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There are now over 600,000 packages in the npm registry - fagnerbrack
https://mobile.twitter.com/seldo/status/937757823601016833
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flavio81
> _Not every one is great_
Somebody should create a project to boil down those 600,000 to about 1000
really good packages and make sure those 1000 doesn't have dependencies ... | {
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Placing My Camera Lens 300 Feet from a Rocket Launch - rdoherty
https://petapixel.com/2018/03/02/result-placing-camera-lens-300-feet-rocket-launch/
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js2
Please click through to the photographer's web site. He's captured some really
nice images. My three favorites:
\- "January 7th, 2018: SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket... | {
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Steps Outside the Comfortable Facade of the We - stockkid
https://sungwoncho.io/steps-outside-comfortable-facade-of-we/
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stockkid
This article is about how single-person founders/makers pretend to be a part
of large teams.
I think startups and products should be more personal, and solo founders are
well poised ... | {
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Ask HN: How do you learn to be creative? - quizbiz
I overheard an MIT admissions representative talking about what they look for and he focused on the concept of expressed creativity. His views were that creativity is very difficult to teach. Hence the question.
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nreece
I feel that one of the ways to realize and... | {
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Find, grep, sed, and awk. - duck
http://wilsonericn.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/find-grep-sed-and-awk/
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ColinWright
An excellent summary. There are a few things I think are errors, but none that
are real problems. For example ...
Slide 15: probably should be "sort -n" and not just sort, because you probably
want t... | {
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Ask HN: How did you get your first 1000 users? - martythemaniak
Just wondering what kind of techniques people have used to get users when launching new websites/services. What brought in the most users? What did you find was a waste of time?
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redrory
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2239281>
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Social media overuse festers the already gaping world of narcissistic behavior - laurex
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/social-media-overuse-festers-the-already-gaping-world-of-narcissistic-behavior
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allears
That's about the worst written headline I can recall. Might win some kind of
contest. Bulwer-L... | {
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Ask HN: I'd like to dabble with brain computer interface, recommendations? - amorphous
I'm looking for tutorials and what hardware to buy. A neuroscience online course for the layman would be great as well.<p>There's http://openbci.com/ but I was wondering if there's a cheaper way to get ... | {
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Why False Claims About Covid-19 Refuse to Die - evolve2k
http://m.nautil.us/issue/84/outbreak/why-false-claims-about-covid_19-refuse-to-die
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1MachineElf
What's ironic is the amount of distrust and bickering below the article in the
comments section.
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WikiFieldtrip: For geography nerds (or travelers) - mmmurf
the other day i whipped up a mashup:<p>http://www.wikifieldtrip.org<p>check it out... the parser is still a bit under construction, but it's still fun.<p>comments, suggestions?
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RiderOfGiraffes
Clickable: <http://www.wikifieldtrip.org>
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W... | {
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How to fold the world's best paper airplane - stickhandle
http://kottke.org/14/11/how-to-fold-the-worlds-best-paper-airplane
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stickhandle
Gave it a try .. def better than my default basic jet fold.
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The Final Issue of Nintendo Power and the First - rpm4321
http://www.dorkly.com/picture/46769/the-final-issue-of-nintendo-power-and-the-first
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tibbon
I had the first ~100 issues of Nintendo Power, starting when I was 6 or so. At
the time I found it really interesting. As I grew older, I couldn't tell if
the ma... | {
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Do 10x Programmers Exist? Says Who? - Edmontonian
http://medium.com/@rheinmainwein/do-10x-programmers-exist-says-who-283138a8f454
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dalke
"there are certain people in every profession who stand head and shoulders
above their colleagues"
The analogy bloodletting is quite good. If the above statement is true, th... | {
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How do you implement DI and Interfaces(Contracts) & Implementations on Golang? - resotto
I’m newbie gopher and I know there is no inheritance in Golang so how do you accomplish above purpose??<p>Thanks.
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celestino_127
In Golang, interfaces are used to circumvent that feature. There is no
inheritance, instead Gop... | {
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Is China Really Going Green? - mwc
http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/can-china-really-go-green?int-cid=mod-latest
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BrandonMarc
It seems the agreement reached between the US and China has these terms:
* the US will significantly cut emissions by 2025
* China will continue increasing emissions until 2... | {
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} |
Rust for Node developers - stevelacy
https://github.com/Mercateo/rust-for-node-developers
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ilaksh
Didn't really see a ton of substance in that, it seemed to mainly add up to a
long-winded explanation of printing out a text file using two different
languages in convoluted ways.
Here is my much shorter version of... | {
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Ask HN: Career Advice for Transitioning Vet - Intrepid90
Hey HN, I've been a long time lurker on these boards, but I'm looking to get some advice from the community.<p>Background: Undergraduate in Computer Science, 5 years as a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy with strong track record of performance, and c... | {
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How to Disable Remote Assistance in Windows 10 - discocrisco
https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/disable-remote-assistance-windows-10
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DKnoll
Remote Assistance (Windows XP - Win10 until anniversary update, renamed Quick
Assist in current Win10) in Windows is based on RDP, but a separate feature.
Remote Assistance... | {
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Google wants to make your passwords obsolete - mycodebreaks
http://www.forbes.com/sites/amadoudiallo/2013/11/30/google-wants-to-make-your-passwords-obsolete/#!
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halfoot
this has been around for ages,what if i lose the YubiKey Neo, i will lose
access to all the sites i login and what alternative method will be ... | {
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The Case for 'Dumb' Cities - mitchbob
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/opinion/smart-cities.html
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hyperion2010
The proliferation of 'smart-' things is the equivalent of deferring everything
to runtime, and throwing out design and planning and replacing it with a
reactive (or perhaps more accurately reactionary... | {
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William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind - netsp
http://www.ted.com/talks/william_kamkwamba_how_i_harnessed_the_wind.html
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netsp
Short Summary:
At 14, William, from rural Malawi could not afford school fees any more. He
used the local library to study. He found a book on basic physics and one on
energy. Hi... | {
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Internet of things: Making sense of the next Mega Trend with graphs - gamechangr
http://qz.com/269840#1/the-internet-of-things-explained-making-sense-of-the-next-mega-trend/
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rbickle
$28 Billion dollar market sounds high. More than four times all of mobile?
Maybe in time.
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gamechangr
$28 Billion actually s... | {
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Dogelang - alipang
http://pyos.github.io/dg/
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BFay
I was expecting dogescript: [https://dogescript.com/](https://dogescript.com/)
Love the fake O'Reilly book and "NOT'REALLY®" joke.
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profinger
This is what I was hoping for. Thank you! lol
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ericmo
Disappointed because any language based on doge should... | {
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Show HN: git reblame - Repeatedly calls git-blame to see full history of pieces - jolmg
https://github.com/jolmg/git-reblame
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jolmg
I had one use-case I often came back to emacs' Magit for, and that was to more
easily navigate the history of a file or of a particular function. I wrote
this to make it easier to s... | {
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Did anyone try pay per non-click advertising? Would that result in better targeting by advertisers? - amichail
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bkrausz
Interesting idea, I can see it portrayed as "you are providing us a service by
targeting your ads, and therefore we want to make sure they are as targeted as
possible." I don't think advert... | {
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E-mail error ends up in road sign - k4jh
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7702913.stm
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JadeNB
I don't get this last one:
> People living near an Aberdeenshire building site in 2006 were mystified
> when a sign apologising for the inconvenience was written in Welsh as well
> as English.
Is it sarcasm? That seems pe... | {
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Printers Which Do or Do Not Display Tracking Dots - 8_hours_ago
https://www.eff.org/pages/list-printers-which-do-or-do-not-display-tracking-dots
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throwawayexleo
These identification dots have been around at least 15 years. Working in a LEO
in 1999, I was aware both laser and inkjet printers were traceable then (... | {
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PDF presentations on Data Mining, Bayesian Networks, Game Theory, Search Algorithms - coconutrandom
http://www.autonlab.org/tutorials/
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brisance
Thanks to the submitter! That link is the best I've seen all year.
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coconutrandom
Quite welcome! If anyone has more links, please share them. I'm trying to
learn th... | {
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Disconnect: what the hell happened to Apple? - williswee
https://www.techinasia.com/disconnect-hell-happened-apple
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vonklaus
There are 2 major trends going on that seem to be going unnoticed there is a
resurgence in search/browser wars where companies are finally beginning to
compete with google, and there is a ... | {
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In America, Where You're Born Is Correlated With How Far You'll Go In Life - tokenadult
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/07/22/metro_area_mobility_where_you_re_born_drives_how_far_you_go.html
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jurassic
In the white trash southern town where I grew up being a teacher at $35k/yr is
considered one of the be... | {
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Markov Chains vs. Simulation: Flipping a Million Little Coins - JHonaker
http://thexbar.me/2014/10/24/raddecay/
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physPop
Hi. As other posters have mentioned there is a closed form solution that comes
straight from an easy differntial equation.
I'd like to make a point to help the author out, since this post is ... | {
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Ask HN: What is your favorite documentation website? - davewasmer
What are some examples of the best documentation you have used, especially on the web? Based on both the content of the documentation, as well as the UI/UX to actually read it.<p>I'm interested to see what other developers think makes for good documen... | {
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Show HN: Safeciphers.org, a fork of Cipherli.st - nimbius
https://safeciphers.org/
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Nextgrid
The link to ssldecoder is dead.
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nimbius
Thanks! fixed it. looks like the decoders been gone a while. ssllabs it is i
suppose.
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Nextgrid
Also why a fork? Is the original one dead or out of date? Would be nice to
... | {
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Cyanogen Inc. shuts down CyanogenMod in Christmas bloodbath - cpdean
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/12/cyanogen-inc-shuts-down-cyanogenmod-in-christmas-bloodbath/
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moxious
"Bloodbath" seems a bit hyperbolic...
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Has anyone here used Prudence (REST framework. Would you recommend.? - srik1234
http://threecrickets.com/prudence/
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lucisferre
From a very quick scan of it, looks a lot more complicated than something like
Sinatra. I've been using NancyFx for .NET and I've really enjoyed the
lightweight, to the point syntax f... | {
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Which Fish: With fish stocks under pressure, which are okay to eat? - Zarkonnen
http://whichfish.org/
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davidhollander
SeafoodWatch already has a pretty solid iPhone and Android app that does
this[1], but I'm all for more options and having raw JSON available.
[1]
[http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/Seafood... | {
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60+ recordings of Satie's Gymnopedie One played simultaneously - iamben
http://cookingwithsound.com/whats-even-more-beautiful-than-saties-gymnopedies/
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phillc73
This is really interesting, although I found it difficult to listen to, as I
have spent a lot of time listening to the original. If I try to mentally bl... | {
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New quasi-particle discovered: Introducing the Pi-ton - lelf
https://phys.org/news/2020-02-quasi-particle-pi-ton.html
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unnouinceput
Quote": Instead of describing the motion of constantly moving electrons, it is
easier to study the motion of the hole. If the electrons move to the right,
the hole moves to the left... | {
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Malaysia Airlines 'lost contact' with plane carrying 239 people - miralabs
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/malaysia-airlines-flight-missing-239-people-on-board-1.1720011
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winslow
Why was this story deleted? -
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7363923](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7363923)
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Beware of Asshole VCs - joshfraser
http://www.sethlevine.com/wp/2011/07/beware-of-asshole-vcs
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pg
Can anyone guess who the VCs were in this case? (Create a throwaway account to
answer if you need to.)
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TimH
I'm just as interested to know who the lawyers were.
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danielpal
Agree, lawyers have the resposab... | {
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The Inventor of Underwear with Pockets - ryan_j_naughton
http://priceonomics.com/the-inventor-of-underwear-with-pockets/
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GlobalChange
[http://www.scottevest.com/v3_store/Travel-
Boxers.shtml](http://www.scottevest.com/v3_store/Travel-Boxers.shtml)
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Rate my startup: Appfail.net - sbarski
Hey guys, we'd like to get some feedback about our new startup - Appfail.<p>Today we are launching our public beta (it's totally free) and we would love for you to give us some feedback.<p>The address of our site is: http://appfail.net<p>In a nutshell Appfail is an exception mo... | {
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JS performance: try / catch versus checking for undefined - ianox
http://jsperf.com/try-catch-error-perf/3
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judofyr
And? This isn't very surprising. Exceptions are slower than regular/shortjump
control-flow.
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viraptor
Look at the latest revision: <http://jsperf.com/try-catch-error-perf/16>
Your "not surpri... | {
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Ask HN: What is your Big Data Stack - Rain_maker
If You/Your company are involved in big data , please elaborate on the Stack you are using, your workload, how well does the stack hold against worload.
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traxtech
I don't know if it qualify as "big data", but to fetch, index, classify (meta-
data analysis) and r... | {
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Thoughts on Kubernetes - grey-area
https://blog.nelhage.com/post/kubernetes/
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Veratyr
I too played around with k8s but my issues were even more basic: It's darn
near impossible to deploy it on a platform that deviates from their
expectations.
The docs seem to expect that:
\- If you're not letting managed servi... | {
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Xubuntu 19.04: The Exhaustive Update - mariuz
https://bluesabre.org/2019/04/18/xubuntu-19-04-the-exhaustive-update/
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yagodragon
What really sets me off with linux DE's is how poorly they handle dpi scaling
on external monitors. I recently bought a 24" 2560 × 1440 monitor for my 15.6
laptop running Ubuntu Mate 18... | {
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Linkedin Answers Shuts Down - JimWillTri
http://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/35227
And I just started looking at them a few days ago.
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meritt
LinkedIn needs to shut down endorsements next. I'm tired of people endorsing
me for skills they don't actually lend any credibility to. Although I'll admit
i... | {
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Ask YC: Code Digesting - nsrivast
In a 1986 Bill Gates interview linked to by an earlier YC post (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=194844) was the quote:<p>"I still think that one of the finest tests of programming ability is to hand the programmer about 30 pages of code and see how quickly he can read through an... | {
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Augmented Intelligence – a human-machine marriage - rookonaut
https://medium.com/@craftworks/augmented-intelligence-59fadda461d2
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isery
What I really like about this article is the realistic approach to implement
artificial intelligence into industrial areas.
By augmenting machine operators with AI and how it w... | {
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} |
AppLovin: Processing 30B Requests A Day - coloneltcb
http://highscalability.com/blog/2015/3/9/applovin-marketing-to-mobile-consumers-worldwide-by-processi.html
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themartorana
And I was proud of my API backend processing 70M requests a day... That's
suddenly feeling like a lot less traffic and a lot less spectacul... | {
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How Intern Mentorship Works At Khan Academy - _ankit_
http://bjk5.com/post/23266999170/how-intern-mentorship-works-at-khan-academy
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Lednakashim
I always felt that companies were in a very unfortunate position. Almost
everybody I now who was smart went to graduate school. How does one higher in
that kind of env... | {
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Ask HN: How to find optimal type of user to target? - speedypete
We are about ready to launch a service that has a broad appeal (think YouTube, Google, Office - something "everybody" uses).<p>We want to target different types of users, e.g. millennials, veterans, seniors, in our marketing, and obviously want... | {
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Boston Bar Buzz-Kill - ryanwjackson
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2012/05/26/boston-bar-buzz-kill/KbPYBLYiTjLsykcpPi0mRJ/story.html
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jseliger
_but what he ought to be thinking about is bars._
No. What he really ought to be thinking about is housing. In Boston—like
Silicon Valley—virtually no one can affo... | {
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Russian Scientists drill into Multi-million Year old Lake - replax
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/science-environment-16907998
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zrgiu_
I've been following this for a while and I'm dead curious about what they'll
find there. It's sad that the well is only a few cm wide (and so deep), making
it almost impossib... | {
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The father of all humans lived 239,000 years ago - ghshephard
http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/25/8290303/father-humans-239000-years-ago-iceland-genome
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ccvannorman
"But the Icelandic analysis indicates he probably lived about 239,000 years
ago — a number that’s much closer to the estimate for humanity’s most re... | {
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Five ways to lie with charts - rgun
http://nautil.us/issue/19/illusions/five-ways-to-lie-with-charts
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wsc981
There's a well-regarded book on this matter that I still hope to read someday
"How To Lie With Statistics":
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Lie_with_Statistics](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/How... | {
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Show HN: Monento – mobile app to manage finances and sync them between devices - mnasyrov
https://monento.com
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monento
Monento offers free 6 months of premium features for early adopters!
[https://monento.com/earlyadopters](https://monento.com/earlyadopters)
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Is the Tipping Point Toast? (Duncan Watts thinks Malcolm Gladwell is wrong about tipping points) - toffer
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/122/is-the-tipping-point-toast.html
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ekanes
The article isn't bad, but his counter-experiments aren't very persuasive. I
would still argue that influencers are more influe... | {
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} |
Toyota Humanoid Robot Runs At 7 Km/hr - Awesome Vid - kkleiner
http://singularityhub.com/2009/07/29/toyota-humanoid-robot-runs-at-7-kmhr/
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russell
I thought Toyota was pretty good until I followed the link in the article to
Big Dog. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww> Big Dog is truly
awesome. It runs... | {
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Pash: An Open-Source Reimplementation of Windows PowerShell for Mono - mwcampbell
https://github.com/Pash-Project/Pash
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kolev
Great project. I can't believe I haven't heard of this already (looks like it
was started a couple of years ago)! Edit: Pash was created by Igor Moochnick
and published at [http://pash.so... | {
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Charlie Munger: Turning $2 million into $2 trillion - byrneseyeview
http://stableboyselections.com/2008/03/25/charlie-munger-turning-2-million-into-2-trillion/
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Prrometheus
There's a lot of hindsight there, even in the first few paragraphs. For
example, the monetary inflation of the 20th century wouldn't have ... | {
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The smartphone app that can tell you’re depressed before you know it yourself - arikr
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612266/the-smartphone-app-that-can-tell-youre-depressed-before-you-know-it-yourself/
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CtrlAltEngage
Wow, can't access the technology review in incognito mode...
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arikr
My reaction when ... | {
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Show HN: Babydook – a digital journal to document your baby's first years - ahmedomer
http://www.babydook.com
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junto
I like the idea of 'a digital journal to document your baby's first years',
but your website isn't telling me much more. It looks like a can create
stories, add photos and post the stories on FB... | {
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Ask HN: Seeking a cofounder who wants to change how technical recruiting is done - mrburton
I'm interested in finding a co-founder with the following attributes:<p>1. Highly passionate about recruiting; primarily technical recruiting.
2. Hustlers who love selling
3. Highly focused and finishes things before movin... | {
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Untouched is impossible: the story of Star Wars in film - evo_9
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2010/05/star-wars.ars
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ugh
All that talk about preserving something as well known and famous as Star Wars
makes me worried for the thousands of films which don’t receive one tenth of
Star Wars’ attention.
~~~
phi... | {
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How To Launch A Startup Without Writing Code - Rulero
http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/102728/How-To-Launch-A-Startup-Without-Writing-Code.aspx
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gmays
Great write up. This is how I built my company, Just Add Content
([http://justaddcontent.com](http://justaddcontent.com)), all on open source.
Sure, it's no D... | {
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The Billion-Dollar Bank Job - ohaikbai
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/03/magazine/money-issue-bangladesh-billion-dollar-bank-heist.html
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rishabhd
I have investigated multiple cyber incidents pertaining to swift transfers
including malware and insider collaboration, the ground reality at the most
ins... | {
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Ask HN: Who's attending Tufte's lectures in SF in December? - bajsejohannes
Hello, HN! I'm in San Francisco from Dec 1st to 4th to attend Edward Tufte's lecture on persenting data and information [1]. Will I see anyone else from the startup community there? I'd love to meet up for a coffee or beer, or attend any oth... | {
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Ask HN: Anyone have a github repo they'd like someone to contribute to? - vail130
I'm finding it difficult to explore repos on Github for the purpose of finding one to contribute to (yes, I went to the "Explore" page).<p>JavaScript, CoffeeScript, Python, and Ruby are all fine with me. Does anyone have a repo and a f... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Microsoft please clean your store of junk - sardorbek
http://oneslash.postach.io/microsoft-please-clean-your-store-from-junk
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pioul
Another related issue I've been having with the WP Store as a developer:
I made a WP7 app a while back to give a try, based on a site's API that has
since been discontinued. Obviou... | {
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8chan Is a Megaphone for Gunmen. ‘Shut the Site Down,’ Says Its Creator - artur_makly
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/technology/8chan-shooting-manifesto.html
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api
Wasn't 8chan sort of an Anime board originally like 4chan?
I still can't wrap my head around this utterly bizarre anime / fascism link.
Every tim... | {
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Peter Thiel on the World in 2050 - internaut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yve3C46Z35U
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internaut
Context:
Charles Bolden runs NASA, represents a broadly optimistic about technology and
globalization.
Peter Thiel represents the view of many people in Silicon Valley, which is
that there are dark clouds on the... | {
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} |
What's the shelf life of a techie? Just 15 years - redDragon
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Whats-the-shelf-life-of-a-techie-Just-15-years/articleshow/17250356.cms
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dazzawazza
Misleading, the lifetime of an SDK is shorter and thus the lifetime of
stubborn engineers is shorter.
------... | {
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Living without generics in Go - anonfunction
http://www.weberc2.com/posts/2014/12/12/living-without-generics.txt
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rco8786
This is fine for very simple interfaces but totally breaks down when a library
or data container needs to provide more than 1 or 2 methods.
| {
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One-third of SF Bay Area residents hope to leave soon, poll finds - jdp23
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_29837065/one-third-bay-area-residents-hope-leave-soon
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bkjelden
I'm one of those in the 1/3rd, currently in the process of moving to the
Denver/Boulder area.
I knew on paper the housing would be chea... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ladies & Gentlemen, Jessica Livingston is on Twitter (PG beware) - kn0thing
http://twitter.com/foundersatwork#jessica
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maxklein
You'll notice that jl followed people in the "right" order, starting with the
company, then pg, then the worker, then this reddit dude.
Contrast that with pgs follows, which were uncal... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Vim or Emacs - vskr
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antidoh
Sure, either one.
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i0nutzb
Yes.
| {
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Show HN: Bookqueue, The Antisocial Bookshelf Application - caffo
Hi guys.<p>I’m looking for some feedback from the great HN community. I just soft launched the beta version of my humble bookshelf application, bookqueue. I've been working on it as a pet project since 2007. The idea is having a place to track all ... | {
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Why Restaurants Are So Fucked - paulpauper
https://medium.com/@joelleparenteau/why-are-restaurants-so-fucked-ca07c4624745
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simonebrunozzi
I really dislike the way in which this article has been written - it reads as
the typical piece from the "bro culture" that massively ignores the rest of
the world. Besides th... | {
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} |
Who needs Flash? Build Flash-like game with scripty2 - milesf
http://mir.aculo.us/tutorials/scripty2-memory/
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benologist
Eh, as games go I'm not impressed. If you want to impress the guys using Flash
to produce games (like me) you're going to have to make something much better
than that.
Show me something that ... | {
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} |
Show HN: Item Hut – FLOSS Inventory, Channels Management, CRM, ETC - dizzystar
http://itemhut.com/
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dizzystar
This is a project I've been working on and off of for the past year. Just
looking for some feedback on the UI, the idea, execution, etc. I know the look
isn't top-notch.
The concept is to unify inventor... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The First Randomized Controlled Trial on Vitamin D and Covid-19 - wavepruner
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960076020302764
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maxander
From the results:
“Of 50 patients treated with calcifediol, one required admission to the ICU
(2%), while of 26 untreated patients, 13 required admission (50... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: GitCop – Automated Commit Message Validation for GitHub Pull Requests - Gazler
https://gitcop.com
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akoeplinger
Can the bot comment include an example of a good commit message?
Telling users that "Commits must be in the following format:
%{type}(%{scope}): %{description}" requires them to mentally par... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: World-class speakers who would do corporate speaking engagements? - bonfire
Hi all,
I'm trying to get my company to sponsor a talk with some world-class speaker (probably via Zoom) for our annual leadership "retreat".
Did anyone attend or heard about a good speaking session in a corporate settin... | {
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} |
Video showing microdroplets suspending in air - jennyyang
https://vimeo.com/402577241
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keenmaster
Incredible video. I strongly recommend watching the whole thing. It changed my
priors on the dynamics of micro-droplets. The part showing how a single cough
can create a room-wide cloud of virus that lingers for 20+... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Color wheels are wrong? How color vision actually works - akkartik
http://blog.asmartbear.com/color-wheels.html?
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joeld42
This article tries to sensationalize and obfuscate something that is pretty
simple in reality.
RGB are the primaries in light. By mixing these three colors you can create
any color the human... | {
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} |
Tarpits and Antiflocks - andyraskin
https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/08/09/antiflocks/
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aytekin
“Individually, each team’s approach is almost certainly wrong. But
collectively they are doing the right thing. They are an antiflock, exploring
a tarpit.“
Last week we were trying to find a solution to a tough produc... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Very low footprint JSON parser in portable ANSI C - udp
https://github.com/udp/json-parser
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aliguori
There definitely is a lack of good JSON parsers for C. We wrote our own in
QEMU. The relevant code is:
[http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=blob;f=json-
lexer.c;h=3cd3...](http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.g... | {
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} |
'Working Backwards' Product Management Philosophy of Amazon - itamit
http://www.itamit.me/2014/11/working-backwards/
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dalke
The second and third (FAQ and defining the customer experience) are aspects of
what McConnell describes as creating a minimal specification. McConnell lists:
a short paper spec, point-of-... | {
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} |
Spotify in Talks to Buy SoundCloud - madhavcp
http://pitchfork.com/news/68615-spotify-in-talks-to-buy-soundcloud-report/
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gerfficiency
How would they monetize it?
~~~
6stringmerc
Good question. Going to take a couple guesses: Probably lock Soundcloud tracks
into the Spotify platform? Or have a larger pool for a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Martin Shkreli Says ‘Of Course’ He’d Raise Drug Price Again - JumpCrisscross
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-23/martin-shkreli-says-of-course-he-d-raise-drug-price-again?cmpid=BBD122316_BIZ
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BoorishBears
Why is it news that he'd do the same thing again? His response was perfect:
"It worked and we... | {
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} |
Scam YouTube livestream pretending to be Linux Foundation - LucaSas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7dBowj9Hdc
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LucaSas
This popped up on youtube today, it's a Livestream with 24k live viewers,
claiming to be a Linux Foundation Livestream that gives free bitcoin to people
who send them some first.
~~~
dankohn1... | {
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} |
Free e-Book for Index Based SQL Tuning - muriithi
http://use-the-index-luke.com/
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julius_geezer
Or sometimes don't. For sufficiently large joins, a hash join that ignores
indexes can save you and a nested loop on the index kill you.
| {
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Show HN: All-pair similarity search on millions of sets in Python and on laptop - ekzhu
https://github.com/ekzhu/SetSimilaritySearch
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mikece
I see the terms "python" and "search" and "millions of sets" and think data
science... except that in the data science contexts with which I'm familiar
we're looking at bil... | {
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} |
Becoming a Tech Lead - GarethX
http://blog.fogcreek.com/becoming-a-tech-lead-interview-with-pat-kua/
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codingdave
This makes it sound like "Tech Lead" is a switch that gets flipped on your job
description, and suddenly invokes a major change in your daily routine. And
maybe it is, in some organizations.
But in m... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Curated List of Coding Style Conventions and Standards - SalGnt
https://github.com/SalGnt/cscs
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winestock
I'm submitting this to the awesome list of awesome lists.
[https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)
This way, you can just star that repository without clutteri... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Reverse Bootcamp Idea - codegeek
I keep thinking about this so I thought to ask HN's opinion. We all know what bootcamps do. They charge you to train you and then you hope to get a job at a good company.<p>As a bootstrapped SAAS founder, I am finding it very hard to try and attract experienced talent as I... | {
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} |
(UK) Commissioner issues first Data Protection Act fines - epo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11821203
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pbhjpbhj
I think the interesting part of this is how to prevent the sending of data
whether by email/fax or however which is the result of a simple number
transcription error or fat-fingering. My first thought... | {
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} |
Reality Greater Than Augmented Reality - jharrier
http://shawnwall.github.com/blog/2012/07/03/reality-%3E-augmented-reality/
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jharrier
Couldn't agree with this more. AR is a great example of a cool tech demo with
little real world usefulness.
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shawnwall
There _is_ usefulness to it if people would stop usin... | {
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} |
Ask HN: what taxes/tax forms does a freelancer need to submit? - cpinto
Hi all, in the US, what taxes/tax forms does a freelancer/independent contractor need to submit, to whom (Social Security? IRS?) and when (quarterly? yearly?)?<p>I'm checking into this subject and in my current location an independent professional... | {
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} |
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