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Umberto Eco, the Art of Fiction No. 197 (2008) - samclemens
http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5856/the-art-of-fiction-no-197-umberto-eco
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matthewmcg
My favorite part (Foucault's Pendulum is a fun book too):
INTERVIEWER: Have you read The Da Vinci Code?
ECO: Yes, I am guilty of that too.
INTERVIEWER: Th... | {
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Mountain Lion's new file system - speednoise
http://informationarchitects.net/blog/mountain-lions-new-file-system/
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eblume
I couldn't get past this part:
Even geeks can’t handle folders in folders
Hierarchical file systems weren't invented because it was ancient times and
they were the e... | {
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} |
Microsoft, RedHat, IBM, Docker, Mesosphere, CoreOS and SaltStack join Kubernetes - bgoldy
http://googlecloudplatform.blogspot.com/2014/07/welcome-microsoft-redhat-ibm-docker-and-more-to-the-kubernetes-community.html
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ifup
The cool thing that is that we have a number of companies contributing
significant technolo... | {
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} |
ICloud is down? - swalberg
https://www.icloud.com/?down=yes
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dfc
<http://isup.me/icloud.com>
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Time to NonGoogle Everything – A Call to Migrate to More Private Search Engines - dandelion_lover
http://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/26jdjt/its_time_to_nongoogle_everything_a_call_to/
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JetSpiegel
The real link is [http://pastebin.com/tH5hXU1D](http://pastebin.com/tH5hXU1D)
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Pro-Tesla electric car bill advances in NJ Assembly - DiabloD3
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/06/pro-tesla_bill_advances_in_nj_assembly.html
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dave1619
The bill hasn't passed yet. It was approved by the Assembly Consumer Affairs
Committee but still needs to be voted on by the legislature. According t... | {
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} |
Defeating Electron - felixrieseberg
https://medium.com/@felixrieseberg/defeating-electron-e1464d075528
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siproprio
This post has a lot of points that are true.
But have you ever noticed how the only good app built using electron that
people can point to is Visual Studio Code?
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esP3FJhDD
Discord?
~~~
Psyonic... | {
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"If the news is that important, it will find me" - parker
http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/03/27/if-the-news-is-important-it-will-find-me/
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BrandonM
I thought this was going to be a post about how reading news sites is a waste
of time.
That said, I'm not sure this is the best viewpoint to have. It fails ... | {
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} |
Develop Now with ClojureScript for React Native - mfikes
http://blog.fikesfarm.com/posts/2015-07-19-develop-now-with-clojurescript-for-react-native.html
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hellofunk
I just want to say..... this is really, really beautiful stuff.
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mfikes
Thanks :) This stuff is coming together fast now. Android should be avail... | {
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} |
China Unveils New Native Operating System - adamgibbons
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/17/china-unveils-new-native-operating-system/?ref=world
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voidr
> It said existing open-source operating systems pose security risks
And by security they probably mean ability to insert their own backdoors.
---... | {
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How the Secret TPP Agreement Will Affect You (And Companies Like Us) - kavehs1
https://www.sherbit.io/how-the-tpp-will-affect-you/
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paulhauggis
So a secret net neutrality agreement is fine, but this is where the line is
drawn? I should take all of the things people told me when I raised concerns
about the net ... | {
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Steve Jobs' View on Everyone Learning to Code - windy-topology
https://twitter.com/LifeTechPsych/status/1293565797378465793
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willcate
Not J O B apostrophe S.
"Jobs' view."
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windy-topology
yikes. thanks for the catch
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3-Sweep: Extracting Editable Objects from a Single Photo [video] - rellik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oie1ZXWceqM&hd=1
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mwsherman
The key here is really complementary use of ‘what humans are good at’ and
‘what machines are good at’.
In this case, it’s fair to say the machine, by analyzing pixels, can’t figur... | {
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} |
Will Apple hunt down German WePad tablet over the "Pad" trademark? - dujkan
http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/will-apple-hunt-down-german-wepad-tablet-over-the-pad-trademark-20100415/
I bet they'll sue...
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Zak
On one hand, the name seems pretty obviously derived from iPad. On the other
hand, I'm writing this o... | {
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} |
Backing up elasticsearch indices with curator and minio - aboullaite
https://aboullaite.me/elasticsearch-curator-minio/
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ggm
AWS specific. Elastic is on gcp too y'know...
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aboullaite
This has nothing to do with AWS! I'm aware that elastic is available on other
cloud providers :) this is an on premise alterna... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Freelancers in the US: What do you do for health insurance? - patientfrog
Currently getting health insurance for my wife and me through my employer and plan to transition into freelance/consulting. I'll have to start paying for insurance and was curious what other freelancers on HN are using, what mo... | {
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Scotland to use 100% renewables on time to host 2020 climate summit - solarengineer
https://reneweconomy.com.au/scotland-to-reach-100-renewables-in-time-to-host-2020-climate-summit-60854
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mcjiggerlog
This is somewhat misleading - it appears to be offsetting energy exported when
there's particularly good conditio... | {
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} |
ISP punishes Elsevier for forcing it to block Sci-Hub by also blocking Elsevier - lainon
https://boingboing.net/2018/11/03/balkanizing-the-balkanizers.html
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y7
Dupe:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18370446](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18370446)
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The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We're All Going To Miss Almost Everything - misham
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/04/19/135508305/the-sad-beautiful-fact-that-were-all-going-to-miss-almost-everything
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misham
I'm curious what the community thinks about this especially as entrepreneurs
and developers/designer... | {
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} |
The Blockchain Is the Internet of Money - petethomas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-blockchain-is-the-internet-of-money-1506119424
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geraldbauer
Hello, I've started Awesome Blockchains [1]. The idea is to collect samples
(and recipes) on how to build your own blockchains (from scratch) in
JavaScript, Ruby, and ... | {
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} |
No, I still don't want to work for Google - chris_wot
http://infotrope.net/2012/10/29/no-i-still-dont-want-to-work-for-google/
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varelse
I worked at Google for a short stint. I found the tech interview easy and I
wasn't asked anything particularly ridiculous. I received a job offer shortly
thereafter and accepted... | {
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} |
Pony 0.33.1 - spooneybarger
https://www.ponylang.io/blog/2019/12/0.33.1-released/
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SeekingMeaning
Does Pony still work on Windows? There’s an issue about it[1] from 2015 and
the one developer who uses Windows hasn’t committed to the repo since 2016.
1:
[https://github.com/ponylang/ponyc/issues/434](https://gith... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Generating Fake Conversations by Fine-Tuning OpenAI's GPT on Data from Messenger - Tenoke
http://tenoke.github.io/blog/gpt-finetune
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personjerry
Sorry, but these generated conversations seem nonsensical, nothing like the
OpenAI results.
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Tenoke
It uses their small model and a tiny dataset in comparison (and ... | {
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} |
Cryptocats: The automated cat photo tool - aestetix
https://www.cryptocats.me/
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dclaw
This is great. It's the key to my server's life.
| {
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OpenNews: Why Develop in the Newsroom? - knowtheory
http://sinker.tumblr.com/post/27833803775/opennews-why-develop-in-the-newsroom
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odacrem
This is great stuff!!! It truly is an exciting time to be working in
news/media.
It is absolutely the case that mixing, mashing, hacking and building are a
means-of-express... | {
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} |
The Butler Didn’t Do It: Hello Alfred and the On-Demand Economy’s Limits - pavornyoh
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-21/the-butler-didn-t-do-it-hello-alfred-and-the-on-demand-economy-s-limits
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cryoshon
Am I the only one who is extremely uncomfortable with wasting so much human
potential to generat... | {
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} |
The teens who build the iPhones - cwan
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/12/24/the-kids-who-build-the-iphones/
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ErrantX
So, checking the video; looks like some reasonable improvements. And yet, CNN
are spinning the story as "OMG, teens make your iPhone". If I recall
correctly, I spent all summer whilst 17, 18 ... | {
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} |
Simulation of Ideal Gas Particles - proee
http://www.eeweb.com/project/steven_hochstadt/simulation-of-ideal-gas-particles
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dalke
"To keep track of just 500 balls, we have to make (500 _501/2 comparisons)_
(60 frames per second) = 7,515,000 comparisons per second."
This is incorrect. Space partitioning makes t... | {
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} |
Show HN: JobRudder – Mission control for your career - gentleteblor
https://jobrudder.com
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gentleteblor
Hi all,
I built this thing. Please check it out, i'd love to hear what you think or
answer any questions you have.
~~~
CatsoCatsoCatso
Are you able to provide screenshots? I'm reading this page but I can't g... | {
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} |
2013 - The Year of Wearable Computing - BinaryAcid
http://www.singularityhacker.com/post/44662876695/2013-the-year-of-wearable-computing
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simonh
If Steve were around he'd be telling us all how nobody wants to wear a
computer.
| {
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} |
Haskell Skyline - pykello
http://pykello.github.io/programming/2015/12/12/haskell-skyline/
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Chris_Newton
Perhaps I’ve misunderstood the problem, but the second solution shown here
doesn’t seem to be correct: it always adds a trailing 0-height entry to the
skyline, yet there could be an existing building touching... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Trump to explore entering Pacific trade pact he once called 'a disaster' - neaden
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/382867-trump-orders-officials-to-look-into-re-entering-tpp-trade-pact
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msie
And I'm sure the other countries will welcome the US with open arms. Sadly,
Trump will get his way and there wil... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How do I make sure my website is GDPR compliant? - jbuttwerworth
Hey folks,<p>I have a side project (a web app) which requires login via Facebook and Google to work. I intend to release it publicly but before that I want to make sure I'm GDPR compliant.<p>The web app stores minimal info for the user such ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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'NSA should come clean about domestic spying': NYC Police Commissioner - discostrings
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nsa_should_come_clean_ray_kelly_dfAKlqJ4keYDNiJqANhIMO
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dmix
Had to look this up:
> The NYPD secretly spied on Muslim organizations, infiltrated Muslim student
> group and videotaped mosque... | {
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} |
Manifesto for Responsible Software Development - jraedisch
http://manifesto.responsiblesoftware.org/
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javaguy98
ACM and IEEE collaborated and agreed on a Software Engineering Code of Ethics
decades ago
[http://www.acm.org/about/se-code](http://www.acm.org/about/se-code)
Can we not reinvent this particular whee... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What are some challenges in batch processing? - Something1234
I just saw a comment along the lines of "It can take a day to start a job on a supercomputer cluster" So what are some challenges when it comes to batch processing systems.
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fiedzia
That you are not the only one who wants to use them... | {
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Auto-Scaling Web Sites Using Amazon EC2 and Scalr - iamelgringo
http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=1603
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progdan
Open-source projects need contributors not complainers. From what I've seen on
the Google discussion forum there are dozens and dozens of people using Scalr
on their ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Manufacturing and the Great China Firewall - radarcontact
Hi All, ShinePay factories are running proprietary software to enable manufacturing operations in China. We're having a difficult time maneuvering around the great China firewall. If you have any experience with this I would love to bend your ear. Please &... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Atomically thin LED opens the possibility for invisible displays - ForFreedom
http://news.berkeley.edu/2018/03/26/atomically-thin-light-emitting-device-opens-the-possibility-for-invisible-displays/
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pjc50
> By laying the semiconductor monolayer on an insulator and placing electrodes
> on the monolayer and undern... | {
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} |
C vs GO - akg
http://crypto.stanford.edu/~blynn/c2go/index.html
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copx
I like Go but it's not a replacement or even just competition for C. Garbage
collection alone ensures that.
C is for low-level code, where you usually want deterministic, real-time
behavior. Go cannot deliver that because of its GC.
You can ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Monaco-React: Monaco Editor for React Wrapper for Integration Without Webpack - praveenscience
https://monaco-react.surenatoyan.com/
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surenat
Yes, @ingo_ :) It supports 56 languages; Python as well. Also, you can write
your own language, with custom formatter and with custom logic of tokenizing.
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ingo_
Do... | {
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} |
Debugging Lisp Part 1: Recompilation - raphaelss
http://malisper.me/2015/07/07/debugging-lisp-part-1-recompilation/
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pavelludiq
On more than one occation when writing web code I found myself in the debugger
in the middle of a request handler. The browser just sits there waiting for a
response. I found the bug ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Half of Dr. Oz’s medical advice is baseless or wrong, study says - mudil
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/12/19/half-of-dr-ozs-medical-advice-is-baseless-or-wrong-study-says/
======
CapitalistCartr
I wonder how much of most doctors' advice is equally wrong, outdated, etc. And
how many studies are... | {
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} |
Clojure spec – predictive specifications of data and functions - joubert
https://vimeo.com/195711510
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based2
[https://github.com/Mamun/spec-model](https://github.com/Mamun/spec-model)
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based2
[https://clojure.org/guides/spec](https://clojure.org/guides/spec)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_by_contr... | {
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} |
A beauty contest winner making Japan look at itself - RobAley
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-32957610
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hudstew
There are a few things to keep in mind:
1) Ariana Miyamoto was chosen as Miss Japan by Japanese people.
2) The critics of Miyamoto are an extreme, vocal minority on Twitter and
2chan.
3) Althou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Electronic contact lens displays pixels on the eyes - illdave
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/11/electronic-contact-lens-displa.html
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tallanvor
It will be interesting to see if they are able to progressively scale up the
resolution while still ensuring that you can actually see out of the lens.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Time modulation-based propogation of sound waves on topological metamaterials - bookofjoe
https://phys.org/news/2020-07-scientists-major-breakthrough.html
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peter_d_sherman
>"The researchers designed a device made of an array of circular piezoelectric
resonators arranged in repeating hexagons, like a honeycomb la... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Big fish are found deep not because of age, climate, or prey, but because of us - curtis
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/06/ecological-law-turns-out-to-just-be-the-result-of-us-fishing/
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southern_cross
I read a story once where ongoing changes in the timing of salmon runs were
(of course) being blamed on cl... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A year with MongoDB (The Good & the Bad) - anthony_barker
http://data.story.lu/2012/04/14/a-year-with-mongodb
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anthony_barker
The followup is in this post - Basically they migrated a portion of their data
to Postgresql and Riak.
[http://blog.engineering.kiip.me/post/20988881092/a-year-
with...](http://blog.en... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Super-simple way of serving assets in Django that’ll actually perform well - flexterra
http://kennethreitz.org/introducing-dj-static/
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teilo
About the only advantage I can see doing this is not having to specify any
static directories in your Apache or Nginx config.
What is the use case that makes serving via... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
American Railroads Are Already in Recession with No End in Sight - toomuchtodo
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-07/american-railroads-are-already-in-recession-with-no-end-in-sight
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toomuchtodo
Outline: [https://outline.com/zgawAx](https://outline.com/zgawAx)
| {
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Don’t Say Goodbye Just Ghost - hourislate
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/a_fine_whine/2013/07/ghosting_the_irish_goodbye_the_french_leave_stop_saying_goodbye_at_parties.html
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Multicomp
I will say, the "Northern Irish Goodbye" referenced in the article of
announcing your intention to ghost seems sensible enou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask YC: Favorite email parsing library? - cduan
Any recommendations on a good library for parsing emails in mbox format? I'm pretty agnostic as to language (I don't know Python, but if the library is that good, I will learn it). I mostly care that it takes care of all the language encoding business for me. I've been... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Smart Kids Should Skip High School - exolymph
http://sonyaellenmann.com/2015/09/why-skip-high-school.html
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mjevans
Could I instead have had the curriculum at my own pace?
Really it should just be a national, fully open, stack. No expensive text
books (there's a nice racket) / etc.
Not just high school, but all... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How covid-19 conspiracy theorists are exploiting YouTube culture - hhs
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1001252/youtube-covid-conspiracy-theories/
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thedudeabides5
Seems funny that the "conspiracy theories" that got sites like ZeroHedge
banned from twitter are now the very theories being floated by the... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Docker for Mac and Windows Is Now Generally Available and Ready for Production - samber
https://blog.docker.com/2016/07/docker-for-mac-and-windows-production-ready/
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senex
I've been tracking the beta for a while. I'm confused about this announcement.
These issues still seem unresolved?
(1) docker can peg the CP... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Palindromic Place Names - Amorymeltzer
http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2015-07-20/the-only-reason-to-visit-this-remote-australian-spot-is-its-name-palindrome
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OedipusRex
This is the exact thing I would expect Ken Jennings to write about.
| {
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} |
Change default gender in the dining philosophers project - engintekin
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/commit/b748c2e90d87985fbff1d99e17d94a10cf2b3f21
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Fud4Thought
"The paper from which this example was taken made the mistake of assuming that
all five philosophers are men."
And some mistakes are unforgivable... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Arrington: 'Demo needs to die' - edw519
http://www.news.com/8301-13772_3-9909841-52.html?tag=nefd.top
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icky
> "I think that certainly...TechCrunch 50 is a great venue for young
> companies," Shipley said by phone from Madrid, Spain. "But to put it up
> against Demo means those companies are now going to be com... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
My Secret Weapon to Getting Contracts - jmorin007
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/12/my-secret-weapon-to-getting-contracts/
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astine
I found out in college that I made more friends when I went out of my way to
introduce myself to people. Business works in a similar way.
------
hhm
That's good for startin... | {
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} |
How I discovered my love for JavaScript after throwing 90% of it in the trash - haburka
https://hackernoon.com/how-i-rediscovered-my-love-for-javascript-after-throwing-90-of-it-in-the-trash-f1baed075d1b
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igemnace
`const` doesn't mean immutable data. It means immutable variables, i.e. you
can't reassign to `const... | {
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} |
Dang is a terrible moderator who engages in ideological censorship - bonetopick
I'm sorry, but after trying yet again to contribute and yet again being slapped around I've finally had it.<p>Dang, you are the single worst moderator I've ever had the displeasure of having to deal with. You regularly ban, ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Improve computer security by removing unwanted services - ihackforfun
http://www.ihackforfun.eu/index.php?title=improve-security-by-removing-services
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gforces
These commands don't work on a Linux mint install. Pointers anyone?
~~~
ihackforfun
You could try this link from the mint community as a starting point... | {
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} |
Why Google stores billions of lines of code in a single repository - astdb
http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/2860000/2854146/p78-potvin.pdf?ip=148.182.26.69&id=2854146&acc=OA&key=4D4702B0C3E38B35%2E4D4702B0C3E38B35%2E4D4702B0C3E38B35%2E5945DC2EABF3343C&__acm__=1562623471_ec501a0b1907e9ce1ae6fb9751d6b541
======
rootshell... | {
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} |
Goodbye from Linux Action News - gerty
https://linuxactionnews.com/153
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gerty
One of my favorite podcasts just gone like that. Anyone knows the backstory
with acloudguru?
| {
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} |
The Internet of Things – A Disaster - stock_toaster
https://gekk.info/articles/iot.html
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noonespecial
With apologies to the late Mitch Hedberg, always design your device to fail
like an escalator, not an elevator. When an escalator fails, it becomes
stairs. When an elevator fails, it becomes jail.
Don't design ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A History of Flavoring Food with Castoreum - tlrobinson
https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/a3m885/a-history-of-flavoring-food-with-beaver-butt-juice
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JohnJamesRambo
People like Food Babe are this era’s snake oil salesmen. As a scientist, I’m
constantly appalled at the amount of sheer ignorance and provably ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Announcing Kubeflow 0.1 - TheIronYuppie
https://kubernetes.io/blog/2018/05/04/announcing-kubeflow-0.1/
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TheIronYuppie
Heya everyone, cofounder of the project here. Thank you so much for the
Kubeflow community for helping us reach this milestone! Our goal was to get
the base level packages all wired up and let an... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Go team adding a Go language server to core - sqs
https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/tools/+/136676#message-11c783bc9a9f6adf6119bbb85c89510fda25abe9
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dev_dull
> _Tooling is so important to the developer experience for any language, and a
> language server is one of the most important kinds of tooling there is
... | {
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Technical Debt - BerislavLopac
https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TechnicalDebt.html
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ljm
My only bone of contention is that taking on debt is usually a conscious
choice. Technical debt to my mind is the price of making a pragmatic decision,
it’s the trade-off that lingers.
Making poor architectural decisions or wr... | {
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A Dig Through Old Files Reminds Me Why I’m So Critical of Science - RougeFemme
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/2013/11/02/a-dig-through-old-files-reminds-me-why-im-so-critical-of-science/
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ahelwer
From personal experience (anecdote alert!), errors are also common in the
ostensibly stone-cold-hard... | {
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(UK) CMA tackles undisclosed advertising online - DanBC
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-tackles-undisclosed-advertising-online
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DanBC
HN has talked about ad-blocking, and about how that might increase the use of
paid-for-content.
This article is a reminder that the paid for content needs to be clearly
ma... | {
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"X-" deprecated for HTTP headers - michaelfairley
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6648
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Jach
I was going to make a joke that "X-Subliminal" from <http://tuxgames.com>
should become "com.tuxgames.subliminal", but I see they already made it for
me...
> _In some situations, segregating the parameter name space used ... | {
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Cabyn: A Social Network to Meet New Friends - alteredorange
https://cabyn.co/home
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marc0
It seems that the site requires location information and cannot cope with
location blocking. Also, I get an error "Location information is unavailable."
~~~
alteredorange
Yes, it is location based, so it needs your location... | {
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Ask HN: What is the best blog/article you read on internet? - blohs
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davidmurdoch
I love Wait But Why's post on AI:
[https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-
revol...](https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-
revolution-1.html)
~~~
TheAlchemist
This one is great ! But you could as ... | {
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Advanced Python Features - federicoponzi
https://tech.io/playgrounds/500/advanced-python-features
======
eindiran
Home-brewed context managers are new to me: I had only encountered using them
in the standard "with open(...) as f:" case. Can someone who has used them
before point out a use case for writing your own?
-... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
PSn00bSDK – An open source PS1 SDK that doesn't suck - Mizza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5A96-pRF2w
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Mizza
Source here:
[https://github.com/lameguy64/psn00bsdk](https://github.com/lameguy64/psn00bsdk)
Since the N64 programming guide showed up on the front page, here's a good PSX
SDK that I stumbled upon th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Update to R requires re-installation of packages - gk1
https://www.dominodatalab.com/blog/significant-update-to-r-requires-re-installation-of-packages/
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PaulHoule
Repeatable work means understanding your inputs and outputs.
If you just slap a brand name on it without that understanding you've just
added another... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Startup, Project, or something else ... - RiderOfGiraffes
Here's a thing ...<p>When I've asked people what the difference is between a restaurant and a cafeteria, the main points were that in a cafeteria you get your food from a central location, pay for it in advance, and take it to your table, whereas in a... | {
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Ask HN: What successful "tech" companies ($50mm+) have non-technical founders? - miller4191
It's hard to define "tech company," but perhaps the majority of the company's business coming through online / software channels. Examples include: BirchBox, Warby Parker, etc.
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kurtvarner
Etsy - Robert Kalin
Groupon -... | {
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} |
How do you archive, deduplicate and search e-mails offline? - youseecomrade
I have thousands of emails from multiple accounts. Some of them are .eml and others are entire .mbox mailboxes.<p>I would like to be able to search them and also import new emails (manually, I'm not going to connect to IMAP or anything el... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Could Bitcoin Be More Disruptive than the Internet? - freework
http://www.foxycart.com/blog/could-bitcoin-be-more-disruptive-than-the-internet#.UoGhoZR4aMQ
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lukestokes
Hey all. This is my first Hacker News comment and the first time one of my
posts got shared. Thanks for that.
Sorry the title is lame, but I wen... | {
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} |
Brazil loses second health minister in less than a month as Covid-19 deaths rise - spacial
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/15/brazil-health-minister-nelson-teich-resigns
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spacial
Brazil is fighting two virus simultaneously :˜(
| {
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Blind Signature - rfreytag
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_signature
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nullc
The "blind ECDSA" in that article is not an ECDSA signature at all. It's a
blind schnorr signature.
The article does not mention that the construction there (and ones like it)
are vulnerable to a one-more-signature attack if paralle... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Amazon stops hosting WikiLeaks site - jbrodley
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B05EK20101201
======
RiderOfGiraffes
Choose your news source:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1959697> \- techdirt.com
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1959655> \- cnn.com
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1959633> \... | {
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SocialMovie - Facebook Open Graph Ruby on Rails Sample Application - lutfidemirci
https://github.com/lutfidemirci/socialmovie
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username3
Demo? Screenshots?
~~~
lutfidemirci
You can check the app <http://socialmovie.herokuapp.com/>
~~~
username3
I don't want to login.
| {
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Can we reverse the ageing process by putting young blood into older people? - sergeant3
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/aug/04/can-we-reverse-ageing-process-young-blood-older-people
======
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Berkley Astronomer Geoff Marcy Violated Sexual Harassment Policies - BDGC
http://www.buzzfeed.com/azeenghorayshi/famous-astronomer-allegedly-sexually-harassed-students
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ngoldbaum
This is absolutely disgusting. I heard rumors about exactly this for years as
a grad student, it's sickening that things are only bein... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Is AI Ready to Prevent School Shootings? - dsr12
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/08/is-ai-ready-to-prevent-school-shootings/567035/?single_page=true
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api
No. Don't even need to read the article.
You're looking for a very tiny needle in an enormous haystack. You're going to
get flooded by fal... | {
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} |
Please Learn to Code - sgdesign
http://sachagreif.com/please-learn-to-code/
======
VolatileVoid
I'm actually kind of tired of hearing, "there's no other field that lets you
create something from nothing" vis a vis programming. Look: I LOVE coding. I
LOVE programming. I think it's fun and challenging, etc. etc. But it'... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Update on Oracle Layoffs - jen20
https://www.thelayoff.com/t/KTCW4qz
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lkrubner
Is Oracle doing well? Ten years ago I thought they were going to suffer as
Open Source projects got better and better. That has not happened, or at
least, that didn't happen nearly as fast as I thought it would.
Oracle faces intense ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
John Carmack on Functional Programming (2013) [video] - tosh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PhArSujR_A
======
JohnCarmack
I am aware that my presentations aren't optimal for communicating targeted
information, and it does weigh on me more and more as the years go by.
So far, I haven't been able to justify to myself... | {
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} |
Mutt email client 25 years old - job
http://mutt.org
======
schoen
My stepmother's cousin, Jean-Pierre Radley, was a Unix enthusiast and
consultant in New York City (mainly an early SCO adopter, who dabbled in Linux
later on). He taught me to use mutt in 1997 or so -- apparently not long after
it came out!
I'm still ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Local State School CS major vs. Math/Econ Name Brand Uni? - osiro
I'm a rising college sophomore, who applied for transfer admission to some schools, and got off the waitlist for a Name Brand University (think Michigan, UVa, Rice). My current uni has a solid CS dept (top 25 based on grad rankings), but ... | {
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A Spacecraft for All: The Journey of the ISEE-3 - tonteldoos
http://www.spacecraftforall.com
======
callesgg
It is very annoying to see more and more pages that say use chrome to look at
this page.
However this page seams to work fine in Firefox anyway. And it looked very
cool :)
~~~
tonteldoos
Reminds me of yesterd... | {
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} |
Bitcoin exchange halts trades of digital currency after drop in value - xd
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/11/bitcoin-exchange-halts-trade-value
======
unclebucknasty
Seems like a ton of new accounts would represent increased demand, sending the
price up, not down.
What am I missing?
| {
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} |
Iran in space - user9756
http://therealamirtaheri.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/keep-your-eyes-in-sky-iran-in-space.html
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nasir
It is interesting for me when reading the opinion of others about Iran. As a
person who had lived inside and outside Iran long enough, I feel very
sceptical about the content of the article.... | {
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} |
A National Privacy Law Is Nowhere in Sight - tysone
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/technology/national-privacy-law.html
======
client4
In Montana I've been working on privacy legistlation with my friend and State
Representative Daniel Zolnikov for almost 10 years now. Initially we tried to
pass too much (something... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Internet-induced fear culture (or: Why Girls Around Me isn’t the problem) - evo_9
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/124531-internet-induced-fear-culture-or-why-girls-around-me-isnt-the-problem
======
jerf
Rape is the headline-grabbing problem, but the real problem is a far more
mundane loss of privacy. Do you really ... | {
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} |
Top Startups That TechCrunch Missed - Nov - morefranco
http://www.startupplays.com/blog/top-35-startups-in-tech-that-techcrunch-missed-november-2012/
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Jabbles
I propose an experiment to return to this page at various points in the future
and comment on the status of these startups/websites.
I realise that I m... | {
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} |
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