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Hamagen - Israel releases an app for tracking exposures to Covid-19 - mderazon https://medium.com/@oleiba/hamagen-fight-coronavirus-and-preserve-privacy-b1631693bb46 ====== funerr Here is the source code: [https://github.com/MohGovIL/hamagen-react- native](https://github.com/MohGovIL/hamagen-react-native) Maybe it co...
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America's First Banned Book - Thevet https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/americas-first-banned-book ====== wyxuan Title is slightly misleading. This is during the time when America wasn't very united, and couldn't even be called a country. A better title would be New England's first banned book. ~~~ andredz To cons...
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A $5000 Chair - kentonwhite http://battlehardened.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/a-5000-chair/ ====== dsr_ It wasn't the chair that cost $5K. It was the lack of the most basic possible written employment agreement. ~~~ josefresco Who was going to write that agreement ... The lawyer they were hiring? Please, their biggest m...
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What is the best tool to test your business idea? - rafa_th ====== a_lifters_life Your voice.
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FBI warns US companies about backdoors in Chinese tax software - LinuxBender https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-warns-us-companies-about-backdoors-in-chinese-tax-software/ ====== t0mmyb0y Groups running companies never learn...isolate sensitive stuff and take a few minutes to do things safely.
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The Google Way of Science - The Growing Importance of Data - nickb http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/06/the_google_way.php ====== sah This whole idea strikes me as extremely confused. Data mining is just observation. Any extrapolation from data is a theory. Anderson and this author seem to be surprised tha...
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Google's My Activity reveals just how much it knows about you - betolink https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/29/google-reveals-information-it-knows-about-you-my-activity ====== betolink Now add all the other sites we use on a daily basis. The scary thing is that most of us don't care, we are happy giving u...
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Controlling vehicle features of Nissan LEAFs remotely via vulnerable APIs - marklubi http://www.troyhunt.com/2016/02/controlling-vehicle-features-of-nissan.html ====== mikestew Anyone who has been cursed with using anything related to CarWings might not be surprised by this. I swear their backend is running on some in...
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Show HN: CallStop – Superhuman for your phone number - davidajackson Robocalls and unwanted calls are one of the biggest hassles these days. Over 50% of phone traffic is spam.<p>I&#x27;m the founder of CallStop: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;apps.apple.com&#x2F;us&#x2F;app&#x2F;callstop&#x2F;id1455892856" rel="nofollow">...
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iOS (iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS) Spec Chart page has been updated notably - blakespot https://blakespot.com/ios_device_specifications_grid.html?v=6 ====== blakespot Look at the insane cache jump on the latest SoC, the A13. 28MB SRAM cache!!!
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Disciplined monthly equity investing - deepGem Do any of you commit a regularly monthly amount to investment in equity instruments such as Vanguard total index fund VTSMX? This is supposed to be the most failproof method to create long term wealth. If so, I&#x27;d be curious to know how difficult or easy this process ...
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Why Your Startup Shouldn't Hire Consultants - danadams http://mrdanadams.com/2012/why-your-startup-shouldnt-hire-consultants/#.UONJOeJQKmw.hackernews ====== damm I think most people who say you should hire full time, or you shouldn't hire consultants (or vise versa) are doing you a disservice. It's hard enough to fin...
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Looking for CTO partner for startup - dotmatrix I am looking for technical co-founder in the Bay Area to partner up with for my startup called digizal.com, an e-commerce platform for a disruptive industry.<p>If you consider yourself a guru in PHP, Javascript, Ajax, HTML, CSS, MYSQL and other languages and just love ...
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Reserverr.com - Make reservations and appointments anywhere for free online - austinschwab http://reserverr.com/ ====== brackin I'd love to see a video demo rather than having to signup and set it all up to test the service.
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Java: Custom SWT List Box - cghersi http://www.snip2code.com/Snippet/11489/Custom-SWT-List-Box ====== born2kill This seems to be pretty interesting as there's no native support for such control natively in SWT ------ zioj That is a very good trick to overcome a hole in swt widgets. Thank you very much!! ------ bmx...
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Perception trumps knowledge: optical illusion - RiderOfGiraffes http://web.mit.edu/persci/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html ====== nazgulnarsil WAY more dramatic for me: the blue and green spirals are the same color. [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/06/24/th...](http://blogs.discovermaga...
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Aviate joins Yahoo - moswald http://blog.getaviate.com/post/72586543194/aviates-going-to-get-better-faster-with-yahoo ====== MojoJolo This might be out of context, but a question though. How this companies get bought? Of course, building a great product is part of it. But are they shopping around, emailing / visitin...
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Inkscape 1.0 - dragonsh https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=Release_notes/1.0#Inkscape_1.0 ====== merricksb Other recent discussions: Inkscape 1.0 Release Candidate – [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22855357](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22855357) (710 points, 23 days ago, 157 comments) Inks...
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Huge water reserve discovered in Kenya - gmatty http://www.itv.com/news/2013-09-10/kenya-water-aquifer-found-in-lotikipi/ ====== JabavuAdams Fantastic! Let's concoct some overly optimistic growth statistics for how this will stimulate the Kenyan economy. Let's say 19% for the first 10 years, then 15% for 10 more, the...
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It's called “Ship” not “Shit” - pantonepicker http://blog.heyimcat.com/its-called-ship-not-shit/ ====== derefr The one thing people seem to forget: MVPs are supposed to be _experiments_. You do an MVP to figure out whether it's worth your time to build a product for a particular market (i.e. whether there is "product-...
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Simple Charters: Instant Private Flights - charlesdenault http://www.simplecharters.com/ ====== prawn Would be good to see anonymised examples of real flight charters so it's possible to get a feel for what a private flight might cost. Might save on tyre-kickers or encourage those who would've guessed it out of thei...
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Reddit Blocked in China - tptptptptptp http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/features/Blogs-Beijing_News/165760/Reddit-blocked-in-China.html ====== Cheyana Now the question is...will Reddit self-censor in order to get back in?
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Startups Rival Craigslist for Online Classifieds Market Share - erin_bury http://betakit.com/2012/07/14/startups-rival-craigslist-for-online-classifieds-market-share ====== sixQuarks In order to have a chance at fighting Craigslist, these services need to start hyperlocal first. There's nothing worse than going to one...
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Random Darknet Shopper - janfoeh https://wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org/r/ ====== wpietri This is a play on Darius Kazemi's Amazon Random Shopper: [http://randomshopper.tumblr.com/post/35454415921/randomized-...](http://randomshopper.tumblr.com/post/35454415921/randomized- consumerism) ~~~ aaron695 [http://xkcd.co...
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Panic Grips World Credit Markets - gibsonf1 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8058d308-84d3-11dd-b148-0000779fd18c.html?nclick_check=1 ====== tptacek ctkrohn, ready for you to come back and tell us it's all fine. Any time now, would be great. Thanks! =)
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Time Investment - wglb http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2011/01/time-investment.html ====== rubidium I wonder: was his working-like-a-dog to self-promote was necessary so that he could be successful with ebooks? He clearly started to establish a name for himself before his massive success with digital sales. Note that h...
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Show HN: A gem to log when code gets run - heynk https://github.com/hstove/aqui ====== heynk I remember a thread on HN some time ago where people discussed the various log messages they'd write when debugging to see if code was executing properly. I usually just write things like `puts "here"` and it sounded like a ...
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“0.5% of women stated they were virgins and reported virgin births” (2013) - bookofjoe https://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f7102#alternate ====== DoreenMichele _Conclusions Around 0.5% of women consistently affirmed their status as virgins and did not use assisted reproductive technology, yet reported virgin births. E...
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Health insurance startup Oscar to announce $30 million fundraising round - kirtijthorat http://gigaom.com/2014/01/08/health-insurance-startup-oscar-to-announce-30-million-fundraising-round/ ====== Mz From this very short piece: _Serving New York City as well as a few other counties in New York state..._ It is possi...
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Do your social profiles affect your job prospects? - pumasource http://pumasocial.wordpress.com/ ====== pumasource Great blog!
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The Story of Mel, a Real Programmer - apawloski http://www.cs.utah.edu/%7Eelb/folklore/mel.html ====== jstanley Fantastic story. One I re-read occasionally just to make sure I don't forget it :) ------ vgyjh I wonder if there's a follow-up?
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Redis Labs Modules License Changes - shade83 https://redislabs.com/blog/redis-labs-modules-license-changes/ ====== Sir_Cmpwn As an outspoken critic of the original change, I applaud this move. I still wish it were open source, but this solves a lot of the confusing nomenclature I took offense with. Kudos. ------ deta...
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How to play the guitar by ear, for mathematicians and physicists (2000) [pdf] - lelf http://www.foundationwebsite.org/Guitar.pdf ====== jng I have been a software developer for 35 years (started learning in 1985, I've accomplished several pretty successful things in this time), and it's also taken me over three decade...
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Alt-right attitudes present large statistical differences from control groups - anigbrowl https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/15/16144070/psychology-alt-right ====== observation Oddly enough anonymously polled edgelords from 4chan aren't centrists. This is a terrible way to conduct research. ------ andrew-...
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SAS - The Future of Healthcare? - jacoblyles http://distributedrepublic.net/archives/2010/01/21/the-best-place-work-ever ====== jacoblyles I'm just wondering if the health market in America has gotten so dysfunctional that firms building their own primary care clinics might be more cost- effective than purchasing he...
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SCOTUS Justice Sotomayor Favors Jury Nullification - miles http://fija.org/2016/02/09/scotus-justice-sotomayor-favors-jury-nullification/ ====== mordant Jury nullification is a powerful tool for reining in prosecutorial overreach, and for correcting perceived injustice in corner-cases (pun intended). This is about th...
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Node.JS and Eclipse Support with eBay VJET Engine - zengr http://jonathan-whywecanthavenicethings.blogspot.com/2011/08/war-of-worlds.html?spref=tw ====== dmmalam what are people currently using for node dev. At quillu we are big fans of sublime, a terminal window and node inspector
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An Angled Plug Just Fixed Everything Wrong with Apple's MacBook Power Adapter - pbhowmic http://gizmodo.com/a-simple-angled-plug-just-fixed-everything-wrong-with-a-1764108021?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow ====== chmaynard Not a bad product idea, but the head...
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How “group velocities” can exceed speed of light without carrying info (2000) - keyi http://www.gregegan.net/APPLETS/20/20.html ====== nabla9 Science magazines like New Scientist have roughly once per year sensational faster than light scam article that uses group velocities as excuse to make headlines. First half of ...
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Show HN: (blowdb) Simple django extension for cleaning database and migrations - iogf https://github.com/iogf/django-blowdb ====== helb Some mostly random notes/questions: 1\. Seems to support SQLite only, is that right? 2\. It deletes even migrations from Django's default apps (auth, staticfiles, …) in virtualenv/s...
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On Premature Optimization - cramforce http://www.nonblocking.io/2011/02/on-premature-optimization.html ====== chipsy I think the "root of all evil" comes from _discussions_ of premature optimization in public forums, not the act itself. Optimization discussions tend to take these archetypes: * Existing performance ...
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HamWAN: A modern, multi-megabit, IP-based, digital network for amateur radio use - wcfields https://hamwan.org/ ====== wmf Since the site isn't that clear, the protocol is narrow-channel 802.11n on the amateur 5.9 GHz band. I wonder if the net throughput or range are any better than using the unlicensed 5.8 GHz band. ...
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Show HN: what - bandwidth monitoring terminal dashboard written in rust - imsnif https://github.com/imsnif/what ====== smolder This is cool and very similar to something I started working on. Does it show anything useful for NAT'd connections when using linux as a router?
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Ask HN: Time to drop a client? - togasystems I have a client who I first picked up over four years ago. As it was one of my first consulting gigs, the hourly was low, $25 an hour. Since then I have gained many higher paying customers. I brought up the idea of raising the price and it was quietly swept under the rug....
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Binary Puzzle - mabynogy http://binarypuzzle.com/ ====== grumph It's "Unruly" in Simon Tatham's puzzle collection[1]. There is also an android version [2]. In the manual: "This puzzle type was invented by Adolfo Zanellati, under the name ‘Tohu wa Vohu’." [1] [https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/](ht...
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Ask HN: Is instagram.com broken or is it just me? - cellis I see this: (index):215 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property &#x27;call&#x27; of undefined at t ((index):215) at Object.&lt;anonymous&gt; (f05bbe87f13a.js:1) at t ((index):215) at Object.880 (ff3a5fc73987.js:1) at t ((index):215) at...
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U.N. Admits Role in Cholera Epidemic in Haiti - davidf18 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/world/americas/united-nations-haiti-cholera.html ====== davidf18 Officially, 10,000 died, but the numbers could be far higher. Very tragic and makes for an interesting read about how safety protocols were not followed.
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Ask HN: High School VR Lab - gorgoiler I’m a high school CS teacher. I have been told if I apply for funding for a VR lab I am highly likely to receive it. There are a few reasons for this I don’t need to go in to. Apparently it <i>has been decided</i> that this would be good for the school!<p>Given that this (and ...
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Adblock Plus and Flattr’s new project will let users automatically donate money - smonff http://venturebeat.com/2016/05/03/adblock-plus-and-flattrs-new-project-will-let-users-automatically-donate-money-to-websites/ ====== smonff > Flattr Plus will “eventually” be integrated into Adblock Plus > Once Flattr Plus goes t...
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Contest: Write a satellite phone pathfinding algorithm - siruelise https://reaktor.com/orbital-challenge/ ====== mokoma24 My solution visualized: [http://orbital.kristianlindroos.com/](http://orbital.kristianlindroos.com/)
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Japan resumes commercial whaling after 30 years - pseudolus https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48821797 ====== Grue3 Faroe Islands and Norway catch more whales than Japan [1] but for some reason don't receive nearly the same level of outrage. [1] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whales_Nordic.png](https://co...
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Migrating from EC2 to Rackspace - anthony_barker http://www.conigliaro.org/2011/07/20/initial-thoughts-on-migrating-from-amazon-ec2-to-rackspace-cloud/ ====== jread I wrote about this topic on Quora a while back: [http://www.quora.com/How- does-Amazon-EC2-compare-with-Racksp...](http://www.quora.com/How-does-Amazon-...
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“hash_salt=” : Salts public on Github - newsignup https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=%22hash_salt%3D%22&type=Repositories&ref=searchresults ====== raullen [https://github.com/search?q=%22hash_salt%3D%22&ref=searchres...](https://github.com/search?q=%22hash_salt%3D%22&ref=searchresults&type=Code&utf8=%E2%9C%93)...
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I’m a Coastal Elite from the Midwest: The Real Bubble Is Rural America - lingben http://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/im-a-coastal-elite-from-the-midwest-the-real-bubble-is-rural-america ====== nunez I think it's fair to call the rural parts of America "real America;" they make up most of our country and probably will...
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Scientists Warn of Rising Oceans as Antarctic Ice Melts - conesus http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/13/science/earth/collapse-of-parts-of-west-antarctica-ice-sheet-has-begun-scientists-say.html?src=twr&_r=1 ====== arethuza It's perhaps interesting to note that sea levels have varied hugely even within the timescales of h...
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Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? (2016) - evo_9 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-we-living-in-a-computer-simulation/ ====== behnamoh If it turns out that we're in fact in a simulation, does that make you any less real than you think you are? Does that make you want to break the law? Does that make...
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Benchmarking Apache Samza: 1.2M messages per second on a single node - fintler https://engineering.linkedin.com/performance/benchmarking-apache-samza-12-million-messages-second-single-node ====== kodablah I am getting lost between Flink, Samza, and Spark Streaming. The only one I have used in production is Spark str...
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One-character domains available at Namecheap - ted0 https://blog.namecheap.com/40-one-letter-domains-available-for-under-600/ ====== soared They have more single letter domains available then they list on that page. I thought about buying b.school, so clicked on it and came to a page that also listed b.rock and a few ...
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Warning, Chrome bug, can't clear cache. - gcb0 http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/tDHFfE_IIeE ====== gcb0 I was going crazy here for an hour. Chrome would always get the older version. `wget` was fine. debugged half the network before I killed the messager
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Keybase moves to stop onslaught of spammers - geerlingguy https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/12/keybase-moves-to-deal-with-crypto-chat-spam-as-users-face-scammer-onslaught/ ====== geerlingguy I thought it might just be me, but the amount of messages I've been getting through the Keybase app has reache...
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Honest status reporting and AWS service status “truth” in a post-truth world - kiyanwang https://blog.ably.io/honest-status-reporting-and-aws-service-status-truth-in-a-post-truth-world-8b9a31c8cc90#.hy68p11y2 ====== Twirrim This still fundamentally misses a key point: AWS operates on a _huge_ scale. Mindbogglingly hu...
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GitHub welcomes all CI tools - sidcool https://github.com/blog/2463-github-welcomes-all-ci-tools ====== atonse Is this a response to Gitlab’s attempt to build an end to end CI/CD system? I still use GitHub and haven’t switched mostly because gitlab was slow two years ago. I know they’ve made huge strides since, but t...
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The HTTP 500 Solution - vog http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2015-11-27-the-HTTP-500-solution.html ====== jagger27 This seems like a good use case for a 400 Bad Request.
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Things Android has that iOS Needs - showngo http://brooksreview.net/2010/12/android-helping-ios/?isalt=0 ====== Pewpewarrows >Oh man are notifications bad in iOS. What is really bad though are the meaningless icon badges that apps use. Gee thanks Twitter, but does that mean I have 2 new mentions, tweets, or DMs to rea...
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Ask HN: How do you get good domain names? - rukshn I&#x27;m just curious to know how do HN folks get their domain names for their apps&#x2F;products&#x2F;hacks?<p>Do you guys look for a domain name and choose the brand name? or go for the brand name and purchase a good domain name?<p>What if a .com domain name is not ...
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Theranos: How to destroy $9B in valuation in 6 Months - Geekette http://finance.yahoo.com/news/theranos-blow-9-billion-6-123500740.html ====== dharmon I feel like the Theranos fiasco has been discussed on HN ad nauseam, so I'll comment on an interesting quote by Holmes: > “The minute you have a back-up plan, you've a...
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Ask HN: Remote Working from rural Alaska? - igolden Just wondering if anyone on here works full time remote from Alaska (specifically outside of anchorage). I&#x27;ve been researching a possible relocation and the biggest issue for me seems to be internet.<p>I rely on video chat throughout the day, and I&#x27;m worrie...
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The Lowly Button Gets an Upgrade - mhb http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/10/the-lowly-button-gets-a-brilliant-upgrade/ ====== beloch This is an interesting idea. Some problems: 1\. I have a dozen sets of earphones and I don't think there are even two of them with identical cables. How would these buttons deal with dif...
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Why We Still Believe in Private Offices - alexlmiller http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2015/01/why-we-still-believe-in-private-offices/ ====== magsafe Am I the only one that considers lunch to be a sacred, personal time that I don't want to spend on small talk with coworkers? I need my lunch break to recover from the day...
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Looking back: 1 year in banking vs. 1 year at a startup - jrlevine http://blog.jakerlevine.com/post/1124505184/banking-on-a-startup-life ====== chuhnk Its interesting, because having worked at a startup for 3-4 years as my first job I'm looking to move into banking or a larger company where I can continue learning. ...
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Altman says Loopt to be profitable in 2009 - cominatchu http://www.bloomberg.com/tvradio/ceo.html ====== eugenejen I believe they really can make it. Though Loopt is not the first one to come up with the idea. But they are so far the most visible one who create a good product that users want! I really want to see t...
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What 2012 Holds for Google - FluidDjango http://thenextweb.com/google/2012/01/02/what-2012-holds-for-google/ ====== richardburton I wish that 2012 would hold just one thing for Google: focus. - Focus on making the first web-based Excel-killer. - Focus on making GMail *really, really, really fast...
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What are some great humorous blog posts in Computer Science / Programming? - terminaljunkid Can someone recommend some humorous blog posts on computer science &#x2F; programming &#x2F; software engineering?<p>Eg: http:&#x2F;&#x2F;james-iry.blogspot.com&#x2F;2009&#x2F;05&#x2F;brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html -- A...
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Computer virus hits US Predator and Reaper drone fleet - jackgavigan https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2011/10/exclusive-computer-virus-hits-drone-fleet/ ====== jonstokes This article is from 2011. ------ jdenning "it may be a common piece of malware that just happened to make its way into these sensitiv...
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Summer of Startups: 10 Startups to Graduate from Finland’s 1st Startup School - ramine http://aaltoes.com/2010/08/summer-of-startups-10-startups-to-graduate-from-finland%E2%80%99s-first-ever-incubator-internship/ ====== ramine Disclaimer: I'm the main coach of the program
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Benno Rice: The Tragedy of systemd [video] - octosphere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AeWu1fZ7bY ====== nickik This is actually a very smart video about systemd and the BSD community. Its not a typical anti-systemd rant.
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Shedding Light on Dark Bandwidth - bob_rad https://www.nextplatform.com/2017/09/14/shedding-light-dark-bandwidth/ ====== athom _As ARM Research architect, Jonathan Beard describes it, the way systems work now is a lot like ordering a tiny watch battery online and having it delivered in a box that could fit something a...
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Protests paralyze Catalonia as marches head for Barcelona - jammygit https://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/2019/10/18/new-protests-planned-as-marches-converge-in-catalonia.html ====== jammygit I know some people who almost didn’t get home from a vacation because strikes are affecting the airports, buses, and railr...
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Show HN: I made a tool to help older people find senior discounts - sbilstein https://www.owlyapp.com/feed/search?placeId=ChIJA-2qKIt9hYARZ5N1NdUVtHE&address=Oakland,%20CA,%20USA ====== sbilstein My co-founder and I have been working on products to improve the lives of seniors & make them less lonely for about a year ...
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Easy i18n in your Angular apps - PascalPrecht http://www.ng-newsletter.com/posts/angular-translate.html ====== Doublon Looks awesome, exactly what I need for one of my projects. Great :-)
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Huge Quasar Cluster is Largest Cosmic Structure - quahada http://news.discovery.com/space/galaxies/scientists-find-universes-largest-structure-130111.htm ====== alex_c The article is pretty light on details. What exactly defines this as a single "structure"? How do we determine where one cluster ends and another beg...
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Evolving Floorplans - hardmaru http://www.joelsimon.net/evo_floorplans.html ====== DEADBEEFC0FFEE This is super interesting. I wonder if the schools tine table was also in scope for optimising, what the floorplan would look like. Similarly instead of opting for less travel time, a company could optimise for more, cha...
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Spoilt for Choice - Springboard, UK based startup incubator - ggordan http://springboard.com/spoilt-for-choice/ ====== mbesto Interesting to see some US in there! How can they legally work in the UK? UK immigration is a mess right now [1]. I would know, I barely got in on my Tier 1 - which no longer exists [2][3]. [...
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Funny: www.tgeltaayehxnx.com DDOSed themselves. - chrisacky http://www.tgeltaayehxnx.com/<p>I copied the source code before the countdown struck since I didn't think I'd be able to access it on the hour.. "I told you so..." is what I just said to a friend.<p>Here's the ridiculous line.<p><pre><code> if (time...
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Million Dollar Blocks - pyduan http://spatialinformationdesignlab.org/projects/million-dollar-blocks ====== joshu Why is it still possible to spoof caller id?
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The meek shall inherit the web - bootload http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11999307 ====== mnemonik Hate to rain on your parade, but this was posted a little while back: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=295817>
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Show HN: ReservationHop - Snap up last minute reservations to hot SF restaurants - bmmayer1 https://reservationhop.com ====== alexsherrick So let me get this straight... you take all the good reservations then you either cancel them or sell them. Way to create something that benefits the people of San Francisco.
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VVVVjs lab - fibo http://lab.vvvvjs.com/index.php ====== joosters +1 for having a 'what is this' page. Too many websites don't bother. -1 for having an incomprehensible 'what is this' page, that needs you to already understand the page! ------ yan For those curious, this is inspired by vvvv[1]. [1] [http://vvvv.o...
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How to scale your rails app, by Scribd (a YC startup) - michelson01 http://www.scribd.com/doc/49575/Scaling-Rails-Presentation ====== tx Presentation is nice, but I would like to suggest a feature for you guys. Instead of that terrible flashy frame, why don't you by default show documents in HTML? Browser handles scro...
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Tax dept. employee creates online game to vent his frustration with taxpayers - pwg http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/01/29/tax_agency_employee_creates_online_game_to_vent_his_frustration_with_taxpayers.html ====== ColinWright And gets fired: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5144419>
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Ubuntu installed on my IBM BladeCenter E in my apartment - shapr http://picasaweb.google.com/shae.erisson/UbuntuOnMyBladeCenter# ====== phoxix2 There was a time when getting Linux running on a standard PC/laptop brough much joy ... Now its all about running Linux on beefy servers, obscure embedded devices, cell pho...
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Russia’s Next Invasion Won’t Be an Ex-Soviet State. It Will Be Sweden or Finland - SubiculumCode https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/03/15/russias-next-land-grab-wont-be-in-an-ex-soviet-state-it-will-be-in-europe-putin-saakashvili-sweden-finland-arctic-northern-sea-route-baltics-nato/ ====== feistypharit That would be surr...
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Large-Screen Kindle Won’t Mean Squat if Apple Tablet Arrives - edw519 http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/05/kindle-vs-apple/ ====== ryanwaggoner Hmmm...this sounds eerily similar to all the people who predicted that the Kindle would be a failure because of the iPhone's existence. Even if Apple releases a kickass t...
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Windows 7 vs Mac OS X side-by-side comparison - ccraigIW http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/2009/01/199-the_ui_challeng-1.html ====== mnemonicsloth From the article: _Windows 7 provides an uninstall utility for all your apps, for easy system management (see image at left). The Mac OS has no such facility, and mos...
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The Entrepreneur Behind a $170 Million Personal Finance App - jasonlbaptiste http://www.inc.com/articles/2009/09/mint-qa.html ====== DanHulton Holy hell, ANNOYING auto-playing interstitial FMV advertisement. I don't think I'm ever visiting an inc.com link again. ------ gscott I am not sure of the structure of Mint...
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Startups at Berkeley - ST@B - soapdev http://www.sproutly.com/2007/10/17/startups-at-berkeley-stb/ ====== Jaggu "HotOrNot was James' third startup before he finally succeeded." Thats good to know that James didn't give up after first two failures. It must be hard to keep that temperament.
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Attacking the Washington, D.C. Internet Voting System [pdf] - madmax108 https://jhalderm.com/pub/papers/dcvoting-fc12.pdf ====== GiovanniFrigo This attack is really accurate and well-crafted.. and scary at the same time. Unfortunately, seems like we are not ready for Internet Voting Systems yet!
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Wuhan Coronavirus API - todsacerdoti https://dev.to/pipedream/http-api-for-latest-wuhan-coronavirus-2019-ncov-data-20jj ====== Glosster How did I not know about pipedream workflows until now...
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SBFT: A Scalable Decentralized Trust Infrastructure for Blockchains - scottlf https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.01626 ====== kang "Permissioned" ledgers have existed and failed many times before the invention of bitcoin. This is not decentralized. None of the BFT protocols are. ~~~ wmf You can combine BFT with dPOS for full...
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Show HN: Add Stripe Checkout to your website in 5 minutes (without programming) - singer https://www.snappycheckout.com/stripecheckout ====== singer I created an easy way for people to add a Stripe Checkout payment form to their website. It works like this: * Connect your Stripe account via Stripe Connect * Build ...
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