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How TV Networks flubbed coverage of Neil Armstrong's passing - mehrshad
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/On-TV-a-quiet-exit-for-first-man-on-the-moon-3816493.php
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jeffool
I can't agree with this enough. I didn't actually tune into TV until the local
11:00 pm newscast, and he wasn't mentioned until 11:20. Tha... | {
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Google reviewed pay equity and learned it was underpaying men - mgiannopoulos
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/03/04/google-asked-about-pay-equity-learned-it-was-mostly-underpaying-men/
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sanxiyn
Previous discussion (>500 comments) here:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19303039](https://news.y... | {
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There are two kinds of student: those with ability, and those who need lectures. - asciilifeform
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.org.mensa/msg/3c5c1b3a88f4cabe?dmode=source&output=gplain
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DrJokepu
Well I'm not sure if I have any ability but I definitely didn't spend a lot of
time on the campus. In the age o... | {
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How Much Does The Government Spend To Send A Kid To Public School? - tokenadult
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/06/21/155515613/how-much-does-the-government-spend-to-send-a-kid-to-school
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tokenadult
Full Census report:
<http://www2.census.gov/govs/school/10f33pub.pdf>
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Worst Advice on Starting a Company - dpolaske
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/231130
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sharemywin
Curious why you say that. There's some risk of analysis paralysis, but I
wouldn't right a piece of software without some kind of spec or requirements.
Now if you can build a product for free while you work for ... | {
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Use the DNS to Announce Your ZeroMQ Services - Loic
http://www.ceondo.com/ecte/2011/12/dns-zeromq-services
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darklajid
So.. What exactly is wrong with using SRV records [1] in this case?
1: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRV_record>
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Loic
In this particular case it is that I want to provide more than just ... | {
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A bug in macOS 10.15.5 impacts bootable backups - chmaynard
https://bombich.com/blog/2020/05/27/bug-in-macos-10.15.5-impacts-bootable-backups-weve-got-you-covered
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chmaynard
From the article:
The chflags() system call can no longer set the SF_FIRMLINK flag on a folder
on an APFS volume. Rather than fail with an... | {
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Ask HN: Help with acqhire from EU by US company? - throwaway_asker
I'm a european single founder working on a niche startup and have received an acqhire offer from a US company. The package is vested equity (a mix of shares and options), no cash and is conditioned by my employment in the EU subsidiary of the comp... | {
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Pay Your Programmers $200/hour - abtinf
http://www.abtinforouzandeh.com/2011/12/30/Pay-Your-Programmers-200-Per-Hour.html
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gvb
The author mixes work as a contractor and work as a full time employee in the
same article. Further, there is no evidence he is working (or has worked) as
an employee.
"As a programme... | {
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How Facebook Became Cash-Flow Positive A Year Ahead Of Schedule - onreact-com
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-facebook-became-cash-flow-positive-a-year-ahead-of-schedule-2009-9
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onreact-com
I remember a year or two ago everybody in the press complaining how Facebook
had huge numbers of users but no profits.... | {
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MX3D is to 3D-print a steel bridge over water in Amsterdam - dnetesn
http://phys.org/news/2015-06-mx3d-3d-print-steel-bridge-amsterdam.html
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Animats
Here's the actual process.[1] It's not clear if the video has been sped up.
The product quality seems comparable to rebar. Making a pedestrian bridge out
of that s... | {
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I'm not sure who this Oleg person is, but he sure has some cool links on his site. - coglethorpe
http://okmij.org/ftp/
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sigstoat
Oleg Kiselyov, a big name in functional programming.
[http://library.readscheme.org/servlets/search.ss?pattern=Kis...](http://library.readscheme.org/servlets/search.ss?pattern=Kisel... | {
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Arc4random – randomization for all occasions - edwintorok
http://www.openbsd.org/papers/hackfest2014-arc4random/index.html
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protomyth
Link to Hackfest 2014: Theo de Raadt presented "arc4random - randomization for
all occasions" video
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWmLWx8ut20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=... | {
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Imgix Status – Elevated Rendering Errors - gurgeous
https://status.imgix.com/incidents/bg0msyrz9f17
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gurgeous
This is the third outage this month for imgix. What's going on over there? Can
anyone recommend an alternative?
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Ask HN: What are your go to SaaS products for startups/MVPs? - lbj
Looking for some inspiration. Ive done a lot of MVPs/Early-stage apps over the years and I tend to lean on the same SaaS portfolio for mails, text gateways, payment etc, but Im sure Ive missed a few valuable additions.<p>Here's a few I use:
M... | {
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Ask HN: Alternatives to GMail? - KaeseEs
I've gotten fed up with the UI changes that been made to (inflicted on) gmail in the last two years or so; new compose is the last straw. What are some good alternatives? SSL, non-"flat" UI and a good thread/conversation view are my only musts, skins/... | {
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The BeOS file system: an OS geek retrospective - fogus
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/06/the-beos-filesystem.ars
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tambourine_man
BeOS was the greatest experience I've ever had with an OS.
It felt faster booted from a ZIP Drive on a 160MHz PPC with 192MB of RAM than
my machine feels today, and this... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Why all Backbone resources seem to be outdated? - cberrios
Hello. I'm self-studying to become a "full stack" web developer and I've chosen Backbone as the first frontend framework/library to learn, since it's small, widely used and plays well with React and other libraries/... | {
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The Science of Pixar's ‘Inside Out’ - aaronbrethorst
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/05/opinion/sunday/the-science-of-inside-out.html
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tfigment
As always Fresh Air's Terry Gross on NPR did an outstanding interview with the
Director several weeks ago. They go fairly deep into the trade offs of making
a movie and g... | {
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} |
Chrome extension manifest v3 proposal: comment from uBlock Origin author - fanf2
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338#issuecomment-496009417
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drewg123
To see how Google feels about ad blockers, all you need to do is look at
Chrome on Android & the fact that it does not allow extensions at all... | {
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WordPress and Docker Secure Product Demos (Saas) - denis_g
http://wpdemo.cloud/public/wpdemo-beta-release/
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brudgers
Curious if WPDemo spins up a new container for each vistor.
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denis_g
Yes it does. However, they are garbage collected after 5min of inactivity.
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JsCoq - colinprince
https://github.com/ejgallego/jscoq
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tempodox
But if I run Coq on the client anyway, why would I take a gratuitous detour
through the browser?
A real REPL (i.e. in your shell, not in your browser) that uses MathJax or
whatever for result rendering would look much more interesting to me.
If... | {
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} |
Naval Ravikant talks in-depth on: Twitter, Bubbles, and Start Fund - suhail
http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2011/02/22/naval-ravikant-talks-in-depth-on-twitter-bubbles-new-york-and-start-fund-interview-part-2/
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pclark
“The Market has to be huge because everyone makes mistakes. You never quite
get it right t... | {
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Dell Leaks Details of a 24” UHD 4K (3840x2160) Monitor - mileswu
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7556/dell-leaks-details-of-a-24-uhd-4k-3840x2160-monitor-the-up2414q
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sillysaurus2
Watch out for problems with the monitor. New ultra-high-def monitors often
have problems such as lag or poor color accuracy.
Before bu... | {
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} |
Renaissance-Era Italian Warlord Was Poisoned, Mummy Reveals - Thevet
http://www.livescience.com/49319-mummy-reveals-italian-warlord-poisoned.html
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davidw
Verona is one of the nicest towns in northern Italy to visit: you have a bit
of everything, historically, from the Arena onwards, plus the nice hills to
the ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Do you miss MySpace? - startupflix
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hulahoof
Yes, I think in its own little way it promoted learning html to younger
people. (I personally got my start on my Neopets page)
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startupflix
Wow :) Which feature(s) do you miss the most.
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hulahoof
I think I miss the customisation the most, whenever I loo... | {
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Bicycle Sharing Analysis in Pittsburgh - georgel
http://lejnine.com/bike_analysis.html
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georgel
Author here, if you have any questions.
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Could Apple become the next Comcast? - 001sky
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/could-apple-become-the-next-comcast/2015/03/18/a90a8e9c-ccc3-11e4-8c54-ffb5ba6f2f69_story.html
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yunyeng
Apple is developing really slow after Steve Jobs, but if they play their cards
smartly they will dominant this Onl... | {
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} |
Retina Mac External display problem - sayhello
https://github.com/oyiptong/retinadisplayproblem
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mbell
Just a guess:
The patterns in the examples seem to be horizontal, meaning the raw (pre
'cable encoding', usually 8b/10b) bit pattern of the display output would be
repetitive . It wouldn't be out of the questi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
S3sync – Tool belt for managing your S3 buckets - clarete
https://github.com/clarete/s3sync
I started contributing to s3sync before hearing about the official amazon s3 tool written in python. However, after testing the official tool for a couple minutes, I decided to spend more time working on s3sync and here's... | {
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Italian village literally sells itself to avoid death - dexteve
http://latribuna.eu/italian-village-litterally-sells-itself-roads-for-e-2500-with-your-name-on-them-benches-e-250/
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ignoranceprior
This is the same comune that hosted the Wikimania conference in 2016.
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My least favorite VC behaviour? - dwynings
http://asack.typepad.com/a_sack_of_seattle/2011/07/my-least-favorite-vc-behaviour.html
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rdl
A common (although I haven't seen it) but also lame VC thing is for them to
say "No, we don't want to invest, because ..." where "..." is some random
reason which sounds plausib... | {
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} |
KitKat’s primary interface is Google Search - kunai
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/11/google-just-pulled-a-facebook-home-kitkats-primary-interface-is-google-search/
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droopyEyelids
> The dialer and incoming call screen now automatically perform Google
> searches for phone number information (and will display... | {
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Rudy Giuliani Twitter typo sparks anti-Trump protest website - trusche
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/05/rudy-giuliani-helps-create-anti-trump-protest-website-with-twitter-typo
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trusche
This is too funny. You wouldn't expect your average politician to understand
how the web works, but how on earth ... | {
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} |
Such a Little Thing: The Semicolon in Rust - joeyespo
http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2012/10/18/such-a-little-thing/
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qznc
Is that really some "special behavior"? As far as i understand the semicolon
is just an expression separator like in Erlang and Pascal. In contrast, the
semicolon is a statement terminator in C. C ... | {
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[Ask HN] what caused the HN traffic spike? - uptownhr
https://siteanalytics.compete.com/embed_chart/ycombinator.com/small/
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adventured
That's assuming there was a traffic spike that resembles what compete.com is
showing. They're not an accurate source for traffic stats.
~~~
uptownhr
If compete is not accurate... | {
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Modern Perl, the book, is Available. - dtby
http://www.modernperlbooks.com/mt/2010/11/the-book-is-out.html
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agentultra
This is great. I've been anticipating this book for a while. I'm tired of
hearing the same canned complaints about perl. It's a great language. Thanks
for showing us all why. :)
~~~
viraptor
... | {
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How to properly use UTF-8 in Perl - ojosilva
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6162484/why-does-modern-perl-avoid-utf-8-by-default/#6163129
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jrockway
This is way too much to remember.
The key to handling Unicode correctly is to think about the data that comes
into your program and the data that leaves your p... | {
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What are the best hosting options for a new startup - mhidalgo
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terpua
Serverbeach for mid-range, Rackspace for high-end, Amazon EC2 for development
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Hacking iPhone 5S touchID - xmpir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM8b8d8kSNQ
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xmpir
[http://istouchidhackedyet.com/](http://istouchidhackedyet.com/) changed to
MAYBE ....
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Passive Income Hacker vs Startup Guy - mkrecny
http://edu.mkrecny.com/thoughts/passive-income-hacker-vs-startup-guy
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patio11
The conversation has been known to continue:
SG: "You should join our company as chief growth hacker, since it's a great
fit for your skills and experience. You'll work 100 hour weeks. We... | {
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} |
Type Safety, ORM and Dependency Injection with Node.js - kiyanwang
http://paulosuzart.github.io/blog/2017/10/04/type-safety-orm-and-dependency-injection-node/
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meitham
The syntax for the ORM definition and the relationships between the columns
makes the api absolutely beautiful!
| {
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In Germany, Uproar Over a Doctoral Thesis - bakbak
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/books/merkels-possible-successor-resigns-in-plagiarism-scandal.html?src=me&ref=homepage
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narkee
I wonder if his supporters would be so enthusiastic if they found out their
family doctors had cheated to pass their medical exams... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What is your solution to data duplication across applications? - Dansvidania
I work in enterprise and there is an incredible amount of replication and "de-normalisation" across both old and new applications.<p>I am investigating methods of record linkage, but it does not seem like a solved problem.<p... | {
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The human brain can create structures in up to 11 dimensions - touristtam
https://www.sciencealert.com/science-discovers-human-brain-works-up-to-11-dimensions
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sharemywin
Wouldn't feature be a better term? or Am I missing something?
| {
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Photos from Pyongyang, North Korea - jlturner
http://www.m1key.me/photography/ostensibly_ordinary_pyongyang/
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detaro
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11286997](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11286997),
submitted 18h ago, points to a different gallery about the same trip and seems
to discuss both.
| {
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Some questions about domain ownership - ez77
Greetings! Here are some rather paranoid questions on domain ownership. In the first place, what would happen if someone obtained your (say) GoDaddy's username and password and took over it by changing the owner, A-, and MX-records? (Be it by guessing, stealing, keyloggin... | {
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10 Years of Atari/Atari Games VaxMail - quadfour
http://www.textfiles.com/games/ATARIMAIL/
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jf
This archive has been a personal reminder to watch what I say in all digital
communication. Even if I think that my post is "internal only" or "private",
it can still end up online.
I say this because one of these f... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Section links in READMEs and blob pages - pathdependent
https://github.com/blog/1126-section-links-in-readmes-and-blob-pages
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pathdependent
I know there has been a lot of user interface complaints about github lately.
People have said it's very noisy. What I liked about this update was that I
noticed it a few ... | {
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} |
The Dehumanisation of Agile and Objects – James Coplien (GOTO 2017) - einrealist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrBQmIDdls4
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einrealist
James Coplien talks about the origins of OO (Object Orientation) and Agile and
puts them into perspective by ranting about the current meaning of those
terms.
I like the talk ... | {
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} |
The Management Engine: an attack on computer users' freedom - tomrod
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/the-management-engine-an-attack-on-computer-users-freedom
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peatmoss
I just found this note that suggests the AMD PSP (ME equivalent) can be
disabled, officially, and not as a hack:
[https://www.phoronix.com/s... | {
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@Snowden - uptown
https://twitter.com/snowden
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uptown
verified: [https://theintercept.com/2015/09/29/edward-snowden-
twitter-s...](https://theintercept.com/2015/09/29/edward-snowden-twitter-
snowden/)
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cryoshon
Pretty cool to see Neil DeGrasse Tyson chatting with Snowden. It's like all
the internet's hero... | {
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Why I love having a geeky boyfriend - this is the surprise I was given today - mansigandhi
http://shoutt.me/mansi/surprise.html
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jzworkman
Got stuck on trying to type out answers for the binary clue, yay for viewing
page source ;)
~~~
mansigandhi
Hehe yeah.
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hashgowda
Hmm.. Tricky.
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jameswyse
he... | {
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Npm v3 Dependency Resolution - bpierre
https://docs.npmjs.com/how-npm-works/npm3
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dang
We re-upped this post (described at
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10705926](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10705926)
and earlier posts linked from there). But
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10817978](https... | {
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} |
An Experiment in Haskell: A Compiler - lukeqsee
https://github.com/lseelenbinder/oodle-compiler
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lukeqsee
See
[https://www.lukeseelenbinder.com/compiler.pdf](https://www.lukeseelenbinder.com/compiler.pdf)
for a more detailed project description and documentation. This was an
academic project, but it taught me ... | {
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} |
Crow: Flask based Microframework in C++ - suyash93
https://github.com/ipkn/crow
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detaro
flask _inspired_ , not _based_ (which would be an odd way of doing things)
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If you were hacking since age 8, it means you were privileged - fogus
http://geekfeminism.org/2010/07/27/if-you-were-hacking-since-age-8-it-means-you-were-privileged/
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rdtsc
That is simply not true.
We weren't poor growing up but we were not far from it (at least according to
the Western standards). I remember ... | {
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} |
Microsoft Research Unveils Gloveless Digital Hand Interface - paulschlacter
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2410727,00.asp
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jaipilot747
Interesting concept! I understand it is a research prototype, but wonder how
it could be shaped into a product. I doubt wouldn't want to walk around
wearing something tha... | {
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} |
Dotcloud Is Shutting Down on February 29 - HardyLeung
http://venturebeat.com/2016/01/22/dotcloud-the-cloud-service-that-gave-birth-to-docker-is-shutting-down-on-february-29/
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0xCMP
Yea to be clear. This article is kind of written horribly and the title is
click-bait. Everyone who follows Docker should know that ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Self-hosted Alternatives to Dropbox? - elcritch
Dropbox is dropping support for syncing on "non-supported" filesystems. I'm a paying customer for Dropbox, but would like to have an option for self-hostable file syncing systems to scale down my reliance on Dropbox. Best recommendations?
======
da... | {
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} |
France Clears Bill That Could Force Apple to Unlock Terror Data - jbraithwaite
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-08/france-votes-on-bill-that-could-make-apple-unlock-terrorist-data
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pawadu
> French lawmakers backed a plan to impose penalties including jail time on
> technology executives who deny ac... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Is there a tech sector that has a lower barrier to entry than software? - MiracleQueen
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Artemix
What about Web?
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If You're Often Angry or Irritable, You May Be Depressed - tuxguy
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/04/689747637/if-youre-often-angry-or-irritable-you-may-be-depressed
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GlenTheMachine
This was precisely my wife's symptoms when we were first married. She was
angry nearly all the time. She could ho... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Solo founder support group? - bostonhacker
Is there a group / mailing list / slack / irc / forum for those of us who are trying to start our own business but have no one to discuss the day to day issues with?<p>I have been working on my own product for the last few months. I also have a day... | {
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} |
Robotic Firefighters - moisy
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247366/U.S._Navy_to_test_humanoid_robotic_firefighters?pageNumber=1
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obastemur
Wondering something a little bit close to strong AI and how it could be ..
"The robots already have some autonomy and can make decisions about taking
steps and mov... | {
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} |
25 Useful Websites of 2017 - sharkpower
https://medium.com/@viralsites/25-useful-websites-of-2017-5be6537f14f5#.aw7vjfvx5
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sharkpower
...
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I’m Not an Elitist, I’m Just an Alpha Female (2015) - balls187
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/im-elitist-just-alpha-female-amanda-bradford
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Mz
[https://www.guidelive.com/dallas/2017/07/12/new-dating-
app-l...](https://www.guidelive.com/dallas/2017/07/12/new-dating-app-league-
fighting-allegations-elitist-lands-d... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Simplicity as a Feature - hjast
http://reubendoetsch.com/post/57056992492/simplicity-as-a-feature
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smanning
good to see this issue clarified
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} |
Ask HN: We've launched successfully. Now what? - hackathonguy
Hey everybody,<p>So we've launched our startup on TechCrunch and a whole bunch of smaller publications and are currently live on Product Hunt. Overall it's been a rather successful "soft" launch (we've been trickling more articles, ... | {
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} |
Paul Graham revisits "Microsoft is Dead" - ilamont
http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/04/09/paul-graham-revisits-microsoft-dead-points-new-factors-shaping-software-industry
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qeorge
I've never agreed with this PG essay. Granted its a couple of years old, but I
think its totally off-base.
Specifically:
"Gmai... | {
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Reddit admin /u/spez is accused of allowing promotion of violence and hate - creamyhorror
https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/827zqc/in_response_to_recent_reports_about_the_integrity/
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IntronExon
That first thread is a train wreck; here is a guy who has no idea what real
accountability looks like. It... | {
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Update on the FBI datacenter raid - vaksel
http://www.examiner.com/x-3628-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m4d6-More-datacenter-woes
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briansmith
From now on, geographic replication will have a new-found importance. I think
a lot of businesses think "our customers will understand if the site is down
for a few days after... | {
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} |
Socialism is incompatible with human nature - yarapavan
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/11/the-rise-and-disastrous-fall-of-the-kibbutz/
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MatekCopatek
I very much disagree with the fact that any kind of political and economic
system could be "compatible with human nature", which is a popular argument in
supporti... | {
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} |
What We Don't Know About Spying on Citizens: Scarier Than What We Know - ca98am79
https://www.schneier.com/essay-429.html
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rayiner
The article is old, but timely, since today is Constitution Day.
Here's what Justice Scalia had to say about the NSA issue last night:
[http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2013/09/sca... | {
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Ask HN: How do you host your email/cal/files (using your own domain)? - bkfh
Who knows a company that offers:
– email, calendar, file hosting using a
– custom domain with
– servers in Europe and a
– beautilful UI?<p>Currently using ZOHO, but it's incredibly buggy. Self hosting is not really an option as I find em... | {
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} |
You're Overthinking It - mpakes
http://engineering.gomiso.com/2012/02/01/youre-overthinking-it/
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josscrowcroft
Upvoted just for this absolute gem:
_[...] it also depends on where you are on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The
lower on the pyramid your product is, the crappier it can look. If your
product is core ... | {
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} |
Google to Acquire Nest - coloneltcb
http://investor.google.com/releases/2014/0113.html
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MrZongle2
Am I the only one who thought "well, good for the Nest guys" followed by "too
bad, it looked like a good product"?
~~~
psbp
Yeah, motorola products have completely gone down the toilet after that
acquisition. They ... | {
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} |
Speech-Based, Natural Language Conversational Recommender Systems - buovjaga
http://grasch.net/node/147
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dvirsky
This is really impressive, but personally I'd rather interact with such agents
in typed text, at least as the input method. But maybe I'm just too old.
~~~
joe_the_user
No, I think tend to think yo... | {
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} |
Robert Zubrin: how to go to Mars right now - TriinT
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/space-flight/how-to-go-to-marsright-now
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smhinsey
I think the most interesting aspect of the Mars Direct-style plans is that
they can potentially be one-way. The largest expense with a trip to Mars in
terms of technology... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why boarding schools produce bad leaders - joaorico
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/09/boarding-schools-bad-leaders-politicians-bullies-bumblers
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epalmer
This is interesting to say the least. The arguments see well thought out but I
wonder how this is provable?
I also ponder to what extent this i... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Making a programming language - Richienb
https://github.com/Richienb/ROS-Code
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Richienb
Currently making a programming language, probably won't become massively
popular but here it is anyways.
~~~
brudgers
Looks interesting but I am having a hard time finding its documentation.
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Facebook's chinese nickname - eastdark
how about liandan(a funnier way to call "face" in Chinese)? it's not so formal and it would be easier to be remembered
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worldwar
no matter it's called liandan or lianshu, anyway, for most Chinese, they can't
visit facebook.
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jitabc
非死不可
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Theranos adds qualified medical experts and scientists to advisory board - kqr2
http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/07/theranos-adds-a-bunch-of-qualified-medical-experts-and-scientists-to-the-board/
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zaidf
Who writes these articles? This is their Scientific board. "The board" almost
always implies the company's corpor... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Kytephone (YC W12) lets parents monitor and schedule their teen's phone usage - martythemaniak
http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/02/kytephone-the-yc-startup-making-smartphones-kid-safe-now-helps-parents-monitor-teens-smartphone-usage-with-kytetime/
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priley
Totally needed this. Great job guys!
| {
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Why doesn't HN have a way to do quotes? - TazeTSchnitzel
Hacker News has only the bare minimum of possible formatting: https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc<p>In general this is fine. It satisfies the need for preformatted text blocks for programming, word emphasis, and hyperlinks. Some other kinds of ... | {
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} |
Wikipedia Instant - novikk
http://109.169.63.101/instantwiki/
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MeProtozoan
Nice found! Also check <http://WikInstant.com> (built that one a few days ago)
| {
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Clang 3.4 Release Notes - rwosync
http://llvm.org/releases/3.4/tools/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
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asb
For anyone interested in LLVM/Clang you might like to know I've just started a
weekly summary of developments.
Find the first issue here
[http://llvmweekly.org/issue/1](http://llvmweekly.org/issue/1) and sub... | {
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} |
Droid, Pre, and iPhone compared - nym
http://www.billshrink.com/blog/total-cost-of-ownership-motorola-droid-versus-iphone-3gs-versus-palm-pre/
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mrshoe
The weakness of the ubiquitous feature matrix is that you can't just put a
check mark next to "usability".
~~~
wmeredith
I also thought it was goofy that this ... | {
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} |
Prime Explorer - MrBra
http://primes.io/
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MrBra
What are those coefficients and how are they calculated?
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jessup
Reminds me of Mills' Theorem
[http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MillsConstant.html](http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MillsConstant.html)
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radiodario
This is awesome! thanks!
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TheLarch
I ... | {
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} |
How to Pirate Movies, Music, TV Shows, and Books Without Getting Caught - vibrunazo
http://gizmodo.com/5927849/how-to-pirate-movies-music-tv-shows-and-books-without-getting-caught
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rkudeshi
How do sites like Gizmodo and Lifehacker get away with these posts? I know
they're not illegal per se, but surely their c... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Katherine Johnson Biography - wglb
https://www.nasa.gov/content/katherine-johnson-biography
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reimertz
I just saw the movie Hidden Figures which is based on the incredible
achievements of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson. I was
happily surprised to see this on HN. If you haven’t seen it, please... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: The cheapest investment platforms in the UK - Halimah
https://www.koody.co/investing/compare-funds-isa-charges
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fiftyacorn
Nice site
I thought iweb were cheapest. Can't believe I ever used Hargreaves Lansdowne
Have you ever read monevator? It's good for this info too
~~~
Halimah
Thanks for the feedba... | {
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} |
Hjson, the Human JSON - 56k
http://hjson.org/
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simonw
JSON plus comments and python-style multi-line strings is great.
The thing where you can leave quotes off strings makes me nervous, especially
the example where the value is HTML with its own embedded double quotes for
attribute values.
Not requiring quotes... | {
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} |
Gardens as crypto-water-computers - ricardobeat
http://pruned.blogspot.com/2012/01/gardens-as-crypto-water-computers.html
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ColinWright
Reminds me of the hydraulic model of the economy, the MONIAC "computer".
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4438081>
I assume this was the inspiration for "The Glooper" in ... | {
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} |
Bitcoin lecture series (2015) - randartie
http://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/
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randomwalker
I'm the lead author of this textbook/lecture series. It's been a couple of
years, and we've been thinking about an update. Let me know what topics you'd
most like to see. Note that our goal is not to much to teach the de... | {
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} |
Wikimedia 'breaks copyright' with Swedish statue photos - T-A
http://www.thelocal.se/20160404/wikimedia-breaks-copyright-laws-with-pics-of-public-art
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mixedCase
Aren't these statues commissioned by the state and publicly owned?
| {
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} |
Why Early Stage Startups Should Not Exhibit at Conferences - netvarun
http://blog.semantics3.com/our-experiences-at-demo-asia-and-why-early-stage-startups-shouldnt-exhibit-at-conferences/
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einhverfr
Conferences are tricky. Here's a counter-example.
We went to MYGOSSCON (Malaysian Government Open Source Softwa... | {
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} |
Enable "path view" in Finder (OS X) - tortilla
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/12/05/terminal-tips-enable-path-view-in-finder/
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yan
Also, Shift+Command+G in Finder is priceless.
~~~
tlrobinson
Or, if you're in Terminal.app and want to browse your current directory in the
Finder, just type "open ." (or any path inste... | {
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} |
Publishers call Brave's ad-blocking browser “blatantly illegal” - arm
http://www.techspot.com/news/64391-publishers-call-brave-ad-blocking-browser-blatantly-illegal.html
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Joof
I'm not in love with Brave and admittedly it takes some control from the
companies, but the way they are attacking ad blockers they shoul... | {
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} |
Though shalt not advertise - messel
http://www.victusspiritus.com/2011/04/01/though-shalt-not-advertise/
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SlowOnTheUptake
Thou shalt not rely on spelling correctors.
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} |
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