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Steve Wozniak On Antennagate, Google And Steve Jobs ( with Video) - px
http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/04/steve-wozniak-apple-google/
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fuzzythinker
He may be too close to Apple to realize Apple may be as likely (or more) as
Google to be the "Microsoft of the future".
~~~
martythemaniak
I thought that was the mo... | {
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Computer Language Benchmarks Game – Rust vs. Go - riccomini
http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/compare.php?lang=rust&lang2=go
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jerf
Probably more interesting is Rust vs. C++. Rust is actually beating C++ on
several benchmarks, by a comfortable margin.
Go is a modern scripting language, stripped of t... | {
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Malaria No More - nate
http://malarianomore.org
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schemescape
For what it’s worth, GiveWell recommends the Against Malaria Foundation:
[https://www.givewell.org/charities/amf](https://www.givewell.org/charities/amf)
~~~
colinmhayes
People who donate to domestic charities when AMF and the malaria consortium
are ... | {
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Scott Bellware: A Simple, Definitive Metric of Software Development Productivity - woan
http://blog.scottbellware.com/2011/03/simple-definitive-metric-of-software.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sbellware+%28Scott+Bellware%29
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ibejoeb
Under Non-Value-Added Work:
> Here are a few ... | {
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Ask YC: Stats on Commenting before Reading - DaniFong
Occasionally, I read a comment that seems to plainly ignore the main points of the article: the comment seems to have posted, a'la Slashdot, before they've even read it.<p>I wonder if my impressions are correct? Do many people comment before clicking the article,... | {
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Emacs for the HP49G - brudgers
https://staff.science.uva.nl/c.dominik/hpcalc/emacs/
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encode
To clarify: this is not Emacs. Instead, it is a text editor that features
improvements over the built-in editor. It was partly written by Carsten
Dominik (creator of Org mode), who is an Emacs user. Some features were
ins... | {
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A very cool dude and his ski clothing company: Klaus Obermeyer - eserorg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQdFjO7mgnY
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Obermeyer
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eserorg
Wikipedia article: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Obermeyer>
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Email your notes into OneNote with me[at]onenote.com (2014) - vmarsy
https://blogs.office.com/2014/03/17/email-your-notes-into-onenote-with-meonenote-com/
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Ezhik
Microsoft released a lot of cool stuff for OneNote starting around a year ago.
The REST API they have is pretty neat, I built a project with it for a... | {
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} |
Show HN: Nikon DSLR as video conf webcam on Mac - dognotdog
I've spent the COVID weekends working on an open-source plugin to use my Nikon DSLR as a webcam for the endless Zoom calls, and here it is:<p>https://github.com/dognotdog/ptpwebcam
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jamesponddotco
Nice!
If anyone is looking for... | {
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Are You a Responsible Owner of Your Availability? - somic
http://somic.org/2010/07/06/are-you-a-responsible-owner-of-your-availability/
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shib71
I originally thought this was about _personal_ availability. It isn't, but it
prompted some interesting ideas about being mindful about how open I am to
interruption, ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What's your point of view on code review services such as Codacy? - symbolepro
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smt88
N/A. All of my code handles private data (don't most revenue-generating
programs?) and I can't/won't send my code to a third-party server.
~~~
symbolepro
What about on premise version of these services?
~~~
jaimefjorge... | {
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How Are Infosec Pros Affected by Pentagon’s 46K Layoffs Plans? - grecs
https://www.novainfosec.com/2013/01/26/how-are-infosec-pros-affected-by-pentagons-46k-layoffs-plans/
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phaus
I would imagine that many Infosec positions would be safe, as there are
regulations in place that mandate many aspects of security, in... | {
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} |
A 32-year-old state senator is trying to get patent trolls out of Massachusetts - jessiemcr
https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/14/this-32-year-old-state-senator-is-trying-to-get-patent-trolls-out-of-massachusetts/
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Animats
I'm always amused at the Silicon Valley attitude towards "patent trolls".
Figuring out some wa... | {
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Humans are not constraint solvers - miguelferreira
http://amigueloferreira.pt/humans-are-no-constraint-solvers/
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ridiculous_fish
Disclaimer: I was the owner and maintainer of autolayout at Apple for a few
years. I think the article makes a fair point, but focuses on just a detail.
The article criticizes what it... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Where do you keep your startup ideas? - kp368
Ideally, it would do a little more than just Evernote notebook. I am using Trello at the moment, as I can order them etc. Is there a better way? Maybe even a social way?
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sjs382
In Bitbucket, with each as its own project.
Gathering "startup ideas" seems to... | {
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A secret startup saved the worst website in America, HealthCare.gov - NN88
http://www.businessinsider.com/secret-startup-saved-americas-worst-website-2015-7
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jsnell
Previous discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9857662](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9857662)
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bmmayer1
Has anyone in t... | {
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Volitional Control of Vocalizations in Crows - bookofjoe
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000375
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silicaroach
Absolutely escapes me why anyone would think that any birds would not have
conscious control over vocalizations. Highlights what is wrong with biology ie
the assumpt... | {
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} |
Biased News Media or Biased Readers? An Experiment on Trust - tysone
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/upshot/biased-news-media-or-biased-readers-an-experiment-on-trust.html
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speeder
Sadly they only measured bias in the sense of how much people is biased in
relation to the brands, they didn't found out a way to... | {
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} |
High-Level Comparison of JavaScript and Go - jstam397
https://medium.com/xo-tech/from-node-to-go-a-high-level-comparison-56c8b717324a#.8oglxxg8x
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olliej
So very tired of "less punctuation saves typing time" fluff here. If ()'s etc
are really that much of your typing time I question what you're doing.
Readabilit... | {
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} |
Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County order - heshiebee
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1259945593805221891
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dannyw
The reasons for not restarting production seem to be dogmatic and not evidence
driven. Tesla is running the factory at a 30-40% capacity, and the Fremont
factory has 5.3 mill... | {
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} |
4 Months of serious coding, tutorial request site is finally complete (the beta) - tonechild
https://wanted-tuts.com
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tonechild
The idea behind this site is to let a self-moderated community vote on
tutorial requests themselves. This would give teachers a better idea of what
to blog about or vlog about etc. This... | {
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} |
The Paper Data Storage Option - Nate879
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001292.html
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billswift
"However, by looking on CD or magnetic tape, you are not able to tell whether
your data is readable or not."
Since the paper is not human readable, you still don't know whether you have a
backup or a print... | {
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} |
Show HN: Spotify + Youtube = Tubufy - superted
http://www.tubufy.com/
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superted
Tubufy is a hobby project of mine with the goal of easily converting Spotify
playlists to Youtube powered music video channels. The motiviation is really
that there are so many good music videos being made (and has been made) that
... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How are you combatting computer elbow? - nous
Apart from stretching, resting, and arranging an ergonomic setup (e.g. arms at 90 degrees, etc.), are you employing any coping strategies for computer elbow, or that dull ache in an elbow's tendons from computer overuse? If the pain I've been experiencing... | {
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Show HN: Metahunt – Everything you ever wanted to know about Product Hunt - sebst
https://metahunt.co
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bopf
very cool website. Product Hunt is an awesome site to launch new products and
your tool provides very cool stats and insights.
| {
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Two big challenges in machine learning [pdf] - jsnell
http://icml.cc/2015/invited/LeonBottouICML2015.pdf
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joe_the_user
It seems Léon Bottou is an important figure in Machine learning. His personal
website has interesting stuff too.
[https://research.facebook.com/researchers/1558013787807218/l...](https://resear... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Interview with Nick Chamandy, statistician at Google - rayvega
http://simplystatistics.org/2013/02/15/interview-with-nick-chamandy-statistician-at-google/
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mamp
Very interesting interview, but I couldn't help be saddened by this:
"...my PhD research was on Gaussian random fields, with particular application
to ... | {
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} |
Hyperink (YC W11) just launched - help pick our next book - kevingao1
Hi guys, we recently published a book with Mixergy about PG, and we got a ton of great feedback from this community. We've been working hard to fix all of the mentioned issues, in particular that it was unclear exactly what was in the book, the fo... | {
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Ask HN: Would anyone use a command line task manager? - mythriel
For personal use I have a small script that I run in command line while I am coding and that tracks the time I spend on a task and what tasks I do. The thing is I do not really like to use a web service because I do not like to have 2 many tabs opened,... | {
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} |
GraphQL Mesh - diggan
https://github.com/Urigo/graphql-mesh
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beders
In the Clojure world, Pathom scratches the same itch and seamlessly connects
different domains that can then be queried together.
It uses EQL behind the scenes and also converts to GraphQL
~~~
diggan
That's very interesting and something I've ... | {
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} |
Logic programming on the JVM and Javascript - fogus
http://www.is-research.de/info/vmlanguages/tag/logic-programming/
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code4pizza
I didn't see anything much to do with Javascript here. Unless you're meant to
use some of these libraries (such as Drools) through something like RingoJS.
| {
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PIVX qr-code generator - labseb
http://pivxqrcode.org
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otheotheothe
lol.
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Monorepos and the Fallacy of Scale - loevborg
https://presumably.de/monorepos-and-the-fallacy-of-scale.html
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ken
Whenever I hear smart and reasonable people argue well for both sides of an
engineering issue, my experience is that it will turn out that we're arguing
the wrong question. The perspective is wrong. W... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
8 Definitive Web Font Stacks - arjunlall
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/eight-definitive-font-stacks/
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russell
Good article. His stacks are large, but it give you the basis for selecting
stacks that will work across a large range of computers.
| {
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Silicon Valley: You and Some of Your VC’s have a Gender Problem - alexandros
http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/02/07/silicon-valley-you%e2%80%99ve-got-a-gender-problem-and-some-of-your-vc%e2%80%99s-still-live-in-the-past/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=G... | {
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LibreOffice Has Found its Rhythm - Garbage
http://ostatic.com/blog/libreoffice-has-found-its-rhythm
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AncientPC
> Nearly 9 out of 10 downloads of the new version of OpenOffice have been for
> Windows machines, rather than Linux, according to recently released
> statistics from Apache.
I'm fairly certain that Lin... | {
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} |
Show HN: Systems visualization for SW development - rocksoug
http://systemmeasure.com
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asimuvPR
Free no signup demo available?
~~~
systemmeasure
Demo videos here:
[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxpGZwOjYpo6rAigcM77c5A](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxpGZwOjYpo6rAigcM77c5A)
| {
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Why the Library of Congress is wrong to archive Twitter - mgunes
http://scripting.com/stories/2012/07/17/whyTheLocArchivingTwitterI.html
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sp332
LoC archives Twitter because only LoC _can_ archive Twitter. Other projects,
notably the Internet Archive, already archive open web sites including blogs.
But IA doesn't... | {
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} |
IBM's response to Web 2.0 start-ups: We're Safer - cglynch
http://www.cio.com/article/133000/IBM_s_Web_._Sales_Pitch_We_re_Safer
With innovative web-based start-ups changing the business model for how software is delivered, IBM tries to play its cards by playing up its emphasis on security.
======
run4yourlives
It's... | {
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} |
Why Alien Life Will Be Robotic (2015) - dnetesn
http://nautil.us/issue/29/scaling/why-alien-life-will-be-robotic
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sharemywin
I would assume they will have managed to master nano tech, gray
goo/replicator.
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Einstein as a Jew and a Philosopher - dnetesn
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/may/07/albert-einstein-jew-and-philosopher/
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marjukahm
It always baffles me to think how much abstractions that Einstein's mind could
contain. His philosophical, political, and scientific views reflect his sheer
ability... | {
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} |
The country that sentences children without parole - looguagra
https://theintercept.com/2016/06/03/the-u-s-is-the-only-country-that-routinely-sentences-children-to-life-in-prison-without-parole/
======
DrScump
Some background, for perspective:
[http://www.macombdaily.com/article/MD/20101215/NEWS/31215996...](http://w... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Near death, explained - evo_9
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/21/near_death_explained/singleton/
======
ColinWright
Discussion: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3875801>
| {
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Request for Feedback: an “opportunity fund” for underrepresented founders - TTringas
https://earnestcapital.com/help-design-the-earnest-opportunity-fund/
======
TTringas
Hello Hacker News, looking for feedback on how we could expand our "funding
for bootstrappers" model to better serve underrepresented founders.
Sugge... | {
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} |
Google Deal With Luxottica Will Bring Glass to Ray-Ban, Oakley - bane
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303949704579459770701232200
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xyzzy123
So. Post-Snowden, does anyone think Glass is a remotely good idea?
I believe the only kind thing that can be said is that glass is "perhaps not
terrib... | {
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} |
Only fools rush in (and watch presidential debates live) - jal278
https://worldbetter.svbtle.com/only-fools-rush-in-and-watch-presidential-debates-live
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emptybits
The article makes a good point. But one reason I favour watching such an event
live is to get ahead of the mainstream analysis before it starts to inf... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Zuckerberg Quits Google+ Over Privacy Concerns - inshane
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/13/1317252/Zuckerberg-Quits-Google-Over-Privacy-Concerns
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tbh2347
Linkbait, Zuckerberg has only opted to hide certain stats on his profile and
he now no longer shows up in this top followed lists. It has been noted th... | {
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} |
Kontena Pharos 1.0 Released: Control the Raw Power of Kubernetes - xfiler
https://blog.kontena.io/kontena-pharos-1-0-released/
======
Aleena-James
Nice One..
| {
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Swift Now Included in FreeBSD - DaNmarner
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.swift.devel
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groovy2shoes
This post is mistitled. According to the linked email, patches were committed
that allow Swift to run on FreeBSD, but it is not _included_ in FreeBSD for
the time being.
~~~
runjake
Also: It targets FreeBSD... | {
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Tell HN: Our experience with Groupon - joeguilmette
For three years I managed a skydiving facility. In March of 2010 we chose to run a Groupon promotion. At the time I hadn't heard of Groupon, and frankly, not many others had. They were new and at the beginning of the discussion with our Groupon rep, we had no idea wh... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
My Productivity Stack: What Apps I Use for My Second Brain - daltonmabery
https://www.daltonmabery.com/ideas-and-insights/productivity-stack
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jokab
I love posts like this!
The life dashboard is a good idea. I dont think notion will do it for me but
maybe something will. That tool is still out there.
The Everno... | {
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} |
FileKit: An open source end-to-end encrypted cloud storage service in JavaScript - tux3
https://github.com/TankerHQ/sdk-js/tree/master/packages/filekit
======
wglb
Doing cryptography in the browser is a bad idea:
[https://tonyarcieri.com/whats-wrong-with-
webcrypto](https://tonyarcieri.com/whats-wrong-with-webcrypto)
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Developer Excuses - jzone3
http://developerexcuses.com/
======
angersock
Aaaand for anyone who is reminded of the BOFH excuse list:
[http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ballard/bofh/excuses](http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ballard/bofh/excuses)
~~~
snake_plissken
This is great.
"Zombie processes haunting the computer"
~~~
daGrevi... | {
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} |
The Trolley Problem Problem - Hooke
https://aeon.co/essays/what-is-the-problem-with-ethical-trolley-problems
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dereferenceddev
There just seems to be a misunderstanding on the intention of a though
experiment here. There is a subtle implication that because the thought
experiment is "contrived" that its less valu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Shares in Beyond Meat up 163% on first day of trading - osrec
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48141428
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osrec
Has anyone here tried their food? Is it available in the UK at all?
~~~
danielbln
Have had a few burgers with their patties here in Berlin. It's great, like a
solid regular burger. It will not be the ... | {
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} |
Linux Has Run Out of Time - rukshn
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2465125,00.asp
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ignostic
>[Running windows apps on Linux is] like vegetarians who crave meat and eat
meat-"flavored" tofu burgers instead. Again, what's the point?
That's a better analogy than the author apparently realized. People someti... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Disney's $1B Bet on a Magical Wristband - ghosh
http://www.wired.com/2015/03/disney-magicband/
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mbrock
Neal Stephenson wrote about Disney in "In the Beginning was the Command Line":
"Americans' preference for mediated experiences is obvious enough, and I'm not
going to keep pounding it into the ground. I'm not ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Facebook forms PAC - kno
http://powerwall.msnbc.msn.com/politics/sept-27-obama-wows-in-hollywood-and-facebook-forms-pac-10860.gallery?photoId=45507>1=28135
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gerggerg
money = free speech
lol cats = money for facebook
lol cats enable free speech.
any one who doesnt like lol cats must also dislike america.
... | {
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} |
ProtonMail Voluntarily Offers Assistance for Real-Time Surveillance? - sebiw
https://steigerlegal.ch/2019/05/23/protonmail-real-time-surveillance/
======
protonmail
ProtonMail team here.
These allegations are false. Hidden at the bottom of the article, is this:
"Public prosecutor Walder of the Competence Center Cyber... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Anyone else find the redesign of Indie Hackers somewhat confusing? - aerovistae
I used to go to the site and it took one click to go to the newest interview, now it takes 3-4 clicks and I'm consistently unsure if I'm I've clicked the right thing because I'm not sure what the purpose of the timeline... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Supervisors Driven by Bottom Line Fail to Get Top Performance from Employees - iio7
https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=211538
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baud147258
Title Has Too Many Uselessly Capitalized Words.
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The Impact of Copyright Policy Changes on Venture Capital Investment [pdf] - brownbat
http://www.analysisgroup.com/uploadedFiles/Publishing/Articles/Lerner_Fall2011_Copyright_Policy_VC_Investments.pdf
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Animats
The argument here is that the _Cablevision_ decision, which allowed cable
companies to offer centrall... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Terra Nullius - tosh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_nullius
======
shadowgovt
Sort of a fascinating aspect of purchasing a home was realizing that within
the territory of the United States, there isn't any unowned land. All land is
owned by either a private entity (person or corporate) or the state or federal
gov... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Cost of Mistake in Hardware Projects - Gen1us
https://blog.maddevs.io/the-cost-of-errors-in-hardware-projects-7d73b0fd8465?source=friends_link&sk=eb21eb69d892cb19c0f85f3e0276481e
======
Gen1us
In this article, we will consider common errors in the design of electronic
devices and how to solve them. We will see how... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Obama’s 2011 Budget Proposal, Department by Department (Infographic) - bengebre
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/01/us/budget.html?hp
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timr
One thing that should immediately pop out at even the casual observer: the
traditional bugaboos of the right (social services for poor people, welfare,
etc.) are... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Where to Get Involved in Cybersecurity - gowicibir
I have a good technical background, networking, some programming/scripting, extensive telecom (2G-3G-VoIP), arduino. I can play with anything mostly (working alone). I have my own LLC (also working alone) but also employee at one of the big tech companies... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Crowd Funded Bitcoin Mining - onticfrog
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bitcoin-prospecting/x/4081716#share
They are honest about the risks, and the numbers look right. Pretty cool idea
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julien_c
This is either really neat, or the latest Ponzi scheme.
Has this been done before?
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} |
The "Do Whatever It Takes" model: an alternative to the Lean Startup - tomasienrbc
http://blog.thecityswig.com/2012/02/08/how-to-start-a-business-hint-its-not-the-lean-startup-model/
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eligottlieb
Ah, the old Giga Drill Breaker model. Easily said, a joy if done willingly,
but an incredible pain to make others g... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Does this seem like an interesting idea? - jmtame
It seems that it's fairly easy if you're recently out of college to find a cofounder and do a startup. However, once you've moved and been in a job for a while, your network dissipates. Would it be interesting to have some community that would ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Database Lab – Full-size staging databases as a service - stansler
https://gitlab.com/postgres-ai/database-lab
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sandGorgon
My advice - go all the way into RDS territory.
This is a killer feature. But it is hard to adopt it by itself, while being on
RDS, which is what most people end up doing.
If you can build ... | {
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Show HN: Sharing to multiple social accounts made easy - thesubroot
http://socialbox.io/about
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jeffmould
Not sure if I am missing something, but there is nothing on the site that
tells what it is, how it works, etc... I get it, the product lets you share to
multiple social media accounts, but how is it different... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why there are mysterious giant barcodes across the US [video] - ColinWright
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMe-xF2sRd4
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_JamesA_
"Aerial camera calibration targets".
Saved you a click.
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half-kh-hacker
Thanks - I despise this format of "let's explain a two-paragraph concept in a
five-minute long video" wher... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Carol Bartz Out at Yahoo; CFO Interim CEO - hornokplease
http://allthingsd.com/20110906/exclusive-carol-bartz-out-at-yahoo-cfo-interim-ceo/
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xyahoo
An ex-Yahoo here, using a throwaway account.
Yahoo's biggest problem is the creamy middle layer of managers. They are
usually lifers (as in, been at Yahoo for a dec... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why Numba and Cython are not substitutes for Julia - ChrisRackauckas
http://www.stochasticlifestyle.com/why-numba-and-cython-are-not-substitutes-for-julia/
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oxinabox
Anyone got any good examples major program written using Numba? Plenty exist
for Cython -- I run into those all the time.
~~~
IlyaOrson
Not sure i... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Release of Google+ Widget | Google+ API - xpressyoo
http://gplusapi.appspot.com/#?Get-It
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bea85
Not bad at all! Good use of the API
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dbin78
Nice work, and very customizable.
| {
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} |
How to Harden SSH with Identities and Certificates (2014) - gk1
https://ef.gy/hardening-ssh
======
xiaomai
I run a fleet of thousands of business devices running ssh. I used to have ssh
configured to just ignore HostKey warnings but that always made me a little
uneasy. Setting up an ssh CA and signing host keys was ju... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
New iphone costs $27.94 more than the old iphone - jarnold
Okay, we all know that the new iphone price is just a marketing ploy to get people in more expensive contracts. But how much more will it cost you. Assuming a 5% opportunity cost for your cash.<p>New iphone w/ $69.99 plan:
($1,794.34) =PV(5%/12, 24, 69.99) -... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A sexy, secure visualization of password field input - marknutter
http://foxxtrot.github.com/Chroma-Hash/
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tptacek
This is
* Not particularly sexy (it's 3 colored bars)
* Not particularly secure (it reveals information about your password that drastically reduces a brute-force search)
* Extremely confusing ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to break the internet - pulkitpulkit
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150310-how-to-break-the-internet/
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dudul
Typing 'google' in Google will break the Internet, please don't do it.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
"The Dead Zoo Gang" (Irish organized crime, rhino horn theft) - gwern
https://read.atavist.com/dead-zoo-gang
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frozenport
preview button doesn't work in firefox 28
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Accesibility, Games and Author Intent - CM30
https://medium.com/@CM30/accessibility-games-and-author-intent-gaming-reinvented-c3ceeb310e8d
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CM30
Well, I posted this article a short while ago, and I thought it was an
interesting look at how an artform that is by definition not entirely
accessible can be made more... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Kookoo cloud call center. Zero agent rental - nutanc
http://getkookoo.com
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ganjirajesh
great to see koo-koo in US market. All the best
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Python: language moratorium is lifted - prog
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.devel/121459
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gjm11
In case anyone's wondering about the two PEPs GvR mentions:
PEP 380 (<http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0380/>) would provide a
convenient way for one generator function to yield all the values of anot... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
I Tried to See Where My T-Shirt Was Made - denzil_correa
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/11/india-garment-factories-sumangali
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tokenadult
Come on, ladies and gentlemen, the fine submitted article is about stark
conditions in _India,_ where "Western capitalism" was specifically rejected,
and socialism em... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Come to Flourish 2011 an open-source conference in Chicago hosted by UIC - zitterbewegung
http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/
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zitterbewegung
Some of the speakers at the conference are \- Ryan "Icculus" Gordon - Will
talk about Gaming on Linux
\- Italo Vignoli - Founder & Steering Committee member of The Docume... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Orb – The World's First Germ-Killing UV Light Ball (1st Kickstarter) - SeerWS
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/572058660/orbtm-the-worlds-first-germ-killing-uv-light-ball
======
bradknowles
So, there's a problem here. When you expose human eyeballs to UV light, you
risk causing serious damage to your reti... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
NASA Pursues Atom Optics to Detect Gravitational Waves - Reltair
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/atom-optics.html
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andrewflnr
Why rubidium? If I recall correctly, rubidium was also used in the first Bose-
Einstein condensate experiments. Does it have properties that make it
especially useful for... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
7 great places to work - benhoyt
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/smallbusiness/0906/gallery.best_small_companies.fsb/index.html
======
hellweaver666
Daxko doesn't sound that great to me to be honest, my current employer in the
UK gives me 24 days off a year, and have just agreed to a 14 week sabbatical
after 8 y... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Anyone want to help me make a social network for frequent flyers? - ahacker1
I've been working on this app for ~1.5 years at night, and I was wondering if anyone is interested in assisting.
It's like a foursquare + waze for travelers. Karma points for checking in to airports. Crowd-sourced tsa waiti... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Dyn Inc. Acquires EveryDNS - dannyr
http://www.besttechie.net/2010/01/12/dyn-inc-acquires-everydns/
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fierarul
So it's probably time to start looking for an EveryDNS replacement ?
------
jamesbritt
Earlier post and discussion here:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1047798>
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Pistos2
"Welcome EveryDNS... | {
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} |
The Week That Shook Wall Street: Inside the Demise of Bear Stearns - prakash
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120580966534444395.html?mod=MKTW
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maximilian
The stuff going down on wall street is pretty unreal. The numbers they talk
about are mind-boggling and I wish I knew more of what exactly everything
meant -... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
PluginStash – A free curated directory of 'everything' to build your startup - lenin1234
http://www.maaxmarket.com/pluginstash-free-for-startup/
======
lenin1234
A free tool designed for the startup community. Hope you like it
~~~
shiftpgdn
I laughed that you have MySQL under growth marketing.
~~~
lenin1234
thanks f... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
GitHub for Windows 2.0 - bencevans
https://github.com/blog/1844-say-hello-to-github-for-windows-2-0
======
codemac
One of our hardware engineers uses Windows, and has been checking in
schematics and other documents into a git repo. He's tried switching to Linux,
but there are tools that only work on Windows.
I was ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Big Wins Processing Big Data: Behind the Scenes with Big Data at Torbit - voidlogic
http://torbit.com/blog/2013/02/19/big-data-at-torbit/
======
pwittrock
fwiw: there is a pretty cool paper on abstractions over mapreduce to make life
simpler: <http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1806638>
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dsl
Go is awesome. :)
... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Do React Web Apps Have Poor SEO? - ricotico060
I've recently built a web app with React only to hear that they have have bad SEO. Is this true? If so, is there an easy way to correct this?
======
JMTQp8lwXL
Having good keywords and links from other sites is likely a bigger impact on
your SEO than using Re... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Relish, discover new places to eat, invite friends to join you - jadebyfield89
http://relishwith.us
======
jadebyfield89
Hey guys,
Wanted to stop by and introduce our latest app, Relish. It's a social dining
app that seeks to make getting friends/coworkers together for lunch, dinner or
drinks dead simple.
I... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How I got a 100% conversion rate cold calling prospects for customer development - rgraham
http://whitetailsoftware.com/2011/07/how-i-got-a-100-conversion-rate-cold-calling-prospects-for-customer-development/
======
JoeAltmaier
Coincidence: Steve Blank just appeared on Hacker News with some article about
contacting ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
VPN.sh are offering a VPN for £2/year. Yes, £2 yearly D: - halfpipe
https://www.vpn.sh/clients/cart.php?a=add&pid=1&billingcycle=annually&promocode=12MONTHS_2
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frdmn
Actually it's £2/month:
[http://up.frd.mn/8a552.png+](http://up.frd.mn/8a552.png+)
~~~
halfpipe
Nope, follow the original link and click checkou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Facebook adds translate button on the news feed to users updates - ArabGeek
http://arabcrunch.com/2011/08/exclusive-facebook-adds-translate-button-on-the-news-feed-to-users-updates.html
======
ArabGeek
Facebook copied Google Translate for Google+ that translate updates on
google+. facebook translate button seems to be... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A startup should create this storage device. I would buy it. - arnorhs
http://arnorhs.com/2010/07/05/somebody-needs-to-invent-this-storage-device/
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jackowayed
I think you really want this to be 2 pieces: something "in the cloud" and a
local cache.
When you're accessing from your phone (at least when not on your... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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