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We work for the Internet - ChrisArchitect
http://iworkfortheinternet.org/
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pdx
It's not immediately clear what this page is for.
For me, I began to read the paragraph, but my eyes were quickly distracted to
the loading pictures. I assumed this was an anti SOPA page, but had to reread
it to make sure.
Please ... | {
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} |
Alan Kay on Lisp - shakes
https://www.quora.com/What-did-Alan-Kay-mean-by-Lisp-is-the-greatest-single-programming-language-ever-designed/answer/Alan-Kay-11?share=1
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JepZ
Actually, I am missing the simplicity of Lisp and Smalltalk in todays
languages. From what I remember, they both have a fairly simple but unive... | {
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} |
Unexpected places you can and can’t use null bytes - ammmir
https://eklitzke.org/unexpected-places-you-can-and-cant-use-null-bytes
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kstenerud
It seems a bit odd to call it "unexpected" when any C API that accepts a char*
and doesn't include a length parameter is commonly understood to expect a null
terminated st... | {
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} |
Google calls bullshit on newspapers who say they don't want to be indexed - peter123
http://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com/2009/07/working-with-news-publishers.html
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wmf
This headline and blog post strike me as disingenuous. The newspapers know how
to use robots.txt. Clearly they want to be indexed; they just w... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Science and the Rise of the Co-Authors (2015) - Hooke
https://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/2015/11/25/science-and-the-rise-of-the-co-authors/
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galuggus
In China academics get bonuses for authoring papers.
There is an informal market for buying selling authorship.
I wonder if this contributes
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Recruiters guide for new Coders - veganarchocap
http://www.ewanvalentine.co.uk/recruiters-new-coders/
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veganarchocap
My first own post to HN, go easy on me! Thought I'd try to give a bit of
balanced advice for juniors :)
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pedalpete
I found your writing a bit hard to follow, and therefore didn't get all the... | {
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} |
Find out where your time went this year - quasiconvex
https://www.skej.us/mycal.html
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jflatow
The permissions are a lot to ask, but I found it worth the price.
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quasiconvex
Unfortunately there's no way around it to show you the personalized report.
But we certainly take privacy very seriously.
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Anonymous hacks Australian Government in response to Internet censorship - go37pi
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/operation-titstorm-hackers-bring-down-government-websites-20100210-nqku.html
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esonica
I thinks its only a matter of time before Anonymous gets labelled a terrorist
organisation to ... | {
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} |
I love SF but I needed a break. Photos from my coast-to-coast motorcycle trip - samp615
http://imgur.com/a/euaD5
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samp615
I also did a write up about my packing list and other details, in case anyone
is interested in taking a similar trip but isn't sure what to do:
[http://www.theantimba.com/america-youre-one-... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
We cut our Flask page load times by 60% with one line of code - shreyans
https://medium.com/@5hreyans/the-one-weird-trick-that-cut-our-flask-page-load-time-by-70-87145335f679
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peterlada
Seems like this could possibly lead to memory leak? No upper bound on the
memory usage?
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Walkman
I'm not familiar with Jinj... | {
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} |
Announcing Confluent, a Company for Apache Kafka and Realtime Data - LiveTheDream
http://blog.confluent.io/2014/11/06/announcing-confluent-a-company-for-apache-kafka-and-real-time-data/
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dantiberian
This is really good news for the Apache Kafka project. Having a corporate
sponsor behind it will ensure that it ge... | {
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} |
This is what happens when you work yourself almost to death. - k33n
http://blog.outernet.io/article/329/one-step-too-far
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anigbrowl
Yikes! A cautionary tale, to be sure. Glad to hear you're back on an even
keel; a bit of time to recharge your batteries and reconnect with the basics
of life sounds ideal. This i... | {
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} |
Material Design , Learning the Rules and Breaking Them - Danafrid
https://medium.com/@creatrixx/material-design-learning-the-rules-and-breaking-them-1787ee364094
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ulber
Can't agree more about the importance of breaking the rules. In my foray to
Windows Phone development, I spent a lot of time customizing compone... | {
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} |
Show HN: Real-time raytracing as web page background - c3d
http://www.taodyne.com/presentation/index-reveal.html#/references
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c3d
This page uses a specific shader courtesy ShaderToy that does real-time ray-
tracing in the background. You can verify that it's real-time by moving the
mouse. Moving left and right... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Twine: a social network with brains - bootload
http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2007/10/twine_a_social_6.php
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bootload
_"... Twine provides one place to tie everything together: emails, bookmarks,
documents, RSS feeds, contacts, photos, videos, product info, data records,
and more ..."_
Danger Will Robinson,... | {
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Why Is The World Run By Bean Counters? - sunjain
http://blogs.forbes.com/stevedenning/2011/07/16/why-is-the-world-run-by-bean-counters/?partner=yahootix
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glimcat
The abuse of survivor bias in this article pisses me off.
There are much more valuable lessons to take away from Amazon et al. than "be
radical, be ... | {
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} |
MIT's Building 20: “The Magical Incubator” (1998) - li4ick
https://infinitehistory.mit.edu/video/mits-building-20-magical-incubator
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tpmx
Note the transcript PDF:
(It's very nicely formatted for readability.)
[https://static.3playmedia.com/files/2O_NhKHa13A/transcript.p...](https://static.3playmedia.com/files/... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Conversational insurance quote system for freelancers - iamashley
https://withjack.co.uk/quote/
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mijustin
Love this. My first thought was: "this doesn't feel like a chat bot." I think
it's largely because of the design. Well done!
~~~
iamashley
Thanks, Justin. Can't wait to develop it into an instant p... | {
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} |
Fixing our social sharing tools - tensafefrogs
https://medium.com/i-m-h-o/c4c4074591ba
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pthor
There really should be a better way to subscribe to people. I don't want to
miss out on major life events of old friends, but don't want to hear about
their political views all the times.
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Pingit
This is exactly ... | {
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The Daily WTF goes white to "support" SOPA - anthuswilliams
http://thedailywtf.com/
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sp332
Then write down the IPs, take a photo of the page on a wooden table, and share
the photo on 68.142.214.24 (flickr.com)!
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randomdata
Being a non-American, maybe I'm just a little out of the loop, but what is
blocking do... | {
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} |
[Ask HN]: Where do you read most articles? - mpcadosch
Where do you read most articles? On your phone? Tablet? Desktop ?<p>A16Z Benedict Evans says phone is killing both desktop and tablet, and I am just trying to get an idea of relative percentages to see if this is true.
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stonogo
This place is like the worst... | {
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} |
Building a Distributed Log from Scratch: Scaling Message Delivery - tylertreat
https://bravenewgeek.com/building-a-distributed-log-from-scratch-part-3-scaling-message-delivery/
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majidazimi
> In Kafka and NATS Streaming, reads (and writes) are only served by the
> leader. Similarly, Amazon Kinesis supports up to ... | {
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Couple Pays $155,000 To Clone Dog In Korea - Pup Now Delivered - keltecp11
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/01/28/parker.fl.cloned.puppy.wpbf
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jm4
This links directly to a video. Can you put [video] or something in the
headline next time?
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Paul Buchheit: Ideas vs Judgment and Execution: Climbing the Mountain - paul
http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2008/03/ideas-vs-judgment-and-execution_9197.html
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nostrademons
The way I see it, ideas are important. It's just that you need _hundreds_ of
good ideas in order to get to the top. And they all have to bu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Chrome bookmark extension that saves your reading position - yongli92
https://github.com/NeilLi1992/LightMarker2
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yongli92
This simple chrome bookmark extention saves your scrollbar position in order
to save your reading position on a long page (dev doc, tutorals etc).
Next time you open the page it automatical... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Servo – A parallel browser engine in Rust by Mozilla - snird
https://github.com/mozilla/servo
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agumonkey
Just recently passed Acid 1
[https://twitter.com/metajack/status/371041675633647616](https://twitter.com/metajack/status/371041675633647616)
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dbaupp
Note that the master branch is actually still 1 patch f... | {
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} |
Ontology-Oriented Design and Programming [pdf] - kleevr
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=1B0BB3191D021A46DD03E24407449B53?doi=10.1.1.18.6062&rep=rep1&type=pdf
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kleevr
Sorry, their site went down for maintenance shortly after I submitted...
I found another copy here:
[http://www.mindswa... | {
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} |
Time Has No Meaning at the North Pole - Balgair
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/time-has-no-meaning-at-the-north-pole/
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Lambdanaut
That was a superb article. Really sublime stuff.
| {
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} |
Netflix needs to grow, but it’s sacrificing great original series to do so - jmsflknr
https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/12/20791602/netflix-canceled-shows-originals-tuca-bertie-oa-streaming-wars-disney
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WebScorpion
Their formula for picking which shows to renew needs some work from my
perspective. Shows I watched ... | {
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} |
I’m a Black Police Officer. Here’s How to Change the System - js2
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/opinion/police-funding-defund.html
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peter_d_sherman
>"Police academies must change, too. Police are taught that the enemy is “out
there.” When they arrive at work with that mind-set, they don’t know who wants
the... | {
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} |
LegoBlocks – A block based Rich Text editor made using React - brijeshb42
http://bitwiser.in/legoblocks/
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jacquesm
Suggest you change your name _before_ you gain traction and get sued.
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brijeshb42
Can that really happen?
~~~
jacquesm
It _will_ happen.
| {
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SmartAsset (YCS12) Raises Money to Provide Financial Advice - mcarvin
http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/30/smartasset-funding/
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ianferrel
I'm definitely interested in this product, and tried them out a little while
ago when I first saw them mentioned on HN. I was very confused then. The math
didn't seem to work ou... | {
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} |
C++98 Support Costs Extra (or why we should switch to C++11 now) - zeugma
http://marcmutz.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/c98-support-costs-extra/
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HardyLeung
I used C++ for years, and then switched to C#, and recently switched back to
C++ in my new company (choice of language reflects only the nature of the
software... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mark Zuckerberg Is Rethinking Deepfakes - bookofjoe
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/06/zuckerberg-very-good-case-deepfakes-are-completely-different-from-misinformation/592681/
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luxuryballs
I really don’t even like this conversation, make the platform better, stop
worrying about the content, i... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Why aren't brain computer interfaces consumer products yet? - julienreszka
At least as input devices to replace or complement keyboard and mouse/touch?<p>When do you think they will be ready to be consumer products?<p>How much would you spend to buy one?<p>What kind of design would you like?<p>What would ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Unusual Business Card Designs - hiralove
http://oddstuffmagazine.com/90-most-unusual-business-card-designs-of-all-time.html?sms_ss=hackernews
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swombat
I think there must be about a hundred websites listing the same "unusual
business card designs". Once you've seen one, you've seen them all.
~~~
hiralove
ya yo... | {
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} |
Our security auditor is an idiot. How do I give him the information he wants? - ashwin_kumar
http://serverfault.com/questions/293217/our-security-auditor-is-an-idiot-how-do-i-give-him-the-information-he-wants
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rdl
The last time this got discussed, I thought the consensus was he was trolling
-- the point being ... | {
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} |
Chrome's Most Important Feature - Garbage
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/08/chromes-most-important-feature.html
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eps
This will probably get downvoted quickly, but Chrome's updater is one of few
things I quarantine on my machine. I just don't trust Google enough to let it
run stuff that "works quietly in ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Long Could You Endure the World's Quietest Place? - larkinrichards
http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/05/05/orfield_laboratories_in_minneapolis_is_the_world_s_quietest_place.html
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ColinWright
Here's the previous discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6827243](https://news.ycombinator.... | {
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A Patent Case That Affects Everyone - wallflower
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-21/a-patent-case-that-affects-everyone
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dang
Looks like the story was discussed here:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13929992](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13929992).
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officelineback
That is cra... | {
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} |
Amazon Kindle Fire review - esutton
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/14/amazon-kindle-fire-review/
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esutton
just throwing this out there, the silk browser takes advantage of caching
content. when you have only a dozen reviewers using it is not really
indicative of how it will preform with a million users using it... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
I don't code. Here's my project: Notepeep.com - mathewsi
Site Link: http://www.notepeep.com<p>Site Description: A place where you can anonymously write about, rate, and comment on people, places, and things.<p>Hello everyone,<p>I don't really code. I have an extremely limited understanding of PHP and I get the basic... | {
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} |
Florence Nightingale: Social reformer, statistician, founder of modern nursing - happy-go-lucky
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale
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corny
A propos as today is International Nurses Day.
| {
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} |
We Wouldn't Work for the Galactic Empire If It Were Against McKinsey's Values - sohamsankaran
https://honestyisbest.com/mckinsey
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hos234
"Behind the cool mask lay a high-strung disposition; Canaris was agitated and
tormented by fear after each passing danger yet was still addicted to new
adventures. Like most cu... | {
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} |
Jetbrains Developer Ecosystem Survey 2018 - kumaranvpl
https://surveys.jetbrains.com/s3/c2-DevEcosystem18
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ruskimalooski
Note that the form only works properly in Chrome :/
| {
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} |
How to Emulate the “super” Keyword in C++ - joboccara
https://www.fluentcpp.com/2017/12/26/emulate-super-base/
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cjensen
There was a proposal for a super/inherited keyword in C++. It was immediately
killed when Michael Tiemann demonstrated this technique of adding it manually
via typedef in the base class.
As ot... | {
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} |
Hacker News Kansai #5: January 25 in Kyoto - sgdesign
http://hnkansai.doorkeeper.jp/events/2295
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sgdesign
By the way, we've been having a hard time attracting Japanese audiences to the
past meetups, in part because I'm not very familiar with the Japanese tech
ecosystem yet (and not speaking Japanese doesn't he... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
YC interview advice - apwalker
http://sam.bluwiki.com/blog/2009/04/advice-for-yc-interviewees_12.php
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pg
"the answer probably shouldn't involve ads"
Actually we're not as down on ads as other investors seem to be. We liked
Heyzap, and they make money from ads.
"The last thing you want to do is argue with the... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: A different way to follow xkcd – xkcd Filr stream - himangshuj
http://filr.io/channel/xkcd
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thelonelygod
I actually really don't like this. I took a look at the source and the images
are being loaded from the original sites.
For the content creators that pay for hosting with ad revenue you're still
h... | {
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} |
"When dealing with RMS, keep the following things in mind" - fogus
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/RichardStallman
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sriramk
I know RMS is a special case but it annoys me when people say/act as if
they're too busy to properly respond.
One of my favorite people in Microsoft is Ray Ozzie. Every single time I've
mai... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: React Native-powered forms generator - gcanti
https://github.com/gcanti/tcomb-form-native
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hyuuu
it is awesome to see how fast react native is gaining third party plugins :)
the npm route surely will be a boom for them (though some packages wont work)
| {
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} |
Vue.js vs. React: what happened in 2017 - jetter
http://pixeljets.com/blog/vue-js-vs-react-what-to-expect-in-2018/
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wjossey
I’m the founder writing code (but not the only technical person) for my three
person startup. In October I started migrating our MVP from server side
templates to Vue, given we had directio... | {
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} |
The Design and Implementation of the Anykernel and Rump Kernels (2012) [pdf] - rutenspitz
http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/2012/isbn9789526049175/isbn9789526049175.pdf
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justincormack
There is more on github [1] and the wiki [2] including videos and articles [3]
[1] [https://github.com/rumpkernel](https://github.com/rum... | {
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} |
Phineas Fisher's account of how he took down HackingTeam - adamnemecek
https://ghostbin.com/paste/6kho7
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sklivvz1971
> I want to dedicate this guide to the victims of the assault on the Armando
> Diaz school, and to all those whose blood has been spilled at the hands of
> Italian fascism.
For those who don't kn... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Web Language + Framework Most "Comfortable" for Desktop Coders? - ComputerGuru
Hi All,<p>First some background. I've been a developer for 11 years and have dabbled with pretty much everything, though my forte is system programming in C/C++ on Windows and *nix. For the past 5 years, I've been doing some light... | {
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Jan 13th (Sunday) 1pm, Oakland Sudoroom: Aaron Swartz and Kopimism - jaekwon
http://kopimism.org
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jaekwon
Yes, this is against "social norms". Fuck social norms.
| {
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} |
The World's First Floating Dairy Farm - elorant
https://www.freethink.com/articles/the-world-s-first-floating-dairy-farm
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mdorazio
As cool of a design as this is, I can't help but think "wtf?" We're running
out of land needed to feed populations and instead of asking something like,
"can we maybe reduce demand f... | {
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} |
ASK: Slack Stats DM vs. Public vs. Private – Whats It Mean? - social_quotient
I started doing a bit of analysis on how we are using slack and found that we have the following usage<p>Total Messages
80% public channels, 4% private channels, 17% DMs<p>I compared this to a client team we also have access to and noticed t... | {
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} |
Fixing the 949 problem with Fipes - tOkeshu
http://monkeypatch.me/blog/fixing-the-949-problem-with-fipes.html
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alexchamberlain
Does `priv` stand for `private`?
<https://github.com/tOkeshu/fipes/tree/master/fipes/priv/ssl>
~~~
tOkeshu
Theses files are examples files. You can find the same in the cowboy_exampl... | {
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} |
How did software get so reliable without proof? - azhenley
https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2020/03/02/how-did-software-get-so-reliable-without-proof/
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pjscott
How does software get reliable at all, ever? In my experience there are two
ways:
1\. You write reliable software from the start. It feels a lot like writ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Game Theory – Prison Breakthrough - johnwheeler
http://www.economist.com/news/economics-brief/21705308-fifth-our-series-seminal-economic-ideas-looks-nash-equilibrium-prison
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oli5679
This article presents the reflections of Game Theorist, Ariel Rubenstien,
about the practical uses of his discipline.
[http://www.... | {
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} |
Windows 10 Mobile: Why Windows phones still have potential - ilmiont
http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/technology/op-ed-one-year-on-why-i-m-still-using-windows-10-mobile/article/489772
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ilmiont
Disclaimer - I am the author of this article. While Hacker News and W10M
aren't necessarily regularly asso... | {
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} |
We Don't Sell Saddles Here - mcfunley
https://medium.com/p/4c59524d650d
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205guy
Crickets...
I'll bite: I'm still not sure what Slack does, and more critically, how it
does it. The wall of text that was linked was aimed at employee motivation (or
maybe VC presentations), so it is not good at communicating with... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Here’s Our New Policy On A.P. stories: They’re Banned - rms
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/16/heres-our-new-policy-on-ap-stories-theyre-banned/
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babul
This is essentially the same as <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=218496>
(without the login needed for those who don't want to sign-up with _another_
site)... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Oliver's simple fluid dynamics simulator in Javascript - nickb
http://nerget.com/fluidSim/
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TrevorJ
Wow, that's mesmerizing.
I would love to see this on a multi-touch display. I wonder if you could make
an iphone app like this. Maybe have a little paper boat that floats on the
surface which you can't interact w... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The envelope paradox (2006) - olalonde
http://blog.plover.com/math/envelope.html
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landryraccoon
Can the author prove that case (3): one is less than R and one is greater than
R occurs with greater than zero probability?
Consider a special case of the experiment: One in which the number picker
always picks numbe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Serenity: x86 Unix-like operating system for IBM PC-compatibles - ingve
https://github.com/awesomekling/serenity
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akling
Hey guys, I'm the author of this project. Surprising to see it on HN but life
is surprising sometimes!
I actually made a little demo video about this system just yesterday if you'd
like to se... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Microsoft launches Outlook.com, a clean, fresh take on webmail - akshxy
http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2012/07/31/microsoft-launches-outlook-com-a-clean-fresh-take-on-webmail-that-puts-it-back-in-the-game/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=share+button&utm_content=Microsoft+launches+Outlook.com%2C+a+clean%2C+fresh+take+... | {
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Ask HN: What bug(s) make “LPRINT 0.00001” output “0.0XYZ1”? - Someone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Sinclair_1000#Bugs states:<p><pre><code> On the TS1000 and ZX81, the command:
LPRINT 0.00001
results in the Timex printer outputting 0.0XYZ1.
</code></pre>
I find that a curious bug (... | {
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Ask HN: How do you explain what you do to your relatives? - davo11
I'm guessing others have this experience, the uncle who's the hardware salesman who thinks your sitting at home for the last 12 months and is loud about it, the relative who just nods and looks a bit sad when you tell them what you're doing. All folk w... | {
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Bill Gates sides with FBI on demand for Apple backdoor to shooter's iPhone - cseelus
http://www.cnet.com/news/bill-gates-sides-with-fbi-on-demand-for-backdoor-to-shooters-iphone-massacre-san-bernardino/
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freddealmeida
I can't help but think this clearly demarks the largest difference between
apple and microsoft.... | {
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SpotOver app for tracking friends on trip - critiq
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sahajsoft.spotover&hl=en
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jayeshpr
Its only in India?
| {
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Is everything Johann Hari knows about depression wrong? - satai
https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2018/jan/08/is-everything-johann-hari-knows-about-depression-wrong-lost-connections
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Lerc
Original HN Post and discussion.
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16092975](https://news.ycombinator.co... | {
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Salesforce Buys Social Media Monitoring Company Radian6 For $326 Million - joetek
http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/30/salesforce-buys-social-media-monitoring-company-radian6-for-326-million/
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sucuri2
Good for them! What most people doesn't know is that Radian6 founder, C.
Newton, also founded Q1 Labs ( a successf... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What are you plan to work on this weekend? - shahocean
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starlord97
Starting on some beginner kaggle competitions
| {
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Ask HN: Resource time allocation / overview tools? - _s
Is there a tool / service that can be used to track development capacity?<p>Something along the lines of Developers A,B,C each have ~30hrs of week available; A has taken up tasks X,Y,Z (already time estimated) for this sprint thus leaving free only 5 hrs, pl... | {
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Show HN: Beat my tank through strategy and programming - huangyz0918
https://github.com/huangyz0918/TankLogo
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sclangdon
I get that the idea is to have an ever-improving champion, and I like the
idea, but it's not going to work out that way in practice. The best way to
defeat the current champion will be to explo... | {
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} |
Why drug prices in America are so high (2016) - ThomPete
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2016/09/economist-explains-2?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/whydrugpricesinamericaaresohigh
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RcouF1uZ4gsC
This has a very simple fix, and is a fix that would appeal to Donald Trump:
Require that pharmaceutical compa... | {
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} |
Paper Planes - reimertz
http://paperplanes.world
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cyberferret
My first thoughts when I visited the site was "This all looks very silly. Who
would even do this?"
15 minutes later, having launched and caught a bevy of paper planes, I am
rocking in my seat with delight like a schoolboy again.
Thank you for making... | {
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} |
Show HN: BestRuby – Ruby Tricks, Idioms, Refactorings and Best Practices - franzunix
http://www.best-ruby.com
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joshmn
There is also fast-ruby: [https://github.com/JuanitoFatas/fast-
ruby](https://github.com/JuanitoFatas/fast-ruby)
------
brandoncordell
Just wanted to let you know clicking on section headings[1]... | {
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} |
Boy Genius Report Reviews MacBook Air - mitchdev
http://mitchj.info/blog/2010/10/boy-genius-report-reviews-macbook-air/
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towndrunk
Direct link to article.
[http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/10/29/apple-macbook-
air-...](http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/10/29/apple-macbook-air-review/)
| {
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Ask HN: What do you use for file backups? - null_ptr
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mrlyc
I classify my files into ordinary, important and vital. Once a week,
everything gets backed up onto one of my two external drives. The important
and vital stuff gets backed up onto a USB I always carry with me and the vital
stuff also gets backed up ... | {
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} |
Using Trello for Agile Software Development: The Complete Guide - nhance
http://buildbettersoftware.com/with-trello/
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bkmartin
We are already using Trello to track our projects, but this process is going
to make things even easier. This will work great for my small team of just a
handful of developers, plus my... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Going to Startup School After-Party and want a free dinner? - nopassrecover
Hey,<p>I'm Matt, an Aussie flying over for Startup School 2012 who unfortunately missed a ticket to the After-Party (timezone difference).<p>I'm obviously pretty keen to go and catch up with everyone after, so if you have a ticket an... | {
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Why Net Negative Producing Programmers are Here to Stay-- Despite the Cost - nsoonhui
http://itscommonsensestupid.blogspot.com/2009/01/why-net-negative-producing-programmers.html
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nihilocrat
_Finally, the hiring process, as employed by most IT companies, are not
exactly encouraging programmers to self-improve.... | {
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Forget AT&T. The Real Monopolies Are Google and Facebook - arunbahl
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/opinion/forget-att-the-real-monopolies-are-google-and-facebook.html?ref=opinion
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Nomentatus
Why can't anyone use the words "public utility?" These are public utilities,
if any public utilities ever existed.
| {
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} |
Ask HN: The best way to find remote job - shtpavel
What is the best way to find remote job?
Actually i'm tryin' to find 20hours\week job to upgrade my Node.js(for now i'm .NET developer) skill and learn something new with real life project..
But I want to get some small salary, 5-15\hour will be okey. ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to make the area "around" a site clickable? - brandnewlow
Check out http://www.collegehumor.com/ and hover over the empty space in the gutters to the side of the main content. That whole space is clickable sending you off to the advertiser for that day. What are some good ways of making the entire area... | {
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} |
Deaf moths use noise-cancelling scales as protection against bat biosonar - bookofjoe
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2019.0692
======
bookofjoe
[https://phys.org/news/2020-02-deaf-moths-evolved-noise-
cance...](https://phys.org/news/2020-02-deaf-moths-evolved-noise-cancelling-
scales.html)
| {
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HTML to PDF converter with custom resolutions for presentations and screenshots - gfmio
https://github.com/gfmio/html2pdf
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hlidotbe
I may have missed something but isn't this just a (very small) wkhtmltopdf
wrapper?
~~~
gfmio
It is at the moment, but it provides the right config ;) Plus, I'm planning to
expan... | {
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} |
Babson Burnbook gets 1200 visits in two days and then gets shut down by school - jhuang16888
http://www.babsonfreep.com/2011/11/burnbook-me-smolders/
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autoreverse
Off topic but perhaps someone could tell Babson Freep their WordPress has been
hacked and displays spam content and links when visited by Google. Ch... | {
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} |
App unveiled that checks for adults posing as children - wybo
http://www.itproportal.com/2011/01/24/researchers-unveil-anti-child-grooming-app/#ixzz1BxZqEPW4
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wybo
I wonder how this impacts very intelligent / early of age children, that might
be flagged as adults by it...
~~~
bryanlarsen
Actually, I doubt that ... | {
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Tell HN: Skype employee fakes "One month free calls promo" - preek
20 minutes ago there was tweet saying they would issue a one month of free Skype calls[1].<p>5 minutes later they deleted the tweet, issuing a new one[2] that says: "Sorry – the last tweet was posted in error. We’re 100% focused on getting Skype back... | {
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} |
Mbed: 32 bit micro with cloud based toolchain - joe_bleau
http://hackaday.com/2009/11/21/review-mbed-nxp-lpc1768-microcontroller/
For some time I've thought that a web based toolchain might be advantageous for these simple embedded boards, so I'm glad to see someone trying it out.
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joe_bleau
To me, the interest... | {
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Ask HN: Best API / tools for finding local attractions - chunkyslink
Hi<p>Are there any decent tools / API's out there (paid or free) that will allow me to provide either a postcode/zip OR lat/lng and get back a list of local businesses / attractions.<p>I would like to say. Get me a list of all cinemas within 5 mile... | {
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} |
Getting Over Uber - kostyk
https://medium.com/backchannel/getting-over-uber-fdf75faf7f6e
======
GeorgeOrr
Very Interesting response to this from Tim O'reilly:
[https://medium.com/@timoreilly/getting-over-
taxis-79849b3a42...](https://medium.com/@timoreilly/getting-over-
taxis-79849b3a4282)
~~~
basseq
I very much agr... | {
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} |
Show HN: CryptoHack – a fun platform for learning cryptography - hyper_reality
https://cryptohack.org/
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mpeg
This is really cool, I discovered hackthebox last year and love the gamified
nature of it and how well it resonates with younger people.
I got to the top 10 in HTB for a while and was pretty surprised th... | {
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} |
Ask HN: an intro to P=NP - ErrantX
Im one of these annoying people that likes to absorb information by reading it (I find it is more sticky that way).<p>So, yes, the P=NP problem. It's always piqued my interest but a lot of the online material is a bit too mathematical for me to handle without some serious revision ... | {
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} |
Handy online OAuth explorer - stevejalim
http://sevengoslings.net/~fangel/oauth-explorer/
======
sanj
How is this superior to (or different than) Google's opensourced OAuth
Playground?
<http://googlecodesamples.com/oauth_playground/>
~~~
fangel
Google's Playground in it's current online form only supports Google's... | {
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} |
Bite-Sized Metrics Email Course - jkulmala
http://blog.firstofficer.io/bite-sized-metrics/
======
saturnflyer
Interesting. What kind of stuff does this course have?
~~~
jkulmala
Do you subscribe to Seth Godin's or Simon Sinek's posts?
This is a series of similar very small posts, but instead of being
inspirational... | {
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} |
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