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Don't Outsource Your Thinking (2015) - ascertain
https://medium.com/@blakeross/don-t-outsource-your-thinking-ad825a9b4653
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mjlee
Michael Crichton observed this and called it the Gell-Mann amnesia effect. I
think he said publicly that the name was to ride on the coat tails of Gell-
Mann's public success:
>>> “Br... | {
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Ask HN: Review my Pivot - Peer Coaching web app for entrepreneurs - aymeric
Link: http://beta.coachfire.com<p>I am currently working on a tool to help entrepreneurs form small groups online to bounce ideas off and get feedback on what they are doing.<p>(This is a pivot from the original version that was focusing on ... | {
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Intel Bets Heavily on Chip Stacking for the Future of Compute - rbanffy
https://www.nextplatform.com/2018/12/13/intel-bets-heavily-on-chip-stacking-for-the-future-of-compute/
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boznz
interesting but someone should sort out the auto-correction errors.
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Dan Dennet - Power of meme's - socratees
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/dan_dennett_on_dangerous_memes.html
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StrawberryFrog
The power of something belonging to meme? That doesn't make sense.
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Moment of Silence - gbog
This is titled "a National Moment of silence".<p>I am very sad for the families and for humanity that such a thing happened, but I am not born member of the US "Nation", and feel excluded by this wording.
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duck
I really dislike how people take a moment of silence and/or a time for pray... | {
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Ask HN: Good documentaries about finance? - zepearl
I have always more or less hated accounting, but recently I had to admit that it can be as well very interesting => therefore yesterday I watched:<p>- "Enron - The smartest guys in the room" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1016268/... | {
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Fix the license of Apple Swift - r0muald
https://github.com/apple/swift/pull/17
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r0muald
This seems next-level trolling (it was closed and locked 3 hours ago). Perhaps
GitHub needs more effective ways of punishing those users who actively waste
other people's time?
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Much Ado About IE6 - Nycto
http://blog.digg.com/?p=878
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jballanc
While I appreciate that Digg actually took the time to do a survey of reasons
why people are still using IE6, I don't think the results are really that
surprising to most web developers.
However, just because users are not empowered to switch aw... | {
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Google Has a Plan to Disrupt the College Degree - simonebrunozzi
https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/google-plan-disrupt-college-degree-university-higher-education-certificate-project-management-data-analyst.html
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codingdave
I think short-term vocational training is great. The days of getting a degree
in order to ... | {
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The Blu-Ray Reauthoring Project - Adamantcheese
http://temporary.directory/blog/10-23-2018.html
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hlandau
The Blu-Ray video format is pretty cancerous in terms of DRM; there's not
really any salvaging it.
One of the most nauseating restrictions of all is that replication plants
aren't even allowed to fabricate B... | {
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How to make a DIY home alarm system with a raspberry pi and a webcam - Stronico
https://medium.com/p/2d5a2d61da3d
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dpio
Awesome, I've got a similar setup, I use BitTorrent sync though to send the
files. The problem with that is I need one local computer to be on in order
for it to sync, then I connect that loc... | {
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General Electric Dropped from the Dow After More Than a Century - aphextron
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/business/dealbook/general-electric-dow-jones.html
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kennxfl
This will be a common topic this century. A lot of consolidation is happening
especially with FAANG innovating vertically and horizontally. A l... | {
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The Greatest Keyboard Shortcut Ever - robertbruce
https://twitter.com/markjaquith/status/582956249123319808
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danso
No. The official best shortcuts (for OS X):
1\. Cmd-Tab to switch between open apps
2\. Cmd-Up to move up to the parent directory when in Finder
3\. Cmd-L in Chrome/Safari/Firefox to highlight-... | {
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How Indian Americans Came to Run Half of All U.S. Motels - walterbell
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture-exploration/2018/09/south-asia-america-motels-immigration/
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stephengillie
This model has led to success for other immigrant groups in other industries.
> _Many followed his advice. “They would give e... | {
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Show HN: Made this today, RankMyPlaylist.com - physcab
http://www.rankmyplaylist.com
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dmact
You gotta let me see something before I have to sign up for an account. Top
lists, maybe?
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pedalpete
What makes the 'best' playlist??
You need to explain more about what the site does. I have no idea how it is
s... | {
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Men and women explore the visual world differently - Libertatea
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2012/8981.html
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adrianhoward
Anybody got access to the original paper?
I'd be interested for how they controlled for this (e.g. they talked about
threat assessment in the OP - is that down to biological gender differen... | {
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My war on SQL - adamo
https://financialcryptography.com/mt/archives/001207.html
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jacquesm
Screw the _war on anything_ , it is not a war.
If you don't want to use SQL fine, don't.
And if you run a site called 'financialcryptography.com' on a secure server
make sure your certificates are up-to-date.
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SpaceX has (gasp) expended its fifth Falcon 9 in a row - rbanffy
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/04/spacex-is-gasp-going-to-expend-its-fifth-falcon-9-in-a-row/
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perilunar
Looking forward to the block 5 launches. The recent launches without landings
are getting a bit dull, especially after the excitement of ... | {
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Google and the Customer Service Myth - bayleo
I think this deserves its own discussion as it isn't _directly_ related to the Google reorg.<p>As far as I can tell Google never received any complaints on their _customer service_ until the release of the Nexus One. It seems like tech journalists everywhere immediately ... | {
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Ghost Rockets – A crowd sourced UFO investigation - peterstark72
http://www.ghostrockets.se/
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ansible
I used to be fascinated by UFO stories and such when I was a kid. Part of my
interest in SF in general.
As I grew up, I started to appreciate just how vast space really is, and how
much energy it takes to hop... | {
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Why Always Docker? - Fizzadar
http://pointlessramblings.com/posts/Why_Always_Docker/
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melted
To understand scenarios under which Docker/Kubernetes/LXC are useful, you need
to understand the environment in which Linux containers originated. They were
born in Google data centers, where engineers may routinely need... | {
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Personal CRM for friendships/colleagues/etc - handpickednames
http://simplerm.co/
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detaro
Screenshots/demo account/anything to show what to expect inside?
Esp since only social media log-in is pretty much a no-no for me (although
nowadays good to have as an option, since others feel the opposite)
Firefox shows... | {
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Final Fantasy XV: The Kotaku Review - chang2301
http://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-xv-the-kotaku-review-1789400066
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namaemuta
> One of the first things you see in Final Fantasy XV is a group of four
> beautifully coiffed men pushing a broken-down car down the road
What I saw was a J-Pop group totally misplaced in ... | {
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How a Chairman at McKinsey Made Millions of Dollars Off His Maid - tokenadult
http://www.thenation.com/article/the-strange-true-story-of-how-a-chairman-at-mckinsey-made-millions-of-dollars-off-his-maid/
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pavornyoh
>After a pause, she said, “will you bring me a picture? The next time you
come?” “A picture of what... | {
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Richard Stallman's Bank Account - JoelJacobson
Anyone knows if he even has one? If so, in what bank? What bank is 100% open source? Like his laptop and its BIOS.<p>Maybe its time to start an open source bank...
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systemtrigger
"Since I object to general surveillance, I use cash for ordinary retail
purchases. I ... | {
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The Two-Liner – The Elevator Pitch of #StartupPR - shanellem
http://www.onboardly.com/startup-pr/the-two-liner-the-elevator-pitch-of-startuppr/
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pedalpete
Unfortunately, I find their two liner really weak.
"What do we do? We offer content marketing and PR strategy for startups. How
do we do it? We offer a sta... | {
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Show HN: Pocket Guide for Bootstrap 4 - iatek
http://bootstrap4.guide
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axelut
Congrats for the launch, there are a lot of resources there, gonna check them
soon. I have one question about the build of the community, I see this in the
footer "powered by Airstack" and this link to Github
[https://github.com/Themes... | {
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Why aren't (embedded) developers interested in Ada? (2009) - kqr
https://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/break-points/4008214/Why-aren-t-developers-interested-in-Ada-
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orionblastar
Ada is used in Crystal Reports scripting language which it was why it was hard
to learn for Visual Basic developers.
GNAT is fre... | {
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LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner says the biggest skills gap in the US is not coding - eksemplar
https://qz.com/work/1423267/linkedin-ceo-jeff-weiner-the-main-us-skills-gap-is-not-coding/
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rorykoehler
You can't lead with soft skills as your lead offering. It's always hard skills
+.
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Hands On With The New And Improved Screenhero (YC W13) - jsherwani
http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/26/screenhero-demo-redesign-video/
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davidjgraph
Being following for a while, looks very interesting. Key thing is what the
pricing structure is will be. We've had the Enterprise Teamviewer for some
time, I like it,... | {
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Sony Smartwatch now open-sourced - prajjwal
http://www.linuxandlife.com/2013/06/sony-smartwatch-now-open-sourced.html
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csense
I would never trust Sony's release of hardware with official open-source
software support, after they removed the official Linux support for old-model
PlayStation 3's [1]. (The support wa... | {
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Ask HN: Are there any projects or compilers which convert JavaScript to Java? - ggonweb
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philippnagel
There is Rhino from Mozilla: [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-
US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/Rh...](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-
US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/Rhino/JavaScript_Compiler)
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smt88
Why would anyone... | {
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If the World Was Created by a Programmer - syrusakbary
https://blog.toggl.com/world-created-programmer/
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gorekee
I have no experience mit mongoDB. Can somebody please explain the last joke?
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drtillberg
The comic strip was created by a programmer via AI. Recursively humorous.
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King-Aaron
I actually ... | {
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A little-known US-Canada border dispute - tomohawk
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20191215-the-little-known-us-canada-border-war
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nailer
This article would be far better with a map, particularly for those outside
the US and Canada.
Here's the area anyway: Dixon Entrance
[https://maps.app.goo.gl/F3AnJf6yKKJJxhi... | {
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Apple opens up lossless audio codec - kiriappeee
http://techstopmuse.blogspot.com/2011/10/apple-opens-up-lossless-audio-codec.html
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kiriappeee
Direct link to project page: <http://alac.macosforge.org/>
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Ask HN: Laptop for Software Engineering student? - hsxd
Hi HN! I bought a MacBook Pro the summer of 2017, the Skylake version and figured I'd be able to use it for a long time, since that had been my experience with their laptops. Unfortunately I'm not satisfied with the computer and I'm looking at gett... | {
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How to Speed Up Code Review Process with Code Review Time - shvetsovdm
This is a chapter from an upcoming book Team Lead 101: Manage and Grow Engineering Teams in Small Startups. Check it out here https://gumroad.com/l/team-lead-101 (clickable link in comments)<p>===========<p>Good decisions are th... | {
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Google Has Spent Over $1.1B on Self-Driving Tech - mcspecter
https://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self-driving/google-has-spent-over-11-billion-on-selfdriving-tech
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tuna-piano
I think by most accounts -
1) Google / Waymo is by far the furthest ahead in self-driving tech.
2) Self-driving is ... | {
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Bitcoin heading towards $200, new bubble forming - paps
http://bitcoinwisdom.com/markets/mtgox/btcusd
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pearjuice
\- _Bitcoin? Sounds interesting but I am not going to waste CPU cycles on it.
This will never be of any real value!_
\- _Bitcoin seems to be steadily growing. Well, as soon as they realize it is
wort... | {
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Python gevent suddenly switches from libevent to libev - jedsmith
https://bitbucket.org/denis/gevent/changeset/7c503dc16209
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wladimir
From the libev page: "A full-featured and high-performance (see benchmark)
event loop that is loosely modelled after libevent, but without its
limitations and bugs."
What limit... | {
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Senator Al Franken's petition to overturn Citizens United - foobarian
http://action.alfranken.com/page/s/e1307cue
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japaget
On the linked to website I was hoping to see the text of the proposed
amendment and whether it was going to be submitted to Congress or to a
Constitutional Convention. Unfortunately, I saw... | {
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Joining A Startup: 1,000 Terrors, 9,000 Delights - jkresner
https://keen.io/blog/79899208386/joining-a-startup-1-000-terrors-9-000-delights
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mysteriousllama
Working at non-vaporware startups is hard. Very hard. Bootstrapping one is
even harder.
Long hours, little time for family. After a big push I'll be entire... | {
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Ask HN: Don't signup, Just review the Startup product - kylecsteele
Would love to get feedback on our new startup. Launching MVP soon. Good, bad, brutal or whatever, just comment.<p>www.doccaster.com
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LarryMade
I had to strip of the www for it to work, need to fix your url or your
webserver settings.
I like t... | {
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Ted Linden, 1938 - 2009 - shutter
http://glinden.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-father-ted-linden-1938-2009.html
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davi
"All of this from a man who was the son of a millwright, only in America."
I wondered, What exactly is a millwright? It's one of those older words that
everyone once knew the definition of. Apparent... | {
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Whats Public about you? - ifyouwillit
http://whatspublic.me
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Indyan
The atrocious design almost forced me to close the tab even before the results
were completely loaded.
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ifyouwillit
changed color scheme... tightened up the design... can you tell me your
specific issues with the design?
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Programming for the masses requires a programming language for the masses - sicxu
http://starscript.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/programming-for-the-masses/
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sicxu
This post is quite relavent to the recent discussion on whether regular people
should learn programming. I take it as a challenge and ask: do we have a... | {
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Ask HN: Do I have to sell to my cofounder? What can I expect? - olebrown
Our company ran low on funds about 4 months ago. We decided it would be best If I took on an advisory role and went to work elsewhere to cover my personal expenses. I have vested shares in a large portion of the company. We had raised a modest ... | {
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Proposal: Darpan – People Directory for companies - ankit84
https://github.com/ankitjaininfo/Darpan
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ankit84
Startups/companies (50+ ppl): What problems are you facing in people
management?
| {
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Show HN: Ripple button effects for the web - holloway
http://holloway.github.io/ripple/
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Mr_P
For reference, here's a demo of google's buttons implemented in polymer:
[http://www.polymer-project.org/components/paper-
elements/dem...](http://www.polymer-project.org/components/paper-
elements/demo.html#paper-but... | {
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Loopback-next – Build modern applications that require complex integrations - guifortaine
https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-next
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Solkaz
If you haven't already, you should read the article on writing v4 and why it
is happening: [https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb4/Crafting-
LoopBack-4.html](https://loopback.io/d... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Should drivers licenses use negative points instead? - churnek
http://followingtherules.com/why-drivers-licenses-should-have-negative-points/
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drucken
Administrative outweighs psychological in this instance, I imagine. The
convenience of easily being able to set different thresholds and zero points
always mean... | {
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Show HN: Command Line Tool to Sort CSV and TSV Files by Multiple Headings in Go - johnweldon
https://github.com/johnweldon/sortcsv
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z1mm32m4n
I’m a huge fan of csvkit, which includes a similar utility along with lots
more:
[http://csvkit.readthedocs.io/en/1.0.2/scripts/csvsort.html](http://csvkit.readthedocs.io... | {
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Empirical: A platform for computational experiments - strin
http://empiricalci.com/
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dummyai
Experiment framework seems a big need in research community. However, focusing
on scalability rather than reproduciblilty might be a better strategy.
Reproduciblilty often comes naturally with scalability.
| {
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To SQL (relational) or not to SQL (NoSQL) that is the question - joedevon
http://chuckjohnson.wordpress.com/2012/03/19/to-sql-relational-or-not-to-sql-nosql-that-is-the-question/
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electrichead
I thought it was generally accepted that NOSQL actually meant "not only SQL"
as in use the tool that is best for the t... | {
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A.I. Has Arrived in Investing, Humans Are Still Dominating - smollett
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/business/ai-investing-humans-dominating.html
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leggomylibro
Everything is always painted in such an adversarial light, it makes you
despair sometimes.
I think that The Atlantic's recent article on this topic ... | {
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Ask HN - How to research a stem cell doctor - jmatthews
A good friend of mine has a child that was born with ONH. As a result he is blind. The family traveled to China a couple of years ago for stem cell treatment and the result were measurable, but didn't really change his quality of life.<p>They're now c... | {
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Connecting the dots on ebays local shopping strategu - jgreenough
http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/15/connecting-the-dots-on-ebays-local-shopping-strategy/
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jgreenough
Google enables all things adSense, e-Bay enables all things PayPal. There is
one more major item that I think is still on their list. Any guesses?... | {
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} |
Show HN: Corral Rides - All your SF transportation options in one place - hellonoam
http://www.getcorral.com
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ajju
Hey guys. You need to add InstantCab on here. Email me: aj@instantcab.com
~~~
snir
Sure thing. Just dropped you a line.
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bkad
Where did you get these glasses: <http://www.getcorral.com/about... | {
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Why is there only one Elon Musk? Why is there so much low-hanging fruit? - yarapavan
https://guzey.com/why-is-there-only-one-elon-musk/
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vikramkr
Even with the disclaimer that the variables are all probably correlated, I
think the author is vastly vastly underestimating how strongly correlated
these variables ar... | {
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Next Housing Recession in 2020, Predicts Zillow - t23
https://www.investopedia.com/investing/next-housing-recession-2020-predicts-zillow/
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mrosett
This article is based on a survey of experts that was conducted in May 2018
[0]. Many of those experts cited monetary policy, and the Fed did indeed raise
rates three... | {
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} |
A binary coder for Swift - chmaynard
https://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/friday-qa-2017-07-28-a-binary-coder-for-swift.html
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userbinator
_the numbers are byte-swapped to be endian agnostic_
Regardless of how fast it is, it seems wasteful to do all this byte-swapping
when the vast majority of systems today, outside o... | {
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Behavioral Immune System - 80mph
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_immune_system
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stared
I suggest looking at trypophobia here
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypophobia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypophobia)
(PLEASE DON'T GOOGLE THAT BEFORE YOU KNOW WHAT'S THAT).
Only in the last decade it was iden... | {
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} |
Bridging the design resource gap for early-staged startups - jasonli
https://medium.com/tomyum/bridging-the-design-resource-gap-for-early-staged-startups-2f9990873f57
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jasonli
Hey everyone. We're experimenting with Startup Packages, where we offer our
design services at a bundled discount for early-staged compan... | {
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Startup idea: Collaborative payment for open-source dev - billboebel
http://startup-ideas.posterous.com/collaborative-payment-for-open-source-dev
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pella
another idea - "OpenCompany"
<http://e-texteditor.com/blog/2009/opencompany>
<http://www.metagovernment.org/wiki/Open_company>
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Evidence Shows Hackers Changed Votes in the 2016 Election but No One Admits It - nhoven
https://www.theroot.com/evidence-shows-hackers-changed-votes-in-the-2016-electi-1827871206
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travmatt
Even stronger evidence shows the Republican Party worked with Russian
intelligence to obtain the voter rolls that they used ... | {
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Swift Blog - sferik
https://developer.apple.com/swift/blog/
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clayallsopp
Wow, this is an interesting/refreshing development from Apple. I can't recall
them ever having a public blog to communicate with their developer community.
Until now, it's mostly been through their developer forums, private support,
and i... | {
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Ask HN: Developers vs. machines, how long will it last? - montbonnot
I believe developers will soon be replaced by machines. Product people or even marketing folks will generate apps/software in one click. What would you do if you were to lose your job and become obsolete?
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cfelix
The day a machine capable ... | {
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Shifting Gears - twic
https://jenkins.io/blog/2018/08/31/shifting-gears/
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nrclark
I love Jenkins, and use it professionally.
With that said, I'd really like to see better documentation on the Jenkinsfile
Pipeline format. I've tried to get started with it a few times, and haven't
had tons of success. Stuff like ... | {
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Dignity is Deadly, Part Two - pj
http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/02/dignity_is_dead.html
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spitfire
The author seems to confuse dignity with bureaucracy.
If you don't have dignity, you are a joke. You'll know it, your customers will
know it, your competitors will know it.
Bureaucracy ... | {
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GitHub wins: Microsoft is shutting down CodePlex - dragthor
https://venturebeat.com/2017/03/31/github-wins-microsoft-is-shutting-down-codeplex-on-december-15/
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erik_seaberg
See also:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14006734](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14006734)
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Bill Gates: Inventing the Myhrvold Way - loboman
http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Thinking/article.aspx?id=137
======
threepointone
Unbelievable, and rather disturbing. I never thought Gates would promote a
patent troll. Either he's aware of it and ignoring it, or he's unaware and
truly believes IV is a force of good.
... | {
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Ephemeral, a Ruby ORM for in-memory objects - Bantik
https://github.com/bantik/ephemeral
======
blaines
Nice, does it have a full CRUD?
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Remind HN: Your systems need to be ready for World IPv6 Day June 8th - mhansen
http://worldipv6day.org/
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k33n
This is a sensationalist title. FYI, you are not required to do anything by
June 8th, so don't feel the need to drop what you're doing and implement IPv6.
~~~
mhansen
You don't need to implement IPv6,... | {
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U.S. Navy’s Costliest Carrier Was Delivered Without Elevators to Lift Bombs - Alupis
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-02/costliest-carrier-was-delivered-without-elevators-to-lift-bombs
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tomohawk
tldr:
> the weapons elevator is among “the most advanced technologies being
> incorporated into” the c... | {
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Can you break this code from Boards of Canada? - crgt
http://cosecha-transmisiones.com
======
amerika
Intriguing. I've asked the experts:
[http://www.hou2600.org/hacking/can-you-break-this-code-
from-...](http://www.hou2600.org/hacking/can-you-break-this-code-from-boards-
of-canada/)
I know nothing about the Board... | {
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} |
The Mississippi is dying, and I want to record it. - mercuryrising
Humans don't do nice things to the environment. Before we populated the Midwest, you could actually catch fish and eat them out of the Mississippi river. Now you can maybe eat one a year due to the Mercury in the water. We neglect the river, we destr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Intel Has a Big Problem - MilnerRoute
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-01-18/intel-has-a-big-problem-it-needs-to-act-like-it
======
013a
Intel is a hot mess even without these security disasters.
Just look at their product release lifecycle: In years past, they'd get maybe
one extra product release off ea... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Another Spanking for Apple from Judge Posner - grellas
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120704142749867
======
ChuckMcM
The great thing about patent-a-geddon is that its really bringing the problem
out front and center, both to the judiciary who are learning how the patent
office failed us around the turn of... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Coding tricks I learnt at Apple - whiskers
http://blog.joemoreno.com/2011/06/tricks-i-learned-at-apple-steve-jobs.html
======
BrandonM
_> These tests were run against a copy of the live database in a production
environment._
This is pretty terrible from a security standpoint. A development environment
is typically mu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Getting on cancer’s nerves: A surprising way to thwart tumours - DamonHD
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23631480-200-how-hitting-our-nervous-system-could-let-us-defeat-cancer/?cmpid=SOC%7cNSNS%7c2017-Echobox&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1508753394
======
DamonHD
I lost my... | {
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} |
A proactive approach to more secure code - pjmlp
https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/07/16/a-proactive-approach-to-more-secure-code/
======
leshow
They are claiming up to 70% of the vulnerabilities can be avoided in a
language like rust, I think a good chunk of the other 30% can be avoided using
a language with a typ... | {
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} |
The Startup Foundry is giving away $6,620 worth of goods to 2 Lean Startups - g0atbutt
http://thestartupfoundry.com/2011/03/13/were-giving-away-6620-worth-of-goods-and-services-to-2-lean-startups/
======
yannickmahe
Aww, and here I was hoping no one would know about it...
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Is it a phone, is it a bank? - JumpCrisscross
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21574520-safaricom-widens-its-banking-services-payments-savings-and-loans-it
======
dobbsbob
Sending money via SMS doesn't sound very secure. Lending to a phone you can
just throwaway, steal or clone doesn't sound very ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Max/MSP: A visual programming language for music and multimedia - zaiste
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_(software)
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jancsika
Max is Max/MSP, where:
* MSP is an engine for generating/synthesizing/analyzing realtime audio which the user builds as a diagram in a GUI. The backend automatically sorts the diagram ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Rails vs. Node.js- the comparison - mohitchawla
https://thebittheories.com/rails-vs-nodejs-the-comparison-feba9081251f#.jufu0hgid
======
pmontra
The premise of the post is incorrect. Rails should not be compared with
Node.js but with some web framework running on Node.js. The correct comparison
would be Ruby vs Node.j... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Seeking Technical Cofounder - techxc
I'm looking to hire a technical cofounder for an 'augmented reality' / location based services startup with angel backing. I have a good prototype built and a huge library of proprietary content - and I am looking for someone to put some finishing touches on it so we can launch i... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Milton’s notes on Shakespeare appear to have been found - pepys
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/16/when-milton-met-shakespeare-poets-notes-on-bard-appear-to-have-been-found
======
bryanrasmussen
I put the cam.ac.uk post on this up a couple days ago
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20969349](https://new... | {
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Advice for the man who is all dressed up and getting nowhere (1988) - ohjeez
http://www.csmonitor.com/1988/0209/fmoll.html
======
draw_down
Well, I think bosses should look and act like bosses instead of pretending
like they're my friend, like just another schmoe on the production line.
Also notice how the ultimate p... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Cheatsheet to LA tech incubators for LeanLA event - bootload
https://twitter.com/#!/Pv/status/167050211552800769
======
bootload
_"... Cheatsheet to LA tech incubators for tonight's @LeanLA event
--<http://t.co/Op3mLDED> #LeanStartup..."_
A tweet by @pv "Patrick Vlaskovits". The pdf file direct link is here ~
<http:/... | {
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} |
Louis C.K.: The Man Who Loves to Hate Himself - dwynings
http://jonahweiner.com/RS_Louie_CK_Jonah_Weiner.html
======
dwynings
The actual interview transcript is interesting too:
[http://jonahweiner.com/Louis_CK_Q&A.html](http://jonahweiner.com/Louis_CK_Q&A.html)
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Twitch temporarily bans President Trump - snake117
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/29/21307145/twitch-donald-trump-ban-campaign-account
======
MR4D
Regardless of what people think about the current president, the banning of a
sitting president on a platform will have enormous implications for the tech
industry.
I exp... | {
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} |
CodeSchool - NodeJS : Free Pass - reji
http://go.codeschool.com/Q_Jr7g
I reached Level 4 for the "Realtime web with NodeJS" course, within 12 hrs of using CodeSchool. Here's a two day free pass to review some of their material.
======
reji
A two day pass to CodeSchool. I reached level 4 on the 'Realtim... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Why do different TLD have different prices. What or who sets it? - stevefromIT
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saaaaaam
The registry sets their own prices. For the new generic TLDs it is basically
the Wild West - they can charge whatever they choose, hence the fact that most
new gTLD registries go for bargain basement pricing in the ho... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why marketing is eating the world - gmays
https://elizabethyin.com/2020/06/30/why-marketing-is-eating-the-world/
======
ycombonator
No it’s not
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Bitcoin Network Growth is Finally Slowing - aosmith
http://alexsmith.io/?p=155
======
kordless
A small number of individuals amassing enough hashing power is a bad thing.
Crypto currencies are, at their core, about decentralization and trust. Even
power split between a few entities can represent a threat to the syst... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why Anti-Corruption Strategies May Backfire - dnetesn
http://nautil.us/blog/why-anti_corruption-strategies-may-backfire
======
smallnamespace
One of my US high school history teachers once taught us that bureaucracy and
endless mounds of red tape were the natural consequence of Americans valuing
fairness over efficien... | {
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} |
Montenegro domains available for pre-order. - crzivn
http://domain.me/
======
crzivn
The landrush period has already passed it seems (doh) but there are still many
good names available for preregistration at the various accredited registrars.
I'm wondering what a good strategy might be to acquire a couple of names; ... | {
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} |
What developers should know about Unicode and character sets in 2013 - oyvindeh
http://the-pastry-box-project.net/oli-studholme/2013-october-8/
======
jrochkind1
> Never assume that the data you’re dealing with is UTF-8 — ASCII appears
> identical unless you view the hex to see if each character is taking one
> byte (... | {
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} |
1D Cellular Automaton Being Fed as Input to a 2D Cellular Automaton - mrrrgn
https://mrrrgn.github.io/1d2d
======
ahuth
This is cool. However, the blue link text on the black background is
impossible to read.
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The Troll Hunters - danso
http://www.technologyreview.com/photoessay/533426/the-troll-hunters/
======
dang
[https://hn.algolia.com/?q=troll+hunters#!/story/forever/0/tr...](https://hn.algolia.com/?q=troll+hunters#!/story/forever/0/troll%20hunters)
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