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Need Moderators for the “C/C++ coding Best practices repository” - cppdesign
http://www.codergears.com/Blog/?p=1856
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nkurz
I think there are tremendous differences between C and C++ best practices. Are
you really trying to create a single repository that covers both of them?
_If you are a C++ expert and you ... | {
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Unix Windowing Terminal System Blit, 1982, Bell Labs - dryicerx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waTL1abCm9I
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daeken
I've spent the last two days implementing VGA and basic graphics support in my
OS, and it's great to watch this and see something I know I can implement in a
short period of time with what I've al... | {
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Please check my quantum physics browser game for accuracy - sideshowb
https://linkingideasblog.wordpress.com/2016/04/25/learning-quantum-mechanics-the-easy-way/
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evanb
[1/4] Source: I am a nuclear physicist.
Full disclosure: I didn't play. I'm not launching a Java applet. So I'm just
reading your description fo... | {
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Show HN: Browsertime, bringing popcorntime to your browser with webtorrent - KeizerDev
https://github.com/KeizerDev/Browsertime
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chirau
I have installed this, but it doesn't work, I can't play anything(there is no
play option, its just a movie page with a description). I can't search for
anything, there are no s... | {
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Ignore the conspiracy theories: scientists know Covid-19 wasn't created in a lab - Farbodkhz
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/09/conspiracies-covid-19-lab-false-pandemic
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GillBates666
[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q5SRrsr-
Iug](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q5SRrsr-Iug)
How does mainstream me... | {
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React Native ART and D3 - hswolff
http://hswolff.com/blog/react-native-art-and-d3/
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harel
I would really like to see a real world useful application done in react
native. Nothing too arty, but more functional, business like even. Something
that goes beyond an app for an event or an art project.
~~~
lewisl9029
T... | {
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Top darknet drug marketplace, Dream Market, is shutting down - biofunsf
https://www.zdnet.com/article/top-dark-web-marketplace-will-shut-down-next-month/
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arthurcolle
Another one bites the dust.
Does anyone have any theories on the methodologies being used in these
Operation Onymous/Bayonet/Shrouded Horizon to ... | {
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Everybody Dance Now: transfering motion between humans in different videos - hendzen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCBTZh41Ris
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itsthisjustin
This is mind blowing
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Ask HN: Secure estate planning - TallGuyShort
I've been going through the process of setting up a will and related documents. The people to whom I am entrusting my children (and thus also my property) in the event of my death are not exactly cybersecurity experts, so I need to maintain a simple way for them to ac... | {
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BaconBizConf 2013: Bootstrapping Sketchnotes - joelhooks
http://joelhooks.com/blog/2013/06/06/my-sketchnotes-and-thoughts-from-baconbizconf-2013/
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marcusneto
Absolutely amazing. Love these. Even showed them to my oldest son as he likes
to draw.
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urlwolf
Idea: a subreddit or subHN (if that existed) for b... | {
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Windows 8 for tablet hands on - mingyeow
http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/13/windows-8-for-tablets-hands-on-preview/
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sriramk
As someone who worked for MSFT for so long, this bit really makes me happy -
mostly since no one would have given this much odds of happening.
"With the introduction of OS X Lion, Appl... | {
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Noutube: the most recently uploaded video on YouTube, before filters applied - diabetesjones
http://noutube.net
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diabetesjones
Pretty cool thing I made. Can be boring, if its lots of Russian kids vlogging,
but it's the only way I've found to see something 0.1ms old and YouTube
themselves haven't even auto-delete... | {
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Pandora Launches New Desktop App for Mac - bookofjoe
https://www.macrumors.com/2019/05/20/pandora-desktop-app-for-mac/
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chmielewski
Best Mac client is TUI. brew install pianobar
Uses your Pandora account, has all your saved channels, unlimited skips, no
commercials.
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The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity - whocanfly
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/691462
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anonu
I think we saw this on HN a few months back. Can't find the prior discussion.
EDIT - Did a bit more searching:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14639967... | {
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Ask HN: Any speech segmentation API's out there? - shk88
I've been working on an idea for an MVP that leverages speech recognition, for which there are a few viable API's. However, I'm interested in not only speech to text, but also determining the timing of each spoken word relative to the input audio. Unfortunatel... | {
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Computer monitor causes scare at Newark airport - J3L2404
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/20/AR2010122001381.html
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kgermino
I understand that we need to be careful take precautions and all that but
come-on we closed down an entire terminal because somebody shipped a computer
monitor?... | {
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Online commenting cliché: "You realize that X = Y, right?" - dhruvtv
Of late, I find this clichéd phrase "You realize that X = Y (or some non-obvious statement which might not even be correct), right?" appear in online comments a lot. I find it very toxic.<p>Example on HN:<p>https://www.hnsearch.... | {
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The Worst Mistake People Make in Political Arguments - danielrm26
http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-worst-mistake-people-make-in-political-arguments
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CWuestefeld
Good advice across the board, not just for political discussion.
This is just explaining the logical fallacy of "fundamental atribution error"
(<http... | {
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Show HN: CodeAvengers, the future of K12 CompSci education is here - nkeung
http://www.codeavengers.com/web
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yjsoon
Conceptually: I like the idea of giving some personality to the "type here and
see something happen" code-learning toolkit, at least for the HTML/CSS course.
Not sure how well this specific conce... | {
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Self-driving cars will push us to rethink how we build cities, say planners - edward
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/self-driving-cars-will-push-us-to-rethink-how-we-build-cities-say-planners/article27090747/
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hackuser
If cars are driverless, I'm not sure why people in cities will want to own
cars an... | {
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Is Your Brain Necessary? - ghgr
https://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=6116
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bloak
It sounds like a hoax. If brains could be smaller, then heads could be
smaller, and there ought to be some evolutionary pressure for that, in humans,
at least: giving birth is not easy.
I don't know about other animals. There is partic... | {
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How Devastating was the Black Death? - akakievich
http://www.medievalhistories.com/devastating-black-death/
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goblin89
Actual paper is titled “Next-generation ice core technology reveals true
minimum natural levels of lead (Pb) in the atmosphere: Insights from the Black
Death”.
The gist is that we’ve been operat... | {
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Solar pond - ColinWright
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_pond
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killahpriest
If you're curious as to how the thermal energy is extracted:
[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038092X10...](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038092X10002161)
> Heat has generally been successfull... | {
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Network Solutions is now a Web.com Company - jedireza
http://about.networksolutions.com/
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jedireza
So Dan Grossman was nice enough to correct me on this.
[http://www.networksolutions.com/blog/2011/10/network-
solutio...](http://www.networksolutions.com/blog/2011/10/network-solutions-
acquisition-by-web-com-com... | {
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Does Technology Spell Doom for Close Relationships? - LinuxBender
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/does-technology-spell-doom-for-close-relationships/
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aphextim
>Solomooning, according to recent news articles, is a new phenomenon in which
just-marrieds take a post-wedding trip separately from ea... | {
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MikeOS - simple OS you can use for learning about how OSes work - nickb
http://mikeos.berlios.de/
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davidw
Other good ones:
eCos - it's an embedded system used in the real world, so it's not _super_
simple, but since its aims are less universal, there is less code and
therefore it's easier to follow what's goi... | {
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Ask HN: How long do you think we have until 64 bit is no longer enough? - nazri1
Computing started out from the brains of men. Then we use writing tools to write it it out, and then we invented machines to help us compute. From abacus to analog machines to digital ones. This evolved from single bit to four, eight, six... | {
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Indian Ocean garbage patch - sushirain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_garbage_patch
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sushirain
An explanation about environmental impact
([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch#Pho...](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch#Photodegradation_of_plastics)):
> Unlike... | {
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Things I learned clearing disk space - shbhrsaha
http://www.shubhro.com/2016/01/01/learned-clearing-disk-space/
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kelsolaar
If you are on OS X, Disk Inventory X
([http://www.derlien.com/](http://www.derlien.com/)) is quite useful for this
as it uses visual treemaps ([http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/treemap-
history/in... | {
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An Alarming Discovery in an Astronaut’s Bloodstream - nnx
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/11/astronaut-blood-clot/602380/
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rochellet
I wonder how this new information will impact future plans in sending people
to Mars since it's so far away.
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Computing Pioneer Stephen Wolfram Creates Data-Analysis Tool for Business - occamschainsaw
https://www.wsj.com/articles/computing-pioneer-stephen-wolfram-creates-data-analysis-tool-for-business-11549533601
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occamschainsaw
[https://outline.com/rfMDxt](https://outline.com/rfMDxt)
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Link without improving “their” search engine position - oAlbe
http://www.donotlink.com/dnl/faq
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LoSboccacc
Breaking news. Eheh.
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The Browser Company - zzmp
https://thebrowser.company
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core-questions
Nothing about anything they're doing that's actually going to be different.
Here's the thing: the best browser is one I don't have to think about, at all.
It should fade away and just let me use websites without ten million little
buttons and... | {
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Zen room for Vim: Focsuing only on the essential - amix
http://amix.dk/blog/post/19744#Zen-room-for-Vim-Focsuing-only-on-the-essential
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richo
I'm so confused, why does this need a specific thing?
I'll just fullscreen {g,mac}vim and only have one pane if I'm set on doing
this.
~~~
amix
The idea is to remove a... | {
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Dropbox down? ...And now up! - paran
http://dropbox.com/
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muppetman
According to their Twitter, they're doing a DB Upgrade:
<DropboxOps> We're currently upgrading our database server. We'll require
about 30-45 minutes of maintenance until everything's back up.
~~~
splish
Confirmed on the forums and status si... | {
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Linux Uprobe: User-Level Dynamic Tracing - adamnemecek
http://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2015-06-28/linux-ftrace-uprobe.html
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lawl
Can someone explain to me how this works and what the advantages are over a
regular user space debugger in a bit more detail?
So I read the article but I don't understand the advan... | {
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Capture & Share your presentations on-the-go - zuzuzu
http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/12/9slides-ipad-app/
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zuzuzu
Great easy to use tool for pitching to investors..
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ldarcyftw
Just tried..very cool, works like a charm
| {
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Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Software - rguzman
http://blog.idonethis.com/post/31399044182/makers-schedule-managers-software
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sandeepshetty
I just read about this the other day in The Slow Web [1] by Jack Cheng:
"iDoneThis is a part of the slow web movement. After you email us, your
calendar is not updated ins... | {
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Ghosting: Julian Assange (2014) - wglb
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n05/andrew-ohagan/ghosting
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DyslexicAtheist
> He said that Tim Geithner, the US secretary of the Treasury, had been asked
> to look into ways to hinder companies that would profit from subversive
> organisations.
Media freedom is being eroded sma... | {
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A dark web tycoon pleads guilty. But how was he caught? - benjaminikuta
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615163/a-dark-web-tycoon-pleads-guilty-but-how-was-he-caught/
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saber6
I would just like to point out that this article downplayed the central issue
that brought an end to Freedom Hosting: massive, willful h... | {
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Ask HN: Any thoughts on our site Tweetflix.com - lp456
So after about 4 months of hacking away our little web app is ready for some much needed HN dissection.<p>Any and all thoughts welcome and encouraged.
http://www.tweetflix.com
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mgrouchy
Clickable <http://www.tweetflix.com> .
IMO I think this is neat, but ... | {
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Django much? Here's a Vagrant VM for you. - pyderman
https://github.com/hipwerk/django-vagrant-env
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mrfusion
I'd love to see something like this for setting up Django on an existing
production server. (Especially one that works on Digital ocean or AWS)
| {
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Japan plans to invite TSMC to build joint chip plant: Yomiuri - pseudolus
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-tsmc/japan-plans-to-invite-tsmc-to-build-joint-chip-plant-yomiuri-idUSKCN24K03B
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jake_morrison
I feel like we are going to see an announcement out of left field like TSMC
buying a fab from Intel, fu... | {
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Ask HN: Are three servers better than one? - oblib
After running into some issues trying to setup a server on DigitalOcean with everything I needed to run my web apps I decided to set one up as a web file server, another as an email server, and a third one as a CouchDB server.<p>On the down side I now have 3 servers t... | {
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Google vs. China, a game theoretic model - agconway
http://www.drewconway.com/zia/?p=1994
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thyrsus
My browser (Firefox 3.5 on Fedora 12) doesn't appear to be interpreting the
mathematical symbols correctly; e.g., \Gamma doesn't appear as a gamma symbol,
but instead as a grey box containing the characters (with... | {
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Yet Another Car Hacking Tool - net
http://asintsov.blogspot.com/2016/03/yet-another-car-hacking-tool.html
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omonoid
Very cool. I have done a lot of work with peak and vector tools and have been
working on an open python framework for collecting and analyzing can traffic.
I am also interested in maybe creating an ... | {
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Doing Y Combinator in your 30s - bkudria
http://zencoder.com/encoder-blog/2010/09/21/doing-y-combinator-in-your-30s/
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iworkforthem
dun think entrepreneurship starts in yr 20s and stops by the time we hit 30.
it's a passion, something we love to do. anyone out over 30s, GO FOR IT! You
only live once!
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Central European TechCrunch meet-up, April 11, Prague - mcxx
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=150261370719
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mcxx
Anyone from HN comming?
| {
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Tehran’s Promise: The revolution’s midlife crisis and the nuclear deal - Thevet
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/27/tehrans-promise
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steve19
> The hostile rhetoric hasn’t changed. At Friday prayers, as
> on previous visits, I heard thousands chanting “Death to
> America.” This year, twenty times.
>... | {
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Tesla 5-1 Stock Split - ikarandeep
https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000156459020039353/tsla-8k_20200811.htm
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sfblah
Does anybody else share my sort of shell-shock WRT Tesla? I'm one of those who
thinks its stock (and probably all the big tech names) are in a bubble. But
whenever I say that... | {
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Ask HN: Where would you be most excited to work? - throwaway_oct13
(throwaway to reduce bias, to avoid possible current-employer-panic, and to blow my own horn without tying myself to being a douchebag...)<p>I'm looking for a change. My family and I are willing to move.<p>I've got a Math/CS degree from a well-known ... | {
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Facelette: Chat Roulette for FaceTime - mojombo
http://facelette.com/
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holman
For what it's worth, I whipped this up in about an hour. It just keeps track
of who's actively looking for a FaceTime hookup and grabs one.
Coincidentally, this entire app is dumb as hell. I love it so much.
~~~
mkramlich
I predict a... | {
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The First Church of Grady Booch: "It is a superclass of the people" - randombit
http://bluesock.org/booch/
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GFischer
There's a mention of another, funnier website, but it seems to be down... ah,
here it is, the same website but on another host and with some differences:
[http://web.archive.org/web/199902040439... | {
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Show HN: A course on concepts to make better decisions or at least sound smart - petermcintyre
https://conceptually.org/
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petermcintyre
Links: \- Previous article: [http://mcntyr.com/52-concepts-cognitive-
toolkit/](http://mcntyr.com/52-concepts-cognitive-toolkit/)
\- A long list of concepts we haven't yet, but... | {
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Meter and app to tell if a gas station has pumped less than you paid for - emilyfm
http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/device-smartphone-app-detect-short-liters/
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emilyfm
TLDR; Gas (petrol) stations pumping less than you paid for is a problem in
some parts of Mexico (they're mostly full service). These guys are tryi... | {
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What are the Best ethereum DApp ideas that haven't been launched yet? - noloblo
Ethereum's decentralized and anonymous nature are great for some types of Dapps, such as prediction/betting and stablecoins. However, there are already many players on both these fields (e.g. Augur, Gnosis; Makercoin, Digix).<p>W... | {
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Fully-Fledged Guide on Ways to Protect Your Data Online - UtopiaFans
https://utopia.fans/privacy/fully-fledged-guide-on-ways-to-protect-your-data-online/
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UtopiaFans
Learn how to protect your data!
| {
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Vivek Wadhwa Says U.S. Chases Away Immigrant Entrepreneurs - saadmalik01
http://www.siliconbeat.com/2012/10/02/in-new-book-and-research-paper-vivek-wadhwa-says-u-s-chases-away-immigrant-entrepreneurs/
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tokenadult
That's about all Vivek Wadhwa ever says. He never comes forward with any
strong evidence on that i... | {
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} |
The future of deep learning - nicolrx
https://blog.keras.io/the-future-of-deep-learning.html
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computerex
> In DeepMind's AlphaGo, for example, most of the "intelligence" on display is
> designed and hard-coded by expert programmers (e.g. Monte-Carlo tree
> search);
Not true. This paraphrases the original paper:... | {
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Show HN: Zesture – Control Mac/Windows Apps Using Hand Gestures - radhakrsna
https://zesture.app/
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radhakrsna
Hey!
Touch-less technology is the future (especially after the Covid-19 pandemic).
So, I made Zesture, a Mac/Windows app that uses your laptop's camera to give
you touch-free control over your media, e... | {
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Have a Mess of Ideas in Your Head? Create an Idea Bank - redDragon
http://blogs.hbr.org/morning-advantage/2012/11/have-a-mess-of-ideas-in-your-h.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HBR.org%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
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typicalrunt
It's a bit of blogspam, here's the ... | {
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The Return of Kim Dotcom - eplanit
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424127887324624404578253511026556362.html
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linuxhansl
"But Mr. Dotcom believes the site is fully compliant with laws globally."
Why is this his problem? Must any website now adhere to every cou... | {
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Ask HN: Men's fashion/style/grooming advice for software engineers? - Fr0styMatt88
In the areas of fashion and style I'm.... your somewhat typical (?) software engineer -- I think I might know some of the basics but don't really give it much thought.<p>I'm looking to change that and I'm keen to hea... | {
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Show HN: Easy Webserver for Node.js, Python, PHP, with Free SSL - kasra85
https://github.com/githubsaturn/captainduckduck/blob/master/README.md
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joepie91_
I'm surprised that Caddy
([https://caddyserver.com/](https://caddyserver.com/)) hasn't been mentioned
yet. While I'm not entirely happy with the business dire... | {
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How to Level the College Playing Field - adenadel
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/07/opinion/sunday/harold-levy-college.html
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80386
Maybe we shouldn't keep the college system around in its current form at all.
In Iran, there's something called the Guardian Council. If you want to run for
an election, the Guardi... | {
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Ask HN: MBP user making new job win/pc switch - throwaway128399
I recently joined a large company in a senior tech role. I was given an HP zbook/dock/monitor. I've been a Macbook Pro user for over 12 years.<p>I have a 2000 char limit here so wont expand, but imagine docker, WSL, freezing constantly, e... | {
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Kubectl Life Saver - lingsamuel
https://gist.github.com/lingsamuel/302413294fd015dfc2ee2498c079b275
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celticninja
I find that kubens is useful to avoid needing to state the namespace for each
command. Everything else seems like an alias could easily work instead and
give you more options.
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lingsamuel
A sim... | {
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Why is it so difficult to write valid “tar” commands from memory? - FreakyT
https://www.dantilden.com/2015/03/24/tar-command/
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LukeShu
A couple of nits:
\- TFA says that `ln` is "used to create symbolic links, among other things";
I'd drop "symbolic"\--that is needlessly restricting what it does. It just
create... | {
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In a world where all terrorist attacks are not equal - yinghang
http://stateofmind13.com/2015/11/14/from-beirut-this-is-paris-in-a-world-that-doesnt-care-about-arab-lives/
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GigabyteCoin
>When my people died, they did not send the world in mourning. Their death was
but an irrelevant fleck along the international ... | {
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Innovative Apple Watch Series 5: OLED LTPO Display, Compass, Always on Feature - inoplanium
https://reportagram.net/gadgets/1284-innovative-apple-watch-series-5-new-ultra-low-power-ltpo-display-compass-always-on-feature.html
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inoplanium
I upgrade my Apple Watch every other iteration: so 1, 3, and now 5. Apple's
... | {
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Show HN: Travel Packing Lists Made Easy - ivandrag
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=webivo.com.packinglist
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charlieegan3
Seems to require a social login. I might have tried it out otherwise.
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Video Games Good For Kids' Brains? - neovive
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tina-barseghian/education-technology-video-games_b_829460.html
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neovive
This now validates all the time I spent playing Zelda.
My favorite quote is in point 2: "The current assessment system forces
teachers to teach to the test. ..... ... | {
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Kosher search engine powered by 4 car batteries on a passively cooled server - glcheetham
https://jewjewjew.com/
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emosenkis
As on Orthodox Jew, while I don't have anything against this and it sounds
like a fun hobby project, I don't like that it misleads regarding what Jewish
law actually requires.
As several o... | {
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Ask HN: Inspirational Books - db42
With reference to http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1913174, what are some good books that inspire you when all you need is a little motivation.
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pdelgallego
The Alchemist.
On the Road.
Stranger In a Strange Land.
From the Earth to the Moon
How to Win Friends and Influe... | {
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Zero-knowledge proofs, Zcash, and Ethereum - mhluongo
https://medium.com/@mhluongo/zero-knowledge-proofs-zcash-and-ethereum-f6d89fa7cba8
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ballenf
The opening story about the sick grandma also seemed to be rather the opposite
of a zero-knowledge proof. Each question seemed rather knowledge-y for a 'zero
knowledge... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What are some innovative ideas for improving democracy? - b01t
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JPLeRouzic
I find strange that in a time where we can be aware of everything going on at
the other side of the world, there is still a need for representative
democracy.
The interested people could easily gain knowledge on complex issues and... | {
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} |
Equifax Breach Caused by Lone Employee’s Error, Former CEO Says - DLay
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/03/business/equifax-congress-data-breach.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
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sp821543
[http://web.mit.edu/2.75/resources/r... | {
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} |
8 Engineers Share Candid Feedback about 1:1 Meetings - brennanm
https://soapboxhq.com/blog/management-skills/engineers-share-candid-feedback-one-on-ones
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brennanm
Author here! Happy to share more about what I learned in the interviews.
~~~
nunez
Thank you for writing this! One-on-one styles indeed vary heavily ... | {
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} |
Register for hack.summit() 2016 – huge virtual conf with 64k+ attendees - maxharris
https://hacksummit.org/2016
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prtkgpt
HN members can bypass the registration and attend for FREE using code
HACKERNEWS.
Speaker list:
-David Heinemeier Hansson (creator of Ruby on Rails) -Joel Spolsky (co-founder and CEO of Stac... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Snips is a Voice Assistant platform, create your private on-device assistants - oulipo
https://snips.ai
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oulipo
I'm a co-founder of Snips, we are building a private-by-design Voice Assistant
platform which allows companies and makers to build a smart assistant 100% on-
device.
Why do we do this? We want assista... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
4Chan To Target RIAA Next - Indyan
http://torrentfreak.com/4chan-to-ddos-riaa-next-is-this-the-protest-of-the-future-100919/
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goalieca
And its down... Though, I gotta wonder how useful it is to take down an almost
useless website on a weekend. The email infrastructure would be far more
damaging I would imagine.
... | {
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Internet overuse linked to depression, but questions remain - tokenadult
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/besttreatments/2010/feb/03/internet-overuse-linked-to-depression-but-questions-remain
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tokenadult
"in partnership with the British Medical Journal," a great example of a new
story that analyzes a res... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists - ingve
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2016/05/09/how-to-read-and-understand-a-scientific-paper-a-guide-for-non-scientists/
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neutronicus
I have a little "hack" that I find _extremely_ helpful for getting a sense of
specific ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Featured Image from a feed - fadelakin
On my WordPress blog, I have a syndicator plugin, with 3 or 4 websites it pulls feeds from.The problem was that it would pull the story and create the post and tags and all that - but the image would not automatically drop into the Featured Image (lower right column in ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mercurial 2.0 has added largefiles extension (older r. are downloaded on demand) - ognyankulev
http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/LargefilesExtension
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kevingadd
This could actually give Mercurial a big edge over Git for development
environments where large binary files are a core part of your workflow - like
game... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Welcome to the Library of Technomadics - jacquesm
http://microship.com/
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VLM
I remember those days...
The article on the link can be read in the original on page 254 of
[https://archive.org/details/80_Micro_1983-12_1001001_US](https://archive.org/details/80_Micro_1983-12_1001001_US)
Page 255 is a single perso... | {
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} |
Bypass Slack mention Restrictions - fortytw2
https://www.schalla.me/post/bypass-global-mention-restriction-slack/
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dlsniper
I just seen it, guess someone forgot not to trust user inputs.
| {
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} |
Out of the Cell - fern12
https://granta.com/out-of-the-cell/
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jessriedel
> As a little boy in Oxford, I was encouraged to worship the mind. I and my
> friends, often sons of professors, were being drilled in French and Latin
> and Greek before we turned seven,
> ...
> Marcus Aurelius had given me all kinds of ... | {
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} |
Fluent: An innovative new interface for Gmail (from ex-Google Wave developers) - cpeterso
https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9227899/Fluent_review_An_innovative_new_interface_for_Gmail
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mikexstudios
Actual link: <http://fluent.io/>
| {
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} |
Facebook Is Dying and Here’s the Proof - MichaelKSpencer
https://medium.com/futuresin/facebook-is-dying-and-heres-the-proof-dbfce2196c0a
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HBlix
The title and the contents of the article are seriously at odds, and I _wish_
that FaceBook was dying. All I can say is that I wish every business I’m
involved with coul... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Timeslot makes planning your day a breeze - chetan51
http://timeslot.me/
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dools
My experience:
1) submitted my signup details, the page never returned a response and just
hung there, but I did receive an email and was able to login
2) There's no difference between "add item" and "insert after" on th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Kendo UI vs. ExtJS or other frameworks? - BusterG
We've been trying to identify a framework we can use to replace a traditional Windows back office application with a web-based equivalent which ideally we could build on Rails.<p>In the process we've been evaluating Sencha and ExtJS but found this post here... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Need volunteer developers for unique website idea - aswin8728
I am trying to start up a website that will be beneficial to college students and employers alike. It will help connect students to employers and give them a better idea on what career path to pursue once they graduate. If you'd like to be involved, get ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Is there a name for the concept of "value changes upon read"? - uvTwitch
I'm trying to think of a name to use to describe a value which will reliably change upon being read. Not the nature of the change, but naming this concept of change-upon-read.<p>For example, I have this, complete with syntax error:
clas... | {
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The only way to hit net zero by 2050 is to stop flying - makerofspoons
https://www.ft.com/content/e00819ba-4814-11ea-aee2-9ddbdc86190d
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SomeoneFromCA
Netzero has never been a good internet provider anyway.
| {
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PayPal Acquires Modest - foodstances
http://www.braintreepayments.com/blog/paypal-acquires-modest/
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wyldfire
also here
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10085093](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10085093)
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End of “social VR”? Sansar shifting emphasis away from VR - Kroeler
http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2018/05/sansar-social-vr-linden-lab-pc.html
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berg01
Linden labs. A dying company. Not sure what this is relevant for.
| {
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} |
Ask HN: Why don't aeroplanes transmit pictures/sound off the plane? - hoodoof
Seems a little odd that in 2015 when there is an aviation crash that the source of the data is primarily from the black box recorders.<p>Why isn't there a camera in the cockpit that sends pictures periodically off the plane to somewhe... | {
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} |
A description of a simple Ray Tracer (1995) [pdf] - laex
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwmalone/p/rt95.pdf
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angersock
Everybody should try implementing a ray tracer at least once in their
programming career. The math is well-documented, and the wow factor is pretty
great.
It also is a rabbit-hole of optimizations ... | {
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} |
'Dating’ Site Imports 250,000 Facebook Profiles, Without Permission - gatsby
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/02/facebook-dating/
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ryanclemson
They don't really need permission to scrape public Facebook profiles now do
they? The first version of Facebook (Facemash) used pictures and names scraped
from a pri... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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