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Who's Propping Up the U.S. Treasury Market? - rmm
http://www.thestreet.com/story/11595827/1/whos-propping-up-the-us-treasury-market.html
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nhaehnle
This is a terrible article by somebody who obviously has no clue about the
function of the treasury market and how it is managed in cooperation of the
Fed and the Tre... | {
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Teaching Civility: Two Daring Assignments - nkzednan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/teaching-civility-two-daring-assignments/2014/10/30/6c71682e-4b3c-11e4-a046-120a8a855cca_story.html
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fiatmoney
Why has "community engagement" broken down? The author phrases it in terms of
"omg kids and their ce... | {
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Yandex co-founder Llya Segalovich dies suddenly at 48 - pawrvx
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/31937/yandex-co-founder-llya-segalovich-dies-suddenly-at-48/index.html
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ColinWright
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6101294](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6101294)
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Why Fan-Made Movie Trailers Are Often Better Than the Real Thing - ireadqrcodes
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/06/fan-trailers/?cid=9068234#comment-937893484
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csense
I think it's selection bias.
If there are ~100 fans who make trailers for every major movie that comes out,
a lot of them will probably be ... | {
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Business plan is fairytale - d3v3r0
http://alexsblog.org/2014/04/20/businessplan-is-fairytale/
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tibu
Business plan is useful for yourself too.
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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2015) - whoishiring
Please lead with the location of the position and include the keywords
REMOTE, INTERNS and/or VISA when the corresponding sort of candidate is welcome.
When remote work is not an option, please include ONSITE.<p>Submitters: please only post if you personally ar... | {
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PenTile OLED Screens - mcrittenden
http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2011/05/09/pentile_oled_screens/
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devindotcom
Yeah, I had this exact issue with the Galaxy series (not Galaxy II, which as
martythemaniak mentions, fixes it) and mentioned it in my review. Some people
simply don't see it, though, it really amazes... | {
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Show HN: Read someone else's Twitter timeline - killwhitey
https://otherside.site/
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killwhitey
Author here: In developing this I discovered that Twitter _really_ doesn't
care about lists. The limits on API usage and aggressive following are well
documented, but anything about lists is minor.
Also, if anyone fro... | {
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Tricked my wife talking to a neural bot trained on our messages on Facebook - kootenpv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzXt471bXmA
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kootenpv
I'm happy to share with you the result of this project, it certainly has been
a lot of fun!
First of all it was shocking how many messages we had over such a long time
(mo... | {
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Microsoft and Canonical partner to bring Ubuntu to Windows 10 - ohjeez
http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-and-canonical-partner-to-bring-ubuntu-to-windows-10/
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cyphar
If Microsoft implemented the POSIX standard properly, you could just compile
all of the GNU tools for Windows. It wouldn't make sense, since ... | {
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Facebook Has Been Hacked. What Will You Do? - DocFeind
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook-has-been-hacked-what-will-you-do.php
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s_henry_paulson
Looks like some guy trying to drum up traffic about something he knows nothing
about, and can provide no information about.
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Dripcap is a modern packet analyzer based on Electron - okket
https://dripcap.org/
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brudgers
Recently:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12569930](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12569930)
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okket
Thanks.
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Ask HN: Review this website I built to track my weight daily - rmanocha
http://bajar-de-peso.appspot.com/
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rmanocha
As the homepage says, it's a clone of Jeremy Zawodny's Excel Spreadsheet
(<http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/006851.html>) I've been using to
help me lose weight.
I built it mostly to learn ... | {
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} |
Silicon Valley Guru Blasts Y Combinator Hype - k2xl
http://preview.inc.com/john-mcdermott/silion-valley-guru-blasts-y-combinator-hype.html
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pg
"Having such high valuations at such an early stage can repel VCs from
investing in a start-up, he said."
Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
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FredBrach
I... | {
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Valgrind is much more than a leak checking tool - mallyvai
http://maintainablecode.logdown.com/posts/245425-valgrind-is-not-a-leak-checker
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nkurz
That's a great article! As the article says, "Valgrind should be your tool of
_first_ resort". Running clean under Valgrind (as well as without warnings
under -Wall -W... | {
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} |
Britain's GDP falls 20.4% in April as economy is paralysed by lockdown - BerislavLopac
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/12/britains-gdp-falls-204-in-april-as-economy-is-paralysed-by-lockdown
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zeristor
I just wonder how quickly the economies can rebound afterwards.
I imagine the longer the lockdown,... | {
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Why Index Funds Are Like Subprime CDOs - kgwgk
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-04/michael-burry-explains-why-index-funds-are-like-subprime-cdos
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markbnj
Not knowledgeable on these matters, so my money is in index funds. Obviously a
lot of other people are in the same category as myself. The artic... | {
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} |
Software Is Eating Real Estate - prostoalex
http://pawel.posthaven.com/software-is-eating-real-estate
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trootech
Maybe it's not eating, overuse is taking over!
| {
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Crashing a chrome tab with a single character - z0a
https://twitter.com/zainamro/status/1195868573534584832
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simlevesque
Chrome mobile too:
[https://streamable.com/mzan5](https://streamable.com/mzan5)
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2OEH8eoCRo0
Crashes Chrome mobile and Chrome desktop but doesn't seem to crash Chrome
Canary on mobile (And... | {
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Google Spanner's Most Surprising Revelation: NoSQL is Out and NewSQL is In - aespinoza
http://highscalability.com/blog/2012/9/24/google-spanners-most-surprising-revelation-nosql-is-out-and.html
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nostrademons
It's really funny to watch tech journalists try to write about Google
infrastructure from the outside, ba... | {
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} |
Show HN: Process Governor – a tool to put limits on Windows processes - lowleveldesign
https://github.com/lowleveldesign/process-governor
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luckman212
This looks interesting. Nice work! Seems similar to Process Lasso[0], albeit
with fewer configuration options. Process Lasso isn't open source, but is a
great tool... | {
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} |
Home Affairs says encryption-busting laws now in use - DyslexicAtheist
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/home-affairs-says-encryption-busting-laws-now-in-use-518612
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voycey
And already tech companies are talking about leaving Australia. This
government is completely backwards, we have idiots legislating on things t... | {
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} |
MIT shortens application essays - nobody_nowhere
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/10/04/no_essay_nightmares_for_mit_applicants/
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brandnewlow
Essays were originally instituted to give admissions staffs an excuse to keep
out Jews and other minorities.
[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2... | {
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Why Aren't Smartphones Making Us More Productive? - davidroberts
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323982704578455163211575512.html
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ZeroGravitas
"By that I mean they can't find how these mobile devices are improving worker
productivity, which computers have been doing quite ruthlessly for the las... | {
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VIM Basics – Saving and Exiting – BrainBloomer.com - benedictchen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovOOyQ_90hw&feature=youtu.be
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clishem
:x
Next!
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After web development - djangowithme
It's the future, developing / designing websites is so turnkey and any child is taught html/css in elementary school. What field do you move to?
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owebmaster
Although it is easy less people are developing sites because they just have
facebook. Software developme... | {
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Swirrl is live - prakash
http://blog.swirrl.com/articles/2008/09/25/swirrl-is-live
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billroberts
Prakash - thanks for posting this. Yes, we 'flicked the switch' yesterday on
the first release of Swirrl. It's a hosted wiki designed for collaborating
around data. The data side of it is in fact an RDF database wit... | {
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} |
Are tablets just a fad? - dazbradbury
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/advice/10036540/Are-tablets-just-a-fad.html
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JoshGlazebrook
Maybe for Blackberry they are. I'm surprised that RIM is still alive.
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tacoman
Typing this on a PlayBook. It's a very well designed tablet and works very
nicely with a BB ... | {
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Opening the Gates to the Tech World: A Proposal - habosa
http://samuelstern.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/opening-the-gates-to-the-tech-world/
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anonymous
Personally, my barrier to entry was not time, but access to books, someone
knowledgeable, software and hardware. Once I gained those, I made the time.
You make th... | {
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} |
Promiscuous Django Models - philgo20
http://tech.matchfwd.com/promiscuous-django-models/
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lucian1900
Arguably a better approach would be to use something other than pickle for
serialising.
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dguaraglia
I've done it myself by using a very simple JSONField class, but I'm looking
into using PostgreSQL HStore ... | {
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Engineering - briangarcia
http://engineeringdegrees101.com/
Get a very useful Online Engineering Degree Programs at engineeringdegrees101.com! Our website is dedicated to Engineering and has all the latest information you need to make informed decisions about your future.
======
billswift
Unfortunately, there doesn't... | {
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Show HN: DocTemple – My first SaaS startup after 6 months of solo development - jeandesuis
https://doctempleapp.com
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jeandesuis
Hello HN,
I’m Jan, creator of DocTemple.
The idea came from doing much more advanced version for one of my customers
where he needed a tool to fill repetitive templates with data from... | {
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Steps to Anonymous and Secured Communication - grecs
https://www.novainfosec.com/2012/12/03/4-steps-to-anonymous-secured-communication-aka-what-petraeus-should-have-done/
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rdl
All he really needed was a "legitimate seeming" site which didn't keep logs at
all. It is more important to not arouse suspicion throug... | {
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Ask HN: Do you have more ideas from running your own company? - gregpilling
I was just reading this essay http://www.paulgraham.com/boss.html and had a question about this quote from it:<p>"An obstacle downstream propagates upstream. If you're not allowed to implement new ideas, you stop having them. And vice versa:... | {
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Ask HN: How to turn a sprawling Slack nightmare into a productivity machine? - dgzl
I joined a company recently that's going through several corporate mergers and our sprawling Slack environment has pretty much zero standardization. I've been given reigns to a portion of the environment and I plan on turning... | {
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FriendFeed Service Unavailable - yinhm
https://friendfeed.com/
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hsdk
Still down: Service Unavailable
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alpb
Up and running again.
~~~
XEKEP
Service Unavailable We encountered an error on your last request. Our service
is new, and we are just working out the kinks. We apologize for the
inconvenience.
Re... | {
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} |
Awesome Github 404 page - simple but cool javascript parallax 3d effect - schwabacher
https://github.com/someuser/somerepo
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schwabacher
The script for the effect is not minified or anything, so it is easy to take a
look at. It is simple and works like you would think: they just move around
the images based on ... | {
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} |
Python or JavaScript - SStanley
If you already code in python or javascript, which one is your favorite ? And why ?
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factorialboy
I use both everyday as well. Python is beautiful. Especially if you wrap it
with a decent dependency manager like Pipenv.
I have a high level of comfort with JavaScript as well. Whil... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Anyone still use Netbeans? - jamesmp98
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franga2000
Our school uses Netbeans for Java. Everyone hates it, but the professor
doesn't want to learn anything new (they're still teaching BufferedReaders)
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Cozumel
I do, mostly just for PHP, everything else I use Sublime.
| {
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Greeks set to face fines if they don't spend 30% of their income electronically - ur-whale
https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/greeks-set-to-face-heavy-fines-if-they-don-t-spend-30-per-cent-of-their-income-electronically-20191209-p53i14.html
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YeGoblynQueenne
>> Tax evasion has been labelled a "Greek national... | {
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Emergency Elisp - far33d
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/01/emergency-elisp.html
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duncanr
Hrm... in the section "break/continue":
"The symbol 'break' is arbitrary, but is probably a nice choice for YOUR
readers." (emphasis mine)
A typo, or evidence that perhaps Steve isn't writing all his own content? (... | {
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How do programmers cope with the triviality of it all? - godelshalt
Let's face it, most of us don't work on cancer treatments, cutting edge machine learning, or NP-problems every day or even once a year.<p>Is it just me, or do others sometimes feel like they are just moving data from here to there, buttons f... | {
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Introducing Rekit Studio: A Real IDE for React and Redux Development - LyalinDotCom
https://medium.com/@nate_wang/introducing-rekit-studio-a-real-ide-for-react-and-redux-development-baf0c99cb542
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Matthias247
Nice, the live demo contains the Monaco-Webpack integration code that I once
posted on Github :-)
Never ... | {
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Ask HN: Good WP (or other) templates for a personal tech blog? - omarmeky
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njrc9
I made an HTML5 template for programmers that you could adapt into Wordpress,
Jekyll, and the like: [http://stephenbenedict.com/programmatic-
style/](http://stephenbenedict.com/programmatic-style/)
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nitam
[https://pages.gi... | {
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Show HN: ComputationalHealthcare Search aggregated stats on millions of visits - aub3bhat
http://www.computationalhealthcare.com/Home
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aub3bhat
This is my PhD research, the website uses publicly available 8 million
hospitalizations from Texas. However there is also a local Cornell version on
130 Million visits.
... | {
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} |
That's Some Wholesome UX by Lyft - robin_reala
https://twitter.com/himvais/status/1090972175660732416
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robin_reala
Interesting to think of sign language localisation. ASL and BSL are completely
different languages for example, and Swedish Sign Language another one still.
| {
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Anatomy of a Subtle JSON Vulnerability (2008) - mck-
http://haacked.com/archive/2008/11/20/anatomy-of-a-subtle-json-vulnerability.aspx/
======
rk17
How about simply adding an additional certificate - e.g. random string of
specified length - held by your webapp in closure? And then configure your
server to only respond... | {
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} |
What do you think about my new, very minimalist and a bit stealthy landing page? - akos
http://chilledlime.com/?
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olivier1664
My 2 cents: \- I do not see what it does. \- I do not wants to register while
I'm not sure I want to uses it. Even better if I can use it without
identifying. \- It miss a demo part or ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Ruby or Python for a Startup? - herval
Howdee fellow hackers,<p>I'm currently in the process of assembling a development team for my newly born venture, and would like to raise a question: if you were in my shoes, which would you pick as the "base" language for the team: Python or Ruby?<p>A little bit of bac... | {
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The Senate GOP Accidentally Killed Some of Its Donors’ Favorite Tax Breaks - cleansy
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/12/senate-gop-accidentally-killed-all-corporate-tax-deductions.html
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cleansy
Most interesting part:
> [...] The Senate bill brings the normal corporate rate down to 20 percent —
> while... | {
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Amimarginalized.com: Our experience with Appjet - adatta02
http://shout.setfive.com/2009/01/03/playing-with-appjet/
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bootload
_"... Anyway, the amimarginalized.com site uses “advanced” algorithms to
determine how marginalized your career is. ..."_
Mildly readable & more an advert for their company. Interestin... | {
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} |
Sco.js - A Twitter bootstrap javascript extension - jeremyaarts
http://terebentina.github.io/sco.js/
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jeremyaarts
Not my plugin, but I came across it and it seems interesting.
| {
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} |
Game culture takes hold across Nigeria - carolus_magnus
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/12/28/nigeria-gaming.html
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carolus_magnus
Games fighting Boko Haram and Lagos rush-hour traffic would do well anywhere.
| {
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Macros in Python: quasiquotes, case classes, LINQ and more - lihaoyi
https://github.com/lihaoyi/macropy
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xtraclass
That's an impressive library!
~~~
lihaoyi
Thanks! We put a lot into it the past few weeks
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The Coming Sharing Economy - TheAntiEgo
https://www.helpwith.co/pages/coming-sharing-economy
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tjmojo
It seems clear that hybrid-business models will pave the way to the next
economic foundation–sharing economy, collaborative economy, etc. We are in a
period of technological innovation where the economic possibil... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Super mario spacetime organ - usaphp
http://vimeo.com/49142543
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scottcanoni
"Code Bending" - Awesome. This can create some really interesting sound and
video. Love it.
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usaphp
Don't forget to read a description to the video, very interesting.
~~~
alanfalcon
This was incredible. Thanks for sharing.
| {
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Kenichi Yamamoto has died - artsandsci
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/29/obituaries/kenichi-yamamoto-dead-father-of-mazda-rotary-engine.html
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rdoherty
Not only is he the father of Mazda's rotary engine, he also recommended as
president that Mazda build the Miata, arguably the best two seater sports car
ever mad... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Cognitive Science vs Computer Science - ucsd_surfNerd
I have been debating changing my major from Computer Science to Cog Sci with a specialization in human computer interaction.<p>I feel that the traditional computer science education stifles creativity and ignores important emerging areas such as web and m... | {
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Parental leave article and signal boost to contribute data - lolilo
https://medium.com/@davedash/my-paternity-leave-wasn-t-a-vacation-547ee9615d
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lolilo
The data so far - [https://github.com/davedash/parental-
leave/blob/master/data....](https://github.com/davedash/parental-
leave/blob/master/data.csv)
| {
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Trump Will Start Years-Long Process to Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement - Dangeranger
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/climate/trump-paris-climate-agreement.html
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briga
What does Trump care about the environment? He'll be dead long before this
decision has any actual consequences on the environment. Meanw... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Instagram in terminal - billcccheng
See your Instragram feeds inside your terminal:<p><a href="https://github.com/billcccheng/instagram-terminal-news-feed" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/billcccheng/instagram-terminal-news-feed</a>
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marcelobparra
I liked the fa... | {
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} |
Announcing Amazon SES Management Console - TiZon
https://forums.aws.amazon.com/ann.jspa?annID=1222
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TamDenholm
Be interesting to see a SES vs Mailchimp vs Sendgrid vs Postmark etc
comparison table. Any bloggers feel like writing that post?
~~~
ajtaylor
As a new customer of SendGrid, I'd be VERY interested in... | {
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} |
Tell HN: Our Upcoming Expense Tracking Service - nreece
Hi all,<p>We are working on CostJar - a simple expense tracking service, that will help you organize your paper receipts and gather insight with some fundamental personal finance analytics. Your receipts will be digitized automatically and you'll be able to exp... | {
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Human Rights Court Says Sites Liable for User Comments - protomyth
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150616/11252831361/huge-loss-free-speech-europe-human-rights-court-says-sites-liable-user-comments.shtml
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RexRollman
I am a bit surprised that the Human Rights Court is so unenlightened. Between
this and the ri... | {
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} |
Restaurant Helper - A tool for Small Business Owners(Built using Data.gov) - Shan786
http://restaurants.spacenext.com
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Maven911
it's a neat idea - now we need one for: laundromats, convenience stores,
clothing shops, barber shops...
| {
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ASCII Pronunciation Rules for Programmers [2008] - xd
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/06/ascii-pronunciation-rules-for-programmers.html
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lmm
I sometimes try and pronounce ! as a click, since that's what it normally
means in writing.
# is hash and must only be hash (as a Brit, hearing others call it "pou... | {
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On the Move, in a Thriving Tech Sector - darrellsilver
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/nyregion/on-the-move-in-new-yorks-thriving-tech-sector.html?pagewanted=all
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droithomme
I am glad to hear that talented engineers are reconsidering careers in high
finance and leaving Wall Street firms for startups that act... | {
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} |
Security researchers face wrath of spy agencies - gcb0
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/22/behind_the_headlines_apt_researchers_face_wrath_of_spy_agencies/
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gcb0
saw on [http://it.slashdot.org/story/15/10/22/195207/security-
resear...](http://it.slashdot.org/story/15/10/22/195207/security-researchers-
face-... | {
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Get an advantage over your competition by sleeping only 2 hours a day - amichail
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep
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euccastro
For contrast:
<http://www.supermemo.com/articles/polyphasic.htm>
<http://www.supermemo.com/articles/sleep.htm>
My uninformed take on this:
_If_ you will be depriving yo... | {
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Africa's Food Security Relies on Adoption of New Technologies - tefo-mohapi
http://www.iafrikan.com/2015/10/14/africas-food-security-relies-on-adoption-of-new-technologies/
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Chefkoochooloo
Food security or nutrition should always be a top priority because food goes
into our bodies.
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tefo-mohapi
I agree but i... | {
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} |
How the FDA Could Change the Way It Approves Drugs - jessekeys
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-the-fda-could-change-the-way-it-approves-drugs/
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refurb
_Instead, they say, the standards should take into account the severity of the
diseases that the drugs seek to address._
The FDA already does this. Tak... | {
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Helping a stranger, and why you should understand NP-complete - lifebeyondfife
http://lifebeyondfife.com/helping/
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thaumasiotes
> NP-complete is essentially shorthand for belonging to a class of problems
> that are computationally very hard
It's totally correct, but it always bothers me a little to see people t... | {
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} |
MetaMate – A common, centralized API for every service - pcr910303
https://metamate.io/
======
anentropic
I read the home page a few times, still can't work out what it is/does
I mean, this all looks fairly complicated and/or clever
[https://metamate.io/docs/0.1/asg/](https://metamate.io/docs/0.1/asg/) but I'm
not su... | {
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Comparing Dynamic and Static Language Approaches to Web Frameworks [pdf] - telemachos
http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/nccb/rails-yesod-slides.pdf
======
mahmud
Hate to be mean, but this is just waxing poetic over the basics. Author is
comparing syntax, froth; no actual productive parts of web development is
di... | {
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Nightmare – Guided Intro to Binary Exploitation/Reverse Engineering - throwaway_7718
https://guyinatuxedo.github.io/
======
galacticaactual
The best thing one can do when setting out on the journey to learn reverse
engineering is to avoid the temptation of trying to understand every line of
assembly. Instead, try and ... | {
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} |
Endlessh: An SSH Tarpit - stargrave
https://nullprogram.com/blog/2019/03/22/
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xoa
Neat little project to needle some of the botters a bit (though I assume
they'll all evolve to recognize this fairly quickly). I'd echo tyingq's
comment below though:
_Any tarpit has the potential to piss someone off. I 'd run it... | {
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} |
Social Problems in Computer Science - timr
http://jhamrick.mit.edu/2010/07/27/social-problems-in-computer-science/
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Towle_
"Person A: I need to reinstall this computer with Debian, but I don’t have a
CD or DVD burner or any flash media. I’m not sure if I have any other options.
Could you help me? Person B: I don... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Where would you find a great Python/Reddit hacker? - g0atbutt
A few months back I developed some mockups for a web app. I let it sit for a while, and a few days back my business partner reminded me about it and encouraged me to pursue it farther. I did some further research and I realized that Reddit (which... | {
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} |
Face Depixelizer - hliyan
https://github.com/tg-bomze/Face-Depixelizer
======
hliyan
Some interesting results (including failures) in this thread:
[https://twitter.com/tg_bomze/status/1274098682284163072](https://twitter.com/tg_bomze/status/1274098682284163072)
| {
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The Art of Decision-Making - luckysahaf
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/21/the-art-of-decision-making
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ergothus
> Before having children, you may enjoy clubbing, skydiving, and LSD; you
> might find fulfillment in careerism, travel, cooking, or CrossFit; you may
> simply relish your freedom to do what... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
SpaceX Prepares For April 30 Launch To Space Station - bcl
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/03/spacex-prepares-for-april-30-launch-to-space-station/
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mpakes
As a former engineer on the Atlas V launch vehicle program, I'm so excited to
see the commercialization of spaceflight come to fruition. The latest
proje... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Evad3rs dev team releases “evasi0n” untethered jailbreak for all iOS 6 devices - derpenxyne
http://9to5mac.com/2013/02/04/evad3rs-dev-team-releases-evasi0n-untethered-jailbreak-for-all-ios-6-devices/
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sebbean
dud3, h5v1ng numb3rz in ur n4m3 is v3rry imp0rt4nt for g3tt1ng resp3ct in teh
t3ch sp4ce
| {
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Hints of tool use, culture seen in bumble bees - chriskanan
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/10/hints-tool-use-culture-seen-bumble-bees
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internaut
Bees are cool. There are also solitary bees who make little homes in walls. I
remember watching one pull a nail out of a wall.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f... | {
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} |
Zero-day DDoS attack vector leverages LDAP to amplify malicious traffic - based2
http://www.scmagazine.com/zero-day-ddos-attack-vector-leverages-ldap-to-amplify-malicious-traffic/article/568225/
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user5994461
> To execute the attack, a bad actor scans for servers with an open 389 port,
> which supports Connection... | {
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} |
Looking for early feedback from Salesforce gurus. Make updates to SF from email. - vrevzin
http://tascit.com/go/beta-signup
======
vrevzin
One of the biggest complaints we're hearing from sales ops and sales managers
is that their best reps refuse to update Salesforce consistently. Mostly,
they're too busy searching... | {
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} |
Wall Street Tours the Tesla Factory and Loves What It Sees - decampj4
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-14/wall-street-tours-the-tesla-factory-and-loves-what-it-sees
======
julie1
Wall streets tends to love what customers hate.
Like proprietary stuff, impossibility to repair your product, turning solid
b... | {
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} |
Calling All n00bs – Learn How to Code with Code Academy - michaelmcgee0
http://tech.li/2011/12/learn-to-code-with-code-academy/
======
p0wn3d
It would be awesome if someone came up with a class that used Skype or some
multi-user video/audio remote solution.
~~~
michaelmcgee0
This idea is what codelesson.com does. T... | {
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} |
When do you write your best code (relative to local time)? - cyanbane
I know when I am coding at my best. Usually it is 3-4pm in the afternoon (know what I want to get accomplished before I leave the office) or 9-10pm at night (know what I want to get accomplished before I go to bed). What is your best coding hour... | {
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} |
269 people join class-action lawsuit against Google claiming age discrimination - IronWolve
https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2017/08/nearly-300-have-joined-google-age-case.html?page=all
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lend000
If age alone isn't a reliable factor in determining success, then why do most
of the big Silicon ... | {
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} |
Setup Wordpress on DotCloud - spIrr
Since the old tutorial [1] has not yet been transitioned to the new docs [2], here is what i did:<p>1. Downloaded Woprdpress and unpacked it into <i>wordpressdirectory</i>.<p>2. Created dotcloud.yml in the local wordpress directory:<p><pre><code> www:
type: php
db:
... | {
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Show HN: Visualise the structure of a spreadsheet - crrashby
https://www.useslate.com/
======
EvanMiller
Thanks for sharing your work. I love your approach to showing relationships
inside a spreadsheet.
This is definitely a feature that Excel ought to have, which is both good news
and bad news for your business. The ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to Stay Focused When You’re Working from Home - rbanffy
https://hbr.org/2017/09/how-to-stay-focused-when-youre-working-from-home?utm_campaign=hbr&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
======
skate22
Paired programmining in a skype call is not ideal, but it keeps me on track.
| {
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A 'Thank You' from Google - dkokelley
http://www.google.com/landing/thankyou/2010/
======
ihodes
It's sure disheartening to see the majority of comments here say something to
the effect of "20 mil is nothing—Google has so much more to give." Well they
sure as hell do, but we wouldn't be saying anything if they'd don... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Precariat - tejtm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precariat
======
PaulHoule
I thought it was old people that voted for Brexit and Trump...
| {
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} |
Ask HN: Election Day tomorrow, what do geeks think of the Tea Party? - eduardo_f
I'm from Spain but I've been living in the US for the last two years (starting up here after Master's degree). I can't vote and I don't follow politics very closely but I like to keep abreast of recent developments. I just read this on th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Artificial Intelligence Isn’t a Threat – Yet - softdev12
http://www.wsj.com/articles/artificial-intelligence-isnt-a-threatyet-1418328453
======
Animats
The Wall Street Journal will consider AI a threat when an AI running a hedge
fund starts firing CEOs.
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vixen99
'AI will not be a separate intelligent entity, ... | {
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} |
Anonymous hacks Apple server, pastes usernames and password hashes - mef
http://pastebin.com/tkmZDG9m
======
andyb
Not Anonymous. Nowhere does it say it was Anonymous or any affiliate. And this
article ([http://www.geek.com/articles/apple/apple-website-hacked-
coul...](http://www.geek.com/articles/apple/apple-websit... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why is Stubbs BBQ sauce for sale in a Prague grocery store? - Thevet
https://thinkinginpublic.org/story/why-on-earth-is-stubbs-bbq-sauce-for-sale-in-a-prague-grocery-store/
======
johnnyletrois
My wife is Swedish and her family live in Sweden, but we live in the US. Every
year we ask them what they want us to bring th... | {
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} |
Ask HN: I'm trying to find a demo video of a text editor on a tablet - scied
I saw a demo video not that long ago (within six months?), probably on HN. Someone (the developer?) was demoing, on a tablet I am pretty sure, an interface for document editing where you could highlight quotes, drag them around, insert ann... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
SEC guide to ICOs - will_brown
https://www.sec.gov/ICO
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bitxbitxbitcoin
That seems pretty clear.
~~~
will_brown
Yes, seems odd to publish this with the title guidence. Should be SEC ICO
recap.
However, I think very shortly the sec will be publicly supporting a legal
framework for using ICOs/Blockchain to raise... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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