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Hack4Detroit's indemnification clause - nanch
https://backupfreak.com/2015/06/13/hack4detroit-hackathon-contract-bait-and-switch/
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beambot
I've been in these situations a few times. I have a few different approaches
depending on the person and company asking:
(1) Say, "My employer prohibits me from signing any ... | {
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Ask HN: What are unintended consequences of new tech you've noticed? - coloneltcb
3 times in SF this week, a Cruise AV has driven past my car and triggered my automatic windshield wipers, even though it was totally dry out. (probably the LIDAR interacting with wipers' infrared sensors).<p>Got me thinking about wh... | {
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Java directly on Xen - wooby
http://research.sun.com/projects/dashboard.php?id=185
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rykov
As JVM gets closer to being the de-facto VM for running any language (Jython,
jRuby, Scala, Java, etc), the possibility of higher performance by running the
VM "closer to metal" is quite exciting. I commend Sun on pushing... | {
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Facebook's Oculus must pay $500m in virtual reality lawsuit - kimsk112
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/01/facebook-oculus-vr-lawsuit-zenimax
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detaro
duplicate:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13544871](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13544871)
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slitaz
Well played with the title ... | {
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The future of UI/UX- A video by Microsoft - pknerd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6cNdhOKwi0&feature=player_embedded
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chromejs10
This has been posted many times
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Yes, Brotli can compress faster than gzip - nailer
https://certsimple.com/blog/nginx-brotli?u
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nailer
Author here. This is an updated version of our Brotli guide based on some
feedback from Reddit:
\- Added specific Brotli compression settings for dynamic vs static content
\- Added RHEL/CentOS packages alongsi... | {
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Can being cold make you sick? - credo
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/well/can-being-cold-make-you-sick.html
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toni_erika
When you don’t have good nasal mucus flow, it’s harder for the immune system
to work against the virus. These viruses that cause us to catch a cold
predominate during the winter month.
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Ask HN: How many startups should an Entrepreneur run at the same time? - stulogy
I have one main startup that I run at the moment, but I'm getting opportunities to partner with other startups as well. How many startups should an entrepreneur invest time in to when you only have 5 days in a working week?<p>You can re... | {
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Ask YC: Do you write essays in VIM? - mk
I primarily use VIM as my editor of choice, and am quite comfortable editing code in it. What I almost never use it for is writing long essays. Sometimes I will put some quick notes down, but almost always switch to something like neo office to finish it up. So my question is... | {
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Ask HN: Who's mentoring? - david927
Please state what your mentoring, your location, your name (optional), and your email, like this:<p>Business Development | London | Jane Q. | x@y.com
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nicklo
Deep Learning | Boston | Nick L | njl@mit.edu |
[http://nicklocascio.com](http://nicklocascio.com)
Founded + lectured ... | {
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What to do When a Tech Giant Decides to Eat Your Lunch - apievangelist
http://www.cloudave.com/13511/what-to-do-when-a-tech-giant-decides-to-eat-your-lunch/
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ColinWright
Submission of the referenced TechCrunch version is here:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2649458>
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iOS Arsenal – The ultimate iOS developer newsletter - Ekhoo
http://iosarsenal.com/
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ssscommunity
Hi Ekhoo, anyway to contact you or message me at:
[https://www.facebook.com/ServerSideSwiftCommunity/](https://www.facebook.com/ServerSideSwiftCommunity/)
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Inkscape 1.0 - doener
https://snapcraft.io/inkscape
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buovjaga
Better topic:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23071341](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23071341)
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Transparency report for the first half of 2016 - el_duderino
https://blogs.dropbox.com/dropbox/2016/12/transparency-report-jan-jun-2016/
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leggomylibro
I'm looking at this report with a very skeptical eye; I moved away from
Dropbox after they brought Condoleezza Rice of all people on to their board of
directors t... | {
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Ask HN: Software Design and documentation – what do you use? - eddyparkinson
When you create software, what do you use to design, document and visualize. What do you use to help with designing software.<p>e.g. Use cases, Pseudo code, Gantt chats, PERT charts, DFD, decision trees, decision tables
(Your answers maybe ... | {
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Something mysterious is blocking car key fobs from working in an Alberta town - drpgq
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/carstairs-westview-co-op-grocery-car-key-fob-1.4999558
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rbritton
Failing transformers can cause an incredible amount of RF noise. A couple
years ago a failing fluorescent light ballast pre... | {
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Physicists track a quantum system’s wanderings through quantum state space - jonbaer
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/27133.aspx
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troymc
I believe this is the paper (letter) they're talking about:
[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v511/n7511/full/nature1...](http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v511/n7511/f... | {
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Your startup will be more successful if you have fun & forget about getting rich - dchs
http://startup-marketing.com/figuring-out-your-way-to-startup-success/
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jafl5272
If you're only interested in having fun, you run the risk of building
something really cool that nobody needs.
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seanellis
Good point. Stil... | {
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The MySQL “swap insanity” problem and the effects of the NUMA architecture - admiun
http://blog.jcole.us/2010/09/28/mysql-swap-insanity-and-the-numa-architecture/
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guard-of-terra
One behavior I've noticed with linux that if you read files sequentially from
disk (for example, doing scp), then linux would fill all... | {
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Ask HN: Why is “fake news” Facebook's problem? - chirau
We have had this way before Facebook and we will always have it beyond Facebook. Why does Facebook have to carry the burden? I don't think they are the ones generating the news. Everyone is free to share what they want, so why put the blame on Facebook? Unle... | {
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Edward – A Turing-Complete Language for Deep Probabilistic Programming - xtacy
https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.03757v1
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KasianFranks
Speaking of which, check out Michael I. Jordans work on Probabilistic
Graphical Models
[https://www.google.com/search?q=michael+i+jordan+probalistic...](https://www.google.com/search?q=... | {
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NSA malware infected over 50,000 computer networks - frostmatthew
http://www.zdnet.com/nsa-malware-infected-over-50000-computer-networks-worldwide-7000023537/
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ColinWright
Discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6786128](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6786128)
| {
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Alleged UK File-Sharers Better Armed and Ready To Fight Ben Dover - nefarioustim
http://torrentfreak.com/alleged-uk-file-sharers-better-armed-and-ready-to-fight-ben-dover-120723/
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Mordor
Well, I guess O2 can't expect to be growing their broadband any time soon...
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Paul Graham provides answer to spam emails (2002) - tosh
https://www.infoworld.com/article/2674702/techology-business-paul-graham-provides-stunning-answer-to-spam-e-mails.html
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apo
Spam countermeasures have led to some fascinating new technologies. In
addition to the one cited in the article was Hashcash, which ... | {
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} |
Hacker News Lookup. A chrome extension built with ClojureScript - tosh
http://jazzytomato.com/hnlookup-chrome-extension-clojurescript/
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jazzytomato
Thanks for sharing! The original thread is here
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13572384](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13572384)
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How Google helped make Windows a ghetto - anon1385
http://i.imgur.com/0vPdDYU.png
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wmf
To be fair, developers don't _have_ to have ads on their sites.
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Six Pictures of Paradise - dnetesn
http://nautil.us/issue/101/in-our-nature/six-pictures-of-paradise-rp
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danieltillett
I have always been fascinated that people consider tropical rainforests
"paradise". They are one of the most difficult places to live with the heat,
humidity, disease, and dangerous flora and fa... | {
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How Twitter Nearly Ruined Obama’s Secret Trip to Afghanistan - ahlemk
http://mashable.com/2012/05/01/obama-afghanistan-twitter/
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rys
Surely the headline should be, "How Tweeting Nearly Ruined Obama's Secret Trip
to Afghanistan"? The headline makes it sound like Twitter the company had
something to do with it o... | {
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} |
Can Airlines Make Money? - pavornyoh
http://priceonomics.com/can-airlines-make-money/
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philfrasty
European low-cost carrier Ryanair had a net profit of 523 Mio. €. Seems there
are ways to make money. [http://investor.ryanair.com/wp-
content/uploads/2015/04/Q4FY-...](http://investor.ryanair.com/wp-
content/upload... | {
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How To Make A Really Bad Career Decision - Garbage
http://blogs.forbes.com/work-in-progress/2011/01/19/how-to-make-a-really-bad-career-decision/
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milhous
And what makes it even worse is if the decision is made out of desperation
because they're not able to weigh other competing offers.
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The Pirate Bay Taken Offline - mgcreed
http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-taken-offline-by-swedish-authorities-090824/
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mjgoins
So now the movie industry's profits should skyrocket right?
Better start buying that stock before all those suburban teenagers start
buying up Blu Ray discs and going to the movies... | {
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} |
SFU Prof: Why Toronto housing is becoming as unaffordable as Vancouver's - kareemm
http://inroadsjournal.ca/housing-price-lunacy-moves-east/
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vkou
If anyone doubts the premise of this article, and still thinks that lack of
supply is the problem, I encourage them to visit Vancouver.
There is construction everywh... | {
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} |
Viral hepatitis: A silent epidemic killing more people than HIV, malaria or TB - pseudolus
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07592-7
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subcosmos
Viruses that cause hepatitis actually embed themselves WITHIN LDL Particles
(the "bad" cholesterol) to transport around the body. In doing so, they hide
from th... | {
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} |
The Death of Files - apgwoz
http://dustincurtis.com/files.html
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BigZaphod
I don't think files are the problem. It's the folder hierarchy that's the
problem.
The thing iPhoneOS is most intent on eliminating are deep trees of files. It
does this by training the user to think of their files/content as being
manage... | {
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When generating a random password, the result must still be a valid string - zdw
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180713-00/?p=99235
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perl4ever
So how would you come up with a random _valid_ Unicode string, such that all
possible _valid_ strings were equally probable? Using base64 seems like giving... | {
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Ask HN: What are market rates for "Good salary, good benefits and good equity"? - simonsarris
More to the point, how does a developer meaningfully evaluate such a phrase?<p>Even more importantly, and I wish I made this the title: How do you determine if <i>any</i> particular offer is fair or even good, in the absence ... | {
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Ask HN: How to estimate a candidate for the position of sales manager? - vladimirsvsv77
I’m a founder of a startup that makes AI solution for B2B. I’ve been searching for a sales rep. I have some candidates but I really don't know how to estimate them in the right way. All of them have similar experience and a go... | {
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The keyboard layout project - alter8
http://mathematicalmulticore.wordpress.com/the-keyboard-layout-project/
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dsego
How about this - The Workman Keyboard Layout
[http://viralintrospection.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/a-differe...](http://viralintrospection.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/a-different-
philosophy-in-designin... | {
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The Hunt for 3ve [pdf] - based2
https://services.google.com/fh/files/blogs/3ve_google_whiteops_whitepaper_final_nov_2018.pdf
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adtechperson
Pretty impressive stuff. The fraudsters are very sophisticated. I never would
have thought BGP hijacking would be used for ad fraud
| {
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Google Predicts Ads in Odd Spots Like Thermostats - adidash
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/05/21/google-predicts-ads-in-odd-spots-like-thermostats/
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moocow01
Google even suggesting ads on Nest is pretty disgusting to me. When I pay for
a device from a company that is where they should be getting their profit -... | {
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} |
East Texas judge throws out 168 patent cases - teachingaway
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/east-texas-judge-throws-out-168-patent-cases-in-one-fell-swoop/
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TheMagicHorsey
Software patents are pitched as a policy choice that encourages programmers by
giving them some financial incentive to invent more... | {
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Picomath: self-contained math functions in 11 languages - johndcook
http://picomath.org/
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Deutscher
I didn't check them all, but I got 403 and blank pages when trying to access
the python and C++ files respectively.
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p4bl0
Also 403 for Python. The other page are blank because they use <script ... />
which is... | {
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Are paper books really disappearing? - sergeant3
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160124-are-paper-books-really-disappearing
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hosay123
Paper books for me are a universally superior product, they require no
battery, don't feature update popups, wifi conncetions, eInk artifacts on page
turns, accidental touchscre... | {
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} |
$1,000,000 iPhone 4 Prototype Anyone? - mjurek
http://www.tekgoblin.com/2011/07/04/1000000-iphone-4-prototype-anyone/
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sajid
Link to auction:
<http://cgi.ebay.com/130540359649>
If you look at the bidding history you'll find that a lot of the bids have
been retracted or cancelled. The current bid is down to $... | {
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} |
Steel Bank Common Lisp 2.0 - bjoli
http://www.sbcl.org/all-news.html?2.0.0#2.0.0
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lispm
SBCL was forked from CMU Common Lisp 20 years ago, which was started as a
project as Spice Lisp at CMU 39 years ago.
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agumonkey
did we reach root ?
~~~
wrycoder
[http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Groups/AI/html/faqs/lang/lisp/part2/... | {
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The Dirty Business of Hosting Hate Online - kawera
https://gizmodo.com/the-dirty-business-of-hosting-hate-online-1836286885
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mikece
The definition of "hate" is a loose and subjective. Facebook's own internal
studies show that hateful or "aggressively polarizing" posts garner the most
user interaction, and that u... | {
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I am learning Python 3 and blogging about my journey - ploggingdev
https://www.ploggingdev.com/
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ploggingdev
I recently started learning Python 3 and decided to blog about the journey
primarily because it forces me put down what I learn in words, and it also
serves as a quick reference for when I need to lookup ... | {
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Ask HN: Do ISP’s detect you using Speedtest - aj7
and (only then) then goose up your download rate?
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Kazooie_Bird
They can see the domain you are sending/receiving information so based on
that, they can probably deduce that you are using a speed test. As far as
throttling, only they could know.
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ment0s
ye... | {
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Let Children Vote - resdirector
http://www.economist.com/node/17797860
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aurem1
if my children could vote, they would vote for cookies and cake
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vessenes
Mine are 3, 5 and 7. If mine could vote, they would vote for getting rid of
coal plants and gasoline engines. They would vote for stopping commercial
fish... | {
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} |
Realtime WebSocket Feed of Pager Messages from 9/11 - ptsteadman
Http://ptsteadman.com/memorial
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cryoshon
I've seen this before, but it's still pretty interesting and a bit haunting.
I'm sure the modern equivalent (text messages) would be even more horrifying.
I was in eighth grade at the time, so my only real ... | {
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} |
Fundraising for a seed in 2013 after YC - nancyhua
http://www.nancyhua.com/2015/03/11/seed-fundraising-in-2013-after-y-combinator/
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sharemywin
I remember reading that raising a seed is selling a vision and raising a
Series as is about numbers
| {
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The Case Against Work-Life Balance: Owning Your Future - npalli
http://shyamsankar.com/the-case-against-work-life-balance-owning-your-future
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draw_down
If you don't have work-life balance because you're working really hard in your
own business, sure, maybe one day you'll "own your future" as this article
puts it... | {
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} |
The Super Secret Cloudflare Master Plan, or Why We Acquired Neumob - tiernano
https://blog.cloudflare.com/neumob-optimizing-mobile/
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nhumrich
> super secret
TIL super secret means "Lets let the whole world know"
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advanderveer
Sounds scary, a device to device worldwide network controlled by one
organizati... | {
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Ask HN: The best university degree(s) for a budding entrepreneur/engineer? - tae
I'll be finishing high school in a few months and I've been struggling to choose a degree that will best prepare me to start a company in the future, in addition to networking with smart/driven people who I can work with to get there.<p>I... | {
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SpaCy Natural Language Processing Library Now MIT Licensed (from AGPL) - syllogism
http://spacy.io/blog/spacy-now-mit/
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wodenokoto
SpaCy is a really nice library to work with. Earlier textblob hit the front
page, but I much prefer this one. Nice for all of us that it is now even more
free, but I don't get the ne... | {
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} |
Show HN: A fresh take on Wikipedia - johanneswagener
http://lolcat.biz/post/27368236760/ency-cl-opedia
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jmduke
I think the biggest opportunity with Wikipedia, rather than social integration
(which happens a surprising amount on my Facebook and G+, much to my delight),
is semantic search and display.
Wikipedia... | {
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Ask HN: How Important is Spelling and Grammar? - sparknlaunch12
How Important is Spelling and Grammar?<p>I have recently spotted spelling and grammar mistakes on well established websites. One was an error message received when typing in the incorrect username. Another was within the product, describing how to use t... | {
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Tell HN: We write the algorithms. We need to understand propaganda - 3pt14159
Yesterday I learned that George Orwell is again a best selling book. That's good, but probably already read by people around here. What I've been reading are two books to understand the rise of demagoguery and propaganda around the... | {
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WebSocket whiteboard with chat - bcardarella
http://184.106.155.145/ws.html
Just something I built to play around with the tech. Its using EventMachine for the server. Because its only using WebSockets and a more abstract layer like Socket.IO it will only work in Chrome / Safari. (or if you have WebSockets enabled in... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Ask HN: Any alternatives to IP2Location? - cgs1019
I'm currently trying to find any viable alternatives to IP2Location products. Unfortunately they seem to have SEO'ed everything even remotely related to IP location. We're happy (and have been) paying for high quality, comprehensive, detailed IP location data. Any s... | {
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} |
Fitts' Law: A Usability Quiz - joshwa
http://www.asktog.com/columns/022DesignedToGiveFitts.html
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tipjoy
Putting the menus either at the top or the left (or right or bottom) of a
browser window won't do a thing to address the issue here, unless the user
always maximizes their browser to fill their screen. In th... | {
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} |
Make This Amazon Charade Illegal - pepsi
https://splinternews.com/make-this-amazon-charade-illegal-1822511600
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Finnucane
There's probably not a lot of leverage for the Federal government to interfere
in basic state and local budget issues. DC's efforts in the past to use
federal funding to influence state behavi... | {
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} |
VOC: A transpiler that converts Python bytecode into Java bytecode - Lofkin
https://github.com/pybee/voc
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skrebbel
> _The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC), or Dutch East India Company,
> is often considered the be the world 's first multinational corporation.
> ..._
Ah, trivia time! The VOC also had the ... | {
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CIA faulted for choosing Amazon cloud over IBM - brokenparser
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/it-pro/cloud/cia-faulted-for-choosing-amazon-cloud-over-ibm-20130620-2okb7.html
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8ig8
"Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM" ;)
Edit: Sorry, couldn't resist. Here's a little more meat for the comment:
[http://corpora... | {
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The Management Team - Guest Post From Joel Spolsky - pors
http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/02/the-management-team-guest-post-from-joel-spolsky.html
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edw519
I've never been very successful communicating to my customers and bosses the
difference between a "super programmer" and a "mortal programmer". It's a
critical d... | {
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} |
On Counterfeit Chips in US Military Hardware - zdw
http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=2037
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pasbesoin
Bunnie is well worth reading. This includes an interesting descriptions of
various forms of "counterfeit" parts.
Some other Bunnie stuff that's been mentioned here:
[https://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=site:ne... | {
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Great jquery tutorial - bzupnick
http://jqfundamentals.com/book/index.html
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kmfrk
Rebecca also teaches the jQuery Fundamentals course on CodeLesson:
[http://codelesson.com/courses/view/web-development-with-
jque...](http://codelesson.com/courses/view/web-development-with-jquery).
I don't have that much experi... | {
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} |
David Pogue: Dropbox Will Simplify Your Life - donohoe
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/dropbox-will-simplify-your-life/?src=twr
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rednaught
From the article...
"I realize that not everybody works on such elaborate file-shuttling projects.
But try Dropbox for its ability to keep your important files e... | {
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Ask HN: 'What do you want to be?' How to explain you want to start startups? - newsisan
(for the teenagers like myself)
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nkassis
It's just because your are a teenager that you have issues with getting people
to understand wanting to start on your own. Just tell hem what you want to do
and if they don't get it ... | {
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} |
Show HN: Test HTTP Requests without Mock Server - Vatavuk
https://github.com/Vatavuk/verano-http
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giancarlostoro
I'm confused, so this is a client, that doesn't need a mock server. Does it
just return the expected objects to a Java client? How does this relate to
non-Java clients, e.g. JavaScript?
I can see thi... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Are there any tests I can run on a network to simulate 100 heavy users? - marcamillion
I will be hosting a Ruby on Rails workshop at a small hotel in the near future, and while they have 'Wifi' everywhere on the property, and the property normally hosts 150 - 300 people, I am not 100% confident that they hav... | {
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Technical Papers Every Programmer Should Read (At Least Twice) - icey
http://blog.fogus.me/2011/09/08/10-technical-papers-every-programmer-should-read-at-least-twice/
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papaf
I read a random sampling paper recently which took a simple problem and
approached it in ways that were much more elegant than I did.
Its ... | {
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It Depends What You Study, Not Where - acbilimoria
http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21646220-it-depends-what-you-study-not-where
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_asummers
The big thing for me with top schools is the "baseline quality of the degree".
I didn't go to a top school, but spent my time studying everything math and CS
rela... | {
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Well-Architected Monoliths Are Okay - kiyanwang
https://robertnorthard.com/devops-days-well-architected-monoliths-are-okay/
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rossdavidh
A recurring pattern that I have noticed: 1) a company the size of Amazon,
Facebook, or Google runs into a problem that comes from their gigantic scale,
or the fact that they're ... | {
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Brave Browser to Launch ICO for Ethereum-Based Ad Token - Kinnard
http://www.coindesk.com/web-browser-brave-to-launch-ico-for-ethereum-ad-token/
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Kinnard
I am wondering how this will effect some of the companies working on media
monetization, in particular medium.com . . .
Cf:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item... | {
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JRebel vs OSGi: Use the right tool for the right job - bogomil
http://zeroturnaround.com/blog/jrebel-vs-osgi-use-the-right-tool-for-the-right-job/
Often when discussing OSGi at events, conferences or forums, we hear things like, “Yeah, I like JRebel but now we are using OSGi”, or “Does JRebel support OSGi”, or “Isn’t... | {
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Run Bash on Ubuntu on Windows - jessaustin
https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2016/03/30/run-bash-on-ubuntu-on-windows/
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dang
[https://hn.algolia.com/?query=bash%20windows&sort=byDate&dat...](https://hn.algolia.com/?query=bash%20windows&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story&storyText=false&prefix&page=0)
---... | {
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The cure for procrastination? Forgive yourself - AlexeyBrin
http://digest.bps.org.uk/2010/05/cure-for-procrastination-forgive.html
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Xcelerate
As someone who procrastinates, I've yet to come across a true "cure" for the
habit. "Forgive yourself" is such a vague and abstract mantra that I don't
even know how to ac... | {
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} |
A thing that keeps me up at night - jonawesomegreen
https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1192006436852645888
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M2Ys4U
Looking at the previous tweet in the thread this one quotes, it talks about
trying to get a £600 donation.
But that was in 1938. Using the Bank of England's inflation calculator[0] that
works out t... | {
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} |
SnapIt – A Core Data Alternative using Ruby-like syntax - zniazi
http://www.github.com/zniazi/snapit
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dperfect
I'm not sure I'd call this a Core Data alternative, as it seems closer to a
few convenience methods around SQLite.
I'd imagine that using this for presenting data in any kind of table view (a
typical... | {
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} |
Ask YC: Transfer ownership of a domain name? - e1ven
I'd love to hear any advice on the best ways to transfer ownership of a domain name-<p>A domain associated with our company is currently being used as a personal blog; We made an offer, and agreed on a price to buy it out, but I'd appreciate any advice on where to... | {
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} |
Clickjacking iPhone Attack - mqt
http://ejohn.org/blog/clickjacking-iphone-attack/
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trezor
Before anyone gets any ideas and as the article mentions: This is now fixed in
the iPhone 2.2 software update.
| {
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Security researcher discloses Safari bug after Apple delays patch - caiobegotti
https://www.zdnet.com/article/security-researcher-discloses-safari-bug-after-apple-delays-patch/
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fsflover
Another proof that Apple, by restricting use of alternative browsers, does not
have a goal of security in mind but control.
>... | {
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Do we have an alternative to Urban Dictionary - tgursu
http://paradict.com
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tgursu
You like the logic of "Urban Dictionary" but don't love the environment
because of it is too childish ? Paradict aims to create a cultural area in a
dictionary format that come together people around the world.
| {
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Sell an HTML5 app instead of an iPhone app - bluesmoon
http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2010/03/html5_apps.html
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karipatila
This educating the client business is starting to really bug me. If the client
wants an iPhone app, it's not your place to start preaching your own personal
ideals.
This part especi... | {
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} |
Launch HN: Aquarium (YC S20) – Improve Your ML Dataset Quality - pgao
Hi everyone! I’m Peter from Aquarium (<a href="https://www.aquariumlearning.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.aquariumlearning.com/</a>). We help deep learning developers find problems in their datasets and models, then ... | {
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} |
I keep forgetting to use your app - driverdan
http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2012/01/i-keep-forgetting-to-use-your-app.html
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patio11
This is why almost everybody should be capturing email and getting in touch
with folks regularly. (Of particular interest to business productivity SaaS
startups: make the prod... | {
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} |
YouTube is going Live - Uncle_Sam
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2011/04/youtube-is-going-live.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+youtube%2FPKJx+%28YouTube+Blog%29
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dangero
This is an obvious thing for them to do, but the surprising part about it to
me is that half the time you... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Good link saving service that supports tags/saving text/online search? - mistermann
I constantly come across articles, blogs, etc that I'd like to permanently save (as well as a snapshot of the content in case the original goes offline) and I thought I'd see what others are using.<p>The options I k... | {
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} |
Get a Redis - Artemis2
http://getaredis.mbassem.com/
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Artemis2
Here is the source code on GitHub (I'm not the author):
[https://github.com/MohamedBassem/getaredis](https://github.com/MohamedBassem/getaredis)
------
mohamedbassem
Hi, Author here, ready to answer your questions. Thanks for sharing this on HN
:)... | {
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} |
Show HN: WikiMentions – Discover books/people/videos mentioned by great people - maxds
https://wikimentions.com/
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maxds
WikiMentions lets you discover books/people/videos mentioned by great people.
It’s a graph of mentions where people mention other people/books/videos in
books/videos. Also it’s a wiki so anyone... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Market underwhelmed by Apple launch - anigbrowl
http://www.google.com//finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=Logarithmic&chdeh=0&chfdeh=0&chdet=1317758400000&chddm=391&chls=IntervalBasedLine&q=NASDAQ:AAPL&ntsp=0
======
evgen
This is _always_ what happens. Buy on the rumor, sell on the news. AAPL always
trends up... | {
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} |
Who's up for a beer tonight near Palo Alto? - fortuna
Let me know if you're interested in discussing business/hacking/programming over a beer this evening. I live near San Mateo, but don't mind meeting as far as Palo Alto.<p>I'm looking to connect with people who are either running their own web or mobile business ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
We played Doom for a month and discussed it - Dingen
https://www.dosgameclub.com/episode-1-doom/
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Dingen
DOS Game Club is a discussion group for DOS games, much like a book club. We
play the same DOS game for a month, discuss it on our forums and record a
roundtable podcast afterwards.
For the first episode, we... | {
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} |
Facebook: There must have been miscommunication with Limited Run - gr366
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-facebook-limited-run-response-20120730,0,5059899.story
======
Lewton
Their response focuses entirely on the issue of them charging them for a name
change, and almost completely ignores the bot i... | {
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} |
Extinction Rebellion has a message for the world: We've only just begun - mayamatrix
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-protests-climate-change/extinction-rebellion-has-a-message-for-the-world-weve-only-just-begun-idUSKCN1S731V
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chewz
> Debt resistance” groups in Britain, the United States and elsewhere ... | {
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Boxes and Text (alpha): a super-fast design playground for the web - akumpf
http://boxesandtext.com/
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akumpf
New intro video and templates to start from:
Video: <http://vimeo.com/24285343>
Example starting template:
[http://alpha.boxesandtext.com/#20110526_024324_73273226bb120...](http://alpha.boxesandtext.com... | {
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} |
UK Cyber Security Challenge - learnalist
http://cybersecuritychallenge.org.uk
======
learnalist
The downside of my excitement over this url is as of 28th April in the
afternoon it is still claiming it will be released on the 27th. A shame, I was
curious to see what and how they tested peoples cybersecurity skills.
| {
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} |
Ask HN: Which NoSQL DB is best for a node.js newbie? - hastur
Which of the popular NoSQL DBs is the easiest to install and use with node.js?<p>Note: I have very little linux experience, so I prefer solutions like pasting a single command into the terminal and have everything happen automatically, including post-inst... | {
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} |
Announcing: MSVC Conforms to the C++ Standard - satysin
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2018/04/26/announcing-msvc-conforms-to-the-c-standard/
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ddtaylor
What was missing from C++11 for a while?
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mrpippy
They should be more specific, it seems from the graphic that they're really
talking about C++17. s... | {
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} |
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