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Chasing Nabokov - lermontov
https://newcriterion.com/issues/2020/1/chasing-nabokov
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techer
“he writes on index cards whose order can be reshuffled, and always in pencil,
which can be erased; he says he uses up the rubber end more than the graphite
one. He only wishes that the point could stay continually sharp. ... | {
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How to Lose Weight - spking
https://medium.com/@AaronBleyaert/how-to-lose-weight-in-4-easy-steps-1f135f7e1dec
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brad0
I haven't read good writing like this in a long time. Granted, I've been had a
lot of those same feelings earlier in life and managed them in similar ways.
But still, the writing made you feel wha... | {
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} |
LA doctor seeing success with hydroxychloroquine/Zinc to treat Covid-19 - ekianjo
https://abc7news.com/coronavirus-drug-covid-19-malaria-hydroxychloroquine/6079864/
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someonehere
News outlets were saying this won’t work. Is it because big pharma is trying
to keep this doubting so they can push a cure all drug? Le... | {
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What happens when you pour molten aluminium into an anthill? - jackgavigan
http://anthillart.com
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jostmey
Something about pouring molten metal on an ant colony just feels wrong.
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collyw
Ever had a colony of ants invade your house?
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goldenkey
Yes/No. What's the difference how he answers your question.
Yo... | {
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Resurrecting the extinct frog with a stomach for a womb - ComputerGuru
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/15/resurrecting-the-extinct-frog-with-a-stomach-for-a-womb/
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verelo
This is seriously cool and great to see coming out of Australia.
I know there have been attempts to clone several other spe... | {
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Dropbox Passes 100 Million Users - boduh
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/dropbox-quadruples-user-base-passes-100-million-users/
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rzh
Nice. 1/10 of Facebook.
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Magic Leap Says Ex-Engineer Copied Headset for China - aliswe
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-18/secretive-magic-leap-says-ex-engineer-copied-headset-for-china
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tracker1
I'm pretty sure they'd have to have significant evidence that plans were
stolen and shifted out of the country. California has ... | {
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Startup micro opportunities - jordanmessina
http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2010/10/startup-micro-opportunities.html
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waxman
Great post!
Another benefit, I find, of micro opportunities is that they provide momentum
or "small wins", which can help to alleviate the frustration that often sets
in when buildi... | {
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} |
Why Does This Pair of Pants Cost $550? - cwan
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/fashion/29ROW.html?8dpc
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delackner
I appreciate the beauty of perfect quality manufacturing of goods by hand,
when there is a real jump in quality that results from that human touch.
But hand-crafted and mass-produced are not the ... | {
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} |
What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business? - jedwhite
http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/24/what-should-you-do-with-your-crappy-little-services-business/
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thaumaturgy
This was heartening to read. It presents exactly the attitude and frame of
mind that I've developed over the last year with my servi... | {
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Show HN: Encode Data as Banana - gmemstr
https://github.com/gmemstr/banana-clj
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stagas
bannaaannannannnnannannnnannannaaaanaaaanaanaaaaaaannnanaaananaan
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My New Web Designer Portfolio: Thoughts? Feedback? - mattewilliams
http://www.nomoregoodnames.com
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ricknew
Portfolio and overall design is really nice. Clean, modern, easy to read.
The in-page hyperlinks are a bit disconcerting. I'm not exactly sure if I've
gone to a new page or where I am. I don't like feel... | {
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TTIP Secret trade deal can only be read in secure 'reading room' in Brussels - acqq
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ttip-controversy-secret-trade-deal-can-only-be-read-secure-in-reading-room-in-brussels-10456206.html
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Htsthbjig
Why secret?
If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear in ... | {
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Ask HN: has GitHub stopped hiring? - r0muald
Looking at https://github.com/blog/category/hire ... has GitHub just stopped hiring new people or is this only a change in HR strategy and that blog section is dead now?<p><pre><code> - 2013-05: 0
- 2013-04: 0
- 2014-03: 2
- 2014-02... | {
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Why is Chrome so important to Google? It's a 'locked-in user' - Garbage
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/why-is-chrome-so-important-to-google-its-a-locked-in-user/47295
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drivebyacct2
It takes 3 clicks to change my search provider to Bing. IE ships with Bing,
Ubuntu ships with partnered Google search, Verizon phon... | {
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} |
How to Develop a Microservices Pipeline - devopsguru
https://medium.com/@XebiaLabs/developing-a-microservices-pipeline-772b625bef7b#.3ht3tc52x
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lothiraldan
Get tired of theses posts which are not content but barely ads for their
products.
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brudgers
I know the feeling. In the long run it probably comes down t... | {
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Cool Facebook Covers for Lady Gaga Fans - creativesam
http://webaroundme.blogspot.com/2012/08/cool-facebook-covers-lady-gaga.html
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felipebueno
What the hell? Why did you post this on HN?
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Interview about iPhone leaks with Onleaks' Steve Hemmerstoffer - wallflower
http://www.businessinsider.com/onleaks-steve-hemmerstoffer-interview-about-iphone-leaks-2016-7
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midhunsezhi
Things people do for recognition.
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Ask HN: Thoughts about company I work for in times of Covid-19 - jcgr
TLDR:
I work at a dev shop as a PM and found out a family member of mine (I live with him) has turned positive for Covid-19..<p>We have few amount of helping hands and although I'm working remotely and they are aware of the situation I'm ... | {
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Ask HN: International software distributors - alvinktai
We've been contacted by several people asking to be international distributors of our software and I wanted to know if anyone has ever done this? Any advice or things to watch out for? Why do you even need a separate distributor if you sell software?
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... | {
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The Quantum Mechanics of Fate (2014) - jeremynixon
http://nautil.us/issue/9/time/the-quantum-mechanics-of-fate?utm_source=frontpage&utm_medium=mview&utm_campaign=the-quantum-mechanics-of-fate
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chakademus
"The standard interpretation of entanglement is that there is some kind of
instant communication happening be... | {
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Kubernetes 1.1 Performance upgrades, improved tooling and a growing community - TheIronYuppie
http://blog.kubernetes.io/2015/11/Kubernetes-1-1-Performance-upgrades-improved-tooling-and-a-growing-community.html?m=1
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mdaniel
The posting with commentary:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10535994](https://news.... | {
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Programmer used secret scripts to automate his life, and now you can too - vengefulduck
http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2015/11/25/this-man-is-a-genius/
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Lordarminius
My definition of a badass!
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Why do task management apps suck? - octobereleven
https://medium.com/@val.sopi/why-do-task-management-apps-suck-e3c593f22653
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Evan_Hellmuth
That article was a curveball!
I'm not even mad that it's basically a pitch to get readers to give
problem/product feedback, I'm just pleasantly surprised this wasn't a tota... | {
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} |
Google fixes nearly decade-old Linux kernel TCP bug - tim_sw
http://bitsup.blogspot.com/2015/09/thanks-google-tcp-team-for-open-source.html
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nathanb
I would love to see a characterization of this bug's impact. Reading the
description, it doesn't seem to be nearly as serious as the author of this
post is making i... | {
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} |
DIY SLS printer now for sale - ricardobeat
http://www.indiegogo.com/veloso3dprinter
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cultureulterior
Not SLS, I think.
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Analysis of Body Position of Cattle Using Google Earth - m_for_monkey
http://www.futilitycloset.com/2012/02/14/beef-tack/
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m_for_monkey
The paper:
[http://www.pnas.org/content/105/36/13451.full.pdf&title=...](http://www.pnas.org/content/105/36/13451.full.pdf&title=Magnetic%20alignment%20in%20grazing%20and%20r... | {
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States Considering Enforcing Pre-Installed Porn Filters - grumio
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/states-introduce-dubious-legislation-ransom-internet
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grumio
The website _for_ this kind of legislation:
[http://humantraffickingpreventionact.com](http://humantraffickingpreventionact.com)
According to claims... | {
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} |
Computer Viruses Are "Rampant" on Medical Devices in Hospitals - vectorbunny
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429616/computer-viruses-are-rampant-on-medical-devices/?ref=rss
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jgoewert
I can agree with this article.
I work in medical equipment R&D and understand criticality. I have personally
used competitor... | {
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} |
Great Scientist ≠ Good at Math - Adlai
http://on.wsj.com/12so4LV
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lifeisstillgood
Sooooooooo glad EO Wilson did not get calculus at school either. Coursera
would have helped with the embarrassing sitting with students bit.
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Profile of Nathan Myrhvold - mathattack
https://www.1843magazine.com/content/features/myth-buster
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NotSammyHagar
Myrhvold and the other Microsoft leaders were pretty sharp folks, but Myrhvold
destroyed his reputation irredeemably with the focus on patents in i.v. and
the deceptive and patent-troll like behavior.... | {
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} |
Could one single machine invent everything? - yters
https://mindmatters.today/2018/08/could-one-single-machine-invent-everything/
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Millennium
I'm not sure I understand. Why is it a contradiction for something with an
angelic recipe of 100 lines to generate something with an angelic recipe of
1000 lines?
~~~
yte... | {
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The Vatican’s Latinist - tintinnabula
http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/The-Vatican-s-Latinist-8618
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aaronharnly
Perhaps revealing my own biases: it's so unexpected to find such a radical,
irreverent, warm teacher as head Latinist of the Vatican, where one might
expect to find the most rigid and staid of ... | {
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How the economic machine works - doubleg
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DPHe0bXAIuk0
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um304
I couldn't get the second rule narrator suggests at the end of the video:
"Don't have income rise faster than productivity because you'll eventually
become uncompetitive."
Can someon... | {
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} |
RFIDs, Encryption, and Stop Rules - akerl_
http://www.thegrumpyprogrammer.com/2015/04/rfids-encryption-and-stop-rules-oh-my.html
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kijin
Stop rules are fine, we'd probably go insane if we didn't use them. But as
soon as somebody questions the validity of a stop rule, it should cease to be
a stop rule and become s... | {
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} |
The Federal Reserve Now Owns 15 Percent of the U.S. Treasury Market - cinquemb
https://wallstreetonparade.com/2020/03/the-federal-reserve-now-owns-15-percent-of-the-u-s-treasury-market-at-its-current-rate-it-could-own-the-whole-market-in-less-than-two-years/
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api
So we are in debt to ourselves. Better than being... | {
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} |
Cholesterol studies pushed sunny side, but egg research came from industry funds - vo2maxer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/12/13/cholesterol-studies-promoted-sunny-side-eggs-research-was-hatched-out-industry-funding/
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LinuxBender
Dietary cholesterol is at most 25% of your serum cholesterol. Your ce... | {
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} |
Ethics and Artificial Intelligence: The Moral Compass of a Machine - jonbaer
http://recode.net/2016/04/13/ethics-and-artificial-intelligence-the-moral-compass-of-a-machine/
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Kristine1975
The author fails to explain _why_ robots should use utilitarian ethics.
| {
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Please review our site - JoecLa
We just launched a site. The name is MyInsaneStories.com.This is simply a site where people can post their insane stories, comment on them and rate them.They can post anonymously and they don't need to login or register.
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Travis
What's the hook? This seems to be in the fmylife s... | {
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Computing the Uncomputable - mathgenius
https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2016/04/02/computing-the-uncomputable/
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ikeboy
1\. I'm studying set theory, and finite is quite rigidly defined (albeit
there's multiple definitions, which require the axiom of choice to prove
identical.)
We can define natural number a... | {
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Why your boss is incompetent - dimas
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427392.600-why-your-boss-is-incompetent.html
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lutorm
"The longer a person stays at a particular level in an organisation, the more
most measures of their performance fall - including subjective evaluations and
the frequency and size ... | {
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Machine Learning Feynman Experience: build models from scratch on Google Colab - mineti
https://github.com/leandromineti/ml-feynman-experience
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walrus1066
What's this got to do with Richard Feynman?
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knolan
From the readme: > "What I cannot create, I do not understand" \- Feynman.
So I guess you can use thi... | {
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Ask HN: How do you come up with ideas? - designatedInit
I find I have trouble coming up with good startup ideas (or in my case, ios app ideas). I often think about something that I would want but I have trouble coming up with anything. So, how do you guys come up with your ideas? What do you think of when you are br... | {
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Ruby Performance in the Rails Development Environment - kristianp
http://erik.debill.org/2011/02/03/ruby-performance-in-the-rails-development-environment
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ricaurte
I've had this problem as well while developing with Rails. I've been doing
some lisp development using the teepeedee2 webserver and I've found a wa... | {
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These states let police take your stuff even if you haven't committed a crime - dankohn1
http://www.vox.com/2015/7/8/8909133/civil-forfeiture-states-map
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eganist
For those of you whose privacy badger configurations block the infographic and
you don't feel like accommodating Vox on the matter, here's the map:
[h... | {
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How I improved Twitter Handles Search's ranking - redox_
http://blog.algolia.com/improving-ranking-twitter-handles-search/
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shawabawa3
Seems pretty good, however if you search for "bill", the 3rd result is "Ryan
Seacrest"
If there's only a partial match with the description it probably shouldn't
rank it so hi... | {
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} |
On redesigning the system - cookingoils
https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/philosopher-and-digital-artist-mat-dryhurst-on-redesigning-the-system/
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decentrality
Very normal, lucid, and not extreme at all, only honest and having its
philosophical money in its mouth. The page aesthetic said something totally... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
This VR cycle is dead - Impossible
https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/26/this-vr-cycle-is-dead/
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fsloth
The article completely misses the point. The applications of VR are not in
entertainment or "becoming immersed". They are in professional use cases -
construction, architecture, municipal design, etc.
| {
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Mike Judge's Silicon Valley show in production - cmod
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=28892
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DanielRibeiro
Reading this, I fear that Steven Blank is right on his _When SV Went
Hollywood_ [1]:
[1]
[https://www.dropbox.com/s/7hmjdkj3xn55bau/When%20SV%20Went%2...](https://www.dropbox.com/s/7... | {
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Defeating Racket’s separate compilation guarantee - galfarragem
https://lexi-lambda.github.io/blog/2019/04/21/defeating-racket-s-separate-compilation-guarantee/
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tlavoie
Very cool write-up, thanks!
I've long appreciated the wizardry that Common Lisp's macros enable, and knew
(distantly) that Racket does macros,... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How do you monitor your websites? - skies
What tools do you use to monitor uptime of your web apps and/or APIs? Also, how do you track SSL/domain name expiry?
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jongleberry
At Dollar Shave Club, we use CircleCI 2's Scheduled Workflows to run
"monitors" against our production services every minut... | {
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} |
Picking Apart the Crashing iOS String - Manishearth
https://manishearth.github.io/blog/2018/02/15/picking-apart-the-crashing-ios-string/
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jrochkind1
What I'm really curious about is how bugs/errors in the iOS typesetting
algorithm result in a crash, rather than just wrong or nonsense typesetting --
and how the l... | {
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} |
YouTube dipping its toe into rentals... - blaiset
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2010/01/youtube-dipping-its-toe-into-rentals-but-users-may-balk.ars
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TrevorJ
It will be interesting to see if they can manage the transition because, while
the underlying tech may be there, there is a pretty big branding gap fo... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Maps for mobile and desktop web? - aphextron
I've come across the need for a really highly interactive, performant, maps solution that works for desktop and mobile to include custom data and events. What should I start looking into first? Are there any good resources for a better high level understanding ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Bebo is back with BLAB video walkie talkie - bruceb
http://launch.co/story/shaan-puri-furqan-rydhan-from-bebo-official-launches-blab-2-0-company
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bruceb
[http://vimeo.com/86562456](http://vimeo.com/86562456) password: monkeypal
| {
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360 Video Library - thiagopnts
https://github.com/thiagopnts/video-360
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hltbra
I saw this 360 feature on Facebook and I loved it. Thanks for the library!
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pearlsteinj
This is definitely going to be useful when virtual reality gains traction
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towerz
Great job!
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We have a pretty good idea of when humans will go extinct - rolph
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/10/06/we-have-a-pretty-good-idea-of-when-humans-will-go-extinct/
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Fjolsvith
"It's all enough to make a reasonable person ask: How much longer can things
go on this way?"
This is what I think when I... | {
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} |
When compressing and encrypting, should I compress first, or encrypt first? - indatawetrust
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4676095/when-compressing-and-encrypting-should-i-compress-first-or-encrypt-first
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greenyoda
Related article from a week ago, with a lot of discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?... | {
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Hey guys Do you think our homepage is clearly describing what we do? - SheezaAhmad
www.helpingb.co.uk
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dtournemille
Yes. But at first glance, the video background distracts from the page copy.
Not sure if I should read or watch. And the video is just a talking head.
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bryanrasmussen
yeah the video was irrit... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: A simple photo-text app TaaP - buraksarica
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/taap/id868640714?l=tr&ls=1&mt=8
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buraksarica
Hi everybody. This is the first IOS app we've built (a friend and i). A simple
photo app to let users write text on the photo they selected. I know there are
lots of these type of ap... | {
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Amazon data center on fire in Virginia - barnson
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-data-center-fire-virginia-180300909.html
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mryan
Fortunately, nobody was hurt and this won't affect AWS.
> A large fire lit up the roof of an Amazon data center that's still under
> construction in a Virginia suburb outside W... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Best compression format for HTML? - cztomsik
Is there any custom algorithm to compress HTML? I mean gzip is fast & good, bzip2 can compress even better and PAQ can do the best probably.<p>Is there anything specifically designed for HTML?
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dabmancer
HTML is repetitive text, and that is what convention... | {
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} |
Startup Pays Cash to Buy Homes, Flip Them - adamqureshi
http://www.wsj.com/articles/startup-pays-cash-to-buy-homes-flip-them-1453423774
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roymurdock
_OpenDoor is unique in that it owns all the homes it lists for sale,
countering the prevailing trend in Silicon Valley of solely running a
marketplace that matches b... | {
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} |
Lemborexant (Dayvigo) significantly improved both sleep onset and maintenance - vo2maxer
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2758000
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vo2maxer
FDA approved:
[https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/daf/index.cfm?ev...](https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/daf/index.cfm?event=o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Sourdough Hands: How Bakers and Bread Are a Microbial Match - lnguyen
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/11/12/665655220/sourdough-hands-how-bakers-and-bread-are-a-microbial-match
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somberi
In the southern part of India, it is common to have Idlis (fermented rice
steamed dumplings) for breakfast and most h... | {
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} |
Why CarMax Makes More Money on Used Cars Than Anyone Else - prostoalex
https://jalopnik.com/heres-why-carmax-makes-more-money-on-used-cars-than-any-1826415410
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drblast
They can make money because used car dealerships are an anachronism run by
sales morons who are hoping to find a bigger fool to siphon money off ... | {
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Surviving an Alcoholic - joshrotenberg
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/27/surviving-an-alcoholic/
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grayclhn
I'd strongly encourage anyone who is upset or intrigued by this post to attend
an open Al-Anon meeting[1]. (AA is for alcoholics, Al-Anon is for friends and
family members of alcoholics. "Open... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Zuckerberg: more mobile web Facebook users than Android & iOS apps combined - danboarder
http://digitallife.today.com/_news/2012/10/02/14184243-mark-zuckerberg-confirms-i-wear-the-same-thing-every-day
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huffman
I believe it was noted in some older thread that the reason a lot of people
use the web version, is ... | {
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Rumor Claims Apple Looking to Buy Barnes & Noble | Rumor | The Mac Observer - digiwizard
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/rumor_claims_apple_looking_to_buy_barnes_noble/
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hullo
This piece can't even keep Borders (bankrupt, liquidating) straight from
Barnes & Noble (burgeoning digital business). Original re... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Technologies to use for a pet project - _em_
I have been out of side projects for a while and been only working at Java (server side). Hence I have no idea what new technology is out. So to learn new technology + build a pet project I need your suggestion.<p>The project I want to build requires<p>- A neat UI... | {
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The Every Day Calendar - jkestner
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/simonegiertz/the-every-day-calendar
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inetsee
Maybe my cynicism is getting the better of me, but how is this better than a
page with all the days of the year printed on it, hanging from the wall, with
a highlighter hanging from a string next t... | {
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Windows 7: The Best iPad Seller - mikecane
http://mikecanex.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/windows-7-the-best-ipad-seller/
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asnyder
I've never had these issues with Windows 7. The initial complaints are due to
the apps you want to use requiring Java and Flash, that's independent of the
OS, and would be the case with... | {
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How to reject a meeting request at work - lukethomas
https://www.friday.app/how-to-say-no-to-meetings-at-work
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jonny383
Does this article actually serve any purpose aside from being a bad spammy
promotion for the poster's shitty app? I really tried to see something of
value here, but it's just fluff.
Pro-tip on... | {
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Top Startups July 2013 - morefranco
http://startupplays.com/blog/top-35-startups-in-tech-that-techcrunch-missed-out-on-july-2013/
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jamesruben
Really awesome list of startups! Some really innovative ideas in there.
And thanks for featuring Side. Learn more about Side at www.getsideapp.com
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pbltyrrell
Wo... | {
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Is there a weekly summary available for top news on Hacker News? - getp
The Hacker news frontpage changes almost continuously. However, I want to batch my readings as opposed to checking the site (several times) daily. Is there a way to find the top N posts by rating for a given week? (also posted to Quora: http://w... | {
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Sweet taste, not just calories, dictates metabolic response - htk
https://news.yale.edu/2017/08/10/sweet-taste-not-just-calories-dictates-metabolic-response
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htk
Daily Mail has the following headline based on this study: _Diet drinks and
low-calorie meals trick the brain into making you FATTER and trigger diabet... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Everything You Know About Fitness Is a Lie (2010) - 001sky
http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/everything-you-know-about-fitness-is-a-lie-20120504
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retrogradeorbit
I discovered what this author is saying with this site:
[http://stronglifts.com/](http://stronglifts.com/)
And I've been doing the Reg Park 5x5 rou... | {
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} |
China trial paves way for ‘unhackable’ communications network - tareqak
https://www.ft.com/content/899458ca-655c-11e7-8526-7b38dcaef614
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tareqak
Techmeme headline: China to expand quantum communications network, which can't
be surveilled, for defense and finance sectors after successful trial that
connected 200 ... | {
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} |
Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux - hunterwerlla
https://github.com/turbo/alwsl/tree/dev
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supernintendo
Maybe I'm in the minority but I prefer keeping my GNU/Linux and Windows
installations separate, with each OS on its own drive. My Linux setup is
secure, free of proprietary software and under ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
NASA to soon end active efforts to restore contact with Opportunity - tshannon
https://spacenews.com/nasa-to-soon-end-active-efforts-to-restore-contact-with-opportunity/
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helpfulcorn
What a missed Opportunity
In all seriousness I think it's always a shame when probes, rovers, etc go
offline. It's always excitin... | {
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} |
Against Normalization: The Lesson of the “Munich Post” - nafizh
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/normalization-lesson-munich-post/
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nabla9
>'Putin isn't Hitler!' 'Trump isn't Hitler!' Wow, congratulations! You have
failed the most basic lesson of learning from history in order not to repeat
it!
>I wrote abou... | {
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} |
Installing gems - ckolderup
http://mwunsch.tumblr.com/post/8645762505/installing-gems
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Xylakant
Actually, I don't get what's wrong with using sudo for the use-case of
installing an executable system-wide? In principle that's what every installer
does, even the MacOS-installer when installing system-wide applic... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What makes the camp and darcs VCSs unique - epall
http://projects.haskell.org/camp/unique
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epall
I'm not sure I like this approach. What's to say that the changes in line 4
don't really depend on line 2? I'd rather make dependency more explicit with
some mechanism like feature branches.
| {
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Apktool – A tool for reverse engineering Android apk files - johninsfo
https://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/
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patcon
Good to see this on HN. I know Guardian Project and F-Droid lean on it, as
it's great for trying to sort out issue with deterministic builds
I also used it once to add log output into the result... | {
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} |
I bootstrapped my private-journaling project into a lifestyle business - ChanningAllen
https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/063525ef84
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busterbenson
I’m the creator of the site in question and am just seeing this thread. Happy
to answer questions about motivations, costs, etc if you give me a minute to
finish ... | {
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} |
CloudAPI, a free API generating/management tool [FIXED BAD LINK] - cloud_api
https://cloudapi-server.herokuapp.com/
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cloud_api
If your interested in learning how servers/databases and websites work it
might be an interesting tool to try out.
Or if your a software developer you might be able to automate your job... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tiger at Bronx Zoo tests positive for Covid-19 - cinbun8
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52177586
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KMag
In case you're wondering how in the world someone wasn't practicing social
distancing with a tiger, it's a 4 year-old tiger and it's suspected the
contact was an asymptomatic veterinarian.
~~~
freepo... | {
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} |
The new elite: how startups are replacing resumes - sthomps
https://www.sokanu.com/blog/the-new-elite-startups-replacing-resumes/
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doozy
The appeal of startups is they are the only chance to be paid what one is
worth. The alternative is to toil for the rest of your working life making
enough to live but not enou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
'We can't keep producing records if you keep not paying for them' - jseliger
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/we-cant-keep-producing-records-if-you-keep-not-paying-for-them-fight-like-apes-spell-out-musics-new-reality-35207558.html
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LordWinstanley
Swings and Roundabouts.
On the other side of the co... | {
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} |
Why simple XML processing is so painful in Java ? - fogus
http://fanf42.blogspot.com/2009/08/why-simple-xml-processing-is-so-painful.html
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macmac
Try Clojure:
<http://clojure.org/api#toc673>
| {
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} |
The Evolution of Petface - fern12
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/evolution-petface-180967987/?no-ist
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adamwong246
It never ceases to amaze me that there are people who own pugs, yet refuse to
eat a GMO tomato.
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loorinm
I find it very interesting that so many people find these mutant dogs cu... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Can IP be shared on a custom software project? - jharrison
I'm embarking on a custom software project for an arts organization. The project is a CRM at the heart but ticketing (selling tickets) is a major component. There are not many players in the space and none that are starting from the CRM at the center... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
After Recent Scandal Trump Family Turns Towards Encryption - remx
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/trump-family-encryption
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Cozumel
'Several encrypted Tutanota mailboxes were registered yesterday alone with
distinct names of Trump family members' \- That sends up all kinds of red
flags! In the comments the author... | {
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} |
Show HN: Madness, a Powershell GUI for Managment of Active Directory Accounts - chair6
https://github.com/chair6/madness
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chair6
Funny how a simple "what if AD user management looked different" discussion
can lead fairly quickly to 700 lines of Powershell that makes ten people's
jobs somewhat easier.
I can't ex... | {
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} |
It Turns Out Cancer Can Be Killed After All - bagelicious
https://medium.com/@jeffwitzeman/so-it-turns-out-cancer-can-be-killed-after-all-32764ac8d6db
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DrScump
The article author clearly doesn't understand enough physiology (or English
grammar, usage, and spelling, for that matter) to be making any scientific
co... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: MicroHero iPhone App – Beautiful mobile surveys for social good - maddenwalker
https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id961173379?pt=234192&ct=show_hn_cta&mt=8
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danvesma
It's a good idea, and the app looks really nicely designed. One thing
though... and i hate to say it... does your icon look a litt... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
IR8: The miracle rice which saved millions of lives - sonabinu
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-38156350
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edejong
If we would put as much attention to innovations saving millions as we do to
war killing millions, the world would certainly look brighter.
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sonabinu
I was a little surprised there wasn't... | {
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} |
The explosive growth of license plate reader cameras in the US - atestu
https://qz.com/1540488/in-just-two-years-9000-of-these-cameras-were-installed-to-spy-on-your-car/
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spdustin
I'm curious if anyone has seen any datasets collected from ALPRs? I would
assume the actual plate number is hashed or otherwise anony... | {
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} |
Why gun violence barely rates on Silicon Valley's long world-changing to-do list - evanh2002
https://backchannel.com/no-moonshots-for-gunshots-f5ca338a273f#.jvag9g7gp
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Piskvorrr
"If we can set it up so you can't unlock your phone unless you've got the
right fingerprint..." That's a very precise point, although p... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
There's a ~50% chance you were involved in a Facebook study, here's the results. - sabalaba
http://slate.me/wrNUrC
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sabalaba
Note: It involved 250 million users, so that's approx 50% of the entire FB
user base. Assuming HN has a 100% Facebook user population (not unreasonable),
that's where the 50% comes from.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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