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Canon printer hacked to run Doom - dpina http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29203776 ====== coldpie The linked-through blog article describing the decryption process was interesting: [http://www.contextis.co.uk/resources/blog/hacking-canon- pixm...](http://www.contextis.co.uk/resources/blog/hacking-canon-pixma- pri...
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How Netflix used its big data to put together House of Cards. - baddox http://www.salon.com/2013/02/01/how_netflix_is_turning_viewers_into_puppets/ ====== baddox The article itself is foolishly inflammatory and pessimistic, but the specific claims about Netflix' market research is interesting: > For at least a year...
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Show HN: Create chatbots for events using Google Calendar - wiradikusuma https://probotdev.com/event-chatbot/ ====== wiradikusuma Hi HN, I submitted this, looking forward to your feedback! The stack: React with Material UI, Scala, MySQL, Redis. The static website uses Hugo with custom theme (it was based on some them...
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I like Gnome Shell - Thagor http://malexandre.fr/posts/2012/Nov/10/i-like-gnome-shell/ ====== rogerbinns I tried really hard to keep using Gnome Shell, and even managed to do so for many months. But then there was the 6 monthly version bump and all the extensions broke. I have two problems. The first (shared with Uni...
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Airbus reveals aircraft of the future - Paulosborne http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-news/seethrough-plane-airbus-reveals-aircraft-of-the-future-20110614-1g15w.html ====== w1ntermute > The aircraft's bone-like structure would allow for panoramic views. Great, that's exactly what I need. People around me openi...
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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups? - wheels http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/07/16/whats-really-going-on-in-the-vc-industry-whats-it-mean-for-startups/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BothSidesOfTheTable+%28Both+Sides+of+the+Table%29 ====== csba...
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Billionaires - markbnine http://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/2013-01-22/aaa/jayaa ====== powertower Tagged by how they made their money - first mover advantage, hard work and insight, theft, unfair practices, cheating, destroying the environment, war profiteering, rackets, bribery, political corruption, pure luck, o...
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Apple unveils video iPod, new iMac - alexk http://news.cnet.com/Apple-unveils-video-iPod,-new-iMac/2100-1041_3-5893863.html ====== bdfh42 Wow amazing how do they think this stuff up? [http://realdanlyons.com/blog/2008/09/09/apple-still-no- space...](http://realdanlyons.com/blog/2008/09/09/apple-still-no-spaceship-or...
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Xobni takes in funding, exits beta - jmorin007 http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10203613-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware ====== cake I don't really get what's so great about Xobni. I use it at work, but except for the contact search and attachment features it isn't very useful. It's just as good as many ad...
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Programming Languages and their Celebrity Equivalents - tzury http://www.brandnoo.com/2008/04/07/programming-languages-and-their-celebrity-equivalents/ ====== ssharp The list doesn't really make any sense, which would be okay if it was funny, but it isn't. ------ wmf I don't even like Rails, but comparing it to Par...
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The Mac App Store is upgrading illegal and trial software for free - lukashed http://theverge.com/2013/10/24/5023560/the-mac-app-store-is-upgrading-illegal-and-trial-software-for-free ====== doubt_me Someone is getting fired
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Ask HN: Is there an alternative to newsapi.org? - r0f1 Is there an alternative to newsapi.org? ====== rangeva webhose.io
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Why I care about Accessibility - zdw http://bradfrost.com/blog/post/why-i-care-about-accessibility/ ====== mkozlows That kind of "it works better for everyone" stuff is a nice bonus, sure. If you use proper labels for your radio buttons, they get a bigger click target; if you make your app keyboardable, it's better ...
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How to grow into your best developer self - siruelise https://www.reaktor.com/blog/how-to-grow-into-your-best-developer-self/ ====== xzion I just can't agree with the recommendation to read the comments before articles you find online. Critical thinking is such an important skill for everyone, not just engineers, and...
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Biden: Encryption should “permit the government to obtain the plain text” (1991) - declan http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d102:s.00266: ====== declan To see the full quote, click on the loc.gov linked URL to Biden's bill, then "text of legislation," then "printer friendly." You'll see this text: _" It is th...
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Apple shareholders demand more diversity, but the company is fighting back - caio1982 http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/15/14614740/apple-shareholder-diversity-proposal-opposition ====== dkonofalski I'm all about diversity but this push is nonsense. This issue isn't unique to Apple and goes back to the bigger issue of la...
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Glorious Luminary: On William Blake - lermontov http://www.drb.ie/essays/glorious-luminary ====== cylinder714 [http://williamblakegallery.com/](http://williamblakegallery.com/) "Announcing the first exhibition space dedicated to the iconic artist in over 200 years. "John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller announces the g...
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Ask HN: Any way to test Google ARCore without a supported device? - nkkollaw I&#x27;m wondering if there&#x27;s any way to test Google ARCore without a supported device (Pixel or Galaxy S8).<p>I have a Moto G5 Plus, perhaps there&#x27;s some simulator that can pretend it&#x27;s another phone..? ====== ditn Yes, someon...
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Show HN: The Zoomo Logo Spinner Deconstructed - himangshuj http://tech.gozoomo.com/zoomo-logo-spinner-deconstructed/ ====== pvkk Nice... i like it!
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Ask HN: My OS project is taking off. How to balance competing for-profit users? - mrandish The open source thing I made is getting big and for-profit companies are deploying it as part of their service and consulting businesses. Some are multi-nationals and others are garage shops. People are contributing stuff back b...
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Ask HN: What is more reliable, a DVD or an Hard drive? - federicoponzi For long term backups, how do you (if you do) handle them? ====== cimmanom Hard drive failure modes are more likely to be recoverable. The most common failure for a DVD (other than scratches) is physical degradation of the storage medium, which ma...
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Why we don't need Gigabit networks yet - acak http://gigaom.com/broadband/the-elephant-in-the-gigabit-network-room/ ====== donnaware The only people that "need" Gigabit connections are the High Frequency traders. For everyone else, 100Mbps is plenty.
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Escapology: The art of addiction - kurmouk https://vimeo.com/250087447 ====== TaylorGood Is it wrong that I first thought it would be about using smartphones for social stimulation, that has slowly become an addiction?
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DeepRobust- Pytorch Library for adversarial attack and defense in deep learning - ChandlerBang https://github.com/DSE-MSU/DeepRobust/# ====== KKKKkkkk1 I never understood the whole notion of attacks on deep-learning systems and all the research effort spent on defending against such attacks. After all, we're talking a...
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Why are diapers so expensive? - Avshalom http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2018/features/baby-diaper-cost/ ====== djrogers There are a couple of ‘facts’ listed here that don’t line up with my current reality and very recent knowledge (3 kids, most recent is 18mo). First off, 12 changes a day is a _huge_ outlier - even...
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Critique of DHH philosophy: "37signals' products tend to be so "opinionated" as to be anti-user" - nickb http://storytotell.org/articles/2007/09/14/three-little-letters ====== mechanical_fish Do people who use the word "f-bomb" invariably turn out to have no sense of humor? Or is it just me? Am I the only one who act...
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Server Infrastructure for Global Extinction Rebellion [video] - 0x40490FDB https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-11008-server_infrastructure_for_global_rebellion ====== bullen I just need to say this, global warming is the symptom. The reason public figures focus on a consequence is that we have a popularity contest society. Th...
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Everything's broken and nobody's upset (2012) - thefox http://www.hanselman.com/blog/EverythingsBrokenAndNobodysUpset.aspx ====== hNewsLover99 The "broken" items listed in Scott's 2012 blog are primarily personal productivity- and convenience-killing annoyances. Of far greater are the rather-more important things (lik...
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'My degree is next to worthless' - simonhamp http://www.bbc.com/news/education-33984756 ====== pjc50 A key point here is that surveying the job market before embarking on your degree is not sufficient: there's a four year lag. The guy with the master's in town planning is an obvious victim of this. A more subtle po...
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Ask HN: How well does unlimited holiday allowance work in practice? - konamicode Asking from the point of view of the employee: how many days a year do you actually take as annual leave? Please provide company name or country if possible. Asking for a friend. ====== decebalus1 You'll most likely not get a definite ans...
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Working with Mark Zuckerberg - raghus http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=339013388919 ====== ajju No offence, but am I supposed to expect a blog post on the Company blog about working with the founder to be unbiased? Given that and the reverential tone, I am inclined to discount it. Bonus exercise: Replace "...
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Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2017) - whoishiring Share your information if you are looking for work. Please use this format:<p><pre><code> Location: Remote: Willing to relocate: Technologies: Résumé&#x2F;CV: Email: </code></pre> Readers: please only email these addresses to discuss work opportunities...
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Apple In Talks To Acquire Beats For $3.2 Billion - peterkchen http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/08/apple-in-talks-to-acquire-beats-for-3-2-billion-says-ft/ ====== thehemingway Outside of Siri, are there any acquisitions in recent memory from which they've kept and leveraged the branding? This seems surprising as at leas...
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Bash Datalog: Answering Datalog Queries with Unix Shell Commands - polm23 https://www.thomasrebele.org/projects/bashlog/about.jsp ====== polm23 This takes queries written in datalog (or Sparql) and _compiles_ them to Bash (using sort, awk etc.) so you can run them on CSV files. ~~~ rajiv_abraham I saw this paper just...
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Underscore and Lodash Merge Thread - msoad https://github.com/jashkenas/underscore/issues/2182 ====== mfkp For visibility (people aren't reading this) From the author: "Folks. Please STOP +1 and :+1: -ing GitHub tickets. We get it, but it makes tickets hard to have conversations on. Contribute with something substa...
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Jump Threading - nkurz http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/articles/jump_threading.html ====== xpaulbettsx The Windows OS build process does some of this type of optimization too, via a process called BBT ([http://www.microsoft.com/windows/cse/bit_projects.mspx](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/cse/bit_projects.mspx)) - this is w...
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Running a marathon was never crazier than during the 1904 St Louis Olympics - Thevet https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-26/the-wildest-olympic-event-in-modern-history/12467362 ====== dustincoates If you've never watched Jon Bois or his Pretty Good series, you're in for a real treat. He has a video on the marathon tha...
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$5 World's Smallest Linux Server. With Wi-Fi - bokenator https://onion.io/kickstarter ====== HoopleHead Can we have some sort of "actually exists" flag for HN? I'm sick of clicking on stories about interesting sounding products, only to find I'm actually taken to some crowd-funding campaign page. If you give me enoug...
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HP Helion: will invest $1 billion in OpenStack, CloudFoundry - justinsb http://www.zdnet.com/hp-to-invest-1bn-in-open-source-cloud-computing-launches-helion-portfolio-7000029171/ ====== justinsb HP site here: [http://www8.hp.com/us/en/cloud/helion- overview.html](http://www8.hp.com/us/en/cloud/helion-overview.html) ...
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Arsenate-based DNA: a big idea with big holes - sandipc http://scienceblogs.com/webeasties/2010/12/guest_post_arsenate-based_dna.php ====== sandipc given the recent (valid) criticisms of this work, I find it amazing that NASA and the lead author (Felisa Wolfe-Simon) keep feeding the general media by pushing this res...
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Argonne National Laboratory awards Cray contract for 180 Petaflops supercomputer - davidmr http://investors.cray.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=98390&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2033626 ====== ericHosick To put this in perspective, as of 11/2014, the aggregated computing power of the top 500 supercomputers is 308.9 Petaflops ([http://...
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Ask HN: Best first linux distribution? - thomasreggi I have been working with the command prompt in windows more and more and getting into git, ror, php, mysql ect. I just want to learn programming from all angles and I feel held back on a windows machine. Will it make me more productive or will I see myself screami...
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Ceding the Crown - siglesias http://daringfireball.net/2013/03/ceding_the_crown ====== nhashem It's unfortunate that Gruber has essentially become synonymous with Apple fanboyism, because I think he raises some salient points here. To any reader that is familiar with his writing, it'll come across as the typical App...
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Show HN: Meeve, a hyperlocal platform for offline interaction through events - ishaanbahal https://www.meeve.co/ ====== ishaanbahal Meeve is a hyperlocal platform to help people discover people nearby through events that have similar interests. You can discover local events based on your interests and can also create ...
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F-Secure Security Cloud API for AWS - recori https://campaigns.f-secure.com/aws/index.html ====== iancarroll We also offer one, except for free: [https://guard.certly.io](https://guard.certly.io) Not sure why they're binding this to the AWS Marketplace. Safe Browsing is also free, though I'm not sure how comprehensiv...
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Do Orchestras Really Need Conductors? - ColinWright http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2012/11/27/165677915/do-orchestras-really-need-conductors?ft=1&f=1007&sc=tw&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter ====== dalke Oddly though, that research doesn't answer the question "Do Orchestras Really Need Conductors?...
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How I Got Through a Painful Transitional Period in My Career - jfrisby https://medium.com/@Jdrigge/how-i-got-through-a-painful-transitional-period-in-my-career-8bb778d89319 ====== dang This is a good article. It reports experience simply. I think you should try reposting it. (And if anyone asked their friends to upvot...
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We need a future where the robots benefit all of us, not just the rich - Tsiolkovsky https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/22/opinion/sunday/why-not-utopia.html ====== rdlecler1 The problem with a universal wage is that it doesn't increase the availability of things like real estate, education, and healthcare. As more peo...
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Show HN: Find the visual center of your images - javierbyte http://javier.xyz/visual-center/ ====== lukeholder Very cool, would be interesting to have this combined with a visual center for face detection for the purpose of circular avatars. ------ kinduff This is pretty cool. The average color calc for the backgroun...
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The Minecraft Institvte of Technology - raptor111 https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/08/18/1006217/the-minecraft-institvte-of-technology/ ====== Steltek I probably need to load this up just to see how on Earth they replicated the Stata center[1] using only perfect cubes. Faculty would love to know the secret as to...
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The Importance of Design in Business - unfoldedorigami http://particletree.com/features/the-importance-of-design-in-business/ ====== rokhayakebe Amen.
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60 minutes: Is sugar toxic? - fhoxh http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7403942n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox ====== dr_ I've watched Dr. Lustig's video previously, and in general its the same principles touted by Gary Taubes, but I still find it dubious. You can look at your patient population and come up with ...
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JavaScript Strategies at Microsoft with Scott Hanselman - Gargol http://javascriptjabber.com/071-jsj-javascript-strategies-at-microsoft-with-scott-hanselman/ JavaScript Jabber Show ====== yuhong FYI, the current policy on IE seems to be that they end major upgrades when a version of Windows enters Extended Support (A...
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Bjorn Lomborg: Our lifestyle is unsustainable and why that's irrelevant - cwan http://www.newsweek.com/2011/06/12/bjorn-lomborg-explains-how-to-save-the-planet.html ====== Tichy We got lucky a few times and now have enjoyed a comparatively long period of time without serious problems. Relatively long time being one ge...
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Why We Don't Need To 'Think Of The Artists': They're Doing Fine - nextparadigms http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111124/07375916896/why-we-dont-need-to-think-artists-theyre-doing-fine.shtml ====== absconditus This article does not actually prove anything. For all we know there are twice as many artists now.
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Ask HN: Who makes the most advanced text-to-speech technology? - oftenwrong I want to convert some articles and books to audio so that I can listen to them while walking. I would like to try the current leader in commercially-available text-to-speech.<p>I have tried a few text-to-speech offerings, such as the ones inc...
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Microsoft Slams Google Privacy Changes With "Putting People First" Ad Campaign - Slimy http://marketingland.com/microsoft-slams-google-privacy-search-changes-with-putting-people-first-ad-campaign-4887 ====== raganwald The text of Microsoft’s ad: "Google is in the process of making some unpopular changes to some of th...
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Marissa Mayer Shuffles Yahoo Leadership Team - lando2319 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/10/marissa-mayer-shuffles-yahoo-leadership-team/?_r=0 ====== Animats No mention of search at all. A year ago, Mayer was going to put Yahoo back in the search business.[1] Yahoo resells Bing search, for which Bing pays Yahoo....
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No-Cost RHEL Developer Subscription Now Available - palebluedot http://developers.redhat.com/blog/2016/03/31/no-cost-rhel-developer-subscription-now-available/ ====== EwanToo The developer program agreement forbids you from using this for test or production installations [1]: "By participating in the Program and acce...
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How to Accept Over-Engineering for What It Really Is - fagnerbrack https://medium.com/@fagnerbrack/how-to-accept-over-engineering-for-what-it-really-is-6fca9a919263 ====== convolvatron I think this is poor use of terminology. No one with any experience can deny that there are self important programmers with a highly t...
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Can I please have a iminlikewithyou invite? - dawie ====== rms Up for grabs: <http://www.iminlikewithyou.com?invite_code=LJBM> ~~~ dawie Thanks RMS. I signed up. ------ dawie I really want to check out iminlikewithyou. I keep on missing people giving away invites, so I am just going to ask nicely... Please ~~~ kyr...
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The hackers hacked: main Anonymous IRC servers seized - thornjm http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/the-hackers-hacked-main-anonymous-irc-servers-seized.ars ====== joshes The tl;dr of it all is that, according to at least one Anon, this "Ryan" fellow was a former moderator of the IRC and was the legal ow...
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Ask HN: Need help with promoting a startup... - obaid We recently launched a crowdfunding platform aimed at Muslim community. We chose this niche for various reasons..<p>We are now looking for some advice on how to get the word out to organizations &amp; individuals -- who can post their campaign on our platform.<p>...
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CTTK: Constant-Time Toolkit - matt_d https://github.com/pornin/CTTK ====== fenollp If that interests you you should take a look at [https://github.com/PLSysSec/FaCT](https://github.com/PLSysSec/FaCT) ~~~ bringtheaction Their README did not say anything about what the project is but they have another document in the r...
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Getline - A Python Library to Get Text from the Console - timtadh http://github.com/timtadh/getline ====== dododo btw, editline is a BSD licensed readline replacement: <http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/> ~~~ timtadh I should have mentioned that. Editline is used by default by the Python readline module if you are on...
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Looking for feedback - trustrecs Hi - we recently launched a beta version of a web application called TrustRecs (www.trustrecs.com). It helps you find someone good when you need a service.<p>I would appreciate if you could try the application and give me your feedback about TrustRecs' core functionality. Please don'...
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Water Jet Pack video - mbyrne http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=im1iNq02Kz0 ====== mbyrne I had heard about this a while ago, but cool to see it in action in public.
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GM is launching a $5K tiny electric car in China made for city commuters - prostoalex http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4776002/GM-unveils-5K-EV-Tesla-affordable-Model-3.html ====== csours [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-19/china- is-...](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-19...
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Paypal Officially Blocks Purchasing Goods From Indian Paypal Account - rkord http://www.pluggd.in/paypal-india-blocks-purchasing-goods-297/ ====== tuhin I am seriously at loss trying to understand RBIs objective in forcing this. Better tracking of money for business and individuals, sure yes, there are simpler consu...
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The VeraCrypt Audit Results - conductor https://ostif.org/the-veracrypt-audit-results/ ====== JoachimSchipper Those results do not really inspire confidence. Shipping an ancient version of zlib without patching, ever, is an avoidable mistake. The GOST 28147-89 cipher basically cannot be used with XTS due to the cipher...
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Swap Space in Linux - known http://www.bytetrap.com/blog/2008/06/02/swap-space-linux/ ====== jbert The rule of thumb (swap should be 2-3x RAM) has survived because it has minimal downside (you don't generally miss that amount of disk) and a small upside (you see performance degradation as the first symptom of memory...
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UBC quietly changes references to Taiwan amid sensitive political climate - abc-xyz https://www.ubyssey.ca/news/taiwan-references-changed/ ====== gentleman11 The simple rule that nobody seems to follow is to never become dependent on somebody who isn’t very nice. All the trade between the world and China is making it ...
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I think the JavaScript community needs to step up and boycott NPM - calypso https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/01/npm_layoff_staff/ ====== keypusher > "The actual concern I have is that the JavaScript package manager and > language commons are in the hands of a VC-funded company I'm not primarily a JS developer, b...
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Blogging Platform with awesome UI - fersho311 http://jux.com/ ====== jamesbritt I gave up trying to figure out what, exactly, this is. Having to click through slideshows is a poor way to quickly explain value. My best guess: this is a tool to make slideshows. Not sure what that has to do with blogging.
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War Elephants - ubac https://acoup.blog/2019/07/26/collections-war-elephants-part-i-battle-pachyderms/ ====== cstross I'd just like to note that the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds has a probably- unique surviving suit of elephant armour, which is displayed on a stuffed elephant in pride of place: [https://i.pinimg.c...
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Ask HN: Why is there no international Yelp? - pringle I guess this is a two-part question:<p>1) Why hasn't Yelp gone international?<p>2) Why hasn't someone started an international version of Yelp? ====== profitbaron There are international versions such as Qype which is quite popular in Europe
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Love-handle: A puzzle made with Web Components - 1ntEgr8 https://love-handle.hack.gt/ ====== 1ntEgr8 All of the components (with the exception of the chessboard) were made with hybrids ([https://hybrids.js.org/](https://hybrids.js.org/))
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Future Will Be Documented - craigkerstiens https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/the-future-will-be-documented ====== a13n Hey mods, can we change this title to something clearer like "MongoDB Atlas vs AWS DocumentDB"?
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Deep Learning GPU Benchmarks: GTX 1080 vs. Titan X Pascal - greensquare http://add-for.com/deep-learning-benchmarks/ ====== johnm1019 This website requires many clicks. For intelligable graphs, click here [http://add-for.com/topics/benchmarks/caffe-vs-neon-vs-nvcaff...](http://add- for.com/topics/benchmarks/caffe-vs-...
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Capturing a Generation of Aviation Geniuses and Their Flying Machines - Hooke http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/capturing-a-generation-of-aviation-geniuses-and-their-incredible-flying-machines/ ====== ymra Why did someone feel the need to have a photo of a topless 11 year old on that article?! It's not somethin...
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Ubuntu, Ruby, RVM, Rails, and You - vijaydev http://ryanbigg.com/2010/12/ubuntu-ruby-rvm-rails-and-you/ ====== aberkowitz > Under no circumstance should you install Ruby, Rubygems or any Ruby-related > packages from apt-get I really wish the RoR book I was reading had told me that before I spent multiple hours trying...
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The Economics of Running a Curated Newsletter - carlchenet https://www.indiehackers.com/@AndrewKamphey/the-economics-of-running-a-curated-newsletter-34cf547545 ====== whoisnnamdi I don’t think he gives himself nearly enough credit here If I could pay _net_ $137 and end up with an email subscriber list of 2.5K along w...
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Why America Feels Like a Post-Soviet State - colinprince https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/why-america-feels-like-a-post-soviet-state ====== danbolt This article might not be the most fun read for folks, but I think it does paint a good argument of a culture that encourages presenting good news to your bos...
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Static vs. Dynamic language development time - pavpanchekha http://wadler.blogspot.com/2011/09/experiment-about-static-and-dynamic.html ====== rjd I'll call bull sh/t on the whole test. I'd hazard a guess that learning a new language that is dynamic is easier than learning one that is static. Reason being dynamic l...
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GizmoSneak: Rent gadgets for as low as $10 a month - arpitagarwal http://www.gizmosneak.com/ ====== oliwarner Like the idea but I wouldn't touch this until I knew the price of the gadget _I_ wanted. Signing up to find the Rift or 3D printer were actually $200/month would really annoy me. ------ tanvijindal This loo...
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Proposed Bill Gives President Emergency Authority To Halt Web Traffic; Access Private Data - mdasen http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/04/should-obama-control-internet ====== ajju Can you imagine Mother Jones publishing an article titled "Should Bush Control the Internet?" ? Why is this even a question? Two t...
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Best PR Tools for Monitoring and Managing Media Relations - HakonAgustsson https://blog.mytweetalerts.com/pr-tools/ ====== HakonAgustsson What is your favorite PR tool?
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Sweden Has Avoided a Coronavirus Lockdown. Its Economy Is Hurting Anyway - rayuela https://www.wsj.com/articles/sweden-has-avoided-a-coronavirus-lockdown-its-economy-is-hurting-anyway-11588870062 ====== ganoushoreilly What's constantly left out here is that a large portion of Sweden are in fact self quarantining anywa...
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SoCal Startups: I Want to put your logo on my business cards. No strings. - traviso I’m ordering my business cards for The Startup Cafe and I want to put your startup’s logo and URL on the back.<p>How do you get in on this? Simple:<p>Do you have a Web, open-source, or mobile startup or event located somewhere in SoC...
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How social media took us from Tahrir Square to Donald Trump - colinprince https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611806/how-social-media-took-us-from-tahrir-square-to-donald-trump/ ====== thinkingemote This is a great piece of writing, I'm still digesting it!
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Google Voice invites available for students - jkaljundi http://googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/google-voice-invites-for-students.html ====== fierarul So where does one signup for free .edu accounts ? ;-)
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Fifteen Reasons News is Bad For You - wslh http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2011/03/fifteen_reasons.html ====== keiferski I'd agree that the news is bad for you. But that "article" was underwhelming, to say the least.
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Ask HN: Beauty/Fashion Investors? - mschonfeld Does anyone know vcs/angels who invest in the beauty/fashion market? ====== thegoleffect Orange labs is very interested in the space. ~~~ mschonfeld I'm not familiar with them.. And, google isn't proving helpful with finding them. Could you please point me to their web...
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AI Quid Raises $39M - RuggeroAltair http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/19/quid-series-d/ ====== RuggeroAltair Also about Quid from CNBC: The quiet start-up inking million-dollar deals [http://www.cnbc.com/id/102500826](http://www.cnbc.com/id/102500826) ------ hronikbrent hehe most pretentious website.... not letting tha...
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Sony Venice – Full Frame Digital Cinematography Camera - troydavis https://pro.sony/ue_US/products/digital-cinema-cameras/venice ====== enb It's interesting that this $45000 camera has a high speeding rolling shutter CMOS sensor (rather than a global shutter). They're spiel claims to minimise the jello effect rather t...
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Google’s Google+ Account Culling - peternorton http://www.conceivablytech.com/8369/products/google%e2%80%99s-google-account-culling ====== sixtofour I would really prefer to be able to control my identity. Ironic that a product built on the internet, a medium that allows great flexibility in identity, is prohibiting...
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We don’t need nearly as much protein as we consume - hvo http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180522-we-dont-need-nearly-as-much-protein-as-we-consume ====== strken _Fortunately, it’s difficult to have too much protein. While we do have an upper limit of protein intake, it’s “virtually impossible” to reach, says Tipton._...
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Show HN: Recruit web developers by having them build a web app - ksat http://www.cull.io/index.html ====== fxm4139 This and the other startups like Interview Street seem to be focusing on the less lucrative side of the hiring problem. Like Joel Spolsky said, and like I know from personal experience, my best develope...
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Show HN: A React drag-and-drop library - kutlugsahin https://github.com/kutlugsahin/react-smooth-dnd ====== hippich Some related experience: At Blackboard we developed yet another DnD library only because existing react solutions were not accessible - [https://github.com/blackboard/react-dnd- ax](https://github.com/b...
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US courts trash a decade’s worth of online documents, shrug it off - magicalist http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/us-courts-trash-a-decades-worth-of-documents-shrug-it-off/ ====== magicalist This seems maybe the most egregious part: _The most heavily affected court will be the US Court of Appeals for the ...
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