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Boston Dynamics' Robot Can Do Parkour Now and It Is Incredibly Impressive - gamechangr
http://digg.com/video/boston-dynamics-robot-parkour
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mattbillenstein
The most impressive thing about this post (which I saw two days ago) is
digg.com...
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Why I Wrote PGP (1999) - pdkl95
https://www.philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html
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Jtsummers
The government initially claimed that using Clipper would be
voluntary, that no one would be forced to use it instead of
other types of cryptography. But the public reaction against
the ... | {
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} |
Rhyming with NLP and Shakespeare - garysieling
http://garysieling.com/blog/rhyming-with-nlp-and-shakespeare
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tcwc
Neat idea! It looks like the NLTK POS tagger is having trouble here so might
limit your recall when used as a filter.
Instead I wonder if it would be better to use the context of each token to
min... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Scaling Web Applications with HMVC - iisbum
http://techportal.ibuildings.com/2010/02/22/scaling-web-applications-with-hmvc/
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dasil003
_To reduce the initial investment, usually it is decided that the application
should designed to be one holistic piece of software containing all the
required features. This repre... | {
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} |
IBM Says No to Home Work - thecoffman
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2017/05/19/ibm-says-no-to-home-work.html
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makecheck
Then employees should leave, immediately, and fill out exit surveys
appropriately. Do not show companies any loyalty when they show none to you.
Besides, this move just seems to scream "w... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Mechanical engineer that wants to work in the programming field - replicant
I am a 27 years old PhD in computational mechanics (finite element method, elasticity ...) who should be graduating in around 6 months. I have been tempted for quite some time by the idea of trying to get a job in the US and work as a ... | {
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Maybe Monads Might Not Matter - raganwald
http://gbracha.blogspot.com.au/2011/01/maybe-monads-might-not-matter.html
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marshray
I thought this [http://gbracha.blogspot.com/2011/01/maybe-monads-might-
not-m...](http://gbracha.blogspot.com/2011/01/maybe-monads-might-not-
matter.html?showComment=1296027246940#c667180... | {
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Ask HN: How to handle employee requesting inflated salary/title? - startupqs
How do you tactfully and delicately handle the situation where an employee requests compensation and/or title above his/her performance?<p>On the one hand, you don't want to bruise egos, but on the other hand, you need to maint... | {
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Invitation Only - sarvesh
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/invitation_only/
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msluyter
I know the article is sort of toungue in cheek, but Thomas Friedman actually
said roughly the same thing (minus the eugenics) recently:
[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/opinion/11friedman.html?_r...](http://www.nytimes.com/2009... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
PostgreSQL across clouds and on-premises with Crossplane and Rook - melsmo
https://blog.crossplane.io/postgresql-crossplane-rook/
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wmf
When a developer requests a Postgres database it may substitute CochroachDB
without warning? Sketchy. They could at least use Stolon or something.
~~~
jbw976
The intent is that ... | {
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Obama administration moves to give work permits to 100k foreign college grads - jquery
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3380380/Obama-administration-quietly-moves-work-permits-estimated-100-000-foreign-college-grads.html
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sly010
This might be a double edge sword from the green card seekers point of view.
... | {
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} |
Know Your User Feedback Tools - matt_lo
https://getchipbot.com/blog/stop-guessing-know-your-user-feedback-tools-now
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brutal-ux-me
This is the funniest post I’ve read all day, the way it sarcastically promotes
things that drive users nuts had me cracking up. Good one. The kicker was when
trying to read and a pop ... | {
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} |
Is Bitcoin the Future of Money? - chrismealy
http://www.thenation.com/article/179620/bitcoin-future-money?page=full
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rtb
Betteridge's law of headlines would seem to apply.
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ericb
You should read my new article, "Is Betteridge's law true?"
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jrockway
It's the current of having-your-money-stolen, so th... | {
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} |
Mark Zuckerberg Has Never Cared About Your Privacy, and He’s Not Going to Change - annadane
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/mark-zuckerberg-has-never-cared-about-your-privacy
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nighthawk1
I’m definitely not a FB fan but the amount of anti FB articles coming out this
past week feel excessive.
~~~
sriram_m... | {
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In Today's Economy, It Seems Like IQ Is More Important Than Ever - paulpauper
In Today's <a href="http://greyenlightenment.com/winner-take-all-nation/">Winner-Take-All Nation</a> competitive Economy, It Seems Like IQ Is More Important Than Ever<p>People are falling... | {
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My year with Elixir - zorbash
http://zorbash.com/post/my-year-with-elixir/
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jetti
Interesting. How long did it take you to get up and running with Elixir to
where you felt productive? I'm working on a new project and am thinking of
using Elixir/Phoenix but my worry is when we hire that it will be harder to
find ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Amazon AWS vs GitHub – “Suspected Unauthorized Activity” - arijitraja
http://pivotedreality.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/amazon-aws-vs-github-suspected-unauthorized-activity/
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codegeek
"When we moved our Github repository from private to public (as the co-founder
was leaving and I had to share it with some other p... | {
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} |
NYTimes November 11, 1911 - llambda
http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser/1911/11/11/P1
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bittermang
Page four features articles on both freight rates concerning interstate
commerce[1] and debate over banks allowing customers to overdraft on their
deposits[2].
In light of recent Internet tax/interstate commerc... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google Plus hangout easter egg: moustache yourself - ianstormtaylor
http://plus.google.com/
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ianstormtaylor
1\. Start a hangout 2\. Click "Moustache" 3\. Prank your friends
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Like It or Not, “Smart Drugs” Are Coming to the Office - primodemus
https://hbr.org/2016/05/like-it-or-not-smart-drugs-are-coming-to-the-office
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imh
I'm surprised not to see a single mention of coffee. I've used it as a drug
plenty of times (not drinking it because I want to, but because I need the
caffeine boos... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Favorite places online to satisfy intellectual curiosity? - baobaba
What are your favorite places online to learn new things and get inspired in an intellectual sense?
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mindcrime
Youtube - no joke, there is an absurd amount of amazing content on youtube.
Yeah, there's also all the shitty pop music, cat v... | {
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} |
HTML5 and JavaScript Game Development Competition in Just 13 KB - nodivbyzero
http://js13kgames.com/entries/2015
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xem
JS13k is a great game jam, and the only one I know that offers so many prizes
to all the people that submit an entry (and even more prizes for the best
entries). Great community too! You can join... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
On-Chip Interconnection Architecture of the Tile Processor (2007) [pdf] - steven741
https://www.princeton.edu/~wentzlaf/documents/Wentzlaff.2007.IEEE_Micro.Tilera.pdf
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ernon
Ahh Tilera. When MIT's RAW architecture went commercial and became Tilera, it
looked like the multicore future was finally coming. They had... | {
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} |
Rate my Startup: Quicklyst, a note-taking application - shantanubala
Hello HN. I'd like to thank you all for the sheer amount of resources and discussions available on this site that are just a search away. They're great for helping make decisions.<p>I just launched Quicklyst in the spirit of "launch a product you'r... | {
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} |
Companies of the future: No CEO, no boss, managed by blockchain - ivorium
https://venturebeat.com/2017/04/23/companies-of-the-future-no-ceo-no-boss-managed-by-blockchain/?utm_content=bufferb6e1e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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infinii
The concept of a DAO is too simplistic when pre... | {
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} |
Facebook deploys AI for early signs of suicide - titzer
https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/27/facebook-ai-suicide-prevention/
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sf0i
Do folks on HN actually think this is the only psychological metric Facebook
is tracking, and that this is something new?
A slightly obsessive, insecure state of mind makes for the mos... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Please review my startup - Vipidme.com - a video generator - pogos
A couple of weeks ago we launched http://vipidme.com.<p>It is a webapp where you can create your own customized video using our predefined templates. Currently you can only customize textual information, but we're working on new features like the pos... | {
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Quantum Randomness - Tomte
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/id.16217,y.2014,no.4,content.true,page.1,css.print/issue.aspx
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md224
Enjoyed the shout-out to Bohmian mechanics. Nonlocality may be weird, but you
know what else is weird? _Everything else about quantum mechanics._ I'd
actually prefer a nonlocal ... | {
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} |
Microsoft working on porting Sysinternals to Linux - LinuxBender
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-working-on-porting-sysinternals-to-linux/
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tellarin
Discussion here:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18378332](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18378332)
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BP Knew of Deepwater Horizon Problems 11 Months Ago - prosa
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/us/30rig.html?pagewanted=all
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seldo
This article was posted (and extensively discussed) yesterday in the comments
on the other Deepwater Horizon story:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1389647>
The WSJ also has ... | {
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} |
The Great Seal Bug: How Theremin Eavesdropped On US Ambassador - georgecmu
http://www.spybusters.com/Great_Seal_Bug.html
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Zenst
Realy nice read, lots of interesting and insightful details and gives a good
insight into the whole cold-war life and times.
I have worked with a modern sweeper team and can only ima... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Future Airplanes Will Fly on Twistable Wings - prostoalex
http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/aviation/future-airplanes-will-fly-on-twistable-wings
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jacquesm
Full circle to the Wright Flyer then:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Flyer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Flyer)
~~~
hodgesrm
Don't forget b... | {
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Netflix Data Science Interview Questions – Acing the AI Interview - vimarshk
https://medium.com/acing-ai/netflix-data-science-interview-questions-acing-the-ai-interview-176cd3a0009f
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vimarshk
Happy to discuss if there are any suggestions.
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Mercedes-Benz conducting the biggest test using drones to ship everyday items - flinner
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-28/mercedes-plans-more-drone-deliveries-after-100-perfect-flights
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michrassena
I can imagine drone delivery's an effective solution to the last mile problem
for automated delive... | {
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} |
Help Gmail has killed my personal email - arpa
So out of the blue, my extremely low traffic email has been blacklisted by google. It is not in DNSBL, end-to-end encryption is used when delivering mail, I have a http(s) on the same ip/domain with short bio, DKIM, DMARC, SPF, the works (that have been working since... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
JsPDF generates PDF documents using pure JavaScript - nreece
http://code.google.com/p/jspdf/
======
nreece
Here's a basic example:
<http://jspdf.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/examples/basic.htm>
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invisible
I love that they use data: and I've never thought to do that for something as
simple as a PDF (which can be rea... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Banks and Brokerages Should Be Mining the Blockchain - csomar
http://avc.com/2015/06/banks-and-brokerages-should-be-mining-the-blockchain/
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csomar
I wonder how this will affect profit-driven miners. If banks start to mine
not-for-profit, in an activity, that is already almost non-profitable, then
this will mak... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Steve Jobs Was a Low-Tech Parent - igonvalue
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/fashion/steve-jobs-apple-was-a-low-tech-parent.html
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harryf
What I've seen with my kids (under 10) is when they get an hour of phone or
tablet, after they have to give it up again, they become very aggressive and
behave in a manner wh... | {
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} |
London tops list of most expensive cities in which to live and work - neverminder
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/london-rio-hong-kong-sydney-new-york-expensive-cities-live-work-rent-a6905136.html
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marvel_boy
I guess that this will have very bad consequences. For example, is very
dificult for Lon... | {
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} |
Free Software Foundation Releases FY2015 Annual Report - jordigh
http://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-foundation-releases-fy2015-annual-report
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mark_l_watson
I enjoyed reading that! I am a member (donate $10/month to FSF and $4/month to
the Software Conservancy).
I am a little surprised that there are only 320... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Scientists Send Text Message Using Vodka - dylandrop
http://www.voanews.com/content/scientists-send-text-message-using-vodka/1813783.html
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pavel_lishin
A rather linkbaity headline; I send text messages using vodka pretty often,
and then I have to check to see what exactly I said in the morning.
Interesting, t... | {
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} |
Show HN: Did not find automated personalization for websites and created this - alexeykudinkin
https://www.landy.io/
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gk1
As a CRO consultant this is interesting, but I'm skeptical. (It's not
particularly your fault. Nearly every marketing tool promises nirvana, but
very few of them deliver.)
It sounded great u... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Javadoc Rewritten from Scratch - sebkur
https://github.com/sebkur/javadoc-ng
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sebkur
This project is really in early stage, but I would like to get feedback on
this early to see if it is worth to keep working on it. Thank you for any
feedback!
~~~
ldeangelis
It looks great! I never really used Javadoc ... | {
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} |
Now that Google+ has been shuttered, I should air my dirty laundry - tinkerteller
https://twitter.com/morganknutson/status/1049523067506966529?s
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DyslexicAtheist
dupe of
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18217912](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18217912)
which is dupe of
[https://news.ycombinator.com/i... | {
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} |
Perkeep: personal storage system for life - setra
https://perkeep.org/doc/overview
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buro9
[https://perkeep.org/](https://perkeep.org/) is the new(ish) name for
Camlistore, created by Brad Fitzpatrick and with a lot of active developers.
From the home page (rather than the linked overview):
> Perkeep (née Camli... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What I Didn't Say (2013) - lisper
http://www.paulgraham.com/wids.html
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wand3r
PG seems like a good guy and there doesn't seem to be evidence or allegations.
He co-founded YC with a woman who he attributes a lot of the companies success
to. YC did a lot for ALL founders during his stead.
The point is, in a clima... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Extremely High Paying C++ Jobs? - jaywalker
I am not sure whether this would be an interesting topic for wanna-be entrepreneurs of HN but I don't know of any other place with such brilliant skills. The question is, "Does it make sense to try one's luck with one of the extremely high paying C++ jobs?" I am re... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Linus Torvalds finds GNOME 3.4 to be a "total user experience design failure" - tanglesome
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/linus-torvalds-finds-gnome-34-to-be-a-total-user-experience-design-failure/11127
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ajross
This is just a transcription of a Google+ post. Is that really what ZDNet has
come to? Can't ... | {
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} |
Linux grabs its single biggest win - boyanov
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/linux-grabs-its-single-biggest-win/3690
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JPKab
This writer should do a little research and educate himself on the DoD
software community a little bit. The DoD has been using Linux for years. Red
Hat has HUGE contracts within... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Web hosting, but good - grobmeier
http://www.grobmeier.de/web-hosting-but-good-05052013.html
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gingerlime
As shared hosting go, I think webfaction is second to none. They really manage
to hit this sweet-spot between VPS and shared hosting, and you get the best of
both worlds.
You get lots of stuff out of the b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Wildcard Debuts a News-Reading App Designed for Mobile - jordancooper
http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/11/wildcard-debuts-a-news-reading-app-designed-for-the-mobile-age/
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jordancooper
Hackernews module is coming in next release...you'll be able to add it to your
Wildcard feed. Happy to talk product if anyone want... | {
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} |
Fixing the Hacker News API - hellotimmutton
http://timmutton.com.au/blog/fixing-the-hacker-news-api
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dang
Good work!
You're right about those limitations. We're aware of them and intend to fix
them.
~~~
hellotimmutton
Thank you :) Thats great to hear
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} |
Medieval garlic and bile potion kills MRSA superbug - virmundi
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/medieval-garlic-and-bile-potion-kills-mrsa-superbug/#postComments
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nsnick
I can't find a link in this article to any reputable source. CBS probably
sensationalized the information they were provided.
| {
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} |
Ask HN: Do you unit test? - codereview1
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jheriko
yes. it is good. although not religiously...
often its a great strategy for fixing a bug and making sure it never rears its
ugly head again... sometimes making the test is too difficult - to the point
where test driven development is ruled out, even from the b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Colourful cellular automaton with WebAssembly - cimi_
http://cimi.io/color-automata/
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cimi_
Source: [https://github.com/cimi/color-
automata](https://github.com/cimi/color-automata)
Also, if you click the transparent octocat in the corner you will get a modal
with some config options and links.
------... | {
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} |
Linux Filesystem Fuzzing with American Fuzzy Lop [pdf] - grhmc
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/AFL%20filesystem%20fuzzing%2C%20Vault%202016.pdf
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cyphar
Fuzzing is an incredibly useful technique for finding bugs in a codebase. But
it should be noted that BUG() is the _only_ valid respo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Content Farms Are Dead - adgasf
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/content-farms-are-dead
======
PaulHoule
Today's seniors were sharing stupid viral content via email when the
millenials were in diapers. In 1995 my 50 something relatives would email each
other with jokes about Viagra, now they are 70 something's.
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask YC: Drupal? - aaron4411
Would you use Drupal for the Alpha release of a social bookmarking and news aggregation site?
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cjoh
Drupal's lack of object orientation, confusing user-interface and
administration, weird nomenclature, and the fact that it really is (despite
what their community may tell you) a con... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
I’m not going to any conferences this year - secos
http://www.mattsecoske.com/2013/03/im-not-going-to-any-conferences-this-year/
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petercooper
I co-chair a conference and share your stance.
An lot of people are heavy into the idea of social/community conferences and
treat other programmers as their main social... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mom's Instagram account shut down over breastfeeding selfie - chrisdinn
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/mom-s-instagram-account-shut-down-over-breastfeeding-selfie-1.2640768
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sivetic
Instagram's argument is that the picture contained child pornography. The
picture was of a topless toddler breast feeding, ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Introducing the Hackpad change feed - orph
https://hackpad.com/yvE7V1XnDyo#Introducing-the-Hackpad-change-feed
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geoffschmidt
I love Hackpad! Just about all Meteor API designs, emails, and blog posts
start life as Hackpads.
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bitsweet
Hackpad is an excellent collaboration tool, if you don't use it, you sh... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The FBI could end up with 5% of all bitcoins - whatgoodisaroad
http://qz.com/132327/the-fbi-could-end-up-with-5-of-all-bitcoins-and-it-plans-to-sell-them/
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segacontroller
So.... $1.2 B or $78 M?
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} |
Candidates for Mozilla's IRC Successor - nature
http://exple.tive.org/blarg/2019/09/06/forward-motion/
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esotericn
I have full faith that, if I had left a computer running, in the corner of my
home, with an IRC client open, it would have been able to maintain a
connection to Freenode (not continuously, but just w... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Happy 25th Birthday ".COM" - kvs
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=132515
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kvs
How old is your oldest (current) domain?
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} |
AWS PartiQL SQL-compatible access to relational, semi-structured, & nested data - based2
https://partiql.org/
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based2
[https://aws.amazon.com/fr/blogs/opensource/announcing-
partiq...](https://aws.amazon.com/fr/blogs/opensource/announcing-partiql-one-
query-language-for-all-your-data/)
[https://partiql.org/asse... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Does anyone have the same problem as me regarding ATT customer service? - wanghq
Few months ago, I talked to one ATT customer representative on the phone to unlock my previous iPhone 3gs. After chatting ~50min, they told me I need to provide my original receipt. I bought the iPhone from att 4 years ago and lost the ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Window manager for multiple projects recommendations? - eorge_g
Is there a product that organizes terminal, browser, FTP client, finder, etc. sessions and organizes them by project? I'm a freelance dev who is working on a project 4 hours in the morning, then switch to something in the afternoon, only to h... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to utilize D3.js with Rails partials? - tommaxwell
Hi HN,<p>I'm building a Rails app that needs some visualizations, but I have a problem. In the app, users have folders which contain entries that they create. When you visit the site (logged in), you are shown a list of all your folders, and clicking on on... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: News site solely based on what people share - throwaway1270
http://newsscale.com
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grey-area
Nicely done - I like the simple styling for pulling in a multitude of news
stories and presenting them in a format proven to work for news sites (The
Daily Mail uses this for example to pull readers in to other... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Cartel: How BP Got Insider Tips Through a Secret Chat Room - randomname2
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-30/-cartel-chat-room-tied-to-bp-gave-fx-tips-from-banks-to-client.html
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dllthomas
Um, various comment sections and article verbiage aside, is "insider trading"
the issue here? It seems like this w... | {
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Why is electricity so hard to understand? (1995) - Tomte
http://amasci.com/miscon/whyhard1.html
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charlieflowers
This is very interesting. I read some, skimmed some, and saved the doc.
But I _wish_ the author had a section that attempted to explain electricity in
a simple, yet accurate way. He complains about th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Announcing the MakeGamesWithUs Summer Academy - DesaiAshu
https://www.makegameswith.us/summer-academy/
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dave_sullivan
Man, there's really going to be a big industry in what essentially ends up
being programming camps for rich kids. As the value of college declines, SAT
prep programs and otherwise may suffer--o... | {
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} |
Show HN: Malcheck, a tool to test memory allocation failure handling - AndyKelley
https://github.com/andrewrk/malcheck
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AndyKelley
I posted the idea for this yesterday morning[1] and got no responses but I
decided to make a proof of concept anyway :-). Then I made the mistake of
doing Show HN but not using a l... | {
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} |
The Stack Is An Implementation Detail - baha_man
http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2009/04/27/the-stack-is-an-implementation-detail.aspx
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noss
«Leaving performance considerations aside, what possible difference does it
make to the developer whether the CLR’s jitter happens to allocate memory for
a part... | {
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} |
Show HN:Best Thank You ECard for iPhone – Say Thank You with a Picture - alexgan
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/thank-you-cards-maker-photo/id921205186?ls=1&mt=8
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opless
Missing [Show HN:] prefix.
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Eric Weinstein: The Mathematician Turned Physicist and Economist - jdcampolargo
https://www.juandavidcampolargo.com/blog/ericweinstein
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tmaly
Eric’s podcast is amazing. He gets very deep on subjects I would have never
thought would be interesting at first blush.
Definitely worth a listen if you have not heard h... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Has HN changed the rules for being able to reply to existing comments? - teh_klev
I've been a registered HN user for 504 days and accrued a modest 269 karma points over that time, but I do think my behaviour has been fairly courteous over that time.<p>Until earlier today I was allowed to reply to existi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Personal OKRs for Success - mkfeuhrer
https://mohitkhare.me/blog/personal-okrs/
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snidane
I'd posit this quantitative approach is harmful not only to one's personal
life - turning yourself into a robot, forgetting that life is more akin to a
dance than a project with a budget and a deadline. Something that you do... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Scalable computer programming languages - prakash
http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~mvanier/hacking/rants/scalable_computer_programming_languages.html
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jrockway
He is exactly right with respect to the language concepts. The language
analysis is hit-or-miss; but nobody uses every programming language, so it's
hard to be... | {
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} |
If You Have A Smartphone, Anyone Can Now Track Your Every Move - dhimes
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/27784/
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DanielBMarkham
Note that the tech is there to do this with the cell radio -- no WiFi
required. It's just a lot more expensive and hasn't been widely commercialized
yet.
The gap that's l... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google’s Internal Response to Imminent E.U. Charges - virtuabhi
http://recode.net/2015/04/14/here-is-googles-internal-response-to-the-imminent-e-u-charges-memo/
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pja
It ought to have been transparently obvious to Google execs from when Google
became utterly dominant in the web search space that the risk of anti-... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Why do open source projects attract more coders than designers? - ben-gy
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swanson
I wonder if part of it is the mentality.
If a developer works on something for no money, it's open source. If a
designer works on something for no money, it's free spec work.
Developer culture praises open source. Desi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
India is drowning in its own excreta - ragsagar
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/psi-vid/2013/04/24/india-drowning-in-its-own-excreta/
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MarkMc
Here's an extract on this topic from a fantastic book called 'Poor Economics':
Most experts agree that access to piped water and sanitation can have a
dramatic impa... | {
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} |
Eavesdropping on Expressions (Ruby) - briancooley
http://moonbase.rydia.net/mental/blog/programming/eavesdropping-on-expressions.html
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dylan
This is now in the Ruby 1.9 core:
<http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9/classes/Object.html#M000309>
~~~
tyler
It's also built into Rails.
~~~
zenspider
both of these poin... | {
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} |
Vue.js founders response to removing Black Lives Matter banner - 10-6
https://github.com/vuejs/vuejs.org/issues/2616#issuecomment-639523406
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mindcrime
The best example I've seen yet, that illustrates why the Black Lives Matter
message is important and distinct from saying "All lives matter" in a just way
went so... | {
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} |
Why Everyone Hates Customer Service - psim1
https://www.wsj.com/articles/everyone-hates-customer-service-this-is-why-11564804882?mod=rsswn
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kilburn
I won't deny many companies are playing this game of skimping as much as they
can get away with, and I despise this practice. There's also the other side of
the fenc... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
With broad, random tests for antibodies, Germany seeks path out of lockdown - _Microft
https://www.nytimes.com./2020/04/18/world/europe/with-broad-random-tests-for-antibodies-germany-seeks-path-out-of-lockdown.html
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anotheryou
But it hasn't ramped up yet and they loosen the lockdown already by monday.
The got R ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Do you think Intellectual Property laws do more good or harm? - bkmeneguello
Millions of people suffer because medical equipments and medicine are protected by these laws, there is no point in thread an individual liberty to protect an abstract concept like an idea or invention.
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WheelsAtLarge
I'm one th... | {
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} |
Interview with Dan Rose from FB and Amazon - jasonmcalacanis
https://youtu.be/srA_fWT_iCU
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jasonmcalacanis
this one was special... only person I know who worked for Bezos and Zuck --
really great episode.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ballmer on Ballmer: His Exit From Microsoft - aleem
http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702303460004579194150724298162-lMyQjAxMTAzMDEwNDExNDQyWj
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brianpgordon
I can't believe that the article doesn't contain the slightest mention of any
of the numerous disasters that took place under Ballmer's ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Sr Software Management Positions Perks? - someuber
Hi everyone,<p>I have been offered fairly senior positions with a couple of Fortune 100 companies. I have a non-traditional background and would appreciate insights from folks who have been there and done that.<p>I would appreciate your insights to help with n... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Comprehensive Guide To Debugging Rails | Jack Kinsella – Analyst Berlin - delfuego
http://www.jackkinsella.ie/2014/06/06/a-comprehensive-guide-to-debugging-rails.html
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delfuego
Although I think you have pointed out some spot on concepts in diagnosing
issues, I think the leading analogy is lacking. I don't thin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Traders question value of stock-market circuit breakers - JumpCrisscross
https://www.wsj.com/articles/traders-question-value-of-stock-market-circuit-breakers-11584351001
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seanhunter
Contrary to what this article and other news sources seem to think, the
purpose of "circuit breakers" (usually called intraday vola... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Facebook passes Google sites in total user minutes - aspir
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129762892
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beaumartinez
I'm not surprised; Google is an information intermediary (you go there to find
something else) whereas Facebook is information (you go there to find out
about your friends).
... | {
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} |
Six Months of HackerNews Front Page Data - matt1
http://www.mattmazur.com/2010/03/six-months-of-hackernews-front-page-data/
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eob
I hacked together a quick script to generate new HN story titles from your
list of existing ones. It is a pretty shoddy job -- no syntax-level modeling
-- but some of the ones it ge... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What do Stanford CS PhD students think of their PhD program? [pdf] - suuser
https://archive.org/download/phd_student_survey_summary_report_0a5c/phd_student_survey_summary_report_0a5c.pdf
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wallflower
Philip Guo's "The Ph.D Grind: A Ph.D Student Memoir" is an amazingly well-
written and sage chronicle of getting a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Russian Hacker Builds 70 Terabyte Home Computer - jeffmiller
http://www.pcworld.com/article/208655/russian_hacker_builds_70_terabyte_home_computer.html
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tghw
BackBlaze, an online backup company, posted a great blog article a while back
about building their custom 67TB servers for just under $8,000. They even
inc... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Forgotten Home of Tennis’s Open Era - Graham24
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/22/sports/tennis/british-hard-court-championships.html
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dmurray
It's strange to think of an era where the prestigious competitions were in
amateur sports and this watershed moment was allowing professionals (who made
their money p... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Interesting fact on the right-hand side - babuskov
https://www.google.com/search?q=chuck+norris
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babuskov
What's even more interesting is that the "fact" changes each time you load the
page.
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} |
Useful tools and resources for web developers - BlackGecko
http://webpickings.com/
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st3f4no
Great growing collection
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} |
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