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Proposed SF law could force tech workers to actually go out for lunch - stevetodd
https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Tech-industry-s-coveted-office-cafeterias-could-13101014.php
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gaouj
Yes, let's ban lunch pails too, so you can't bring your own lunch
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Pinteresting way to surf youtube... - nikhilaitharaju
What if pinterest and youtube met and had a trademark violating baby? Built it in 4 hours. Check out http://www.pintube.tv/
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hackthatshit
pretty cool stuff
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nikhilaitharaju
thanks :)
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A foundation for scikit-learn at Inria - fermigier
http://gael-varoquaux.info/programming/a-foundation-for-scikit-learn-at-inria.html
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hetspookjee
Scikit-learn is a very nicely written library and I can use plenty of
superlatives to describe the wonderous API of scikit-learn.
One thing I can't recommend enough ... | {
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For Law School Graduates, Debts if Not Job Offers - chailatte
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/business/09law.html
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kylelibra
This is an area which seems ripe for innovation. I can understand why most of
the schools wouldn't want a third party firm to independently collect this
data.
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Maven911
I am sup... | {
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How con artists trick your mind - schrofer
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141003-the-mind-tricks-of-scammers
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Jun8
The quote from Teller pretty much sums up the situation: "You will be fooled
by a trick if it involves more time, money and practice than you (or any other
sane onlooker) would be willing to inve... | {
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An Introduction to Web Sockets - zeroxsys
http://bigbangtechnology.com/post/an_introduction_to_web_sockets
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pornel
For non-games usually Server-Sent Events
(<http://dev.w3.org/html5/eventsource/>) may be simpler to use:
• it's pure HTTP, message format is dead simple ("data: payload\n\n")
• browser handles n... | {
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Any one had any luck bying broken GPUs from eBay? - tapper
Just asking because I have seen a RX580 on Ebay that said that it works but resets when installing the drivers. This sounds to me like just like a botched install of windows or a heat sink that needs reseting. I was thinking that it could be a cheep card to t... | {
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Show HN: Senzu – collection of robo advisors, p2p lending and more - kilimchoi
https://senzu.io/investing
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qwrusz
I definitely think investing is confusing to some folks, especially when just
starting out it can be intimidating. There's a huge opportunity for new tech
ideas and solutions to help clarify and simp... | {
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} |
This is a news website article about a scientific paper (2010) - blubbi2
https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/24/1#comments
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smaddox
Spot on. Kudos to The Guardian. I didn't know they did parody/satire. I like
them more and more with each article I read.
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Tech giants are becoming defenders of democracy. Now what? - tonyztan
https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-facebook-tech-giants-defending-democracy/
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mtgx
Did Wired miss the Google memo?
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A brief note: Why Silver was tripped up on Trump - JackPoach
https://twitter.com/yaneerbaryam/status/756127724389867520
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SixSigma
Take a look at Nate Plastic's Trump headlines
[http://imgur.com/ZVbDMXh.jpg](http://imgur.com/ZVbDMXh.jpg)
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GitHub Is Down - andretti1977
https://github.com/
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Frost1x
If only there was a version control system for distributed software
development that wasn't completely reliant on a centralized client-server
model and frequent check-ins.
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sairamkunala
git enables that. git is a dvcs. centralized Github is your bott... | {
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What would happen if you put your hand in the Large Hadron Collider - ecaron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NMqPT6oKJ8
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ecaron
Short answer: They don't know.
Longer answer. It won't be good, but it might not kill you - probably won't
give you superpowers. But nobody's going to let you try anyway.
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Rid... | {
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Show HN: Hunter – Lag-free terminal file browser in Rust - rabito
https://github.com/rabite0/hunter
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octobanana
This looks neat, I'll give it a go later today.
One of the features I use Ranger for is to visually select multiple music
files and then open them with mpv to play. Would that be something Hunter
supp... | {
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} |
Herd immunity: will the UK's coronavirus strategy work? - pseudolus
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/herd-immunity-will-the-uks-coronavirus-strategy-work
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WheelsAtLarge
This is a very dangerous strategy, given the 10% to 20% of the infected cases
that will need hospitalization. I would also worry ab... | {
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} |
IM aggregator eBuddy catches up to Meebo in popularity, claims nearly 10x more revenue - paulsb
http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/15/im-aggregator-ebuddy-catches-up-to-meebo-in-popularity-claims-nearly-10x-more-revenue/
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rms
>While Meebo focuses on putting chatrooms all over the web with their Meebo
Rooms product —... | {
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User finds crypto miner in “free” 3D modeling software - rrauenza
https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/bsnez3/psa_gentleman_in_creality_fb_group_discovers/
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rrauenza
Quoting:
_little blurb about it on the CEO 's linkedin
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafael-lima-
ab97a860/de](https://www.linkedin.com/in... | {
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About Linkrot: Proportion of Working Links on Pinboard.in, 1997-2011 - chl
http://blog.pinboard.in/2011/05/remembrance_of_links_past/
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patio11
There is an easy way to increase your detection of redirects and parked pages:
make two requests, one to the real URL and one to a URL which is intentionally
broken. (e... | {
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Things I learned dealing with psychopaths in startups - algirau
https://medium.com/@AlexanderGirau/7-things-i-learned-dealing-with-psychopaths-in-startups-baaae513ee03#.8mg2rovpt
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p4wnc6
To me, this article reads as an excuse for the company to behave in a
sociopathic way, and then turn around and try to pin the... | {
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Ledger-autosync: get transactions from your bank and add them to your ledger - ashitlerferad
https://gitlab.com/egh/ledger-autosync
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ashitlerferad
[http://plaintextaccounting.org/](http://plaintextaccounting.org/)
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billconan
I briefly looked at the introduction. I'm curious how does app link mint work?
i... | {
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From RSS to sharing on social networks - phantomjs? - agilord
How would you automate posting the title / description / short url of your blog posts to your Facebook / Twitter / Google+ / ... pages? The sites we are sponsoring or helping with have 10+ RSS feeds and 30+ possible social network page destinations.<p>Doe... | {
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IE6 in the browser - bound008
http://app.cloudinternetexplorer.com/
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cobychapple
Whoever has made this RDP server publicly accessible (if that's what this is)
sure is brave—I'll bet that it's ridden with viruses, popups, and other
nastiness in no time.
Also, I get IE9, not IE6.
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That Old Phone Trump Uses for Twitter Could Be an Opening to Security Threats - poindontcare
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/technology/donald-trump-phone-social-media-security.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
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icomefromreddit
From the article:
> _Could be_... _could be_... _but it’s unclear_... _could be_... ... | {
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Show HN: Open source Deep Learning Background removal service - burgalon
Me and my colleague have been working on a small POC for Background removal. We used semantic segmentation trained on selfies, and documented the process of training and deploying a Keras model with Docker, Heroku and a Gitlab CI in 3 posts:<p><a... | {
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Ask HN: Has anyone moved to Canada? - marrone12
Hi, my girlfriend is a Canadian citizen and eventually wants to move back. I work as a data scientist manager in tech and make good money. How have people found the move to Canada in terms of salary, opportunity, and interesting companies to work for compared to American... | {
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Google invests $1M in pedal-powered monorail pods - blparker
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/10/12/shweeb.urban.transport/index.html?hpt=C2
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RiderOfGiraffes
Lots of comments from over a week ago:
\+ <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1762998>
Earlier submission of exactly this item:
\+ <http://new... | {
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1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami - rambunco
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Lituya_Bay_megatsunami
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nl
US Geological Survey done at the time, with photos and eyewitness accounts:
[http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0354c/report.pdf](http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0354c/report.pdf)
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lifeisstillgood
It's seems it's not this ev... | {
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Chinese Economy Is Showing Signs of a Slowdown - timr
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/business/worldbusiness/07yuan.html?hp
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biohacker42
How could it NOT show signs of a slowdown.
But China, unlike the US, is sitting on mountains of savings - cash. They can
and most likely will spend their way to at least an ... | {
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} |
The Popular Request Module Is Going into Maintenance Mode(nodejs) - ausjke
https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
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ausjke
Alternatives:
[https://github.com/request/request/issues/3143](https://github.com/request/request/issues/3143)
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From Art School to SE Researcher at Microsoft - madamdo
https://www.software-engineering-unlocked.com/from-art-school-to-microsoft-research/
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lsinger
Especially the beginning where she recounts how she enrolled in a computer
science university program without owning I found super interesting. I wonder
if one cou... | {
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} |
Hack Back – A DIY guide to those without the patience to wait for whistleblowers - anirudhrata
http://data.langly.fr/blackhat
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Eiriksmal
This article was quite fascinating. It's impressive that a series of small
security holes culminate with the release of sensitive software. It's equally
interesting that all th... | {
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} |
Lenovo laptops “refuse” to install Linux - xufi
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37431299
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sigmar
>"I understand why the buyers feel aggrieved and surprised," said Chris Green,
an analyst at the business consultancy Lewis. "But at the same time they
bought a machine with a pre-installed version of an operating... | {
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Getting a Job in Tech Without a Tech Background - mattragland
https://medium.com/the-blog-of-matt-ragland/you-gotta-have-skills-df962f3ea4d6
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mattragland
I'm always curious about how people without technical backgrounds are getting
jobs in tech. What are some of the best ways you have found or seen others
doing ... | {
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} |
TagTime: Stochastic Time Tracking for Space Cadets (2011) - Tomte
http://messymatters.com/tagtime/
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themmes
This brought me to the article by Joel Spolsky (Evidence based scheduling) [1]
and then to the Reporter app created by Nick Feltron [2]. Apps following this
method all seem dated or not maintained anymore ... | {
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} |
Was it worth paying €41.7bn to bail out Irish banks? - howard941
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/was-it-worth-paying-41-7bn-to-bail-out-irish-banks-1.4036792
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zarro
Part of the problem is too much centralization of the control of $. This
arrangement could be fine if people (and companies) ... | {
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Guy Kawasaki interviewed about Truemors on "On The Road With iV" - CoreyK
http://www.clubenetwork.com/index.php?option=com_seyret&Itemid=220
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DarrenStuart
the Joel Spolsky one is really good to listen to. He has some good advice.
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XJST - Extensible JavaScript Transformations: simple, rapid, expressive - indutny
https://github.com/veged/xjst
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indutny
Is there any reason for this post to be downvoted?
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All your Google activity - amingilani
https://myactivity.google.com
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grzm
Discussion from less than a day ago with over 80 comments:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16685179](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16685179)
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amingilani
Thanks for you pointing this out! I must've missed this and posted i... | {
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Clojure beta book now available - socratees
http://blog.thinkrelevance.com/2008/11/5/clojure-beta-book-available
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whacked_new
It's been a while since I felt great excitement about a language!
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jdunck
Success running based on steps here: <http://bc.tech.coop/blog/081023.html>
You'll need big.txt from he... | {
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Biological Sex Shapes Tumour Evolution Across Cancer Types - gotocake
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00562-7
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joeblow9999
but what if i just say im the opposite sex?
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Show HN: Web app that formats submissions from Hacker News: Who's Hiring - AETackaberry
https://jobsortio.herokuapp.com
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AETackaberry
The listings are sorted by the technologies you know and how well you know
them. Please let me know about the technologies I'm missing. I wanted control
over them so that I could ... | {
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} |
Carbon Tax Simulator - strommen
https://www.uscleanenergyfund.com/blog/carbon-tax-simulator/
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brudgers
If it meets the guidelines, this might make a good "Show HN".
Guidelines:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html](https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html)
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Have you hired someone in 1 day? - zippy786
Wondering how many you have hired someone in a day within 1-2 hour of interview or seen someone get hired this way ?
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JSeymourATL
It happens -- mostly with executives who have the authority and wherewithal to
make a quick decision.
There three basic criteria in making... | {
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WordPress 2.7 Released - PStamatiou
http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/coltrane/
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theantidote
Been using it for the past week for a client's site. All of the themes and
plugins I've thrown at it have worked perfectly. Nice job!
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KrisJordan
The new UI looks really slick.
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25 Free Checklists Collection for Startuppers - bibblico
http://startupmate.flammate.com/25-printable-checklists-for-your-business/?ref=producthunt
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xtiansimon
Can only access with Facebook Messenger?
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The Prince of Counterterrorism: Washington's Favorite Saudi - piercestanley
http://www.brookings.edu/research/essays/2015/the-prince-of-counterterrorism
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bobosha
excellent analysis
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Server side rendering with prefetch - bloomca
http://blog.bloomca.me/2017/06/11/server-side-rendering-with-prefetch.html
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bloomca
Personally, I am a little bit sad that libraries authors don't pay enough
attention to the approach of "lightweight" rendering, where we will
effectively create a graph of components ... | {
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Palm restore pre iTunes sync. Your move Apple - nexneo
http://www.precentral.net/webos-121-re-hacks-itunes-support-brings-photo-album-synchronization
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protomyth
Palm's continued attempts to out-fake Apple are more for publicity then any
useful feature for their customers. Never mind a standards organization is... | {
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} |
Codecademy adds jQuery lessons and scratchpad - pkrein
http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/07/codecademy-jquery-scratchpad/
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hansef
I love what Codeacademy is doing, but hope they'll be rolling out some meatier
lesson content with that 2m round before too long. The entire venturebeat-
post-worthy jQuery lessons tak... | {
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What is Modern Perl - davorg
http://www.josetteorama.com/perl/what-is-modern-perl/http://www.josetteorama.com/perl/what-is-modern-perl/
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chernevik
I'm torn between thinking there is value in learning some Perl and not really
knowing that value might be.
I've found a lot of embedded wisdom in the "old school" st... | {
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} |
Will people still buy the $999 iPhone? - bkbaba
https://medium.com/@Abhishek.Bagalkot/will-people-still-buy-the-999-iphone-2fe4334c72a7
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Jeremy1026
Short answer: Yes.
Medium answer: Yes, by the millions.
Long answer: Of course they will. There is a subset of people who will buy the
most expensive thing availab... | {
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Ask HN: Does this software exist? - ScottWhigham
As a musician on the side, I've come across a "problem" that I'm hoping someone can help me solve. Here's the "problem":<p>* I have a group of songs that I play (let's say 50) that is a fairly static list<p>* I want to be able to plan out set lists based on those song... | {
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Microsoft could move jobs abroad because of US immigration policies - kerng
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/12/microsoft-might-be-forced-to-move-some-jobs-abroad-brad-smith-says.html
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leakybit
Meanwhile, Microsoft hasn't replied to my job application in weeks.
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NTDF9
I've seen many companies hedging their be... | {
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Can You Copyright Work Made by Artificial Intelligence? - zdw
https://whyisthisinteresting.substack.com/p/why-is-this-interesting-the-ai-copyright
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rahuldottech
Upon reading the title, the first thing that comes to my mind is: "why not?".
If we treat AI just like any another artist's tool, I don't see why it sh... | {
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} |
A new way to write code or edit text - guiyuanWoo
https://www.conyedit.com
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btschaegg
This looks really interesting!
Sort of an adaption of ACME's core ideas to a system that doesn't have the
necessary cli tools to do the interesting stuff when it comes to automated
text processing.
Come to think of it: Wouldn... | {
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} |
Notty – a new kind of terminal written in Rust - joshsharp
https://github.com/withoutboats/notty
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antiquark
Nice idea! Might I suggest using HTML for the escape codes? The terminal would
be basically unlimited if there was a built-in HTML renderer. Maybe you would
need some high level "EnterHtml" and "ExitHtml" ... | {
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Help.imgur.com HTTPS invalid certificate - hellbanner
I wanted to send a UI improvement to the devs. So I clicked the hamburger menu, then "need help". This page isn't loading for me: https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us<p>Was this untested bad configuration or is imgur compromised?
===... | {
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Ask HN: Which recruiters do you like? - ryanmickle
Who are the most genuinely helpful recruiters (individuals), who you've interacted with and why? Hoping this might be a good supplement to Who's Hiring.
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JDiculous
Any recruiter is only as good as his/her listings. Comparing recruiters is
like comparin... | {
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} |
Facebook Blocking All Imgur.com Links - d0ne
http://imgur.com/nLBsJ
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d0ne
I've confirmed this through multiple Facebook accounts as well.
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} |
Gramps: Open-Source Genealogical Research Software - wslh
https://gramps-project.org/
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JohnTHaller
It's a solid app. We've been using it and packaging it for portable use for 4
years now.
~~~
zenocon
Where do you source the data if you're interested in getting started in your
own family history and your perso... | {
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} |
The Eccentric and Ingenious Father of the Atomic Bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer - jorgenveisdal
https://medium.com/cantors-paradise/the-ingenious-eccentric-father-of-the-atomic-bomb-ba012f620454
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zunzun
Oppenheimer invented the neutron ray gun.
| {
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} |
Show HN: Make a rectangle – a puzzle game - kelukelugames
https://github.com/kelukelugames/makeabox
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Marcus316
This was always one of my favourite puzzle games growing up. I had a plastic
copy of it that I would spend hours rearranging.
For those who aren't familiar with this puzzle, the goal is to take the 12
... | {
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} |
What you read guys to find a niche business :) - ivan
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jward
Most of my ideas come out of things in my life, or from friends and family,
that I want to make easier or in some cases possible. I don't really using
reading as a resource for this.
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rokhayakebe
Financial Times, NY Times and local news papers ... | {
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UK issues first-ever GDPR notice in connection to Facebook data scandal - tareqak
https://www.zdnet.com/article/uk-issues-first-ever-gdpr-notice-in-connection-to-facebook-data-scandal/
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tareqak
PDF of the notice: [https://ico.org.uk/media/2259362/r-letter-ico-to-
aiq-060718....](https://ico.org.uk/media/2259362/... | {
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Ginzametrics (YC S10) gets Faster Processing, Notifications and Easier Setup - rgrieselhuber
http://ginzametrics.com/ginzametrics-gets-faster-processing-notifications-and-easier-setup.html
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timcederman
Awesome - these are great improvements.
I also came to post my experience with using Ginzametrics. I really ... | {
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} |
Female tech writer attacked in San Francisco bar for wearing Google Glass - DiabloD3
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/02/25/woman-wearing-google-says-she-was-attacked-in-san-francisco-bar/
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spinlock
So, she got mugged and the robbers dropped the glass because its worthless?
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Fukushima: Is it really the new Chernobyl? - llambda
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=is-fukushima-really-as-bad-as-chern-2011-04-12
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swixmix
I want to emphasize that this is not news because reality hasn't changed. The
way reality is measured has changed.
The IAEA reported Japan changed fro... | {
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} |
What state should I incorporate in? - peter123
http://www.startupcompanylawyer.com/2009/03/03/what-state-should-i-incorporate-in/
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jws
Vermont has an interesting "virtual" company provision now which could attract
you if you intend to have a geographically dispersed board and do not wish to
come together for me... | {
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} |
Talker's Block - Seth Godin - rrohan189
http://www.alearningaday.com/2011/09/talkers-block-seth-godin.html
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mullr
Maybe this is true for Seth Godin. But I often find myself without a suitable
conversation topic when the situation demands it, as do many others. Once
you're talking then things are fine, but that... | {
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} |
Microsoft and IBM Partner with Red Hat: Why You Should Care - Raj7k
https://www.lightreading.com/enterprise-cloud/infrastructure-and-platform/microsoft-and-ibm-partner-with-red-hat-why-you-should-care/d/d-id/742996
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Raj7k
It was there a long time back. Sensible people tune out when vendors announce
partnerships,... | {
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} |
Elon Musk Says AI Is the ‘Greatest Risk We Face as a Civilization’ - wei_jok
http://amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2017/07/15/elon-musk-artificial-intelligence-2/
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Animats
_Part of Musk’s worry stems from social destabilization and job loss. “When I
say everything, the robots will do everything, bar nothing,” he said._... | {
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Show HN: mobilethread.com -- anonymous mobile messaging (web app) - mtdev
http://moth.ws
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mtdev
Going to be on <http://moth.ws/dev/> for a while
| {
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Promising Antiviral Is Being Tested for the Coronavirus but Results Not yet Out - ajaviaad
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-promising-antiviral-is-being-tested-for-the-coronavirus-but-results-are-not-yet-out/
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allovernow
We _really_ should be focusing on chloroquine, but it looks like we're not
becau... | {
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} |
Apple's First TV Show Looks Like a Cry for Help - saycheese
http://gizmodo.com/apples-first-tv-show-looks-like-a-cry-for-help-1792340598
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saycheese
From Apple's official YouTube channel, here's the teaser for the show:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RInsFIWl-Q&app=desktop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RI... | {
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Micropayments - It Is Time - warkaiser
http://www.alexwilhelm.com/alex_wilhelm/2009/02/mircopayments-is-it-time.html
People need to get over free.
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mblakele
I like free content very much. Still... maybe we already have micropayments,
but they aren't evenly distributed yet.
The current generation of gaming cons... | {
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} |
2 Factor Auth Simply Isn't Safe Anymore - rbrakus
https://hackernoon.com/is-your-2-factor-auth-based-on-a-pinky-swear-and-late-90s-it-security-859f50f25c8b
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kennydude
Misleading title: SMS based 2-factor auth isn't safe.
Many places have said for years not to use SMS based 2-factor auth. No news
there.
| {
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Selling their home to keep their small businesses alive - jmorin007
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/02/05/economic.survivor3/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
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RiderOfGiraffes
Already posted: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=468379>
| {
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GNU Parallel - build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel - jcsalterego
http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/parallel
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d0m
I'll express here what I feel while reading any man pages..
_Examples should be at the top!_
(10 years of frustration in that one line message :p)
~~~
jcsalterego
I've... | {
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How to survive a Tech Conference - janogonzalez
http://zachholman.com/posts/how-to-survive-tech-conferences/
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chx
Good points but instead of getting a mifi get a Pepwave Surf On-The-Go -- it's
the only 5Ghz capable travel router I am aware of. The 2.4GHz band will be
crowded and the 5Ghz band has way, way more... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Free book on Bayesian machine learning by David Barber - markerdmann
http://web4.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/D.Barber/textbook/090310.pdf
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parrisj
Just a couple of notes 1) The linked version is out of date here the most
current version as of Nov 2011
<http://web4.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/D.Barber/textbook/211111.pdf>
2) @r... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
CashRegister in PyQt5 with barcode logon and 32 programmable buttons - DirkJanJansen
https://github.com/DirkJanJansen/Sales
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Phillipharryt
Programmer who also works in retail, uh no, this layout highlights all the
wrong things. The list of items is half the screen, my current system has it
at about 1/4 and butto... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Can I move over to JSF from PHP? - nshankar
I am old timer to technology. My first language was Fortran (I am an engineer) and then C. I did a few websites in PHP. Listening to a lot of boo against PHP recently, I am thinking of moving over.<p>As I learnt C pretty early, Java comes close in terms of syntax. ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Baumans, Sellers of Rare Books - pseudolus
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/style/bauman-books.html
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HarryHirsch
Limited editions, first editions, what perversions are those? The point of a
book is that you can run off as many copies as you would like until the type
wears off. And the trouble with first ed... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
NSA Recommends Dropping Phone-Surveillance Program - bonyt
https://bgr.com/2019/04/24/nsa-phone-surveillance-spying-program/
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ddelt
Personally, the skeptic in me believes if the NSA is losing interest in a
major data collection program like this, then they are deflecting the
narrative from focusing on an even mo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Outsmarting Go Dependencies in Testing Code - orangechairs
https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/outsmarting-go-dependencies-testing-code/#
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domsj
I don't get it: why would they need/want to set up a server to test the sql
module in the first place? The behaviour of the sql module doesn't depend on
server, so logic... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Do You Compete with Starbucks in the Coffee Industry? - mycodebreaks
http://www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2013/04/03/how_do_you_compete_with_starbucks_in_the_coffee_industry.html
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qdog
Getting a latte at a small coffe place that actually puts effort into it is
like night and day vs. the big chains. There are q... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Lucas, Spielberg and Kasdan Created 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (2013) - Thevet
http://nofilmschool.com/2013/08/how-lucas-spielberg-kasdan-created-raiders-of-the-lost-ark
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kingmanaz
>How Lucas, Spielberg and Kasdan Created 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'...
...without CGI, thankfully.
It's been more than a decade ... | {
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} |
Smart Watchers - micrypt
http://kyrobeshay.com/post/60387655373/smart-watchers
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CoreLogic
DOA, no one will buy them.
The only real value would have been entry level $99 smart phone with stripped
down features, or medical device to track your heart beat. It is just
redundant otherwise. I need something on my w... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Amy Goodman Is Facing Prison for Reporting on the Dakota Access Pipeline - joshfraser
https://www.thenation.com/article/amy-goodman-is-facing-prison-for-reporting-on-the-dakota-access-pipeline-that-should-scare-us-all/
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abalone
25 years ago Amy Goodman very narrowly avoided execution while covering the
Indonesia... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Employable Bootcamp Candidate - markwaldron
https://medium.com/@whiteglovecoder/codename-the-employable-bootcamp-candidate-1769f4c92426#.d5yw96n1t
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lloydde
> Instead I recommend utilizing the whitespace for your projects and listing
> your technical skills within a project’s context.
Context is king! I can'... | {
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} |
I Put In 5 Miles at the Office: Walking Workstations - robg
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/health/nutrition/18fitness.html?ref=fashion
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michael_dorfman
Has anyone here actually tried this? It sounds interesting, but I'd sure like
to suss it out further before making the investment...
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apple iPad May Ship With Webcam - fjabre
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/02/apple-ipad-may-ship-with-webcam/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+wired/index+(Wired:+Index+3+(Top+Stories+2))
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cmelbye
I'm buying if it does. I'm on the bubble right now due to lack of camera and
multitaski... | {
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} |
What's wrong with JavaScript - rdallasgray
http://rdallasgray.github.io/blog/2013/06/09/whats-wrong-with-javascript/
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coldtea
I'd rather have a fixed JS (no BS coercion, actual hashes, method_missing,
better binding rules, local vars by default, "use scrict" checks for
everything, int64 arithmetic, and a non man... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Guide for securing home network with smart devices? - jxf
My parents have recently moved into an apartment in NYC with a number of smart devices that came with the apartment: thermostats, light bulbs, et cetera.<p>Given the tenuous security of IoT devices, are there guides or resources that you'd recommen... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Non-Newtonian fluid on a speaker [video] - RiderOfGiraffes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zoTKXXNQIU
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RiderOfGiraffes
Inspired by this thread allegedly about running on water, I went an looked
again at the "running on a non-Newtonian fluid" videos:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2XQ97XHjVw>
That led me to... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why being a vegan is kind of ridiculous. - curtisspope
http://www.quora.com/Do-vegans-acknowledge-that-plants-are-animal-life?__snids__=12856863
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mooism2
My image of Quora being a repository of high quality questions is ruined.
~~~
curtisspope
lol
| {
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} |
I have no idea what I'm doing - InternetGiant
http://codon.com/i-have-no-idea-what-im-doing
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gitaarik
Summary:
If you look closely enough, nobody really knows exactly what they're doing.
When you realize this, you're no longer blinded by the thought that you or
other people know everything about something.
Th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
K8s-usenet is a collection of Helm charts related to Usenet services - aborrero
https://github.com/aldoborrero/k8s-usenet
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mbushey
Helm is horrible, it makes simple elegant yaml files complex and makes the
changes you actually need harder. Kustomize is the correct way to do things.
| {
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} |
Brandery Prepares for Demo Day 2012 - ntippmann
http://nibletz.com/2012/09/brandery-prepares-for-demo-day-2012/
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ntippmann
I know Impulcity is looking forward to it! Can't wait.
------
everywhereelse
Great piece on the Brandery
| {
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} |
Walmart SSL certificates - huhtenberg
http://www.codefromthe70s.org/certcheck.asp?t=www.walmart.com
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huhtenberg
To elaborate: they are using well-known private keys in their certificates, so
all SSL connections towards their servers cannot be guaranteed to be private
or authentic. They are wide open to active ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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