text stringlengths 44 950k | meta dict |
|---|---|
LLVM.js: LLVM Itself Compiled to JavaScript via Emscripten - cleverjake
http://badassjs.com/post/39573969361/llvm-js-llvm-itself-compiled-to-javascript-via
======
MatthewPhillips
I think I know where they are going with this; PNaCl compiles Native Client
code to LLVM bitcode, which now will be able to be compiled to J... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The False Musk-Jobs Parallel - donmcc
https://mondaynote.com/the-false-musk-jobs-parallel-f038093ac033
======
ramblerman
This sounds like the title of a big bang episode.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Facebook has given some developers access to an unannounced Chat SDK - rachellaw
http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/05/facebook-messenger-bots/
======
shmerl
Another walled garden chat? Why can't they develop a shared IETF supported
standard (if XMPP isn't good enough for them)? It's a shame what a huge mess
IM landscape h... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apple Numbers For Normals: It’s The 5C, Stupid - chmars
http://www.mondaynote.com/2014/02/02/apple-numbers-for-normals-its-the-5c-stupid/
======
MaysonL
Here's the series that blows my mind: Here's a little table of results for the
past 8 years.
Cash generated by operating activities, Q1
Year ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mumbling Isn’t a Sign of Laziness, It’s a Clever Data-Compression Trick - fbrusch
http://nautil.us/blog/mumbling-isnt-a-sign-of-lazinessits-a-clever-data_compression-trick
======
chasing
Bullshit. You're mumbling when I can't understand you. Calling it "data
compression" is polishing an indecipherable turd.
Of course... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mystery of Lost Colony of Roanoke 'over': Settlers went to live with local tribe - bcaulfield
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8647405/Writings-reveal-settlers-Lost-Colony-Roanoke-DID-integrate-local-tribe.html
======
Grakel
Being from Virginia, this is one of those "mitochondria are the powerhouse of
t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The World of Everyday Experience, In One Equation - llambda
http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2013/01/04/the-world-of-everyday-experience-in-one-equation/
======
lutusp
The best line in the linked article: "I don’t want a notational shortcut to
undermine my argument and leave the audience believing in God."
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Philosophy Di Poetic Mystique - barcelonamessi
http://poeticmystique.xyz
======
gus_massa
The front page is too empty and has no information about what the site does. I
found this with more info [https://poeticmystique.xyz/new-
page/](https://poeticmystique.xyz/new-page/) but I don't understand how it
works. I pay $20... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
$8 million iPhone: The ultimate geek chic - devmonk
http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2010/1015/8-million-iPhone-The-ultimate-geek-chic
======
noonespecial
There's a lot of talk about wealth inequality these days but when the stuff
that ordinary people can just go buy at the mall is so awesome that the on... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Forgotten Sidekick - joao
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/forgottensidekick
======
tptacek
One of these devices runs a full Webkit browser.
The other needed a firmware update to support Javascript.
These do not seem like superficial differences, Aaron.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Congress's Approval Rating Hits 9% - dylangs1030
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/21/opinion/obeidallah-congress-failure/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
======
nextparadigms
This isn't happening just in USA. People in other countries too are realizing
that the Parliament is barely representing them anymore, and they are there
mostly... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Can Machine Learning Be Trained to Predict How Will I Look After 10 Yrs? - nanospeck
Just getting more curious on ML possibilites, if I train a model with thousands of potrait photo samples of people at age 20 and their photo at age 30. Can I create a model that can successfully predict how someone will look a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The last line effect explained - AndreyKarpov
https://www.viva64.com/en/b/0485/
======
officelineback
So the idea is, the last line of each "chunk" of code tends to be where bugs
are focused because it's the last thing a programmer implements in that
"session" if you will, and they are already starting to be distracte... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Male Test Scores Are More Variable Than Female Scores - snewe
http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2008/07/larry-summers-vindicated-by-new-study.html
======
run4yourlives
I feel bad that this guy needed to be "vindicated" by stating something that
was so obviously inline with all semi-correlated data points, from life
expect... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Comcast's 1TB data caps start to roll out nationwide - marmshallow
https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/06/comcasts-1tb-data-caps-start-to-roll-out-nationwide/
======
readams
We need to move to a system where a tightly-regulated utility owns the wired
infrastructure only, and leases access to a wide variety of ISPs, video... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Does contributing to open-source companies increase chance of a job there? - evex
As the title says, Does contributing to open-source companies such as:<p>- Gitlab<p>- Ghost<p>- Discourse<p>- Edx<p>- Google(Angular, Flutter, Tenserflow)<p>- Facebook(React, React Native, Jest)<p>Increases (Dramatically) Chances of gett... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to trigger races reliably in the Linux kernel - sohkamyung
https://people.kernel.org/metan/how-to-trigger-races-reliably
======
loeg
In the FreeBSD kernel, we've got fail(9) for this exact use (since 2009).
Check out the EXAMPLES section of the manual page. You can use the mechanisms
to inject delay on some perce... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Partial WebAssembly backend for the GNU toolchain - ingve
https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2017-03/msg00044.html
======
gant
And thus the era of METAL[1] begins...
[1]: [https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-
death...](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-
javascript)
~~... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Automatically Find Answers for Homework/Quizzes – Homework Helper - kylehoell
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/homework-helper/dgfigglmnhnamfjbccjoiomogdmglnpa
======
kylehoell
Homework Helper is an Open Source Chrome Extension, that allows users to right
click on Highlighted text/questions, and search for an... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Are Group Chat Apps Repeating the Same Mistakes of Email? - aceperry
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/why-group-chat-apps-arent-perfect
======
mark_Liu
Group chat is more effective than email but more fragmentation if no good way
to control. So base this i think the group chat like slack prefer "channel"
which is a ty... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Twitter Shifting More Code to JVM, Citing Performance and Encapsulation - colin_jack
http://www.infoq.com/articles/twitter-java-use
======
raganwald
I like this. I recall a startup some years back with a vision to build
something complex. The founder sat down with everyone and said that we had an
important decision to... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Android app combines Wifi and Cellular on multiple devices - shoelaceW
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/get-your-videos-faster-with-videobee-for-android/
======
shoelaceW
(Shameless self-promotion) We just released the app as an Open Beta on Google
Play:
[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shoel... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Leaving the Nest - shawndumas
https://nest.com/blog/2016/06/03/leaving-the-nest/
======
rdtsc
From
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11105510](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11105510)
\---
outside1234 109 days ago
I worked there. It was literally the worst experience of my career - and I
have worked at al... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How a $1,500 Start-up Changed Health Care - bbarthel
http://www.inc.com/articles/201108/jay-parkinson-how-a-start-up-is-changing-health-care.html
======
entangld
His $1500 dollar startup is just the store front for his $100k+ medical
education. There is already a staggering demand for any and all medical
services.
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Creating beautiful login form using HTML, CSS3 and JavaScript - akashbhadange
http://www.dzyngiri.com/index.php/creating-beautiful-login-form/
======
tangue
The html5 spec is clear [1] : "The placeholder attribute should not be used as
an alternative to a label."
If you really want to do this kind of layout, you sh... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Sharecropping in the Orchard: Everything old is new again - raganwald
http://weblog.raganwald.com/2004/11/sharecropping-in-orchard.html?reason_for_repost=app_store_fuss
======
biohacker42
That's a great essay.
I've since long forgotten where I first red the sharecropping metaphor for
software development. But I recal... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
IPv4, IPv6, and a sudden change in attitude - LaSombra
https://apenwarr.ca/log/20200708
======
PaulAJ
The people who make the decisions about IPv6 adoption are not users, they are
ISPs. You get an IPv4 address on your router WAN port because that is what
your ISP gives to you.
From an ISP's point of view IPv6 is a lo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Getting Up to Speed - jfe
I learned XHTML and CSS in the mid-late 90s, back when Zeldman.com, K10k.com and Waferbaby.com were really popular. I got into systems software engineering not long after that, and haven't really looked back. Now, the web has come a long way since the pre-Ajax days, and I feel it would... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to Port from Python 2 to Python 3 (2019) - noego
https://stxnext.com/blog/2019/04/16/python-3-migration-guide/
======
ryandvm
Python 3 and IPv6 are the poster-children of how _not_ to do a major upgrade.
I'm not sure what the right way is, but if the short-term advantages of the
upgrade do not outweigh the immedia... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
FBI arrests CEO of company selling custom BlackBerrys to gangs - Element_
https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/11/fbi-arrests-ceo-of-custom-blackberry-company/
======
lulia
for having a http-only website?
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
State of OpenJDK - Mark Reinhold [video] - hyperpallium
https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/state_openjdk/
======
hyperpallium
covers many features, including destructuring switch, multiline steings, and
virtual threads. The justifcations are interesting.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What would it take for you to change your view on domestic surveillance? - bko
Most people on this forum (myself included) are pretty skeptical of domestic surveillance in terms of effectiveness and the implications on civil liberties. After every attack, I feel like the media is having the same conversation a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
America's Baby Bust - tokenadult
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323375204578270053387770718.html
======
lutusp
Only a conservative bastion like the WSJ would describe a declining fertility
rate as a crisis: "The root cause of most of our problems is our declining
fertility rate."
That's true only if ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker - georgecmu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear-powered_icebreaker
======
coolspot
See also one and only one nuclear-powered merchant ship in service -
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevmorput](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevmorput)
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Online Tracking and Publishers’ Revenues: An Empirical Analysis [pdf] - joker3
https://weis2019.econinfosec.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/05/WEIS_2019_paper_38.pdf
======
joker3
OP here. I think I saw the WSJ writeup of this paper posted a few days ago,
but it was kinda light on actual details. This is the actua... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Not So Anonymous: Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Tightens Identity Requirement - ssclafani
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/05/30/not-so-anonymous-bitcoin-exchange-mt-gox-tightens-identity-requirement/
======
waterlesscloud
The anonymity aspect of bitcoin has always been overplayed. It's possible to
be anonymo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Roads and Bridges: the unseen labor behind our digital infrastructure [pdf] - steveklabnik
https://fordfoundcontent.blob.core.windows.net/media/2976/roads-and-bridges-the-unseen-labor-behind-our-digital-infrastructure.pdf
======
Animats
The first seven pages of "me, me, me" can be skipped. Then comes the important
par... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
ONiO.zero offers a RISC-V Microcontroller that runs without battery - jacobr
https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/01/08/onio-zero-offers-a-risc-v-microcontroller-that-runs-without-battery/
======
dang
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21961869](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21961869)
------
dmitrygr
was recen... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
50,000 users install malware from the Android Market - rbarooah
http://mashable.com/2011/03/01/android-malware-apps/
======
rbarooah
"Remember, the Android Market is open, which can be great and unfortunate in
different circumstances. Always read user reviews before you download; and if
you have any doubts, play it ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Less Wrong : The New Nostradamus - billswift
http://lesswrong.com/lw/17t/the_new_nostradamus/
======
billswift
I considered linking to the first article linked in the Less Wrong post,
<http://www.good.is/post/the-new-nostradamus/> , but it's a couple of years
old, and there are several interesting links from the com... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
I need someone to build my website. My budget is $200 and I need it ASAP. - bdclimber14
How many times have you been asked this by friends, colleagues, and referrals. The person generally continues to say...<p>"I really don't need anything too advanced. Just a simple ecommerce/wiki/forum/community website. With a b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Gmail Denial of Service Attack - deckar01
https://imgur.com/ksYbkEv
======
sova
Interesting... just overloading their inbox with new gmail account requests /
notifications ?
~~~
deckar01
Yep. Any amount of emails over 60 per minute shuts off the person's inbox.
This limit is calculated before applying any filters, so... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
DogeOS – Very Smart – Many Zones - snw
http://liyu1981.github.io/DogeOS/
======
snw
In spite of the silly name, it has some fantastic tech from SmartOS (ZFS,
Zones + KVM, nice tools to manage all that) and is great to use as a cloud
hypervisor. Project-FIFO provides a management portal on top of that, so
bundling bo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Flood of Oil Is Coming, Complicating Efforts to Fight Global Warming - pseudolus
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/03/business/energy-environment/oil-supply.html
======
mxschumacher
Demand for oil&gas will continue to grow for a long time due to:
\- SUV/pick-up boom (America's best-selling car in 2018 is the F150 serie... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Nokia's flexible user interface prototype demo (in Gadgets) - adityar
http://www.mesmira.com/post/nokia-s-flexible-user-interface-prototype-demo
======
Juha
This looks interesting, something innovative from Nokia. That device didn't
look that usable, but it does open many possibilities for new features for
future phon... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Three New Longevity Startups - apsec112
https://www.leafscience.org/three-groundbreaking-longevity-startups/
======
BiochemOki
Hi, I'm co-founder of Underdog and the scientist who invented the drugs we are
developing. Cool that this community has taken an interest. I agree with a lot
of the insightful comments here. I... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
C++ unified call syntax: x.f(y) vs. f(x,y) [pdf] - tpush
http://isocpp.org/files/papers/N4174.pdf
======
lokedhs
Oh great. More magic syntax that makes one thing look and behave like another,
while not actually being that other.
Every time C++ gets new features, I feel like the designers must never have
looked at a C... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Grace of Manta Rays - dnetesn
http://oceans.nautil.us/feature/590/the-grace-of-manta-rays
======
kirrent
Douglas Adams wrote about his experience swimming with Manta Rays in an
article which is, to me, amongst his best bits of writing
([https://douglasadams.com/dna/980707-08-a.html](https://douglasadams.com/dna/98... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ted Chiang Explains the Disaster Novel We All Suddenly Live In - toomuchtodo
https://electricliterature.com/ted-chiang-explains-the-disaster-novel-we-all-suddenly-live-in/
======
raleighm
I agree the current situation wouldn't make very compelling fiction.
> A pandemic story like that would be similar to what’s known... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Emailgraph: Turn your email into social graphs - motters
http://sluggish.homelinux.net/wiki/Emailgraph
======
a3_nm
Down, here is the Google cache:
[https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WTgUnz...](https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WTgUnzt7mm4J:sluggish.homelinux.net/wiki/Emailgra... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How writing began, and other unexpectedly funny stories about cuneiform [video] - jelliclesfarm
https://aeon.co/videos/how-writing-began-and-other-unexpectedly-funny-stories-about-cuneiform
======
HocusLocus
I also recommend Thoth's Pill, an amazing historical overview of writing
systems that breaks new ground in anim... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Making authenticated API calls to Twitter using PHP and JQuery - mootymoots
http://www.reynoldsftw.com/2009/02/authenticating-twitter-api-calls-with-php-and-jquery/
======
mootymoots
Has anyone developed any interesting Twitter mashups out there?
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Haskell style list comprehensions in Ruby - ldubinets
https://gist.github.com/andkerosine/3356675
======
wedesoft
Somewhat related: I've developed a library for operations involving multi-
dimensional arrays [1, 2]. When possible it uses GCC for jit-compilation to
achieve higher performance.
require... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What Is Wrong with Communism? - no-one-is-here
======
082349872349872
According to the recently re-elected polish President, whatever was wrong with
it, was not as wrong as granting LGBT rights.
[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-
europe-53039864](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53039864)
(Duda was born 16 May 197... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Most Important, Overlooked Statistic about NYC's Bike Sharing Program - avidas
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/05/30/nyc_citi_bike_zero_fatalities_in_new_york_city_bike_share_program_s_first.html
======
guiambros
Please don't editorialize titles. The original one describes the content
perfectly well... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Kivo (YC S13) Uses Git to Make Collaborating on Documents Easier - zefi
http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/05/kivo-uses-git-to-make-collaborating-on-documents-easier-starting-with-powerpoint/
======
minor_nitwit
Wasn't this problem already solved by Sharepoint and SVN? If I do a diff from
SVN at work, it automatically br... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Facebook photos now 2048 pix wide - jkaljundi
http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=432670242130
======
avar
This is much better, but 2048 pixels is still significantly smaller than
modern high-quality digital cameras produce. It would be better if they
weren't scaled down at all.
They also don't mention what happ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Chris Sacca: Couldn't be happier for Omnisio - prakash
http://www.whatisleft.org/lookie_here/2008/07/couldnt-be-happ.html
======
maximilian
He says that Omnisio was part of his "portfolio". I assume that means he had
stake in the company, so by being acquired, he made bank. Of course he
"couldn't be happier". If I j... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Helping Fliers Avoid Change Fees for a Modest Fee - e15ctr0n
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/28/business/helping-fliers-avoid-change-fees-for-a-modest-fee.html
======
CaptainZapp
Your plans suddenly change, and a flight must be switched. Soon you are paying a flight-change fee of $200 or so.
(I really hate... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Estimating quantiles with O(1) space - baruch
http://research.neustar.biz/2013/09/16/sketch-of-the-day-frugal-streaming/
======
baruch
I really thought I found something rather new as I've been looking for such a
topic for some time now. But there is a sub-reddit for that
[http://www.reddit.com/r/CompressiveSensing/... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Drinking 3-4 Cups of Coffee Is “More Likely to Benefit Health Than to Harm It” - Exo_Tartarus
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171122190659.htm
======
Exo_Tartarus
I'm going to go out on a limb here and state a theory I've been considering
for a while that could explain these coffee health benefit results... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
On Elitism - unignorant
http://www.stanford.edu/%7Epgbovine/on-elitism.htm
======
tokenadult
The blogger doth protest too much, methinks. We learn all about his academic
credentials almost as soon as the blog post begins, but don't hear anything
about his real-world accomplishments beyond attending great schools.
Wha... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Massive Impact Crater Has Been Detected Beneath Greenland’s Ice Sheet - mr_tyzic
https://gizmodo.com/a-massive-impact-crater-has-been-detected-beneath-green-1830437095
======
pelagic_sky
Here's a link to the study for those who do not want to go to Gizmodo.
[http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/11/eaar8173](http... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Secure alternatives to email? - kevinfat
What current attempts are there to replace email with something secure rather than encryption slapped on after the fact like with email? Desirable properties would be like, for example, Google Wave had a federated model which thus allows you to run your own server which gets ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
With New Browser Tech, Apple Preserves Privacy and Google Preserves Trackers - alwillis
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/06/with-new-browser-tech-apple-preserves-privacy-google-preserves-trackers
======
alwillis
Not sure why we should be surprised--invasive ads seem core to Google's
business model.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Feedback on My Side-Project - samuraikjak
https://pluto.landen.co/
======
samuraikjak
Any feedback, good or bad is appreciated
Was the idea clear?
Does it make sense?
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Common Lisp on Heroku - sgrove
https://github.com/mtravers/heroku-cl-example
======
sgrove
Although the move to the cedar stack introduced a lot of complexity, Heroku's
flexibility is really starting to shine through - I've seen work on a
smalltalk buildpack as well.
Long-term this trend is only going to accelerate... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Channels, Concurrency, Cores: A New Concurrent ML Implementation (2017) [video] - espeed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IcI6sl5oBc
======
bjoli
Not only that, but guile just got a 2-4x speedup in the 2.9 branch (what will
become guile 3).
It is a really nice scheme implementation and very capable. The stuff the gui... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Airbus Beluga XL - Tomte
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_Beluga_XL
======
ArmandGrillet
We can see one landing from the office I work in once in a while, it really
looks like a flying whale over Hamburg.
~~~
anpat
Always loved to watch it flying over the city. My old office in emporio
offered some of the best vi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What's the best way to write an API specification in 2017? - webmaven
Swagger, RAML, API Blueprint.. there still seem to be as many options as ever with no clear winner.<p>What have your experiences been like with these tools?
======
haidrali
I have used Swagger a lot and I like it as well other option I like ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Plan to Save a Life by Head Transplant - mmastrac
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/09/the-audacious-plan-to-save-this-mans-life-by-transplanting-his-head/492755/?single_page=true
======
broahmed
"...Christiaan Barnard, a South African who performed the first human heart
transplant, technically kill... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: College housing startup acquired by Facebook after one day - ycmike
https://www.facebook.com/domiapp/posts/1577023482521809
======
minimaxir
Saying that "Facebook/Google acquired X startup for $Y billion!" is not a
witty or original April Fool's joke.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Backbone.js 0.5.0 Released (with pushState) - jashkenas
http://blog.documentcloud.org/blog/2011/07/code-release-backbone-js-0-5-0/
======
jashkenas
I'd be curious to hear from anyone who thinks that this sort of parallel
hashchange/pushState support is a _bad_ idea. It should prove to be
controversial at the least.
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Citibank's $900M Blunder - superasn
https://finshots.in/archive/citibank-billion-dollar-blunder/
======
nrmitchi
I fail to see all of the defense of Brigade that is happening here. Arguments
that "Well Revlon owned them the money, they just through it was a prepayment"
seems like a gross simplification of the situatio... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: A realtime dashboard for Keras neural nets - dbranes
http://tryhera.com/
======
zo7
This looks fantastic and is something I've been wanting to make myself for
Keras! (although this way better implemented than I had imagined)
I have a model to finish and start training tonight, will definitely try this
out.
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What are some suitable technical roles for INFP personality types? - bad_ramen_soup
======
schappim
Some suitable technical roles might include:
- Technical writer
- UX designer
- Design technologist
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Six Million Dollar LibC (2008) - arunc
http://codingrelic.geekhold.com/2008/11/six-million-dollar-libc.html
======
revelation
I think in every modern libc implementation exception handling imposes no
extra cost on function calls. In fact, exceptions might well make code faster,
as you can take a bunch of error che... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Australia Bungled Its $36B High-Speed Internet Rollout - bootload
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/world/australia/australia-slow-internet-broadband.html?_r=0
======
andrewstuart
If you posed the question "Who in the world would be the worst possible person
to decide on how to construct a nationwide high speed c... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Adjusted age-specific case fatality ratio during the Covid-19 epidemic in Hubei [pdf] - dougmwne
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.04.20031104v1.full.pdf
======
dougmwne
Submission Comment: This is one of the first papers I've seen that combines
data from China and the Diamond Princess to account for del... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Lessons learned from writing and launching a WebApp in 23 days - Wildfalcon
http://wildfalcon.com/archives/2011/01/07/lessons-learned-from-writing-and-launching-a-webapp-in-23-days/
======
alanfalcon
I wonder if 30daysyoanewhabit.com wouldn't be a better URL than
habitualapp.com? Then again it does sound very infome... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Mothereffinanimatedgif - twakefield
http://mothereffinganimatedgif.com/
======
paulirish
Conceived of, developed, designed, and launched in 24 hours:
<https://github.com/paulirish/lazyweb-requests/issues/53>
Tech: HTML5 drag n drop, FileReader, a[download], GIF encoding on the client,
BlobBuilder, postMess... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Get your Google calendar into tmux - mzehrer
https://blog.hauck.io/get-your-google-calendar-into-tmux/
======
anc84
FYI: Your blog only shows a spinner unless the user allows Javascript for no
reason at all.
~~~
hauck-d
Hey, thanks, Yesterday I changed the theme, which does this... thanks for the
hint! ;)
~~~
blfr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why Do I Teach? - kafkaesque
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/why-do-i-teach/
======
tokenadult
Gutting's writings are criticized by Jerry Coyne from time to time,
[http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/an-
increa...](http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/an-increasingly-
co... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Link Between Startups and Privilege - toufiqbarhamov
https://daily.jstor.org/the-link-between-startups-and-privilege/
======
nannotequalnan
THANK YOU. Privilege plays a huge role in entrepreneurship, and it does a
disservice to the vast majority that do not have privilege, to pretend like
startups are a true merit... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Plastic Rain Is the New Acid Rain - headalgorithm
https://www.wired.com/story/plastic-rain-is-the-new-acid-rain/
======
goblin89
How much microplastic pollution hazard does PLA, the filament commonly used in
3D printing, pose?
As far as degradation goes, PLA is essentially like other plastics unless it’s
specifically... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
We got rejected, we think we are early - ganadiniakshay
We applied with http://intigrent.com and were rejected from the summer batch 2015..we think we are too early for yc but would love to get any insights from HN community.
======
fasteo
Good idea, but I think kids (I am thinking specifically in kids wit... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Lavabit's Dark Mail Initiative - p4bl0
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ladar/lavabits-dark-mail-initiative
======
shazow
Video summary:
\- Lavabit + Silent Circle are starting a non-profit called the Dark Mail
Alliance.
\- Planning to release an open source protocol for end-to-end encrypted email,
along with som... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Hawaii Bans Non-Compete and Non-Solicit Clauses in High-Tech Employment - lutesfuentes
https://casetext.com/posts/hawaii-bans-non-compete-and-non-solicit-clauses-in-high-tech-employment
======
jacobheller
A really good book to read on the subject is AnnaLee Saxenian's Regional
Advantage: Culture and Competition in Sil... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Top Educational Apps Are Mostly All Stuck in the Stone Age - e15ctr0n
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanshapiro/2015/12/12/the-top-50-educational-apps-are-mostly-all-stuck-in-the-stone-age/
======
personjerry
This would be a lot more helpful if they showed specific apps and what makes
them bad, as examples.
If anyone... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Software architect mistakes - giancarlofrison
http://gfrison.com/post/14311599806/software-architect-mistakes
======
escoz
Mistake #1: read and agree with any article you see on hackernews.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
18 Things you didn’t know about Firefly - DrewHerrick
http://carsort.com/blog/firefly-infographic/
======
rpwilcox
Nice. Even had some things that were surprising to me, as a big Firefly nerd
(although, really, who isn't? ;) )
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
American Schools Are Teaching Our Kids How to Code All Wrong - ShaneBonich
http://qz.com/691614/american-schools-are-teaching-our-kids-how-to-code-all-wrong/
======
marvel_boy
First phrase of the article: "The US Department of Labor projects that one
million jobs in computing will go unfilled by 2020"
This is just fa... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The app boom is over - 20years
http://www.recode.net/2016/6/8/11883518/app-boom-over-snapchat-uber
======
BinaryIdiot
I'm surprised it took so long. Integrated experiences almost always trump
separate apps as far as user experiences go. I'm looking forward to more
consolidation.
------
Dralon
Am I wrong or this just ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Startup NASA - runesoerensen
http://www.technology.nasa.gov/startup
======
runesoerensen
Press release: [http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-offers-licenses-of-
pa...](http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-offers-licenses-of-patented-
technologies-to-start-up-companies)
------
ramon
US Citizens only.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Lisp Lacks Visual Cues - gnosis
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?LispLacksVisualCues
======
gruseom
I say the opposite. Lisp's regularity allows the qualities of the program
itself to emerge visually. It's amazing how fine-tuned an intuition one
develops after a while for code one's looking at when its structure isn't
distort... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Real-Time World War 2 Tweets - victorbojica
https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII
======
emmelaich
This is a replay. Start at
[https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/status/903355299096141825](https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/status/903355299096141825)
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
America's Enduring Ideal - geargrinder
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903703604576589090204327736.html
======
sologoub
Well this was a scary read... I fully understand that it was written with the
sole intention of being scary, but seriously...
"He argues that financial incentives ought not to matter... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Cucku Backup shutdown - cjg
http://www.cucku.com/cucku-shut-down.aspx
======
cjg
They blame it on Skype withdrawing their Extras program and litigation over an
existing patent.
~~~
nikosdimopoulos
The minute your company/application/service depends on something, that
something becomes your weakest link.
From the a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: how to learn functional programming in Python - DeusExMachina
I have an odd question, to which I don't know if there is an answer: can I learn functional programming in Python?<p>First, let me answer to the obvious question that is coming to your mind: why? The part of the answer on why I want to learn functio... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Retrofuturism - ccozan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrofuturism
======
aresant
Not sure there’s a finer visual artist to produce in the medium of
retrofuturism than Syd Mead - passed away late last year unfortunately but
left an inspiring catalog and vision of the future that I imagine will endure
a very long time ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.