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Leanne Wijnsma is documenting her 484m² garden 1:1 using a flatbed scanner - mathias
http://leannewijnsma.nl/
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stekoz
Amazing. Would be nice to have a detailed view of the scanner setup she is
using.
Unrelated: what's with Google Maps loading in the background?
~~~
pbhjpbhj
The bottom of the page slides in w... | {
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State Machine in Real Life - ColinWright
https://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/StateMachineInRealLife.html
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jgwil2
I feel I've read a number of pieces on programming that talk about the evils
of if statements (on which I more or less agree) and advocating their
replacement by state machines. However I've never seen a s... | {
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Ask HN: I want to start a vertical ad network, any recommendations for tools? - navanit
I'm starting a vertical ad network in the smartphone apps space (developers and development studios would come to us to promote their apps on our network of app review websites).<p>I have a portfolio of websites to seed the netwo... | {
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Game Closure Quietly Raises Seed Round From SV Angel And More - ankneo
http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/31/game-closure-quietly-raises-seed-round-from-sv-angel-yuri-milner-greylock-and-more/
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teamonkey
Do they have anyone on their team with any game dev experience?
I worry because so many game development librar... | {
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} |
SpinPunch (YC S12) Aims To Build Faster, Prettier HTML5 Games - irunbackwards
http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/17/yc-backed-spinpunch-aims-to-build-faster-prettier-html5-games/
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ZoFreX
Well, given all the talk about negativity on HN and what-not, I thought I'd
take a harder look at this to give some constructive ... | {
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How to Begin a Novel - sohkamyung
https://aiweirdness.com/post/189170306297/how-to-begin-a-novel
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AnimalMuppet
Some of those sound like something I'd actually like to read.
> I am, or was.
> There was once a man who lived for a very long time; perhaps three thousand
> years, or perhaps a thousand million years... | {
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OCaml, Batteries Included 1.0.0 released - Yoric
https://forge.ocamlcore.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=511
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Yoric
A huge project for turning OCaml into a truly usable development platform. I
can't wait to test version 1.0.0 .
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j_baker
I _love_ OCaml. But its standard library has always struck me as... le... | {
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Ask HN: Online banks where I can open account worldwide? - theodor_shi
I travel to exotic countries to live and work remotely. If suddenly my credit card is blocked or stolen, are there any online banks where I can open an account and order a card by post to anywhere in the world, confirming my identity online?<p>For ... | {
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Eko: A Traffic Light Augmented by Progress Bars - yan
http://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/12/eko_a_traffic_light_with_progress_bars.html
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trafficlight
Who turns their car off at a red light?
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aaco
I don't know, but apart from that there are other benefits which are still
valid. And I wonder if the yellow... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How can the changing industrial manufacturing world be applied to hacking? - sbenitoj
I found this interesting study entitled<p>Industrial Policy: New Wine in Old Bottles (26 pgs):<p>http://c4ss.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/industrialpolicycarson0109.pdf<p>The study is a little lengthy, but it's well-resea... | {
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A cultural history of the ponytail - camtarn
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/361f113b-7edd-4589-8d2f-f1292537e1ba
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jelliclesfarm
There is such a thing as PonyTail Equation. Even won an Ignoble Prize.
[..]The Rapunzel number is a ratio used in this equation to calculate the
effects of gravity on hair rela... | {
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Company Update - minimaxir
https://www.tesla.com/blog/company-update
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minimaxir
> We are about to have the most amazing quarter in our history, building and
> delivering more than twice as many cars as we did last quarter. For a while,
> there will be a lot of fuss and noise in the media. Just ignore them.
The ... | {
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Ask HN: Where can I post my Mac OS App? - WolfOliver
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gcatalfamo
Show HN
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Mathematical secrets of ancient tablet unlocked after nearly a century of study - surement
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/24/mathematical-secrets-of-ancient-tablet-unlocked-after-nearly-a-century-of-study
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surement
It's interesting that this is from 1000 years before Pythagoras but the claims
of co... | {
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} |
Where will all the web developers go? - babyshake
http://morethanseven.net/2008/11/30/where-will-all-web-developers-go/
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nostrademons
They'll have to do the same thing that everyone else who's worked in the
computer industry for a long period of time does: they retrain in the latest
and greatest technology eve... | {
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} |
Teach Programming in Africa - erkken
Hi,<p>I'm an engineer in Mechatronics and have been working as a Software Engineer for about 5 years. Lately I have got the desire to go out and teach others and do it in countries where I could make a difference, and I am looking for Africa especially.<p>Do anyone of you have... | {
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The appendices of the CSS specification are in alphabetical order - ableal
http://diveintomark.org/archives/2010/02/24/the-game-is-afoot
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ableal
Hofstadter-inspired writing, with a helping of Knuth served in the comments.
Also good in Mark's blog: _Ribbon Hero is the future_ (
<http://diveintomark.org/archive... | {
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Memorialized Accounts - chunkyslink
https://www.facebook.com/help/1506822589577997/
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chunkyslink
Is there a space in this market? Can someone take my entire online life and
store it somewhere for my descendants to read in 1000 years time?
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brudgers
This English from about 1000 years ago:
[https://en.wikipedi... | {
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Perimeter.js - boye
https://github.com/e-sites/perimeter.js
Perimeter.js is a lightweight script that creates an invisible perimeter around a target element and monitors mouse breaches. Basically it can take conditional loading of scripts to the next level.
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boye
FYI: Perimeter.js is a lightweight script that c... | {
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App Engine's High-Performance Image Serving System - fuzzythinker
http://www.listry.com/blog/2010/08/app-engines-high-performance-image
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typicalrunt
Nice article. I didn't realize GAE had that ability.
Are you using it on your Listry site? I ask because your site doesn't have
that many images on it.
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Where name of the countries come from [Image] - kingsidharth
http://i.imgur.com/ex6Zu.jpg
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michael_dorfman
Wow, what a lot of misinformation. I found two mistakes right off the bat...
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Andrew_Quentin
what are they?
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michael_dorfman
Iceland, Norway and Spain are all incorrect.
Iceland has nothing to do w... | {
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} |
Fee likely for Times's news via iPhone - FluidDjango
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/06/24/fee_likely_for_timess_news_via_iphone/
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jgrahamc
I'm ready to pay for access to newspapers via electronic means. If I could get
a Kindle DX in the UK I would buy one and use it for magazine and news... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Do you think the internet changed how people seek self worth? - mrwnmonm
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jlukecarlson
Yes definitely. Succinctly, its converted intangible social norms into
concrete numbers that people can compare and fret over.
Before, popularity could be described as a general sense of "people enjoy
being around you"... | {
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} |
Merging Maps - mmastrac
https://maxbittker.github.io/merging-maps/
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ivan_ah
Why not use `update` in Python? e.g. if you want to merge dictA and dictB,
you'd write
dictA.update(dictB)
If you have many you can always use this:
dictD = {}
map(dictD.update, [dictA,... | {
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The Mystery of "b := (b = false)" - ken
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/reges/mystery/mystery.pdf
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anewaccountname
Can anyone please link to the original pdf? Scribd doesn't work for me at all
and freezes my computer.
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dfranke
Clicking the main link takes you to the original. Clicking [scribd] takes you... | {
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Bank robbery updated live on Twitter - vincentchan
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hmiT98vuDvnymhjsTySDIX-wDxvwD99EEM501
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vincentchan
It would be better if the robber also tweeted the whole process himself :)
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Redux Overview and Concepts – Reimagined Redux Tutorial - kiyanwang
https://redux.js.org/tutorials/essentials/part-1-overview-concepts
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city41
A lot of people have dismissed Redux and even roll their eyes when it's
mentioned these days. I'm still a big fan after all these years. The recent
improvements such as t... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Best way to collect payments under 3$? - ziko
Which service to use if you intent to primarily collect payments under 3$? Needs to be able to collect payments from all over the world, not just the US.
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weddpros
Paypal has Micropayments, 5% + $0.05 USD per transaction
[http://www.ebay.com/gds/Micro-Payme... | {
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} |
Foundbite: Launching and Scaling with Cloudant and Windows Azure - mbroberg
https://cloudant.com/blog/foundbite-windows-phone-app-launch-on-cloudant-and-windows-azure/
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junto
If you need a side by side comparison for MongoDb and Cloudant, you can find
it here:
[http://vschart.com/compare/cloudant/vs/mongodb](... | {
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} |
Samsung et al to Bring National ID to Your Smartphone - arunc
https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-bsi-bundesdruckerei-and-telekom-security-partner-to-bring-national-id-to-your-smartphone
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utf_8x
Yeah... Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll just keep my plastic one for the
foreseeable future...
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} |
Reznor's one-week take for 'Ghosts': $1.6 million - wave
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080313/tc_infoworld/95978
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Goronmon
Here's a link to the actual story about 'Ghosts' sales.
[http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2008/03/re...](http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2008/03/r... | {
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Susceptibility to fake news is driven more by lazy thinking than partisan bias - ohjeez
https://www.psypost.org/2018/07/susceptibility-fake-news-driven-lazy-thinking-partisan-bias-51707
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xevb3k
It’s not just an issue with fake news. People believe things, both true and
false without applying critical thinking.
... | {
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} |
Show HN: Curate Articles with Friends - alexkehayias
http://www.edorati.com
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technojuicy
The intro doesn't show case the product enough for me. A video would be much
better.
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timofei7
i like it, but needs the ability to preface/comment on the posts, as well as
picking up/aggregating comments from other ... | {
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} |
Show HN: Node.js Web CRUD Abstraction for Express and MongoDB - rodrigogs
https://github.com/danielrohers/web-crud
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bbrennan
I built something similar because I was disappointed with what was already out
there:
[https://github.com/lucybot/jammin](https://github.com/lucybot/jammin)
I came across another CRUD pa... | {
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Surveillance Under Surveillance – CCTV Maps - chippy
https://kamba4.crux.uberspace.de
======
hanmman
The previous version of this site, OSMCamera, was taken down months ago. Big
kudos for taking up the torch, forking and getting the site running again. I
hope the new instructions on how to contribute will encourage mo... | {
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} |
The Open Source Conundrum: How Do We Keep the Lights On? - jdorfman
https://codefund.io/blog/the-open-source-conundrum-how-do-we-keep-the-lights-on
======
daly
I've been the lead developer on an FOSS software project for about the last 20
years. I average about $3000 per year in expenses (hardware, phone line,
paper, ... | {
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} |
5 Principles And Ideas Of Setting Type On The Web - rantfoil
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/04/23/5-principles-and-ideas-of-setting-type-on-the-web/
======
jacobolus
Too bad this article itself has such visually noisy and distracting
typography.
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jrockway
This is why I read everything in Gnus. Just the ... | {
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Why there isn't a Print to PDF button on YC application? - elmar
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argonaut
Why would there be one in the first place? Nobody has infinite time.
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elmar
I can only speak for myself, this would be a feature i would like to have.
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paulmatthijs
I would have loved one: it's easier to share the application w... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Is it just me or has YouTube gone fanatical on ads? - sarreph
I never used to have a problem watching the first 5 seconds of a sponsored commercial on some of the more <i>popular</i> YouTube videos, but I've noticed a <i>startling</i> increase in the amount of ads being served to me. It is at the point wh... | {
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NSA Implementing 'Two-Person' Rule To Stop The Next Edward Snowden - tantalor
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/06/18/nsa-director-says-agency-implementing-two-person-rule-to-stop-the-next-edward-snowden/
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tantalor
_The rule required that anyone copying data from a secure network onto
portable sto... | {
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} |
Intel in Macs (2006) - lawrenceyan
https://www.apple.com/sg/intel/
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partingshots
Wow, this is a blast from the past. I remember being at this WWDC when they
announced their transition from RISC to x86.
Thanks for posting a piece of history.
| {
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Our hackday project: Readshout.com - tikhon
http://www.readshout.com
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zeedotme
Love the idea. Similar to <http://readness.com> except not automated. Our
coverage: [http://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/06/17/readness-a-last-fm-
for...](http://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/06/17/readness-a-last-fm-for-news-now-
why-hasnt-... | {
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} |
Exploring how different framings of the same learning task affect performance - andersource
https://andersource.dev/2020/07/12/supervised-task-framing.html
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micouay
I haven't read the post yet but right away I noticed how well the information
is presented. I think it's because the post has a tree-like structure ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What's New in Matplotlib 3.1 - stablemap
https://matplotlib.org/3.1.0/users/whats_new.html
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kelsolaar
Matplotlib is sometimes hard to use, the many ways to do the same thing are
sometimes confusing for beginners but it also gives grainier control over
minute details which is fantastic for high-quality figures. I... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How the CIA Watched Over the Destruction of Gary Webb (2014) - wallace_f
https://theintercept.com/2014/09/25/managing-nightmare-cia-media-destruction-gary-webb/
======
dang
Discussed in 2016:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12667390](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12667390)
~~~
wallace_f
Thanks for the li... | {
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A Comcast Security Flaw Exposed Millions of Customers’ Personal Information - minimaxir
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/a-comcast-security-flaw-exposed-millions-of-customers
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meowface
The address exposure vulnerability is really, really bad. Just about anyone
was able to impersonate another Com... | {
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} |
Python TDD with Mamba, Expects and Doublex - what-no-tests
https://github.com/jdrago999/python-tdd-with-mamba
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what-no-tests
Coming to Python from Ruby I was happy to find `mamba` - an `rspec`-like tool
for writing tests.
I'm still getting used to it, but so far so good. Has anyone got any
pointers/gold-nuggets... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Rovio Employee Negotiations Concluded - lmnt
http://www.rovio.com/en/news/press-releases/587/rovio-employee-negotiations-concluded
======
putzdown
I worked on Crush the Castle for Armor Games in the late 2000s. Angry Birds
took the same game concept, added much cuter characters and art, and blew us
out of the water wi... | {
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} |
Neural Network at Warp Speed (1988) - jcbeard
http://repository.cmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2939&context=compsci
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erikj
"Warp programs are written in a high level Pascal-like language called W2,
which is supported by an optimizing compiler written in Common Lisp. W2
programs are developed in a sophistica... | {
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} |
An Unconventional Look at the European Map - DrSheldon
http://www.the-dialogue.com/en/en4-an-unconventional-look-at-the-european-map/
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hartpuff
> mankind did even get to the Moon with its flag
The US flag is the flag of _Mankind_? Interesting.
~~~
Strom
Well yes, a flag, one of many. It's ownership description... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Best Web Hosting Options in 2014? - mhoad
I am doing some pro-bono work currently with a number of NGOs who all seem to have horror stories about their web hosting platforms. I have moved some of them onto a simple VPS with DO for now but would like a better long term solution (i.e something managed).<p>The ... | {
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This tweet perfectly describes the new HN posting trend - danshapiro
https://twitter.com/danshapiro/status/781955065707769857?s=09
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riebschlager
How is this post not an example of what you're criticizing?
Or what that the point the _whole time_?
You're blowin' my mind, Dan.
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unimpressive
I wonder if it'... | {
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} |
US to increase funding for 'hackivists'; aiding Iranians - fuzzmeister
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/07/26/us_to_increase_funding_for_hackivists_aiding_iranians/
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jacquesm
I wonder how long it will take before the US will learn that every dollar they
have ever spent 'aiding' the 'good guys' b... | {
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} |
Last.fm web site primary and failover down - Hoff
http://www.last.fm/forum/21713/_/756000
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muppetman
Last.fm is usually so reliable that it being down seems almost unnatural. Hope
they're back soon, one of the few online services I feel is actually worth
paying for.
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shii
Extremely unusual. Last.fm has ... | {
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} |
Danny Choo: I Don't Need to Rely on VC - michaelpinto
http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/795/Mirai+Inc.html
======
michaelpinto
Backstory: As an anime fanboy I've always been impressed by the quality of
dannychoo.com -- so out of curiosity I wanted to know what CMS he was using
and I came across this amazing post he w... | {
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} |
Show HN: A Digital Marketplace I Built, with Git Integration - zschuessler
https://squarebit.io
======
zschuessler
Cofounder & CTO here - happy to answer any questions! My heart is filled with
joy today to finally launch this product.
The project has been an entire year, full-time, in the making. It started when
I tr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Meritocracy and Doublethink - seeker61
https://rationalconspiracy.com/2018/07/11/meritocracy-and-doublethink/
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luckylion
> If colleges charged $10,000,000 and offered no aid, then getting in would
> mean absolutely nothing, except that your parents were rich.
Isn't that the point? You can acquire the knowledge ... | {
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} |
Social networking finds for the week - GIMAD
http://fvrit.com/archive/2008/02/29/social-networking-finds-for-the-week.aspx
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tyohn
Cool we're social site - who knew...
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} |
Will This App Disrupt $160B Ad Industry by Replacing Ads with Positive Messages? - walterbell
http://www.forbes.com/sites/julesschroeder/2016/06/02/will-this-app-disrupt-the-160-billion-ad-industry-by-replacing-ads-with-positive-messages/#3a32a89b1f6d
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a_small_island
Hilarious considering the article is hosted o... | {
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} |
MIT's Amazing New App Lets You Program Any Object - vivekmgeorge
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3054389/mits-amazing-new-app-lets-you-program-any-object?partner=rss
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vivekmgeorge
This feels like a complete game changer if they can actually get smart devices
to adopt their tech.
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} |
Myriad RF for Novena - platz
http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3727
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2close4comfort
Keep the good news coming! This is even more proof that other see the
viability of this project. Again Bunny and Xobs , others this is great to see
the work you all started being extended further!
| {
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} |
How we should pay for newspapers - AndrewDucker
https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3616974.html
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tptacek
_The problem being that I don 't want to read individual newspapers. There are
pretty much no newspapers where I read enough of them to justify
subscriptions. But there are dozens of newspapers where I read ... | {
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} |
Cuil - code_devil
http://www.cuil.com
======
Andys
Interesting, but it seems more skewed to Internet newbies, or people wishing
to browse broader topics.
As a programmer who uses google daily, I tend to search for very specific
terms and I scan the first few pages of results very quickly, and Google's
layout makes ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
YouTube removes videos banned in Turkey - henning
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080327/ap_on_hi_te/turkey_youtube
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henning
Fuck Google for kowtowing to authoritarian regimes.
| {
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} |
HEAD: A list of everything that goes in the head element of your document - 56k
https://github.com/joshbuchea/HEAD
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nness
"page-enter" and "page-exit"... those bring me back.
| {
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} |
Opening a cc merchant accnt - like getting an enema with a rusty potato peeler - marklittlewood
http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2011/02/11/i-have-never-been-so-happy-to-give-paypal-30month/
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jellicle
I'm looking forward to when this guy writes in with his horror story about how
Paypal froze his account and stole ... | {
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} |
Monadic i/o and UNIX shell programming - vog
http://okmij.org/ftp/Computation/monadic-shell.html
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yesbabyyes
I thought about this about 5 hours ago, while reading this:
<http://clojure.org/state>. I have never made the connection before.
However, it struck me that this is obviously the reason for Microsoft co... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Malware found preinstalled on 38 Android phones used by 2 companies - shawndumas
https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/03/preinstalled-malware-targets-android-users-of-two-companies/
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Cozumel
Advertising piece: 'An assortment of malware was found on 38 Android devices
belonging to two unidentified companies. Thi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Millenials No. 1 Complaint - Sami_Lehtinen
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/02/a-millennial-therapist-brings-up-the-biggest-complaint-they-bring-up-in-therapy.html
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Ultramanoid
> _“I have too many choices and I can’t decide what to do. What if I make the
> wrong choice?”_
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Blame me: Mozy scraps unlimited backups | Deep Tech - CNET News - apress
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20030096-264.html
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will_critchlow
Not cool. This is the reason I went with Mozy. How is this hard to predict?
It's not rocket surgery.
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apress
Suggestions for other unlimited, Mac-friendly online bac... | {
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Show HN: Poke – An anonymous proximity messaging app for web - vasanthv
https://poke.sh
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whyandhow
Not working on phone. geoLocation request timed out. tried several times.
| {
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} |
Breast cancer genes ruled unpatentable (by NY district court) - mmastrac
http://www.aclu.org/free-speech-technology-and-liberty-womens-rights/association-molecular-pathology-et-al-v-uspto-et-al
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Qz
From one of the linked-to articles:
_The patents granted to Myriad give the company the exclusive right to
perf... | {
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} |
Cleverest Logo Designs - sinan
http://abduzeedo.com/logo-design-z-p
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Peroni
Firstly, this is a blog post from December 2009 so not quite 'news'.
Secondly, if the point of this was to help inspire people when creating their
own logo's then why link to an arbitrary page in the middle of their A-Z
collection whe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
F-117s had an air-to-air capability with secondary mission to shoot Soviet AWACS - joeschmoe83
https://theaviationist.com/2020/06/03/f-117s-had-an-air-to-air-capability-with-secondary-mission-to-shoot-down-soviet-awacs-former-stealth-pilot-says/
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lagadu
I recall this capability existing in the F117A Nighthawk si... | {
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} |
A VC: Superdistribution - brett
http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2007/03/superdistributi.html
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brett
Interesting idea. If your consumer's are going to redistribute your product
anyways just embrace and encourage them as distribution channels.
The if you can't beat 'em, join 'em approach to piracy.
Interesting to thin... | {
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} |
Book Review: Gusher of Lies by Robert Bryce - rglovejoy
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/07/books/07book.html?ex=1362546000&en=8185e8b543ec71be&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
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daniel-cussen
_This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
Correction: March 11, 2008 The Boo... | {
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} |
What Is Your Dream Job? - macournoyer_
http://garyharan.com/2010/04/22/what-is-your-dream-job.html
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wallflower
I know a little kid who was the son of a family friend and who grew up to
become a smart young man and high school valedictorian. Jonathan said in his
valedictory address something insightful: "Work d... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
I gave up a day job to make a living from online income - kreci
http://www.kreci.net/blogging/i-gave-up-a-day-job-to-make-a-living-from-online-income/
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nreece
Moreover I have some plans to release some software.
But I will not tell you more about my ideas for it now
as someone might do it be... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Google Drive (a better UI design) - kaydo_com_au
Hi, I'm building a web application for Google Drive (it's FREE). The link is http://kaydo.com.au/cloud-apps/web/google-drive. The main reason is because I think the current version is not appealing and not user friendly. If ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Best Book for learning SQL? - babyboy808
I am trying to learn SQL, to work with MySQL. The main part I am having trouble with is getting my head round relationships (Querying, Updating and linking different tables together etc etc). What book do you recommended for learning SQl that maybe has a tutorial flow... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How the Chinese Government Fakes Social Media Posts for Strategic Distraction [pdf] - pulisse
http://gking.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/50c.pdf
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paradite
Not sure about others but I find myself practicing doublethink when juggling
between Chinese media and Western media and have no symptoms of cognitive
dissona... | {
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} |
Now Your Boss Can Buy Back Your Vacation Days - futileboy
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-11/now-your-boss-can-buy-back-your-vacation-days
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qwrusz
Nice idea. Seems quite employee friendly and expensive for employers. I don't
see it catching on beyond those "best place to work" type companies but w... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Any info on dell scam support calls - davismwfl
Just wondering if anyone knew anything about the scam support calls supposedly coming from Dell. My son just had one and before I caught it he felt it was legit and allowed the person remote access to his laptop. The person had all his details, phone number, na... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Study compares Reddit, Digg, and Del.icio.us to mainstream news sites - kkim
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6990033.stm
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ereldon
I don't get why this study is trying to draw big conclusions through comparing
stories published by mainstream news outlets and stories that are popular on
social news sites h... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Watch a Computer Made Out of Dominoes Do Basic Math - ColinWright
http://thescienceexplorer.com/technology/watch-computer-made-out-dominoes-do-basic-math
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chas
If you are interested in non-electronic digital computers you might want to
check out this previous
discussion:([https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=782... | {
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} |
Cross Compilation with Go Snippets - hactually
https://gist.github.com/17twenty/107368024373d273cb84
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Xlab
Cool stuff, is there any way one can contribute?
~~~
hactually
Contribute how?
Just as an FYI, my use-case is we're actually using Go as a replacement for C
for some of our bigger projects - we've found... | {
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} |
New ultra-battery is the most powerful non-nuclear energy storage ever - bishvili
http://www.allcarselectric.com/blog/1048662_tomorrows-power-today-new-battery-is-most-powerful-ever
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drx
Less fluff per character:
Nature article -
<http://www.nature.com/nchem/journal/v2/n9/abs/nchem.724.html>
Wikipedia - <htt... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Three buses come along at once. Which should you take? - gpvos
https://www.citymetric.com/transport/three-buses-come-along-once-which-should-you-take-4126
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pssflops
a: The one that goes to your destination.
| {
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Assessing Cardiovascular Risk Factors with Computer Vision - mxschumacher
https://research.googleblog.com/2018/02/assessing-cardiovascular-risk-factors.html
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rkaplan
Great anecdote from Jeff Dean's twitter [1] about how they thought to try this
experiment, given that doctors didn't know such a thing was possible... | {
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} |
Saturn's Rings May Disappear in 100M Years - colinprince
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/goddard/2018/ring-rain/
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krasicki
I miss them already.
| {
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} |
Fusion: A new computed observable abstraction designed to power distributed apps - alexyakunin
https://github.com/servicetitan/Stl.Fusion
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alexyakunin
Similar to Knockout & MobX, but thread-safe, asynchronous, immutable, and
ready to serve replicas of computed observable instances to remote clients.
Works on .NE... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Nepal Needs You - subirshrestha
https://life.indiegogo.com/fundraisers/relief-fund-for-nepal-earthquake
======
kup0
Why would we not just donate to Red Cross and/or Global Giving directly
instead of going through a third-party that is supposedly going to donate to
them anyway and losing $3.00 per $100.00 in the proc... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Chumby Is Open, but Not for Business - terpua
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/the-chumby-is-open-but-not-for-business/index.html?ex=1361336400&en=010bf442145aa0fc&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
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brk
I like the Chumby itself overall, but this business model is just terribly
flawed. People don't want ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Quick Study on Tokenizing - ingve
http://www.joshbarczak.com/blog/?p=970
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d0m
The thing is you don't know what's going to be slow and you can't
realistically test various implementations for every functions. IMHO a better
strategy is to code using standard libraries and use a good profiler. Maybe
the tokenizer... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: HuggyList: A micro-blogging site in list format (now public) - danidan11
https://huggylist.com/
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danidan11
Hello!
Excited to share the public version of HuggyList, a faster alternative to
blogging.
I believe blogging is the best solution to share deep content but it is very
time consuming and restrict... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: I added rt updates (Node.js, Socket.io & Redis) to my PM tool Θ - dclaysmith
http://www.thetaboard.com/?v2
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adthrelfall
We're doing MalinkoApp.com as part of nReduce. It's been amazing seeing
ThetaBoard progress over the last 9 weeks - a lot of hard work has gone in to
it, and Clay has been very respo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
They are going to print vegetables - John2020
https://getvegetable.com
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rmason
Misleading headline for a shop that sells veggies in a box. Nothing on the
site about 'printing vegetables'.
~~~
EGKW
Yep, SPAM, pig in a can.
| {
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} |
Ask HN: How to switch from front-end to back-end - bloomca
Hi!<p>I am currently a solid frontend developer (which is pretty laughable to say, because my experience is just about 3 years), I know (to some degree, of course) you can say almost everything "new and shiny" (for regular apps, without graphics and ... | {
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} |
F-Droid Is a Key Source for Academics and Researchers - ericdanielski
https://f-droid.org/de/2020/03/04/f-droid-is-a-key-source-for-academics-and-researchers.html
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maxerickson
Google Scholar, with it's ~1000 results for the F-Droid, has ~890,000 results
for "Google Play Store"...
There's probably more false pos... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
We’re trying to stop bad mosquitoes by raising and releasing good ones - typage
http://debugproject.com/
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AceJohnny2
*Verily Debug Project (title is currently "Google Debug Project")
Verily (formerly Google Life Sciences before the Alphabet split-up) is a
sister company to Google. This isn't Google, and it's no... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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