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Inflation in job titles reaching Weimar levels - j_baker
http://www.economist.com/node/16423358
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joe_the_user
Now wait a second, _Weimar levels_ of title inflation would be where I would
be called "planetary dictator" on the third month of a temp assignment... At
the end of Weimar inflation, Wikipedia claims a s... | {
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Revenge of the Nerds (2002) - _bxg1
http://www.paulgraham.com/icad.html
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_bxg1
The most interesting part of this for me is actually under the header
"Appendix: Power", which could be its own short post. Key excerpt:
> When I see patterns in my programs, I consider it a sign of trouble. The
> shape of a program ... | {
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The Common Lisp Cookbook - Strings - Shamiq
http://cl-cookbook.sourceforge.net/strings.html
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Shamiq
This may be old hat to some, but I just bumped into this while working on my
Introduction to AI Programming homework.
Hope it's helpful.
~~~
astine
It's a good page actually. Every time I forget a string operati... | {
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} |
The East-Coast Blizzard from Space - danhak
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=41979&src=eorss-nh
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ANH
I work with the folks who calibrate the data from the instrument (MODIS) that
acquired that image. They do good work!
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geofffox
I am a meteorologist. This GOES-14 visible image... | {
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How To Find Hackers At College? - pashle
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zaidf
If you have an entrepreneur's club, I've seen couple hackers hangout at that
club. It is easier to work with a hacker who is already looking to be an
entrepreneur than someone who is doing a Masters and looking forward to making
that nice salary after graduation--... | {
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} |
Show HN: Our new app Just Because lets you send the gift of startups - rosenjon
http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/07/give-the-gift-of-startups-just-because-lets-you-give-freebies-to-friends-from-the-startups-you-love/
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rosenjon
Would love some feedback from the Hacker News community on the app and how we
can impro... | {
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} |
I quit my job. Today is Day 16 - keslert
http://www.nevertryneverfail.com/i-quit-my-job-today-is-day-16/
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gedrap
>>> I’ve felt the pull. However, personal motivation to succeed keeps the
wheels churning.
I really like your point about motivation.
I'm a freelancer and working from home, and I used to think th... | {
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} |
Tea with Ron Conway - jwu711
http://www.skyara.com/tea-with-ron-conway-and-mc-hammer/san-francisco/141
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yosho
So I'm one of the co-founders of Skyara. We worked pretty hard to set up this
event and would hate to see it go unnoticed. We actually haven't even met Ron
ourselves and we're giving away a chance for ... | {
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} |
How can one find the best quality item with the least amount of markup? - aridiculous
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aridiculous
OP here:
Certain goods have high status and markup but aren't high quality.
Can you think of a strategy of finding great quality items that don't have a
luxury "tax" bumping up margins far than a typical good, due... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Should What Happens at Applebee's Stay at Applebee's? - minikites
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/02/should-what-happens-at-applebees-i-stay-i-at-applebees/272756/
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dmckeon
Here's a first-person response from the person who posted the receipt and was
fired:
[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commen... | {
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Microsoft trademarks word "i'm" - nickb
http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/
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hugh
No, they trademarked the word "i'm" in some small and particular subset of its
possible uses.
There's nothing to stop you making a car called the "i'm", or a web-based
social cause instant messaging advertising thingy (or whatev... | {
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Show HN: I've coded an iOS App to sell more websites - hilti
In Germany a lot of small businesses have old websites which are technically not state of the art. Most of them are using HTML4, Frames or simple DIY-Website builder by 1&1 etc.<p>In total there are about 3.2 million small businesses and 30% don't... | {
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Brain scans predict which criminals are more likely to reoffend - ananyob
http://www.nature.com/news/brain-scans-predict-which-criminals-are-more-likely-to-reoffend-1.12672
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biggfoot
Quoting:
Wager adds that the part of the ACC examined in this study “is one of the most
frequently activated areas in the human... | {
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Pluto is more intriguing than ever - hcrisp
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20150712-3
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jcr
previous discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9868908](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9868908)
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steffenfrost
Is it me, or do all the photos seem out of focus? Million ... | {
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} |
Bloomberg on why farmers can’t work in information technology - jelliclesfarm
https://twitter.com/petermentes/status/1228518467776761856
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rs23296008n1
Done both. Farming is harder.
Bloomberg has no clue whatsoever. Farming is not just gardening. That would be
like saying programming is just typing. Wrong.
~~~
... | {
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} |
Libreboot: Open Letter to the Free Software Community - jff
https://libreboot.org/#open-letter-to-the-free-software-community
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jordigh
This is a nice statement to hear. I have had some IRC conversations with some
of the involved people, and the whole affair was rather unpleasant.
I hope things really are quieti... | {
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} |
U.S. Government Says Hoverboards Are Verboten - mrfusion
http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/19/u-s-government-says-hoverboards-are-verboten/
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runin2k1
That is not what the government has said. They've asked for the device
manufacturers to submit their products for UL certification.
No bans, recalls, or any other mea... | {
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} |
Creating word clouds using image processing methods - szhorvat
http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/2334/how-to-create-word-clouds/
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jasondavies
See <http://www.jasondavies.com/wordcloud/> for a version that uses JavaScript
and canvas for bitmap-based collision detections.
~~~
szhorvat
Looks interes... | {
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} |
Frighteningly Ambitious People - zohaibr
http://diegobasch.com/frighteningly-ambitious-people
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javert
_When it comes to ambition, I tend to agree. Ideas are not ambitious, people
are._
The author just doesn't support this claim. All the examples he gives (Bill
Gates, Zuckerburg, and people leading successful co... | {
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} |
PaidContent: The Fallacy of the Linked Economy - shafqat
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-the-fallacy-of-the-link-economy/
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onreact-com
"a very large share of the people who were visiting the site were merely
browsing to read headlines rather than using the aggregation page to decide
what they wanted to read... | {
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Show HN: Taskulu, Next-gen role based project management platform - seansh
https://taskulu.com
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andy_ppp
Another Task management app... I think it's fine as far as it goes, but I'd
like to see a protocol based implementation of this stuff that is simple
enough to work as human readable extensions to email (one... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What were your favorite CCC talks this year? - georgeglue1
Every year, I usually see some talks bubble up onto the frontpage or some recaps posted, but I'm not sure I've seen anything yet.<p>What are your favorites/highlights from this year?
https://media.ccc.de/c/34c3
======... | {
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Facebook employees stage virtual walkout in protest of company’s stance - pseudolus
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/technology/facebook-employee-protest-trump.html
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mc32
Activists want to eat their cake and have it too.
On the one hand they say platforms may exercise “their” free speech by
moderating posts o... | {
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} |
Crystal on Windows: A Deep Dive on Exception Handling - sdogruyol
https://medium.com/futuredev/crystal-on-windows-a-deep-dive-on-exception-handling-97d8c3142059
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sdogruyol
Crystal is a Ruby inspired compiled language, allowing it to run blazingly
fast with a very low memory footprint. It uses LLVM for emitting n... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mathematician Claims Proof of Connection between Prime Numbers - doc4t
http://news.yahoo.com/mathematician-claims-proof-connection-between-prime-numbers-131737044.html
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doc4t
Relevant discussion at mathoverflow.net
[http://mathoverflow.net/questions/106560/philosophy-
behind-m...](http://mathoverflow.net/quest... | {
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Sorry, Young Man, You're Not the Most Important Demographic in Tech - afuchs
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/06/sorry-young-white-guy-youre-not-the-most-important-demographic-in-tech/258087/
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untog
"A young man contemplating his decreasing significance on the world stage"
...hilarious.
There'... | {
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What Corporate America Can't Build: A Sentence - pg
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/07/business/07write.html?ex=1260162000&en=ceef4ee37d74c0ee&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland
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palish
Also, I can't type (that's a (tm)) without  appearing before it. Unicode
problem? To reproduce, go to a text box and hold ALT. Press... | {
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} |
Holography without Lasers: Hand Drawn Holograms (1995) - peter_d_sherman
http://www.amasci.com/amateur/holo1.html
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wbeaty
> fiddled
So did lots. Three people managed to automate, one even non-trivial. Also,
it's mass produced from metal master: on a vinyl album release of Jack White
'Lazaretto' (with rotating... | {
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} |
Paul Romer's "Charter Cities" - kingkawn
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/can-charter-cities-change-the-world-a-qa-with-paul-romer/
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biohacker42
This is profoundly silly, only very intelligent people can be this silly.
_Q.
What makes you confident that land and a good charter are all it takes?... | {
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Save the web for paper later - dewey
https://www.paperlater.com/
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dmacedo
At the same time that I think this is a fight not worth attempting; both for a
print service as well as a post delivery of it... A curated paper might be
interesting if you think of other uses it might have.
Not only do we probably neve... | {
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} |
Toyota takes Elon Musk's “Bullshit” and powers a car with it - wiremine
http://www.businessinsider.com/toyota-is-taking-on-the-hydrogen-car-haters--including-elon-musk-2015-4
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Someone1234
The Elon Musk thing seems like an unnecessary tangent.
What I really want to know is: How is the hydrogen packaged? It see... | {
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} |
Followup to “Not as SPDY as You Thought” - phenylene
http://www.belshe.com/2012/06/24/followup-to-not-as-spdy-as-you-thought/
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josteink
Basically the whole post can be summed up via these choice quotes:
_Overall, I disagree with his title, but I don’t disagree with his results_
... _his methodology, it’s mos... | {
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Scientifically Backed Method for Drinking All Night Without Getting Drunk - chippy
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/a18609/how-not-to-get-drunk/
======
chippy
So, wouldn't the carton of yoghurt line the stomach more than the yeast?
I heard that was what Robert Maxwell swore by also, having yoghurt before
drinking... | {
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} |
Show HN: RemindEat - never forget what you ate - jpadilla_
I like going out with my fiancé and tasting new dishes in new places. Once I get to a place I've been before I never remember what I previously ate.<p>So we decided to sit down and think of something we could do to help solve this and came up with our first ... | {
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Confessions of a Used Programming Language Salesman (2007) - tosh
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.72.868&rep=rep1&type=pdf
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zubairq
Excellent read, nice to see such an interesting post on languages
| {
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Coming Soon to Yale: A Class Taught by Harvard - melling
http://online.wsj.com/articles/coming-soon-to-yale-a-class-taught-by-harvard-1417746212?tesla=y&mod=djemGreaterNewyork&mg=reno64-wsj
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melling
CS50 is coming to Yale.
[http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/11/9/yale-faculty-
app...](http://www.thecrimso... | {
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} |
Top Algorithms for Coding Interview - rubyHedgehog
http://www.programcreek.com/2012/11/top-10-algorithms-for-coding-interview/
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kellros
Thanks for the post. You made a typo on 'toCharyArray' \- I'm pretty sure
that's not a method :)
| {
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Ludum Dare 48 hour game coding compo this weekend - bemmu
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/rules/?25
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petercooper
Strongly recommend giving this a go if it even vaguely sounds interesting to
you. I got into it several contests ago, first lurking and watching other
people code, and now taking part myself. It has ... | {
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} |
Episode 33: The Asymco Trilogy with Horace Dediu Part 3 – The Asian Cars Edition - bleongcw
http://analyse.asia/2015/05/25/episode-33-the-asymco-trilogy-with-horace-dediu-part-3-the-asian-cars-edition/
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bleongcw
Synopsis: Horace Dediu, current fellow of the Clayton Christensen Institute
and founder of Asymco.com... | {
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Building an API with Go at Microco.sm - hebz0rl
https://speakerdeck.com/mattcottingham/building-an-api-with-go-at-microco-dot-sm
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feniv
My experience has been pretty similar: Go is perfect for building high
performance APIs. A lot of the library infrastructure is still in early
stages.
One suggestion: Don't b... | {
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} |
One Man’s Unlikely Quest to Power the World with Magnets - mudil
https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-mans-unlikely-quest-to-power-the-world-with-magnets-11558029179
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mudil
Live stream of the engine:
[http://earthenginelive.com/mobile/index.html](http://earthenginelive.com/mobile/index.html)
| {
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Show HN: QEDServer: A standalone playground for JS and AJAX - bphogan
http://qedserver.napcs.com/
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glhaynes
Cool, thanks!
Sorry to get off-topic, but this really spurred me to think of something
somewhat similar that would be very useful to me personally: a generic "mock"
server. A static call-responder, if y... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A site I made to make London look sunnier on Street View (Chrome only) - shmeano
http://www.ianbutterworth.co.uk/sun/
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quotemstr
Chrome only? No thanks. I'm not supporting the webkit monoculture.
~~~
shmeano
Just noticed that chrome allows the filter css3 property to be exercised on
street view. I assume this... | {
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} |
Windows 10 is getting an easier way to update and install drivers - GordonS
https://www.windowslatest.com/2019/12/25/windows-10-is-getting-a-easier-way-to-update-and-install-drivers/
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gruez
>Windows Update’s Optional Updates section will let you see all optional
updates including drivers and monthly non-security... | {
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} |
Cappuccinocasts: free screencasts on the Cappuccino framework - henning
http://cappuccinocasts.com/
======
pvg
I wonder how many people find this sort of thing more useful than a text
article with a few well-placed screenshots. I can easily see how a video can
be handy when explaining some highly visual and interact... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Are data markets a bust? - emrgx
It does not seem like data markets are taking off despite the initial excitement around them. Where do you think this market is heading?
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rpedela
It depends. I think the problem most data websites have is that the user still
has to do a lot of work to actually use the d... | {
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} |
How I set up my Linode VPS server (an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS build with a LEMP stack) - cbracco
http://cbrac.co/1561ytR
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cbracco
Please note that I am a front-end designer, and this was my first extensive
foray into the sysadmin world. Constructive criticism welcome!
| {
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} |
Ask HN: Where should I move to maximize my career potential? - ncarlson
Hi everyone,<p>I'm coming to a turning point in my life. I'll be graduating from university soon, and I'm looking forward to moving to a more hacker friendly city with brighter prospects. My question to the community here is... if you were in my... | {
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Two Cameras in every NYC Citi Bike - scranglis
http://johnjpowers.blogspot.com/2013/07/citi-bike-latest-nyc-surveillance.html
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conroy
No need to get the pitchforks out, this post is satire. The two quotes in the
article aren't sourced. A quick Google search shows the last quote only
appears in this blog [1].
... | {
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} |
How to communicate your value without selling out - skilled
https://www.fastcompany.com/90385831/you-are-not-a-brand
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dsaavy
“The idea of “personal brand” sounds phony because it is. Brands are carefully
contrived; they are not real. Brands are flat, soulless, and artificial
“personalities” designed to convince ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Quantum Information Processing Near Spinning Black Holes| Portal to the Universe - ovidiu69
http://portaltotheuniverse.org/blogs/posts/view/513001/#.V_tX4mPtK6A.hackernews
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ovidiu69
Waiting for the quantum computer to decode the messages coming from the black
holes!!
| {
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Intent to Implement: Display Locking - bpierre
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mSQhTtaYFNy0qv5KifopEYm-ZKAZULnHyNcmKL8J4e0/mobilebasic
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wallflower
This reminds me of the time many years ago when we worked on a VB app that had
to resort to the sledgehammer of Win32's LockWindowUpdate API call to do some
hefty... | {
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} |
2020.02.02. 02:02:02 - szines
2020.02.02. 02:02:02
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sabas_ge
02/02/2020 20:20:20
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simonblack
2020.02.22 22:22:22
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Zuckerberg in Holocaust denial row - sudenmorsian
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44883743
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bsenftner
We were told all we needed to know back when The Facebook was a Harvard only
site, and his reaction towards the trust others were granting him was "those
suckers!". He may be rich beyond all our dreams, but ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard - dpritchett
http://www.pinyin.info/readings/texts/moser.html
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pradocchia
To boil that down, Chinese is So Damn Hard due to:
1\. the writing system
2\. the lack of cognates
3\. tones
Comments:
(1) could be argued applies to all learners of Chinese, regardless of
background or a... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Adjustable height desk recommendations? - tgibson
I'm looking for a good quality, somewhat budget friendly (< $400) sit/stand adjustable desk. I've searched around and found some options. But I'm interested to see what folks on HN have gone with.
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luxpir
If you're asking for sit... | {
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A New del.icio.us Soon? - buckpost
http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/21/a-new-delicious-soon/
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halo
IIRC, there's been a semi-private beta of the new version available to certain
members for 6 months, so this isn't really surprising anybody.
| {
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} |
Tim Cook Passes on $75 million dividend - dmvaldman
http://www.slashgear.com/tim-cook-turns-down-75m-dividend-25230107/
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smackfu
That's... odd. Can anyone guess why he did this? Maybe tax reasons? He got a
million shares for becoming CEO, so it's not like he's just into saving Apple
money or anything.
~~~
fer... | {
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} |
Klipper:News consumption app which summarizes content - snapoutofit
http://klipperapp.com
======
vishalchandra
I do not like the shade of blue. Though, works like killer. Good stuff!
~~~
snapoutofit
Thanks, we have had quite a lot of feedback on the blue! :D, hope the color
does not take away from the summaries.
-... | {
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} |
Racking Mac Pro (trashcan) in a Datacenter - jijojv
http://photos.imgix.com/racking-mac-pros
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teovall
That's cool and all but how on earth is it not more financially advantageous
to just port their software to Linux and run it on commodity hardware?
This is staggeringly inefficient. Not just in the cost of the ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Researcher shows that black holes do not exist - staatsgeheim
http://phys.org/news/2014-09-black-holes.html
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BigTuna
Alternative theories are fine but this doesn't explain any of the observations
that have led us to believe black holes exist in the first place. If black
holes don't exist, what exactly is Saggi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
If you use Waze, hackers can stalk you - chiochio
http://fusion.net/story/293157/waze-hack/
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brudgers
Previously:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11574753](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11574753)
| {
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Marie Curie Got Her Start at a Secret University for Women - lermontov
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-secret-polish-university-for-women-where-marie-curie-got-her-start
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inputcoffee
I cannot imagine doing this today, although there are still places that need a
secret university. However, I wonder if we... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The power of a whiteboard - dhotson
http://www.agile-software-development.com/2009/03/power-of-whiteboard.html
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gord
I remember being somewhat underwhelmed when interviewing at a Hedge Fund where
they had leather seats decorating a beautiful inlaid wooden table, and not a
white board on the whole floor - remin... | {
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} |
Does 1+2+3+... Really Equal -1/12? - CarolineW
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/does-123-really-equal-112/
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Ruud-v-A
Here’s what’s really going on:
You can define a function f from a subset of the complex numbers to the
complex numbers where f(z) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty 1/n^z. Be careful with the
... | {
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} |
Something to Write Holmes About - pepys
http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/something-write-holmes-about
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ableal
A rather good perspective on how the stories came to be.
I recently came across The Autobiography of Sherlock Holmes, by Don Libey,
which was also pleasant reading.
(Not particularly addicted... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
SocketCluster – WebSockets that scale to 100K messages per second on 8 cores - BukhariH
https://github.com/topcloud/socketcluster
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alecsmart1
From their readme-
"The test was only set to reach up to 100 concurrent connections (each sending
1000 messages per second) - Total of 100K messages per second."
So they... | {
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} |
Ask HN: where is the tech community in Shanghai? - 42tree
Does Shanghai have any tech community for startups? Any tech meetup or co-working spaces in Shanghai?
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shlomof
Yes, there are a bunch of them, like "people squared". I'm from BJ, so I know
some about it. But, to your questions. Yes, there is. Someone fr... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What kind of personal robotic services would you buy? - sharemywin
If you could pay for robots to complete a personal or small business service, what would it be? Not looking for what's practical today, just ideas. Also, what would you definitely not want or trust a robot helping you with?
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sharem... | {
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The bomb-testing problem in quantum mechanics - neilc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elitzur-Vaidman_bomb-testing_problem
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mattmaroon
I wish I were smart enough to understand that.
~~~
curi
If you really want to understand, read the second chapter of this book:
[http://www.amazon.com/Fabric-Reality-Parallel-Un... | {
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Show HN: PCBs with Full-Color Graphics - schappim
https://www.littlebird.com.au/blogs/news/colourful-printed-circuit-boards
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wanderingjew
So this is something I've been involved with for the past few years. This is
_not_ the first PCB with full-color graphics. A company out of Shenzhen called
Makernet was doing ... | {
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} |
The Serious and the Smirk: The Smile in Portraiture - larrys
http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/09/18/the-serious-and-the-smirk-the-smile-in-portraiture/
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sliverstorm
_With an ISO of about 1, it’s not uncommon for exposure times to fall in the
5-10 second range, even in broad day light. Smiling is not recommende... | {
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Startup Quote: Jason Fried, founder, 37Signals - raychancc
http://startupquote.com/post/3199512154
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raychancc
No is easier to do. Yes is easier to say.
\- Jason Fried (@jasonfried)
<http://startupquote.com/post/3199512154>
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Google’s Chrome Hackers Are About to Upend Your Idea of Web Security - dsr12
https://www.wired.com/2016/11/googles-chrome-hackers-flip-webs-security-model/
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draw_down
Hell, why not just put "NOT SECURE" on everything? Then people will just be
extra careful all the time!!
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Show HN: A scalping proof ticketing system that doesn't use Blockchain - arjunram
So, I've built out a scalping proof ticketing system that doesn't use blockchain because I think it's quite unnecessary to use blockchain to solve the ticketing industry's problems at this point in time. More ranting ... | {
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Goodbye Microservices: From 100s of problem children to 1 superstar - tejohnso
https://segment.com/blog/goodbye-microservices/
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kostarelo
It seems to me that was a classic case of "Microservices done wrong". Yes,
splitting the destinations to be able to scale independently makes sense but
doing so in different r... | {
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JavaScript framework for building browser-based synthesizers - traxmaxx
http://beepjs.com/
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stewdio
I was just looking at Beep’s inbound traffic and saw this HN post in the list.
Made me smile. Cheers, Trax.
~~~
traxmaxx
Hah, it's fun playing around with beep.js so I needed to share it : )
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ASK HN: Now Play Us Feedback - iisbum
A few people I work with at MadGlory went to the Startup Weekend in Saratoga, NY and treated it more like a hackathon, to build an idea we'd been thinking about.<p>Now Play Us is a scheduling app for video gamers.
http://www.nowplay.us<p>We're video gamers and had been having a ... | {
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} |
Amazon rainforest 'close to irreversible tipping point' - sasvari
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/23/amazon-rainforest-close-to-irreversible-tipping-point
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jammygit
>Forecast suggests rainforest could stop producing enough rain to sustain
itself by 2021
> The report sparked controversy among cl... | {
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} |
How WeChat faded into the silence in India - HalfRebel
https://factordaily.com/how-wechat-faded-into-the-silence-in-india/
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yorwba
WeChat seems to have never tried very hard to adapt their app for
international users.
The English interface is reasonably well-tested (many of my Chinese friends
use it to practice... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Study suggests lithium in drinking water to lower suicide rate - mmm_grayons
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/association-between-naturally-occurring-lithium-in-drinking-water-and-suicide-rates-systematic-review-and-metaanalysis-of-ecological-studies/B7DDAF6E2A818C45EA6... | {
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Studying the science gender gap at the high school level - araneae
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/11/study-shows-girls-find-high-school-science-to-be-ho-hum.ars
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Kliment
Fairly flat when it comes to details. There have been a number of studies in
this direction showing similar results. This one appe... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Is this game work safe? Do you know its origin? - omidfi
I knew this game from years ago, we played it at a company event recently and everyone had tons of fun.
I published the game under creative commons.<p>However I'm worried if this could be taken as offensive, or just not suitable for work events.<p>... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Remote text editing with SublimeText and TextMate - octopus
https://solarianprogrammer.com/2014/08/16/remote-text-editing-sublimetext-textmate/
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facorreia
I would recommend moving away from the "snowflake server" pattern and store
the server configuration under version control, automated via a tool such as
Ans... | {
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Biological entities found in stratosphere - mikeleeorg
http://journalofcosmology.com/JOC22/Milton5R.pdf
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stephengillie
These are "life" in the same way that a batch script is a "computer program".
I'm starting to think that any group of molecules that can utilize energy to
do something will be called "alive".
... | {
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Most common one-line bugs in C? - solipsist
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5438347/most-common-one-line-bugs-in-c
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gtani
There's lots of C gotcha lists out there; the "Undefined behavior" series is
good (and I think Koenig's Pitfalls book from 1989 is still worth reading
(pre-ANSI C)
<http://www.literatepr... | {
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As a teenager, Adolfo Kaminsky forged passports to help children flee the Nazis - aaronbrethorst
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/opinion/sunday/if-i-sleep-for-an-hour-30-people-will-die.html
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qwrusz
Related Question: apologies my background is not tech, does anyone have
insight if "hacking" documents like this... | {
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Yahoo acquires Maven video $160M - iamelgringo
http://www.siliconvalley.com//ci_8250173
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cellis
i swear on everything that is dear to me, i have never heard of Maven.
| {
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A client-side encrypted PasteBin - tvvocold
https://0bin.net/
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viktorelofsson
Shameless self promotion: I did something similar a while back, available at
[https://cryptob.in](https://cryptob.in)
Haven’t had the time to publish the sources, but I didn’t obfuscate the JS
(where all the interesting and important ... | {
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} |
San Francisco bans credit-only stores - aritraghosh007
https://www.sfgate.com/business/technology/article/San-Francisco-to-join-list-of-those-banning-13824319.php
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GaryNumanVevo
Credit-card only stores actively shut out a lot of people. Cash customers have
a large number of reasons to not use a card. Either they... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Two new presumed-positive Covid-19 cases in Washington State - ISL
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/2-new-coronavirus-cases-emerge-in-washington-in-king-county-and-snohomish-county/
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jwilber
Anybody in the Seattle area taking precautions? I’m wondering what else I can
do aside from stock up on fo... | {
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} |
H.R.899 – To terminate the Department of Education - Operyl
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/899
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Arizhel
Sounds great to me. Let education in the US become an inconsistent hodge-
podge, and mostly much worse overall with religion being taught in science
class like in Turkey. I'm sure Amer... | {
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Bitcoin banned in Russia? - markmassie
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&nv=1&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://top.rbc.ru/economics/06/02/2014/903864.shtml&usg=ALkJrhgdOzgXxs2Ebd-QI_S3udaTO61stQ
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jnbiche
I'd avoid trusting any one source on this, giv... | {
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On the topic of Steve Jobs - telemachos
http://waxinandmilkin.com/post/9355099157/on-the-topic-of-steve-jobs-i-always-liked-this
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telemachos
See also: [http://www.tuaw.com/2011/03/01/mac-os-x-lion-features-
hidden...](http://www.tuaw.com/2011/03/01/mac-os-x-lion-features-hidden-
tribute-to-steve-jobs/)
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Ask HN: Apple Watch as a Heart Monitor? - _bxg1
I have heart palpitations sometimes and sometimes-high blood pressure (and acute anxiety), and with all the stuff coming up around COVID and heart health it's got me wondering if I should be monitoring mine (for an undiagnosed condition, or otherwise).<p>I've h... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Are Udacity's Nanodegrees worth the monetary cost and effort? - deep_srch
I graduated from a post-baccalaureate CS program (BS-granting) ~1 year ago and have since been working as a full-stack .NET dev for a small-medium sized company. I'm starting to think about next steps for myself skills and career-wi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Robot Goes Rogue at Shenzhen Fair, Injures Bystander - eplanit
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/robot-goes-rogue-shenzhen-fair-injures-bystander
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Hydraulix989
Headline inaccurate:
It didn't go rogue; it was teleoperated, and the person controlling it pressed
the wrong button on the remote ("forward" instead of "re... | {
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} |
Airtel wants Google, Facebook and Yahoo to pay for network usage - Kmanicka
http://www.indiadigitalreview.com/news/airtel-asks-trai-impose-interconnection-charges-internet-companies
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Skiptar
I can see their viewpoint, however I don't agree. If I were to rent a computer
to do my work on, should the rental compa... | {
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} |
Show HN: Add confetti to your website with just 1 element - mothepro
https://www.webcomponents.org/element/lit-confetti
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Yeezythedev
Great build!
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Ask HN: Which cloud do you use, and why? - Nelkins
Hey all,<p>The recent HN post on the "$10 super computer" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9575683) was actually very timely, as I am working at a client in the financial space who is evaluating various IaaS providers (up until now they h... | {
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} |
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