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Can We Build a Sun Screen to Combat Global Climate Change? - theprop
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/05/26/ask-ethan-can-we-build-a-sun-screen-to-combat-global-climate-change/
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thrwaway69
Can we genetically engineer ourselves to combat climate change?
Increase melanin, estrogen and growth horm... | {
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Software Design is Human Relationships: Waiters, Changers, and Sufficiency - KentBeck
https://medium.com/@kentbeck_7670/software-design-is-human-relationships-part-2-of-3-waiters-changers-and-sufficiency-4c0bb9a08d23
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JamesBarney
Strange naming.
> Even though both groups’ incentives are ultimately the same, the... | {
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Running your JS code in Python - sheetjs
http://blog.sheetjs.com/post/71326534924/running-your-js-code-in-python
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kanzure
> I suspect it would be possible to build up a wrapper that emulates the
> entire NodeJS javascript API in PyV8
[http://pyv8.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/demos/node.py](http://pyv8.googlecode.... | {
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Apple will soon kill off iTunes - AdmiralAsshat
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shadowAuror
Source plz...
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mtmail
[https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/06/itunes-is-dead-
long-...](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/06/itunes-is-dead-long-live-
apple-music-apple-podcasts-and-apple-tv/)
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Tampon now lets you buffer tweets with pictures - julien_c
http://tamponapp.com/
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jgrahamc
This really is a terrible name. And putting "tampon means buffer in French" at
the bottom while having a logo that looks like a tampon with a string isn't
fooling anyone. I like the app idea, but am not going to use some... | {
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Soufflé – Logic Defined Static Analysis - tom_mellior
http://souffle-lang.org/
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purpleidea
Based on the license this is under (Oracle's UPL) I'd recommend passing over
this project until it's relicensed to one of the big 5, like the GPL, or MIT.
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abecedarius
Several pages on that site refer to an 'EDB' an... | {
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} |
Google Chrome to block heavy ads that use too many system resources - cpeterso
https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-chrome-to-block-heavy-ads-that-use-too-many-system-resources/
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ksaj
I hope this makes it into chromium-browser. A lot of sites push so much
background tracking nonsense that it is easy to crash the... | {
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How Google Stole Christmas from Extension & App Developers and Users - MGT
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/82592588/O/G.htm
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pettycash
lol
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Show HN: Bear – Minimal blogging platform - HermanMartinus
https://bearblog.dev
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CydeWeys
Small suggestion -- it seems like you're using the wrong units (or maybe
abbreviations) for your displayed average page sizes. You're using lower-case
b to indicate bits, but I suspect you mean upper-case B to indicate byte... | {
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} |
Recent Train Times - annapowellsmith
http://recenttraintimes.co.uk/
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buro9
Anna, is this one of yours? It's very impressive (and confirms most commutes I
or friends are doing are screwed during rush hour).
We're wondering what "RT" stands for on the tables when the trains are on
time, "Regular Time"?
Just di... | {
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The SEC created its own scammy ICO to teach investors a lesson - wglb
https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2018/5/16/17361750/sec-cryptocurrency-ico-investors
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greenyoda
Extensive discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17085232](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17085232)
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whataretensors
Tax dollar... | {
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When Is It Time to Hire a Recruiter? - ohjeez
https://shift.newco.co/when-is-it-time-to-hire-a-recruiter-590220a28c8e#.orxw8bqco
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dbg31415
Answer:
When you have money to burn, just want bodies in the door by a certain date,
and don't really care about quality or fit of candidates you hire.
Longer Answer:
Recr... | {
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Announcing https://GitHub.com/RedHatProductSecurity/Certificates-Shipped/ - e12e
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/374
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e12e
Whole text (but this is just the start of the thread, click through to read a
handful of replies on the OSS-SEC list):
Announcing https://github.com/RedHatProductSecurit... | {
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Obama’s Changes to Government Surveillance - 001sky
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/01/17/us/nsa-changes-graphic.html?hp
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ck2
None. There are no changes. He is reviewing a transition to changes.
And remember, these are only executive changes, which means if the next
president is worse, well then the cha... | {
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Windows 8 Metro UI can only launch IE (not chrome, Firefox, etc) - giberson
From the Windows 8 Developer forum thread:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winappsuidesign/thread/e74cce2d-9a1f-4bf9-a5f2-733c15e4f297<p><i>Metro IE is a special app. You cannot invoke an executable from Metro style apps.</i><... | {
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Feeble Retention - regulartoaster
I read tons of articles every day through Hacker News, Psychologytoday, etc., but I have trouble remembering it to actually apply what I learn. How can I improve my retention?
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devmonk
Some ideas:
\- Blog the summaries.
\- Write one or more books with all of the information ... | {
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What caused the rapid growth of early supermassive black holes? - pitdesi
http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/computing/2011/fall/shedding-light.shtml
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tectonic
The simulation they ran sounds really impressive:
To find out exactly how these supermassive black holes came to be, Di Matteo,
Croft and Carnegie Mellon post-... | {
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} |
The design of government emails - robin_reala
https://designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2014/09/04/the-design-of-government-emails/
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aDevilInMe
It saddens me that this government design body think that using HTML emails,
with headers and footers, is somehow more official looking than plain text. If
they want to reassure c... | {
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} |
Making It Easier to Upgrade to Windows 10 - mdturnerphys
http://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2015/10/29/making-it-easier-to-upgrade-to-windows-10/
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mrlyc
I'm annoyed that I had to spend quite some time tracking down and removing
gwx.exe as well as reconfiguring the registry and Windows Update of our
Windo... | {
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} |
Zigfu Dev Kit for Kinect and Unity3D - amirhirsch
Zigfu (YC S11) is happy to announce the commercial launch of our ZDK for Unity3D bindings. Full information is available here:<p>http://zigfu.com/en/zdk/unity3d/<p>A trial version is available with a watermark. You can buy a dev license with your credit card through ... | {
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The pressure to publish pushes down quality - benbreen
http://www.nature.com/news/the-pressure-to-publish-pushes-down-quality-1.19887
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Alex3917
Is it possible to model the rate at which human knowledge is increasing or
decreasing? Given that:
A) claims about reality are a lemon market, and it's often expensive ... | {
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Tensorflow.js: Machine Learning in JavaScript - memexy
https://www.tensorflow.org/js/
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ml_basics
I recently wanted to learn how to use tf.js, so had a couple of mini-projects.
The first is a minimal working example showing how to train a model in python
and then load it in javascript.
[https://github.com/paruby... | {
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Ask HN: If you were to write a script that could change the world - avallark
What would it do?
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avallark
How about a script that rounds of the fractions of dollars automatically into
an account setup for funding investors in developing nations?
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Siempre
Useless question..
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avallark
pointless answer
... | {
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Will Poonam Pandey discover Frrole? - kalkat
Well, she will, if she listens to this guy: https://twitter.com/#!/_iLiveLaughLove/status/141763927926251521<p>Now the first question is - what is Frrole? Frrole is a social newspaper for your city that we launched last week. Check out SF at http://frrole.com/san+franci... | {
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‘Zoom-Bombing’ Hijacks Online Class Meetings in Massachusetts, FBI Warns - dsr12
https://boston.cbslocal.com/2020/03/30/zoom-zoombombing-hack-security-tips/
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mtmail
related "Trolls break into meetings on Zoom"
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22742565](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22742565)
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Distributed Continuous Integration - Keep the Mainline Clean - varsketiz
http://blog.assembla.com/assemblablog/tabid/12618/bid/96937/Distributed-Continuous-Integration-Keep-the-Mainline-Clean.aspx
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daigoba66
What this approach doesn't solve, as far as I can tell, is the problem of
eventually merging together t... | {
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'Chinese YouTube' shut down amid censor fears - wumi
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4179103.ece
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jpeterson
This is really a pointless gesture. For every 56.com that you shut down, three
more todou.com's and megavideo.com's will take its place.
| {
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Polls seem to be broken - kingnothing
Were they disabled, or did a bug crop up?
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pg
Bug; fixed; sorry.
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kingnothing
Interesting use of semicolons on that. :)
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ph0rque
Bug, fixed; sorry?
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brk
Well, considering that you can enter all the text for a new poll, but when you
click the Submit button yo... | {
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Being deaf is: constant baseline soundmaking anxiety - blackhole
http://blog.melchua.com/2014/11/27/being-deaf-is-constant-baseline-soundmaking-anxiety/
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veb
This article hits home for me. I was born with a severe hearing loss, and I
have recently got a Med-EL Opus2 / RONDO Cochlear Implant -- which changed my
l... | {
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} |
Why can't America have great trains? - antigizmo
http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/amtrak-acela-high-speed-trains-20150417
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tragomaskhalos
Interesting to compare these very different problems with another country with
a dysfunctional rail system, the UK.
Here, privatisation has led to massive cost ineffic... | {
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} |
Why NPM lockfiles can be a security blindspot for injecting malicious modules - lirantal
https://snyk.io/blog/why-npm-lockfiles-can-be-a-security-blindspot-for-injecting-malicious-modules/
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christopherbalz
Is this something that could/should be done by the package repositories such
as npmjs.com?
| {
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If Microsoft is killing Flight Simulator, it's killing its 2nd oldest product (1980-2009) - technologizer
http://technologizer.com/2009/01/23/has-microsoft-flight-simulator-been-canceled-after-29-years/
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amichail
X-Plane is much more accurate. It's frame rate is much higher as well. Check
out the X-Plane demo:... | {
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} |
The Star Wars Route: Do a traceroute to 216.81.59.173 - fpp
http://network-tools.com/default.asp?prog=express&host=216.81.59.173
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qixxiq
The full text of the traceroute
$ traceroute -m 100 216.81.59.173 | awk '{print $2}'
... cut ...
*
Episode.IV
A.NEW.HOPE
It.is.a.... | {
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Could perovskite solar cell be the answer to high-efficiency solar power? - urumcsi
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/clayton-b-cornell/perovskite-solar-cell-key_b_11069628.html
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DiabloD3
"Furthermore, perovskite solar cells can be manufactured at much l0wer costs."
Someone's leet filter switched on accidentally.
... | {
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} |
Ask HN - multi engine js eval - ajuc
Is there a site, where I can paste javascript, and see result of this javascript being run in each browser/javascript engine?
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fagatini
There is <http://jsfiddle.net>, but that doesn't cover node.js to my
knowledge.
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The original IBM Thinkpad - ritubpant
http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/10/01/the-original-ibm-thinkpad/
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jcw
I saw these the other day and salivated a little. As a commenter over there
said, you can get one of these on IBM's merch store, although they're not
_exactly_ the same:
<http://logogear.americanid... | {
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A Mathematical Theory for Why People Hallucinate - duman
https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-math-theory-for-why-people-hallucinate-20180730/
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MisterTea
I've held this theory on my own after experiencing geometric shapes while
hallucinating after smoking a lot of marijuana years back. I sat down closed
my eyes and ... | {
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} |
Aquila: Internet of Things, Board with Wireless Communication - im_jupazave
http://www.aquila.io/en
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vkuruthers
Is this Zigbee based? If so does it need a Zigbee to Internet gateway to
function?
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rodmg
It's based on the same standard as Zigbee (802.15.4), but uses an open
communication protocol that simpli... | {
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} |
Kickstarter coming to NZ and Australia - gridspy
http://www.kickstarter.com/newzealand
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gridspy
I for one am very excited. We've always wanted to do a kickstarter to launch
our electricity monitor to a wider market.
Right now we're forced to keep our production and our team small and costs
high due to one off... | {
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} |
Designing a New Look for Instagram, Inspired by the Community - orrsella
https://medium.com/@ianspalter/designing-a-new-look-for-instagram-inspired-by-the-community-84530eb355e3#.niu7wkjcg
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essofluffy
I think the old icon is very 'iconic' and to ditch that may be a mistake.
| {
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A interesting consequence of ever faster computers: TeX => TeXmacs => back to TeX (via BaKoMa TeX Word) - amichail
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amichail
With faster computers, TeXmacs came along to give you a truely WYSIWYG TeX-
like real-time typesetter. What you see while editing is exactly what you get
in the output. Some clever... | {
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} |
Power from wireless signals [video] - milankragujevic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qpd7WnZ4sg
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tantalor
Cool technology, but interviewer was obnoxious and rude.
| {
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} |
Unions Did Great Things for the Working Class - petethomas
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-13/unions-did-great-things-for-the-american-working-class
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LarryDarrell
I've noticed a begrudging realization among those that sit around and think
about these things that maybe unions were not as bad as we... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Proterra, an Electric Bus Maker, Aims to Follow the Tesla Model - avance6
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-06-18/proterra-an-electric-bus-maker-aims-to-follow-the-tesla-model#r=hp-ls
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pedalpete
I was thinking about this recently while at LAX, and all the shuttle buses
going from the airport to the loc... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Why so few front end positions? - phyller
It seems like there are very few job postings for exclusive front end development positions. Many postings are for back end or full stack developers. Is the market saturated with front end developers, or do managers just not want front end developers, or am I looking i... | {
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Netflix threatens to flood the market if Icahn buys more stock - ohashi
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20214401
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miles
_Netflix's board said that the poison pill was "intended to protect Netflix
and its stockholders from efforts to obtain control of Netflix that the board
of directors determines are not in... | {
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} |
IPhone users still earn more than Android users. Financial app census for 2013. - Beat-O
https://toshl.com/financial-infographics/
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MihaMlakar
Cool :D
| {
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} |
New York City to displace Silicon Valley - wallflower
http://www.tnl.net/blog/2011/01/08/new-york-to-top-silicon-valley/
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Skeletor
The NYC tech scene has a ton of problems. One I encountered is recruiting good
programmers:
1) Living in NYC is expensive and if you are struggling on a startup you will
see frien... | {
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} |
Swiss reject additional immigration curbs - immigg
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30267042
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aikah
Whatever one might think about the result of this "votation",I think it's
great that people can make their voices heard directly.It keeps politicians in
check.Sometimes the people can take bad decisions,but at... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
NPM CEO Bryan Bogensberger Resigned - fharper
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/npm-inc-announces-leadership-change-300922517.html?tc=eml_cleartime
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asien
I’m fascinated by the fact that while node has become a new standard in the
industry , and the project is receiving lots of supports from all sorts of
... | {
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} |
Should a Self-Driving Car Kill Its Passengers in a “Greater Good” Scenario? - Turukawa
http://www.iflscience.com/technology/should-self-driving-car-be-programmed-kill-its-passengers-greater-good-scenario
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sharemywin
Tell me which one doesn't and I'll buy that one. Sorry other hypothetical
people.
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JoeAltm... | {
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Microsoft launches Office 2013 software suite - thomseddon
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/
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thomseddon
And the announcement: [http://www.microsoft.com/en-
us/news/press/2013/jan13/01-29O3...](http://www.microsoft.com/en-
us/news/press/2013/jan13/01-29O365PR.aspx)
| {
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Ask HN: What products have you used regularly for years? - neilsharma
Websites, apps, SaaS services, or even physical stores. What brands and companies have survived the test of time in your life?
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neilsharma
1\. Unroll.me - Easily unsubscribes to newsletters. I currently have over 500
unsubscribed newsletters t... | {
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} |
Small Startup launches Android developer challenge, gets prize sponsored by TED - ros3
http://snaptic.com/challenge/
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faramarz
Wow, superstar judges.
Here's an idea for you android developers out there.
Build a scavenger-hunt type app. get people to check-in to places, city halls,
museums, parks etc (educati... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Researchers expand microchip capability with new 3D inductor technology - rbanffy
https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/805644
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oriel
This is the kind of limit-break science article that makes me come back here
for news. Advancements which seem small and relativly progressive, but enable
a next-level range of tech... | {
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} |
Sean Parker on Steve Jobs - mlinsey
https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150348392138293
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dmboyd
Always looking to self promote
~~~
bitstream
It's sad, but that's the viewpoint I came away with as well.
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justinj
he really doesn't polish up as well as old timberlake ;)
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How an entrepreneur launched a mobile chat system with 18 million users - larrykubin
http://mixergy.com/mxit-herman-heunis/
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crxnamja
In the words of Dave C. "Haters gonna hate, lovers gonna love"
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z8000
I was hoping that this was going to be a tech-talk about scalability given the
title!
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duncan... | {
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Onyx 0.6.0: Going Faster - XPherior
http://michaeldrogalis.github.io/jekyll/update/2015/06/08/Onyx-0.6.0:-Going-Faster.html
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lkrubner
It seems to me this will replace Storm for many uses, and it seems they knew
this and they've been putting effort into taking on exactly that sort of use
case:
"Based on user f... | {
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} |
Sooner Than You Think, We Will Connect To The Cloud Directly From Our Brains - daegloe
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3027984/sooner-than-you-think-we-will-connect-to-the-cloud-directly-from-our-brains
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tschlossmacher
You know what will make me cry in the future? The current generation has
trouble picking up books... | {
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} |
Now Dollar Shave Club Sells Hair Gel, Too - jabo
http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/25/dollar-shave-club-hair/
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DonCarlitos
Harry's is so much better at razors & blades. Tried them both. Hated Dollar's
hardware. Love Harry's razor... and their blades are superior as well.
| {
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} |
Prismic.io goes live - Doublon
https://prismic.io/#live
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sunir
A few things. I would expect a writing application to have incredible
copywriting. You have to out-write the writers!
Here are some examples where the text could be improved, though really the
whole page needs to be rewritten using the inverted pyra... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Manuel Blum: Advice to a beginning graduate student - r11t
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mblum/research/pdf/grad.html
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jdp23
A classic from 2001.
I was a grad student at Berkeley in the 80s in Theoretical Computer Science
before heading off in a different direction, and got as far as taking my oral
prelims from Manu... | {
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} |
Nokia former engineers now their software runs on 1B mobile - zmir
http://nordic.businessinsider.com/two-former-nokia-engineers-did-what-google-and-apple-wouldnt---now-their-software-runs-on-1-billion-mobile-devices-2017-5/
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finid
You write about an application yet not a link to the project's website in the
arti... | {
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} |
Show HN: I made a bot with Dialogflow to automate LinkedIn sales - gavribirnbaum
https://wcurl.io/
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waihtis
Are people using this on their legit accounts, or creating "burners" for the
use case?
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} |
Manna by Marshall Brain - joeyespo
http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm
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CarolineW
I can only repeat what I said on one of the many previous occasions this has
been mentioned:
Dreadful - absolutely dreadful. It starts so well, then
just turns into a thinly veiled rant/diatribe/spiel abo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Smoke With Friends - spotman
http://www.smokewithfriends.com
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aa4hn
nice, this is hilarious and awesome. people are totally gonna use this!
| {
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} |
Four Lessons From Evernote’s First Week On The Mac App Store - perlino
http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/19/evernote-mac-app-store/#comments
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neovive
It would be interesting to see how these numbers compare with apps that were
not as prominently featured or not as well-known as Evernote. Clearly the
numbers would ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Momentum – automatic donations based on your life and interests - bettergood
https://givemomentum.com
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bettergood
Hi HN! We’re building an automatic donation app, Momentum, that connects your
giving to your life. For example, when you go out to eat, automatically add
10% to your bill and donate it to so... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
"Portuguese Startups List" on Google Spreadsheets - matrixownsyou
i started a "Portuguese Startups List" spreadsheet on google this morning to promote our startup environment. It's rough on the edges but i'll organize it better when i have some spare time.<p>http://tinyurl.com/PortugueseStartupsList
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olifante
... | {
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} |
Using Aaron Swartz - dasht
http://www.basiscraft.com/misc/2013/01/using-aaron-swartz.html
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tptacek
This is creepy enough to be a Hacker News comment.
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imuakame
This is interesting background I didn't know before.
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Crystal vs. Node.js vs. Golang vs. Julia vs. Rust vs. LuaJIT vs. C Fibonacci Benchmark - seraum
http://blog.seraum.com/crystal-lang-vs-nodejs-vs-golang-vs-julia-vs-rust-vs-luajit-vs-c-fibonacci-benchmark
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leovonl
If you compile the Rust example with optimization (-O) it just throws the
result away, which gives t... | {
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Surviving the SSHpocolypse - Kenan
https://github.com/blog/1212-surviving-the-sshpocolypse
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akira2501
Maybe I'm missing something, but why would you patch SSH instead of just using
something like pam_mysql and nscd?
~~~
kijin
Previous, but still inconclusive, discussion about the same matter:
<https://news.y... | {
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Why Developers Should Not Use MacBook Pro - wyclif
https://hackernoon.com/why-developers-should-not-use-macbook-pro-3b6a4aeeee64
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misterhtmlcss
I used Linux a long time ago and issues I had were not the large cases
described here, but little things that wear down my soul like: \- where did
the program get instal... | {
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Tamei – Categorize Common Lisp forms by purity - kencausey
https://github.com/cbaggers/tamei
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kencausey
See also:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/comments/3mvrw4/tamei_categori...](https://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/comments/3mvrw4/tamei_categorize_cl_forms_by_purity/)
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Authentication Techniques for APIs - Sujan
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tAX5ZJzluilhoYKjra-uHbMCZraaQkqIHl3RIQ8mVkM/edit#gid=0
======
cleverfoo
Not impressed, particularly with the basic-auth description. Basic auth is
purely a well understood vehicle for sending a tuple (aka the credentials) for
authentica... | {
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Black Mirror: Fifteen Million Merits (2012) - eridal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tMXKQdc5ZM
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rbanffy
Sometimes, science fiction is not about trying to predict the future as much
as trying to avoid it.
------
monroepe
Such a good show. I wish there were more episodes.
~~~
eridal
I just found this episode... | {
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My open letter to Venmo - hoverkraft
http://www.twodimensionalworld.com/post/8386157046/my-letter-to-venmo
======
hoverkraft
Sent this after waking up to a weekly digest email from Venmo listing all the
payment activity of the people in my network.
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Best WebGL demo yet: Build LEGO things on Google Maps - hapless
http://www.buildwithchrome.com
======
hapless
More on the australian google blog: [http://google-
au.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/build-bringing-lego...](http://google-
au.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/build-bringing-lego-bricks-to-chrome.html)
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HP and other companies on the hook with banks for $200B - worldwidebank
https://medium.com/@cloudstories2017/hp-and-other-companies-on-the-hook-with-banks-for-200-billion-on-benprise-tech-site-3fb381468198
======
RoyTyrell
Is this a real article? It reads like it was written by some kind of poorly-
trained AI. While i... | {
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} |
A World Without Clouds: Cloud Loss Could Add 8 Degrees to Global Warming - headalgorithm
https://www.quantamagazine.org/cloud-loss-could-add-8-degrees-to-global-warming-20190225/
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painful
As an American, I'm frankly sick of the US inaction on climate change. It
makes me hate being an American. It almost makes me... | {
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} |
An Attempt to Recreate the Blender 2.8 ToolBox in Qt5 - hellozee
https://github.com/hellozee/blender-toolbox-qt
======
johnchristopher
Cool.
I wonder if I am getting to be that old guy but I tend to go back to styles
that mimics windows XP classic style (not the blue, silver or green one) the
most. To me it's the mos... | {
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Websites requiring a phone number is bad business and potential discrimination - teslacar
Websites requiring a phone number is bad business and potential discrimination<p>Millions of Americans don't have cell phones . Either they are too expensive or the are disabled or other reasons that prevents them for having... | {
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} |
Tell HN: Come join HN discord chat, get to know likeminded people, make friends - rayalez
Hey, everyone!<p>I love hanging out here on HN, so many awesome, smart, and creative people to talk to. But over the years, I haven't made a single personal connection, there's no one in this community that I know by na... | {
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} |
Echoly - Unlimited File Sync with Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, etc. - echoly
http://beta.echoly.com/
======
echoly
More details on how it works:
Echoly is a desktop application that can sync an unlimited amount of files
using your limited cloud storage provided by Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft
SkyDrive, etc.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
S-Q-L or Sequel? - uehhong
https://medium.com/tableplus/how-to-pronounce-sql-properly-s-q-l-or-sequel-7203a5185676
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mkj
"postgresickle" rolls off the tongue so nicely!
| {
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Swoopo: Selling items for more and less than they're worth, at the same time - cwan
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/11/play_to_lose
======
portman
FYI, Swoopo has already attracted 131+ competitors. Traffic stats for all of
them are maintained here:
<http://www.pennyauctiontraffic.com/>
~~~
hello_... | {
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On Lisp ebook, in one single html file - Kilimanjaro
http://code.google.com/p/onlisp/
======
Kilimanjaro
Only one file in a convenient format, for your reading pleasure.
Just in time for the iPad!
* If a kind soul can host the ebook for everybody to see before they download it that would be great
~~~
mahmud
How d... | {
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Adobe Creative Cloud Pay as You Go Using Disposable Cards - simbolo
I have rare uses where I need Photoshop, but I don't want to signup for a full Creative Cloud subscription.<p>Adobe only presents this as:
* a full year paid upfront
* a 12 month fixed 'contract'
* a no commitment 30 day plan with a lar... | {
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} |
Interactive model of the hyperbolic plane - mathgenius
https://www.math.univ-toulouse.fr/~cheritat/AppletsDivers/Escher/
======
mathgenius
This is from mathoverflow:
[https://mathoverflow.net/a/249936/39775](https://mathoverflow.net/a/249936/39775)
| {
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The Hygienic Efficacy of Different Hand-Drying Methods: A Review of the Evidence - srathi
http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(12)00393-X/fulltext
======
dalke
Short version: paper towels (avoid rough ones) are the most hygienic, evidence
for electric driers is mixed, and shaking the hands dry may... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Any framework to manage tech debt, increase quality – for small teams - raghava
Am trying to find if there any reference process framework/guideline that small engineering teams could follow, to improve their engineering practice quality, in short, near and long term windows.<p>I have used the 12 step Joe... | {
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} |
Meetups are Hard Work - ugtastic
http://www.ugtastic.com/meetups-hard-work/
======
ugtastic
In response to Sean's article I wrote up "Meetups are Easy"
[http://www.ugtastic.com/meetups-easy/](http://www.ugtastic.com/meetups-easy/)
| {
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} |
The Long Strange Trip to Java - mahmud
http://www.blinkenlights.com/classiccmp/javaorigin.html
======
mahmud
This is one of the most interesting, most awe inspiring accounts of hacking
war stories you will ever read. Well worth your time.
| {
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How airline reservations are used to target illegal searches - kafkaesque
http://papersplease.org/wp/2013/09/17/how-airline-reservations-are-used-to-target-illegal-searches/
======
sbarre
"DHS lawyers claimed that international travel provides, in and of itself,
sufficient Constitutional basis for detention and search... | {
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} |
The Unreal Engine: Building the Empire State Building with Playing Cards - sutro
http://kotaku.com/5339057/carmack-ok-with-id-not-becoming-an-epic-or-valve#c14826268
======
amitt
I used to work at epic on UE3 and can say that there's a LOT of engineering
and considerations that go into keeping the engine flexible an... | {
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} |
Newfangled Credit Cards Cause Headaches at Stores Across America - jackgavigan
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-13/newfangled-credit-cards-cause-headaches-at-stores-across-america
======
draw_down
Most places I use my card at have chip readers. The big downside is how long
it takes to complete the transa... | {
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} |
Ineligible Bachelors: Indian Men Living in U.S. Strike Out - rglovejoy
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123896998996190775.html
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plinkplonk
A more sensible interpretation is that marriage and courtship rituals
("courtship" extended to include "casual" relationships) have a heavy culture
specific component to them... | {
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} |
The extinction burst - aburan28
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/3/12/938466/-
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DrScump
(March 2011)
| {
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} |
The United States Postal Service Will Now Email You Your Mail - esalazar
http://qz.com/566668/the-united-states-postal-service-will-now-email-you-your-mail/
======
jlgaddis
I would pay for this, at times. All of my mail is delivered to my box at a
post office about 15 minutes from my home. I normally only check it onc... | {
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} |
Legal Marijuana Is Almost Here, If Only Pot Farmers Were on Board - zonotope
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/09/us/california-marijuana-growers.html
======
the_evacuator
Article doesn't really highlight the environmental hooliganism practiced by
these guys. They rip up a meadow in a national forest, or on BLM land, an... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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