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gauged: a time series database - chrisohara https://github.com/chriso/gauged/tree/master ====== otterley Interesting storage method; I like it. Some notes: \- A MySQL backend should be very fast, but scaling it into multiple shards will have to be an exercise for the user. Perhaps CitusDB (PostgreSQL compatible) co...
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Ask HN: Let's compare perks size? - acconrad Hey everyone! Long time submitter first time Asker. I'm trying to do the Lean Startup thing and survey my customers (which are you guys, the tech entrepreneurs with great places to work!). It's a quick, 10 question, anonymous survey and it would mean the world to me if yo...
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Shadows of the Past - rvkennedy http://www.flickr.com/photos/hab3045/716617573/ ====== rvkennedy The two images represent the same doorway- one taken in 2007, the other in World War II, when Amsterdam was under German occupation.
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UC Berkeley's Lawyers Blocking RISC-V in GCC - mynameislegion https://groups.google.com/a/groups.riscv.org/d/topic/sw-dev/Kb0f6ETkR0Y ====== rwmj This is annoying because it's one of several things that stops Fedora/RISC-V from going into Fedora proper, but I'm sure it'll be sorted out. Edit: To save anyone asking, h...
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HN: Help me pick a logo - csytan Hey all,<p>I've been working on creating a crowd-sourced freelance translation site for the past few months. It's now time for me to choose a logo!<p>Could you help me out?<p>Contest:<p>http://99designs.com/contests/35426<p>My favorites:<p>http://99designs.com/contests/35426/entries...
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Changing times for web developers - amazedsaint http://www.amazedsaint.com/2012/11/changing-times-for-web-developers-6.html ====== johnyzee This is against the grain, but it is obvious to me that the way forward for web development is to rise above Javascript and simple DOM mangling, which is what most of these popula...
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Eelo: conversa com criador do “Android sem Google” que protege seus dados - indidea https://www.tudocelular.com/android/noticias/n118995/Eelo-entrevista-criador-Android-sem-google.html ====== schoen Acho que não se aceitam notícias aqui sem tradução em idiomas diferentes do inglês. ~~~ gus_massa This looks ontopic, b...
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In Which They Build an iTunes for Open Source Content... - puranjay http://startupdispatch.com/please-build-this/in-which-they-build-the-itunes-for-open-source-content/ ====== vitovito But there are "iTunes for Open Source Content"s, at least two of them, and a barrel full of failed projects gone before them: Songb...
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Turing Crackpottery - Good Math, Bad Math - billswift http://scientopia.org/blogs/goodmath/2010/09/08/1069/ ====== billswift I probably should have submitted this one first - here is a more general discussion of The Halting Problem he wrote a few days later - [http://scientopia.org/blogs/goodmath/2010/09/12/the- hal...
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Read-Eval-Print-λove v002 – UrLisp is go - oskarth http://blog.fogus.me/2014/11/24/read-eval-print-%CE%BBove-v002-urlisp-is-go/ ====== aidenn0 Link to actually read it: [https://leanpub.com/readevalprintlove002/read](https://leanpub.com/readevalprintlove002/read) ~~~ ihuman And a link to volume one, if you missed i...
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为树莓派交叉编译 8192eu 网卡驱动 – 依云's Blog - lilydjwg http://lilydjwg.is-programmer.com/2015/9/13/cross-compile-8192eu-for-raspberrypi.182518.html ====== gus_massa It looks on-topic, autotranslation: "Cross-compiler for the Raspberry Pi 8192eu NIC driver" [https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&...](https:/...
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When hacker news resurrects the dead - cmdrtaco http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations/the-internet-and-immortality/2012/05/23/gJQA7wEBlU_story.html ====== WiseWeasel Better headline: Cmdrtaco Says Hacker News Best News For Nerds
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In Praise of Idleness - bouncingsoul http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html ====== smakz I was actually surprised this was written by Bertrand Russell because it sounds very much like a long winded blog post from 2010. For a logician I see so many holes in the essay, from the false dichotomy of what work is, to the hand...
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Oxford adds awesomesauce, butt dial, manspreading, and more to online dictionary - pge http://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-90669 ====== arama471 Some of these new words seem to have bias associated with their definition. For example social justice warrior is a derogatory term (that part they got correct) that describes...
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4G: Bad coverage, crap battery life - but at least it's really expensive (UK) - gmac http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/26/4g_no_thx_no2/ ====== jiggy2011 My biggest concern with 4G is that it will move people from using static line ISP connections to using mobile connections for everything. The problem with this...
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Hints for Computer System Design (1983) [pdf] - bshanks https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/acrobat-17.pdf ====== miltondts Butler Lampson as recently updated his paper. Slides: [http://bwlampson.site/Slides/Hints%20and%20principles%20(HLF...](http://bwlampson.site/Slides/Hints%20and%2...
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As Demand Increases – Lenders Making Loans Tougher to Get - erikig https://www.wsj.com/articles/people-need-loans-as-coronavirus-spreads-lenders-are-making-them-tougher-to-get-11585357440 ====== pwg No paywall: [https://archive.is/OQwAk](https://archive.is/OQwAk)
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SOPA Hearing is Streaming Live - bproper http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_11162011.html ====== boredguy8 Zoe Lofgren's statements were really good, and her criticisms of the way the hearing was structured (5 for, 1 against, no engineers) were compelling. Her question of, "How many sites would you want to see t...
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The F# development home on GitHub is now dotnet/fsharp - omiossec https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/the-f-development-home-on-github-is-now-dotnet-fsharp/ ====== kpremote I'll just throw a random comment here: F#, to me, has the most beautiful syntax. Reading F# code is such an eye pleasing experience! I actuall...
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Corsair One review: The best small form factor PC we’ve ever tested - smacktoward https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/03/corsair-one-review/ ====== noir_lord I know there are no absolutes in matters of taste but I think that is the ugliest small form factor machine I've seen for a while.
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Ask HN: Where can you find good remote work? - donttellmyboss I am looking to switch jobs. Remote work sounds appealing, and I think I might be able to find a better and potentially more interesting job if I expand my search nationwide. Does anyone have any tips for finding remote work? ====== darkxanthos It's a bit...
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Free (Creative Commons) Book on How To Do Proofs - plinkplonk http://www.people.vcu.edu/~rhammack/BookOfProof/index.html ====== fourspace I had to look at the domain twice to make sure I was seeing it correctly. I grew up in Richmond and VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University) is overwhelmingly known as a great art s...
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Ask HN: Who is starting a startup?* (July 2019) - kunle Please state the problem you&#x27;re solving, the team you have, the stage you&#x27;re in (bootstrapped, pre-seed, seed, series A, B, etc), and whether you&#x27;re pre or post revenue.<p>Please only post if you are one of the founding team. Only one post per comp...
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Ask HN: What is the best way to deal with recurring post-nasal drip? - antgly From a young age, I’ve been told by doctors of whichever sort (I’m 28 at the moment - been having it off and on since forever - I was asthmatic for some time when I was prematurely born) that my throat clearing is due to a tic, asthmatic sym...
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Ask HN: Is there a license like GPL for data? - smallegan I am interested in the creation of some publicly created and publicly available datasets. Can anyone tell me if there is a license out there already in existence that would be to data as the GPL is to software? Thanks in advance! ====== bbgm When you say GPL,...
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Ask HN: Where does the evil go? - du_bing Today&#x27;s world seems peaceful and kind, however, where does the evil in humankind go? I am just curious, anyone pondering on the same question? ====== pizza It's spread across networks in which responsible individuals aren't necessarily lying when they say they didn't caus...
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Show HN: My weekend project: sheet, text snippets for the command line - oscardelben https://github.com/oscardelben/sheet ====== CaveTech Would be great to see some small excerpts or screenshots of functionality so I can see if it's something I'd use without going through the trouble of installing it first. ~~~ dom...
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Certain IT skills in demand despite economy - ccraigIW http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/02/03/Certain_IT_skills_in_demand_despite_economy_1.html ====== russell To spare you the into ad, animation, and low signal to noise ratio: Up: business-intelligence skills and expertise in C, C++ and C# programming, temp-to-...
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The $20 Starbucks Test - ph0rque http://blog.snootymonkey.com/post/2432103782/the-20-starbucks-test ====== yock I think I'd be uncomfortable with this not because of approaching random strangers but rather approaching them with false pretenses. You're essentially fooling people into listening to your ill-formed busine...
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Fully Autonomous DIY Surveillance Camera - apple_fan https://code.google.com/p/surveillance-camera/ ====== apple_fan Any comments/suggestions/questions are most welcome.
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Ask HN: Who created Metro theme? - shail I feel there must be one person behind it and I am curious to know who. ====== runjake I believe it evolved over time and it involved multiple people's ideas. You could see bits and pieces of Metro forming over the years. Glimpses are in Windows Media Center, the old Zune (iP...
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Google is now worth over $182,410,000,000 - spking http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a0J534KXl9_0 ====== iamwil If that's from their market cap, Exxon Mobile is at $511 billion. ~~~ karzeem Out of the top ten companies on the Fortune Global 500, Wal-Mart (#1) is the only one that's not a car or ...
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Mac vs PC infographic - georgecmu http://mashable.com/2011/04/23/mac-vs-pc-infographic/ ====== jamesbkel Would be nice if they gave actual percentages in place of the "x% more likely". Not particularly useful if I don't know the baseline. ------ orijing It would be nice if it controlled for various factors like inc...
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American Association for Men in Nursing - apsec112 http://www.aamn.org/ ====== Overtonwindow Sure, why not? My father was a nurse, and I remember his graduating class photo, out of 40 something nurses, he was one of two men.
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IBM POWER7 4GHz, 45nm, 8core, 4SMT, 32MB L3, 6op/cycle vs. 8 in DEC Alpha EV8 - yu http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/26/ibm_power7_hotchips/ ====== iigs With 32mb of DRAM on CPU, it's not long before computer manufacturers build the power on self tests to run entirely within L3, making it possible to interact wit...
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Please stop duplicating Rails - factorialboy http://srirangan.net/2012-10-its-2012-stop-duplicating-rails-please Am I the only one who isn't excited by {any.new.framework} that provides RoR like capabilities in {your.favorite.programming.language}.<p>If I want to use a MVC framework, there are plenty available includ...
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Share of Income Gains by Quintile - Great Depression til Now - watmough http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2011/09/04/opinion/04reich-graphic.html?ref=sunday ====== pg Technological progress should cause increasing economic inequality, because the bottom end of the scale is firmly anchored at zero (someone taking a vac...
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For Indian SaaS startups, alternative to Paypal for recurring payments? - lazy_nerd The new directive from RBI has made Paypal an unviable option for SaaS product companies from India. What are other SaaS companies using currently and how has been your experience? ====== dimmuborgir I don't think Indian SaaS startups ...
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The Rise of the DIY Abortion in Texas - sizzle http://theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/the-rise-of-the-diy-abortion-in-texas/373240/ ====== malandrew If I were a woman in a state/country that had such contempt for my rights and well-being, I'd move elsewhere. Honestly, a state with policies like this does not...
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Ask HN: How many are homeless to cut costs in the Valley? - austenallred I showed up in Silicon Valley at the beginning of this week to live in my Honda Civic and avoid the high rent prices in Silicon Valley. Just at the Hacker Dojo I see a few other people that seem to be living out of their cars. How many are out ...
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Show HN: Office Hours – The card deck for startups - helen842000 Hey HN,<p>As it&#x27;s the last day for YC applications I thought I would launch Office Hours Cards.<p>It&#x27;s a card deck to help you prepare for an accelerator interview or startup pitch.<p>It&#x27;s a side project I&#x27;ve wanted to launch for a wh...
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First look at Windows 8 UI - abhijitr http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/06/01/windows-8-brings-entirely-new-look-and-feel-unifies-touch-and-pc-interfaces/ ====== pkamb From the video: "[The apps] are designed for touch... but of course they work well with mouse and keyboard as well if that's what you have." Sorry, but...
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The New York Times’ App Plan Isn’t Working, So It’s Laying Off Staff - prostoalex http://recode.net/2014/10/01/the-new-york-times-app-plan-isnt-working-so-its-laying-off-staff/ ====== StefanKarpinski The NY Times really needs to stop with the nickel and dime differential pricing tactics. Every time I consider getting ...
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X-Ray Update – General Availability, Including Lambda Integration - marvinpinto https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-x-ray-update-general-availability-including-lambda-integration/ ====== teraflop I'd be interested in hearing how this compares in practice to Google's Stackdriver Trace product ([https://cloud.google.co...
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Samsung planning legal offensive against Apple's unreleased iPhone 5 - ashishgandhi http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2011/09/133_94958.html ====== fpgeek "A nuclear blaster is a good weapon, but it can point both ways." \- Salvor Hardin
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Ask HN: Why doesn't Hacker News use HTTPS exclusively? - dewitt I'm sitting in SF Superior Courthouse, waiting to see if I'll be selected for jury duty, using a public, open wifi network. I can proxy the connection through a VPN for security of course, but I'm wondering why Hacker News, which already supports SSL/T...
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Kottke.org redesigns using private beta of Hoefler & Frere-Jones webfont service - dpkendal http://kottke.org/12/03/kottkeorg-redesign-2012-version ====== jbrkr Good to see Kottke still churning out top posts after so many years. But... a little disappointed that an announced redesign like this does not include sup...
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The lost art of sticking to it - micaelwidell http://www.micaelwidell.com/p/15/ ====== schrodingersCat There's a difference between cutting your losses because an idea just isn't worth your time, and putting in the work to get a bring a good idea into fruition. Sometimes its hard to do this, especially when you have...
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Algorithmic symphonies from one line of code (2011) - creamyhorror http://countercomplex.blogspot.com/2011/10/algorithmic-symphonies-from-one-line-of.html ====== dang Discussed at the time: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3063359](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3063359). ------ nullc There is one of these...
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Skeletonize your json - flrngel https://github.com/flrngel/json-diet ====== Safety1stClyde Can you outline the purpose, please? ~~~ flrngel This shows unique structure of json excluding its values. If there's variety json datas such as logfile for example, there's needs of how many kinds of json in log file. ~~~ Saf...
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Backblaze: Subscription Updates for Computer Backup - fosco https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-computer-backup-pricing-change/ ====== fosco this gigantic hike I find startling enough to jump in. is there a better solution for this price on the market?
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Delphic Maxims - gfmio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphic_maxims ====== riffraff There is some repetition but it's pretty interesting how most of the maxims have a timelessness to them (probably all that don't involve religion). It seems pretty indicative of how little we've changed in fundamental levels in thousa...
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Thread class for multithreading in PHP - fosk http://blog.motane.lu/2009/01/02/multithreading-in-php/ ====== pilif This is not about multithreading, but about using multiple processes for parallelization. As such, both the library and the title of this article are misnamed. Still. Having a simple library to do the...
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Computing a Theory of Everything - shawndumas http://blog.wolframalpha.com/2010/04/27/stephen-wolframs-ted-talk-computation-is-destined-to-be-the-defining-idea-of-our-future/ ====== smallblacksun Wolfram talks about how he will be using his software to revolutionize science, and you can too for the low, low price of...
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Google Play Store Now Open for Progressive Web Apps - jbuild https://medium.com/@firt/google-play-store-now-open-for-progressive-web-apps-ec6f3c6ff3cc ====== osrec One of the wonderful things about a PWA is that it is so freeing (no app store gods to appease for approval etc etc). I'm a little afraid that putting PWAs...
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Ask HN: Should I start out as a junior developer? - FailMore I have finished a computer programming bootcamp and found I took to programming deeply. Some of my course mates have found jobs which are not &#x27;junior developer&#x27; jobs (i.e. jobs which focus heavily on feature building, rather than on QA, etc...).<p>...
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Martin Owens declares Ubuntu Community dead - mindstab http://doctormo.org/2013/03/06/ubuntu-membership-2/ ====== rogerbinns Linux distributions since time immemorial have followed the same trajectory. They start out because the existing distros aren't paying attention to some detail (eg a particular DE, a particula...
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Simons Mall Free WiFi Killed my Gmail Account - messel http://www.victusspiritus.com/2011/09/08/simons-mall-free-wifi-killed-my-gmail-account/ ====== gdulli He opted in to receive spam due to carelessness. I don't see the legitimacy of him making anyone but himself the responsible party. He "killed" his own email acco...
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The worst registration "CAPTCHA" question ever (SciDB) - fnl http://www.scidb.org/forum/ucp.php?mode=register ====== nanch From [http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/scidb/vignettes/scidb...](http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/scidb/vignettes/scidb.pdf) \- it could be "n-dimensional arrays" or "arrays"
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Multi Multi-Factor Authentication - benguild http://blog.authy.com/multi-device ====== rickyc091 Thanks for posting this, I've tried to switch over to authy time after time, but the one thing that has always held me back was that I couldn't have it on two different devices. I usually put my auth on my iPhone / iPad,...
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Should We Abolish User Access to rm? (2011) - giis http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7950/ ====== TallGuyShort This would break _so_ many scripts. In such environments, surely it would be preferable to transparently implement "trash can" functionality behind RM transparently? (As on commenter on that site mentioned). Rath...
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What the Vaio Z says about Sony's little design problem - danshapiro http://boingboing.net/2011/11/14/what-the-vaio-z-says-about-son.html#more-129126 ====== ghc Wow, what an ignorant article. I own the previous version of this (Sony _does_ iterate...this is the 4th iteration of the Z series), and I absolutely love it....
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Why I Hate Tech Recruiters - renownedmedia http://obsceneart.net/quotes/578 ====== spudlyo I hate how recruiters use a lot of words tell you absolutely nothing about the position and make up lies to make you feel like you're special. Below is a boiler-plate message I got from a lame tech recruiter, followed by my snar...
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Helptext.js - luckydev http://luckydev.github.com/helptext.js/ jQuery plugin to have help text in the form elements ====== richbradshaw Why wouldn't you use the placeholder, attribute, then detect support, then use a fallback if needed... Something like: function hasPlaceholder() { var input = document.createElement...
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Facebook is blocking our ads: Hike Messenger - chintan39 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Facebook-is-blocking-our-ads-Hike-Messenger/articleshow/50528366.cms ====== goddamnsteve Every single time Facebook does something like this, I keep losing respect on Mark. Stand and fight. Don't run away in a wa...
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XKCD in decline - TekMol https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=xkcd ====== HocusLocus That's strange... the graph directly corresponds with the rising popularity of DuckDuckGo. ------ donalhunt "An improvement to our data collection system was applied from 1/1/16" Coincidence?? And yes... the decline ...
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Show HN: Rails-Inspired PHP Framework - mgauthier https://github.com/mgauthier/php_diamond ====== onemorepassword If you want any new framework in PHP to be taken seriously I would start with a) a new concept instead of just another Rails-clone, and b) adhering to common standards and practices (tests, namespaces, P...
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What is hard about running Saas outside usa/europe? - _toutouastro ====== n0body gremlins
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No Compiler – On LLVM, and writing software without a compiler - btrask http://msm.runhello.com/p/1003 ====== pcwalton > And actually we’re now entering a world where at minimum supporting LLVM as > a backend option is mandatory. I would have said this too a few years ago, but Go is a huge counterexample. It's become...
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Ask HN: Do you store emails as plaintext? - 182446 Do you store emails as plaintext? ====== pieter It might help if you tell us why you want to know. ~~~ 182446 Just wondering if it is standard practise. ------ retube No, they're hashed. It's very easy to do.
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Émilie du Châtelet - "a great man whose only fault was being a woman" - Jun8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89milie_du_Ch%C3%A2telet ====== Jun8 A couple of thoughts: * How hard it must have been for women scientists and mathematicians (the distinction was not clear until recently, both pretty much went under the...
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The IRS Should File Your Taxes for You - jseliger http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2013/04/automatic_tax_filing_readyreturn_systems_work_fine_but_intuit_and_grover.html ====== jdietrich Here in the UK, less than 15% of the population need to file a tax return. For most employed people, their tax affairs...
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Hierarchical Front-End Structure - petejank https://github.com/petejank/hierarchical-front-end-structure ====== petejank Recently at work I encountered a situation where I had to share my knowledge on how do I structure files in front-end projects. This happened repeatedly so instead of showing things all over again I...
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Image Cropping and Scaling Algorithm using Graph Theory - axitkhurana http://blog.sukh.us/2012/04/image-cropping-and-scaling-algorithm.html ====== keenerd Site does not render without JS enabled. At all. You get a flat white page. Enabling JS lets it render, but also scrolls crippling slowly. If I could downvote rig...
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UWSGI is a fast (pure C), self-healing, developer-friendly WSGI server - cd34 http://projects.unbit.it/uwsgi/ ====== tvon From the linked page: Why ? There are already mod_wsgi, flup and lot of protocols (fastcgi, scgi...). Is this faster or simpler to configure ? Stop acting as a ...
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WeWork Backs Down on Employee Noncompete Requirements - chrisaycock https://www.npr.org/2018/09/18/648881004/wework-backs-down-on-employee-noncompete-requirements ====== jedberg So in the last little while, we've learned that WeWork has/had oppressive non- compete clauses, and will no longer allow anyone to expense an...
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Ask HN: Why you didn't validate your product idea? - michakinlabi I have a product idea in mind and I think people will like it. I&#x27;m afraid of validating. I think some smart people may discover and steal the idea if I do. So I just want to work on the idea and launch.<p>Have you done similar things before? What a...
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Libcu++: Nvidia C++ Standard Library - andrew3726 https://github.com/NVIDIA/libcudacxx ====== fanf2 “ _Whenever a new major CUDA Compute Capability is released, the ABI is broken. A new NVIDIA C++ Standard Library ABI version is introduced and becomes the default and support for all older ABI versions is dropped._ ” ...
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Just One More Hack -- the only song ever about a debugger - pkrumins http://www.catonmat.net/blog/musical-geek-friday-just-one-more-hack/ ====== adnam What about Teco and DDT by Red Martian? [http://redmartian.com/napster/Red_Martian_- _Deny_Authority_2...](http://redmartian.com/napster/Red_Martian_- _Deny_Authorit...
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Unleashing the power of Cloudflare Workers - jgrahamc https://scotthelme.co.uk/unleashing-the-power-of-cloudflare-workers/ ====== orliesaurus Would have been cool to see some $ numbers in savings from the before and after implementation
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Watch live: NASA's Juno mission attempts to enter Jupiter's orbit @ 10:30 PM EST - relyks http://www.sciencealert.com/watch-live-as-nasa-s-juno-mission-attempts-to-enter-jupiter-s-orbit ====== relyks Direct links to NASA's stream: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdmHHpAsMVw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdmHHpAsMV...
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Ask HN: What are some pros/cons of working for big/small companies? - diehunde ====== AwesomeFaic Currently working at big (>25,000 global staff) company, with professional history of small (<200) companies Big pros: Better work-life balance, slower pace, opportunities to switch roles internally, great benefits, stabl...
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Another Tesla on Autopilot crashed into a stationary object – driver is suing - vezycash https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/10/man-sues-tesla-says-autopilot-steered-him-into-a-stalled-car-at-80-mph/ ====== ElBarto "While the system can handle a range of driving conditions, it's not designed to stop for parked cars or o...
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Classics for the People - Petiver https://aeon.co/essays/why-working-class-britons-loved-reading-and-debating-the-classics ====== idoubtit The idea is interesting, but I see little more than anecdotes to sustain it. > aeon.co/essays/why-working-class-britons-loved-reading-and-debating-the- > classics How many workin...
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Addressing Arguments Against Unit Testing - taylorbuilt https://blog.taylorbuiltsolutions.com/addressing-arguments-against-unit-testing/ ====== mikece At one shop where I worked we used the phrases "A good integration test is worth a thousand unit tests" and "Unit test that which cannot be easily tested with an integr...
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Miley Cyrus Now Leads Edward Snowden for Time POY - electic http://poy.time.com/2013/11/25/face-off-who-should-be-times-person-of-the-year/slide/poll-results/ ====== sp332 It's been hacked, probably repeatedly. [https://www.dailydot.com/news/time- person-of-the-year-miley-...](https://www.dailydot.com/news/time-pers...
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Aiming to make recruiting more accountable - wglb http://bluesky.chicagotribune.com/originals/chi-sean-bisceglia-qa-bsi-20140606,0,0.story?track=bluesky-ct-head ====== JSeymourATL Another industry race to the bottom-- If I'm a competent search guy, I'll reserve my best talent and efforts for clients who will pay a f...
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Show HN: Rate my new HTML5 game, please - renas http://r2goo.com/xlab2 ====== lynxaegon Sometimes 2 tubes are one over the other, or 1 tube and a rat. You could check if there is a collision of objects when you put the tubes and the rats. It's a bit frustrating to time the drop.. :) ~~~ renas Thanks for the feedbac...
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OpenMYR Launches Open Source WiFi Motors on Kickstarter - KyleBerezin https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/77886650/wifi-motors?token=9aa90ab1 ====== KyleBerezin Full disclosure, this I am the long haired guy.
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Jack of all trades, master of none. Why Bootstrap Admin Templates suck? - mrholek https://medium.com/@lukaszholeczek/jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none-5ea53ef8a1f#.79erdmt3v ====== Domenic_S > _Marketplace requirements are another problem. Authors have to keep original > Bootstrap CSS and JS files and overwrite them i...
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Crocodoc (YC W10) launches online HTML5 document reader - rhartsock http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/16/y-combinator-crocodoc-document-viewer/ ====== btipling It's a very nice reader. I recommend putting all of your CSS in one external stylesheet and combine your JavaScript into one external script file. While I'm at ...
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My iPhone 4 antenna-gap fix - MikeCapone http://www.marco.org/825489690 ====== edster Good fix. My MacBook plastic is chipping apart and I just fixed that using a leftover invisible shield I had for my Newton screen that was sitting in my desk drawer. I never even used a shield on the Newton, I preferred to ride it...
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8500 Startups vs Skype - nicoslepicos http://nicolaerusan.tumblr.com/post/6184818526/8500-startups-vs-skype ====== kjksf The same argument applies to any company with large amounts of cash in the bank: Google, Apple, Oracle. If we're not asking why Apple doesn't do that, then we shouldn't be asking why Microsoft doe...
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Calling Dunbar's Number - benjaminjosephw https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378873316301095 ====== jjgreen pdf at [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301879177_Calling_D...](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301879177_Calling_Dunbar%27s_Numbers)
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An abandoned seaside town in Cyprus is about to reopen - tomcam https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/07/29/seaside-ghost-town-the-abandoned-millionaires-resort/ ====== muse900 While Erdogan is behind the wheel, Turkey will keep suffering his power-plays. Its very unfortunate that he doesn't want any conflict resolution...
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Overpaid CEOs 2019 - Flott https://www.asyousow.org/report/the-100-most-overpaid-ceos-2019 ====== munk-a The CEO (and upper management in general) pay scale is total BS when viewed through normal compensation lenses, unlike normal people who are paid for their time, upper management is usually compensated on performan...
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How to get a Knuth cheque - hassy http://kevinlawler.com/knuth ====== jbf I'm going to feel pretty dumb if this: <http://www-cs- faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/news08.html> turns out to be a joke that I didn't grok. According to the link, he stopped writing checks in 2008. I remember feeling very disappointed when I read...
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Server Sided Marker Clustering with Leaflet and Node/Mongo - erwinkle http://blog.cintric.com/server-sided-marker-clustering-with-leafletmapbox/ ====== cridenour I would think another way to avoid the grid problem is to use center point of all the points included in the count. So after grouping by your "chopped" value...
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IAC Said to Buy More Tinder Shares at $5B Valuation - masonhensley http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/iac-said-to-buy-back-10-of-dating-app-tinder-for-500-million.html ====== chimeracoder Compare this to OkCupid. When IAC acquired OkCupid in 2011 for $50MM, OkCupid had almost as many users as Tinder does now, b...
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Ask HN: Sell Your Daily Deals - entrepreneurial Is there a website where you can sell your daily or any deals?<p>If not, someone should start one. There are some people that get really good deals that probably wish they an monetize them other than ebay or craigslist. ====== pitdesi <http://www.dealsgoround.com/> <h...
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