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Categorization of drawings of dog and cat faces – A university project - jeena
https://github.com/jeena/catdog/blob/master/report.md
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alexhawdon
Nice little project.
A few suggestions to improve the writeup:
1\. Consider going into more depth on the workings of the image processing
techniques. The ones you h... | {
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Show HN: Homescreenhomie.com - lopsae
https://www.homescreenhomie.com/
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lopsae
Turn yourself into an app on your friend's phone.
Upload an image and allow anyone to add it to their mobile homescreen. Similar
to how people have photos of their friends or family in their wallets.
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Samsung Begins Mass Production of 512GB EUFS 3.1 - oedmarap
https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-begins-mass-production-of-the-fastest-storage-for-flagship-smartphones
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mwcampbell
Am I the only one who thinks that microSD cards, and by extension EUFS cards,
are too small? It's very easy to lose a microSD card... | {
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Ask HN: I need quick help - musiic703
Looking to get a domain is the hyphen bad thing in a website?
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michaelpinto
From a branding point of view the bad thing is that when you say the name of
the domain over the phone you always have to say bla-hyphen-bla.com which is a
pain.
~~~
musiic703
What if its one of t... | {
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Are you a programmer with chronic headaches? If so please read - ColinWright
http://jacquesmattheij.com/Programmers+with+chronic+headaches+please+read
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mechanical_fish
_Until I was 30 the word 'headache' didn't even exist for me. I never really
understood what other people were going on about._
There are two ph... | {
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Verizon customers forced onto Frontier - nhangen
http://www.meetfrontier.com/
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zzalpha
Forced?
Yeah, that title isn't editorialized.
Verizon divested themselves of some of their wireline footprint, selling it
off to Frontier.
This is no different than, say, a cell company merger or similar.
Don't like it? Sw... | {
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Strange Beings – Episode #1 with Keith Rabois - danielzarick
http://www.strangebeings.co/episodes/4053-1-keith-rabois
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zoba
Hey Daniel: Looks pretty cool, and like something I'd want to listen to. Only
thing is: I have no idea what the content will be like. It'd be good to have a
summary of discussion before I... | {
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"rent an expert" with AirPair - logicalcat
Running a single-person startup is challenging. Learning new technologies by the usual methods (going to meetups, working through tutorials, etc.) are great for general, high-level knowledge, but not particularly good when you need advice about specifics. Finding an expert ... | {
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Conquering the Command Line - Free eBook - metacasts
http://conqueringthecommandline.com/book
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markbates
Learn to master and conquer the most valuable and useful command line tools
for Unix and Linux based systems. In this book you will find not only the most
useful command line tools you need to know, but als... | {
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LibreOffice progress to 4.2.0 - bkor
http://www.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2014-01-30-under-the-hood.html
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cpncrunch
Looks like a lot of effort has been put into this release, especially under
the hood. I switched from OpenOffice to LibreOffice recently due to much
improved docx import in LibreOffice, and I see t... | {
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AIDungeon, a deep learning generated text adventure (browser playable) - nickwalton00
http://aidungeon.io
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beanland
I just jumped down a pit full of men's panties while wearing a maid's outfit.
Not sure where exactly this is going, but nice work!
~~~
nickwalton00
Thanks haha! It's sometimes incoherent, but it's... | {
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A spreadsheet in fewer than 30 lines of JavaScript, no library used - ondras
http://jsfiddle.net/ondras/hYfN3/
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lifeisstillgood
I am impressed. Its a neat hack, it actually is a real spreadsheet in 30 lines
of code, with references fully working (ie =A3+B4 gives expected output. As
does =alert("foo") but then no... | {
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80% of US accepts that there’s a human role in climate change - pseudolus
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/most-americans-support-efforts-on-climate-change-want-more-renewables/
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mean_gene_1976
How does one extrapolate 80?
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The Death of George Floyd, in Context - grumple
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-death-of-george-floyd-in-context
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grumple
I thought the lack of discussion of one of the more pressing matters of our
time continues to be an expression of privilege for HN.
Perhaps there are ways that tech / vc / o... | {
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The Oatmeal was temporarily shutdown by ICANN - alexkehr
http://www.name.com/blog/how-tos/2014/07/the-oatmeal-was-temporarily-shutdown-by-icann-heres-how-to-avoid-having-this-happen/
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sp332
That link is giving a 403 error.
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The Super-Rich Are Stockpiling Wealth in Black-Box Charities - petethomas
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-03/the-super-rich-are-stockpiling-wealth-in-black-box-charities
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andrewla
This article makes my head hurt, as do so many discussions of charitable
giving. The only reason to give to charity i... | {
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High-Tech Cheating Abounds, and Professors Bear Some Blame - ilamont
http://chronicle.com/article/High-Tech-Cheating-on-Homework/64857/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
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makecheck
Seems like it's time to randomize questions. And technology could be used for
this, too.
It wouldn't be too hard to come up with... | {
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Show HN: A local multilistener realtime radio station based on YouTube - FedericoElles
I'm working on this since months during some spare work time at my company and before knowing about turntable.fm.
Maybe some office worker here have the same niche problem as we did and find this useful. Feedback highly appreciat... | {
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Mastodon Bone Findings Could Upend Our Understanding of Human History (2017) - curtis
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/mastodon-bone-findings-could-upend-our-understanding-human-history-n751406
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zipwitch
The answer is obvious: time-travelers on a 'paleo hunting experience' trip.
"We'll just target 1... | {
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Recession, tech kill middle-class jobs - dgunn
http://news.yahoo.com/ap-impact-recession-tech-kill-middle-class-jobs-051306434--finance.html
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up_and_up
So is it Man over machine or machine over Man?
Seem like the real issue lies in the trend toward optimization in every part
of the economy, from the small busin... | {
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The Unreasonable Fundamental Incertitudes Behind Bitcoin Mining - markmassie
http://arxiv.org/abs/1310.7935
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apw
Here is the reference the authors cite: [4]
[4] Bitter to Better — How to Make Bitcoin a Better Currency
[http://crypto.stanford.edu/~xb/fc12/bitcoin.pdf](http://crypto.stanford.edu/~xb/fc12/bitcoi... | {
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Show HN: I created an Excel plugin for using SQL inside Excel - anakic
http://thingiequery.com/
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anakic
Hi all!
So as a side project I developed a plugin that lets you do SQL inside Excel.
It's called ThingieQuery (www.thingiequery.com).
When you install ThingieQuery, you get a SQL IDE window inside Excel. I... | {
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Chalkdust – A magazine for the mathematically curious - ColinWright
http://chalkdustmagazine.com/
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paulplug
Love Chalkdusk! My 3 favorite math, physics and cs websites that I discovered
this year are:
\- [https://www.quantamagazine.org](https://www.quantamagazine.org)
\- [http://chalkdustmagazine.com](http://c... | {
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Cross Platform Mobile App Development Online Course - abhshksingh
http://hub.coursebirdie.com/p/cross-platform-mobile-app-development/?product_id=196534&coupon_code=PRODUCTHUNT&ref=producthunt
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sashaedi
Good course!
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A marketplace of DRM-free ebooks - ableal
http://fifobooks.com
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ableal
As joubert had hinted (in <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1298038>), the
Fifobooks.com catalog is now browsable on the web.
| {
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Ask HN: How does one buy stocks outside the US? - CSDude
I am in the tech market in a non-US country with already stock options, but our system allows only cashing out our vested stocks via wire transfer.<p>If I wanted to buy stocks, how should I do it? Is it brokers job? How would a foreign person trust a broker via... | {
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Google's ambitious push into gaming is floundering - Impossible
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-are-so-few-games-on-google-stadia-2020-2
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polytely
It's really interesting if you compare it to Epic's entry into the game
selling business. What they did was:
1\. Appeal to developers by making exclusivity deals... | {
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The Death, and Life, of Reading Have Been Greatly Exaggerated - Tomte
http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2016/08/18/the-death-and-life-of-reading-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/
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Tomte
Money quote: "We never had a reading culture. We had an entertainment culture
where reading was the easiest form... | {
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Technical interview question: “What do you think of this tutorial?" - raganwald
http://www.functionx.com/cpp/examples/returnpointer.htm
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zaptheimpaler
I suppose you want the candidate to point out that returning pointers to local
variables of a function is a bad idea? (and tell you to either declare the
variab... | {
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Wirecard’s real business relied on small number of customers - chewz
https://www.ft.com/content/7c466351-02fe-4d66-85a1-53d012de7445
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samizdis
Copy of article (minus a graphic) available at:
[https://geekly.co.uk/wirecards-real-business-relied-on-
small...](https://geekly.co.uk/wirecards-real-business-relied-on... | {
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Mini-laptops sell faster during economic crisis - snydeq
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/10/15/Minilaptops_sell_faster_during_economic_crisis_1.html
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sjs382
I think it has more to do with price and availability. Before this generation
of 'netbooks', it cost a small fortune to get a tiny notebook. Now with ... | {
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Show HN: Ilograph – Interactive System Diagrams - Veuxdo
https://app.ilograph.com/demo.ilograph.Ilograph/Request/interactive-system-diagrams
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bastijn
Previous threads. @OP consider adding what changed since last Show HN'S.
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21999734](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2199... | {
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Font Custom - Generate Custom Icon Web Fonts From The Command Line - Hirvesh
http://fontcustom.com/
======
Hirvesh
Via Functionn - Open Source Resources For Web Developers & Designers:
[http://functionn.blogspot.com/2012/11/font-custom-
generate-c...](http://functionn.blogspot.com/2012/11/font-custom-generate-
custom-... | {
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Traction Stack - activatedgeek
http://tractionstack.com/
======
activatedgeek
The website that goes along with the book [https://www.amazon.com/Traction-
Startup-Achieve-Explosive-Cu...](https://www.amazon.com/Traction-Startup-
Achieve-Explosive-
Customer/dp/1591848369/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1488258006&sr=8-2&keywords... | {
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Fourier transform for dummies - wfn
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1002/fourier-transform-for-dummies
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thomasahle
This is what made it `click' for me: [http://betterexplained.com/articles/an-
interactive-guide-to-...](http://betterexplained.com/articles/an-interactive-
guide-to-the-fourier-transform/)
... | {
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} |
How we test the TeamCity UI - el_duderino
https://blog.jetbrains.com/teamcity/2020/06/teamcity-ui-how-do-we-test-it/
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ed_balls
Great post about testing, it's pretty much all you need to develop a robust
app.
BUT TeamCity UX is the worst UI from all CI systems that I have used. From
first version of Jenkis to ma... | {
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} |
LinkedIn is down - cgopalan
http://linkedin.com/
======
day_
It's working here.
| {
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Calculate your total time spent watching TV shows - Siva1456
http://sivakodali.com/tv/
======
Siva1456
a
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Show HN: Seobots.io – simple bots for task automation - grammakov
Hello HackerNews!<p>I would like to invite you to test drive a project I've been working on for qute a while: https://seobots.io
This is the long awaited (by myself) release of a concept that I have first presented a few years back.<p>The... | {
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22nd Dec aka the EA Massacre: Why we are skipping it - Gable
http://www.bitongo.com/index.php/2011/12/12/22nd-dec-aka-the-ea-massacre-why-we-are-skipping-it/
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popmatrix
What's the difference if it's EA, Ubisoft, Apple etc... Nothing is preventing
a holiday price drop for bitongo which could be outweighed by the ... | {
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} |
Coders Automating Their Own Job - benryon
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/10/agents-of-automation/568795/?single_page=true
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peteforde
You know how sometimes you love an article so much that you are annoyed you
didn't write it? This does a better job than I could have of tieing together a
doze... | {
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} |
Even experts get it wrong - vasco
http://notch.tumblr.com/post/27897241780/even-experts-get-it-wrong
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irahul
The dude attacking Mojang isn't looking good.
> Its amazing to see so many people loyal to this game maker. Good on him.
Eh, didn't take the time to consider some of us are against the patent
bullying... | {
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} |
A Disturbing Number of People Think Coronavirus Is Related to Corona Beer - elorant
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdvvd/a-disturbing-number-of-people-think-coronavirus-is-related-to-corona-beer
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maxbaines
I think this is more likely to be people like me googling that to see all the
Corona Beer memes
~~~
v... | {
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The Hero Jr. personal robot from HeathKit: a 1984 product way ahead of its time - acidburnNSA
https://partofthething.com/thoughts/the-hero-jr-personal-robot-from-heathkit-a-1984-product-way-ahead-of-its-time/
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bitwize
When I saw one of these on Mr. Wizard back in the day, I thought the future
had arrived.
-----... | {
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Ask HN: members of distributed teams, how do you cope with the loneliness? - ozh
Of course you're collaborating on a day to day basis using email, skype, IRC or whatever, but how do you handle the physical loneliness throughout the day?
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JSeymourATL
Purposely plan regular 1:1 breakfast or lunch meetings wit... | {
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Mindful in May - evolve2k
http://www.mindfulinmay.org
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khorwitz
Mindfulness for your work:
[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/focusr/fgdcnfgmneb...](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/focusr/fgdcnfgmneblnnldmaffhbniomfajlah)
Instead of focusing on your (i.e.) your breath, you can practice bring... | {
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A word about color - grishick
Commenters on the tech blogs are eager to jump on the bandwagon and bash Color's $41 mil investment as a clear sign of a bubble. At first I thought so too. Granted, the app has a two star rating, is not immediately intuitive, and is otherwise only marginally useful. Yet, I disagree with... | {
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Show HN: Komposto – Sketchbook of self-modifying programs - fatiherikli
http://komposto.org
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azeirah
This really needs an accompanying introduction. Why this? How'd you get this
idea? What's easy to do using this technique that's not easy in traditional
programs? It's too far out for me (and I guess for others a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
2009 Predictions: iPhone Gaming Will Replace Nintendo and Sony - dell9000
http://ryanspoon.com/blog/2008/12/29/2009-predictions-iphone-gaming-will-replace-nintendo-and-sony/
======
sachinag
OK, let me point out that the Nintendo DS has a web browser, Wi-Fi
connectivity, and _actually works_ as a gaming device.
I thin... | {
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The Death of Iowa - smacktoward
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/04/the-death-of-iowa-110655
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gumby
This looks political but I think it raises a different, more important point
about the naïveté people exhibit when it comes to software and complex
technology. This was exhibited by the developers of course w... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Why did Microsoft not use HTML as the format for its word documents? - abs222
What's the difference between using doc vs. HTML as a document format? Why did Microsoft not use HTML instead of inventing doc format?
======
greenyoda
Because Microsoft Word came out in 1983 and HTML didn't exist until 1993. No... | {
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Quitting job - nitam
I knew i made the right decision to leave the corporate-dilbert-like world when asked by a coworker : "why are you leaving this job, now you'll have to learn many new things".
Defense rests :)
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staunch
I'm planning my escape in great detail, like a prison inmate who has been
wrongly convic... | {
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} |
Introducing the new Intel HTML5 Development Environment - amanvir_sangha
http://software.intel.com/en-us/html5
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suyash
I'm still not sure why they care so much about HTML5? They say you can put
apps on iOS, Android , Windows etc well there is nothing new about that but
where does Intel HTML5 come in the pictur... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Make your site’s pages instant in one minute - dieulot
https://instant.page/
======
WestCoastJustin
Live demo on my website @
[https://sysadmincasts.com/](https://sysadmincasts.com/)
Temporary added it in-line for testing. I was already in the sub 100ms level
but this just puts it over the top! Also updated ... | {
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Warren Buffett: Buying Berkshire Hathaway Was $200 Billion Blunder - NonEUCitizen
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Warren-Buffett-Buying-cnbc-1784378699.html
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kgermino
Dup: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1804277>
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Ask HN: The Best Programmers' you've ever read - jfaucett
In my free time, I try to read the source code of projects I think are interesting, and in the course of my years I've found some programmers I've really come to respect. I was wondering if you guys would be willing to list out the programmer(s), and their pr... | {
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High Speed Trains are Killing the European Railway Network - gvb
http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2013/12/high-speed-trains-are-killing-the-european-railway-network.html
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furyg3
For European HNers (or travelers) I plea for you to use the night trains, keep
them alive.
One example: Between Amsterdam & Bern - Skybu... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How hard is it to hire international remote workers? - alphagrep12345
If you're in USA/UK/Australia and are trying to hire remote workers from another country, how hard is the legal process? Is this something a small startup could think of doing? Or do they just not do it because of the legal ha... | {
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The Hidden Cost of C++ - groby_b
http://www.rachelslabnotes.com/2009/10/the-hidden-cost-of-c/
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dkarl
The argument boils down to the fact that C++ can express more in a single line
of code than C can.
_a = func(b,c);_
....
_Is it a function call, a member function call, or is it an anonymous
constructor? A... | {
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Gitlab Security Mails - dewey
https://gist.github.com/dewey/050e0b7a818d0f76b959a058da4c5ee9
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detaro
Probably not fake:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11587416](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11587416)
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Spotify desktop app loaded viruses onto users PCs via advertising - ljf
http://bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12891182
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JCB_K
I use Spotify on OSX, and interestingly enough some ads get blocked by
clicktoflash, which I use in Safari.
| {
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Google Chrome Market Share - nreece
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4499455073_a729acd621_o.png
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melling
What's great is that Google is getting everyone upgraded to each new browser.
If only Microsoft could do that with IE, and Mozilla with Firefox.
Too bad Google isn't as effective with Android versions.
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Easy guide to enabling two-factor authentication on your Google account - primesuspect
http://tech.icrontic.com/news/how-to-enable-two-factor-authentication-on-your-google-account/
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sylviebarak
really helpful, thanks for this Icrontic.
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Ask HN: Consulting firm in an offshore country? - enclin
I'm a software consultant with clients all over the world, living in not the most stable country.<p>I'd like to open a company in a more stable country (currently I'm operating as a sole proprietor in my home-country), and Belize/BVG/Pan... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Life Inside a Secret Chinese Bitcoin Mine (9 Min Video) - ogdoad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kua5B5K3I
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ogdoad
Setups like this completely invalidate any individual effort.
~~~
mkempe
Why completely? is there room for marginal profits at the individual level?
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In Silicon Valley, designers emerge as rock stars - tinio
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/13/us-designers-startup-idUSBRE83C0QG20120413
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adrianhoward
From my perspective it isn't so much that designers are now "rock stars"
(whatever that may be), but that more and more organisations are finally
figuring... | {
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} |
Google’s quantum computer just simulated a molecule for the first time - prateekj
http://www.sciencealert.com/google-s-quantum-computer-is-helping-us-understand-quantum-physics?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Branded+Content&utm_campaign=ScienceDump
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CarolineW
Perhaps, but this is not the first submission to HN o... | {
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Lessons on Being a Success on Wall St., and Being a Casualty - mitmads
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/lessons-on-being-a-success-on-wall-st-and-being-a-casualty
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mitmads
"women need sponsors more than mentors. Mentors will offer advice and
guidance; sponsors will actually pull women’s careers along." !... | {
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} |
Wireless Carriers Leave Millions of Android Phones Vulnerable to Hackers - iProject
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/02/carriers-fail-to-secure-phones/
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nextparadigms
This wouldn't be that big of a problem if the carriers and manufacturers left
control over updates to Google.
~~~
juan_juarez
But they have ... | {
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Why large IT development projects are problematic - motters
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/projects/cogaff/misc/isoft-government-projects.html#problematic
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oiuhyjtgfhjkl
They aren't - the authors are just using the wrong performance metrics.
The point of a large IT project is career advancement for all inv... | {
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} |
Symantec and Trend Micro rumored to be 2 of the 3 hacked US AV companies - guardiangod
https://gizmodo.com/antivirus-makers-confirm-and-deny-getting-breached-afte-1834725136
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voidmain0001
As Boston sang: "More than rumor!"
[https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fxmsp-chat-
lo...](https://www.bleepingcom... | {
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ActiveState Moves Stackato Cloud Platform to Beta - jcasman
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/ActiveState-Moves-Stackato-Cloud-Platform-to-Beta-258507/
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Pythondj
Getting ready to create my own Private PaaS with the Stackato Beta this
morning, looking forward to testing out the postgres support
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McGrath: Proposal for a new Fedora Project - antileet
http://lwn.net/Articles/408052/
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Klonoar
This totally freaked me out to see, both as a front-end specialist and someone
with the last name McGrath.
That said, I actually think it's a pretty slick idea. I've seen a lot of
different one-off efforts over in U... | {
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Rechner: A gesture based calculator - nchlswu
http://www.rechner-app.com/
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aggarwalachal
Looks interesting.
Seems to me that the functions are pretty minimal right now. Would be nice to
see the complex functions getting mapped on the gestures. Otherwise, it is a
great step towards minimalism.
Also, looks lik... | {
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Ask HN: What are the best ways to get first 100 users for a powerful Slack Bot? - NidsBuilds
Just revamped and launched Scribe, an In-Slack Sales Bot designed to help you focus and scale your meaningful sales conversations. Looking for ideas on how I can get a good handful of users to try it out?<p>Goes without saying... | {
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Are patent pools the solution to smartphone lawsuits? - vectorbunny
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/are-patent-pools-the-solution-to-smartphone-lawsuits/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29
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vectorbunny
A related and interesti... | {
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} |
A Computer Science Degree DoesnaEURXt Hurt (Much) - bootload
http://www.leahculver.com/2007/05/30/a-computer-science-degree-doesnt-hurt-much/
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jamesbritt
More or less content-free blog post.
~~~
bootload
_"... More or less content-free blog post ..."_
James, how?
I can see a couple of good messages here. The ... | {
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} |
Nice description of what a maintainers workflow looks like with git - bosky101
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/howto/maintain-git.txt
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bosky101
here are also a nice explanations of "pull vs fetch,merge"
<http://longair.net/blog/2009/04/16/git-fetch-and-merge/>
[http://blog.mikepearce.net/2010... | {
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Visual Studio App Center is generally available - kartickv
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/11/visual-studio-live-share-takes-the-pain-out-of-collaborative-coding/
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kartickv
Seems like an end-to-end solution:
\- Pair debugging
\- Git integration
\- beta deployment
\- run your code on real iOS or Android ... | {
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} |
Greece's finance minister used to be Valve's games economist - ethana
http://boingboing.net/2015/01/28/greeces-new-finance-minister.html
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ratfacemcgee
Varoufakis has been featured heaps on NPR's Planet Money show. In one episode
[1] he was quoted on Australian Radio Show "Late Nite Live" to say:
> "When you h... | {
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} |
Nuclear Experts Explain Worst-Case Scenario at Fukushima Power Plant - gommm
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fukushima-core
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nazgulnarsil
"we're in a land where probability says we shouldn't be."
You, sir, need better advisors.
~~~
Ratfish
Go easy... "it was the earthquake and tsunami." they d... | {
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} |
HowTo for exotic birds in the Valley? - wuschel
Hi,<p>I am searching for maximum exposure to people of technology/startup background.<p>The thing is: As a soon to be PhD in Chemistry with experience in biotechnology I am a rather exotic bird in the business. I am a self taught python programmer, and had plenty ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Can't get .com or .net, what's the next best extension? - chowlet
Working on a startup and can't get the .com or .net of the company name. Which extension is best: .me, .ly, .co, or something else?
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pg
Choose another name, not another extension.
~~~
chowlet
I hear you. Usually I'm not wedded to things... | {
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Alvin M. Marks, Inventor With 122 Patents, Dies at 97 - terpua
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/31/business/31marks.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1212226838-T15cuuKBRHjOfl0mP7FkRQ
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terpua
Alvin Marks >= Hank Rearden
| {
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Show HN: Slouch Stoppah - lnenad
https://slouchstoppah.com
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Noumenon72
Good habit formation can't hurt, but don't neglect the fundamentals. The thing
that's pulling your shoulders forward is not some mental weakness on your
part, it's an imbalance in muscle tightness and weakness, like a tent pole
with regular g... | {
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} |
Power Blogging Hour (and Why You Should Have One Too) - robert_mygengo
http://mygengo.com/talk/blog/power-blogging-hour-and-why-you-should-have-one-too/
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pamelafox
It's a good idea to make sure that you write a certain amount each week (both
for personal brand and startup brand).
I personally find that there ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: HackerNews reimagined without tables or center elements. - sergiotapia
http://coderwall.com/p/-vqwfg
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pooriaazimi
(off-topic) What is wrong with Coderwall? They're worse than Google+ and the
stupid "Join Google+" bar... If someone wants to join, they will. No need to
rub it in their face. At least have ... | {
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} |
How to Achieve Painless Registration - req2
http://www.asktog.com/columns/081Registration.html
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elblanco
Step 1:review HN's registration scheme Step 2:Copy it.
| {
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} |
OpenAI Playing Sonic - raudaschl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FHHuRTkr_Y
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ayakura
An updated OpenAI will be playing with a team of semi-pros (casters) on Aug
5th, so that'll be interesting to look at.
~~~
ayakura
Link because I forgot:
[https://twitter.com/wykrhm/status/1019788033959157760?s=21](https://twi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
107x Faster Image Processing (Grayscale) in C# - ltcode
https://www.programmingalgorithms.com/algorithm/grayscale
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wmu
107x faster than what? This algorithm is well known, I've seen the equation
many years ago.
~~~
lovelearning
Yeah, I expected some new algorithm, given the domain name. Looks like all the
impro... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Who actually reads YC applications? - 10dpd
A recent tweet suggested that YC video submissions are being watched by people outside of the core YC team, sometimes in public.<p>How are applications processed, and what guarantees are given to applicants that their submission will be kept confidential?
======
ro... | {
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Bird Audio Detection: baseline tests and the problem of generalisation - jarmitage
http://machine-listening.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/2016/10/bird-audio-detection-baseline-generalisation/
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yareally
I've been working on matching recorded bird audio from a device to known
matches and it's not an easy problem (personal hobby... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Day Night – Kill the procrastination in you - sanjevirau
https://getdaynight.com
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Operyl
Shouldn't this be tagged Show HN?
"Coming soon to macOS" Darn, can't even try the app since it supports neither
of my primary platforms (Linux, macOS)
| {
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} |
Meteor and Qt - achipa
http://achipa.blogspot.com/2014/12/meteor-and-qt-match-made-in-heaven.html
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jakozaur
There is a lot opinions on HNews that Meteor is too monolithic and it's bad:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8772563](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8772563)
However, that kind of projects s... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
AI can’t protect us from deepfakes, argues new report - Anon84
https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/18/20872084/ai-deepfakes-solution-report-data-society-video-altered
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michannne
It definitely can't. There are many cons to this of course that have discussed
ad infinitum, but I'd like to point out this opens doors for... | {
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} |
Auroracoin: "a cryptocurrency for Iceland" - heydenberk
http://auroracoin.org/
======
nirnira
Good. Although I have no reason to believe this particular coin will succeed,
the more projects and attempts like this the better. The sooner governments
around the world lose their corrupt and illegitimate stranglehold on ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Bypass the horrendous custom installer for Flash 10.1 on Mac OS X - abennett
http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/111334/good-job-adobe-flash-team
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orborde
Does anyone have a similar trick for Windows? I can't seem to access anything
but the horrible "Download Manager" extension/ActiveX using IE or Firef... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The last will and testament of Circuit City - technologizer
http://technologizer.com/2009/03/07/the-last-will-and-testament-of-circuit-city/
======
Dobbs
I went and checked out this 'sale' many of the items like ethernet and TV's
cost more with the 80% 'off' than to purchase said goods on newegg or other
places on t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
TXT Record XSS - ryanskidmore
http://who.is/dns/jamiehankins.co.uk
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mrb
I am half serious, but how about making HTML served in TXT records a standard
trick for serving small web pages very quickly? There are way fewer network
round trips:
1. DNS query for TXT record for example.com
2. DNS ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Web based bookkeeping? - tonydewan
I'm looking for bookkeeping software for my new company. We're geographically distributed, so desktop software isn't really an option. We also generally hate Quickbooks. Are there other options? We currently use and love Harvest for time tracking/invoicing/estimating, but i... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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