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World’s First Open Source Insurance Policy - ckluis
https://www.lemonade.com/policy-two
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ckluis
Frankly I wish more legal documents included the human (non-lawyer) readable
version.
Clarence Thomas: The law ought to be accessible to the average person, he
argued during an appearance at Harvard.
[https://www.th... | {
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No, Your Instagram ‘Influence’ Is Not as Good as Cash, Club Owner Says - chewz
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/world/phillipines-hotel-influencers-social-media.html
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jawns
I think a lot of people find the word "influencer" to be, for the most part,
aspirational puffery, especially if preceded by "self-describ... | {
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Ask HN: Do you encrypt your laptop's SSD/hard drive? - aw1621107
I'm about to wipe and reinstall the SSD on my mac after replacing its logic board, and I'm wondering if encrypting the drive is worth it. I spent maybe a year with an encrypted APFS drive before the logic board died, and don't think I real... | {
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Why you should automate your business process - kausikram
http://kissflow.com/process_playbook/5-reasons-why-you-should-automate-your-business-process/
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sureshsambandam
Should Startups focus on process automation?
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kausikram
Startups or otherwise. i personally think, the second something gets too
monotonou... | {
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Ask HN: Would you buy a computer without network hardware? - mpg33
Just curious. If you were a person that had trouble with distractions (internet browsing) would you buy a computer that had no way of connecting to the internet?<p>Thanks
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OafTobark
Personally no
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hackerjones
YES YES PLEASE
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Show HN: Tunnelto.dev – expose localhost with a public URL (built in Rust) - agrinman
https://tunnelto.dev
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agrinman
Hi HN!
I'm Alex, one of the creators of tunnelto.dev. We built this service because
it's crucial to be able to test your website, app, or backend server as if it
were in production. We built tunn... | {
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} |
Antonopoulos on the Bitcoin forking debate - smartbrain
https://disruptive.asia/bitcoin-forking-debate/
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smartbrain
Andreas Antonopoulos was talking in Singapore last night. Vitalik Buterin was
in the audience. Here's my initial writeup of what transpired.
| {
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Japanese Man Arrested For Storing Malware - pham
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/25/204236/Japanese-Man-Arrested-For-Storing-Malware?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=twitter
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zoowar
Irony: Every infected computer is stroing malware.
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Microsoft developing a touchscreen that lets you feel objects - vdondeti
http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/29/microsoft-developing-a-touchscreen-that-lets-you-feel-objects/
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radioactive21
geee I wonder what everyone will be looking up....
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Reinventing State Management - Joshua_Wright
https://medium.com/@jwrightbluj/reinventing-state-management-f3fa1c3fbe84
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kmui18
Very interesting read.
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} |
Can I buy a phone that doesn’t use anything from Google or Apple? - jrepinc
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2019/jul/04/can-i-buy-a-phone-that-does-not-use-anything-from-google-or-apple
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fghtr
Yes! [https://tehnoetic.com/mobile-devices](https://tehnoetic.com/mobile-
devices)
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okaleniuk
I re... | {
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How Are Function Components Different from Classes? - danabramov
https://overreacted.io/how-are-function-components-different-from-classes/
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barbarbar
I was wondering if the issue in the example with the class had anything to do
with "this" not being bound in window.setTimeout call?
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Avoiding the “IOU” – 4 Rock-Solid Methods for Getting Your Business Paid - ameetdryrun
http://dryrun.com/avoiding-iou-4-rock-solid-methods-getting-business-paid/
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MrTonyD
This article completely missed the technique which worked for me - adding a
notation to every invoice. I would put (2/10 1/20) which means to ... | {
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Is Facebook free? - peterhunt
http://isfacebookfree.com/
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arkitaip
Needs a restful API.
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Tip: make Slack less stressful by changing theme so alerts are green not red - fbdjskajxb
There are other themes under settings -> sidebar.
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BjoernKW
This brings about an interesting question about signalling in different
cultures. In the Western world 'green' generally means 'up' or 'positive'
whereas 'red' ... | {
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Ocean Hero: The search that saves the oceans - shotashota
https://oceanhero.today/
======
shotashota
I personally think something like this is ridiculous. See all this poor child?
YOUR money can help us (a multi billion dollar company) makes a difference!
| {
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Intercom Incident Report for 2017-01-19 outage - aidos
https://status.intercom.com/incidents/bb4c8n1pn1pm
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aidos
Interestingly, Intercom are blaming a change of the execution plan on MySQL
(RDS Aurora) which raises the question – how can you prepare for such an
eventuality?
It seems like the sort of thing that ... | {
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} |
Khan Academy exercise framework - neovive
https://github.com/khan/khan-exercises
======
rubergly
Member of the KA team here. We're in the final stages of getting this new
exercise framework live. If you're interested in contributing towards the new
framework or helping our beta testing efforts, please check out
<htt... | {
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Elixir v0.5.0 released - loganlinn
http://elixir-lang.org/blog/2012/05/25/elixir-v0-5-0-released/
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rlander
I used to be very excited about Elixir, not because I hate Erlang's syntax (I
actually quite like it), but because I saw in it the opportunity for a
mainstream, general purpose language with macros on top... | {
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} |
FlightRecorder – Explore the real UX - canabacigil
http://flightrecorder.co
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elwell
1\. To what degree is responsiveness/latency affected?
2\. Are we expected to use this in production apps or only private betas? If
the former, it may violate app store terms.
3\. Looks pretty nice, surprised this is the firs... | {
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} |
Ask HN: New Research Papers on Data Structures and Algorithms? - aalhour
Hi there, I was reading lately the EPFL papers on Array Mapped Tries and HAMTs (Hash Array Mapped Tries), and I become really curious to know more about new researches in the topics of Data Structures and Algorithms. Where can I find such papers ... | {
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One-sixth of Americans don’t have enough food to eat - zvanness
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/hunger/
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fossuser
> It can be tempting to ask families receiving food assistance, If you’re
> really hungry, then how can you be—as many of them are—overweight? The
> answer is “this paradox that hung... | {
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Code Pilot for Xcode 5 is now Open Source - MrGando
http://codepilot.cc/
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jason_slack
Wow, This really is nice. I have been using it for 10 minutes and it just
flows. A great addition to my workflow.
Can I send the Code Pilot guys a pizza?
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dannyow
hehe, sure thing! We love pizza
~~~
jason_slack
Great, H... | {
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Node.js Foundation – Node.js and Io.js Convergence - prezjordan
https://github.com/nodejs/node
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biftek
“In season 2 of Javascript, Node.js and io.js attempt to set aside their
differences, but will they succeed?”
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gr8b8m8-88
I don't know why I'm arguing this, but having worked as a network TV writer
for so... | {
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The Apple Reaper - azcoastal
http://coovtech.com/posts/the-apple-reaper/
======
psychotik
File an appeal with the App Review Appeal Board (or whatever it's called).
It's pretty simple to do from iTunes Connect. Someone smarter than a robot
will look into it and get back to you (my IAP appeal took ~14 days, but they
di... | {
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} |
Guy Is Suing the Patent Office for Deciding an AI Can't Invent Things - amaajemyfren
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dz44b/this-guy-is-suing-the-patent-office-for-deciding-ai-cant-invent-things
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elil17
This court case isn’t about whether AI can invent things. It’s about whether
AIs can receive patents.
Norm... | {
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} |
Duff's device: do + switch fall-through = loop unrolling - JBiserkov
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duffs_device
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biohacker42
This is the important bit:
_When numerous instances of Duff's device were removed from the XFree86
Server in version 4.0, there was a notable improvement in performance.[3]
Therefore, w... | {
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Show HN: AdaptiveTableLayout – Library helps to read, edit and write CSV files - vlad_dm
https://github.com/Cleveroad/AdaptiveTableLayout
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vlad_dm
Our company has been engaged in the development of open source CSV Reader. And
recently we have also created separate open source CSV Library
AdaptiveTableLayout for ... | {
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Classic Books Reviewed in The Atlantic - dragonquest
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/06/15-classic-books-reviewed-in-the-atlantic/239690/
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hugh3
Fascinating.
So far I'm only up to _Leaves of Grass_ , but I'm struck by the prose style of
the earlier reviewers. Even the most pompous and pe... | {
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} |
Taiwan Can Win a War with China - SubiculumCode
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/25/taiwan-can-win-a-war-with-china/
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onetimemanytime
Maybe they can win a battle...China will live to fight another day. Let's be
honest: if today is in doubt, a couple of decades ago China had no chance. The
trend is on China's si... | {
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} |
A polyglot's guide to multiple dispatch – part 2 - nikbackm
http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2016/a-polyglots-guide-to-multiple-dispatch-part-2/
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gajomi
It a bit funny that the article doesn't mention Julia, which has native
multimethods with all kinds of bells and whistles. It could be a nice addition
to a "polyglo... | {
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} |
Use pgp with gmail (in-browser) - jauco
http://getfiregpg.org/s/home
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centurion
FireGPG is useful (picks up on PGP blocks embedded in webpages) and I used the
gmail functionality for a while, but gave up on it (for gmail anyways) since
it broke with every little update to gmail.
| {
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Ask HN: What do you think about future of Android? - wsieroci
Hi,<p>Simple question: what do you think about future of Android? Any thoughts?<p>Best,
Wiktor
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on_and_off
Android and iOS have won the first world, it's done. Some contenders
(Microsoft, Blackberry) try to grapple some market share, but unless Goog... | {
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} |
Jonathan Schwartz: A top blogger sees end to blogging - rockstar9
http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9928920-2.html
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lurkage
Sees end to "blogging" would be more accurate.
| {
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What Is GNU Social and Is Mastodon Social a “Twitter Clone”? - dredmorbius
https://robek.world/featured/what-is-gnu-social-and-is-mastodon-social-a-twitter-clone/
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Asturaz
What I have seen the small amount of time I have spent on Gnu Social is that
the Privacy settings is not feasible. You can close down your pr... | {
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} |
Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar LinkedIn - james33
https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/28/facebook-job-posts/
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vinceguidry
I read a story recently about a guy who, through sheer happenstance, managed
to fix his entire life. He had gotten laid off of his job and was getting
desperate. He usually... | {
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} |
The Really Big One (2015) - Tomte
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one
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johnohara
_A century and a half elapsed before anyone had any inkling that the Pacific
Northwest was not a quiet place but a place in a long period of quiet._
A fine wordsmith paints images of understanding.
~~~
... | {
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Just a Developer - rbanffy
https://dev.to/tkeeney/just-a-developer
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GrumpyNl
I have to agree with him.
| {
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Ask HN: Has Windows improved for Unix-based workflows? - throwaway0255
I’m impressed with the Surface Pro hardware and could see myself dropping Mac hardware entirely.<p>What stops me is Windows. I’m very comfortable in Unix-like environments and I’m not giving that up.<p>Last time I used Windows (~8 years ago?) it wa... | {
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Ask HN: OSS library to "apizize" your app? - sinzone
I'm building an open source library that can apizize any function in your backend just by writing an XML element in a configuration file. It will handle not only the response, but also dispatch the requests. You don't have to deal with formats, authentication and ... | {
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L.A. keeps building near freeways, even though living there makes people sick - blondie9x
http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-freeway-pollution/
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mturmon
The article quotes Mayor Garcetti as saying that "improving air-filtration,
building design and tailpipe emissions" may be better than zoning
restrictions.
... | {
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} |
Tall Buildings In Numbers Vanity Height - protomyth
http://www.ctbuh.org/Publications/Journal/InNumbers/TBINVanityHeight/tabid/5837/language/en-US/Default.aspx
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jloughry
Figure 2 is misleading, but not intentionally so. See Edward Tufte's book _The
Visual Display of Quantitative Information_ (Graphics Press, 198... | {
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} |
Researchers propose a way to build the first space-time crystal - Zenst
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-clock-space-time-crystal.html
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kibwen
Very interesting, I didn't realize if was possible for _anything_ to survive
the heat death of the universe. The answer to my immediate question:
_"'While a space-time cr... | {
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} |
AppleTV Take 2 the real revolutionary/evolutionary product of MWSF 2008 - wallflower
http://gizmodo.com/345071/apple-tv-take-2-229-no-computer-required-direct-rentals-netflix-screwed
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wallflower
I just watched the entire keynote and I think the skinny supermodel sexy
MacBook isn't the standout product. Having ... | {
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} |
Prismatic Hopes to Create a New Category of Social News - brendannee
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/prismatic-hopes-to-offer-a-new-category-of-social-news/
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alextp
As a recent daily user, prismatic is awesome.
The way they leverage twitter is pretty interesting, mixing in "endorsements"
to articles fr... | {
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} |
We made a JS utility for January 18th's SOPA blackout - jjcm
http://sopablackout.org/
======
jjcm
I had a number of friends with small sites who weren't extremely literate when
it came to html/js, but who wanted to join in with the January 18th site
blackout. We ended up creating this. It's a small one line piece of... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Making Use of IPv4 240/4 Netblock - PugCPC
https://www.avinta.com/
======
PugCPC
Dear Colleagues:
You may like to have a look at the feasibility demonstration report below
about our proposal for expanding IPv4 address pool, etc.:
[https://www.avinta.com/phoenix-1/home/RegionalAreaNetworkArc...](https://www.avinta.co... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
YC List - ramoq
http://yclist.com
======
ramoq
An oldie, but great resource.
| {
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} |
How I rediscovered my love for JavaScript after throwing away 90% - bauta-steen
https://hackernoon.com/how-i-rediscovered-my-love-for-javascript-after-throwing-90-of-it-in-the-trash-f1baed075d1b
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slackingoff2017
Or... You could use Typescript :) . I'm a fan of C# language design and
Typescript was designed by th... | {
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New York HN Meetup on Saturday, Jan. 17th. - Alex3917
On the mailing list we agreed to have another meetup on Saturday, Jan. 17th somewhere in Manhattan. Post your venue ideas as comments, and/or vote up what looks good.<p>Also, if you haven't already then join the mailing list, nyyc@googlegroups.com. It's very low... | {
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Direct Evidence Of Role Of Sleep In Memory Formation Is Uncovered - codeodor
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090915174506.htm
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mgreenbe
Original article:
[http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nn.238...](http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nn.2384.html)
I was inc... | {
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George Orwell would have voted to leave the European Union - snake117
http://spartacus-educational.com/spartacus-blogURL79.htm
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cabalamat
Actually, Orwell wrote an essay "Toward European Unity"
[http://orwell.ru/library/articles/European_Unity/english/e_t...](http://orwell.ru/library/articles/European_Unity/engl... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: My weekend project - GonnaLaunch: One step pre-launch landing pages - michaelfairley
http://gonnalaunch.com/
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silent1mezzo
Definitely gotta work on the design. I just don't see the use for this.
Creating one page signups is relatively straight forward...
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How can I use my MMO experience in my Resume - ps3ud0nym
I am a Solutions Architect/Infrastructure Architect who is also likes to play EVE online. I was the HR manager for a 2500 player corp (the largest single corporation in the game) and was wondering if any one has any suggestions as to how I might apply this ex... | {
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Ask HN: What does my startup need to do to comply with GDPR? - hguhghuff
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mtmail
[https://gdprchecklist.io/](https://gdprchecklist.io/) is a good start. For
many startups it's more than half the work is documentation, not changes in
what they do.
~~~
bulatb
I wouldn't recommend that checklist. It seems to be a l... | {
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} |
Top Tech Certifications That Can Net You A $100,000+ Salary - jackwe
http://www.businessinsider.com/15-more-tech-skills-that-can-instantly-net-you-a-100000-salary-2013-4
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JPKab
My God. I hope people aren't actually thinking this article is anything other
than complete horse dung.
I was in charge of a guy who ... | {
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} |
Probabilistic processors possibly pack potent punch - coderdude
http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2010/08/probabilistic-processors-possibly-potent.ars
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ChuckMcM
When I saw the pitch deck for these guys I must admit I didn't get it. From
what I could see it was "gee you can do divide in analog instantly!" wh... | {
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} |
Is Contact Tracing Working in the U.S.? - ColinWright
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/08/contact-tracing-hr-6666-working-us/615637/
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ColinWright
Betteridge's law of headlines says "No".
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%2... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Startups and Venture Funding 101 - shreyakrishnan
http://classmill.com/jennathompson/introduction-to-startups-venture-funding
======
shreyakrishnan
Please let me know if you guys have any suggestions or quality content to add
to this!
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flipmonk
The David Rose video is absolute mint!
~~~
shreyakrishnan
Agreed... | {
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} |
Robot Cops Used as Traffic Police in Democratic Republic of Congo - MyHypatia
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/mar/05/robocops-being-used-as-traffic-police-in-democratic-republic-of-congo
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shiggerino
“In our city, someone can commit an offence and run away, and say that no one
saw him. But now, day or ni... | {
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} |
The day I escaped from being murdered is how I learned to overcome frustration - fagnerbrack
https://medium.com/@fagnerbrack/the-day-i-was-very-close-to-be-murdered-10734fd1bf0d
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roryisok
Medium headlines are increasingly starting to read like click bait these days.
| {
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Ask HN: Anyone know what’s going on with cell networks? - leetrout
Seeing a lot of dropped messages and messages showing up in batches hours later. Curious if anyone with inside knowledge knows how strained the cell networks are?
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mancerayder
Which country are you in and where are you trying to call?
I've seen ... | {
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} |
Kindle Fire is sold out forever, Kindle Fire 2 expected next week - ukdm
http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/amazon-announces-kindle-fire-is-sold-out-forever-kindle-fire-2-next-week-20120830/
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potatolicious
Count me out - I was a launch-day customer for the Kindle Fire 1, and I will
frankly never trust Amazon a... | {
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} |
Primality Testing Under Adversarial Conditions - luu
https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/749
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fdej
The underlying weakness of the Miller-Rabin test has been known for a long
time, and yet "just do N rounds of Miller-Rabin" keeps being perpetuated as
the folklore solution to probabilistic primality testing. The BPSW tes... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Announcement: Microsoft Q Coding Contest – Summer 2020 - callmekit
https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/77614
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zadkey
I see this is blog getting the HN hug of death.
~~~
callmekit
The site should handle it no problem. Works for me right now.
~~~
zadkey
I keep getting connection timeouts.
| {
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Ask HN: I am desperate to create my own business - blueterminal
I've worked for 5 years as a Software Developer and I just don't wanna do it anymore. I have money saved for investing, and I am an okay developer (I believe I can create software that can serve many people).<p>What do I do? All of my ideas have... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Stream Torrent from the Browser - linguinj
https://popcorntime.tube/#/
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linguinj
I create a web app that you can stream torrents movies from your browser. Be
sure to use a updated browser, since it need some new browser API to work
| {
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} |
Apple iOS bug lets fake apps sneak onto iPhones, iPads - ryno2019
http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-ios-bug-lets-fake-apps-sneak-onto-iphones-ipads/
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ryno2019
Attack demo on FireEye's site: [http://www.fireeye.com/blog/technical/cyber-
exploits/2014/11...](http://www.fireeye.com/blog/technical/cyber-
exploits/201... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to Keep the NSA Out of Your Computer - uptown
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/08/mesh-internet-privacy-nsa-isp
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JVIDEL
I remember trying to build one of these in Argentina and the CNC (our FCC)
shutting it down. As it turns out the government-sanctioned telco duopoly
(telefonica/telecom) not only ... | {
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} |
Douglas Adams Hitchhiker's Guide drafts to be published - darrhiggs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27632566
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bkurtz13
I'm hoping for some cryptic notes in the margin about the whole 42 thing.
| {
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} |
Basic income as an answer to all out automation - dietervds
http://www.newstatesman.com/economics/2013/06/basic-income-versus-robots
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jerrya
Jeremy Rifkin - 1995 - The End of Work: The Decline of the Global Labor Force
and the Dawn of the Post-Market Era
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_Work](http://en.... | {
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} |
General Electric Develops a 500GB Optical Disc - shard
http://www.physorg.com/news160061435.html
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ShabbyDoo
By the time this gets to market, won't I carry a one TB thumb drive in my
pocket? They apparently haven't heard the Gretsky quote about "skating to
where the puck is going to be."
More generally, it see... | {
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Strong passwords fine, but not necessarily necessary - j_baker
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tzink/archive/2010/09/13/strong-passwords-fine-but-not-necessarily-necessary.aspx
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pwg
One solution to have both different and strong passwords for all your sites is
to utilize Password Gorilla (<http://github.com/zdia/goril... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
HN proposal: highlight responses - more-entropy
Guys, please, do the one really simple thing — do the highlight responses of the topic creator.
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Tomte
That may be useful in Show: and to a lesser degree in Ask:, but for "regular"
topics it would be useless. Submitters aren't special.
| {
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The Levitron Revolution: Magical Floating Device - obilgic
http://www.unfinishedman.com/the-levitron-revolution-magical-floating-device/
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teilo
I used to have a permanent magnet device similar to this. It didn't need
computerized stabilization because the load was actually a spinning top. The
gyroscopic forces k... | {
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} |
Hidden [Old story] - inertial
https://vimeo.com/95030438
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pr0ph3t
This is two years old...
~~~
inertial
Sorry, I missed that.
| {
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Apple removes ‘Quartz’ news app from App Store at request of the government - electic
https://9to5mac.com/2019/10/09/apple-china-quartz-app-store/
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not_a_cop75
Do you really think the device manufacturer that bows to China so quickly is
going to have anything to do with protecting your privacy? Get real.
Apple ... | {
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Storms and Teacups - ilovecomputers
http://acko.net/blog/storms-and-teacups/
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Smudge
As I read this, I found myself trying to pinpoint the bits of text that would
inevitably be cherry-picked by others for the sake of argument (or simply to
make Steven Wittens look bad for having written this piece).
And, while ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apple Open-Sources Three Cryptographic Libraries - viktorbenei
http://www.infoq.com/news/2015/10/apple-crypto-open-source
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anonbanker
none are GPL. if you want to know why Richard Stallman doesn't view "open
source" to be actual free software, just take a peek at corecrypto.
| {
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A Friend for Pluto: Astronomers Find New Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System - daegloe
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/11/497071139/a-friend-for-pluto-astronomers-find-new-dwarf-planet-in-our-solar-system
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M_Grey
330 miles... that seems so small, and it's _so_ far away. It would be a truly
haunting e... | {
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} |
Tell HN: Interviewed with Triplebyte? Your profile is about to become public - winston_smith
Fortunately this email made it through my spam filter. Looks like they want to take on LinkedIn and are planning to seed it by making existing accounts public unless you opt OUT within the next week:<p>Hey [redacted],<p>I’m ex... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
UberTAXI in NYC Shutting Down for Now - elliottcarlson
http://blog.uber.com/2012/10/16/ubertaxi-in-nyc-shutting-down-for-now-no-changes-to-ubernyc-black-car-service/
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memset
Sorry to see that this did not gain traction! ("traction", get it? :)
Minor quibble with blog post (or really, its marketing spin...) th... | {
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} |
"We'll pay you $1,500 per year to drop your LinkedIn account" - hoodoof
"We'll pay you $1,500 per year to drop your LinkedIn account"<p>Employers pay big money to recruit people. How about they start to pay their employees NOT ot be on LinkedIn to stop the recruiters sniffing around.<p>Does anyone think we'll start... | {
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Ask HN: How to teach a 20 yo Marine how to code? - tmaly
My nephew just finished his Marine training as a reservist. He said to me that he is probably going to take his uncle's advice and learn to program.<p>I tried to get him to learn back in high school using this free book that used text based games in Python... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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MicroSlice based servers - timf
http://www.rackable.com/products/microslice.aspx?nid=servers_5
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jws
Interesting packaging. 6 mini-itx boards, each with a 2.5" drive in a 1U form
factor. 44U in a rack and you get their 264 servers number. It does not appear
to have redundant power supplies.
They talk about sma... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
'Falling For Science': Obeying All The Signs - tdonia
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97825059
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jballanc
For me, it was the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Il. It was all
about getting to be up close and personal with the science, especially the
body slices! Science is so much m... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Publishers line up against Amazon’s $9.99 e-books - AndrewWarner
http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/05/hachette-amazon-harpercollins-macmillan-apple/
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petercooper
Awesome. Let the big publishers shoot themselves in the foot so that small
publishers and independent authors can undercut them, yet still make more
money... | {
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} |
Was Alan Turing right about mechanism behind tiger stripes? - digital55
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20130325-biologists-home-in-on-turing-patterns/
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gilgoomesh
The article doesn't actually mention the specific Turing paper. It's "The
Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis":
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chemica... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Battery, RAM, and HD access on new 17-inch Macbook Pro - twampss
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/17/battery_ram_and_hd_access_on_new_17_inch_macbook_pro.html
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Niten
This is why I gave up on OS X and moved back to Linux :(
The problem, really, is that Apple no longer sells a professional laptop.
Bec... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Looking Glass: Run a Windows VM on Linux in a Window with Native Performance - cercatrova
https://looking-glass.hostfission.com/
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jchw
This works well for the most part. However, there are some things worth
considering.
For one, the frame relay program will need to start in your guest before
Looking Glass can c... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Where's my Google Global Payments (GPay) Solution? - testcase61
Through clenched teeth, I have often pondered the question of why no one has really solved the problems of global eCommerce. And before you say it, PayPal is not a solution. Also, don't talk to me about rumors (http://www.google-stories.com/2007/09/03/... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
If You're Not Writing a Program, Don't Use a Programming Language [video] - azhenley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq5EQBFLEC8
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zackmorris
I wasn't exposed to spreadsheets until a few years into college back around
1996 or 1997 maybe (I had been programming in C/C++ for 7 or 8 years by then).
I wasn't taught m... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Relax, the Slowdown in Bitcoin Investment Isn't as Bad as It Looks - coloneltcb
http://mattermark.com/im-not-dead-yet-i-want-to-go-for-a-walk/
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smt88
I find it very difficult to take the word of a TechCrunch journalist over a
BitCoin developer. The issue of rescinding payments certainly isn't resolved
to my unde... | {
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} |
How Companies Turn Your Facebook Activity into a Credit Score - akeck
http://www.thenation.com/article/208441/how-companies-turn-your-facebook-activity-credit-score#
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resonation
Yeah, but, like, you don't have to use Facebook?
| {
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} |
New MacBook Air - dropshopsa
http://www.apple.com/macbookair/?cid=CDM-US-DM-P0011931-CONS&cp=em-P0011931-186799&sr=em
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cstross
I'm baffled as to why you even bothered to post this. Unless Apple have
quietly bumped the CPU or other subsystems without being noticed by the trade
press, there's nothing new here.
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Flojuggler - benologist
http://www.flojuggler.com/
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liedra
As a woman, the underlying idea isn't actually such a bad thing, though I'm
not sure about the way they're marketing it. There are several menstruation
calendars on the market, they're good for a whole lot of things, from pre-
warning you about potenti... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How has your experience of using Paypal in your startup been? - ericthegoodking
I would like to use Paypal for accepting payment in my tiny single-man startup. Would you recommend paypal? I would like to hear experiences, thanks.
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jeffmould
The good:
1\. It is widely used 2\. Fairly easy to integrate (variety... | {
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} |
Why typing like this is sometimes okay - jermaustin1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS4X1JfX6_Q
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aisha123
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBjLw3_47jg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBjLw3_47jg)
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bradknowles
This == what?
| {
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Campus Researchers Try New Ways to Close a Gap in Mental-Health Care - EMRo
http://www.wsj.com/articles/campus-researchers-try-new-ways-to-close-a-gap-in-mental-health-care-1452535197
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chris_wot
Ah yes, mental health care. It's fucking terrifying being brought into an
acute mental health unit. I leave out the wo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Truth About Tonkin (2008) - stareatgoats
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2008/february/truth-about-tonkin
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lordnacho
I can't help but be sceptical about the suggestion that Iran attacked the oil
tanker.
They're trying to be friends with Japan, but they attack a Japanese vessel
while th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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