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Securing Software, Together - kevlar1818
https://github.com/features/security
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ra7
This blog fails to mention that Semmle is actually joining Github:
[https://blog.semmle.com/secure-software-github-
semmle/](https://blog.semmle.com/secure-software-github-semmle/)
| {
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AMA: Bill Gates - dcx
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/aunv58/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/
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meowface
>I have not written code in a shipping product for a long time but I do write
enough code to understand the new tools like Typescript or Github (shameless
Microsoft plugs).
Cool to see ... | {
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Ask HN: What are you reading or learning during the isolation period? - vicpara
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alecjstewart
I'm thinking about diving into Eloquent Javascript[1] today. I recently
graduated with a CS degree, but I don't know at least one programming language
moderately well. Figured I'd dust off some programming cobwebs throug... | {
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Show HN: Snapshibe – Anonymously send "wows" to doges around the world - zachlatta
https://snapshibe.firebaseapp.com/
======
zachlatta
This was a quick hack thrown together to play with Firebase. Source is over at
[https://github.com/zachlatta/snapshibe](https://github.com/zachlatta/snapshibe).
| {
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The Minimum Effort you need to put in for SEO - cafeguy87
http://coffeeandmarketing.tumblr.com/post/21734855768/laundry-list-for-onpage-seo-the-minimum-effort-you
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cafeguy87
I would not recommend an all out only SEO only strategy...I'll try to explain.
Depends on the type of keywords and target audience you w... | {
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} |
Show HN: Machinable – open-source Back end-as-a-Service - anothrNick
https://medium.com/@nick.sjostrom12/introducing-machinable-6afdfe824308
======
anothrNick
Hello everyone!
Machinable is a passion project that I've just open sourced. Built as a custom
BaaS to bootstrap apps, Machinable let's you create projects, th... | {
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} |
Ballmer: An iPad Killer is Job One - all
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/359887/ballmer-urgently-wants-to-launch-ipad-killer
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protomyth
If I have to install ant-virus software on a tablet, then they have failed.
They really need to figure out a way to take some of the current lessons from
iOS and Android to heart ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Advice for accomplished but unchallenged high school senior - mswen
Will graduate from High School this spring with about 70 credits from Community College. Already accepted into college of science and engineering at local Big 10 University for next fall. We know that they have a good history of accepting thes... | {
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Ask HN: What happened to man 'claimed' have contract owning 50% of FaceBook? - Grovara123
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samwillis
Its apparently all false, he was arrested and charged with fabricating
evidence last year.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ceglia>
| {
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The Algebra of Data, and the Calculus of Mutation - perplexes
http://blog.lab49.com/archives/3011
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fexl
Beautiful. I suppose the function signatures would be:
peek : int * int^3 -> int
pos : int * int^3 -> 3*int^2
poke : int * 3*int^2 -> int^3
The functions would behave ... | {
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The 1% fallacy - aaronbrethorst
http://successfulsoftware.net/2013/03/11/the-1-percent-fallacy/
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scott_meade
Good article. In fact, I'd go a step further and say that _any_ percent is a
fallacy. Most business plans and pitch decks include the requisite section on
market size, but who cares? The only thing that m... | {
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} |
Linktuned collects your links and provides search by keywords - magic003
http://www.linktuned.com/
======
likoo
a little like Pocket with social support
~~~
magic003
Pocket is one source we are supporting. Actually, we do different things,
especially we support full text search.
| {
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Implementation of Neural Style Transfer in Python and Keras - fchollet
https://github.com/titu1994/Neural-Style-Transfer
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dswalter
Excellent writeup. The post makes use of the OP's deep learning library Keras,
which is utterly fantastic. If you want to learn more about deep learning, I'd
recommend getting starte... | {
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} |
Boeing communications boss resigns over sexist article he wrote in 1987 - andness
https://nypost.com/2020/07/03/boeing-communications-boss-niel-golightly-resigns-over-article/
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wegs
Core to any sort of social progress is the belief that people can change, and
people changing.
I sure as heck wouldn't want anyone... | {
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} |
New EC2 Standard Instances and Price Reductions - jeffbarr
http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2012/10/new-ec2-second-generation-standard-instances-and-price-reductions-1.html
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cperciva
Always nice to see new options, but I wish Amazon hadn't dropped the ephemeral
disk. Quite apart from the issue of surviving EBS failu... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Iphone 5s from USA work in UK? - hkh
Hey guys,<p>I live in the UK, and it's much cheaper for me to buy an Iphone 5s from the US and take it back with me. I have actually just bought one, but haven't opened it yet. I got the no-contract AT&T version.<p>Does anyone have any experience if the iPho... | {
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} |
Does the Inertia of a Body Depend upon its Energy-Content? (1905) [pdf] - utkarshs12
https://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/E_mc2/e_mc2.pdf
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plopilop
An interesting point to note is that Einstein derived m = E / c^2 rather than
E = mc^2. Even though both formulae are obviously equivalent, the
interpretations m... | {
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} |
Automated package management using Google Vision OCR - ropiku
https://envoy.com/blog/envoy-deliveries-announcement/
======
ropiku
Happy to answer any questions about our new product! We're very excited about
the combination of OCR and ML to solve everyday problems.
| {
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} |
500 Startups to openly solicit for new seed fund - lsh123
http://www.pehub.com/2014/06/500-startups-to-openly-solicit-for-new-seed-fund/
======
rahimnathwani
More info here: [http://500.co/invest](http://500.co/invest)
"To learn more about our fund offerings, please provide us with some
information about yourself a... | {
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} |
Clear Your Terminal in Style - signa11
https://adammusciano.com/2020/03/04/2020-03-04-clear-your-terminal-in-style/
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fmajid
I’d just settle for macOS’ Terminal.app’s ⌘-K, that resets the terminal, and
clears all the screen including scroll back window. Something so basic I have
it in muscle memory but I haven’t ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Japanese Art of Grieving a Miscarriage - Thevet
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/well/family/the-japanese-art-of-grieving-a-miscarriage.html
======
alphonsegaston
Missing from this article is that while jizo statues are used to commemorate
miscarriage, they are far more commonly used to grieve over/religiously
a... | {
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} |
Creating $1.4M TSA App in 10 mins - guessmyname
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GEpqmPL3bg
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tracker1
$50 for the time to write the app... $335k for dealing with the bidding
process to actually work on the project.
| {
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Why is there still a registry in Windows 7? - Flemlord
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2351198,00.asp
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thinkzig
"If anything will drive people to Linux, it will be this Registry-centric
architecture of Windows."
Wait... what?
This whole article is laying things on a bit thick, but this quote is
especially... | {
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} |
The 64-Bit Temple Operating System - morganwilde
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EViG0Q4lTeA
======
anigbrowl
For those who don't know, this was created by HN member losetheOS aka
SparrowOS. You won't see his comments unless you shave ShowDead enabled in
your profile, as many people find his comments confusing.
Ter... | {
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} |
Donald Trump Jr suspended from tweeting after Covid post - ColinWright
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53567681
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bmarquez
From the article: "While there is indeed much disagreement in the medical
community about the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in treating coronavirus,
there have been studies reported by... | {
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} |
'YOUTUBE is EVIL': Somebody had a tape running, Google - tankenmate
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/29/oops_google_somebody_left_a_tape_running/
======
pja
Google seems determined to make exactly the same mistakes with YouTube Music
that it made trying to pushing Google+ down people's throats.
I.e., abuse a do... | {
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} |
Free webcast – 5 ways to improve app revenue with native stream ads - gmakkoulis
http://grow.avocarrot.com/webcast-01/
======
gmakkoulis
Also, the recording will be delivered later on for those that registered but
can't join in real-time.
| {
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2010: the year SEO isn’t important anymore? - bigstartups
http://scobleizer.com/2009/12/16/2010-the-year-seo-isnt-important-anymore/
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storborg
No. SEO is, and will continue to be, just as important. It's just getting
harder, because of all of the reasons mentioned.
| {
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Pianist Maria João Pires panics as she realises she prepared wrong piece (2013) - dacm
http://www.classicfm.com/artists/maria-joao-pires/guides/wrong-piano-concerto/
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dacm
From one of the video comments: "They (Maria João, conductor, and orchestra)
had recorded 6 months earlier three Mozart concerti. This lunch ... | {
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} |
Startup company succeeds at hiring autistic adults - matan_a
http://news.yahoo.com/startup-company-succeeds-hiring-autistic-adults-162558148.html
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cooperadymas
This is an inspiring story, and I wouldn't be surprised if it were made into a
movie someday.
The revenue numbers quoted don't bode well though. $120k... | {
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} |
Table Saw called SawStop (won't cut your finger off) - todd3834
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=No_h6iVIFgA
======
btoptical
These are great saws. The founder originally just wanted to sell his safety
device to table saw manufacturers. He had no takers so he started his own
company.
My next door neighbor lost 4 of hi... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to get better in advanced SQL - dprophecyguy
How to get better at indexing?
How to get better at joins?
How to get better in SQL optimization?<p>Must to know things about SQL and maybe relational databases?
======
MarkusWinand
Since you ased about indexing in particular, here is my site about indexing:
[h... | {
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Cardboard Standing Desk - dragthor
http://healthydeveloper.com/cardboard-standing-desk/
======
dragthor
It's been two weeks of standing. Zero weight loss.
[http://healthydeveloper.com/weekly-
checkin-05-29-2016/](http://healthydeveloper.com/weekly-checkin-05-29-2016/)
vs.
[http://healthydeveloper.com/weekly-
checki... | {
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} |
We Write Post-Only APIs - mslate
https://medium.com/personal-capital-tech-blog/why-we-write-post-only-apis-f15108fb6558
======
x0hm
Gross
| {
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} |
How a selfie saved a Williamson County man from 99 years in prison - onewhonknocks
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/how-a-selfie-saved-a-williamson-county-man-from-99-years-in-prison/613848030
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mikevp
"Editor's note: KVUE is not identifying Precopia's accuser because she hasn't
been charged with a crime."... | {
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} |
Using Gossips to Spread Information [pdf] - ashray5
http://stanford.edu/~arungc/BCDJ_gossip.pdf
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ashray5
Reminds me of Malcom Gladwell's Tipping Point.
| {
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Show HN: Dimensionality reduction – upload a CSV and explore structure in data - rontoes
https://dimensionalityreduction.com/
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rontoes
This is currently the minimal (maybe even less) viable project. Would welcome
feedback on:
\- Is this useful?
\- Killer features
\- Bugs
| {
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Ask HN: I have a 6th-grade education. Should I hide this in interviews? - throwawaysixthg
My formal education ended after 6th grade (chaotic childhood, meth house).<p>At 16 I started earning enough to live on, doing something on my own that was tangentially related to software, math, logic (keeping it vague to protect... | {
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53% of Recent College Grads Are Jobless or Underemployed—How? - evo_9
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/04/53-of-recent-college-grads-are-jobless-or-underemployed-how/256237/
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yalurker
How? Because parents, teachers and mass media said to 'do what you love and
the money will follow' or some varian... | {
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} |
Has anyone read The Fourth Turning? What's your take? - jkush
http://www.fourthturning.com/html/fourth_turning.html
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hernan7
Some kind of cute parlor game.
Does the theory work for countries other than the USA?
| {
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Ask HN: Best programming language for rapid development? - tinderliker
I know the typical answer is "Whatever you know", but assuming a person has no prior programming background, which language would you suggest? PG seems to suggest Lisp (Clojure)? Javascript? Go? Python?
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dozzie
> Best programming la... | {
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Portal is the most subversive game ever - jsmcgd
http://www.gamesradar.com/gb/pc/game/news/article.jsp?articleId=20071207115329881080&releaseId=2006071916229527001§ionId=1006&pageId=20071207115724980042
======
jorgeortiz85
I'm surprised at some of the hasty comments here. Sure, the article is
wrapped-up in obscure... | {
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} |
Methods & theory Utopians & Idealists:[Customer/User Validation] - fun2have
http://johnnyholland.org/2009/09/05/utopians-and-idealists-how-to-design-products-fitting-the-needs-of-the-users-most-likely-to-use-them/
======
jemmj
An unusual and revealing angle on who takes to innovations and why. Useful for
anyone int... | {
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} |
Ex-Cardinals scouting director sentenced to 46 months in jail for Astros hack - 8ig8
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/07/18/ex-cardinals-scouting-director-sentenced-46-months-jail-astros-hack/87261322/
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8ig8
The _hack_...
> Correa was able to obtain password information from a laptop that was turne... | {
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} |
Hipster VCs - austenallred
http://bryce.vc/post/65465242202/hipster-vcs
======
paulorlando
Nice: "...we’re also susceptible to moving on to the new new before the old
new has proven itself out or reveals all of it’s innate potential..."
| {
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Android Passes iPhone Web Traffic In U.S. - sinzone
http://twitpic.com/1iw7bn
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donohoe
Actually, this was disputed. Its based on AdMob and is not a indicator of web
traffic.
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acro
Its a bit vague, would be nice to know what this is based on.
| {
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How to create a profitable Freemium startup - DanielRibeiro
http://andrewchen.co/2009/01/19/how-to-create-a-profitable-freemium-startup-spreadsheet-model-included/
======
kjhughes
This blog post is from 2009 and has been discussed on HN already:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=440595>
| {
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Show HN: BashScanner – Script to list Outdated Software on your server + cronjob - dolfje
https://github.com/PatrolServer/bash-scanner
======
dolfje
And next to coffee, it now also returns composer modules (top 100 used and
still expanding)
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charriu
A coffee brake? Yes, please.
(in the screenshot)
| {
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Phoenix – Elixir Web Framework - areski
https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix
======
chrismccord
Phoenix creator here. I would be happy to answer any questions. For those that
want an overview of the framework, my ElixirConf talk would be a good start:
[http://www.confreaks.com/videos/4132-elixirconf2014-rise-
o... | {
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} |
Running VSCode in Docker - binalpatel
https://binal.pub/2019/04/running-vscode-in-docker/
======
marcus_holmes
> Last - and most important for me - in industries like my own (healthcare),
> you work with highly regulated data that has to be stored securely, where
> having multiple copies of data on multiple laptops ca... | {
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Why I quit a $500K job at Amazon to work for myself - ausjke
https://www.indiehackers.com/@dvassallo/why-i-quit-a-500k-job-at-amazon-to-work-for-myself-36639e3975
======
boolean
Previous discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19135399](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19135399)
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krisrm
"What is o... | {
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Tencent takes a 10% stake in Snapchat parent Snap - xmpir
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/08/chinas-tencent-takes-a-10-percent-stake-in-snapchat-parent-snap.html
======
xmpir
the timinig is interesting. the stock price was down >15% after yesterdays
earnings call, now it's in the green again.
| {
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California Pot Initiative Opposed By Beer Industry - lotusleaf1987
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/21/this-buds-not-for-you-bee_n_732901.html
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protomyth
Not really unusual, look up Cotton growers opposition to growing hemp.
~~~
lotusleaf1987
Most definitely, Hearst et al. I imagine Advil, Tylenol, and a... | {
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} |
What's Important in Algoirthms - tdrnd
http://mybiasedcoin.blogspot.com/2014/05/whats-important-in-algoirthms.html
======
jacquesm
algorithms not algoirthms
| {
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A brainfuck compiler written in PHP - davedevelopment
https://github.com/igorw/naegleria
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danpalmer
Why would you put a joke language that people use to troll other developers,
and Brainfuck together into the same project?
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namesakes
Next up, PHP compiler written in brainfuck
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sponno
Next thing you... | {
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"Comments require active moderation or they rapidly go sour." - jmount
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2010/02/welcome-back-comments.html
======
jmount
Well my title got completely changed- but one thing I was interested in in
this link was the person who said it was interesting to read an article
without the comm... | {
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} |
Intel Responds to Security Research Findings - runesoerensen
https://newsroom.intel.com/news/intel-responds-to-security-research-findings/
======
bjornedstrom
This is probably one of the poorest and most defensive PR pieces I've read
from a company in a long time, and it does not really make me sympathetic to
them at ... | {
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} |
How to find an English teacher using Data Science. Part 1 - VeeSot
https://habr.com/en/post/509114/
======
VeeSot
How about using Data Science for something that is more... down to earth. For
example for case when you are looking for an English teacher?
| {
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} |
Experience a low-grade euphoria with ASMR patterns - tristanac
http://asmrion.com/?music
======
tristanac
A sound app for positive relaxation.
| {
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} |
Youtube - Dark Pattern? - hypr_geek
http://imgur.com/0Sw4uYD
======
27182818284
Yes it very much is a nasty, dark pattern. Unfortunately, they guessed
correctly that they could annoy that level and still keep their users. I
eventually gave up trying to get around it and clicked whatever option that
would satisfy the... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
NES-style CSS framework - pplonski86
https://nostalgic-css.github.io/NES.css/
======
Damark
With Times New Roman fonts??
| {
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Fame - holman
http://zachholman.com/posts/fame/
======
aprrrr
Sure, technology is great and all, but the historical analysis is simplistic.
> A patrician in ancient Rome might be able to make a name for himself around
> his neighborhood over the course of his lifetime.
Caesar, Spartacus, Cicero, and Cato are known o... | {
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} |
Google’s diversity record shows women and minorities left behind - cpeterso
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/googles-diversity-record-shows-women-minorities-left-behind/
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andrewguenther
Is it bad on Google's part if the percentage of men/women in tech roles
represents the distribution of men and women in the field... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Archaeologists excavate the site of Operation Gunnerside - fern12
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/283-1801/trenches/6198-trenches-norway-wwii-heavy-water-plant
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fiftyacorn
I liked Ray Mears "Real Heroes of Telemark" about operation gunnerside. He
speaks to Ronneberg, and discusses the survival situation. Amaz... | {
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} |
On Interviewing Software Engineers - spicavigo
https://medium.com/@yousuffauzan/on-interviewing-91e2e66aa082
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edoceo
Watching people code won't solve the interview "problem".
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jack9
This is a medium.com link, which is advertising for
[https://codebunk.com/](https://codebunk.com/)
~~~
mercury_craze
Quite... | {
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} |
All private tokens are leaked to an unauthenticated attacker - ryanlol
https://hackerone.com/reports/268794
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zeveb
Ouch, that's really, _really_ not good.
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QUFB
And the reward is some Gitlab swag?
~~~
sytse
Swag and a followup call to receive thanks from our director of Security and
me. We're working on ... | {
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} |
40 Years of David Patterson Symposium – live stream [video] - matt_d
http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/XRG/patterson2016/
======
ivan_ah
This is really long, but my sampling of 3 talks were all excellent.
Here's a link to the Foundations of Data Science course that Michael Jordan
discussed in his talk: [http://data8.org/]... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Canvas Debugger in Firefox Developer Tools - rnyman
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/03/introducing-the-canvas-debugger-in-firefox-developer-tools/
======
double051
This looks pretty similar to the venerable WebGL Inspector extension.
Project - [http://benvanik.github.io/WebGL-
Inspector/](http://benvanik.github.io/W... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask YC Startups: How is the economy treating you? - j2d2
I'm curious what the ecosystem looks like from the YC folks. Are you getting hit hard? Do you agree with PG's sentiment that it's a fine time to start?
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lionhearted
I run a small business ($150k/year gross with decent margins) and am building
to move mar... | {
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} |
Wireframing tools for web design - mydpy
Hey everyone,<p>I am a junior designer at an established web software company. I am surprised to hear they use Excel for the majority of their wireframing during the design process. I am primarily an algorithm designer, but I am frequently involved in the layout and user expe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Best IO sites you would like to visit - Nesim
http://nrazon.blogspot.com/2011/11/best-io-sites-you-would-like-to-visit.html
======
hafifuyku
I guess it all started with <http://drop.io> (which is gone now) (thanks,
btw.)
~~~
Nesim
How did I also forgot roll.io :) It is one of my favorites. Thx. I updated
list.
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Ask HN: Questions For & About Startups - LukeG
Hey folks, Luke from Startuply here. We're going to start a new series of posts designed to help figure out what it's actually like to live and work at different startups. How, you may be asking yourself, are we going to figure that out? By asking the people that work the... | {
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US Healthcare Is So Screwed I Fly to Britain for My Medication - AdeptusAquinas
http://www.wired.com/2015/02/us-healthcare-screwed-fly-britain-medication/?mbid=social_fb
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tsuyoshi
I think a better title might be: I Missed the Obamacare Open-Enrollment
Deadline, So I Fly to Britain for My Medication.
There are e... | {
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RUB researchers compile Milky Way photo with 46 billion pixels - Oatseller
http://rubin.rub.de/en/largest-astronomical-image-all-time
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Tepix
Is there a downlink link anywhere?
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The Mystery of the Millionaire Hermit - 80mph
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-04-27/the-mystery-of-the-millionaire-hermit
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Twirrim
There was a homeless person who was well known in my home town (not a town
that you'd typically find homeless people living in. In fact I think in the
couple of decades ... | {
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} |
I translated a simple C program to x86_64 and it was slower - spiffytech
https://ecc-comp.blogspot.com/2020/04/i-translated-simple-c-program-to-x8664.html
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jdsully
The assembly is not bad for a beginner but far from optimal. A few things that
stand out from a quick glance:
1) Try to load things sequentially don... | {
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Flipboard - now available for iPhone - drx
http://flipboard.com/?
======
gbelote
What a beautiful landing page. I like how there's a silent video demoing the
product. So much better than a few screenshots.
~~~
isnotchicago
Agreed!
Sadly, the video is H.264, so no love for Firefox and Opera.
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Alert It’s Insanely Easy to Steal Someone’s Internet Identity - lifestyleigni
http://www.lifestyleignition.com/2010/07/alert-it%E2%80%99s-insanely-easy-to-steal-someone%E2%80%99s-internet-identity/
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pmiller2
I wasn't aware there was such a thing as an "internet identity" to steal in
the first place.
| {
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How To Take Advantage Of The System - maneesh
http://maneeshsethi.com/blog/how-to-take-advantage-of-the-system-free-webinar/
======
maneesh
Some cool things you'll learn in this presentation:
* How to travel the world for free (with $7500 in free tickets)
* How to become a "Famous" DJ in berlin
* How to make 1000... | {
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} |
Parse.ly closes $800k financial round - adelevie
http://blog.parse.ly/post/2908469289/parse-ly-closes-800k-financing-round
======
itissid
I work for parse.ly. I just want to say that it is in the right spirits of
startups... Good work, nice team, exciting goals...
| {
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} |
Ask HN: How can a back-end engineer find a front-end engineer to collaborate? - evm9
Hey HN,<p>I'm a back-end engineer (Ruby, Rails, Node.js). I have enough skills to get by on the front-end, but my UI/UX skills are just average.<p>I make use of good tools and open source stuff like Bootstrap and other fron... | {
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} |
We perfected our simple first product, won the market, and have nothing to do. - jonsteinberg
http://www.jonsteinberg.com/2009/11/we-perfected-our-simple-first-product-won-the-market-and-now-have-nothing-to-do/
======
raheemm
That title is completely misleading - I actually was looking forward to
reading about the m... | {
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} |
'Living laboratories': the Dutch cities amassing data on oblivious residents - mcenedella
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/mar/01/smart-cities-data-privacy-eindhoven-utrecht
======
yread
How are they planning to be compliant with GDPR with this joke? Or you don't
have expectation of privacy in public and that's... | {
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} |
Telegr.am CMS: like WordPress, but trough Dropbox or GitHub - CCs
https://howto.telegr.am/
======
CCs
The source files: <https://github.com/telegr-am/howto>
| {
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Working with 189MB JSON document - thedevsaddam
https://github.com/thedevsaddam/gojsonq/wiki/Working-with-189MB-JSON-document
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NVRM
It should be interesting to make it in different langs. Following my
experiments, pretty sure that last php versions are faster, but of course,
need proof^
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jimsmart
This ben... | {
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} |
My Science Tattoo: Why I did it, and what it means - micheltriana
http://micheltriana.com/2012/11/01/my-science-tattoo-why-i-did-it-and-what-it-means/
======
ehamberg
Cool tattoo, but I'm quite sure the claims about the golden ratio being “all
over” arts and nature are overblown. It's still a cool geometric concept,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
10 Tips To Get Your Startup Noticed. - nathanburke
http://marketingstartups.com/2008/12/05/top-10-tips-to-get-your-startup-noticed/
======
nathanburke
Saw a bunch of Hackernews posts from startup entrepreneurs asking how to get
their product noticed, so I thought I'd throw this list together. Sure, it's a
lot of "du... | {
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} |
Personal Finance Apps Doomed? - salmonz
https://medium.com/@andrewgsalmons/personal-finance-apps-doomed-1ae3e25d2f24
======
TomK32
Hey Andrew, I've read through you post, from "I'm not an accountant" to
acomplishing financial goals and when I reached "getting your spouse on board"
I was excited because that's the web-... | {
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} |
Real talk from real computer science teachers - kevindeasis
https://medium.com/@NSF/real-talk-from-computer-science-teachers-89c935346ff2#.9ynt3p7t7
======
gshubert17
I have a master's in computer science, worked in industry for a couple of
decades, have been teaching high school computing for the past decade, and
thi... | {
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} |
Levenshtein Automata (2010) - tosh
http://blog.notdot.net/2010/07/Damn-Cool-Algorithms-Levenshtein-Automata
======
mgliwka
[https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/](https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/)
implements this along multiple regex matching and a pcre pattern compatible
engine (chimera).
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btown
A really cool... | {
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} |
Potential organized fraud in ACM/IEEE computer architecture conferences - bmc7505
https://medium.com/@tnvijayk/potential-organized-fraud-in-acm-ieee-computer-architecture-conferences-ccd61169370d
======
codezero
They seem to summarize it in paragraph four, though I am not clear on what
this really means - I think it i... | {
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} |
How Egypt did (and how your government could) shut down the Internet - kylelibra
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/01/how-egypt-or-how-your-government-could-shut-down-the-internet.ars
======
GHFigs
It's still strange to me that the press and discussion sites all over the web
are directing a lot of attention... | {
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} |
A fresh look at OOP with concurrent objects [Spark Scheme] - zitterbewegung
http://vijaymathew.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/a-fresh-look-at-oop-with-concurrent-objects/
======
spooneybarger
yes its cool that you can do this sort of concurrent oop in scheme, but man,
there is an awful lot of boilerplate there. if you wan... | {
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} |
A Christmas miracle: Google Pixel 2 activations surpassed iPhone X - kanishkdudeja
http://bgr.com/2017/12/27/pixel-2-vs-iphone-x-christmas-sales/
======
lern_too_spel
Misleading title. Pixel 2 devices had the largest lift in activations over the
previous week.
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tracker1
I pre-ordered the Pixel 2 XL, and got it ... | {
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} |
Why We Hate Cheap Things - hunglee2
http://www.thebookoflife.org/why-we-hate-cheap-things/
======
bko
Reminds me of what Paul Graham wrote:
> Technology should increase the gap in income, but it seems to decrease other
> gaps. A hundred years ago, the rich led a different kind of life from
> ordinary people. They l... | {
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} |
Gitbox 1.5: native undo for git operations - oleganza
http://www.gitboxapp.com/
======
waleedka
Looks like a solid app, and fast as well. It's clear that the developers care
about quality. But I'm sticking with GitX because GitBox is still missing a
few key features:
\- It doesn't have a good representation of the ... | {
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} |
Osmo Wiio: Communication usually fails, except by accident - siavosh
http://37signals.com/svn/posts/986-osmo-wiio-communication-usually-fails-except-by-accident
======
siavosh
_The more communication there is, the more difficult it is for communication
to succeed._
I'd like to learn more about this because there s... | {
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} |
Hulu may go on sale - mjurek
http://www.tekgoblin.com/2011/06/21/hulu-may-go-on-sale/
======
hammock
Who would buy Hulu? We know that its backers - NBCU (Comcast/GE), Fox (News
Corp), and Disney/ABC - are not making as nearly as much money off of it as
they want to. As a result, if they sell it off they are unlikely... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
RISC-V Foundation - rcarmo
https://riscv.org/
======
ktta
100+ points and no comments? That's a first.
If anyone is wondering, this is the foundation behind the RISC-V architecture
that is supposed to make a dent in the proprietary ISA world of x86 and ARM.
Why? Because this ISA is licensed using a BSD like license ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google Launches Key Transparency While a WhatsApp Trade-Off Is Called Backdoor - jboynyc
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/01/google-launches-key-transparency-while-tradeoff-whatsapp-called-backdoor
======
pawadu
TL;DR: whatsapp "backdoor" was really to access messages if phone was lost.
Google aims to clarify simila... | {
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} |
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