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The Worst Colleges in America - ksvs
http://www.radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2008/08/worst_colleges_in_america_2008_part_1_01.php
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gaius
I'm not sure that's a fair criticism of Hamburger U. Isn't it really just a
training facility for McDonald's managers? As far as I know a) it has no
pretensions of being a... | {
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Pancreatic Cancer - jamesbkel
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/
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carbocation
I don't want to get technical when the purpose of this article is clearly an
expression of our collective grief about the loss of Steve Jobs.
Suffice it to say that for academic interest, it's worth becoming familiar
with the difference... | {
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The New Economics of Semiconductor Manufacturing - prakash
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/print/6179
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rms
The Principles of the Toyota Production System (TPS reports):
(1) highly specify activities,
(2) clearly define the transfer of material and information,
(3) keep the pa... | {
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} |
Death claims singular "them" (2007) - drostie
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005176.html
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vorg
> the usefulness of they (and its forms them, their, and themselves) in
> situations where the sex of a singular referent is not determinable, known,
> or relevant
I think most would use "themse... | {
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The World Is Closer Than Ever to Eradicating Guinea Worm - dpflan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-world-is-closer-than-ever-to-eradicating-guinea-worm/2016/08/20/59d4a752-55bd-11e6-b7de-dfe509430c39_story.html
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enraged_camel
Going back to the conversations we've had in the Zika thread[... | {
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Compromise Bitcoin for just $1.2M - matt2000
http://matthall2000.tumblr.com/post/48520639291/can-the-bitcoin-blockchain-be-compromised-for-1-2m
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PaperclipTaken
This may seem cheap, but there are already many, many orders out there for
ASIC, and all of the factories are backed up. Butterfly Labs only recently
r... | {
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Ask HN: Can you help me search this particular job listing website? - zubinmehta
I am trying to find a job website that was posted on HN (not sure of the timeline).It had location filters on top. Locations were statewise for the US.<p>The killer feature was the no BS UI of the website.
The site looked very clean, whit... | {
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Twitter and the Internet War - dsr12
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/how-twitter-lost-the-internet-war
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continuations
> Twitter’s backend was initially built on Ruby on Rails, a rudimentary web-
> application framework that made it nearly impossible to find a technical
> solution to the harassment proble... | {
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Reproducible Signal builds for Android - qznc
https://whispersystems.org/blog/reproducible-android/
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JoshTriplett
> Reproducible builds help to verify that the source code in our GitHub
> repository is the exact source code used to build the compiled Signal APK
> being distributed through Google Play.
This is h... | {
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} |
Show HN: T0 – A simple (and yet another) URL shortener - wenbin
https://t0.io
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wenbin
Just a quick & dirty project during Thanksgiving vacation ...
btw, What features do you want most for a url shortener?
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knyte
Not requiring the "[http://"](http://") part, perhaps. (Automatically
appending it if it isn't... | {
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A functions on demand service – to help you get more done - objectReason
https://medium.com/@J.Palms/functions-on-demand-for-more-productive-development-4ef666f4e7eb#.v0neqnjmz
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sharemywin
2 thoughts: add a kickstarter type process
how do you do testing?
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objectReason
What part of the Kickstarter process ar... | {
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1000W LED on a Drone [video] - modinfo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl1xYyGom1g
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sschueller
$17k for a drone with 10min flight time? Ok, it can carry up to 20lbs which is
quite impressive. [1]
[1] [http://store.freeflysystems.com/products/freefly-
alta8](http://store.freeflysystems.com/products/freefly-alta8... | {
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An Alternative to Required API Keys - EzGraphs
http://www.jamesward.com/2013/07/29/an-alternative-to-required-api-keys
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ProblemFactory
One good bit of advice I have seen for people who are just starting out with
publishing an API: require a "developer email" parameter in the request
instead of API key.
Yes, it ... | {
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} |
With the coronavirus seemingly tamed, China’s economy starts to recover - partingshots
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/business/china-economy-coronavirus.html
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sacks2k
It's not 'tamed'.
China stopped testing ages ago and has censored anyone questioning the current
government's narrative (and has arrested doc... | {
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} |
Show HN: SpotDy – Analytics for Government - sumithad
https://spotdy.com
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gafgarian
I think design wise the site looks great but I am still confused about what it
is you do. Don't get me wrong, the website does its job. I want to know more.
But the constant stream of "cutting edge technologies" jargon is vague... | {
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A World Without Strings Is Chaos - lelf
http://beyondloom.com/blog/strings.html
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Thiez
I wonder how many of the solutions would still work for arbitrary unicode
strings. It looks like the author assumes only ascii exists. Perhaps the
interns would be better off if they were taught that "reverse a string" is a
fu... | {
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Ask HN: Real odds of making a living off a web app - nicholas73
My goal is to make a webapp that makes a middle class income. It does not have to be Bay Area middle class, but say 100k a year.<p>What is the real probability this can happen? Or is it a fool's errand?<p>I'm from a non-software field in my 30... | {
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Ask HN: Should I incorporate my new company? - taurenk
I started a project on the side and would like to release it to the world for use - charging users a tiny fee to use the service.<p>My question is - do I now need to file for a business name, Corporation vs LLC, or any legal things? This is my first time releasing... | {
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From “To Do” to “Will Do”: Using the Case Method to Defeat Procrastination - da5e
http://calnewport.com/blog/2011/07/30/from-to-do-to-will-do-using-the-case-method-to-defeat-procrastination/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+StudyHacks+%28Study+Hacks%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
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or... | {
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Australia's leading newspapers black out front pages to protest restrictions - DoreenMichele
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/10/21/australias-leading-newspapers-black-out-front-pages-protest-governmental-media-restrictions/
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DATACOMMANDER
I nodded in agreement while reading the article with one major e... | {
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} |
Giving away my Startup - philiplindblom
Hey everyone.<p>Programmer/designer guy here who has due lack of motivation determined to give away an entire future company. (Although I will require a ~10% ownership of any legal entity you setup, but I'm willing to make that negotiable.)<p>I figure it'd be a ni... | {
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Hacker News categorizer with MonkeyLearn - eudox
http://hackernews.demos.monkeylearn.com/
We used MonkeyLearn to train a machine learning categorizer with categories like `programming`, `business`, `science`, and downloaded samples from relevant sub-reddits to do the training.<p>The plot at the top shows you the dist... | {
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Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications - tosh
http://adaptivepath.org/ideas/ajax-new-approach-web-applications/
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grzm
(2005)
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GrumpyNl
Anyone here on HN tested this?
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GrumpyNl
This comment was made under an other article.
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Deeplearn.js (Google) – Harness the Power of Machine Learning in Your Browser - yairhaimo
https://research.googleblog.com/2017/08/harness-power-of-machine-learning-in.html
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wdroz
"This device is not yet supported"
more like Deeplearn_chrome_only.js
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Who You Calling a Techie? - michaelschade
http://www.boomcalifornia.com/2014/06/who-you-calling-a-techie/
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dictum
> When I tell pretty much anyone outside the tech industry I work at a start-
> up, there’s usually a pause. I can watch her compose her face, waiting to
> hear the worst. If I’m lucky, I’ll field ... | {
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Interface Builder's Alternative Lisp Timeline (2013) - kick
https://paulhammant.com/2013/03/28/interface-builders-alternative-lisp-timeline/
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lispm
The video shows an early Interface Builder written in Lisp.
It runs on a Lisp Machine board for the Mac II range: the TI MicroExplorer.
That was a Nubus board with ... | {
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} |
Show HN: Mindcast.com -- My Browser-Based Widget Engine MVP - bkyan
Hey everyone! I am building a little browser-based widget engine that is inspired by Corning's "A Day Made of Glass" video. I was hoping to get some feedback on which of my interface decisions made sense and which do not, as this user interface goe... | {
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Installing Linux on a slightly dated chromebook advice - werber
Has anyone recently installed a current distro on a dated chromebook? Looking for a reliable tutorial after a few mishaps
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henrythewasp
I've installed GalliumOS ([https://galliumos.org/](https://galliumos.org/)) on
my Acer C720. Previously I'd added... | {
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Write mobile apps in Python and generate native source codes for iOS and Android - meadhikari
http://pyzia.com/
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kiennt
Very interesting. Python programmer now have tool as Rubymotion
| {
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} |
What Is New About NewSQL? - ceohockey60
https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/02/24/what-is-new-about-newsql/
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nikato
I’m sorry but I stopped reading after:
> Correctness and consistency were the two important metrics, rather than
> today’s metrics of performance and availability.
Not sure if his author ha... | {
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} |
Create your own Virtual Private Network for SSH with Putty - codemechanic
http://www.codelathe.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/31/create-your-own-virtual-private-network-for-ssh-with-putty/
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duskwuff
This isn't actually a VPN - you can't send non-TCP traffic over it, and it
doesn't even work for all TCP traffic unl... | {
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} |
Email to Postal - wyclif
http://www.email2postal.com/
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thorax
I signed up to try it out.
I actually think the convenience could be a huge win. I already see lots of
potential in the UI. Some thoughts I had:
1\. Bridging the gap between digital and analog is not a bad strategy if you
can bring all the advanta... | {
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} |
An AI Lie Detector Is Going to Start Questioning Travelers in the EU - atlasunshrugged
https://gizmodo.com/an-ai-lie-detector-is-going-to-start-questioning-travel-1830126881
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deft
Why are lie detectors legal and why were they ever used for anything? We know
they don't work. And we know this one won't work any be... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Australian welfare recipient’s data released to counter public criticism - kerno
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/feb/27/centrelink-recipients-data-released-by-department-to-counter-public-criticism
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cyberferret
No doubting the veracity of this occurrence, but it is baffling that it
happened nonet... | {
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} |
News developers should know about database managers - hn12
http://www.itworld.com/software/112800/database-round
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wglb
Unencumbered by useful content. "Although DBMS is an old technology, it's also
a fresh one". What?
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catfish
Like Algebra or Set Theory. Old technology indeed...
Oh that's right, you don't... | {
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} |
Why Stripe is the worst choice for your new startup business - herendin2
https://honest.cash/Olsm/why-stripe-is-the-worst-choice-for-your-new-startup-business-1569
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ukulele
They created a crypto startup that allowed you to purchase with stripe, then
had a bunch risky transactions come through, which they diligen... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Natural Language Processing in Python - fheisler
http://engineroom.trackmaven.com/blog/monthly-challenge-natural-language-processing/
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andrewguenther
NLTK is a wonderful toolkit. Its selection of corpera is great and its many
utility functions for processing text are incredibly useful and easily
extendable.
T... | {
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} |
Finding micrometeorites in city gutters - noir-york
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21711633-amateur-enthusiast-advances-planetary-science-finding-micrometeorites-city
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airbreather
So I am going to try putting a few sets of strong magnets in my gutters just
before my down pipes and inspectin... | {
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} |
Register of Copyrights: without SOPA, copyright "will ultimately fail" - timwiseman
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/register-of-copyrights-without-sopa-copyright-will-ultimately-fail.ars
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anigbrowl
Full testimony:
[http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/Pallante%2011162011....](http://judiciar... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tesla extends ‘bug bounty’ to energy products, increases payout by 50% - evo_9
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-bug-bounty-energy-products-increases-payout-50-percent/
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exabrial
> will not void your warranty for security research *
That's incredible!
| {
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} |
Region-based Memory Management - yinso
https://www.stephanboyer.com/post/60/region-based-memory-management
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zde
> When the server is done processing a request, the allocator goes out of
> scope and all memory allocated for that request is deallocated.
Forking servers, reinvented.
| {
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} |
Cloudflare Reports Massive Slowdown in Network Level DDoS Attacks - IcyApril
https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-new-ddos-landscape/
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agnokapathetic
After RSnake introduced slowloris in 2009, it’s been something of a minor
miracle that L7 attacks have stayed as rare as they have until now. Don’t
understand why SYN F... | {
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} |
Creating a Killer Early-Stage Pitch Deck for Angels & VCs. - dell9000
http://ryanspoon.com/blog/2011/05/03/creating-an-early-stage-pitch-deck/
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callmeed
This is cool but I have a question I rarely see explained here on HN or
elsewhere: _How do you actually get in front of an Angel or VC to show them
your deck/... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to find a great job at Google, Facebook, Microsoft? - konkee
http://blog.codility.com/2012/04/bible-of-internships.html
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konkee
This is like "subsequent part" of this discussion
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2384018>.
| {
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} |
Show HN: Role Playing Game for Self Improvement (weekend project) - lefnire
http://habitrpg.com
Hey HN, been working on a project & could use all you lovelies' feedback :) I was inspired by habit-tracker apps like Joe's Goals, but I wanted something more robust and personally motivating. So I built a habit-tracke... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Whiteboard sticker for your laptop - codeinterview
https://sketchcase.com
======
SiVal
I'm not being glib here, but after experimenting with many such solutions over
the years, I've found that the best solution for me is to always carry a
cheap, paper notebook--like one of those black/white-spotted composition
noteboo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Where should I start learning Assembly? - shinvou
So, yeah, where to start? I know C, Obj.-C, Java and Python. I am self-taught. Now I want to get in Reverse Engineering and I don't know where to get started. Feedback and help is highly appreciated!
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revelation
Reverse engineering is quite a different skill... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Layoffs in the Bay Area? - jekdoce
Are you seeing a rise in layoffs in the Bay Area as of lately? I'm aware of at least Cisco, eBay, Microsoft and NetApp. Any thoughts on how this might affect the extremely high house prices?
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raincom
Economy affects home prices in the far away prices first: tracy... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
An alternative argument for why women leave STEM - nabla9
https://medium.com/@kjmorenz/is-it-really-just-sexism-an-alternative-argument-for-why-women-leave-stem-cccdf066d8b1
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GCA10
Thanks, Karen Morenz, for providing a unified, panoramic view of the ways that
the standard academic career progression short-change... | {
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} |
Fast food slows learning, study shows - anigbrowl
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/fast-food-slows-learning-study-shows/
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smt88
No. There is a correlation between slow learning and fast food. It doesn't
prove causation.
I think it's more likely to parents who are lazy or busy feed their kids fast
food, and... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Is it just me or does Firefox suck now? - kgermino
Ever since I upgraded to 3.5 Firefox always crashes and fails to load pages. Updates didn't help. WTF Mozilla. Is it just me?
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jsz0
I haven't experienced any increased crashing but I don't use FF that often
anymore so it's hard to generalize. I most... | {
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} |
LIDAR is no longer too expensive for mainstream adoption - MobileVet
https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/12/luminar-affordable-lidar/
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MobileVet
I definitely understood Tesla’s focus on lower cost sensors for their current
fleet but with the inevitable decline in technological costs it always seemed
short sited to ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Erlang: raspberry pi cluster vs. Xeon VM (2016) - zeapo
https://medium.com/@pieterjan_m/erlang-pi2-arm-cluster-vs-xeon-vm-40871d35d356
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candiodari
TLDR: the cheapest possible dedicated machine vastly outperforms
oversubscribed VPS machines on I/O bound problems (like website hosting, or
frankly anything you migh... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Why doesn't MS open-source Edge instead of switching to Chromium? - zelon88
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ronsor
They may have third-party code they aren't allowed to release.
Edge isn't very portable outside of Windows, it's just the cleaned up and
refactored IE Trident engine. The same one we've technically been using for
two deca... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: When could or should a blockchain be used as a back end for a mobile app? - Cold_Brew
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sanefive
Not sure what you mean, but just in case : there is this blockchain based
mobile cryptocurrency called Electroneum. They plan to release a mobile mining
simulator on mobile. Check their website.
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borplk
... | {
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Coliving Revolution Is Beginning with the Success of OpenDoor.io - typeformer
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tech-coliving-20160224-story.html
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aphextron
So now being a low rent landlord is considered a tech startup?
| {
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} |
I just finished my first iOS app - slast
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tapcollider/id593338298
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hello_newman
Just downloaded the app and have been playing around with it. Great job dude,
quite fun!
~~~
slast
thanks so much!
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thoughtcriminal
I like the minimal look. I'll check it out.
| {
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} |
Pttrn, Just pattern pieces.. - Kristories
http://kristories.github.io/pttrn
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cultureulterior
No explaining text- Not starring or upmarking
| {
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} |
Oracle v. Google: "the value of this case keeps getting smaller and smaller" - grellas
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120218041255197
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grellas
I began my legal career working for several years at in Big Law. In one case,
a stultifying bureaucratic management for a major steel company was building a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What is -2^2? - laujen
Is -2^2 equal to 4 or -4? which has precedence, the negate or the power? TI algebraic calculators do it one way while HP's algebraic calculators do it another.
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_delirium
I believe the most common answer is -4, due to exponentiation having a higher
precedence than negation. I'm n... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Blogging and Blackmail - ot86
http://www.kernelmag.com/features/report/3401/blogging-and-blackmail/
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littletables
Lawrence Dignan, Editorial Director of CBS Interactive and Editor in Chief of
ZDNet and Smart Planet has weighed in. It might be worth a read for anyone
interested in discussion on the matter.
A w... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How do people sell algorithms online? - max93
I see many great people develop great algorithms in hacker news everyday. But what is the best way to find buyers if you want to sell ?
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dalke
Algorithms are trivial to come up with and nearly impossible to make money
from.
Look at all the CS papers with alg... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Leaked: Harvard’s Grading Rubric - shuki
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/opinion/sunday/leaked-harvards-grading-rubric.html?_r=0
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kiddz
This is a good example of the promise of distributed learning where
"admissions" is based on progressively better performance. In a world where
anyone can take an intro Harv... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What are your thoughts on integrating your app into Facebook? - rami
http://apps.facebook.com/science/
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rami
Yesterday Facebook accepted my application ScienceHack into the applications
directory. So far, its been a huge success, I am getting great exposure to my
target audience and every time someone adds my a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Sound therapy is no better than placebo for tinnitus - bookofjoe
https://www.cochrane.org/CD013094/ENT_sound-therapy-using-amplification-devices-or-sound-generators-tinnitus
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ksaj
As someone who wears hearing aids and suffers from tinnitus, I can say this:
the sound generators _do_ help in one way that is not pl... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Chinese Attack on USIS Exploiting SAP Vulnerability - aashishlowanshi
http://security.cioreview.com/whitepaper/chinese-attack-on-usis-exploiting-sap-vulnerability-wid-152.html?utm_campaign=aa11
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aashishlowanshi
Anyone finds it helpful?
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brudgers
Hacker News generally prefers direct links to sources over site... | {
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} |
Alex St. John: I Apologize - Finster
http://www.alexstjohn.com/WP/2016/04/21/i-apologize/
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gortok
Since the site is currently experiencing a Database error, here's the link to
the google cache:
[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:2Zf0Pqw...](http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache... | {
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} |
Immutable Values and Invariant Names - mortoray
http://mortoray.com/2013/02/04/immutable-values-and-invariant-names/
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ScottBurson
Even if collection types, such as vectors, are immutable in your language
(which BTW I think is a great idea), you can still allow element-wise
assignment:
a = [1, ... | {
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} |
Queue-flow: Chainable logic built on named (or not) queues in Javascript - da02
http://dfellis.github.com/queue-flow/
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ISV_Damocles
Hi, I'm the author (finally figured out why I suddenly got so many new people
starring the library).
I hope you guys find queue-flow useful. It's nice for organizing source code
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
NSA speaks out on Snowden, spying [video] - sur
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nsa-speaks-out-on-snowden-spying/
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olefoo
The fact that Clapper is still in office months after it was revealed that he
had in point of fact lied to congress during sworn testimony should tell you
everything you need to know.
The survei... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Defense Dept. orders Stars and Stripes newspaper to shut down - bookofjoe
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/media/stars-and-stripes-future/index.html
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komali2
It won't be, though, correct? Trump tweeted something about continuing
funding, likely as a response to leaks of him disparaging dead veterans.
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Will the Singularity turn us into gods or end the human race? - btipling
http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/22/3535518/singularity-rapture-of-the-nerds-gods-end-human-race
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chhhris
Welcome to the future, boys and girls.
~~~
bproper
I don't know. Seems to me like artificial intelligence hasn't lived up to the
hyp... | {
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} |
1 in 6 Russian entrepreneurs are in jail, 1 in 3 prisoners are businessmen - srgseg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13546177
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asciilifeform
_Then he bought two old Soviet dairy farms._
This sentence is the key to understanding why many Russians feel little or no
sympathy for "victims" like him.
Soviet dairy... | {
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} |
Are Tim Cook’s Days as CEO Numbered? - mbgaxyz
https://markstcyr.com/2017/10/08/are-tim-cooks-days-as-ceo-numbered/
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therealahutcb
I think the author misses a few key points here. A) as long as apples stock
price continues in an upward trend Cook is safe. B) lack of lines at product
launches is most likely engin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
98% of Americans Distrust the Internet [STUDY] - rhufnagel
http://mashable.com/2012/07/19/americans-distrust-the-internet/
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Jesse_Ray
The headline is misleading. The study did not find a general distrust of the
Internet. Rather, it found that certain things on websites inspire distrust,
such as pages with too ... | {
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} |
Localsnear.me – Minimalist, clean design app to find your next coffee shop - rafalgawlik
https://localsnear.me/
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rafalgawlik
Sometimes we want to go out for a walk somewhere without many purposes and we
are looking for a close cafe to drink coffee. Sometimes we spend Saturday
evening with friends and we are look... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Salvia Divinorum and Brain Damage - Ronnie Day Warns - sadtales
http://ronnieday.com/2012/02/salvia-divinorum-and-brain-damage/
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tree_of_item
TLDR: fool takes a mega dose of salvia, thinks it's dangerous and causes
"brain damage". No, you just took many orders of magnitude too much. Stop
spreading propaganda.
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Pierre's Puzzle - beefman
https://www.av8n.com/physics/pierre-puzzle.htm
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beefman
Solution: [https://www.av8n.com/physics/pierre-
answer.htm](https://www.av8n.com/physics/pierre-answer.htm)
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"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Tons traffic with zero effort is real, All you need is to translate your site - pojome
http://wplang.org/get-more-traffic-creating-multilingual-site/
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pojome
Let me guess, your current site is only in English.
Without realizing it, you’ve just given up on of over 74% of all global users
that speak languages oth... | {
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} |
GnuTLS considered harmful (2008) - calpaterson
http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-devel/200802/msg00072.html
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agwa
The annoying thing about GnuTLS is that it normally might not be very widely
used, except that the Debian project initiated a huge push to make software
linkable with GnuTLS instead of OpenSSL, ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Index finger or middle finger for mousewheel scrolling? - jongstra
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=243380
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tshtf
Sorry. The administrator has banned your IP address. To contact the
administrator click here.
Guess I won't be reading.
~~~
jongstra
Hmm, that is strange.. I guess that happen... | {
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} |
Man's Search for Meaning - michaelsbradley
https://archive.org/details/MansSearchForMeaning-English
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telot1
This book changed my life when I read it as an impressionable young man. I
think all people could benefit from Viktor's words. Big up to the archive.org
crew once again, they never cease to amaze me.
----... | {
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} |
Bazel 2.0 - the_alchemist
https://blog.bazel.build/2019/12/19/bazel-2.0.html
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malkia
One issue we hit with our CI, and mix of build systems is this - given a
changelist, find out which targets needs to be built, and which one needs to
be tested on pre-submit, and which on post-submit.
With that, we end up payin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN - Raw Signal - My Side Proj To Keep My Skill Sharp - mysteryleo
http://tech.rawsignal.com
======
mysteryleo
btw, I'm not sure if it'll amount to anything big. My hope is someone will
find it useful.
for me personally, it's a lot of fun to work on machine learning and
algorithms. i had soooo much fun buildin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How to monetize small web apps - duiker101
I recently made a web app that is gaining quite some traction in it's community. Imagine it as a single-page web-game. It's currently sitting at 1k unique daily users and I would like to try and monetize somehow.<p>I would add some small un-intrusive ad(even... | {
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} |
40% of Bay Area Residents Considering Leaving in the Next Few Years [pdf] - apsec112
http://documents.bayareacouncil.org/bacp17exodus1.pdf
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elsewhen
does anybody have comparable data for other metro areas? is this a bay area
anomaly or is it a common phenomenon?
| {
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} |
Change your mental perspective - fotoblur
http://www.lanceramoth.com/blog/2011/07/change-your-mental-perspective
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skarayan
Absolutely, and the deeper you go the greater the impact. Change an axiom in
your mind and watch your world change. :)
------
blackboxxx
Thank you Lance. I needed to read that.
| {
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Could The Ebola Outbreak Spread To Europe Or The U.S.? - timr
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/06/25/324941229/could-the-ebola-outbreak-spread-to-europe-or-the-u-s
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giarc
The largest driver of this outbreak (and many ebola outbreaks) is the fear of
healthcare and the way many cultures treat the deceased. The... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Jerry Cooperstein gives an "Intro to Linux" course on edX - FredericJ
https://www.edx.org/course/linuxfoundationx/linuxfoundationx-lfs101x-introduction-1621
======
incision
I'm a little surprised at the $250 minimum for the verified track.
While that's a tiny fraction of what one could expect to pay for a typical
c... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
'Transit-Oriented Teens' - mozumder
https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/03/new-urbanist-memes-for-transit-oriented-teens/556790/
======
zjaffee
This group is awesome and for so many has sparked an interest in urban
planning, transit and local politics. In many cases actually leading people to
attend local council meetin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
WebGL X-Wing - 5hoom
http://oos.moxiecode.com/js_webgl/xwing/index.html
======
grammati
If the intent is to make me pay attention to WebGL, it just may have
succeeded.
If, on the other hand, the intent is to prove that I suck at video games, then
it's a resounding success.
~~~
colomon
My 3 year old thought it was ... | {
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} |
Where do you find a co-founder for your startup? - UXDork
======
flyinglizard
Pick someone that you know (not necessarily a friend), but take a few
precautions.
First, this person may completely change their character under pressure or a
feeling of impending doom, just as you need them the most. You can work with
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Humans of Mechanical Turk - cooop
http://twitter.com/humansofmt
======
softdev12
At first, I didn't understand what this was from the twitter page. [Note: I've
used Mechanical Turk before and thought it was an odd experience.] Then I went
to the tumblr and it explained it as "These are the Humans of Mechanica... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A man who paves India's roads with old plastic - nwrk
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/09/the-man-who-paves-indias-roads-with-old-plastic
======
thisisit
Wasn't this discussed yesterday?
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17490990](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17490990)
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tzakrajs
But isn't... | {
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Google has killed Android (the brand) - muratmutlu
http://www.fabcapo.com/2013/02/google-has-killed-android-brand.html
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RyanZAG
This is a great move by Google. Android has a strange brand image going for it
- but it's definitely not a premium brand. The main problem Android is
currently facing on the consumer si... | {
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} |
Prolog Based Executable English - adriandwalker
Prolog = Logic + different Control for each app<p>Executable English -- Logic + Built in control
https://www.executable-english.com
======
adriandwalker
* write data apps in _open_ English * specify apps without procedural programming * automatically genera... | {
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} |
Why upgrading your Linux Kernel will make your customers much happier - sams99
http://samsaffron.com/archive/2012/03/01/why-upgrading-your-linux-kernel-will-make-your-customers-much-happier
======
ChuckMcM
TL;DR version - another new guy discovers TCP slow start, and not doing it,
wow major speedup! Now, imagine the w... | {
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} |
I/O multiplexing using epoll and kqueue system calls - mmastrac
http://austingwalters.com/io-multiplexing/
======
gopalv
Ignoring POSIX has its own pains.
The only way to maintain sanity is to use an abstraction like libev (or
libevent) - when you find a bug, report it upstream and roll your own builds
till it gets ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
An analysis of the airfare prediction app Hopper - carlmungz
https://www.underglass.io/read/Hopper
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snowwrestler
I've used Hopper for a while, including booking tickets through the app when
the price was advantageous.
A memorable failure was when I was trying to book travel to Charleston, SC for
the eclipse las... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Censorship On Hacker News - patdryburgh
http://patdryburgh.com/blog/censorship-on-hacker-news/
======
freejack
I can see why the original headline might have been edited for clarity - the
mental leap from "porno site" to "productivity porn" is non-obvious.
I'd be more inclined to chalk this one up to miscommunicati... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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