app using Swift that captures a user's video and I'm using Firebase as my backend. I'm trying to figure out how to create a user activity&#... | {
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Google News redesign: "a lovely example of personalization done poorly" - jbellis
http://glinden.blogspot.com/2010/07/big-redesign-at-google-news.html
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gaiusparx
Agreed with the article. I begin to dislike this Google design and look, too
busy for me, same with Reader.
Is there an alternative to Google News?
... | {
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A Freebase implementation of the Facebook Graph API - scott_meyer
http://blog.freebase.com/2010/04/29/a-freebase-implementation-of-the-facebook-graph-api/
That didn't take long...
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hamstersoup
(disclaimer, I worked on this)
Facebook has focused on the social graph, Freebase connects people and more.
We liked t... | {
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Teaching network security with a board game - Robin_Message
http://d0x3d.com
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Robin_Message
This was posted a couple of weeks ago, but looks like a fun game and a good
way to teach some important concepts.
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Are We GUI Yet? - gtirloni
https://areweguiyet.com/
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rckoepke
I have this dream where I'd be able to write an application once in Rust (be
it simple game, CRUD, chat, whatever) , target WASM and have users be able to
run it (via browser) on desktop, android, or iOS and not have to write the
program 4-6 times for... | {
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What Is JavaScript Made Of? - feross
https://overreacted.io/what-is-javascript-made-of/
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felipepater
I loved it! Really nice and easy to understand explanations, yet they covered
lots of good stuff
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nicomeemes
I really liked this! Looking forward to receiving your emails and giving
feedback.
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Ask HN: Questions about iOS Freelancing - AppsAndiOS
Hi HN, I have been developing for iOS for a few months and have recently released an app that is fairly simple, but shows well-rounded iOS development skills. I have someone that would like me to develop an app for them, but neither he nor I have any experience wi... | {
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Was jquery.com compromised? - getdavidhiggins
http://blog.jquery.com/2014/09/23/was-jquery-com-compromised/
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jlebar
IMO this highlights the need for hash-verified script tags:
<script src="https://jquery.com/whatever.js" hash="sha256,deadbeef...">
The browser would refuse to load the scr... | {
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What are the pros and cons of elective government budget?(voters decide budget) - elamje
Aside from the basic federal and state budget, such as costs of running government operations, would it be possible to allow voters to choose where their tax dollars go?<p>If so, what are the pros and cons compared to the current ... | {
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Contacts of 1m Virgin Media customers left on unsecured database - robin_reala
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/mar/05/contacts-of-1m-virgin-media-customers-left-on-unsecured-database
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steerablesafe
I just recently joined VM and I also got the email.
> This data breach has exposed the data of almost a mil... | {
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Unlocking Growth Potential via the Concierge - krmmalik
http://blog.krmmalik.com/unlocking-growth-potential-via-the-concierge
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liamgooding
The concierge approach is always overlooked by tech guys,
"We need to build a better wizard, the design of the wizard isn't good, we
need to optimize the email onboarding,... | {
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A 16-year-old hacked Apple and stole 90GB of secure files - lwhsiao
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/16-old-hacked-apple-stole-90gb-secure-files-150544139.html
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encadyma
What's the precedent in cases like these? Tech companies obviously have to
care about their security, but it just seems a bit ridiculous that the... | {
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Cadence: Uber's Workflow Orchestration Engine - vruiz
https://github.com/uber/cadence
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jbbarth
Cadence looks like an OSS version of Amazon Simple Workflow (SWF) service. The
author used to work on SWF at AWS afaik.
I'm a heavy SWF user at work for managing complex data pipelines. SWF requires
an important conce... | {
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} |
Ebay and Paypal users face 'huge' tax crackdown - 001sky
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/tax/11762074/Ebay-and-Paypal-users-face-huge-tax-crackdown.html
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ironsides
I was just thinking about this the other day when reviewing my amazon receipt.
Amzn doesn't have facilities in my state so we do... | {
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Ask HN: how do you archive/preserve your source code? - vrypan
I'd like your input. When you're done with a software project (not open source), how do you preserve/archive your code?<p>Would you use something like longaccess.com as a long-term backup solution? (disclaimer: I'm the founder of long... | {
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A “Leap Second” will be added to the atomic clock on June 30, 2015 - jason_slack
https://gma.yahoo.com/leap-second-why-june-1-second-longer-162054543--abc-news-topstories.html
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jgeorge
The biggest issue last time around is that there was a bug in a number of
Linux kernel versions that threw things for a loop -... | {
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Show HN: A simple, visual way of debugging JavaScript - b44rd
https://github.com/b44rd/jsbug/
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romanovcode
Why do you need jQuery for such a simple plugin?
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3D Done with Mirrors and Prisms (2008) - jacquesm
https://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/3d/stereo/3dgallery16.htm
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Natanael_L
And once you've captured your photos using clever prism setups, why not
display them using prisms?
You only need a standard blackbody radiating light (incandescents) and another
clever prism se... | {
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} |
Moving the Redis community on Reddit - atamyrat
http://antirez.com/news/95
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wodenokoto
I think Reddit is a great center for a lot of community action, but for people
who only sign up for redis, I wonder how they feel about all the default subs.
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Wall Street Analysts Turn to Clickbait - JumpCrisscross
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-04/boring-wall-street-analyst-notes-are-out-bold-and-funny-are-in
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applecrazy
I think the title of this HN link is clickbait itself...it's _metaclickbait_
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Ask HN: How much do you spend on WordPress plugins? - gembird
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JayNeely
I do a lot of Wordpress development for clients. I've spent more on themes
(between $30 - $80 per theme, usually closer to $40) than I have on plugins,
and the themes often include functionality I'm looking for that I might
otherwise use ... | {
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17M full albums to stream, but downloading songs is wrong - eridal
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=full+album
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eridal
..and from top 10 results YT gave me, only 1 have a click-to-buy monetization;
all the others have no ContentId nor anything .. just music with a plain image
How we ended in such ... | {
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Reposting test - eru
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17816
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eru
I just wanted to see, if you can link to a post on here.
(If you haven't read the article - it's worthwhile to.)
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Google App Engine now supports Git Push-To-Deploy - AndrewDucker
https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/push-to-deploy
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masto
I guess this is not intended to be your "main" repository? Something about the
idea of deploying on push to master seems off to me. I have been thinking
about doing this myself, b... | {
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Report: Apple orders 15 million iPhone 5s - diogenescynic
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/07/report-apple-sends-15-million-iphone-order-to-taiwan-based-manufacturer.ars
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X0nic
Doubt its an iPhone 5. iPhone 4S seems more likely.
| {
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How to name your startup: A 9 month first-hand journey through rebranding - paulitex
http://www.learndot.com/findings/how-to-name-your-startup/
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pud
According to the article, one of the reasons they changed the company name is
because it was hard for people to understand the old name when spoken
verbally.
The... | {
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Employees working on their own business - mattjung
http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz.5.728913
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lgriffith
I practically rewrote every IP "agreement" for nearly every job I had since I
started working in industry (ca. 1965). The terms were more or less as
follows.
1\. I am in the business of inv... | {
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Ask HN: Facebook blocked us and there's nothing we can do? - ende42
We - laut.fm, a user generated radio platform running about 1300 radio stations in germany - are being blocked by facebook.<p>It started last Thursday. Suddenly any post or chat message containing the string "laut.fm" would be blocked with t... | {
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There's No There’s No "I" in a Great System Administration Team - linuxmag
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7455
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mattfrye
Awesome!!!
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The Great Courses on Amazon Video - dsnuh
https://www.amazon.com/Instant-Video/b?benefitId=thegreatcourses&node=2858778011
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dsnuh
Maybe this is common knowledge, but I recently stumbled across "The Great
Courses" on Amazon Video. There is a free 7 day trial, and the content I have
viewed so far is pretty top not... | {
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Rebecca Black Means The (Internet) Fame Game Has Changed - iwh
http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/20/fun-fun-fun-fun-fun/
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ramanujan
The AOL-ization of TechCrunch headlines continues apace.
More technically, SEO-ified titles like this are a great example of Goodhart's
law:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%2... | {
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PyTorch Should Be Copyleft - keithcu2
http://keithcu.com/wordpress/?p=3847
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Tomte
You come off as very unsympathetic.
License change request are never something maintainers are looking forwared
to, but your first mail was at least on point and factual.
The following is certainly not a charitable view of what y... | {
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Simple to use content creation system - Cyndre
http://adamdomoney.posterous.com/content-creation-done-right
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rmah
The reason doctors spend so much on transcription is because they speak their
notes. Often while walking around. To sell the system described would require
radical changes in doctors' behavior and ... | {
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Microsoft says Russia-linked hackers exploiting Windows flaw - r721
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-cyber-russia-idUSKBN12W4ZK
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r721
Microsoft MMPC's blog post:
[https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmpc/2016/11/01/our-
comm...](https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmpc/2016/11/01/our-commitment-
to-ou... | {
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How I created a fake Google Plus page for Walt Disney - jfruh
http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/222289/googles-own-special-brand-stupidity
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mkat
The URL strings are hideous! Marketing departments are going to enjoy that!
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dantynan
and lived to tell the tale (so far, anyway). any moment I expe... | {
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Best Laptop for kids - AsifMushtaq
I looking for a laptop for my 8 years old daughter, which she would be going to use for her school assignments and learn to program as well. Wondering which one would be a good fit for her.
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jcbeard
This is going to sound odd, but I'd go for a used macbook pro. Apple has
awesom... | {
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Waymo 360° Experience: A Fully Self-Driving Journey - KKKKkkkk1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8R148hFxPw
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Piskvorrr
"Sees everything, has experience" \- except the scooter coming out of the
right-hand parking lot at 1:48 (at "...learning from every single mile it
drives"). SMIDSY, oh well.
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Clocks and Economic Growth - secondary
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/study-clocks-economic-growth-productivity-work-culture/
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danharaj
If you completely ignore the violent history of the industrial revolution and
reduce prosperity to statistics like population growth, it's such a happy
story!
I for one ... | {
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Julian Assange Press Conference on CIA Vault - ctack
https://www.periscope.tv/WikiLeaks/1ZkKzEqeDMZxv
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dang
Url changed from
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIJdU_ahXeY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIJdU_ahXeY),
which points to this.
Edit: I assume people flagged this because the live stream is over and it... | {
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WireGuard – fast, modern, secure VPN tunnel - dedalus
https://www.wireguard.com/
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bestnoizth
Thank
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Show HN: Doc42 – Simple documentation tool - afshinmeh
http://doc42.io/
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dozzie
When are you going to document this _documentation tool_? It's the third time
I see this on HN and I still can't tell how to use it or what to compare it to
(what it is supposed to replace).
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afshinmeh
this is my comment on the o... | {
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Young Americans Have No Interest in the Most In-Demand Jobs, New Data Finds - paulpauper
https://www.inc.com/christina-desmarais/young-americans-have-zero-interest-in-the-most-in-demand-jobs-infographic.html
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Frenchgeek
- Retail salespeople
- Office clerks
- Registered nurses
... | {
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Do you really value your customers or do you just want their money? - jslogan
http://www.jslogan.com/blog/40-blog/134-do-you-really-value-your-customers-or-do-you-just-want-their-money
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roryokane
If I had a business, of course I would only care about my customer's money. I
freely admit I wouldn't care about my... | {
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The New iPad mini - Photo gallery in the Dock+ - dwurtz
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.494043917295457.100711884.485785358121313&type=1&l=deef9fdf5c
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dwurtz
What do you guys think?
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rdl
I absolutely want one or two. Pretty expensive, though. (just pledged)
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The Internal Yahoo No-Work-From-Home Memo - dsr12
http://allthingsd.com/20130222/physically-together-heres-the-internal-yahoo-no-work-from-home-memo-which-extends-beyond-remote-workers/
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webwanderings
It must have taken a lot of $$$ and planning to get the employees back into
the office. Companies usually prof... | {
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Ask HN: GitHub vs Bitbucket - gurgeous
At the moment my company is dead in the water due to yet another GitHub outage. They seem to hit weekly now. I'm considering switching to another provider today.<p>How does Bitbucket stack up in terms of reliability? Features are sort of irrelevant compared to recurring downtim... | {
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Show HN: Slashpackaging.org - kepano
https://www.slashpackaging.org/
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kepano
Creator of Slash Packaging here — it's a tool I am launching today (Earth Day)
to help people find brands that care about sustainable packaging and have a
/packaging page on their site.
This was a really fun project to build. You can s... | {
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The Nonprofit Model is Broken - thesyndicate
http://bhargreaves.com/2010/12/nonprofit-model-broken/
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razor_goto
It's down.
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When you need a CT scan ask for this - Mitt
http://freepress.intel.com/community/news/blog/2012/03/12/computing-power-speeds-safer-ct-scans
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bh42222
_The answer to the question Baker posed lay in a set of mathematical rules
called an algorithm._
I never cease to be amazed just how low the math level is in our... | {
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} |
Samsung's foldable smartphone reportedly costs $1,770 - taspeotis
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/11/samsungs-foldable-smartphone-reportedly-costs-1770-launches-in-march/
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pmontra
From the pictures it looks like a brick. It's thicker than the width of the
thumb of the guy holding it. Even unfolded it's very... | {
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} |
Q-learning plus Bayesian optimization for better learning - mccourt
http://blog.sigopt.com/post/154251615358/sigopt-for-ml-using-bayesian-optimization-for
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mccourt
Bayesian optimization, I am familiar with, but Q-learning, not so much. If
anyone has good references on or introductions to Q-learning I would
appre... | {
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TSA Says Theyre Not Discriminating Against Black Women but Body Scanners May Be - NN88
https://www.propublica.org/article/tsa-not-discriminating-against-black-women-but-their-body-scanners-might-be
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ralusek
>"...Afros, braids, twists and other hairstyles popular among black women."
They literally say so in the ... | {
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Volumetric heat diffusion skinning - jeff18
http://blog.wolfire.com/2009/11/volumetric-heat-diffusion-skinning/
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bilbo0s
This algorithm is implemented for free in Blender 2.46+.
When you parent a mesh to a skeleton (armature), select "Create From Bone
Heat" from the available options.
Or,
After parenting a ... | {
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How a cable bill of $90.34 will cost me $212,602 - wmk100
https://medium.com/@wmk100/how-a-cable-bill-of-90-34-will-cost-me-212-602-c95650234b9a
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masonic
Too bad that loan can never be refinanced and you must pay that full 30-year
payment with no alternatives.
/S
~~~
quickthrower2
OK its clickbaitish but its n... | {
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} |
Dr. LSD to Steve Jobs: How was your trip? - DavidSJ
http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/07/09/dr-lsd-to-steve-jobs-how-was-your-trip/
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blhack
I remember being a teenager, and hearing a lot of rumors that made it sounds
like some big time engineers were pretty serious LSD advocates.
From what I was hearing... | {
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} |
Why did cities freeze in the 1970s? - jseliger
https://jakeseliger.com/2015/12/27/why-did-cities-freeze-in-the-1970s/
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ddingus
Hey, I hit flag on this. Mobile mistake. Plz ignore, or fix.
Thanks :(
I see unflag option on refresh. Used it, but still.
| {
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Ask HN: What do you think of Taleb's “Antifragile” concept? - jamiegreen
Have you made any changes to the way you live or work as a result?
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tomhoward
Yes. When I first heard about it (on EconTalk in early 2012) I was at a
crossroads regarding my business and life, and the antifragile concept
convinced me that t... | {
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} |
Campaign to secure Turing's papers for Bletchley Park - epo
http://www.justgiving.com/Turing-Papers
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epo
Let me start by saying I don't think this will get the job done (£150 at the
time of writing) but we need to rise awareness to ensure they stay in the UK.
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AlexMuir
Ffs. Justgiving take 10% of all mo... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Where are the good jobs in Canada? - zaptheimpaler
I recently moved to Vancouver, Canada after working for 3 years in the SF Bay Area and it has been a little bit of a shock. The companies I've seen here are not doing terribly exciting things and don't pay very well.<p>The biggest difference is they ... | {
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} |
OAuth 3.0: the sane and simple way - llambda
http://tav.espians.com/oauth-3.0-the-sane-and-simple-way-to-do-it.html
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tav
Author here. I wrote this draft a few years ago after getting frustrated with
OAuth 2.0. And, whilst I am grateful for llambda for posting it to HN, it was
never meant to be published in this... | {
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} |
AMD Announces Ryzen 5 Processors; $169 Four-Cores and $219 Six-Cores - babak_ap
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-ryzen-5-1600x-1600-1500x-1500,33913.html
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beautifulfreak
"None of the new models come with integrated graphics." The money saved buying
an AMD CPU will go toward a video card, so what graphics per... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Latest startup news - Estella
http://startupblink.com/blinks
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flux03
Help me build this.
[http://crumz.biglaunch.net/](http://crumz.biglaunch.net/)
| {
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} |
The Facebooker Who Friended Obama - timr
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/technology/07hughes.html
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dmix
"I hate the bloggers." John McCain
| {
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Atom 1.13 - madspindel
http://blog.atom.io/2017/01/10/atom-1-13.html
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nkkollaw
I love Atom, and use it as my main editor, but it's many times slower than
Sublime Text.
I hope but doubt Electron will ever get near native in terms of performance.
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sb8244
I'm curious if you have tried VSCode? It seems signific... | {
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} |
The Rise and Fall of Khaki (2016) - elemeno
https://www.racked.com/2016/8/25/12417314/khaki
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acconrad
What world is this author living in? I see khaki all of the time. It's the
most common material for shorts (jean shorts may be on the rise, but the go-to
fabric is still cotton/cotton-khaki) and it's a prep stap... | {
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} |
Specter social (senate) graph - sanj
http://www.slate.com/id/2217204/
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chancho
This is poignant. On Firefox/32bit/Linux/Flash10 I see only the word "Specter"
wandering aimlessly on a barren white background. Poor guy.
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HoosierFan
Politics is poison. Let's leave it off HN please.
~~~
pavel_lishin
And ye... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Are .io domains out of style? - shp0ngle
Today, I noticed that draw.io - my favorite diagram tool - changed its name to diagrams.net.<p>Is the .io wave of 2016-ish already gone? The only .io domain I use often is github.io, but that isn’t even their main domain.<p>Was .io a fad and did it already pass?
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... | {
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AI Predicts Obesity Prevalence from Space - imartin2k
https://singularityhub.com/2018/09/17/this-ai-predicts-obesity-prevalence-all-the-way-from-space/
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tlb
Paper at
[https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2698635)
This paper... | {
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} |
Double Saw Bye (2009) - concerto
http://www.sdmrra.org/Odds-n-Ends/saw_bye.htm
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woodruffw
Problems like these bear a lot of similarity to CS brain teasers, such as
exchanging N items without using N + 1 slots. [1]
I wonder if that contributes to why model railroad clubs (like the TMRC) and
early computer hobbyi... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Personal Relocation Research Services - Mz
When I search for the term, I basically come up with moving companies. So, I am failing to find research services for this space. Am I just searching the wrong phrase?<p>I see questions on the internet fairly often regarding "help me pick a spot to move." Ar... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Home Made Air Purifier - Zhenya
Note: this is not my idea, but I have used it for 2 Cal fire seasons successfully.<p>1) Acquire a box fan<p>2) Acquire a large "FPR 10" rated filter from home depot<p>3) Duct tape filter to the out flow side of the box fan. Make sure the arrows on the filter point in... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Man Who’s Spent $70k Playing a Mobile Game - owens99
https://www.wsj.com/articles/meet-the-man-whos-spent-70-000-playing-a-mobile-game-1521107255
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danso
I didn't read the article (it's a video of a 31-year-old spending $70K), but
$70K, even in a year, is not the craziest extreme compared to what whales have
re... | {
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} |
Software For Underserved Markets [2010] - redrory
http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/03/26/software-for-underserved-markets/
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MaxGabriel
If like me you usually don't watch videos when looking at the web, make this
an exception: fast, content dense, funny.
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rythie
Can't help but think this isn't higher up on ... | {
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} |
Messaging updates for iPhone and a new look for iPad - friggeri
http://newsroom.fb.com/News/604/Messaging-updates-for-iPhone-and-a-new-look-for-iPad
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zan2434
Wow, the stickers feature is a blatant replication of stickers in Path. Not
that such replication by FB is unprecedented, but I'm still quite shocked.
~... | {
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} |
Ubisoft offering free educational tour to ancient Greece and Egypt - utsav91292
https://free.ubisoft.com/
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utsav91292
[https://twitter.com/Ubisoft/status/1260981492206964736](https://twitter.com/Ubisoft/status/1260981492206964736)
| {
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Ask HN: Tools for tracking bills, domain/cert expirations etc. for many websites - pipu
So I'm looking for a tool, presumably a webapp, that could track the dates of next bill, domain and certification expiration, and such, for many websites.<p>This can be done in a spreadsheet, of course, but is there somethin... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Mozilla Persona Post-Mortem - pc2g4d
As far as I can tell, the demise of Mozilla Persona has left a vacuum in terms of user-controlled identity solutions. Why did Persona fail? What else is happening in this area? What's coming up on the horizon?
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TazeTSchnitzel
Portier (formerly Let's Auth) was se... | {
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} |
Usability of Code - netgusto
https://blog.algolia.com/writing-usable-code/?hn-3
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netgusto
Hi! This covers topics that came up often during my mentoring sessions with
fellow devs. I hope it can be helpful to a broader audience!
| {
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} |
Ask HN: How do you find and read academic papers? - ShaneCurran
I'm curious to find out how those of you who read academic papers (either professionally or recreationally) consume the plethora of available data sources.<p>Do you use Google Scholar and view the PDF/PS document using a normal document viewer? ... | {
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} |
Puget Systems:“Intel Has Every Right” to Make Intel MKL Run Slower on AMD CPUs - rahuldottech
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/e4zig7/puget_systems_said_that_intel_has_every_right_to/
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gnufx
The advantage of MKL is typically greatly over-rated anyhow, and I don't see
why one should care. BLIS and OpenBLAS h... | {
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} |
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