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Anyone been to netscape.com in awhile? - zotz
http://netscape.com
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sporkologist
Yes I've been to Yahoo, why do you ask?
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death of the blockbuster drug (maybe the blockbuster software too?) - far33d
http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2007/03/30/death_of_the_bl.html
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far33d
What I mean is: could these same market forces apply to software? Are we at
the end of the era of domination on the order of Microsoft Office?
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How Much Money To Raise - tilt
http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/07/how-much-money-to-raise.html
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jayzee
A lot of discussion around dilution ignores the important aspect of the number
of founders.
If you are a single founder, you might want to raise more money to hire a
larger team and you would be fine with great... | {
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Corona Statistics by Country - kamban
http://corona.myquicksite.com/
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kamban
Data is refreshed on a daily basis.
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Commute Maps Reveal We All Live in Mega-Regions, Not Cities - seycombi
https://www.wired.com/2016/12/mesmerizing-commute-maps-reveal-live-mega-regions-not-cities/
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JakDrako
325 million people living in the ruin of the old world and the mega structures
of the new one. Mega blocks. Mega highways. Mega Region One.
... | {
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Ask HN: Advice on Southern tech cities - sputknick
I'm looking for advice on Southern cities for tech jobs. How accurate is my assessment of the below cities, and are there any good Southern tech cities I missed? I would ideally like to be in an area where I can work on emerging technologies: blockchain, AI, clou... | {
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Executives are selling off their company's stock at a record pace - spking
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/insider-stock-sales-by-company-executives-soar-to-a-record-pace/
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everybodyknows
Buybacks require additional cash, which comes either from reducing liquid
assets e.g. cash in the bank, or new borrowing. Articl... | {
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} |
Kroger agrees to acquire Harris Teeter for $2.5B - memset
http://www.wral.com/kroger-agrees-to-acquire-harris-teeter-for-2-5b/12640045/
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Eclyps
This... doesn't seem to be something that I would expect to find front-page of
HN. Did I miss something about Kroger and technology?
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The creators of This is Spinal Tap have been paid almost nothing - Terretta
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-04-20/this-is-spinal-tap-s-400-million-lawsuit
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fdej
Talk about method acting. The creators truly immersed themselves in the role,
taking on the standard industry practice of getting screwed o... | {
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} |
Tips from 37signals' book Rework - grantgrant
http://2above.com/entrepreneurship/1-principle-3-memorable-tips-from-37signals-book-rework/
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adriand
One problem with this book is that much of it does not make sense for
companies who are not already like 37Signals, either in terms of success or
business model.
F... | {
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} |
Is the world running out of food? - prostoalex
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/06/economist-explains-13?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/istheworldrunningoutoffood
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athompson1951
No, I don't think it is running out of food. The Politian want us to believe
there are to many ppl, and not enough food.the... | {
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“Why I'm not at CCCamp 2019” - rkraaijenhagen
https://annejan.com/cccamp2019
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vertex-four
Hacking is political. Always has been. And for many, hacking is a way of
putting our politics in action quite directly - among other things, ensuring
our privacy because nobody will do it for us, and building new systems th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google Launches Credit Cards for Small Businesses - Mistone
http://mashable.com/2012/10/08/google-credit-cards/
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dangrossman
This is a strange offering.
If you wanted to pay for AdWords on credit, why wouldn't you be doing so
already? I assume most businesses are already using a credit or charge card.
And getti... | {
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Unreal Engine 4.11 Released - stesch
https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/unreal-engine-4-11-released
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stesch
HN's dupe check failed. The later post
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11410811](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11410811)
has more comments right now. Please go there for Unreal Engine 4.11
disc... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What are the best courses you've taken? - pyeu
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mlwhiz
Machine Learning by Andrew ng for sure and by far the best.
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New Canon 5D and 1980s Japanophobia - soundsop
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/12/06/new-canon-5d-and-1980s-japanophobia/
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noonespecial
There are plenty of American examples like Apple and DeWalt that disprove this
premise. Choosing just one product is not a big enough sample space. I'm sure
there's plen... | {
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} |
Is Silicon Valley Driving Teachers Out? - llamataboot
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/07/silicon-valley-housing-tough-on-teachers/399071/?single_page=true
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germinalphrase
SV could find ways to increase teacher salaries beyond what the property tax
funding ceiling will allow, but this would re... | {
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} |
Show HN: Overview of countries where you can party legally during Corona - gobeercrawl
https://wherecanweparty.com
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lemonlizzie
this makes me mad. why the f do you need to party right now. get your shit
together and actually care about something other than yourself. pathetic.
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The Exile of the Bohemians - yirgacheffe
http://read.maintainradiosilence.com/radiosilence#issue/6190/article/~xz9
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amateurpolymath
"There is no room to expand without replacing something that’s already there.
Since few of the Victorian residences that give the city its character are
taller than three stories, h... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Just moved to SF, what's the best way to discover local startup scene? - nnd
Hi there,<p>I'm a hacker, who just moved to SF (The Mission) after traveling around the world for a year. Currently, I work remotely building iOS apps and hack some side projects in my spare time (http://github.com&#x... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Ruling Unsealed: National Security Letters Upheld as Constitutional - DiabloD3
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/ruling-unsealed-national-security-letters-upheld-constitutional
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umanwizard
I only had time to skim the ruling, but it seems like the petitioners only
raised First Amendment concerns. Can someone wit... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Wait, the brain is a Bloom filter? - tocomment
https://www.numenta.com/blog/wait-the-brain-is-a-bloom-filter-petrillic.html
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PaulHoule
It's been known for a long time that the Hippocampus works that way, helping
memory generalize by extracting patterns.
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Ask HN: What is the best IDE for python notebooks? - jakobov
I really don't like the web interface for Jupyter. It is missing many essential features of an IDE.<p>What alternatives are there to the jupyter web interface?
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gry
[https://www.spyder-ide.org/](https://www.spyder-ide.org/)
It's worth watching de... | {
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} |
Amazon Reviews: How We Spot the Fakes - Osiris30
http://thewirecutter.com/2016/05/lets-talk-about-amazon-reviews/
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jonstokes
I actually know people whose job it is to write these things, and to create
and maintain sock puppet personas on forums for the purpose of subtly
promoting clients' products and disparagin... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Reasonable Java editor for heavily CLI-oriented UNIX types who hate bloat? - abalashov
Hi everyone --<p>Let me give some background to properly contextualise this question:<p>I am the type of programmer that has been doing UNIX (generally Linux, also some commercial varieties) since 5th grade or so, and conseq... | {
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Little UI Details - yusufp
https://twitter.com/i/moments/880688233641848832
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shazow
Great list, but Twitter is really not the best platform for this kind of
content. Some of the screenshots have such bad compression artifacts that it's
difficult to make out the before/after changes. For example:
[https://pbs.twi... | {
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Superfish CEO admits to installing root certificate to show ads on secure sites - phpdeveloper_
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/02/21/superfish-admits-installing-root-certificate-authority-show-ads-secure-sites/
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kjs3
He should be hunted for sport.
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tzakrajs
Clown town in Superfish HQ.
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Ask HN: What is your perfect job? - shanelja
Simply describe your perfect job, at this moment in time.<p>~<p>Title:
PHP Web developer<p>Description:
I would like a job where I am able to work autonomously and allowed to handle projects from start to finish. I would like to have flexible hours and be allowed to wor... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Twitter Isn’t Raising the Character Limit. It’s Becoming a Walled Garden - bootload
http://mashable.com/2016/01/05/paper-screen-oree-stylograph/
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hackuser
The link points to the wrong Mashable story.
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Reality Check: Have Leave campaigners changed their minds? - ifdefdebug
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36641390
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lordnacho
I can say the vitriol after the result has been crazy. My FB has dozens and
dozens of posts from Remoaners decrying the idiots, racists, and old people
who dared to vote a... | {
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} |
Gos: Armed Golang - 475783185
https://github.com/storyicon/gos
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gus_massa
Comets of the author in the duplicate submission:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19969644](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19969644)
> _gos is compatible with all go commands and has go mod /get equipped with
> smart `GOPROXY`... | {
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How I Used Upcall to Generate $6k with a $450 Budget (In One Day) - leahcim
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ClassyJacket
This appears to be a link back to this comments page.
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The Social Life of Routers - makimaki
http://www.technologyreview.com/web/21782/?a=f
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Anon84
The paper(s) mentioned in the article:
[http://complex.ffn.ub.es/~mbogunya/home_files/0709.0303v2%28...](http://complex.ffn.ub.es/~mbogunya/home_files/0709.0303v2%282%29.pdf)
[http://complex.ffn.ub.es/~mbogunya/home_... | {
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Know Your Neurons (2012) - ioab
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/brainwaves/know-your-neurons-classifying-the-many-types-of-cells-in-the-neuron-forest/
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idrios
This is a really cool post and I love seeing posts about human neurons on
Hacker news. Especially this one talking about the different glial cells, as... | {
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Mac OS 7.5.5 running on Apple Watch [video] - erickhill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1xJxS_kr-M
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Sephiroth87
I didn't make a video but I did something similar ^^
[https://twitter.com/Sephiroth87/status/608460838467420162](https://twitter.com/Sephiroth87/status/608460838467420162)
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k_brother
I knew the... | {
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Lawmakers Prod FCC to Act on SIM Swapping - mikece
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/01/senators-prod-fcc-to-act-on-sim-swapping/
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mrandish
This seems like it's already a serious and growing problem. It might be best
to take a two-pronged approach of quickly implementing process requirements
that make such swaps ... | {
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Facebook to Microsoft: P3P is outdated, what else ya got? - Slimy
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-to-microsoft-p3p-is-outdated-what-else-ya-got/9332
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rlpb
It seems crazy to me for my browser to trust what a site declares about its
practices anyway. I don't mind having a whitelist. Expecting sites to ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Why haven't signup confirmation emails died yet? - agotterer
I have been thinking about confirmation emails today and cant think of a single reason to actually send them. They are annoying and must have a user drop off rate. I know I personally don't return to some low priority sites if I'm to lazy to load m... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Sharing images on Twitter - davewiner
http://scripting.com/stories/2011/08/09/sharingImagesOnTwitter.html
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jsavimbi
Looks good, yes, and not safe for work.
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Some Republicans Reject Trump’s Harsh Response to Unrest - chmaynard
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/us/trump-republicans-protesters.html
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chmaynard
From the article:
Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, commended Mr. Trump, saying, “I’m glad
the president led by going to St. John’s Church.” It was the pro... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Could rapid development of the JVM help it beat the CLR? - z3phyr
Oracle, after being barmy for some time, has turned into a good mentor of the Java Platform...<p>It has started working for the improvement of now fully open sourced OpenJDK, by implimenting the research prototype of the Da Vinci Machine, in t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Bad News for Aspiring Gurus? - shawndumas
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/01/bad-news-for-aspiring-gurus/69156/
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beoba
"In 2003 he published a paper arguing that when people study success stories
exclusively--as many avid devourers of business self-help books do--they come
away with a vastly ove... | {
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} |
Higher Ed's Event Horizon: How Universities Will Collapse Under Their Own Weight - MLMorley
https://medium.com/@MLMorley/higher-education-s-event-horizon-9b150898a59d
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taylodl
Statements from the article like "how much value are universities contributing
to students and is it worth the societal cost?" are crin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Getting a Ph.D. will turn you into an emotional trainwreck, not a professor - luu
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2013/04/there_are_no_academic_jobs_and_getting_a_ph_d_will_make_you_into_a_horrible.html
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Anon84
literature PhD
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Do you think we are stupid? - pius
http://blog.obiefernandez.com/content/2008/01/if-theres-a-pos.html
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jawngee
Yes, I think you are stupid.
Not because you use rails or ruby, but because you even care about such
trivial bullshit. I use PHP everyday, but do you see me crying about the
insane amount of whipping i... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google Blacklists bit.ly - avinassh
http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/10/bit-ly-blacklisted-by-google-safe-browsing.html
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andygambles
This is why it is a good idea to use your own custom domain with bit.ly
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avinassh
Yes, here's the official tutorial link for the lazy:
[http://support.bitly.com/knowledgebase/arti... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Building a web app in 24hrs - jcnotchrist
http://blog.blackballsoftware.com/2011/04/03/from-conception-to-customers-in-24-hours-how-we-built-a-successful-startup-overnight/
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vyrotek
Nice work. +1 for .Net!
_This allows my web layer to have no project reference to my data layer, and
forces my develop... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Does anyone have experience with ICANN deletions? - Mononokay
I've been checking up on a domain every once in a while I've wanted that's been squatted on, and noticed this week that it's been put into "pendingDelete" and "redemptionPeriod" status.<p>Is there any way to c... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
DDoS Attack Against Default DNS System v2 - hboon
http://status.namecheap.com/archives/17727
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matthewrussell
This is a pretty big and complex attack. We have a ton of DDoS mitigation in
place but it has taken some time for the filtering to become effective.
We are mitigating this as fast as we possibly can. I... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How do I get Gmail to display 2 different accounts on one page? - keltex
I have two different gmail accounts. One is @gmail.com and the other is a google apps email account. Anybody know how to get both accounts displayed on the same page? (I thought of creating a frame page but I was hoping for something mo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What privacy respecting (non-targeted) ad exchanges are there? - bobo123
Google AdSense, Amazon, Media.net etc. all seem to run targeted ads, ones that set web beacons or cookies to follow users around and target advertising based on their browsing habits.<p>Is there an ad exchange that displays non-targeted b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Microsoft throws its weight behind Web Open Font format - dbEsq
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/04/microsoft-throws-its-weight-behind-web-open-font-format.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
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bullseye
One of the comments on that the story summed up my first impressions quite
well-
_... | {
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The Chinese government appears to have completely blocked GitHub via DNS - chermanowicz
http://thenextweb.com/asia/2013/01/21/the-chinese-government-appears-to-have-completely-blocked-github-via-dns/
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fullreset
as far as i can see -- no. they haven't. (i'm in china, obviously, and not
using a VPN or other such... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Federated Learning for Drug Discovery - Sebastian_09
https://venturebeat.com/2020/09/17/major-pharma-companies-including-novartis-and-merck-build-federated-learning-platform-for-drug-discovery/
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sidhantgandhi
Is there an open source platform like this for us to learn from?
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Sebastian_09
You can check out the... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Best book or resource to REALLY grasp CSS? - ssijak
What was the book or resource that really made you grasp CSS in a way that you proactively know what will happen when you change random position or display attributes on elements and that enabled you to design pages without too much trial and error?<p>Backgro... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
When Twitter Meet Facebook, Zuck has no sense of humour. - boyter
http://www.news.com.au/technology/when-twitter-met-facebook-every-joke-landed-like-a-dead-fish-on-the-ground/story-e6frfro0-1226096550654
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jamesteow
"We had to wait on this huge line for lunch," he recalled. "Evan was like
'Aren't you the boss... | {
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} |
A scholar of video technology reflects on the death of an analog medium - JumpCrisscross
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/07/caetlin_benson_allott_explores_the_legacy_of_vhs_and_vcr.html
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32bitkid
I feel a similar conflict between nostalgia and pragmatism when I think about
my experienc... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Owens Corning Unveils High-Performance Fabric for Wind Turbine Blades - sprinkle
http://earthandindustry.com/2010/11/owens-corning-to-lighten-load-on-wind-industry-with-new-turbine-fabric/
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btsabra
Lets hope the U.S. wind industry can hang on long enough to use this stuff.
| {
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Smarterer/Pluralsight Wants Me to Cease and Desist Taughtful.com - Theaxiom
Today, less than 2 months after launching the beta of my social learning platform, Taughtful (taughtful.com); I received a cease and desist letter from Pluralsight/Smarter stating that Taughtful is too similar to Smarter and that I have w... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
'Time telescope' could boost fibre-optic communication - prat
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17867-time-telescope-could-boost-fibreoptic-communication.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
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prat
Here is the publication
[http://www.nature.com/nphoton/journal/v3/n10/abs/nphoton.200...](http://www.nature.c... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What would you do if a company recently rejected you contacted you for an offer? - kennethwty
So a company I recently interviewed with rejected me because they chose another candidate (No automatic rejection email. Both the recruiter and the manager emailed me saying how difficult it was to decide who to hire and all ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Raw SQL vs. ORM? - CodinM
What's your opinion/experience on using raw SQL queries vs using an ORM for interfacing with an SQL DB?
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VeejayRampay
The trade-off is that of every higher-level VS lower-level anything when it
comes to computers:
Higher-level: Dependent on the quality of the "bridge"... | {
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} |
The 2018 Top Programming Languages - taspeotis
https://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/innovation/the-2018-top-programming-languages
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gmiller123456
For an organization that's supposed to be representative of such a scientific
industry, it's amazing how bad/irresponsible the IEEE is with these
statistics. There is so m... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Magic – Completes signup forms automatically, with just an email address - Killswitch
https://magicsignup.com
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aresant
On the plus side
\- The convenience factor is compelling, like auto-complete.
\- As a v1 you can see the true magic in a seamless signup.
On the downside:
\- It does something unusual / unex... | {
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} |
Idea for HN: Training an article summary bot as a community - FailMore
If there is no world class article summary bot, perhaps HN could crowd source one: if every article had a comment which was the 'result' of the current bot and this result was corrected by HN readers who read the article and this correcte... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: I've made a site that lists new cryptocurrency listings - seb_b3lair
http://cryptolistings.info
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seb_b3lair
The site filters tweets from exchanges and lists tweets concerning new altcoin
listings. Might be useful for some of you guys.
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bitxbitxbitcoin
I'll definitely be using this. Thanks!
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Building CircleCI's Front End with Om [video] - sgrove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNtQPSUi1iQ
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mshenfield
It is great to see ClojureScript and tradeoffs mentioned in the same sentence.
I was drawn to Clojure(Script) by the promise of clean, modular, data driven
applications. But I've had a hard time findi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Take a photo of yourself every time you commit - navigaid
https://coderwall.com/p/xlatfq/take-a-photo-of-yourself-every-time-you-commit
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qnsi
but why?
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Ask HN: What makes a blog great? - dradu
I will get right to the point: what do you think is the recipe for a great blog? What makes for a great blog? What's your secret?<p>I'm sure most of the people will say: QUALITY of the blog. But what is quality without exposure. If you have exposure but no QUALITY then you're c... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tails 3.13.1 Is Out - Sami_Lehtinen
https://git-tails.immerda.ch/tails/plain/debian/changelog
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octosphere
Another emergency release this time mitigating a Firefox vuln & more info
here: [https://www.mozilla.org/en-
US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-1...](https://www.mozilla.org/en-
US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google bans ads for services that secretly track, monitor people - elorant
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/10/google-bans-ads-for-services-that-secretly-track-monitor-people.html
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tomohawk
They don't like the competition
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FlyMoreRockets
It seems the problem isn't the tracking, but the secrecy.
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Stop TSA Scanners - edw519
http://stoptsascanners.blogspot.com/
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ataggart
I opted out at SFO. The incredulous TSA agent repeatedly asked me why I was
opting out. I declined to provide an answer, and instead simply asked if
opting out was an option and if so, then I opt out. Eventually he let me
through, shout... | {
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BlackBerry goes for qwerty keyboard, again, with Passport smartphone - ajani
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2687054/blackberry-goes-for-qwerty-keyboard-again-in-passport-smartphone.html
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jdhawk
Blackberry, ditch the OS...it's holding you back.
I loved my Moto Droid Pro back in the day. I got a decent ec... | {
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} |
Docker image with Tor, Privoxy and a process manager under 15 MB - rdsubhas
https://medium.com/@rdsubhas/docker-image-with-tor-privoxy-and-a-process-manager-under-15-mb-c9e344111b61
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kylequest
Using Alpine Linux for Docker images is doable, of course, but, as the post
admits, Ubuntu is the "cloud OS of choice". ... | {
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Google Determines that FIDO U2F Security Keys Improve Security - willow9886
http://www.eweek.com/security/google-determines-that-fido-u2f-security-keys-improve-security.html
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dgacmu
The FIDO/Google blog post about it: [https://fidoalliance.org/case-study-
series-google-security-k...](https://fidoalliance.org/cas... | {
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} |
Greatest job posting ever - thesash
https://www.wealthfront.com/designerwanted
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serichsen
Yeah, well, I opened the site and it was all just a mess. There were perhaps
some messages jumbled together, but in a much too big font to sensibly read.
In front, there was an actually readable message in a white box with ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Future of Dementia Tourism - bookofjoe
https://www.economist.com/special-report/2020/08/27/might-dementia-tourism-to-lower-wage-economies-become-a-trend
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bookofjoe
[https://archive.vn/WoOCx](https://archive.vn/WoOCx)
| {
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Boston partners with Waze to improve traffic flow - dbkeohane
http://www.betaboston.com/news/2015/02/13/boston-partners-with-googles-waze-app-to-improve-traffic-flow-in-the-city/
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joekozPHL
Interesting collaboration between orgs, and great use of big data. I'm curious
to see if other municipalities follow this... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Should I make myself into a limited company? - Ellipsis753
Hello. I am just starting out as a freelancer after finishing 6th form college. I live in the UK and this means that I'm 18 and just starting to look for work as I am not going to University.<p>I would like to appear professional and to get work... | {
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} |
Hate the gym? History explains why the treadmill can feel like torture - davidy123
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-february-22-2017-1.3992510/hate-the-gym-history-explains-why-the-treadmill-can-feel-like-torture-1.3992573
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davidy123
The second half of this article is what makes it most interes... | {
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} |
A well-engineered and open source ASP.NET MVC application? - atko
I would love to hear what HN userbase considers to be a well-engineered ASP.NET MVC application. While this term is vague, I am fairly confident that majority of you here used the term "well-engineered" or something to that end. There is a ton... | {
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} |
Gnome 3.6 Released - nuclear_eclipse
http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.6/
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nuclear_eclipse
> _For people who like easter eggs, we have added something fun. You'll need
> to be quick with your mouse: test to see if you can find it._
This intrigues me the most.
| {
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} |
What an arbitrary file upload/execution bug looks like on WordPress - edibleEnergy
http://blog.bugreplay.com/post/152117721734/demonstratingwpexploit
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edibleEnergy
Link directly to the video here:
[https://app.bugreplay.com/shared/report/4d616006-57a9-40df-a...](https://app.bugreplay.com/shared/report/4d616006-5... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Is net neutrality overblown? - krausejj
I understand the basics around net neutrality and was disappointed to see the rollback, but I was also surprised at how vehement the reaction was from the tech community.<p>My read of the issue was that:<p>- This will be easy to fix when Trump is replaced<p>- Comcast wou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why We Don't Write Tests - genericsteele
https://whatdoitest.com/why-we-dont-write-tests
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drharris
He forgot two of the most important reasons people don't test:
1) We inherited this monolithic spaghetti mess of a legacy system with a class
hierarchy that does not lend itself to testing without a major rewrite ... | {
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} |
Intel's Python distribution turbocharges data science - stanislavb
http://www.infoworld.com/article/3117239/data-science/intels-python-distribution-turbocharges-data-science.html
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ceyhunkazel
In Anaconda versions 2.5 and later, MKL is freely available by default in
Anaconda any difference between Intel version?
... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Does anyone here have an art degree? - iansowinski
As Graphic Art's student, I'm curious if there are any developers with art history here - what's your stories, and how do you apply your artistic knowledge and skills to IT work?
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spaceribs
BFA student turned full stack developer here. I w... | {
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} |
Smog over Singapore - balakk
http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2013/06/smog-over-singapore
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latch
Singapore's air is much better than Hong Kong's or Shanghai's. I grew up in
the great white north, surrounded by nature, and on a day to day basis,
Singapore's air is fine.
But this annual haze, largely caused ... | {
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} |
Cloudflare's proxy violates HTTP/1.1, and they don't care - lovasoa
https://community.cloudflare.com/t/incorrect-caching-of-dynamic-resources/170977
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ckdarby
Nothing to really see in these forum posts aside from at best what I can
gather is, I'm right, your wrong and you should be thanking me for pointing
this o... | {
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} |
Filtering stream water or fresh water is medically unnecessary - curtis
https://slate.com/technology/2018/02/filtering-stream-water-or-fresh-water-is-medically-unnecessary.html
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benjohnson
Don't follow his advice: All it takes is a rotting animal carcass or infected
human poop near your water source to render wa... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Money Stuff: The Companies Are in Charge Now - chucksmash
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-01-17/money-stuff-the-companies-are-in-charge-now
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chucksmash
On a similar topic, there was some interesting discussion in comments
yesterday about whether it was good or bad that Microsoft was setting aside... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Weekend Project - Browse Instagram photos by location - clark-kent
http://www.locatepics.com
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clark-kent
I created this to explore places and follow events. Some of my favorites in
New York:
Times Square: <http://www.locatepics.com/showpics?r=times+square+ny>
Central Park: <http://www.locatepics.com... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Online community for solopreneurs/bootstrappers? - hmngwy
Hmm.. well?
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dylanhassinger
Dynamite Circle by tropicalmba.com is the best
also there is Fizzle.co
and Micropreneur Academy
[http://www.micropreneur.com/](http://www.micropreneur.com/) by Rob Walling
~~~
bengali3
+1 for micropreneur.com. & mi... | {
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} |
Possible government demand for WhatsApp backdoor - k4jh
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/03/possible_govern.html
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joesmo
I'm sure they'll take a victory here over Apple any day as there is more data
to be gained here, but the two cases are not that different. Each case is
about building a backdoor and... | {
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} |
The Multi-Armed Bandit Problem - zenburnyourface
http://camdp.com/blogs/multi-armed-bandits
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mcpherrinm
Eugh, this website has custom behavior for the left-right arrow keys, which
breaks the back keyboard shortcut in Firefox (alt+left arrow key). Non-
standard navigation on a page that IMHO doesn't need it.
~... | {
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} |
Jeff Bezos Finds Apollo 11 Rockets - josephmosby
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/amazons-jeff-bezos-discovers-historic-apollo-11-rocket-engines-at-the-bottom-of-the-sea/255190/
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ChuckMcM
There is an interesting sub-text here which should probably get more
attention. Jeff Bezos funded this... | {
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} |
Daylight-Saving Time Is Past Its Prime - Shivetya
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443749204578052962065551312.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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drallison
The posted link is behind a paywall. Try:
[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044374920457805...](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100008723963... | {
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} |
Interview With Awesome Female Coder, Corrinne Yu, 3D Engine Lead, XBOX HALO - jv2222
http://techzinglive.com/?p=111
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mwcremer
Hmm, so why point out gender, especially when combined with superlatives? Kind
of undercuts the effect.
~~~
jv2222
In the world of coders (where males far out-number females) I think it ... | {
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} |
Ghost for Journalism - uptown
https://ghost.org/journalism/
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fapjacks
I moved my blog to Ghost a couple years ago and I've been happy with the
change. It is notable for not getting in my way. I feel like Ghost enables my
writing more than anything else, and it's a really quick platform. Quick to
draft, quick to ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A hedge fund’s ‘mercenary’ strategy: Buy newspapers, slash jobs, sell buildings - Bud
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/a-hedge-funds-mercenary-strategy-buy-newspapers-slash-jobs-sell-the-buildings/2019/02/11/f2c0c78a-1f59-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html
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howard941
This strategy mirrors vulture c... | {
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} |
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