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Top journalists, tech, and government officials among hacked Twitter accounts - zlatanmenkovic
http://pandodaily.com/2013/02/04/top-journalists-tech-influencers-and-government-officials-among-hacked-twitter-accounts-says-peerreach/
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bjorn_alm
You would think your psw was safe with Twitter, I guess not.
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Will Developers Ante Up for a Gambling API? - coloneltcb
http://blog.programmableweb.com/2012/07/09/will-developers-ante-up-for-a-gambling-api/
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daeken
> According to Betable’s Griffin, social games average $1 of monthly revenue
> per user. Existing gambling games, which Griffin says are mostly boring,
> avera... | {
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Goats on Acid (2002) - tintinnabula
http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/8/goatsonacid.php
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justsaysmthng
> ... after administration of 15 micrograms of LSD per kilogram of body
> weight.
That's a huge amount. 15ug/kg would equate to 1200 ug for a 80kg human, which
is a lot.
That goat was tripping balls, no w... | {
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SimCity, Cellular Automata, and Happy Tool for HyperLook (2018) - stefanu
https://medium.com/@donhopkins/hyperlook-nee-hypernews-nee-goodnews-99f411e58ce4
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ksaj
Looking back, I'm surprised at how well SimCity performed on an XT (monochrome
and only one screen at a time). Once the 286 came out, though, things _fl... | {
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} |
Diaspora's opportunity: Model real life instead of SQL tables - mortenjorck
http://interuserface.net/2010/05/how-diaspora-can-succeed-model-real-life/
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philschwartz
It's not as simple as building around social environments such as work or
school. Because there may be overlaps between all the environments, and ... | {
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Toppcloud and Django - rmanocha
http://blog.ianbicking.org/2010/02/05/toppcloud-and-django/
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cmcavoy
ian bicking is a really smart dude. i want him to live in my pocket, so that
when i have a python question, I can just shout it into my pocket.
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Barnabas
I really really hope that toppcloud takes off. I st... | {
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Report: Russians Hacked White House - kirubakaran
http://www.newsweek.com/report-russians-hacked-white-house-320522
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DigitalSea
Interesting. How interesting that this happens right after Obama signs a
couple of controversial cyber-crime/hacking executive orders, Russia
apparently hacks the White House (if you ... | {
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} |
Ottawa vows to cut wait times for foreign workers joining tech firms - drpgq
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//report-on-business/ottawa-vows-to-cut-wait-times-for-foreign-workers-joining-tech-firms/article30458187/?cmpid=rss1&click=sf_globe
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spitfire
How about just making Canada competitive so Canadians want to s... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What are good writing tips for software developers? - soneca
I am thinking about all the occasions a developer writes words related to writing code. Pull requests descriptions, email communication with colleagues (devs and non-devs), commit messages, specifications, documentation.<p>Eventually a technical arti... | {
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Man found guilty of using phone while driving even though device was dead - pmalynin
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/10/man-found-guilty-of-using-phone-while-driving-even-though-device-was-dead
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elmerfud
This is what happens when new laws are made to invent new crimes. Driving
while being distracted i... | {
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} |
How Gordon Moore Invented the Talent Economy (and Changed The World) - jason_shah
http://pandodaily.com/2012/02/19/how-gordon-moore-invented-the-talent-economy-and-changed-the-world/
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jason_shah
The article claims that Fairchild Semiconductor was the first venture backed
startup and describes the "fundamental sh... | {
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} |
Farse, an iOS Client / Parse.com Service Clone Using Apache Solr and Obj C - kramden
https://github.com/ralph-e-boy/farse
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kramden
I made this proof of concept clone of Parse.com / iOS sdk client thinking that
I could run Solr on ec2 and not have to deal with parse.com and maybe have
some more flexibility. It ... | {
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What tiny computer without screen nor keyboard to choose for a cyclist? - sam_lowry_
I am cycling to work, and I'd like to bring my computer with me, but I do not need the screen nor the keyboard, as they are available on-site.<p>I was thinking of odroid-c2 or something similar, but mali video driver is horrendou... | {
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Sub-$500 47-inch smart TV runs Android - deviceguru
http://linuxgizmos.com/490-dollar-47-inch-smart-tv-runs-android/
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vladimirralev
Miracast and Airplay built-in. Hope this makes it to UK soon.
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Chrome new tab console message – SW registered, what is it? - jpatel3
Today one of my colleague pointed that when you open the new tab on Chrome and check the console, there is message -
SW registered (newtab?ie=UTF-8:8)<p>What is it about?
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gerardes
I think, it has something to do with Service Workers.
To see ... | {
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Concord, our GPL outliner - tjr
http://scripting.com/2013/09/16/concordOurGplOutliner
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AaronFriel
GPL? How does this interact (legally) with other running JavaScript? Do I have
to make the rest of my site's JavaScript "GPL" as a result?
I'm curious, does the dynamic nature of JavaScript make browser-based GPL
J... | {
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Partner - mades
Hey Guys<p>I am looking for a partner who acknowledges api programming. The idéa is on paper, simple, fun and ready to go. I am based in Sweden, Stockholm. Please contact me for more information at:<p>contactmetodayornow@gmail.com<p>Cheers
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mbenjaminsmith
If it's that simple I'd suggest coding... | {
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Ask The VC - What are typical compensation numbers? - jkopelman
http://www.askthevc.com/2007/06/what_are_typical_compensation.php
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jaggederest
There is something kinda funny about the numbers. I would expect to see more
like 30-30-30 for founders, with 10 options pool. Maybe these are post-
dilution numbers.
~~... | {
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TechCrunch is Clueless - Oracle's SVP. - parth16
https://blogs.oracle.com/TheInnovationAdvantage/entry/techcrunch_is_clueless_about_oracle
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ianstallings
This is just following a growing trend of bad tech journalism. I'm no fan of
Oracle, because of their past practices, but the least TechCrunch can do is
ask t... | {
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} |
EdgeML: Algorithms for edge devices - msolujic
https://github.com/Microsoft/EdgeML
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eggy
Edge devices are what MS is calling IOT devices on cloud networks, I think:
[https://blogs.microsoft.com/iot/2017/05/10/microsoft-
azure-i...](https://blogs.microsoft.com/iot/2017/05/10/microsoft-azure-iot-
edge-extending-c... | {
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Arduino-driven orchestra plays TSO: Wizards in Winter (and scanners, floppies..) - jweather
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhChYJzw4FM
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jweather
I made this! Technical background and build log is here:
[http://hackaday.io/project/3533-christmas-
orchestra](http://hackaday.io/project/3533-christmas-orchestra)
I... | {
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Titan in Depth: Security in Plaintext - wglb
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/gcp/titan-in-depth-security-in-plaintext
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BooneJS
This article is from 2017. Take a look at what is happening in open source
with OpenTitan. [https://opentitan.org/](https://opentitan.org/)
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wglb
Cool, thanks.
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thinklo... | {
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Ask HN: Are you looking to fund startups? - ryanwaggoner
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dE5TQmVWaS1ERWJNWHctOWNXbTNHY1E6MA
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e1ven
This seems very similar to the Venture hacks Angel List, which has recently
relaunched.
<http://venturehacks.com/angellist>
Several angels have tweeted about the ... | {
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Ask HN: Intern staying on with company, is Salary Negotiation Appropriate? - cartogram
I've been extremely lucky to secure a paid summer internship this summer fresh out of my freshman year of college in a very exciting technical field.<p>I've been doing penetration testing and tool development for a startup informa... | {
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Ask HN: Great programmers and computer scientists of today? - playing_colours
Who do you consider the best programmers / computer scientists of today? Or, in other words, if you are familiar with Coders At Work [1], what names would you suggest for a new edition of the book?<p>[1] http://www.codersat... | {
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They Live, We Sleep - blakeja
http://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/they_live_we_sleep_a_dictatorship_disguised_as_a_democracy
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mirimir
> I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of
> bubblegum.
John Nada, walking into a bank, with a 12-ga pump s... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How can you sell to people you don’t like? - dilemma1839
Hi guys. I’m a working guy with a young family. I need to get a side project started to bring in some more income to the house as we’re only just managing at the moment.
I have an idea for a SaaS which I have the skills to build and market but I’m at a c... | {
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Ask HN: What does canonical have not reinvented - lothiraldan
Internal discussion that leads to this question, What does canonical have not reinvented?<p>So far:
- Graphical environment with Unity.
- Graphical server, Mir.
- Init system, Upstart but abandoned if I remember.
- DVCS, Bazaar.
- DVCS hosting, launchpad.<... | {
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In order to collaborate, is it important to be close to each other? - MEHOM
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e1ven
I've found that for the design phase of projects, it's VITAL to be in the same
room.
There are tools to replicate so many things- You can use phone calls, and
shared whiteboards.. But they are half-way measures- They don't let y... | {
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Identi.ca conversion to pump.io: Fail - kseistrup
http://koldfront.dk/archive/2013/07/13-162144.html
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kseistrup
I also used OpenID for identi.ca but had an email address associated with my
account. However identi.ca says it doesn't recognize my username and it won't
let me register [the old username or a new o... | {
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} |
Colonizing the Internet - lenkendall
https://medium.com/how-to-use-the-internet/8c548a28ad4e
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evv
These internet-governments already exist, but we hardly think about them as
governments because they are built upon our national governments.
Companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon all count. I am lo... | {
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} |
Show HN: Joyvite – Referral Program for Your SaaS - ganis
https://joyvite.com/
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ganis
Hi everyone, I'm co-founder / CEO of Joyvite. Joyvite is basically referral
program as a service.
I’m happy to have any feedback you may have! Thank you!
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tixocloud
Hey Ganis. I reckon there must be a typo in your header "... | {
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“I must, sadly, withdraw my endorsement of Yubikey 4 devices” - v4n4d1s
https://plus.google.com/+KonstantinRyabitsev/posts/4a7RNxtt7vy
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OJFord
From the Github issue [0]:
> Further hostility against the company or our users will
> not be tolerated in this forum, and will be met with
... | {
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TPP Explained - signa11
http://economixcomix.com/home/tpp/
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tptacek
This comic is awful, and appears misinformed about fundamental aspects of TPP,
like, who the participants actually are (it repeatedly invokes China, who is
not a party to TPP).
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samstave
[http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/3b2a... | {
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Chuck Moore on the Lost Art of Keeping It Simple - gruseom
http://www.simple-talk.com/opinion/geek-of-the-week/chuck-moore-on-the-lost-art-of-keeping-it-simple/
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penguat
I find this interesting:
"Second, it’s irresistible to anticipate the future and expect the problem to
grow in a certain direction. Thus cod... | {
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Ask HN: Best big group [board] games - RevRal
Hello,<p>Partner and I recently decided to get married, and that the wedding will simply be a large group game and a non-ceremonial "Signing of the Documents". Most of our friends are geeks and board-gamers, so complexity is a plus. I'm having a hard time fi... | {
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Gene Editing Tool Hailed as a Breakthrough, and It Really Is One - evo_9
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/12/28/460705645/gene-editing-tool-hailed-as-a-breakthrough-and-it-really-is-one
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reasonattlm
Something to consider: it is now technically possible and within the grasp of
hundreds of clinics wor... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How do you deal with bugs in software you sell? - drc0
Legally, how do you deal with bugs that soon or later will appear in your product that you sell to clients and/or is commissioned by them?<p>Is there some way to tell the client,the software will have bug but still convincing them to buy your software... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Passing On: 100 years ago, the last passenger pigeon died - lelf
http://thesmartset.com/article/article09171401.aspx
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spullara
It was once the most abundant bird in North America, comprising 1/4 of all
birds:
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon)
It ap... | {
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} |
The realities of 'owning' a Japanese convenience store - Ultramanoid
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/27/national/behind-scenes-24-7-service-realities-owning-japanese-convenience-store/
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CydeWeys
I was just in Japan two weeks ago, and convenience stores were omnipresent.
I'll admit, it was incredibly co... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tweet Roulette feature helps Twitter users with common interests break the ice - symptic
We posted FriendFury on HN a few days ago and there seemed to be interest in the project, but we noticed users weren't interacting much. The original version only let users choose a few topics they care about and then we showed ... | {
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Google now scraping GMail for your Amazon purchases - burningion
https://twitter.com/burningion/status/628730345584766976
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Lx1oG-AWb6h_ZG0
This is not a new thing: their Inbox app automatically picks up my amazon
purchases and tracks its progress. The items show up with a picture of the
item inline as well, whic... | {
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} |
Security vulnerability in str.format in Python - forsaken
http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2016/12/29/careful-with-str-format/
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ReedJessen
The author proposes a change that we as the user can implement between now the
the time this issue is patched.
Having never worked on the core source code for a language like python,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Malaysia will return contaminated plastic waste to the countries that shipped it - DoreenMichele
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/28/asia/malaysia-plastic-waste-return-intl/index.html
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docker_up
This is a good thing. I had no idea we weren't recycling our plastic and just
shipping it across the world, only to get dum... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mainland China sees rise in new coronavirus cases - kerng
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/mainland-china-sees-rise-in-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN21N009
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rdtwo
Why do we even report this fake news. China’s numbers are all bogus. Might as
well just phrase it as today the Chinese ... | {
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} |
Show HN: A Twitter clone app built with getstream.io - tbarbugli
https://github.com/GetStream/django_twitter
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tbarbugli
Disclaimer: I am the author of the linked app and a founder of GetStrean.io
(TS'15).
| {
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} |
Tell HN: New Google homepage, A/B testing gone crazy. - Loic
Today, I was served the new Google homepage, the first that struck me out was how inconsistent it was. I started to look at all the inconsistencies and found many of them:<p>- 3 different arrows for the more links.
- mixed use of upper/lower case for the "... | {
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A Type House Divided - maguay
http://nymag.com/news/features/jonathan-hoefler-tobias-frere-jones-2014-6/
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eps
I am partial to type design and I used to frequent Typophile and few other
places where type designers hang out. It was always everyone's understanding
that Hoefler and Frere-Jones were equal partners. H... | {
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} |
Task – a Sweet.js macro for CSP in JavaScript - sriharis
https://github.com/srikumarks/cspjs
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juliangamble
It looks there is already another CSP implementation in Javascript by James
Long (@longster) [http://jlongster.com/Taming-the-Asynchronous-Beast-with-
CSP-...](http://jlongster.com/Taming-the-Asynchronous... | {
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} |
2000+ Goodies for Nerds - sciencenut
https://github.com/rsapkf/goodies
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mysterydip
Nice list. This kind of thing used to just be a (personal) website. Is it on
github for hosting, versioning, because it's trendy, or something else?
~~~
sciencenut
Author here. Currently, it's only on GitHub. I am planning to cre... | {
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} |
Does ad-blocking mean that in the future what we read will be the ad? - davidhariri
https://dhariri.com/posts/570a9ec3d1befa66e6b8e1d0
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a3n
> I think I'll still read the New York Times, but as entertainment; not as
> news.
I read all news as entertainment; the global pratfall.
EDIT: like this: "How a federal s... | {
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A digital currency that works to the benefit of everyone - seak
http://www.projectubu.com/
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continuational
Interesting, but how are they going to verify that every recipient is an
actual, living human? And do we have to trust a central authority for this
verification?
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Smart people don't think others are stupid - cheeaun
http://sivers.org/ss
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coffeemug
_There are no smart people or stupid people, just people being smart or being
stupid._
The same could be said about almost all behaviors, such as courage,
promiscuity, or whathaveyou. However, over time people tend to display
c... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Polly: LLVM Framework for High-Level Loop and Data-Locality Optimizations - luu
https://polly.llvm.org/
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misnome
This sounds interesting, but the documentation is really sparse, basically
only how to turn it on. Am I supposed to be thinking of this a bit like
Intel’s Parallel Studio’s Advisor tools for analysing... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What are some gray area industries you know? - andreygrehov
Examples of what I mean by gray area industries:<p><pre><code> - Programmatic advertising with its privacy issues
- Cryptocurrencies with its KYC issues
</code></pre>
What else?
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hemlokc
I was a developer at a blockchain company based out of... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Do you prefer “engineer” or “developer”? - crcl
To the people in software, do you prefer calling yourself (or others) a "software engineer" or "software developer"? Is there even a difference?<p>Assuming there's no difference in meaning, what are the pros/cons of the abbreviations... | {
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} |
Apple's Tim Cook: 'I don't want my nephew on a social network' - colinprince
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/19/tim-cook-i-dont-want-my-nephew-on-a-social-network
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anoncoward111
"But I definitely won't block Instagram and FB and Youtube from my platform,
like I've done to other apps."
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Should we build our religious prayer app? - jonnybegood
http://invite.get-prayer.com
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Metatron
I've always seen prayer as personal relationship with God, not one to be
turned into a popularity contest. Putting prayer into social media kind of
sickens me.
If you want to channel good will and enter into a conve... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Today’s Google Doodle is a fun game in honor of Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary - iamtechaddict
http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2013/11/22/todays-google-doodle-is-a-fun-game-in-honor-of-doctor-whos-50th-anniversary/
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marquis
Direct link to see it: [https://www.google.com.sg](https://www.google.com.sg)
I grew... | {
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} |
What will happen to cryptocurrency in the 2020s? - PatrolX
https://nakamoto.com/crypto-in-the-2020s/
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0xspace
I think cryptocurrency will be around for awhile. But, it's very difficult for
anyone to use it as intended..a decentralized currency.
Massive swings in value, easy manipulation of value/little regulati... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Riak is dying, what are you replacing it with? - rexfuzzle
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eip
People use Riak?
| {
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Super Mario 64 was built with a system written in Lisp - old_sound
http://www.franz.com/success/customer_apps/animation_graphics/nichimen.lhtml
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agavin
Mario 64 wasn't itself written in LISP at all. It's models were built in
Nichimen graphics, a SGI based 3D design tool written in Allegro CL.
As far as I know, ... | {
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} |
System shock: A story of a 25-year-old font coming back with a vengeance - 0x10c0fe11ce
https://medium.com/@mwichary/system-shock-6b1dc6d6596f#.v0lk6vj4x
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torgoguys
Windows still has well over 80% of the desktop market and IT WASN'T TESTED?
How can that be? It's not like this is an obscure Windows issue. View an... | {
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} |
FREE BEER - neur0mancer
http://freebeer.org/
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sigvef
> FREE BEER is a beer which is free in the sense of freedom, not in the sense
> of free beer.
Now that is confusing!
~~~
pan69
It's a pun on a way to explain open source: Free as in freedom, not free as in
free beer.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_as_... | {
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} |
Press for Startups: 10 tips - drusenko
http://david.weebly.com/1/post/2008/02/press-for-startups-10-tips.html
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immad
nice advice. Found the point about tuesday-thursday and how early to tell
press most interesting.
David, obviously weebly has received a lot of good/big coverage, how much of
it was through you... | {
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} |
Tufte in R - trengrj
http://motioninsocial.com/tufte/
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minimaxir
I've done a lot of work writing how to make nice plots in R/ggplot2
([http://minimaxir.com/2015/02/ggplot-
tutorial/](http://minimaxir.com/2015/02/ggplot-tutorial/)), but I admit that a
lot here is new to me.
As the Tufte code samples indicate, ... | {
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} |
Hacker News Daily (announcement) - cperciva
http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2010-07-14-hacker-news-daily.html
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niyazpk
cperciva, I really appreciate the effort you put into this.
One thing I find a bit depressing is that even though this scheme hugely
reduces the time one spends on HN by filtering the articles ... | {
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Ask HN: Where can you ask Stackoverflow questions but for money - vim_wannabe
I feel a bit bad about asking this question here for free, but is there a version of Stackoverflow where I could offer people money for answering?<p>I have a dumb question about a popular PHP framework that I seriously am not able to Google.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Transfer Learning Will Radically Change Machine Learning for Engineers - hsikka
https://medium.com/modeldepot/transfer-learning-will-radically-change-machine-learning-for-engineers-78732b2bb415
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ea016
For those of you who want to play with transfer learning, Keras has a nice
collection of models for computer vis... | {
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Sugar: The Bitter Truth (UCSF lecture) - chipsy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
======
gregwebs
This guy is a great presenter. The hypothesis behind the damages of fructose
actually gets worse than what is presented here, as fructose is implicated in
the creation of toxic AGE. For a more in depth overview... | {
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When would be a good time to quit an Internet startup, and how do you know? - Sharel
When would be a good time to quit an internet startup, and how do you know?
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rick888
1pm on Friday. It's always better to quit on a Friday.
~~~
Sharel
:)
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Law firm made famous by Panama Papers document leak announces it's closing - salad77
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/panama-papers-law-firm-closes-1.4578329
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ggg9990
That’s one thing an oligarch’s lawyer is paid for... to take the fall when the
shit hits the fan.
| {
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The Phony Islam of ISIS - dtawfik1
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/02/what-muslims-really-want-isis-atlantic/386156/?single_page=true
======
venomsnake
I wonder what the reaction would be if we call the Christianity of any
christian group phony. Especially if their views are extreme.
My feeling ... | {
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H-1B visa lottery changing to favor those with advanced degrees - prostoalex
https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/H-1B-visa-lottery-changing-to-favor-those-with-13574410.php
======
masonic
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19041303](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19041303)
220+ points
| {
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Ask HN: Dear Self-Driving Car AI, Who Should Die? - jgill
http://blog.jonathangill.org/self-driving-car-ai-who-should-die/?ref=hn
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jgill
Curious about the HN community's thoughts on this self-driving car AI
conundrum.
~~~
dalke
HN readers have had many opportunities to voice their thoughts.
This was discussion... | {
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} |
Your waitress, your professor - nvader
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/19/opinion/your-waitress-your-professor.html
======
rayiner
The other day my wife and I were at a baby clothing store. We were chatting
with the young woman at the counter, and she was complaining about her student
loans. I asked her what her major ... | {
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} |
The Trillion-Dollar Annual Interest Payment - westurner
https://www.cpajournal.com/2019/04/26/the-trillion-dollar-annual-interest-payment/
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westurner
> _Given the recent actions of Congress, and the years of prior inaction in
> changing the nation’s fiscal path, the U.S. government’s annual interest
> payment wi... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Feedback on my online store builder collecting payments in ETH - federiconitidi
As the title says, I built a little editor that allows you to easily create a personal/project page, sell products and and collect payments in ETH. Customers can simply buy via Metamask.<p>The project stemmed from my experienc... | {
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} |
The Zen of Missing Out on the Next Great Programming Tool (2016) - bhalp1
https://dev.to/ben/the-zen-of-missing-out-on-the-next-great-programming-tool
======
lafar6502
Modern ui is a mess and frameworks + stackoverflow make it messier. Old
desktop APIs , even Win32, were at least built around a model that made some
se... | {
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} |
Casting Glass from 3D Printed Molds - dezork
http://amosdudley.com/weblog/Casting-Glass-from-3D-Printed-Molds
======
waiseristy
Also see 3d printed aluminum casting molds:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVgPM1ojyLw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVgPM1ojyLw)
~~~
donquichotte
Myfordboy is an excellent mechanic an... | {
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} |
Nick goes to jail, but his promotors remain free - DanBC
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nick-goes-to-jail-but-his-promoters-go-scot-free-7kzzmckw9?shareToken=0c473ece28cb69ee572b819e803c2549
======
DanBC
Some notes:
In England there's no difference between prison and jail. Some prisoners are
on remand -- they hav... | {
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} |
TensorFlow 1.11 released - jamesblonde
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/releases/tag/v1.11.0
======
jamesblonde
The main highlight is a new version of AllReduce native to TensorFlow. This,
like Horovod, builds a ring and has both native and NCCL implementations.
Early results (albeit on a single host) show tha... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to Get IT Job as an Medical Doctor? - drcompute
Hello,<p>I'm a medical doctor with medium IT skill (soft dev,network management) working in Algeria (north africa), and I want to change my career.<p>I want to have an IT Job in the western world (french or english speaking countries) , but I have 02 obs... | {
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New imagery of Port-au-Prince - wglb
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-imagery-of-port-au-prince.html
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joubert
Seems like OpenStreetMap has more (accurate) resources w.r.t. latest Haiti map
changes: <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti>
| {
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Paying $15 to Send $25 Has Bitcoin Users Rethinking Practicality - mbgaxyz
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-29/paying-15-to-send-25-has-bitcoin-users-rethinking-practicality
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freech
You know how much I'm justified to spend to protect myself from loosing 2% of
my money in one year, due to the centr... | {
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} |
Programming with Categories - kercker
http://brendanfong.com/programmingcats.html
======
yearoflinux
As someone who respects functional programming (because it removes geniuses
from competing in my space) here's a nice video
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADqLBc1vFwI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADqLBc1vFwI)
Wh... | {
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} |
Elastdocker – Elk on Docker, with Preconfigured Security, Tools, and Monitoring - SHERIFABDLNABY
https://github.com/sherifabdlnaby/elastdocker
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tmikaeld
This is really useful, especially with the preconfigured S3 keystone.
Could be used even for small docker nodes given enough RAM (elastic is hungry)
------
si... | {
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Don't be mean, it's stupid - yesplorer
https://news.layervault.com/stories/2052-dont-be-mean-its-stupid
======
Udo
I can't claim to have followed the LV fiasco on HN in all of its detail, but
the parts I saw were mostly respectful and pretty well balanced. The "Designer
News sucks" post was not, but that particular ba... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Code School Launches - PStamatiou
http://codeschool.com
======
norova
I'd recommend putting the price for the level next to the "Buy Now" button
after the level description. The price already exists in the top right, but
after I've scrolled down and read everything, I'd rather see the price next to
the button I'm ab... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
macOS X GateKeeper Bypass - raimue
https://www.fcvl.net/vulnerabilities/macosx-gatekeeper-bypass
======
Someone
_”The second legit feature is that zip archives can contain symbolic links
pointing to an arbitrary location (including automount enpoints) and that the
software on MacOS that is responsable to decompress zi... | {
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} |
Woz comments on the "Jobs" movie - ohjeez
https://plus.google.com/+CarmsPerez/posts/GnVTvQNgvpf?utm_content=buffer39a9a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
======
sp332
Already on the front page
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7086411](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7086411)
| {
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Ask HN: Was I just offered horrible convertible note terms? - throwawayuc
Was just offered $120K investment w/ a $500K cap; and 25% discount.<p>Some background: This is my first time taking money for my startup, so I ran it by my "silicon valley advisor" (a buddy from college who runs a notable tech startup in SV). ... | {
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Non programmers reading code (code as documentation) - smokeonline
https://github.com/JpOnline/Blog/blob/master/language.md
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smokeonline
This idea passes through BDD, Ubiquitous language, code as documentation and
single source of truth.
Do you think is possible and desirable to have code so idiomatic that a do... | {
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} |
Confirmationist and falsificationist paradigms of science (2014) - cbkeller
https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2014/09/05/confirmationist-falsificationist-paradigms-science/
======
outlace
Article summary: Many scientists (particularly social scientists) think
they’re doing Popperian falsification of their hypothe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
MSNBC’s Joy Reid Claims Her Website Was Hacked, Bigoted Anti-LGBT Content Added - snakeboy
https://theintercept.com/2018/04/24/msnbcs-joy-reid-claims-her-website-was-hacked-and-bigoted-anti-lgbt-content-added-a-bizarre-story-liberal-outlets-ignore/
======
snakeboy
> According to Reid, she was the victim of “hackers”: ... | {
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What do you think of our model? Applying Open Source to online gaming - antoviaque
http://community.hackit.cx/blog/2010/09/25/a-few-excerpts-from-an-interview/
======
wccrawford
Developers only has 1 p in it.
The ideas for the games don't excite me.
I am an avid gamer and I only signed up for Facebook for the gam... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Meet the CamperForce, Amazon's Nomadic Retiree Army - SwellJoe
https://www.wired.com/story/meet-camperforce-amazons-nomadic-retiree-army/
======
quuquuquu
Wow, what an awesome read.
This guy spent 40 years of his life going from janitor to branch manager at
McDonalds.
He saved up 250k, and then Wells Fargo sold him ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Principles of designing Go APIs with channels - nishs
https://inconshreveable.com/07-08-2014/principles-of-designing-go-apis-with-channels/
======
kevindeasis
This one too:
[https://github.com/astaxie/gotraining-1/blob/master/08-concu...](https://github.com/astaxie/gotraining-1/blob/master/08-concurrency_channels/03-c... | {
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Node graph 3D modelling: Antimony - fezz
https://vimeo.com/125111378
======
fezz
links:
[http://mattkeeter.com/projects/antimony](http://mattkeeter.com/projects/antimony)
and [http://github.com/mkeeter/antimony](http://github.com/mkeeter/antimony)
Python scripting too.
| {
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} |
Cuil, semantic search by ex-Googlers - markbao
http://mashable.com/2008/07/28/cuil-search-google/
======
presty
Semantic search? That's the first time I've seen that word used with Cuil.
But then I read the article and it says "semi-semantic approach (Cuil’s engine
recognizes the relations between certain words on a ... | {
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} |
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