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Using JSON Web Tokens to Authenticate JavaScript Front-Ends on Rails - mirceasoaica
http://zacstewart.com/2015/05/14/using-json-web-tokens-to-authenticate-javascript-front-ends-on-rails.html
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MoOmer
JSON web tokens are indeed pretty dope.
The main vulnerability I worry about when I see it being used is in the... | {
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Show HN: Pixle.cc - mattbgates
https://pixle.cc
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mattbgates
Pixle.cc is a free image/audio/video converter which converts JPG/PNG/GIF/WEBP
and some Audio/Video files.
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thescribbblr
Thank you so much for creating, i was in search for a similar service from
couple of months. Your product is definitely going to... | {
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For how long should we expect to live? - DavidSJ
http://www.davidsj.com/post.php?id=214_0_1_0_C
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rawr
The post makes the assumption that you can't make changes midstream. I think
the correct solution is to plan your life assuming you will die at 70 and then
adjust your plan accordingly as the life expectancy num... | {
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That Amazing New Star Wars Droid 'BB-8' [video] - lisper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXaDjuU0LHM
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joezydeco
Obligatory link to the xkcd that had this figured out a while ago:
[http://xkcd.com/413/](http://xkcd.com/413/)
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Tesla Is Seeking a Wide Investor Pool for Its Take-Private Plan - whatok
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-10/tesla-is-seeking-a-wide-investor-pool-for-its-take-private-plan
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lechiffre10
This basically implies that Musk's "funding secured" tweet was a lie. He's
going to get roasted by the SEC.
~~~... | {
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Bad Character: If Chinese Were Phonetic - bemmu
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/16/if-chinese-were-phonetic
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sparky_z
Is it just me, or does this essay seem to be missing an introduction, like
someone accidentally deleted the first few paragraphs? I initially assumed I
had been linked to "page 2" and w... | {
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Harvard CS264: Peer-to-Peer Systems (great list of papers) - Anon84
http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~mema/courses/cs264/cs264.html#schedule
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jayp
Here is a list of papers from the "Advanced Distributed Systems" course at
UIUC: <http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/class/sp09/cs525/sched.htm>
Full disclosure: my advisor teaches t... | {
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Show HN: A Dynamic CSS Compiler for WordPress - ykadosh
https://github.com/askupasoftware/wp-dynamic-css
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andrewworsfold
Wow. Based on an initial review this looks amazing. Congratulations! This
could come in handy for future projects.
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ykadosh
Thank you! Your feedback is important.
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tapiwa
Interestin... | {
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The Google Guide to Infuriating Your ISP - transburgh
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/chris-dannen/techwatch/google-guide-infuriating-your-isp
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kleevr
Erm, I get protocal erros when I attempt to run the first test.
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I Forgot My Phone - danso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OINa46HeWg8
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hanula
I tend to point fingers at people like that and laugh so they can hear it
hoping they'll pick it up and understand it's bad for them. Group of friends
in pub, couples at restaurants.. everyone with their noses in the screen or
taking ... | {
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Capital One's cloud misconfiguration woes have been an industry-wide fear - feross
https://thenewstack.io/capital-ones-cloud-misconfiguration-woes-have-been-an-industry-wide-fear/
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president
Anyone who has spent enough time working in the software industry shouldn't be
surprised. Most engineers I have ever worke... | {
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Career options out of programming? - confusedgeek
Hoping the folks at HN can help me with my dilemma. I am in my late-twenties, female software engineer in the Bay Area, work for one of the 'unicorn' companies.
The problem? I got into Computer Science for not-so-noble reasons and am hating that choice now b... | {
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Hacked Kinect is now a 3D video capture tool - epiphany47
http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2010/11/14/hacked-kinect-is-now-a-3d-video-capture-tool/
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ElbertF
Here it is on the creator's website instead of a lame blog post:
<http://idav.ucdavis.edu/~okreylos/ResDev/Kinect/>
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melvinram
I'm not in this space or... | {
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Obama-Endorsed VC Program Promises 6,000 New Startups - thankuz
http://hothardware.com/News/Obamaendorsed-VC-program-promises-6000-new-startups-25000-jobs/
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watchandwait
So policymakers have wrecked traditional capital markets through regulations
on raising capital, interest rate distortions, twisted tax polic... | {
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“move fast and break things” almost killed our startup on arrival - festivilia
https://www.indiehackers.com/post/how-move-fast-and-break-things-almost-killed-our-startup-on-arrival-9c0dec82d5
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sundbry
It doesn't mean ship untested crap, it means don't let fear of breaking
something prevent you from making progre... | {
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Jumpcut: macOS Clipboard Manager - xenonite
https://snark.github.io/jumpcut/
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xenonite
Jumpcut has been around for a very long time. It does what it should very
reliably, is open source, and there is no feature you don't want to be there.
Perfect!
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A brief note: Why Silver was tripped up on Trump - JackPoach
https://twitter.com/yaneerbaryam/status/756127724389867520
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SixSigma
Take a look at Nate Plastic's Trump headlines
[http://imgur.com/ZVbDMXh.jpg](http://imgur.com/ZVbDMXh.jpg)
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Ask HN: Questions to Ask Before Joining a Startup - DanielRibeiro
Which ones should one make?
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mlinsey
When you join a startup, you are trading potential salary (from a big company)
for equity. That means you're making an investment, and you should ask all the
normal questions an investor would ask: what is th... | {
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Understanding Clojure's Persistent Vectors, Pt. 3 - JBiserkov
http://hypirion.com/musings/understanding-persistent-vector-pt-3
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ScottBurson
At the beginning of part 1, the author says that this data structure provides
" _practically_ O(1) runtime" (emphasis added) for the important operations of
lookups, inserti... | {
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The Slowest Mail Delivery System Ever. - cybra
http://therfidiva.com/2011/04/04/the-slowest-mail-delivery-system-ever/
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cybra
I love that snails are actually delivering mail.
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Machine Learning Christmas Calendar - selbekk
https://ml.christmas/
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na-zdrowie
I think that "Christmas Calendar" is a bit of a misnomer. To be precise, this
is a variation on the tradition of the "Advent Calendar". Advent is the time
of preparation for Christmas. Clearly the authors of the Calendar understand
t... | {
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Hackers account for 90% of login attempts at online retailers - jsoverson
https://qz.com/1329961/hackers-account-for-90-of-login-attempts-at-online-retailers/
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jhinra
I don't buy these numbers at all. 90% seems stupid high for retail. From the
report,
"[...] we rely on data from the Shape Network. Across the US... | {
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Fact: North America accounts for only 20.9% of total Internet usage - zaidf
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
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zaidf
I know with all the hype it is easy to build stuff for your friends or people
in your region because that is whom we connect best with.
Yet knowing at the back of the mind that North Am... | {
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Calculus Learning Guide - fauria
http://betterexplained.com/guides/calculus/
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nextos
Apart from Keisler, mentioned there, I think there are 2 lovely and rigurous
references especially appropriate for anyone with a CS background:
* Henle & Kleinberg [1]
* Hubbard & Hubbard [2]
Both are breathtakingly beautiful... | {
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The Left Is Now the Right - mancerayder
https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-left-is-now-the-right
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auganov
I've been on the "right" since my earliest political memories (going back to
about 2006). I just don't see that much having changed. It sounds like this
myth of Republicans/right being super evil crazy people... | {
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Swedes uncover Disqus user security breach - aburan28
http://www.thelocal.se/20131212/millions-of-disqus-comments-leaked-to-swedish-group
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staticelf
Worth noting is that "Researchgruppen" or "The research group" is an extremist
left-wing group that exposes normal folks and have ties to people that
threaten and u... | {
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How to manipulate standards - epsylon
https://projectbullrun.org/surveillance/2015/video-2015.html#bernstein
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jackweirdy
Seems to be down
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susmits
Here's a PDF link to the slides: [http://cr.yp.to/talks/2015.05.08/slides-
djb-20150508-a4.pdf](http://cr.yp.to/talks/2015.05.08/slides-
djb-20150508-a4.pdf)
~... | {
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Knightmare: A DevOps Cautionary Tale (2014) - strzalek
http://dougseven.com/2014/04/17/knightmare-a-devops-cautionary-tale/
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vijucat
I once shut down an algorithmic trading server by hastily typing (in bash):
\- Ctrl-r for reverse-search through history
\- typing 'ps' to find the process status utility (of cou... | {
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Another reason to drink wine: it could help you burn fat - happyscrappy
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/release/2015/02/another-reason-drink-wine-it-could-help-you-burn-fat-0?utm_source=vocus&utm_medium=news&utm_content=news&utm_campaign=news_release
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forgotpasswd3x
More like another reason to eat grapes. ... | {
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What is SPDY? - rshetty
http://openprobe.blogspot.in/2012/05/spdy-lets-make-web-faster.html
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dalke
rshetty: posting links to your own blog - which you do often - gets old.
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Team Backed by Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Locates USS Helena Wreck - erickhill
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/team-backed-by-microsoft-co-founder-locates-uss-helena-wreck/
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ApolloRising
Working link: [http://archive.is/J5V7L](http://archive.is/J5V7L)
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Best advice to U.S. dairy farmers? 'Sell out as fast as you can' - kimsk112
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/best-advice-u-s-dairy-farmers-sell-out-fast-you-n887941?cid=eml_nbn_20180630
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slededit
“We could buy all the gallons of milk out of the grocery store, bring them
home to our bulk tank, pour it in ther... | {
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On user program breakage from Linux kernel changes - intel_
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1414106
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buster
Puhh... Linus is known to be quite reckless and he may be right in essence,
but the language... he might calm down a little and learn one or two things
about social interaction.. there are a ot... | {
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Ask HN: What would you want in a jsFiddle/CodePen alternative? - zombio
I recently wrote a tutorial on the subject and it got me thinking. So, what would you want?
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michaelw
I use <http://plnkr.co> and apart from the outrageous amounts of memory it can
consume it's pretty good.
Features I like about Plunker: ... | {
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Google's CEO: 'The Laws Are Written by Lobbyists' - riffer
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/10/googles-ceo-the-laws-are-written-by-lobbyists/63908
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CWuestefeld
But are the voters any better?
_The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies is a
2007 book written by Bryan C... | {
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Ask HN: Suggestions for cutting down new account spam - dkokelley
Hello, HN. I was just looking through the <i>New</i> page to see if there were any interesting articles. I have showdead enabled, so naturally I saw the large amount of [dead] submissions. (Out of 30 posts, 17 were killed, only one from a regular memb... | {
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FLUD iPad app is Flipboard Killer - PStamatiou
http://www.theflud.com/
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smoody
I have both FLUD and Pulse. They are _very_ similar and I believe Pulse came
out first (correct?). I _always_ reach for Pulse and FLUD goes unused on my
iPad. Just a personal preference and a different point of view. But, I believe
... | {
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Nuclear Fusion: the long road from dream to reality - t_fatus
http://www.paristechreview.com/2015/02/23/nuclear-fusion/
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Nihilartikel
I kind of wish that ITER and NIF would go away. In my opinion they are money
pits with little clear path to practical energy generation.
There are many credible, practical, sma... | {
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} |
Leaky (YC S11) Relaunches with Real-Time Price Updates - jasontraff
http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/26/leaky-relaunch/
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dangrossman
The fact that I pay substantially less for my insurance than anything Leaky
quotes me is actually disconcerting.
I got my policy through an independent agent that came recommended ... | {
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Is there a meaning of life? - mihvoi
http://meaningofstuff.blogspot.com/2014/06/is-there-meaning-of-life.html
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ZenoArrow
Ever tried to fall asleep when you are still trying to process your thoughts?
Doesn't work does it, the two are incompatible. The only way to fall asleep is
to let it happen naturally, to no... | {
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Rethinkdb 2.4.0 – “Night of the Living Dead” Released - aabbcc1241
https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases
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aabbcc1241
Just noticed they have a tweet about the release:
[https://twitter.com/rethinkdb/status/1207730230175191043](https://twitter.com/rethinkdb/status/1207730230175191043)
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dang
[https... | {
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Columnar Store for Analytics with Postgres - rdegges
https://github.com/citusdata/cstore_fdw
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lima
Have a look at ClickHouse for OLAP workloads:
[https://clickhouse.yandex/](https://clickhouse.yandex/)
It's a recently open sourced database by Yandex. It powers their web analytics
backend. CloudFlare is already... | {
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Tell HN: Zero to MVP in 24 hours Interview - Submit Questions - marcamillion
I am recording an episode of IdeaTin shortly, with Aaron Gough from ReadMyCode.org. He went from zero to MVP in 24 hours.<p>Post all the questions you think I should ask him here.<p>P.S. This is his post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id... | {
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Cloudflare partners with Microsoft, Google and others to reduce bandwidth costs - jgrahamc
https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/26/cloudflare-partners-with-microsoft-google-and-others-to-reduce-bandwidth-costs
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partiallypro
It's funny that this has just been announced, as I was doing an audit of our
outgoing bandwidth... | {
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Airtel, an Indian ISP, penalized for blocking a torrent site - denzil_correa
http://www.medianama.com/2012/08/223-consumer-forum-airtel-torrent/
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ankeshk
Airtel was penalized by an institution similar to the small claims court.
Airtel didn't contest the complaint. Most likely because it would cost them
more in... | {
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} |
Self Replicating Computer Programs - calhoun137
https://medium.com/@calhoun137/self-replicating-computer-programs-8136bbbacc60
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calhoun137
author here! very interested to find out if anyone has any comments or
questions or objections. going to start writing the next article shortly
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raidicy
Is this at all re... | {
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How to Be an Indie Game Developer - hk__2
http://www.mode7games.com/blog/2012/06/12/how-to-be-an-indie-game-developer/
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mbenjaminsmith
I'm 6 months into an independent game studio. Right now it's just me and some
freelancers.
I'm in the process of finalizing all of the paperwork for the business and
hope to h... | {
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} |
How we created a Twitter viral: the ePenis story - daveambrose
http://barryborsboom.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/how-we-created-a-twitter-viral/
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jballanc
Is it just me, or does everyone else get the feeling that there are two
Twitter communities out there? Personally, I follow friends, one or two
announcement strea... | {
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A Job Search Tool for Data Scientists in NYC - abhinovb
https://jcp1016.shinyapps.io/indeedoor/
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racketracer
This is cool! I'm wondering how did you pull the data from glassdoor btw such
as company rating and reviews? I don't think they have an API and they have
some pretty rough anti scraping protections.
--... | {
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Google to Urge Congress to Help Get Self-Driving Cars on Roads - decampj4
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/03/14/technology/14reuters-google-selfdrivingcar-congress.html
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afarrell
If google gets any resistance on this, they should work with AARP. Why?
1) AARP is the most powerful lobbying organization in Ame... | {
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Show HN: Discover new startups through video - Ralz
http://www.startvids.com/
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fl0w
Yes, it's confusing how you are asking to login then you can't post a video
and there are no instructions, help etc.
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HNUser48573
Anyway www.videoigniter.com could help you add to the collection? Www.startup-
videos.com ... | {
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Ask HN: Is there any work to disrupt HTTP and HTML? - jemeshsu
All technology will get disrupted eventually. Is there any known work to disrupt HTTP and HTML? Is it at all possible since these are the backbone of Internet? Sorry if this is a stupid question.
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whiterabbit
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dart_%28p... | {
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How to Read a Book a Week (2016) - 6ak74rfy
https://hbr.org/2016/02/how-to-read-a-book-a-week
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6ak74rfy
I recently stumbled upon this link and found it to be a huge eye-opener. I am
curious to know how often folks here apply similar techniques while reading
books.
Do you do this only for non-fiction? Or maybe, ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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The ultimate physical limits of privacy - ca98am79
http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=2262
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bcook
Moving to a black hole puts a new spin on "off the grid".
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pjungwir
> galaxies that are far enough away from us (more than a few tens of billions
> of light-years) will always recede from us faster than the... | {
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Perpetual Novice - Years of Experience vs Skill - nreece
http://www.selikoff.net/blog/2009/04/12/perpetual-novice-years-of-experience-vs-skill/
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jlsonline
I think the only people who don't value experience are those without it.
Skill is almost always a result of experience. Yes, there are those who "just
get it... | {
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My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starving Land - adventured
http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-venezuela-diary/
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seibelj
I highly recommend reading Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng [0]. It's
a factual, first-hand account of the China's Cultural Revolution and what
living in a commu... | {
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} |
Why Beijing’s Air Pollution Crisis Is Complicated (2014) [pdf] - wooster
http://www.consiliencejournal.org/index.php/consilience/article/viewFile/360/204
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ChuckMcM
Something I don't understand, when people start dying because of the
pollution, or rain storms decimate plants down wind with acid rain, what
happens... | {
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} |
Thinking Utopian: How about a universal basic income - nairboon
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/11/thinking-utopian-how-about-a-universal-basic-income/
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zafka
I think this is a topic that deserves careful study. While this story
considers replacing social security and Medicare with a ba... | {
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} |
Adobe Will Contribute To Google’s Blink Browser Engine - rmason
http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/15/adobe-will-contribute-to-googles-blink-browser-engine-believes-it-will-strengthen-an-already-healthy-browser-competition/
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patrickskim
NOOOOO they'll ruin everything with their proprietary software with $799 price
... | {
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Why am I Constantly Asked to Explain Microsoft's Brand? - MarlonPro
http://www.devproconnections.com/article/development/microsoft-brand-identity-145000
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matthewinrw
Representative line:
"Windows RT runs only on WinRT"
So abbreviating a word now changes its meaning? Abuses like this go a long way
to explaining... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What has your startup venture financially cost you? - sdesol
I've been working on my project for over a year now, and I've reached the stage of pondering what this venture has cost me so far. When I first decided to take on this project, I was sure I would have had something presentable by Christmas time la... | {
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A basic forking server in Oberon-2 - eatonphil
https://github.com/norayr/voc/tree/master/src/test/server
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mizzao
Any comment on what is so special about this?
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nine_k
If you ever wondered where Go took a lot of good ideas from, look at Modula /
Oberon.
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theamk
In the code the link points to, I just see a... | {
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The Theory of Peak Advertising and The Future of the Web - abdullahkhalids
http://peakads.org/
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csense
> click fraud was responsible for $53 million dollars of wasted ad spending in
> the first two quarters of 2013 alone
> $37 billion dollar online advertising industry
> click fraud remains a severe and gro... | {
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} |
Entrepreneurialism: The Least Risky Path - Jim_Neath
http://www.inc.com/lewis-schiff/2010/02/entrepreneurialism_the_least_r.html?utm_source=feedburner
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microcentury
This is resting on the rather significant assumption that you are a
_successful_ entrepreneur. There are plenty of entrepreneurs out there with
le... | {
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Ask HN: Companies using MongoDB, suggestions to deploy at scale? - jyotiska
We are using MongoDB for past 1 year, but with time, the aggregation framework is getting slow with 1M+ documents in a collection, even with indexes.<p>People who are currently using MongoDB in production, what kinds of performance optimizatio... | {
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} |
The Mirror Effect: The rise of mirrors in the fifteenth century - quickfox
http://laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/mirror-effect
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voidz
Fun fact: we are used to seeing our own faces in the mirror image of how
others see us. Thus, if you have a picture of yourself which you really
dislike, mirror it and see if it ... | {
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} |
SmartReactives: a .NET library that detects when an expression changes its value - steenreem
https://github.com/keyboardDrummer/SmartReactives/blob/master/README.md
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primigenus
This looks similar to how Meteor's ReactiveVar package, and lower-level
Tracker library, works: [https://docs.meteor.com/api/reactive-
v... | {
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Researcher shows how to "friend" anyone on Facebook within 24 hours - evo_9
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/researcher-shows-how-to-friend-anyone-on-facebook-within-24-hours.ars
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anorwell
There seems to a lot of confusion, both in the article and in the comments,
about the "3 trusted friends" pas... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Rockstar Worked 100 Hour Weeks to Get Red Dead Redemption 2 Done - snake117
http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2018/10/rockstar_worked_100_hour_weeks_to_get_red_dead_redemption_2_done
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tonetheman
Nothing to be proud of...
| {
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A More Open Platform: The Instagram API - atularora
http://instagr.am/blog/40/instagram-api
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chapel
I don't understand why companies don't make Android apps a priority right off
the bat. Unless you are making an app that you plan to sell, most times you
will get just as good or better traction on Android.
Look ... | {
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The importance of true friends - deltapoint
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/opinion/14brooks.html?ex=1363233600&en=2f7f80ec4225c6e8&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
======
wallflower
Also reminds me of this could-happen and chilling story. Recommended:
<http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm>
"Live... | {
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} |
Protonet: secure, private, and beautiful cloud servers - liseman
https://blog.ycombinator.com/protonet-yc-w16-runs-all-your-collaboration-tools-from-a-small-orange-box
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nostrademons
Seems to be in a similar space as
[https://sandstorm.io/](https://sandstorm.io/)
Interesting to see this come out of Germany...Eur... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Is Uncle Bob serious? - rbanffy
https://dev.to/bosepchuk/is-uncle-bob-serious-dhi
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magice
The current state of software safety discussion resembles the state of medical
safety discussion 2, 3 decades ago (yeah, software is really _really_ behind
time).
Back then, too, the thoughts on medical safety also were di... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
To influence people don't try to persuade them, use ‘pre-suasion’ instead - jrs235
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-cialdini-presuasion-20161023-snap-story.html
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hammock
"Pre-suasion" is another word for priming.[1] Incidentally, priming is one of
the most prominent areas of social science that was onc... | {
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} |
Vimb – Vim-Like Web Browser - provaz
http://fanglingsu.github.io/vimb/
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wanda
Uzbl: [http://www.uzbl.org](http://www.uzbl.org)
surf: [http://surf.suckless.org](http://surf.suckless.org)
jumanji:
[https://pwmt.org/projects/jumanji](https://pwmt.org/projects/jumanji)
luakit: [https://mason-larobina.github.io/lu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Common JavaScript Gotchas - jblotus
http://www.jblotus.com/2013/01/13/common-javascript-gotchas/
PHP was my first programming language, and my initial exposure to JavaScript was through libraries like jQuery. There were things about JavaScript that always seemed to trip me up in the beginning due to how they worked d... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
From shallow to deep learning in fraud - ryan_lane
https://eng.lyft.com/from-shallow-to-deep-learning-in-fraud-9dafcbcef743
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a008t
It is not clear why they switched from GBT to ANNs. I would have thought GBTs
would work better on the kind of structured data they are dealing with.
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QML
In the image compari... | {
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} |
Show HN: Facebook Recipes - robschia
https://www.facebook.com/recipes/
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jarnix
I was "afraid" that they were hosting the recipes but they are linking to the
original websites.
Fun thing: nobody has the same definition of "world cuisine" :)
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ruairidhwm
This looks really handy!
| {
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} |
Attack of the SPAC - arav
https://medium.com/@andyravreby/attack-of-the-spac-baafd47f6ecc
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arav
How SPACs enabled an unknown electric vehicle company with no revenue to
become more valuable than Ford overnight
| {
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} |
Ink – Decentralized reputation and payments for p2p marketplaces - modsearch
https://paywithink.com
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modsearch
Hi, I’m a co-founder at Listia. We are building Ink using our 8 years of
experience with all the difficult aspects of building a marketplace.
Also we think it’s time to shift the ownership of reputatio... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Avoid Gulf stream disruption at all costs, scientists warn - thirduncle
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/13/avoid-at-all-costs-gulf-streams-record-weakening-prompts-warnings-global-warming
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cs702
There's a great little book called "Ice Age"[a], written by a Cambridge
University astrophysicist and... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Write a Chromecast App in 3 Easy Steps - cimnine
https://brainfood.xyz/post/20191215-write-a-chromecast-app/
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PretzelFisch
I wonder if this 2015 method still works. Last week I upgraded my wifi network
and could not use google home to connect to my older chromecast. Before that
casting was getting to be hit or m... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Reasons why I will not be replying to your argument - ohjeez
http://katsudon.net/?p=4746
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ericclemmons
These could've come in handy after my JavaScript Fatigue post blew up (I
called it the "Abramov Effect").
Instead, I just declined to read a single response, and ignored as much
Twitter noise as I could.
Like... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What is your favorite Alexa Skill? - stevewilhelm
I just installed the Alexa Skill for my thermostat. I find it very useful. Led me to wonder what Alexa Skills HN finds useful.
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Enthouan
Alexa, turn on the [room] lights!
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mattbillenstein
Alexa, ask Lyft for a ride to X
| {
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} |
Using Dispatch Tables to Avoid Conditionals in JavaScript - shawndumas
http://designpepper.com/blog/drips/using-dispatch-tables-to-avoid-conditionals-in-javascript
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SoapSeller
You can further improve dispatch tables in js by using bind.
so something like:
north: function() { movePlayer("north")... | {
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} |
Secret Cameras Record Baltimore’s Every Move from Above - coloneltcb
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-baltimore-secret-surveillance/
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zaroth
Still waiting for the blockbuster case where the all-seeing-eye saved the day?
At some level this is being sold to the public. Are we getting what we paid
for?
This... | {
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} |
The Man Who Could Unsnarl Manhattan Traffic - pchristensen
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/ff_komanoff_traffic/all/1
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JoeAltmaier
3-year-old data? Getting stale by the minute.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Kula Ring - Artistry121
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kula_ring
======
personjerry
Also check out
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_stones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_stones)
| {
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} |
Node.js Is a Salad Bar: On Boilerplate, Frameworks and Usability - modernserf
https://medium.com/@modernserf/node-js-is-a-salad-bar-74ec01bd4390#.s6k69x6rp
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tomdale
I think modernserf made some great points here, but didn't take the argument
to its logical conclusion: just use a (non-bespoke) framework.
... | {
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} |
How To Hack Facebook In 51 Seconds - jmorin007
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/3/facebook_hacking_it_can_take_less_than_1_minute
======
brianr
This isn't really hacking Facebook... they're hacking the Moods app, which is
made by HotOrNot.
~~~
BrandonM
Right, but many applications have access to information in your ... | {
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} |
Loudspeakers used to make dead coral reefs sound healthy, so fish flock to them - jrs235
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/12/01/scientists-used-loudspeakers-make-dead-coral-reefs-sound-healthy-fish-flocked-them/
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mmjaa
Doesn't this just result in more dead fish, starved to death, because t... | {
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} |
AdBlock for Chrome Now Hides Facebook Ads and Blocks More Ads on More Sites - lgl
https://blog.getadblock.com/adblock-for-chrome-now-hides-facebook-ads-and-blocks-more-ads-on-more-sites-f5918ebc43c6
======
iDemonix
Why anyone is still using AdBlock is beyond me, when UBlock Origin is
available. If advertisers pay enou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Flipboard Launches on the Web - binoyxj
http://inside.flipboard.com/2015/02/10/hello-world-flipboard-launches-on-the-web/
======
X-combinator
More info:
[http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/10/8008905/flipboard-comes-
to...](http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/10/8008905/flipboard-comes-to-the-web)
[http://engineering.flipboa... | {
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} |
The 2nd amendment allows gun control. Scalia didn't - dangjc
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-second-amendment-is-a-gun-control-amendment
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masonic
Gun control ends gun violence as surely an (sic)
antibiotics end bacterial infections
That's utterly false. There's not even a strong _c... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Apple Is Giving Design a Bad Name - andyjohnson0
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3053406/how-apple-is-giving-design-a-bad-name
======
mikepalmer
"Gone are the fundamental principles of good design: discoverability,
feedback, recovery, and so on. Instead, Apple has, in striving for beauty,
created fonts that are so sma... | {
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} |
How to deal with hyper growth? - liverfall
Hello,<p>I would like to understand some of the strategies how to deal with hyper growth? For example we need to add around 10 engineers a month, it is taking a toll in how one could hire them and onboard them. Did you encounter a situation where you said NO to new clients du... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What kind of chair do you have? - massarog
I'm looking to upgrade from my old crappy leather chair which offers no support and causes me to become quite uncomfortable just minutes after sitting down. I'm at the computer 10-12 hours a day so I need to invest in a good chair.<p>I've heard steelcase chairs and ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Designers read hacker news too - wilsmex
This isn't your fancy new javascript gizmo, but funny guy with a funny story to promote his toddler app. I'm sure you'll agree. Humor me.<p>1st let me tell you how I came upon hacker news, and why I read it everyday.<p>I'm not a programmer, and only half-de... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What’s The Best Age To Be? - denzil_correa
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/best-age-friends-happiness-popularity-fake-research/
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kelukelugames
Where can I meet these hot 70 year olds?
| {
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} |
Everyone Who Tried to Convince Me to Use Vim Was Wrong - mattyb
http://yehudakatz.com/2010/07/29/everyone-who-tried-to-convince-me-to-use-vim-was-wrong
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njharman
This is by far best way I've seen to learn vim
[http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial...](http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphica... | {
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} |
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