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Why Echo Chambers Are Useful [pdf] - crunchiebones https://www.economics.ox.ac.uk/materials/jm_papers/921/echochambers.pdf ====== austincheney The problem with echo chambers isn't so much verification (is the information accurate?) but rather validation (is the process of acceptance rational or qualified?). Echo cham...
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Data on what poor people buy when they’re just given cash - kafkaesq http://qz.com/853651/definitive-data-on-what-poor-people-buy-when-theyre-just-given-cash/ ====== rcdmd The "definitive data" is a meta-analysis of economic studies and hidden behind a paywall[1]. The linked article doesn't have any data or charts. [...
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StickNFind - Bluetooth tracker to stick anywhere - equilibrium http://www.sticknfind.com/ ====== laserDinosaur "Of course, because we don't really know direction, the radar Screen can only be used to approximate the distance of the Stick-N-Find to your phone, but not direction." That seems really pointless then. "You...
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Rapamycin’s secrets unearthed - sohkamyung https://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i29/Rapamycins-Secrets-Unearthed.html ====== tominous /...they needed to modify the molecule.. because the initial patent on rapamycin expired in 1992. The company would need a novel compound to market it in oncology./ So they had a good drug ...
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TheStartupBus.com - ca98am79 http://www.thestartupbus.com/ ====== puppetsock Can we declare this "startup scenester" thing to have officially jumped the shark now? ~~~ rossover Agreed! ------ goodgoblin I guess hellonwheels.com was already taken ------ gregdetre if the number of users drops below 50, will the bus...
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Ask HN: How do you receive USD for work abroad without getting ripped off? - waterlooalex To those that work for a US company (but live elsewhere), how do you get paid, and do you manage to avoid horrible fees? ====== mdekkers We use transferwise for almost all of our international payments. transferwise rocks. We u...
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We have lived and worked in an Airstream for the last few years - alexcasalboni http://live.watsonswander.com/ ====== timmaah Thanks for submitting. Too bad it didn't take off. (I'm the creator of linked page)
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Monitoring service/server with Arduino microcontroller - helwr http://burnsforce.com/original-guides/project-arduino-nagios-server-monitoring/ ====== jellisjapan Really cool, but I'd love to see the code you use to monitor your gmail account as well.
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Ask HN: Open Source equivalent of Kindling app? - dawson Can anyone suggest/recommend an open source equivalent of Kindling app (MindTouch etc)? Thank you ====== dawson <http://www.kindlingapp.com/>
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Koobface worm infects Twitter - abennett http://www.itworld.com/security/71349/koobface-worm-infects-twitter ====== bcl How does a Twitter account become 'infected'? From reading the article this sounds like a Windows virus that has infected the user's computer and is using their Twitter credentials to spread it to th...
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Show HN: Gun v0.1.0 – The Easiest Database Ever - marknadal http://gundb.io/#step1 ====== barakm From the blog: > Because gun is not a database (NoDB), it is a persisted distributed cache. This I believe. > The fatal flaw with databases is that they assume some centralized > authority. While this may be the case in...
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Getting Started with WordPress Static Site Generators - illuminea https://snipcart.com/blog/wordpress-static-site-generator ====== illuminea Covers the exciting growing trend of WordPress and Jamstack and how they can actually go together.
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MinimaLT: Minimal-latency Networking Through Better Security [pdf] - m0nastic http://cr.yp.to/tcpip/minimalt-20130522.pdf ====== ableal Worth a look (authors include D.J. Bernstein): _We describe here MinimaLT, a secure network protocol which delivers protected data on the rst packet of a typical client-server conne...
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What and where are the stack and heap? - gs7 http://stackoverflow.com/a/80113 ====== derefr If this article is news for you, this might be a helpful corollary: _Threads_ and _processes_ are both units of execution. (A unit of execution is like a virtual processor -- a separate instruction pointer that makes its way ...
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Mixing Signals - sebkomianos https://samgentle.com/posts/2015-10-02-mixing-signals ====== SNvD7vEJ If equipment would enter active state instead of standby state when power is applied, all devices left in standby mode in the house would be turned on after a power glitch, wouldn't it? So, you might wake up in the midd...
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Real Men and Intentions - zacjszewczyk http://zacjszewczyk.com/Structure/Real%20Men%20and%20Intentions.htm ====== woah Is that all you wrote?
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Apple's investment into Clangd and refactoring tooling - artisdom http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/cfe-dev/2018-April/057668.html ====== DannyBee So, just because there seems to be confusion: Clangd already exists. It already supports LSP. It is already part of the llvm project. It was written by !Apple, and used by a...
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Wifi antenna made from a tetra-brik juice box - pizza http://www.drivebywifiguide.com/TetraBrikHowTo.htm ====== Kaibeezy OK, what was the sci fi story with the aliens that lived on a planet with an opaque atmosphere, so they had box-shaped antenna heads and “saw” with strong microwave(?) beams? ------ pewdiepotpie no...
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NetBSD Kernel Drivers Compiled to Javascript and Run in Browser - self http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/kernel_drivers_compiled_to_javascript ====== jfaucett this is extemely cool :) I didn't know about emscripten, I just found many nice projects on that link so here it is again: <https://github.com/kripken/emscript...
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It’s a rails world babe and it ain’t magic - mlitwiniuk https://prograils.com/posts/its-a-rails-world-babe-and-it-aint-magic ====== inkkin It's so nice to remember those memories. The good old days. Im kindda moved to tears.
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Windows 8 for software developers: the Longhorn dream reborn? - hugorodgerbrown http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/06/windows-8-for-software-developers-the-longhorn-dream-reborn.ars/ ====== larsberg This article gets more than a smidge of its history wrong. For instance, it makes it seem as if WPF (nee Avalon)...
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How Id built Wolfenstein 3D using Commander Keen tech - Impossible https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/344672/How_id_built_Wolfenstein_3D_using_Commander_Keen_tech.php ====== Jayschwa Hovertank and Catacomb, the games between Keen and Wolfenstein, are both open- sourced: [https://github.com/FlatRockSoft/Hovertank3D](...
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Government responded to the petition against UK new surveillance laws - vvvv https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/173199?reveal_response=yes ====== GordonS > It protects both privacy and security I literally spit coffee all over my monitor when I read that, so thanks UK gov :/ > The Government is clear that, at ...
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"I Won The Windows Phone Challenge, But Lost 'Just Because'" - AgentConundrum http://skattertech.com/2012/03/i-won-the-windows-phone-challenge-but-lost-just-because/ ====== Lewisham Microsoft has a knack for choosing (and approving) the most boneheaded PR stints in the business... do they pay companies for this nonsen...
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Tor: 'Mystery' spike in hidden addresses - escapologybb http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35614335 ====== dacox Bitcoin Core v0.12.0 was just released. From the release notes, Starting with Tor version 0.2.7.1 it is possible, through Tor's control socket API, to create and destroy 'ephemeral' hidd...
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Sharp sues Hisense over a foreign “gag order” - ssheth https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/08/sharp-sues-hisense-over-a-foreign-gag-order/ ====== Boothroid I have a Hisense TV and it's pretty good - 50", 4k, £400 - I can't complain. I don't know what Sharp is like in the US but over here they've always been a mid...
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WebUSB API - cosenal https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/03/access-usb-devices-on-the-web ====== EJTH Interesting, but what practical uses does this have, besides for authenticator hardware (like two-factor "usb sticks" etc) ?
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C hyper reference - adamnemecek http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/~simpsons/char/ ====== Cheyana This is great, thanks for posting it.
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Where in the world is Eduardo Saverin (story from early Facebook) - wmorein http://larrycheng.com/2009/06/15/where-in-the-world-is-eduardo-saverin/ ====== byrneseyeview Looks like Ben Mezrich (fiction author who sold a lot better when he relabeled his books nonfiction: [http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articl...
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The JustDecompile .NET decompiler engine has been open-sourced - jbevain https://github.com/telerik/JustDecompileEngine ====== exhilaration How does this compare to dotPeek from JetBrains? [https://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/](https://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/) ~~~ felickz2 Much better for newer features... f...
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Relicensing the GraphQL specification - Sujan https://code.facebook.com/posts/121714468491809/relicensing-the-graphql-specification/ ====== dfee This is huge news. The specification is licensed via the OWFA [http://www.openwebfoundation.org/legal/the- owf-1-0-agreement...](http://www.openwebfoundation.org/legal/the- o...
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Osquery Security Audit - hiby007 http://yahoo-security.tumblr.com/post/118445868880/osquery-security-audit ====== kbar13 It would be cool if there were links to the reports and/or more detail about the issues they found. ~~~ lstyls Agreed, without details for others to learn from this post seems little more than se...
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Jonathan Riddell forced out of Kubuntu against the Kubuntu Council's wishes - amyjess http://lwn.net/Articles/645973/ ====== sciurus There's a good explanation of the players involved at [https://kver.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/making-sense-of-the- ku...](https://kver.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/making-sense-of-the- kubu...
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Misleading charts of 2015, fixed - mikek http://qz.com/580859/the-most-misleading-charts-of-2015-fixed/ ====== freditup I would argue the last "good" chart example, a chart of mass-shootings per president, is misleading as it compares four two-term presidents (Obama, W. Bush, Clinton, and Reagan) to a single-term pres...
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How to build something that lasts 10k years - wpietri http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190611-how-to-build-something-that-lasts-10000-years ====== vincnetas Finland is building nuclear waste storage facility which is planned to last for 100.000 years. There are quite few interesting design decisions to be made takin...
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Where is the fashionable mathematics? - karlicoss https://xenaproject.wordpress.com/2020/02/09/where-is-the-fashionable-mathematics/ ====== dwheeler Article says: > 1\. There is a large community of mathematicians out there who simply cannot > join these communities because the learning curve is too high and much of ...
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HTC Willfully Violates the GPL in T-Mobile's New G2 Android Phone - peter123 http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/sjs/htc-willfully-violates-gpl-t-mobiles-new-g2-android-phone ====== Osiris What I don't understand is _why_ phone manufactures are even worried about rooting. If it's about service and warranty, they can...
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How Kimberly Clark hacked Redshift optimization saving over $250k - yanivleven https://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2018/2/how-kimberly-clark-saved-250k-platform-powered-tableau-amazon-redshift-and-panoply ====== Johnc314 what can you optimize on Redshift? I mean you still need to define data type, schema distribution k...
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Entire Japan coast shifted 2.4 metres, earth axis moves ten inches - kevruger http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Japan+earthquake+factbox+Entire+Japan+coast+shifted+metres+earth+axis+moves+inches/4425617/story.html ====== tokenadult For someone who has lived through a massive earthquake (as I did in Taiwan in 1989), the...
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Freelance: Junior Data analyst - reggiepret Hi, I am currently living in Boston, MA for around 4 months and can remotely help out with data analysis and a bit of model building. I am fresh out of the Udacity Data analyst nano-degree and Stanford Machine Learning Edx (Andrew Nq&#x27;s course). My background is in Chemi...
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What happens when GitHub decides you're not a human - type0 http://www.stevenmaude.co.uk/posts/what-happens-when-github-decides-youre-not-a-human ====== mekicha It would be interesting to know how the 'harmless' bot came to that conclusion. On a serious note, I do entertain the fear of losing my work or files on a ser...
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Nushell – A New Type of Shell - diablo1 https://www.nushell.sh/ ====== _jal > For a quick start we recommend you to read our book That... is not a good way to entice me to try something. ~~~ mden Just curious why you think so. Bash manuals tend to be pretty long and it seems they also provide a quick reference for c...
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Tell HN: Couldn't Sleep Last Night, Wrote a (No-Flash) HTML5 Viewer for YouTube - ComputerGuru http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/watch-youtube-videos-in-html5/ ====== ComputerGuru I was bored last night and browsing YouTube in bed on my MacBook, and as usual, when I reached an HD video the fans kicked in and the laptop ...
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Apple and Cisco Partner to Deliver Fast Lane for iOS Enterprise Users - davidbarker http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/08/31Apple-and-Cisco-Partner-to-Deliver-Fast-Lane-for-iOS-Enterprise-Users.html ====== mtgx Fast lane? Really? ~~~ ocdtrekkie It doesn't sound like this is actually a net neutrality thing, just a...
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WeWork calls time on free beer and wine at North American sites - pseudolus https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/30/wework-ends-free-beer-wine-north-american-sites ====== mpochwat Given the cost cutting situation with Softbank, not that surprised. I've worked in a dozen different Wework locations (as a digit...
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Show HN: HackerNews user search engine - sideproject https://hackernews.club ====== sideproject Hello HN'ers, I wanted an easier way to search for users of HackerNews, view their submissions and comments. There are lots of things I wanted to include, but just wanted to get this out there to get some feedback. Would ...
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Graylog2 v0.20.0 released - lennartkoopmann http://graylog2.org/wow/such/0.20.0/ ====== atmosx By going through the page I understood: * Graylog2 is probably version 2 of Graylog (fair enough) * It's a data analytics platform, where you can feed your syslog. * Has a REST interface What I would like to understand b...
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Ask HN: How long to commit to your startup? - akg It's very common that I hear, "most startups fail because the founders gave up too early". Surely, determination and tenacity goes a long way in creating a startup, but at what point do you decide to cut your losses and move on.<p>I find that the more time I put into...
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Norwegian ISP: dig your own fiber trench, save $400 - tewks http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/05/norwegian-isp-dig-your-own-fiber-trench-save-400.ars ====== abstractbill _The obvious downside is that passionate customers are more likely to complain whenever they see shortcomings in the product._ That is...
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Texas cancer researcher was called ‘foolish’, then won the Nobel Prize (2018) - new_guy https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/25/texas-scientist-was-called-foolish-arguing-immune-system-could-fight-cancer-then-he-won-nobel-prize/ ====== gojomo In the very early 80s, as a middle-school student in the suburbs of...
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Alexis and Steve are leaving Reddit - shimon http://blog.reddit.com/2009/10/fare-thee-well-reddit.html ====== zck On one hand, I'm a little surprised. On the other, I'm not: [http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/9clji/where_did_m...](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/9clji/where_did_my_post_about_searsc...
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ReMarkable MicroSD Hack - davisr http://www.davisr.me/projects/remarkable-microsd/ ====== davisr This is my hack. I submitted it hoping that it will inspire a discussion about other cool hacks.
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McDonald's All-Day Breakfast Takes Toll on Jack in the Box - makphir http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-17/mcdonald-s-all-day-breakfast-takes-toll-on-jack-in-the-box-sales ====== herbst Would be interesting as you are a specific target audience. Do any of you guys even eat at McDonalds? I mean sure i did ...
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Anatomy of LinkedIn Options Bet That Probably Lost Money: Chart - princeb http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-13/anatomy-of-linkedin-options-bet-that-probably-lost-money-chart ====== princeb posted in reference to [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11895582](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11895582)...
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Why are more than 10M homes vacant in India? - koolhead17 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-32644293 ====== chdir For a working class person with no black income (unaccounted/un-taxed), home buying experience has deteriorated in this housing boom. Builders often don't sell you directly. They forward you to a mi...
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Conference Codes of Conduct: Is 'Ladies Lingerie' a Harmless Joke or Harassment? - rustcharm https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/05/is-this-old-lingerie-joke-harmless-or-harassment/559760/?single_page=true ====== rustcharm This is our future.
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Ask HN: Best Way to Get Started with ML Using JavaScript? - ___karim ====== sonabinu Andrej Karpathy's blog has examples of JavaScript implementation of Neural Networks. [https://github.com/karpathy/convnetjs](https://github.com/karpathy/convnetjs) ------ adriansky Have you try Tensorflow.js to run ML on the browser. ...
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Complete, Persistent Compromise of Netgear Wireless Routers - Hoff http://shadow-file.blogspot.com/2013/10/complete-persistent-compromise-of.html ====== zdw This, along with bufferbloat [1], is why you run OpenWRT or another similarly modern, fully open source distro on your home routers. Right now, the best suppor...
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Ask HN: What do you think of Cloud Computing? - alexcasalboni I would like to keep this question open and span both technical and non-technical aspects&#x2F;values&#x2F;problems&#x2F;doubts, gathering both direct users&#x27; and outsiders&#x27; thoughts. ====== lucasjcm You should Dale Carnegie's book, How to Win Fr...
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Lessons learned from declined job applications - thomson https://medium.com/business-startup-development-and-more/553c44bb57ca ====== jonsterling A lot of good lessons to be found in here---but not necessarily the ones the author intended to write about, perhaps. This entire post seems like a last-ditch attempt to ...
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Here's Why You Read Reviews First, BEFORE Buying (read the comments) - edburgess http://jaypeeonline.net/wordpress-plugins/wp-member/ ====== DisposaBoy > don’t know what the plugin is like as i’ve not been able to use it! Not to detract from the issue here but that quote seeed a little strange to me. Something's no...
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Real-time simulations of muscle-based locomotion - mh-cx http://vimeo.com/87494655 ====== mh-cx More details: [http://www.goatstream.com/research/thesis/index.html](http://www.goatstream.com/research/thesis/index.html)
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Ask HN: How do you see Ask HN question beyond last 84? - techsin101 There is no way to sort, or go back. But links are alive, if you saved them. I literally can&#x27;t view questions asked a month ago.<p>Is there a way to go back to older ask hn ====== kentbrew [https://web.archive.org/web/*/news.ycombinator.com](http...
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DAG Rosenstein’s “Responsible Encryption” Demand Is Bad - DiabloD3 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/10/deputy-attorney-general-rosensteins-responsible-encryption-demand-bad-and-he ====== liquidise This is a well-written piece that takes a step toward clearly discussing tech security issues in laymen's terms. Which i...
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This Stripped-Down Blogging Tool Exemplifies Antisocial Media - jonbaer https://www.wired.com/story/this-stripped-down-blogging-tool-exemplifies-antisocial-media ====== Simulacra Sounds like the very early days of web logging.
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Ask HN: Request for developers: Freeciv web client - roschdal http://code.google.com/p/freeciv-forever/wiki/FreecivWebClientRequestForDevelopers ====== roschdal Developers are hereby invited to participate in this open source project with the aim of creating a version of Civilization which can be played online in a ...
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Twitter open sourced twemcache, its memcached fork - zxypoo http://engineering.twitter.com/2012/07/caching-with-twemcache.html ====== facorreia The Memcached maintainer's reaction to this sudden, large code drop of a fork and the way it was communicated to the community: <https://github.com/twitter/twemcache/issues...
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The day I became a millionaire - dsr12 https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-day-i-became-a-millionaire-55d7dc4d8293 ====== krallja Post: (2015) The actual day it happened: 2006
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Gowalla MILF (terrible linkbait, but clever) - jacquesm http://gowallamilf.bram.us/ ====== jacquesm That's a really clever thing, to take an existing and very catchy acronym, then to tack on a new meaning. There has to be a better use for that trick! If you could somehow get rid of the feeling of 'I've been tricked' ...
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Startup School Radio: How Optimizely Knew It Was on to Something Big - loyalelectron https://blog.ycombinator.com/yc-startup-school-radio-how-optimizely-knew-it-was-on-to-something-big ====== lubos People who paid them up-front were basically companies they've done some business with before. It's good to work your ...
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Most time management is rubbish - oscardelben http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2009/03/26/most-time-management-is-rubbish-here-are-ten-things-that-work-for-me/ ====== chime Overall, I agree that time management does not work for everyone in the same way. I certainly hate Outlook yelling at me 10 times a day about doing ...
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A Primer on Bézier Curves, §39: B-Splines - TheRealPomax https://pomax.github.io/bezierinfo/#bsplines ====== TheRealPomax After several years of people asking for a section on B-Splines in the "Primer on Bézier Curves" I've finally been able to add the maths, graphics, and explanations for how these type of curves wor...
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Bullshit jobs and the yoke of managerial feudalism - wyclif https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/06/29/bullshit-jobs-and-the-yoke-of-managerial-feudalism ====== perfunctory One of my most favorite essays on the subject: [0] In February 1968 New York City sanitation workers went on strike. After just six days a ...
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New FreeBSD Code of Conduct - ksec https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2020-June/001959.html ====== mkl See discussion from a few hours ago: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23471365](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23471365) ------ kstenerud Good! I like seeing a short CoC that describes t...
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Cruz, Lee, Duffy Increase Scrutiny on Obama Planned Internet Giveaway - gist https://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2765 ====== gist For reference: [http://domainnamewire.com/2016/08/13/ted-cruz-asks-doj- revie...](http://domainnamewire.com/2016/08/13/ted-cruz-asks-doj-review-com- pricing/)
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Google should highlight all similar places on maps - rajeshbatra ====== dalke As in, all the places with a karst topography in one color, all the places with a population density of more than 1000/sq km another color, and those places with wild rabbit populations a third? In other words, what does "similar" mean, how ...
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The Rise of the 1099 Economy: More Americans Are Becoming Their Own Bosses - edward http://www.forbes.com/sites/joelkotkin/2012/07/25/the-rise-of-the-1099-economy-more-americans-are-becoming-their-own-bosses/ ====== jacquesm More people starting out for themselves can have several causes, and one of those strongly cor...
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Web developers: Help us with our market analysis - tzaman https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2FTRC55 ====== tzaman Hey, we are conducting a small market analysis and we kindly ask if you could take 2 minutes to answer 16 short questions. (The target market are web developers)
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Trump's executive order targets political bias at Twitter and Facebook: draft - tobltobs https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-trump-executive-order-social/trumps-executive-order-targets-political-bias-at-twitter-and-facebook-draft-idUSKBN2340MW ====== pr_nik The gameplan might be to build a direct connection bet...
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Please – A Cross-Language Build System - nikolay https://please.build ====== qznc I'd say meson is the most direct competitor. They don't mention it in the FAQ though. [http://mesonbuild.com/](http://mesonbuild.com/) ~~~ lolikoisuru >supported languages include C, C++, D, Fortran, Java, Rust So it isn't general pur...
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Livejournal Done Right: The Case for a Social Network with Built-in Privacy - randomwalker http://33bits.org/2009/09/09/livejournal-done-right-the-case-for-a-social-network-with-built-in-privacy/ ====== neilk Thanks for writing this, Arvind. I've often tried to explain what was good about LJ to other technologists. ...
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Corkboard app, all in HTML/CSS/Javascript - timothyjcoulter http://corkboard.me ====== timothyjcoulter Hey! Go to <http://corkboard.me> instead of the link set by ycombinator. corkboard.me automatically gives each person their own personal corkboard, but it does this through a 302 redirect. I should probably change ...
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Show HN: Blackhole – semantic and modular SASS / CSS framework - alinseba http://www.html5depot.com/blackhole ====== blackhole This looks like a nice CSS framework, but I am beginning to regret my choice of username. ~~~ alinseba Hehe, no problem. Thanks for the feedback. ------ mosselman I like Jane Doe
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The top 25 UK web 2.0 start ups | The Register - brett http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/16/the_top_25_uk_web_startups/ ====== sharpshoot I don't think these are the "top 25" UK web 2.0 startups. I think i'll write an alternative list. ~~~ danw "With no agenda other than they're interesting, here's 25 UK-based sta...
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100 Awesome PR Tools Which Get Press and Exposure for Startups - dannydonchev https://justreachout.io/blog/pr-tools-which-get-press-exposure-for-startups/ ====== joshmn Nice list. Comprehensive list. Obviously, they'll put themselves first, but I don't mind especially considering the transparency: > Cons: “Free demo”...
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Why rats can't vomit, and why humans do - marketer http://www.ratbehavior.org/vomit.htm ====== ojbyrne My sister has pet rats, and I had to babysit them for a while. They're actually really cool, smart and interesting. I recently finished the book "The Omnivore's Dilemma" which draws a lot of parallels between rats ...
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An AI can simulate an economy millions of times to create fairer tax policy - doener https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/05/1001142/ai-reinforcement-learning-simulate-economy-fairer-tax-policy-income-inequality-recession-pandemic ====== rodiger I'm all for more data-driven policy. However, I think it's tough for ...
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Update your Kindle or it will stop working - blahedo http://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/your-kindle-is-going-to-stop-working-unless-you-update-by-22-march/ar-AAgBBrq ====== tzs That's a bit of an overstatement. If you don't update your Kindle it will continue to work as an e-reader. Content already on it will k...
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San Francisco homeless tax helps spur departure of another high-profile company - jackfoxy http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2019/11/san-franciscos-homeless-tax-helps-spur-departure-of-another-high-profile-company/ ====== Fjolsvith Capitalism allows freedom to escape socialism.
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Ask HN: What are your recommended books from 2015 - hobolord What books have you read in 2015 that you&#x27;d recommend to others, fiction and nonfiction both welcome.<p>I&#x27;ll start with a fiction book of &quot;A Fine Balance&quot;- Rohinton Mistry and a nonfiction book of &quot;The Psychopath Test&quot;-Ron Jonso...
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Dissastisfied, Some Wall Street Technologists Flee for Start-Up Life - sak84 http://www.observer.com/2010/media/programming-dummies-dissastisfied-some-wall-street-technologists-flee-start-life ====== nsoonhui But even quants are not immune to the feeling that what they're doing for a living is not adding...
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Ask HN: Do you think it is a good idea to invest in an Apple Computer? - sanosuke I&#x27;m only interested in taking a look at the Swift programming language. And there is some articles saying that it will become Open Source later in this year. So I don&#x27;t know if it is a good investment, Apple computers are expen...
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Important Changes to Mandrill - ceylanismail http://blog.mailchimp.com/important-changes-to-mandrill/ ====== rwhitman Seriously cannot trust a new product offering from _anyone_ these days. Newsletters and transactional emails are _not_ the same service. I signed up a client for transactional emails on Mandrill becau...
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Reclaim your abandonware - bradleybuda https://alva.link/post/reclaim-your-abandonware/ ====== bradleybuda Since the page title isn't very clear: this is a mini-tutorial on how to us a disassembler to patch the recently abandoned Twitter for Mac app to support 280 character tweets. Mods, feel free to update to a more ...
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Migrating from Google Analytics - gorkemcetin https://thomashunter.name/posts/2018-12-28-migrating-from-google-analytics ====== georgewfraser If you are thinking of migrating away from GA, I highly recommend you move to a data warehouse based solution, where you store each _event_ permanently in a data warehouse like ...
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Most volunteering is a waste of time for anyone except the volunteer - jseliger http://jseliger.wordpress.com/2014/06/19/most-volunteering-is-a-waste-of-time-for-anyone-except-the-volunteer/ ====== ghshephard The article mentions this, but it certainly bears repeating - the _best_ kind of volunteers are the ones who h...
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Gradberry Spamming GitHub Users - JoshTriplett Gradberry appears to be mass-spamming contributors to various github repositories. See http:&#x2F;&#x2F;pastebin.com&#x2F;mmjkUY0w for one example, and https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;jacobian&#x2F;status&#x2F;585287293860093952 for another. ====== swang Omniref also ...
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Extraordinary support? You’d better blow my mind. - mootothemax http://tbbuck.com/extraordinary-support-youd-better-blow-my-mind/ ====== nmcfarl Personally I’d never claim to offer extraordinary support - the expense is insane. There are cheaper ways to brand - with much smaller downsides. My experience is that peo...
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Professional racial discrimination testers in St. Louis, circa 1992 - Alex3917 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6921625143558152171&q=%22true+colors%22+discrimination&total=6&start=0&num=100&so=0&type=search&plindex=5 ====== byrneseyeview That is an interesting story. What would be _really_ interesting, thou...
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Ask HN: Any companies allow 2-3 months off/year - anonhippie I genuinely love software engineering and am pretty good at it but am not an internet famous engineer. I also love travel&#x2F;adventuring and don&#x27;t want to wait for retirement before I can take long, frequent (annually) hiking&#x2F;climbing&#x2F;surfin...
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