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This is the best explanation of gerrymandering you will ever see - ABS
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/01/this-is-the-best-explanation-of-gerrymandering-you-will-ever-see/
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hwstar
Hysteresis will solve this over time. This only works to a maximum extreme,
then it snaps back and there is... | {
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} |
Mueller Used Bitcoin to Catch Russia - Ibethewalrus
http://lite.cnn.io/en/article/h_4257e917945d6897b59d5e2b5d6fbb3c
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rman666
Regardless of your politics, I think most would agree that being in charge of
a two-year investigation resulting in a 400+ page report and understanding
anything about Bitcoin is pretty i... | {
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} |
Looking to Disrupt Mobile Advertising and GPS - iamnumberfour
I am working on the design work of an app that deals with notifications and GPS. This app will greatly serve as an alternative to IOS Maps App.<p>If interested in cofounding a startup. Please post a comment with contact info. LOOKING FOR A CODER THAT CAN ... | {
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How The SAFE Has Changed And It What It Means For Equity - commons-tragedy
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesnycouncil/2019/01/16/how-the-safe-has-changed-and-it-what-it-means-for-your-companys-equity/
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gumby
YC announcement of change back when it was made:
[https://blog.ycombinator.com/new-standard-
deal/](htt... | {
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} |
Apache Kafka and GDPR compliance - Antwnis
http://www.landoop.com/blog/2017/12/apache-kafka-gdpr-compliance/
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throwaway2016a
I'm interested in the right to be forgotten section but I'm confused as too
what this article is saying...
How exactly do you "forget" the data on the logs?
One interesting solution that... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Really bad SSL/TLS flaw discovered with client renegotiation - tptacek
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg03928.html
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tptacek
Ouch.
So, here's what's up: applications that rely on client certificates (where the
client had to have a valid, accepted cert to make a request) can, on most
servers,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Any good articles on hash function design? - aerovistae
I'm interested to learn about how the internals of hashing functions are designed. To me, in my cryptographic ignorance, merely using modulo operation is sufficient for making something irreversible. But clearly there are many things to keep in mind ... | {
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Lin Wood's Twitter account disabled after beginning work on Rittenhouse defense - djsumdog
https://twitter.com/Yoder_Esqq/status/1300905446782443529
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burfog
Lin Wood is a lawyer defending a boy against a politically-motivated
prosecution. The event was a clear case of self-defense against a murderous
mob of felo... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Which of your side projects can I/we buy for less than 1k? - thr2178008
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qubex
Those that are worth less than $1000 to the seller.
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SQL2219
Are you really only purchasing the idea? Because it seems that you would have
to start from scratch on a lot of dusty code.
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Making a sandwich (reflections on Ajax patent) - ihumanable
http://ihumanable.com/blog/2009/12/making-a-sandwich/
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noonespecial
A patent so broad, so vague and so far reaching that you can sue Frito-Lay
Inc. and Adobe Systems Inc. at the same time! They basically just listed the
fortune 500 and went for broke.... | {
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} |
Google+ Isn’t Going Away - nickbilton
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/google-isnt-going-anywhere/
Proclaiming that Google+ won’t survive is like saying that the Apple iOS will die, but the iPhone and iPad will live on. They are one and the same, just as Google and Google+ will be.
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timr
_"Instead, Goog... | {
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MenuetOS: Written in Assembly, fits on a floppy, has GUI - rw
http://www.menuetos.net/
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rw
An interview with two of the developers:
[http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/315421/we_talk_devel...](http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/315421/we_talk_developers_behind_menuetos_an_operating_system_written_enti... | {
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What do we really know about the effectiveness of digital advertising? - anielsen
https://thecorrespondent.com/100/the-new-dot-com-bubble-is-here-its-called-online-advertising/13228924500-22d5fd24
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buboard
Great to see an article like this. This subject is almost suspiciously under-
researched by journalists. Th... | {
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} |
Why it's hard to answer “when to raise a series A” - akharris
https://blog.ycombinator.com/when-to-raise-a-series-a/
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OliverJones
When to try to raise a series A round? When you BOTH need the money to ramp up
your work AND you are ready to take on investors who want at least a tenfold
return on their investment.... | {
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Switched jobs, think it was a step back - ChangedJobs
Quick back story, was a dev working for a small company/startup. We were spread pretty thin and I was the lead dev on a large project, with a few FT devs and contract devs on my team. I had significant exposure to top management. I ran the sprints, deployed the s... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Horrible Future of Social - netherland
http://ted.io/the-horrible-future-of-social.html
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jeremymcanally
I see this every time I go to Disney World (I live nearby). It's almost
impossible to enjoy a single ride or fireworks show without a ton of people
videoing the whole thing or taking horrible pictures of... | {
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} |
How to block the DiggBar - fromedome
http://daringfireball.net/2009/04/how_to_block_the_diggbar
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miles
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
function breakout_of_frame()
{
if (top.location != location) {
top.location.href = document.location.href ... | {
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Show HN: Develop self-discipline and daily habits. Without using an app. 🧘 ️ - norsak
https://youtine.co/
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norsak
How do you develop self-discipline and track daily routines without using an
app?
I wanted an offline habit-building tracker, so I built one - meet Youtine
/juˈtin/
Make yourself accountable, with... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Email Phraud: An Illustrated Guide - cnouri
http://www.rackspace.com/apps/blog/view/2010/04/email_phraud_an_illustrated_guide
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michaelferranti
Email Fraud is a huge problem that cost innocent people nearly $600 million in
2009. This creative Illustrated Guide to email fraud will show you the top 5
scams and ho... | {
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} |
The Audacity of the iBooks Author EULA - pooriaazimi
http://venomousporridge.com/post/16126436616/ibooks-author-eula-audacity
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tstegart
I think this guy is wrong. He's mixing apples and oranges when it comes to who
owns what. Apple is requiring people who use its software to create an e-book
to give Apple a cut ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Are SKS keyservers safe? Do we need them? - yakamok
https://medium.com/@mdrahony/are-sks-keyservers-safe-do-we-need-them-7056b495101c
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ggm
I thought the filesystems lurking in the DNS echoed packets, and in ICMP, and
in other things like mail headers were just bad RFC april-fool jokes, but
doing an attack on the... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Superfast military plane hit Mach 20 before crash - danberger
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44208437/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/superfast-military-plane-hit-mach-crash/
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stcredzero
This is exciting, because it opens the door for space elevators that don't
rendezvous with a stationary point on the ground, ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Social web features for an elderly/mature audience - mseebach
Hi,<p>I'm talking to a friend about starting a website/community based around crossword puzzles (he's a professional CW designer, I'm the techie).<p>The market is all but untapped in our niche-locale, and we're pretty certain we can go a long way ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Team Behind Snarky Startup Blog Uncov Reveals Its Own Startup, Persai - blackswan
http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/01/subscribe-to-th.html
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chaostheory
given that uncov was basically a mean spirited version of techcrunch, I wonder
if what goes around will come around (that is if persai ends up sucking)
... | {
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} |
Assistly now FREE:"Netflix could take a page out of Assistly’s book."-Techcrunch - gregmeyer
http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/26/with-v2-0-assistly-brings-a-simple-pricing-model-rewards-and-a-bit-of-free-to-customer-service-software/
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woverton
Greg Meyer is the new Director of Customer WOW. What a smashing idea: ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: PyEQS – query Elasticsearch like a Django Queryset - andrewgross
https://github.com/Yipit/pyeqs
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spencera
We are currently working on an official QuerySet-like python library here at
Elasticsearch:
[https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-dsl-
py](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-d... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Any long-term wager sites? - geuis
My roommate and I wanted to make a wager about what would last longer: his RAID-5 setup or Flickr going out of business. (This was precipitated by my signing up for a pro account on Flickr today.)<p>I did a quick search for a site that would let us record the wager and woul... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
[Record breaking] 2016 Singles Day Data: growth slows down - tjennychen
https://walkthechat.com/double-11-shopping-festival-data-china-e-commerce-trend/
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beeforce
So crazy, $17 billion in one day...
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tjennychen
Yep, that's China
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Ask HN: How do you take notes on your laptop? - Kastakin
I'm building my Linux system as debloated as I can and I would like to know if you guys found ways to take notes during lectures with light/not dependencies heavy software.
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iamNumber4
Markdown, any existing text editor.
Low tech, shut the lid, ... | {
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} |
Killing 3ve: How The FBI And Tech Industry Took Down A Massive Ad Fraud Scheme - tysone
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/3ve-botnet-ad-fraud-fbi-takedown
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ryan-c
The actual indictment is here: [https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/press-
release/file/1114576...](https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Does SEO kill great writing? - silktide
http://blog.silktide.com/2011/10/does-seo-kill-great-writing/
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swellboy
I generally find it pretty simple to weave in SEO friendly terms into my
writing (I'm a reporter/editor). I really don't think it's that much of a
stretch
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} |
Socioeconomic sorting at the metropolitan level is making America more polarized - clumsysmurf
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/04/how-your-social-class-affects-where-youll-move/557060/
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Thriptic
Yet another data point showing why we need more housing and better public
transportation in coastal cities. Boston... | {
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} |
Coding Anywhere with Cloud IDE - patfixate
http://fixate.io/tech/cloud-ide/
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tuxlinuxien
Do you have a working URL?
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} |
Against the Stream: The Future of the Federal Clean Water Rule - anarbadalov
https://undark.org/article/clean-water-rule-epa-pruitt/
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germinalphrase
I will look for a source - but I live in the Midwest and have always heard
that after the Clean Air/Clean Water Acts came into force our two largest
sources of envi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
“Bifinexed” Twitter account suspended following spam reports - ForHackernews
https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/7vv1gc/after_failing_to_spam_my_twitter_with_400000_fake/
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zuzun
Might be suspended because someone posted details of an alleged new bank
account on their support forum and Bitfinexed shared a ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown shuts down government transparency website - danso
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/11/jerry-brown-shuts-down-california-government-transparency-website.html
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danso
The merits of this decision seem silly...how hard is it to maintain a domain
even if it is nothing but a ce... | {
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} |
LTE Has Slowed by 50% in the US This Year - wkoszek
http://twinprime.com/lte-has-slowed-by-50-in-the-us/
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franciscop
A quick reminder that 4G != LTE. The 4G specification requires a minimum speed
[1] so LTE was launched to avoid exactly this minimum. It seems that the
companies did it right by launching LTE inst... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mercurial 1.3 released - brodie
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.mercurial.general/14672
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illumen
'This release is dedicated to my grandfather, Walter Gordon Heffron, who
introduced me to Unix 30 years ago, and who passed away yesterday.'
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swaroop
What is the use case for subrepos?
<h... | {
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Memories of Turbo Pascal version 1.0 - jwilliams
http://blogs.codegear.com/davidi/2008/11/09/39041
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bootload
_"... Native code compiler Turbo Pascal lives on in Delphi 2009 - if you
haven't tried it yet, get the trial download
at<http://www.codegear.com/downloads> ..."_
Forget codegear ( _"burnt way too many ti... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Govt Contractor Charged with Removal of Classified Materials - campuscodi
https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/government-contractor-charged-removal-classified-materials-and-theft-government-property
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kafkaesq
_Multiple Government Agencies Charged with Removal of Citizens ' Private
Information, Theft of Citizens' ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
HQ Trivia hits 1M players milestone as app soars in popularity - deegles
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/7/16861762/hq-1-million-players-record-milestone-trivia
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dsl
Last night they hit 1M+ users, but also booted the vast majority of them from
the game by marking the correct answer as incorrect on the first ques... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Obama has a $100M plan to fill the tech talent shortage - cossatot
http://www.wired.com/2015/03/techhire-initiative/
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chrisbennet
Sigh, there is no "tech talent shortage". There is just a shortage of
employers willing to pay market rate.
~~~
Netsec
I feel like it's a combination of that and scarcity in a few,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Learn to let it go ... - RiderOfGiraffes
I've found myself watching the item numbers here on Hacker News having realised some time ago (before the item that mentioned it) that it was getting close to submission/comment number 10^6. I found myself thinking: OK, in the past M minutes there have been S submissions. I... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two - colanderman
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/business/economy/productivity-inequality-wages.html
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arandr0x
I saw this when I arrived in America, and it's the reason I left. I take the
bus and seeing literally every day that there were people with families who
worr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Efficient collections as column values in Cassandra 1.2 - jbellis
http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/cql3_collections?
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jbellis
"Efficient" here means that unlike most (all?) popular document databases --
and postgresql's hstore -- appending an item to a list or adding an entry to a
map does not require rewritin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Beijing is Silicon Valley's only true competitor - z3t1
http://www.recode.net/2016/5/13/11592570/china-startup-tech-economy-silicon-valley
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supster
It must help Chinese startups that many SV companies are blocked from
competing in China. For example no competition from Facebook, Messenger,
Instagram, Twitter, Sn... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Vigyaa Anonymous – A safe place to write and read anonymously - goelgarry1980
http://Vigyaa.io
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jborichevskiy
A hunch: I think anonymous writing today (by those with more non-anonymous
writing) will be reliably de-anonymized relatively soon through some sort of
comparative analysis by a motivated enough... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Palette Gear: Hands-On Control of Your Favourite Software - prawn
http://palettegear.com/index
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scrumper
I like it. Something I see in music tech in particular is a growing number of
hardware controllers interacting with specialized software; the marriage is
really powerful and makes for a very pleasant and prod... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How to proceed with smartphone ideas that are too low-level to be apps? - sendos
I have a few ideas on how to enhance the UI/UX of smartphones, but most of them are too low-level to be made into apps.<p>To get an idea of the sort of things I'm thinking about, take a feature that is now in many phones: person... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Cause And Effect: A New Statistical Test That Can Tease Them Apart - mazsa
https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/cause-and-effect-the-revolutionary-new-statistical-test-that-can-tease-them-apart-ed84a988e
"The key assumption is that the pattern of noise in the cause will be different to the pattern of noise ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask YC: What do you think of my new search engine? - epi0Bauqu
http://duckduckgo.com/
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walesmd
Pretty impressive results for the terms I searched for. Unfortunately, the
design made me temporarily go blind.
In all seriousness, the name is pretty horrible and I "feel" as if I am using
a website, not a tool. Goog... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mastering Bitcoin – Unlocking digital currencies – Early Release Draft - xkarga00
https://github.com/aantonop/bitcoinbook
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scottcanoni
What is going on here?
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"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why the iPhone 5 makes me sad - jeffchuber
http://huberessays.tumblr.com/post/31435064167/iphone-5
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zmonkeyz
I think the hardware is great for the new IPhone. I think the real problem is
that they are now going to have to really create compelling software as Google
is catching up. They also really need to reth... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Services you should be using: CloudSponge contacts importer - ishi
http://www.cloudsponge.com/<p>Previously I've used OpenInviter to import user contacts, but it tends to break and remains broken for months. I've switched to CloudSponge and now everyone's happy.<p>- Works with the 4 major webmail services plus Outlo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Ultimate Airfare Hacking Guide - ajpatel
http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-ultimate-travel-hacking-guide/
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sneak
This is a pretty simple and cursory overview - hardly "ultimate".
Also, having seen some actual creative bookings (not full-on penetrations,
either), calling this "hacking" is a stretch... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Interview with Stephen Wolfram on AI and the Future - cjdulberger
https://gigaom.com/2015/07/27/interview-with-stephen-wolfram-on-ai-and-the-future/
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zekevermillion
The most interesting part of this interview is the discussion of what happens
when human agency is further removed from an individual bot. If a bo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tell us what you wanna learn and we’ll find high quality content for it - mtolga
https://fluffzy.com
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mtolga
I had problem with finding high quality resources online. Sometimes, I took me
hours hours to find great content about a subject I want to learn. So, I
created this landing page and me and my friends will... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Which large websites are still using dedicated servers? - asto
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kaolinite
Not sure, but I know that since the company I work for has switched to AWS,
hosting costs have gone through the roof and performance has been reduced
massively. Reason that I mention this is that the only clients that have
actua... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
CAPTCHA Busted? AI Company Claims Break of Internet’s Favorite Protection System - adamb_
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/10/captcha-busted/
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rspeer
They have released no code and no paper, and failed at the demo that
ScienceNOW asked for.
Here's their explanation for the failure, quoted in the article... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Immune Landscape of Cancer - indescions_2018
http://www.cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S1074-7613(18)30121-3
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kevinwuhoo
I'm really excited for more meta-analyses to come out of these large-scale
projects. I'm even more excited for the prospect of a single cell TCGA which
the Human Cell Atlas will eventually get... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
NHS App - bookofjoe
https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app
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kennydude
This seems like a really nice and modern thing, if it all works. Much better
than things like "patient.co.uk" which some GPs use and has a GoDaddy SSL
certificate (of all things)
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NotPaidToPost
I bet it's just "stay hydrated and come b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Resources for cloud independent architecture design? - carnitas
Hi there!
I've been tasked with lifting some existing architecture and build systems to the cloud. I want to go with Kubernetes or some solution that allows for little to no cloud vendor lock in, allowing system to be run on prem as well.<p>Can anybo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Product Managers: How to get your engineers to love being lean - hanzq
http://blog.kera.io/post/37714288534/product-managers-how-to-get-your-engineers-to-love
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ebiester
If you want this, then:
A. Let your engineers know they will never have to look or explain this code
to anyone, and
B. Their job isn't on the ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Addo – Online Giving for Churches - roycehaynes
http://addo.io/
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chad_oliver
Great work. I'll be keeping a close eye on this.
I think the tagline "Grow your church community and increase giving" doesn't
feel quite right. Specifically, "increase giving" sounds a little bit ...
greedy, maybe? Every church I've ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Return to the rainforest: A son's search for his Amazonian mother (2013) - yesenadam
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23758087
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yesenadam
I read David's father Kenneth Good's book _Into the Heart: One Man’s Pursuit
of Love and Knowledge Among the Yanomami_ , which was amazing. He appears in
José Padilha's fasci... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Delicious not powerful enough for my needs - fjabre
http://www.teabuzzed.com/2009/11/delicious-not-powerful-enough-for-my-needs/
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spokey
Fred, this is an interesting post, but I have a bit of an off topic comment
for you: I don't know if I'm missing a common font or what but I find your
body copy font very dif... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Canberra students hack into to school network, send graphic content to children - 0xdeadb00f
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-14/canberra-school-students-email-explicit-content-network/12561130
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0xdeadb00f
Original title: _Canberra students gained access to school network to send
graphic content to children a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Another example of why you shouldn't roll-your-own crypto - cybergibbons
http://cybergibbons.com/security-2/csl-dualcom-cs2300-signalling-unit-vulnerabilities/
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CM30
Wow, that's kind of shocking. I mean, I know pretty much nothing about
security, and even I could tell that coding your own 'crypto' based on a
for... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Building a Search Engine from Scratch - fanf2
https://www.0x65.dev/blog/2019-12-06/building-a-search-engine-from-scratch.html
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mtmail
About 150 comments when the story originally was published
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21724191](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21724191)
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Obox copies Svbtle - corywatilo
http://www.obox-design.com/themes_page.cfm/theme/principles/ref/home
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benaiah
While it is very similar, and there are glaring thefts such as the style of
the buttons, it does have several important changes. Color is used
extensively, when it is totally absent in Svbtle - a chang... | {
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Introducing AgentBase, for Agent Based Modeling from the Browser - wybo
http://agentbase.org/
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wybo
A side-project that came out of my (ongoing) thesis work at Oxford. I model
social movements, and how the Internet and Social Media might affect them.
You can try a template model here:
[http://agentbase.org/mo... | {
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Transitioning to Scala - jlward4th
https://medium.com/p/d1818f25b2b7
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zenbowman
I think this is a well-thought out article. We use Scala quite extensively at
Hulu, and it is important to use its more powerful features only when they
really make sense. You can do quite amazing things with the language, but it
d... | {
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Unless You Are Spock, Irrelevant Things Matter in Economic Behavior (2015) - kercker
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/upshot/unless-you-are-spock-irrelevant-things-matter-in-economic-behavior.html
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1123581321
Economics makes no claims about what items, experiences or feelings should be
demanded. It’s impossibl... | {
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} |
Hulu Has A Desktop Client For Linux - tsally
http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop-linux
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liuliu
I disappointed to see that the Linux version requires Flash. The Flash plugin
performance are terrible on Linux. Hulu should do better than wrapping Flash
to a exec. The VLC codebase is good to start with.
~~~
dan... | {
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WhatsApp: a new trick to free up space on your phone - varmansk
https://www.5to9news.com/whatsapp-a-new-trick-to-free-up-space-on-your-phone.html
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wingi
Not available in the android version 2.17.323
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varmansk
The functionality is available for testing on Android beta version 2.17.340.
| {
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Microsoft Office Comes to the Browser (Finally) - qhoxie
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/microsoft_office_comes_to_browser.php
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jbert
That's interesting. They'll be "comparable" to google docs, which Ballmer
called "pretty primitive" just a couple of weeks ago?
[http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/10/steve-... | {
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} |
Lucid Meets Prolog - mr_tyzic
https://billwadge.wordpress.com/2015/11/20/lucid-meets-prolog/
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PaulHoule
This is a Big Deal.
Remember though that in the old A.I. there were two approaches. One was
Prolog, based on backwards chaining, the other one was the expert system
shells based on production rules.
The prod... | {
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} |
Using virtual reality to desensitize troops - CharlieHall
http://www.polygon.com/2014/10/17/6994793/using-virtual-reality-to-desensitize-troops
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srean
At a certain level things like these ask the question what it is to be human,
and should we tamper with it because it is perceived as an impediment to our
polit... | {
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} |
Sweden's unusual response to coronavirus - imartin2k
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52076293
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alkonaut
The reports of “business as usual in Sweden” are exaggerated. The end results
are pretty similar across Scandinavia despite approaches being officially
different. Streets are mostly empty. People do walk... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Rabbitmq + node.js = rabbit.js - Messaging that just works - tswicegood
http://www.rabbitmq.com/blog/2010/11/12/rabbitmq-nodejs-rabbitjs/
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sgt
We switched from ActiveMQ (with JMS) to RabbitMQ (with AMQP) on our enterprise
grade application, and we are extremely happy with it. Rock stable, message
delivery always... | {
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} |
US rice imports 'contain harmful levels of lead' - gnosis
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22099990
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uvdiv
Here's an abstract from the researcher, Tsanangurayi Tongesayi. Not this exact
presentation, but apparently the same research:
_Lead was present in all the foods samples and its concentrati... | {
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} |
Anal probes are fine, if you've got nothing to hide [pdf] - timthelion
http://thobbs.cz/anal-probes/anal-probes.pdf
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jessaustin
_While she was standing in line, a CBP dog handler walked by Ms. Doe and hit
the ground by her feet, but did not hit the ground by any of the others in the
line. The dog responded by lu... | {
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} |
iOS: Using Keychain to Get a Persistent, Cross-Install Device Identifier - dicapriol
https://blog.lqd.io/persistent-device-unique-identifier-ios-keychain/
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spotman
This is cool. I have been through the pain of removing UDID from a large
production application.
So on the surface this seems like a great idea. H... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Sneakers (Film, 1992) - SandB0x
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakers_(film)
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st3fan
This movie is full of the usual hollywood hacker bs. But I still enjoy
watching it every time. Redford, Kingsley, Akroid, James Earl Jones. Awesome!
| {
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Loglisp: An Alternative to Prolog (1982) - grzm
https://aitopics.org/download/classics:4A93472A
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nmadden
The first author of this is John Alan Robinson, inventor of the first
unification algorithm and thus the first practical resolution theorem proving
algorithm, on which Prolog was developed.
I remember readin... | {
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} |
Patent Program ideas from SCIFI? - mark_ellul
If you got an idea for a software program from a SCI-FI book, and you create that program. Would you be able to patent it?
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cperciva
Depends exactly what you mean by "got an idea ... from a sci-fi book". If you
mean "copied directly from a sci-fi book", you shouldn... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Windows 1.0 emulator - agonzalezro
http://copy.sh/v86/?profile=windows1
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danjayh
Fun fact: Microsoft has maintained backwards compatibility so effectively that
the utilities that shipped with windows 1.0 (notepad, calc, etc) will work on
recent versions (search for 'man upgrades windows 1.0 to windows 7) ... s... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tesla N. American Reservation List Exhausted - Animats
https://www.reuters.com/video/2019/02/09/exclusive-tesla-reservation-list-exhaust
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Animats
URL being difficult. Needs params to work.
Video: [https://www.reuters.com/video/2019/02/09/exclusive-tesla-
res...](https://www.reuters.com/video/2019/02/09/exclusiv... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Evidence shows that about half of all clinical trials have never been published - hoggle
http://www.alltrials.net/find-out-more/why-this-matters/the-alltrials-campaign/
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hoggle
Link to cited paper "Compliance with mandatory reporting of clinical trial
results on ClinicalTrials.gov: cross sectional study"
"Con... | {
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} |
A new concurrent hash map - based2
https://vmlens.com/articles/cp/computeIfAbsent_hashMap/
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based2
[https://www.reddit.com/r/java/comments/havnko/a_new_concurre...](https://www.reddit.com/r/java/comments/havnko/a_new_concurrent_hash_map/)
| {
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F.C.C. Considering Hybrid Regulatory Approach to Net Neutrality - gordon_freeman
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/01/technology/fcc-considering-hybrid-regulatory-approach-to-net-neutrality.html?ref=technology
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adventured
It's striking that Comcast so thoroughly dominates the US Government that the
FCC has to appro... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How do people become experts? - non-entity
I've know a number of people who were <i>really</i> good at one thing or a handful of interrelated things. That might be a programming language or specific technology, some business domain or something else, but I've never quite figured out how they did it.<... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Transmitter Fingerprinting - th0ma5
http://kb9mwr.blogspot.com/2008/04/transmitter-fingerprinting.html
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VLM
How it works is you build the analog parts of your synthesizer using 5% to 20%
tolerance parts, because they're cheap and you can. Also FM voice being the
modulation scheme that it is, you can get away wit... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
IPhone uses more electricity than a fridge - nreece
http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/iphone-uses-more-electricity-than-a-fridge-20130822-2sdak.html
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sitharus
After some digging this is a syndicated article from here:
[http://www.shns.com/web/guest/shns-
search?p_p_id=listenersea...](http://www.shns.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Truth Is That Android Is Cheap, Not Good - Pr0
http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/22/cheap-not-good/
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Zigurd
Android is both cheap and very good. A Nexus 4 stands toe to toe with iPhone
hardware and Android 4.2 is the best designed and most innovative OS in wide
use.
Nexus branding makes it easy to find both goo... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Is implementation of encryption by WhatsApp reliable? - stereotactic
In the privacy fiasco of Zoom, I am looking for documentary proof of WhatsApp encryption implementation. I want a documentary evidence that WhatsApp encryption is poorly implemented or it is easier for Facebook to ferret out the conversations... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How do you monetise your own site? - xueyongg
https://blog.phuaxueyong.com
======
xueyongg
Do you all have any idea to monetise your own site? I've heard of affiliate
marketing but I don't want to sell whatever i do not believe in, or do not
really use. Do let me know what are your thoughts?
I also wonder if you all ... | {
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} |
Getting to 100% renewables requires cheap energy storage. But how cheap? - spenrose
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/8/9/20767886/renewable-energy-storage-cost-electricity
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merpnderp
This is silly. If the power is only up 95% of the time, nearly everyone will
buy natgas/propane generators and then... | {
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} |
The C.I.A. Torture Cover-Up - r0h1n
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/12/opinion/the-cia-torture-cover-up.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
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mullingitover
This is a great example of how the Constitution and our system of laws is
meaningless as long as two branches conspire to make it so. In this case, the
executive branch allo... | {
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} |
ORM Haters Don't Get It - kalodim
http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2012/05/orm-haters-dont-get-it.html
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willvarfar
Martin Fowler's recent post is far better:
<http://martinfowler.com/bliki/OrmHate.html>
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lucian1900
The concept of ORM isn't necessarily bad, it's just that most ORMs are
terrible and try to ma... | {
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} |
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