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EBay test of paid search effectiveness - calebl http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/03/did_ebay_just_prove_that_paid.html ====== jakejake It seems like the obvious thing to do when you first start advertising - to bid on your own company name. But the money is probably not wisely spent when you wind up being the #1 natural...
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Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions Accessible Online - seewhat http://rstl.royalsocietypublishing.org/ ====== seewhat Related BBC News article: <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15445507>
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Why Are Southerners So Fat? - robg http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1909406,00.html ====== adamhowell Too hot? Come on. I live in the "fat South" and just run first thing in the morning or last thing at night. Just like everyone else who's physically active here does. I can't believe the author settled ...
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Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Increase Ticket Prices - walterbell http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2017/01/02/basic-economy-fares-dont-lower-ticket-prices-increase-ticket-prices/ ====== monksy The airlines are awfully upset with the US law that forces them to show the full cost of the flig...
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Ask HN: Convince me to learn Emacs/Vim - olalonde I've always used IDEs and GUI editors for coding: Zend Studio, Visual Studio, Eclipse or even Dreamweaver (believe it or not, it's very handy when it comes to CSS/HTML auto-completion, validation, cross-browser compatibility and boring stuff like DTDs). Lately, I've be...
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Octazen: What The Heck Did Facebook Just Buy Exactly, And Why? - vaksel http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/19/octazen-what-the-heck-did-facebook-just-buy-exactly-and-why/ ====== s3graham Given the cloak-and-dagger and "redeployment" line, my guess would be that Octazen is going to be part of an anti-scraping team at Facebo...
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Ask HN: Cheap VPS for python script cron/mysql server? - tkahn6 http://prgmr.com/ seems to be out of space again.<p>Does anyone have any suggestions for a good VPS? I simply need it for a python cron job and mysql server.<p>Thanks! ====== vnuk I'm too happy with Linode VPS to even describe how happy I am :) Even the...
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Justin.tv to Launch Pay-Per-View Service - jasonlbaptiste http://www.beet.tv/2009/12/exclusive-justintv-to-launch-payperview-service-.html ====== waterlesscloud Hmmm. I wonder how they'll deal with policing this for porn. ~~~ DanBlake I wonder what liability it opens up if someone does a show for a movie/tvshow a...
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PhpMyAdmin gets new interface - kodisha https://plus.google.com/113803472677347037123/posts/RRHbJnh9g39 ====== obilgic This has been around for years... ------ lukeholder This is not new. ------ markyc oh come on ------ shinchan what? ------ anebg noob ------ sohn2 Real old.
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The legacy of Pieter Hintjens - pavsaund https://zombiecodekill.com/2016/10/06/the-legacy-of-pieter-hintjens/ ====== veli_joza Pieter Hintjens is a huge inspiration to me, even though I've never met him in person. I have yet to find a statement of his that I don't agree with. He writes technical documentation in a no-...
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Video of criminally insane mass-murderer from Germany who killed 10 in Hanau - DyslexicAtheist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0gInnSTIr4 ====== DyslexicAtheist this guy went on to shoot up a shisha bar in Hanau a few days later[1]. high time we have a discussion around the isolating effects of technology and how th...
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Pub/sub networking for enterprise awareness - shawndumas http://blog.jonudell.net/2011/03/25/pubsub-networking-for-enterprise-awareness/ ====== rexf This post does a good job documenting how communication can break down over time in an organization. While a person can easily talk to (e-mail) a group or another perso...
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When will alien life be proven? - s4sharpie http://www.paddypower.com/bet/novelty-betting/novelty-bets/alien-existence?ev_oc_grp_ids=512035 ====== gloryless The phrasing should be along the lines of: "life originating outside of the planet earth." If we found evidence of life on a moon or comet or asteroid, you would...
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Former Apple engineer: Tim Cook made Apple a 'boring operations company' - bangonkeyboard http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/17/tim-cook-made-apple-boring-operations-company--former-engineer.html ====== John23832 I don't get why people are so surprised that this is the Apple we're seeing under Tim. Tim was the COO... he know...
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I've closed my Reddit account - programmernews3 http://blog.liw.fi/posts/bye-reddit/ ====== toxicFork > From my point of view, it's changing to the worse. He made it clear that as > long as Reddit itself does not get into legal trouble, and harrassment isn't > too overt or particularly public, it's OK now. Could yo...
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The Gawker hack: how a million passwords were lost - bluesmoon http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2010/12/15/the-gawker-hack-how-a-million-passwords-were-lost/ ====== streety Does anyone have more information on the following: "Second, the salts are only 12 bits. A proper implementation would use salts twice as large...
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Lots of startups getting incubated in Texas - j_baker http://www.startupmuse.com/2010/05/lots-o-startups-getting-incubated-in-texas/ ====== NathanKP Very fascinating. I had never heard of Capital Factory. Since it is based in my hometown of Austin, TX, I may have to check it out, if I can get my startup in a competi...
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Ask HN: Why did your startup fail? - red_flags_q ====== alex_c Oh boy! Which one? Startup #1: we did not recognize the need to bring in the talent we lacked (graphic design). We had an interesting but ugly product in a space where looks were important - had some traction but not nearly enough. Startup #2: we did some...
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JavaScript Prototypes Made Easy - toffeescript http://javascriptweblog.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/understanding-javascript-prototypes/ ====== ender7 Unfortunately, there's no real way to make JS prototypes easy, simply because it's a poorly-designed system with way too many "wait, what?" moments. If you want classical ...
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Demis Hassabis: Artificial Intelligence and the Future [video] - jonbaer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEL4iR-d4L8 ====== danblick Overview: * Demis Hassabis giving a talk at the Royal Society of Arts on Sept 29, 2016 * Examples from DeepMind * Atari games, the discovery of an innovative strategy in Breakout * L...
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Ask HN: Should I force users to validate their email address after signing up? - aderaynal I develop browser extensions that require people to create an account on my website in order to customize the extensions' behavior.<p>A while back, someone told me I should simplify the registration process in order to improve...
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Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 and 808 Processors - matt42 http://www.anandtech.com/show/7925/qualcomms-snapdragon-808810-20nm-highend-64bit-socs-with-lte-category-67-support-in-2015 ====== higherpurpose Very disappointed about this generation of processors from Qualcomm. It seems like they were caught off-guard by the int...
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To Design Well, You Need to Accept This... - maderalabs http://www.maderalabs.com/blog/to-design-well-you-need-to-accept-this/ ====== davedx Rubbish. You should design using clear and non-technical language, but you shouldn't misname things because your customers don't understand what you've built.
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As NSA Worries Cloud Dropbox, Tonido Offers its “Personal Cloud” - adampludwig70 http://techonomy.com/2013/07/as-nsa-worries-cloud-dropbox-tonido-offers-its-personal-cloud/ ====== mark_l_watson I handle Dropbox privacy by having a script that GPG encrypts critical files (SSH keys for customer's servers, confidential...
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Marissa Mayer Pledges to Take Yahoo Back to Its Roots - saurabhpalan http://mashable.com/2012/10/22/marissa-mayer-yahoos-future/ ====== trhtrsh > Flickr for Android What? Since when has this existed? Lovely to learn of this the day after my 2-year Flickr Pro account expired. Seems like it's been out for over a year....
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Wikipedia Dominates Among Smartphone Users Looking for News and Information - okket http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/05/people-love-wikipedia/482268/?single_page=true ====== gnicholas I definitely use Wikipedia, but never when "looking for news". The article points to stats that people read Wikipedia...
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Ask HN: Ethics of selling domain to prospective client? - MAGZine I recently petitioned a local business to freelance design&#x2F;develop a site for them. Ahead of our first meeting, I did some domain searching and found a great domain name (it&#x27;s a domain hack).<p>I feel that the domain could be worth something...
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A New Back End for Cranelift: Instruction Selection - pcr910303 https://cfallin.org/blog/2020/09/18/cranelift-isel-1/ ====== nielsbot I've never built a compiler but I find this well-written explanation of how a "real" compiler is built very interesting. Also happily surprised that this can all be explained in such a...
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Databases are for Pussies - dhotson http://thelincolnshirepoacher.com/pages/databases-are-for-pussies ====== dhotson Just to get this discussion back on track a bit.. I think it's a great idea to design user interfaces before writing code. I find it really helpful for figuring out what actually needs to be done. A...
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Barclays provide visual coding environment for kids - thorin http://barclayscodeplayground.co.uk/ ====== nailer I clicked on the dinosaur, learnt that some things are strings and some things are true/false, and that I could change these values to change how the dinosaur dances. Seems legit.
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Linus' blog: Happiness is a warm SCM - Anon84 http://torvalds-family.blogspot.com/2009/06/happiness-is-warm-scm.html ====== etal I found his example rant informative: [http://www.mail-archive.com/dri- devel@lists.sourceforge.net/...](http://www.mail-archive.com/dri- devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg39091.html) ~~~ jso...
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Google Launches New Book Database - donohoe http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/books/17words.html?src=twr ====== Volscio Anyone come up with good charts on this? Not that this is a perfect comparison, but here is "self interest" vs. "civic duty": [http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=self+interest,civ...](http:/...
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Frustration, Disappointment And Apathy: My Years At Microsoft - transburgh http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/22/frustration-disappointment-and-apathy-my-years-at-microsoft ====== Animus7 My story is similar. I was looking to get a tech job out of college a couple of years back, and Microsoft picked me up first (Google was...
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Metaflask - A repository to organize the Flask ecosystem - killahpriest https://github.com/pocoo/metaflask ====== frakkingcylons This is a very welcome development in the Flask world. It seems that Armin Ronacher (mitsuhiko) found himself in a situation where things outside of open-source projects started demanding ...
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Ask HN: From Amsterdam to New York? - riccardomc I am a software engineer (backend and DevOps) living in Amsterdam and I&#x27;ve always wanted to experience living and working in New York at least for a while.<p>Should I do it? If yes, do you have any advice on how to make it happen?<p>Also, my wife is an American cit...
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Show HN: MangoDB - tyre https://github.com/dcramer/mangodb ====== koblas Somebody had a bad day (or week). ------ oellegaard ROFL!! Best joke I've seen for a long time!
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Ask HN: Review my startup, thotmob.com - greenmonkey Our start-up (thotmob.com) is in live beta; we&#x27;re not sure how to take it to the next level. We have plans for revenue models and lot&#x27;s of features and apps, but need to get it off the ground before further development investment. I would appreciate your...
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Heroku for PHP - pst http://cloudcontrol.com ====== pst We build this since January 2009 and already had some great feedback from our developer community. We are a small Startup based in Europe and would love to hear your feedback. I'm around to answer any questions you might have. Feel free to vote up. ;)
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Spotify client built using API - musicmanz https://github.com/Pau1fitz/react-spotify ====== whatsoever Great work! :) The only downside is that the Spotify WEB API doesn't allow playback longer than ~ 30secs. ~~~ musicmanz I know, means it is a bit of a gimmick, but was good fun to build!
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SpaceX Grasshopper Flies High - navneetpandey http://www.universetoday.com/101627/spacex-grasshopper-flies-high/ ====== jessriedel For those of you who haven't seen it, here is SpaceX's fantastic animation of their ultimate goal for Falcon 9 (complete with soundtrack by Muse): <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWFFiubt...
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Ask HN: Review my startup — IronMoney.com - rendezvouscp https://ironmoney.com/ ====== rendezvouscp I recently redesigned the pages promoting the website[1], the iOS app[2], and the Mac app[3], in an effort to make it clear what Iron Money is and how it helps you manage your personal finances. I’m looking for any su...
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Some versions of Unreal3.2.8.1.tar.gz contain a backdoor - mtrichardson http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=4C134F7E.202%40vulnscan.org ====== rbanffy For a moment, I thought he was talking about the game... ~~~ dRother Me too, I was thinking about how I was looking for an upgrade to the Linux U...
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Ask HN: IQ Test in Software Company - zexvux Is it considered a common practice when the management of the software company is asking all existing employees take an IQ test? I am working almost 20 years in the industry and I’ve never seen or heard anything like that before. And yes, we have been acquired recently b...
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An Introduction to Sine-Wave Speech (2007) - doener http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/personal/matt.davis/sine-wave-speech/ ====== kragen [http://www.haskins.yale.edu/featured/sws/sws.html](http://www.haskins.yale.edu/featured/sws/sws.html) is a page the Haskins Lab folks have put up about this; unfortunately at some point...
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Better Git configuration - scottnonnenberg https://blog.scottnonnenberg.com/better-git-configuration/ ====== scrollaway I want to also recommend the following: git config --global stash.showPatch true: A recent addition to git which defaults the -p flag to `git stash show`; meaning `git stash show` shows the diff fro...
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HP’s Touchpad Makes the Ultimate Business Dashboard - dustyreagan http://dustyreagan.com/hps-touchpad-is-the-ultimate-business-dashboard/ ====== dangrossman This was my first thought when they dropped to $99 last week. <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2905724> Unfortunately it's impossible to get a TouchPad at...
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A US judge rules Samsung 'infringed' Apple's auto-complete text patent - SifJar http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25842637 ====== bushido This is disgusting. I have had auto-complete on my mobile devices for years. Easily as far back as 2003. Its baffling that this patent was awarded. Even more so that technolog...
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Weird Shell – Structural Regular Expressions Unix Shell Made in Rust - akkartik https://git.sr.ht/~tudor/rwsh ====== linsomniac Having recently played around with sam, I could see some interesting possibilities based on the title of this post, But from the link, it doesn't seem like there are any examples of what this...
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Splashbox 2.0 – Hi-resolution photos delivered to your Dropbox - hopkinschris http://splashboxapp.com ====== dalacv This is great. I imagine that a year from now, I will look at my dropbox folder and see a ton of stock photos because I forgot about it.
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Don’t Be a Dick - superchink http://betterelevation.com/2011/06/13/dont-be-a-dick/ ====== sp332 If you introduce yourself as a model (of any gender), and then tell someone that you don't recognize the Bottlerocket logo, you will identify with a different demographic. It's important to note that the guy was not dismi...
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The Most Dangerous Man in Cyberspace - mansilla http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/17389/192242 ====== mansilla Rolling Stone article on Jake Applebaum, hacker (in every sense of the word), founder of Noisebridge hackerspace in San Francisco, and WikiLeaks contributor. Very nice, interesting, funny and intelli...
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In 1973, an MIT computer predicted when civilization will end (2018 about 1973) - ryanmercer https://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/in-1973-an-mit-computer-predicted-the-end-of-civilization-so-far-its-on-target ====== ryanmercer >"At around 2020, the condition of the planet becomes highly critical. If we do nothing about it...
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QUANTUM ARTIFICIAL LIFE CREATED FOR FIRST TIME - willart4food https://www.newsweek.com/quantum-artificial-life-created-first-time-1163859 ====== gus_massa From the guidelines: [https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html](https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html) > _In Submissions_ > _Please don 't do t...
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Ask HN: What are your opinions on domain hacks like ViewSto.re or affordabl.es? - ChrisNorstrom Are there any studies done that show if visitors trust or distrust domains without .coms?<p>All the .coms are taken for a domain I want but the domain hack version of it is available. ====== igaape Go for it... History ha...
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Defragmenting Qt and Uniting Our Ecosystem - drgvond http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2014/08/06/defragmenting-qt-and-uniting-our-ecosystem/ ====== ChikkaChiChi One of the things "missing" from Go is the ability to do a GUI. Some work is being done to build out a QT library, but it seems like the progress on atom- shell ...
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Sheryl Sandberg earns $100M, but won't pay interns - dolphenstein http://www.news.com.au/money/money-matters/sheryl-sandberg-earns-100m-but-won8217t-pay-interns/story-e6frfmd9-1226697612115 ====== hawkharris During my first internship at a newspaper, an editor asked me, "Would you walk into a butcher shop and ask the ...
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An Experimental Course on Operating Systems - jzoch https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs140e/ ====== jlebar If any Stanford students are reading this wondering if they should take this class: Engler was one of my favorite professors at Stanford. He's kind, sharp, well- prepared, and consistently delivered great lectures...
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Malwarebytes False Flags Core Windows Files - pope13 http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=125136&st=0 Malwarebytes had a bad signature which flag many core windows files as malware, then quarantined them. It also quarantined itself rendering many machines unusable. ====== dhughes See mkleczynski's comm...
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Ontario.ca hacked - flying_squirrel At the time of wrting the landing page for ontario.ca has been defaced.<p>It reads<p>HACKED BY DEVIN BHARATH<p>with an MC Hammer video below as well as a twitter handle. ====== doctorshady ontario.ca isn't resolving at all for me. ------ damm Fixed already?
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Practical Image Recognition (prevents cat entering house when she carries a mouse) - nickb http://www.quantumpicture.com/Flo_Control/flo_control.htm ====== henning Now let's hope the kitteh doesn't try clever replay attacks and other such things that often foil the brilliant algorithms in computer vision-based secu...
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Why doesn't HN get the hackernews.com domain? - United857 ====== samweinberg Because it's taken. ~~~ United857 I know that -- I mean, has YC tried to buy the domain from the current owner? ~~~ pg If this were a startup that was trying to grow as fast as possible, it would be a good idea to own the domain. It would ma...
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Some founders are ‘nervous’ about dealing with Benchmark after it sued Uber - MBCook https://www.recode.net/platform/amp/2017/8/11/16130148/benchmark-uber-startup-founder-backlash-lawsuit ====== rmason They've got a right to be concerned. What Benchmark has done against Travis Kalanick is part of their modus operandi....
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AI Jigsaw Puzzle Solver - aliabd https://unpuzzler.herokuapp.com/ ====== aliabd Link to repo: [https://github.com/nivbhaskhar/UnPuzzled](https://github.com/nivbhaskhar/UnPuzzled) Interface created by Gradio: [https://github.com/gradio- app/gradio](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio)
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Ask HN: How can felons find programming jobs? - _tgdn I&#x27;ve been unemployed for 12 months, went to jail 7 months ago for 2 months, applied for dozens of jobs per week for the past 5 months straight, and almost every single one of them has turned me down because I have a felony.<p>I&#x27;ve tried not disclosing it,...
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The best multisignature wallets for 2016 - proussakis http://bravenewcoin.com/news/the-best-multisignature-wallets-for-2016/ ====== techemist Awesome review
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Table-oriented programming (2002) - open-source-ux http://www.oocities.org/tablizer/top.htm ====== jloughry I can't believe nobody has invoked Fred Brooks yet, so I'll do it: "Show me your flowcharts and conceal your tables, and I shall continue to be mystified. Show me your tables, and I won't usually need your flow...
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Show HN: User-Generated Blog (Finimize Your Life) - stindle http://www.eqb.works/finimize-your-life/ ====== brudgers This does not appear to be in the spirit of the "Show HN" guidelines [[https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html](https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html)] because there is nothing for users to try out ...
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x86 Disassembly - infinity http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/X86_Disassembly ====== awhitworth It's funny to see this link come up on HN, because I wrote this book (or much of it) years ago as a college student. I was taking some courses on microprocessor architectures and assembly code, and was in the middle of reading Re...
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GoDaddy Charges Customer $6,579 in Fees; Points Finger at Drupal - aasarava http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-fendelman/why-i-dont-owe-godaddy-65_b_129276.html ====== andyking I once looked at taking out hosting with the bizarrely-named GoDaddy when setting up a site. I was put right off by their CEO's prominent ap...
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My close encounter with a pay-to-pitch investor - bernieyoo You encounter lots of crazy people while fundraising for your startup. The results can be entertaining. Here&#x27;s my favorite:<p>https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;872e3afdec9f ====== ColinWright Is there any particular reason why you didn't do the ...
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AWS Mobile Hub – Build, Test, and Monitor Mobile Applications - hepha1979 https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-mobile-hub-build-test-and-monitor-mobile-applications/ ====== rendambathu Interesting. Is it just me or it reminds the reader of Spring Initializr[1] [1] [https://start.spring.io/](https://start.spring.io/) ...
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Choosing a Dedicated Hosting Provider - LogicX https://mikeschroll.com/choosing-a-dedicated-hosting-provider-46a39a7b8b3a ====== techjockey find and compare other hosting providers and compare rates to. [https://www.secureserver.net/?prog_id=522738](https://www.secureserver.net/?prog_id=522738)
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Build a JAMstack Website in 4 Steps - carsoncgibbons https://carsongibbons.com/build-a-jamstack-powered-website-in-4-steps ====== anngrant Thanks for sharing! I'll definitely give it a try! Presently I've been developing a site for my real estate agency using one of these best wordpress themes - [https://www.templatem...
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Journalists to cover your startup story - lindorna https://reporters.io ====== areed I would add pricing and explain the benefits of a paid plan over the Try It Now feature. ~~~ lindorna Added! "Try now" is a free feature that shows only 3 relevant reporters, while paid users can get full search results and all conta...
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Paper retracted after scientist banned software use by countries taking refugees - Amorymeltzer http://news.sciencemag.org/europe/2015/11/paper-retracted-after-scientist-bans-use-his-software-countries-welcome-refugees ====== Kristine1975 The co-developer of the software distances himself from the scientist: [http://w...
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Show HN: My iPhone app to help you learn and improve every day - nathanbarry http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/commit/id473527073?mt=8 ====== dcpdx You should definitely capitalize on the time of year and get your name out right around New Years resolution time (as in, now). Maybe put together a short write-up on a few...
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Tech Workers Now Want to Know: What Are We Building This For? - siscia https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/technology/tech-workers-ask-censorship-surveillance.html ====== netcan At least to some extent, this is a "Hegelian pendulum." In the beginning there where black suited corporate drones. They coded black and whit...
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Unbalanced reads from SSDs in software RAID mirrors in Linux - zdw https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/UnbalancedSSDMirrorReads ====== rkeene2 I tried to get a patch in to do round robin reads in Linux RAID1 a few years ago due to this, but there was too great a request for doing a lot of benchmarks to show...
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Show HN: Breeeathe – A simple exercise to relax, calm your mind, and focus - vauey https://www.breeeathe.com/ ====== vauey Hey everyone, I wanted to do something to help during this crazy stressful time, so I built this simple little breathing web app. There's science behind how it works... it runs at a rate of six b...
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Now There's a Zombie Drone That Hunts, Controls, and Kills Other Drones - velodrome http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/12/zombie-drone-samy-kamkar-amazon-security ====== gibbitz SKYNET LIVES!!!!!"
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Baffled by Microsoft Developer Support - irrlichthn http://www.irrlicht3d.org/pivot/entry.php?id=1452 ====== NicoJuicy I needed Microsoft some times now, i always had a reply. Although i prefer to check the forums first. B2B is important for microsoft, so replying to emails also ;)
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LispOS: Specification of a Lisp operating system (2013) [pdf] - molteanu http://metamodular.com/lispos.pdf ====== drmeister A growing group of us are implementing Clasp ([https://github.com/clasp- developers/clasp](https://github.com/clasp-developers/clasp)) - a new Common Lisp that uses Robert Strandh's Cleavir compi...
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Oracle scrubs site of embarrassing Java blog - abraham http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20082151-93/scoop-oracle-scrubs-site-of-embarrassing-java-blog/ ====== glimcat Congratulations, Oracle! Not only have you completely failed to eradicate that information from the internet, but you've just made arguments to estopp...
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Novel vaccine completely blocks HIV infection in monkeys: human trials planned - p4bl0 http://www.aidsmap.com/Novel-immune-suppressant-vaccine-completely-blocks-HIV-infection-in-monkeys-human-trials-planned/page/2902377 ====== WordSkill It is worth noting that this vaccine merely prevents anal infection from monkeys...
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You'll Accomplish More Without a To-Do List - aytekin https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/331552 ====== RenRav Perhaps, but a simple to-do list still serves as a very reliable method for getting something done.
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Show HN: Micro web framework for low-resource systems – live example on ESP8266 - solusipse http://www.ureq.solusipse.net ====== dang This looks good. Please email hn@ycombinator.com if you would like us to send you a repost invite (part of an experiment we're working on). ------ ju-st Unfortunately I only get timout...
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Project Phoenix - Kickstarter JRPG with many experienced game developers. - benjaminva http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1300298569/project-phoenix-japans-indie-rpg-feat-aaa-talent ====== benjaminva I am pretty excited about this project because the music will be composed by game music legend Nobuo Uematsu - a tru...
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Ask HN: Any projects which tweak c++ syntax? (Transpilers, etc.) - 0xCMP I&#x27;m starting to do more C++ but I really like some of the changes I get to use in things like Go.<p>I wondered if there wasn&#x27;t something simple like gofmt for C++ I could setup and if I could change a few bits of the c++ syntax to be al...
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How to Build a Mobile Office and Work From Anywhere - zh http://www.anywired.com/how-to-build-a-mobile-office-and-work-from-anywhere/84/ ====== mixmax I have my office on my boat. As long as it's near the sea I'ts mobile :-)
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Ask HN: How to Improve Typing Accuracy - jdowner I have been using a keyboard for a long time, but I struggle to type accurately. I am more a &#x27;touch-typer&#x27; than a &#x27;hunt-and-pecker&#x27; but my accuracy is poor. There are two particular times when I find this frustrating. I work on the command line quite...
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Nutty Plaintiff Nearly Derails Case Against NSA Bulk Collection - csandreasen https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/11/04/nutty-plaintiff-nearly-derails-case-nsa-bulk-collection/ ====== csandreasen The audio for the oral arguments can be found here: [http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings2015.nsf/B...]...
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Is It Really Five Stars? How to Spot Fake Amazon Reviews - zavulon https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-it-really-five-stars-how-to-spot-fake-amazon-reviews-11545314400 ====== bitxbitxbitcoin Shoutout to Fakespot[0]! [0] [https://www.fakespot.com](https://www.fakespot.com)
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When to pivot vs persevere? - daegloe http://beta.branch.com/when-to-pivot-vs-persevere-fab-path-were-partial-pivots-omgpop-pinterest-persevered-how-should-founders-decide ====== fragsworth Games (and most entertainment) are inherently risky. If you pivot a business that is already capable of making games into somet...
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Chinese netbooks break $100 mark... - netbookstation http://netbookstation.com/2009/08/chinese-netbooks-break-the-100-mark.html ====== mahmud OT: Fellow foreigners trying to import this need to be aware of the messy electronics business in ShenZhen. Please look carefully where the companies you're dealing with are l...
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A 1961 reform doubled the number of Italian students with STEM degrees - frostmatthew http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/12/31/the-worst-possible-way-to-push-kids-into-studying-science-math-and-engineering/ ====== jordanb It's well known around here by now that "STEM" should actually be "TE", Scien...
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Ask HN: What numbers/metrics are most interesting to you for new startups? - alexpete When you read startups&#x27; blog posts, launch announcements, monthly checkins, funding announcements, postmortems, etc., in which they share their numbers, which metrics do you find most interesting and useful? Growth&#x2F;retenti...
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Git's new pre-push hook - theraven http://blog.ittybittyapps.com/blog/2013/09/03/git-pre-push/?ref=hn ====== theraven This is my first ever blog post. Would love any feedback.
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CircuitLab + Electronics.StackExchange.com Integration - compumike https://www.circuitlab.com/blog/2013/03/06/circuitlab-integration-on-electronics-stack-exchange/ ====== weiy Inspired by last year's Balsamiq + UX.StackExchange integration <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3639047> we were happy to put this toget...
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Google Wave vs Twitter at conferences - r11t http://blog.freshnetworks.com/2009/11/google-wave-vs-twitter-at-conferences/ ====== jlees The idea of collaboratively editing a session transcript and backchanneling in real-time actually hadn't occurred to me. Genius. I see two major flaws: provision of reliable Internet ...
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Lightweight Alternatives to Google Analytics - justinucd https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/822568/b8f0709a45910e49/ ====== jwilk [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23560823](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23560823) got more traction (183 comments)
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