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Bridging the Gap Between Programming Languages and Hardware Weak Memory Models - godelmachine
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.07892
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nielsbot
Could someone provide a non-academic summary of what this means? I am a
programmer but not a computer scientist...
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codebje
The simplest way to think about memory is as a p... | {
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Ask HN: Is Java a good choice as a language for developing a startup mvp? - akritrime
I wanted to use either NodeJs or Elixir, but my friends are more in favor of Java, mainly because Java has more mature libs and frameworks. I agree with the libs being better than NodeJs, but is there any downside of using Java for b... | {
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Show HN: The Wavefiz – Visualize the Schrödinger Equation in WebGL - ridiculous_fish
http://ridiculousfish.com/wavefiz/
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EJTH
The pages crashes my browser (Chrome on OSX)
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Why Google has so much cash on its balance sheet - klochner
http://www.people.hbs.edu/ffoley/Cash.pdf
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protomyth
I really wish we could just simplify the corporate tax code down to: x% of
revenue - total salary payed to US(1) citizens. I figure the citizens are
paying taxes on their salaries and it would encou... | {
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Why Stripe Gave Up on Bitcoin and Blockchain Payments - moritzplassnig
http://fortune.com/2018/07/17/stripe-blockchain/
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willio58
It's odd there is no mention of Stellar Lumens in here. Seems relevant since
one of Stellar's board members is the Former CTO at Stripe and the current CEO
at Stripe is an advisor.
-... | {
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CastSan: efficient detection of bad C++ casts [pdf] - luu
https://www.docdroid.net/INWYBF7/castsan-esorics18.pdf
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kilon
I don't know why but I read first the title as "CastSatan"
oh wait ... I now know why
It's a C++ article.
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dang
Please don't post unsubstantive comments here.
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Have you payed for coding help? - Encaladus
I'm curious to know if people use services such as Codementor and Hackhands. If yes, why and how often? If no, why not?
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nickjj
No, definitely not from sites like that.
But I don't mind paying friends and acquaintances for help. All of us have a
pretty sweet deal... | {
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Is Steven A. Cohen Buying Off the U.S. Government? - the_watcher
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2013/03/did-stevie-cohen-just-buy-off-the-us-government.html
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etherael
Can't tell you how enormously surprised I am by this. :/
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joshAg
yes.
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jgalt212
maybe only for a bit. The Feds ... | {
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Nestor Inc. soars 1900% as confused investors try to play the Nest acquisition - brs
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2014/01/15/nestor-inc-soared-1900-as-confused-investors-try-to-play-googles-acquisition-of-nest-labs/
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johnatwork
A lot of folks are speculating that it's a mistake by investors, but I thin... | {
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Ask HN: What Is the Princeton IAS Equivalent in China? - kouh
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billconan
I don't think there is an equivalent. The top institutes are all state owned,
not independent like IAS.
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What's the best way to update a site after going live? - timmm
I am going to be going live with my website soon. As of now I simply trial and error my way into updates and fixes but this isn't going to work after launch.<p>I'm guessing the best way is to host a complete duplicate of the site in a hidden sub-folder a... | {
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Apple Watch to iPhone home screen prototype - nreece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UggYGThmFEo
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nreece
Code: [https://github.com/lmmenge/WatchSpringboard-
Prototype](https://github.com/lmmenge/WatchSpringboard-Prototype)
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“I was told to buy a software or lose my computer: I ignored it” - feross
https://blog.acolyer.org/2019/10/16/ransomware/
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mysterypie
> _With a U.S. population of ~200M, let’s call it 4M infections /year. We know
> that 4% of respondents paid the ransom, so that’s 160,000 ransom payments.
> If we say $200 per pa... | {
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Show HN: Our Hackable E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android - erohead
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/pebble-e-paper-watch-for-iphone-and-android
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slug
Texas Instruments was selling the eZ430-Chronos for $25 the other day, it sold
out. <http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/EZ430-Chronos> ,
<http:... | {
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PaperWM: Tiled Window Management for Gnome - ingve
https://jvns.ca/blog/2020/01/05/paperwm/
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odinho
Thanks! This is excellent.
I was actually notified of this article in the Google news screen on my phone,
but forgot the name after reading the article.
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Show HN: SVG rendering engine for Unity - mfabbri77
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/19822
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Sonicmouse
"SVGAssets is a runtime library for reading SVG files and render them on
Texture2D objects."
Neat, but, wouldn't it be awesome to have access to the actual vector data
within the SVG as well?... | {
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From Web to Native: A Journey in Interface Design - nvk
https://medium.com/design-ux/16ba59e72dae
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RyanZAG
If only all designers were more like Cole Peters, the state of design wouldn't
be as terrible as it is now. Massive props on getting to the real issues in
this blog post, and I'll be directing designers (or... | {
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Guffipedia: business jargon and corporate nonsense - chestnut-tree
https://ig.ft.com/sites/guffipedia/
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chestnut-tree
There's also this 6 minute FT podcast on the worst corporate guff for 2015.
McKinsey, Starbucks, Twitter, Alphabet all get a mention
[http://podcast.ft.com/2016/01/04/time-to-get-stoked-by-
the-... | {
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A/Bingo split testing now on App Engine, built for Khan Academy - dmnd
http://bjk5.com/post/10171483254/a-bingo-split-testing-now-on-app-engine-built-for-khan
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patio11
Hearing about this made my week.
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wiradikusuma
Hearing about this make me sad because my App Engine is Java-based :(
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patio11
Some opti... | {
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They're Made Out of Meat - evo_9
https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/thinkingMeat.html
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masonic
Background:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They%27re_Made_Out_of_Meat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They%27re_Made_Out_of_Meat)
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Limiting Your Digital Footprints in a Surveillance State - metaphysics
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/technology/personaltech/digital-footprint-surveillance.html
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hilbert42
I don't limit my digital footprint in what I say on the internet — for proof
see some of my hyperbolic posts on HN, ;-) — because I reck... | {
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Adobe Releases a HTML5 Video Player (with Flash fallback) - vital101
http://blogs.adobe.com/dreamweaver/2010/10/adobe-announces-the-html5-video-player-widget.html
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radley
It's the Kaltura player:
<http://www.html5video.org/kaltura-html5/>
I'm not sure what part Adobe played - all of the code is Kaltura's, an... | {
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Ask HN: Best platform for blog+store+members area - geomark
I'm getting ready to build a site that will have a blog, store and members' area. Wondering what would be the best platform for it. Hoping the vast knowledge on HN can recommend me.<p>I've done WordPress and Drupal sites before so I know they w... | {
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Thomas Friedman-- We’re No. 1(1) - nsoonhui
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/opinion/12friedman.htm
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tedesign
That's why USA are so attractive to foreign students who want to work hard and
get the best education. There is an always weakening local competition.
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hga
I have to wonder about that. At least in... | {
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Using motion effects as an un-colorblind filter - corysama
https://unblind.tech/
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corysama
Creator:
[https://twitter.com/unconed/status/1263906138942291969](https://twitter.com/unconed/status/1263906138942291969)
[https://github.com/unconed/uncolorblind](https://github.com/unconed/uncolorblind)
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Mio: A Tiny Subset of Io in Ruby - jdp
http://gist.github.com/100503
A ~300 line implementation of a subset of the Io language (http://iolanguage.com) in Ruby
======
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Tinmark is now free – fully for 30 days, read and edit after that - birchbird
https://tinmark.com/free
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bpatrianakos
I really like the video. I think it's a great example of what you can do with
a low budget and limited toolset. I don't want to sound like I'm saying
whoever is running Tinmark is poor and doesn... | {
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Ask HN: How has the labor force changed in San Francisco over the past year? - bad_ramen_soup
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bad_ramen_soup
For both technical and non-technical roles?
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aphextron
The market is extremely tight.
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bad_ramen_soup
What do you mean by tight?
~~~
whb07
This usually refers to the supply of available worker... | {
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Ask HN: How to get into AngelList as an investor? - RobMcCullough
Hello HN, I have a question. I would like to be on Angel List. I am a younger guy without any connections or friends in the VC world. Is there a way to be listed as an investor on Angel List without being endorsed? I feel awkward cold-emailing other i... | {
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Ask HN: Can you protect an idea? - instaheat
Ideas are a dime a dozen - right? Is it a meaningless endeavor to protect your startup idea? Let's just say it is amazing. Did the WhatsApp and Instagrams of the world protect their IP or just launch as quickly as possible to gain traction and validate themselves in th... | {
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Why we are called Generation Y? - abhishekdesai
http://www.uglydoggy.com/2008/04/generations-symbol.html
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hoffmabc
speak for yourself! i'm generation X
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abhishekdesai
i am speaking for myself. i am generation Y
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Ask HN: How do you organise your codebase on your private machine? - treigerm
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stephenr
~/Projects/$MyCoName/{Clients/$ClientName,Internal}/$ProjectName
Edit: for anyone who doesn't quite read shell expansion, it looks like this:
~
+ Projects
+ My Company Name
+ C... | {
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OpenEMS: a free and open electromagnetic field solver - privong
http://openems.de/start/index.php
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msla
Page is down, but here's the Github repo:
[https://github.com/thliebig/openEMS-
Project](https://github.com/thliebig/openEMS-Project)
~~~
fosco
google cache :
[https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q... | {
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Show HN: Drawing points properly in WebGL - jjrv
https://charto.net/blog/drawing-points-properly-in-webgl/#demo-points
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jjrv
It's a blog post, but you can try / edit the demo. Appropriate for Show HN?
I'm actually working on better tooling for OpenStreetMap, but taking the
longer road (to put it mildly) redesig... | {
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Struggle to define corruption through history - nsajko
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/the-struggle-to-define-corruption-through-history/6462784
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nsajko
Here is the 2014 paper mentioned in the article:
[https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=classifying+corru...](https://scholar.goo... | {
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} |
Microsoft Looks to Take the Blockchain to the Next Level with Project Bletchey - jesusmrv
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/microsoft-looks-take-blockchain-next-level-project-jesus-rodriguez?trk=mp-reader-card
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sharemywin
I've got to be missing something. The whole purpose of block chain is not to
use a big vendor.... | {
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Ask HN: Any good Asterisk client open source projects for looking at their code? - betimd
I'm looking for any client developed in any popular languages like Java or C# that works with Asterisk to adopt for my company needs.
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aexaey
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSipSimple](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSi... | {
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The Guardian's HTML5 iPad app released - bfirsh
http://www.guardian.co.uk/mobile/ipad/guardian-ipad-edition
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bfirsh
It's a native app for native animations and so on, but all the pages
themselves are HTML.
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Ruby gem to release apps to the Google Play Store - trev9065
https://rubygems.org/gems/play_time
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trev9065
We just released a gem that pushes our app to the Google Play Store. For those
of you who don't know, the api to publish apps is pretty hairy and this gem
turns all that code into a one liner. Enjoy!
| {
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How tons of ammonium nitrate were stranded in Beirut port for years - rectang
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/europe/lebanon-russian-ship-blast-intl/index.html
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rectang
The office of the Director of Customs wrote six letters requesting removal
over several years, but didn't get a response. It looks like the Port
... | {
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} |
The Hardware Renaissance - nqureshi
http://paulgraham.com/hw.html
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tptacek
As I understood it, from having worked at a (successful) startup that sold
hardware, the big problem with hardware isn't that it's hard to make. Rather,
the two big problems are margin and, worse for a startup, inventory costs.
Airbnb can... | {
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Technical Overview : Dart : Structured web programming - shubber
http://www.dartlang.org/docs/technical-overview/
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shubber
Mostly, I just want to say amongst people I respect:
Once the Dart VM is living in a browser, I will look at learning it. Until
then, it has all the downsides of node.js + Coffeescript with... | {
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BBC Click: How to Set Up a VPN at Home Using a Raspberry Pi - merah
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33548728
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SturgeonsLaw
I've found this script to be a huge timesaver when setting up an OpenVPN
server:
[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Nyr/openvpn-
install/master...](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/... | {
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Navdy: HUD for your car - adambratt
https://www.navdy.com
======
tshile
Using a HUD to read/write texts/tweets? It seems like the creators missed all
the studies about the dangers of distracted driving.
And pilots use HUD's so this must be safe? That would potentially hold water,
if the pilots were using huds to twee... | {
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} |
Single-page app – an undervalued website performance booster - ellinoora
https://volument.com/blog/spa-the-biggest-website-performance-booster?b1
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mleonard
When I click a link far down in the article, read that for a bit, and then hit
the back button I find it quite jarring that I end up back at the top of the
o... | {
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Wonga chased debt with fake lawyers, says FCA - anu_gupta
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28015456
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rahimnathwani
22 comments. 20 about usury/rates/APR. 2 about fake law firms (the subject of
the article).
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tlarkworthy
I always wondered if it was a viable to send letters pretending to be lawyers.
Seems li... | {
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OwnPhones: 3D printed wireless earbuds perfectly fitted to your ear shape - nreece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv05p-ueHEI
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mkal_tsr
Someone saw the movie 'Her', hehe
| {
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Rogue Amoeba abandons iPhone because of App Store approval insanity - jws
http://www.rogueamoeba.com/utm/2009/11/13/airfoil-speakers-touch-1-0-1-finally-ships/
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andrewljohnson
I particularly object to Apple rejecting apps for "pre-existing conditions."
I have had two apps get randomly rejected for things that... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to convince my manager to go with Angular instead of React? - tata2020
Leaving actual reasoning of which is better aside, how do i convince my manager and management to use Angular?
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davismwfl
The 2 best arguments to use are financial and speed to market. If the team is
already familiar with Angular ... | {
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Table shame eliminator - kirubakaran
http://www.codeirony.com/?p=6
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cstejerean
If you have a bunch of full time designers on staff let them toy with CSS all
day long to get the right layout. Otherwise take the PG approach and treat
HTML as object code.
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olavk
A better (serious) solution would be to tran... | {
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Creating a beautiful 1-page product site: go vertical. - jm3
http://useketchup.com/
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jm3
This was created by Paul who presented on "the release mindset" at RailsConf
2010. [http://www.pabcas.com/feeling/presenting-ketchup-a-simple-
me...](http://www.pabcas.com/feeling/presenting-ketchup-a-simple-meeting-
notes... | {
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Key Values – Find Engineering Teams That Share Your Values - peter_d_sherman
https://www.keyvalues.com/
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htfy96
TBH I'm more willing to see a negative filter on these claimed team-values.
"Risk over stability" may sound attractive for me (as well as many new grads
to polish their resumes) several years ago, unti... | {
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Loss aversion is not what we think it is - abeinstein
http://www.basilhalperin.com/blog/2015/12/loss-aversion-is-not-what-you-think-it-is/
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razzaj
In his book Predictably Irrational Dan Ariely described loss aversion by means
of a set of experiments that go something like this:
A- take a person and promise her ... | {
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The Pendulum Swings, Again - hawke
http://jacquesmattheij.com/the-pendulum-swings-again
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ReadEvalPost
I know there's a lot of hype around the Raspberry Pi, but it's interesting
that you would mention it as a key component of open systems when it's a
perfect example of half-closed:
* The BCM2835, the microproces... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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A guide to the latest Mahalo spam techniques - dazz
http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2010/06/17/need-help-understanding-the-latest-mahalo-spam/
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mikerhoads
Disclaimer: I used to work for mahalo.
You mentioned these sites having no unique or original content but after a few
quick searches on questions on t... | {
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The Knapsack Problem - specular
http://bertolami.com/index.php?engine=blog&content=posts&detail=knapsack-problem
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Domenic_S
Does this actually answer the stated problem of "deciding the subset of items
to pack"?
Looking at the solution table I can see that there are two possible solutions,
and I can see a max _... | {
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Ask HN: Inquiry About Apple and a Potential Job Offer - cal2
Hey, Everyone -<p>So it looks like my brother has a good shot of being offered a position in Apple's logistics/operations department (he isn't a programmer). The thing is, he currently has an amazing and solid position in Ohio with a very g... | {
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Women in Computing: The Night I was the Belle of the Ball - rachellaw
http://groupthink.jezebel.com/the-night-i-was-the-belle-of-the-ball-1542539449/@burtreynoldsismyspiritguide1
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Mz
Excerpt: _Instead, I get guys who deny that I can be smart or capable; guys
who like how smart I am but try to get me fired if I... | {
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How the Hunt Brothers Cornered the Silver Market and Then Lost It All - adventured
https://priceonomics.com/how-the-hunt-brothers-cornered-the-silver-market/
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nostrademons
“The main factor that has caused corners to fail [throughout history] is that
the manipulator has underestimated how much will be delivered t... | {
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Why is processing a sorted array faster than processing an unsorted array? - btilly
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11227809/why-is-processing-a-sorted-array-faster-than-processing-an-unsorted-array
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bradknowles
Depends on your sort algorithm. For some algorithms, they perform worse on an
array that is alrea... | {
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} |
Hoarding and reuse - ingve
http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/hoarding-and-reuse
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legulere
I think the most important part in removing code is understanding why it was
there in the first place.
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sokoloff
See also "Chesterton's Fence":
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton%27s_fen...](https:/... | {
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Ask HN: How can I get into publishing? - jwwest
I have an idea that I'm researching, however I have very little context to go on, so I thought I'd reach out to see if anyone had any insights.<p>With the number of self-published eBooks out there, I think there might be a market for a digital publishing company that h... | {
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Data mining Competition - VideoLectures.net Recommender System (for $8,000) - TalGalili
http://www.r-bloggers.com/videolectures-net-recommender-system-competition/
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bravura
Here is a link to the actual competition:
<http://tunedit.org/challenge/VLNetChallenge>
| {
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Tempo - Email Client that helps you to focus - rammy1234
https://www.yourtempo.co
======
rammy1234
Email Client in Beta and does what it says. What you guys think. Btw I am not
a developer or no way related to this. I just like this. But $15/mo is way
higher for individual user for emails
| {
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Show HN: OpenAgain – UK hospitality sector tool to support NHS Test and Trace - rikkipitt
https://www.openagain.co.uk
======
rikkipitt
OpenAgain launched the first phase of a national campaign to get the British
hospitality sector re-open safely.
The 100% free of charge solution enables pubs and restaurants solve the... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Lessons in Technology and Innovation from the iPad 3 Graphics and Display - luu
http://www.realworldtech.com/ipad3-graphics/
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mtgx
Not many people believed me when I told them iPad 3 will actually be slower
than an iPad 2 when all apps become "retina-ready". They were too excited
hearing about "quad core graph... | {
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} |
Satan Comes to Dinner (1997) - EtDybNuvCu
http://www.erights.org/history/original-e/satan/index.html
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zbentley
Doesn't this radically change the constraints of the dining philosophers
problem?
The existence "fork <\- revoke" calls mean that you're no longer designing a
solution for coordination/resource managem... | {
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Jenkins the Cow – How to Deploy Jenkins Completely Pre-Configured - emmetogrady
https://blog.nimbleci.com/2016/10/11/how-to-deploy-jenkins-completely-pre-configured/
======
Annatar
_Luckily, there is an alternative: we can move all of the configuration of
Jenkins into source control. This means that when we deploy Jen... | {
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} |
What's your age? - gianluka
I am 18.
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ddorian43
There have been previous age polls.
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Einstein: The Negro Question (1946) - notRobot
https://onbeing.org/blog/albert-einsteins-essay-on-racial-bias-in-1946/
======
notRobot
Discussion from 2014:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8745540](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8745540)
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randompwd
Very good piece but the wording of the below needs ... | {
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} |
EFF Joins Andrew Auernheimer Case on Appeal - molowhq
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-joins-andrew-auernheimer-case-appeal
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darkchasma
I was hoping they wouldn't, this isn't the guy I want to rally behind. He's
foul, delusional, at best grey hat, and apparently a pharmacologist on the
side. The EFF need... | {
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} |
Gawker Hack Release Note - DanielRibeiro
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/gawker-hack-release-notes.html
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jsdalton
drivingmenuts used the word "burn" in a comment in this thread, which for some
reason brought an apt metaphor for this whole debacle to my mind.
It seems to me that the group behind this are not mu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Moleskine notebooks, the original PDA - moswald
http://www.moleskine.com/eng/_interni/storie/immagini.htm
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moswald
I find it much easier to keep my ideas in order using a notebook instead of my
iphone or other PDA. To me theres a lot of beauty in the longevity and
immediacy of a notebook. They obviously fill d... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Don't ask teachers 'Why?' They don't know, and they act like it's not important - blasdel
http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2009-06.html#e2009-06-26T16_01_00.htm
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jleyank
Don't ask BAD teachers "why?". I've found that many/most of the people who
have gone into science had a teacher at some ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Trump tests Twitter policies with Iran threats - deegles
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/477046-trump-tests-twitter-policies-with-iran-threats
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quattrofan
It's clear that Twitter's position on this is becoming increasingly untenable.
If Trump bombs Iran in an act that was is war crime he described on Twitt... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Who's Interviewing for YC Summer 2015? - bijection
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ts-hn
[http://www.apptreerevolution.com](http://www.apptreerevolution.com)
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reviyou
not us , reviyou.com :( unfortunately. Something to think about and reconsider
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lettergram
Pretty sure all the teams that got an interview are celebrati... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mineception – MINECRAFT IN MINECRAFT - josephwegner
http://www.planetminecraft.com/project/mineception---minecraft-in-minecraft/
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Sonicmouse
I don't play minecraft... So I have no idea how this is "cool" or "neat"
The comments in TFA show a lot of enthusiasm.
Can anyone explain?
~~~
aphistic
Minecraft has a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Attacking Web Applications with Broken Authentication - enablesecurity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0l7smmKI_s
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bscofield
Wait, so this guy is recommending against storing predictable user IDs in
cookies, and against pre-filling password fields such that the values can be
read in the source for a page? Bril... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Where might a fundamental rethink of operating systems lead? - hoodoof
Imagine everything we know about operating systems was tossed out the window.<p>An entirely clean slate approach to rethinking how operating systems and software should work.<p>Does that concept make sense at any level? What might come ou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
People who like embarrassing or angering others find social media more addictive - pseudolus
https://www.fastcompany.com/90530068/people-who-like-embarrassing-or-angering-others-find-social-media-more-addictive-study-says
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reanimus
> A fascinating study of 472 university students
That is... not a representative... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Twitter Moving from Pants to Bazel - jmmv
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/pants-devel/PHVIbVDLhx8
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stuhood
Hello!
To add a bit of context: the Pants Build project has been managed by a non-
profit 501c6 organization for the last few years, and is wholly independent
from Twitter. In the last year, Twitte... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Is it too early for me to find an angel investor? - chanced
I'm to the point where I have a fully-functioning SaaS (more than an MVP but not full-featured). Based on conversations I've had with a number of potential customers, they are extremely excited about giving the service a shot (as long as there's a t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
LG and Wikitude team up to launch 3D augmented reality browser - Garbage
http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-and-wikitude-team-launch-3d-augmented-reality-browser
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repsilat
Glasses-free 3D as per the Nintendo DS works well enough, I guess - small
viewing angle and all that. When it comes to augmented reality, tho... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Common Lisp Quick Reference - nickb
http://clqr.berlios.de/
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hsmyers
Excellent effort, as elegant as the language. Page on top should be card
stock. Q&D method is to print all as instructed then take pile to Kinko's. The
have both coil binding, folders and saddle style staplers. Run you about 5
bucks. Some thing... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Gen Z kids stars of their parents’ social media – they have opinions about that - pseudolus
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/gen-z-kids-are-the-stars-of-their-parents-social-media--and-they-have-opinions-about-that/2019/06/02/c94fc5d4-8180-11e9-95a9-e2c830afe24f_story.html
======
vikramkr
Oh right... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A <noscript>-compatible NES emulator with realtime multiplayer - reimertz
https://nes-o-png.herokuapp.com/
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reimertz
Hi, creator here.
This is a tribute to the old times, when iframes was the new big thing and
JavaScript wasn't widely used.
I wanted to investigate how hard it would be to implement a
<n... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tracking Changes using JavaScript - krishy
http://open.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/introducing-ice-writing-for-the-web-first/
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ChrisArchitect
love that someone in news/publishing is pushing crazy journalists to write for
the web ... been doing this on content/copy for years using what? Google Wave
~~~
ChrisA... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
V.I. Arnold: On teaching mathematics - TriinT
http://pauli.uni-muenster.de/~munsteg/arnold.html
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pixcavator
I agree with virtually everything he says about teaching (this is ironic
because I really hated his ODE lectures as a student). But the idea of
"mathematics is a part of physics" isn’t well justified in th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Get Superhuman Abilities with Biohacking - alex_hirner
https://humanizing.tech/get-superhuman-abilities-with-biohacking-5a453a4508f5
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anotheryou
I'm still very amazed on how few useful things I could find that lend
themselfes to sense substitution.
It is really easy to map a compass to a vibrating belt (someone... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Zeno.fm free radio streaming service - autorun
https://zeno.fm/
======
autorun
I was about to install Icecast on a cheap VM and came out with this. Does
anyone know something about this service? As far as I know it's free without
limits (listeners and hosting). Haven't read the terms yet, maybe they own the
rights of ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
My browser visited Weather.com and all I got was this lousy malware - LeoNatan25
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/08/my-browser-visited-drudgereport-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-malware/
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LeoNatan25
Which is why I use adblockers unconditionally to where I visit. It's your
problem. You have allowed the state ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Cleaning Up Air Pollution May Strengthen Global Warming - kevitivity
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cleaning-up-air-pollution-may-strengthen-global-warming/
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chmaynard
Wow, what bullshit. Scientific American has achieved a new low in
irresponsible science writing.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Creating your wercker boxes with Puppet - miesie
http://blog.wercker.com/2013/08/02/Creating-your-boxes-with-puppet.html
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lindseybateman
a must read for puppet fans
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Idera acquires Embarcadero, the owner of Delphi - rajeemcariazo
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151007006216/en/Thoma-Bravo-Announces-Sale-Embarcadero-Idera#.VheG9fmqpBc
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junopatch
Is this a good news for Delphi Programming Language?
~~~
warp416
I am not sure but as a long time delphi developer I'll be ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
PHP Static Analysis with HHVM and Hussar - caipre
http://engineering.wayfair.com/php-static-analysis-with-hhvm-and-hussar/
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allan_s
Shameless plug but currently there's one bug in the postgresql driver for HHVM
preventing me from switching our companies projects to HHVM
[https://github.com/PocketRent/hhvm-
pgs... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Letter to Entrepreneurs: Don't Pay to Pitch - epi0Bauqu
http://broderick.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/a-letter-to-entrepreneurs/
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philk
It gets even better. If someone was interested in investing in a startup then
they wouldn't have to be paid to listen to pitches.
So essentially you're buying access to people ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The UK government is paying newspapers for positive COVID-19 coverage - cirrus-clouds
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/the-government-is-paying-the-sun-and-daily-mail-for-positive-coverage-of-its-coronavirus-response/28/05/
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cirrus-clouds
Here is the content paid by the government on Guardian's website:
[... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A USB charger in a coverplate - josephscott
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/snappower/snappower-charger-a-usb-charger-in-a-coverplate-no
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simonblack
I have several of these.
[http://sockitz.com.au/m/index.php/classic-sockitz-white-
usb-...](http://sockitz.com.au/m/index.php/classic-sockitz-white-usb-
power... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What's better about Ruby than Python? - comp.lang.python - pbjorklund
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/28422d707512283
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telemachos
The title made me nervous that this would be run-of-the-mill fanboy garbage.
But I trust the author (Alex Martelli), so I read it, and I'm glad I did. It's
reasona... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
As Carbon Dioxide Levels Rise, Major Crops Are Losing Nutrients - reirob
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/06/19/616098095/as-carbon-dioxide-levels-rise-major-crops-are-losing-nutrients?t=1529475584040
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teekert
> The chamber is really bright to mimic the sun. A few neat rows of green
> coffee plants are ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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