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Kids can't use computers (2013) - d2p
http://coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-computers/
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nanis
My ZX Spectrum 48K came with a great presentation on casette tape (which ran
on the computer) that explained CPU, ROM, RAM, ALU, Basic etc. I see nothing
similar to that today.
On the other side was a b... | {
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Donate to Wikipedia - abl
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/Letter/en?utm_source=2008_jimmy_letter&utm_medium=sitenotice&utm_campaign=fundraiser2008#appeal
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theoneill
There is something disconcerting about that face. I can't quite put my finger
on it, but when I look at that picture, something tells me ... | {
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'Oumoamoua Is Not Alien - shadykiller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wICOlaQOpM0
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DerekL
Title is misspelled. Right now, the title of the video is “'Oumuamua Is Not
Aliens”. That is also a misspelling, because it's name is “ʻOumuamua”,
starting with a ʻokina, the Hawaiian letter, not an apostrophe.
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Show HN: Txto – Never lose your text messages - mathieurip
http://txto.io
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todd3834
Looking at the site, I'm not sure how you get the text messages from the
phone. This is interesting… The example in the video is a great use case, but
I'm wondering how often that love story happens for an individual person.
Wo... | {
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Start Designing Your Personal Slogans. What, Why and How - RG_hacking
https://blog.swingpulse.com/design-personal-slogan
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RG_hacking
I've noticed that while journaling some phrases click to me and are impactful
on a daily basis. I've started saving them and using pro-actively to make
better decisions in life.
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Ink propelled boat, using the Marangoni effect - DoreenMichele
https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1190995855173672960
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ohiovr
what if you could do this electrically?
[https://www.researchgate.net/post/Surface_tension_and_electr...](https://www.researchgate.net/post/Surface_tension_and_electrical_field)
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Homo Duplex: Joseph Conrad in a Global World - lermontov
https://literaryreview.co.uk/homo-duplex
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ghostbrainalpha
>>Conrad’s world shimmers beneath the surface of our own. Today Internet
cables run along the seafloor beside the old telegraph wires. Conrad’s
characters whisper in the ears of new generations of a... | {
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} |
PC Builders’ Preferences for Intel Skylake versus Haswell Microarchitectures - boxerbk
https://blog.parsec.tv/pc-builders-preferences-for-intel-i7-versus-i5-cpus-and-skylake-versus-haswell-microarchitectures-db96b5edc63#.nfioaea4p
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boxerbk
Some data on the most popular Intel CPUs in PcPartPicker builds. No surpr... | {
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How Many People Use Twitter's Own Apps? - johns
http://benjaminmayo.co.uk/how-many-people-use-twitter-s-own-apps
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cpeterso
> _the results that I collected are from a random sampling of tweets across a
> 9-hour period, approximately 9am to 5.30pm on the 18th July._
9am to 5.30pm in which time zone? That could gr... | {
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AT&T iPad Hidden Fees - drew_kutchar
So I just got off the phone with AT&T and found out that if you own an AT&T iPad and you use the AT&T service once, from that point on you need to activate the service at least once every 60 days, or else they will disable your SIM card.<p>Now here's the kicker. If yo... | {
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NCSC Director William Evanina: Election Threat Update for the American Public - aspenmayer
https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2139-statement-by-ncsc-director-william-evanina-election-threat-update-for-the-american-public
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aspenmayer
Just the intro had me drawn in. Anyone know when #Volume... | {
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Took me 5 years to do this font - rustoffee
https://medium.com/design-nation/took-me-5-years-to-do-this-font-91dd7d9accc1#.1cp6thw8x
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saycheese
Anyone understand what the author meant by:
>> "If you want to be blown away by the power of context, just apply the 3
levels of IVO [Level 1 for the 1st paragraph, Lev... | {
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In Retail, Data Elbows Aside Chief Merchants - izzypark
http://www.wsj.com/articles/retails-merchant-princes-lose-sway-1442746801
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wolf_cook
Does anyone have the text of this or a summary?
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Eric Schmidt on how to identify, meet and update profiles on voter (real id.) - AvenueIngres
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/37262
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roseburg
Very interesting that whoever posts the link first gets to frame the narrative
of the news story. Even more interesting are new accounts/users on Hacker News
t... | {
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The Future of America Is Freelance - p01nd3xt3r
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/09/the-future-of-america-is-freelance/63171/
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alttab
I agree in that there will be on one looking out for anyone - employers
included.
Everyone will have to train and market themselves, fight for their
raises/rate... | {
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Andrew Hargadon: 7 Questions to Ask a Potential Parnter (2007) - skmurphy
https://andrewhargadon.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/06/7-things-to-ask.html
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skmurphy
1\. How well do you know your partner? Ask tough questions up front.
2\. What strengths and weaknesses do you both bring to the partnership? A good
partne... | {
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Apple fined $27M in France for throttling old iPhones without telling users - ajaviaad
https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/07/apple-fined-27-million-for-throttling-old-iphones-without-telling-users/
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LinuxBender
Fined $27M, but how much did they profit from _encouraging_ users to move to
newer phones?
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crmrc114
I... | {
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Ask HN: Activity as a Factor in Post Scoring? - zackmorris
I'm curious if the volatility of upvoting/downvoting is (or could be) used to rank comments. I've posted some musings that I thought were rather insightful and was surprised to see them settle on a score of 1. I suspect that they were being ... | {
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Everyone’s ordering delivery, but apps aren’t making money - samizdis
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/05/everyones-ordering-delivery-but-apps-arent-making-money/
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seesawtron
Isn't the general notion that restaurants aren't making any money but the apps
are because the non-tech savy restuarant owners hav... | {
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Buying a Used Car - wyclif
http://www.barlowfarms.com/index.html?cm_id=1868291
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bschiett
Is it a good idea to buy a used car from a rental company, say entreprise or
hertz? What is the best way for someone international to go about buying a car
in the bay area?
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Cambridge gallery lends art to students 'with none damaged' in 60 years - howsilly
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-49897431
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333c
My college does this as well. It's been happening since 1940 [1], so 79 years,
longer than Cambridge. More info in [2]. The collection even includes some
works by P... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What distinguishes good from great CTOs? - ows
Currently interested in understanding what are the main differentiators mostly only experience grants CTOs or tech leaders in general
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davismwfl
The primary one IMO is patience. Patience technically and with people. A good
majority of the CTO job beyond star... | {
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Opensource crossplatform game IDE with native code generators - petersvp
http://www.indiegogo.com/pi-engine?c=home&a=857997
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delian66
The demo looks nice ... but what about iPhone support ?
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petersvp
This project is still a baby, it is even not born baby. Yes, iPad and iOS will
be there, as noticed on <htt... | {
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Ask HN: My pet project is accused of Trademark Infringement - trademarko
My pet project, which uses a recently made-public data set, is being accused of trademark infringement. The project is hosted under a <adverb><noun>.<country> domain that is quite common. The information provided to the ... | {
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Thoughts about equity in a startup partnership? - jchum
My partner and I, we've went down the path of working together, built a product, and now begun selling it. We are now at a stage where we want to draft up the legal contract and wonder what other startups outline in their contracts.<p>We want to work on ramific... | {
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Launch HN: Openbase (YC S20) – reviews and insights for open-source packages - liorgrossman
Hi everyone! I'm Lior, one of the makers of Openbase (<a href="https://openbase.io" rel="nofollow">https://openbase.io</a>). We help developers choose the right JS package for any task - through user re... | {
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Yellow Water, Dirty Air, Power Outages: Venezuela Hits a New Low - randomname2
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-18/yellow-water-dirty-air-power-outages-venezuela-hits-a-new-low
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totoroisalive
If you think socialism is cool and awesome just poorly implemented, come to
Venezuela and live here a year ... | {
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} |
IoC Containers Compared. Single and Multi Threaded Speed Test - eljbutler
http://codetuple.com/articles/aspnet/HQMvY32Nzxp/ioc-containers-a-comparison
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nbevans
Article says "IOC !== DI".
Actually that is wrong.
IOC = Composition Root + DI + Lifetime Management
Be wary of any IOC Container that supports a glob... | {
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} |
OpenStreetMap.org Use GoogleMapAPI on the “Show My Location” Feature - mfourcade
https://twitter.com/mfourcade/status/696982320331538432
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Piskvorrr
No, it doesn't. It requests a location from the location providers registered
in the browser; it is the _browser_ internally requesting a position from
Google - whic... | {
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Undercurrent of disrespect pervading the job seeking experience - rglovejoy
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/gettowork/detail?blogid=163&entry_id=49984
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crucini
Summary:
1\. Alice is applying for a marketing position at XYZ.
2\. Alice used to work at ABC.
3\. Interviewer Bob at XYZ says "ABC sucks".
4\. A... | {
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Why you should never work for a start up - kelukelugames
https://medium.com/@cal/why-you-should-never-work-for-a-startup-accc5cf9bb88
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kelukelugames
Title is a big click bait-ish, but there are definitely trade off and
advantages to working at an established company.
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marvel_boy
Exactly, the title is a lit... | {
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Font bundle for designers - WROK
http://fontbundlr.com
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gegenschall
The site's background image (a gradient) is 1M. Uhm...
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Http-https transitions and relative URLs - johns
http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200710/httphttps_transitions_and_relative_urls.html
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calcnerd256
Man, I need to go read the spec for things like this. I had no idea relative
URIs relative to the protocol were legal.
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keltex
The problem with this technique is ... | {
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A Physicist Who Denies Dark Matter - elorant
http://nautil.us/issue/48/chaos/the-physicist-who-denies-dark-matter
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RockyMcNuts
How do you explaining gravitational lensing with no visible mass, without dark
matter?
In other words situations where we see twin images of a very distant galaxy
because light curves a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Photos from Chicago's Gangster Past, Minus the Romance - fhinson
http://www.citylab.com/crime/2015/01/unrestricted-access-to-images-of-chicagos-criminal-history/384225/
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dmix
More and better photos here:
[http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2014/12/14/gangsters-...](http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/20... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: 2001: A Space Odyssey Opening in SVG - chrisgannon
http://codepen.io/chrisgannon/full/zqQOrv/
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peternicky
Not working on iPhone...
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chrisgannon
That's fixed now.
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The Ego Dilemma - shalmanese
http://blog.bumblebeelabs.com/the-ego-dilemma/
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malarky
Feynman solved the Ego Dilemma. It's somewhere in his letters which got
published recently, and goes along the lines of "I'm stupid, but it's okay,
the process is gonna be fun!" Also "I feel like a monkey trying to get that
ba... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mathematical challenges take undergrad in a new direction - stmw
http://spectrum.mit.edu/summer-2019/academic-turn/
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lacker
A double major in math and X is often a pretty strong combination. Graduate
economics is really helped by math skills for example. Math alone is fine but
you usually end up looking for anot... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Searching the Internet for evidence of time travelers - ColinWright
http://arxiv.org/abs/1312.7128
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Udo
This is interesting, but these methods don't strike me as really viable. The
Twitter outreach was specifically targeted at the cooperation of Twitter-using
time travelers, and while Pope Francis might or might... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What happened to Steve Yegge? He seems to have stopped blogging - andrewstuart
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davelnewton
He filled up all the disks.
See also
[http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/62art/google_di...](http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/62art/google_disables_steve_yegges_site/c02lvwz).
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Iv... | {
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Software Development Estimates: Where Do I Start? - clarkm
http://diegobasch.com/software-development-estimates-where-do-i-start
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biot
An analogy I like to use: "Here's a book of sudoku / crossword puzzles. How
long would it take you to solve all of them?"
Estimating this is similar to estimating a software sys... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: McLaren College – an online bootcamp for Indians with no up-front fees - MarkMc
https://mclarencollege.in/
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MarkMc
I'm the founder of McLaren College. You can think of it as kind of like
"Lambda School for India" \- the goal is to train people to earn an income
from computer programming in return for a ... | {
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} |
Have a Confession? Let it out. Anonymously. - quickfall
http://ineedtoconfess.org
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simplemts
That website is REALLY slow... and why is the admin reviewing each submission
manually before releasing to the website. I just don't understand it.
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Particle IoT Provides Support for Raspberry Pi - brandoaire
https://www.particle.io/particle-pi
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dsalzman
I've been using the particle.io platform for over a year and I've been very
pleased with its stability, performance, and features.
This is a good first step towards expand their platform as a general IoT
de... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Why cant I simply buy a book in Audible‘s app? - artur_makly
i mean if we can go to the moon...surely we can achieve this?
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amayne
In the iOS version of the Audible app, Apple would get approximately 30% of
the purchase price if it was bought in-app.
For digital content like audiobooks where Audible ear... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: SupportBee - A Help Desk that is a joy to use - prateekdayal
http://supportbee.com
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skbohra123
Congratulations for a nice product. You are off to a good start. Here are my
initial reactions -
Website copy could be better. Try to explain, why it is a joy to use. Also I
think, the space is not well use... | {
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} |
I passed the Triplebyte quiz with no CS classes at 18, failed automated review - gjsman-1000
https://gabrielsieben.tech/2020/05/31/trying-the-triplebyte-quiz/
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cchen408
damn that's lame!
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Video: Ruby on Bells - henning
http://vimeo.com/1261369
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lyime
This is just awesome. An hour ago I was at FOSCON 08 in Portland and one of
the creators just demoed RAD. Really cool stuff. <http://rad.rubyforge.org/>
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tlrobinson
Wow, great quality video. I don't care much about RAD, but I'd love to hear
... | {
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} |
The FCC Might Ban Specific Operating Systems - dsr_
http://prpl.works/2015/09/21/yes-the-fcc-might-ban-your-operating-system/
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lexicalscope
This title is kind of click-bait - they aren't prohibiting operating systems,
they _might_ be prohibiting installation of operating systems that are not
approved on certain ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
IBNIZ: audio/visual VM and esoteric programming language - kinetik
http://countercomplex.blogspot.com/2011/12/ibniz-hardcore-audiovisual-virtual.html
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nandemo
Forth Haiku, linked in the comments, is also interesting:
<http://forthsalon.appspot.com/>
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listening
Interesting blog.
"radical low-complexity... | {
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} |
T-Mobile Austria admits to storing plaintext passwords on Twitter - flaque
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/7xdeby/t-mobile-stores-part-of-customers-passwords-in-plaintext-says-it-has-amazingly-good-security
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mikestew
It's one thing to be storing the passwords in plain text, but the sassy
attitude of t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
iBooks DRM has been cracked. - AndrewDucker
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/02/23/ibooks-drm-has-been-hacked/
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DarkShikari
_I’ve always thought that DRM only remained unbroken so long as no hacker was
interested in breaking it_
This has always been true; why break the weak DRM on a low-quality 'Netflix... | {
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} |
How Did the Duck Hunt Gun Work? (2011) - ralston3
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/26875/how-did-duck-hunt-gun-work
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Supermancho
My second software job was strange. I was interviewing for the niche position
of "troubleshooter" in 2001 @ bizrate (an e-commerce rating company). During
the interview I was asked ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
BMW: autonomous driving is 'many, many years away' - Lind5
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/bmw-autonomous-driving-many-many-years-away
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peatmoss
I suspect BWM _hopes_ it is. BMW sells to a lot of auto enthusiasts, i.e.
people who willingly pay a premium above and beyond what is strictly needed
for tra... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to get over 1,000 FB comments in 1 hour - vindicator
http://www.facebook.com/xfiregaming/posts/10150179677204717
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dholowiski
How to get banned from Facebook in 58 minutes.
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New York Taxi Mogul, Seeking a Bailout, Says He’s Too Big to Fail - foobarqux
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/11/upshot/new-york-taxi-mogul-seeking-a-bailout-says-hes-too-big-to-fail.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&abt=0002&abg=0
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MCRed
Bailouts are... | {
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} |
Your Timeline: Revisiting the world that you’ve explored - sagivo
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2015/07/your-timeline-revisiting-world-that.html
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notcub
Easily remember all the places I've been, eh? Sounds familiar. Is it like
Google Latitude, which I used to easily remember all the places I had been
unti... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What are the necessary skills for the "Business Person"? - chrisduesing
I have been mentoring several startups recently, and helping people build their prototypes/betas. I want to put together a more formal program to help recent grads get their first startup off the ground. I have a laundry list of things t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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YUI 2.6.0 Released - ajbatac
http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/10/01/yui-260/
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zmimon
There's not a lot of hype about YUI but it's an incredibly impressive and
comprehensive framework.
The only problem is that 2.6.0 is more or less the end of the line for this
API - 3.0 will have a completely different design, so in... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
My search and I am feeling lucky buttons, gone. - eam
http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en
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RiderOfGiraffes
Still there for me ...
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} |
Ask HN: Do frelancers cost/earn/value more than regular employees? - csbartus
Hi,<p>I'm in the freelancing business since last autumn and still I can't figure out how to price my services. Many times even the clients tell I'm underpriced.<p>To figure out the complete picture I need advices on the foll... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Docker 0.5: external volumes, advanced networking, self-hosted registry - creack
http://blog.docker.io/2013/07/docker-0-5-0-external-volumes-advanced-networking-self-hosted-registry/
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StavrosK
That's pretty great, I can finally use Docker for my Django apps (I didn't
want to include the Postgres data in the im... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How can I stop AWS from updating Route53 console? - totaldude87
i have already sent mails, submitted feedback . Old Route53 UI and Console were just fine, but the new one not only needs more clicks to do the same job, its damn slow, its incredibly confusing :( .. i use CLI for bulk updates, but changing the co... | {
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Click farm of 8k mobile phones in Shandong province China - seapunk
https://twitter.com/mbrennanchina/status/1154109007239380992
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mtmail
Related 130 comments 3 days ago "Click farms: a shadowy internet industry is
booming in China"
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20488838](https://news.ycombinator.com/item... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
World's first animal was a pancake-shaped ocean dweller - okket
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06767-6
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mesozoic
Oldest known* not first. If this was the first then you're saying there was a
major jump from single cellular to billions of cellular animals. Oh accuracy
of headlines...
~~~
ddoolin
Woul... | {
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How California campuses are fixing the problem of pricey college books - palidanx
https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/02/15/80805/here-s-how-california-campuses-are-fixing-the-prob/
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mitchdoogle
Some tips for textbooks I wish I knew when I started college:
1\. Wait until classes start to buy textbooks. You want to h... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
White-Collar Poetry Jobs Moving Overseas (2003) - tzs
http://www.watleyreview.com/2003/111103-2.html
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tzs
HN frequently discusses issues of globalization and the effect on jobs, so I
thought this might be relevant.
Also the design of the site is absolutely beautiful.
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benkant
Reminds me of _Career Move... | {
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} |
PDP-11/34 says hello from 1978 - DrScump
http://www.nycresistor.com/2014/05/15/pdp-11/
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aap_
Very nice these old machines are still getting some love. It's very
unfortunate the later models don't have switches (or any sort of front panel)
anymore. Toggling in a program from the switches is a feeling that you don... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Snap will stop promoting Trump’s account after finding tweets incited violence - minimaxir
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/3/21279280/snapchat-snap-remove-trump-account-discover-promotion-incite-violence-twitter
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joshstrange
What a bunch of BS. Don't get me wrong, I'd be just as happy if he was
deplatformed ever... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Looking for lead gen SaS - iamchmod
Having built lead gen software, that is software to collect leads(info) off forms, stick in DB, then send various bits of data out via soap/post to other servers based on filters etc. There has to be a company that is doing this as SaS as opposed to me recreating it again.... | {
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Franco Columbu, Bodybuilder and Schwarzenegger Friend, Dies at 78 - ishikawa
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/02/sports/franco-columbu-dead.html
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ishikawa
Here is Arnold's statement:
[https://www.instagram.com/p/B1y_SfRA68f/](https://www.instagram.com/p/B1y_SfRA68f/)
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Arduino board adds Sigfox low power wireless for IoT - rbanffy
https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/distribution-world/arduino-board-adds-sigfox-low-power-wireless-iot-2017-04/
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Raed667
I have made a project with the SigFox network and I absolutely love it.
I have also worked with LoRa and wrote a blog post ... | {
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How many friends do you grown ups have? - quantisan
http://www.reddit.com/r/RedditForGrownups/comments/37nwzf/how_many_friends_do_you_grown_ups_have/
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quantisan
The comments on Reddit are depressing and relatable. There's definitely a
selection bias though.
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My Cousin Lenny: Remembering Leonard Bernstein - tintinnabula
http://thesmartset.com/my-cousin-lenny/
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KingMob
Story time! My grandpa was Leonard Bernstein. Not the composer Leonard
Bernstein, but another NYC Leonard Bernstein. But occasionally, there would be
mixups.
They ran into each other at a restaurant on... | {
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TextBlade - xiaq
https://waytools.com/
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eggy
I really want this keyboard, but I will wait until they start shipping to see
user feedback. It looks too good to be true, and the delays only make me think
they are still not solid.
~~~
wodenokoto
_Start_ shipping? I first saw this on reddit over a year ago, same vi... | {
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Ask HN: Is lisp a language for a newbie? - nkh
I have a question for Lisp programmers. I am fairly new to programming and I have been playing around with Ruby. Mostly building simple Rails apps and scraping sites. I have read a lot about Lisp that intrigues me. However, it always seems like Lisp programmers are expe... | {
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Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee - sbisker
http://technorati.com/women/article/missing-person-tracy-williams-technorati-employee/
I saw this on Twitter and thought perhaps the HN community could help. My heart goes out to her family and colleagues.
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codedivine
Technorati people, in case you ... | {
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Modern History of the Middle East - makeramen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Middle_East#Modern_Middle_East
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dariopy
So, it has come to this? Linking to Wikipedia?
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Disney Assumes Full Control of Hulu in Deal with Comcast - dsr12
https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/disney-full-control-hulu-comcast-deal-1203214338/
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samfisher83
I am surprised Disney didn't just buy out universal. If they did they would
own all 10 of top 10 grossing movies of all time. As it is they own 8 o... | {
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} |
There’s a battle brewing between Uber and Google. Here’s why Google will win - Libertatea
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/02/03/theres-a-battle-brewing-between-uber-and-google-heres-why-google-will-win/
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nintendo1889
I was going to create an uber for escorts, but it already exists...
tinde... | {
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} |
Six Reasons for Sudden Drop in Math Grade - brianl
http://parents.sabioacademy.com/2011/09/30/six-reasons-for-math-grade/
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Jach
> The transition into geometry is particularly difficult for some. In the
> United States, the typical high school curriculum suspends algebra after one
> year to teach geometry, then... | {
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How much energy can you store in a stack of cement blocks? - tzury
https://www.wired.com/story/battery-built-from-concrete/
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donjoe
Previous discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17789456](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17789456)
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olooney
The wired.com article says:
> assuming energy tr... | {
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Pharo 4.0 Released - estebanlor
http://pharo.org/news/pharo-4.0-released
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StevePerkins
Not having heard of Pharo before 10 minutes ago, I wish this website did a
better job of explaining what it is.
_"... an object-oriented programming language and a powerful environment...
(think IDE and OS rolled into one)"_... | {
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The Lesson of Tumblr: Product Uber Alles - chrisyeh
http://chrisyeh.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-lesson-of-tumblr-product-uber-alles.html
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gcb0
perspective is important. It was a micro-blogging platform for 15yrs.
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Google+ shutting down after users' data is exposed - jfk13
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45792349
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arkitaip
This is a better article: [https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/08/google-plus-
hack/](https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/08/google-plus-hack/)
Key takeaways:
* A security bug allowed third-party developer... | {
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Preparing for Web 3.0 - brianfrank
http://blog.openconceptual.com/2007/10/education-and-creation-for-web-30.html
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iamwil
It's an interesting comparison between the difference between 2.0/1.0 and
3.0/2.0, but the author gives no support as to why he thinks it's
education/creation for 3.0 in the future.
Do you ... | {
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} |
Let’s Build a Simple Interpreter, Part 7 - rspivak
http://ruslanspivak.com/lsbasi-part7/
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JustSomeNobody
If people are interested in language compilers/interpreters, another route is
to look at PL/0\. There are several C implementations that are pretty easy to
grok even if you don't know C (very well).
| {
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Ghosts Hunter HTML5 - bitelchux
http://delasource.info/
Hello, this is my first HTML5 game, it works on desktop, android, ios, windows phone 7 and 8 and firefox OS
I hope you like it
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gus_massa
The “tap to continue” sign appears too many times. Perhaps it could be a good
idea to keep them in the first “tutorial... | {
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Nine things you didn't know were invented by women - carlosgg
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-40923649
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Melchizedek
For me this has the opposite of the intended effect. It makes it really clear
that _almost everything_ was invented by men (except the few things mentioned
in the story).
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Twenty-something uncertainty "a sensible response to modern conditions" - charzom
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/opinion/09brooks.html?em&ex=1192334400&en=897f2f6a2bc50b49&ei=5070
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Alex3917
"Young people grow up in tightly structured childhoods, but then graduate into
a world characterized by uncertainty, d... | {
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} |
Twitter Is Battling An Army Of Fake Accounts Run By A Bot-Master In Las Vegas - uladzislau
http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Twitter-Is-Battling-An-Army-Of-Fake-Accounts-Run-5010316.php
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PaulHoule
That must be my old boss...
| {
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Dark Internet Mail Environment: Architecture and Specifications [pdf] - adamnemecek
https://darkmail.info/downloads/dark-internet-mail-environment-december-2014.pdf
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MichaelGG
> Two pre-authenticated sources are a management record signed using DNSSEC or
> a TLS certificate signed by a recognized Certificate Aut... | {
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} |
Practices for writing high-performance Go - ingve
https://github.com/dgryski/go-perfbook
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legohead
Thanks for this, I just started getting into and writing Go code.
I have a question that I don't remember being answered in any tutorial I've
done so far. I've written a lot of C code and I typically make memory m... | {
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} |
COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator - sandGorgon
https://www.gatesfoundation.org/TheOptimist/Articles/coronavirus-mark-suzman-therapeutics
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philipn
Edit: contact made, thank you!
If anyone is reading this with connections to the Gates Foundation: Please
contact Dr. Robert Kruse at John Hopkins.
[https://twitter.c... | {
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} |
At Burning Man the Tech Elite One Up Each Other - S4M
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/21/fashion/at-burning-man-the-tech-elite-one-up-one-another.html?_r=1
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api
Elon should announce their intent to hold Burning Man on Mars.
| {
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} |
QEMU 3.0 Released - pyprism
https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/3.0
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xkcd-sucks
Cool! Qemu + binfmt is magic
| {
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} |
Saving Agile with BDD and Cucumber - GarethX
http://blog.fogcreek.com/saving-agile-with-bdd-and-cucumber-interview-with-matt-wynne/
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dankohn1
The biggest gain of Cucumber I have seen is executable specifications. That
is, every development task is described somewhere, whether it's pages and
pages of a Google Doc... | {
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} |
The Czur Scanner Can Build a Digital Library Five Minutes at a Time - jseliger
http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/02/the-czur-scanner-can-build-a-digital-library-five-minutes-at-a-time/
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DrScump
There seems to be a contradiction regarding scan rate. At about 1'30", it says
"scan speed less than 5 seconds per page" at... | {
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} |
I installed an Amazon Echo Dot in a car and it was the best infotainment system - urahara
http://www.businessinsider.com/using-amazon-echo-dot-in-a-car-2017-7
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BoorishBears
My car (2017 Volt) has that same head unit, but with CarPlay (I'm surprised
his doesn't have CarPlay)
CarPlay can do every thing mentioned ... | {
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} |
What will be your next developer notebook (instead of MacBook Pro)? - cryptos
MacBook Pro was a common choice for developers in the recent years, but there is a notable dissatisfaction with Apples new notebook models. So, what will (likely) be your next notebook for work? And with what OS?
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pedalpete
I've been d... | {
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} |
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