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Numerically Controlled Oscillators - jcr
http://0au.de/2015/07/numerically-controlled-oscillators
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masswerk
Regarding quick oscillators, compare Marvin Minsky's method for circles by
shifts only:
_«Here is an elegant way to draw almost circles on a point-plotting display:_
NEW X = OLD X – epsilon * OLD Y
N... | {
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LAPD confronts Call of Duty 'Ghost' statue in tense standoff - shill
http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/31/4383220/robert-bowlings-robotoki-invaded-by-lapd-after-curious-designer
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mosqutip
The LAPD has (rightfully) gotten a bad rap lately, but what do you expect when
you have a realistic, armed, life-size military fi... | {
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It's "locking" if it's blocking - nathell
http://www.yosefk.com/blog/its-locking-if-its-blocking.html
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rcoh
While Lock-free code gets you part of the way to efficient parallelism (by
removing suspension-induced dead time) as he mentions, the performance impact
caused by repeated cache line invalidation can be a ... | {
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NYC Mesh is trying to get around the big ISPs one node at a time - winstonford
http://technical.ly/brooklyn/2015/08/11/brooklyn-mesh-networks-red-hook-initiative/
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winstonford
There is an interesting symbiosis developing between NYC Mesh and my startup
Canopy: the data mesh wants power, the power mesh wants data... | {
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The credit card industry is still on dial-up while thieves are using broadband - shasa
http://business.time.com/2014/01/18/your-debit-card-is-much-more-dangerous-than-you-think
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andybak
Wait - you're still using magnetic strip cards in the US?
The recent mentions of EMV had me thinking there was some new type o... | {
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NASA Experiments with On-Demand, Electric Personal Air Vehicles - elmar
http://www.govtech.com/fs/NASA-Experiments-with-On-Demand-Electric-Personal-Air-Vehicles.html
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323454
Cool idea but without some verifiable data I have to think that the claims
made in the article are wildly optimistic.
~~~
elmar
you are co... | {
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Local Linux User Tries FreeBSD - Arnavion
https://www.arnavion.dev/blog/2019-10-20-local-linux-user-tries-freebsd/
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toast0
Some notes from a FreeBSD user:
> shell things
(duplicating from other comments) Bash is indeed not in FreeBSD base; it's
easy to install it, but not installing it is also a valid choice. ... | {
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Detecting Pulsars (Rotating Neutron Stars) with an RTL-SDR - MrBra
http://www.rtl-sdr.com/detecting-pulsars-rotating-neutron-stars-with-an-rtl-sdr/
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andyjohnson0
Interesting article. A pdf version of the East and Gancio paper referenced in
the article at at [1].
Its also worth noting that they used a 30 meter d... | {
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} |
Unorganised teens? Try Notely - gibsonf1
http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/2007/05/11/unorganised-teens-try-notely/
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coolnewtoy
I like the 37 signals stuff better for keeping track of notes and deadlines.
Group projects are strongly emphasized in my gradschool program so
collaboration tools are essential.
lecture ... | {
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} |
The Death of the Book - jamesbritt
http://lareviewofbooks.org/post/4659371294/the-death-of-the-book
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SergeDavid
It may be true that books are losing popularity due to digital book readers.
I'll still be using books however as a screen just can't compare with the
feel, smell, and joy of reading an actual book. Th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Jenga – Physijs - galapago
http://chandlerprall.github.io/Physijs/examples/jenga.html
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killertypo
improve gravity and friction, a bit too floaty and the lack of friction means
i can pull out entire mid sections in one fell swoop without loosing the
tower.
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allworknoplay
I just did this, it was thrilling, lik... | {
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Startup Quote: Chris Dixon, co-founder, Hunch - raychancc
http://startupquote.com/post/1363474533
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raychancc
If you aren’t getting rejected on a daily basis, your goals aren’t ambitious
enough.
\- Chris Dixon (@cdixon)
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Clever exploit of DRAM to attack disk encryption - ntoshev
http://glinden.blogspot.com/2008/02/clever-exploit-of-dram-to-attack-disk.html
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dfranke
I've been nervous about this sort of thing for a while. This is an email that
I sent to Bruce Schneier last month:
In your November article on laptop security, you m... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How do you manage the sales "funnel"? - cshipley
I am a freelance mobile developer, and business is picking up to the point where managing potential clients through gmail labels will not suffice.<p>How do you manage contacts, track where they are in the sales cycle, and gather statistics for later feedback an... | {
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Route Leak Impacting Cloudflare - xPaw
https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/46z55mdhg0t5
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dang
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20267790](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20267790)
is a more recent thread on this.
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jgrahamc
This appears to be a routing problem. All our systems are running n... | {
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Should Vaccines Be Mandatory? - technologyvault
https://prosperopedia.com/should-vaccines-be-mandatory-by-law/
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bediger4000
"Although it is often accepted by the general medical community as being
untouchable, the concept of herd immunity, the foundational premise of
compulsory vaccinations, is highly suspect."
... | {
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} |
Koushin: A Simple and Extensible Webmail - JetSpiegel
https://git.sr.ht/~emersion/koushin
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jlbribeiro
I've been looking for a good open-source self-hosted alternative to RoundCube
and the likes - even thought about coding my own in Go as well - and this
seems both functional and lean (single statically compiled ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How we use feature-switching at FreeAgent - lylo
http://engineering.freeagent.com/2012/09/04/switching-wings-mid-flight/
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giulianob
What happens when the new feature relies on a different version of the
database schema?
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ropiku
We make sure that the code works with and without the migration. Or you can
fli... | {
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The first hostel in Chile which accepts bitcoin. And why it's important to spend - elpinguinofrio
https://medium.com/@lebed.2045/the-first-hostel-in-chile-which-accept-crypto-and-why-its-important-to-actually-spend-bitcoins-815b13419800
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lebed2045
The main idea is that without 10000 BTC pizza, we wouldn’t see th... | {
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} |
C# 7 – New Features - Halienja
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Connect/2016/105
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iLemming
Jeez. Watching this I felt really good for abandoning c# long time ago. no
regrets whatsoever.
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zunzun
I feel your joy. In my case, the pain has been gone for five years.
| {
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The Future of Food Looks Small, Dense, and Bushy - jelliclesfarm
http://cshl.nautil.us/article/516/the-future-of-food-looks-small-dense-and-very-bushy
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James_Henry
I'm really excited for the day that I can grow a decent portion of my food in
my sunroom. I'd pay a lot for one of Kwon's tomato plants. Perhaps I'll... | {
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} |
Organizing a 24x7 bullet-proof on-call rotation with PagerDuty - craigkerstiens
http://blog.dotcloud.com/organizing-a-24x7-bullet-proof-on-call-rotati?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=PagerDuty
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caw
>It starts with a quick toolbelt check: do you have proper access to ... the
internal documentati... | {
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E. W. Dijkstra Archive: A parable - colinprince
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD05xx/EWD594.html
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ColinWright
Extensive discussion from four months ago:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5139370](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5139370)
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Node.js has a new website - tbassetto
http://nodejs.org
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lancefisher
I liked it when the 6-line web server code was the first thing you saw. This
is what originally sucked me in to node.js. You think, "Woah! A web server in
JavaScript, and it's that simple."
I guess I can scroll down to the docs, but it would... | {
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} |
Notepad++ 7.8.1 Release “free-uyghur-edition” - anichale
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/tag/v7.8.1
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GenerocUsername
2018 - strongly opinionated text-editor means one thing. 2019 - strongly
opinionated text-editor means something entirely different.
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nidificate
Not exactly new... | {
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Reactor shutdown threatens world’s medical-isotope supply - artsandsci
http://www.nature.com/news/reactor-shutdown-threatens-world-s-medical-isotope-supply-1.20577
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DrScump
BTW, Canada’s Chalk River reactor is the technetium-99m manufacturer featured
in the recent PBS miniseries "Uranium: Chasing the Dragon's Ta... | {
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} |
Turkey’s Lira Crisis Tests Erdogan’s Authoritarian Approach - JumpCrisscross
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/world/europe/erdogan-turkey-lira-crisis.html
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graeme
I've been watching the situation in Turkey with astonishment. To appearances,
Erdogan believes that higher interest rates cause inflation. Thus he r... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Obama orders curbs on NSA data use - ramnikarora
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25785573
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bsg75
Curbs on _use_ but not _collection_ ?
Does not sound like much of a change.
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f_salmon
> ... Mr Obama said he would not apologise for the effectiveness of US
> intelligence operations, and insisted... | {
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Software Exploits Aren't Needed to Hack Most Organizations - empressplay
http://www.darkreading.com/operations/attackers-playbook-top-5-is-high-on-passwords-low-on-malware/d/d-id/1326667
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thomasrossi
I totally agree about "[attackers] prefer to use system weaknesses over
software exploits" for the reason mention... | {
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} |
Erik Naggum, 1965-2009 RIP - MaysonL
http://www.open-voip.com/blogs/blog1/2009/06/20/erik-naggum-1965-2009-rip
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thomasfl
Erik and I were colleges in the early nineties. Erik was a very nice person
when you met him in person, but completely different in emails.
Eight years ago, I wrote a small web application in... | {
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} |
Scareware launched from tech blog - alexandros
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8328399.stm
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RiderOfGiraffes
> Blaming the fact that staff used Linux operating systems
> on their production machines for "not noticing sooner",
> it advised concerned users to load some up-to-date
> an... | {
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Defend Innovation: How to Fix Our Broken Patent System (2015) - _nh_
https://www.eff.org/wp/defend-innovation-how-fix-our-broken-patent-system
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jeswin
Software patents can only be fixed in the near future if the largest software
companies in the world work together. Sadly, some of them profit (immensely)
from pu... | {
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} |
Hackers Flood Epilepsy Web Forum With Flashing Lights - gongfudoi
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,343808,00.html
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LogicHoleFlaw
This isn't hacking. This is just vandalism and malicious abuse of an easy
mark.
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Bard.io: A one-day build for sharing plain text; looking for feedback. - robotmay
http://bard.io
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robotmay
I whipped this up last week and I'm not sure where to take it from here. The
idea is to provide an attractive way of sharing plain text, such as articles,
prose, poetry etc.
At the moment it just shows r... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to get a job at Google, Apple, or Microsoft - known
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/354853/how-to-get-a-job-at-google-apple-or-microsoft/print
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owinebarger
Depressing stuff.
| {
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Ask HN: What Hosted E-commerce solutions do you use? - pcharles
I have seen the following options like:<p>shopsite.com, volusion.com, bigcommerce.com,
shopify.com<p>Which is the best and why?
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fastspring
If you're looking for a full service solution, there's FastSpring for
downloadable products and SaaSy for ... | {
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} |
Useful Only for Scrap Paper: Michelangelo’s Drawings - orcul
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n03/charles-hope/useful-only-for-scrap-paper
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orcul
A few days before his death in Rome in 1564 Michelangelo is said to have
destroyed all the drawings in his house. He had done something similar on at
least three previous occ... | {
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} |
Using Blood Glucose To Power Implantable Medical Devices - jkuria
http://www.economist.com/node/21557718
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Zenst
Hmmm medicaly powered induced low blood sugar! Thats what I'd have to ask.
Now if they could power them on stress - that would be something. I could
power the planet :(.
| {
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Return-to-libc Attack - PieSquared
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return-to-libc
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hedgehog
If you found that interesting there is a fascinating generalization of the
technique in this paper: <http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~hovav/papers/brss08.html>
~~~
yan
That paper is fantastic
| {
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New Cryptocurrency Exchange in Canada - PamBitvo
We are a new Canadian crypto exchange (https://bitvo.com/), designed to make buying cryptocurrencies faster and easier than ever before. We’re so confident in this that we’re offering the Bitvo Same Day Guarantee, which refunds fees if customers don’t exp... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Feeling bad about potentially leaving a job early - ge96
I'm not sure that I'd say my dream career is software development but that is what I'd rather do for a living. I like learning and solving things. Doing new things in general. I currently work for some clients while also working part time ... | {
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The easiest way to use Docker on your Mac - juanriaza
https://kitematic.com/
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bboreham
Previous discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8246240](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8246240)
~~~
WorldWideWayne
What's your motivation for pointing this out? Just curious.
Do you want people to go talk... | {
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} |
Lethal aggression in chimpanzees is better explained by adaptive strategies - DyslexicAtheist
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13727
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bongonewhere
When I glanced at the title I thought it was about mailchimp and github
commits.
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mnx
Remarkably close to the statistics for humans:
[https://en.wikipedia... | {
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China Experiments with a New Kind of Megalopolis - hhs
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/china-tries-building-a-new-kind-of-megapolopolis-a-1285094.html
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smaili
This paragraph pretty much sums up the potential of what China's _Greater Bay
Area_ has to offer:
> Shenzhen has become a center for research ... | {
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} |
Are 64-bit random identifiers free from collision? - ibobev
https://lemire.me/blog/2019/12/12/are-64-bit-random-identifiers-free-from-collision/
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kozak
But 128 bits ought to be enough for everybody (see version 4 UUID).
| {
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'The Dumbest Generation' - byrneseyeview
http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-book5-2008jul05,0,3980465.story
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orib
I'm getting tired of these "The Internet Makes Us Dumb" and "People can't read
on the internet"... These articles are usually so poorly read that I give up
trying to make sense of them. I ha... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to Disagree - shivam-dev
https://how-to-disagree.com/
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snvzz
Interesting concept, but the impact sure is inaccurate.
Ad hominem, name-calling and responding to tone are extremely effective, as
most readers simply aren't prepared to do critical thinking.
~~~
shivam-dev
Yeah, the intention was to point out t... | {
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} |
Empowering Email - omarshammas
http://www.omarshammas.com/post/26787467037/mailcules-empowering-email
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ibagrak
I like the idea, but I cannot imagine normals using it en masse. It seems so
natural to those familiar with software engineering because it's basically a
little language embedded into email conversati... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What Is Growth Hacking? Some Terms of Growth Hacking - ninjacking
https://ninjacking.com/blog/what-is-growth-hacking-how-to-use-in-startups
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frank25
thanks !
| {
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Integrating with LLVM - ColinWright
http://dylanfoundry.org/2014/11/05/integrating-with-llvm/
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bjourne
One big downside with llvm as a compiler backend is that it does not support
accurate relocating garbage collection, see:
[http://www.philipreames.com/Blog/2014/02/21/why-not-use-
gcro...](http://www.philipream... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Anyone here divorced or separated and have kids? - andrewstuart
I'm building a product aimed at people who are divorced or separated and who have kids.<p>Wondering if anyone here matches that profile, or are you all the cliched developer i.e. 20-something single young male without children?
======
andre... | {
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Software That Lasts 200 Years - prakash
http://www.bricklin.com/200yearsoftware.htm
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gills
Public infrastructure may be designed to last many decades, but at least
around here (Seattle) it only lasts a few years before being 'upgraded' for
whatever reason, usually due to growth. On a meaningless and cynical tan... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Kilotons per kilogram (2013) - okket
http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2013/12/23/kilotons-per-kilogram/
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donquichotte
It would be interesting to see a comparison with Soviet weapons. The only one
mentioned is the Tsar Bomba which had a maximum yield of 100Mt (the one the
Soviets actually tested was detuned to 50Mt... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
[pdf] the Berlin Tunnel Operation (1952 – 1956) - salgernon
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP07X00001R000100010001-9.pdf
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salgernon
I found this compelling to read - there was an aspect of "it's so cool they
did this", but also an feeling that the people on either side of the cold war,
the day... | {
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} |
Show HN: Anechoic Dashboard, an iGoogle Replacement - ecopoesis
https://www.anechoicnews.com
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jsmeaton
Thanks for this! I've been playing around with a few of the other offerings
out there and they're all bloatware rubbish. Netvibes was the one I landed on,
and I hate it with every fibre of my being.
This see... | {
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} |
Acting Navy Secretary blasts USS Roosevelt captain as ‘too naive or too stupid’ - toomuchtodo
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-secretary-blasts-fired-aircraft-carrier-captain
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gamblor956
Through friends in the accounting world, many of the people who had to work
for Moldy at PwC note that he was a temperamen... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Where can i find a co-founder? - sagivo
I'm a talented software engineer with CTO experience in 3 startups already. I'm looking for a new challenge but have no idea yet. I'm looking for a talented co-founder (doesn't have to be engineer) to start a new adventure. Where can i find one?
===... | {
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How to Become Well-Connected - rchen8
http://firstround.com/review/how-to-become-insanely-well-connected/
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AndrewKemendo
This whole thing has a huge assumption behind it: That you're someone worth
being connected to.
His distinction between the Hunted and the Hunters is great, but 99% of people
don't fall into ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Building Spam-Free Contact Forms Without Captchas - rebekah-aimee
http://nfriedly.com/techblog/2009/11/how-to-build-a-spam-free-contact-forms-without-captchas/
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pedalpete
Though I know these tricks worked 10 years ago, I'd be surprised if spammers
tools hadn't gotten smarter. As you can't live in a css/javascrip... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How do I get a two-stage (indirect) evaporative cooler? - ladberg
Quick background on my thought process:<p>Air conditioning is amazing but uses a ton of energy, which is expensive and might eventually be unsustainable.<p>Evaporative cooling is the process of water separating into hot steam and colder water. B... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
An International Update From Hulu in Japan - hysan
http://blog.hulu.com/2014/02/27/an-international-update-from-hulu-in-japan/
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hysan
I didn't want to change the title so I left it as is. A tl;dr; is that Hulu
Japan is being acquired by Nippon TV.
It's a very interesting move as it may indicate that Japanese ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Why in Windows shutting down the PC is not the same as restarting it? - kensai
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ghurkan
It's the fast start feature, that writes the RAM content to hard disk and
quickly starts back up when the computer is shutdown normally. When the PC is
restarted, it starts with a fresh state.
This feature can be togg... | {
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} |
Study: An aspect of language looks to be hardwired in our brains - prostoalex
http://qz.com/529865/study-a-fascinating-aspect-of-language-looks-to-be-biologically-hardwired-in-our-brains/
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tokenadult
As a reader of the article kindly submitted here who speaks and reads multiple
human languages from more than one... | {
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} |
Elon Musk says he's going to buy $20M of Tesla stock - Alupis
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/17/elon-musk-intends-to-buy-20-million-of-tesla-stock.html
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Latteland
I heard this idea that this is his way to "pay Tesla back" for the 20million
fee they have to pay. He's buying 20 million of new tesla stock with his ow... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Please “seek to educate people, not cancel them” - nilsandrey
https://twitter.com/EmmaWedekind/status/1167841071780548609
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Arbalest
What is the context here? This thread seems a little isolated.
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iron0013
Bigots aren’t uneducated. They know what they are doing and saying, they are
simply hateful.
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A Smart Plan to End the U.S. Lockdown Arrives Just in Time - Reedx
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-03-30/a-smart-plan-to-end-the-u-s-lockdown-arrives-just-in-time
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Someone1234
So AEI's solution is mass surveillance of citizens, their movements, and who
they came into contact with? And they direct... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What's a good database schema for "Top comments in last 24 hours" - jmtame
So my friends and I are hacking away at a project, and we're trying to think of a way to display a list of the top comments in the last 24 hours. What we have now seems a bit too hackish, so any help would be great.<p>What we have so... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Encryption Meltdown - chmaynard
http://on.wsj.com/1ZuzJHA
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droopybuns
I wrote letters to my Congress critters arguing essentially the same point
It is disqualifying that a "leader" like James Comey would argue that the
government can reasonably demand that private companies can protect customer
secrets and ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Justice Scalia Rules Deep-Dish Pizza is Not Pizza - jkuria
http://www.delish.com/food/recalls-reviews/justice-scalia-rules-deep-dish-pizza-not-a-pizza-but-a-pie
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anigbrowl
For students of his jurisprudence this should come as no surprise whatsoever.
Fortunately, he also feels Chicago not-actually-pizzerias hav... | {
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'We are no longer as optimistic about removing the GIL completely. ' - nailer
http://code.google.com/p/unladen-swallow/wiki/ProjectPlan#Global_Interpreter_Lock
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smikhanov
I don't want to put professional qualities of Google engineers under doubt,
but could someone explain to me why it's so complicated to remov... | {
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What is your company's on-call compensation scheme? - jyounker
I am helping to develop a compensation scheme for on-call developers. I have my own ideas about this, but I need to get more information to validate/invalidate my current ideas.<p>How does your company compensate developers for after-hours on-call wor... | {
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New York to LA in less than 12 minutes - ph0rque
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/11/new-york-to-la-in-less-than-12-minutes
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ColinWright
Same story:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2873003>
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2873501>
| {
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SunTimes/DarkTimes - CrazedGeek
http://suntimesdarktimes.tumblr.com/
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sp332
What it's all about:
[http://suntimesdarktimes.tumblr.com/post/54124558043/quick-n...](http://suntimesdarktimes.tumblr.com/post/54124558043/quick-
note) _this isn’t about saying “oh, look how much the reporters suck. " This
is about re... | {
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} |
Show HN: New app for Product and Engineering Harmony - bdehaaff
http://www.aha.io
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bdehaaff
I am a co-founder of Aha! and we just opened up the app to the public today.
Product managers and engineers should be the happiest people on earth. But
most companies never benefit from their love of innovation, becaus... | {
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} |
Learning statistics? - learningman
Are there any good statistics 101 MOOC-type courses available for free?
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bruceb
Here are stats courses organized:
[https://www.coursebuffet.com/sub/statistics](https://www.coursebuffet.com/sub/statistics)
| {
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} |
Show HN: Instaly, Instagram (Viewer) - hxf148
View Instagram photos no app required. HTML5 works on any smartphone / tablet/ computer.<p>Great for family, friends and new people to see your photos without needing to install apps or a follow.<p>http://Instaly.com
======
hxf148
<http://instaly.com>
| {
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} |
Learn You Some Erlang now out in print - mononcqc
http://learnyousomeerlang.com/splash-book
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mononcqc
Hi, I'm the author and submitted a bunch of chapters here before, which were
well received.
You can buy it directly from No Starch Press with 40% off by going to
<http://nostar.ch/erlang_promo>. Just as a rem... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Amazon TV adaptation of Iain Banks' Culture series is cancelled - pseudolus
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/26/amazon-tv-adaptation-of-iain-banks-culture-series-is-cancelled
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eindiran
I have always thought the the Culture novels are a bad fit for a TV series.
The non-chronological, only-loosely-based-... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Trump’s Trade War Is Making Lobbyists Rich and Slamming Small Businesses - tartoran
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-trade-war-is-making-lobbyists-rich-and-slamming-small-businesses
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throwaw1
_Since the tariff decisions came down, Elrod has moved to Georgia and isn’t as
involved in day-to-day ope... | {
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} |
Facebook's next big media move: Comments - ssclafani
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-20030106-36.html
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taylorbuley
Facebook already has a "plugin" for commenting, so I'm curious as to how -- if
at all -- this will be different.
[http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/commen...](http://developer... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Identify mushrooms from pictures - pingou
http://champignouf.com
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mgberlin
I'm not going to tell you how to live your life, but maybe you should have
some sort of disclaimer: "not responsible for accidentally identifying death
caps as chantarelles."
~~~
kyledrake
I'm going to tell you how to live your ... | {
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} |
Here come the new Zeppelins - tosseraccount
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/move-over-hyperloop-pods-here-come-the-new-blimps-2016-03-31
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JoeAltmaier
The usual issue, never addressed in PolyAnna articles, is What About Bad
Weather? Zeppelins are so slow they likely cannot fly around storm systems.
They cannot t... | {
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} |
The future is... boring - icefox
http://www.advogato.org/person/apenwarr/diary/432.html
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erik
Perhaps the author should try using an iPhone for a month or two.
| {
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} |
Man arrested at Large Hadron Collider claims he's from the future - MikeCapone
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029552,49305387,00.htm
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dgquintas
No Mountain Dew at CERN's vending machines. But they _do_ sell Perrier in cans
the same size and shape as coke (33cl). After all, CERN is half over France
too...
... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to Motivate Unpaid Interns? - thewordpainter
one of the best luxuries we have as a startup in athens, ga is our access to UGA's 30k student body. we bring in 5-10 interns every semester at http://GoRankem.com (we have plenty more to choose from...), and best of all for a bootstrapped startup, the going r... | {
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} |
Einstein Analytics and Go - azhenley
https://stackoverflow.blog/2019/10/07/how-salesforce-converted-einstein-analytics-to-go/
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biomcgary
This is nice review of a project that transitioned from Python+C to pure Go in
an enterprise setting. Covers the pros and the cons and concludes that the
transition has been wo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community - bhousel
https://steveblank.com/2017/10/17/the-red-queen-problem-innovation-in-the-dod-and-intelligence-community/
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QAPereo
Very thoughtful insights from someone who doesn't understand that a lack of
thoughtful insight isn't the problem wi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Dispatch – the curated weekly newsletter for the Paramedic profession - dispatchnews
https://dispatchnews.substack.com/
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dang
This could be an interesting HN submission, but not in this form. Here are
some tips:
(1) Wait until you have an article that goes in-depth into some topic in this
space, rather than jus... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Would like criticism for my game demo on Android - WWaldo
Hey HN,<p>I posted about this a while back and got some good feedback about it, so I hoped you could help me out again.<p>I finally got a demo out, and I want to try to make it as good as possible, but I need some help figuring out what works and what... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Framing of Notre-Dame de Paris - onetimemanytime
http://www.notredamedeparis.fr/en/la-cathedrale/architecture/la-charpente/
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SiempreViernes
Topical, if a bit morbid I'd say.
It's also not in english for the most part despite being the english version
of the page, but that's just france I suppose.
~~~
oneti... | {
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} |
Affordable SEO and Website Development Services - sethkent01
https://brandstory.in/digital-marketing-company-bangalore-india/
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benjyclay
GTFO
| {
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} |
Access a locked iPhone 5 in 3 seconds. - fogonthedowns
http://youtu.be/EC6HGUZsnVk
iOS does not default to secure.<p>Use siri to get around the password screen. Say you set up a password and leave your phone on your desk, you believe it is secure, it is not.<p>Your friends can access your sms, calendar, twitter and o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Using mushrooms to harvest electricity - keveman
http://kottke.org/12/07/power-plants
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hardwear
It is a joke.
| {
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} |
Installing Nvidia CUDA on Mac OS X for GPU-Based Parallel Computing - shogunmike
http://www.quantstart.com/articles/Installing-Nvidia-CUDA-on-Mac-OSX-for-GPU-Based-Parallel-Computing
======
plg
I thought that OpenCL was supposed to be the "open" standard for GPU
computing... why is everyone rallying around CUDA inst... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
SquareSpace Developer Platform - songzme
https://blog.squarespace.com/blog/developer-platform-beta
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kodablah
Had trouble finding a way to click through to your main homepage from your
blog until I scrolled all the way down adn found a tiny link. I recommend
either making the header logo link to your main homep... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google Impact Challenge - c0g
https://impactchallenge.withgoogle.com/uk2014
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c0g
I was tangentially involved with the Kew Gardens mosquito project - however
they're all exciting and worth a read!
| {
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} |
Backdoor in ssh-decorator package - jbfoo
https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/8hvzja/backdoor_in_sshdecorator_package/
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lrvick
The solution to the impersonation aspect of this is commit signing. It is
literally built into Git. There are no good excuses for project maintainers to
not sign commits at this poi... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How does an italian declare oDesk earnings? - pawnhearts
After losing the n-th job here in Italy, 8 months ago I decided to give a try to the oDesk platform by working as a remote freelancer. Things are going well and I want the remote working to be my day job, but the problem is: how do I declare my earnings ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Top Gear responds to Tesla - vaksel
http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2011/04/02/tesla-vs-top-gear-andy-wilman-on-our-current-legal-action/
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cormullion
I'd forgotten just how much Clarkson sings the praises of the Tesla in the
first half of the review. The electric Tesla thrashes the petrol Lotus Elise
in a ... | {
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} |
Tesla Model S user interface concept - thusu
https://www.behance.net/gallery/23771657/Tesla-Interface-Concept
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shogun21
Looks too dense to be operated while driving. I like the concept though.
| {
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} |
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