text
stringlengths
44
950k
meta
dict
Ask HN: Did you quit your full-time job? - kohanz A lot of us on HN toy with the idea of leaving full-time work for more freedom. Be that freedom part-time work, consulting&#x2F;contracting, a start-up, or what have you, for many of us it remains but a dream (with all the rosy characteristics of a dream too).<p>I wo...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Rewrite the OS, Change the World - cindywu123 https://medium.com/the-os-fund/rewrite-the-os-68fb43ddc95f ====== devnonymous Is it just me or is there a trend these days to announce big 'lets-change-the- world-by-<some revolutionary scheme or other>' and then do pretty much more of the same ol' thing everyone is trying...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Top Ways to Blow a Job Interview - cwan http://www.fins.com/Finance/Articles/SB129416698193872447/Top-Ten-Ways-to-Blow-a-Job-Interview?Type=4 ====== jrockway The first few things don't bother me. Running late? Who cares? Wearing a T-Shirt? Excellent, so am I. Your cell phone rings? Hit decline and move on. (Or hey, ...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Typed Clojure prevents Null Pointer Exceptions - swannodette http://frenchy64.github.io/2013/10/04/null-pointer.html ====== goldfeld cowcatcher, you're hellbanned. As for your question: "If you want typesafe functional programming on the JVM, why not just use Scala?" Well, because some people like Clojure and Scal...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Dennis Ritchie - Anon84 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie ====== JoshTriplett The discussion page and the edit history provide a fascinating view into Wikipedia policies.
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Insight Data Engineering Fellows Program - yurisagalov http://insightdataengineering.com/ ====== jakek I'm the founder of the Insight Data Science Fellows Program, and the new Insight Data Engineering Fellows Program we just launched above. With the Data Science program, which helps PhDs transition to industry, we'r...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Show HN: Wavo.me - A social network for music to take on Spotify and iTunes. - glesperance https://wavo.me/ ====== borgopants This looks really interesting, but to be completely honest, I lost all interest once I saw that there was no other option but to sign up with Facebook. As a developer, I understand the busi...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
What is going on with NIST’s SHA-3? - NelsonMinar https://www.cdt.org/blogs/joseph-lorenzo-hall/2409what-heck-going-nist%E2%80%99s-encryption-standard-sha-3 ====== marshray Basically, NIST seems to be reasoning that because Keccack's sponge construction has no internal resistance to meet-in-the-middle attacks, the c...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Ask HN: What's your ideal development setup? - anonfunction Hey Hackers, I&#x27;m in a position where I can get any computer&#x2F;monitor&#x2F;keyboard&#x2F;etc... but don&#x27;t know what is considered the best hardware these days.<p>For context I&#x27;ll be writing a lot of Node.js &#x2F; Golang code while going bet...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
New 9front release “KÄPTN BLAUBÄR” - snvzz http://ninetimes.cat-v.org/news/2015/07/19/0/ ====== jpm9 \o/
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Cumulus - control your cloud from your Android phone - ke4qqq http://cloudstack.org/blog/102-cumulus-manage-your-cloud-from-an-android-device.html ====== paulhauggis I'm really sick of hearing about "the cloud". It reminds me of "web 2.0" and ".net"
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Cog: Bringing the power of the command line to chat - sciurus https://github.com/operable/cog ====== rhoml Congrats on this launch pretty exited to see its evolution
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
On the Turing Completeness of MS PowerPoint [pdf] - chrisdotcode https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/twildenh/PowerPointTM/Paper.pdf ====== chrisdotcode Associated YouTube video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNjxe8ShM-8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNjxe8ShM-8)
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Two Minute Papers – Deep Neural Network Learns Van Gogh's Art - midko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R9bJGNHltQ ====== qCOVET Every selfie on instagram would soon turn into a Picasso masterpiece .. lol Great post - thanks for sharing !
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud storage - bensummers http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/ ====== sh1mmer One of the smart guys in our (Y!) cloud team just point out something to me that hadn't occurred to me. This system is definitely optimized f...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Ask HN: What GUI SQL client do you use? - pmikal I used to use Toad, but never really liked it. Isn't there something better with support for MySQL and Oracle? SQL Developer? Aqua Data Studio? PL/SQL Developer? What's your preference? What are the free options? ====== nshah I use SQuirrelSQL[<http://squirrel-sql.sou...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Immunotherapy cancer drug hailed as 'game changer' - sjcsjc http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37588541 ====== randcraw If you have cancer, as I may still do (after prostate surgery), PD-1 and PD-L1 immunotherapy simply is NOT a game changer. On average, you live another 6 months, but only if you pass a screening to get...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
How many IT Consultants does it take to migrate a business into the cloud? - ManuJ http://www.getapp.com/blog/how-many-it-consultants-does-it-take-to-migrate-a-business-into-the-cloud/ ====== eitally If you're only using consultants you're doing it wrong. I moved 16,000 employees to Gmail in three months, but the pi...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Android alternative (CyanogenMod) gets $7M funding boost - dan1234 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24160554 ====== brickmort That's pretty awesome, I only really learned about CyanogenMod this week. Has anybody tried installing it on their device?
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Arguing the Point (on uBeam physics) - itcrowd http://liesandstartuppr.blogspot.com/2017/06/arguing-point.html?m=1 ====== cottsak Easy video summary of above [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8dqzVlhFkA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8dqzVlhFkA)
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Iteratee-based IO in Haskell at Tsuru Capital - dons http://blog.kfish.org/2011/09/iteratees-at-tsuru.html ====== tumult I work at Tsuru Capital. (Apparently we have a contributors file for the iteratees library, and I never added myself.) Feel free to ask questions here. I'll try my best to respond to them. We're ...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Guy strips at PDX airport, court rules not guilty, TSA still wants to punish him - majke http://www.kgw.com/news/Naked-fliers-attorneys-ask-for-acquittal-162908166.html ====== toomuchcoffee >But things aren’t over for Brennan yet. The TSA is also investigating him to see if he possibly interfered with the screening ...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Incorporating your business should be vastly simpler - mathoda http://mathoda.com/archives/209 ====== admoin Anyone who has tried to start a company in most other countries (where starting a company can take months and thousands of dollars in fees or even bribes) would never write something like this. The US is on ...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Ask HN: A reasonable deployment solution for small-scale kiosk apps? - c61746961 We need to find a solution for the deploy, monitor, update cycle for small-scale, multi-platform (mac, windows, linux), LAN-bound kiosk apps. So far we have survived writing our own tooling for specific tasks but it&#x27;s quickly getting...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
When Taco Bell 'Bought' the Liberty Bell - ryan_j_naughton http://priceonomics.com/when-taco-bell-bought-the-liberty-bell/ ====== zephjc A la The Simpsons when Tanzania was renamed "New Zanzibar" and then later renamed "Pepsi Presents New Zanzibar".
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Show HN: Tellur – manage personal finances using custom-built tasks - wtsn https://www.tellur.io/premades/build ====== wtsn Hi everyone, I'm a co-founder of Tellur, a task-based personal finance manager. Users connect bank accounts (similar to Mint) then add custom tasks (similar to IFTTT) to track and manage personal...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Varoufakis and the fake finger [video] - QuantumRoar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx-1LQu6mAE ====== QuantumRoar English subtitles start at 3:00
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Lisp Is Not Functional - nuriaion http://letoverlambda.com/index.cl/guest/chap5.html ====== ColinWright I posted this 12 hours ago: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2888735> Thunderous silence met it - I wonder if this will fare better.
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Nearly half of white Harvard students are athletes/children of alumni/donors - gist https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/09/penn-upenn-philadelphia-harvard-admissions-legacy-athletes ====== Hasz You want to revitalize rural America AND solve this tricky problem of too many qualified kids, not enough spots? Let's bring ...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
How necessary is it for a Master's in Computer Science? - shaganappi200 Hi,<p>I am currently a third year undergraduate studying computer science at University of California, San Diego. I have a few questions regarding graduate school and was hoping to get some insight.<p>- Process of applying to grad school (Whats...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Is GIT Greedy? - marknadal https://twitter.com/andrestaltz/status/1008424416424980480 ====== c3534l This has nothing to do with Git and everything to do with GPL. GPL is the reason why things like Linux and Git have such a strong community: if you use GPL code, you have to contribute back to open-source. GPL is greedy...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - tosh https://med.stanford.edu/chronicfatiguesyndrome.html ====== dang A New Yorker article on this topic has also been on HN today: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18321230](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18321230). Both threads are good. ------ monotone666 I’ve been diagnosed w...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Debunking the Cul-de-Sac - matylda http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2011/09/street-grids/124/ ====== baltcode One way to use the older city areas would be to be able to construct modern buildings in them. Unfortunately, the alternative to suburbia is old, awkwardly divided apartments made out of older houses ...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
#everykey is is a f•••ing game changer - superchink http://www.whoismcafee.com/everykey-is-is-a-f%e2%80%a2%e2%80%a2%e2%80%a2ing-game-changer/ ====== based2 [http://www.gemalto.com/press/Pages/Gemalto-enables-strong- au...](http://www.gemalto.com/press/Pages/Gemalto-enables-strong- authentication-on-any-device-via-Blue...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Pay-with-a-Selfie, a human-centred digital payment system - blopeur https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.07187 ====== justboxing I thought this was a spoof / 'The Onion' style story, then I saw this. > The Pay-with-a-Group-Selfie (PGS) project, funded by the Melinda & Bill > Gates Foundation, has developed a micro-payment syst...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Ask HN: Are the new TLDs bad for business? - erdaniels I’ve noticed an increasing amount of generic TLDs being created. There are generic ones owned by obscure companies like .band and then others like .beauty owned by L’Oréal. In the former case, this feels like squatting and in the latter, monopolization on a whole ...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Why Fiber Is Vastly Superior to Cable and 5G - DiabloD3 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/why-fiber-vastly-superior-cable-and-5g ====== gnode The article is correct that fiber connections can provide a higher bitrate than cable and 5G, but it fails to explain why that makes it a better social or economic propositi...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Is GitHub down? - A_Ghz http://www.github.com/ ====== ovechtrick no ------ ddorian43 no
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Data Center Map - yoda_sl http://www.datacentermap.com/ ====== yoda_sl I came across that site earlier today : potentially interesting if their data is accurate and you are trying to find a hosting/cloud service nearby where you are.
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Programming Language Development: The Past 5 Years - jashkenas http://blog.fogus.me/2011/10/18/programming-language-development-the-past-5-years/ ====== hammerdr I spent some time doing several small programming exercises in Ioke. I've also done similar exercises in several programming languages ranging from C to Ja...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Coming This Year - vanya http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/mozilla-firefox-31-coming-this.html ====== Xichekolas Of course, FF3 was originally slated for over a year ago and it's just now happening, so take the timeline with a grain of salt. On the other hand, delays (within reason) ar...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Show HN: A political news aggregator you can comment on - kaczordon https://www.newscomment.us/ ====== chishaku The only visible comment is... not good. How would one go about seeding a political news site with constructive comments? As good as HN can be for discussion, many/most? political threads (especially pande...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Possible discovery of Captain Cook's HMS Endeavour Off US Coast - curtis https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/sep/19/wreck-of-captain-cooks-hms-endeavour-discovered-off-coast-of-america ====== sjclemmy I live in Northern England and a couple of years ago my wife and I visited the town of Staithes[0][1] on t...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
The Go Language is faster than the Computer Language Benchmarks Game thinks - gbin http://klaig.blogspot.be/2012/09/the-go-language-is-faster-than-computer.html ====== CJefferson The title is misleading, and the article is hard to read. The central complaint seems to be that the language shoot-out uses the 'go' com...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Interview with Magnus Carlsen, the current #1 chess player - trafficlight http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6187 ====== mburney _"When I am feeling good, I train a lot. When I feel bad, I don’t bother. I don’t enjoy working to a timetable. Systematic learning would kill me."_ I really like this approac...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Coda is a next-generation spreadsheet designed to make Excel a thing of the past - el_duderino https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/19/16497444/coda-spreadsheet-krypton-shishir-mehrotra ====== abricot Doesn't look like a spreadsheet to me. It falls more into the space that are occupied by Podio[1] and Zoho Creator[2] - w...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Student invents technology to produce world’s ‘cheapest’ power - abrimo http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/student-invents-technology-to-produce-worlds-cheapest-power/ ====== kken And yet another perpetuum mobile. Does not work, is scam. ~~~ mrmagooey Indeed, why people upvote these things is beyond me. ~~~ offi...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Anonymous Hijacks Federal Website Over Aaron Swartz Suicide - Jaigus http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/anonymous-hijacks-federal-website-threatens-doj-document-dump-174943824--abc-news-politics.html ====== lemcoe9 I may get flamed for asking this, but am I the only one that thinks the Swartz suicide has been over-r...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Ask HN: Peer to peer learning - pal_25 what do you think will be the future of classroom learning?do you think live streaming will replace going to school much the same way sms&#x2F;emails replaced post offices? ====== TaiFood For the worst possible education, live streaming fills that void. Much of learning is commu...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Visualizing Apache Log Data with Minecraft - wallflower https://streamsets.com/blog/visualizing-apache-log-data-minecraft/ ====== smrxx Is that a UNIX filesystem? ------ icedata reminds me of Codecity
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Stores closing at a record pace - mjfern http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/22/news/credit-suisse-retail/index.html ====== woogiewonka I wonder what will happen with all that retail space? There was an interesting TED talk about dying shopping malls that was also quite depressing at the same time. I can see how this trend w...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Hyper – Hypervisor-agnostic Docker engine - tbronchain https://hyper.sh/ ====== mbreese I like this idea. It's a stripped down VM capable of only running containers. There are a couple of downsides, compared to straight docker though - you have to go through the VM layer for disk io. So, if you have a shared volume, t...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Months Before Reddit Purge, The_Donald Users Created a New Home - TakakiTohno https://onezero.medium.com/months-before-reddit-purge-the-donald-users-created-a-new-home-a732f79e4f04 ====== Andaith I’ve become a bit disillusioned by grassroots organising given how easy it seems to be to fake. This place claims to be sel...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Show HN: WeTopTen – Create top 10 of books, movies, albums and more - duplikey http://wetopten.com ====== duplikey Another of my experiment. This time playing with amazon and fb APIs. I'll probably add some open graph integration in the next days. Any feedback is appreciated ;)
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
How I made a 3D game in 2 KB of JavaScript - pjmlp http://frankforce.com/?p=7427 ====== rsiqueira The first ideas of this 3D road game was created in just 140 characters (or less) and posted here (Dwitter) by him (Frank Force's nickname is "KilledByAPixel"): [https://www.dwitter.net/h/road](https://www.dwitter.net/h/r...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Breaking News: Google Has Removed Gab's Android App from the Google Play Store - DanAndersen https://twitter.com/getongab/status/898314927697416192 ====== Boothroid I think we are at a really worrying time. We need to speak up for free speech. Actions like this are a form of censorship. A small number of corporations ...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
IdeaBlob Funding $10,000 each month for the most popular start up idea - wastedbrains http://ideablob.com/ ====== dyu Wouldn't people just downvote all others and get all their friends to vote on his own? I didn't read it carefully; maybe they have something to prevent that.
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
This payload is currently being distributed using the Shellshock vulnerability - jnotarstefano https://gist.github.com/jacquerie/0569a4a192b06f25d764 ====== wtracy I see some Portuguese variable names. That suggests to me that one or more of the people involved are from Brazil.
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
War and Planets: Astronomical Tables in the History of Science - Petiver https://blogs.royalsociety.org/history-of-science/2016/06/07/war-and-planets/ ====== eternalban It would be more appropriate to title this the "Euro-Centric History of Science" or simply "History of European Science". There were serious and produ...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Show HN: Extension Monitor to detect high-risk browser extensions - flysonic10 https://extensionmonitor.com/blog/introducing-extension-monitor ====== ziddoap Instant pop-up of a chat, from "Matt - A Real Human" is a significant turn-off for me. For a company that is promoting privacy, it's also discouraging to see th...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Any cool startups hiring? - jkaykin Hey! I am young, ambitious, crazy, and I have had experience working for a few startups doing marketing, sales and some product management. I can also code front-end and design as well but I enjoy doing more of the business/marketing side of things.<p>I consider myself an out of t...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Law enforcement took more stuff from people than burglars did last year - DickingAround https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/23/cops-took-more-stuff-from-people-than-burglars-did-last-year/ ====== a3n It would be more interesting to see asset forfeiture compared to armed robbery, since that is essential...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
China's Dystopian Social Credit System - rm2889 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-18/china-social-credit-a-model-citizen-in-a-digital-dictatorship/10200278?pfmredir=sm ====== chrisco255 I'm sort of terrified that democracy, individualism, and freedom might die within the span of a decade or two, with the advent of AI...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Mozilla is financing the open competitor to Facebooks free-internet - rufus42 https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2016/10/13/bringing-the-power-of-the-internet-to-the-next-billion-and-beyond/ ====== brudgers Current submission title is editorialized.
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Google’s Quantum Dream May Be Just Around the Corner - jonbaer https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602283/googles-quantum-dream-may-be-just-around-the-corner/ ====== alex_duf I wonder what impact these will have on cryptography when it will be available to a few actors, but not the rest of the world yet... ~~~ William...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Ask HN: Hardware startup looking for good industrial Design firms - moegdaog Looking for a good industrial design firm for Proto-typing a hardware concept that has to do with 3.mm jack instalation in smartphone's. I don't see any other way in constructing this piece of hardware other then going through an industrial...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
How sustainable is pursing ride-hailing as a standalone service? - michakeleq https://diane.substack.com/p/how-sustainable-is-pursing-ride-hailing ====== dianee Non ride-hailing ambitions from a ride-hailing company, Gojek.
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Apple ID security: Should I be worried? - chmars http://www.betalogue.com/2013/02/12/apple-id-security/ ====== rafitorres Because I was there early, my iCloud email/Apple ID is a fairly short but uncommon word, and I receive at least three of these emails every week. I also constantly get subscribed to newsletters I...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Why The Hell Do I Need Types? Because Fahrenheit can't be less than −459.67 - dade http://geekabyte.blogspot.nl/2014/04/why-hell-do-i-need-types-because.html ====== dragonwriter While the _general_ concept is valid, the _specific_ example in the headline relies on the idea that negative absolute temperature cannot e...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
xkcd: Real Programmers - nickb http://xkcd.com/378/ ====== juanpablo I set the universal constants at the start such that the universe evolves to contain this comment right here.... and I invented the Mac... and Paul Graham. ------ dawnerd Sadly, so true. This goes with operating systems as well. ~~~ __ Emacs subsu...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Processing.js: How to create links with Custom fonts - f1lt3r http://processingjs.org/source/canvas-text-links/canvas-text-link.html ====== axod You can't select the text, it doesn't behave like text (Can't resize it in browser), so what's the advantage over just using images? ~~~ f1lt3r It was not meant to behave...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
The Colors of Dribbble - nspeller http://nathanspeller.com/color-pickers/ ====== sp332 A bit off topic, but I hope this isn't true: _Additionally, there won’t be any new colors years from now. The color spectrum of the future will be exactly the same as it is today. It’s neat to think we already have access to the c...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
TIOBE Index for May 2016 - Jerry2 http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index ====== WoodenChair I see Java has spiked this year. Is there any accounting for that other than the vagaries of how the index is calculated?
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
30 years ago, this anime invented the Internet - gondwana http://www.tubechop.com/watch/2931716 ====== gondwana It's WONDERFULLY USEFUL and INTERESTING. See also: [http://www.tubechop.com/watch/2931716](http://www.tubechop.com/watch/2931716) and [http://www.tubechop.com/watch/2931852](http://www.tubechop.com/watch/...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Show HN: Popular movies for every year since 1927 - khet http://kumailht.com/the-movie-project/ ====== raquo That's a nice summary of things I didn't have time to watch and should probably go back to at some point. As for some feedback – I'd rather see the title un-truncated, or at least see a tooltip with a full t...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Making Moves for Women in the Workforce : Just Do It : Glassbreakers - laurenmo https://medium.com/@laurenmosenthal/just-do-it-a3a80647873a ====== emcarey I love this!! Really interesting to get a product perspective on this process
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Ask HN: Is Systems Engineering / Infrastructure Eng. / Sys Administration Dead? - mancerayder After my most recent job searches, I&#x27;ve been rudely awakened to the fact that systems engineering is barely in existence anymore. People with Systems knowledge as their first-class skillset have been replaced with softw...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Iteration in One Language and Then All the Others - pkd https://eev.ee/blog/2016/11/18/iteration-in-one-language-then-all-the-others/ ====== geezerjay After a quick read, the article sounds a bit iffy in the technical accuracy department. Take what it says about C. It states that C only has support for C's for loops....
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Bitcoin was supposed to change the world. What happened? - kgwgk http://www.vox.com/new-money/2016/11/21/13669662/bitcoin-ethereum-future-explained ====== boznz Well, at a guess, and I stand to be corrected on every point.. 1\. Only benefits early adopters (and money launderers of course) 2\. Far too volatile. Nothi...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
How to improve quality of development? - abhishekdesai I am co-founder of DIGICorp (www.digi-corp.com), a software development company based in India. We are doing decent amount of work for various clients across globe. We work mainly on .NET and PHP platforms and we have team of around 40 to 50 developers.<p>Even t...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Linus Torvalds's Double Pointer Problem [video] - petercooper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiAhUYCUDVc ====== lightlyused Link to interview referenced: [https://meta.slashdot.org/story/12/10/11/0030249/linus- torva...](https://meta.slashdot.org/story/12/10/11/0030249/linus-torvalds- answers-your-questions)
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Modded Roomba screams in mortal pain when it runs into things - viniciosbarros https://mashable.com/article/modded-roomba-that-screams-in-pain/ ====== furriephillips Michael Reeves' YouTube channel is hilarious [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtHaxi4GTYDpJgMSGy7AeSw/vid...](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtHaxi4GT...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
San Francisco Police Accessed Private Camera Network to Spy on Protestors - dannyobrien https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/san-francisco-police-accessed-business-district-camera-network-spy-protestors ====== Bostonian Original title is, "San Francisco Police Accessed Business District Camera Network to Spy on Prote...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Ask HN: CTO vs. VP of Engineering - safetywerd Note: I'm posting this under a different account than I normally use on HN because I want to remain anonymous.<p>For the last 2+ years I've been the CTO for a technically successful startup. I have successfully navigated the company around some very real disasters and ha...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Intellectual Ventures Paid Consultant To Get Unions To Fight Patent Reform - yanw http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110316/23442113522/contract-dispute-reveals-that-intellectual-ventures-paid-consultant-to-get-unions-to-fight-patent-reform.shtml ====== RickHull A good way to frame this behavior that makes clear why i...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Ask HN: When does a startup stop being a startup? - hellweaver666 I recently read an article that referred to Digg as a startup. Is Digg still a startup? They've been around for years now. What makes a startup a startup, and when does one stop being a startup? ====== bdfh42 How about on IPO, sale to third party or w...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Equity as compensation to interns - mbenchi10 What do you guys think of giving equity away to interns as compensation? What stage do you think it makes less sense? ====== sethammons Step 1: pay your interns a fair wage in cash. After you complete step 1, you can do what what you like with equity :). I feel that equity...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Ask YC: Fewer lines of clever code or more lines of clearer code? - technoguyrob This is a question mostly geared towards helping my own programming style (and of course maybe yours, by example), so if you can please reply to give me some input, that would be great.<p>I'm writing a Javascript calendar sort of like G...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Bjarne Stroustrup – Managing Director, Technology - mk44 http://www.morganstanley.com/profiles/bjarne-stroustrup-managing-director-technology/ ====== jonalmeida I met some ambassadors from Morgan Stanley who were wearing a shirt which had a list of check boxes that went something like this: [ ] Had a holiday recently...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Live SEO Course with Moz's Rand Fishkin - sytse https://courses.platzi.com/courses/seo-training/ ====== sytse I think Rand is pretty awesome and the Platzi people did a great job on our GitLab course, looking forward to this starting in 8 minutes.
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Seneca - On the Shortness of Life - stingraycharles http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/seneca_younger/brev_e.html ====== stingraycharles I personally find this one of the most inspiring pieces i've recently read, and I think it's of interest to a lot of HN'ers. "Can anything be sillier than the point of view of...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Stanley Milgram: The Perils of Obedience - brlewis http://www.paulgraham.com/perils.html A thought-provoking study of authority vs. responsibility. It becomes relevant to startups when they start hiring. ====== brlewis Besides being thought-provoking, this excerpt from a 1974 book describes a behavior pattern that b...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Show HN: Identity Card Semantic Segmentation (Pytorch) - s3nhxx https://github.com/s3nh/unet-midv500 ====== s3nhxx U-net based Id Card semantic segmentation using open sourced midv500 dataset.
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Only 565 people have ever been to space. Virgin Galactic plans to send 3000 more - 123six https://www.kevinrooke.com/post/virgin-galactic-and-the-potential-of-space-tourism ====== ncmncm "Been to space" and "been in orbit" are very, very different things. To my knowledge, Virgin only has plans for the first. ~~~ 123s...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
How to extract uranium from seawater for nuclear power (2017) - forgot_my_pwd https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/how-extract-uranium-seawater-nuclear-power ====== herdodoodo Uranium is not the only element/mineral of interest that is dissolved in seawater. Research has been done on this stuff before. I'...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Apache Kafka Security on Kubernetes, Automated - matyix https://banzaicloud.com/blog/kafka-security-k8s/ ====== skbly7 Looks like the solution is something available only on BanzaiCloud? How different is it from strimz-kafka-operator which do most the listed stuff and even more for any Kubernetes cluster or OpenShift...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
How much should I raise in my angel round? How should I spend it? - ggonweb http://calacanis.com/2015/01/21/how-much-should-i-raise-in-my-angel-round-how-should-i-spend-it/ ====== austenallred This is pretty damn spot on. My company raised $700k, and just hired the fourth person for our four-person team. I've had a lo...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Playdar - Music Content Resolver - tzury http://www.playdar.org/about.html ====== timdorr I'm actually very excited about this. I run a coworking facility in Atlanta (Ignition Alley) and we have a central music system that has just been Pandora for now. But this presents us with new options that we wouldn't have bef...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Taste for Makers (2002) - misframer http://www.paulgraham.com/taste.html ====== quizotic Back when I was a 16 year old mediocre chess player, the captain of our high school team took me aside, set up a position and asked "Do you like white or black?" I looked at the board and said "I don't know." And channeling a Yoda...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }
Dutch IRS and DigiD Under DDOS Attack - morphle https://nos.nl/artikel/2221096-belastingdienst-en-digid-getroffen-door-ddos-aanvallen.html ====== maribonk They have suffered many DDOS and certificate attacks before, and are known for their bad security. But this US owned Dutch company products are still made mandatory...
{ "pile_set_name": "HackerNews" }