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As predicted music A.I. startup original business fails - rockarage
https://web.archive.org/web/20160313061624/https://www.jukedeck.com/pricing
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rockarage
The original Prediction:
"This is a business I know well. Jukedeck is an example of how founders and
investors do not conduct appropriate market research. Th... | {
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Apple Reports Second Quarter Results - ucha
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2017/05/apple-reports-second-quarter-results/
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IBM
Big narrative violations:
Mac units up 4% year over year, revenue up 14% year over year. Last quarter it
was up 1% and 7%. In contrast Surface revenue was down 26% year over year.
Other... | {
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ITunes is Anti-Web - bdfh42
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001149.html
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mechanical_fish
Yeah, iTunes is "anti-web", by the enlightened standards of 2008.
It doesn't take a genius to figure out _why_ iTunes is anti-web: iTunes was
originally released in January 2001. The best-of-class web browser at... | {
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Docker revs up Engine, hits 1.1 - LinuxBender
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/05/docker_revs_up_engine/
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LinuxBender
Has anyone actually used more than 512 PIDs in their docker container? I am
curious if the new limit will impact anyone.
| {
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Ask HN: How does a founder judge quality if they can't code? - jim84
I am the founder of a small Canadian based startup which is currently in development. My background is business/economics and the project I am developing is a social network. I’m doing this startup by myself and with my own investment 30K. I’m n... | {
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AWS Identity and Access Management - Now With Identity Federation - jeffbarr
http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/08/aws-identity-and-access-management-now-with-identity-federation.html
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dakoller
...like the idea and they way how it is implemented.
This could open up even one more door which today stops discussion... | {
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US Spaceforce.mil Goes Live - busymom0
https://www.spaceforce.mil
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Thorentis
While the idea that space would forever be a shared, international region akin
to Antarctica, the militarisation of space was bound to happen eventually.
While there are some downsides, I actually think this is a net positive. War-
tim... | {
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It's Better to Beg for Forgiveness than to Ask for Permission - rpledge
http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/06/15/its-better-to-beg-for-forgiveness-than-to-ask-for-permission/
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edw519
This reminds me of my first partner in our software/consulting service
business. He was absolutely fearless.
We would always... | {
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Stop the Coronavirus Corporate Coup - pseudolus
https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/stop-the-coronavirus-corporate-coup
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tomerico
The UK proposal is a surprisingly effective way to handle this. By paying
paying workers a percentage of their wage directly, you are protecting both
the workers, and the companies tha... | {
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Free Speech Zone - scrrr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_speech_zone
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emhart
In 2004, some friends and I got together to check out one of the Free Speech
cages at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. The whole experience
was surreal.
It was sparsely populated by a handful of disinterested people. ... | {
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In the UK? Don't secure your wifi - bensummers
http://revk.www.me.uk/2010/04/dont-secure-your-wifi.html
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joshsharp
This sounds ridiculous but in fact a link in the article clarifies:
<http://aaisp.net.uk/legal-cp.html>
"If you are a subscriber then the Digital Economy Act means we will have to
pass on copyrig... | {
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Ohloh's New People Pages – Your FOSS Resume - amujumdar
http://meta.ohloh.net/2013/07/new-people-pages-your-foss-resume/
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PDegenPortnoy
Blog Post about the new pages: [http://metastage.ohloh.net/2013/07/new-people-
pages-your-fos...](http://metastage.ohloh.net/2013/07/new-people-pages-your-
foss-resume-2/)
Th... | {
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Securing a laptop for travel to China - dankohn1
https://mricon.com/i/travel-laptop-setup.html
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marco_salvatori
The police state that is China doesnt care about summit attendees, it cares
about social harmony. Summit attendees should have a passport and a visa if
needed. Otherwise they should act in a harmonius ... | {
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The Social Life of Routers - makimaki
http://www.technologyreview.com/web/21782/?a=f
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Anon84
The paper(s) mentioned in the article:
[http://complex.ffn.ub.es/~mbogunya/home_files/0709.0303v2%28...](http://complex.ffn.ub.es/~mbogunya/home_files/0709.0303v2%282%29.pdf)
[http://complex.ffn.ub.es/~mbogunya/home_... | {
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Personal Thoughts on the Current Functional Programming Bandwagon - qubitcoder
http://www.akitaonrails.com/2015/10/28/personal-thoughts-on-the-current-functional-programming-bandwagon
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greydius
> Haskell is widely acclaimed as the language that represents the functional
> programming ideals. But it is meant to b... | {
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Book review: How pleasure works by Paul Bloom - kilian
http://kilianvalkhof.com/2010/css-xhtml/book-review-how-pleasure-works/
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taphangum
Thanks for the shout out Kilian. The blurb was awesome! Still one of the
highest re open rates so far. :)
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Launch HN: Trexo Robotics (YC W19) – Robotic Legs for Kids with Cerebral Palsy - manmeet
Hi HN community! We're Rahul and Manmeet, co-founders of Trexo Robotics (<a href="https://trexorobotics.com" rel="nofollow">https://trexorobotics.com</a>)
At Trexo Robotics, we're building wearable ro... | {
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Show HN: Semile – simpler profile and diagnose (C++) - rkan
https://github.com/r-kan/semile
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rkan
This is my REPO which created 4 months ago. Just by this weekend, I've
enhanced it to be much more convenient to profile and diagnose. I hope it will
be helpful to you and I am willing to hear all your comments. :)
... | {
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Updates to DevTools in Chrome 62 - nickwanninger
https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/08/devtools-release-notes
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wluu
I actually prefer the Firefox dev tools these days. One thing that I really
like is the edit and resend functionality[0]. Quite useful when quickly
testing API calls. I know you can use... | {
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Vault 8 – Source code and analysis for CIA software projects - degenerate
https://wikileaks.org/vault8/
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drak0n1c
If pretty basic software can place misleading markers on internet traffic and
file metadata, why is the presence of Russian metadata in a hack or leak
considered evidence?
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dguido
Because "Russia... | {
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Peteris Krumins: How I went to Silicon Valley and raised $55,000 for Browserling - noas
http://www.catonmat.net/blog/how-i-raised-money-for-browserling/
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bprater
Check out their startup: <http://browserling.com/>
It allows you to not just get a screenshot of the site you are working on in a
variety of browser... | {
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The world is not an engineering problem - jajag
http://theviewfromcullingworth.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-world-is-not-engineering-problem.html
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TeMPOraL
Like hell it isn't.
At the risk of going "no true scottsman", I hate this kind of anti-
intellectual nonsense. The methods of science, engineering and rational
... | {
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} |
Show HN: TVStoMP4 – TeamViewer session file to MP4 conversion service - dementik
https://tvstomp4.com/
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perkee
Please say you pronounce it "Teevee Stomp 4."
Also this is a rad idea. Well done!
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dementik
Haha, actually we noticed the stomp-word at some point and it is rather hard
to un-notice :)
We thought ... | {
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Norsk Hydro ASA Suffers Extensive Cyber Attack - glassworm
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-19/hydro-says-victim-of-extensive-cyber-attack-impacting-operations-jtfgz6td
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pjc50
Aluminium plants are particularly vulnerable because the electrolysis "pots"
_must_ be kept hot, requiring a continuous su... | {
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} |
SPDY and WebSocket Support at Akamai - mycodebreaks
https://blogs.akamai.com/2012/07/spdy-and-websocket-support-at-akamai.html
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halayli
SPDY and WebSocket _can_ be merged. WebSocket can be yet another frame type in
SPDY. At least compression would be supported out of the box.
| {
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Are You Ready for the New Peer-to-Peer Economy? - Mistone
http://gigaom.com/2011/03/11/are-you-ready-for-the-new-peer-to-peer-economy/
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bugsy
Hm, so with the example given, rather than pay cash to the elderly hobbyist
farmer at the farmer's market for his tomatoes and apples, we can cut in some
big financial c... | {
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} |
Ballmer Has Secret Plan To Save Microsoft's Internet Business - fromedome
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/7/ballmer-has-secret-plan
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jm4
What else is new? They've been saying this for years and nothing they've done
has significantly changed their position. It should also come as no surprise
that this article ... | {
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Ask HN: Light, powerful, 15“ Full HD refurbished laptop for design/programming? - dziungles
Also requirement: Great matte display. Windows. Powerful video card is not needed.<p>I don't want to spend 1,5K $ on a new one, as this laptop will be for traveling, so it can break, scratch or get stolen.<p>That is why I&... | {
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First Docker build for OS X now available for testing [.tgz file] - patrickaljord
http://test.docker.io/builds/Darwin/x86_64/docker-0.7.3.tgz
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mitchellh
Vagrant dude here. I've been waiting for this! I'm really excited about what
this unlocks. Some folks have been asking for the ability to use Docker as a
dev en... | {
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} |
Real world feedback from a Java dev using Scala - rabbitfang
http://capecoder.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/my-real-world-impressions-from-using-scala/
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wiradikusuma
I'm in the same shoes with OP. Here's how my Scala skill progresses:
In the beginning, I wrote Scala "the Java way", sans semi-colons. Then I omit
do... | {
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} |
Show HN: Trello Air Theme - pentago
https://github.com/pentago/trello-air-theme
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yodon
I can’t tell from the screenshot - if you don’t apply colors to your tasks,
are the task items even shorter height or does it always preserve height for
the color bars?
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pentago
Yeah,cards get shorter if there are no label... | {
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The Samson Switchblade flying car - lisper
https://www.samsonsky.com/
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mdszy
Every flying car startup is a grift, I guarantee.
There are two possibilities when it comes to making a flying car viable
1\. Use fossil fuels even less efficiently because now not only does your
vehicle have to move forward, it now h... | {
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Facebook Now Growing by Over 700,000 Users a Day, and New Engagement Stats - wheels
http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/07/02/facebook-now-growing-by-over-700000-users-a-day-updated-engagement-stats/
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michaelawill
Could this have something to do with bots squatting on username URLs?
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TrevorJ
I thought that to... | {
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Ask HN: How often is hardware at the big tech companies refreshed? - webmaven
Does anyone have data that would suggest how long it takes an org at the scale of an Amazon, Google, or Facebook to entirely replace their HW?<p>I know that current practice at that scale is to not replace an individual chassis, only whole r... | {
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Ask HN: "What's the Word" and IP protection on the App Store - kjackson2012
Apparently, there's a recently popular game called "What's the Word" on the IOS App Store. However, if you search for it, you'll see a bunch of games WITH THE EXACT SAME NAME AND SAME LOOK, to the point where you can't tell which is the act... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Facebook to release first-party cookie option for ads, pull Safari analytics - longdefeat
https://marketingland.com/facebook-to-release-first-party-pixel-for-ads-web-analytics-from-browsers-like-safari-249478
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mvid
I guess in theory this should be good because third party scripts are a big
part of the security i... | {
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The ethereum world is now obsessed with breeding cartoon cats - microsage
https://qz.com/1144169/the-ethereum-world-is-now-obsessed-with-breeding-cartoon-cats/
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bsaul
The guy who invented this is a genius. Taking all the trendiest topic of the
internet ( cryptocurrencies, cats and pokemon) and combining them int... | {
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} |
Ask HN: The Next Theme Marketplace for Designers - 24ui
Hi Hackers,<p>Currently I developing a platform to sell premium bootstrap theme. Now I would like to have feedback about current theme marketplaces, what they lacking off, improvement of current marketplace, and as buyer, what would you expect for the next them... | {
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Ask HN: am I doing back-end right? - franciscop
Hi, I have done quite few projects both in front-end and back-end. I've tried different technologies for both, but I think only back-end tech are relevant here: bare-bones PHP, Symphony, Node.js with Express and Passport, Flask<p>The thing is, when I have to make a ... | {
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What do you think? - zeroOnes
https://conocto.com/action/
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zeroOnes
Please tell me your thoughts. I like the concept.
| {
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“Dear Zuck”. Fuck - techaddict009
https://medium.com/@kteare/dear-zuck-fuck-84d9c1bdba26#.q7m8lsfph
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RickS
This is marketing spam disguised as a complaint letter, with uncompelling
comparisons given the number of established patterns in the messaging space.
Gross.
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goldenkey
When your product is pretty m... | {
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Google tries to destroy Oracle's case, asks for judgment on Java copyrights - k33l0r
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/04/google-tries-to-destroy-oracles-case-asks-for-judgment-on-java-copyrights.ars
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phillmv
I think we can all agree that copyrighteable APIs will be really crappy.
~~~
taligent
I di... | {
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California DOJ Cuts Off ICE Deportation Officers from State Law Enforcement DB - DiabloD3
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/12/california-doj-cuts-ice-deportation-officers-state-law-enforcement-database
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deogeo
> To further protect immigrants from ICE’s abuses
It's starting to look like any enforcement of immi... | {
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} |
Adopt Python 3 - gh1
https://medium.com/broken-window/python-3-support-for-third-party-libraries-dcd7a156e5bd#.5f8c1sliu
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gaspoweredcat
I was going to adopt a puppy but i think you've changed my mind!
| {
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Ask HN: Books you read in 2015? - dbalan
I'd like to know which books HN read this year. Did you like them or hate them?
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dcolgan
Some of the books I enjoyed the most and found most helpful:
\- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan
Cain - Helped me better understand mys... | {
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} |
People Are Clamoring to Buy Old Insulin Pumps - tptacek
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/04/looping-created-insulin-pump-underground-market/588091/
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aarondf
I've been using this system for ~2 years and it has completely changed my life
(not an overstatement).
About 6 months ago I realized that a... | {
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} |
Open-Source Retreat 2016 grantees - krithix
https://stripe.com/blog/open-source-retreat-2016-grantees
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davexunit
Congrats to my friend and fellow GNU hacker Chris Webber for receiving this
grant!
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gobengo
I met Chris last week at the W3C Social WG F2F and he was awesome. +1 the
congrats! And link to one of h... | {
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} |
Nba.com uses AngularJS - thebeardedone
http://global.nba.com/
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jmkni
They are using Angular with WordPress, ew!
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FF76
how do you tell that they use Angular?
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thebeardedone
Look at the html or more embarrassingly the errors in the console :P. Their
stats page has used it for a longer time, the global p... | {
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} |
Hummingbird: Real Time Web Traffic Visualization - sstrudeau
http://mnutt.github.com/hummingbird/
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matrix
Pretty neat! I wish it was access log based though. Using the access logs
means being able to see anomalous activity such as spikes in particular status
codes, performance issues, that sort of thing. I do ... | {
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The iPhone Is Now the Best Selling Phone In the U.S. - qhoxie
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/11/10/the-iphone-is-now-the-best-selling-phone-in-the-us/
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josefresco
I predict next quarters numbers will have the RAZR back on top due to the fact
it's mostly 'free'
| {
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Ask HN: Simple Docker Deployment - lotkowskim
I have recently started using docker for my side projects and it's great! My question is what do you guys use to deploy it? Ideally I would want something as simple as pointing some deployment service to my repo and have it do everything for me.
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koolba
If you w... | {
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Ask HN: What problem in your business is worth paying 10k/y for? - cronjobma
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cdevs
Anything that any salesman or customer service employee mentions that plugs
into salesforce. A mail button for sales force ? A print button for salesforce
? A make my phone call customer button inside salesforce button? Oh sweet o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ethereum Proof of Stake FAQs - RexetBlell
https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Proof-of-Stake-FAQs
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sputknick
A question I had when I started learning about PoS that isn't addressed here
is "how much interest can I earn per year". The answer is it depends on how
many people stake, and the numbers aren't finaliz... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why Intel is betting its chips on microprocessor mastermind Jim Keller - cjdrake
https://fortune.com/longform/microchip-designer-jim-keller-intel-fortune-500-apple-tesla-amd/
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ecpottinger
Giving links that require to subscribe first is a waste of our time.
| {
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Ask HN: Safe? API Keys in Your JavaScript Client. - junto
When building Single Page Apps with whatever-flavour-of-the-moment JavaScript framework, how do you go about securing access to API keys for your application?<p>This is separate to user authentication. I'm talking about allowing application A and only appl... | {
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} |
Rails isn't for beginners - xyzzyb
http://rakeroutes.com/blog/rails-is-not-for-beginners/
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japhyr
I come from the django camp, but I feel this article applies to both
frameworks. I teach high school math and science, and I have started teaching
python to interested students. It has been very satisfying, and now ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What time capsules for the future say about how we see ourselves today - samclemens
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2017/09/what_time_capsules_for_the_future_say_about_our_present_selves.html
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virusduck
I love the grand statement on the Crypt of Civilization
[http://crypt.oglethorpe.edu](ht... | {
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TTAGG: Using Social Data to Beat the Market - tyrick
https://www.ttagg.com/?id=122
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obiterdictum
The trouble with services like this is that in order to "beat the market",
i.e. be above average, you have to have information before other market
participants. As soon as information becomes public, you can no lon... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mr. Robot Season 4 Teaser - thrusong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gymO16LQybQ
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thrusong
I'm actually surprised to see these negative comments... I didn't realize it
grew out of favour with its audience so much.
They slowed down in season two and it had an overall pretty different tone,
but they laid the grou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Sentence Based Password Program - 16s
http://16s.us/sha1_pass/<p>I posted this last week. I did not get much feedback then. I wanted to post it to HN one last time. I call it SHA1_Pass. I have compiled Mac, Linux and Windows versions (working on a few BSD builds too). It would be neat if an Android/iOS dev would imp... | {
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How to build a lead capture page with Meteor and MongoDB in minutes - karayu
http://blog.mongolab.com/2013/05/build-your-own-lead-capture-page-with-meteor-and-mongolab-in-minutes/
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StavrosK
Same thing, but for AppEngine: [https://github.com/stochastic-
technologies/static-appengine-...](https://github.com/stocha... | {
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“What if Michael Bay did our developer recruiting video?” - bobpritchett
http://bobpritchett.com/2013/03/what-if-michael-bay-did-our-developer-recruiting-video/
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pushingpixels
Watched video, laughed, would not apply. This was pretty obviously done
without any input from developers.
"Code that matters", Free S... | {
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} |
U.S. Navy Sex-Trafficing Scandal in Bahrain - everybodyknows
https://www.militarytimes.com/bahrain-scandal/
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dstick
Is this a video? An article? That link leads to a huge wall of cognitive
overload. The title sounds interesting but I’d prefer a direct link to the
meat of the matter if possible.
~~~
metaphor
The... | {
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Could You Pass Sixth Grade Economics? - ikeboy
http://www.wsj.com/articles/could-you-pass-sixth-grade-economics-1456857573
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ikeboy
[https://archive.is/UBMCT](https://archive.is/UBMCT)
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Shocking truth about Google vs Oracle lawsuit - truth_seeker
https://www.techyourchance.com/shocking-truth-about-oracle-vs-google-android-lawsuit/
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msie
It would be nice if the author got to the point sooner. And even that point is
not immediately clear to me.
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Micro-Talespin: A Story Generator in Common Lisp (1992) - 32bitkid
http://eliterature.org/images/microtalespin.txt
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enduser
For those who don't have Lisp handy, here's some sample output:
JOE WAS NEAR THE CAVE.
JOE KNEW THAT JOE WAS NEAR THE CAVE.
IRVING WAS NEAR THE OAK-TREE.... | {
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} |
New American Fiction: Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore - cschmidt
http://www.economist.com/node/21564531
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cschmidt
This is the first novel I've read that mentions Hacker News by name. It was a
bit like a Microserfs (Douglas Copeland) for a new generation, with a little
William Gibson vibe. A light, fun read. Th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Lesson learned from my biggest business mistake - bdfh42
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/12/lesson-learned.html
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hxa7241
If only the future was as obvious now as it used to be in the old days...
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dotcoma
>Instead of building a search engine...
oh, yeah, I'm sure you would have kicked googl... | {
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Drawn to Tesla’s Bright Prospects, Many Black Workers Say They Found Racism - vaultcool
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/business/tesla-factory-racism.html
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wpietri
One of the things that always strikes me with Tesla is the history.
They're at the old NUMMI plant, [1] which was a joint GM/Toyota venture so
th... | {
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Notion encourages busy-work - _ttg
https://medium.com/diesdas-direct/notion-encourages-busy-work-and-im-tired-of-it-b1e049edb663
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gault8121
I am a huge Notion supporter - it's our organizaation's brain and one of our
most important tools.
However, having used the tool for more than a year at a 20 person org, on... | {
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JabbR - Collaborative chat done right - dchristiansen
http://davidfowl.github.io/JabbR/
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loevborg
Am I missing something or is "collaborative chat" a pleonasm? Unless you count
monologues as valid use cases for a chat application...
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davepermen
means it's not 1:1 chat mainly, like skype, msn or similar. it... | {
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David Allen’s killer GTD app system brought into practice - pps
https://bertkruisdijk.wordpress.com/2019/07/24/david-allens-killer-gtd-app-system-brought-into-practice/
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pps
If this submission would somehow end up on front page I would also like to ask
you to share what experiences do you have with GTD, how you ... | {
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Restaurants Use Menu Psychology to Entice Diners - shrikant
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/dining/23menus.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all
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uuoc
Please do not post links to the NY Times paywall.
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Launching a web app? Read this first (Lessons learned) - mootymoots
http://www.reynoldsftw.com/2009/02/app-launch-learnings/
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tmilewski
Ultimately, usability testing is KEY!
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tod
in short... make a website usable. thx for the tip
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teej
If it were that simple and obvious, people wouldn't be making th... | {
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10 Cybersecurity Podcasts You Should Listen to in 2018 - kokie90
https://www.cyberdb.co/10-cybersecurity-podcasts-listen-2018/
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daedalbug
What about 'Smashing Security' and 'Darknet Diaries' ?
| {
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Will Microsoft IIS Overtake Apache? - esalazar
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/02/04/1357232/will-microsoft-iis-overtake-apache
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pixl97
I think the real question is "How much of Apache's market will Nginx take?"
| {
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The most overlooked market for sex robots is women - burntrelish1273
https://qz.com/1050997
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burntrelish1273
Really? Last time I checked, event moderately unattactive women can basically
get sex anytime they want because of the nearly infinite, perpetual supply of
horny males on Craiglist. Also, the competition ... | {
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Prevent CDN caching your updated JavaScript files - saiki
http://sketchboard.io/blog/2015/05/11/minish.html
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eridal
TL;DR
extract some value from the file that changes with its content --like
content's md5, or modified timestamp-- and append it to the file name
for example, let's say "index.js" and its md5 i... | {
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Ponoko's Personal Factory 4 Released - Now with 3D Printing. - nickpinkston
http://blog.ponoko.com/2010/11/17/the-world-is-not-flat-%E2%80%94-ponoko-introduces-3d-printing-with-personal-factory-4/
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nickpinkston
Now they offer laser cutting, 3D printing, and electronics kits all on the
same site - a pretty impr... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Usability bottleneck for dApps and how to solve it? - 1qazxsw23edc
I'm all for replacing all the network application with dapps, but in my opinion the bottleneck for wide acceptance of dapps is that you have to always keep your identity and secret key safe (in Blockstacks's case) and if you lose that... | {
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NASA can't keep up with killer asteroids - kqr2
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/12/national/w080007D45.DTL
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thwarted
How did we even survive this long, for millions of years, without the ability
to detect killer asteroids? I'm all for spending more money on interesting
science stuff, lik... | {
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} |
Show HN: Graphite Publishing – A decentralized, user owned blogging platform - jhunter1016
https://publishing.graphitedocs.com
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shopkins
Just a little feedback: as someone not deep in the blockchain world, I have no
idea what Blockstack is, or why nothing happens when I click "sign in" or
"start writing now". Th... | {
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A step back in time with Windows 8's File History - zio99
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/a-step-back-in-time-with-windows-8s-file-history/
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zio99
Another cue from Apple?
| {
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Being amazed by software development - nih
http://www.robg3d.com/?p=1276
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RyanZAG
This is the most confusing thing I've seen all week. I don't actually
understand what problem this is solving. Is this not equivalent to taking your
html files, putting them in /var/www and then starting up apache ?
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ronaldx
... | {
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An analysis of the Super Street Fighter IV game balance - yeahboats
http://ryuuko.cl/post/104724306802/from-game-balance-and-meta-game-to-matchup
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Kitesage
This is a really interesting article because I've yet to see real statistics
done on all of this data we have of the game. One interesting thing to note
thou... | {
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Nassim Talebs case against Nate Silver is bad math - sandwall
http://m.nautil.us/blog/nassim-talebs-case-against-nate-silver-is-bad-math
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andrewla
As I understand it, the feud in its current form started from a tweet from
Dinesh D'Souza [1] in which he interpreted Nate Silver's statement that "Dems,
GOP winning ... | {
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What Bill Gates is afraid of - xmpir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AEMKudv5p0#t=23
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inetsee
Link to the story (if you'd rather read it than listen to Bill Gates talk
about it). "[http://www.vox.com/2015/5/27/8660249/gates-flu-
pandemic"](http://www.vox.com/2015/5/27/8660249/gates-flu-pandemic")
| {
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Show HN: Faceoffus.com: easily remove faces from photos before sharing - xrd
https://faceoffus.com/
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xrd
I wanted an easy way to quickly remove faces from my photos and I was learning
about the different options for AI inside the browser. FaceOffUs.com analyzes
a photo inside the browser, makes no network connec... | {
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} |
Finland tax authorities matching Bitcoin transactions and bank transfers - velmu
https://metropolitan.fi/entry/tax-authorities-in-finland-matching-bitcoin-transactions-bank-transfers-to-collect-tax-on-crypto-trading-profits
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hedgew
All they're doing is looking for bank transactions to crypto exchanges in
citizen... | {
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} |
Is an MBA worth it? - socialgoodkvp
http://www.kylevanpelt.com/mba/
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nostrademons
This depends heavily on field. My girlfriend (who works in philanthropy) is
getting one. I (as an entrepreneur) wouldn't touch it, other than to read her
textbooks and homework assignments.
It's most useful when your field is heav... | {
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} |
Enlightenment Foundation Libraries release version 1.0
- lukeschlather
http://www.enlightenment.org/?p=news/show&l=en&news_id=28
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terhechte
No release notes, no screenshots, no videos. Way to go.
I really liked enlightenment in 2004, when they had all the latest desktop
bells & whistles (transparency, 3d, sh... | {
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} |
A town of about 200 people, almost all of whom live in the same building - samclemens
https://stories.californiasunday.com/2015-01-04/begich-towers-whittier-alaska/
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haroldp
W00h! I grew up in Whittier, AK. Ask me Anything! Haha, seriously, I moved to
Whittier at the age of 2 in 1974 and lived there until 1986.
... | {
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Ask HN: Any entrepreneurs and/or engineers living with ADHD? - cosgroveb
Background: I was diagnosed with ADHD in the sixth grade and the diagnosis made sense then, and still does today (I am 27 years old - CS graduate and software developer). I don't want to make this post into a discussion or flamewar on the exist... | {
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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2017) - whoishiring
Please lead with the location of the position and include the keywords
REMOTE, INTERNS and/or VISA when the corresponding sort of candidate is welcome.
When remote work is not an option, please include ONSITE. A one-sentence summary of
your interview process would... | {
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What It’s Like to Work Inside Apple’s ‘Black Site’ - pseudolus
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-02-11/apple-black-site-gives-contractors-few-perks-little-security
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jasode
This story is about the non-Apple employees that work at the subcontractor
Apex.
To generalize, the title can be _" What It’s Lik... | {
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Late sleepers are tired of being discriminated against - jseliger
http://www.vox.com/2016/3/28/11306124/chronotype-night-owl-discrimination
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StavrosK
The article hits home for me. I can't go to sleep before 3-4am, and I can't
wake up before noon. I had a job that required me to get up before 10am for a
year, but... | {
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} |
Userscript: Expand the tiny guess map on GeoGuessr.com - stephanos2k
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/177196
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stephanos2k
OP here.
I created this little script out of my own frustration. The game is great, I
shared it with a lot of friends. But what really annoys me is that the guess
map is not expandable.... | {
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Lost with a map - asmosoinio
http://blog.geckolandmarks.com/lost-with-a-map
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asmosoinio
Our CEO and geo-guru discusses why maps are not the answer to LBS needs
everywhere.
This is something a lot of people in developed countries have a hard time
grokking: Majority of the world's population really _cannot read... | {
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} |
A Curious Midlife Crisis for a Tech Entrepreneur - kanamekun
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/fashion/a-curious-midlife-crisis-for-a-tech-entrepreneur.html
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lhl
This is my second stint wandering the world for over a year and I know a few
other doing the same, so I thought I'd be reading about a kindred spirit... | {
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} |
Digital Music - earthproject
Can anyone suggest alternative options of Artists generating profits from Music created at the expense of manipulative, greedy Record Labels taking a large chunk of earnings? A new system Digitally without the need of Record Labels?
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steanne
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DistroKid](... | {
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