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Timestripe - kaivi
https://timestripe.com/
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yladiz
Using a service that requires Google or Facebook login, without other options,
is a no-go for me. This service does seem interesting, or something I'd at
least like to see what it does, but if I can't, ideally, demo, or at least
login with an email, then I'm not... | {
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} |
Show HN: Ploi.io – Stop the hassle. Start deploi'ing - Cannonb4ll
https://ploi.io/
======
Cannonb4ll
Hello everyone!
I recently started developing [https://ploi.io](https://ploi.io), my
intentions when I started it was pure for private use. But colleague
developers noticed it and we're very enthusiastic about the pro... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Agencies, how do you host multiple client websites? - codegeek
If you serve multiple clients and help them setup their own website but you provide the hosting, how do you usually do it ? Do you get one big dedicated server with big specs OR you get individual VPS for each client ? The cost is one factor but th... | {
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} |
Google announces ban on "multi-purpose" Chrome extensions - cpeterso
http://www.zdnet.com/google-announces-ban-on-multi-purpose-chrome-extensions-7000024566/
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OzzyOzbour
The Ban Calendar
July 20, 2012 - First step to ban plugins. NPAPI plug-ins in Windows 8 Metro
mode
October 31, 2012 - 2nd step to ban plugins... | {
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} |
Chrome's HTTP/2 GREASE experiment results - pimterry
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg/2020JulSep/0202.html
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pimterry
For the unfamiliar, GREASE is a technique originally developed for TLS, to
ensure that clients & servers correctly handle unexpected & unusual (but
valid) inputs, and thereby that... | {
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} |
West Virginia’s Supreme Court Impeachment Crisis - smacktoward
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/10/west-virginia-supreme-court-impeachment-constitutional-crisis.html
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ConceitedCode
This was much easier for me to follow / less politically divisive.
[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-
mix/wp/201... | {
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} |
Show HN: Focusd – A Calm RSS Reader - turn your feeds into a daily digest - BrunoBernardino
https://focusd.co
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BrunoBernardino
For over a year I've been reading articles from RSS feeds once a day, and now
I'm making it possible and easy for anyone to do that as well.
Here's a bit more info about why I built it:... | {
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} |
4.2 Kiloyear Event - smacktoward
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4.2_kiloyear_event
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flixic
Naming things is hard.
Current name is relative to current date because it talks about an event 4200
years ago. Any literature discussing this will be stuck with this relative
name and eventually will become incorrect.
I ... | {
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} |
Radical Swiss financial reform campaign faces defeat - mikehotel
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-vote-sovereign/swiss-vote-on-whether-to-introduce-real-money-plan-idUSKBN1J60C0
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codeflo
I wonder about the translation, is "real money" an accepted economic term for
this concept? Because "Voll" as a prefix... | {
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} |
Verizon sends invitation, 'Net flies into iPhone flurry - cosgroveb
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/01/verizon-sends-event-invitation-net-flies-into-verizon-iphone-flurry.ars
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ajg1977
Attendees with existing iPhone's may wish to rely on other means of being
woken in time.
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ilmare
Announcing CDMA ... | {
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Ask HN: Is there academic research on the effectiveness of estimation in scrum? - fjahr
It would be especially interesting to see results about improvement of accuracy over time.
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blcArmadillo
Not specific to scrum but I am reminded of a part from Peopleware:
"The most surprising part of the 1985 Jeffery-Lawren... | {
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} |
Microsoft Restores Deleted Technet and MSDN Blogs - userbinator
https://borncity.com/win/2019/04/21/microsoft-restores-deleted-technet-and-msdn-blogs/
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jiggawatts
Now if they could just clean up the widespread "duplicate comments" issue so I
won't get Deja Vu every time I read one of their blogs, that would be g... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Any love for a math website? - nobody271
I started this site a year ago (https://regressionbuddy.com). I am not particularly good at math but I found a guy who is and have him check my work.<p>The idea is it's a site with math practice problems. It's more for if you already know the math an... | {
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Google is DOS-ing itself - petervandijck
Google has a link to "helpouts" on it's homepage that's showing a 500 error<p>https://helpouts.google.com/home?utm_source=google_com&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=20131112
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Gepser
The link works for me
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Notify.me closing shop - Oct 4th - dongsheng
http://blog.notify.me/post/10800212423/notify-me-closing-shop-oct-4th
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dongsheng
I have been using notify.me for year, it notifies me new hackernews items,
what a pity to say farewell to it...
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Interface design at its best - Swype - themichael
http://www.designgeist.org/2008/09/interface-design-at-its-best---swype.html
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pedalpete
cool concept with the swyping, but isn't it time for something better than the
qwerty layout for this?
though my fingers have learned where to press on the keyboard, I don'... | {
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} |
Climate was hotter in Roman, medieval times than now - iProject
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/10/global_warming_undermined_by_study_of_climate_change/
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ramblerman
I'm not versed in climatology or environmental science, and frankly neither
are most people.
As such the issue of global warming really confus... | {
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} |
Show HN: Nordgigs – Freelance Projects for Developers in the Nordics - ahmaman
https://nordgigs.com
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ahmaman
Hello!
Today I am launching my new project Nordgigs.
Idea: A projects match-making service for freelance IT professionals in the
Nordics.
I would love to hear your feedback! If you are a freelancer, I ... | {
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} |
Amazon Q3 earnings - gshakir
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/26/amazon-earnings-q3-2017.html
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gshakir
Press release here:
[http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=97664&p=irol-
new...](http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=97664&p=irol-
newsArticle&ID=2311817)
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Which Android phone would you buy and why? - sibilsalim
Planning to buy an android phone, Which one would you recommend?
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stevoo
Well as pierrefar said it all comes to personal preferences.
I wanted a keyboard as well as my previous phone ( blackberry ) made my life a
lot easier as i come from a virtual keybo... | {
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} |
The Dark Side of Sleep Hygiene - nwignall
https://nickwignall.com/the-problem-with-sleep-hygiene/
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blastbeat
> By turning sleep into a life goal, we’ve paradoxically made it harder to
> simply fall asleep.
This is not my experience. My sleep improved tremendous since I started
optimizing for it. Sleep hygiene t... | {
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} |
Prestigious Science Journals Struggle to Reach Even Average Reliability - pjf
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00037/full
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Vinnl
Unfortunately, the main reason these journals get used is not because they are
better at selecting reliability, but because they provide authors with the
credent... | {
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} |
Kicking off Stripe’s private beta in India - rahulshiv
https://stripe.com/blog/india-private-beta
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git-pull
By the way, stripe has a cool new project, "stripe-mock":
[https://github.com/stripe/stripe-mock](https://github.com/stripe/stripe-mock)
It lets you run a local stripe API on your machine. I've got high h... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Butternotes – site for exploring music theory - dizzystar
https://www.butternotes.com/
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dizzystar
Hi;
This is a site I've been working on over the past 2 weeks or so. I have a lot
of work to do on it still, but wanted to get some feedback on what I have so
far. I plan to add about every scale I can fin... | {
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} |
An analysis of results from 23andme - bbgm
http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/23andme-yes-me-part-3/
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carbocation
The use of GWAS data to infer global ancestry is quite entertaining, and I'm
glad that the author shared so much about 23andme's results with us.
Still, I have the urge to mention this ever... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Culture Clash - cwan
http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/19/culture-clash/
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googoobaby
She of course is "putting more emphasis on colleges, grades and testing for
hires". Because that makes so much difference.
| {
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} |
Is Lightroom still best for processing raws? - stealthmodeclan
Can open source community beat Adobe on processing raws? What alternatives exist which outshine lightroom?
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hayitsbacon
I'm a fan of Darktable[1] for processing RAW files. It seems to have more
granular catagories for sorting images, and more image c... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Teamsters Tell UPS: No Drones or Driverless Trucks - poster123
https://www.wsj.com/articles/teamsters-tell-ups-no-drones-or-driverless-trucks-1516795200
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natosaichek
Buggy whip makers tell buggy mfgs "No motors, no batteries, no gasoline"
Seriously, do the teamsters not realize that if they cripple UPS's abilit... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Did anyone notice GitHub removed project search from index page? - dragonsh
It was strange today when went to GitHub, found they removed project search from home page. Now the front page wants you to register. To go to search need to go to explicit url. Is it only me or others also have the same feeling that G... | {
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} |
Strlen(buf) – Not as simple as you’d think - halayli
https://medium.com/late-night-programming/29eb94f8441f
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tqh
Kind of similar to the one I wrote for Haiku: [http://cgit.haiku-
os.org/haiku/tree/src/system/libroot/posix...](http://cgit.haiku-
os.org/haiku/tree/src/system/libroot/posix/string/strlen.cpp) Make... | {
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} |
The Only Design Pattern Is Small Solutions - jsankey
http://programmaticallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2010/06/only-design-pattern-is-small-solutions.html
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zb
The TED talk he links to is definitely worth watching.
[http://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_sweat_the_small_stu...](http://www.ted.com/talks/rory_suthe... | {
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} |
How to have your /blog hosted on a different IP - Bradosaur
http://swish.com/blog/2013/02/09/how-to-have-blog-on-different-ip/
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lucisferre
I've heard conflicting stories lately on whether on not the subdomain vs path
issue still impacts SEO with Google. Can anyone with some knowledge shed some
light on this.
... | {
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} |
Eating Leafy Greens Each Day Tied to Sharper Memory, Slower Decline - dpflan
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/05/582715067/eating-leafy-greens-daily-may-help-keep-minds-sharp
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conwy
Nothing like chopped & steamed spring greens topped with west indian hot
sauce, a little mayo and some pepper. Mmm... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Finding a good open source component to use in your project - senko
http://goodcode.io/articles/using-open-source/
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collyw
One thing I have noticed is that the general quality of Python / Django
libraries, seems way higher than JavaScript ones. Likewise with Perl in the
past.
| {
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C.E.O. Of Backpage.com, Known for Escort Ads, Is Charged with Pimping a Minor - themgt
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/us/carl-ferrer-backpage-ceo-is-arrested.html
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maerF0x0
Of course they dont mention that this all could have been avoided by
legalization of the industry and registration of the workers (and ma... | {
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} |
The Geopolitics of American Fear - handedness
https://zeihan.com/the-geopolitics-of-american-fear/
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axguscbklp
Zeihan is an interesting counterweight to the "America is a declining empire"
crowd of analysts, but IMO he goes too far in the other direction even while
he makes some good points. This article doesn't... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Forebrain for the World Mind (W. Danny Hillis) - DaniFong
http://www.edge.org/q2009/q09_12.html#hillis
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bayareaguy
Of these I found Sam Harris's "True Lie Detection" essay to be the most
intriguing.
| {
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} |
You Will Not Be The Next Silicon Valley, Please Stop Trying - mirceagoia
http://pandodaily.com/2012/02/11/you-will-not-be-the-next-silicon-valley-please-stop-trying/
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kevs
I have to say, I found this article overly negative. Newry isn't a good host
to startups because 10 years ago their population was 30k and ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What is your strategy for obtaining clean drinking water? - throwawayaaa
I live in an area with questionable water supply that was also recently highlighted by some news outlets as being pretty poor.<p>I am exploring what avenues I have for getting clean water and I want to know what HN does for this (if anyth... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
GCHQ head says tech firms 'in denial' on terrorism - smackay
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29891285
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iandanforth
In other news, people use their mouths to express ideas which GCHQ objects to.
Mouths said to be "in denial."
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AlyssaRowan
Privacy activists say GCHQ 'in denial' about mass surveillance. :)
(Se... | {
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} |
New Solar Plane Takes First Test Flight - plane
http://techknownet.info/New-solar-plane-takes-first-test-flight
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RiderOfGiraffes
See also:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=974963>
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=975205>
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Ask HN: Is ~O(1) good for a prime factorization algorithm? - poletopole
I've been playing around with a few models of mine related the zeta function and number theory trying to prove a theorem I've been working on since August. A few days ago I made an unexpected breakthrough on a new model that proved my th... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How do I get my team to write better code? - kamakazizuru
I'm leading a team of programmers - not all of whom I had a say in choosing. They're generally a smart lot when it comes to understanding the algorithmic & functional logic - but make beginner level mistakes like hardcoding thigns, naming ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Amazon “automated machine” punctures bear spray can, 24 employees hospitalized - shawndumas
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/12/amazon-automated-machine-punctures-bear-spray-can-24-employees-hospitalized/
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Bucephalus355
Can’t find the article, but there was a case a few years ago where a Chine... | {
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} |
Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis - cityzen
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html#click=https://t.co/m0poTQLAqI
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nrook
dupe
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18453958](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18453958)
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Date an Entrepreneur - jeffchuber
http://blog.knowitapp.com/date-an-entrepreneur/
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davmar
this made me a bit sick to my stomach. as i'm sure the original would as well.
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A Theory Of Productive Spaces - shepbook
http://liberumvir.com/2012/05/13/theory-of-productive-spaces.html
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brudgers
Spaces are most productive when there is interesting meaningful work to be
performed and better locations for engaging in distracting behaviors.
The library doesn't work because of its configur... | {
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} |
FTC issues disclosure guidelines for social media influencers [pdf] - rahidz
https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/plain-language/1001a-influencer-guide-508_1.pdf
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Keverw
A lot of this seems common senses but “⊲ Keep in mind that tags, likes, pins,
and similar ways of showing you like a brand or product are... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Favorite Languages And Frameworks And Why - danenania
Be partial, be biased, wave the pom poms. What features absolutely rock about your favorite tools and make others look primitive by comparison? Bonus points for obscure choices :)
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clyfe
I do webdev.
Ruby192 Rails3
CoffeeScript Backbone.js jQuery ... | {
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} |
Use Multiple Google Accounts in One Browser - oliveoil
http://gigaom.com/2010/07/14/finally-use-multiple-google-accounts-in-one-browser/
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mooism2
I found out last week that using incognito private browsing mode in Chrome
(and I assume in other browsers too) I can log in to Google, Twitter, etc,
without logging... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What company/companies would you acquire and why? - max_
Imagine you were heading a large, successful American tech company based in san Francisco, and you wanted to make an acquisition.<p>What company/companies would you acquire and why?
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DiabloD3
Apple.
I think with the right leadership, they co... | {
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} |
100-year-old watch ring found in undisturbed 400-year-old Ming Dynasty tomb - markbao
http://holy-web.blogspot.com/2008/12/archeologist-joked-saying-whoever.html
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tjic
Professionalism among time travellers has gone downhill since the Temporal
Cops got unionized and stopped doing their jobs in 6700 A.D….
| {
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The Future Of Television Isn’t About the Hardware - fcukdigg
http://www.macgasm.net/2013/05/29/the-future-of-television-isnt-about-the-hardware/
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finalbroadcast
Apple isn't going to solve this problem more than anyone else looking to
change the balance of power, unless the big distribution companies get their
... | {
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} |
Intermediate certificate used for issuance of Comodo certs has expired - crypt1d
https://www.tbs-certificates.co.uk/FAQ/en/USER-Trust-RSA-Certification-Authority.html
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crypt1d
This is a 20-year old intermediate cert that just expired. I suspect lots of
big registars like Gandi use it. We've only noticed after so... | {
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} |
An actual pronunciation dictionary: words pronounced by native speakers - seesawtron
https://forvo.com/
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bradknowles
So, the top two words on the list right now are “gyro” and “gif”.
The problem with trusting anyone’s pronunciation of the former is that the
word actually comes to English from the Greek language... | {
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} |
Graph Façade API Over Relational Data - agilevic
http://www.slashdb.com/2015/08/26/graph-facade-api-over-relational-data/
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agilevic
Read the article and tell me what you think.
| {
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} |
Yahoo GeoCities: 11 days to go until it closes... - jacquesm
http://geocities.yahoo.com/
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jacquesm
If you have favorite content bookmarked on there then now would be a good time
to make a copy.
| {
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} |
The CUE Data Constraint Language - devj
https://github.com/cuelang/cue
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justicezyx
Huge congrats to mpvl@ for the final release of CUE on github.
mpvl@ is the main author of borgcfg and one of the two designers of BCL (borg
config language). I was maintaining borgcfg 2017-2019, and naturally had
occasions to ch... | {
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} |
Danger of Whatsap - edmilsonlirico
https://noticiaswebs.com/cu%C3%A1les-son-las-estafas-m%C3%A1s-comunes-en-whatsapp-y-c%C3%B3mo-protegerse-1528
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Molly555
Well of course this application is dangerous. Without a doubt, it is subject
to hacker attacks, despite the claimed end-to-end encryption technology.
Obviousl... | {
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} |
Why Van Halen's tour contract had a "no brown M&M's" clause - magsafe
http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/vanhalen.asp
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Monkeyget
It reminds me of the orange juice test. You organize an annual convention for
hundreds of people.
You tell the banquet manager of the hotel you are considering that the morning
break... | {
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} |
Swedish Programmer Hacks iPhone - ibsathish
http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.546965/swedish-programmer-hacks-iphone
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zimpenfish
That's just sending operator SMS, it's not hacking.
| {
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} |
A Git user's first (and hopefully last) foray into SVN-land - ColinWright
http://blog.ram.rachum.com/post/9583964892/a-git-users-first-and-hopefully-last-foray-into
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mianos
[http://svnbook.red-
bean.com/en/1.7/svn.branchmerge.basicmerg...](http://svnbook.red-
bean.com/en/1.7/svn.branchmerge.basicmerging.html)
| {
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Ask HN: Is there any semantic search developed on top of Algolia? - agusgun
Is there any project that uses BERT to improve the search relevance of the Algolia search engine?
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dustincoates
(I'm on the team at Algolia that works on NLU and semantic search.)
I don't know of any community projects using BERT atop A... | {
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} |
Is your B2B startup New Enterprise or Old Enterprise? - brandonb
http://brandonb.cc/is-your-b2b-startup-new-enterprise-or-old-enterprise
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mindcrime
Our products are Open Source, but I think we're still more "old enterprise"
than "new enterprise" by the model presented early in the article. Yes, a
single indivi... | {
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} |
Planck is a ClojureScript REPL and script execution environment - jballanc
http://blog.fikesfarm.com/posts/2015-08-22-planck-works.html
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rcarmo
This is pretty neat, and I hope it will get networking support soon. I've also
been keeping track of the NodeJS "equivalents", and am looking forward to
being able to ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Making guns and robots from scrap metal - error
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/06/2011614133151319133.html
it seems that inovation comes when need calls for it.
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noonespecial
This is the actual link that the poster was aiming at.
[http://english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011/06/2011614112...]... | {
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} |
How to save money running a startup - knightinblue
http://calacanis.com/2008/03/07/how-to-save-money-running-a-startup-17-really-good-tips/
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mhd
This list really started on a weird note. First of all, are there any small
startups (in the tech sector) that immediately hire a big I.T. department? And
whhich I.T.... | {
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} |
Evolution of the x86 context switch in Linux (2018) - metabagel
https://www.maizure.org/projects/evolution_x86_context_switch_linux/index.html
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dang
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18990444](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18990444)
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What does it mean for light to be stopped or stored? - ColinWright
http://www.askamathematician.com/2013/07/q-what-does-it-mean-for-light-to-be-stopped-or-stored/
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KennyCason
I think that was the easiest to understand/intro to quantam information
handling that I have read.
I also enjoyed how they went from: Hei... | {
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} |
What Exactly Am I Doing Here At Uncrunched? - sahillavingia
http://uncrunched.com/2011/09/25/what-exactly-is-uncrunched/
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joshes
>I know a lot of you don’t understand why I can’t disclose all conflicts of
interest. The answer is that if I did, not that many people would want to talk
to me in the direct, honest... | {
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Ask HN: If you were in charge of yahoo, what would you do? - niccolop
Curious to hear what people would do, everyone is doubting Carol Bartz, probably rightly. What about an acquisition? Or change of CEO?
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gasull
Focus on a few successful products. And focus on adding value.
A long time ago Yahoo was what now... | {
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Keepod: Can a $7 stick provide billions computer access? - almost
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27346567
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trurl42
So this time it's based on Android? That seems like a bad choice if you wanted
to provide the people with access to true general purpose computing.
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TazeTSchnitzel
The desktop reminds me of ... | {
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Would someone please ask the Apple Numbers team to fix slanted headers? - niels_olson
https://discussions.apple.com/message/20547908#20547908
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niels_olson
For years people have been hacking their way to slanted headers in Numbers.
This sort of works if you're a graphic artist, but completely fails if you're
a ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Dyson sphere - jakebian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere
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michaelpinto
Back in the day I was member of the L5 Society and SSI, and of course I'd
assume that by the year 2015 i'd be living in a O'Neill cylinder:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Neill_cylinder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Neil... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask YC: Built a great social media site, but need a recommendation engine. Any ideas? - grag
I've developed a website / Firefox toolbar that allows people to surf the web by topic or within specific domains. I think it has huge potential and that I'm on to something big here, but its usefulness relies on having a po... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Generate self-signed x509 certificates valid for multiple URLs/IPs - tiyema
https://github.com/frntn/x509-san
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diafygi
This can be a one-liner in openssl:
openssl req -new -sha256 -x509 -days 365 -newkey RSA:4096 -nodes -keyout domain.key -subj "/CN=example.com" -reqexts SAN -config <(cat /e... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The ultimate iPad email client? The endless search. - yhuhytvh
Why has no-one created this? I know Sparrow for iPad is on its way, and no doubt it will be pretty good. I was just wondering why the limited take up to the challenge, just in case I'd missed anything.<p>I assume the risk if Apple rejecting the app is al... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why AM and Eurisko Appear to Work (1983) [pdf] - tonyg
http://aaaipress.org/Papers/AAAI/1983/AAAI83-059.pdf
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beagle3
Eurisko is definitely part of CS and hacker folklore - but it is not really
science. It wasn't reproduced (or for that matter, produced again by Lenat) -
it's not clear, out of the described Eur... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
'Why I am not canceling class tomorrow' - ramnikarora
http://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/just-in/2013-11-21/cal-lecturers-email-students-goes-viral-why-i-am-not
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jmduke
This is incredible, and I'm happy to have read it. The whole thing is worth
closing out of a few BuzzFeed tabs for, but the ending... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Librem Mini: A mini-PC that puts freedom, privacy and security first - spking
https://puri.sm/products/librem-mini/
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hajile
They need to put a Ryzen 4800h or U if they want to interest me. I've owned a
couple Intel NUCs and the GPU performance just sucks too much.
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dangus
A nitpick: The Mac mini doesn’t h... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Superlinear cities - bootload
http://blog.longnow.org/2011/07/26/geoffrey-b-west-%E2%80%9Cwhy-cities-keep-on-growing-corporations-always-die-and-life-gets-faster%E2%80%9D/
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groby_b
"Cities routinely survive even nuclear bombs" - I pretty much stopped reading
at that point. They might have survived them, but re... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
I just launched a site with hardly any features - swGooF
http://tumblr.swgoof.com/post/13952498570/launch-hardly-any-features
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eggbrain
No one will like a site without a few more of those features your site doesn't
have. There's the old phrase "it's whats on the inside that counts", but with
first impressions,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Raw SQL Backups on Heroku - perezd
http://blog.derekperez.com/post/453472206/sql-backups-for-heroku
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0nly1ife
Is this solution better than using RDS?
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perezd
Its not really the same...this is just a useful tool for backing up your
locally stored database to S3. Its not a replacement database.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Stanford Researchers Find Connecting Metadata With User Names is Simple - zellio
https://threatpost.com/stanford-researchers-find-connecting-metadata-with-user-names-is-simple/103272
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alexdevkar
Interesting research that seems directionally true, but I wonder if this
overstates the case. The sample set is people... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Copy texts to clipboard via pure javascript? - coodoo
It's 2013, is there a way to Copy texts to clipboard via pure javascript ? meaning without flash, targeting iOS devices, thanks.
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mxxx
There's a working draft for an html5 clipboard API but as far as I'm aware
it's yet to be implemented in any brows... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Sorry, Apple: This screen protector cuts out blue light and keeps display color - samslack
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/ocushield-blue-light-reducer/
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briandear
Screen protectors? People still use those? Serious question. I find screen
protectors, no matter how good they are don't have the same tactile pr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
ARrgh: a newcomer's angry guide to R (2013) - nkurz
http://tim-smith.us/arrgh/index.html
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nkrumm
I gave up on R long ago. On python, pandas, numpy, scipy, scikit-learn and
statsmodels are often enough to replace basic R functionality. In the case of
needing an actual R package, I've found it's almost always wort... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
PayPal Launches Simpler, Mobile APIs And More - k-i-m
http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/08/paypal-separates-developer-platform-from-x-commerce-launches-simpler-mobile-apis-and-more
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k-i-m
Other than improving their API, PayPal should really join this:
<http://www.portabilitystandard.org/> but maybe they're too afr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Operating System Support for Persistent and Recoverable Computations (1996) [pdf] - vezzy-fnord
http://www-systems.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/gh/pub/gh-15.pdf
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nickpsecurity
Interesting architecture. This structuring might fit well with clouds given
that some container tricks resemble it. Adding capability controls are... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Marketer rakes £25k Profit I'm So Jealous I'm Giving Up Developing Apps - HNer
http://startupcrunch.org/online_marketer_rakes_25k_profit_in_under_3_months_selling_info_videos_im_so_jealous_im_giving_up_developing_apps
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metachris
Well, the online marketer in question does solve a real problem for _a lot_ of
com... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Metrics for Start-Up - Sato
http://blog.kissmetrics.com/9-metrics/
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chris_dcosta
This is great. Actually I think it says more than how to measure your startup.
I think it says what are the important factors in your business. What you
should be concentrating on doing as a startup.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
FBI announces review of 2,000 cases featuring hair samples - 1337biz
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/07/18/197069/fbi-announces-review-of-2000-cases.html
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dangero
How many times do things like this have to happen before we decide to stop
using the death penalty in the US?
~~~
Taylorious
Someone innocent being... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Nvidia sucks and I'm sick of it - azdle
https://sircmpwn.github.io/2017/10/26/Fuck-you-nvidia.html
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ShakataGaNai
Nvidia hates _everyone_. They force Windows users to sign up for an account
and sign in to the "Geforce Experience" (and application installed on the
users machine)... just to update the users own dri... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Forest, the Trees, and the Bag Fees - blasdel
http://joe.biztravelife.com/09/042309.html
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holdenk
I could be wrong, but from looking at the authors data, and the writing, it
seems as if the author is "massage" his interpretation of the data to fit his
hypothesis (which could very well be valid). The autho... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apple's response to Spotify's complaints - j2bax
http://www.macrumors.com/2016/07/01/apple-spotify-app-rejection-half-truths-rumors/
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runesoerensen
The BuzzFeed story was submitted earlier today, discussion here:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12017819](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12017819)
~~~
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Donald Kennedy, Stanford's eighth president, dead at 88 from COVID - theBashShell
https://news.stanford.edu/2020/04/21/donald-kennedy-stanfords-eighth-president-dead-88/
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drallison
Stanford University has been blessed by a continuing string of outstanding
presidents. Don Kennedy was an outstanding educator and p... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask YC: What Are Your Biggest Marketing/PR Problems As A Startup? - nathanburke
I am curious: what are your biggest PR/Marketing problems as a startup? Is it getting noticed? Getting coverage? Differentiation? What problems are startups having when it comes to marketing?
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critke
Good question. I sent emails on <... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Fukushima Radiation Reached US West Coast Contaminating Fishes - benhomie
http://www.turnerradionetwork.com/news/232-pat
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adaml_623
If you google search on the very first image in that article you will find it
is from a forum post in 2009 2 years prior to Fukushima[1].
If you believe an article like that then... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Teaching kids in Mexico to code - pablasso
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2014/11/04/bismarck-lepe-mexico-diversity-coding/18465591/
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johnparkerg
Being the CEO of a (Mexican) startup and having a daughter there is nothing I
could value more than kids learning how to code as soon as possible. So m... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: It took me 6 months to write my iOS word game app..am I still a hacker? - beeeph
http://quotiac.com
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beeeph
I get so embarrassed when I see a "Show HN: My Weekend iOS App" because of how
long it took me to build this simple word game, but it really is pretty full-
featured app, and it has a multiplaye... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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