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How to create loading image using CSS only - drugget
http://web-tricks.org/content/how-create-loading-image-using-css-only
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victormustar
I'm sorry but this looks awful. it could be ->
[https://jsfiddle.net/cp3r5bmk/](https://jsfiddle.net/cp3r5bmk/)
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exprA
That isn't even relatively close to being the same an... | {
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3D Food Printers Could Change What You Eat - prostoalex
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/3d-food-printers-how-they-could-change-what-you-eat/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=DT%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=DT%20Newsletter%202015-04-26
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tehchromic
OK, not arguing with the premise of the article... | {
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MIT OpenCourseWare + VideoLectures.net - sebastjanm
http://videolectures.net/mit_ocw/
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netcan
* OCW is not an MIT education.
* OCW does not grant degrees or certificates.
* OCW does not provide access to MIT faculty.
* Materials may not reflect entire content of the course.
... | {
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Ask HN: What language should I learn first? - mhorne27
I want to learn to code. Which language should I start with, and why? Just signed up for Codeacademy...
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tel
There will be a thousand opinions. Ignore them.
The problem is that you're asking the wrong question. If you want to "get
into" programming you nee... | {
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2 Middle-Aged Women doing a startup blog - karencrye
http://karentcrye.posthaven.com/2-middle-aged-women-applying-to-ycombinator
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quotient
I think it's super-cool that you're applying to YC and not dissuaded by the
gender- or age-related stereotypes. Power to you! A few constructive remarks:
* If you've got a... | {
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An Extensive List of Everything That Might Be Causing the “Vaping Illness” - smacktoward
https://slate.com/technology/2019/10/vaping-illness-causes-exhaustive-list.html
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pastyboy
might want to look at who owns the vape companies and maybe understand why its
in their interest to make users afraid of using vape's ... | {
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Former US President George HW Bush Dead at 94 - dredmorbius
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/president-george-hw-bush-dead-94-181201050728895.html
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mwnivek
Earlier discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18575397](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18575397)
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Ask HN: What are the next big niche products right now ? - gomangogo
What is the next Facebook, next Bitcoin, next Instagram, next Google...etc. In short, what are the next niche products right now.
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rman666
For a product to become huge it has to be general and appeal to many users,
not niche. If someone knew wh... | {
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Speed and Tempo: Fearless decision making for start-ups - dennykmiu
http://entrepreneur.venturebeat.com/2010/01/28/speed-and-tempo-fearless-decision-making-for-start-ups/
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dennykmiu
A very good read for any first-time entrepreneurs. My own experience is that
there are two kinds of decisions in startups, one th... | {
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Search articles on golang - creatinePump
https://qolleqt.com/collect/golang/search
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creatinePump
Message me @ usedforprinting123@gmail.com if I'm missing any sources/articles
and I can add them to this.
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Stumptown Acquired by Pete's Coffee and Tea - bndw
https://www.stumptowncoffee.com/blog/a-note
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Implicated
I think that's *Peet's
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Amazon Confirms EC2/S3 Not PCI Level 1 Compliant - nreece
http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/message.jspa?messageID=139547#139662
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jrockway
Hopefully this will discourage people from storing credit card data. I would
much rather buy something from you via Paypal, Google, or Amazon than give you
my in... | {
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Ask HN: Compile Rust to WebAssembly for EOS Smart Contract? - rayvy
So I'm familiar with the fact that the supported language for EOS smart contracts is C++. However, the EOS docs mention that even the C++ needs to compile down to WebAssembly.<p>So my question is, could I write my EOS smart contract in Rust, and ... | {
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Average American Has Just 4 Hours, 26 Minutes of Free Time per Week - spking
https://www.studyfinds.org/survey-average-american-free-time-week/
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rococode
Anyone else think at least part of this survey feels off? Specifically, the
big red flag to me is:
> Researchers also put together a list of the top ten thing... | {
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Ask HN: How many lines of code per day? - swix
How many lines of code do you write per day on average? Whats your record? Please specify in what language, im curious
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j_baker
Dunno. SLOC just isn't an important enough metric to track. Here's an example
of why that is:
[http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?pro... | {
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Show HN: Treev – Search Bar for Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, and Trello (Chrome) - bendyBus
http://treev.co
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d1ffuz0r
I'm so missing these old days [http://www.productsthathateyou.com/wp-
content/uploads/2011/0...](http://www.productsthathateyou.com/wp-
content/uploads/2011/06/ie-toolbar-bloat1.jpg)
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avi... | {
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Best and smart job search app - tikshi
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jobsquench/id993109151?mt=8
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tikshi
Came across this job search app which is very simple and excellent, no CV and
loads of profile creation, just few keywords makes the difference.
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jeffehobbs
s-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p--aaaammmm
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Superconductivity near room temperature - Elof
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01583-y
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PuffinBlue
The interesting thing about this is that the work neatly fitted with existing
theory:
> Drozdov et al. observed this isotope effect and found that, compared with
> the lanthanum hydride samples, the cri... | {
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McGee Days Two and Three: Steak, Fish, Burgers and Love « Cooking Issues - wooster
http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/mcgee-days-two-and-three-steak-fish-burgers-and-love/
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wooster
One of my favorite posts on one of my favorite cooking blogs. I'm a particular
fan of the computer modeling of the effec... | {
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Pixar's Rules of Storytelling (2013) - evo_9
https://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2013/03/07/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling/
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dahart
> 4\. Once upon a time there was ___. Every day, ___. One day ___. Because of
> that, ___. Because of that, ___. Until finally ___.
This one reminds me of writing advice from South P... | {
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Harmonized standards and EU directives (2014) - Tomte
http://www.2uo.de/harmonized-standards-eu-directives/
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Normal_gaussian
These are very useful when somebody else tells you which one applies to you,
and you end up with a reasonably simple standard to check against.
Finding the right damn standard, and checki... | {
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Show HN: TinyHelp - binaryorganic
http://tinyhelp.net
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binaryorganic
To be clear, this isn't really intended as a service for the HN crowd... just
wanted to get some feedback on a quick/dirty product we put together. We're
doing a writeup later about our plans for it, but the long and short is that
we've built... | {
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How to Hide/Encrypt HTML Source Code - MelissaDawson
http://blog.teamgrowth.net/index.php/security/how-to-hideencrypt-html-source-code
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dramaticus3
That's hilarious. Thanks for that.
> be sure that encryption code is not visible at client’s browser.
Good luck with that
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Lucretius saw no boundary between scientific interests and ethical claims - Hooke
https://aeon.co/essays/lucretius-the-flat-earth-and-the-malaise-of-modern-science
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bambax
> _Lucretius’s poem, dedicated to Memmius, was an attempt to convince the
> boorish Roman that he was obliterating a site of importance._
[C... | {
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Cure for cancer might accidentally have been found, and it could be malaria - sreya
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/cure-for-cancer-might-accidentally-have-been-found-and-it-could-be-malaria-a6693601.html?cmpid=facebook-post
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earcaraxe
It's not a cure, a malaria protein could be used as a delivery meth... | {
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Zenefits cuts nearly 50% of workforce - elsewhen
http://www.businessinsider.com/zenefits-layoffs-cut-nearly-500-employees-full-email-2017-2
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StClaire
I first heard of Zenefits when the CEO withdrew a job offer for someone who
asked (anonymously) on Quora if they should accept an offer from Uber or
Zenefits. The ... | {
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Where ORMs go wrong - kapv89
https://medium.com/@kapv89/where-orms-go-wrong-a3d593f8c02f#.8877oxfyy
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rajivseelam
Nice
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In Bangladesh, the majority of e-commerce now happens on Facebook - gyre007
https://restofworld.org/2020/bangladesh-economy-runs-on-facebook/
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oefrha
To be clear I know nothing about Bangladesh, but obvious contradictions cast
doubt on this piece of reporting.
An obvious one: subtitle says
_In Bangladesh, the... | {
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First Tesla Taxi in America after 100k miles - danso
https://electrek.co/2016/08/16/first-tesla-taxi-in-america-after-100000-miles-why-every-taxi-driver-should-consider-going-electric/
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Maarten88
In the Netherlands there are many Tesla taxis, especially around Amsterdam and
Schiphol airport. Taxis drive more tha... | {
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Ask HN: How can I quit smoking? - bqdscx
I have a fairly stressful life and when I come home in the evening I like to have a few cigarettes which helps me to relax. I don't smoke during the day at all, but those few cigarettes in the evening are the highlight of my day. I'd like to quit smoking, but what cou... | {
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Car-Mounted Ads Take a New Direction: Data Collection - pseudolus
https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2019/11/firefly-digital-advertising-driver-pay-uber-lyft-cars-data/602077/
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shostack
I couldn't help but notice some of the internal comms wires that were
seemingly crossed between Firefly's CRO and their Pro... | {
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Conscientious Objection and Alternative Service - keehun
https://www.sss.gov/FSconsobj.htm
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mooism2
I'm confused. I thought the USA had abolished conscription?
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The Aesthetics of Data Storage - jgv
http://hyperallergic.com/58330/the-aesthetics-of-data-storage/
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kylemaxwell
I've often wondered, though, how much of the "blinking lights" factor is
useful and how much is just to impress clients (or to entertain us geek
sysadmin types :D ).
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DownorNot is down - vimota
http://www.downornot.com/
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biot
Someone likely used up their free quota:
OverQuotaError: The API call datastore_v3.RunQuery() required
more quota than is available.
I'm guessing that running a query on initial load is likely for capturing
metrics. This sh... | {
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Piracy: are we being conned? - MetallicCloud
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/piracy-are-we-being-conned-20110322-1c4cs.html
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ryan-allen
As an Australian, hypothetically our US counterparts are often viewing and
discussing brand new popular television as it comes out in America.
In Australia, hy... | {
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I installed Windows 95 on my Apple Watch - coloneltcb
https://medium.com/tendigi-insights/i-installed-windows-95-on-my-apple-watch-589fda5e36d
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xirdstl
Impressive! I remember upgrading to Windows 95 back in the day so I could play
Diablo. My PC struggled at the time. It's amazing the kind of portable
computing p... | {
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Facebook open sources its servers and data centers - arithmetic
http://gigaom.com/cloud/facebook-open-sources-its-servers-and-data-centers/
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codex
This is a strategic attack on Google. A proliferation of scalable data centers
hurts Google a lot more than Facebook by enabling Google's competitors. Cheap
computat... | {
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The New Yorker Strongbox - danso
http://www.newyorker.com/strongbox/
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pilif
I was discussing with a colleague whether tor is still trustworthy these days:
running exit nodes without ending up in jail or thrown out by your ISP becomes
more and more difficult (if it's not impossible already). Also tor still gets
a... | {
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Ask HN: Is there radiation fallout risk in California? - Aegean
What would be the risk of unhealthy radiation fallout in California? Could the radiation clouds move over the Pacific?<p>Also these geiger counters, is it something civilians could buy and use?
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3pt14159
[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/radiation-... | {
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Ask HN: Will IDN domains ever get browser support? - _eht
Is anyone spearheading acceptance anymore? FF used to do something really vague but that seems dead.
What are the reasons why it is still stagnant?
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runnr_az
It doesn't seem like it. I tried for awhile to move the needle on emoji
domains, got nowhere....... | {
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Show HN: Browsh – A modern, text-based browser - tombh
https://www.brow.sh
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tombh
Some of you may have seen this before under its previous incarnation of
"Texttop". Then it was just a hack, but I got some great feedback, so I've
spent most of the last 12 months turning it into something serious. It's
morphed int... | {
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F5 networks announced SPDY gateway - igrigorik
http://www.slideshare.net/f5dotcom/f5-ado-slide-share
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jgrahamc
Since SPDY is layered beneath HTTP it's relatively easy to roll out. At
CloudFlare we plan to roll out SPDY when it is available as part of nginx
because it will mean that can enable it for our custom... | {
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Billionaire’s Secret Buyout Formula: 110 Instructions and an Intelligence Test - mgav
https://www.wsj.com/articles/billionaires-secret-buyout-formula-110-instructions-and-an-intelligence-test-1531151197
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pinewurst
This was interesting and it immediately made me retrieve a list of their
companies so I can avoid a... | {
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Imogen Heap doesn’t make the blockchain hype make sense either (2015) - davidgerard
http://rocknerd.co.uk/2015/12/02/imogen-heap-doesnt-make-the-blockchain-hype-make-sense-either/
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merkleme
Whilst the article makes some descent points, namely its pretty hard to buy
the track if you don't already own BTC/ETH,I ca... | {
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You should read Elon Musk's Wikipedia article. - Mizza
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk#Career
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christocracy
Bloomberg did a "Risk Takers" feature on him; quite good.
<http://www.bloomberg.com/video/73460184/>
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spiffistan
That stuff reads like the biography of a real-life Tony Stark.
~~~
Mizza
F... | {
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Show HN: Cordless, a Discord terminal client written in Go - guessmyname
https://github.com/Bios-Marcel/cordless
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notamy
Do note that this is very much against the Discord TOS; the README does say
"WARNING: Self-bots are discouraged and against Discords TOS.", but for
clarity, anything considered "user account a... | {
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Searchify hits a million queries a day to IndexTank search API - mthreat
http://blog.searchify.com/2012/03/searchify-serving-a-million-queries-per-day/
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avree
Really confusing title. Searchify is hitting a million queries a day to their
own API, and also selling themselves as an IndexTank replacement (since
In... | {
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Omni: The "Oculus Rift" of 3D Treadmills - mikeknoop
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1944625487/omni-move-naturally-in-your-favorite-game/
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mikeknoop
The "aha" moment for me, as an outsider to this industry, is using a special
shoe to reduce friction and increase lateral stability versus only focusing on
dev... | {
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Soulmate lost. RIP Aaron Swartz - mattdeboard
http://alexdong.com/soulmate-lost-rip-aaron-swartz/
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krmboya
"we have to pick a battle that worth fighting for and be prepared for the
hard, long, lonely journey"
I think that's an important takeaway from this most unfortunate incident.
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prezjordan
I wonder... | {
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India to order taxi aggregators like Uber, Ola to go electric - abhi3
https://in.reuters.com/article/us-india-electric-autos-exclusives/exclusive-india-to-order-taxi-aggregators-like-uber-ola-to-go-electric-idINKCN1T71DU
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ShirsenduK
* Uber/Ola do not own cars, and the owners take out loans to get one. Electric c... | {
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Carlo Rovelli on challenging our common-sense notion of time - Deinos
http://nautil.us/blog/forget-everything-you-think-you-know-about-time
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jnurmine
I am not really skilled in physics and have never understood why time would be
a tangible dimension like, say, width or height, instead of a mathematical
construct... | {
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In a court hearing, oil companies publicly backed the science of climate change - eaguyhn
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/22/17151532/climate-tutorial-san-francisco-oakland-lawsuits-judge-alsup-chevron-exxon
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PaulKeeble
The science has been settled since the 1970's. Since then it has been a
political issue and f... | {
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Magic Leap – another unicorn startup joins the line of Enrons of Internet era - baybal2
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/12/09/1535221/magic-leap-used-fake-tech-demos-and-is-years-behind-schedule
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ElijahLynn
This is poor quality. Magic Leap is still unique to Hololens and they have
always had a very "long game... | {
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Airbnb to collect hotel taxes for San Francisco rentals - zmitri
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Airbnb-to-collect-hotel-taxes-for-San-Francisco-5365352.php
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calbear81
"We know from countless discussions with our hosts that they want to pay
taxes, but some of these rules are arcane and difficult to foll... | {
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Ask HN: Just launched. Zero users. No clue how to market. Resource suggestions? - m52go
I'm individually messaging folks on reddit who've indicated interest, or who are very likely to be interested. I'm following and interacting with relevant industry folks on Twitter. I'm going to begin reaching... | {
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Tcd.vim: Tab-specific directories in Vim - oinksoft
https://github.com/oinksoft/tcd.vim
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oinksoft
This is something I extracted from a plugin I wrote years ago, proj.vim. It is
sometimes quite useful to be able to set a different working directory in a
tab on the fly, particularly if you use tools that default... | {
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Show HN: Review my Startup - Sqardius - sqardius
Sqardius allows you to share and view pictures around you, and save them for others who will be there later.<p>Here the link: http://www.sqardius.net
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jfaucett
I'd like to give as much helpful criticism as possible, but I can't say much
about the general idea, d... | {
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What's Wrong with Tech Folks Who Attack the Tech Media. and What's Wrong with T - todsacerdoti
https://hunterwalk.com/2020/02/15/whats-wrong-with-tech-folks-who-attack-the-tech-media-and-whats-wrong-with-tech-media-today/
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tonicb
Now this is something that has been in my mind for some while now. I actually
think... | {
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Procter & Gamble Launches Widget To Convert Clicks into Water - mars
http://mashable.com/2010/10/25/pg-water-widget/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29
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michael_dorfman
Isn't Mashable just a bit embarrassed about acting as an unpaid arm of P&G's
PR department?
O... | {
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Show HN: Robotic pour-over coffee - cvdfer
http://www.poursteady.com
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rdtsc
This looks really cool. I haven't tried the pour-over coffee, yet.
Still using a french press. Other members of the family are using a cheap-o
single cup generic coffee maker (the drip kind). I have tried the coffee from
both (both ta... | {
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Two Americas: The wage gap between the states has stopped closing - eplanit
https://www.axios.com/poverty-geography-economics-america-wage-gap-mobility-3bac216a-4aa6-41fe-b9e2-eca20623c008.html
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Magnet_hammer
I agree that most nowadays don't have the resources to move and are stuck in
their hometowns with limite... | {
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Show HN: Parsing horse racing charts with Apache PDFBox - robinhowlett
https://github.com/robinhowlett/chart-parser
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joosters
Very interesting! I had never heard of Apache PDFBox before, I must give it a
try. I have a similar program that parses horse racing PDFs from sites such as
www.racehorserunner.com - whic... | {
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Millionaire John McAfee Arrested in Dominican Republic - wslh
https://news.yahoo.com/millionaire-john-mcafee-arrested-dominican-232017508.html
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lostgame
'They were suspected of traveling on a yacht carrying high-caliber weapons,
ammunition and military-style gear, officials said.'
This sounds entirely about rig... | {
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Show HN: A Collection of Stories About People Who Landed Their Dream Tech Job - sciencewolf
https://algodaily.com/stories
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sciencewolf
This is a collection of stories about folks who got their dream job. When I
was looking to break into tech, I found it was really useful to talk to people
who were in the field, ... | {
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Entrepreneurs in America: Who creates jobs? - ActVen
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21577106-immigrants-do-who-creates-jobs?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/who_creates_jobs_
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makmanalp
This comes in time with the whole debacle of the H-1B lottery being triggered
this year due to too many people applying within 5 days o... | {
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Shellac: extend Chrome with unix shell commands - sigil
https://github.com/acg/shellac
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sid0
Wow, the way you're doing it seems really convoluted. I wonder if using an
NPAPI plugin would be easier? I know this would be tons easier as a Firefox
extension.
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sigil
> I wonder if using an NPAPI plugin would be ... | {
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Ask HN: Is it unethical to make a business derived from inside joke with friend - wafflez180
I’m starting a business which the idea was derived from an inside joke between my friend and I. The joke mentioned an imaginary product, but we never considered to take it seriously. Half a year later, I haven’t spoken to him ... | {
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Adi.js - mariusbalaj
https://github.com/balajmarius/Adi.js
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skrowl
This is broken.
Going to
[http://mariusbalaj.com/dev/Adi.js/](http://mariusbalaj.com/dev/Adi.js/) in
Win 10 / Firefox 43 (dev ed / aurora) + uBlock Origin 1.2.1 + all 3rd party
filters clicked other than multipurpose & easylist w/o element hidin... | {
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RocketChat: Slack-like online chat, built with Meteor - sachalep
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
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primigenus
Funnily enough there are actually multiple Slack-like chat app projects
underway in the Meteor community. I guess building a chat app is the new
building a todo list app?
Yesterday at Meteor's ... | {
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A 2001 Quote From Sergey Brin Explains Duckduckgo's Popularity - tenpoundhammer
http://www.tenpoundhammer.com/2012/02/2001-quote-from-sergey-brin-explains.html
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farlington
It's really tough to switch search engines when Google's results are so good
the majority of the time. The crux of the problem is that you... | {
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} |
Automatic Deployment via git - pwim
http://blog.mobalean.com/2009/02/06/automatic-deployment-via-git
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ryanmahoski
Yep git rocks and I think yours is a useful recipe. For my needs I prefer
herokugarden to running my own server. Cname with them was a snap plus
everything is free and if the need arises I can upgr... | {
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} |
XDA summary of the answers from Android's team AMA on Reddit - pjmlp
http://www.xda-developers.com/heres-everything-we-learned-from-the-android-nougat-ama/
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mdaniel
I think the post title would be clearer if written as "XDA summary of ...". If
there is a better mechanism to offer this suggestion, please do let m... | {
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} |
Green Building Goals and Security Initiatives Can Find Common Ground - stakent
http://www.facilitiesnet.com/security/article/Green-Building-Goals-and-Security-Initiatives-Can-Find-Common-Ground--11349
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stakent
Found via
[http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/01/security_vs_su...](http://www.schneier.com/blo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Recursive PNG Generator - sagebird
http://algoind.com/PNG-Gen.html
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scarredwaits
Lego!
define q (4 times)
qq
, ,
, ,
q, ,q
,,
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sagebird
I created this website.
The thing I am exploring is recursively expanding a rectangular region.
Th... | {
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} |
CrunchFund, Angels Back Flowdock, A Group Chat Application For Teams - mutru
http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/09/crunchfund-angels-back-flowdock-a-group-chat-application-for-teams/
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tseabrooks
I don't think I get it. Signed up for a trial and I'm playing with it. But for
me it feels like something that is about 1... | {
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} |
The US reportedly considering blacklisting Chinese surveillance firm Hikvision - bluedino
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/22/us-reportedly-considering-blacklisting-chinas-hikvision.html
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rasz
Hikvision makes _very cheap_ good quality network cameras ... that you have to
deploy behind a firewall to avoid
[https://se... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
New things in clang land (5.0.0) - mrich
http://www.productive-cpp.com/new-things-in-clang-land-5-0-0/
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ladberg
Hmm, the first example kind of bugs me. I get why they are doing it, but I
feel like there should be a better solution. Instead of cramming as much
optimization into undefined behavior as you can, mayb... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Debunking Myths about Gender and Mathematics Performance - gruseom
http://ams.org/notices/201201/rtx120100010p.pdf
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StefanKarpinski
It's difficult to fathom how the authors interpret the data on page 14 as
_not_ supporting the hypothesis that there is a male/female variance ratio of
circa 1.1. Figure 1A is a g... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A broken cable smashed a hole 100 feet wide in the Arecibo Observatory - djsumdog
https://www.businessinsider.com/broken-cable-tears-100-foot-hole-in-arecibo-observatory-2020-8
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rollulus
I always assumed that the bottom of the dish was made out of concrete, but
apparently it's relatively thin and floats above th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Where Trolls Reigned Free: A New History of Reddit - prostoalex
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/books/review/christine-lagorio-chafkin-we-are-the-nerds.html#click=https://t.co/FMrdDrVLue
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gibba999
I don't think the right word is 'trolls,' so much as bullies. While there's a
fair bit of trolling on reddit, wha... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Evil within operator == - AndreyKarpov
https://www.viva64.com/en/b/0509/
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AndreyKarpov
When you read it, please, don't run away. Please, return back and put a like.
:) The article deserves to be known.
| {
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} |
Churchill's Subterranean WWII Bunker in London - pepys
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/inside-churchills-secret-subterranean-wwii-bunker-in-london
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joezydeco
I've taken this tour, the amount of preservation and history down there is
amazing.
One of the most interesting things was a room that was explained ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Adobe tackling 'Flash cookie' privacy issue - taylorbuley
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20028397-264.html
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jim_h
Get the 'BetterPrivacy' extension for FireFox and it will help remove the
Flash cookies. You can manually remove the cookies or have it automatically
clear them on browser exit.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How do I teach coding to someone who can't learn? - tryingtoteach
Throwaway for various reasons.<p>My girlfriend is trying to learn to code. She has been doing various online courses for several months now and she is still an extreme beginner.<p>She wants to learn, and she is stubborn as hell, but things just ... | {
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} |
Why computers have two zeros: +0 and -0 - johndcook
http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/06/15/why-computers-have-signed-zero/
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kapuzineralex
It should be added that this of course only concerns floating point math.
| {
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} |
Breakout List – A list of the fastest growing startups - gilles_bertaux
http://www.breakoutlist.com/
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hanley
Abbreviating San Francisco to SF is understandable, but I wasn't sure if PA
meant Pennsylvania or Palo Alto.
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eric_khun
Like the idea. Maybe you could add some international startups?
| {
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Zuckerberg responds to privacy concerns - evancaine
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/23/AR2010052303828.html
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seliopou
Without judgment, I think it's important to point out in that at no point did
he admit that Facebook screwed up, nor did he at any point apologize for
anything.
~~~
pa... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Is AWS having issues right now? - shiloa
We're seeing connectivity issues around us-west-2 for the past hour (since around 3:30 AM PST). AWS status page is green as always. Is anyone else experiencing issues?
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jrowley
We our having issues getting access to RDS for our phabricator instance right
now.... | {
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} |
Death of the Google Bomb - ALee
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/07/23/goodbye_google_bomb.html
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Harkins
In case you're wondering how on Earth this is possibly news, it's because
Google just hosted a training session for journalists at their DC offices
yesterday. Showed them Google sites and tools... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to Hire Your First Engineer - samdk
https://triplebyte.com/blog/hiring-your-first-engineer
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lingzb
Can't agree more about prioritizing personal networks over everything else.
| {
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} |
How to install Docker/Kubernetes from scratch on OS X - mfburnett
https://gist.github.com/Nikkau/8f4badc0d87871b5feb4
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tbarn
Yay! I'm going to try it out later today.
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mfburnett
Probably the simplest/fastest setup guide I've seen to go from zero to a
running Kubernetes cluster on OS X
| {
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} |
That Interstellar Asteroid Is Pretty Strange - okket
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/outthere/2017/11/23/interstellar-asteroid-mystery/
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DanielleMolloy
Here is the random astronomer on Reddit claiming that the community didn't
rule out that it is an abandoned spaceship yet:
[https://amp.reddit.com/r/space/comm... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Alabama police raid home, take money out of man's wallet over $50 of marijuana - wallace_f
https://reason.com/2019/04/12/alabama-cops-raided-their-house-seized-t
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lifehacked
This goes on all over the country. For every rotten officer that steals, there
is a whole bushel back at the station that turn a blind eye ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Nginx on Wasmjit - wofo
https://www.wasmjit.org/blog/nginx-on-wasmjit.html
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gok
Sounds like the big idea from Singularity (run everything in the same hardware
security ring, use static analysis for memory safety) is going mainstream,
incrementally. Unfortunate that this is happening right as it becomes clear
tha... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Suster: Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not? - daviday
http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2011/12/27/should-startups-focus-on-profitability-or-not/?awesm=bothsid.es_GkX&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=bothsid.es-twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_content=awesm-publisher
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orthecreedence
I don't think it makes sense t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Old School C Programmers Process Arguments - signa11
http://www.usrsb.in/How-Old-School-C-Programmers-Process-Arguments.html
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tomsmeding
I have to say, to reasonably experienced C programmers, this code should be
pretty clear. If you need that whole paragraph to understand (* ++argv)[0],
you might be an awes... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Best way to hire a CTO in Silicon Valley? - netaustin
My development firm, based in NYC, has a client in Silicon Valley. They are seeking a CTO to work with us before the site launches and to grow an internal team thereafter.<p>We're in a niche where this is pretty common, and the development idiom of the i... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google is down - efader
http://www.google.com
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taylorbuley
Not from where I'm typing
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richchan
Unless he meant the stock - it did go down a bit in the afternoon today. =p
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georgemcbay
Google was down for me for about 4 minutes today. I'm in San Diego. I don't
recall what time it was exactly but it w... | {
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} |
Why the Economic Fates of America’s Cities Diverged - prostoalex
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/11/cities-economic-fates-diverge/417372/?single_page=true
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exelius
I dunno, when I look at migration data over the long term in the US, a few
things stand out to me:
1\. Weather is a huuuuuge factor... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
State Machines - How Balanced controls funds flow - steveklabnik
http://blog.balancedpayments.com/state-machines/
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plumeria
Cool, it would be nice to have a reading list of articles that show this kind
of applied FSMs.
~~~
cju
You have several realistic examples on this page about Stateflow, one of the
most u... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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