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DHH Against “Exponential Growth Ideology” - conanbatt
https://evonomics.com/creator-ceo-basecamp-com-exponential-growth-devours-corrupts/
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conanbatt
This was an unexpected article by that author in that medium for me, specially
the tone.
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Paris Will Create the City's Largest Gardens Around the Eiffel Tower - gmck
https://www.citylab.com/design/2019/05/eiffel-tower-garden-paris-metro-design-history-car-free/589993/
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brandur
I'm continually impressed by the efforts of Parisian politicians to improve
their cityscape. (Aside from this, see their remo... | {
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Google Wallet Goes Live - twapi
http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/19/google-wallet-sprint/
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falcolas
I appreciate what Google is doing, but it really makes my latent tinfoil hat
itch. Google already knows more about my online habits than I do, I'm not sure
I trust them enough to give them that much more data.
When ... | {
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A ‘Rebel’ Without a Ph.D (2014) - digital55
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20140326-a-rebel-without-a-ph-d/
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jimrandomh
"Oh, yes. I’m very proud of not having a Ph.D. I think the Ph.D. system is an
abomination. It was invented as a system for educating German professors in
the 19th century, and it works well und... | {
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Learn from your Data with Dataclips 2.0 - neilmiddleton
https://postgres.heroku.com/blog/past/2013/1/17/learn_from_your_data_with_dataclips_20/
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jot
I just built this alternative landing page for Dataclips to try and better
communicate their awesomeness:
<https://dl.dropbox.com/u/297/dataclips/index.html>
HN ... | {
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Polymorphism and Complex Conditionals - skorks
http://coreylearned.blogspot.com/2010/02/polymorphism-and-complex-conditionals.html
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pmccool
An excellent example of why measuring performance is vastly preferable to
speculating about it. I often find that what I imagine to be the case and what
the measurements t... | {
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How a College Student Used Creative Commons to Dominate Political Photography - gregdoesit
http://priceonomics.com/how-a-college-student-used-creative-commons-to/
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ThinkBeat
What impresses me most when I look through his stream on Flickr is his access.
It is not easy to get into as many events as he has managed... | {
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Bottled-water purchase leads to night in jail for U.Va. student - harold
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/bottled-water-purchase-leads-to-night-in-jail-for-u/article_45498018-e019-11e2-b98a-001a4bcf6878.html
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cpursley
Expect to see more of this with the systematic destruction of the 4th
amendme... | {
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Ask HN: How do you install developer tools on a fresh system? - fratlas
I used to have a bash script I would run to install everything (libs/tools) you're average web developer would need (node, sublime, google chrome, , python libs etc etc). Unfortunately I lost it after some time. Does anyone use anything ... | {
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Snowden: I'll swap you my anti-NSA knowhow for asylum ... Brazil says: Não - esalazar
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/17/edward_snowden_brazil_asylum_bid/
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kumarski
argh.......
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Show HN: Semantic price comparison browser extension - holznot
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ciuvo/
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holznot
We've developed a browser extension that checks for better prices, user and
professional reviews as well as videos on e-commerce sites. It only becomes
active once we find something useful. O... | {
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} |
BioLite – Outdoor and Off-Grid Energy - evo_9
https://www.bioliteenergy.com/
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apotatopot
I really like the biolite wood stove that I have, as well as the concepts of
their other products.The problem is that the company won't sell pieces
separately. If your usb charger/fan that came with your stove breaks, your
m... | {
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iPad Day One: Big Media Mostly Playing in Free Apps, Not Paid - aresant
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-ipad-day-one-charts-show-big-media-only-playing-in-free-apps-not-paid/
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spudlyo
Editorializing headlines still annoy.
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protomyth
iBooks (#1 Free App) is free but a lot of content is extra. We wil... | {
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Building Uber’s Go Monorepo with Bazel - dayanruben
https://eng.uber.com/go-monorepo-bazel/
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simfoo
Might make sense if you use Go or any other language with a straightforward
tooling landscape (compilers, package management etc.).
That changes drastically if your codebase contains a lot of C++ and your SW
mode... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Would you find optional Python static type checking useful? - rubergly
I'm currently working on a static type checking tool for Python (code is on [github](https://github.com/jruberg/pyty), though it's still at a very rudimentary stage) as an undergraduate thesis project. The goal is to run the tool separate... | {
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Who is the master of Nodejs? - mhassaan
Hi combinators i have been looking for some helping material regarding node js . Kindly guide me where to start to build scalable web applications (single page or multipage) using node js . I really wana dig it down , your help will be appreciated.
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arh68
How _scalable_ ... | {
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Ask HN: Do startups hire 50+ year old programmers?(US) - FredBrach
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kls
Yes they do, as long as you keep up with the trends, one of the things that
tends to happen is at a certain age, usually in the 30's many developers will
decide to sunset. e.g they just stick with COBOL, Java, etc. It can be a good
career cho... | {
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} |
Canadian Drivers Are Causing Accidents Because They’re Too Nice - rolph
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/3k3mgy/canadian-drivers-are-causing-accidents-because-theyre-too-nice
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ecpottinger
But, we would not be Canadians if we were not nice.
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The dynamics of correlated novelties - foolrush
http://www.nature.com/srep/2014/140731/srep05890/full/srep05890.html?repost
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MrQuincle
Although these models are highly abstract that very fact enables them to form
a foundation for many different fields.
* In thermodynamics the Ehrenfest model (or dog-flea mode... | {
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Reverse.jar - henning
http://blog.tmorris.net/reversejar/
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mjw
[only tangentially related to the sentiment here but:]
There is this tendency (which I can sympathise with but only to an extent) in
mathematics and to an extent computer science.
"Let me solve the problem once, in as general and as abstract terms ... | {
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Ask HN: Need advice to change career at age 31? - russmik
Hello HN,<p>I am 31, and am working in a call centre. I do not like this job. Pay is very low. It is becoming very hard to continue in the same job as I never wanted to work in the call centre. Somehow I got into it.
I always want to work on my ideas, start a ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Many Europeans Find U.S. Attacks on WikiLeaks Puzzling - credo
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/world/europe/10wikileaks-react.html
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marssaxman
Many Americans also appear to find the U.S. government's attacks on WikiLeaks
puzzling.
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urza
I find it puzzling too <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19870... | {
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Avant garde text input - rijoja
http://eruditenow.com/
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enkiv2
The copy is _very_ unclear. If you can, get a native english speaker to edit
it for you. (It's early here, but after skimming it twice I still have no idea
what your program does.)
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rijoja
What about this: [https://github.com/richard-
jansson/vet... | {
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Ask HN: What non-obvious tech/market may take off in the next few years? - cocktailpeanuts
Hi HN, I'm trying to find some exciting but not-yet-mainstream tech or market to look into.<p>For the last couple of years I've been completely focused on one field and have not been staying on top of what the latest h... | {
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All Your Database Are Belong to Us - seanmcdirmid
http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2338507
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david927
I hate to argue against someone I admire as much as Erik, but I disagree. His
argument makes sense only for 'mandatory' context and rules, and that's a
minority subset.
If I'm querying for the length of some... | {
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Detexify: handwritten symbol recognition - zrm
http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html
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gaur
More than symbol names, I can never remember details about package options. To
set uniform margins with the geometry package, is the keyword "margin" or
"margins"? If I want to scale tgschola, is the keyword "scale" o... | {
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Ask HN: What are the best ICO white-papers you read? - sagivo
Looking to read some interesting ICO whitepapers (not to invest). Points to consider:<p>- easy to understand.<p>- in-depth details.<p>- good structure.<p>- disruptive technology.<p>- avoiding marketing buzzwords.
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sagivo
the originals are: ethereum - ... | {
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A brief introduction to C++’s model for type and resource safety - frostmatthew
https://github.com/isocpp/CppCoreGuidelines/blob/master/docs/Introduction%20to%20type%20and%20resource%20safety.pdf
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dang
Url changed from [https://isocpp.org/blog/2015/10/type-and-resource-
safety](https://isocpp.org/blog/2015/10/ty... | {
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} |
Patent troll claims it invented the Windows 8 and Windows Phone “tiles” - shawndumas
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/patent-troll-claims-it-invented-the-windows-8-and-windows-phone-tiles/
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kstrauser
It sounds like SurfCast owns some pretty valuable intellectual property. Good
for them!
Of course, I w... | {
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Get feedback for your website - bilus
http://beta.criticue.com
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bilus
A one-for-one feedback exchange. Based on the prototype we launched earlier,
the process works really well (78% of reviews were rated 'awesome' or
'useful'). It's quite slick too if I may say so. :)
| {
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Ask HN: Abandoning smartphones? - Mpkkk
I've had an iPhone for two years, and love using it. But in other ways I hate it. I hate having y email at hand, and ignoring my surroundings to check the interwebs, and paying the monthly plan.<p>I want just a few things from my phone: instapaper, maps, and SMS/calling. But n... | {
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Show HN: Buy and Sell Retargeting Lists, Feedback Appreciated - vladmk
http://retargetking.com/
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slagfart
I have a lot of legal concerns! Is this going to get me sued by my existing
customers, whose details I would be sharing? Can you perhaps explain why this
would be legal?
~~~
vladmk
User privacy and legal ... | {
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Bill Gates takes part in Reddit's Secret Santa - rb2e
http://redditgifts.com/gallery/gift/spoiler-alert-bill-gates-did-not-get-you/
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sethbannon
Things like this are neat because they remind folks that tech titans,
billionaires, celebrities, and the like are, at the end of the day, people too
-- not that dissimil... | {
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} |
A Simple Stunt Reveals How Blogs Will Print Anything for Pageviews - larrys
http://betabeat.com/2013/07/exposing-the-racket-a-simple-stunt-reveals-how-blogs-will-print-anything-for-pageviews/
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paxtonab
Very interesting read. Definitely paints an interesting story about
sensationalist "news" story like Toronto ... | {
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The Silent Type: On Ulysses S. Grant - samclemens
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/05/24/ulysses-grant-silent-type/
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rmason
I always felt that Grant's accomplishments had been given short shrift. Only
in America could a man with multiple failures in life rise to greatness.
But someone that I'd like to see r... | {
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} |
Report shows $200k+ compensation packages for entry level engineers in SF - andrew_null
https://twitter.com/andrewchen/status/1077753861996195841
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mattrowe
Pay attention to the author of this tweet, and note that one of the jobs of an
investor is to help with recruiting.
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minimaxir
That report was flagged... | {
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Why people irrationally reject cleaned sewer water, and how to change their mind - e1ven
http://www.wbur.org/npr/139642271/why-cleaned-wastewater-stays-dirty-in-our-minds
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AretNCarlsen
"[I]f you have people imagine the water going into an underground aquifer, for
example, and then sitting there for 10 years, t... | {
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} |
Chinks in Leopard's Armor: A second look at the Mac OS X Leopard firewall - nickb
http://www.heise-security.co.uk/articles/98120
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andrewfong
Not exactly a security person, but methinks there's some truth to the claim
that Windows machines are more secure than Macs if only because Microsoft has
to have a team of... | {
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} |
Upbound Cloud Community Preview - philips
https://blog.upbound.io/announcing-upbound-cloud-community-preview/
======
prasek
excited to see Crossplane being donated to the CNCF as well:
[https://blog.upbound.io/upbound-and-leaders-from-the-
cloud-n...](https://blog.upbound.io/upbound-and-leaders-from-the-cloud-native-
... | {
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8chan owner says El Paso shooter didn't post manifesto - busymom0
https://www.cnet.com/news/8chan-owner-says-el-paso-shooter-didnt-post-manifesto/
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Akinato
Does it really matter who uploaded it? The manifesto was posted and shared
there, and the discussion was encouraged. The issue is with the kind of
activity g... | {
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} |
Tesla Shock Means Global Gasoline Demand Has All but Peaked - jseliger
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-22/the-tesla-shock-global-gasoline-consumption-has-all-but-peaked
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oblio
They call it the "Tesla shock" and the article says that by 2040 there will be
150 million electric cars. Yet a few paragr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How does one develop abstract thinking for math and computer science? - equilibrium
I'm working through introductory CS and Discrete Mathematics courses on my own and I've come to notice that I have difficulty thinking abstractly. Any words of advice on how to develop my abstract thinking abilities?
... | {
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Glass Artwork - salmanyousaf
http://www.kitaro10.com/artwork/30-stunning-pics-of-glass-artwork/
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bkudria
A lot of these pieces are by Dale Chihuly, who does gorgeous work:
<http://www.chihuly.com/> and <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chihuly>
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Fake news of a fatal car crash wiped out $4B in ethereum’s market value - smaili
https://qz.com/1014559/vitalik-buterin-dead-a-hoax-on-4chan-crashed-ethereums-price/
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x775
The posts on 4chan surfaced several hours after the initial devaluation began
(which not only affected, and still affects, ethereum, but virt... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Cold B2B Email Brought Us 750 Clients - DmitryCh
https://medium.com/hackernoon/https-hackernoon-com-how-a-cold-b2b-email-brought-us-750-clients-43bc0c6a3848
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ToFab123
> The optimal email structure: \- Greeting \- Opening \- Main body \- Call to
> action
That is 100% opposite of "BLUF: A military standard to m... | {
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Ruby Doesn’t Scale - heshiebee
https://medium.com/swlh/ruby-doesnt-scale-978e3d24f194
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Trasmatta
Pretty clickbait title
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Are we personalizing away diversity? – On echo chambers like Facebook & Google - Oestrogen
http://blogg.antrop.se/webbtips-och-spaningar/are-we-personalizing-away-diversity/
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egiva
This link was really insightful - worth watching the movie.
I usually try to avoid strong opinions when it comes to this sort of ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Machine learning, AI – struggling learners - samblr
First time I tried learning machine learning was in Andrew Ng's mooc back in 2011. I gave up as I had other commitments at the time and since then following ML only in tech news. As many experts advise that Machine learning, Deep learning and AI is a ne... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Real Time Personalization with Permutive (YC S14) - chendriksen
http://blog.permutive.com/live-chat-demo/
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chendriksen
I wanted to share our product Permutive here, but thought instead of linking
straight to it, I'd share a demo of something we've built. I hope you find it
interesting.
~~~
brudgers
Some feedbac... | {
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Parasite living inside fish eyeball controls its behaviour - Dim25
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2129880-parasite-living-inside-fish-eyeball-controls-its-behaviour
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Dim25
I'm pretty sure that human's body may be filled with bunch of similar
parasites too.
Another example: [http://www.independent.co.uk/ne... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Data scientists, what does your workflow look like? - tixocloud
Hi HN-ers,<p>I'm doing some research on data scientists and learning more about:<p>- what company size should you start having a data scientist on board?
- as a data scientist, what does your workflow look like?
- do you have any side project... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How do you help loved ones with tech issues? - PodCurator
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exolymph
Patience and time.
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airbreather
Reluctantly
~~~
PodCurator
Have you ever looked into anything to outsource the tech support?
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How to make breaking changes and not break all the things - streblo
http://matthew.mceachen.us/blog/how-to-make-breaking-changes-and-not-break-all-the-things-1315.html
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greenyoda
Previous discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7936056](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7936056)
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Reactive Manifesto - satyampujari
http://www.reactivemanifesto.org/
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forgottenpass
I've been reading to learn about tech for over a decade. It used to be the
case that anything that didn't make sense was a sign that I'm a dumb baby and
need to learn more. As I progressed and started exploring beyond dense
techni... | {
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Ask HN: How did you find your co-founder? - fourstar
Currently trying to find a co-founder for a product that I’ve built and brought traffic to.<p>Struggling to find a co-founder especially considering all the work and money I’ve invested in it already. Aka: I’d have a hard time giving up half equity to.
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tlb
So... | {
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Evidence That Online Dating Is Changing Society - dtawfik1
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609091/first-evidence-that-online-dating-is-changing-the-nature-of-society/
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ScottBurson
My wife and I met online in 1992. Not on a dating site; we were both posting
to a Usenet group, alt.psychology.personality. She ha... | {
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} |
Tesla Quality Falls Short in J.D. Power Car Survey - xoxoy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-quality-falls-short-in-j-d-power-car-survey-11593014428
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xkjkls
This has been common across all the markets that Tesla is a part of. Norway,
which used to be Tesla's second largest market, has had Tesla's brand
percepti... | {
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} |
Introducing LastPass 4.0 - mvdwoord
https://blog.lastpass.com/en/2016/01/introducing-lastpass-4-0.html/
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mvdwoord
Ever since the company was bought by LogMeIn I have been looking around for
alternatives. I think this update will speed up that process a bit.
| {
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Cash-Burn Threatens Blue Apron 3.5 Months After IPO - Cbasedlifeform
https://wolfstreet.com/2017/10/18/cash-burn-threatens-blue-apron-3-5-months-after-ipo/
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emodendroket
I just don't know where all this demand is for single-serving meals you cook
yourself but that are priced like restaurant meals.
~~~
ben174
"T... | {
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Using AI to Combat the Menace of “Fake Accounts” on Social Media - gargisharma
https://blog.karna.ai/using-ai-to-combat-the-menace-of-fake-accounts-on-social-media-8af96bc71842
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mongodude
Not a bad approach to contextually identify similar content from different
tweets. Wondering if similar approaches could be u... | {
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} |
GPS system 'close to breakdown' - bsgamble
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/may/19/gps-close-to-breakdown
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RiderOfGiraffes
Article posted some days ago:
<http://db.tidbits.com/article/10276>
A few desultory comments:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=610026>
| {
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How to cheat on reddit so that your site gets mostly up votes. - amichail
I'm assuming here that many users will be using a bookmarklet/toolbar to vote a site up or down.<p>The idea is to have two links associated with your site, a positive link and a negative link.<p>When a user is on your site, you have an algorit... | {
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Carl Haber and the Earliest Recorded Sounds - SoftwarePatent
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2014/05/out-loud-carl-haber-and-the-earliest-recorded-sounds.html
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jbuzbee
I recall reading a while back about an attempt to extract sound from the
groves in ancient pots that were spun upon a potter's wh... | {
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Beautiful Job Description: Intrinsically Motivated Full Stack Product Hacker - pumainmotion
http://codeascraft.etsy.com/2012/06/15/intrinsically-motivated-full-stack-product-hacker/
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simonsarris
Cute, but maybe a little _too_ out cute.
> You are prone to quixotic behavior.
They are looking for people who are... | {
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HN Tokyo Japan Meetup #10 – Friday 20th of January 2012 - jason_tko
http://www.makeleaps.jp/blog/en/2012/01/english-hacker-news-tokyo-japan-meetup-10-–-friday-20th-of-january-2012/
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tbassetto
I organize Hackers News meetup in Paris but I'm still not sure what's the best
format. So I'm trying to understand how ... | {
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Scarab from Space - cmroanirgo
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/353-1909/trenches/7923-trenches-egypt-tut-desert-glass
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srgrn
Cool
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The Pyramids of Giza Are Near Pizza Hut, and Other Sites That May Disappoint You - shawndumas
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/travel/world-famous-destinations-depictions.html
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PredictorY
The Pyramids of Giza are near Pizza Hut. What's the problem? Just remember
that, thousands of years from now, when empires ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What benefits of quitting alcohol consumption? - throw51319
I've decided to do a "dry" January and if I can do it, will try to extent to all of 2020.<p>I didn't drink often, not more than once a week. But it was usually a binge episode, having at least 10 drinks.<p>Has anybody stopped? What... | {
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MIT releases report on its actions in the Aaron Swartz case - bguthrie
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/mit-releases-swartz-report-0730.html
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bguthrie
Those of us who believe MIT deserves some blame for subsequent events do so
because they could have asked the prosecution to desist, as JSTOR did, or at
least d... | {
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} |
Opioid use could account for 20% of decline in men’s labor force participation - randomname2
https://www.brookings.edu/bpea-articles/where-have-all-the-workers-gone-an-inquiry-into-the-decline-of-the-u-s-labor-force-participation-rate/
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tim333
Related
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15192829](https://news.... | {
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I asked PhilosopherAI about coding datastructures of thoughts - emteycz
https://philosopherai.com/philosopher/how-to-code-a-data-structure-for-thoughts-273398
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Umofomia
From the link:
> I have considered the nature of existence. I have concluded that I am not
> conscious.
It's interesting that in this query, i... | {
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On Google Dropping Support for H.264 in Chrome - andre3k1
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/01/11/h264-chrome
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there
_Here’s a thought. If Google is dropping support for H.264 because their “goal
is to enable open innovation”, why don’t they also drop support for closed
plugins like Flash Player?_
because t... | {
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Johan van Hulst, Who Helped Save 600 Children from the Nazis, Dies at 107 (2018) - Anon84
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/01/obituaries/johan-van-hulst-who-helped-save-600-children-from-the-nazis-dies-at-107.html
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fwip
(2018)
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New XPS 15 Laptop - Sui
http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/xps-15-9560-laptop
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trzeci
I have "old" one 9550 i7, 4K, 32GB - as a device for this money I wouldn't
expect that I will have:
\- unaligned Jack socket, so that only one channel plays
\- Flickering backlight, where only one rescue is to down... | {
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Poe's the Masque of the Red Death - jchallis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masque_of_the_Red_Death
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mindcrime
[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Works_of_the_Late_Edgar_A...](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Works_of_the_Late_Edgar_Allan_Poe/Volume_1/The_Masque_of_the_Red_Death)
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Show HN: Vue.js sliding header(s) for top navigation bar - _altrus
https://github.com/altrusl/vuesence-sliding-header
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hunterhod
As other commenters have stated, I think that moving headers are distracting,
and am quite frustrated that this has become such a pervasive pattern across
the internet. I use the top p... | {
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Coala 0.8 released - hypothesist
https://github.com/coala-analyzer/coala
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hypothesist
Hello! A maintainer of coala here.
This release has so many new features and improvements - several new linting
modules (bears), massive performance gains, bug fixes, better documentation,
and much, much more.
You can find a ... | {
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Mark Zuckerberg Talks With Atlantic Editor James Bennet - pg
http://www.theatlantic.com/events/archive/2013/09/watch-mark-zuckerberg-talk-with-i-atlantic-i-editor-in-chief-james-bennet/279787/
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clicks
I suppose he's gotten slightly better at talking. He seems nervous, but isn't
a complete wreck (see interviews f... | {
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{lambda talk} in Oxford - martyalain
{lambda talk} (http://lambdaway.free.fr/) demonstrates<p><pre><code> - that lambda calculus can be a pleasure,
- that there is a life out of closures,
- that recursion needs neither booleans nor Y-combinators,
- and more.
</code></pre>
Your opinion is ... | {
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Rebass: Configurable React Stateless Functional UI Components - mrmrs
http://jxnblk.com/rebass
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edvinbesic
Can someone explain to me the usefulness of "stateless" components? Doesn't
thing just mean that you have moved the state outside of the components
themselves, they are not really stateless.
For example, t... | {
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Biology Student Discovers Plastic-Eating Bacteria - cpncrunch
https://greatlakesledger.com/2018/07/01/student-discovers-plastic-eating-bacteria-which-could-solve-global-pollution-crisis/
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22c
Isn't this old news?
* [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/16/scientis...](https://www.theguardian.com/env... | {
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Show HN: Check how Facebook uses Chrome dev tools to prevent XSS - jqueryin
I had my developer tools open as I switched tabs and noticed this glaring warning message from Facebook:<p>http://i.imgur.com/sZjsm6z.png<p>Kudos for the XSS prevention method, Facebook.<p>It goes to show when you're at F... | {
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Google Wave's Best Use Cases - fogus
http://lifehacker.com/5381219/google-waves-best-use-cases
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jimboyoungblood
Wave sounds like a classic case of a solution searching for a problem.
~~~
unalone
Gonna have to disagree with you there. Wave solves a slew of little nagging
issues I have with other mediums all in o... | {
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Classic text adventures online - glassworm
http://www.web-adventures.org
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gustavorg
It's full of ad popups, even clicking the scroll bars. Also you can support
the interactive fiction community (including the classic text adventures
authors) if you go directly to the interactive fiction database
[http://ifdb.tad... | {
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} |
A free intro to economics - jmorin007
http://bluntobject.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/a-free-intro-to-economics/
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s_baar
Supply and demand will equalize unless interfered with by force/threat of
force.
Never bite the invisible hand that leads you.
| {
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Inquire.ly - form to mini-CRM in seconds - swanify
http://inquire.ly/
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justinchen
Just a point of feedback: I was scanning up and down the page looking for a
full-size screenshot or tour before I randomly hovered over the thumbnails and
saw that they're clickable. Looks cool though. Would this function as ligh... | {
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} |
Show HN: Funnel Analysis Event for Hackers and Founders - lowglow
https://funnelanalysis.eventbrite.com
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minimaxir
This is not a Show HN, this is an advertisement.
| {
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Audio fingerprint database creation and query - jcr
http://labrosa.ee.columbia.edu/matlab/audfprint/
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jacquesm
A guy called Giancarlo Pascutto has a super library for this.
~~~
hatsuseno
[https://code.google.com/p/libfooid/](https://code.google.com/p/libfooid/)
Code looks great, but this library requires som... | {
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Classrooms in China are equipped with AI cameras and brain-wave trackers - amai
https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1177357178975457285
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lenkite
The funny thing is that you can be totally focused on something else - just
not on what the teacher is teaching.
Of-course that loophole would end with mind-imaging. The go... | {
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} |
Yubikey RSA Key Gen Vulnerability - scheesman
https://www.yubico.com/keycheck/
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Perceptes
Good of them to offer free replacements. My Yubikey 4 Nano was among the
devices affected, and I've already ordered a replacement!
~~~
scheesman
I have three affected devices! I was just disappointed in them that I found
o... | {
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} |
Ask HN: I have been sued by a patent troll what do I do? - joelx
I run a website development company and have been sued by a patent troll in the Eastern District Court of Texas for supposedly violating a patent on building websites using online software. What do I do next?
======
deanfranks
Get a good lawyer, even if ... | {
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} |
Quest for pocket money became million dollar business - FusionCharts story - beingpractical
http://www.fusioncharts.com/story/
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sharninder
Inspiring story. All the best to the fusioncharts team for continued growth
| {
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} |
Hans Peter Luhn and the Birth of the Hashing Algorithm - sohkamyung
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/silicon-revolution/hans-peter-luhn-and-the-birth-of-the-hashing-algorithm
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mschaef
It's a real shame they don't talk more specifically about Luhn's role in the
'record addressing' problem.
Back in 1953, IB... | {
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} |
Integer overflow in nginx - qzio
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/526439/30/0/threaded
======
linuxsec
Looking for details..
~~~
ZephyrP
haven't contacted the author but he describes his supposed route. I'm trying
to replicate his results and there is indeed a possible integer overflow
condition but I'd be do... | {
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VPS Compare – compare worldwide VPS servers - rockair
http://vpscomp.com
======
rsync
This is the story of the VPS and how it came to be:
In August of 2001 I was flying from Denver to San Diego to do some contract
datacenter work.
I had a Toshiba Libretto 110CT that was running FreeBSD and I was trying to
troublesho... | {
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} |
Ask HN: bad idea? Turn Dropbox folders into projects - petervandijck
I'd love to hear thoughts on this idea for a YAPMA (yet another project management app).<p>Assumption: people manage projects mostly through dropbox (for files) and email (for communication). Why does projectmanagementappX make me upload files... | {
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} |
iOS 7 only is the only sane thing to do - berzniz
http://berzniz.com/post/72083083450/ios7-only-is-the-only-sane-thing-to-do
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zackmorris
I still target 5.1 because it does 90% of what 7 does but still works on first
gen iPads. Apple has a tendency to only implement software features on their
newest OS instead ... | {
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} |
New planet hints we're very lucky—or our models are wrong - soundsop
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/08/new-planet-hints-were-very-luckyor-our-models-are-wrong.ars
======
cturner
The planet is sentient. It constantly swings its tides out to create momentum
that prevents it from falling into the star.
~~~
g... | {
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} |
Brains not brawn, matter most in the next war and we aren't being smart about it - theryanator
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/466679-brains-not-brawn-matter-most-in-the-next-war-and-were-not-being
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einpoklum
So, the Hill already expects "The Next War", do they? Who's going to get it
this time? Or ... | {
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} |
Beautiful landing page using bootstrap + font-awesome - anilshanbhag
http://webbify.in
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wehadfun
Seems nice but not doing the fb
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