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PEP 518 Accepted: Specifying Build System Requirements for Python Projects - stonesixone
https://hg.python.org/peps/file/tip/pep-0518.txt
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stonesixone
tl;dr Specifies a pyproject.toml file so alternatives to setup.py can be used.
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Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen? - spoondocz
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evo_9
Wild Wild Country on Netflix is outstanding:
[https://www.netflix.com/title/80145240/](https://www.netflix.com/title/80145240/)
I'm also a big fan of BBC Horizon's episodes, they cover a wide range of
topics and generally are quite e... | {
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} |
Apple’s iOS 6 Maps app already showing signs of improvements - barredo
http://www.bgr.com/2012/10/05/apple-maps-fix-ios-6-improvements-begin/
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fjorder
Google (and others) probably have enough patents to give Apple some real
headaches here, but I sincerely hope their response is to innovate quicker in
order to ... | {
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Ask HN: Please review my idea and holding page - jonp
I'm looking to launch http://www.birthdaysudoku.com/ in a couple of weeks.<p>I've learned a lot from this community and I'd be very grateful for comments on my holding page, and any other thoughts you may have.<p>I'm also hoping that posting this will force me in... | {
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Are you tired of being google's guinea pig? - yaacovtp
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yaacovtp
First it was the links for different search types bouncing all other the page.
Then there was the automatic customized searches. What if I wanted to see what
the general public sees? Now I'm getting news links 4 or 5 results down the
search page.
... | {
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Ask HN: If a Bitcoin crash was to occur, what would it entail? - bhouston
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SirLJ
"Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked" \-
Warren Buffett
Also don't forget our IRS friends, every time you sell a crypto coin to cash
out or buy another, you owe Uncle Sam a big junk of your profits ... | {
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Ask HN: Is as Password Necessary? - KingOfCoders
I thought about a new website and wondered if a password is necessary or I can just send you a code if you want to log in? If I have a standard password forgotten feature where an email is send with a code then does having a password in the first place add any more secu... | {
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Fear of Spiders Can Develop Before Birth - mariorz
http://www.livescience.com/animals/fear-of-spiders-100218.html
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hopeless
This is the previous study that was cited in the article:
<http://phobias.about.com/od/research/a/snakeandspidpho.htm>
(I'm sure I read it in the dead-tree version on the New Scientist but... | {
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Why C# is not a good choice for web development? - afshinmeh
http://afshinm.name/why-c-sharp-is-not-a-good-choice-for-web-development
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Tomte
"But replacing the new dll file will change other class and methods signature
and logic, too."
Only if you don't make a real bugfix release, but throw the bugfix together
... | {
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Sergey Brin's blog (?) - Mistone
http://too.blogspot.com/
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rms
>I now have the opportunity to adjust my life to reduce those odds (e.g. there
is evidence that exercise may be protective against Parkinson's).
You don't need a genetic test to know that excercise is incredibly healthy.
~~~
bootload
_"... You do... | {
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Orson Welles’ ‘Voodoo’ Macbeth - mr_golyadkin
https://dangerousminds.net/comments/orson_welles_voodoo_macbeth_on_film
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lisper
I had the opportunity to attend a real voodoo ceremony in Togo (West Africa) a
few years ago. It was a very interesting experience, and very hard to
describe. You can find videos of them ... | {
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Play Button: a wearable, uneditable album - mrspeaker
http://www.playbutton.co/
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egypturnash
This is so close to being awesome. I threw this link to a musician friend of
mine when it showed up on Metafilter a while back, and we felt like it was so
ALMOST there.
We felt like it wants to be cheaper, and wants t... | {
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Our unpredictable and overburdened schedules are taking a toll on society - robtherobber
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/11/why-dont-i-see-you-anymore/598336/
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majos
Can somebody reconcile this with statistics about TV watching, which suggest
that people watch about 3-5 hours of TV/Netflix per ... | {
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The Power of Mechanical Turk - mittermayr
http://mittermayr.tumblr.com/post/12783989865/the-power-of-mturk
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antonioe
This is actually in violation with Mturks TOS. You cannot ask for personally
identifiable information. They could ban your Amazon account.
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mittermayr
really? oh man, those TOS are killing m... | {
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Books and Music That Make You Dumb - iamwil
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/02/27/books-and-music-that-make-you-dumb/?mod=yhoofront
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tptacek
Hello, selection bias! There are books that make you dumber than not having
reported reading any books at all? How about, there are books and music that
correlate with b... | {
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} |
How a Boeing Sales Flop Became the World's Hottest Secondhand Jetliner - jwegan
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-04/how-boeing-sales-flop-became-world-s-hottest-secondhand-jetliner
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sandworm101
The 717 is also one of the few large jets readily converted for gravel
runways, giving it a long future i... | {
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Must Every Kids' Movie Reinforce the Cult of Self-Esteem? - juandopazo
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/08/you-can-do-em-anything-em-must-every-kids-movie-reinforce-the-cult-of-self-esteem/278596/
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Millennium
Actually, pretty much, yes. That's the thing about irrational models: if it's
not... | {
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Uber Sued By Taxi And Livery Companies In Chicago For Consumer Fraud And More - kunle
http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/05/uber-sued-by-taxi-and-livery-companies-in-chicago-for-consumer-fraud-and-more/
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noonespecial
Gandhi springs to mind. I think this is the part that comes right before "then
you win".
~~~
gruse... | {
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Saudi Arabia Allows Women to Travel Without a Male Guardian's Permission - Alyan
https://time.com/5642228/saudi-arabia-ends-guardianship-system/
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Konnstann
It's always funny for me to see articles like this, the last one I remember
was about women being able to drive. What does Saudi Arabia have that prevents
th... | {
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} |
Web scraping without coding - mychaelangelo
https://automatio.co/
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kinderjaje
Thanks for sharing it @mychaelangelo
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SSL Labs in 2016 and Beyond - mostafah
https://blog.qualys.com/ssllabs/2016/05/16/ssl-labs-in-2016-and-beyond
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nailer
We love you Ivan!
'Bulletproof SSL and TLS' joins 'The Illustrated Network' and the 'Unix and
Linux System Administration Handbook' as the 'if you're going to read one
book' book for its topic. ... | {
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Ask HN: "Issue Tracker” for Governments? - dv35z
Has any government (country, state, city, etc) implemented an issue tracker, in order to promote visibility into what the government is working, prioritizing, making progress towards, etc?<p>This relates to the problem statement of "I, as a citizen, find it difficu... | {
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Gmail and Drive - a new way to send files - neya
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/gmail-and-drive-new-way-to-send-files.html
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guelo
Totally off topic but blogspot is just awful. Why does everything have to be a
complicated buggy JavaScript app? There's nothing wrong with serving up good
ol HTML pages, espec... | {
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Any cellphone can be traced by its digital fingerprint - antr
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23973-any-cellphone-can-be-traced-by-its-digital-fingerprint.html#.UfpzeGRgblN
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taylorbuley
> Their research, funded by the EU and the German government, was performed on
> 2G phones. But "defects are present in e... | {
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Ask HN: How to announce/launch a GitHub project? - wdstash
I’m getting ready to introduce a new open source project with its codebase on GitHub. Is there a GitHub specific “announcement” site for devs to learn about new projects? How did you get gain recognition/stars on your projects?
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mikece
From watching... | {
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Facebook’s new ads will track which stores you visit - bruceb
http://www.recode.net/2016/6/14/11926124/facebook-ads-track-store-visits-retail-sales
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King-Aaron
I once worked for a company that was producing a (cutting-edge at the time)
system to sniff MAC addresses of mobile phones in a building etc, and create
... | {
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Funding Django is not an act of charity, it's an investment - intellectronica
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/feb/04/funding-testimonial-divio/
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dkyc
I think this comment by patio11 is very relevant here:
_" We don't donate to OSS software which we use, because we're legally not
allowed to.
I routin... | {
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Finance sites erroneously show Amazon, Apple, other stocks crashing - doener
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/finance-sites-erroneously-show-amazon-apple-other-stocks-crashing-2017-07-03
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nopzor
This story isn't emphasizing an important point: the stock price of many tech
companies - amazon, google, Microsoft - ... | {
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Do women ever conflate war and business? - Stronico
An open question - There was recently a post about "Burning boats" comparing ancient wars to modern business. The author is male.<p>My question - do women ever use military metaphors in to explain business matters? I can't recall a single time.
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msredmond
Y... | {
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Don’t Call Yourself a Developer If You Don’t Code - ZnZirconium
https://mariopeshev.com/dont-call-yourself-a-developer-if-you-dont-code/
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cr3ative
Call yourself whatever you want. There's no need to gatekeep a title which
means so little in the first place.
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apetresc
Totally agreed. I regularly introduce mys... | {
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What does shutting down of Djangy mean to python developers? - zengr
I was recently trying to get my hands wet with Paython and django. Djangy (https://www.djangy.com/) was the first choice as an alternative to Heroku for Rails.<p>But since djangy is shutting down, does that mean there is less traction for python, d... | {
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Why Do Google Maps’s City Labels Seem So Readable? - ugh
http://www.41latitude.com/post/2072504768/google-maps-label-readability
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zmmmmm
It's really interesting that Google seems to be at times able to pull off
wonderful UI design bordering on genius (Chrome, Google Maps) and at other
times just barely able to b... | {
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40billion.com: Get funded by friends, family & fools - thenextweb
http://thenextweb.org/2008/08/02/40billioncom-get-funded-by-friends-family-fools/
The 3 F’s stand for friends, family and of course: fools. The FFF fund is often overlooked as a viable option for getting funding. There are some drawbacks to getting mon... | {
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Ask HN: Am I Technical enough to be the Technical Co-founder? - Blackstone4
I am looking for on advice on how technical does a technical co-founder have to be.<p>Is my background enough?<p>My experience:<p>- MEng Engineering Maths (learnt MATLAB, Java, C, Prolog and Haskell as well as Linux)<p>- Software engineer >... | {
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BrainfuckJS – Hide JavaScript behind <|> characters - develix
https://github.com/felixmaier/BrainfuckJS
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hk__2
The name is confusing, one would assume it’s a Brainfuck interpreter in JS but
it’s not.
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osconfused
fun! wrote something similar a few years ago.
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Navigenics Launches Whole-Genome Scan (competing with 23andme and deCODEme) - rms
http://www.thinkgene.com/navigenics-launches-whole-genome-scan/
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rms
A Sequoia backed startup versus a Google backed startup versus a large
Icelandic publicly traded unprofitable research institution.
It will be interesting how th... | {
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Excelsior JET 16 cancelled and Excelsior moving away from JVM development - pjmlp
https://www.excelsiorjet.com/
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tannhaeuser
Oops, didn't see this one coming. Anyone having insights to share?
~~~
kasperni
GraalVM?
Have a hard time seeing how they can compete long term with a free (community
edition) AOT compil... | {
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Flickr says all Creative Commons photos are exempt from picture limits - Tomte
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/8/18256478/flickr-creative-commons-photos-free-1000-picture-limit-exempt
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vinniejames
It would have been nice if the Flickr data dump kept correct timestamps on
your photos. I've now got 5,000 all dated... | {
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} |
Should BP Nuke its Leaking Well? - duncanj
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=bp-nuke-oil-well
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ErrantX
An ex BP oil engineer (who I know) used the following words when I asked him
about it:
_dear god no, it would be horrific_
His opinion is that the geology in the region would not take a mass... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Lost My Doggie - Service Helps Find Lost Pets - srveit
http://www.lostmydoggie.com/
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srveit
I got a call from this service on behalf of one of my neighbors who lost his
dog. I went to look at the service and though that this was a great idea. It
appears to be a fully automated service that combines a request f... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Beating Interpolation Search & Binary Search - DrJosiah
http://dr-josiah.blogspot.com/2010/06/beating-interpolation-search-binary.html
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16s
Try boost::unordered_set. You'll average O(1) time. We just converted an app
that was using binary_search on a sorted std::vector to boost::unordered_set
and the time diff... | {
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Micro-tweet – The Twitter Client that Fits in a Tweet (Python) - coderdude
http://w-shadow.com/blog/2010/08/10/micro-tweet/
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eddiegroves
Reminds me of: [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/284797/hello-world-in-
les...](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/284797/hello-world-in-less-
than-20-bytes/284898#284898)
... | {
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Join the open source uBiome GitHub repository for microbiome data and tools - accarmichael
http://www.ubiomeblog.com/invitation-to-join-the-ubiome-github-repository/
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ahmetbb
Been watching this story rise since the beginning. No comments left, nobody
pays attention, even the title is out of place (what is join... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ruining the diversity of JavaScript community with a coding style guide - zdne
https://github.com/airbnb/javascript/issues/102
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aaronbrethorst
My only fear is that people will abuse
a single style guide to no end and code
will become generic and timeless.
Wait, what? This is a _bad... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Millions of Women Will Make Fortnite a Billion-Dollar Game - petethomas
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-29/millions-of-women-will-make-fortnite-a-billion-dollar-game
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282883392
This is a poor article. Props to Fortnite for having a higher percentage of
female players, but the article doesn't prov... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Dilbert on Startups - sanj
http://www.dilbert.com/fast
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sundeep
meh.
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Spotify U.S. Launch Could Be Days Away - digiwizard
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/spotify_u.s._launch_could_be_days_away/
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kleiba
_Spotify’s streaming music service is popular in Europe [...]_
To be more precise: in _some_ European countries. It is, e.g., not available
in France, Germany, Italy, Switze... | {
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} |
Maryland company files with FDA drug that cures AIDS - myrandomcomment
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/medical-company-believes-they-have-the-cure-for-hiv-aids/
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janvidar
Thanks, I feel both valued and safe now.
The site says:
"Our European visitors are important to us.
This site is currently unavailabl... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Racial Diversity In Tech By The Numbers - stephen_greet
https://www.beamjobs.com/diversity/racial-diversity-in-tech
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rcatcher
It seems at the same time white employees are under-represented in tech
overall (see Racial distribution of tech employees relative to US population).
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curiousgal
As a PoC, who the... | {
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Ask HN: How do you close your side projects? - andrewgrossi
I have worked on various side projects involving design, development, music, etc. over time and generally kept the remnants living on somewhere (DropBox folders, word docs, random repositories). I like to have reference for nostalgia or to reflect on the les... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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RIP Pipenv: Tried Too Hard. Do what you need with pip-tools - laktak
https://medium.com/telnyx-engineering/rip-pipenv-tried-too-hard-do-what-you-need-with-pip-tools-d500edc161d4
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foo101
I really thought that pipenv was an anti-pattern. How hard it is to run
"python3 -m venv venv; source venv/bin/activate; pip3 i... | {
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Ask HN: Best place for tech blog? - mminer
There's no lack of options for a general purpose blog — Medium and Ghost and WordPress all seem great — but it's unclear what the best choice for a tech-focused one is. In particular, I'd like to include code snippets with syntax colouring and embed D3 visual... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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China’s Technology Sector Takes on Silicon Valley - koolhead17
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-10/china-s-technology-sector-takes-on-silicon-valley
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ryanmercer
There's going to be a lot of stuff coming out of China in the next decade,
they have soooooo many people to draw on as far as talent pool... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How the movie studios caused Netflix’s problems - jfruh
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/07/15/how-the-movie-studios-caused-netflixs-problems/
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protomyth
I still think Netflix is one of those transitional businesses not unlike Red
Box. It will probably survive to be the place for indies and second ti... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Super 8 Languages for Making Movies - LeifAndersen
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3110274
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LeifAndersen
This is a language for video editing. The language can be found at:
[http://lang.video](http://lang.video)
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Apply HN: reinvent ownership - sharemywin
I feel like one of the biggest problem with society is the "ownership class." One solution to ownership concentration is "Basic Income" I'm proposing something else. What if the more you used something the more you owned. We have stop gap solution like... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Ask YC: How long will you see IPhone hype? - khurrams
Hi
We are an IPhone application service company that also submitted business model for YC. We see, a lot of hype around IPhone applications currently, and i wanted to inquire how long will we see the IPhone hype. Any clues ?
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noodle
6 months to a year. tha... | {
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This is what every modern Cease & Desist should look like - megamark16
https://github.com/saberma/shopqi/pull/409
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edwardog
Disclaimer: I am a Shopify employee.
Backstory: Shopify.com was recently ripped off as Shopqi.com – the job was
pretty impressive! They copied our brochure, wiki, theme store, and from t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ex-SolarCity employees: We were fired after reporting millions in fake sales - fabian2k
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/07/3-ex-solarcity-employees-claim-company-oversaw-bogus-sales-to-inflate-valuation
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foxyv
My partner worked for various solar companies (But not Solar City) as a
canvasser hoping to ge... | {
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} |
What Happens If Health-Care Workers Stop Showing Up? - jseliger
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/were-failing-doctors/608662
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jseliger
I know a lot of doctors and some other healthcare workers. This question isn't
getting enough play in the media, particularly because many hospitals aren't
doing... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A jet that can fly Paris to Tokyo in 2.5 hours - bakbak
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/eads-rocketplane-could-fly-paris-tokyo-2-5-110815553.html
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gallerytungsten
"To land, the pilot cuts the engines and glides down to Earth before
reigniting the regular engines before landing."
What happens if the engines don't res... | {
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} |
Are ants capable of self recognition? (2015) [pdf] - sjeohp
http://www.journalofscience.net/File_Folder/521-532(jos).pdf
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hprotagonist
I am reminded of Feynman's musings on rat mazes. Are they quite sure they're
measuring what they believe they're measuring?
> For example, there have been many experiments runni... | {
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} |
Gaze Upon Jupiter’s Enormity in This Amazing Fly-By Video - lnguyen
https://www.wired.com/2017/06/juno-jupiter-video/
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basicplus2
Pity about the audio track, Bach would be better
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Owning a Chromebook - abiosoft
https://medium.com/@abiosoft/owning-a-chromebook-6a364c87d830
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iwre0
galliumos.org better than crouton IMO by the way, tired to avoid space bar to
destroy developer mode and linux os, I stay with Chrome OS with lot of SSH to
develop in servers, not in local.
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I Trained a Deep Q Network Built in TensorFlow to Play Atari Pong - superfx
https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/3y16pa/i_trained_a_deep_q_network_built_in_tensorflow_to/
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smhx
This is simply a transpile / reproduction of the original Torch version from
Deepmind, but in TensorFlow. It doesn't really... | {
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} |
Google: "We're Not Doing a Good Job with Structured Data" - Anon84
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_were_not_doing_a_good_job_with_structured_data.php
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zandorg
Brewster Kahle (Archive.org) made a small fortune by selling WAIS (Wide Area
Information Server), which made each machine a search engine, and... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Searching for Functions via Type Signatures - theSage
I just came across an old paper discussing searching for functions via type signatures.
How prevalent is this kind of search perhaps in code search systems? Does anyone else know
more about this kind of work?<p><pre><code> - https://github.com&... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apple likes our name and so do we - JacobAldridge
https://www.healthkit.com/blog
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_frog
There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding here about what Apple's
HealthKit is. HealthKit is simply the name for the API framework Apple is
making available to developers, following in the naming conventions of UIKit,
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
More CSS - mehulkar
http://morecss.org/
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Produce
We've been using the beta version in a medium-scale e-commerce system and
could not be happier! Since the declarations are so simple to write, we've
managed to reduce our front-end design costs by over 75% by hiring people who
are not capable of abstract reasoni... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Venture's New Grail - Mistone
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0216/046_print.html
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jwesley
Very interesting article. I think this is where the VC business is heading.
Startups will either bootstrap or take very little capital and then receive
larger investments when they have matured to profitability.
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Train Philosophers with Pearl and Kahneman, not Plato and Kant - pizu
http://lesswrong.com/lw/frp/train_philosophers_with_pearl_and_kahneman_not/
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stiff
I guess this might be stunning to some people, but even as early as before
1980 there existed people who did great science, and in some cases even great
philoso... | {
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Mondo – A “Full Stack” Mobile-First Bank - tomblomfield
https://getmondo.co.uk/blog
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teh_klev
The small-print:
"We aren’t a bank yet, but we are applying to the Prudential Regulation
Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for authorisation to
become one"
Edit: But a serious question though about... | {
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Ask HN: Most Useful Undergraduate CS Courses - javanix
Through fortuitous scheduling and some transfer luck, I've managed to take care of all of my course requirements before the end of my fourth year (both gen-ed and CS-specific). This means that I have almost a full semester of credits that I need to take yet (to sa... | {
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} |
First bug of 2011: iOS alarms not going off? - Bud
http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/12/31/reports.of.alarm.issues.continue.to.plague.ios.4/
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ihodes
This cost me a couple hours of work this morning, and put me in a generally
bad mood. I need to wake up and be alert (driving 12 hours in inclement
weather) at 5 t... | {
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} |
LiveJournal stripping users' affiliate links - daleharvey
http://vichan.livejournal.com/392527.html
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swombat
Stripping affiliate links from freely hosted blogs = dubious, but just about
defensible
Stripping affiliate links from freely hosted blogs AND replacing them with
your own links = unacceptably sleazy
... | {
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} |
Bombax: OS X Web Development Platform - bensummers
http://www.bombaxtic.com/bombax/
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Padraig
Bizarre! I guess it could be tempting for long time Cocoa developers who don't
already know Rails or PHP? Though if they're building a basic website,
rudimentary PHP would be less hassle, and if they're building a web ... | {
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} |
U.S. Taxpayers Are Gouged on Mass Transit Costs - tokenadult
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-26/u-s-taxpayers-are-gouged-on-mass-transit-costs.html
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bane
Absolutely, absurdly true. The D.C. metro is adding a new line, almost all of
it will be above ground and on existing right-of-way reserved specifically ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Who's happy where they are and doesn't want to be hired? - browsergap
And what's so great about your current situation?<p>Would be nice change to the sea of desperateness
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trash981828
Im a researcher in a basic science. My institution is small but high impact.
I’m leading one of the most exciting ne... | {
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} |
Street Fighter II's AI Engine - FroshKiller
https://sf2platinum.wordpress.com/2017/01/20/the-ai-engine/
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billmalarky
"When reacting to an attack the scripts are chosen based on something called a
yoke. Each frame of animation for both avatars and projectiles contains a
value for the yoke in the metadata, which t... | {
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} |
Show HN: Purple Services – On-demand gas delivery right to your car - elwell
Launched an app/service that lets you order gas for your car and it will be delivered right away. We drive to your location and fill up your car. I developed the app as an HTML5 app. Would like to know what you think. Criticism positiv... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The internet decides whether or not to water this plant - tylerjaywood
http://www.pleasetakecareofmyplant.com
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DrScump
This page has at least 5 different analytics hits in it (Facebook Connect,
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, MyFonts Counter, and Twitter Button).
| {
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The Guy from the Men's Warehouse Commercial Is Making a Comeback - jl87
http://thehustle.co/george-zimmer-got-fired-then-he-got-real-cool
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victorhugo31337
I guarantee it!
| {
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Show HN: An API for gender classification - heynk
http://gender.hankstoever.com/
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sambeau
The only reliable way to find out someone's gender is to ask them what gender
they currently think they are. There are more than two genders and an
individual's gender can change with time.
A better strategy all-round woul... | {
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} |
USDA is down - intelliot
http://www.usda.gov/
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SolarNet
I realize that people are a little annoyed at this tact, and think it is
melodramatic. But consider:
* The servers may be hosted on a cloud system, and there is now no way to pay for them. (Even if the bill is due in 4 days, the employees can't do the work... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Treatment for Heroin Addiction - maxerickson
http://projects.huffingtonpost.com/dying-to-be-free-heroin-treatment
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maxerickson
A couple more articles about suboxone. First, a doctor speaking about making
medical therapy more available:
[http://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/articles/16jan/greenagel-
su...](http://... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
3 MORE ways to come up with Startup / Product ideas - fast - emoray13
http://quicklytest.it/blog/?p=85
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emoray13
Anyone have any other ideas?
| {
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The future of CSS layouts - tilt
http://www.netmagazine.com/features/future-css-layouts
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snorkel
Finally we're getting back what <table> gave us years ago.
~~~
fortybillion
Nested tables worked, but they were incredibly hard to write/edit by hand.
This gives us a way of using those layout concepts while still... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Patent troll claims it invented the Windows 8 and Windows Phone “tiles” - shawndumas
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/patent-troll-claims-it-invented-the-windows-8-and-windows-phone-tiles/
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kstrauser
It sounds like SurfCast owns some pretty valuable intellectual property. Good
for them!
Of course, I w... | {
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} |
Internet Archive: What’s new with v2 - castell
https://blog.archive.org/2015/02/12/whats-new-with-v2/
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anc84
> We have a lot of long-time users of the site, and we know that any major
> changes will cause them to have to relearn where things are and how to
> accomplish the things they already know how to do on... | {
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} |
Hyper-monetization: Questioning the "Bitcoin bubble" bubble - fdm
http://konradsgraf.com/blog1/2013/4/6/hyper-monetization-questioning-the-bitcoin-bubble-bubble.html
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anologwintermut
Nice idea: bitcoin is converting from a novelty to a real currency so its
value is going up and this isn't necessary a asset bub... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How do fellow entrepreneurs deal with the stresses of Christmas? - dchmiel
With the holidays fast approaching I'm beginning to feel the stress build up even more than usual.<p>I've been living off my savings as I'm trying to get my startup going which means my budget for gifts is really low. All around me fr... | {
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} |
Brain-computer interfaces are opening new possibilities (2013) - dnetesn
http://nautil.us/issue/59/connections/pop-pop-pop-she-heard-her-brain-in-action-rp
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winterismute
I got fairly into these years ago at the beginning of my MSc, since a research
team at my Uni had cool projects about them. I gradually lost in... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Simple and easy to use Node.js client library for Oauth2. - andreareginato
http://andreareginato.github.com/simple-oauth2/
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tferris
So great that there is some alternative to passportjs which isn't easy to get
in. Try to repost at a better time or another post (i.e a tutorial)—user
authentification/autorisatio... | {
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} |
Hack your life for fun & profit with Mitch Altman (creator of the TV-B-Gone) - gourneau
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4600578110948529551&hl=en
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asmithmd1
Interesting history of TV-B-Gone; all the way from inspiration to
recommendations of good Chinese contract manufacturers.
Also a good caution abou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Benefits of Failing at French - danso
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/opinion/16alexander.html
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DonPellegrino
The author hits an important point. I'm a native French speaker and speak to
anglophones trying to improve their french everyday and the overwhelming
majority gets distracted if they don't get the ... | {
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} |
Do not allow newly created accounts to create new threads - mellampudi
For the past couple of days I see that there are advertisements being submitted to HN.
For example.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=523061
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=523001
And the accounts through which these threads
are submitted a... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Where can I find a white hat hacker - dynofuz
We run a small startup with very sensitive data. We've done a lot to secure it, but I'd love to get input from a white hat and do some deeper security testing. How do I find a white hat hacker / security expert I can trust and bring into the fold for... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Application helps you search information relate to languages and technologies - vinhnglx
The application helps you search information relate to languages and technologies. Currently, this application just supports three sources: [StackOverFlow](http://stackoverflow.com/, [RubyGems](https://rub... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A practical security guide for web developers - zianwar
https://github.com/FallibleInc/security-guide-for-developers
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buckbova
Had this SO link saved since probably soon after it was asked 7 years ago.
Still relevant and still being updated.
[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/549/the-definitive-
guide-...](htt... | {
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} |
Code is going to disappear - estraschnov
http://make.bubble.is/post/90659170481/code-is-going-to-disappear
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davideschiera
A very interesting source of thoughts is the work done by Bret Victor
[http://worrydream.com/](http://worrydream.com/) (take a look at Recent Output
section).
Code the way we know it today... | {
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} |
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