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New 'Brexit Party' fails to register domain, gets claimed by pro-Remain group - ColinWright https://mashable.com/article/brexit-party-domain-pro-remain/ ====== whenchamenia Pretty clear case of domain squatting, as they do not posess the same org name and clearly did this out of spite. Clever, but not sophosticated. I...
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Bashfill – art for your terminal - yankcrime https://max.io/bash.html ====== Lorin Here's a piece I threw together - Stormy beach, use as you may. [https://max.io/bash.html?zip=eDE1eTF4MjRlMXgzeTF4MzB5MXg1ZTF...](https://max.io/bash.html?zip=eDE1eTF4MjRlMXgzeTF4MzB5MXg1ZTF4NDBlMXg0eTJ4NXc1eDd5MXg3eTF4NncyZTF4M3kyeDRt...
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California Can Improve Housing and Transit by Preempting Local Ordinances - jseliger https://www.mercatus.org/publications/california-can-improve-housing-and-transit-preempting-local-ordinances ====== joeblow9999 what could go wrong?
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Ask HN: What to do when you don't have enough problems to solve? - _bxg1 Sometimes I come home from work at the end of the day and I still have the hankering for a problem that needs solving with code.<p>The issue is, if it&#x27;s something that someone else has already done a strictly better job of implementing, it t...
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In Spain you have to be a hacker to be able to pay your taxes - etewiah https://redemptionthongs.wordpress.com/2015/11/05/in-spain-you-have-to-be-a-hacker-to-pay-your-taxes/ ====== moonbug And he didn't even get to mention the x509 client ceritifcates and java craplets. ------ marvel_boy Spain has the most incompeten...
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MoviePass says it will go dark for 'several weeks' to update its app - lando2319 https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/05/media/moviepass-app-temporarily-down-trnd/index.html ====== duxup That seems.... strange. >it hopes to "recapitalize" That doesn't sound like they are going dark just to update the app....
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AI Dungeon - TurkishPoptart https://play.aidungeon.io/ ====== theptip Note that AI Dungeon uses GPT-3 under the covers (though by default it's apparently a weaker "Griffin" variant; you can pay to get the stronger "Dragon" model.) If you don't have access to the OpenAI private beta, you can use AI Dungeon to play aro...
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Flux is the new WndProc - gecko http://bitquabit.com/post/the-more-things-change/ ====== Todd I've also observed this similarity. The msg is like the actionType, the wParam and/or lParam are like the polymorphic objects that you pass with your action. The dispatcher is also not the most efficient model, where every s...
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The Physics of Brute Force (2016) - tiord https://pthree.org/2016/06/19/the-physics-of-brute-force/ ====== Qision >where 0 Kelvin is defined as a system devoid of energy This is not true, in quantum mechanics at zero kelvin (so in its fundamental state) a system has a non zero energy. See this: [https://en.wikipedia....
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App Engine SDK 1.3.5 - New Task Queue, Python Precompilation, and Blob Features - pufuwozu http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/2010/06/app-engine-sdk-135-released-with-new.html ====== kljensen The pre-compilation of python code appears to significantly decrease the time required for cold starts. That's just great. A...
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OpenID Connect spec is now there - bergie http://openidconnect.com/ ====== daveman692 This is my old first draft from last year. Others have been working on making it real over the past few months but the site hasn't been updated yet. ~~~ wmf It definitely needs some big picture explanation up front. ------ michae...
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Stupid Idea: Hoisting at the end (Javascript) - vjeux http://blog.vjeux.com/2011/javascript/stupid-idea-hoisting-at-the-end.html ====== benatkin I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't work.
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YouTube and Facebook Are Losing Creators to Blockchain-Powered Rivals - rbanffy https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-10/youtube-and-facebook-are-losing-creators-to-blockchain-powered-rivals ====== Jyaif Roughly half of the content is about cryptocurrencies. The other half is stolen content (e.g. [https://d....
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My father, the philosopher - sajid http://thehairpin.com/2015/03/my-father-the-philosopher/ ====== lowmagnet Is it considered "ok" now to refresh a page after a few minutes just to get fresh ads? I was in the middle of a sentence and the entire page reloaded and scrolled to the top. I lost my place.
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Cisco Open Source on GitHub – Project Contiv Code Hackathon - kschw http://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/cisco-open-source-project-contiv-winner-at-onug-spring ====== brobinson The open source code is available here: [https://github.com/contiv](https://github.com/contiv)
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Super Mario AI Competition - fogus http://julian.togelius.com/mariocompetition2009/ ====== naveensundar AI contests like this and the DARPA Grand Challenge Race encourage solutions in a single domain. AFAIK in the DARPA Challenge there was overfitting and I doubt the generalization capability of the systems involved...
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Ten Rules for Writing Cross Platform 'C' Code (2008) - nazri1 http://www.ski-epic.com/source_code_essays/ten_rules_for_writing_cross_platform_c_source_code.html ====== peapicker Rule 4 regarding unsigned long is a horrible example as Windows keeps them as 32 bits on 32/64 bit compiles while UNIXes vary between 32 and ...
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Interview with James Simons [video] - ernesto95 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNznD9hMEh0 ====== graycat Really nice interview.
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The Ultimate Digital Estate Planning Guide - alejandra http://aftersteps.com/posts/168-the_ultimate_guide_to_digital_estate_planning ====== karanr Very informative. Keep up the great work. ------ aaronchriscohen awesome!
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Ask HN: How do you generate leads for B2B SaaS company? - Raj7k Can you share some of your actionable items to generate leads for B2B SaaS product? The product is a technical recruitment software? I am not sure about cost per lead for US demographics. ====== Raj7k Hi Everyone, need some advice no upvote :/
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Today is the 50th anniversary of Star Trek - TuringTest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek#The_Original_Series_.281966.E2.80.9369.29 ====== GrumpyYoungMan I'm shocked that this isn't on the front page. Has Star Trek finally faded from the public consciousness? That would be sad. (As an aside, the official Star T...
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What To Do When A Tech Giant Decides To Eat Your Lunch - icey http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/13/tech-giant-eats-your-lunch/ ====== ChuckFrank There will always be giants ahead of you. And they will always try to eat your lunch. But with vision, determination and perseverance, the giants can be outfoxed and outwitted. O...
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CodeLesson — Online Technology Learning for Professionals - kmfrk http://codelesson.com ====== jespi88 I am thinking about taking a course from them. I was hoping that I would be able to get some reviews from you guys about whether or not I should do it. Has anyone taken a course? Any thoughts? ------ enry_straker ...
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Internships at any time of your life - sharpshoot http://sharpshoot.blogspot.com/2007/12/internships-at-anytime-of-your-life.html ====== myoung8 It seems like most internships are not so much a "free trial" for the internee, but an extended, interactive interview and test of skills, personality, and attitude. They e...
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Ask HN: What is your Evernote setup? - vrobancho I was wondering how you personally organize and sort your notes on evernote?<p>I have 2 Notebooks titled Sorted / Unsorted Whenever I clip or save an article on the web it goes to unsorted by default.<p>After reading I then drag the article to the sorted notebook and...
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It’s getting harder to defend Edward Snowden - bane http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/08/03/as-evidence-mounts-its-getting-harder-to-defend-edward-snowden/ ====== greenyoda Even before Snowden, _everyone_ (terrorists included) knew that the NSA was devoting vast resources to spying on terr...
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Go to Microsoft.com / store / windows software - cubicle67 http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/cat/categoryID.44066700?WT.mc_id=MSCOM_HP_nav_BuyWSoftware ====== cubicle67 yeah, it's a bit silly and I'm not sure how long until they fix it, but at the moment it points to a page selling Windows 7
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Soros at Davos: China's social credit system and Big IT are mortal threat - _red https://www.businessinsider.com/george-soros-davos-2019-criticism-of-china-xi-jinping-ai-it-monopolies-2019-1 ====== fixermark My personal prediction for the US is that Americans will continue to rail against Chinese-style government over...
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What type of investment hits are you going for? - tracecohen https://medium.com/@trace_cohen/what-type-of-investment-hits-are-you-going-for-5867d5ccd5ab#.qhn7miph4 ====== sharemywin facebook.com - college student directory. too small a market. AirBnb - share housing/couches for conferences. too small a market UBER -...
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A failed takeover of T-Mobile would cost AT&T as much as $6 billion - there http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/12/us-mobileusa-att-breakupfee-idUSTRE74B5H220110512 ====== plusbryan In that case, who's up for some picketing?
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Xbox 720 rumored to be GPU/CPU powerhouse; always-on Internet required - rkalla http://www.vg247.com/2012/04/02/xbox-720-detailed-blu-ray-inside-always-on-netcon-required/ ====== rkalla As a continuation of the conversation about PS4[1], the previously rumored Xbox 720 specs that were conservative (AMD 6000-series e...
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Introduction to the Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems - Schiphol https://textbooks.opensuny.org/introduction-to-the-modeling-and-analysis-of-complex-systems/ ====== troelsSteegin The book is designed to support an introductory class on systems - eg a 100 level or first year class. It's a little more technical t...
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Is It Cheating to Have a Side Project? - ekm2 http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/07/is_it_cheating_to_have_a_side.html?goback=.gde_2936203_member_133163399 ====== EvanMiller Man. This article, and the business-book morality that underpins it, is utter tripe. I heartily advocate that when it comes to managing their own time...
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Input type=“country” - edent https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2017/11/input-type-country/ ====== Piskvorrr Keeping everyone happy and not causing major diplomatic incidents. Easy‽ Yup. Now that you've mentioned the Falklands - those should sort under "M" (for "Malvinas"), everyone* knows that, right? Don't get me started on ...
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Show HN: Instant Varnish Cache for fast static sites,WordPress,death hug and more - jjoe https://www.cachoid.com/ ====== jjoe I'm this guy who lurks in online forums and would jump in to help random people with their "server load" and "slow page loading" issues. The magic was in seeing that load drop from 100+ to sing...
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Being basic as a virtue - skellertor https://nadiaeghbal.com/basic ====== abeppu This seems as good an opportunity as any to bring up another part of the "basic" concept which feels really unhealthy: the idea that "basic" is consuming commodity, mass-market goods, and that high status is distinguishing yourself throug...
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James Baldwin’s Archive, Long Hidden, Comes Mostly into View - samclemens https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/arts/james-baldwins-archive-long-hidden-comes-mostly-into-view.html ====== samirillian Has anyone else noticed the common application of the term 'prophetic' to minority-writers? First the New Yorker article on...
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Ask HN: Going to SXSW? Would you take "startup train" from CA to TX this Spring? - ariabov Going to SXSW? If so, are you interested in taking the "Startup Train" to the event in 2012 from California to Austin? Here are the tentative details:<p>* This would be a one way experience. Many people leave at different time...
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Break up Google - monfrere https://apps.bostonglobe.com/opinion/graphics/2018/06/break-google/ ====== fatjokes I'll be the devil's advocate. I miss the old Ma Bell. Its monopoly meant that AT&T Bell Labs had no financial pressure which allowed it to pursue pure research and crazy ideas that won several Nobel Prizes a...
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Commit 15 Minutes to Help a Student Break Into Your Industry - jontonsoup http://projectxpresso.com/hackernews ====== onedev This is awesome. We should help people around us achieve the same successes many of us have been fortunate to achieve. At some point we must all realize that this (for various values of "this...
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The Technium – A Conversation with Kevin Kelly - Futurebot http://edge.org/conversation/the-technium ====== jal278 While somewhat obvious when you think about it, this point is rarely addressed: > You can't learn calculus just hanging around people who know calculus, you > actually have to study it. It may be that ...
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Show HN: 3cosystem – biggest tech and event calendar in your city - sheraz http://www.3cosystem.com ====== bbcbasic Its nice. I will use this to keep an eye on events in Sydney. ------ tckr You are just aggregating Meetup and Eventbrite. How do we get other events listed? ~~~ sheraz Right, but it seems that meetu...
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Python logging 101 - alonswartz http://plumberjack.blogspot.com/2009/09/python-logging-101.html ====== alonswartz More in-depth information is available at: <http://docs.python.org/library/logging.html>
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The History of Dental Braces - tintinnabula http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/07/braces-dentures-history/397934/?single_page=true ====== lukifer I don't have the link handy, but I watched an interesting video from an orthodontist describing the root cause of most crooked teeth being due to poor diet (pa...
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The Official Website of America - eupharis http://officialwebsiteofamerica.com/ ====== alttab Freedom? Freedom to vote for two candidates that were all but preappointed, freedom to be spied on, freedom to be indefinitely detained, freedom to pay for the poor decisions of others through taxes, freedom to have less ri...
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Google founders trade research chores for Moffett landing rights - gibsonf1 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/12/BUDJS3IOT.DTL ====== create_account Why does this have so many votes? Ok, the Google guys are wealthy and have lots of privileges. We already knew that.
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Covid-19: Why Aren't We Randomly Sampling? - giardini Individuals want to be tested for Covid-19 but only a limited number of testing kits are available. We can&#x27;t test everyone.<p>Shouldn&#x27;t government officials randomly sample populations rather than testing whomever volunteers? What use is testing if we don...
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Google App Engine to support SQL - scorpion032 http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thread/thread/9740dd2a8bdf4206 ====== ultrasaurus Reading between the lines, this shows that App Engine is a growing & responsive project, and makes me less nervous about building on it. ~~~ grandalf I'm trying to ...
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Ask HN: My first programming job, no college degree, need advice - TbobbyZ I&#x27;ve taken some CS classes at a community college (Java &amp; C++). Dabbled in different programming languages through Udacity, Team Treehouse, Codecademy, etc (Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Swift, PHP). Read a couple books on making websites....
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Launch of ProGamer.app to let gamers earn real prizes - dfortu https://www.progamer.app/post/welcome-to-progamer-app-play-esports-games-and-earn-money ====== davidtdev I already tried it and it works good. However, it still needs more users to play with ~~~ skybax_gamer which games it has? It has Brawl Stars for Andr...
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All Websites Look the Same - brownie http://www.novolume.co.uk/blog/all-websites-look-the-same/ ====== 21echoes (Most) all websites _should_ look the same. Most browsers look the same. Most car dashes look the same. Most newspapers look the same. Most books look the same. The web is not art. At least, not most of the...
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Amazon Fires Missile At Book Industry, Launches 70% Kindle Royalty Option - icey http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-amazon-fires-torpedo-at-book-industry-launches-70-kindle-royalty-option-2010-1 ====== sjunkin This is brilliant. Anything which streamlines distribution has always helped the consumers and prod...
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The Math Problems from Good Will Hunting, with Solutions - agiri https://medium.com/cantors-paradise/the-math-problems-from-good-will-hunting-w-solutions-b081895bf379 ====== agiri From Wikipedia: "Consider a system of n linear equations for n unknowns, represented in matrix multiplication form as Ax = b where the n × ...
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Donate hair to help contain oil spills - shawndumas http://www.matteroftrust.org/programs/hairmatsinfo.html ====== jacquesm <http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/92913319.html>
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Highest Paying Tech Companies of 2019 - z0a http://levels.fyi/2019/index.html ====== senordevnyc If you're a software engineer in a city where these companies employ folks and you're thinking this doesn't apply to you, I'd encourage you to at least give it a shot. It's not only the absolute best of the best who get th...
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Google Tells ITC Judge: Microsoft Revealed Our Secret Source Code - joelhaus http://paidcontent.org/article/419-google-tells-itc-judge-microsoft-revealed-our-secret-source-code/ ====== jdp23 Hmm, it seems to be more about objecting to the specific expert witness they're using: "In April, Microsoft sent Google a subpo...
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25 Years After Junk Science Conviction, Texas Admits Sonia Cacy's Innocence - finid https://theintercept.com/2016/11/04/25-years-after-junk-science-conviction-texas-finally-admits-sonia-cacys-innocence/ ====== seibelj This is something I find extremely scary, because an unusual series of events (accidental fire, accid...
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Gatwick Airport: Drones ground flights - happy-go-lucky https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754 ====== adamiscool8 I genuinely don't understand how it can be a 24+ hour operation just to take out a drone. Don't jets regularly get scrambled in response to less disruptive intrusions? Doesn't the battery die...
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Show HN: First ever MQTT and XMPP dual-protocol server - f055 https://blog.process-one.net/first-ever-mqtt-and-xmpp-dual-protocol-server-ejabberd-business-edition/ ====== MattJ100 There has been an MQTT module for Prosody for ~5 years: [https://modules.prosody.im/mod_pubsub_mqtt.html](https://modules.prosody.im/mod_pu...
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Deleting the /r/golang subreddit - siddhant https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-nuts/XoOhzUClDPs/jgSWxng7CAAJ ====== 4ad Dupe (no comments): [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13035027](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13035027) Let's see which thread survives.
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Did Churchill Cause the Bengal Famine? - curtis https://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/did-churchill-cause-the-bengal-famine/ ====== basicplus2 TLDR: No The truth—documented by Sir Martin Gilbert and Hillsdale College—is that Churchill did everything he could in the midst of world war to save the Bengalis; and that w...
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Does packed struct hurt performance on x86_64? - arunc https://attractivechaos.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/does-packed-struct-hurt-performance-on-x86_64/ ====== acqq Argh, one more "works on my computer" article. The answer is dependent on the processor. Intel Cores that are recent enough don't take perrformance hit fo...
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We’ve long blamed carbs for making us fat. What if that's wrong? - roarktoohey https://www.vox.com/2016/7/6/12105660/do-low-carb-diets-work ====== geezerjay Taken from the article: > But before we throw out the low-carb approach to weight loss and load up on > a bowl of linguini, let’s be clear: This study had some i...
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Oracle exec: Open-source vendors locking down licences proves 'they were never - pplonski86 https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/17/oracle_exec_opensource_vendors_locking_down_licenses_proves_they_were_never_really_open/ ====== planck01 Oracle is not the bad guy because of being closed source. Oracle is the bad guy b...
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New Google Chrome Builds Show Greasemonkey Support - qhoxie http://mashable.com/2008/10/19/google-chrome-greasemonkey/ ====== andreyf I'm hoping Chrome innovates on script-sharing... if it were easier to see/edit/share scripts for a page you're visiting, Greasemonkey would become an entirely different product. Also,...
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The Future of HHVM - mwpmaybe http://hhvm.com/blog/2017/09/18/the-future-of-hhvm.html ====== TazeTSchnitzel Given HHVM is already being dropped from PHP packages because of its lagging compatibility, announcing that they're not targeting PHP compatibility any more might be the nail in the coffin for HHVM (and thus Hac...
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10gen Announces Strategic Investment from Intel Capital and Red Hat - mschneido http://www.10gen.com/press/10gen-announces-strategic-investment-intel-capital-and-red-hat ====== saosebastiao Good luck to them. I wouldn't invest in any company that has Intel Capital as a primary investor. As one of the largest VCs in ...
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Show HN: Nomad List 2.0 – Find the best cities to live and work remotely - pieterhg https://nomadlist.com/?v=2.0 ====== pieterhg Hi HN! I launched the first version of this on HN 6 months ago [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8107222](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8107222) Nomad List indexes the best cit...
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The Muen Separation Kernel - englishm http://muen.sk/ ====== Zuph "The Muen Separation Kernel is the world’s first Open Source microkernel that has been formally proven to contain no runtime errors at the source code level." This doesn't really jibe with seL4's claim: "The world's first operating- system kernel with ...
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An Introduction to Geometric Algebra - ingve https://bitworking.org/news/ga/2d ====== macawfish I LOVE Clifford algebra. It has been a gateway for me into multilinear algebra and abstract algebra, among other topics. If a computer were able to do Clifford multiplication in a single process, it'd be able to do some NP...
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Ask HN: Do you test your webapp's front end code? How? - silver_arrow I was thinking about testing my frontend code. After looking at couple of frameworks, it appears that as a developer, I think its a much bigger and complicated task to setup and maintain the framework as compared to testing the backend code (Mocking...
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Ask HN: What are your favorite quotes about new ventures? - meisterbrendan Which quotes motivate you to get started on a new project, or sustain you when you are feeling discouraged? ====== quackerhacker "Get err done!" :: I'm a programmer, (more abstractly a trial & error and cut & paste expert), but I feel a quote...
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Why 3D Printing Will Go the Way of Virtual Reality - mrsebastian http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/27526/ ====== jeffool I sometimes suspect the same about 3d printing, but I think the comparison to VR is funny given recent rumors about the next Xbox being shipped with the next version of the Kinnect as...
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Ponzu – An open-source HTTP server framework and CMS in Go - wilsonfiifi https://github.com/ponzu-cms/ponzu ====== patrickmn > Automatic & Free SSL/TLS A couple of years ago, I wouldn't have believed we would be seeing essentially zeroconf TLS/PKI in software anytime soon. Letsencrypt, the "encrypt everything" moveme...
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Ask HN: Why does everything break immediately when starting a new language? - inputcoffee Many years ago, when I started python, nothing would compile or install. It took many hours to get used to the virtual environment, different versions of python (2 and 3), and then the libraries to get hello world working reliabl...
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Unexpected Senate Action on NSA Reform Bill - uptown http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/11/13/unexpected_senate_action_on_nsa_reform_bill ====== uptown "If the bill is passed, it would likely end the political debate about NSA surveillance of American citizens." I can't say I agree with that.
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Ruby Metaprogramming Simplified - cheind http://cheind.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/ruby-metaprogramming-simplified/ Here is an approach to ease unleashing the power of Ruby’s metaprogramming. ====== tptacek Changing the behavior of an existing class or method isn't really what people mean by metaprogramming, is it? ~~~...
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Google will kill Microsoft Silverlight in Chrome by disabling NPAPI plug-in - bedroomfireflys http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2383624/google-will-kill-microsoft-silverlight-in-chrome-by-disabling-npapi-plug-in ====== greggyb Silverlight's end of life has been announced. Microsoft is even phasing it out of i...
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X/HTML 5 Versus XHTML 2 - pg http://xhtml.com/en/future/x-html-5-versus-xhtml-2/ ====== danielha Reminds me of a quote: "The nice thing about standards is there are so many to choose from." There _are_ cool additions to both, and that's the problem. Two sets of standards that set out to accomplish the same goal. Anyh...
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Hundreds of Nude Photos Jolt Colorado School - DanielBMarkham http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/07/us/colorado-students-caught-trading-nude-photos-by-the-hundreds.html ====== makecheck I never understand why parents push so much responsibility to school administrators. When something is not happening _at_ school, during ...
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Faster - Why Constant Stress is Part of Our Future - jmorin007 http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/faster_constant_stress_future.php ====== tomjen This need not be the case - most newspapers suck because they all try to out compete CNN, which only leave time for a small part of the story with 70% of the facts wrong ...
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Jaws: HTML5 Javascript game engine / development library - ukdm http://jawsjs.com/ ====== lukev Not saying this isn't awesome... but don't there seem to be more HTML5/Javascript engines/libraries/toolkits than there are actual decent products or games? ~~~ bermanoid The problem is, none of the engines so far even c...
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The Gun Lobby Is Down to Its Last, Unconvincing Excuse - ourmandave http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/taibbi-gun-lobby-is-down-to-its-last-unconvincing-excuse-w506851 ====== theyregreat Depending on the state, getting a Destructive Device tax stamp and local law enforcement approval, Americans can currentl...
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Cyber Risk Isn’t Always in the Computer - larrys http://www.wsj.com/articles/cyber-risk-isnt-always-in-the-computer-1443125108 ====== larrys To pass the paywall: [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c...](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB8QqQ...
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Amazon face recognition falsely matches 28 lawmakers with mugshots - georgecmu https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/26/amazon-facial-rekognition-congress-mugshots-aclu ====== eboyjr Amazon's response to this report: [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/thoughts- on-machine-learnin...](https://aws.amazon.com/bl...
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Walking Truck - colinmegill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_truck ====== ckastner > _The stepping of the robot was controlled by a human operator through foot > and hand movements coupled to hydraulic valves._ > _The walking truck was one of the first technological hardware design > applications to incorporate ...
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Le Paper Globe: a do-it-yourself terrestrial globe - drewda http://joachimesque.com/globe/#1 ====== nekgrim EN link also available: [http://joachimesque.com/globe/index.html.en](http://joachimesque.com/globe/index.html.en) ~~~ oneeyedpigeon Site read my Accept-Language heading perfectly. ------ yellowapple Very nice...
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LSD — My Problem Child by Albert Hofmann - b-man http://www.psychedelic-library.org/child.htm ====== DCoder Late Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd was into LSD when his career went off the tracks. Such a shame, he was amazingly good. Another British band, Porcupine Tree, explored LSD in their early works, from "Lynton Samu...
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Google to Acquire Nest - coloneltcb http://investor.google.com/releases/2014/0113.html ====== MrZongle2 Am I the only one who thought "well, good for the Nest guys" followed by "too bad, it looked like a good product"? ~~~ psbp Yeah, motorola products have completely gone down the toilet after that acquisition. They ...
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Guess What? Everyone Was Wrong About Tesla - booleanbetrayal https://www.forbes.com/sites/enriquedans/2018/10/28/guess-what-everyone-was-wrong-about-tesla ====== rurban Current talk is that Musk's (Boring) LA Tunnel project is mostly hypeware, that he cannot hold the promised date at all. Opening should be December 10...
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Ask HN: How do I learn functional DevOps as a cofounder? - muonic I am in the very early stages of developing a venture with a colleague in my PhD cohort (in computer science). He works in CS theory and lacks a lot of actual functional tech skills (he only took one programming internship during his undergrad), whereas...
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Question for all Riders... - CanDoco Where do you storage your bicycle at home? ====== nmcfarl Now I have a walk in basement, it’s leaning against the wall. In my old place, a second story walk up, it hung from the wall in the hallway, between the bedroom and the bathroom. In my wife’s old place, she had her’s cha...
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I Hate Voicemail - pitdesi http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/i-hate-voicemail/ ====== decode I know some people like the author, people who never listen to their voicemail. I call and leave them a message and they call me back without listening to it. When they do this, they are communicating to me that their time is mor...
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ICANN delays .Org sale approval, calls for more transparency - patrickdavey https://domainnamewire.com/2019/12/10/icann-delays-org-sale-approval-calls-for-more-transparency/ ====== CaliforniaKarl I suggest changing the post URL to be the source ICANN post, [https://www.icann.org/news/blog/org- update](https://www.ican...
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Google: warlord in a world of bandits? - razorburn http://whimsley.typepad.com/whimsley/2010/01/google-as-warlord.html ====== andreyf One has to appreciate, however, that Google seems to seek out economic positions which allign their interests with the overall social interest. Surely, that isn't just happenstance. ...
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Income tax on stock for original founders? - markcray2 A scenario:<p>Person launches startup, takes seed funding from angel investor at creation of company. Angel owns 60% for their capital contribution, Founder owns 40% solely for their future sweat contribution, no cash upfront.<p>Yes or No: The IRS sees the 40% o...
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Show HN: An optimized and ergonomic image annotation platform - gingahbread31 https://www.picsell-ia.com/ ====== fonfon31 Looks good, is the usage of the tools unlimited ? ~~~ gingahbread31 Annotations are unlimited and you got 1000 calls of the tools for free during your trial ! ~~~ fonfon31 Ok thanks
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Show HN: My first Wordpress template in 5 years. Feedback, please? - astrowilliam http://www.wilwaldon.com/claire ====== astrowilliam I consider this a basic blogger template, nothing too fancy, just good and solid. This thing has been sitting on my "to do" list for a while and I decided to crank it out to get it out...
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Drone Strikes Hamper Apple Watch Deliveries in Pakistan - herbig http://www.nytimes.com.clonezone.link/apple_watch_drone_strikes ====== _comlag I fell for this...
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Software for Programming Microbes - jcr http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=27025 ====== jcr For those interested, the linked _Nature_ article has more details. [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/natu...](http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/natu...
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