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San Francisco Is Preparing for Life After This Tech Boom - getgoingnow
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-06-09/san-francisco-is-bracing-for-life-after-this-tech-bubble
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matt_wulfeck
Honestly, at this point it's too late to start "preparing" for a pop. I'm
dubious the city can come up with 6 years o... | {
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Simonne Jones on the Intersection of Science and Pop Music - arbitraryy
http://www.engadget.com/2016/05/27/simonne-jones-gravity-interview/
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arbitraryy
(Full disclosure. Simonne is a friend)
We all love reading about inspiring people with immeasurable passions for
creating. I am especially moved when those pass... | {
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} |
68% of total Ethereum transaction value controlled by one system - bmj1
https://blog.cyber.fund/huge-ethereum-mixer-6cf98680ee6c
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ve55
Why is the link at the top of this article ('cyber•Fund') to
[https://cyber.fund/system/Paragon](https://cyber.fund/system/Paragon), a page
for 'Paragon', a very shifty high-budg... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Do you use gmail for work? (Yes/No) - gregmuender
Just answer "yes" or "no" in the comments. I'm curious because we are vetting both Microsoft Outlook and gmail apps.
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misiti3780
yes
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Rudder: An etcd backed overlay network for containers - pquerna
https://coreos.com/blog/introducing-rudder/
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wmf
I'm glad to see this since an easy overlay for Docker is badly needed. But
ugh, userspace encapsulation. This would be a lot better if it used OVS +
VXLAN.
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philips
The plan is to add more backend... | {
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Aggregated Feedback from YC Partner on Today's Show HN - kevin
For those of you who didn't know, I reviewed a bunch of Show HNs today. Many thanks to everyone who submitted Show HNs. I’m really sorry if I didn’t make it to your post. Some posts were beyond me to review…like that 99 Haskell project…well, I did lik... | {
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A great list of command-line tips - shocks
http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse/sort-by-votes/
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avar
The #1 thing that'll improve most people's workflow is learning how to use
readline effectively. I'm continually amazed by how many people who use shells
daily use the arrow keys to navigate around, don... | {
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} |
A CIA calendar the CIA gift shop refuses to sell - benologist
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-cia-calendar-the-cia-gift-shop-refuses-to-sell-yes-and-heres-the-strange-story-behind-it/2016/12/28/bde03862-c604-11e6-8bee-54e800ef2a63_story.html
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escape_goat
It would be interesting to gain some professional i... | {
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} |
Show HN: Monthly Rentable Gitlab/Jenkins CI Runners - hardwaresofton
https://runnerrental.club
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sytse
Cool to see this. By the way at GitLab we're planning to charge per minute for
runners [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-
ee/issues/3314](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/3314)
~~~
hardwaresof... | {
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WildDuck IMAP server compresses emails by 56% - andris9
https://github.com/nodemailer/wildduck#storage
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jepler
This looks cool, anybody used it yet?
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andris9
I don't think it's been used much as the project is fairly new. Wild Duck
powers [https://ethereal.email/](https://ethereal.email/) but this is mostly
... | {
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Quintura for Kids - intuitive and safe search engine for kids - Paul
http://kids.quintura.com
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e1ven
That's a very clever site, but I worry about scalability- If you're adding
links manually you're going to run into the same problem that yahoo ran into,
but without the Ad-revenue to try to overcome it.
I'm also... | {
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} |
Supreme Court sides with tech company in patent dispute with Postal Service - donohoe
https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/trending/SpK9IoiRrI-acWR0VMVU1g2
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duxup
>The Postal Service then petitioned the Patent Office to review the patent,
and the Patent Board agreed with the Postal Servic... | {
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Ask HN: New research topics in networking ? - vinutheraj
Hi, I am starting on my MS thesis this year. I am looking around for some good areas in networking to do my thesis in. I worked in VANETs ( Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks ) for my BS degree. I didn't find the field that fun though. Can someone suggest some good top... | {
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} |
CIA Secretly Owned Global Encryption Provider Spied on 100 Foreign Governments - dsego
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/02/12/cia-secretly-bought-global-encryption-provider-built-backdoors-spied-on-100-foreign-governments/#323824f8580a
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a3n
> "Spying between friends, that's just not done,'' Ms Merke... | {
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Google Search Stories - EricBurnett
http://www.youtube.com/searchstories
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TotlolRon
also here: <http://www.search-stories.com> and with an SEO friendly domain.
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Faster Python calls in Cython 0.21 - andreif
http://blog.behnel.de/posts/faster-python-calls-in-cython-021.html
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raymondh
Nice work Stefan :-)
For people who care about performance, Cython Numba and PyPy are a vital part
of the Python ecosystem. They let you create highly performant code while
retaining Pytho... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Haiku? - Red_Tarsius
<p><pre><code> Reply in haiku.
See one you like? Upvote it!
Gather points to win!
</code></pre>
Original thread (6 years ago): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=780569
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MichaelCrawford
There was a young lady from Bright
Who traveled much fast... | {
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Research paper: Interstellar flight is at least 200 years away - llambda
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1101.1066v1.pdf
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Steuard
It's an interesting analysis, but I'm extremely dubious about the degree of
extrapolation going on here. It's hard to imagine that the past 25 years have
been typical in human history, or for ... | {
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} |
Data Visualization and D3.js Newsletter - Issue 62 - sebg
https://www.dashingd3js.com/data-visualization-and-d3-newsletter/data-visualization-and-d3-newsletter-issue-62
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jnazario
didn't know about this, kind of cool, we use some D3 at work. however, would
be nice with some graphics ...
just sayin.
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Ai Weiwei: The US is behaving like China - fchollet
http://m.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/11/nsa-surveillance-us-behaving-like-china
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defuzz
I always thought the PRC is behaving like the USA, because it tries to close
the economical and technological gap to competing nations.
Not bad for a single-par... | {
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} |
Show HN: Kim – A Python serialization and marshaling framework - mikeywaites
http://kim.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
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sandGorgon
We are really looking for serialization libraries that will work with pandas
and scikit.
This stuff is really all over the place - PMML, Arrow, Dill, pickle.
Some stuff won't work with ... | {
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} |
India Approves World’s First Passenger Hyperloop System - redpillor
https://www.archdaily.com/922794/india-approves-worlds-first-passenger-hyperloop-system
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gameoftrolls_
Next step, a Hyperloo system
| {
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If Your Vibrator Is Hacked, Is It a Sex Crime? - cratermoon
https://gizmodo.com/if-your-vibrator-is-hacked-is-it-a-sex-crime-1820007951
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mikehines
The headline sounds like a Philip K Dick title.
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ellius
Hahaha nicely done
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ashildr
Being a relatively kinky person myself I’d still. consider shoving quit... | {
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Drupal developers wanted. Pay rate: $10-$12/hr - Tangaroa
Just thought I'd forward this wage scale for a recent job opening to give readers an idea of what the programmer job market is like outside of San Mateo:<p>Hourly Rates (Introduction):<p>Intern $10-$12 / hour<p>IC $12-15 / hour<p>Hourly Rates (Experienced wit... | {
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The Dirty Secret of 10x Engineers - ericxtang
http://www.erictang.org/blog/2014/01/17/dirty-secret-of-10x-engineers/
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doctorwho
Some people are just better at exploring problem spaces, avoiding dead ends
and making insightful connections that lead to solutions. It doesn't always
come with experience, some people... | {
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} |
Ask HN: If you could build anything, what would you build? - traverseda
You're already wealthy beyond compare. Profitability doesn't concern you. All the standard startup stuff has fallen by the wayside.<p>What do you build? Do you hire a team, or are you building it to learn?
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panorama
This doesn't an... | {
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} |
Analysis Paralysis: Stop worrying about your code - gadr90
http://blog.gadr.me/stop-worrying-about-your-code/
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marcoagner
Very good. This excessive and paralysing worry used to affect me and I still
got some. Very real mistake.
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gestapo
Good, good.. We are watching.
~~~
gadr90
Thanks for the viewership... | {
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} |
Pig: high level language to process big datasets via Hadoop - bayareaguy
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2027476/pig-webscale-processing-Yahoo-Research
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bayareaguy
Christopher Olston from Yahoo Research presented Pig at the UCB DBMS lunch
talk today. It's a framework that translates a high level processing
specifica... | {
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} |
How Slack impacts workplace productivity - charlieirish
https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/5/1/18511575/productivity-slack-google-microsoft-facebook
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cvs268
_> How Slack impacts workplace productivity_
like all tools, it impacts positively when used in the "right" way (TM)
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Ask HN: How should I design my MS in CS curriculum? - cubecul
I'm coming from a social science background. I've taken a C++ course, data structures, discrete math and intro to systems programming. I would love some advice on how to think about how best to plan my MS in CS.<p>The requirements are loose: 12 ... | {
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We can't get enough of audiobooks - prostoalex
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/13/listen-up-rise-of-audiobooks-steven-poole
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Wowfunhappy
I was very disappointed to see this article complain about Audible DRM without
mentioning the variety of DRM-Free audiobook providers.
• downpour.com
• libro.fm
•... | {
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} |
Closing Communities: FFFFOUND vs. MLKSHK - _pius
http://waxy.org/2017/04/closing-communities-ffffound-vs-mlkshk/
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AdrianRossouw
I ran a large online community with tens of thousands of users that existed
for nearly 19 years. When it came time to close it down, I left a notice on
the site for several months befor... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Best file format for archiving photos - reaperducer
Today I discovered that macOS Catalina dropped support for some raw image formats. I have 20,000 photos from 19 countries archived in one of the newly non-supported formats. Lots of people long dead, and places that no longer exist, or that I will never be ab... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Respect: Poland on ACTA [video] - mazsa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=YPiV_SB-scM
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mazsa
\+ <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQdMtSmkVBs>
| {
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What are the best resources to learn Spring framework? - navbehl
Hi, I've recently started working on a project built on Spring framework. I've worked on Java 8(mostly Android and only used lambdas) and Play framework(Scala)
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gdfer
The spring reference docs are quite good. I'd take a scan through those... | {
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} |
Ask YC: How much do you make on advertising on your site? - mixmax
A lot of startups are depending on advertising on their site, but it is often hard to find numbers on what kind of income you can expect from this.<p>The numbers, of course, vary depending on your niche and your audience, the type of advertising you ... | {
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In short the US has no clue where Snowden is. - ForFreedom
With all their PRISM tech the US cannot find Snowden which is clear from the Bolivian incident.
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nishithleo
India has rejected NSA leaker Edward Snowden's request for political asylum,
the External Affairs Ministry said Tuesday. [http://www.wral.com/in... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Chatbot Fail - imartin2k
http://thewalrus.ca/chatbot-fail/
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SixSigma
Clicking buttons is not inherently superior. Text interfaces work very well
for a subset of people.
| {
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} |
In 2016 LA voted to spend 1.2B on the homeless, but the problem keeps growing - wallace_f
https://youtu.be/gazX_feRSW0
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wallace_f
I quickly searched for an estimate of the homeless population within LA city:
~36,000. At 1.2B that is over $33,000/person.
Honestly, I wonder at what point can we look at these resu... | {
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} |
Amazon S3 and offline development - ACSparks
Let's say I want to use S3 to serve all of the images for my site; I also do alot of my developing offline on a local setup.<p>Do I just have to bite the bullet and have the page layout broken when I am not online?
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ACSparks
Nevermind, I can just use htaccess to red... | {
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} |
Ask HN: A friend introduced me to a client, now he wants a 25% cut - thrwwwy123
I work as an independent software consultant in a somewhat specialized area. A friend recently introduced me to the founders of a company that are looking for help in this area. It's interesting work and I want to pursue it. However, ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Discover, Listen and Discuss Classical Music - ClassicalmOnly
https://classicalmusiconly.com
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ClassicalmOnly
Hello HN! I am really excited to show you Classical Music Only, a social
website dedicate to discover, listen and discuss classical music. I actually
tried to do a "show HN" thread 6 months ago w... | {
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} |
Show HN: Uranus – Memo and Task App - resotto
https://github.com/resotto/uranus
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k2enemy
I love new note taking and TODO apps, but Docker, Tomcat, Java, Postgres, etc
for a minimalist web app? Seems overkill.
~~~
resotto
Thanks for your reply! So you mean you want more functional one, right?
~~~
pointytrees
I ... | {
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} |
Pragmatic Bookshelf announces new Pragmatic Guide series - tswicegood
http://media.pragprog.com/newsletters/2010-08-25.html?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=%5BBookshelf%5D+Pragmatic+Guide+series%3A+Pragmatic+Guide+to+Git&utm_campaign=%5BBookshelf%5D+Pragmatic+Guide+series%3A+Pragmatic+Guide+to+Git&utm_... | {
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Show HN: Strategy maps for software development – now free for solo users - rocksoug
http://www.systemmeasure.com
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systemmeasure
In response to HN feedback, you can now use systemmeasure.com as a solo
developer for free.
| {
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April 1 Executive Order permits sanctions against cyberattackers - corndoge
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/01/executive-order-blocking-property-certain-persons-engaging-significant-m
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vijayboyapati
AKA donating to Edward Snowden is now a crime.
| {
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Open Labware: 3-D Printing Your Own Lab Equipment - Galeno
http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002086
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grkvlt
See also _Open-Source 3D-Printable Optics Equipment_ published March 2013. The
article is available as an open access PDF as well:
http://journals.p... | {
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} |
Verizon Suffers Cloud Data Leak Exposing Data on Millions of Customers (2017) - Varcht
https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/verizon-suffers-cloud-data-leak-exposing-data-on-millions-of-customers/d/d-id/1329344
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Stefan-H
I find the reporting of this as a "data leak", as opposed to a more aggressive
term, rather conc... | {
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} |
Did a Chinese hack kill Canada’s greatest tech company? - goatinaboat
https://www.afr.com/technology/did-a-chinese-hack-kill-canada-s-greatest-tech-company-20200706-p559gu
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Normille
Paywall.
| {
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} |
Linux 2.6.37 - Linux Kernel Newbies - mattyb
http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_37
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requinot59
For the french people out there, a summary of the main new features is
available here: <http://linuxfr.org/2011/01/05/27723.html>
| {
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} |
Betacup Challenge - Design A Sustainable Coffee Cup - Tichy
http://www.thebetacup.com/
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philk
I have a hard time seeing how this is anything other than a feel-good
distraction that provides little in the way of real benefits. Non-disposable
coffee cups do not make up a meaningful proportion of our environment... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Big data: are we making a big mistake? - feelthepain
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/21a6e7d8-b479-11e3-a09a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2xH3TZgd9
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api
I think there are two things here.
First is the suspect notion that mere statistics can supplant understanding.
It sort of boils down to "with enough data, correlation no... | {
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} |
Association of insulin resistance marker with severity and mortality of Covid-19 - sudoaza
https://cardiab.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12933-020-01035-2
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arkades
Please note:
The calculation of TyG is ln (fasting blood sugar) x triglycerides/2). Many
studies make the error of calculating it as (ln (FBS ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to talk to someone who's been a victim of child abuse - justask
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask such questions, but I'm out of choices, so I figured I'd give it a shot.<p>Without me knowing what emotions it would set off, yesterday I pointed my girlfriend to read the HuffPO article about B... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Too Many Cooks – Exploiting the Internet-of-TR-069-Things (2014) [video] - milankragujevic
https://media.ccc.de/v/31c3_-_6166_-_en_-_saal_6_-_201412282145_-_too_many_cooks_-_exploiting_the_internet-of-tr-069-things_-_lior_oppenheim_-_shahar_tal
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badrabbit
This is one of my favorite C3 talks. I wonder how many TR... | {
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} |
Why Do We Need Data Science When We’ve Had Statistics for Centuries? - petethomas
http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2014/05/02/why-do-we-need-data-science-when-weve-had-statistics-for-centuries/
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pitiburi
So, so much ignorance in only one paragraph. It states that Statistics was
only able to understand what is going on n... | {
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} |
My Mistakes - jobeirne
http://www.gwern.net/Mistakes
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javert
Too bad he is still wrong about a lot.
| {
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} |
Testimony of Ms. Soon Ok Lee (2002) - mckee1
http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=4f1e0899533f7680e78d03281fe18baf&wit_id=4f1e0899533f7680e78d03281fe18baf-2-1
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guyht
For anyone who is interested on reading more about North Korean prison camps,
Blaine Harden's 'Escape from camp 14' is an incr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Opencats Applicant Tracking System - brudgers
http://www.opencats.org/
======
frompdx
I hate to judge a project by the technology choices but no SSL on the landing
page and PHP is just the tip of the iceberg here.
\- Every table uses MyISAM. Interesting choice, but maybe the fancy features
of InnoDB aren't really nee... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Fake Tweet Erases $136B in Stock Market - bmahmood
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-04-23/fake-report-erasing-136-billion-shows-market-s-fragility
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fr0sty
Subtitle should be: Realization that Tweet was Fake Creates $136B in Stock
Market. In less than 5 minutes everything was back to normal.
The interesting... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
SeatGeek Powers Artist Listings For DuckDuckGo - savant
http://seatgeek.com/blog/seatgeek-news/seatgeek-powers-artist-listings-for-duckduckgo
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iowahansen
How does DDG's relevance engine work?
e.g. Adele is on tour right now, but DDG won't return a SeatGeek listing for
it
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epi0Bauqu
Looks like a bug -- wil... | {
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} |
The Oculus Rift Game That’s So Real It Nearly Destroyed Me - cyphersanctus
http://www.wired.com/2014/07/alien-isolation-oculus/
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ispolin
Sounds very similar to the "Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat"[1] film shown at
the dawn of cinema. Some of the audience supposedly jumped from their seats in
terror as the lif... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Port of Windows UWP Xaml Behaviors for Perspex Xaml - wiso
https://github.com/XamlBehaviors/XamlBehaviors
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brudgers
Perspex is a multi-platform .NET UI framework using XAML that can run on
Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, iOS and Android.
[https://github.com/Perspex/Perspex](https://github.com/Perspex/Perspex... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Online Pawn Shops Lend Cash Fast - chocoheadfred
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203518404577094701656317574.html
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vsl2
Brick and mortar or online, still basically a loan with a very high interest
rate (~36% in this case) while also putting up collateral worth more than the
loan.
Only use these... | {
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} |
Coronavirus prevention guide at stopcorona.org (repo link at the bottom) - imlina
http://Stopcorona.org
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imlina
Need contribution for new features such as translation to different languages
| {
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} |
The Hungarian Approach and How It Fits the American Educational Landscape (2015) - jpelecanos
https://blogs.ams.org/matheducation/2015/01/10/the-hungarian-approach-and-how-it-fits-the-american-educational-landscape/
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loriverkutya
As a hungarian, I'm pretty surprised by this article, since the quality of
hungaria... | {
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} |
The 'Self Drive' Act puts America on the road to reducing congestion - abhi3
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/technology/349375-the-self-drive-act-puts-america-on-the-road-to-reducing
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Animats
The link is to a PR piece from a right-wing lobbyist. The actual bill is
here.[1] It's mostly about federal preempt... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Recommend a domain-name registrar.. - blintson
I want to start my own website, but I'm not sure what domain-name registrar to buy it from. This place seems like a good place to ask, any suggestions?
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rms
I'm glad to hear no one has recommended Godaddy. They are not good. They
raised their prices and th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
United Airlines' 26 different ticket fare classes - billboebel
http://cwsi.net/united.htm
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billboebel
Even as a 100K flyer this shit is extremely confusing to me. No wonder the
airlines are so screwed up.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why Airbnb is dead to me - longwave
http://drupaler.drupalgardens.com/content/why-airbnb-dead-me
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flippyhead
I continue to use AirBnb but have been pretty disappointed in their customer
service. I rent out a family cabin occasionally and someone who stayed there
scratched the floor accidentally wearing winter bo... | {
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} |
Free transportation for life - prezjordan
https://medium.com/we-live-in-the-future/32eeaacc207a
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droithomme
> 1\. Supercharging stations cost very little to install
False.
> 2\. They are solar powered
False. The ones with solar paneled roofs do produce electricity which is sold
to the electric company at an i... | {
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Ask HN: Why don't India have big open-source projects? - sudokill
India has great programmers and an abundance of brilliancy similar to china but somehow there are no big open-source projects / libraries / languages coming from in India.
I would like to ask this question to HN readers. also if you are India... | {
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Kill Y Combinator - brianstorms
http://blog.moviegoer.com/post/16333492475/kill-y-combinator
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phaus
When the whims of an American special interest group are catered to at the
possible expense of the entire global economy, not to mention the entire
world's freedom of speech, I consider it only natural and respo... | {
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} |
Want good health in your golden years? Keep working - jasoncrawford
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-10374175-247.html
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groaner
Interesting, though I would suspect another factor at work here: people who
choose to continue working past retirement do so because they find their work
fulfilling. That can work wond... | {
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} |
Mashable's Responsive Redesign - gisikw
http://beta.mashable.com
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akshat
I found the design distracting, and was not sure where to look first. I
normally look for the main content on the left side of the screen.
Since "The next big thing" column is in green, I expected that to be the
primary section, but then... | {
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} |
How to Vote on Hacker News - shrughes
http://shrughes.com/p/how-to-vote-on-hacker-news/
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devmonk
This is the stupidest thing I think I've ever read. Kudos to the moron who
wrote it. I hope you get the HN you deserve.
~~~
TGJ
Here I was thinking it was satire.
| {
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Tech founder's tale of sex, drugs and underground lairs (2008) - slm_HN
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/11/nicholas200811
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dang
This title is such an egregious violation of HN's rules that, rather than
rehabilitating it, we're just going to kill this post. The story is of dubious
quality anywa... | {
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} |
Nvidia stuffs desktop GTX 1080, 1070, 1060 into laptops, drops the “M” - antouank
http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2016/08/nvidia-pascal-laptop-specs-gtx-1080/
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pluma
Well, it makes sense. If you're going with a dedicated graphics card in your
laptop, battery life is already out of the window, so you might as we... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Enemy AI: chasing a player without Navigation2D or A* pathfinding - atomlib
https://abitawake.com/news/articles/enemy-ai-chasing-a-player-without-navigation2d-or-a-star-pathfinding
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b0rsuk
A fascinating AI technique is used in one of the best roguelikes, Brogue. The
author called it "Dijkstra Maps". Basically it... | {
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} |
Forcing the password gropers through a smaller hole with OpenBSD's PF queues - bootload
http://bsdly.blogspot.com/2017/04/forcing-password-gropers-through.html
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m0nty
I used to do something similar for porn-site visitors when I worked at a
school. Discipline was not well-enforced, I had zero authority as the IT ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Notice a jump in Page Rank today? - newmediaclay
Looks like Google updated their Page Rank today for the first time since September 08. I know our site jumped to a 6. Anyone else notice a bump?
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axod
Where is the definitive place to assess ones pagerank?
edit:
<http://www.prchecker.info/check_page_... | {
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} |
Finally, some good news about the Silicon Valley housing crisis - Futurebot
http://www.vox.com/2016/3/7/11173750/google-silicon-valley-housing-crisis
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davidw
I think in some ways that this is one of _the_ issues facing the US right now.
Economists generally suggest that easing the shift from low productivity ar... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Heavily-Commented Linux Kernel Source Code [pdf] - turingbook
http://www.oldlinux.org/download/ECLK-5.0-WithCover.pdf
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rst
Of possible (mostly historical) interest at this point, a similar commentary
on a fairly early version of the original Unix kernel, by an Australian cs
prof named John Lions -- which was v... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Professional Coworker - mcrittenden
http://mikecr.it/ramblings/the-professional-coworker
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lsiebert
First I like a lot of this article. Thinking about one's role in the community
of the company, and the responsibilites product, is important and valiable.
That said:
Maybe it's nitpicking, but responding to... | {
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} |
China’s tyranny of characters - kafkaesq
http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2016/07/language
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pipio21
It is important to note that China had alphabetic systems, like Mongolian,
since a long time ago. It was a conscious decision not to use them.
Learning to write and read is much easier in alphabetic so the... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Is IT bad for your health? How our jobs might be killing us - Lemeowski13
https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2016/4/it-bad-your-health-how-our-jobs-might-be-killing-us
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noxToken
> _I am absolutely convinced that I set myself up for this event over my
> decades of travel, lack of sleep, late-night dinners, e... | {
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} |
ScienceLeaks - kilian
http://scienceleaks.blogspot.com/
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roadnottaken
This is plain-old piracy and I'm a little surprised to see it getting up-voted
on HN. There are plenty of open-access journals, but most scientists choose to
publish in closed journals instead for a variety of reasons. I think the
results of r... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Xinjiang Procedure - jacquesm
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/xinjiang-procedure_610145.html
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myf
With no attempt to disapprove the medical~execution claim, there exists quite
a number of over generalization of the political and cultural background of
Uighurs and Xinjiang. The history told in the ar... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How the Co-Founder of Foursquare Tracks His Life - dshipper
https://superorganizers.substack.com/p/how-naveen-keeps-track#
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mxuribe
I've been moving more and more towards conventional text files saved locally,
but synced through things like dropbox, nextcloud, etc. (so that they're
available wherever i am). Howe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Turns out it’s just chance - baq
https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/03/01/144958/if-youre-so-smart-why-arent-you-rich-turns-out-its-just-chance/
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dang
Submitting follow-ups is not a good HN practice. It's better to link to the
new article from the original thread (in t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
AeroFS Raises $10M Series B - polvi
https://www.aerofs.com/blog/aerofs-raises-10m-series-b/
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SandersAK
I have to say that AeroFS is a company I've always admired from a distance.
They don't raise that much money, they don't make a fuss, and they just keep
growing.
~~~
nickpsecurity
Makes them not come off as a ... | {
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} |
ZeniMax Responds to John Carmack’s Comments After $500M Verdict - avisk
http://uploadvr.com/zenimax-responds-john-carmacks-facebook-note-experts/
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gregw2
Regarding the drive-wiping, which does not seem to have been an issue the jury
had to rule on (merely an relevant piece of evidence to other issues in this
sui... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tell me your name... - pascalc16
http://tellmeyourname.com
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dsschnau
What a compelling way to demonstrate an argument I've been having with people
over the years!
| {
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} |
Intel-Funded Study Finds AMD Procs Incl. Ryzen Vulnerable to Side-Channel Hack - Fjolsvith
https://hothardware.com/news/amd-processors-past-decade-zen-vulnerable-side-channel-attack
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uranium235
Yeah I saw this a couple of days ago this is unsurprising other than it didn't
come sooner. While everybody was booing ... | {
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} |
Macron Push to Drop CIA Code Quickens as Trump Calls EU Foe - DyslexicAtheist
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-06/macron-push-to-drop-cia-code-turns-serious-as-trump-calls-eu-foe
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pjc50
Intelligence and counterintelligence among the allies of NATO is a complex
business. It can't be stopped entirel... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Semantic Snakeoil - kennethlove
http://brack3t.com/blog/2011/semantic_snakeoil/
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matttthompson
"It’s currently impossible to be 100% semantic and still be useful."
I disagree.
As I understand it, in this argument, "usefulness" is defined as "is styled
correctly with CSS". To this end, the author cites using ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Store(): a temporary mailbox for all your incoming email - old-gregg
http://blog.mailgun.com/post/store-a-temporary-mailbox-for-all-your-incoming-email/
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alexk
Interesting fact: This feature has been implemented from scratch by our
intern, Satshabad.
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sync
Interesting, love this functionality. Why the t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Is Apple's iCloud Music Match a Possible Honeypot? - phiggy
http://betweenthenumbers.net/2011/06/is-apples-icloud-music-match-a-possible-honeypot/
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cheald
This reads really poorly. MD5 hashing to identify MP3 files? Checking hash
incidence in order to determine if a file has been illegally copied?
Seriously? The... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Take a Tour of the Millenium Falcon with WebGL - avgp
https://spaces.archilogic.com/3d/archilogic/4yzpzool?modelResourceId=5d2038e3-dfe3-411d-b489-f1f85f61ab30&mode=view
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CaseyJParker
That was incredibly cool. I would really like to see this running on an engine
with a bit more power, and some very basic FPS-lik... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Django Async: What's new and what's next? - sanketsaurav
https://deepsource.io/blog/django-async-support/
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Bedon292
I love Django / Django Rest Framework and have used it for a long time, but we
recently dumped it from a project in favor of FastAPI.
There is just so many layers of magic in Django, that it was b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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