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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
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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/
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detaro
What does this do/how would one use it? I can't really make sense of the
interface
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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/
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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'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
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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/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/
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_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
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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
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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
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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/
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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/
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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'm curious if there is any plans to fix it?<p>It's a little annoying since I constantly pickup tabs that are a day old, and have to start from the beginning. Hopefully I'... | {
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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
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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?
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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
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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?
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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
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thalur
Using i and j as loop or temp variable names when working with complex numbers
should get bonus points ;)
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dunk010
Ancient, but awesome
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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/
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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 "Activation Error: This device is not registered as part of the iPhone developer Program.". I was still using the ios7 beta 3, and it is/... | {
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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))
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 :)
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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/
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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'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
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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
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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
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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/
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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/
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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
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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't want to waste my time.
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machinedgod
Build a nethack/rogue clone. Works every time, for any language.
~~~
algebrax
What if i publish these clone projects live?
~~~
machinedgod
what if?
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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
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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
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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/
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rgrieselhuber
I've seen this post before but this is definitely cool if true.
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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
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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
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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... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tips for Better Deep Learning Models - lauradhamilton
http://www.lauradhamilton.com/10-tips-for-better-deep-learning-models
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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
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raxxorrax
Yeah, sure, because of the virus.
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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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... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
BlockChain Non FinTech Use Case – Peer Reviews - tinygmail
http://www.lawbamba.com/peer_reviews
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tinygmail
BlockChain has gained significant traction in the fintech space. Are there any
live applications in the non Fintech space?
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Golddisk
Would this protect the NSA from stealing the data before it's encr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Comparison of X Window Managers - _of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_X_window_managers
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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... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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
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seren
Sorry if this is a naive question, I don't work in supply chain, but do
companies usually know the suppliers of th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Selling My Passive Income Stream: JSCompress.com - vlucas
http://vancelucas.com/blog/selling-my-passive-income-stream-jscompress/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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blinding-streak
[http://archive.vn/zMEsV](http://archive.vn/zMEsV)
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Generative Machines - Rexxar
http://workshop.chromeexperiments.com/projects/machines/
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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/
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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/
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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... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Next-react-analytics – A react analytics library - kushalvm
https://www.npmjs.com/package/next-react-analytics
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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 ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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/
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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's a huge usability problem.<p>It's dead simple to program.<p>Please?
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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
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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... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Follow-up: Mozilla's stand on H.264 as ActiveX analogy - sax
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roc/archives/2010/01/activex_all_ove.html
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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
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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
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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
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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... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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
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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/
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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... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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've found these two... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Will IBM's Watson kill your careeer? - mindcrime
http://slashdot.org/story/12/06/08/1551233/will-ibms-watson-kill-your-career
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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 ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Natively Format JavaScript Numbers - kiyanwang
https://elijahmanor.com/format-js-numbers
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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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} |
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