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Ask HN: What blogging platform do you use for your startup? - capex
I am deciding between using Wordpress, Octopress or something else. Would love to have HN readers' thoughts on this.
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thenomad
Hosted Wordpress.
Wordpress on a self-hosted server is a world of pain unless you're prepared to
spend signifi... | {
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Theoretical Computer Science for the Working Category Theorist [pdf] - aq3cn
https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.03090
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mathgenius
The thing is, any "working category theorist" can see the objects and
morphisms of a category from a mile away and don't really need these things
pointed out. This paper seems to be a fairly ... | {
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Show HN: Amazon.co.uk Live Search (beta) - wintorez
http://quickriver.herokuapp.com/
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mjking
Nice job! Do you have this on github? I'd love to use this code on a similar
movie search project.
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Social Skydiving Days 18-20: Winners are Made of Fail - darkxanthos
http://socialskydivingwithjustin.posterous.com/social-skydiving-days-18-20-winners-are-made
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darkxanthos
Glad to see this is getting a good response. This is a rough draft of a
personal experience essay I wrote for my English class. It's got p... | {
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Ask HN: Creating a Hosted Version of an MIT Licensed, Open Source App? - aantix
I've found an open source app on Github that solves a specific development problem that I had really, really well. It's MIT licensed.<p>The author has been working on it for over a year and a half.<p>I would like to start a busi... | {
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Inception explained with the OS X Finder - myusuf3
http://vimeo.com/23066787
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mthomas
I have to say inception wasn't too difficult to understand. I still don't
understand Primer: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primer_(film)> though.
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sheraz
The weirdest thing is that I know this guy. And I thought, "Oh, ... | {
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Why you shouldn't listen to “hasn’t someone done that already?” - rgrieselhuber
http://firewatching.com/ambient/2008/06/06/products-that-wouldnt-exist-if-their-creators-listened-to-hasnt-someone-done-that-already/
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geebee
This blog reminds me of why I've overlooked a lot of new technologies. Most
people miss t... | {
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Show HN: Google "hacker news", see one user's suggestion implemented. - SandB0x
http://imgur.com/nR60Y.png made me chuckle at least. Has it always been like this, or was it in response to http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1492686 ?
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devmonk
Avatars and dancing hamsters are in-progress, I assume.
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American Airlines International 'Economy' Class - rolld10
http://www.businessinsider.com/american-airlines-international-economy-class-2013-1?op=1#ixzz2JIlmxu88
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pedalpete
This person clearly hasn't traveled international in a long time and therefore
had very low expectations.
International flights over a certa... | {
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Inside the Chinese Bitcoin Mine That's Making $1.5M a Month - stupandaus
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/chinas-biggest-secret-bitcoin-mine
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ceallen
Why use the profits from October in the headline of an article published in
February? The cost of bitcoins has nearly halved in the meanwhile. Hope they
had a he... | {
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Ask HN: Best program ideas/api to learn python - grumps
So let me preface this with, I know there's lots of resources for learning code. That's not the issue. I have the basics but I need to start writing applications/scripts/programs to learn faster. What I'm asking for, is there an API or some basic programs tha... | {
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“Mindless Eating,” or how to send an entire life of research into question - Sindisil
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/the-peer-reviewed-saga-of-mindless-eating-mindless-research-is-bad-too/
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tryitnow
Tragically, I bet this is all too common. Wansink's mistake was blogging about
it.
This emblematic of a ... | {
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B&N prepping new tablet with 'revolutionary screen technology' - bane
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33198_7-57473877-286/b-n-prepping-new-tablet-with-revolutionary-screen-technology/?tag=postrtcol;FD.posts
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Toshio
We certainly hope it will be powered by a Linux kernel.
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Ask HN: Is it legal to attack your own honeypot if it's hosted on AWS? - TempaTaccount
I'm a security researcher and digital forensics student.<p>I don't want myself or my colleagues/peers to get involved in any legal troubles when launching attacks against my own honeypot on AWS for testing purposes.... | {
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Denmark 'happiest' country in the world - terpua
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/07/02/nations.happiness/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
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jcl
I wish the scientists would make up their minds. I was all ready to move to
Iceland:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=193619>
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Porn collection put people off upgrading to Firefox 3 - jedliu
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/08/26/porn-collection-put-people-off-upgrading-to-firefox-3/
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michael_dorfman
There's a nice object lesson here about fully understanding the impact of a
system change on your users. Making things "better" for them... | {
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Quantum mechanics used for better random numbers - quazar
https://newatlas.com/quantum-random-numbers/54184/
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nabla9
Another example of physicists selling their basic research by linking it to
cryptography in a way that makes no sense. Generating quantum random numbers
is not solving any real cryptographic probl... | {
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Sniffing (and decrypting) GSM [pdf] - biafra
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2010/Fahrplan/attachments/1783_101228.27C3.GSM-Sniffing.Nohl_Munaut.pdf
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syaz1
It looks like sniffing GSM is much simpler than I thought, I had no idea! The
only thing stopping it to be more common is probably the need of hardware...
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Ask HN: Did working at a large company, help you become a better entrepreneur? - adamwdraper
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Mz
I worked at a large company and they were very competent at some things and
that really helped teach me a lot of things by osmosis that I would not have
otherwise been exposed to. They were marketing geniuses and that... | {
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Firebase Crashlytics graduates from beta - kuomaple
https://firebase.googleblog.com/2018/03/firebase-crashlytics-graduates-from-beta.html
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welanes
Firestore next please.
For the 'indie' developer, Firebase is a gift. By way of example, I
(re)started building an app that tracks anomalies in cryptocurrency volume... | {
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Tech Billionaires Plotting Doomsday Escape to Bunkers in New Zealand - petethomas
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-rich-new-zealand-doomsday-preppers
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theslurmmustflo
Love the art!
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New SMB bug: How to crash Windows system with a 'link of death' - wyldfire
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/04/windows_flaw_adds_crashing_as_a_service/
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wyldfire
Specifics on the vulnerability [1], proof-of-concept [2].
[1]
[https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/867968](https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/867968)
[... | {
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Why save a language? - gpvos
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/opinion/sunday/why-save-a-language.html
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austerity
As the man in the back row, I am not convinced. He reduces the need to save
languages to the need to save cultures and leaves it at that, implicitly
assuming the latter to be an axiom. To me it's eve... | {
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WebKit now supports CSS Variables - nickb
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008Jun/0230.html
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makecheck
I have definitely thought about the _convenience_ of variables before, but it
isn't good to bloat CSS itself with them.
The spec's examples like "CorporateLogoBGColor" could be handled by a simp... | {
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Forget the Courts — Apple May Fight Mac Clones With Tech - edw519
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/news/2008/04/apple_psystar
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pius
If any part of the Leopard EFI has a component that can be construed to be a
security measure to prevent the software from use on unauthorized hardware,
Apple has a DMCA case. And... | {
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Amazon.com just closed my seller account. No warning, no details. - wizoftechusa
http://thetechnologyavenue.blogspot.com/2012/11/amazoncom-just-closed-my-seller-account.html
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lifeguard
email jeff@amazon.com is fastest way I know to get a response
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Federal appeals court strikes death blow to privacy in phone location info case - JBiserkov
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/05/graham-enbanc
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tomohawk
If private companies are going to collect and store this information, of
course other parties are going to try to get at it. Whether it's law
enforcement, some... | {
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Report a Bug - gtzi
http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2011/09/07/help-the-community-report-browser-bugs/
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eykanal
This article is kind of confused; it's talking about two separate things.
1) __Report bugs. __Yes, do that... do that a lot. Everyone benefits, and it
doesn't take you a lot of time.
2) __Exhaus... | {
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Erbix: Server-side JavaScript Platform (with JS AppMarket) - vladd
http://www.erbix.com/
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jhrobert
The AppJets people were definitely on something. So it is nice to see that the
idea survives.
I personally go the nodejs way, the asynchronous way, but that's because I
need raw metal level performance. The even... | {
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Uber reveals plans for flying taxi to bypass road traffic congestion - seek3r00
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/07/uber-reveals-plans-for-flying-taxi-to-bypass-road-traffic-congestion
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dotcoma
When will the bullshitting stop?
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seek3r00
When <del>pigs</del> Uber drivers fly
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Mongoid stable release: 4.0.0 - _Soulou
https://github.com/mongoid/mongoid/commit/50b633c8baf2fa467e8c36b18a013a2cd50e0454
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_Soulou
And more important:
[https://github.com/mongoid/mongoid/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/mongoid/mongoid/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
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Street Fighting Mathematics: The art of educated guessing - xtacy
http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/full_pdfs/Street-Fighting_Mathematics.pdf
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jimmyjim
Previous discussions:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1548013> (many comments)
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1106846> (2 comments)
<http://news.ycom... | {
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Announcing Bitly Enterprise 2.0 - DanielRibeiro
http://blog.bitlyenterprise.com/post/16126692604/announcing-bitly-enterprise-2-0
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mohene1
nice interface
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Could Self-Driving Trucks Be Good for Truckers? - thisisit
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/02/uber-says-its-self-driving-trucks-will-be-good-for-truckers/551879/?single_page=true
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BoiledCabbage
Yeah this article is disappointing. It's an Uber puff piece. The author makes
a bunch of contrived ... | {
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User Authentication with Rails and Backbone.js - waratuman
http://42floors.com/blog/posts/user-authentication-with-rails-and-backbone-js
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YuriNiyazov
One of the fundamental difficulties of handling login with Backbone.js is that
your regular site is usually served off HTTP, but you want to send credentials
via H... | {
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Business analytics provider Profitably raises $1.1M - gsiener
http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/21/profitably-funding-demo/
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gsiener
And we're hiring: <http://profitably.com/jobs>
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Google Photos – Can I get out? - rubenv
https://rocketeer.be/blog/2015/05/google-photos/
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davb
Actually, there is a setting in Google Photos (at least the web interface)
which lets you choose between "High quality" and "Original" (Menu ->
Settings).
"High quality" recompresses large files, but gives you unlimit... | {
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The life of a telecommuter - redgirlsays
http://redgirlsays.com/blog/2010/11/the-life-of-a-telecommuter/
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ben1040
Unlike the author, when I was telecommuting I was never able to be effective
while working in my pajamas.
When I would wake up I'd go down the hall to the office and read the first
5-10 new mails ... | {
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How Evil Is Tech? - monsieurpng
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/opinion/how-evil-is-tech.html
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mephitix
My humble, personal opinion that I have been reluctant to share:
I am embarrassed by what has become of some parts of the industry I love. For
as much as Silicon Valley professes that it wants to "make the... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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The 2nd amendment allows gun control. Scalia didn't - dangjc
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-second-amendment-is-a-gun-control-amendment
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masonic
Gun control ends gun violence as surely an (sic)
antibiotics end bacterial infections
That's utterly false. There's not even a strong _c... | {
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Homeland Security spending marked by waste, lack of oversight - anigbrowl
http://centerforinvestigativereporting.org/articles/homelandsecuritymarkedbywastelackofoversight
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giardini
If this is so, can you imagine the amount of money wasted by the NSA? We can't
see the NSA's budget, we can't audit the NSA, and w... | {
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SEC Proposes Ban on Magnetar-Like Deals - zoowar
https://www.propublica.org/blog/item/sec-proposes-ban-on-magnetar-like-deals/
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ShawnJG
these regulations are nothing new. After the crash at the beginning of the
century regulations very similar to this were instituted. Even after they were
lifted, no one but fina... | {
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How can List be faster than native arrays? (2018) - lioeters
http://vindum.io/blog/how-can-list-be-faster-than-native-arrays/
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Lerc
It seems notable that while map is mentioned there is no performance
measurement shown for map. To me The proof of the pudding would be in map
performance.
In my spare time I have ... | {
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LearnSearch: User Curated Learning Feeds - hsikka
https://learnsearch.xyz/
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hsikka
Hey folks! I just spent the past few days building LearnSearch, a web app
where you can share learning resources and upvote the ones that help you or
are valuable in someway. I asked a lot of people what they wished they knew
when... | {
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Ask HN: why QR reading capability isn't integrated to smartphones - Juha
I find it surprising that even nowadays most smartphones don't seem to come with any way to read QR codes. You'll have to install an 3rd party app on all phones I have tested (vanilla android, iPhone, N9 most lately). Why is this?<p>Some factor... | {
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Why are Silicon Valley billionaires starving themselves? - Jerry2
https://theweek.com/articles/835226/why-are-silicon-valley-billionaires-starving-themselves
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iron0013
Am I missing something, or does the author really not mention the strong body
of evidence showing that calorie restriction is one of the only int... | {
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Docker Basics: A practical starters guide - timbutlerau
https://www.conetix.com.au/blog/docker-basics-practical-starters-guide
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chrisacree
I use AWS for some projects, so I can boot up identical machines in a few
minutes as needed from a script.
What's the benefit of Docker for me? Easier time switching hardw... | {
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Future Of Technology And Education (Video) - sonier
http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680776/watch-a-great-short-film-on-the-future-of-technology-and-education
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diligentwarrior
I was in elementary school in the mid-90s, and I remember being rewarded for
working well with computers. I would have the chance to use a c... | {
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This genius map explains how everything in physics is connected - CarolineW
http://www.sciencealert.com/this-genius-video-explains-everything-you-need-to-know-about-physics-in-8-minutes
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espeed
Direct links to the video and hi-res image by Dominic Walliman:
Image:
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/95869671@N08](ht... | {
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So you wanna be a freelancer? - iwarshak
http://ianwarshak.posterous.com/working-as-a-freelancer
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bradhe
Excellent post. I did a stint as a freelancer for a while and this is on
target for sure.
I've been riding a cube for about 2 years now and I'm starting to get tired of
it, though. On top of that I'd like ... | {
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SIP.js v0.8.0 Supports All Major Browsers and Renegotiation - wakamoleguy
https://www.onsip.com/blog/sipjs-v0.8.0-supports-all-major-browsers-and-renegotiation
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auvrw
> The bulk of SIP.js no longer cares about the media and what it’s doing
yes. this is important, even if only for testing.
my [semi]current test... | {
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Super "Perigee Moon" to Rise Saturday - shawnee_
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/16mar_supermoon/
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Groxx
Can I say "Super Perigee Moon Double Rainbow Rolling Bomber Special[1]"
without repercussion? Because I really want to...
[1]: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2BBl7_-4JA>
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BeeLineReader – Now With Chrome and Firefox Plugins - gnicholas
http://BeeLineReader.com
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nn3
It's a cool idea, but it's imho really dumb to do something like that as a web
service. It should be in the standard toolkit, like GTK.
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gnicholas
Great point—we're offering the browser plugins as a first step in ... | {
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Ballmer: Piracy costs Microsoft 95% of potential Chinese revenue - dschobel
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/05/ballmer-piracy-costs-microsoft-95-percent-of-potential-chinese-revenue.ars
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nextparadigms
Oh please. They could've done something about this years ago if they really
wanted. I'm sure they'd... | {
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How I Start: Rust - fanf2
https://christine.website/blog/how-i-start-rust-2020-03-15
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anurag
In case it helps, Render ([https://render.com](https://render.com)) has first
class support for Rust webapp hosting without needing Docker.
And here's the Hello World URL for this tutorial! [https://rust-nix-
helloworld... | {
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Move Over, Sustainable Travel. Regenerative Travel Has Arrived - jpm_sd
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/27/travel/travel-future-coronavirus-sustainable.html
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iammru
I don't buy it. If we ever go back to normal (eg COVID19 weakens and
disappears or vaccines actually work), travel will continue to be driven by
sup... | {
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Ask HN: Great startups with affiliate programs? - ryanwaggoner
We're selling some ads on our blog but we don't want empty slots, so we're going to be using affiliate programs to fill any inventory we don't sell. We want to promote companies we know and trust, so if you have a product you're proud of and an affiliat... | {
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Pono Player – Neil Young and his music store - piqufoh
http://www.ponomusic.com/
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projct
Here's what Monty (of ogg vorbis fame) has to say about this:
[http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-
young.html](http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html)
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Piano emulator in HTML5 - Mpdreamz
http://mpdreamz.github.com/html5-piano/
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mikepurvis
What about this requires canvas? Seems like it could be done very simply with
just divs (and audio elements, of course).
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kreddor
Here is another amusing alternative made using youtube:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... | {
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Show HN: Loosely – Smart input masks for regexes - deckar01
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ko3us
does this have a web link?
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How to Optimize Your Pandas Code - min2bro
https://kanoki.org/2019/01/09/how-to-optimize-your-pandas-code/
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haihaibye
His site blocks me as a bot, so posting here.
Pandas str replace is almost certainly faster than Numba:
[https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-
docs/stable/reference/api/p...](https://pandas.pydata.... | {
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Google to Slow Hiring for Rest of 2020 - prophetjohn
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-15/google-to-slow-hiring-for-rest-of-2020-ceo-pichai-tells-staff
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cletus
So years ago this came up with Eric Schmidt, who was CEO of Google through the
GFC. After 2007, Google had selective layoffs (probably not ... | {
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Deploying Tornado in production - icey
http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2009/12/deploying-tornado-in-production.html
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crad
There is some sound information in this. I've been planning on writing about
the the curve in using Tornado, as it is deceivingly simple. It does take
diving into the code to really pump ... | {
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CNBC reporter shows how easy it is for stolen journalism to get ad $ - und3rth3iP
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/17/broken-internet-ad-system-makes-it-easy-to-earn-money-with-plagiarism.html
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und3rth3iP
Especially eye opening given the wave of recent media layoffs due to a lack of
ad revenue.
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Show HN: Into-Docker – Never write another Dockerfile - xscys
https://github.com/into-docker/into-docker
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xscys
I finally released my little Clojure/Docker/GraalVM CLI tool that makes use of
special pre-packaged environments to enable minimal-configuration builds for
common build tooling or frameworks. Check out... | {
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The Admiral of the String Theory Wars: still thinks string theory is a gory mess - dnetesn
http://nautil.us/issue/24/error/the-admiral-of-the-string-theory-wars
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ifdefdebug
Read the "Admiral" himself commenting this article:
[http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=7705](http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woi... | {
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Ask HN: I joined a big co, like the team, hate some policies, what should I do? - throwaway173205
I recently joined a big tech company. The work is interesting and the team seems skilled and well run. But the larger company has done some really sketchy things where they mislead users in the name of growth. They als... | {
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Is the Fed reading your tweets? - tpatke
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17265295
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trustfundbaby
This is such an interesting article about how useful, mining social media data
can be. Its a pity the headline is so link-baity and barely related to the
content.
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Review HN: Google replacement, use other search engines along with Google - amitvjtimub
Please review my project<p>Url: http://www.shodhel.com/<p>It replaces Google as default search engine, still allows you to access Google as usual.<p>Only thing is you can access other search engines by clicking on Back button.<p>... | {
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Apply to YC, TechStars and 500Startups simultanously? - 3zzy
Although I prefer YC, but just in case I get rejected for whatever reason, is it okay and ethical to apply with other accelerators along with YC to increase my chances? Did anyone ever do that?
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zaroth
Of course you can apply to any of these you want... | {
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INTERCAL On Interstates - ioidev
http://www.intercaloninterstates.org/
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smoyer
I wanted this to be real so bad!
| {
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Now Available – Developer Preview of AWS SDK for Java 2.0 - janober
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-available-developer-preview-of-aws-sdk-for-java-2-0/
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cle
> In version 2.0, all POJOs are immutable and must be created through a
> builder.
I appreciate the immutable-by-default conventions. But conversely,... | {
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The F# Path to Relaxation [video] - mightybyte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-D6W7EA8gw
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enricosada
F# is amazing.
Computation expression and type provider are awesome features, and the
language itself is really fun and easy to write/refactor/understand (this mean
code work as expected at first run usually... | {
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} |
Tech firms like Facebook must restrict data sent from EU to US, court rules - boshomi
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jul/16/tech-firms-like-facebook-must-restrict-data-sent-from-eu-to-us-court-rules
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boshomi
EU/US “privacy shield” deal is fallen.
| {
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Survival of the Mediocre Mediocre - joeyespo
https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/04/24/survival-of-the-mediocre-mediocre/
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wnissen
This explained a lot about evolution and government that previously seemed
paradoxical to me.
| {
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There are 2,373 squirrels in Central Park. I know because I helped count them - duxup
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/08/nyregion/central-park-squirrel-census.html
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pasttense01
Central Park has 843 acres. That means there are an average of 2.8
squirrels/acre. That seems low. I think they probably mis... | {
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VideoGamesPlus.ca hacked, 21,000 users' details stolen - 1880
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-01-18-videogamesplus-ca-hacked-21-000-users-details-stolen
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1880
It looks like they were not hacked exactly. They just left some backups in the
open:
[http://www.google.com/search?q=site:videogamesplus.ca+inurl... | {
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One IDE to Rule them All? - thelonecabbage
http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/140264/one-ide-to-rule-them-all
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dasil003
I can accept that there are valid reasons to do this, but I couldn't work in a
shop like that. The bottom line is I invest in my tools, and a big part of my
career development is ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: iPhone 5 or Galaxy S4? - bgar
Looking for an upgrade, and after reading and watching a lot of comparisons, I still think it's very close between the two. Which one do you prefer and why?
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yareally
If you want simplicity and are already invested in the ecosystem with other
products and such, you may pre... | {
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Scandalous weird old things about the C preprocessor (2015) - fanf2
https://blog.robertelder.org/7-weird-old-things-about-the-c-preprocessor/
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cafard
Hmm. The _Intermediate Greek Lexicon_ gives the original meaning of
"skandalon" as "a trap or a snare laid for an enemy":
[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text... | {
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Amazon sellers can associate your personal info to bad reviews - jimmyrcom
http://www.amazon.com/review/R5FPKAO3QSMZZ/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
got a home phone call telling me seller didn't like the bad review of a bathroom scale, see vid review for audio
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jimmyrcom
got a home phone call telling me seller didn't like... | {
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} |
Singapore to become first country banning ads on sugary drinks - ValentineC
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/11/health/singapore-sugar-drink-ads-intl-hnk-scli/index.html
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mark_l_watson
Usually I am for freedom to do anything you want as long as it does not impact
other people.
I am OK though with banning ads for... | {
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} |
Smartly discover your perfect match. No mindless swiping. – Cinder - CinderAmour
Hi HN,<p>We are Cinder, a brand-new online service helping people find their perfect match smartly.
https://cinder-ella.herokuapp.com<p>Cinder believes everyone deserves a serious relationship. Therefore, people receive one perf... | {
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Bad SSL - jaytaylor
https://badssl.com
======
jaytaylor
Src code:
[https://github.com/lgarron/badssl.com](https://github.com/lgarron/badssl.com)
Credit to moviuro for sharing @
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10186516](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10186516)
| {
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China Bans Livestreaming - owens99
http://mashable.com/2017/06/23/china-bans-livestreaming/?from=groupmessage#ieH.shUHUqqR
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Animats
Better coverage from the South China Morning Post.[1] (SCMP, which is based in
Hong Kong, isn't as independent as it used to be be, but they do have actual
reporters gathering news.... | {
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Simple Unix tools in Haskell - gurraman
http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Simple_unix_tools
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dfc
For all those times when you don't have coreutils installed but you have
ghc6/ghc7 installed.
~~~
dons
Stay prepared!
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gabebw
This is actually pretty helpful, in that my approach to programming in a new
langua... | {
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D.O.J. Loses Lindsey Graham in Encryption Fight - jeo1234
https://www.districtsentinel.com/doj-loses-lindsey-graham-encryption-fight/
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100pctremote
The article suggests Graham's views on "digital privacy" are evolving, yet his
opposition seems to have little to do with the issue of privacy.
| {
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Ask HN: Undersea Data Cables (documentaries, resources) - iwwr
Looking at the world's growing submarine cable infrastructure:<p>http://eu-ix.equinix.com/joomladev/images/repository/Equinix_TGMap_MTS_15.pdf<p>I can't help but wonder if there have been any documentaries or pop-sci articles about this.<p>Some places li... | {
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Instagram's Buyout: No Bubble to See Here - apress
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/04/opinion-baio-instagram-trend/all/1
======
apress
Some actual data to assess. By several measures, Instagram no more expensive
than 30-odd other similar acquisitions, some of which worked out great
(Paypal, YouTube, Mint.com), oth... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Create your own Trump animation - 100-xyz
https://toonclip.com/editor3?key1=5610c2d35a
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100-xyz
Sorry the correct link is. Not sure how to change the submission now.
[https://toonclip.com/fork?key1=5610c2d35a](https://toonclip.com/fork?key1=5610c2d35a)
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100-xyz
Not sure, if this is acceptable he... | {
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} |
From models of galaxies to atoms, simple AI shortcuts speed up simulations - DarkContinent
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/models-galaxies-atoms-simple-ai-shortcuts-speed-simulations-billions-times
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dukoid
For some reason this reminds me of the famous xerox copier where the
compression algorithm would sw... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How I built my own browser - skilled
https://kilianvalkhof.com/2020/design/how-i-built-my-own-browser/
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kragen
"How I built my own browser, starting with nothing but a browser"
Next up: how I painted my own Impressionist masterpiece, starting with nothing
but a high-resolution camera, access to a museum, and an... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
French: The Most Productive People In The World - gusi
http://www.businessinsider.com/are-the-french-the-most-productive-people-in-the-world-2009-8
Winning is not about working hard. It's about working smart... and less.
======
forgingahead
While I enjoy a good yarn as much as the next guy, the logic doesn't follow.
... | {
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Dictionary of Obscure Startup Terms - robertjmoore
http://blog.rjmetrics.com/defined-startup-terms/
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itafroma
This is pretty cool. A few terms that immediately came to mind but are missing
from this list as of right now are "network effects", "lifecycle email",
"CPM", and "angel". Not strictly startup related,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
AMD Takes 10.4% CPU Share from Intel in Q2 2017 - vanburen
http://wccftech.com/amd-takes-10-4-cpu-share-intel-q2-2017-largest-single-quarter-share-gain-history/
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taspeotis
> It's important to note that because PassMark's market share data is based on
> benchmark submissions it counts actual systems in use, rathe... | {
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Ipad based free-form shape detection - bosky101
http://www.avabodh.com/lekh
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bosky101
Pretty impressive. interesting bits of the ipad app demo on youtube begin at
1m15secs
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvPLRRt79uo#t=1m15s>
| {
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} |
Announcing Rust Language Server Alpha Release - steveklabnik
http://www.jonathanturner.org/2017/01/rls-alpha-release.html
======
kibwen
Rust's IDE story is starting the year off with a bang. :) It's taken me until
now to realize that the protocol is semi-standardized:
[https://github.com/Microsoft/language-server-
pro... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Will there ever be an open OS for smart tv's? - dre85
Aside from being totally limited in most aspects, my smart tv recently announced it will be ending Skype support. I was planning on buying a webcam for it, but that clearly makes no sense anymore. I'm sure a lot of other people have though.<p>Will ther... | {
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} |
Obama Wants Silicon Valley's Help to Fight Terror Online - bko
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-12-07/obama-wants-silicon-valley-s-help-as-terrorists-embrace-social
======
Albright
So Obama (and Hillary Clinton) wants tech companies to weaken encryption and
strengthen online surveillance techniques, but... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Getting to Know Python 3.7- Data Classes, Async-Await and More - joeyespo
https://blog.heroku.com/python37-dataclasses-async-await
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abatilo
Shameless plug:
When 3.7 was first released, I created a library to use dataclasses and add
some light type validation to them. The library grew and now also supports
some ... | {
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} |
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