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Top Apps missing on my HP TouchPad - intesar
http://mdshannan1.blogspot.com/2011/08/10-apps-missing-in-my-hp-touchpad-1.html
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jonah
If you'll look into WebOS and the app catalog a bit more you'll find answers
to several of those:
1\. Youtube: Try out Leanback, the TV interface:
<http://www.youtube.com/leanbac... | {
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Ask HN: Review my website soundkey.com - sendos
This is my first website, and it is in alpha version, but functional. It would be great if I could get feedback on (1) The idea behind it and (2) The website itself (layout, etc)<p>Thanks!
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giu
Nice idea, nice web site layout, nice presentation. Now to my questio... | {
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Prohibition: A Cautionary Tale - cwan
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704876104574632273709727450.html?mod=wsj_share_digg
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stuaxo
I'm sorry, but this is still going on in 2010 right now and to have no mention
of it is completely ridiculous -
'Taking a drink became a sign of defiance against the... | {
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When Education-Technology Startups Fail - rafaelc
http://mfeldstein.com/when-ed-tech-startups-fail/
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techiferous
To solve your customers' problems well, you have to understand their problems
from their point of view. This is why technical people often need a business
co-founder: one who understands the domain ... | {
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Merry Quine-mas - chucknthem
http://mamememo.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-quine-mas-2010.html
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yanowitz
This should be at the top of HN for a week.
| {
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With Autopilot on, Tesla driver crashes in China - seanmcdirmid
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/motoring/2016-08/05/content_26361013.htm
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seanmcdirmid
Idiot who is looking to use autopilot as an excuse for poor driving. But it
does bring up a question: why did anyone thing autopilot had any chance of
worki... | {
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} |
American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination of daylight saving time - oftenwrong
https://aasm.org/american-academy-of-sleep-medicine-calls-for-elimination-of-daylight-saving-time/
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crazygringo
No... make daylight savings time _permanent_ instead.
As the paper states, the biggest problem is with the... | {
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Ask HN: How to donate $1k to open source? - schafele
Let's consider I am a company and I want to donate 1000$ for Open Source projects and Open Source libraries as I am using them heavily. What can I do?<p>Option 1: Pick my favorite project and send them 1000$ -> simple but only one project benefits from my do... | {
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A Digital Rumor Should Never Lead to a Police Raid - dwaxe
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/09/digital-equivalent-rumor-should-never-lead-police-raid
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danso
FWIW, the prospect of being suspected and questioned (but not necessarily
raided) because of your IP location is one of the best metaphors to relate
what ... | {
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Send Me Your Nominations for Algorithms That Changed The World - Anon84
http://parlezuml.com/blog/?postid=771
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notaddicted
This appeared here a few months ago;
<http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~karp/greatalgo/>
I think I'll nominate FFT.
~~~
greendestiny
I was going to separately nominate back-projection for prod... | {
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FileVault 2 Easily Decrypted - doublextremevil
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57369983-263/filevault-2-easily-decrypted-warns-passware/
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JoshTriplett
Current Linux disables the device-initiated DMA mechanism for firewire and
other "untrusted" busses, though it should probably consider more types of
busse... | {
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Ask HN: Full Text Feed Reader or Summary Based? - shyn3
Would it be mandatory/your preference for any new feed reader you use to show the entire article on the site rather than forcing you to go to an external site to read the article?
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brianwillis
The full feed is essential. I have a handful of subscriptions ... | {
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Synfig Studio – FOSS industrial-strength 2D film-quality animation software - dragonsh
https://github.com/synfig/synfig
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virtualritz
As others said: Synfig has usability, stability & documentation issues.
I suggest having a look at this incredible one-man OSS project instead:
VCG.[1] It's actually two apps. A v... | {
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Google is way bigger than you realize - tjr
http://www.neowin.net/news/google-is-way-bigger-than-you-realize
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jpablo
Could be a good diagram...
if only it was drawn to scale and fitted in one page.
| {
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL STOP SCREAMING IN ALL CAPS - mayneack
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/science/the-national-weather-service-will-stop-screaming-in-all-caps/
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Animats
The USMC finally went lower case, when Gen. Robert B. Neller became commandant
on 2015-09-24.[1]
[1]
[http://www.marines... | {
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The physics of information processing superobjects: Jupiter brains (1999) [pdf] - inlineint
http://www.jetpress.org/volume5/Brains2.pdf
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gwern
see also [http://aleph.se/andart2/megascale/just-how-efficient-can-
a-j...](http://aleph.se/andart2/megascale/just-how-efficient-can-a-jupiter-
brain-be/) and [https://ww... | {
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United States dollar almost doubles in value in a single day - kgermino
http://www.coinion.com/2013/12/07/united-states-dollar-almost-doubles-in-value-in-a-single-day/
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yongjik
It's telling that I could tell exactly what the story is about without
clicking the link. And it's disappointing that the story, after c... | {
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Show HN: User-owned image sharing - rgbrgb
https://surfer.io/
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rgbrgb
Hey guys. I worked on this with a couple of friends. We were looking at the
number of views posts on the front page of reddit get and trying to calculate
ad revenue generated by this stuff. It seems crazy that top redditors can
drive like 1M v... | {
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Detailing the CMU Tor Hidden Services Attack and Tor's Response - zmanian
http://fusion.net/story/238742/tor-carnegie-mellon-attack/
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zmanian
Support Tor's first donation campaign.
Become a crowdfunder.
[https://blog.torproject.org/blog/our-first-real-donations-
ca...](https://blog.torproject.org/blog/our-firs... | {
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Improving Supercharger Availability - prostoalex
https://www.tesla.com/blog/improving-supercharger-availability
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cperciva
This reminds me of the early history of street parking meters: They were
introduced not as a source of revenue, but rather because retail store owners
complained that their customers had nowh... | {
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Ask HN: Managing significant-other relationships as a startup founder. Advice? - ashortz26
I know HN is not the place for relationship advice, but I imagine I'm not the only founder who has struggle with the constant balancing act between "what's best for my relationship" vs "whats best for my... | {
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Analyse Asia #18: The 500 Startups Footprint in Greater China with Rui Ma - bleongcw
http://analyse.asia/2015/02/20/episode-18-the-500-startups-footprint-in-greater-china-angel-investing-with-rui-ma/
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bleongcw
Podcast Synopsis: Rui Ma (@ruima), partner from 500 Startups covering Greater
China, joins us to discus... | {
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} |
How SR-71 Blackbird Designers Overcame Canonical Jet Engine Limitations - signa11
http://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/vouxj/this_sr71_holds_the_flight_airspeed_record_at/c56rwsn
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D_Alex
Unfortunately, while the reddit post seems authoritative, it contains a
multitude of errors and ends up somewhat mislea... | {
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Let's get tea. - ankitshah
http://tea.byankit.com
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ankitshah
Just noticed the coffee thing sitting at the top of HN, and realized I never
posted this. I launched this a week ago through diff networks. It's gotten
5000 hits so far, 1700 from California, and 300+ sign ups (just as shocked as
you by a ~20% conver... | {
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} |
New Jersey bans direct auto sales; Tesla stock inches lower - codegeek
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101481668
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ch4s3
Can someone explain why you would want to ban direct auto sales? It seems like
it would create competition, cut out haggling, and bring new innovative
products to consumers.
~~~
lfuller
"create competi... | {
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‘Post-Fire London was a magnificent, beautiful compromise’ - pepys
http://www.apollo-magazine.com/post-fire-london-magnificent-beautiful-compromise/
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oska
It's an interesting article but I dislike the lead-in:
> Cities are fragile things. They can burn: Rome in 64 AD (possibly thanks to
> the Emperor Nero); Con... | {
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The Best Universal Remote: Your Phone - pbj
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2072502,00.html
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tobylane
There aren't enough good uses of this fact, the apps that I could find include
- HippoLite, Teamviewer, Vlcremfree, MochaVNC and Awake. And eventually mine
which will be web based.
| {
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What the Luddites Really Fought Against (2011) - pera
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-really-fought-against-264412/?no-ist
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c3534l
I have to say, despite the article trying to put the most favorable light on
the Luddites as the author could, the really do sound exactly like how the
phras... | {
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SASS in Java Webapp - edmoffo
http://www.yegor256.com/2014/06/26/sass-in-java-webapp.html?2014-25
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mts_
Small pet peeve: [http://sassnotsass.com/](http://sassnotsass.com/)
| {
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Java swapping large objects to disk automatically - code-dog
http://nerds-central.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/fully-automated-large-object-disk-swap.html
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CJefferson
This title is misleading. I the article title is "fully automated large object
disk swap manager in java". I thought this would be about something whi... | {
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BMW and the GPL - edent
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2016/03/bmw-and-the-gpl/
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jordigh
As far as I know, the original suggestion that there was a possible GPL
problem was raised by Duncan Bayne on Lobsters. After his story got attention,
BMW got back to him.[1]
Without making a big show of this, it would have been ... | {
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Tell HN: Merry Christmas - giosch
I wish you all a Merry Christmas!
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satysin
And to you giosch!
Wow 2016 has been an interesting year! Especially for us Brits/Europeans and
Americans. Looks like 2017 will be a big year also.
I just wanted to thank everyone who has made valued contributions to Hacker
News this ... | {
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Clever Forkless "Phantom Bike" by Olli Erkkila - MikeCapone
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/amazing-forkless-phantom-bike-by-olli-erkkila-video-photos.php
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locopati
Looks cool, but you've also added 4 points of failure (each joint) to what was
a straightforward mechanism.
| {
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Ask HN: What minimum tooling do you need in an application? - longcommonname
I'm mostly a C developer and when I work on various projects there's specific tools I use or introduce into these applications. When I work on higher level languages the landscape for tooling is pretty fantastic.<p>What are things y... | {
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HackerNews upvote button not working in Firefox 25 - rohitv
As stated in the title, the upvote button is not clickable in Firefox 25
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munimkazia
Just tested, working. Wait, was this a trick to make us upvote your post?
(Just kidding, there have been some css changes lately, do a hard refresh)
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ScottWhig... | {
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Which should I leave first, Twitter or Facebook? - jamesbritt
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/19/leave-twitter-facebook-paul-mason
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mknits
Facebook
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Linux Journal goes 100% digital - g-garron
http://www.linuxjournal.com/digital-faq
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rufugee
I'm extremely disappointed. I for one can't stand reading on a screen for
long, especially where I typically read magazines (I'll give you a hint...I
visit perhaps once or twice a day ;-)
I also subscribe to Linux Pro ... | {
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} |
Copernicus birthday Google doodle animation - akaak
http://www.wired.com/geekmom/2013/02/happy-birthday-nicholas-copernicus/
How is this animation done in HTML5? Any other examples like this?
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akaak
I am curious on how this animation done in HTML5? Any simillar examples out
there that give an idea?
| {
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GameDr Video Game Timer Teaches Kids to Hack - tokenadult
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/06/gamedr-video-game-timer-teaches-kids-to-hack/
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jcl
I'm surprised to see this device suddenly make the news, as they had identical
devices decades ago (intended for TVs at the time, but they would work with
anything... | {
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Ask HN: Why do no other laptop manufacturers get it? - SandB0x
I don't own a Macbook, but when people ask me what they should get it's hard to recommend a good alternative.<p>For every other manufacturer - do the model names and numbers have to be so opaque? They could all cut it down to 5 or 6 well designed, sensibly... | {
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Fermat's Last Theorem (BBC Horizon documentary) - kitsune_
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FnXgprKgSE
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willvarfar
The book version is even better! Well worth buying.
| {
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We built a puppy news bot to save journalism - dnlbtlr
https://medium.com/@dnlbtlr/we-built-a-puppy-news-bot-to-save-journalism-dfe0e70363cc#.gpj5hxjf2
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adamsch
Do you track VAU not MAU?
| {
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Frankenstein and the gory gang: how the novel blazed a trail for high art horror - dsr12
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/31/she-created-a-monster-how-mary-shelleys-frankenstein-invented-modern-horror-200th-anniversary
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pmoriarty
Did she?
There's a book called _The Man Who Wrote Frankenstein_ [1] that... | {
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The Gravity of Inequality: Rich students climbing, poor ones are falling farther - iamchmod
https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=89698
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DrScump
Stanford's tuition increased by _44%_ over the past 9 years[0]. No irony here.
[0] [https://www.cappex.com/colleges/Stanford-
University/tu... | {
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Data Broker That Sold Phone Locations Lobbied FCC to Scrap User Consent - jakobdabo
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbwgw8/zumigo-phone-location-data-sold-lobbied-fcc-consent
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dare0505
The way I read it:
A guy who made money by selling user data lobbied to pass a law that lets him
get access to even ... | {
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The Greek Plan for Growth and Recovery: Documents Ignored by the EU - harperlee
http://yanisvaroufakis.eu/2015/08/20/the-greek-plan-for-growth-recovery-two-documents-the-ministry-of-finance-tabled-in-may-and-june-2015/
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GordonS
"Or was it because our proposals’ substance made it hard for them to admit
that the r... | {
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Show HN: Startupery — curating startup best-pracitices - geoffweg
http://startupery.com
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bsirkia
Love the concept and how you guys are doing it. My first impression is that I
don't think the contributor cards should be the dominant element on the
landing page, it's tertiary info compared to the library on the ... | {
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Ask HN: k-nearest neighbour search with circular dimensions - Bappz
I'm trying to figure out how to do a k-nearest neighbour search where some of the dimensions are 'circular', e.g. closed loops. Is this possible? Anybody got any clues or want to get paid to implement it?
======
cperciva
Where's the problem? Just ad... | {
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Ask HN: Massive dying birds and fish: do you have a theory of the causes? - davidedicillo
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JacobAldridge
I don't have a theory on the causes, but I'm not yet convinced this is
anything more than the media reporting a trend that may not be statistically
significant.
See also <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Federal court rules that FBI can hack into a computer without a warrant - bholdr
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3088354/security/us-court-rules-that-fbi-can-hack-into-a-computer-without-a-warrant.html
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brudgers
Discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11973022](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11973... | {
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How to host a full mirror of Wikipedia.org - nikisweeting
https://github.com/pirate/wikipedia-mirror#how-to-self-host-a-mirror-of-wikipediaorgwith-nginx-kimix-or-mediawikixowa--docker
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walrus01
For people who are interested in doing this sort of thing, you can also fully
mirror and self-host openstreetmap, with ... | {
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} |
Next-generation Linux file systems: NiLFS(2) and exofs - gnosis
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-nilfs-exofs/index.html
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ThinkWriteMute
Furthering my belief that file system developers have zero ability to come up
with a cool / memorable name :D
~~~
gnosis
It is a well-known fact that the coo... | {
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The New Era of Multimessenger Astronomy - okket
https://multimessenger.desy.de/
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Tepix
This is a fascinating scientific discovery and i love the visualization on
their website!
13 observatories and 5 satellites contributed to the discovery.
If you are interested in the topic and understand German, check out Ep... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to Sell your Company - ZeroMinx
http://jacquesmattheij.com/How+To+Sell+Your+Company
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sivers
I never thought I would sell, but I got three offers in one week. I told them
all no. But after thinking about it a while, I told them all yes.
Thing is, Amazon was not one of the three. And I always thought that A... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Firefox Users Can Now Watch Netflix HTML5 Video on Windows - ehPReth
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2015/12/17/firefox-users-can-now-watch-netflix-html5-video-on-windows/
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mmastrac
Given that the CDM is sandboxed, does this mean that it should be
significantly easier to recover encryption keys from it given that ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
I (jgrahamc) am looking for a JavaScript guru in the Bay Area - jgrahamc
http://www.causata.com/blog/2009/10/careers-javascript-guru.html
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davidw
Your 'about us' section is sort of buzzword bingoish. What do you actually do?
<http://www.causata.com/about>
~~~
jgrahamc
I don't control that piece, unfortunatel... | {
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Tesla’s gross margin on the Model 3 could be a game changer - skdotdan
https://electrek.co/2017/05/08/tesla-model-3-gross-margin/
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mhermher
An article I read recently made a good point about Tesla's margins that I
hadn't considered before.
Tesla is selling at retail directly to consumers, whereas most dealershi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Upsies: new augmented-reality football game for iPhone lets you use your legs - alancse
http://aralbalkan.com/3402
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alancse
The Apps website: <http://upsiesapp.com> (has youtube gameplay video)
| {
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No more Haml or CoffeeScript - kirillzubovsky
http://kirillzubovsky.com/no-more-haml-or-coffeescript/
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lucisferre
So I've been having a similar discussion with people on this exact issue
(disclaimer: I actually use SLIM not HAML but same difference). From my fairly
long term experience with both I've found:
1\.... | {
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A New Front – Can the Pentagon do business with Silicon Valley? - prostoalex
https://story.californiasunday.com/military-tech-silicon-valley
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thephyber
Posted yesterday:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10244714](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10244714)
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Namecheap announces support for TOTP-based 2FA - pR0Ps
https://www.namecheap.com/blog/protect-account-totp-2-factor/
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EvanAnderson
It's about time. This has been a wish list item for years. They had a
proprietary 2FA option but that was a non-starter for me.
~~~
philfrasty
Any idea why companies would choose a ... | {
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[arch-announce] Phasing out i686 support - okasaki
https://www.archlinux.org/news/phasing-out-i686-support/
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mcbuilder
I'm going with either Void or Alpine on my 32-bit chips, compiling a Linux
kernel from scratch is a longer term solution.
| {
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} |
Selling My Passive Income Stream: JSCompress.com - vlucas
http://vancelucas.com/blog/selling-my-passive-income-stream-jscompress/
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vlucas
Owner here. I just updated the post with the selling price. Enjoy!
| {
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YCombinator German clone funding YCombinator Startups clones - zubairov
http://zkombinator.com/
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error
American propaganda condemning the rocket internet for doing copycat
companies, completely ignoring that 99% of tech companies in US are just
copycats... even the most successful.
I guess the only reason why... | {
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} |
Cause of YC/HN outage discovered - pg
http://www.archub.org/ycoutage.txt
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pg
Things should be back to normal now. Trevor just moved www.ycombinator.com to
Slicehost, and I just told HN to refer to static stuff there instead of
serving it locally.
Interesting how easy it is to move your whole web site. Good cust... | {
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} |
Immunity to Covid-19 could be lost in months, UK study suggests - bookofjoe
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/12/immunity-to-covid-19-could-be-lost-in-months-uk-study-suggests
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bookofjoe
>Longitudinal evaluation and decline of antibody responses in SARS-CoV-2
infection
[https://www.medrxiv.org/content/... | {
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Ask HN: How much should I pay a mediator? - sellingout
I believe I am about to sell my small consulting firm.<p>A senior manager in the buyer company he's the one which introduced me to that company few years ago, and the one which talked with the CEO recently convincing him that it would be better to buy me all ins... | {
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Replacing tech recruiters with a very small shell script - lsh
I've just accepted a job offer from a company I think I'll be happy working for. The people are nice, experienced and the work sounds interesting. The pay is below average for the work, though. One of a few reasons I accepted this job was that I was abso... | {
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} |
Morphing Schumann Resonance and Brainwave Entrainment - Cloud-services
https://earthpulse.net/schumann-resonance-brain-entrainment/#a_aid=psysid
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basicplus2
Thusly the tin foil hat has a use afterall
| {
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Mona Lisa is no mystery for micro-sociology - hammeringtime
http://sociological-eye.blogspot.com/2012/12/mona-lisa-is-no-mystery-for-micro.html
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cafard
It is not a confidence builder when the page has a prominent advertisement for
the book _Napoleon Never Slept_. According to those who knew him, he required
an... | {
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} |
Starlink Problem Astronomers Were Worried About Is Happening - ISL
https://www.sciencealert.com/starlink-is-being-an-absolute-nuisance-to-astronomers
======
PaulHoule
... they could have advocated for better wired internet, but now it's too
late.
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} |
This May Hurt a Bit: Harvard medical student's blog - papermashea
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/this-may-hurt-a-bit/
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JeremyMorgan
This article puts a human touch on a human situation, from their point of
view. As a volunteer firefighter I see more stuff than you normally would on
average and it gives yo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Building an Hacker News clone in less than 30 minutes - giuliano84
https://github.com/Stamplay/stamplay-hackernews
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giuliano84
Wondering if someone could check on this, I'd love to have some candid
feedback on the approach
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
India's economy surpasses United Kingdom - Garbage
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/for-the-first-time-in-nearly-150-years-indias-economy-surpasses-that-of-united-kingdom/articleshow/56064690.cms
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bgarbiak
With all the massive, extreme poverty in India this only shows how meaningless
GDP is as a mean to ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How to handle taxes on a larger freelance contract - raoul_duke
A friend of mine recently landed me an opportunity to earn some side cash developing an application and a few small website overhauls. I have been programming for almost ten years now and when I was younger I worked with some small businesses on... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ban boring mike-based Q&A sessions and use index cards instead - panic
http://blog.valerieaurora.org/2015/06/23/ban-boring-mike-based-qa-sessions-and-use-index-cards-instead/
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jessaustin
It seems as though I've seen a variation on this, in which questions are
pulled from tweets to a particular hashtag. I'm not... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Save your side project - bitsweet
http://sideprojects.assembly.com
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hardwaresofton
I don't know how I feel about this project. It feels like their product is a
middleman, and sort of (maybe unintentionally) reinforces the idea that people
"own" ideas...
When I think about it, it's probably not actually... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Segway’s newest self-balancing vehicle is an egg-shaped wheelchair - szjc
https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/3/21047217/segway-s-pod-personal-vehicle-self-balancing-wheelchair-ces-2020
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ksaj
How do you turn it without the risk of running someone over, or getting into
some other kind of accident? The headrest makes ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Everyday Uses of Psychology - qhoxie
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008/08/everyday-uses-o.html
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orib
Please link directly to the article. Linking an article that links to an
article is bloody annoying. Thank you.
~~~
qhoxie
[http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/07/10-practical-uses-for-
psych...](http://www.spring.or... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Making a simple Augmented Reality iPhone App - Any samples/tutorials? - tocomment
I can't find anything in the iPhone docs telling me what to use to display a realtime view from the camera and then alter that display. Does anyone have tips on how to start learning how to make an augmented reality app?
=====... | {
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} |
How to Finally Understand Finance – Without Being a Gordon Gekko Wannabe - stindle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcAyCnqBhGA&feature=youtu.be
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maxrof
Too good!!
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Gaussian distributions form a monoid - droque
https://izbicki.me/blog/gausian-distributions-are-monoids
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simonbyrne
For anyone else who didn't understand what the author meant by a binary
operation on Gaussian distributions: he is really talking about combining
sufficient statistics. In fact, this property is tr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
10Gbps Unmetered Guaranteed Managed Server from IBM / SoftLayer 2000USD? - myusbnetwork
http://wizzsolutions.com/
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aroch
100TB.com is run by SoftLayer, Wizz is not. I've had better luck with
100TB.com.
But I see you're a spammer so it doesn't matter
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
On Encrypted Video and the Open Web - _pius
http://www.w3.org/blog/2013/10/on-encrypted-video-and-the-open-web/
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shmerl
He contradicts himself in the text:
#1: _> So we put the user first, but different users have different
preferences. Putting the user first doesn’t help us to satisfy users’ possibly
incompati... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
CSS3 Box Model behaviour - dkannan
http://crypt.codemancers.com/posts/2013-11-17-box-model-behaviour/
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shimonamit
Paul Irish also discusses this in his blog post from Feb. 2012:
[http://www.paulirish.com/2012/box-sizing-border-box-
ftw/](http://www.paulirish.com/2012/box-sizing-border-box-ftw/)
------
nailer... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Chrome 27 is 5 percent faster and includes conversational search - Brajeshwar
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/05/chrome-27-released-today-is-5-percent-faster-and-includes-conversational-search/
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greenyoda
I found the most interesting part of this to be the description of the
scheduler, which... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
JQuery hack to inline HN comments below your post (like Disqus) - lt_kije
http://will.m.aier.us/ycomments/
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NewHighScore
This looks interesting, but it could really use a screen shot to better
explain what it is going to do.
~~~
lt_kije
That's a great idea -- I just pushed a fix.
[https://github.com/wcmaier/... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Startup Weebly takes profitable leap forward - pg
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/13/MN1I1KJFNV.DTL
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skennedy
I love that they are profitable, growing rapidly, and generally kicking butt.
My biggest wish for them is to start taking market share from Adobe by making
their website toolkit ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Xbox 360 Teams Up With Entertainment Leaders to Transform TV - ghurlman
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2011/oct11/10-05XBTVPR.mspx
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ryanb
This is cool, but it's certainly not a game changer. If you didn't need an
Xfinity or Verizon account to get all this content then it would be a lot more
interesting... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What Your Tweets Say About You - digital55
http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/can-tweets-predict-heart-disease
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seeingfurther
_The researchers have a theory: they suggest that “the language of Twitter may
be a window into the aggregated and powerful effects of the community
context.”_
Dr. P. is ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
TOP 5 growth hacks of July 2015 - AladdinPS
https://medium.com/@happyaladdin/top-5-growth-hacks-of-july-2015-on-growthhackingidea-com-9a3deceeacce
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AladdinPS
What is your the most favorite growth hack?
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to Build a Mobile Web App – Part 2 - mxpatel29
http://blog.raavel.com/2013/09/03/build-mobile-web-app-2/
======
mxpatel29
Link to Part 1: [http://blog.raavel.com/2013/08/29/build-mobile-web-
app/](http://blog.raavel.com/2013/08/29/build-mobile-web-app/)
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How to debug webpage crash on ipad? - samyak
I have a search page that search for deals online. There are various filter options and a result view pane where results are shown. I am using backbone.js . Any change in filters remove all the previous results and load new results, that is removing old views and ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
We adjust for population with murder rates. Why not for mass shootings? - necessity
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-lott-mass-shootings-adjust-for-population-20160731-snap-story.html
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dalke
The editorial author writes:
> Using the traditional FBI definition, the EU and the U.S. each experienced
> 25 ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
SpaceX Wins Big NASA Contract - charlierosefan
http://fredstechblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/spacex-wins-big-nasa-contract.html
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tokenadult
Los Angeles Times story:
[http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-
rocket25-2008dec25,0,5...](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-
rocket25-2008dec25,0,5568136.story)
------... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: My first Golang project – A Telegram bot for football videos - longsangstan
https://medium.com/@longsangstan/fcbot-a-bot-to-send-football-video-links-in-a-telegram-group-my-first-golang-project-4d0417232d71
======
longsangstan
There are champions league games tonight - best time to check it out:)
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Application Layering – A Pattern for Extensible Elixir Application Design - aaronrenner
https://aaronrenner.io/2019/09/18/application-layering-a-pattern-for-extensible-elixir-application-design.html
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jerf
This is good stuff, not just for Elixir. I've been increasingly heading this
way in my Go programs as well, ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The greatest juggler alive quit to open a construction business - mhb
http://grantland.com/features/anthony-gatto-juggling-cirque-du-soleil-jason-fagone/?2
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kamaal
>> _Will it get me another job? ... If you can’t understand why I don’t waste
my energy on doing seven balls overhead for a minute to make a youtube ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Lookout, Robinhood. E*Trade, Schwab, Ameritrade all go zero-fee - tempsy
https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/02/robinhood-e-trade-schwab-ameritrade/
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quaquaqua1
Stock trading is the ultimate way to make money. The commissions are free. The
platform is open to US citizens, residents, and hopefully one day, the whole
w... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
CTO (equity) in Berlin - agatakruszka
Do you want to be in charge of building a system architecture that delivers dynamically created interactive visuals to any piece of editorial content for up to 100 million users per month across 20 top media platforms by the end of 2016, and to integrate with game-changing adverti... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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