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Look At All These Guns People Got for Christmas - trueduke
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/12/look-all-these-guns-people-got-christmas/60306/
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cafard
What astonishes me about the AR-15 is the cost, roughly $900. I'm not sure
that it's practical for hunting, which leaves you two practical (and legal)... | {
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Transformer Zoo (a deeper dive) [slides] - che_shr_cat
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dIadh_nIszxXG8-672vJmvFGT6jBp0mOqzNV4g3e2Lc/edit?usp=sharing
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watersb
Transformers - the gundam robots, not the electrical component.
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The Bogdan and the Bugati: How I Found an Excuse to Benchmark EBS/Instance Store - rtisdale
https://breakbeat.tech/the-bogdan-the-bugatti-scalable-vs-performant/
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rtisdale
Hey everyone! I wrote this up and felt it might be of interest to both the
technical peeps here (Scroll down midway for some EBS & Instance S... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Adobe Creative suite CS2 (including photoshop $ illustrator) is free now - stewie2
http://helpx.adobe.com/en/x-productkb/policy-pricing/creative-suite-2-activation-end-life.html
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vitovito
This may not be the value it seems to be. These are pretty antique as far as
applications go, and might be okay to learn th... | {
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} |
How many typical workers does it take to make one Fortune 500 CEO's salary? - BryanB55
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2012/ceo-pay-ratios/
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BryanB55
I've always found this an interesting discussion and I'm not really sure how I
feel about it. It seems that most people look down on the CEO's ... | {
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SUSE details its EFI Secure Boot plans - mrud
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/SUSE-details-its-Secure-Boot-plans-1664699.html
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dsr_
I don't actually care how elegant and wonderful this method of preventing me
from booting what I want to boot on my paid-for hardware is.
I reiterate: once you pay the Dan... | {
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} |
Plant-based version of Hacker News - mightybrenden
https://www.plantdietlife.com/
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lmartel
Make a meat-based one and we'll talk.
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mightybrenden
plant based isn't for everyone but here is an MMA fighter who is on a similar
diet (MMA Fighter Mac Danzig: Athletic Prowess on a Plant-Based Diet
[https://www.pla... | {
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} |
Long Google Again - peter123
http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/03/long-google-again.html
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piramida
congratulations but I would've bought at 150 in half a year. and it has
nothing to do with google.
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How do i get the nbc olympics widget off my imac? - metaprinter
how do i uninstall nbc's olympics widget from my imac. i only see the program when clicking the dashboard so i can't drag and drop it into my trash.
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makecheck
If you hold down the Option key and point at the widget with the mouse, an "X"
will ap... | {
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} |
CERN Open Data Portal: Explore more than 2 PB of open data from particle physics - lelf
http://opendata.cern.ch/
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hi41
What software is being used to return the results? I tried it and feel the
response is very quick. 12 pb is such a huge amount of data.
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dingalapadum
First of all it’s 2 and not 12 pb. But m... | {
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Ask HN: What is the essence of what you do in your daily job? - andrei_says_
Besides money, what is it that you do and in what ways does it fulfill you?
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cimmanom
Solve problems. Empower others to solve problems.
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chrisbennet
Solve problems. Put in bugs. :-)
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Ask HN: Jobs in Zürich - leoh
Hi all!<p>Very interested in the possibility of working in Zürich. I have some exceptional skills as a full-stack engineer (Python, JavaScript, AngularJS, pgSQL, Redis, AWS, and some more technologies) and have worked with some top people in California. I would very much like to improve... | {
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Swiss to offer spy-proof cloud - Daviey
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/03/swisscom-cloud-idUSL5N0IM1XR20131103
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Daviey
A related article: [http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/switzerland-wants-to-
offer-...](http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/switzerland-wants-to-offer-the-
world-a-spy-proof-cloud)
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Privacy is Expensive. - inmygarage
http://savemefrombschool.com/2010/04/privacy-is-expensive/
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wmf
I wish privacy was expensive, because then I could just pay for it and be
done. What bothers me are services where you can't get privacy for any amount
of money.
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ZachPruckowski
I remember when I joined Fa... | {
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} |
ZFS on Linux – ZFS 0.8.3 Released - rubyn00bie
https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/releases/tag/zfs-0.8.3
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ggm
Somebody should ask Linus if this is 'active development' or not. (his
comments to licensing stand. His other comments were ill-informed and do him
no credit)
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Researchers Use 'Seafloor Gardens' to Switch on Light Bulb - abustamam
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4679
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ChuckMcM
It is something of a stretch to go from voltage potential with a small
current, to building amino acids, enzymes, and RNA. But the result is
interesting as a phenomena.
------
An... | {
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Computer Scientists Are Astir After Baidu Team Is Barred from A.I. Competition - T-A
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/technology/computer-scientists-are-astir-after-baidu-team-is-barred-from-ai-competition.html
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nl
Some background:
This competition (the "Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge" aka
"ImageNet"... | {
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Why the no-fun 'FarmVille' is so popular - edw519
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/09/28/farmville.popularity/index.html?hpt=Sbin
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mxavier
FarmVille is a good barometer for telling you which of your friends on
Facebook don't make good use of their free time.
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keltex
It's as fun as a slot machin... | {
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} |
Another ICO Hacked: KICKICO Loses $8M After Smart Contract Breach - ccnafr
https://www.ccn.com/another-ico-hacked-kickico-loses-8-million-after-smart-contract-breach/
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thrill
That's a very poor headline, seeing as the private key was what was
compromised, and not the contract.
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paulpauper
mysql injection,... | {
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Partly Cloudy: The Start of a Journey into the Cloud - boulos
https://blog.twitter.com/engineering/en_us/topics/infrastructure/2019/the-start-of-a-journey-into-the-cloud.html
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boulos
Disclosure: I work on Google Cloud and closely with Twitter.
This post has been a long time coming! The folks at Twitter also hav... | {
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} |
RIP 8 Bit? - bdfh42
http://www.drdobbs.com/blog/archives/2010/04/rip_8_bit.html
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pixelbath
Ugh, dislike sites that require an independent registration to post a single
comment.
On topic, I doubt lower-power microprocessors will be going anywhere for a
while. Sure, you can stick an ARM in there, but what about b... | {
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} |
Investors to Zuckerberg: Please step down. - olidale
http://blog.crranky.com/facebook/investors-to-zuckerberg-please-step-down/
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EvaPeron
Let's recall when Jobs was ousted - worked out real well for Apple, now did it
not? He had to be dragged in later to turn the ship around. FB has made some
mistakes no doubt... | {
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} |
More on that umbrella seller startup guy - Specstacular
http://internationalbs.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/catching-up-with-the-umbrella-seller-fella-part-1/
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Scott_Culture
Nice update. The gumboots are cool...
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A Good Reason to Get Rejected - LawoftheHarvest
http://www.concepthacker.com/rejection-therapy-android-app
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drunkenmasta
First impressions:
anything over free seems like a lot to pay for something that looks so
limited. pay $1 $2 do who or what? what would I do if unable to do challenge?
(don't have facebook.... | {
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} |
Project Scarlett: Microsoft unveils next-generation Xbox game console - sahin-boydas
https://venturebeat.com/2019/06/09/project-scarlett-microsoft-unveils-next-generation-xbox-game-console/
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70122-_6
well, thinking outta da compton-box for just a second. Does anyone want to put
Ubuntu mate onto an Xbox360 classi... | {
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} |
Scientists find key to unwanted thoughts - joeyespo
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-41847030
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sctb
Early empiricists find naturally-occurring GABAergic substance effective in
preventing unwanted thoughts; advise “Drown your sorrows.”
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} |
The Intellectual yet Idiot - taylorbuley
https://medium.com/@nntaleb/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e2d0577#.3pwxs3sij
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wtbob
Taleb is always a great read!
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Do you really need an MBA? - p1niu
http://www.careerpath.com/career-advice/do-you-really-need-an-mba/
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p1niu
Do people who want to be successful tech entrepreneurs really need an MBA?
What do you think?
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} |
Ask HN: What is the nature of deafblind people's and animals' thoughts? - Arun2009
Before you accuse me of not googling, I freely admit that I am lazily information mining here!<p>Onto the questions.<p>When I think, I am simulating speaking to myself - I run over the words and sentences in my head and my internal ex... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Is Running for President - uptown
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/22/8470665/2016-presidential-candidate-hp-ceo
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jgrahamc
Her name was Carly, she was a VP
With Lucent and AT&T and a degree from MIT
She went to HP and wowed the board room
And while she... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: I built a simple monitoring dashboard app for my life - justinlloyd
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/weekend-side-project-justin-lloyd/
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t_von_doom
Could you tell me a bit more about how your beacons work? I’d love to do
something similar tracking where/how I spend time around the house
~~~
justinlloyd
F... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Musicians? - lincolnq
What instrument(s) do you play, and what's your level of involvement?<p>The Jargon File's entry on music (http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/M/music.html) suggests that music is a "common extracurricular" among hackers. Is this still true?
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antiform
My pet theory is that playing a m... | {
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} |
Why Tesla survived and Fisker won't - ChuckMcM
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/513151/why-tesla-survived-and-fisker-wont/
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ChuckMcM
Ok, so the Technology Review guys are hit and miss, but I found this article
pretty insightful. I've ridden in both a Fisker and a Model S and found the
operational differenc... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Defending GCC considered futile - ekianjo
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-02/msg00457.html
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Aqueous
Despite the inflexibility of RMS' arguments (they grate on me as much as
anyone) I feel like his position on continuing to develop GCC without modern
features like a fully exposed AST is necess... | {
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} |
Transcription, organization and analysis of user studies - thisisrobv
http://www.tryv.io
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kevando
would this work with inspectlet?
~~~
thisisrobv
The use case at the moment is around media that includes audio of the user.
Usertesting.com sessions work well, but because you don't get any audible
feedback from In... | {
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} |
Plain Text Offenders - snake_case
http://plaintextoffenders.com/
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adentranter
I think it would be alot easier to consume this data if it was in a table-like
format vs image based.
Im more interested in the number and brands that are doing this vs the
evidence. ( Evidence should be easy to get to aswell so you c... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
New Twitter Has Become Browser Poison - mikecane
http://mikecanex.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/new-twitter-has-become-browser-poison/
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russ
Over time, NewTwitter does incur a large memory footprint. I've been traveling
for a month and haven't looked into the problem in depth, but I'd bet the
major culprit is our agg... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mathematicians divided over faculty hiring practices that must promote diversity - furcyd
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/mathematicians-divided-over-faculty-hiring-practices-require-proof-efforts-promote?rss=1
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downerending
> Mathematicians divided
I see what they did there.
I recall in grad school th... | {
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} |
Kestrel: Twitter's new message queue, written in 1500 lines of Scala - simonw
http://github.com/robey/kestrel/
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simonw
More details on the additional features over Starling (big queues, blocking
fetches, reliable fetch) are over here:
<http://robey.lag.net/2008/11/27/scarling-to-kestrel.html>
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Is Google PageRank no more? - harishchouhan
This year, lot of efforts seems to have been put on connecting websites with Google Plus profiles and no updates to the Google PageRank toolbar in months.<p>Does this mean PR won't be updated any longer and maybe something new like Author Rank is introduced?
======
ge... | {
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} |
Full Autopilot in GTA Using TensorFlow - littlemtman
https://littlemountainman.github.io/2020/05/12/openpilot/
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mistymountains
Let's all give this 12 year old kid some applause. Me water-cooling my xbox
360 (yes, and I wasn't alone in doing so) at 13 felt cool, but this is on
another level.
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gibolt
The best ... | {
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} |
Move Over WordPress, There's A New CMS In Town - JJColao
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jjcolao/2012/07/17/move-over-wordpress-theres-a-new-cms-in-town/
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mourique
Am I the only one who thinks this is BS? Don't get me wrong, Squarespace is a
really strong product and i trust their new version is beautiful et al. B... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Stephen Hawking Says We Should Really Be Scared of Capitalism, Not Robots - antjanus
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stephen-hawking-capitalism-robots_5616c20ce4b0dbb8000d9f15
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Moshe_Silnorin
You should note, this is an extremely misleading article. He is in fact
worried about AI.
Hawkings wrote this in the... | {
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} |
Closer to truth: Scott Aaronson - Tomte
http://closertotruth.com/contributor/scott-aaronson/profile
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masonic
For those unfamiliar with it, _Closer to Truth_ has a weekly TV interview
program[0] that airs on public television in the USA.
[0] [https://www.closertotruth.com/about/tv-
program](https://www.closertot... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Finance app Buxfer gets some iPhone love - ashu
http://www.buxfer.com/blog/2007/12/12/an-iphone-interface-for-buxfer/
We've just released an iPhone interface for Buxfer. Check it out, and let us know what's good, what's bad, and what's missing... <p>Thanks!
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KB
On a semi-related note, I came across a finance ar... | {
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} |
Robot Bites Man - qwerty245245
http://hackaday.com/2016/06/15/robot-bites-man/
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qwerty245245
Some more discussion:
[http://www.fastcompany.com/3059484/mind-and-machine/this-
rob...](http://www.fastcompany.com/3059484/mind-and-machine/this-robot-
intentionally-hurts-people-and-makes-them-bleed)
[http://www.bbc.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How old were the inventors of major inventions? - tosseraccount
http://andolfatto.blogspot.com/2016/04/how-old-were-inventors-of-major.html
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dredmorbius
Invention, creativity, and the benefits of invention are a topic for much
exploration.
The 34 inventions mentioned are a small set -- that's just at the thresh... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How We Used a Python Script to Find Our Domain Name Yipit - ajhai
http://viniciusvacanti.com/2010/11/08/how-we-used-a-python-script-to-find-our-domain-name-yipit/
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ignifero
Is there any chance - at some point - to create a new TLD that only registered
trademark owners can use?
| {
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} |
Low adoption of features and the sad realization - damandloi
https://agyam.com/low-adoption-and-sad-realization/
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dade_
I work for a large company and when discussing a product with a startup/small
company, usually in a relatively new market, I've noticed interesting
behaviour:
Before I meet, I try to think of ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Career Advice For Young Developers - nreece
http://davybrion.com/blog/2008/10/career-advice-for-young-developers/
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gojomo
Mostly common sense, but I disagree with the third point:
_Choose between actual jobs, not companies_
People change roles within companies more often and easily than they change
companies ... | {
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} |
Lawsuit: Trustwave owes $30M for 2009 breach at Heartland Payment Systems - ryanlol
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511478100-lawsuit-data-security-firm-trustwave-owes-30m-for-2009-data-breach-at-heartland-payment-systems
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ccnafr
Hmm, this is just the lawsuit's intro put into an article.
Here's a story wit... | {
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} |
Finding New Employees, via Social Networks - zeedotme
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/jobs/31recruit.html?partner=rss&emc=rss#
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Shamiq
Won't let me view the article.
~~~
vaksel
<http://tinypaste.com/9f701>
~~~
Shamiq
thanks
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} |
What people in 1899 thought would happen to travel technology - justinY
http://www.tnooz.com/2012/09/04/news/what-people-in-1899-thought-would-happen-to-travel-technology-hint-we-failed-them/?fb_ref=wp
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Cogito
This keeps showing up on HN for some reason!
Some previous discussions and articles for those intere... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Toward Automated Discovery of Artistic Influence (2014) - lukeplato
http://arxiv.org/abs/1408.3218
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hprotagonist
Towards[0] a title that doesn't start with "towards"...
[0]: [http://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/55285/is-
this-a-...](http://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/55285/is-this-a-tired-
phra... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Writing Elegant Code with React, Redux and Ramda - hharnisch
https://medium.com/javascript-inside/the-elegance-of-react-ebc21a2dcd19
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SixSigma
Code always looks elegant until it spends time with A) Users and B) Business
logic
| {
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} |
Canada’s becoming a tech hub thanks to Donald Trump immigration policies - chollida1
https://www.recode.net/2019/3/19/18264391/us-tech-jobs-canada-immigration-policies-trump
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richjdsmith
I'm sure companies are thrilled to take advantage of our low programmer
salaries compared to our neighbors to the south. Until... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What are your biggest frustrations with Linux development? - buildops
For those of you who develop using Linux, what are your biggest frustrations?<p>Builds? CI? Testing? Lack of good IDEs? Lack of visualization? Dev tools? Refactoring? What are your challenges? (and of course what environment are you using an... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Announce Day - YC W12 Applicants Chat on Wompt - abtinf
http://wompt.com/chat/yc#
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simonw
W12 applicants: remember, your participation in YC isn't something you
necessarily want to publicise straight away. Announcing you are YC funded is a
press story in its own right (here's our story from when we announced o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google's Top Stories Promoted Misinformation About the Vegas Shooting from 4Chan - Firebrand
https://gizmodo.com/googles-top-stories-promoted-misinformation-about-the-l-1819053288
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aaron695
If you are searching for “Geary Danley” after the shooting then the result you
want 99.999% would have been the 4chan artic... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Whatever happened to Gallium-Arsenide? - rbanffy
https://www.quora.com/Whatever-happened-to-Gallium-Arsenide-Why-did-the-need-for-GaAs-go-away-What-technology-solved-the-problem-it-was-supposed-to-address?share=1
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gaspoweredcat
Thank you for this, i remember reading about it back when single core chips
were hitt... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
IDA Home is coming - custardfan5
https://www.hex-rays.com/products/ida-home-is-coming/
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roblabla
Too little, too late. I'll keep using Ghidra, which is free, open source, and
doesn't crash every time I look at it wrong, thank you very much.
Ghidra is absolutely amazing - I've been using it since release and it'... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Cambridge Analytica: The Data That Turned the World Upside Down - lakeeffect
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/big-data-cambridge-analytica-brexit-trump
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conistonwater
I'm loath to uncritically accept the claims of this article. It just tells you
what they did and how Cambridge Analytica thought it had ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Structure (2013) - hownottowrite
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/01/14/structure
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hownottowrite
NB: Includes discussion of Kevin Kearney’s Kedit and some wonderful anecdotes
about the care and feeding of non-technical users.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
One Map Shows How Many People Police Have Killed So Far This Year in Every State - DocFeind
http://mic.com/articles/124114/one-map-shows-how-many-people-police-have-killed-so-far-this-year-in-every-state
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jaytaylor
Is the map adjusted to show the relative scale to account for population
differences between each ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Objective-C ARC best practices revisited - dryman
http://www.idryman.org/blog/2012/11/22/arc-best-practices-and-pitfalls/
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Wraecca
Nice article, iOS developer must read
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What is this FHScan thing? - dear
My website got a few requests from "94.242.163.1xx Mozilla/5.0 (FHScan Core 1.1) and asked for a bunch of things that (luckily) don't exist in my system, including a GET http://www.fbi.gov/ request. That's weird. I googled it. It seemed to be some sort of HTTP scanner/att... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Data-Driven Guide to Contagious Headlines on Medium - qoshibotu
https://medium.com/@herbertlui/your-headlines-sucked-these-didnt-why-32de26f893b2
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vijayjeyapalan
Great read!
| {
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} |
Chrome 29.0.1547.76 m breaks Google Business Photos - NicoJuicy
Updating Chrome to 9.0.1547.76 m breaks Google's own product... (Google Business Photos)<p>https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B3L0CT834bhTYU11bGFVMVFaeFU&usp=sharing (screenshots)<p>Example: http://www.vanmarcke-so... | {
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} |
It's Not Like Learning French - isthispermanent
https://www.philandrews.io/post/its-not-like-learning-french
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furcyd
I disagree that learning programming is harder than learning a natural
language. At least, that was not true for me. Beware of broad generalizations.
There is also problem solving involved in desi... | {
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Disable Bing Backround Image - encoderer
http://help.live.com/help.aspx?project=wl_searchv1&market=en-US&querytype=keyword&query=egapemoh&domain=www.bing.com:80
Just discovered Bing lets you disable the BG image on its front page and all subsequent results pages.<p>It's linked directly from the main page when you cli... | {
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} |
Is Microsoft Teams Coming of Age? - hoskinator
https://medium.com/capgemini-dynamics-365-team/is-microsoft-teams-coming-of-age-b819a45f9759
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DaiPlusPlus
From the article: this is why I can’t use MSTeams despite being an Office 365
subscriber:
> Another significant concern appears when organisations have more th... | {
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Ask HN: Brazil World Cup wins paradox - nyc111
We say that "Team Brazil won the World Cup five times." This sentence is grammatically correct but it does not make sense. Who or what won the cup five times? For instance, the team who won the 1958 cup is totally different than the team who won the 2002 cup. A ... | {
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The CRAPL: An academic-strength open source license (2010) - _ZeD_
http://matt.might.net/articles/crapl/
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ngoldbaum
I really don't like seeing people advocate using this license or any other
non-free license. The whole point of making analysis code available is to aid
reproducibility _and future research_ , but ... | {
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} |
Sorry, everyone: The future of sex is total apathy - imartin2k
http://fusion.net/story/333323/future-of-sex-total-apathy/
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erdevs
It has been interesting to watch US sex culture evolve the past several
decades. Widely taboo in the 50s and before, partially romanticized in the 60s
and 70s, more censorious in the ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
As Cognition Slips, Financial Skills Are Often the First to Go - pif
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/25/your-money/as-cognitivity-slips-financial-skills-are-often-the-first-to-go.html?src=me&module=Ribbon&version=origin®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Most%20Emailed&pgtype=article
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copperx
To be ho... | {
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} |
Elon Musk announces secret Model S battery swap feature. - colinplamondon
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/346895679471357952
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ianstallings
Does this mean that they will be swappable like a propane tank and you only
"rent" the battery or pay a deposit and get that back when you buy a refill?
If so this is a p... | {
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} |
Stack Exchange CEO: "Nobody Wants To Find Yahoo Answers In Their Search Results" - thankuz
http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/12/founder-stories-stack-overflows-joel-spolsky-nobody-wants-to-find-yahoo-answers-in-their-search-results/
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pg
Just last night I used search to ask a question (where to go to watch planes
tak... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Our SaaS Startup Just Reached Ramen Profitability - timurmamedov
https://www.veed.io/blog/journey-to-ramen-profitability-saas#t
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_6
Nice article :)
To me this highlights the importance of a dependable business partner. It's
pretty impressive that you both persevered through the storm.
I'm running a business on... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Where do I find a math super-hero? - bprater
My team is developing some advanced reports for determining the effectiveness of folks working in a call-center.<p>It has become clear that we simply don't have the background in mathematics to create the necessary formulas to get the data we need.<p>Where do you ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Silicon Valley Frat-Boy Culture Shown as Sex Jokes Spark Firings - willcodeforfoo
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-22/silicon-valley-frat-boy-culture-shown-as-sex-jokes-spark-firings.html
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hkmurakami
I was pretty disgusted at how Blooberg news twisted the chronology of events
to sensationalize the story.
... | {
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} |
Linux touchpad like a MacBook: April 2020 update - seltzered_
https://bill.harding.blog/2020/04/26/linux-touchpad-like-a-macbook-pro-april-2020-update/
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pcr910303
I personally find the Linux desktop to be never as polished as macOS because
it’s hacks over hacks.
One of the problems in inertia scrolling is that ... | {
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} |
Show HN: Review my App (Android)- Sqardius - sqardius
Hi all,<p>I just launched the project I was working on lately, and I need advice on everything, and especially on how to promote it and spread the word.<p>Sqardius allows you to share and view pictures around you, and save them for others who will be there later.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Anti-Piracy Chief Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking - DanBC
http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-chief-pleads-guilty-to-drug-trafficking-130421/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torrentfreak+%28Torrentfreak%29
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DanBC
All those times I've had to sit through unskippable anti-piracy ads on ... | {
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} |
RVM (Ruby Version Manager): seriously? - etix
http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=550
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briandoll
Wow, this is the first time I really wished I could down vote an article on
HN.
Wayne, the author or RVM is a smart and incredibly nice guy who is very open
to evolving RVM to include new techniques. He is a mod... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What it's like hitting the front page - twice - jonhmchan
http://www.jonhmchan.com/thoughts/2013/9/21/lessons-learned-hitting-the-front-page-twice
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jlgaddis
~18 months ago, Gizmodo linked to[0] a page on my web site. It was then posted
to Reddit, was shared several thousand times on Facebook, and also linked t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
History of credit cards. - jadence
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2819/is-it-safer-not-to-sign-the-back-of-your-credit-cards
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gamble
Signing credit cards has always seemed a bit absurd. Any thief that cared to
forge my signature has a perfect reference right on the card. Five minutes
practice should ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Faster than native, introducing FastMail’s new mobile web interface - cylo
http://blog.fastmail.fm/2013/10/21/faster-than-native-introducing-fastmails-new-mobile-web-interface/
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DigitalSea
On iOS in particular it has been proven when it comes to web apps, from a
performance perspective they can never truly be ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Stewart Brand: Rethinking Extinction - benbreen
http://aeon.co/magazine/science/why-extinction-is-not-the-problem/
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headShrinker
There are 7.3 billion people on the planet, all consuming, reproducing,
driving and expelling, burning, cutting, killing, clearing, digging, and
searching for the American dream. The... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Need a Kidney? Not Iranian? You’ll Wait - heelhook
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/need-a-kidney-not-iranian-youll-wait
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jweir
The article is incorrect
> In every country that does transplants — except one — patients have two
> legal ways to get a new kidney. One is to have a friend or relativ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Fascinating new map shows EVERY river basin with a different colour - vinnyglennon
https://twitter.com/davemwall/status/1088003350556303360
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vinnyglennon
[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6511869/Fasc...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6511869/Fascinating-
new-map-shows-river-basi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: US/Canadian companies? - cwp
A while back I read a blog post by a founder discussing how his company is structured. He's based in Québec (Montreal, I think), but set up the country in such a way that he could easily take on US-based investors. There's a Canadian company that employs the team, but the IP is all... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Lego Turing Machine - justin_hancock
http://www.reghardware.com/2012/06/21/turing_machine_incarnated_with_lego/
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tzs
Here's a moving head Lego Turing machine:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYw2ewoO6c4>
I'd be more interested in a Lego Turing machine that isn't using a
microprocessor to run the motors and se... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Desktop version of Alta, Texas - EwanG
http://nawegr.blogspot.com/2013/01/alta-texas-demo-version-for-windows-mac.html
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EwanG
Link is to the free demo for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Versions for purchase
are at: [http://nawegr.blogspot.com/2013/01/alta-texas-desktop-
versio...](http://nawegr.blogspot.co... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Thomas Cook insolvency leaves 150,000 travelers stranded on holidays - tosh
https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2019/sep/23/thomas-cook-travel-chaos-insolvency-leaves-150000-stranded-on-holidays-live-updates
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DEADBEEFC0FFEE
I heard on the news that the government will stump up the 150M needed to help
the t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Y Combinator-like without funding but with advice, connections, and stock in the startup (what would happen?) - amichail
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jwecker
While it sure is generous and I'm sure the founders appreciate it, a couple of
months worth of rent and ramen noodle money isn't really funding a company.
What you describe is alread... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Photos show scale of North Korea's repressive prison camps - tejbirwason
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/04/world/asia/north-korea-amnesty-prison-camps-report/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
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wahsd
Funny thing; the American prison corporation complex was just exposed as
gloating about how many "beds" they have and that each b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Evaluation of SDR boards and toolchains [pdf] - wglb
https://gitlab.com/librespacefoundation/sdrmakerspace/sdreval/-/raw/master/Report/pdf/Evaluation_of_SDR_Boards-1.0.pdf
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MegaDeKay
A bit surprised that HackRF wasn't even mentioned, never mind included, given
that it is fairly popular. My understanding is that ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Thank-You Note to the Hacker News Community from Ubuntu - dustinkirkland
http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2017/04/thank-you-note-to-hackernews.html
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tie_
I have a strong dislike for systemd, so while I'm really sorry that upstart
"lost" the fight, Ubuntu gained a lot of respect in my eyes with the decision
to go... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Are Microcontrollers Obsolete? - jsn
http://www.cashdollar.org/2012/11/01/are-microcontrollers-obsolete/
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dkersten
For home automation - maybe.
For a large percentage of the vast number of other uses of microcontrollers -
no, most definitely not.
A microcontroller has a number of properties things like the r... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
3 Problems AWS Needs to Address - aaronwhite
http://blog.jacobelder.com/2012/05/3-problems-aws-needs-to-address/
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Smerity
The ability for S3 and CloudFront to properly handle GZIP compressed files
would further encourage the use of S3+Cloudfront for static websites. As a
host S3 + CloudFront have arbitrary sca... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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