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Why we choose profit - reitanqild
https://m.signalvnoise.com/why-we-choose-profit-e511efc4dcb9#.2cfltah79
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valuearb
They forgot that profit is the validation of your work and your value. If you
can build something that people will pay for, and pay enough to have a profit
over it's costs, that difference is the v... | {
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} |
Nobel Prizes in Literature Awarded to Peter Handke and Olga Tokarczuk - mathattack
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/nobel-prize-literature-2019-intl/index.html
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ermir
People in Kosovo are quite upset at the Nobel committee for awarding the prize
to Peter Handke, since he has always been an unabashed supporter a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Treasury places digital currency addresses on sanctions list - ccnafr
https://fcw.com/articles/2018/11/28/cryptocurrency-treasury-sanctions-iran.aspx
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lee101
Really problematic for currencies that are untracable like monero... the
transaction isnt stored to-from unencrypted so only you with your transaction
key ... | {
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} |
Oklahoma breaks record with hundreds of earthquakes after fracking intensifies - 1337biz
http://rt.com/usa/oklahoma-earthquake-record-fracking-961/
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kazinator
Dear "Stop FRACKING!" protesters, here is something: stop driving!
Then after you stop driving, stop buying goods that were shipped to you
thousands of... | {
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} |
Handshake TLD Adoption Leaderboard - rasengan
https://dns.live/
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verdverm
Sketchy looking crypto site, be warned
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Stellar seems like the anti-cryptocurrency - jameslarisch
http://blog.jameslarisch.com/stellar-anticryptocurrency
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wmf
It's not really true that there's no technical information, since Stellar is a
fork of Ripple and almost all analysis of Ripple applies.
BTC-USD exchanges also require trust, so it's not clea... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Reflections on Buy vs. Build - gk1
http://blog.dominodatalab.com/reflections-on-buy-vs-build/?hn=1
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marcosdumay
Sorry, but I can't agree with most of it.
\- Using open source is a completely different choice from the build vs. buy
(false) dichotomy. Open source lets you have full control of your future,
while... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What do you find most beneficial about blogging? - l33tbro
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digisth
\- Like any writing, it (assuming you're not Doing It Right) forces you to
think through your premises, gather references, and think about the details
\- Due to the above, it helps you understand the topic you're writing about
better... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What are some alternative careers for a hacker? - Kevin_S
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axonic
Go guerrilla. Hack things better for your city, or a charity who is obviously
inept. Roads lead to doors.
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aliirz
+1 this is what I am considering to do as well.
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the-dude
Barista seems to be popular.
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jason_slack
\+ 1 I spen... | {
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YouTube Alters Copyright Algorithms, Will ‘Manually’ Review Some Claims - lnguyen
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/10/youtube-copyright-algorithm/
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magicalist
Yeah, the Ars Technica article is far better.
[http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/youtube-
finally-o...](http://arstechnica.com/tech-polic... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Share your Wi-fi network settings with just a link - dwynings
http://brdrck.me/wifi/
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TobbenTM
Now I am guessing since they need password for Wifi that they don't have
Internet access. How will they then get and/or use the link for the password?
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mooism2
Those text fields need labels. How's anyone suppose... | {
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Ask HN: Acquisition interest in my part-time startup - mookie_blaylock
I work as a software engineer at Big Software Company X, and have been hacking away on the side at my own mobile app for the past 2 years, which is publicly available. It does decently well, earning a steady stream of income to the point where I ... | {
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Banksy anti-immigration birds mural in Clacton-on-Sea destroyed - sjclemmy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-29446232
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herendin
I hope it was Banksy who called in the complaint which got it removed.
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New Zealand is about to test long-range wireless power transmission - walterbell
https://singularityhub.com/2020/08/30/new-zealand-is-about-to-test-long-range-wireless-power-transmission/
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Emrod
Guys, This is Greg Kushnir, founder of Emrod.
I am excited and humbled by your support.
At Emrod we have safety and ... | {
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} |
The New Firefox Is Fantastic. So Is Every Other Web Browser. - webwanderings
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/02/the-new-firefox-is-fantastic-so-is-every-other-web-browser/
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webwanderings
This review comes very close to my experience. However, I would add one more
point.
I used the new browser on two sli... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Where do you get your code signing certificates? - r1ch
Back in 2006 I was able to get a code signing certificate through a Comodo reseller with minimal headache - a simple proof of residency and photo id check and I was done.<p>Today I need a code signing certificate again for an open source project, but th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Pingo: Plugins for Go - paskaahuomenta
https://github.com/dullgiulio/pingo
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falcolas
Might I suggest a third communication method: stdin/stdout? It should be very
easy to implement, would work better with really small process and would be
much more cross-platform compatible without having to invoke the TCP sta... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Electrical Engineering vs. Computer Science - ssp
http://philip.greenspun.com/humor/eecs-difference-explained
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blackguardx
Hardware solutions can be quite beautiful in their simplicity. HP's first
product was a precision oscillator. To get the necessary precision, they
needed a negative feedback mechanism to sta... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Interviewing for the anxious programmer - lelf
http://aneccodeal.blogspot.ru/2014/02/interviewing-for-anxious-programmer.html
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a3voices
I used to get lots of anxiety as well, but then I realized that even when
things go badly, it really isn't that bad. The universe is just matter and
energy. In both the best and... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Banks Sprint to Meet $493 Trillion Swaps Market Margin Rules - 6stringmerc
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-22/banks-sprint-to-meet-margin-rules-for-493-trillion-swaps-market
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phantom_oracle
Financial firms dislike the idea of letting money sit idle, unless they are
getting negative rates. What hap... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Interviewing programmers: coding test results. - RiderOfGiraffes
http://www.solipsys.co.uk/Writings/TestsForProgrammers_Part_1.html
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RiderOfGiraffes
Please can I make a request:
If you want to try this you're welcome, but I ask:
* Please no HTML emails - it's easier to extract from plain text
* Please remembe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Sunnyvale, CA home that went for nearly $800K over the asking price - jseliger
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-housing-population-20170916-story.html
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dvt
The bubble seems to be back. My parents bought their house in 2011 (my dad had
the foresight to buy at the low point). The house has mir... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What to read for three months in the woods? - DontGiveTwoFlux
I just graduated college, but before starting a programming job in the fall I'll be blissfully without electricity for a few months. I'd like to read some books to make me a better programmer while I have the time.<p>Books that require a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Semile – simpler way to profile and diagnose (C++) - rkan
http://r-kan.github.io/semile/
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based2
[https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4yu2es/semile_...](https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4yu2es/semile_a_profiling_framework_currently_support_c/)
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rkan
This is my REPO which created 4 m... | {
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} |
Moving Red Hat Summit 2020 to a virtual experience - cipherboy
https://www.redhat.com/en/summit
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cloudc0de
The one time my job sends me to an event and this happens... my luck
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Fisker: electric car battery with “500 miles range and 1 min charging” - gergoerdi
https://electrek.co/2017/11/14/fisker-solid-state-battery-breakthrough-electric-cars/
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olympus
"...graphene based..."
Oh. So this is vaporware. My opinion is also backed up by buzzwords like
"2.5D," and the fact that everything i... | {
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} |
The Grand C++ Error Explosion Competition - lelf
http://tgceec.tumblr.com/post/74534916370/results-of-the-grand-c-error-explosion
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ajdlinux
They're not running again next year? :(
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Show HN: HomelabOS – Ansible scripts to deploy self hosted cloud services - NickBusey
https://gitlab.com/NickBusey/HomelabOS
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giobox
Interesting. Those that decide to self-host this stuff, do you ever worry
about the maintenance burden? While obviously this doesn’t help privacy
concerns and I’m sure certain othe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Married in Montana: Servicemembers take advantage of state’s double-proxy law - wglb
https://www.stripes.com/news/married-in-montana-servicemembers-take-advantage-of-state-s-double-proxy-law-1.91942
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xxpor
Montana is an interesting state in general when it comes to laws.
It's the only state where an engagement ... | {
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} |
Five undisclosed features of Apple's Mac OS X Snow Leopard - markbao
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/23/five_undisclosed_features_of_apples_mac_os_x_snow_leopard.html
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wmf
Plagiarized article, mod down.
| {
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Stop Thinking That Tech Hacks Are the Solution to Our Surveillance Woes - rvschuilenburg
http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/08/yah-surveillance-sucks-but-technology-isnt-the-only-solution/
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throwit1979
Disagree completely. Technological solutions are the only feasible ones
because the majority of the population i... | {
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} |
Poop 101: A beginner’s guide to reading your own poop - praving5
http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/9/13212952/poop-healthy-normal-color-food-shape-disease
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Y201K
Like three years ago, I used to think I was not-normal because I only went
every other day. This didn't cause me discomfort or anything, it was just how
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Aljazeera News website hacked - level09
http://aljazeera.net/
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smoody
Why would anyone click on a link to view a hacked website? If a website has
been hacked, then it could also be transmitted malware to viewers' computers,
couldn't it?
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level09
Not really, unless you are still on IE6
~~~
kapitalx
It isn... | {
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} |
Show HN: Coop – Connect people through activities - matt101589
https://www.thecoopapp.com/
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fiatjaf
I don't have a Facebook profile, but I hope this thing works. This is
something the world needs.
However, even if I had a Facebook profile I would have zero hope of finding
people near my area, at least in these ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Is PCI compliance something that every web developer should know? - vrnut
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efriese
If the developer writes code that handles credit card information, absolutely.
Most organizations utilize third parties to handle credit card info so they
don't have to be PCI compliant. Even then, it helps to know somethin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why only to US citizens? - muthusk
https://mobilepassport.us/
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joezydeco
The Mobile Passport app serves as a replacement for the form that US Citizens
fill out as they reenter the USA. If you don't use the app, you use a kiosk at
the major ports of reentry to accomplish the same task.
[https://www.cbp.gov/trave... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Fill Paper and PDF Forms Online - samadmin
https://form.ac/
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wodenokoto
It's amazing that osx/macOS preview is still leaps and bounds ahead of
standard viewers on other systems.
I can fill out forms, draw signatures and print to paper or PDF without
installing new software or go looking for a web servi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
New services expand IBM Watson capabilities to images, speech, and more - jsstylos
https://developer.ibm.com/watson/blog/2015/02/04/new-watson-services-available/
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pesenti
Some context on the new services. They are built on technology that comes from
IBM Research and has been moved into the Watson group in 2014.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: The islands at the end of the world – will the rich head for Aus and NZ? - throwaway000021
As climate change becomes more and more pronounced, will the rich around the world all head for Australia and New Zealand?
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stephenr
Why? Do you somehow believe Australia and New Zealand exist outside of the
earth'... | {
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} |
While U.S. Workers Fear Automation, Swedish Employees Welcome It - rbanffy
https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/609857/while-us-workers-fear-automation-swedish-employees-welcome-it/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2017-12-28&utm_campaign=Technology+Review
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nerdponx
_The jobs disappe... | {
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Bill introduced directing NASA to establish a moon base - evo_9
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/04/bill-introduced-directing-nasa-to-establish-a-moon-base.ars
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melling
High-speed rail:
China: 5000 miles
US: 0 miles
There's only so much money. The US needs to build infrastructure, and other
things tha... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
North Korean biochemical expert flees to Finland: source - willvarfar
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2015/07/02/0200000000AEN20150702010200320.html
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UnoriginalGuy
I'm going to wait for trusted experts to look at the data, before I assume
this is true. However if the data holds up then I'm not sure what the... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What's the silliest thing you need to frequently look up? - peteretep
Noticed today I _still_ don't remember what the middle argument for a three-part `for` loop is meant to be, and I look it up every single time. I'm a strong programmer with almost 30 years of experience, most of which is in languag... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Did airbrake.io stopped the free plan? - mindbreaker
Today i want to use airbrake.io for a little side project. Some months ago, there was a free plan with rate limits and one user for the project. Did airbrake removed the free plan? Or am I unable to find the link?
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amccloud
Alternative [http://getsentry.com]... | {
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Where to Find a Cofounder - by Chris Campbell of Wufoo - danw
http://particletree.com/notebook/where-to-find-a-cofounder/
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dougw
I find the most valuable part of this article the link at the bottom
pertaining to questions cofounders should mull over before entering the
venture together (For ease:
http://onstartu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Facebook board member Peter Thiel helped fund Cambridge Analytica's work - bad_ramen_soup
https://mashable.com/2018/03/22/facebook-peter-thiel-cambridge-analytica/
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bad_ramen_soup
According to BuzzFeed, Palantir and Cambridge had no official contract
together:
\---"We actually had several meetings with Palantir... | {
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} |
Show HN: Turn any device with a browser into a security camera - geoffchan23
https://uview.io/
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geoffchan23
We are two developers from Toronto who couldn't find a decent and cheap
solution to monitor our kids/pets through the browser. We originally started
this project because we thought it would be a great oppo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN/PG : Why are comments ordered like this? - pig
See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1162965<p>pg's comment, with just 17 points, is placed above brh's comment, which has 110 points. Both the comments are from 262 days ago.<p>Why is this so?
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zck
Looking at the arc 3.1 source, I'm not sure why that's ... | {
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} |
Using Outlook.com with your own Web Domain - arihant
http://www.labnol.org/internet/setup-outlook-on-custom-domain/24699/
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georgemcbay
Pretty much everyone I know who is using the free Google Apps is using it just
for webmail and according to this outlook.com allows you to have 500 users per
domain instead of fr... | {
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} |
Electric Car Charging Technology Is About to Surge Past Tesla's Superchargers - scottie_m
http://www.thedrive.com/tech/20245/porsche-vws-electrify-america-to-surge-electric-car-charging-past-teslas-superchargers
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boznz
Couple of points here
Firstly, this is still years off and you seriously expect Tesla not to ... | {
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} |
Specifications of the planned solar-powered Ubuntu laptop - fdm
http://solaptop.com/en/products/laptops/
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finnh
I'm a bit surprised by the HD spec:
HDD: Seagate 2.5” SATA HDD 320GB
So, not an SSD? Don't SSDs use less power than spinners?
Optimizing price on this one choice is strange, to me, considering they ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Beware of Bigotry (how my conference talk got cancelled) - yegor256a
https://www.yegor256.com/2018/11/13/bigotry.html
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throwaway8879
>Doesn’t it remind you of the time of the Soviet Union and the Third Reich?
>I will not hide their names. Just like Nazi criminals these guys should be
known, visible, and prosecu... | {
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} |
Why San Francisco is in trouble – highly compensated city employees - bgentry
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2020/09/01/why-san-francisco-is-in-trouble--19000-highly-compensated-city-employees-earned-150000-in-pay--perks/
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izend
Similar situation to Calgary, Alberta. When the oil sector was boomin... | {
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} |
Out of Control: How consumers are exploited by the adtech industry - ingve
https://www.forbrukerradet.no/out-of-control/
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phigcch
See also previous discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22043209](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22043209)
(edit: NYT coverage of the same report)
| {
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Ask HN: Coinbase took my money, what should I do? - mido22
Okay, bit more details:<p>I am an Indian working in Sweden transferred money (5000$) to my coinbase "euro" wallet from my Singaporean bank (under my name) to avoid the hassle of converting SGD -> SEK -> EUR. It is four months since that tranfer... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Chernobyl's legacy 30 years on - grahamel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36115240
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brudgers
Current:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11570504](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11570504)
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grahamel
ah, didn't see that
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Sexy CSS3 menu - redmaniack
http://www.red-team-design.com/sexy-css3-menu
One of the most common elements when talking about a website or an application design is definitely the menu navigation. No matter if vertical or horizontal, simple or complex, a menu is essential and it has to look that way.<p>In this article,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What passive income attempts have lost you money? - rthomas6
I want failure stories. Passive income is a popular topic around here, and I've never heard people talk about what crashed and burned for them. What are things that you've set up and spent time on that have failed to even achieve beer money... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Airbnb has expanded into Cuba - JumpCrisscross
https://www.airbnb.com/s/Cuba?s_tag=if3lWVIL
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bikamonki
Airbnb-like service w/out the website is what works in Cuba since forever.
'Casas Particulares' (private homes) is where budget minded tourists get their
rooms and food. Good thing they will now be able to sear... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Female genetic superiority: two X chromosomes beat an X and a Y - pseudolus
http://cbc.ca/radio/quirks/jun-20-a-cosmic-iceberg-visitation-female-genetic-superiority-and-more-1.5606487/female-genetic-superiority-when-it-comes-to-survival-two-x-chromosomes-beat-an-x-and-a-y-1.5617471
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ggrrhh_ta
Would three be even... | {
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There was a time when search engines were a thing, and it seems they still are - CrocodileStreet
http://boston.conman.org/2018/06/30.1
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jacquesm
To me the main way of determining search engine quality is whether or not it
can find pages that I know exist because I've read them recently (they're
still in my histo... | {
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} |
Larry Ellison: Google's Larry Page acted 'evil' - yapcguy
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57598279-93/oracles-larry-ellison-googles-larry-page-acted-evil/
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pyalot2
Oh give me a break. Larry (Oracle) Ellison is just trolling now. Oracle bought
Sun, including their rights and obligations to a little known langu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Photo mystery of Jewish assassin used by Nazis to justify Kristallnacht - kafkaesq
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/18/herschel-grynszpan-photo-mystery-jewish-assassin-kristallnacht-pogrom
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webmaven
Fascinating stuff:
_> A face recognition test on the photograph, taken on 3 July, 1946 in a camp
for d... | {
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} |
Takes the bottle. Drinks it down. The whole bottle, all in one shot. Done - DoreenMichele
https://twitter.com/llewellynjobs/status/1282654893426085888
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gus_massa
I have to search what the #60sscoops was
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixties_Scoop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixties_Scoop)
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Six Companies That Did Not Survive 2010 - DigitalBoB12
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Six-Companies-That-Did-Not-nytimes-3376907748.html?x=0
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citricsquid
oh god please learn to format properly. I wanted to skim the article, identify
the companies they "profiled" and then read about the ones I'm interested in,
b... | {
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} |
Who is Android's customer? - dkasper
http://calebelston.com/who-is-androids-customer
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gvb
_Google_ is Android's customer.
Before Android, the phone market was either screwed up locked down "smart"
phones produced by the carriers or the iPhone which is tightly controlled by
Apple. Aggravating the iPhone option... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
BeatSync: A new online music community - BeatSync
https://beatsync.co
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aeth0s
I wish there was more of a preview to see how BeatSync works.
How will BeatSync be different from Soundcloud? And what's the revenue plan?
Hopefully different from Soundcloud's.
~~~
BeatSync
Hi, firstly, thank you for your interest.
... | {
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} |
Malcolm Gladwell: Who says big ideas are rare? - danohuiginn
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/12/080512fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=all
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KrisJordan
My key take away from this article is that, for the most part, good ideas are
a commodity and _great_ ideas are rarely uniquely arrived at. This is one o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Zuckerberg: You can be unethical and still be legal thats the way I live my life - johnhartigun
http://www.businessinsider.com/exclusive-mark-zuckerbergs-secret-ims-from-college-2012-5?op=1
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meeeu
I guess we are all dumb fucks for following the rules. Life's lesson is to be
fake and fuck over your friends for ... | {
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} |
Marissa Mayer leaving Yahoo - the_arun
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/marissa-mayer-leaving-yahoo-after-verizon-takes-over-company-says-n704956
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alt_f4
drove Yahoo further into the ditch, got paid millions for it. glad to see her
go, most overrated tech executive ever.
~~~
velodrome
Yahoo was in "the dit... | {
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How to Become a Technical HR Recruiter - sjscott80
http://www.stackoverflowcareers.com/blog/how-to-successfully-transition-from-a-general-to-technical-recruiter
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kjs3
What they don't seem to mention is how much of recruiting in general, and tech
recruiting in particular, has devolved to low-wage, short term co... | {
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D-Tale open-sourced: a light-weight web-client for visualizing data-structures - cbeeson
https://www.man.com/hn-atech-sep19
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dnadler
I'm certainly biased here, but I use this almost daily and don't know of a
competing tool that solves the visual data exploration problem as well as this
does. Jupyter certainly ha... | {
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} |
What is a Dimension Anyway? - nickb
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=what-is-a-dimension-anyway&print=true
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Prrometheus
The classic book "Flatland" is a great read for anyone trying to wrap their
mind around more than 3 dimensions. There was a sequel to the book written
much later by another author, it was ca... | {
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} |
Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.4M cars after Jeep hack - vvanders
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33650491
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tinco
This is a terrible decision. On such a short timescale, they'll only be able
to fix the particular bug in their infotainment system. The real problem as
everyone has pointed out is that the car control a... | {
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AsteroidOS – An open-source operating system for smartwatches - skbohra123
https://asteroidos.org/#
======
konraditurbe
I love how this project matured, I used it last year for my old G Watch and it
ran pretty well, definitively worth checking out if you have a compatible
smartwatch as it can be booted once leaving We... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Annoying Function Notation (in math) - ColinWright
http://mathmisery.com/wp/2016/07/01/annoying-function-notation/
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qubex
Personally I've adopted Wolfram Language (formerly Mathematica) 's convention
of indicating the application of function f to variable x as f[x] rather than
f(x) precisely to avoid ambiguities... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Silicon Valley has turned into the place it hates the most - Kapura
http://www.businessinsider.com/kairos-ventures-raises-fund-focusing-on-middle-class-problems-2017-11
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ukulele
This is a PR piece for Kairos Fund, whatever that is. For fun, you can compare
with PG's formula[1]. I'd give it a B-.
[1]
[http://www... | {
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} |
Converting Python2 to Python3 [video] - sshamte
https://www.neckbeardrepublic.com/screencasts/converting-python-2-to-python-3
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IgorPartola
I have recently started writing small stand-alone scripts/apps in Python3.
It's been a pretty interesting experience. Aside from certain frameworks not
supporting Python3, ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Jason Fried: Never Read Another Resume - seanmccann
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20100601/never-read-another-resume_Printer_Friendly.html
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tptacek
Broken down to bullets:
* Don't hire until you've had to endure the pain of doing the job well yourself. If you don't know how to do the job right, you don't know how... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Genetic evidence for natural selection in humans in the contemporary USA - gwern
http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/05/05/037929
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ascotan
I'm sorry was this an April Fool joke?
By definition a 'phenotype' is the expressed traits of a genotype. As far as I
know there is no known gene or set of genes which exp... | {
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} |
Multiplayer Deck of Cards - pkstn
https://deck.of.cards
======
kissgyorgy
Very cool idea!!! You can basically play ANYTHING with this. The only feature
missing that each player should be able to look their cards only in a way that
others can't see it.
Edit: Oh wow, it's not missing! If you put the card in top of the ... | {
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} |
Sports Illustrated Lays Off All Staff Photographers - uptown
https://nppa.org/node/69374
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jscheel
I can just imagine the next SI cover having a crap photo of the Super Bowl
from a sideline journalist's iphone.
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at-fates-hands
Am I wrong to assume their digital magazine site and their published magazine
... | {
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} |
How Can Creatives Best Interact With The Web? - socalsamba
http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/creatives-distribution-and-the-power-of-the-web/
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GavinB
"Where once a musician would spend months praying that her demo reached the
ear of the right A&R scout, now MySpace and GarageBand allow her to reach
anyone, anyw... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Economist Mohamed El-Erian warns about the risk of 'zombie markets' - hhs
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/16/economist-mohamed-el-erian-warns-about-the-risk-of-zombie-markets.html
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seven4
Unprecedented levels of stimulus around the whole world. If that isn't the
precursor for some airpockets/bubbles of mispricing t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why Everyone Should Get Funded (Once) - thesyndicate
http://bhargreaves.com/2010/05/funded-once/
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swolchok
It seems incredible to me that someone would consider funding a profit-making
venture to be an act of philanthropy.
~~~
cabalamat
> _It seems incredible to me that someone would consider funding a profit... | {
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} |
The American Anti-Corruption Act - arikr
https://act.represent.us/sign/the-solution/
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arikr
Really well done video.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Someone Hacked My T-Mobile Account and T-Mobile Won’t Talk About It - jbegley
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/neax4q/someone-hacked-my-t-mobile-account-and-t-mobile-wont-talk-about-it
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DrScump
I wonder what TMobile support organization the writer contacted.
In my substantial experience, their support organiz... | {
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} |
React.js: VelocityTransitionGroup, a replacement for ReactCSSTransitionGroup - tomaskafka
https://gist.github.com/tkafka/0d94c6ec94297bb67091
======
chenglou
There's been a few React animation experiments (including my own:
[https://github.com/chenglou/react-tween-
state](https://github.com/chenglou/react-tween-stat... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Hacker Noon leaks unfinished drafts to Google - axsharma
https://securityreport.com/hacker-noon-leaks-drafts-what-about-your-blog/
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axsharma
Google search has been indexing Hacker Noon's unfinished drafts.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Open Match: Open source game matchmaker - Impossible
https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/open-match
======
alexforster
"It’s designed to be flexible (run it anywhere Kubernetes runs)"
Is this the only supported deployment method? It's interesting if Google is
OSS'ing cool projects to increase GCE/GKE marketshare.
... | {
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} |
Review our new social game, theWorldChat: Chat using your FB pic. - rebelvc
http://theworldchat.com
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sync
Too bad it's not actually anonymous at all.
You can easily identify anyone by viewing the source of their FB pic. For
example:
http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs444.snc4/489... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A million $ gross: This online clothing business uses WTF moments as strategy - wherespaul
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/business/31proto.html
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subpixel
I like this company, but this is the 3rd time you've posted about them...
~~~
wherespaul
Is there a limit to the number of times I can post something abo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Will You Measure Your Life? - amahadik
http://hbr.org/2010/07/how-will-you-measure-your-life/ar/1
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amahadik
Excellent insights by the author of "Innovator's Dilemma."
| {
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} |
Part of BT is down again - 8draco8
https://twitter.com/BTCare/status/756032905361690624
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vmateixeira
It's been like that for a while now, and similar to yesterday's issue.
[http://downdetector.co.uk/problems/bt-british-
telecom](http://downdetector.co.uk/problems/bt-british-telecom)
And seems to be related to ... | {
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} |
NYSE/NYSE MKT has temporarily suspended trading in all symbols - mmastrac
https://www.nyse.com/market-status/history
======
chollida1
This isn't much of an issue for traders That's a nice benefit of having 40+
trading venues in the US. They had problems at the open as well with
connectivity on one of their gateways.
... | {
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} |
'Calling bullshit': the college class on how not to be duped by the news - pseudolus
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/16/calling-bullshit-college-class-news-information
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gambler
_> "Calling Bullshit is not dedicated to teaching students that Fox News
promotes “fake news” or that National Enquirer hea... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Can meetings at companies be made more efficient? If so, how? - fiiv
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fiiv
I ask because I'm working on a side project at the moment, and the idea is to
automate follow-ups for outcome deliverables from meetings, help with general
note taking and set a priority before the meeting to help keep things on
tr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Localizing Papers, Please - baxter
http://dukope.tumblr.com/post/83177288060/localizing-papers-please-papers-please-was
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danso
In case you don't see the link, Pope created a web interface, hosted on Github
Pages, that allows users to easily do the localization, collaborate via Github
forks, and import/export the... | {
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} |
30 second arithmetic challenge - 317070
http://christianp.github.io/30secondchallenge/
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cperciva
I was doing fine until I got to "multiply by itself twice". Is that "x := x *
x * x", or "x := x * x; x := x * x"?
~~~
Jake232
This caught me out too.
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xtrumanx
This reminds me of morning routine back in grad... | {
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} |
Microsoft “scroogled” ad attacks Google Play data sharing with developers - NateLipscomb
http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/09/microsofts-latest-scroogle-ads-attack-sharing-of-information-that-google-developers-need-to-process-transactions/
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photorized
It's interesting that all the #scroogled retweets at the moment... | {
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} |
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