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At 90, She's Designing Tech for Aging Boomers - chiachun http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2015/01/19/377702882/at-90-shes-designing-tech-for-aging-boomers ====== jgamman please, please more of this. silicon valley seems determined to produce more things that fall in my bucket of "stuff my mum used to do fo...
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iQoS – An open source QoS-emulator for VoIP - Kernel-Panic http://iqos.bucaramanga.upb.edu.co:8080/ ====== detaro What does this do/how would one use it? I can't really make sense of the interface ~~~ Kernel-Panic iQoS is an open source software that evaluates quality of service metrics (Bandwidth, Jitter, Latency, P...
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Samsung Patent Describes Holographic TV Technology - jonbaer https://consumerist.com/2016/11/14/samsung-patent-describes-holographic-tv-technology/ ====== PaulHoule It is not like princess Leah. The diagram shows the image projected into the fustrum between the screen and the viewer rather than hanging in space and vi...
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Ask HN: What's your favorite embedded system? - timtrueman I'm looking for something rugged, capable of running Linux, and cheap if possible. I'm just curious what you guys have actually used and liked as I evaluate which one would work for me.<p>I've used this in the past but I'm curious what else is out there: htt...
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Translating an ARM iOS App to Intel macOS Using Bitcode - sjuut https://www.highcaffeinecontent.com/blog/20190518-Translating-an-ARM-iOS-App-to-Intel-macOS-Using-Bitcode ====== ken The intro makes it sound like this could be feasible for translating x86 Mac apps into ARM Mac apps. > So, what if the Mac switched to us...
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The shady economics of ‘buy one, get one free’ deals - zzaner https://thehustle.co/are-buy-one-get-one-free-deals-worth-it/ ====== rlue What makes this really interesting is how living in an economy where prices are both set by the seller and non-negotiable causes consumers to equate asking price with value. As a con...
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Show HN: Gugodoc, my static web generator (for what it's worth ) - MeyerDumont http://gugodoc.free.fr ====== terhechte Funny, I'm almost done with a fork of a Clojure static web generator and I really went into the opposite direction. What I wanted was to have one (or several) html files as templates that I do not n...
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Chrome improvements for a faster and more efficient web - t23 http://chrome.blogspot.com/2015/09/chrome-improvements-for-faster-and-more.html ====== Betelgeuse90 Cool. Waiting for more specific details following the previous announcements about progress made in OS X for decreased CPU usage. If Safari wasn't that anno...
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What its like launching my first SaaS - mundia https://dev.to/afrocoderzm/what-its-like-launching-my-first-saas-2ic1 ====== kevsim Congrats on launching! The service looks really nice and professional. One criticism though. It's possible to overstate the value of user feedback: > We provide everything you need to le...
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Ask HN: How did you improve your quantitative ability? - sadamznintern I never took part in math competitions in middle or high school so I feel like I&#x27;m still pretty bad at problem solving, and it seems like a bottleneck to gaining better employment and compensation through technical interviews - how did you imp...
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Is There a Social Media Tech Bubble? [infographic] - instakill http://mashable.com/2011/05/29/social-media-bubble-infographic/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29&utm_content=Google+Reader ====== danohuiginn I'm sorry, how is this supposed to work as an infographic? Mul...
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Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2020) - whoishiring Share your information if you are looking for work. Please use this format:<p><pre><code> Location: Remote: Willing to relocate: Technologies: Résumé&#x2F;CV: Email: </code></pre> Readers: please only email these addresses to discuss work opportuniti...
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Changing the narrative on distributed teams in Silicon Valley - _nh_ https://versionone.vc/changing-the-narrative-on-distributed-teams-in-silicon-valley/ ====== _nh_ "Among our Silicon Valley-based portfolio companies, not a single company past “A” does not have a distributed team." \- how the narrative on distributed...
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On the absurd advertisements for "Windows 7 parties" - unalone http://log.valhallaisland.com/post/194962900 ====== icey These parties seem ripe for subversion... "I went to a Windows 7 launch party and the host kept going on about how great Windows 7 is. About 30 minutes in, he started showing videos of Furry porn ...
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Ask HN: What if a technological advance makes all existing cryptocoins obsolete? - ler0ix ====== cjbprime You can't just say "What if" and then describe something plausible that has mostly predictable consequences, as if the question's profound just for being asked. This will probably happen! What specifically do you w...
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Reactive web programming in Standard ML - eatonphil https://github.com/melsman/mlkit/blob/master/js/test/rwp_ex1.sml ====== eatonphil And the resulting HTML output: [http://www.smlserver.org/smltojs/test/rwp_ex1.html](http://www.smlserver.org/smltojs/test/rwp_ex1.html)
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GitHub's vanishing acceleration - mooreds http://redmonk.com/dberkholz/2014/09/26/githubs-vanishing-acceleration/ ====== stephenr I don't see a problem here. The whole world doesn't need to be using GitHub.
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Why Dig Inn Uses Tech So We Can Eat Like Our Grandparents - foodtechconnect http://foodtechconnect.com/2016/03/28/how-tech-is-helping-dig-inn-pioneer-a-veggie-forward-food-future/ ====== GFK_of_xmaspast I don't know how the author's grandparents ate, but this does exist: [http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/](http...
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Ask PG: Is HN Expired Link Eventual Fix Planned? - baldajan I believe the expired link issue came from using a new lisp feature, but I&#x27;m curious if there is any plans to fix it?<p>It&#x27;s a little annoying since I constantly pickup tabs that are a day old, and have to start from the beginning. Hopefully I&#x27;...
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Quick Archive Service For Information Junkies - danielhodgins http://www.getterdown.com Just whipped up a quick and dirty prototype for a sexy little service I have been dying to launch for a while now. Any thoughts on the concept and philosophy of having a quick archive that functions as a 'second brain'? Please n...
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Phreeze - Ruby on Rails for Backbone.js + PHP - johnx123-up http://phreeze.com/?utm ====== mikegirouard This is cool, but is it possible to generate apps w/o relying entirely on Ajax? Truthfully, this style architecture is the root cause of almost all of our support tickets. Our percieved load time has gone up quit...
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Ask HN: What did you create in 2011? - mumm What side projects, apps, hacks did you build in 2011? ====== JangoSteve In addition to client work... * Created <http://jspkg.com> for hosting javascript packages. A sort of plugins.jquery alternative, except for _all_ JS projects. This is still a very active work in pro...
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The Cap Theorem - decanus https://distsys.substack.com/p/the-cap-theorem ====== pjkundert Very accessible summary of CAP. The implications of this for cryptocurrencies are perhaps surprising to some: [https://pjkundert.svbtle.com/holochain-currency-vs-global- co...](https://pjkundert.svbtle.com/holochain-currency-vs...
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Ask HN: Good books for the holiday season? - NTH I have some time off over the next few weeks and I'd like to catch up on reading. What are some books about the business of the tech world that you recommend? ====== mrkmcknz Lean Startup - Eric Ries, The Snowball {Warren Buffett} - Alice Schroeder, Founders at Work -...
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How To Write Unmaintainable Code - nreece http://freeworld.thc.org/root/phun/unmaintain.html?repost=forPosterity ====== thalur Using i and j as loop or temp variable names when working with complex numbers should get bonus points ;) ------ dunk010 Ancient, but awesome ------ erikwiffin Could I make a request for an ...
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How A Great Product Can Be Bad News: Apple, iPad, and the Closed Mac - BSeward http://createdigitalmusic.com/2010/01/27/how-a-great-product-can-be-bad-news-apple-ipad-and-the-closed-mac/ ====== MrSartorial That Apple is creating a closed system is of little surprise. Steve Jobs is all about control. It works in the ...
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Apple just updated without asking and locked my iPhone - OmleteDuFromage Just minutes ago, my iPhone 5 just updated itself without asking, and it got locked with an &quot;Activation Error: This device is not registered as part of the iPhone developer Program.&quot;. I was still using the ios7 beta 3, and it is&#x2F;...
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Apple iPad May Ship With Webcam - fjabre http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/02/apple-ipad-may-ship-with-webcam/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+wired/index+(Wired:+Index+3+(Top+Stories+2)) ====== cmelbye I'm buying if it does. I'm on the bubble right now due to lack of camera and multitaski...
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SF CoFounder Search & Product Feedback, tomorrow (saturday) at 3pm - jaekwon http://main.startable.net/e/event/sXoIhMtQWHSZ ====== jaekwon We have 3 regular members and we're looking to get at least 3 more interested individuals for tomorrow's meeting. The meetings have been great resources so far and we're all psy...
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'It drives writers mad': why are authors still sniffy about sci-fi? - auggierose https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/18/it-drives-writers-mad-why-are-authors-still-sniffy-about-sci-fi ====== cljs-js-eval Leave it to the English novelist community to shun the one field that is undergoing a golden age. Seriously,...
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Google Announces 8x Faster TPU 3.0 for AI, Machine Learning - signa11 https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/269008-google-announces-8x-faster-tpu-3-0-for-ai-machine-learning ====== signa11 not so sure if this number (that of new tpu pods reaching 100 pflops) makes sense. it seems to be higher than many supercomputers. p...
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When Chevrolet Ruled Uzbekistan (2019) - bilifuduo https://www.ozy.com/flashback/how-chevrolet-ruled-uzbekistan/94984 ====== Maksadbek I am from this country and what is written there is exactly as it is. It is very hard or impossible to come to a car store to buy a car and go back with that car home in one day. You ...
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Apple Watch Sales Sink - j_hanbanan http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82250.html ====== sambeau This is contradicted by what Tim Cook said in his talk with analysts about Apple's third-quarter results for 2015 on the 21st July. our June sales were higher than April or May. I realize that's ve...
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Mozy discontinues unlimited backup plan - big price increases for some users - yarone I've been a MozyHome subscriber since May 2007. I use Mozy to store all of my home photos and videos - a total of 409 GB.<p>Today I received the following e-mail from Mozy, announcing that they have discontinued the "unlimited" pl...
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Ask HN: How to short startups? - zxcvvcxz Say I have a hunch that a particular over-hyped, but not publically-traded startup, is destined for failure. How can I profit from this prediction? Creative answers welcome :) ====== jetti Simple, find somebody else that is willing to bet the take the opposite view point and i...
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Some Microsofties say that women's brains make them less interstd in engineering - onetimemanytime https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-employees-uproar-over-diversity-2019-4 ====== neilv The original qz.com article has more on the headline topic than the businessinsider.com that quotes qz.com does. [https://qz.c...
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Why BuzzFeed Canada Is Unionizing - laurex https://medium.com/@bfcaunion/if-you-read-this-statement-it-will-tell-you-why-buzzfeed-canada-is-unionizing-a636f3c301f4 ====== aurizon Now we will see the destructive effect, when well paid people use thuggery tactics to try and force higher wages, for less work, AND pay uni...
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Godel Escher Bach QR Code shadow cube - te_platt http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:15232 ====== iamwil Alas, I wish I had thought of this. I made a replica of the cube on the cover of GEB here: <https://cubehero.com/physibles/iamwil/shadowblock> It's actually not too hard to do with OpenSCAD or any other modeling t...
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The mystery of Kawasaki disease - MBCook http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/06/the-mystery-of-kawasaki-disease/ ====== carbocation The consequences of Kawasaki - especially if undiagnosed - are severe. Coronary artery ectasia, which infrequently persists, can lead to spontaneous coronary thrombosis in otherwise young...
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Columbia Downed by Megalightning (2005) - mattnumbe http://www.holoscience.com/wp/columbia-downed-by-megalightning/ ====== mattnumbe There are two reasons I posted this: 1\. One of the companies we started working with is named after megalightning (ELVES-Emission of Light and Very Low Frequency perturbations due to E...
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Ask HN: How much do programming instructors make? - instructorq Hi all- Regular HN user here, made a throwaway account just in case my current or future employers ever google me. I&#x27;m applying for a part-time programming instructor position (at a place like General Assembly, App Academy, etc) and I was wonderin...
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H.264 Licensing Terms - prakash http://www.streamingmedia.com/r/printerfriendly.asp?id=10900 ====== ScottWhigham Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e09' UPDATE permission denied on object 'REPORT', database 'StreamingMedia', owner 'dbo'.
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CSI:Internet - PDF Timebomb - crazyjimbo http://www.h-online.com/security/features/CSI-Internet-PDF-timebomb-1038864.html ====== datasink Looks like a pretty well conducted spear phishing attack. If the exploit code hadn't crashed Acrobat Reader, chances are the originating attacker would have a nice flow of 0-day e...
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Apple's App Store hit by malware attack in China - t23 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34311203 ====== dang [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10243151](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10243151)
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IBM sues Microsoft’s new chief diversity officer over non-compete agreement - MikusR https://www.geekwire.com/2018/ibm-sues-microsofts-new-chief-diversity-officer-non-compete-agreement/ ====== Mononokay >Microsoft said in a statement, “We’re pleased that Lindsey-Rae decided to join Microsoft, both to continue to grow ...
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Hiring Your First Employee - jason_tko http://blog.makeleaps.com/2010/07/hiring-your-first-employee-for-your-service-business/ ====== popschedule At what point does one go from the feeling that they have to do everything themselves to make sure it's right to actually taking the leap of faith to hiring someone. I fee...
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Universities Slash Budgets Nationwide - chailatte http://abcnews.go.com/OnCampus/universities-slash-budgets-nationwide/story?id=13571408 ====== phlux Id be willing to bet C level salaries were either steady or went up.
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Ask HN: What are your greatest method for learning coding? - algebrax I am noob and 28 years old. I don&#x27;t want to waste my time. ====== machinedgod Build a nethack/rogue clone. Works every time, for any language. ~~~ algebrax What if i publish these clone projects live? ~~~ machinedgod what if? ------ martinni...
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Cap'n Proto v0.3: Python support, better tools, other improvements - kentonv http://kentonv.github.io/capnproto/news/2013-09-04-capnproto-0.3-python-tools-features.html ====== srollyson Hi, Kenton. First: thanks for your work on Protocol Buffers. I've used it fairly extensively for RPC communications between C++/Java...
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OpenBSD LDAPD Portable for Ubuntu 16.04 - notg963 https://github.com/harishanand95/openbsd-ldapd-portable ====== notg963 A portable ubuntu version of the ldapd in OpenBSD. This was tested in ubuntu 16.04
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Future of Internet Search: Mobile version - troystribling http://petitinvention.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/future-of-internet-search-mobile-version/ ====== rgrieselhuber I've seen this post before but this is definitely cool if true. ~~~ Herring Cool, but in a superficial way. Like the computers we use today would b...
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Libraries: Where the world’s memory is stored (2018) - Tomte http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180704-libraries-where-the-worlds-memory-is-stored ====== throw0101a Umberto Eco on memory at the then-newly opened Bibliotheca Alexandrina: > _WE HAVE THREE TYPES OF MEMORY. The first one is organic, which is the > memory...
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Star Wars Visual Effects, from AT-ATs to Tauntauns - hoggle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIlYk7KQe-s ====== hoggle Even though I've got a keen interest in computer graphics I've always found well-done live-action special effects to be more engaging than digital effects. There are movies who don't abuse the seemin...
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Tips for Better Deep Learning Models - lauradhamilton http://www.lauradhamilton.com/10-tips-for-better-deep-learning-models ====== gamegoblin A note on dropout: If your layer size is relatively small (not hundreds or thousands of nodes), dropout is usually detrimental and a more traditional regularization method su...
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To Track Coronavirus, Israel Moves to Tap Secret Trove of Cellphone Data - jbegley https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/world/middleeast/israel-coronavirus-cellphone-tracking.html ====== raxxorrax Yeah, sure, because of the virus. ~~~ beagle3 Israel is taking the quarantine seriously, and arrests people for breaking it...
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Should Justin Bieber Invest In Your Enterprise Solution? - nikunjk http://www.fastcompany.com/3001484/should-justin-bieber-invest-your-enterprise-solution ====== intev Link bait article. Doesn't provide anything of value. "Is Kim Kardashian really the new Reid Hoffman?" Seriously?
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Painting as a Pastime by Winston Churchill (1948) - craigcannon https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/churchillws-paintingasapastime/churchillws-paintingasapastime-00-h-dir/churchillws-paintingasapastime-00-h.html ====== mbroncano Reading this, it comes to mind one of the most unknown episodes of Churchill’s life is the Bengal ...
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I tried switching to Firefox... - mariusandra http://mariusandra.com/blog/2013/11/i-tried-switching-to-firefox/ ====== thousande The keyboard CMD+LEFT combo in WYSIWYG editors is a bug in the editor and the developers should be notified I do not see any difference between google chrome and firefox when it comes to ...
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Show HN: Klart – Capture Anything (Pocket for Screenshots) - drikerf https://klart.co ====== nubela Why will I need this? (What problem do you solve?)) I use Pocket to read things later, and offline. I use screenshots to convey a visual point of view, and it's usually ephemeral. I don't keep them. The only other ima...
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BlockChain Non FinTech Use Case – Peer Reviews - tinygmail http://www.lawbamba.com/peer_reviews ====== tinygmail BlockChain has gained significant traction in the fintech space. Are there any live applications in the non Fintech space?
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Open redirects – a vulnerability class no one but attackers cares about - a1a https://stevetabernacle.github.io/blog/open-redirects-the-vulnerability-class-no-one-but-attackers-cares-about/ ====== tptacek I don't know, I think this case is pretty flimsy. In practice, the value of an open redirect against modern applic...
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People Over 55 Are Quitting Facebook - ciscoriordan http://www.businessinsider.com/people-over-55-are-quitting-facebook-2009-5 ====== tjic Demographics are appealing based on two things: the direct revenue that advertising to them / selling to them can bring, and the indirect value of how much they serve to propogate ...
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Monadic parser for CSS in Clojure - kachayev https://gist.github.com/kachayev/b5887f66e2985a21a466 ====== juliangamble _it 's easier to work both with monads and parsers in dynamically typed language_ I'm asking a genuine question. I'm certain other people have had a different experience to this. Could you expand o...
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Whoisi: Follow your friends on the Internet. - sant0sk1 http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=348 ====== bootload _"... First and foremost the site is organized around people. Everyone has an entry that gives an overview of what they are doing on the internet - weblog posts, flickr photos, etc. But that entry is created...
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Book Review: Designing Distributed Control Systems - michjedi http://www.michalpaszkiewicz.co.uk/blog/reviewddcs/index.html ====== basetensucks I've found this book to be quite solid so far: [http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032175.do](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032175.do) I'm about a quarter to hal...
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Google is encrypting search globally. That’s bad for the NSA and China’s censors - Libertatea http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/03/12/google-is-encrypting-search-worldwide-thats-bad-for-the-nsa-and-china/?tid=pm_pop ====== Golddisk Would this protect the NSA from stealing the data before it's encr...
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Comparison of X Window Managers - _of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_X_window_managers ====== derekp7 I really wish the full potential of compositing window managers could have been fulfilled, instead of the tech behind them being used for mostly eye candy. Here are two items that should be doable with c...
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As coronavirus cripples supply lines, more U.S. firms looking to leave China - ilamont https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-04/spreading-coronavirus-tears-apart-global-supply-chains ====== seren Sorry if this is a naive question, I don't work in supply chain, but do companies usually know the suppliers of th...
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Selling My Passive Income Stream: JSCompress.com - vlucas http://vancelucas.com/blog/selling-my-passive-income-stream-jscompress/ ====== vlucas Owner here. I just updated the post with the selling price. Enjoy!
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Why is insulin so expensive? - jseliger https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2019/04/why-is-insulin-so-expensive.html ====== aurizon Because the threat of death unless you pay up concentrates the mind - or crass, deep sucking greed - you choose!!
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Checking Up on Dataflow Analyses - ingve http://blog.regehr.org/archives/1388 ====== nickpsecurity This was in its blog comments: [http://dsw.users.sonic.net/oink/](http://dsw.users.sonic.net/oink/) Wilkerson claimed the CQual++ tool found hundreds of bugs in Debian with a 50% positive rate. Said it also spotted Hea...
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Brian Kernighan: Unix, C, Awk, AMPL, and Go Programming - AlexeyBrin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9upVbGSBFo ====== 7thaccount I didn't think I'd see AMPL (mathematical modeling language) mentioned alongside a scripting language and two systems languages. ~~~ AlexeyBrin Kernighan coauthored a book about AMPL. ~~...
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Y Combinator, Not Lambda School, Is Unbundling Education - barry-cotter https://medium.com/swlh/y-combinator-not-lambda-school-is-unbundling-education-bd6fdf0c78d7 ====== musicale Education may be all about signaling, but I haven't found another job whose primary responsibilities consist of taking mostly interesting c...
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Fish Feel Pain - anarbadalov https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/fish-feel-pain-now-what/ ====== pillowkusis The tricky bit about consciousness is that nobody can find a useful way to measure or define it. So we end up chasing our tails talking about if fish feel “pain”, that is, they suffer, and yet have no tools ...
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Tech's Embrace of Remote Work Sends San Francisco Rents Plunging - blinding-streak https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-01/tech-s-embrace-of-remote-work-sends-san-francisco-rents-plunging ====== blinding-streak [http://archive.vn/zMEsV](http://archive.vn/zMEsV)
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Generative Machines - Rexxar http://workshop.chromeexperiments.com/projects/machines/ ====== pav3l Relevant blog post by the author: <http://mflux.tumblr.com/post/29879318929/generativemachines>
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The history of American Football - vijayboyapati http://www.radiolab.org/story/football/ ====== vijayboyapati I found this super interesting, especially the stuff on the early evolution of the game and how various cheating ("trick") plays were used, such as hiding the ball under a player's jersey and running away wi...
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The Oculus Rift Made Me Believe I Could Fly - LiveTheDream http://www.wired.com/2014/08/oculus-rift-birdly-fly/ ====== vanwesson > The consumer version of the Rift should be out in about a year. Yeah, and will I be able to buy one and use it without Facebook keeping a permanent record of everything I do with it (ti...
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Next-react-analytics – A react analytics library - kushalvm https://www.npmjs.com/package/next-react-analytics ====== kushalvm Next-react-analytics - An analytics library for React that's utterly butterly simple. I've been delaying writing about this first open source I wrote. To improve the readme, demo, articulate ...
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One fast vaccine strategy could protect against Ebola, H1N1, and more - jseliger http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/07/new-vaccine-method-could-allow-quick-development-target-multiple-diseases/ ====== TheMagician0 Would sure hope that this vaccine will prevent [this]([http://www.metaculus.com/questions/195/will-the-n...
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HN: Please add Reddit style collapsible comments - AndyKelley It could be much, <i>much</i> easier to browse HN if we could hide subtrees of comments the same as works on reddit.<p>It&#x27;s a huge usability problem.<p>It&#x27;s dead simple to program.<p>Please? ====== MaxfordAndSons Yea it is rather frustrating when ...
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Richard Dreyfuss' dramatic reading of the iTunes EULA - iwwr http://www.cnet.com/8301-30976_1-20068778-10348864.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Crave ====== DanielStraight The "termination" one highlights a particularly absurd aspect of the EULA. You are supposed to do something specific on termination of the license, but...
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Follow-up: Mozilla's stand on H.264 as ActiveX analogy - sax http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roc/archives/2010/01/activex_all_ove.html ====== blasdel How about a more relevant analogy to Flash? It has the same insecurities and platform-dependence plus being encumbered by the same patents (and more!), but Mozilla took...
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New Social Media Platform - auxopro Hello we are creating a Social Media Platform focused on a modernized Bulletin Board.<p>We will be hosting a private Beta Testing session this July. Testers will trying out our platform, starting discussion threads, writing aritcles, and earning Award to Unlock features.<p>If you ar...
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Using monadic effects in haskell to reverse a mergesort - maxcan https://github.com/DanBurton/Blog/blob/master/Literate%20Haskell/recovery.lhs ====== maxcan one of those cool little haskell mindbenders
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Ask HN: How to deal with big existing code base when you are new to the team - maheshs Context - I am just starting with a team as a new member which have huge ReactJS code base. I have only basic understanding of ReactJS.<p>Is there any mental modal, tips, experience which I can follow to speed up my understanding of...
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Guano Islands Act - raleighm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guano_Islands_Act ====== spsrich "Guano?" "Bird Shit, Sir" \--Ripping Yarns: Across the Andes by Frog (1977)
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VPS Compare – compare worldwide VPS servers - rockair http://vpscomp.com ====== rsync This is the story of the VPS and how it came to be: In August of 2001 I was flying from Denver to San Diego to do some contract datacenter work. I had a Toshiba Libretto 110CT that was running FreeBSD and I was trying to troublesho...
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Steve Jobs Never Wanted Us to Use Our iPhones Like This - evo_9 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/opinion/sunday/steve-jobs-never-wanted-us-to-use-our-iphones-like-this.html ====== aylmao > The [2007 iPhone launch] presentation confirms that Mr. Jobs envisioned a > simpler and more constrained iPhone experience than ...
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An evolving view of depression - tokenadult http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/01/19/an_evolving_view_of_depression/ ====== tokenadult The recent research journal article mentioned in the submitted news story: [http://www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/165...](http://www.ajp.psychiatryon...
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Ask HN: Tools for taking notes on videos? - rpandey1234 What software exists for taking notes on videos? (e.g. lectures, political speeches, video games, or even music videos.) Having a clean and easy way to annotate video content according to timestamp would have lots of educational value. I&#x27;ve found these two...
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Will IBM's Watson kill your careeer? - mindcrime http://slashdot.org/story/12/06/08/1551233/will-ibms-watson-kill-your-career ====== cldrope Thanks for the slashdot convo. Now we don't have to have an conversation here! But no it won't kill my career because I program Java and if he wants to learn new things or in ...
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Natively Format JavaScript Numbers - kiyanwang https://elijahmanor.com/format-js-numbers ====== elijahmanor NOTE: This post is a sibling post to... Natively Format JavaScript Dates and Times [https://elijahmanor.com/format-js-dates-and- times](https://elijahmanor.com/format-js-dates-and-times)
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CSS Front-end Frameworks with comparison - afshinmeh http://usablica.github.com/front-end-frameworks/compare.html?v=2.0 ====== jbarrow Really great comparison chart. One thing that I, personally, would like to see is the relative sizes of each of the libraries (or at least their core, minified includes). While it ce...
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Show HN: Stackie – A tiny stack machine for texture generation - Lerc http://fingswotidun.com/stackie/ ====== dvh This code run from console will generate and execute random codes, whenever it finds something new it stops (just reexecute it and it will continue searching) var seen = seen || []; ...
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Google – Compare Credit Cards - pdevr https://www.google.com/compare/creditcard/qs#p=0 ====== itisbiz Great, now I know why prepaid credit card directory website's Google search traffic has dropped off recently .. hmm.
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Everything is fine with JavaScript - colinprince http://www.macwright.org/2016/10/04/everything-is-fine-with-javascript.html ====== wrong_variable JS is ruthless. It has no issue discarding an ENTIRE generation of programmer and 1000s of man-hour to move itself forward. It does not sleep, like a eternal blackhole it ...
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Narrowed range of potential warming from 3°C to 1.2°C - calebm https://www.wired.com/story/the-dizzying-science-of-climate-change-gets-a-bit-clearer/ ====== calebm The original research paper is paywalled (hence link to article) here: [https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25450](https://www.nature.com/articles/nature...
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Google Ups Ante with 1000 Patents from IBM - btrain http://www.pcworld.com/article/236999/google_ups_ante_with_1000_patents_from_ibm.html ====== MaxPresman Interesting how Google tried to downplay the "patent battle" and purchased so many patents on the next day. Just amusing, I guess.
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Fastsocket – A highly scalable socket for Linux - nicolast https://github.com/fastos/fastsocket ====== bscanlan The performance data looks interesting, but this is work based on a pretty old kernel (originally released in 2010 or so). There have been many changes and improvements added to the 3.x kernel that may overl...
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