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Why Kids Love Garbage Trucks - pseudolus
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/12/why-kids-love-garbage-trucks/603193/
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ajkjk
This didn't address my favorite theory: that (some) kids are programmed to
learn as much as they can about the nearby megafauna, and in this world the
closest approximation is t... | {
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Buy cots for the JS interns - programmer care - Halienja
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579522
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helium
The best are the retorts to comment 25
(<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579522#c25>)
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achompas
_Rest assured: we have no girlfriends._
:(
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rbanffy
<https://bugzilla.mozill... | {
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A new iPod Touch is coming out for the holidays, it's thinner than the previous model - ideas101
It has the same display, but integrated volume controls, which was the #1 request Apple got for an iPod Touch, Steve says. It has a built-in speaker, "it's for casual listening," he says, and has the Genius playlist crea... | {
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The 4000 Year Old Story That Explains How to Live Life - TheSpine
https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/this-ancient-story-explains-how-to-live-life-199503d785a6
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aszantu
well written, to me at least. I've lost my friends at new years eve 2018 and
have been obsessed and sad ever since. I've known these people ... | {
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} |
Demo of General Magic’s Magic Cap software at HCI seminar (1994) [video] - Austin_Conlon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tChrGGiXBeI
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ArtWomb
Unbelievable find! Thnx for posting ;)
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Ask HN: Can you share some non biz, non tech podcasts that you love? - akudha
Looking through my list, most are biz or tech related. Looking for a change in scenery.
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Jemaclus
Writing Excuses - podcast by a bunch of famous authors about writing
Barside Chats - a podcast by two Wheel of Time fans about the books... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Is it possible to make a successful social network that bans bots? - CM30
Or any sort of automated access/third party tools in general?<p>Because I've noticed in the last few years that pretty much every major site and service now seems to be open to users using bots and third party tools for them. T... | {
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Password Strength Indicators Help People Make Ill-Informed Choices - oferzelig
https://www.troyhunt.com/password-strength-indicators-help-people-make-dumb-choices/
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weinzierl
> Now you may well be an exception (as am I) in that you use a password
> manager and generate random passwords in which case 20 character... | {
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Ask HN: How to get out from under U.S. Patent Law? - jasongullickson
Is it enough to simply found a company in another country and refuse to distribute within U.S. territories, or are there additional measures that need to be taken to disqualify oneself from U.S. patent enforcement?
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dredmorbius
Yes, but _only... | {
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} |
Disk42 – End-To-End Encrypted Open Source Cloud Storage on Indiegogo - henningschuster
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/disk42-encrypted-cloud-storage-all-open-source
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theandrewbailey
This appears to be a centralized service. It would be great if you could run
your own server.
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pinzlert
They claim that "... | {
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Leaked “ACTA” Lobby Letter Reveals Hollywood Pressure On EU - ssclafani
http://torrentfreak.com/leaked-acta-lobby-letter-reveals-hollywood-pressure-on-eu-110506/
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MartinMond
I hope the EU doesn't sign this.
For me as an EU citizen I don't see either the interests of Europe's citizens
or companies reflected in t... | {
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} |
Ask HN: I can't stand PHP anymore. What else can I choose? - juliend2
All my clients use shared hosting such as iWeb.com (which does'nt have Shell access). Mainly because they don't want to pay a lot for a _reliable_ webhost.<p>My problem is : As a language-snob (i know, it's sad), i'm immensely bored about PHP. I wan... | {
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Worstsort - pplonski86
https://byorgey.wordpress.com/2019/02/16/worstsort/
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kccqzy
I'll give it a try at defining the author's intuition of "doesn’t cheat" in
the sense that it is always "making real progress". I'll define it as every
intermediate value that is generated in the computation is eventually
consumed... | {
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Why Dale Carnegie wouldn't use Craigslist today - ryanmickle
https://medium.com/p/3ad6ed6adbea
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xfour
I feel like a disclosure might be necessary here, this reads quite like a
pitch for a company that the author might be an advisory to.
Otherwise, he really loves craigslist and it's competitors.
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Nike fires majority of FuelBand team, will stop making wearable hardware - bane
http://www.cnet.com/news/nike-fires-fuelband-engineers-will-stop-making-wearable-hardware/
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changdizzle
Even more amazing is that it was first reported on Secret a week ago:
[https://www.secret.ly/p/uxaztevdcicghcabkkczuzkpkz](https:... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Do open source software developers listen to their users? - edtechdev
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3640/3171
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millzlane
Absolutely...not, well some do. I stopped using/contributing to Gaim/Pigdin a
long time ago because of this. Ask for a simple feature and explain why it'... | {
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} |
Bare Metal Assembly Raspberry Pi Starfox Tribute - thisisnkp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5n9IxSQH1M
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userbinator
Great work, it's always nice to see more Asm projects!
"Bare Metal" \- does this mean the RPi can run blob-free?
A possible improvement I suggest is to gfx_draw_line in gfx.s - using a fixed-
p... | {
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} |
Gitter, chat for GitHub, is now public beta - mydigitalself
https://gitter.im
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tvon
That's one hell of an authorization request. I see the reasoning in the
sidebar, but I'm not really willing to take that kind of chance to try out a
new chat service.
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mydigitalself
[https://gitter.zendesk.com/hc/en-
us/art... | {
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Why Microsoft or Google Should Acquire Stack Exchange - FahadUddin92
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-microsoft-google-should-acquire-stack-exchange-fahad-uddin/
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forgot-my-pw
Paywalled / restricted article.
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neurotrace
No it isn't. I logged out of Linkedin and I can still access it just fine.
| {
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Ask HN: What are some low / no cost businesses one could start part time? - jamesmp98
To spare you the details, I've found myself in a bit of financial trouble and while I have plans to fix it, I could speed up the process by utilizing the boatloads of free time I have particularly on weekends to make some spare ... | {
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Archeology from space – discovering history from a few hundred kilometres up - pseudolus
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/sep-14-2019-ground-zero-for-dinosaur-extinction-space-archeology-toes-on-the-brain-and-more-1.5280790/archeology-from-space-discovering-history-from-a-few-hundred-kilometres-up-1.5280806
======
Quen... | {
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Show HN: Comprehensive Tutorials in Deep Learning Using TensorFlow - irsina
https://github.com/open-source-for-science/TensorFlow-Course
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getcrunk
how does this compare to something like fast.ai? I have no experience or
knowledge in this field
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avinassh
There is something off with the math equations here ... | {
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YouTube Responds to the LGBTQ Community during CodeCon - okket
https://twitter.com/Recode/status/1138231255445598208
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okket
According to Susan Wojcickis statement YouTube/Google can't enforce policies
because there would be "too much content to take down".
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kazinator
"I can't possibly clean my room because t... | {
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} |
Poll about an upcoming fast numpy/scipy port to JS - inglor
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IVo7rJ50uAzDYTbL-kegJBWgQenwGUBs_D89Bhu1LH0/viewform?c=0&w=1
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travisoliphant
This is an interesting idea.
However, their timelines are too short. It makes me feel like they don't
really understand what it's going to t... | {
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} |
Marzipan: The False Mac iPad Dilemma Resolved - donmcc
https://mondaynote.com/marzipan-the-false-mac-ipad-dilemma-resolved-fa7003a7d2fd
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RickSanchez2600
There is no need for a Mac Pad, the iPad Pro does it all.
iOS is OSX ported to ARM, if Apple wanted to sell ARM based Laptops they would
be the iLaptop and run... | {
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} |
My advice when asked for input on YC applications - awwstn
http://squall.io/mdeiters/my-advice-when-asked-for-input-on-yc-applications
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zooso
I think the quote is from Churchill not PG. Great Advice anyways.
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bitsweet
You're right. I didn't intend to indicate that it was PG's quote - I can see
the mistake ... | {
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OpenBSD 6.4 released - fcambus
https://www.openbsd.org/64.html
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Fnoord
Undeadly.org mentioned the following highlights:
"Selected highlights include:
* Support has been added for qcow2 images and external snapshots in vmm(4)/vmd(8).
* "join" has been added for Wi-Fi networks.
* Security enhancements include ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Which magazines/publications do you follow? - ege_erdogan
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rolivercoffee
I’m really enjoying the slow news movement: Delayed gratification [1] Tortoise
[2]
1\. [https://www.slow-journalism.com/](https://www.slow-journalism.com/) 2\.
[https://www.tortoisemedia.com/](https://www.tortoisemedia.com/)
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Bat cave solves mystery of SARS virus - nature24
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-07766-9
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jxramos
"...the researchers spent five years monitoring the bats that lived there,
collecting fresh guano and taking anal swabs."
That my friends is dedication. Would make a great dirty jobs episode. Best
wishes... | {
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} |
Goldman Loses $2.2B for Shareholders on NYT Op-Ed - stfu
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-03-14/goldman-stunned-by-op-ed-loses-2-dot-2-billion-for-shareholders
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TDL
Absolutely ridiculous. The media always attempts to assign a reason for the
daily fluctuations of a stock or market movement. Some random emp... | {
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} |
First meat grown in space lab 248 miles from Earth - reddotX
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/07/wheres-the-beef-248-miles-up-as-first-meat-is-grown-in-a-space-lab
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reddotX
248 miles = 339 km
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Startup skills vs startup ideas - davidw
http://swombat.com/2012/1/9/startup-skills-ideas
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rfrey
It seems like Daniel is critiquing the tendency to advise entrepreneurial
novices to "dive in" and start something. He seems to me to be saying that the
just-do-it advice ignores the fact that entrepreneurship is a s... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: There are only 70 three letter word .io domains left - Gertig
http://and.io
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citruspi
Please, anyone who purchases it needs to take a moment to think about it.
The time it would take to write a script in Python to go through each domain
and check the availability would cost less than $20.
Edit: Here... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How do you deal with software licensing? - eyegor
This is sort of related to DRM. Basically, an application I'm working on needs to have a licensing scheme. Generate keys for users, validate keys client side, revoke keys if needed (so obviously it would need a server component, the generation can't b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Beta Testing Is Dead - oscar-the-horse
http://www.horsesaysinternet.com/web-medium/beta-testing-is-dead/
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zbowling
Everything has it's limits. Google and Facebook don't release much without
testing internally for a while. Neither does Twitter.
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oscar-the-horse
and that could be their downfall. the bigger t... | {
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} |
Massive Methane Melt off Siberia - 100k
http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/03/massive-methane-melt-siberia
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100k
If there's one thing I hate about Hacker News its the rampant climate change
denialism/do-nothing-ism.
You can pretend global warming isn't happening, or you can open your eyes and
look at the... | {
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} |
Ceph Rust Plugin - xfactor973
https://github.com/cholcombe973/ceph-plugin
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xfactor973
I managed to get a plugin working in Rust for Ceph but unfortunately realized
that Ceph namespaces the IO. This won't do what I want it to but maybe it'll
give others some ideas :)
| {
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} |
Show HN: Summaries of Paul Graham's essays - adamzerner
http://adamzerner.herokuapp.com/pg_essay_summaries/index
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notduncansmith
I really appreciate the time that must have gone into this.
Quick bit of advice: shell out for a domain name. The herokuapp subdomain
isn't doing your personal brand any favors.
--... | {
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} |
A table that should exist in all projects with a database - fogus
http://blog.cherouvim.com/a-table-that-should-exist-in-all-projects-with-a-database/
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troels
It's all true, but please take the lesson from rails and use timestamps rather
than sequential id's.
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StavrosK
What's the advantage?
~~~
shimon
Consi... | {
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Show HN: Fill Paper and PDF Forms Online - samadmin
https://form.ac/
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wodenokoto
It's amazing that osx/macOS preview is still leaps and bounds ahead of
standard viewers on other systems.
I can fill out forms, draw signatures and print to paper or PDF without
installing new software or go looking for a web servi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
“so i spent a couple of months and developed a little tool called WhatsApp” - vincvinc
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/travel-technology/952359-thoughts-about-my-free-iphone-app-whatsapp.html
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qohen
This is great: deep in the thread [0], after being congratulated on the
Facebook deal the day after it happened, J... | {
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} |
What If Obesity Is Nobody’s Fault? - dnetesn
http://nautil.us/issue/7/waste/what-if-obesity-is-nobodys-fault?utm_source=tss&utm_medium=desktop&utm_campaign=linkfrom
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dkural
Very misleading article. The vast majority of human obesity is not caused by
genetics - indeed, this is why we have many more obese people n... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Internet Is Filling Up Because Indians Are Sending Millions of ‘Good Morning’ - satyanash
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-internet-is-filling-up-because-indians-are-sending-millions-of-good-morning-texts-1516640068?mod=e2tw&page=1&pos=1
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satyanash
_Google’s solution: a new app called Files Go that highlights fi... | {
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[PDF] LiveJournal's Backend: A history of scaling - phil
http://danga.com/words/2005_oscon/oscon-2005.pdf
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staunch
Brad is definitely my biggest technical role model by far. A completely open
source stack: Linux, Perl (Apache mod_perl), MySQL. Besides creating
LiveJournal he created Memcached, Perlbal, MogileFS,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Can We Design Cities for Happiness? - bluesmoon
http://shareable.net/blog/can-we-design-cities-for-happiness
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krainboltgreene
Someone needs to read Mr. X.
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zackattack
1. No open container laws
2. Dense housing
3. Public parks
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SwissCom Tries To Deflect Criticism Of Le Web Internet Failure - ctingom
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/13/swisscomm-tries-to-deflect-criticism-of-le-web-internet-failure/
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randomwalker
My experience traveling around France this summer was quite eye-opening. At
the first household I stayed at, they had no con... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How do you track user activity? - procyon
User feedback is a great way to improve your service. However, often times, direct customer feedback is not enough to justify next product direction. I want to track user activity on my web applications to provide solid set of statistics to help understand my custome... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How to market a 2D MMORPG? - veeti
A friend of mine has been working on a 2D MMORPG for quite some time that is in the style of Tibia and Ultima Online. It's been around for years now and is quite mature. There are ~120 players online at any time, but we'd like to get the number higher than this. We're think... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to Launch a Small Business on a Shoestring - tsondermann
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204456604574202171891667550.html
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embeddedradical
not worth reading, everything is obvious stuff that comes to your mind.
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mediaman
I like how in one of the examples of an entrepreneur who was able to g... | {
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} |
Becoming a Type Designer - milaaa
https://medium.com/@milavisuals/how-i-became-a-typographer-while-rocking-my-baby-to-sleep-ca117fd2a144
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Cenk
Just quick note, you mean "type designer". A typographer is someone who uses
typefaces, a type designer is someone who creates typefaces.
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milaaa
Tnx! updated.
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Robots – WebGL physics simulator - peteforde
http://willwhiteneck.neocities.org/018/
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tantalor
play/pause button seems really flaky
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} |
The Ford Focus is dead in the US because of Trump’s trade war - Kartveli
https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/31/17805604/ford-focus-trump-china-tariff-mustang
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masonic
The Focus is dead because Ford is abandoning autos in general. The "Focus
Active" was named as such to try to trick USA consumers that there was
some... | {
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} |
Open Source Adobe AIR application to organise code snippets - bdfh42
http://code.google.com/p/snippely/
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riklomas
The only feature that would get me using this is if there was some way to
synchronise between different machines. It's perfect if you use only one
laptop, but I use three different machines and I w... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The hidden legacy of 70 years of atomic weaponry: At least 33,480 Americans dead - hackuser
http://media.mcclatchydc.com/static/features/irradiated/
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maroonblazer
I'd be curious to see a similar study that looks at carbon-based energy
production and the corresponding fallout (pardon the pun).
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cryoshon
Co... | {
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Ask HN: Do you really need a $1000 phone? - funwie
I am trying to come up with reasons why anyone will spend such an amount for a mobile phone when you can probably get good performance and use same apps with devices < $500.<p>Why would you spend > $1000 on a mobile phone?
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joezydeco
Because the higher-en... | {
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} |
The iPad Mini - llambda
http://daringfireball.net/2012/10/ipad_mini
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cageface
_I prefer the Mini over the full-size iPad in every single regard other than
display resolution_
So now even Gruber admits that the 7" form factor is better for most use
cases. With the latest crop of Android 7" tablets providing a lo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Ultimate Guide to Remote Work [Infographic] - nuriaion
https://blog.toggl.com/2017/06/remote-work-infographic/
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b0rsuk
What the article doesn't mention is remote workers are less often promoted.
It's psychological - out of sight, out of mind. By default coworkers don't see
you, only when you say something. I... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Category Theory for Programmers (2014) [pdf] - furcyd
https://github.com/hmemcpy/milewski-ctfp-pdf/
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CTmystery
Can someone please explain to me the excitement for category theory in this
forum?
I've gone through the first 10 chapters + exercises of this book, and truth be
told the content is interesting but the... | {
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} |
It’s Official: To Protect Baby’s Brain, Turn Off TV - mikeleeorg
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/10/infant-tv-guidelines/
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zenobia
This should be must-reading for everyone. Truly, turn the pestilential things
off! TV is like crack for people who don't want to do drugs.
| {
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} |
What If Marx, Friedman and Smith Founded a Startup? Coinless This Is Their ICO - coinless
http://coinless.io/
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coinless
Coinless emerges as a response to the world speculative ecosystem of the
cryptocurrencies, which adds value to what in essence has “no value”.
COINLESS breaks the paradigm of the “Great Bubble... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: untumbld - an index of the unindexed tumblrs - rozap
http://untumbld.com/
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lubujackson
Nothing seems to load for me.
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rozap
sorry, apparently digital ocean isn't very good. site went down and i can't
get back into it. lesson learned.
edit: should be back up now
edit2: nevermind, digital ocean ac... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Relanote – a note-taking tool to help you connect the dots - promotino
https://relanote.com/
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ideophobia
There are so many tools like this popping up, I just wish the creators in this
space realized the gap in local implementation. I've worked on numerous teams
that would benefit from this type of simpl... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Christmafy – Spread the Holiday Joy - danecjensen
http://www.christmafy.com
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inspiredworlds
I like this idea! Great name btw.
I'm having trouble dragging the objects onto there. The images don't seem to
stay on there. When I let go of the image, it goes back to the menu area.
Also you should check o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Framer Studio – Interaction Design Tool - koenbok
http://framerstudio.com
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primigenus
This is really cool and one of the first products I've seen beyond our own
that addresses a specific need: simple prototyping using code. There are many
"without writing code!" prototyping apps, and many non-app code... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Collection of 200 free and awesome mental health resources - morph3us
https://benstew.github.io/awesome-mental-health/
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rwnspace
I've had mental health difficulties for quite a while, life handed me a good
tangle to work through. I've had some upward movement in the last few months,
and it's coincided with liste... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
6x Speed Improvement by Moving from MongoDB to Riak - tsantero
http://basho.com/customer-io-gains-6x-speed-improvement-by-moving-from-mongodb-to-riak/
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digex001
Another company hits the Mongo scale wall.
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eip
I want to know what marketing company Mongo uses. They are on point.
| {
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} |
When The Drones Come Marching In - solipsist
http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/29/drones/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
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stcredzero
That embedded video is the most delightful thing I've seen linked to from HN
for months. I can see n... | {
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} |
Is the Life You're Living Worth the Price You're Paying to Live It? - dlitwak
http://blogs.hbr.org/schwartz/2011/07/is-the-life-youre-living-worth.html
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pwhermanson
I love the comment at the end of this article by iangotts [Moderator]
"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving
thr... | {
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} |
Nitric oxide radicals are emitted by wasp eggs to kill mold fungi - bookofjoe
https://elifesciences.org/articles/43718
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semi-extrinsic
Since the domain was unknown to me, and there was suddenly two stories from
them on the front page, I was a bit skeptical that this was some low-quality
publisher.
But "eLife wa... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How I got GaryVee to reply to my cold email. - itsbenlee
http://blog.yobenlee.com/strategy/cold-email-growth-hack-used-get-reply-vaynermedia/
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mindcrime
This sounds like a really good way to burn bridges that haven't even been
built yet. Maybe I'm alone in feeling this way, but if somebody pulls this
shit with m... | {
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} |
Brutalist Websites - ot
http://brutalistwebsites.com/
======
gradstudent
IMO, the cited examples are minimalist but not brutalist. When I think of a
brutalist website I think of the design elements being exposed as part of the
presentation. Frames and tables with exposed borders and ugly html buttons --
not, as sugges... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Eight O'Clock Is Relative - duckerude
https://www.jefftk.com/p/eight-oclock-is-relative
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Jaruzel
You can buy children's clocks that have an analogue hands and a face of a cute
animal. The animals eyes are closed (asleep) until a pre-set time (that the
parent can set) at which point the animals eyes open[1], and ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to reduce cart abandoned rate? - Ethan_Roy
One of the most useful article related to reducing cart abandonment https://www.quora.com/Which-Prestashop-Addon-helps-in-reducing-the-cart-abandoned-rate-of-the-website-1.<p>Any more suggestion to improve the conversion rate?
======
blackflame7000
How abou... | {
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} |
Clinkle Finally Launches to Let You Pay Friends and Earn “Treats” - urs2102
http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/23/clinkle/
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Cookingboy
Omg, nobody proofread that article? Since when did TechCrunch become this
horrible at actual...English? Look at these:
"What Clinkle doesn’t do is allow instant peer-to-merchant paym... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Facebook will collapse soon, smart investors should prepare their exit - r2dnb
http://read.reddy.today/read/9/facebook-will-collapse-soon-smart-investors-should-prepare-their-exit
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nikolay
I think Facebook is repeating MySpace's mistake - its signal-to-noise ratio is
diminishing. Unfortunately, Google has lost p... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Japan offers most paid leave for fathers but few take it, UNICEF report finds - Ultramanoid
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/13/national/social-issues/japan-offers-paid-leave-fathers-worldwide-take-unicef-reports-finds/
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radcon
> the third most common reason given was an “unfavorable atmosphere” in the
... | {
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Ask HN: Academics who switched to industry, what's your experience been like? - onuralp
Academics: junior academic researchers including phd students, postdocs and early career profs.
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the_decider
When I was post-doc at a well-respected university, the Profs treated me with
a combination with disrespect and cont... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Death of the Relational Database - pius
http://whydoeseverythingsuck.com/2008/02/death-of-relational-database.html
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davidmathers
Here's the comment I left on Hank's blog:
Hi Hank, I like to be brief so this might sound bad, but I mean everything in
the friendliest possible way.
You and almost all the peopl... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
I’ve got something stuck in a hole and how I got it out. - arturventura
http://www.surf-the-edge.com/2011/02/10/ive-got-something-stuck-in-a-hole-and-how-i-got-it-out/
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pbhjpbhj
How about a drinking straw, perhaps one off a child's drink carton (I used one
to make a hinge part for a NDS recently), to pop the s... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Evernote app upgrades are unencrypted over HTTP - phkn1
http://httpshaming.tumblr.com/post/95194653711/evernote-checks-for-update-over-unencrypted-http
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schrodingersCat
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. As an avid Evernote user, I will
shoot them a feature request email. MITM attacks are a real prob... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Netflix adds 8.3M subscribers in Q4, revenue up 33% - john58
http://alphastreet.com/b4718016
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sctb
Comments moved to
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16208686](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16208686).
~~~
john58
May I know why my post has been removed from hn?
| {
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} |
Crowdfunding is bringing the netbook back - carloscm
http://www.salon.com/2017/03/12/remember-the-netbook-crowdfunding-is-bringing-it-back-at-least-in-a-few-limited-engagements/
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rbanffy
While I am not familiar with any offers in the 7-to-9-inch range, in the 11
inch bucket there are a couple offers such as this... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter considering “nuclear option” to protest SOPA - mrsebastian
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/111543-google-amazon-facebook-and-twitter-considering-nuclear-option-to-protest-sopa
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nextparadigms
Good. I hope they do it, not only to ruin the political careers of those
supporti... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Magical Founding Team Mix For Web Startups - trustfundbaby
http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/13808/The-Magical-Founding-Team-Mix-For-Web-Startups.aspx9
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liamk
Reading the comments on the blog it becomes clear that people's opinions are
most likely generated by their jobs. If they create stuff (engineer ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Word Processors: Stupid and Inefficient - mrzool
http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/wp.html
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flukus
I had to give technical support (get word to work) for a friend recently who
was working on a final group project which was a complex 100 page document and
it was an absolute nightmare. Emails everywhere as vers... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Start up job – what should I ask when putting together my financial package - armandgw
I've recently been given the opportunity to work for virtual reality start up. They have offered me a 50/50 cash/equity deal which I'm not 100% on as there's never a guarantee it will successful. They plan t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
FON is Dropping Microsoft, Adopting Ubuntu - mariuz
http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/fon/fon-is-dropping-microsoft-adopting-ubuntu.html
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Piskvorrr
"Friday, May 4 2007"? It might be interesting to see how they're faring now,
five years later.
| {
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} |
Ditto: 3D virtual try-on - dsrguru
http://blog.ditto.com/2013/10/our-secrets-out-how-our-cutting-edge.html
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michaelbuckbee
Really smart that they used a card as a sizing gauge. Reminds me of geologists
and their putting pennies in pictures as a reference.
~~~
ivanca
Cards have different sizes though. I think ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Evernote Raises $70M At $1B Valuation To Prep For IPO, And Next 100 Years - iProject
http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/03/evernote-70-million/
======
nextparadigms
Every web/app company seems to be a billion dollar company with a couple of
year's work these days. It would be nicer if we'd see as many billion dollar
solar ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Turing tarpit - EzGraphs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_tarpit
======
emiljbs
TSC? Never heard of that, that was actually interesting.
------
wyuenho
I'm quite interested in what provoked OP to post this.
~~~
chrisdotcode
Could it be something like brainfuck[0]?
[0] - <http://esolangs.org/wiki/brainfuck>
~~~... | {
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} |
I wrote an application in Objective-c - ingve
http://www.upbeat.it/2017/02/28/i-wrote-an-application-in-objective-c/
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jnwatson
I'm finishing up my first Swift 3 project, a macOS app. The language is well
designed, and it took a lot of the ergonomics of Objective C and made them
safe. Clearly, Apple learned a lot... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Diversity Branding Hurts Diversity - whatok
https://medium.com/@racheltho/how-diversity-branding-hurts-diversity-66816cbd2d67#00c9.qtax40gbd
======
sdml
>> the mere presence of diversity policies, diversity training, and diversity
awards cause white people to be less likely to believe racial discrimination
exists ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apple’s next major Mac revealed: the radically new 12-inch MacBook Air - uptown
http://9to5mac.com/2015/01/06/macbook-air-12-inch-redesign/
======
Someone1234
This seems almost "too" radical even for Apple. Which is to say I'm struggling
to believe it.
Apple have always been after that smaller and lighter device, but... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
10 easy steps to writing the scariest cyberwarfare article ever - pmikal
http://neteffect.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/04/11/writing_the_scariest_article_about_cyberwarfare_in_10_easy_steps
======
3pt14159
Where is step 7?
~~~
gojomo
Oh, it's there -- it's just so panic-inducing, your mind has blocked it out.
| {
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} |
Is This the Light Bulb of the Future? - newacc
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/is-this-the-lightbulb-of-the-future/?ref=technology
======
kevbin
"In several states, such as California, profits are 'decoupled' from
consumption."
Hmmm, I wonder why CA has such unreliable, expensive power?
~~~
camccann
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Spanish Polluted Air Long Before Industrial Revolution - ryan_j_naughton
http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2015/02/spanish-polluted-air-long-industrial-revolution
======
iwwr
Wood burning creates quite a bit of indoor pollution. It gets worse for people
living where there aren't much trees, who resort to burning... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Madness of King Musk - NN88
https://thebaffler.com/latest/musk-silverman
======
growlist
Is it too paranoid to speculate that there might be an organised anti-Musk
campaign afoot? One of the red flags for me was reading an anti-Musk article
in the Spectator, a reasonably stuffy, right wing establishment magazine i... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Antimony - another
https://github.com/mkeeter/antimony
======
dang
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9623609](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9623609)
------
detaro
see also
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9623609](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9623609)
(347 points, 2 days ago, 114 comments)
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
China, porn and unintended consequences - colinprince
http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2009/01/06/china-porn-and-unintended-consequences/
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novum
The knee-jerk reaction, for many in the west, is to condemn this censorship as
an invasion of privacy, or an unnecessary restriction on free speech, or an
example o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Harvard and MIT Sue ICE - nine_zeros
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-08/harvard-and-mit-sue-ice-to-halt-new-student-visa-guidelines
======
detaro
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23769558](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23769558)
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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