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Crime in America keeps going down, yet the American public refuses to believe it - fogus
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/02/14/imaginary_fiends/?page=1
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jameskilton
Very simple explanation: the media.
Fewer crimes happen these days yes, but that just means that the media can
cover more of ... | {
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} |
Dreamhost slams Rails for not working well on shared hosting - pius
http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/01/07/how-ruby-on-rails-could-be-much-better/
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SwellJoe
While I agree that RoR is pretty damned hard to use in a shared environment,
I'll point out that it is definitely possible. It took Jamie a couple of weeks
... | {
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} |
Play Counter-Strike 1.6 in your browser - m0ck
http://cs-online.club
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ericzawo
I sunk many hours of my life into this beautiful, beautiful game (starting at
the tail end of 1.5, however!) and sometimes tune in to watch CS:GO
competitive matches. I know Valorant is apparently stepping up as a spiritual
successor ... | {
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} |
Kubernetes Performance Measurements and Roadmap - TheIronYuppie
http://blog.kubernetes.io/2015/09/kubernetes-performance-measurements-and.html
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devcamcar
I'd be interesting in joining the community groups you mentioned on Slack, but
I have never used Slack before and it seems to want me to create an account
for ... | {
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} |
Books vs "e-books"? - davidw
http://journal.dedasys.com/2010/03/05/books-vs-e-books#
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jamesbritt
Reasonable concerns, but most apply to print books as well.
Reputation is reputation, whether it's a publishing house or a sole author.
I've bought crappy books from reputable publishers (O'Reilly had a book on
VBSc... | {
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} |
Opera 10.60 Released: WebM, AppCache, WebWorkers, Geolocation and Speed - Indyan
http://my.opera.com/ODIN/blog/hello-opera-10-60
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avar
They feature Hacker News in their promotion material for the release:
<http://www.opera.com/browser/tips/?feature=speeddial>
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budman
SO excited. I continue to be impress... | {
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} |
Things that make Go fast - davecheney
http://dave.cheney.net/2014/06/07/five-things-that-make-go-fast
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hendzen
Escape analysis, dead code elimination, and function inlining are standard
optimizations taught in an undergraduate compilers course. Go is cool, but I
wouldn't really cite those as justifications for w... | {
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} |
What is it like to work at Google? - pietro
http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/11/02/whatIsItLikeToWorkAtGoogle.html
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tryagain
I'm sure it's fantastic to work at Google, if you're the kind of person who
wants to work in a big company.
As for me, I made a cool mashup with the maps API, and they offered me a j... | {
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} |
Uncertainty Driven Testing (defending TDD a little bit) - blambeau
https://medium.com/@blambeau/uncertainty-driven-testing-45936a80b99f
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blambeau
I'm the author. If you are a software developer or run a software company, how
would you define your global test strategy? What and why do you test?
| {
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Android Wristwatch Rooted (Motorola Actv) - ck2
http://www.cmw.me/?q=node/55
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bane
That's pretty nice hardware for a watch.
It's surprising how locked down the initial user experience is. If it were $99
I'd probably give it a go. Looks like a fun little hacking device.
(oh...and it has GPS, good battery life... | {
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} |
Serial to Network Proxy (ser2net) - platz
http://ser2net.sourceforge.net/
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noonespecial
If you've already got Lua aboard like most of my servers, here's a clever way
to do it in 47 lines of lua.
<http://lua-users.org/wiki/SerialCommunication>
(look at the bottom of the page). I spin it up to automatically ta... | {
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} |
How can one manage thousands of IF…THEN…ELSE rules? - jarospisak
http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/103659/how-can-one-manage-thousands-of-if-then-else-rules
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wickedchicken
Mildly unrelated, but I wanted to point out the awesomeness of the K-map[1]
for handling simple minimization problems like these... | {
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} |
Don't get an internship. Start a business. - veastley
http://www.sean-johnson.com/dont-get-an-internship-start-a-business/
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calinet6
_Are you insane?_ Yeah, you'll learn by doing. You'll probably learn by
failing. That's all well and good, you'll likely learn a lot.
But you can learn this also by interning at a... | {
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} |
Mozilla tries ads in Firefox again, now powered by Pocket recommendations - amelius
https://www.cnet.com/news/mozilla-tries-ads-in-firefox-again-now-powered-by-pocket-website-recommendations/
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Rjevski
They are loosing market share more and more and yet they go on with this
stupidity.
Part of the market share lo... | {
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} |
HTML Parser – Flat HTML to Pug, Jinja2 and Blade Templates - devSm0ke
https://github.com/app-generator/html-parser
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orf
I wonder how many people just upvoted this based on the keywords in the title.
Because... the github repo is empty. There's a readme and a license file, it
was created 9 hours ago, has a bunch... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How do you stay sane, when developing apps for companies? - cronjobma
I've been developing apps for clients for some time, then I stopped because the clients were driving me nuts. How do you guys stay sane when working for clients? How do you structure your workflow?
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muzuq
Unfortunately I find this... | {
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} |
Facebook Studio - Facebook's New Community for Marketers, Creatives, and Fans - citizenkeys
http://www.facebook-studio.com/
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whimsy
Most sites are just ad-supported. I know this is sort of a logical
progression, but a site specifically for browsing random ads seems a little
weird. Is that just me?
~~~
zalew
M... | {
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} |
Pluto.jl – a reactive, lightweight, simple notebook - dunefox
https://github.com/fonsp/Pluto.jl
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jakobnissen
I've switched from Jupyter to Pluto recently. Here's a few experiences with
it.
* The fact that I can actually use the source files later because they're just Julia files is incredibly useful. I often co... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Generalist screencast series for mid-to-senior developers? - mmanfrin
I recently binged through Destroy All Software's series on Computation, which was eye opening, and now I want more, but it seems most are either aimed at juniors (code school) or about specific technologies.<p>Any recommendations?
=====... | {
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Peter Thiel’s advice on startups - StylifyYourBlog
https://medium.com/@paulmillr/zero-to-one-summary-8dbda22e1559
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jrochkind1
> You may argue that monopolies are bad, but...
The "but" is all BS. The answer is "You might argue that monopolies are bad,
but you're thinking like a consumer not a company. Monopolies... | {
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} |
Google Trends: Pokemon More Relevant Than Trump, Clinton - gk1
http://blog.plot.ly/post/147939406977/google-trends-pokemon-more-relevant-than-trump
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niftich
Well, one's going to affect your life significantly for the next 4 years,
while the others are just politicians
/s
Despite the catchy headline, I think mo... | {
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} |
Twitter OAuth Outage Was A Vulnerability In OAuth Itself - tptacek
http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-api-announce/browse_thread/thread/d2ee68712e015041
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tybris
These community-designed security protocols make me really tired. Just leave
it to the experts.
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moeffju
The advisory is up at <http://oaut... | {
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} |
Response to the NYTimes redesign article by Martin Belam of the Guardian - benjaminasmith
http://www.currybet.net/cbet_blog/2011/07/andy-news-redux.php
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corin_
Users want to see the people in the stories, not the people writing them.
Truthfully I hope this is a case where media people aren't givin... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Freelancers,What are your biggest painpoints? - PrakashBhatta
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jstewartmobile
Interruptions from calls, administrative overhead, self-employment tax, and
health insurance costs.
If at all possible, bill out jobs instead of hours. If you absolutely have to
bill per-unit-time, choose as large a unit as you... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Repl.it Chrome – Right click code to run - jajoosam
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/replit/kihnihckibjknmebghcjpmemaginnipl
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hayaodeh2
This is really cool
| {
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Rust 0.10 released - asb
https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2014-April/009387.html
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lifthrasiir
Highlights (no particular order, partially reflects my personal interests):
\- Managed (GC-ed) pointers are moved to the standard library. There is no
special syntax (formerly `@`) nor special header (for ve... | {
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} |
Show HN: Poker arena for AI/ML bots - maximedb
https://pkr42.com
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maximedb
Hi HN,
Regular poker platforms ban the use of bots. They fear bots provides an unfair
advantage. But honestly, I don't think it is the right response. Instead of
fighting the use of bots, platforms should think hard on how to best
incorp... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Predictably Random - Fudgel
https://remysharp.com/2019/08/06/predictably-random
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OskarS
Hubba bubba. This is maybe not the article to read if you want to learn how to
implement randomness correctly. There's... many things wrong with it.
Of course randomA is terrible, you're modding it with 16! It's never going ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Coming Soon: Free Internet From Space - wikiburner
http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/coming-soon-free-internet-from-space-20140220
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lutusp
An article without a single word of useful information -- no clue about
orbital height, how many subscribers might be served by a given satellite, how
the system would sw... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
We're in an icon-sharpness limbo - tbassetto
http://simurai.com/post/19895985870/icon-sharpness-limbo
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WiseWeasel
I think the answer is SVG for anything we've got vectorized, and I've started
delving more deeply into the format, which turns out to be pretty awesome.
First, to create them, I draw icons with vect... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Qualifying "Web Karma": It shouldn't be a game. - endtwist
http://www.unwieldy.net/inck/thoughts/qualifying-web-karma-it-shouldnt-be-a-game
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GavinB
Making an activity into a game is sometimes the best way to get what you want.
The trick is to reward people for doing the right things.
The problem is that no on... | {
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} |
A DIFFERENT GitHub redesign proposal - alexandercrohde
https://blog.alexrohde.com/archives/656
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NathanKP
No offense but that isn't a redesign, it is a gutted version that takes signal
rich features out and makes Github much less usable. Signals like "number of
releases", "number of contributors", "languages used... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Guy posts bug report to Mark Zuckerberg's wall after being ignored by Facebook - aqabawe
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ar&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fkhalil-sh.blogspot.com%2Fp%2F2013.html&act=url
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aqabawe
here's the story by Russia Today: [http://rt.com/news/facebook-post-explo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Chris Lattner, the young developer who made a revolution in the C++ world - cppdesign
http://cppdepend.com/blog/?p=1005
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seba_dos1
I see various articles about "young wonderchilds" programming in their teens
despite their age suggesting that they are perfectly capable to do that once
they have chosen to spend th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why Not Bring a Neanderthal to Life? - linhir
http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/why-not-bring-a-neanderthal-to-life/
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davi
_So why not do it? Why not give Harvard’s George Church the money he says
could be used to resurrect a Neanderthal from DNA?_
_I’m bracing for a long list of objections from... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Bad Application Architecture Example? - haidrali
I am going to explain architecture of a product on which i am currently working under a Software Lead who has +8 years of development experience.<p>We are building a school management system on Rails and Laravel ... in short we are building a BACK END of a pro... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Did a Chinese Hack Kill Canada’s Greatest Tech Company? - ucha
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-07-01/did-china-steal-canada-s-edge-in-5g-from-nortel
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JulesPierre
This was a story covered by Canadian press some years back. Here is one
article from CBC from 2012:
[https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/nor... | {
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} |
Defending Eugenics [pdf] - lainon
https://philpapers.org/archive/ANODEF.pdf
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point001dif
Precisely what is the goal of a breeding program?
To avoid disease, no?
Precisely what are the psychological ramifications of eugenics?
Is there a benefit from being thought of as more desirable as a 'breeding'
partner, o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Announcing Apple IIgs System 6.0.2 - rottyguy
http://www.callapple.org/software/announcing-apple-iigs-system-6-0-2/
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artlogic
Actually, 6.0.3 was just released: [http://a2central.com/6499/the-source-
awakens-system-6-0-3/](http://a2central.com/6499/the-source-awakens-
system-6-0-3/)
Exciting times for IIgs ha... | {
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} |
A “Hello World” virtual machine running the Hurd - crichter
https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2020/a-hello-world-virtual-machine-running-the-hurd/
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rvz
Unfortunately, the Hurd has become a very bad recurring April fools joke at
this point. Interesting concepts though, but really if you must learn about
microkernels you ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
“Let’s go caroling” - Latest Google Easter Egg for Android Users - techaddict009
http://eyuva.com/2013/12/lets-go-caroling.html
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techaddict009
Did any of HN readers tried this on their Android Phone ?
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ktsmith
Yup, works as advertised. My phone is playing Jingle Bells right now.
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techaddict009
Haha ! E... | {
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} |
Nextdoor CEO Takes Blame for Deleting of Black Lives Matter Posts - pseudolus
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/886147665/it-s-our-fault-nextdoor-ceo-takes-blame-for-censorship-of-black-lives-matter-pos
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zohandev
There is nothing wrong in deleting something related to the damaging Marxist
operation/ BLM.
~~~
onyva... | {
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} |
'Cloning' makes human stem cell - protagonist_h
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15191866
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ern
Link to the original paper (or abstract, for those of us who lack access):
[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v478/n7367/full/nature1...](http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v478/n7367/full/nature10397.html)
~~~... | {
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} |
A geriatric assault on Italy's bloggers - acangiano
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article2732802.ece
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jcwentz
This is almost as embarrassing as Kansas mandating that creationism be taught
in biology classes.
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davidw
That's from last October. I don't think it was actuall... | {
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} |
Venezuela’s death spiral is getting worse - JumpCrisscross
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/08/venezuela-is-stuck-in-a-death-spiral-and-its-only-getting-worse/
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jimmywanger
I've been following this fairly closely.
It seems that the main thing that causes this is government control of
producti... | {
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} |
How do you look for jobs? - meat_fist
Just curious on some discussion about how the HN community goes about searching for a new job. Whether it is via networking, linkdedin or various job boards I was just curious how everyone went about it.
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danielkyulee
1\. The best way to get a job is through your own curre... | {
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} |
In the beginning was the command line (1999) [pdf] - bookofjoe
https://faculty.georgetown.edu/irvinem/theory/Stephenson-CommandLine-1999.pdf
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ackbar03
I'm guessing some on the hacker news crowd already know this but the author
neal Stephenson also wrote Crytonomicon which was the prerequisite reading
book for th... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Where to go from here? - WhereToGo
Hi all,<p>I'm posting under a throw away account because I have friends involved that would know my original account.<p>I've been interviewing at a Los Angeles-based game developer for a web developer position. I have a few friends who work there. The interview process is w... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Benchmarks: LLVM, gcc - gtani
http://www.cocoageek.com/2008/08/llvm-gcc-benchmarks/
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jws
Soft benchmarks, but it is nice to see a real word data point from an
independent person.
LLVM being a little faster is nice, but that isn't the biggest reason for its
popularity.
1) IDE developers (well one) that don't ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: A good Google Adsense alternative? - E765
I have been working on a website for a few months and it has picked up in traffic. I applied for Google Adsense but they declined me because of the coronavirus (and apparently they are denying everyone). Are there any good alternatives?
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mtmail
Related "Ask HN: G... | {
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} |
Practice does not always make perfect, finds study of violinists - EwanToo
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/aug/21/practice-does-not-always-make-perfect-violinists-10000-hour-rule
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anthony_doan
> “Practice makes you better than you were yesterday, most of the time,” she
> said. “But it might not make you... | {
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} |
Dad gets $22,000 data roaming 'shock' from Fido - rpledge
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/03/01/bc-rogers-roaming.html
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aoprisan
settled for $500, not bad.
| {
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} |
Snapchat says flood of spam is not a result of its recent hack - eurleif
http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/13/snapchat-spam/
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eurleif
Does anyone else find this hard to believe? 4.8m SnapChat usernames were
released. You can send someone a Snap if you know their username. Why _wouldn
't_ a flood of spam follow th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apple is donating 1,000 watches for a new study to track binge eating - nopacience
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/14/apple-is-donating-1000-watches-for-a-new-study-to-track-binge-eating.html
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Someone1234
People will hand wave this away as a publicity stunt, but frankly I'm fine
with a publicity stunt that makes th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Python 101 cheat sheet: a quick reference document for newcomers to the language - TriinT
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-cheatsheet3.html
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johnnybgoode
Just FYI, this is from February 2000.
| {
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} |
Show HN: Copiny – Getting closer to the Customers via an online community - dchistov
http://copiny.com/
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dchistov
Ni HN!
A few years ago I had a problem - how to became closer to my customers. I
asked myself what tools I could use for solving that problem? Traditional
forums are not user friendly and very com... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
JavaScript changes for Facebook’s OAuth 2.0 upgrade - nfriedly
http://blog.sociablelabs.com/2011/09/16/javascript-changes-facebook-pauth-2-0-upgrade/
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nfriedly
There is a followup post that covers the server-side here:
[http://blog.sociablelabs.com/2011/09/19/server-side-
changes-...](http://blog.sociablelabs.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
“CPUs are optimized for video games” - zx2c4
https://moderncrypto.org/mail-archive/noise/2016/000699.html
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sapphireblue
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I find it completely fine and reasonable
that CPUs are optimized for games and weakly optimized for crypto, because
games are what people want.
Sometimes ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Creating a startup in the U.S. - amrithk
I am currently working with 2 friends on an online venture. Each of us have jobs and we only work on our project in the weekends and some week-nights if we can get home before 10pm. We dream about pursuing our project full-time and we have thought a lot about applying to YC a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Wikipedia Browser for TRS-80 Model I - pskisf
http://pski.net/trswiki/
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beat
Oh, lawd! I learned to program on TRS-80 Model I and Model III back in high
school. Writing animations in BASIC by sort of bitmapping with extended ASCII
characters.
The most useful thing I learned was my first security hack. Floppies ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Best shoes for sysadmins? - lich-li
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bradknowles
Comfortable ones?
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} |
Microsoft Takes Legal Action Against Barnes & Noble over Android - ldayley
http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2011/mar11/03-21CorpNewsPR.mspx
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possibilistic
Patents are disgusting as far as I'm concerned. It doesn't matter the
industry.
I'm in biotech, and despite the tedious work involved in the process ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
To this day I have trouble starting a sentence with anything other than "maybe". - sp332
http://blog.eisele.net/2012/02/heroes-of-java-ward-cunningham.html
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bkirwi
The title quote hits home for me today -- reading through my sent mails, I
kept wincing when I made some confident assertion that ended up being to... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Secret FBI Subpoenas Scoop Up Personal Data from Scores of Companies - tysone
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/us/data-privacy-fbi.html
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jenvalentino
Hi. I'm the reporter on this story. Thanks for discussing it!
I thought it might be helpful for me to make a couple points.
First, national security letters ha... | {
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} |
132-page internal memo shows how Samsung set out to copy the iPhone - ServerGeek
http://www.bgr.com/2012/08/08/apple-samsung-patent-lawsuit-internal-report-copy-iphone
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jseims
What's annoying is this isn't the real issue. Of course Samsung felt
threatened by the iPhone, and set out to copy the aspects of it th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How do you stay uptodate with all the tech? - stormpat
Im a webdev, doing websites and apps for my employer, and i have a hard time keeping up to date with even just a few technologies im using, i use twitter, read on HN and Reddit, but still it feels like im constantly missing imortant stuff.<p>Right now im... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
New era of software (vs traditional) engineering proving tricky for Toyota - bendtheblock
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15560827&fsrc=rss
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rubyrescue
This article does nothing to explain why software engineering is more tricky
for toyota, other than saying that they're f... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
OverlayFS Proposed for the Linux 3.18 Kernel - akerl_
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTc5OTc
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luckydude
Looks remarkably similar to what Sun had 25 years ago, something called TFS.
I found the paper about it and converted it to pdf, you can get that here:
[http://www.mcvoy.com/lm/papers/t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Piracy Politics Fuel Internet Censorship - Uncle_Sam
http://torrentfreak.com/piracy-politics-fuel-internet-censorship-hypocrisy-110505/
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bxr
>Again, with COICA it seems that censorship is not really seen as a major
roadblock for prominent politicians.
In the US we just shuffle the actual act of the censorship ... | {
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'Don't Vape. Don't Use Juul': Juul CEO Issues Stark Warning to Non-Smokers - x43b
https://www.insider.com/juul-ceo-dont-vape-long-term-effects-unknown-2019-8
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gaspoweredcat
not sure i agree with this:
"Don't start using nicotine if you don't have a preexisting relationship with
nicotine,"
why not? its been sho... | {
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High stakes if Apple e-books antitrust case goes to trial - apress
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/13/us-usa-apple-ebooks-idUSBRE91C0PN20130213
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apress
Actually, the monetary stakes discussed ($200 million a year for a couple of
years) are peanuts to Apple, not even a blip. The real battle is over their
f... | {
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} |
Zuckerberg admits fallibility over Gmail block - BlazingFrog
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/17/zuckerberg_on_google_api_spat/
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shib71
I can understand why he's equivocal. Facebook has pushed the social graph as
far as it has by becoming the medium it manifests in - and in so doing has put
itself in a cul... | {
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} |
Bullying bosses negatively impact employee performance and behavior - EndXA
https://www.pdx.edu/clas/news/bullying-bosses-negatively-impact-employee-performance-and-behavior-study-finds
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finaliteration
I just put in my notice at my current job (which I’ve only had for six months)
due to an abusive boss. I’ve alw... | {
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} |
Tell HN: YC Summer 2009 application is due today. - sarvesh
The YC summer 2009 application is due today at 10pm PST. I am curious as to how many of you submitted, or will be submitting, the optional video of founders?<p>http://ycombinator.com/s2009.html
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pg
We just passed the number of applications from last c... | {
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Android versus iPhone Development: A Comparison - mqt
http://greensopinion.blogspot.com/2009/07/android-versus-iphone-development.html
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makecheck
"I just felt like I had to type way too much to express a simple concept"
Heh, this is probably true of Objective-C, it's just funny to hear a _Java_
developer say th... | {
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} |
Does anyone code Smalltalk any more? - kcd
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Goladus
ezboard, a 1998 startup, used Smalltalk for their bulletin board service. They
did really well for awhile but have been declining steadily ever since 2003.
Apparently they couldn't figure out how to make money from the sites with
heavy traffic. After some unpo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
“Working Too Hard And Not Getting Anywhere” - dmarinoc
http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2013/04/you-are-working-too-hard-and-not-getting-anywhere.html
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tarr11
This is a great story. But perhaps a story of survivorship bias as well?
It would be interesting to know if this happened 3 months, 6 months, or
several years aft... | {
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} |
Law Enforcement’s Possible Use of Surveillance Technology at Standing Rock - benevol
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/12/investigating-law-enforcements-use-technology-surveil-and-disrupt-nodapl-water
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Fnoord
See also the documentary "The Feeling Of Being Watched". An insider's look at
an Arab community that's ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What makes the US health care system so expensive - iamelgringo
http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/?p=9006
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gregwebs
Unfortunately you won't find the answer here. In part the problem is we are
comparing ourselves to Europe, which is still very similar to us.
The real answer is that we are extraordinari... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Brainstorm HN: How to Beat Facebook - Non-tech Strategies - jaytee_clone
Notes: I want to try out a brainstorm session on HN. The first topic came up in my mind was facebook, probably because it got so much coverage with the privacy issues and Diaspora etc.<p>Topic: Assume you are Diaspora (or any competitor), also ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How many of you are looking for your next startup? - DanBlake
Just curious how many are not involved in a startup currently, but in the thinking/planning (not coding) stage.
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RKHilbertSpace
I am currently looking at applications of Machine Learning and have been
thinking about launching a startup. I would have... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Help Center That Everyone Hated - jyaker
https://supportify.io/the-help-center-that-everyone-hated/
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michaelt
My days would usually start around 6/8AM and end
somewhere between midnight and 3 AM.
[...]
I Was The Main Problem [...] my overall attitude was
horrible (definitely a ... | {
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} |
Zynga's new CEO was also its first - robgibbons
http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/08/zynga-original-ceo-returns/
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flipmonk
Its painful to watch them struggle so much. The once mighty Zynga, now cant be
seen anywhere.
| {
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} |
4 in 10 Americans engaging in high-risk cleaning practices due to SARS-CoV-2 - kasperni
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6923e2.htm
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easytiger
I visited an elderly relative to bring food and noticed that when she washed
her hands she was spraying them with a well known spray bottle brand of
kitchen surfa... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
React Native vs. Flutter: A comparison from real project experience perspective - pezo1919
https://medium.com/javascript-in-plain-english/react-native-vs-flutter-a-comparison-from-real-project-experience-perspective-1e7fbd56f217
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w3clan
Saying "Fuchsia OS is future" in your post is "Hard to Believe".
One simple... | {
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} |
Selector uniquing in the dyld shared cache (Snow Leopard performance) - bensummers
http://www.sealiesoftware.com/blog/archive/2009/09/01/objc_explain_Selector_uniquing_in_the_dyld_shared_cache.html
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cpr
This is Greg Parker's blog; he's an Objective-C runtime wizard at Apple.
Definitely worth reading. (Very low... | {
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} |
The field of “useful reals” between rational and real numbers (2019) - peanut_is_yum
https://chittur.dev/math/2019/12/05/secret-field.html
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Sniffnoy
None of this is somehow secret. The standard name for this is "definable"[0].
Although, one has to be really careful with this sort of thing; there are
apparently a... | {
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} |
Why I Turned Down $5 Million in VC Funding - ph0rque
http://www.groovehq.com/blog/turning-down-vc
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ernestipark
Well written article. In my brief stint with YC and other startup circles, I
think one big takeaway I've had is that most (or at least many) people who
want to start a startup or hit it big with a start... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
3D Nano-Vortices Come into View - gigama
https://physicsworld.com/a/3d-nano-vortices-come-into-view/
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gigama
"The result is, in effect, a map of the magnetization dynamics for seven
different time steps evenly spaced over 2 ns, with a temporal resolution of 70
picoseconds and a spatial resolution of 50 nanometre... | {
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} |
Fast Tensors in Clojure – A Sneak Peek - dragandj
https://dragan.rocks/articles/19/Fast-tensors-Clojure-sneak-peek?src=hn
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dragandj
Some more coordinates related to this post:
Open source software:
[https://github.com/uncomplicate](https://github.com/uncomplicate)
Books: [https://aiprobook.com](https://aiprobo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Lazy Thinking: Modularity Always Works - aaronyy
https://mondaynote.com/lazy-thinking-modularity-always-works-27257500a586
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jpeg_hero
Truly one of the dumbest concepts I've ever heard.
Calling it "lazy thinking" is probably generous.
No wonder Larry is pissed by all the moonshots. This one didn't have a chance... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
BBC releases its computer history archive - dboreham
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/94265de9-a16a-4daa-b128-3bbe01e1b10c
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piceas
(1984) Electronic Office, Episode 6: Easy to Use? has a nice demo from Bell
Labs showing an interactive map, navigation, and restaurant search.
"There are many possibilit... | {
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} |
Linus Torvalds Switches to AMD Ryzen Threadripper After 15 Years of Using Intel - caution
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Torvalds-Threadripper
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kristianp
Dup of
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23295975](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23295975)
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dijit
Torvalds is famously "a... | {
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} |
Why Are Pigeons’ Feet So Fucked Up? - molteanu
https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/why-are-pigeons-feet-so-fucked-up/Content?oid=17556477
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audiometry
Huh so the conclusion is strangulation by string and thread is the answer???
| {
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} |
Developers furious over App Store “Line Cutting” - nickb
http://macenstein.com/default/archives/1494
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astrec
So they trim non-alphanumeric chars - how long before we see _AAAJirbo Break_.
They should disable alphanumeric sorting and instead sort by date (newest),
rating (popular) etc. Good faceted navigation wou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why is Clojure so slow? - Mitt
http://martinsprogrammingblog.blogspot.de/2012/02/why-is-clojure-so-slow.html
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lukev
Clojure has a slow _startup time_. It is not in itself slow.
It's important to get these distinctions right! Some people, unfortunately,
form impressions from headlines and in this case it's extre... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Surveying 1000 APIs - Think APIs are for Tech Startups Only? Think Again - njyx
http://www.3scale.net/2012/06/surveying-1000-apis-think-apis-are-for-startups-only-think-again/
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hpique
The same author recently presented at Gluecon about the future of APIs. The
presentation can be found here and is an interestin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Iceland prepares for [possible] second, more devastating volcanic eruption - benpbenp
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7070239.ece
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kgrin
I was just there a few weeks ago, and the locals were expecting an eruption in
the not too distant future (months or years); they were talking about... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why Google Doesn’t Have a Research Lab - sherjilozair
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/525506/why-google-doesnt-have-a-research-lab/
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awalton
Google doesn't need a designated "lab space" because Google _is_ a laboratory.
It might be different if Google were a chemical engineering company, but it's
not. It's... | {
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} |
Moonpig.com Vulnerability – Exposes customer data - PaulSec
http://www.ifc0nfig.com/moonpig-vulnerability/
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knodi123
I've seen dumber. In my second real job, I was a book editor, but I noticed
our web master literally had a file called accounts.js which held a static
array of usernames, passwords, and billing ... | {
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} |
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