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Furtive – A forward-thinking, CSS micro-framework (3.96kB gzipped) - n8m
http://furtive.co/
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Paulods
Interesting but not very much use if i have no idea what browsers it actually
supports...
"Furtive remains lightweight because it doesn't preoccupy itself with older
browsers."
Doesn't really help me understa... | {
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ARM Assembly Language Programming - chipsy
http://www.arm.com/miscPDFs/9658.pdf
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petewarden
Since other people are reminiscing about ARM:
\- It was the first language I wrote real programs in, back in the late 80's
on the Acorn Archimedes desktop machines it was originally built for. The A in
ARM originally s... | {
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Show HN: GitHub File Watcher – get notified when files change in a GitHub repo - krallin
http://github-file-watcher.com/
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pearjuice
Using "github" in your domain name limits you to github (many other repository
services exist) and makes you a potential target for trademark claims.
Also, I think you are onto som... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
If Microsoft doesn’t invest in its own mobile operating system why should you? - nezumi
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/microsoft-updates-bing-app-for-android-and-ios-not-windows-phone-7/1601
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raganwald
Snarky answer: Because the market for WP7 doesn’t justify prioritizing a
limited resource—developer att... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Can there be a YouTube with the Wikipedia model? - holaboyperu
I was wondering about all those awesome channels in Youtube like CPG Grey and Veratasium, Crash Course, Smarter-Everyday. Sometimes I feel like those channels get buried, among all the other Youtube garbage.<p>I was wondering if there can be video ... | {
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A Comparison of Programming Languages (in Economics) - jeffreyrogers
http://jonathankinlay.com/index.php/2015/02/comparison-programming-languages/
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jeffreyrogers
Here is the paper the conclusions are coming from:
[http://economics.sas.upenn.edu/~jesusfv/comparison_languages...](http://economics.sas.upenn.edu/~... | {
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How to Set Up an OpAmp Circuit to Do Complex Mathematics - mindcrime
http://www.dummies.com/education/science/science-electronics/how-to-prepare-an-op-amp-circuit-to-do-complex-mathematics/
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drfuchs
My dad designed Frequency Response Analyzers in the 60's and 70's that used
OpAmps to compute Fourier Integrals an... | {
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} |
SR-71 In-Flight Breakup - kayoone
http://www.barthworks.com/aviation/sr71breakup.htm
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danbee
Seeing as there have been a couple of SR-71 stories on Hacker News right now I
thought I'd share my favourite: [http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/favorite-
sr-71-story-107912...](http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/favorite-... | {
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Pygame Zero, a zero-boilerplate game framework for education - ingve
http://mauveweb.co.uk/posts/2015/05/pygame-zero.html
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truncate
Speaking of zero-boilerplate game framework for education, you may also want
to look at big-bang framework which is part of HTDP 2e course[1]. Also you
could compile those Racket ga... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to avoid “technolust”? - roscoebeezie
So I got this issue where I completely fetishize new laptops, phones, tech gear. I always got to have the latest phone, laptop, best monitor, everything as soon as they come out. The problem is that most of my stuff is already 'good enough' and recent.<p>I do... | {
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Startup Tropes - ChristianPerry
http://trogger.com/discussions/47
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ChristianPerry
Want to reply? Use the invite code "sxsw"
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Career Calculus (2003) - luu
http://ericsink.com/Career_Calculus.html
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chrisbennet
From 2003
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Stop Doing Shit You Hate - zobront
http://zachobront.com/stop-doing-shit-you-hate/
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sunir
Success is borne on the back of work you hate. The difference between the top
and the rest are those who persevered through the grinding, gruelling agony of
doing what it takes to get where they wanted to go. If you only ... | {
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} |
Justin Bieber-Backed “Shots Of Me” Launches Selfie Sharing App - naren87
http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/12/justin-bieber-shots-of-me/
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alariccole
Funny how that article mentions selfie.com--some vaporware--but makes no
mention of the app this is a clone of, selfie.im--which has been around for
months.
Also see... | {
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Ask HN: What does it take to run Hacker News smoothly? - augb
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geoffpado
As a community, or as software?
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augb
Mainly software and infrastructure, but also staffing. As in, what does Y
Combinator as a company have to do to run the site?
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Google Chrome is detecting malware on The Verge - k33l0r
https://skitch.com/k33l0r/eu3qd/malware-detected
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lukezim
This is Luke Zimmermann from VOX Media, the parent company of The Verge and SB
Nation. We've requested a formal review with Google after going to extreme
steps to pull our advertising content to b... | {
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} |
Judy's Book To Shut Down. Yelp Is The Last of The Local Review Sites Still Standing. - nickb
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/judys-book-to-shut-down-yelp-is-the-last-of-the-local-review-sites-still-standing/
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joeguilmette
i think that yelp has one of the best designed sites around. it's really nice
to see a... | {
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Going from zero-install to instant-install - bdfh42
http://www.google.com/buzz/zboogs/T3cumksXHam/Going-from-zero-install-to-instant-install-Its
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patio11
The only thing I miss about installations, as a developer, is the ability to
drop an icon on the desktop. I still get purchases from software installed in
200... | {
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} |
Everything You Know About Martin Shkreli Is Wrong–or Is It? - Jerry2
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/12/martin-shkreli-pharmaceuticals-ceo-interview
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habitue
Link bait title, but good article
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Cargo Cults and Interview Questions - raganwald
http://raganwald.posterous.com/bob-and-carol-and-ted-and-alice
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adrianhoward
This fable reminded me of my favourite, unfortunately all to real, cargo cult
experience.
I gave a client's boss a copy of DeMarco & Lister's "Peopleware" to read. I
was younger and more ... | {
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} |
Ford says it conducted successful tests of driverless cars in snowy conditions - Futurebot
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35280632
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peregrine
For anyone who's lived in areas that have regular snow storms you know that
eventually mutli-lane highways turn into single lane tracks of clear road.
Usually these tr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Sweden just claimed the world’s second-largest Wikipedia - lelf
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/08/01/sweden-of-all-places-just-claimed-the-worlds-second-largest-wikipedia/
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_delirium
I'm not sure I'd say it's the 2nd-largest. Second-most articles, yes, which is
a different metric. Total... | {
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} |
Will Google Enter The Insurance Industry? - bushido
http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/21/will-google-enter-the-insurance-industry/
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mindslight
Ding ding ding! NSA surveillance is just the tip of the iceberg. I've been
saying it's only a matter of time until the data mining companies
([https://news.ycombinator.com/it... | {
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} |
High acid load (more protein) may cause Type-2 diabetes - sandGorgon
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131111185514.htm
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sandGorgon
The actual study is here (zip file) - [http://www.diabetologia-
journal.org/files/Fagherazzi.zip](http://www.diabetologia-
journal.org/files/Fagherazzi.zip)
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Birth of A Botfly Maggot: A Curious Adventure with "Doctor Bugs" - rmah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_JarbNaQ10
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rmah
Also a botfly in a woman's head: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNDG7WPtVO4>
~~~
aristidb
This comment from Youtube is spot on... "WHY CAN'T I STOP WATCHING BOT FLY
VIDEOS!?!?!"
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The Great Endumbening - prostoalex
https://slate.com/technology/2018/09/iq-scores-going-down-research-flynn-effect.html
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exDM69
As a Finn who served in the military, I wouldn't put much weight on the data
gathered from the conscripts.
If you do well on the test, you might get assigned to officer training which
... | {
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} |
Can solar paint power our world? - taigeair
http://boundless.utoronto.ca/impact/solar-paint/
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wuhbgjbjkjksd
I remember a Stephen Baxter novel had a coating like this in - it generated
power and did computation too..it may have also been a screen Anyway, that
would be the ultimate coating: paint-on solar power so... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What feature does your dream note taking app have? - ZaninAndrea
I am creating a note taking app based on markdown with live preview. I already implemented all the basic features and would like new ideas for cool features.<p>If you want to check it out, the repo is https://github.com/ZaninAndrea... | {
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Do stars fall quietly into black holes, or crash into something utterly unknown? - t3f
https://phys.org/news/2017-05-stars-fall-quietly-black-holes.html
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t3f
Paper @
[https://arxiv.org/pdf/1703.00023.pdf](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1703.00023.pdf)
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Wired Love: a novel from 1880 that could have been written last week - wglb
http://www.collisiondetection.net/mt/archives/2013/07/wired_love_a_ta.php
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jgrahamc
Better to read the original article:
[http://www.collisiondetection.net/mt/archives/2013/07/wired_...](http://www.collisiondetection.net/mt/archives/201... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
ARM Announces Mbed OS and Mbed Device Server for IoT - ausjke
http://www.arm.com/about/newsroom/arm-announces-device-platform-and-free-os-to-accelerate-internet-of-things-deployment.php
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ausjke
[http://mbed.org/technology/os/](http://mbed.org/technology/os/)
[https://mbed.org/technology/device-
server/](https:... | {
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} |
Uber employees 'spied on ex-partners, politicians and Beyoncé' (2016) - nwrk
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/13/uber-employees-spying-ex-partners-politicians-beyonce
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adjkant
Regardless of why the stories are coming out, can we stop directing away from
them? We've got a big bad wolf on the hook, ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Anand retains world chess championship title - juanefren
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/wch-g12-anand-beats-topalov-retains-world-title/
Anand beats Topalov in the 12th game with black pieces
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amix
There's some excellent commentary on YouTube, especially from ChessNetwork [
[http://www.youtube.com/user/Chess... | {
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} |
The American Room (2014) - bilifuduo
https://medium.com/message/the-american-room-3fce9b2b98c5
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dang
Discussed at the time:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8109595](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8109595)
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ajsharp
Well thanks for this. This was wildly good.
| {
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MOOCs Are Still Rising, at Least in Numbers - dhawalhs
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/moocs-are-still-rising-at-least-in-numbers/57527
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F2468
It seems to be going in that direction, but I really hope MOOCs get integrated
in traditional formal education. Options for proctored exams that lead to
university... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
An unapology - lifeisstillgood
http://oss4gov.org/unapology
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vezzy-fnord
The metaphor of software being like literature is flawed. It is more apt to
deem it an edifice. Buildings, much like software, are absolutely ubiquitous.
Chances are on average you don't intimately understand the workings of
contemporary ci... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
SpaceX's Starlink Satellite Program Could Start a Space Junk Disaster - Michaelanjello
https://www.outerplaces.com/science/item/17951-spacex-starlink-satellite-space-junk-disaster
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gliboc
This does not deserve a sensationalist depiction. Everyone in space industry,
astronomy and even the public now thanks to thi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Thorium: the wonder fuel that wasn't - mrfusion
http://thebulletin.org/thorium-wonder-fuel-wasnt7156
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acidburnNSA
The missing point is that today's hype surrounds molten salt (fluid) fueled
reactors which work very nicely with thorium (thorium allows breeding with
thermal neutrons while fluid fuel allows onlin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apple warns of risks from German law to open up mobile payments - paglia_s
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-germany-apple-pay/apple-warns-of-risks-from-german-law-to-open-up-mobile-payments-idUSKBN1XP16M
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tannhaeuser
I guess the story here is that payment providers, including Apple, are
required to open-... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What's an easy way to keep myself safe from phishing attacks? - r_singh
Asking this question because I often get afraid when read articles like 'nuclear power plant was hacked because some employee opened some email' and because I also think it would be devastating and hugely damaging to lose my info... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What is one app you can't live without? - avadhoot
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mattbgates
I live and breathe LoseIt! ([http://www.loseit.com](http://www.loseit.com))
I've been logging my caloric intake since 2009. Logging my food keeps me
accountable for what I eat and forces me not to eat so mindlessly and without
knowing what I ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why do People Buy Virtual Goods? - peter123
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123395867963658435.html
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teej
A lot of the fuss about Virtual Goods in the past week has been stirred up by
a paper released by Vili Lehdonvirta.([http://virtual-
economy.org/blog/why_do_people_buy_virtual_go...](http://virtual-
economy.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The State of LTE – USA record the second-lowest speeds worldwide - edmack
http://opensignal.com/reports/state-of-lte-q1-2014/index.php
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rayiner
This is inconsistent with the numbers I've heard about LTE rollout in the U.S.
versus Europe: [http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/gsma-europe-trails-us-
lt...](http:/... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What Will Happen To Public Transit In A World Full of Autonomous Cars? - davidsmith8900
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/01/what-will-happen-public-transit-world-full-autonomous-cars/8131/
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drallison
What is needed in urban (and even suburban neighbourhoods) is efficient
transport. If a minibus sy... | {
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} |
Ask HN: You're a recent grad that's working full time on your startup. How? - rscott
I'm curious as to how the recent grad crowd works full-time on their startup. I've read multiple comments over the last few weeks from people that do this, so I have to be nosy and ask the obvious question - how do you do this? Pers... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Circle – A C++ compiler with compile-time imperative metaprogramming - orbifold
https://github.com/seanbaxter/circle
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stephc_int13
Metaprogramming is very alluring on the surface, we've all been frustrated by
the limitations of our languages of choice at some point or another.
But, I think this trend might lead... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Review my FB App. - hajrice
I made a "thats what she said" plugin for facebook. I saw around 500k people interested in it(there are a lot of "We want a thats what she said app" groups) so I decided to build it.<p>http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=371323550620
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hajrice
Clickable link: <htt... | {
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Show HN: Juicy Tag – Connect all your social media profiles with one link - pnwhyc
http://www.juicytag.com
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exolymph
Not clear from the landing page what this actually does. Enable people to
follow me all at once? Provide aggregated analytics?
~~~
pnwhyc
It's basically a flexible landing page that you can link ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: "Dependent calendaring"? - WCityMike
I have a need for something I’d describe as “dependent calendaring.” There are certain things that I’d like to calendar but have dependent on each other, so that if I move one date forward it moves the range of subsequent dates forward.<p>This need might be answered by p... | {
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} |
Ravelry - a very successful deployment of Ruby and Rails - colinprince
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/09/02/Ravelry
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patio11
I note that this has been mentioned in 5 comments before in the history of
Hacker News. Which is approximately once for every _terabyte_ of knitting
patterns they have store... | {
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} |
Facebook's new front-end server design - banderon
https://code.facebook.com/posts/1711485769063510/facebook-s-new-front-end-server-design-delivers-on-performance-without-sucking-up-power/
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tiffanyh
TL;DR - FB historically has always used a dual-socket setting up. They started
noticing the trend in Intel chips to... | {
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} |
Tell HN: Quick and free SSL hosting? Remember Dropbox... - mgeraci
I was working on integrating a custom iframe tab in a Facebook app, and was having a lot of trouble displaying it to users browsing FB with SSL enabled. I don't have a server with an SSL certificate, and didn't want to pay for a new host or bother wi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? - pyeu
How many people on hacker news are running successful online businesses on their own? What is your business and how did you get started?<p>Defining successful as a profitable business which provides the majority of the owners income.
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filipm
Here's a couple... | {
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} |
Show HN: Bamboo for Chrome – Highlight Any Webpage - chengyinliu
http://readbamboo.com
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fiatjaf
Seems very cool, but how is this different from
[https://hypothes.is/](https://hypothes.is/) or others?
| {
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Quantum computers ready to leap out of the lab in 2017 - jaoued
http://www.nature.com/news/quantum-computers-ready-to-leap-out-of-the-lab-in-2017-1.21239
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mywittyname
What's the best resource for learning about QC and establishing foundation
knowledge so that I might be ready to break into this field once they h... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Asset tracking API with BLE mesh - jimiasty
http://blog.estimote.com/post/165720366660/estimote-introducing-low-power-asset-tracking-api
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jimiasty
Hi HN, This is Jakub, founder of Estimote.
We just launched a new Asset Tracking API. Bluetooth beacons attached to walls
can now scan and locate smaller beacons att... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Victory Through Air Power (Film) - samizdis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Through_Air_Power_(film)
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samizdis
Film available here:
[https://archive.org/details/VictoryThroughAirPower](https://archive.org/details/VictoryThroughAirPower)
| {
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} |
APL Demonstration From 1975 [video] - colinprince
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DTpQ4Kk2wA
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leephillips
That was awesome. APL was my first language, and I've used those IBM selectric
terminals, as well as Decwriter APL paper terminals. The "computer room" was a
noisy place. Game of life animations didn't wo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What Makes ColdFusion Markup Language Better Than Other Languages - rmason
https://www.epicenterconsulting.com/blog/what-makes-coldfusion-better-stronger-than-other-languages/
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Spastche
>No, we’re not using an antiquated form of slang from the ’90s.
like, whatever dude. hella gnarly.
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Measuring Slow Code - binarysoul
http://rawsyntax.com/blog/measuring-slow-code/
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lopingdone
Why not use a profiler?
| {
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} |
Show HN: DoS Attack for PHP Web APIs - morgenkaffee
http://lukasmartinelli.ch/web/2014/11/17/php-dos-attack-revisited.html
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krapp
Well. This is annoying.
| {
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} |
What Silicon Valley doesn't get about robotics automation - whatthe91
https://www.junction43.co/blog/silicon-valley-robotics-automation
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daotoad
What people fail to notice that high throughput restaurant applications
already use a lot of automation.
Your Starbucks barista isn't carefully timing the blend on you... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Philly Phanatic Mascot in Multi-Million Dollar Copyright Lawsuit - AstroJetson
https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/philadelphia-phillies-phanatic-mascot-lawsuit-copyright-20190802.html
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AstroJetson
People that co-designed the costume want to a new bite at the rights (and
money) for the Phanatic. Pretty interesting... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Coming Soon/Landing page design for a new group contact system - cschmitt
I am a developer and not really a designer. So this is the coming soon/landing page for a new group contact service that I am building. I am looking for any feedback that you might have.<p>The core feature of the application is to a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Visa, MasterCard Looking Into Online Targeted Advertising Using Credit-Card Data - ssclafani
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970204002304576627030651339352-lMyQjAxMTAxMDIwNDEyNDQyWj.html
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rufibarbatus
Here's something immediately useful for those who can't be arsed reading the
whole article:
> ... | {
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Researchers created a test to determine which masks are the least effective - Markoff
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/08/us/duke-university-face-mask-test-trnd/index.html
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Markoff
> Neck fleeces, also called gaiter masks and often used by runners, were the
> least effective. In fact, wearing a fleece mask result... | {
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} |
REST vs. GraphQL APIs, the Good, the Bad, the Ugly - rbanffy
https://dev.to/xngwng/rest-vs-graphql-apis-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-34i8
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Finnucane
I haven't looked at working with GraphQL too closely yet, but this seems to
partly answer some questions I wondered about. Because REST leverages HTTP,
our infrastruct... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Dear Recruiters - KenCochrane
http://kencochrane.net/blog/2013/02/dear-recruiters/
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wikwocket
...by the way, if you find any recruiters offering a 200k job with 6 weeks
vacation and a signing bonus, where you can telecommute from anywhere, but
darnit they require Windows or PHP work now and again... drop me a li... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Chicago using statistical analysis against school violence - kingkawn
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/us/07chicago.html
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javanix
They only used a 500 student set for their model?
The metrics they arrived at aren't exactly shocking, either - students who
live below the poverty line, who miss 42% of their cla... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Reducing notification permission prompt spam in Firefox - barryvan
https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2019/04/01/reducing-notification-permission-prompt-spam-in-firefox/
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zaroth
Downgrading the prompt to a non-popup icon in the address bar unless it
follows a user action sounds like the perfect balance.
This won’... | {
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} |
The overconfidence paradox - mblakele
http://www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/2009/07/the_overconfidence_paradox.cfm
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mrshoe
This just makes me glad that pg encourages hackers to be entrepreneurs. In my
experience, engineers could use a little dose of overconfidence, but that's
probably the last thing financ... | {
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You cannot copyright a Tweet - mcav
http://www.zeldman.com/2010/02/25/you-cannot-copyright-a-tweet/
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decode
Here's a much more thorough discussion from an actual IP lawyer:
<http://canyoucopyrightatweet.com/>
The skinny:
"The question is not: Are Tweets Copyrightable. The question is: Is This Tweet
Copyrighta... | {
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} |
Show HN: WhatsCarrier – Look up friends mobile network easily - natsu90
http://whatscarrier.com
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eecks
Why did you name it that?
~~~
natsu90
The name came from Whoscall; an app to look up caller info, and I've no idea
what else should I name it.
~~~
eecks
Ah. I thought it was named after WhatsApp and was tryin... | {
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} |
Do the Hard Thing First - trwhite
https://timwhite.digital/do-the-hard-thing-first
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brudgers
Or do the easy things first. It's one of Tom Sach's _Paradox Bullets_
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Evrm03Y5hI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Evrm03Y5hI)
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Apps Are Not Software - laujen
http://eliainsider.com/2010/11/16/apps-are-not-software/
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scott_s
I come from a world where all code is software, in order to distinguish it
from hardware.
~~~
davidw
The way to tell is that you can kick the hardware.
~~~
mayank
That works perfectly fine with old boxed software... | {
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The Google Plus One Bookmarklet: +1 Pages Anywhere - mblakele
http://www.labnol.org/internet/google-plus-one-bookmarklet/19474/
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zephjc
There's a Chrome extension for that:
[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kmonhedbcpagbphiln...](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kmonhedbcpagbphilnoajiencllnpoii... | {
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Are you sure you need VC money? - jamongkad
http://startupjourney.blogspot.com/2007/01/are-you-sure-you-need-vc-money-asks-vc.html
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dpapathanasiou
Beyond the money, the reason to work with VCs and angels (in theory) is for
their connections and deal making clout.
The last several acquisitions Google made (YouT... | {
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} |
JSON-e – a template system for JSON objects - wryun
https://taskcluster.github.io/json-e/
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wryun
Cf
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15498710](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15498710)
| {
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A New Battery That Charges In Seconds - keltecp11
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090311/full/news.2009.156.html
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robakun
they found a faster way of charging a supposedly slowly charging material
(namely FePO4), not that they found a fast way of charging a already fastly
charging material (e.g. CoO2). So no re... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Java Tuning in a nutshell - suprgeek
http://randomlyrr.blogspot.it/2012/03/java-tuning-in-nutshell-part-1.html
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gtani
These are heavily used bookmarks
[http://nerds-central.blogspot.com/2009/09/tuning-jvm-for-
unu...](http://nerds-central.blogspot.com/2009/09/tuning-jvm-for-unusual-uses-
have-some.html)
[htt... | {
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} |
A couple bought one of the most exclusive streets in San Francisco for $90,000 - poof_he_is_gone
http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-of-presidio-terrace-san-francisco-street-2017-8/
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mwnivek
Discussion from 4 days ago:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14948392](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1494839... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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How Facebook employees break into your profile - nickb
http://valleywag.com/tech/your-privacy-is-an-illusion/how-facebook-employees-break-into-your-profile-319630.php
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gscott
If you are giving low level employees too much access then that is a problem.
But there will always be people who manage the database and ... | {
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} |
Hiller Flying Platform - nkurz
http://www.hiller.org/event/flying-platform/
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curtis
I think with modern batteries, electric motors, and digital electronics you
could probably do a much better flying platform.
| {
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Ask HN: Should I just program or should I continue to go for engineering? - cupofjoakim
Hi HN.<p>I'm having a bit of a hard time. Since Aug 2015 I've been studying to get a bachelors in computer science. The first year was a base technical year to get my math skills up to par and since august this year I... | {
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Ask HN: What's the best company to buy SSL certificates from? - llambda
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danbee
StartSSL (<https://www.startssl.com>) are very good in my experience. Class 1
certificates are free.
~~~
jusob
The best option if you want a wild card certificate, a certificate that
includes different domains, or many certificat... | {
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} |
Where there’s smoke – the cigarettes-and-Covid story is growing harder to ignore - sjcsjc
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-where-theres-smoke-the-cigarettes-and-covid-story-is-growing-harder-to-ignore
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christefano
FTA:
“The different endpoints suggest that nicotine might be lowering viral load,
or so... | {
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} |
Tesla boom lifts Norway's electric car sales to record market share - lelf
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-autos-idUSKCN1RD2BB
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lucideer
This is a very oddly positioned story. The Nissan Leaf "lift[ed] Norway's
electric car sales to record market share" before Tesla's Model 3 surpassed
the Leaf in sale... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Does anyone else use Hide on HN and find it buggy? - 6700417
I’ve started using ‘hide’ on HN to hide things I am not interested in.<p>I’ve noticed one really odd behavior, and also wonder if my ‘hides’ are “sticking” all the time.<p>The off behavior is that I now see only 68 stories in the regular list of stor... | {
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} |
'Piracy' student loses US extradition battle over copyright infringement - gerggerg
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/jan/13/piracy-student-loses-us-extradition
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gerggerg
Well it's official. The US is little more than a bunch of corporation funded
international bullies and the UK is completely willing to play... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ryanair: Eircom must disclose IPs of bloggers accused of making defamatory posts - yread
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/eircom-must-disclose-ids-of-bloggers-accused-of-making-highly-defamatory-posts-29066737.html
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kerno
Hard to make comment without being able to see what was considered defamatory,... | {
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} |
Angular 2 and React Native - pfooti
http://angularjs.blogspot.com/2016/04/angular-2-react-native.html
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pfooti
Looks like there will be a reasonable bridge to get your angular2 code running
like a react native app. I wonder how this compares to nativescript.
This, I think, is going to be the reason I finally go ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Digitally weary users switch to ‘dumb’ phones - walterbell
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/01ba2970-9e70-11e5-8ce1-f6219b685d74.html#axzz40uwFLMBc
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bpchaps
I recently got rid of my cell phone. There are a lot of benefits and just
about as many negatives. Overall, I think the benefits outweigh the negatives.
For c... | {
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} |
Bitcoin: The Swindle of the Century - sjcsjc
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/319192
======
PaulAJ
Lost me with the description of Satoshi Nakamoto as "possibly fake".
Pseudonymous is not the same as fake.
The rest of the article is a combination of straw-men and ad-hominems. Move
along. Nothing to see here.
---... | {
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} |
Learn new words and shorten URLs at the same time... - jamesotron
http://s.mashd.cc/
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techiferous
Interesting and fun.
You get to see the words before you enter the URL, which gives you some choice
in matching up words to URLs. I also noticed that it lets you add the same URL
twice:
<http://s.mashd.cc/nonsub... | {
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} |
Javascript/Canvas implementation for the Instagram Challenge: The Unshredder - vidoss
http://vidoss.github.com/
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rjenkins
I had the same idea and submitted on saturday, here's mine.
<https://github.com/rjenkins/instagram-html5-unshredder>
demo page: <http://memoization.com/unshred.html>
I added drag and dro... | {
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} |
CSS image sprite easter egg from BankSimple's signup form - malandrew
https://www.banksimple.com/img/sprites.png
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malandrew
just put the name "drop table" in the form.
| {
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StarCraft is now free, nearly 20 years after its release - doener
https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/18/starcraft-is-now-free-nearly-20-years-after-its-release/
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taspeotis
Previous discussion [1].
[1]
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14144193](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14144193)
------
delegate
Thi... | {
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The Pragmatics of TDD - MattRogish
http://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-bob/2013/03/06/ThePragmaticsOfTDD.html
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NateDad
I think the only reason TDD works as well as it does is because it forces you
to _actually_ write the tests. If you write the tests after the code, it would
be perfectly fine.... except no one ever (... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Yandex Creates its Own Chrome Browser - dcawrey
http://www.thechromesource.com/yandex-creates-its-own-chrome-browser/
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ZeroGravitas
Can anyone comment on HTML5 video support?
They've based off Chromium which only supports Theora, but it wouldn't be
particularly hard to add H.264 if they wanted to. I'm guessing ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google acquires TalkBin (YC W11) - qasar
http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/25/google-acquires-talkbin-a-feedback-platform-for-businesses-thats-only-five-months-old/
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Timothee
Does anybody know where the founders come from? if they were known from
before?
Asking because it sounds like Google was after the team more ... | {
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} |
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