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We Need More Secrecy - marcoperaza
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/we-need-more-secrecy/359820/?single_page=true
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sbierwagen
(2014)
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Facebook’s Libra must be stopped - hhs
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/facebook-libra-must-be-stopped-by-katharina-pistor-2019-06
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gfodor
Be careful: Facebook's best weapon in these situations (as has been done wrt
"we don't sell your data") is for people to create arguments in the zeitguest
that ar... | {
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Tesla - we may not see the forest for the trees - cjbenedikt
It is interesting to see that everybody analysing or commenting on Tesla seems to focus on the car (=tree). Looking at Musk's track record we may not see the forest. Should he be able to create the nationwide blanket of charging stations and - on top ... | {
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IPhone or Android for new game development? - qrush
So here's my dilemma: I have a great idea for a new mobile game that could go on either platform. I don't think it'll be easy to share code between the platforms despite both using OpenGL ES. I personally have access to a Droid and Droid Eris, and would have to pur... | {
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Epoch Converter - ryszard99
http://www.epochconverter.com/
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kbob
$ /bin/date +%s
1269411909
$ /bin/date --date=@1269411909
Tue Mar 23 23:25:09 PDT 2010
$
Easy, scriptable, omnipresent. Why would you bother with a web page?
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stevederico
use this almost everyday at work.
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Managerator: Lorem Ipsum for Manager BS - old_sound
http://www.managerator.de/managerator.php
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0k1n
This is big. I learned a few things and had my next startup idea while reading
generated contents, I'm now motivated as never before. Thanks!
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old_sound
I got a new Job Title thanks to Managerator.
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Amazon Unpacked - pearkes
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ed6a985c-70bd-11e2-85d0-00144feab49a.html#slide0
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gedrap
I see their point but... But OK, what else realistically can they expect? Yes,
it sucks a lot especially when all the media around you is telling all those
success stories and make you feel like you are... | {
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Cost of Living in Buenos Aires, Argentina - Ixiaus
http://info.openanswers.org/cost_of_living_in_buenos_aires_argentina
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noonespecial
_Last updated November 2007._
Relevant?
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SlowOnTheUptake
It looks like inflation was around 8 - 10% during '07 through '08 per
[http://www.latin-
focus.com/latinfocus/count... | {
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Show HN: My personal project, a innovative Pokémon search engine - Heykinox
http://encyclopedex.com
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jypepin
Look really great, I like how the search is pretty fast and how you can put
multiple filters. Way better than most of the searches where you have old
school forms with dozen of field to fill!
Great job... | {
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Sell yourself with open source, generating infinite money. - renas
https://github.com/renasboy/canistro
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rachelbythebay
This is very peculiar. There are no "trap"s and no "|| exit 1" type constructs
in that installer script. What happens if something fails or is aborted?
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renas
Hi,
this is true.
however ... | {
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Nearly a third of blood samples taken in Chelsea show exposure to coronavirus - rpiguy
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/17/business/nearly-third-200-blood-samples-taken-chelsea-show-exposure-coronavirus/
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acchow
Can we change the title?
Article title is "Nearly a third of 200 blood samples taken in Chelsea s... | {
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Ask HN: Why can't I comment on this? - pards
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17100309 appeared on the front page of HN but it has no comments, nor any option to comment.<p>Why is that?
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sp332
Sometimes HN runs hiring ads from Y Combinator-funded startups. They are on
the front page for a set ... | {
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Ask: Anyone knows of an open source cron expression generator? - DrorY
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manuscreationis
<http://www.cronmaker.com/> ?
I believe it's "Quartz" specific (a scheduling framework) so your mileage
might vary
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eg312
<http://www.corntab.com/pages/crontab-gui>
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Ask HN: good alternative to Dell for good quality rack mounted servers? - mark_l_watson
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cd34
We've used SuperMicro for the last 15 years and have had good luck with them.
edit: we've used the same vendor, interpromicro.com - Andy Wong except for the
first few we purchased in 97.
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staunch
HP is a good... | {
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Myth of the Brown Recluse - josephpmay
http://spiders.ucr.edu/myth.html
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nimbius
Working in a midwest auto repair shop, we get our share of spiders and such.
Brown recluse spiders are just that, reclusive. Ive seen them take up
residence in old tire piles mostly. Ive rarely seen a recluse, but our shop
bathroom ... | {
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Ask HN: If sharing music is illegal, how am I able to share music on WhatsApp? - ziggystardust
I know WhatsApp's intention is not to distribute copyrighted music but it does allow sharing of copyrighted music with peers.
one might argue that it is "User Generated Content" but its still copyrighted mate... | {
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Syntax Matters? (2012) - ingve
http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2012/04/15/syntax-matters-dot-dot-dot/
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hzhou321
Yes, syntax matters. What is in question is why syntax has to be so tightly
bound to intrinsics of a language? I think it is possible to have a meta layer
above any programming language th... | {
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The Forbes 50 Hottest Startups of 2015 – Ranked by Growth Score - nickfrost
http://mattermark.com/the-forbes-hottest-startups-of-2015-ranked-by-growth-score/
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luchadorvader
You have to create an account to see the full list. I'm good with just the
first ten.
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Koding gives away 4gb per developer - chrisbuc
https://koding.com/?c=Crazy100TBWeek
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blktiger
Site is non-responsive for me, I guess they are getting slammed right now.
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chrisbuc
What I like about Koding is that you get a real VM in the cloud to play with
(the catch being that it shuts down automaticall... | {
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What’s New in Thunderbird 68 - meris
https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2019/08/whats-new-in-thunderbird-68/
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mtmail
90 comments today in
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20820524](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20820524)
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COBINHOOD – Cryptocurrency Exchange without trading fees - superchink
https://cobinhood.com/home
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palakchokshi
"By teaming up with COBINHOOD, together, we will launch your project to the
skies and beyond." Doesn't really give the warm and fuzzies. Also why not have
clickable links on your "media" icons if you we... | {
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Betting on fusion - dkirtley
http://fortune.com/2015/09/28/jeff-bezos-peter-thiel-fusion/
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Tossrock
I'm kind of astonished to hear someone paid money for the e-cat. I'd always
thought of Rossi as a crank. Hopefully I was wrong and we get a revolutionary
new energy source, but I'm still not convinced.
General Fu... | {
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David Ulevitch: Some thoughts on Google DNS - drallison
http://blog.opendns.com/2009/12/03/opendns-google-dns/
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tptacek
_Third, Google claims that this service is better because it has no ads or
redirection. But you have to remember they are also the largest advertising
and redirection company on the Internet.... | {
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In space, no one can hear you kernel panic - ohjeez
https://increment.com/software-architecture/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-kernel-panic/
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klingonopera
> _" The Orion spacecraft, designed to carry astronauts to the moon in a
> future crewed mission, will carry four computers, each with two processors
> working ... | {
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Mirra 2 - lukashed
http://www.hermanmiller.com/content/hermanmiller/microsites/mirra-2-chairs.html
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Danieru
This is a good redesign.
I've had a Mirra for maybe 5 years now, best chair in the house. The only
issues I had were the prongs which provide the back skeletal strength broke
through the mesh. As the mesh... | {
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CoreOS renames to ContainerLinux - type0
http://sdtimes.com/coreos-renames-core-os-to-container-linux/
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caterama
Hmm... CoreOS as a name seems all around more sleek.
Though the tech behind the name is the same, we are humans and we judge books
by their covers - I imagine this carries into software as well.
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Ask HN: Selenium like solution but for win apps/games - visox
Hi, is there a way to run a game fullscreen in windows and make use of the ui/buttons etc with just some script or similar ?<p>So without any human interaction. I would like to automate some process of playing replays of a game which i need to record.<... | {
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“GPT-3 Does The Work on some business analyst SQL queries” - exolymph
https://twitter.com/aquariusacquah/status/1284706786247880705
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sidthekid
This is something that could literally be productionized today.
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gigatexal
Yikes. Forget the machines the ML algos will take over my job soon
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Tracking the S&P 500 using ETFs holdings - clemlais
https://claisne.io/tracking-sp
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anonu
Misleading title. The author is just web scraping ETF holdings and running
some analysis on it. ETFs are required to publish daily holdings, so there's
no secret there.
The best way to track the sp500 is with an ETF.
Inte... | {
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Show HN: XMap – Replacing your walls of sticky notes - elijahlofgren
http://xmapit.com/?src=hn
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elijahlofgren
My coworkers created a fun "ad" for xMap showing the problem it is solving
here:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPu68JvQvaw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPu68JvQvaw)
It all started with one of o... | {
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Lightning Strike Kills More Than 300 Reindeer in Norway - alizauf
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/world/europe/hardangervidda-norway-lightning-reindeer.html
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Scaevolus
Detecting lightning automatically isn't that hard-- it's a sudden burst of
powerful, wideband static. There are several sites where users colla... | {
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Vanity Fair Report: Google Glass Broke Up Founder Sergey Brin's Marriage - 001sky
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Google-Glass-Broke-Up-Founder-Sergey-Brins-Marriage-250217621.html
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001sky
Original article for reference>
[http://www.vanityfair.com/society/2014/04/sergey-brin-
amanda...](http://www.v... | {
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PirateProxyList – Online Status of Various Pirate Proxy Services - darkp
https://pirateproxylist.com/
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d33
I'm really worried that our current trackers are just a few single points of
failure and we're at risk of losing (or at least greatly complicating) content
discovery in torrent. What do you think about the ... | {
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Ask HN: Where can I find Internet browsing data? - gregw134
Somebody posted a large dataset from Indiana University a while back, but it's several years old and only available to researchers.<p>http://cnets.indiana.edu/groups/nan/webtraffic/click-dataset<p>Does anyone know of another source of browsing data? Is it p... | {
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A War Journalist’s Worst Case Scenario: The Kidnapping of Michael Scott Moore - kumarski
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/d9ae08733eb9
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joellarsson
And two Swedish journalists were kidnapped in Syria yesterday:
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/2-swedish-
journal...](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wor... | {
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Ask HN: Best place to sell domain names? - awb
I have ~200 domain names (.app mostly) that I'm looking to sell. Had anyone had success selling domains online and if so what service did you use and how long did it take?
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kemalg
I'm using a couple of marketplaces to list my domain names. Some of them are
Sedo... | {
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Google Says "We're Not Doing a Mobile Phone" - joshuaHatfield
http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/03/24/google-says-outright-were-not-building-a-mobile-phone/
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danielha
Maybe, but they didn't really want to do email either. Individual handsets can
possibly be ruled out, but huge (huge-r?) moves in the mobi... | {
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Servee, looking for Designers in the Bay area to show off to. - izak30
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cpg/695988689.html
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aaroneous
I wouldn't trust design advice from someone who makes a site like this:
<http://www.servee.com>
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izak30
Not quite sure what you mean by this. At best, its the least construct... | {
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Alibaba founder defends overtime work culture as 'huge blessing' - SolaceQuantum
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-tech-labour/alibaba-founder-defends-overtime-work-culture-as-huge-blessing-idUSKCN1RO1BC
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rfwhyte
It is indeed a "huge blessing." A "huge blessing" for the owners of companies
who are able to... | {
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“We're doing emergency maintenance to recover the site” - jchrisa
https://status.github.com/messages/2015-05-06
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colund
12:20 UTCEverything operating normally.
11:54 UTCWe've finished emergency maintenance and are monitoring closely.
11:40 UTCWe're doing emergency maintenance to recover the site.
11:32 UTCWe'... | {
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SxSW – Lost That Loving Feeling for Early Stage Entrepreneurs - aalter
http://founderdating.com/sxswearly-stage-entrepreneurs/
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chiph
I'm not sure what the relationship is between an A Capella group and
entrepreneurs is... But I can tell you why the cops showed up.
SXSW the brand is very powerful - if you are... | {
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The First Documentary about Crowd Funding - Udo
http://capitalc-movie.com/
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GabeN
Interesting idea, and the time is right with Kickstarter achieving some of
it's largest funded projects yet with all the video game developer hype as of
present. I hope it will contain aspects of a self exploratory nature as well... | {
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Betterment adds charitable giving - amykyta
https://www.betterment.com/resources/inside-betterment/product-news/charitable-stock-donation/
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amykyta
Coinbase should follow suit and allow people to donate those massive long term
unrealized capital gains they have accrued.
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Top kill animation from BBC - how BP oil well is being plugged - dctoedt
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10159626.stm
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mootothemax
To think, all it takes is a simple set of graphics like this and I think I
finally understand what this attempt is all about. Good work!
~~~
what
CNN had Bill Nye T... | {
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NSA slides laugh at Steve Jobs & Apple 1984 ad, label iPhone users as 'zombies' - teamgb
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/photo-gallery-spying-on-smartphones-fotostrecke-101201.html
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vezzy-fnord
So shall mark the beginning of a new age where people will let go of their
shiny portable tracking devices and beco... | {
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Show HN: Hacker News Android Reader - RavneetGrewal
Hi,<p>I have been a lurker for a long time, and had always wanted to see a good reader for HN on the Android platform.<p>Here is an early screenshot:<p>http://ravneetg.com/HN/HN.png<p>I see there are some which are based on scraping the site. I ... | {
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What Is Fatigue? - iKenshu
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/what-is-fatigue?intcid=mod-most-popular
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jamesaguilar
Huh. I wonder if I should put up a bunch of positive and encouraging signs and
images in my home gym to exploit this effect.
Also, my lifting buddies and I often joke around with each other ... | {
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Valve Proton: Run Windows Games on Linux Using Steam Play - ingve
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/#introduction
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detaro
previously:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17815892](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17815892)
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fturco
Don't use it. It's proprietary software.
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Wayfair layoffs: The retailer is cutting 550 jobs, 3% of its workforce - myth_drannon
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/02/13/wayfair-layoffs-retailer-cutting-550-jobs-3-its-workforce/4749435002/
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rmason
Up here in East Lansing Wayfair is adding 500 jobs this fall. I have to wonder
if they're moving jobs... | {
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The Simpson Gearset (2017) - userbinator
https://ateupwithmotor.com/terms-technology-definitions/simpson-gearset/
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aquabeagle
Battle of the interstitials
[http://imgs.fyi/img/7b1q.png](http://imgs.fyi/img/7b1q.png)
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Namari
I clicked because I thought it was about the Simpsons... Next time I'll read
the w... | {
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Mark Zuckerberg's personal challenge for 2017 is to visit every US state - esalman
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10103385178272401&id=4
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MrZongle2
Serious question: _why is this noteworthy?_
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Urgo
Non mobile link:
[https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10103385178272401?pnref=...](https://www.... | {
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Fishing for Hackers: Analysis of a Linux Server Attack - gighi
http://draios.com/fishing-for-hackers/
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jwcrux
OP may also benefit from the use of an SSH honeypot. I use kippo
([https://code.google.com/p/kippo/](https://code.google.com/p/kippo/)) with
great success. It tracks all commands run, as well as keeps co... | {
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Our Part of the Milky Way Is Bigger Than Previously Thought - wrongc0ntinent
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/milky-way-local-arm-four-times-bigger-than-expected/
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f_allwein
Well, I suppose we're still at the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm
of the Galaxy...
[http://www.goodreads.com/quotes... | {
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Mark Cuban's Plan to Choke Google's Super Powers - araneae
http://gizmodo.com/5406446/mark-cubans-plan-to-choke-googles-super-powers
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dkersten
What a brilliant plan to get done under anti trust law.
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Compiling Lambda Calculus - rs86
http://t3x.org/clc/
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dang
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17669993](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17669993)
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Rethinking Mental Health with Psychedelics - ada1981
https://thethirdwave.co/podcast/episode-48-anthony-adams/
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ada1981
My latest, most vulnerable and in depth interview on my journey of
transcending mental illness by deconstructing psychosis and reconstructing my
psyche from scratch.
Including the role of psyc... | {
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Why KIND's CEO Asks for 2 Months' Notice from Departing Employees - SuperbCrew
http://www.businessinsider.com/kinds-ceo-asks-for-2-months-notice-2014-8
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sarciszewski
My immediate reaction when I read the title was something along the lines of,
"[Expetives] your sense of entitlement you [expletives] elitist [ex... | {
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The Wiki-Hacker Strikes Again - nickb
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/07/19/security-hackers-internet-tech-cx_ag_0719wikiwatcher.html
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sh1mmer
I love the Forbes.com interstitial. It's so awesome with Flash blocked. The
way you have to wait for it to redirect because there isn't a link rocks too.
| {
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Steve Jobs contacted Samsung in 2010 to resolve Apple patent dispute - ashishgandhi
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-29/steve-jobs-pushed-talks-with-samsung-to-address-patent-dispute.html?cmpid=yhoo
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tyler_ball
Samsung's products are so aesthetically similar that their own marketing
people get confused and ... | {
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} |
Rant on Email Notifications - inmygarage
http://amandapeyton.com/blog/2012/03/rant-on-email-notifications/
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abraxasz
I'm usually a nice guy, but I'm an absolute jerk when it comes to my inbox:
\- If a service's registration has the "send notification" button checked by
default, and I don't see it when I regis... | {
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Ask HN: Domain name suggestions for our website - udhb
Me and my friend are going to launch a website where all the practical lab (scanned) copies of our college will be available. Soon we will add other related stuffs. And may extend this site to others colleges.
But we stuck at choosing the domain name. please giv... | {
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Ask HN: What do you still use Facebook for? - amolo
I recently logged in back to my Facebook account and found so many guys over there. What do you use it for ?
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megamindbrian2
Some family members only respond over messenger. I log in, switch to desktop
mode, and use messenger from Android chrome.
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cimman... | {
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Ask HN: if I work at Apple, can I sell iPhone apps on the App Store? - rdouble
I'm assuming the answer is "no" but I don't know anyone at Apple, nor have I been able to find a definitive answer on the web.<p>If I am an Apple employee, am I forbidden to have applications for sale on the iTunes App Store?
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woost... | {
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AT&T, T-Mobile sold real-time location data: Make a legal claim under their ToS - mjkornbl
https://fairshake.myradvocate.com/2020/02/03/fcc-cell-service-providers-broke-the-law-sold-customer-location-data/
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sithlord
Read the terms, basically you agree to give them 20% of the claim, if its less
than 20 dollars, y... | {
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Supreme Court to Review Sarbanes-Oxley Law - newsit
http://www.cnbc.com/id/30808044
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bmickler
I went to the supreme court's website to research this further
(<http://www.supremecourtus.gov>). Honestly I expected more from the U.S.
Supreme Court's website. The site looks terrible and the search is abysmal. I
woul... | {
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Is every game of Slay the Spire winnable? - jsnell
https://forgottenarbiter.github.io/Is-Every-Seed-Winnable/
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aoeusnth1
Jorbs (a popular STS streamer) has said something like:
If random shuffling of your deck can cause you to take 40 damage from
Lagavaulin, and the game is still 100% winnable, then that 40 dam... | {
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Show HN: Slide – an open-source plain text presentation maker - zserge
http://trikita.co/slide
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evacchi
This is nice.
A bit OT: on the subject of presentation tools, I'm struggling to find
something that suits me.
I really like Deckset[0], but found it sometimes limiting. For instance, I
found that very few th... | {
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New Way to Monitor Your Logs for Performance Problems - KarenS
https://www.loggly.com/blog/using-loggly-monitor-logs-performance-problems/
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mjosofsky
I'm building an app that has a big server so Loggly could be a valuable way
for me to gain insight into my users.
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DanjaMouse
Interesting, thanks for shar... | {
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Canvas 2012 Conference: Birmingham UK - RutZap
http://2012.canvasconf.co.uk/
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tombot
Lineup looks good :)
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Google Will Shut Down Its Social Network After User Information Was Exposed - extraterra
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/technology/google-plus-security-disclosure.html
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sulam
Holy crap.
Poignant quote:
"When the company’s technical staff discovered the bug in March, they decided
against disclosing the issu... | {
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No Doctor Should Work 30 Hours Straight with No Sleep - BDGC
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/12/no-doctor-should-work-30-straight-hours/510395/?utm_source=nhfb&single_page=true
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snowwrestler
A friend of mine is a PA who works in emergency medicine, which means he pulls
30 hour shifts sometime... | {
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Signato – A new font inspired by the Independence of Lithuania - bobinux
http://signato.lt/en/
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rekado
Unfortunately, the license permits the use of the font only for "non-
commercial" purposes, which means that it cannot be included in Free Software
distributions.
~~~
ghaff
Non-commercial licenses are IMO seri... | {
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Do our brains have extraordinary untapped powers? - prostoalex
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/sep/24/do-our-brains-have-extraordinary-untapped-powers
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anotheryou
weird re-wiring => creativity and new passions
but I doubt evolution has much room for overcapacity. Maybe a bit more for
older people, be... | {
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Show HN: Sol Trader released in Alpha - chrismdp
http://chrismdp.github.com/2012/05/sol-trader-now-in-alpha/
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chrismdp
So after all the furore on HN surrounding the choice of platform for this
game, a friend urged me to point out to everyone you can now get the alpha :)
Here are the original HN posts: <http:/... | {
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The day the newspaper died. - ksvs
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2009/01/26/090126crat_atlarge_lepore?currentPage=all
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thomasmallen
For my money, there's still nothing better than a good newspaper. We get the
_Washington Post_ here. On TV, the broadcaster controls the order and scope of
reporting... | {
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} |
Five myths about Chinese hackers - TDL
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-chinese-hackers/2013/03/22/4aa07a7e-7f95-11e2-8074-b26a871b165a_story.html?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost
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websitescenes
Nice to see a tech security topic in a large publication. So many companies
th... | {
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} |
Notes from Valentine’s Day - Knuth Lecture Notes - nickb
http://thermalnoise.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/notes-from-valentines-day/
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neilc
Damn, I totally missed out on this lecture. I only heard about Knuth's
"Christmas tree lecture" in December at the last minute, as well. There needs
to be an aggregator for in... | {
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} |
Look back with danger: on nostalgia - Petiver
http://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/look-back-with-danger/
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DarkKomunalec
"Today’s constant talk of nostalgia – for old passport covers, old manners,
old food, and above all that fantasy of a Britain before multiculturalism – is
in part a response to rapid socia... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Entanglement: an interesting on-line challenge/game/puzzle - ColinWright
http://entanglement.gopherwoodstudios.com/
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detritus
I like/hate this.
| {
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} |
Travel the world with an awesome group of hackers and designers - AlexeyMK
http://hackerparadise.org
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mmmulani
would I have to come for the entire time?
| {
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} |
Why Quantum Computers Are Better Suited for Enslaving Humanity - jjp9999
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-03/cfqt-hqp032912.php
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martinkallstrom
What surprised the researchers is that the quantum simulations are still not as efficient as they could be: they still have to store more informati... | {
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} |
Rob Landley on the Linux Foundation (2010) - vezzy-fnord
http://landley.net/notes-2010.html#18-07-2010
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angrylinuxer
Management Team
Jim Zemlin, Executive Director Amanda McPherson, Chief Marketing Officer, VP
of Developer Programs Mike Woster, Chief Revenue Officer Steve Westmoreland,
Chief Information Offic... | {
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} |
BPA-free plastics seem to disrupt sperm and egg development in mice - sahin-boydas
http://www.newscientist.com/article/2179481-bpa-free-plastics-seem-to-disrupt-sperm-and-egg-development-in-mice/
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Apotheos
More and more disadvantages seem to come out against plastic every year, not
to mention the environmental i... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Fedora CoreOS, Red Hat CoreOS, and the future of Container Linux - KenanSulayman
https://coreos.com/blog/fedora-coreos-red-hat-coreos-and-future-container-linux
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hardwaresofton
This is exactly what I thought would happen when I switched off of CoreOS
earlier this year. I recently switched back[0] since according... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: I created a UX focused developer tool for Voice Apps - vineet
https://helloviolet.ai/
======
vineet
I am the author - I did 10% of this for my job, but 90% of it has been a
nights & weekends activity. I would love feedback. And feel free to ask me
anything.
| {
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} |
The Bipolar Lisp Programmer - auvi
http://www.lambdassociates.org/blog/bipolar.htm
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lexicalscope
I'm not super fond of the assumption that someone is bipolar simply because of
going in and out of frenetic periods of activity, that isn't really what
bipolar disorder is. I have bipolar (II), so here's some things:... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What kind of Google Hangouts could we have? - bemmu
I like the idea adding short bursts of social interaction to my day. Hangouts is a nice tool for that, but for the hacker crowd what sort of hangout would work the best?<p>Just my random idea. How about a weekly roll call. Just a very short chat where each ... | {
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Amazon Confirms Plans for Store Under New Grocery Brand - t23
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-11/amazon-confirms-plans-for-store-under-new-grocery-brand
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dalfonso
My bet is this will be very similar to Walmart Neighborhood Market. About the
size of a drug store, will stock grocery essentials, and... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Y Combinator by the Numbers - jwang815
http://youtu.be/6ERQ7ZtseWo
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phzbOx
Is there a service to produce video like that? Where you'd choose your music,
say the texts, and automatically that'll create a couple sample of it?
~~~
garethsprice
<http://animoto.com/> does a reasonable job of automating simple vide... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Why is there so little debate on Trumps plan to destroy net neutrality? - thewarrior
Wondering why there is no discussion of this huge issue when it is something that will impact startup founders so badly.
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esailija
We still hope it's just a bad dream and he won't get to preside over US.
| {
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mruby - ryansama
https://github.com/mruby/mruby
======
skrebbel
Could anyone explain to me what the difference with normal ruby is?
"Lightweight", does that mean:
Small but slow?
Big but fast?
Quite small and quite fast, but with a half-assed library?
Big, slow, but low RAM ... | {
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} |
A Large-Scale Study of Programming Languages and Code Quality in GitHub - caisah
https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2017/10/221326-a-large-scale-study-of-programming-languages-and-code-quality-in-github/fulltext
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jayonsoftware
Its a long read, so which programming lang produce the least amount of errors
?
| {
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} |
How people talk about marijuana on Reddit: a natural language analysis - sararob
https://medium.com/@srobtweets/how-people-talk-about-marijuana-on-reddit-a-natural-language-analysis-a8d595882a7a
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nonsince
Decent intro to natural language processing, but scientifically rubbish. I
think using "cannabis" and "maraj... | {
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} |
Confronting Russia's Weaponization of Information - dataker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LzvuiLbUvM
======
h4x3r
US Propaganda: Weaponized Disinformation
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycg-
YTy0tkA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycg-YTy0tkA)
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Closure. "I had the only farm capable of nuclear weapons design." - stakent
http://steveblank.com/2009/11/19/closure/
======
andrewljohnson
I worked at the PSC when we sold that Cray on eBay. I was a student programmer
in the facilities group. I used to sell Magic cars on eBay, so I was consulted
on selling the comput... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Ethernet at home - evilswan
If I'm home, working at my desk, I always (still) switch to the wired LAN. It's slightly faster, and I dunno <i>feels</i> more secure.<p>I like the comfort of unplugging the wire from the laptop before bed: I know it's offline.<p>Anyone else?
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jasondrowley
I back up my compu... | {
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} |
Apple pays Proview $60 million in iPad trademark case settlement - dave_k
http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/2/3131239/apple-pays-proview-60-million-in-ipad-trademark-case-settlement
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josteink
As much as I disregard Apple for its über-shady (lack of) ethics, it's hard to
look at this as anything but extortion.
Ho... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Need a lawyer for my startup (and no, we don't want VC money) - needalawyer
I'm currently working on a side project with a partner and we've reached a point where we feel we need to incorporate. Any recommendations for lawyers? I've searched all the threads and spoken with 4 different supposedly "startup"... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Do people care about flags when selecting a site language? - DavidHogan
I'm working on a site that supports multiple languages, and we are using a flag icon to indicate the current language. The language selection dropdown will have both the flag and the name of the language.<p>I would love to get your opini... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Best Practices for Array Indexing - bollu
http://bollu.github.io/#best-practices-for-array-indexing
======
shakna
There's two basic ways of defining iterators in C to remove some pain points.
(There's others, but these two common patterns crop up often enough.)
void foreach(TYPE* o, void(*f)(TYPE, v... | {
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} |
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