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There is no evil like reCAPTCHA - eitland
https://thestoic.me/there-is-no-evil-like-recaptcha
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elehack
Google did not create reCAPTCHA. They bought it; it was started by Luis von
Ahn, who went on to create Duolingo.
When reCAPTCHA was created, the alternative was CAPTCHA, which tried to impede
bots but did not ... | {
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How to Be a Libertarian in a Pandemic - Tiggers
https://arcdigital.media/how-to-be-a-libertarian-in-a-pandemic-414b28c11eca
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microcolonel
Right off the bat, the concept that the response to the pandemic is "largely
state-powered" is mistaken.
Private voluntary action is the primary basis of the response, the st... | {
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The #1 paid app in the Google Playstore "Virus Shield" is a complete scam - anon1385
http://freedomhacker.net/2014-04-1-paid-app-in-google-play-store-virus-shield-is-a-complete-scam/
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anon1385
I'm aware that this is a blogspammy submission but HN won't let me submit the
original
([https://news.ycombinator.com/... | {
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Ask HN: Is the Turing Test still the gold standard of AI? - TekMol
With all the stuff that is going on in AI land recently, I hear little about the turing test and advances in conquering it.<p>Is it still the gold standard to measure if we "have made it"?
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gus_massa
Nobody have a good definition of int... | {
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Ask HN: Server Infrastructure recommendations for a PHP app - mwumva
What would you recommend as a good server infrastructure recommendation for a PHP web application running on CodeIgniter and MySQL?<p>For an application with the traffic and size of, maybe, twitter?
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debacle
For an application with the traffi... | {
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Captain Crunch Interviewed in 1995 - mind_heist
http://www.barbalet.net/crunch/
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mind_heist
Hmm .. I read through this article and Captain Crunch says Australia is a
Hackers Haven ? Why is it so ? ... I remember seeing something very similar in
the documentary about Julian Assange too , about underground hacke... | {
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The Three-Mile Rule: Why Proximity Matters More Than Experience in Hiring - scedast
http://resources.workpop.com/three-mile-rule-proximity-matters-experience-hiring/
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stephenr
Despite technical advances that mitigate many barriers, most office drone
managers still don't take "work remotely" seriously.
Big fucki... | {
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Show HN: Barnacl.es, a community news site for never-funded bootstrappers - Harkins
https://barnacl.es/s/8skxre/welcome_to_barnacles
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junko
This is super refreshing! I really hope that this community lasts. For me,
even though I passionately believe in my project, the biggest problem is that
I can't motivate mys... | {
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Why Desktop Linux Still Matters - axiomdata316
https://www.howtogeek.com/676963/why-desktop-linux-still-matters/
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devenblake
It's staggering the amount of things I can do on Linux. One basic feature that
I can't believe isn't on macOS or Windows is in Xfce, where I can right-click
a window titlebar and put it al... | {
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Conceptual metaphor - andreyf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptual_metaphor
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abhiyerra
I took Lakoff's class on this last semester. It's quite cool stuff as it gives
an understanding of how we think.
Check out these books if you are interesting. We used the first as our
textbook. (His writing is like his t... | {
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Snowden accepts Venezuela's asylum offer - callum85
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/316731/news/world/snowden-agrees-to-asylum-in-venezuela-top-russian-lawmaker
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Libertatea
The story is inaccurate. I tried submitting the link but HN won't allow me.
See here: [http://rt.com/news/snowden-venezuela-asylum-
r... | {
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When Pirates Studied Euclid - Thevet
https://aeon.co/essays/how-european-sailors-learned-celestial-navigation
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lgeorget
A wonderfully written article, very instructive and enjoyable to read. It's
fun to see how a lot of things never really changes, like the teachers trying
to sell their own textbooks, teaching f... | {
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Will people like your game if it's ugly? - handlingelect
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/hwmmbr/people_wont_like_your_game_if_its_ugly/
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eindiran
Dwarf Fortress, as mentioend in one of the comments, is a big counterexample.
Other older ASCII art games that remain popular fall into this bin as well
(Net... | {
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Google trends: Facebook - dgudkov
http://www.google.com/trends/?q=facebook
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Andi
Even better
[http://www.google.com/trends/?q=facebook,+google&ctab=0&...](http://www.google.com/trends/?q=facebook,+google&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0)
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zissou
Why? This makes perfect sense. Who Google's Google?
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Joe... | {
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Twitter Offers Metered Pricing for Firehose of Tweets - yarapavan
http://networkeffect.allthingsd.com/20110202/twitter-offers-metered-pricing-for-firehose-of-tweets/
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allantyoung
This should really read "Gnip offers metered pricing for firehouse of tweets"
This is welcome news. Aside from search engines, no o... | {
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Startups: Hold on for one more day - trotzke
http://www.slideshare.net/trotzke/startups-in-the-downturn-ignite-bloomington
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lallysingh
In case it's not already playing in your head:
Wilson Phillips: Hold On
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDwcDYth6gg>
(tee hee)
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nostrademons
Better video:
[http://www.yo... | {
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AngularJS + Cloud Endpoints: A Recipe for Building Modern Web Applications - novaleaf
https://cloud.google.com/resources/articles/angularjs-cloud-endpoints-recipe-for-building-modern-web-applications
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cnbeuiwx
Its modern to store your data at NSA?
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Companies made millions building unemployment websites that didn’t work - dccoolgai
https://themarkup.org/coronavirus/2020/07/16/unemployment-benefits-website-failures-deloitte-ibm
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cosmotic
Although they aren't mentioned in the article, it seems like a pretty similar
story: I worked for Accenture and they cared... | {
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Wealth Distribution Fallacy - intenex
http://benyu.org/wealth-inequality-distribution-fallacy
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logical42
Funny, the fallacy that popped into my head while reading this wasn't wealth
distribution, but rather false dilemma.
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lutusp
The author of this article completely misses the only important issue with... | {
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Startup Quote: Aza Raskin, co-founder, Massive Health - raychancc
http://startupquote.com/post/6063336041
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raychancc
Every time you make the user make a decision they don’t care about, you have
failed as a designer.
\- Aza Raskin (@azaaza)
<http://startupquote.com/post/6063336041>
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'Pwnagotchi' Is the Open Source Handheld That Eats Wi-Fi Handshakes - aukiman
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xwekw4/pwnagotchi-is-the-open-source-handheld-that-eats-wi-fi-handshakes
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mikece
"The underlying technology and what it does is not new, and there’s nothing
illegal about it."
Could someone explain h... | {
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Ask HN: How do MOOCs compare from an instructor perspective? - bigtunacan
There are so many options in the MOOC space with Lynda, Coursera, Pluralsight, Udemy, Udacity, and so many others I'm probably not aware of.<p>I've been thinking for awhile about putting together some classes to submit to one of thes... | {
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How to solve a song with math, Seattle Ignite - kluivers
http://igniteshow.com/videos/how-solve-song-math-ep-85
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tfechter
Here's a song based on the Fibonocci sequence:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS7CZIJVxFY>
Awesomely nerdy...
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kluivers
Nice one
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Bill of Rights – How Startup Employees Often Get Screwed - atishd
https://equityzen.com/blog/startup-employee-bill-of-rights/
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paulhauggis
"The right of the employee to earn the full value of his or her grant shall
not be limited by unreasonable vesting terms."
The problem with statements like this is that "u... | {
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Sometimes I wish people would just shut up about the whole women in technology thing. - jlees
http://www.trendpreneur.com/startups/women-in-tech-stop-making-us-into-three-headed-monkeys/
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swolchok
Men "won't concede that I could beat them at Halo or CS any day" either.
(EDIT: I meant that men won't concede that ... | {
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Everything Wrong with the F-35: Fighter’s developers have a lot to answer for - dpflan
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/everything-wrong-with-the-f-35-3b62e8b3b432
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dpflan
More details about the F-35, related post:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9803043](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9803043)
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Ask HN: HN blocked today by a major .gov; your thoughts? - kmt
Reportedly, a large US government institution blocked the access to news.ycombinator.com today.<p>Apparently, the HN site was identified as either a security threat or inappropriate for the government.<p>Does anyone know anything about it? What are your... | {
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GCHQ taps fiber cables for secret access to world's communications. - teawithcarl
http://m.guardiannews.com/uk/2013/jun/21/gchq-cables-secret-world-communications-nsa
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teawithcarl
This is what I thought all along.
A) Access is MUCH broader than just tapping Google, FB, MSFT, etc. Access is
at the far broader... | {
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Texas Couple Exonerated 25 Years After Being Convicted - rrauenza
https://theintercept.com/2017/06/20/texas-couple-exonerated-25-years-after-being-convicted-of-lurid-crimes-that-never-happened/
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wonderwonder
The number of people losing all or huge portions of their lives in prison is
terrifying. I don't claim to... | {
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Diffconflicts: A better Vimdiff Git mergetool - mzehrer
https://github.com/whiteinge/diffconflicts
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mzehrer
tl;dr: This converts a file containing conflict markers into a two-way diff.
Claims that tow-way diffs are the better choice.
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Where do all the bytes come from? - EddieRingle
https://medium.com/@duhroach/where-do-all-the-bytes-come-from-f51586690fd0
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larrik
I don't know, it's a bit like taking a screenshot of a text file, and
wondering why the screenshot is 64k and the text file is only 500 bytes (or
whatever).
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joezydeco
That's a _... | {
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Ask HN: Does your company have a BYOD strategy? - virtualmachine
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caw
Yes. The company (hint: the brand is on your computer) has 2 different BYOD
strategies.
The first is BYOM - Bring Your Own Mac. You pay for your own Mac, and they'll
give you the corporate Windows image on your choice of a VM or on the har... | {
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Apple’s privacy policies repel data scientists for ‘predictive’ smartphones - walterbell
https://thestack.com/cloud/2015/09/07/apples-privacy-policies-repel-the-data-scientists-it-needs-to-create-predictive-smartphones/
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teaneedz
Privacy trumps mining in my book.
| {
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Another Cloudflare Shortage? - gzimhelshani
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buildbuildbuild
Their status page shows no incidents just like last week, very disappointing
given this situation:
[https://i.imgur.com/qHBM2JW.png](https://i.imgur.com/qHBM2JW.png)
Twitter seems to be the most reliable status page for CF these days:
[https://twitter.... | {
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The sad state of language translation in Firefox - jeremiahlee
https://www.jeremiahlee.com/posts/page-translator-is-dead/
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dessant
The problematic aspect of this story is that users cannot add their private
extensions to the release version of Firefox, without having to hand over the
source code to Mozilla for s... | {
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Show HN: Autumn – A macOS window manager for (Type|Java)Script hackers - sephoric
https://sephware.com
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sephoric
Greetings fellow hackers! Author of Autumn here!
I've been writing Autumn on and off for a few months, because there's
something really satisfying and rewarding about automating something you do
ofte... | {
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2020: New Ideas in Programming - david927
This next Saturday at 10am at HanaHaus in Palo Alto, we'll have a special meeting of 2020 with two presentations.
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AnimalMuppet
It might be nice if you tell us what the two presentations are, or at least
who the two presenters are. (The link you supplied doesn't say... | {
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Help me test my open source budgeting web app - wintonius
https://sumapp.com
Okay, so its no Mint, but its perfect for people who think Mint is overkill or don't want to give a web app their bank information.<p>I made it for semi-computer illiterate people to manage a budget over email. So far it has changed my girlf... | {
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Ask HN: What code should I be looking at? - mixmax
I started programming some months ago (PHP and javascript) and have grasped the basics. The more I learn the more I realise that one of the most important things is to write well structured code.<p>Can you recommend some open source projects in PHP that are well wri... | {
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RethinkDB (YC S09): MySQL Storage Engine Built From The Ground Up For SSD - vaksel
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/28/yc-funded-rethinkdb-a-mysql-storage-engine-built-from-the-ground-up-for-ssds/
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edw519
Very interesting. I wish you great success.
Since your primary market will probably be developers, describ... | {
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Apache Fineract - nga_
https://github.com/apache/fineract
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mi_
Open source platform for financial inclusion
| {
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Aussie judge wants to see live BitTorrent demo - renai42
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Judge-wants-to-see-live-BitTorrent-demo/0,130061791,339298909,00.htm
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taitems
iiNet is pretty much the fall guy for this issue, as a vast array of other
ISPs provide a similar "look the other way" service a... | {
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Ask HN: Tips for Personal Software Developer Portfolio - Abispa
I am currently building my own online software developer portfolio. I was wondering if HN had any tips or advice for what to include, or possibly what features to include in the website that could make me stand out to potential employers. Anything is appr... | {
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Consultants shouldn't join client Slack channels - mrbbk
https://www.reifyworks.com/writing/2019-09-03-sorry-we-cant-join-your-slack
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davismwfl
I dealt with this as well and totally agree. My rule for the project teams was
to never join any chat or real-time communication solution outside of email
with a client.... | {
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Very basic HTTP implementation in Swift - huydotnet
https://github.com/huytd/swift-http
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Matthias247
Sorry - but sending a bunch of static bytes through a TCP socket without even
reading something from the input is not even a basic HTTP implementation.
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mpweiher
But, but, but...it's _in Swift_!!!!
It is the... | {
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Ask HN: How to add "Discuss this on HN" to a blog - sudonim
I'm in the process of setting up a new blog. I'd rather have the discussion all happen on hacker news rather than set up disqus or facebook comments.<p>I'm also not that interested in submitting all the articles myself. I'd rather just say to readers: "If y... | {
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The Mechanical Universe (1986) [video] - bocahrokok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtMmeAjQTXc
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nayuki
* These videos were produced in 1985 to 1986. Please change the title to reflect this. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mechanical_Universe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mechanical_Universe)
* The full... | {
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HopFS: Scaling hierarchical file system metadata using NewSQL databases - SirOibaf
https://blog.acolyer.org/2017/03/06/hopfs-scaling-hierarchical-file-system-metadata-using-newsql-databases/
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rwx------
Interesting approach. Google colossus file system also stores the metadata in
a high performance key value stor... | {
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Usability Analysis of Apple.com: Why is it so Good? - rlm
http://www.spoonfeddesign.com/usability-analysis-of-applecom-why-is-it-so-good
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unalone
Great analysis.
Back before I got a Mac, I'd go to Apple's web site just to look at all their
redesigned pages whenever something new came out. It was beautiful looki... | {
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Twitter’s Official Analytics Product Has Arrived - bjonathan
http://mashable.com/2010/11/17/twitter-analytics/
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robfitz
And the muffled gasp of ten thousand analytics startups dying is heard across
the valley.
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jbail
This could be considered bad timing for Crowdbooster. Or maybe not.
Does this deter othe... | {
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Ask HN: Where to get information about payment systems for developers? - tuyguntn
I want to get some knowledge in Finance for creating software products. Invoices, Invoice Lists, Payouts, Recurring payments and so on. Information on the internet is too dense and located in different places, we want to integrate paymen... | {
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Ask HN: What is the best Gmail client alternative? - bsvalley
Gmail.com totally sucks now since they've pushed the new UI to everyone (no revert back option). We all hate it, it's confusing, can't even find out if I have a new email because of the color/font/bold they use. Especially when you ... | {
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Show HN: SquawkBox: Viral Avian Marketing - hrs
http://squawkbox.io/
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chewxy
"Viral" and "Avian" don't go well together -___-
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liamgooding
All I want to know with my marketing budget is whats the CPM?
Cost Per Macaw
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kitwalker12
This is a prank right?
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DrScump
But, can they carry coconuts a... | {
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A Conversation with Michael Stonebraker and Margo Seltzer - fauigerzigerk
http://acmqueue.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=489
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davidw
Wow, good find, and a worthwhile read - he touches on everything from the past
and future of databases, programming languages to east vs west coast VCs.
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Carlos Ghosn's new life in exile - bookofjoe
https://www.wsj.com/articles/carlos-ghosns-new-life-in-exile-11582347707
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bookofjoe
[https://archive.is/vVmnI](https://archive.is/vVmnI)
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This Yacht Uses Only Solar Power, and It Has an “Unlimited Range” - Parbeyjr
https://futurism.com/this-yacht-uses-only-solar-power-and-it-has-an-unlimited-range/
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opk
I've seen a yacht that used only wind power and had unlimited range. :)
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Minecraft Dungeons - guessmyname
https://www.minecraftdungeons.net/
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guessmyname
Official Trailer →
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCbE47v1qVk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCbE47v1qVk)
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Ask HN: Resources for learning advanced JavaScript and React - CCing
What are the best resources for learn advanced js/es6/react ?<p>Something similar to "Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby"<p>Right now I'm a junior/mid js developer, but I want improve my skills/code/tests... | {
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How My $10,000 Gift Was Stolen from a Preschool’s Coinbase Account - mjmoore
https://medium.com/@mjm88833/how-my-10-000-gift-was-stolen-from-a-preschools-coinbase-account-fe6f49e1cf1a
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MBCook
So instead of just giving the preschool money, they were forced to deal with
something totally foreign to them. They had ... | {
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Eternity Wall: the public registry underneath Bitcoin - luck87
http://eternitywall.it/
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xenoky
Messages lasting forever!
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Biotech Company's Pig Vaccine Leads to New Alzheimer's Approach - todd8
https://www.bloombergquint.com/businessweek/united-neuroscience-s-alzheimer-vaccine-just-might-work#gs.vnXZjohD
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nonbel
>"The patients demonstrated improved brain function and showed a reduction in
the protein plaque gumming up their neurons... | {
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Chirp - It's like Square, only without the need for a square or a credit card. - christeso
http://sellsimp.ly/chirp
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timjahn
Ideas like this make me wonder "who had the need to pay somebody via Twitter?"
I honestly can't think of an instance where that would come up in my daily
life. How is this simpler than ... | {
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Why products are shutdown? The case of Verizon and Yahoo Groups - dijit
https://thehftguy.com/2019/12/10/why-products-are-shutdown-the-case-of-verizon-and-yahoo-groups/
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meerita
maintenance costs.
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What Will the Federal Government do with Hyperloop? - joeco
http://consumersresearch.org/?p=62
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anologwintermut
The standard answer to articles that ask a question in the title is no. Or in
this case nothing.
One of the reason's California's proposed high speed railway was so expensive
was the politics involv... | {
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What happens to all the old wind turbines? - Kaibeezy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51325101
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Invictus0
Why is it that the turbines can be turned into a bridge and a playground but
can't continue to be used? What is the failure mode for these things?
~~~
Retric
Spinning turbine blades are under significan... | {
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Why medical regulation is the problem not the solution - jedharris
http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/08/29/reverse-voxsplaining-drugs-vs-chairs/
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jedharris
Clear and tight. Contrasting example at the end is hilarious.
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I’ve given up using soap & shampoo forever - dchest
http://blog.seanbonner.com/2010/02/01/ive-given-up-using-soap/
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harry
I tried this when it made the HN rounds about a year ago. My results were over
about three months and my primary reason was to assist treating moderate
eczema. I stopped using all soap and sh... | {
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Facial Recognition Leads To False Arrest Of Black Man In Detroit - vermontdevil
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882683463/the-computer-got-it-wrong-how-facial-recognition-led-to-a-false-arrest-in-michig
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ibudiallo
Here is a part that I personally have to wrestle with:
> "They never even asked him any questions b... | {
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Chromebook (Exynos 5, 2GB) Takes Top Place In Laptop Sales On Amazon - 6ren
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Electronics-Laptop-Computers/zgbs/electronics/565108/
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samstave
My mom was recently diagnosed with cancer, shortly thereafter her house was
burgled and someone stole her laptop and phone.
I bought her ... | {
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The Fuzzball Fix for a Black Hole Paradox - r721
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20150623-fuzzballs-black-hole-firewalls/
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pottytalk
Great title. Terrible read.
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ccvannorman
TL;DR: We still don't understand black holes, and String Theory complicates
the possibility space.
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Aiming to Ease App Discovery, Apple Pairs With Pinterest - marban
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/12/apple-pairs-with-pinterest-for-better-app-discovery/?_r=0
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swombat
This is a major app store problem that a lot of developers, particularly indie
developers, have complained about, but Apple has seemingly i... | {
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} |
Are Audiobooks as Good for You as Reading? - nikolasavic
http://time.com/5388681/audiobooks-reading-books/
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simonsarris
Reading is good, but re-reading is _sublime._ If you think of reading a book
as something "good for you", the amount you gain on the second time around (in
what you commit to memory, and what y... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: A simple script to post the top HN stories to Discord - zimmund
https://github.com/elamperti/HackerNews2Discord
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zimmund
I mostly read the stories with high score (or comments), so with this script I
get notifications on Discord (via webhook) for new posts above a certain score
and it links to both the ... | {
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} |
DDNet for Mac, Windows, Linux, Web - def-
http://ddnet.tw/?
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def-
Some of the things about this game HN might appreciate:
\- Cross-Platform: Mac, Windows, Linux, Web (
[http://teewebs.net](http://teewebs.net) ), Android (spectating mostly):
[http://ddnet.tw/downloads/](http://ddnet.tw/downloads/)
\- Open Sou... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Netflix for audiobooks? - j_s
I own only a few movies since there are only a handful I'm even interested in seeing again. I usually watch movies and TV shows (once!) on various streaming services, including iTunes, Netflix, and Hulu.<p>Where are similarly priced streaming services for audio books? Here ... | {
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} |
Fist-sized 11M-to-1 gearbox - p4bl0
http://makezine.com/2015/07/08/bet-cant-find-use-11-million-1-gearbox/
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kcorbitt
The Space Needle's spinning top level is powered by a 1.5hp motor[1] at a gear
ratio of 360,000:1 [2]. It makes one complete rotation every 47 minutes.
[1]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Creativity is saving lives . . . - arrjun
http://www.art4meds.org
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arrjun
this is really an interesting concept, started by a bunch of ex-UN colleagues
based out of Geneva and DC.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How to get a startup job in SF as a non-technical guy - armenarmen
So, I recently graduated college with a BBA in Entrepreneurship and a BS in Economics. I want to get out to the Bay Area and get a job or internship at a startup.<p>Anyone have any advice on this? Anyone here done it themselves (as a non-tec... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Meet the World's Super Class: Why They Call the Shots - edw519
http://www.newsweek.com/id/130637/output/print
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aggieben
I find the conclusion bizarre...
There has always been a class of ruling super-elites. Always has, always will
be. Period.
The beauty of free-market capitalism (coupled with representative
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Beyond Heatmaps: Visualizing Eye Tracking Data - bkrausz
http://www.gazehawk.com/blog/beyond-heatmaps-visualizing-eye-tracking-data/
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ethank
If you are interested in eye tracking and HCI it's worth reading up on
saccades (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccade>) and eye tracking
(<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What's That Programming Language? - lambda_cube
http://wtpl.heroku.com
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jlarocco
That page is really hard to use. Some times the guessing works, some times it
doesn't. There's no feedback whether it's working or not. Hitting forfeit
brings up a red box that covers the input field and the forfeit button.
It woul... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
When is a URL shortener not a URL shortener? - pavel_lishin
http://qntm.org/twit
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jedberg
> Once it's fixed (I'll let them know about it tomorrow and I expect it'll be
> rectified in a day or two) I'll update this page, but until that time, try
> it for yourself.
Sadly, it will never be fixed. This is not a ... | {
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} |
Scheme from Scratch to be continued - namin
http://peter.michaux.ca/articles/scheme-from-scratch-royal-scheme-planning
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lukesandberg
I hadn't had this much fun programming since college, can't recommend this
enough
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mxyzptlk
If you like this type of stuff, check out the book "Lisp in Small Pieces".
| {
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} |
Windows 10’s new browser will have the most advanced features ever - vmarsy
http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/8/7516489/windows-10-new-browser-spartan-features
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makecheck
I wish that something like "organizing tabs" wasn't considered a browser
feature. I've always considered this a big misstep in UI; the OSes the... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How science failed during the Gulf oil disaster - evo_9
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/04/how-science-failed-during-the-gulf-oil-disaster.ars
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Tangurena
Missing from this article are all the scientists who took funding from BP in
exchange for silence. Those scientists betrayed science as well.
Sample:... | {
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} |
J: an alternative to cd that learns where you spend time - burke
http://github.com/rupa/j/tree
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calambrac
This is nice.
Kind of but not really in a similar vein: I have 'sd' aliased to a small
script that goes to the 'next interesting directory', where an 'interesting
directory' is one with a visible non-dire... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Myths of Starting Up, Busted here - rodinhood
http://rodinhood.com/7-myths-of-starting-up-busted-here
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bhavin
Went through the post..sorry for less than favorable response, but the whole
domain of "X myths/mistakes/learning of startup" seems to have been written to
death, its difficult to find any novelty ther... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Rethinking how the US grows beef - okket
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/12/making-us-agriculture-sustainable-cut-beef-eating-in-half/
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mc32
I wish they'd rethink the WEIRD initialism. Much of the growth in meat demand
from the US, AU, AR, BR, etc., is for satisfying demand from growing and
maturing economi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
In Search of the Best Continuous Deployment Service - dwalkr
https://forestry.io/blog/5-options-for-automating-your-software-deployments/
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pesimeao
What about vsts?
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why Startup Founders Happily Give Up 90% Of Their Companies - RougeFemme
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-founders-give-up-90-of-the-company-2014-5#ixzz31Kwaz8Fd
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paulhauggis
"Their investors know that founders are integral to the company, and they want
the founders to succeed."
You are always replaceable..... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Expressions are everything in L.A. Noire - hoag
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20031394-1.html?tag=TOCcarouselMain.0
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hoag
Just watch the two video clips included on the page. A first in history?
Realistic facial animation in a game. Wow. This is some truly remarkable
advancements in existing mocap tech.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tell HN: Reddit Is Down - sidkhanooja
Noticed it just now - earlier thought it might be a sudden block, but IIDRN (https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/reddit.com.html) shows Reddit as being down for ~25 minutes.
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Risse
It's standard maintenance:
[https://twitter.com/redditstatus/status/11314397616278... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Where do you go to follow blockchain and cryptocurrency news? - wenbo
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lettergram
I wrote my own application:
[https://projectpiglet.com/](https://projectpiglet.com/)
Essentially, I get real-time updates of news when it's relevant and none when
it's not.
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siamtheman
[http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks... | {
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} |
JavaScript: Warts and workarounds - fogus
http://matt.might.net/articles/javascript-warts/
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jashkenas
For the record, CoffeeScript tries to help ameliorate _all_ of these "warts".
* "Hoisting under the hood" -- Function declarations vs. function expressions don't get you into hoisting trouble, because there are... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Privilege escalation vulnerability on 64-bit Intel CPU hardware - HerrMonnezza
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/649219
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maayank
Sounds like the vulnerability is in the software (the hardware works as
specified): "Intel claims that this vulnerability is a software implementation
issue, as their processors are fun... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Everything that comes off an iPhone from the Signal app - Virtually nothing - thecryof
https://twitter.com/JZdziarski/status/702522136523624448
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thecryof
I now have a tad bit more confidence in the app.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: I just completed my small dream project and I am so proud of it Happy - botolo
http://www.everythinker.com
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botolo
I have been struggling with this project for a long time. I don't have coding
skills and I tried to develop this idea by working together with friends with
coding skills. This never worke... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Comparing the NYT op-ed to tweets from cabinet members - jpdus
https://github.com/mkearney/resist_oped/blob/master/README.md
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mjevans
It's interesting to show the VP and 45, but as their speeches and public
messages are probably mostly written BY the senior staff the correlation is
highly suspect.
Also, just be... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Every Linux screen locker bypassed with a keypress - Jonhoo
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/200
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tmhedberg
For Arch Linux users, a patch has already been applied [1] to the xkeyboard-
config package in [extra] this morning which corrects this issue by disabling
the problematic "debug keys" in the X keymap. U... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Blow Up the Web With ‘Font Bomb’ - stevewillensky
http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/07/blow-up-the-web-with-font-bomb/
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Freestyler_3
I wonder why this wont work for me :S
Opera browser (latest)
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} |
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