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Andrew Ng – What is the most important problem the AI community should work on? - lukeplato
https://blog.deeplearning.ai/blog/the-batch-apples-ai-strategy-retail-surveillance-clothes-that-fight-face-recognition-suboptimal-optimizers
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rvz
> Explainable and ethical AI
This IS the most important problem in AI and ... | {
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Legal Support for Substack Writers - sethbannon
https://on.substack.com/p/legal-support-for-substack-writers
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kylestewart
Good for Substack! Drawing a line in the sand like this makes me want to
support their cause.
I get excited when I read stories about companies or groups standing up
against patent trolls. R... | {
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Show HN: Coachella live stream + chat using Meteor - stephenhandley
http://coachella.hello10.com/
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kappaknight
This is just <http://www.youtube.com/coachella> ?
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stephenhandley
yeah its their player. i was originally hoping to have better access to the
individual channels/stages over the gdata api.. but th... | {
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Malawi legalises the growing, selling and export of cannabis - edward
https://africafeeds.com/2020/02/27/malawi-legalises-the-growing-selling-and-export-of-cannabis/
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cies
Finally. I've got the impression that many drugs were politically criminalized
in order make sure non-western countries would not get wealthy... | {
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Ask HN: How do you handle billing by the day? - rquantz
Several prominent members of the HN community advocate billing <i>at least</i> by the day for freelancers/consultants. This is extremely appealing to me, and I've begun discussing changing to this billing structure with some of my existing clients.<p>That being... | {
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Mail carriers accuse USPS of faking Amazon delivery records - molecule
http://www.cbs46.com/story/36856477/mail-carriers-usps-warns-amazon-customers-will-get-free-stuff-if-mail-is-delivered-late
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wskinner
It feels good to be vindicated about this. As a San Francisco and Berkeley
resident, this has happened to me... | {
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Cool progress bars - zacinbusiness
So there's the new hotness in webdesign that seems to be crafting cool looking progress bars. I think, though, that the new hotness should instead be crafting websites that don't require progress bars. Because, you know, it's not 1999.
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leoplct
In 1999 there wa... | {
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$6,000+ of app design ebook sales today - rob41
http://nathanbarry.com/learned-selling-6000-ebook-today/
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bdunn
Nathan - congrats buddy!
There are a few key takeaways _anyone_ who has a product, or wants to create a
product, should take note of.
* Email lists are very, very important. I was also able to market... | {
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How to write if you cannot concentrate - aycangulez
http://www.noshortageofwork.com/pages/4078
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dublinclontarf
Down, cached version here
[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Bltq7_q...](http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Bltq7_qcBCEJ:www.noshortageofwork.com/pages/4078+&cd=1... | {
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The Conundrum of Lucien Freud's Portraits - apollinaire
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/12/the-lives-of-lucian-freud-explores-a-theory-of-portraiture/601471/
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voldacar
After reading this, I'm still not exactly certain what the "conundrum" is.
To me the conundrum is how one can write so ma... | {
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Ask HN: What is the difference between a junior and senior developer? - nchuhoai
I'm about to graduate from college and have been contemplating about this question a lot lately, especially in regards to specific languages/frameworks (ruby/rails in my case)<p>I know that I'm not that most raw-engine... | {
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X# - XML Oriented programming language - axod
http://www.xsharp.org/samples/
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codeglide
My name is Mark Giuliani and I am one of the developers behind X#.
I do agree that the language is verbose at the moment, originally it was
designed to be programmed visually but we kept extending it to the level where
it is... | {
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Sales engagement startup Apollo says its massive contacts database was stolen - iamben
https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/01/apollo-contacts-data-breach/
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gk1
The article talks about notifications and risks to _customers_ of Apollo, but
it's not the _customers '_ data that was stolen... It was that of 200 MILLION
pe... | {
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} |
Show HN: Inference GUIs for 12 SoTA ML models - aliabd
http://gradiohub.com
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indit
It's great OP. Maybe you can expand into other SoTAs like in
[https://paperswithcode.com/sota](https://paperswithcode.com/sota)
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aliabd
Some of the models we put up have thousands of stars on GitHub and yet still
no interfa... | {
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A Trusted Web Activity for Android - twapi
https://blog.chromium.org/2019/02/introducing-trusted-web-activity-for.html
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ajvs
What I don't get is why they are making Chrome mandatory. What happened to web
standards? It's not like other Chromium-based browsers or Firefox can't
already use Chrome Custom Tabs and ru... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Where do you freelancers find your clients/work? - shahed
I know a lot of freelancers find their clients in different ways. I want to see what advice you have for someone looking to land their first few clients (ex. referral, specific websites, etc.)<p>I'm a UI/UX Designer, mobile designer, front-end develop... | {
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Amazon to resurrect kozmo.com's idea with 1-hr delivery in NYC - redgrange
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/08/us-amazon-com-delivery-idUSKBN0JM2EU20141208
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redgrange
Here's the eDreams documentary on kozmo on youtube if you're interested:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY8WoDKUKP8](https://www.youtube... | {
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Show HN: I made a site that highlights makers who build with Django - rasulkireev
https://builtwithdjango.com
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tataD
I do really like your idea to make a Django base, it may be very useful for
someone who just started to work with this platform, and I’ve found it’s
really pretty how you’ve designed the page, bec... | {
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Ask HN: the lightest simplest browser? - mohsen
I feel it's these types of questions that get us closer to an eternal September here, but forgive me I must ask.<p>I have a pretty simple question, what is the lightest, fastest browser i could use.<p>my request is that<p>1) it allows for tabs<p>2) it has a decent set ... | {
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Anita Sarkeesian, 'gaming's feminist advocate,' makes the Time 100 - evo_9
http://www.polygon.com/2015/4/16/8428461/anita-sarkeesian-time-100
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angersock
According to the article, the people previously celebrated in the industry
would be folks like Notch, Jens Bergensten, and Miyamoto. People that created
_Minecr... | {
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Advanced R programming - iamtechaddict
http://adv-r.had.co.nz
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danso
> _Although R has its quirks, I truly believe that at its heart it is an
> elegant and beautiful language. While R is a fairly mature language, we are
> still learning how to craft elegant R code: much code seen in the wild is
> written in hast... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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AOL and Huffington Post sued by unpaid bloggers - bconway
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/12/us-huffington-lawsuit-idUSTRE73B5JT20110412
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johngalt
"The middle class is teetering on the brink of collapse just as surely as AIG
was in the fall of 2009 - only this time, it's not just one giant insurance
com... | {
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How can a teenager get a programming job over the summer? - codeforfood
I am a high school senior who is very talented at programming (at least if I say so myself). In my junior year I was a USACO finalist, so I know my way around algorithms. I know how to program in Java, Python, C++. I have successfully wrote a webs... | {
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It's Real Hard Making an Indie Game in Cuba - dragonbonheur
http://kotaku.com/its-real-hard-making-an-indie-game-in-cuba-1788713142
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The_suffocated
Looks cool. The hand-drawn graphics give the game a unique style which I find
very attractive.
| {
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NYU terrorism class asks students to plot terrorist attack - joshfraser
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nyu_homework_plot_terror_attack_71g6BRG0GVqJfBCgVHXWIL
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joshfraser
I think about physical security the same way I think about virtual security.
The way to find holes in your system is to put yourself in the... | {
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How I lost access to my Google account today - ehsanakhgari
http://ehsanakhgari.org/blog/2012-04-14/how-i-lost-access-my-google-account-today
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overgard
Somewhat of a sidenote, but this is why I refuse to use google+: my gmail
account is too important to me to risk of linking it to another google
service. Especia... | {
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} |
Is he a record-setting marathon runner, or a cheater? - ilamont
https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-marathon-cheating-allegations-frank-meza-20190621-story.html
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nradov
100% cheater
[https://www.marathoninvestigation.com/2019/06/frank-meza-
add...](https://www.marathoninvestigation.com/2019/06/frank-meza-addit... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Apple allows analytics data collection, but not for Google - danh
http://www.macrumors.com/2010/06/08/apple-modifies-ios-developer-terms-to-allow-limited-analytics-data-collection/
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ryandvm
I'm not sure how Apple gets a free pass for this kind of stuff. Sure, they get
a blog post or two written about them, but i... | {
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} |
US bullying dozens of countries into following the DMCA model - gasull
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/05/1925230&from=rss
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gamble
The US propaganda has been particularly obnoxious here in Canada. There have
been several attempts to enact a DMCA-style intellectual property law, but all
of them ha... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
From Sentiment Analysis to Emotion Recognition: A NLP Story - apotatopot
https://medium.com/neuronio/from-sentiment-analysis-to-emotion-recognition-a-nlp-story-bcc9d6ff61ae
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unhappy_taste
The expectations that we had 15 years ago, about the leaps and bounds in
research and progress in this area, has not happened... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Bad news: KeyWe Smart Lock is easily bypassed and can't be fixed - based2
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/11/f_secure_keywe/
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rasz
"device [MAC] address. It's from this address the common key is generated."
[https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/woot15/woot15...](https://www.usenix.org/system/fil... | {
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“Lambda and serverless is one of the worst forms of proprietary lock-in” (2017) - peter_d_sherman
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/06/coreos_kubernetes_v_world/
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cwyers
I have worked with database code that was meant to only work with the database
it was running on, and database code that was meant to be ag... | {
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} |
Petition Obama adminstration to require free access to publicly funded research - MikeTaylor
http://access2research.org/
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MikeTaylor
Theres more background on this petition at [http://svpow.com/2012/05/21/help-
the-usa-into-the-21st-centu...](http://svpow.com/2012/05/21/help-the-usa-into-
the-21st-century-even-i... | {
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From Microsoft to Apple, and Back Again - allenleein
http://www.akitaonrails.com/2017/11/21/from-microsoft-to-apple-and-back-again
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scarface74
The state of the Mac is just sad right now.
Laptops - the Air is overpriced with horrible specs - a 1400x900 screen is
something you expect to see on a bargain basement ... | {
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} |
What are some good online tech communities for non-hackers? - futuretro
For a non-hacker (no computer science degree) who is interested in tech, and learning simple coding (starting off with html, css), what community or forum would you recommend I join? I'm looking to find a place where I can learn, ask question... | {
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Inside the Weird and Wild Crusade for Clean Pot - scrumper
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/meet-crusaders-clean-pot-w517264
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scrumper
Slightly annoying title but this is actually interesting, about an unlikely
alliance of outlaw and MBA type to set up a guaranteed-clean marijuana
distributor business i... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
yGuard – An open-source Java obfuscation tool - Tomatenquark
https://github.com/yWorks/yGuard
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Tomatenquark
Recently here at yWorks we have refactored yGuard to be distributed under MIT
licensed. As a goodie for new year, we'll share it with you!
~~~
marios
Not going to use yGuard anywhere, but thanks for opens... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What makes you loose credibility on a web resource? - WolfOliver
What makes you close a site immediately (like a GitHub project, a landing page, a HN posts, a blog post)?
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sandov
Modal window asking me to subscribe.
Low contrast between text and background, bonus points if the font is really
thin.
High... | {
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} |
40 Hour Work Week at Microsoft - admp
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jmeier/archive/2010/10/21/40-hour-work-week-at-microsoft.aspx
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droz
I'm surprised by the number of people in msdn comments rejecting the author's
proposal. I agree with the author, you can't produce a better project by
trying to cram more work that ha... | {
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} |
The world of threats to the US is an illusion - adventured
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2015/04/11/have-seen-enemies-and-they-weak/Cho9J5Bf9jxIkHKIZvnVTJ/story.html
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mark_l_watson
I wish that everyone in my country (the USA) would read this article.
War is big business and throughout history wa... | {
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} |
Radical Opacity - twampss
http://www.technologyreview.com/web/25997/
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api
OMGWTFBBQ
THIS is making headlines about Internet innovation? Is the net over?
| {
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Technology interaction and ethics - latch
http://boingboing.net/2012/02/15/technology-interaction-and-eth.html
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serbrech
This is how I want all my tools. I had lots of ideas for better tools popping
up in my head while watching this video. The kind of paradigms that he talks
about are applicable to most of the... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Google Discover shows YouTube Ads (despite paid ad-free user) - albeec13
Recently Google updated what used to be known as Google Now / Google Feed, (now called Google Discover) on Android. For some things like recaps of sports teams I follow, it has now started playing YouTube videos in-line, instead of ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Twitter working on “edit” feature for tweets - adidash
http://thedesk.matthewkeys.net/2013/12/16/exclusive-twitter-working-on-edit-feature-for-tweets/
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byoung2
_To solve this problem, Twitter is looking at a few things, including
limitations on how many characters or words a user would be allowed to insert
or de... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Feedback on SwarmIQ, a new Social RSS Reading Experience - swarmiq
Immediate access to our Invite-only Beta : http://www.swarmiq.com/register/ASKHN<p>Hi Guys,
We just released v1.0 of the new SwarmIQ Social RSS Reader. Would love to get some feedback. What's your wishlist for a great reading experience... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Self-driving shuttle in Las Vegas got into an accident on first day of service - tempestn
https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/8/16626224/las-vegas-self-driving-shuttle-crash-accident-first-day?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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basicplus2
TLDR
Truck pulls out from side i... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Do you think Mobile Web Apps is the way to go than Native Apps? - ashitvora
Some of the reasons I came up with are.
1. One app works on all devices (except some layout and css issues). Write once, run everywhere.
2. Easier to maintain.
3. Don't have to deal with App Approval process.
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warwick
If you're... | {
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Flame Malware Makers Send 'Suicide' Code - ytNumbers
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18365844
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haberman
As someone who doesn't keep up with the crypto/security communities, one thing
that has surprised me is how the cutting-edge news on this Flame story has
been coming from antivirus vendors like Kaspersky La... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
SoftBank is asking for the WeWork IPO to be put on hold - tempsy
https://www.businessinsider.com/wework-pressured-by-softbank-to-shelve-ipo-report-2019-9
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james-mcelwain
My favorite WeWork anecdote is the company paying the CEO 6 million dollars
for the trademark "We" (which he later returned under pressure).
S... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Balanced Does Database Migrations With Zero Downtime - mahmoudimus
http://blog.balancedpayments.com/payments-infrastructure-suspending-traffic-zero-downtime-migrations
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sigil
You mean you didn't have to "build a custom HTTP server and application
dispatching infrastructure around Python's Tornado and Redis" ... | {
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} |
Vista Kicks Ass - drm237
http://mattmaroon.com/?p=275
Matt's take on Vista.
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pg
_I haven't had to reinstall once, and with XP I typically would have 3 times
by now._
I had no idea MS OSes were so bad. Reinstalling the OS is actually a routine
thing?
~~~
rms
The MS OSes are terrible. Reinstalling the OS is act... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Chinese government is working on a timetable to end sales of fossil-fuel cars - mikeash
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-09/china-to-ban-sale-of-fossil-fuel-cars-in-electric-vehicle-push
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orf
A common talking point from the right during the withdrawal from the Paris
accord is that "It's just talk,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
LuLu: An open-source macOS firewall that blocks unknown outgoing connections - mcone
https://objective-see.com/products/lulu.html
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killjoywashere
What I want for all these services (Little Snitch, ESET, etc) is an EasyList-
like ... list. A community-aggregated and reviewed list of servers that don't
merit my co... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Future of Business? - Aeiper
I seems that many big companies are buying smaller companies (which are also pretty big!). With Facebook buying Instagram, Yahoo buying Tumblr, and Yahoo attempting to buy another company, it seems that the future of starting a business is going to be selling to the "big guys". Soone... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Real Story Behind Why Flappy Bird Was Deleted - friscofoodie
https://medium.com/p/637115e0813a
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georgemcbay
Title: "The Real Story Behind Why Flappy Bird Was Deleted"
In the article text: "In what surely is one of the strangest stories in years
we are unlikely to ever really know what happened."
Well, ok... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Classic Papers: Articles That Have Stood the Test of Time - jasim
https://scholar.googleblog.com/2017/06/classic-papers-articles-that-have-stood.html
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drfuchs
They completely missed, with 1800+ citations, the winner of the “Theory of
Cryptography Conference (TCC) 2016 _Test of Time award_ ”: “Calibrating Noise
t... | {
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} |
Is WPA2 security broken due to Defcon MS-CHAPv2 cracking? - alter8
http://revolutionwifi.blogspot.com/2012/07/is-wpa2-security-broken-due-to-defcon.html
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moxie
It's also probably worth acknowledging that many organizations do use MS-
CHAPv2 for their inner authentication credentials, precisely because they wan... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mechanics of a Small Acquisition - jhchen
http://quotidianventures.com/post/28411675934/mechanics-of-a-small-acquisition
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therealarmen
_Believing that the finish line is just yards away and finding that it is
actually miles is not going to be good for your company’s morale._
I've learned this lesson the hard ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Dunning-Kruger and other bogus memes - Illotus
https://danluu.com/dunning-kruger/
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alkonaut
Opinion: a log like decrease in happiness vs income is basically consistent
with "more money doesn't make you happier". Sketching a graph that is
completely flat is misleading however. The only question is, at what point ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Weekend project - Defaults Write - rawfael
http://rawfael.com/defaults/
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cleverjake
looks very promising. some sort of rss/atom link would be great
~~~
rawfael
thanks, I will implement feeds soon. there are some bugs I need to fix now.
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Man Shoots Girlfriend’s Computer After Installing Windows Vista - dmix
http://www.funtechtalk.com/man-shoots-girlfriends-computer-after-installing-windows-vista/
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jws
I wonder if it was true? Flurry of blog-ish posts in July 2007. No "real"
article since.
This article contains a small collection of similar sh... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Jakob Nielsen: Customization of UIs and Products - edw519
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/customization.html
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patio11
One part of this deeply resonates with me: get users the "early success
experience". I have worked on it over the years, trying to provide more and
more of a glide path to people so that they suc... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
“I have toyota corola” - robin_reala
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2016/11/14/i-have-toyota-corola/
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kpgraham
Back in the days of shareware, around 1985, I wrote a program called TXT2COM.
It was a simple way of turning a text file into an executable. All a user had
to do was run the converted com file and the text... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Kik Messenger App Debuts Own Digital Currency Amid Bitcoin Boom - rayuela
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-25/kik-messenger-app-debuts-own-digital-currency-amid-bitcoin-boom
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almostApatriot1
Am I the only person who finds this kind of depressing and scary? I thought
cryptocurrencies were supposed ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What should release v1.0 actually mean? - kirubakaran
http://blog.kfish.org/2008/02/release-xsel-110.html
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airhadoken
For the purpose of commentary, let's assume that you're actually creating a
product for the public. 1.0 means that this is the first point at which you're
confident that the product reflects your... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Clocks - highCs
http://procyonic.org/clocks/index.html
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agumonkey
I strongly suggest to read his blog
[http://dorophone.blogspot.fr/](http://dorophone.blogspot.fr/)
Lots of funky emacslisp, emacslisp monads, some forth interpreters and so on.
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bugmen0t
> (N.B.: This is mostly exploratory work and as su... | {
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RequireJS: a JavaScript file and module loader - jamesjyu
http://requirejs.org/
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ahemphill
What makes this different/better than Head JS, LAB, et cetera? If you're
familiar with the project, pitch us.
~~~
maigret
Same here... Why would I use all these special (quite untested compared to
GWT, Dojo) JavaScript li... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: GitHubby, my iPhone GitHub client - escoz
My new iPhone app was finally approved yesterday, and its now in the appstore:<p>http://escoz.com/githubby<p>It's a github client for the iPhone, and its free.. As i bet a lot of you guys here in HN use GitHub, I would love to receive some more feedback!
Thanks guy... | {
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} |
Return of the Blue Lego - yumraj
http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2010/04/return_of_the_b.html
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RyanMcGreal
Sad commentary on the ongoing Holy War mentality of many programmers that the
author felt the need to add the edit:
>This post was _not_ a Flash pro/con, or Flash vs HTML5 statement.
~~~
xinsight
Co... | {
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Continuous Deployment with BitBalloon and Travis CI - bobfunk
https://www.bitballoon.com/blog/2013/10/31/continuous-deployment-with-bitballoon-and-travis-ci
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restardo
Great post! ;)
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The TSA screws up again: makes mother fill up empty bottles of breast milk - airnomad
http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/the-tsa-screws-up-again-makes-mother-fill-up-empty-bottles-of-breast-milk/
======
bond
Unbelievable....
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I want to learn Lisp; any books or site to learn from? - reagancaesar
I want to learn LISP any books or site to learn from?
======
davesmylie
Depending on what sort of lisp you're wanting to learn, theres the Structure
and Interpretation of Computer Programs.
It uses scheme (a varient of lisp) and though a bit . . ... | {
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Raw unprocessed images from Cassini's first Saturn inter-ring dive - astdb
http://ciclops.org/view_event/251/Rev-271-Raw-Preview
======
elorant
We take a lot of science's achievements for granted, but if you pause and
think about it for a moment it's mind boggling. That thing is 1,5 bn kms away.
~~~
dougmany
A few li... | {
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Mobile VoIP: Client side call quality - moxie
http://www.whispersystems.org/blog/client-side-audio-quality/
======
j_s
Impressive! Low-level/low-latency audio on Android has been extra hassle for a
long time: <https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3434>
I understand and respect the reasons for using GP... | {
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The Alternative World Drug Report - fuzzix
http://www.countthecosts.org/alternative-world-drug-report
======
CharlieA
The biggest barrier IMO to a legal drug economy, with regulation and
legitimate corporate players, is reversing years and years of learned stigma
that "drugs are evil". And the incredibly irony here ... | {
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} |
Show HN: Universal Login System for websites - nooledge
http://ukey.one/demo/
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tbirrell
And this is different/better than the google/facebook universal logins how?
~~~
nooledge
Thank you for your comment. Let me tell you a few pros:
\- You can integrate Google and Facebook directly, or integrate Ukey1 and get
... | {
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Singapore Weighs Fate of Its Brutalist Buildings - pseudolus
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/27/world/asia/singapore-brutalist-buildings.html
======
quicklime
Having grown up in a working class family, I find it strange that western
hipsters are so taken by industrial chic architecture. It's an environment
that I grew... | {
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} |
How many genetic ancestors do I have? - maxerickson
http://gcbias.org/2013/11/11/how-does-your-number-of-genetic-ancestors-grow-back-over-time/
======
DonGateley
Can it be calculated how far back we need go before each of us, with high
probability, is descended from everyone then living? Does the question even
have ... | {
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} |
SQLAlchemy vs Other ORMs - Sami_Lehtinen
http://www.pythoncentral.io/sqlalchemy-vs-orms/
======
tdicola
Am I weird for preferring raw SQL over query abstractions like these ORMs
expose? IMHO SQL is a perfectly fine language. I do however like letting a
library do all the dirty work of turning SQL query output into obj... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What's the most impactful business book you've read? - karamazov
I'm looking for book recommendations that have changed the way you think about your company or your career.
======
dangrossman
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do
About It
[http://www.amazon.com/The-E-M... | {
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Running your business as if it were an Open Source Project (2009) - tbrownaw
http://e-texteditor.com/blog/2009/opencompany
======
tbrownaw
Looking around their site I don't see much further on this, but they did have
a release this February. Does anyone know if this actually worked, or of other
attempts that worked ... | {
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} |
Mozilla UX: Save For Later (why bookmarks are broken and how to fix it) - spindritf
https://blog.mozilla.org/ux/2012/10/save-for-later/
======
h2s
Reasons why I bookmark pages:
1. I meant to type Ctrl+W and missed slightly
2. I meant to type Ctrl+F and missed slightly
3. I meant to... | {
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} |
Humans.txt - chmars
http://disqus.com/humans.txt
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RKoutnik
I was expecting something along the lines of
[http://humanstxt.org/](http://humanstxt.org/) but fun little easter eggs like
this are always nice!
------
samweinberg
Github - [https://github.com/humans.txt](https://github.com/humans.txt)
Bitbucket -
[ht... | {
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Ask HN: A privacy-friendly, paid SaaS alternative to Google Analytics? - Rjevski
Does anyone know of a paid, hosted alternative to Google Analytics?<p>I would like something similar to GA but from a company whose own business model is not about user data, so there would be no conflict of interest where they would (pre... | {
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} |
Let me take you through my dream office - tckr
https://blog.coderbyheart.com/office-design-by-an-office-hater
======
noir_lord
Decided to change job recently, applied for two, went for an interview at the
first and they offered me the job.
I took it on the spot despite the other place paying more.
One of the reasons... | {
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} |
Precision Opportunities for Demanded Bits in LLVM - luu
https://blog.regehr.org/archives/1714
======
rwmj
Nice, but I wonder if applying an SMT solver to just about every instruction
in your program isn't likely to blow up sometimes. The solver is, after all,
worst case NP complete.
~~~
yokaze
Not really, since the i... | {
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Tools never die ... never - justnearme
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/02/01/133188723/tools-never-die-waddaya-mean-never?sc=fb&cc=fp
======
Detrus
Ballista, scorpio exist only in re-enactments and are far from the
functionality of the originals. The originals required human hair, it was the
springiest, had t... | {
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} |
Streaming Video and Audio with Low Delay - mortenvp
http://steinwurf.com/blog/2018-04-25-2022.html
======
urlgrey
Periscope developed a Low-Latency HTTP Live Streaming (LHLS) technique that
relies on HTTP chunked transfer-encoding to stream video bytes as they are
encoded at the origin. This is still subject to TCP pa... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Slack Lunch Club - mikestaub
https://slacklunch.club
======
gitgud
Cool idea, but the GitHub [1] readme looks like this project was kind of over
engineered. Was this project a guide for building highly available apps?
[1] [https://github.com/mikestaub/slack-lunch-
club/blob/master/RE...](https://github.com/m... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Planting Perennials Next to Potholes: Silos, bikesheds, and how to prioritize - dvaun
https://bravenewgeek.com/planting-perennials-next-to-potholes/
======
dvaun
I slightly modified the title in order to convey its original meaning _and_
fit within length constraints.
| {
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Ask HN: Anyone using Samsung DeX? - genericone
I will be getting my hands on a Galaxy S9 in the near future and one of the touted features is "Dex", some sort of mobile desktop. There was a big discussion about it a year ago, but I haven't exactly heard much since then. What are hners take on Dex? Is it... | {
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} |
How Quaternions encode rotations: derivation and sample code - CarolineW
http://loopspace.mathforge.org/HowDidIDoThat/Codea/Quaternions/
======
jacobolus
Anyone interested in such topics should check out geometric algebra, a.k.a.
Clifford algebra. Start with
[http://geocalc.clas.asu.edu/pdf/OerstedMedalLecture.pdf](ht... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Detecting underground smuggling with low-frequency radio waves - darshan
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/tm/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14072497
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asciilifeform
Yet another freedom-suppression technology.
~~~
eru
Yes. It just increases the price-differentials, until drug smuggling pays
enough again.
... | {
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} |
Apps.gov is an online storefront for federal agencies. - pavs
https://apps.gov/
======
mattparcher
I know that we’re in a recession, and I don’t mean to nitpick such a huge
technical/political advancement, but what happened to the guys who designed
whitehouse.gov?
This is clearly only meant for official use, but if... | {
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} |
Introducing Mycroft Core - ldlework
https://mycroft.ai/introducing-mycroft-core/
======
coldtea
> _We are pleased to announce that Mycroft Core 0.6 Alpha is available for
> download today. Mycroft Core is a lightweight, portable piece of software
> written in Python. You can run it on anything from a Raspberry Pi to a... | {
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} |
In a world of venture capital - abecedarius
https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2015/05/15/in-a-world-of-venture-capital/
======
datashovel
IMO the technology industry should be focusing less on maintaining the status
quo, where they are constantly and continuously dependent on VC to bootstrap
businesses, and more on figurin... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Why is content creation in the browser such a pain in 2016? - rngesus1
Creating content in the browser is IMO something that has not been solved properly in 2016. Either we get TinyMCE/CKEditor with messy mark-up and weird x-platform quirks, Markdown that non-technical users don't want to use, OSS li... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Dril - octosphere
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dril
======
tristram_shandy
>The Fact Remains That Your A Guy From Reddit, And Im A Guy Who Posts On A
Website Thats Somewhat More Prestigious Than Reddit
Dril is the Shakespeare of our age.
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dril
God, for a Wikipedia page to dance around the identity of an autho... | {
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} |
Show HN: Learn Facts. Be Smart. – SnapFact - discoversquare
http://snapfact.me
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calbear81
Interesting, I would be more interested in learning the "why" in addition to
the "what". This Feynman story is instructive in that sense:
[http://www.haveabit.com/feynman/2](http://www.haveabit.com/feynman/2)
~~~
discove... | {
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} |
China's investment in fusion power - meric
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/energy-smart/chinas-bid-for-manmade-sun-20110504-1e7h4.html
======
ender7
Fusion really is the answer to the world's energy crisis, for all the reasons
laid out in the article (can't melt down, ease of procuring fuel, no
pollution, relative... | {
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} |
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