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How to spot whodunnit: academics crack Agatha Christie's code - ingve
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/02/academics-unlock-formula-agatha-christies-mysteries
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jawns
Now this is a mysterious affair!
The article notes that M=27 books were analyzed to create the "whodunnit"
formula, but N=83 books were ... | {
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3 Reasons Why Facebook Connect Will Be Our Only Sign-in Option For Now - dickersonjames
http://blog.leapfor.it/post/17155827909
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ezl
Makes total sense. Using registration/authentication as a deliberate strategy
for selecting/segmenting your market is underrated.
Startups too often get in a cycle of wanting AL... | {
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Yes, bacon is really killing us - YeGoblynQueenne
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/01/bacon-cancer-processed-meats-nitrates-nitrites-sausages
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bob_theslob646
>The real scandal of bacon, however, is that it didn’t have to be anything
like so damaging to our health. The part of the story we haven’t been t... | {
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Ubuntu going mobile - whacked_new
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6634195.stm
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whacked_new
Initial version releasing in October... that rather perfectly coincides with
the WFP and for any teams interested in taking pg's "interface that doesn't
suck" YC pre-approved challenge.
~~~
bootload
_"WFP, 'interfac... | {
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Ask Elon Musk Anything - turing_k
https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/76e79c/i_am_elon_musk_ask_me_anything_about_bfr/?st=J8RS7EXA&sh=4dd9060a
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CamelCaseName
Previously:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15473902](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15473902)
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Ask HN: How do people get to a single number for churn? - seizethecheese
I often see churn quoted as a single number. How do people "flatten" churn like this? In my experience churn is very high in the first month, then falls as time goes on.<p>My current (consumer) startup has a churn of around 25% the firs... | {
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Aaron Wall: Is SEO Science or Art? - stakent
http://www.seobook.com/seo-science-or-art
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Psyonic
According to the article, it appears to be war.
~~~
stakent
It was before this proclamation.
This is a very important warning for all new to the game. And a waking bell
for the rest.
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Voting Asia Top 50 apps - help us with your vote. - sal2041
http://asiatop50apps.com/buuuk/
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friendstock
Help us too: <http://asiatop50apps.com/pic-collage/>
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Y Combinator diaries - jsteele
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080609.wgtYcombo_1_0606/BNStory/Technology/home
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markm
This is one the biggest PR scores you can achieve in Canada. The Globe and
Mail is one of the most reputable newspapers in the region.
That said, I have personal antipathy... | {
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The Ghost in the Machine: An AI Perspective on the Soul [video] - DyslexicAtheist
https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-10030-the_ghost_in_the_machine
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DyslexicAtheist
probably one of the best talks of yesterday. The speaker has no doubt read GEB
so it might appeal to the HN crowd ...
Speaking of Nominative Determinism, ... | {
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Notion Ink Adam tablet hands on (Pixel Qi Display) - elblanco
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/notion-ink-adam-stripped-bare-and-our-in-depth-video-hands-on/
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MaysonL
This is the only tablet I've seen which looks to have a chance to compete with
the iPad for my bucks.
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Protect Kids, Get F*cked - rpsubhub
https://medium.com/what-i-learned-building/6972e9e7c15b
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pavel_lishin
Worst title.
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Ice cold archive storage - tpetry
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/storage-data-transfer/whats-cooler-than-being-cool-ice-cold-archive-storage
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tpetry
The interesting part it's cheaper than AWS Glacier ($4 per TB per month) and
slightly more expansive than AWS Glacier Deep Archive ($0.99 per TB per month)
... | {
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ASK HN: Do I have to be in America to make success? - ahmedaly
Well..
Around 5 yrs ago, I had an idea for making a statrup.. I worked on it.. and developed it.. and I got thousands of users.. who were using my website..<p>I am from Egypt, and I had an American friend who supported the website.. by paying for it's ho... | {
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My boyfriend disclosed that he does not believe women should be allowed to vote - smacktoward
https://www.reddit.com/r/relationship_advice/comments/cb9wkl/my_25_f_boyfriend_24_m_of_5_years_just_disclosed/
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dang
This is way off topic for HN. Please don't post like this here.
[https://news.ycombinator.com/newsgui... | {
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Distributed data structures with Coq - cmeiklejohn
http://christophermeiklejohn.com/coq/2013/06/11/distributed-data-structures.html
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edwintorok
Here are some interesting projects that use Coq proofs, I'll leave it up to
you to judge how real world they are.
Generate OCaml code from Coq: [https://github.com/ms... | {
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Chinese BitcoinExchange Bter hacked,$1.75M worth of cryptocurrency stolen - priya_sri
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/02/16/chinese-bitcoin-exchange-bter-hacked-1-75-million-worth-cryptocurrency-stolen/
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_wdh
How many exchanges have been hacked at this point? We must be getting near
double digits.
~~~
fluf... | {
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Twitter to Introduce Algorithmic Timeline as Soon as Next Week - davidbarker
http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkantrowitz/twitter-to-introduce-algorithmic-timeline-as-soon-as-next-we#.nr4NMm4Kkr
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teaneedz
RIP Twitter is trending
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Groupon Valuation Sinking to $12 Billion - stupandaus
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2011/10/groupons-sinking-valuation-now-down-12-billion/43895/
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lien
Back when Google was bidding on Groupon, a friend of mine is a finance exec at
Google and he said even at $6B, Google thought Groupon was overpriced.... | {
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Tea Party Republicans sketch out Internet policy - Cadsby
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/tea-party-republicans-sketch-out-internet-policy/?comments=1#comments-bar
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tthomas48
Man, in trying to discredit the value of government and highlight individuals
he's getting dangerously close to wrapping back... | {
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Arcade Fire's New WebGL Music Video - socksy
https://www.justareflektor.com/
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StringyBob
Chrome only.
It's worth going through the video to get to the back-end tech demo
([https://www.justareflektor.com/tech](https://www.justareflektor.com/tech))
where you can plug the video effect components together and mod... | {
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Root Certificate Authority role separation – On Windows and beyond - wsxarcher
https://wsx.io/certificate-authority-scope-separation-on-windows-and-beyond-4f62ec001167
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jlgaddis
@wsx:
I'm not sure exactly where you think the problem lies.
If you install a root CA certificate, yes, whomever has the private key ... | {
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Khan Academy React Coding Style Guides - tilt
https://github.com/Khan/style-guides/blob/master/style/react.md
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kentor
80 character limit, yet uses 4 space indentation instead of 2. My advice: Use
2 space indentation.
I do like the `handleEvent` convention.
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Study: cellphone radiation can cause cancer - randomname2
http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/15368378.2015.1043557
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gus_massa
The original title is: "Oxidative mechanisms of biological activity of low-
intensity radiofrequency radiation"
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Next Generation iPad to include camera with LED flash? - mountainfrog
http://runningipad.com/2010/05/19/next-generation-ipad-to-feature-camera-with-led-flash/
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protomyth
I really want someone to show how you would take a picture from an iPad
without being a menace to the people around you. I think a wireless hoo... | {
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Show HN: Your business, delivered in a box - trylaunchbox
http://www.trylaunchbox.com/
======
detaro
Before you offer to build other people's website, you probably should make
your own usable first
[https://imgur.com/6wjmLqa](https://imgur.com/6wjmLqa)
~~~
trylaunchbox
Which browser?
~~~
detaro
sorry, current Firef... | {
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K8s-testsuite, the only existing k8s network performance/load test existing? - fvv
https://github.com/mrahbar/k8s-testsuite
======
fvv
I've found nothing else that is able to execute a network performance testing
/ monitoring on kubernetes cluster , and also this project seems no longer
mantained, what do you use ?
~... | {
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Preparations companies are making for Brexit - seapunk
https://threader.app/thread/1061554026284834817
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jonathanstrange
It's sad that the discussion of Brexit and EU-related matters in general
always revolve around perceived economic issues.
Sure, a healthy economy is important for everyone, but the long-term g... | {
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} |
Mathematical Treasures - vo2maxer
https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/mathematical-treasures-from-the-smith-and-plimpton-collections-index
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smacktoward
This index only includes “treasures” from two collections - there’s a more
comprehensive index here:
[https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/converg... | {
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Stripe Chargeback Protection - shedside
https://stripe.com/radar/chargeback-protection
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jasonkester
But this isn't the product I want.
I don't want to ever fight chargebacks. Because my policy is to never take
money from people who don't want to give it to me. I want to automatically
_refund_ every chargeback a... | {
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How to capture audio from the browser? - rokhayakebe
Can this be done from the server without a browser plugin?
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aaroneous
Use Flash + Flash Media Server
~~~
dbrush
Flash is a browser plugin.
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What task tracking tool to use? - CyberJoe
http://reesolv.com/blog/2011/12/21/what-task-tracking-tool-to-use-with-your-new-project/
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noeltock
I've tried so many of these apps and keep coming back to paper and pen, can't
shake it.
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Tell HN: I've put together Startup Wiki - ErrantX
Evening HN,<p>A while ago someone here reminded me about HNStartups.com - which is sadly full of spam.<p>As I had some spare time, was casting for a new project and have always wanted to turn my hand to building a wiki type site it seemed like a prime opportunity.<p>... | {
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Does today's XKCD describe you? - calvarez
http://www.clinkclank.net/getcooking/
If so, can you take 3 minutes to answer a quick survey on why you want to cook more often? (You'll be helping a side project of mine and I'm happy to return the favor.)
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joh6nn
this used to describe me, but my brother-in-law turne... | {
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JavaScript: The First 20 Years - ngcc_hk
https://zenodo.org/record/3707008#.XtoRR-TEklQ
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_hardwaregeek
I'm starting to develop a theory that a person's stance on JavaScript reflects
their ability to critique reasonably and therefore their maturity as a
developer (to an extent).
JavaScript undeniably has some pr... | {
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James Howells throws USD 6.1 million worth of Bitcoin in a dumpster - linusekenstam
http://www.dn.se/slangde-miljoner-pa-tippen/
James Howells, accidentally spilled a drink on his laptop containing a hard drive with 7500 Bitcoins that he had mined. The laptop then ended up in a dumpster, and then a landfill. Total va... | {
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Recurrent Neural Nets for Speech Synthesis - Katydid
http://arxiv.org/abs/1601.02539
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julespitt
Went looking for audio samples, here's some from one of the researchers:
[http://www.zhizheng.org/demo/is15_mte/demo.html](http://www.zhizheng.org/demo/is15_mte/demo.html)
[http://www.zhizheng.org/demo/dnn_tts/demo.h... | {
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Finding a Person of Interest in pi - barakstout
http://deadendmath.com/finding-a-person-of-interest-in-pi/
======
ctdonath
Details escape me, but IIRC there's a 50/50 chance of finding any given ~300
digit (bits?) sequence in π computed to the same number of digits as there are
particles in the universe.
Every stri... | {
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The “Human Uber” Service in Japan - artsandsci
https://www.bustle.com/p/the-human-uber-service-in-japan-is-sending-surrogates-with-tablets-on-their-faces-to-events-for-people-who-cant-attend-8075538
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snvzz
It still needs realtime remote directions.
I wish they did provide this without the hassle, then I could s... | {
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Guido van Rossum: Thoughts about Python Future - fogus
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2010-July/102306.html
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dododo
the article mentions a python implementation of CSP which is here
<http://code.google.com/p/pycsp/>
Invented by the same guy that brought us quicksort, CSP is actually a really
nice ... | {
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Ask HN: Working off of a bootable USB drive - milankragujevic
I'm wondering, how usable would it be working off of a Linux OS installed to a USB flash drive, and carrying your work with you.<p>I often want to work on my laptop in my own room, but it's only good for certain workloads. For other workloads that... | {
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The Google Translate API has been officially deprecated - w43l
http://code.google.com/intl/de-DE/apis/language/translate/overview.html
======
wccrawford
I wonder what they consider 'abuse' to be. I was thinking about writing a
dictionary app, and hooking into that API as a secondary translation would
have been nice.
... | {
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The UK's tech sector faces a tougher talent battle post-Brexit UK - rbanffy
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/uk-tech-faces-tougher-talent-battle-post-brexit?utm_content=buffer86a80&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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tomalpha
Conversely, whilst it may become harder to attract talent from ... | {
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BoA Purchase Agreement from Berkshire Hathaway - feydr
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70858/000119312511232422/dex11.htm
======
AndyIngram
Wow, I was only slightly aware of the problems at BoA, but this deal must mean
that they were having a big problem raising money. You would think they could
of had a fire... | {
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} |
Hacker House in Palo Alto needs another hacker - dangrover
Hacker House is a house in Palo Alto where several YC startups live and work.<p>One of our roommates just moved out, and we've got space for one more! Rent is ~ $800/month.<p>Read more here:
http://hackerhouse.bluwiki.com/<p>Contact sam dot odio at gmail dot... | {
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Peer Guardian Update (Vulnerability) - gPphX
http://sourceforge.net/projects/peerguardian/
======
gPphX
[http://sourceforge.net/p/peerguardian/bugs/330/](http://sourceforge.net/p/peerguardian/bugs/330/)
| {
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Machine Learning Projects for the Past Year - sytelus
https://medium.mybridge.co/30-amazing-machine-learning-projects-for-the-past-year-v-2018-b853b8621ac7
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lemagedurage
"To give you an idea about the quality, the average number of Github stars is
3,558."
So "highly competitive" means they picked the 30 most po... | {
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Twitter's Dick Costolo to step down as CEO on July 1 [pdf] - marcanthonyrosa
http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/AMDA-2F526X/271830016x0x835061/73F87749-004E-4043-9144-AAC4E73E53FE/Press_Release_FINAL.pdf
======
bcarr
Jack is back™
| {
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Hacker News meetup in San Francisco (Wed Apr 22nd 6:00pm Revolution Cafe) - abarrera
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2464397/?ps=6
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aristus
Cool! I'll be there. There is also the OHH at Mission Creek Cafe from 8am to
6pm every Wednesday. <http://www.archivd.com/open-hacker-house>
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aboodman
<3 Revolution... | {
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Git manpage generator - orkoden
http://git-man-page-generator.lokaltog.net
======
ozh
Fun. Unfortunately, I think it's a bad sign when random mambo-jumbo generated
by a Markov chain script looks so much like the real stuff...
~~~
ygra
Markov chains help a lot in making the output look like the real stuff, that's
kind... | {
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Hiring programmers (2005) - RiderOfGiraffes
http://neil.fraser.name/news/2005/09/03/
======
gruseom
This guy's blog is pretty interesting. Interesting enough that it sucked my
attention away for half an hour, damn it. He invented an algorithm for keeping
multiple copies of a document in sync and when Google found out ... | {
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} |
Topcho: bridge between virtual and real worlds - topchoAI
https://topcho.ai
======
brudgers
I don't understand what it is.
~~~
topchoAI
It standardizes and computes scores for your attributes (agility, strength,
speed, endurance and intelligence). If you do 10 pull-ups, your friend does 20
and a game character does 3... | {
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} |
General Public Busybody Theory - fogus
http://mikelevins.livejournal.com/7934.html
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nazgulnarsil
_first of all, the majority of people are inclined to be busybodies._
this is one of the major roots of all problems anywhere.
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RevRal
>In general, I mean. Not everyone seems to have this impulse to boss peop... | {
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Neural network for recognising porn stars by face - wgx
http://pornstarbyface.com/?u=http://poplavok-irk.ru/e107_plugins/sgallery/pics/8fv03yh21tf1/31313131.jpg
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Cheyana
I will honestly be more impressed when they recognize them by ::wink wink::
"other" attributes.
| {
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Without Flash the web is more readable? - ppolsinelli
http://pietro.open-lab.com/2011/09/26/without-flash-the-web-is-more-readable/
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forcefsck
yes?
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dramaticus3
Without questions, answering them is hard ?
| {
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How to create and awesome demo video - grumo
http://grumomedia.com/how-to-create-an-awesome-demo-video/
======
th0ma5
There's a certain irony to this video that only becomes apparent..... about 3
minutes in :)
| {
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How I destroyed my startup - trucious
http://maxkle.in/how-i-destroyed-my-startup-by-moving-it-to-china/
======
mattm
For reference: Why I’m giving up on Europe and moving my startup to China
<http://maxkle.in/giving-up-on-europe/> and HN discussion -
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1547964>
Unfortunately, the... | {
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} |
Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor? - fern12
https://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/page1-econ/2017/09/01/why-are-some-countries-rich-and-others-poor/
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sumedh
As someone who migrated from a developing country(India) to a developed
country(Australia) and observing the difference in quality of life ... | {
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} |
Why the iPad is Destroying the Future of Journalism - mattrepl
http://measuringmeasures.com/blog/2010/12/31/why-the-ipad-is-destroying-the-future-of-journalism.html
======
ihodes
I think link-bait attention grabbing titles are part of the decline of
journalism. Rather, I think they're a symptom of the disease.
The ... | {
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} |
London’s tech sector is under threat from EU VAT reforms - digitalWestie
http://www.cityam.com/1412620320/london-s-thriving-tech-sector-under-threat-bonkers-eu-vat-reforms
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bojanz
"There are 28 countries in the EU with 75 different VAT rates, and businesses
are expected to apply the correct one."
This also ch... | {
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} |
Show HN: Generate phishing alternative domains for Handshake - stagas
hello everyone,<p>https://github.com/stagas/hns-phish-gen<p>this is a small node.js project i've made in an effort to demonstrate the absurdity of using a government controlled, suppression-enabling centralized domain system... | {
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Followshows: The easy way to follow your favorite TV shows - juriga
http://followshows.com/
======
juriga
I just returned to Europe from the US and I'm sorely missing the queue feature
in Hulu to keep track of new episodes.
The followshows interface gives a nice overview of the air dates and what I
should watch nex... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What do you do when your reporting managers keep changing? - meranvijay
I have been in to marketing more specifically into internet marketing for last 10 years. I joined the current company one year back. Since then my reporting managers keep changing. What I noticed, all the reporting managers could either sp... | {
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Cyberspionage aufgedeckt: "Größter bekannter Hackerangriff"| STERN.DE - virtualvillagde
http://www.stern.de/digital/online/cyberspionage-aufgedeckt-groesster-bekannter-hackerangriff-dauerte-jahre-1712799.html
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gus_massa
Most of the people here understand English and another language. You should at
least translat... | {
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} |
Nasa Says Aluminium Fraud Caused $700M Satellite Failure - CitizenTekk
https://gadgets.ndtv.com/science/news/nasa-says-aluminium-fraud-caused-700-million-satellite-failure-2031938
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basicplus2
I am surprised NASA does not do its own test on all materials used in its
systems, even most car makers do their own conf... | {
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Show HN: Forward.io - owainlewis
http://forward.io
Web based email alternative for developers
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bink-lynch
I like the idea; nice start. I would dial up the contrast a bit, it's a bit
tough on the eyes.
~~~
owainlewis
Thanks. It's still an early idea at this stage. Appreciate the feedback. Will
definitely look i... | {
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb vs. Less Wrong - hargup
https://medium.com/@hargup/nassim-nicholas-taleb-vs-less-wrong-df0ed3145fba
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viburnum
Both are bad because if you don't agree with them, they say you're suffering
from some cognitive bias.
~~~
exolymph
Maybe you are.
~~~
shanghaiaway
Maybe they are.
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noobly
... | {
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So, 27 US states are farther north than Canada, eh? (2017) - pmiller2
https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2017/08/10/us-states-north-of-canada/
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pmiller2
Believe it or not, there's actually some code in this article, too (SAS SQL).
| {
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Teardown of a 50-Year-Old Modem - peter_d_sherman
https://hackaday.com/2019/03/29/teardown-of-a-50-year-old-modem/
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C1sc0cat
Steve Garcia in BYTE (1983) had a DIY acoustically coupled modem ($20 in parts
)
I was (in the UK) sorely tempted to change a couple of components and get our
electronics shop to build a ... | {
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Nutritionist Recommendations - loosemonkey
Hey,<p>I'm looking for a top nutritionist, I eat meat and workout every day.<p>Thanks in advance
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helph67
I'm not a nutritionist but do care about my health. If you want to maintain
good health and live a healthy, long life you should adopt the Mediterranean
diet..... | {
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Canada-EU trade talks with Wallonia collapse as Freeland heads home - kukx
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-eu-ceta-brussels-friday-1.3815332
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HorizonXP
I'm not well-versed in these trade talks, but you know what really grinds my
gears about Canada's current protectionism?
Butter.
No, really. In Canada, ... | {
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Rustface: Port of a C++ face detection library to Rust, outperforms the original - atomashpolskiy
https://github.com/atomashpolskiy/rustface#----rustface
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atomashpolskiy
Rustface is a very straight-forward port of a C++ face detection library,
SeetaFace. I'm pleasantly surprised to see that the Rust version slig... | {
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$1M Dollar Page - stnlydev
https://themilliondollar.page
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skilled
Yikes, dude... you are 13 years late to the party.
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Ask patio11 anything - ryanb
https://capiche.com/ama/patrick-mckenzie-stripe
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awwstn
I love Patrick's insight here:
> Stepping back a bit, problems feel a bit less important to me as time goes
> on. The world is awash in problems. Problems you care about are just so much
> more rewarding to work on, and they pu... | {
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How does an ancient Greek mosaic get from excavation site to museum? [video] - pseudolus
https://aeon.co/videos/how-does-a-precious-ancient-greek-mosaic-get-from-an-excavation-site-to-a-museum
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chasil
I vacationed in Rome several years ago, and I took the subways to Ostia to see
the ruins.
The park is extraordi... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Am I wrong to feel betrayed by whois for publishing my address? - grimtrigger
I've been building websites for less than a year now and have registered 4 or 5 domains for side projects. I used a credit card and my (parents) address was published for the whole world to see.<p>No other web service could get awa... | {
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} |
Why don't London startups include salaries in job ads? - 500and4
http://blog.zonino.co.uk/on-salaries-in-london-startups/
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davodesign
It would be interesting to know what benefits Buffer has experienced from
opening their salary information!
| {
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Can we make consciousness into an engineering problem? - petra
https://aeon.co/essays/can-we-make-consciousness-into-an-engineering-problem
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brudgers
_Machines as simple as thermostats can be said to have beliefs, and having
beliefs seems to be a characteristic of most machines capable of problem
solving perform... | {
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} |
Show HN: My Chrome extension, Better History, recently hit 1.0 - roykolak
Hey there. Chrome is a great browser, but browsing your history sure stinks and the history extensions available feel poorly designed.<p>My extension is called Better History.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/obciceimmggglbmelaidpjlm... | {
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MySpace to offer email addresses to users - pclark
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/15/confirmed-myspace-building-stealth-webmail-product/
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iamdave
I tip my hat to MySpace. Losing traction to a competitor putting out kitschy
services (i.e. Facebook and it's many applications)? Put out a service that
actually _r... | {
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} |
Show HN: Dev.to-Where devs share ideas and help each other grow (Not my creation) - sidcool
https://dev.to/
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fiatjaf
This is just a blog.
| {
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Semantics, LESS, and Sarcasm - whoisvince
http://vincentjordan.com/2012/03/semantics-less-and-sarcasm/
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ChrisCinelli
Love LESS, SCSS, stylus etc. LESS though is a great idea that was not
implemented well. The grammar of the language is ambiguos and it has a ton of
bugs.
| {
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The Trillion Dollar IQ Business - achompas
http://blogs.forbes.com/richkarlgaard/2010/09/07/the-trillion-dollar-iq-business/
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pontifier
My IQ is at least 155 (max on the version of the test I took) and I can tell
you that bliss is better. That's why I drink(I'm drunk now).
Smarter is just a race. It's intangi... | {
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} |
PlanHQ: Manage your business plan online - domp
http://www.web20show.com/articles/2007/03/15/manage-your-business-plan-online-with-planhq
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planhq
Hi Nick,
Understand your concerns about privacy and security, and not everyone will
feel comfortable immediately, but we'll keep proving ourselves as independent
appl... | {
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} |
Loving Common Lisp - AlexeyBrin
https://leanpub.com/lovinglisp/read
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devposter
> My wife and I recently watched a two-night 7-hour PBS special “Joseph
> Campbell, and the Power of Myths.” Campbell, a college professor for almost
> 40 years, said that he always advised his students to “follow their bliss”
> and n... | {
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} |
Banned By Facebook. Advice? - zachster
My Facebook app, Profile Banner rose to over 1.25m users in less than a month. Facebook just shut it down for violating their terms. I was helping users tag themselves in photos that were not of themselves (possibly).<p>For sure a contributing factor was that I also allowed peo... | {
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} |
Apple accused of dragging feet over Samsung court order - Cbasedlifeform
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/nov/09/apple-critcised-samsung-court-order
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Cbasedlifeform
Apple's arrogance on this is really coming back to bite them. I remember the
pro-Apple bloggers (gruber _cough_ ) who thought the initial "... | {
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} |
What I Wish I Had Known Before Scaling Uber [video] - kiyanwang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb-m2fasdDY
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iamleppert
It amazes me they have 1,700 services. It would be hilarious satire to
actually see the description of each. And the debugging scenarios he listed
make it sound like they have very poor enginee... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Adobe Releases Open Source Font for Coding - zeis
http://sourceforge.net/blog/adobe-announces-source-code-font/
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laacz
Font is pretty well done, but it misses lots of unicode characters. One would
argue that they are not needed, when writing source, but I'd like to disagree
- I expect my editor to display as m... | {
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} |
Statue of Liberty was created to celebrate freed slaves, not immigrants - kingkawn
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/05/23/statue-liberty-was-created-celebrate-freed-slaves-not-immigrants/
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charlescearl
The "Black Models" exhibit at Musée d'Orsay has a number pieces on France's
abolitionist stance in t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Fish - A systems package manager like homebrew but cross-platform - smoser
https://www.gofi.sh/
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freeslugs
this is awesome and should've existed years ago.
We don't need a custom package manager for each OS.
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Steve Jobs Presents His Ideas For A New Apple Campus - sahillavingia
http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/07/steve-jobs-cupertino/
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thingie
I work in a small office park located quite similarly on a grassy field locked
entirely by some freeways and other large roads, though the buildings here are
cheap and ugly, but ev... | {
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} |
NBCOlympics’ Opening Ceremony Tape Delay: Stupid, Stupid, Stupid - rythie
http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/27/nbc-olympic-opening-ceremony/
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ComputerGuru
My problem isn't just the delay, it's the fact that they were pretending the
rest of the world does not exist.
The NBC "newscasters" were _lying_ on air, saying ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
100 years of general relativity - yetanotheracc
http://motls.blogspot.com/2015/11/100-years-of-general-relativity.html
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versteegen
I certainly learnt a couple things about general relativity from that article
(e.g. the "modern view" (meaning largely, the view from string theory) that
"we understand Einstein's eq... | {
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} |
Visual Guide to NoSQL Systems - ubershmekel
http://i.imgur.com/VsqWW.png
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ubershmekel
From Nathan Hurst's Blog: <http://blog.nahurst.com/visual-guide-to-nosql-
systems>
| {
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N.F.L. To Fine Teams If Players Kneel During Anthem - johnny313
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/sports/nfl-anthem-kneeling.html
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mehly
Do the leaders of the NFL have brain damage too?
| {
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What Comes Next? - Nogwater
http://avc.com/a_vc/2014/02/what-comes-next.html
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jganetsk
This couldn't disgust me more.
> At USV, we don’t invest in health care, but we are certainly, and
> increasingly, interested in the way networked humans can impact health care.
> We don’t invest in clean tech either. But w... | {
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} |
Require-from-Twitter - uptown
https://gist.github.com/rauchg/5b032c2c2166e4e36713
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michael_storm
This is the Internet of Things for code. This is wonderful.
This is also probably a snarky shot at npm [1], for those who lack context.
[1]
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11340510](https://news.ycombinator.c... | {
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} |
Make Your Startup More Visible - riomensah44
https://www.ellisx.com/
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riomensah44
The story behind EllisX [https://medium.com/@ellisx/why-we-started-
ellisx-790f2d5592e...](https://medium.com/@ellisx/why-we-started-
ellisx-790f2d5592e7)
| {
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} |
Imposed cognitive load of creating a simple React/Redux component - tjchear
https://twitter.com/TjChear/status/1219380505675616256
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sibeliuss
This diagram covers initializing the library, which is a few lines of code and
a few functions, as is often the case when initializing libraries. On the
surface, it misrep... | {
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} |
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