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Hackers broke into Sony Pictures using an unpatched security hole - cyphunk
http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/20/sony-pictures-fell-to-zero-day-flaw/
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cyphunk
Unlikely they purchased an "expensive" 0day. It is more likely they would
develop their own or purchase locally as they would have access to cheaper
marke... | {
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Ask HN: Is there a good fork of MongoDB? (like MariaDB to MySQL) - Elect2
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stephenr
Well first off - I wouldn't consider MariaDB a 'good fork'.
They've done the exact things they claimed Oracle would do, and done the very
things they said they wouldn't.
I'd consider Percona Server or Percona XtraDB Cluster to b... | {
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Somebody help me - I want to be “Analytical” - AnitaLather
Hi HN community,<p>Quick question - I want to be more analytical - that is, want to be very sharp with numbers - perhaps like a McKinsey consultant or a Goldman Sachs banker. Can someone direct me on a step-by-step process to climb the number ladder. I am will... | {
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How My Eventual Technical Co-Founder Told Me: “Fuck You, Pay Me” - camz
http://cameronkeng.com/how-my-eventual-technical-co-founder-told-me-%E2%80%9Cfuck-you-pay-me%E2%80%9D/
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jbhelms
That wasn't at all what I was expecting from the title. This could have easily
been "How to be a good business co-founder". You... | {
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The Pitch: Behind the scenes of venture-capital financing (2001) - staunch
http://www.nj.com/business/ledger/index.ssf?/news/stories/0909thepitch.html
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corentin
Follow-up: the company they're talking about (Global Locate) was just acquired
by Broadcom:
<http://www.globallocate.com/PRESS/Press_Releases/Broadcom_... | {
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How Corning Created the Ultrathin, Ultrastrong Material of the Future - pooma
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/09/ff-corning-gorilla-glass/all/
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drostie
This article didn't mention it, so I thought I would: Glass is about as strong
as steel. Okay, okay, so glass is really a _class_ of materials with wide... | {
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} |
The blasphemy case against Bret Weinstein, and its four lessons for professors - jseliger
http://heterodoxacademy.org/2017/05/27/this-weeks-witch-hunt/
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qubex
Viewing this from the far remove of (southern) Western Europe, I am constantly
amazed by these kinds of reports of emotionally charged political correctne... | {
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Magnetic recording breakthrough reported - arjn
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120207133506.htm
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arjn
Update: I tried to find some more info but unfortunately it looks like the
original paper is behind a pay-wall. Here are some related links :
<http://www.psi.ch/media/using-heat-for-storing-data>... | {
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Billionaire wants Michigan to reject free bridge to Canada & use his bridge - slaven
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/23/greedy-u-s-billionaire-urges-michigan-voters-to-reject-free-bridge-to-canada/
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alanpca
I live in Windsor, so it's pretty cool to see this make HN. I don't know what
will happen if they d... | {
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Tell HN: Tuft and Needle Follow-up (Ten mattress, improvements and growing pains) - johmas
Following up on our December post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6900625), we'd like to thank the Hacker News community—especially all those who reached out directly to advise. Based on feedback, we ... | {
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Tegra K1 Glass Fracture Demo [video] - rinesh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGPK__0Vnz0
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IgorPartola
And apparently Acer is about to ship a Chromebook with the K-1 as the graphics
card: [http://gizmodo.com/acer-chromebook-13-hands-on-gaming-
guts-i...](http://gizmodo.com/acer-chromebook-13-hands-on-gaming-gu... | {
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Upwork Bans Upwork Premium Program Freelancers. Permanently - sdpy
https://medium.com/@vlad161/upwork-bans-upwork-premium-program-freelancers-permanently-dee7d514d172
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ParameterOne
I use Upwork to get some things done and this is startling.
>>Our decision is based on a careful review and the fact that you have
... | {
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Ask HN: Review my startup: PartnerPul.se - chriswright1664
http://www.partnerpul.se
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pedalpete
I'm not your target demographic, but I hope I can recommend some design
changes.
For some reason you have a map overlaid by the list of "latest partner
activity and updates", and to me, it looks very strange. I can'... | {
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How Stacks Are Handled in Go - jgrahamc
http://blog.cloudflare.com/how-stacks-are-handled-in-go/?
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pron
In Quasar[1] -- a library that adds true fibers (just like Go's goroutines) to
the JVM -- we've decided to go with copying stacks as well (this is the
current, and original, implementation). Of course, Java do... | {
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Don't go native UI on your mobile web app - toni
http://cubiq.org/dont-go-native-ui-on-your-mobile-web-app/13
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ja2ke
Why would someone want to copy the native OS UI for a web app? That will just
make people think your app is poorly made, when the controls look identical to
those from their mobile device's native... | {
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What Is the Truck Factor of Popular GitHub Applications? A First Assessment [pdf] - rbanffy
https://peerj.com/preprints/1233v1.pdf
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detaro
See also
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9874503](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9874503)
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Why we are not showing Gone Home at PAX - swilliams
http://thefullbrightcompany.com/2013/06/21/why-we-are-not-showing-gone-home-at-pax/
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FN0rdique
A thoughtful explanation of a principled, reasonable decision. I give them two
days before they're buried under an avalanche of brainless dorks ranting about
"censo... | {
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BBC Computer Literacy Project 1980 – 1989 - open-source-ux
https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/
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Wildgoose
I was born in 1965 and was an early micro-hobbyist from the end of 1978
onwards. I remember wanting an Acorn System One which was basically a hex
keypad attached to a Eurocard. Unbelievably primitive.
In 1980 (age... | {
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Bitcoin an Almost Exact Fit to Gold’s Historical Chart - phreeza
http://visualcapitalist.com/plus/blog/bitcoin-an-almost-exact-fit-to-golds-historical-chart/
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nkuttler
Wow. Yeah, if you pick arbitrary timespans from different charts you will find
matches.
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In response to NewYorker and Why do you care so much about privacy? - aurelien
About https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/06/18/why-do-we-care-so-much-about-privacy<p>No people don't care about privacy, if they do facebook, google, ... all other privacy rapper style corporate... | {
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Waypipe: GSoC Project Complete - emersion
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2019-August/040819.html
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wmf
I salute Manuel Stoeckl; this is impressive for a summer project. Hopefully
this will also put to rest the biggest objection to Wayland adoption.
~~~
pepijndevos
I agree that it's impressi... | {
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Canadians to start HIV vaccine clinical trials - pg
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Canadians+start+vaccine+clinical+trials/5890341/story.html
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ajju
_Kang has been studying HIV since 1987._
This guy has been working on fighting one virus for almost 25 years. I can't
quite compare what I aim to do with my st... | {
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Staff Engineer Archetypes: Team Leads, Architects, Solvers, and Right Hands - peey
https://lethain.com/staff-engineer-archetypes/
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peey
An important note: the non-management career path after reaching a senior
engineering level is thoroughly under-discussed. This is the reason that the
author cites for starting ... | {
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Why are scientists so dull? Because interesting people are selected against. - theoden
http://charltonteaching.blogspot.com/2008/11/why-are-scientists-so-dull.html
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tokenadult
This story has been submitted to Hacker News before with other URLs. It is
important to note that the author himself was so dull (stupi... | {
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} |
Show HN: Chrome Extension Developer Starter Kit - rfitz
https://chromeextensionkit.com/?ref=hackernews
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rfitz
Hey HN, ChromeExtensionKit is a side project of mine that includes a bunch of
different starter templates for basic (HTML/CSS/JS) and React-based Chrome
extensions (with setup and publish scripts) as wel... | {
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Loongson – The Intel and AMD alternative (LoongBT runs x86 code) - peter_d_sherman
https://www.imgtec.com/blog/loongson-mips64-processors-performance-barrier/
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Scaevolus
Loongson contains several hundred "x86 compatibility" instructions to do
things like calculate status codes as x86 does or implement x87 80-bit... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to attract best talent - ashish5887
We are opening a new office in India where we don't have brand name yet. How do you attract best talent when opening a new office in a location where no one knows you?
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elviejo
1\. Accept remote workers. 2\. Interesting and hard problems. 2\. Interesting
techn... | {
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Ask HN: How do I think more holistically? - jsmcgd
I have noticed a trend: when I am developing and I find a solution to a difficult problem it is normally because in some way I have regained sight of the bigger picture. For example, I might see any easy way to sidestep the issue all together or I might gain an unde... | {
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I host ~25 low traffic websites & have some questions about moving to AWS - justindocanto
I've been using shared hosting, dedicated servers & dedicated virtual servers with pretty straight forward pricing for years now, but after just hating the service, UI & reliability most of the services i've come across... | {
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Ask HN: What's your SaaS stack recommendation? - loumf
I'm interested in hearing recommendations for web app stacks for SaaS applications. I know this is broad -- here's my attempt at narrowing it down<p><pre><code> * For a side project that I hope to grow to a business.
* Cheap for MVP / Customer Dev period
... | {
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Accelerator, a 3D browser game using the Unity Web Viewer - redthrowaway
http://www.kongregate.com/games/TenebrousP/accelerator
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enobrev
First I've heard of Unity Web Viewer. Unfortunately (on Ubuntu):
Unity Web Player
The Unity Web Player is not currently compatible with the operati... | {
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} |
Why C Is a Great Language - StephenFalken
Alexander Stepanov, the primary designer and implementer of the C++ Standard Template Library (STL), gave an interview to Dr.Dobb's Journal back in 1995, sharing his insightful view on 'why C is a great language' (http://www.stepanovpapers.com/drdobbs-interview.html):<p>"Let... | {
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How I made money podcasting and why you probably don't want to - jason_tko
https://blog.usejournal.com/how-i-made-8-000-per-month-podcasting-and-why-you-probably-dont-want-to-855966a557aa
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ggm
A hidden threat in this, is that podcasting can look like journalism to many
economies. If you "report" on current affai... | {
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} |
VK open sources PHP to C++ translator - danabramov
https://github.com/vk-com/kphp-kdb
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danabramov
Release notes & benchmarks:
[http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=...](http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fhabrahabr.ru%2Fcompany%2F... | {
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Hillary Clinton Announces Tech Plan - stryan
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2016/06/28/clinton-tech-plan-reads-like-silicon-valley-wish-list/86474144/
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jordanb
> attaching a green card to the diplomas of foreign-born students earning STEM
> degrees.
HAH! I knew this was going to be in there.
Of c... | {
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Introducing Tweet-a-Program - phs2501
http://blog.wolfram.com/2014/09/18/introducing-tweet-a-program/
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jpatokal
Whenever I see Wolfram/Mathematica stuff like this, I'm not entirely sure if
it's incredibly brilliant and will replace all computing as we know it, or
completely batshit insane and impenetrable unless... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Journalist detained at US/Canadian Border - GeorgeOrr
http://www.onthemedia.org/story/my-detainment-story-or-how-i-learned-stop-feeling-safe-my-own-country-and-hate-border-patrol/?utm_source=local&utm_media=treatment&utm_campaign=daMost&utm_content=damostviewed
Systemic abuse at border crossings.
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znowi
I hear ... | {
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Tesla drops $35k price reference from Model 3 page - gnicholas
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/07/tesla-drops-35000-price-from-model-3-page-insists-plans-havent-changed/
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gnicholas
Also note that Tesla will soon hit the production threshold for the federal
tax credit. With this revelation (the 6-9 month delay ... | {
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} |
How does Weave use Cryptography? - yungchin
http://kix.in/2009/10/11/how-does-weave-use-cryptography/
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mbrubeck
The latest version of Weave (now "Firefox Sync") also uses J-PAKE for
exchanging keys between devices.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_Authenticated_Key_Exch...](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa... | {
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What are fields where we understand the engineering well but not the science? - vimota
https://twitter.com/vimota/status/1225582224575086592
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simonblack
Anaesthetics.
No one can explain why chloroform and other anaesthetic gases work the way
they do, but they're used millions of times every day.
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The Aeroplane Flies High, Turns Left, Looks Right and Might Reach Its Destination - mrmondo
https://smcleod.net/the-airline/
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mrmondo
Perhaps my alternative title could have been 'or how people learn not to smash
the pumpkins'
| {
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Open Source, Low Latency, High Quality Voice Chat - LinuxBender
https://www.mumble.info/
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codefined
Still out goto application for chatting, an exceptional piece of technology.
Works on unbelievably awful computers in the worst Internet conditions.
Discord has them beat in terms of improving the quality of bad ... | {
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} |
New discovery throws light on mystery of pyramids' construction - HillaryBriss
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/06/new-discovery-throws-light-on-mystery-of-pyramids-construction
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rando444
I always like seeing discoveries about the pyramids, but I don't get the
feeling this tells us as much as the artic... | {
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} |
Beijing to Judge Every Resident Based on Behavior by End of 2020 - lunchbreak
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-21/beijing-to-judge-every-resident-based-on-behavior-by-end-of-2020
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yosito
I've been frustrated lately that my rating as a passenger in Uber is at 4.78
and falling despite my own precept... | {
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Ask HN: Does anybody know what 'searchbenny' is? - neilpeel
I installed Skype on a new mac and then bing hijacked my Chrome and Safari and now I can't get rid of it...And also when I search for something it goes to search.searchbenny.com, is this a virus? Anyone know how to remove?
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abcdefghasdifka
Many t... | {
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SQLite updated Code of Conduct - Daviey
https://sqlite.org/codeofconduct.html?latest
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Roritharr
With the pressure put on antirez, Linus and now Dwayne Richard Hipp, I'm
getting nervous when imagining of falling outside of the "accepted social
norms".
The web was always a rough place, but it was a place that all... | {
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} |
Yes, there really is a world championship for Microsoft Office - gewoonkris
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/07/us/microsoft-office-world-championship-excel-trnd/index.html?
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brudgers
Joel Spolsky's "You Suck at Excel",
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nbkaYsR94c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nbkaYsR94c)
---... | {
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40 years on astronomers have revisited the pulsar from the iconic album cover - zeristor
https://theconversation.com/joy-division-40-years-on-from-unknown-pleasures-astronomers-have-revisited-the-pulsar-from-the-iconic-album-cover-119861
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zeristor
Full title: “Joy Division: 40 years on from ‘Unknown Pleasures’, ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Getting hired on an F1 visa - aportnoy
I'm a recent graduate in math (BS) and am working at a university lab as a statistician. I am on an F1 visa and have the option of getting an OPT STEM extension so I can work for 3 years total. I love my current job but I want to transition to industry and have a hig... | {
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Alex Gaynor - Dive into Python 3 Review - twampss
http://alexgaynor.net/2010/jan/12/dive-python-3-review/
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RyanMcGreal
One difference from _Dive into Python_ that jumped out at me is that the
original book generally started each chapter with a short working program and
then dissected that program to explain a ... | {
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Redis 2.2.3 released - chuhnk
https://github.com/antirez/redis/raw/2.2/00-RELEASENOTES
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mrduncan
A heads-up for anyone upgrading - 2.2.4 is now released.
Warning, going to release 2.2.4 in seconds as I decided
to change the semantics of OBJECT command to avoid
problems in the... | {
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} |
Remote Development with VS Code - shaklee3
https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2019/05/02/remote-development?WT.mc_id=social-twitter-ticyren
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elephantum
I don't understand, why isn't there more excitement about this.
This is huge in my opinion.
Now you can get any environment in container on your local machine... | {
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The need for timezone awareness - laut
http://www.creativedeletion.com/2015/05/10/the-need-timezones.html
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emptybits
Trivia questions, easily answered by programmers who appreciate the subtleties
of time math:
1\. If someone leaves Vancouver at 1 am and arrives in Seattle at 4 am on the
same day, and you know... | {
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} |
Lessons from Hautelook: how to adapt when your web business goes mobile first - kunle
http://blog.hipmob.com/post/53285549670/lessons-from-hautelook-what-happens-when-your
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kunle
Hey HN - OP here. We've been running an interview series with folks scaling
fast in mobile, about how they're adapting. We've more o... | {
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} |
NSA and GCHQ agents 'leak Tor bugs' alleges developer - escapologybb
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28886462
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Sanddancer
Ah, the lovely slant of the article. It's an evil tool used by pedophiles.
It's an evil tool used by drug addicts. Oh, a few activists and stuff use it,
but it's used by the terrorists... | {
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} |
Getting Rich By The Numbers, A CrunchBased How-To - zher
http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/21/getting-rich-by-the-numbers-a-crunchbased-how-to/
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astrofinch
There's obvious sampling bias here. The companies in CrunchBase are not chosen
according to objective criteria. They're chosen because someone visited the
Crun... | {
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} |
How can I use PHP and not suck? - cmars232
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cmars232
I am considering a project which for many reasons will be more economically
feasible to implement with PHP. However, I consider myself to be an
'enlightened' web developer -- I prefer frameworks like Django, Rails,
Turbogears, etc. I am not looking fwd to goi... | {
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} |
No Forfeiture-Database Backup with Millions on the Line, NYPD Admits - chha
https://www.courthousenews.com/no-forfeiture-database-backup-millions-line-nypd-admits/
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basicplus2
I would presume this is deliberate..
oops! Sorry! The power went off.. What a shame! We will keep all this now.
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Introducing Developer Driven Development (DDD) - AmberShah
http://www.codeanthem.com/blog/2010/05/introducing-developer-driven-development-ddd/
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jrockway
I have to agree with this.
The reality is that testing everything before you even write it locks you in,
emotionally, to a certain design. ("If I clean up t... | {
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Ask HN: How do I report a security issue without getting sued? - madflow
I have noticed a security issue on a certain webpage. The impact is quite severe - there is user data (Credit Cards information) leaking and a user without valid credentials can access information for assumed logged in users (like Forum comments)... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
US imposes sanctions on Iran for Internet censorship - Reltair
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/11/us-imposes-sanctions-on-iran-for-internet-censorship/
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westicle
The irony is delicious.
| {
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What it's like hitting the front page - twice - jonhmchan
http://www.jonhmchan.com/thoughts/2013/9/21/lessons-learned-hitting-the-front-page-twice
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jlgaddis
~18 months ago, Gizmodo linked to[0] a page on my web site. It was then posted
to Reddit, was shared several thousand times on Facebook, and also linked t... | {
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} |
How Not to hire an iPhone dev consultant / A challenge for a great OpenGL dev - EtienneJohnred
http://taptaptap.com/blog/how-not-to-hire-a-consultant-to-create-your-iphone-app/
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elbrodeur
Interesting story. He said/she said stories like this, though, are often
difficult to parse. Regardless of what is fact, what... | {
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} |
Scraping made easy with jQuery and SelectorGadget (and Node.js!) - DTrejo
http://blog.dtrejo.com/scraping-made-easy-with-jquery-and-selectorga
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lamby
It's neat using jQuery for this but I've found the arduous part of scraping
isn't in the actual parsing and extraction of data your target page, but
rather in th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why did a humpback whale save a seal's life? (2016) - mnem
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/07/why-did-humpback-whale-just-save-seals-life
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rossdavidh
So, as in many cases when scientists (or science writers) discuss the
motivations of mammals with big brains, they go to a lot of effort to avoid
the obvious ... | {
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} |
Simple React Patterns - kawera
http://lucasmreis.github.io/blog/simple-react-patterns/
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acemarke
This is an _excellent_ summary of some of the most useful React patterns. I
can also recommend "React Patterns" [0] and "React Bits" [1], which show a
variety of other useful patterns as well.
Beyond those, my React... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
6 reasons why encryption isn't working - m545
http://guardtime.com/blog/6-reasons-why-encryption-isnt-working
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nodata
...and I still have no idea what the Estonian government did.
| {
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} |
What's Really Going on at Dropbox? - jonny_eh
http://venturebeat.com/2015/12/12/whats-really-going-on-at-dropbox-an-insiders-perspective/
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abstractbeliefs
>as COO at Hightail, I have a bit of an insider’s perspective on what may have
driven this decision. _While I have no information from directly inside
Dropbox... | {
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} |
Huawei faces 5G ban in Britain within months - chvid
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/07/04/huawei-faces-5g-ban-within-months/
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waihtis
Paywalled! Interested if the GCHQ actually found something in their dedicated
Huawei lab to warrant or if this is driven by something else.
| {
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Joyent gives their lifetime customers a better offer - typicalrunt
http://joyent.com/migration/migration-faq.php
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typicalrunt
Unfortunately it's behind an email form, so I'm not sure if each customer is
receiving a different offer, or if it's just a way to track customers.
| {
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} |
Young people are a lost generation that can no longer fix things - Balgair
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11298927/Young-people-are-lost-generation-who-can-no-longer-fix-gadgets-warns-professor.html
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grownseed
"Get off my lawn!"
I find it rather ironic that this would be posted on HN; th... | {
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} |
Technologies for Non-Programmers - zdw
https://ambrevar.xyz/tech-non-programmers/index.html
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mdorazio
What? Is this actually serious? You want non-programmers to use git and
emacs?! This is so out of touch with reality it's funny. Here's an actual list
of equivalent things for _real_ non-programmers:
Version co... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Firefox 13 Released - Homepage + Speed Improvements - daleharvey
http://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2012/06/05/firefox-has-a-redesigned-home-page-and-new-tab-experience-that-make-browsing-the-web-faster-and-easier/
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superxor
Obligatory:
Release Notes: <http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/13.0/releasenotes/>
Compl... | {
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} |
Using different delimiters in sed (2010) - navigaid
https://backreference.org/2010/02/20/using-different-delimiters-in-sed/
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teddyh
The common alternate character, for those cases where normal slashes are not
suitable, is a comma character; ‘,’. With Sed code, readability is always an
issue, and it can be improv... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apple is about to do something their programmers definitely don’t want - randomdrake
https://medium.com/make-better-software/apple-is-about-to-do-something-their-programmers-definitely-dont-want-fc19f5f4487
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chrisbennet
I think open plan offices are great. I hope all the companies I compete with
adopt them. ;-)
... | {
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} |
What do the best web developers look for in an RFP? - bgcallam
I'm not a developer myself but I do have a good amount of industry knowledge. How can I attract the best talent (assuming I need to do this via an RFP)? I believe that I personally could weed out the groups who are making promises they won't be able to ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
5 Lessons Developers Can Take from Apple’s Walled Garden - edbedbe
https://www.reaktor.com/blog/lessons-developers-can-take-from-apple/
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edbedbe
Author here. Apple has been getting slammed in the tech news lately and I
thought it might be a good time to discuss some of the long-term positive
aspects of their app... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: My Portfolio Website - gen_greyface
https://port.greyface.now.sh/
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Exuma
I think this site would be perfect if you toned down the existential
dreariness and replaced it with small sprinkles of humor, but mix in some more
technical stuff (what are your benefits).
Being able to endlessly think about life... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why Most Unit Testing Is Waste - awad
http://pythontesting.net/strategy/why-most-unit-testing-is-waste/
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necovek
Just as the article complains how most advice is not based on data, you have
to wonder where does the "most" in the title come from?
It would be _wonderful_ to get a breakdown of unit test classes in... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Youtubio.com – The Greatest Youtube Downloader – Totally Free - donnguyen
http://youtubio.com/
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crazydiamond
Could you please explain why this is the greatest? Or how it compares to the
other youtube downloaders?
Does it allow selection of resolution ? Does it allow downloading only audio ?
Thanks.
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
HN Side Project Partner Search - joeyspn
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fDNE2O862oLmlojAPDXdfdTy7w6nZLiFlhDWbHoEzGk/edit?usp=sharing
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joeyspn
Following the zillionth HN's thread asking for help/info about starting side
projects [0] , I've just created a "HN Side Project Partner Search" google
stylesheet... | {
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} |
Steve Jobs Has 6 Weeks Left? - ebaysucks
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/apple-ceo-steve-jobs-has-just-six-weeks-to-live-report-86159
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gexla
Wow, people like Steve Jobs and Lance Armstrong are supermen. I fall apart
with just a common cold. These guys can move the Earth while their bodies are
failing them.
... | {
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} |
What is "Miss PR"? Your idea is needed. - shiun
Hello my friends! I am a student studying media & communication. I am currently doing a questionnaire about "Miss PR". Could you please spend a few minutes to help my survey? I will be extremely grateful for your help. Thank you sooooo much!<p>The link is: http://... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How are you using React server-side rendering? - geyang
My app (http://www.escherpad.com) is using angular, and I have decided that I'm going to rewrite it in angular2 after research both react and angular2.
The reason I want server-side rendering is for SEO, because I want to serve these collab... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A web crawler that can handle any number of websites - mixnode
https://www.mixnode.com/
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spoondocz
What's the largest crawl you can handle? meaning your upper limit...
~~~
mixnode
We've done crawls of over 250TB and 3 billion web pages. If you need to crawl
more than this you can simply shoot us an email and we... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The First Bug on Mars - AndreyKarpov
http://www.viva64.com/en/b/0462/
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junke
From "REALLY REMOTE Debugging: A Conversation with Glenn Reeves" (2010) [0]:
_We did see the problem before landing, but could not get it to repeat when
we tried to track it down. It was not forgotten nor was it deemed unimportant.
Ye... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Theory Meets Material Science - joeyespo
https://rjlipton.wordpress.com/2016/05/09/theory-meets-material-science/
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rsfern
I found this summary a bit hard to follow, so I read the 2008 Nature paper the
author refers to [0]. (It's behind a paywall, but the supplemental materials
in [1] are available.) It seems lik... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
AESRand: SIMD code to create 32-bytes of random numbers every 3.7 cycles - dragontamer
https://github.com/dragontamer/AESRand
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dragontamer
This was a fun weekend project for me, and I felt like sharing.
* Passes 8TB (~20 hours) of PractRand statistical tests. Mersenne Twister fails after 0.5TB, so this should b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Glenn Beck : Net Neutrality a Marxist Plot to take over Internet - hristov
http://mediamatters.org/research/200910210026
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anigbrowl
Glenn Beck thinks _everything_ is a Marxist plot.
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DanielBMarkham
I'm glad I 1) don't confuse news commentators with news shows, and 2) don't
watch much of either anymore
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Is The End of Digital Piracy Nigh? - luigionline
http://www.i4u.com/47024/end-digital-piracy-nigh
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kenthorvath
If anything, this will just force better protocols and more anonymous methods
of sharing to do be developed. Piracy will never die, because P2P
communication is in the Internet's DNA. The more dramati... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Great and Beautiful Lost Kingdoms of India - Thevet
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/may/21/great-and-beautiful-lost-kingdoms/
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themartorana
India is many things. Depending on where you are, stunningly beautiful,
dangerously dirty, or both. My first trip to Mumbai, when all I knew was the
US and... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Advice for AI aspirations? - matmann2001
I'm an undergrad in Computer Engineering, and I find the fields of AI, Machine Learning, and HCI EXTREMELY interesting.<p>Do you have any advice for important skills or things to learn, people to talk to, or things to read that would better prepare me for this field? Any adv... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apple patents system for iOS devices to prevent image and video capturing - ary
http://www.9to5mac.com/70193/apple-patents-infrared-system-for-ios-devices-to-prevent-illegal-image-and-video-capturing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29
=... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Hilary Clinton: Internet censorship damages national economies - dreemteem
http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3261282/clinton-internet-censorship-harmful-to-governments/?olo=email&no1x1
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fedd
is it about Wikileaks?.. oh, no, not at all.
| {
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} |
CircuitLab - online schematic editor & circuit simulator - microtherion
https://www.circuitlab.com/
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simonbarker87
I found CircuitLab a few weeks ago and was impressed with it. I have little
need to simulate simple circuits with discrete components - what would be
amazing is if this could be the start of a syste... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Some things I've done with Apple watch in the last 11 hours - shawndumas
http://log.ericalba.org/post/117307478867/some-things-ive-done-with-apple-watch-in-the-last
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vilmosi
Sounds pretty fake IMO
| {
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} |
My First Computer (what was yours?) - OpenAmazing
http://www.openamazing.com/2011/my-first-computer/
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rman666
<http://clintlaskowski.com/tag/ohio-scientific/>
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pwg
Sinclair ZX80 - <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX80>
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Study confirms link between chemical in red wine and slowed aging in humans - theoneill
http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/news/2008/01/resveratrol
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fauigerzigerk
I don't want to spoil the party, but that same substance is also contained in
the juice of red grapes without the alcohol ;-)
~~~
rms
Yes, but it i... | {
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} |
Ansible 101 by Jeff Geerling – new series on YouTube - geerlingguy
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2020/ansible-101-jeff-geerling-new-series-on-youtube
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geerlingguy
In addition to announcing this new streaming series (hope it's helpful if you
don't know Ansible yet!), I wanted to also remind anyone who hasn't ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Indie Fund: A brand new funding source for Independent Game Developers - amelim
http://www.indie-fund.com/
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nihilocrat
Hope this is successful! There's a pronounced lack of incubators or "angel"
funding sources for independent game developers.
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jim-greer
Very talented partners! World of Goo, Braid and o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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