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Gay concentration camps in Chechnya (April 2017) - reimertz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_concentration_camps_in_Chechnya
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reimertz
This is a disgrace, history is repeating itself but people are too
uneducated/ignorant/hateful/stupid to see it.
edit: thanks for feedback.
~~~
FeepingCreature
> tsunami of fa... | {
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The Top Ten Reasons iTunes Sucks - kwamenum86
http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/The_Top_Ten_Reasons_iTunes_Sucks
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callmeed
Top 5 reasons iTunes doesn't suck:
My wife, who is not a geek, can: 1\. Import CDs 2\. Buy music 3\. Arrange
playlists 4\. Sync her iPhone 5\. Burn CDs
All without help or frustration.
~~~
... | {
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Internet Radio Copyright Is Dumb: A Comprehensive Explainer - Amorymeltzer
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/internet-radio-copyright-is-bad-and-dumb-a-comprehensive-explainer
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njharman
> The next time you have a fleeting thought about how internet radio sucks,
> and could be better—well, now you know what’... | {
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Ask HN: If JavaScript could talk to databases - photon137
If JavaScript (or a JS framework) could talk to databases, would we need server-side languages/frameworks at all?
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redredraider
So you want to give clients direct access to your database?
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dotborg
Yes, for offline processing.
~~~
photon137
But t... | {
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Hero Worship in IT - Good or Bad? - DanielBMarkham
http://www.whattofix.com/blog/archives/2007/12/the_guy.php
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mechanical_fish
Well, it's true that sometimes projects fail because people uncritically
follow the advice of respected authorities.
On the other hand, sometimes projects fail because nobody respects... | {
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} |
America’s aging population is leading to a doctor shortage crisis - spking
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/06/americas-aging-population-is-leading-to-a-doctor-shortage-crisis.html
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dantheman
The doctor shortage has to do with the American Medical Associate (AMA), a
cartel, that successfully lobbied to reduce the nu... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What secure email provider do you use? - fizwhiz
Yes, it's not easy for email to be truly secure, and yes a secure email provider may shut down (a la Lavabit). I just want to pay for a reliable service accessible via my phone (android) that doesn't mine my data and that is significantly harder to h... | {
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Understanding vipassana meditation - kapilkaisare
http://lesswrong.com/lw/2rd/understanding_vipassana_meditation/
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skowmunk
Having done the 10 day basic vipassana course just after high school (had to
find a way to control my restless mind), can't say if it helped with any of
those 4 points mentioned in the ar... | {
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} |
Paul Kedrosky on Y Combinator - theudude2002
http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2007/03/03/y_combinator_ne.html
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theudude2002
That's how I found out about Y Combinator. Thanks Paul
| {
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Atlas of Emotions, a New Project with the Dalai Lama and Paul and Eve Ekman - sebg
https://hi.stamen.com/in-2014-the-dalai-lama-asked-his-friend-scientist-dr-2a46f0c6bd80#.tqpk6qg2m
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woodandsteel
I find it interesting to look at the relationship between the basic emotions
and Maslow's need theory. So for instanc... | {
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Ask HN: How do you focus on working - jeep_b
I have a hard time focusing on my tasks, whether it's because of YouTube , Reddit or HN, I always find myself doing something that completely break my work mindset.<p>Do you have any tips, philosophy or tricks?
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_the_inflator
It depends on the context, however, s... | {
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Google to Remotely Remove Malware-Laden Apps From Android Devices - solipsist
http://mobilized.allthingsd.com/20110305/google-plans-to-remotely-kill-rogue-apps-in-wake-of-android-attack/?mod=ATD_rss
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duskwuff
Anyone else find it incredibly ironic that, despite all the wailing and
gnashing of teeth when Apple's a... | {
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WSJT-X [pdf] - jhallenworld
https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Work_the_World_part1.pdf
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jhallenworld
Here is part 2:
[https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Work_the_World_par...](https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/Work_the_World_part2.pdf)
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Ask HN: Good SAAS ideas - tadake
Hello Everyone,
I was wanting to make a list of ideas for software as a service businesses. Please post potential services that solve a real problem and would be something you would be interested in using yourself. Thanks!
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CyberFonic
When I think of a great SAAS idea, I'll impl... | {
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Ridiculous User Interfaces In Film, and the Man Who Designs Them - nreece
http://gizmodo.com/5418342/ridiculous-user-interfaces-in-film-and-the-man-who-designs-them
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lt
There's something that always amuses me in movies and series: something
happened/is about to happen, a taskforce is created and they're running
... | {
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Ask HN: Is startup equity just snake oil? - Spiritus
Is equity just an excuse for start-ups to motivate lower salaries and bad work hours, which in the end don't yield much anyway?
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AureliaDalek
Think of them like lottery tickets. Yes, they could be worth millions of
dollars, but the chance of that happenin... | {
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} |
Address randomization defense does not protect against stagefright exploits - gtufano
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/09/googles-own-researchers-challenge-key-android-security-talking-point/
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Spellman
In a related concept, what is a reliable way of checking whether your phone
has the patches? Recently I got... | {
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} |
Researchers use Kinect to scan T. rex skull - el_duderino
https://news.mit.edu/2017/kinect-3-d-scan-t-rex-skull-0705
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sohkamyung
Link to the paper on PlosONE [1]
[1] "A method for rapid 3D scanning and replication of large paleontological
specimens" [
[http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... | {
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Amazon to hand over Echo audio from alleged murder after defendant consents - ghosh
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39191056
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koolba
This should be a lesson to people who don't understand the distinction between
"can't" and "won't".
If you're running things yourself and control the encryption keys required t... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Logging Remote vs Local - dedalus
I have a bunch of servers that run webservers with a specific option to log remotely or locally. In my case remote,equals the logserver box sitting right next to the webservers on the same rack. In such a case I can make the boxes diskless and log remotely. Or else I have to... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Elon Musk: Delete Facebook, ‘It’s Lame’ - SirLJ
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/10/elon-musk-delete-facebook-its-lame.html
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downerending
He's not wrong. I'm off about four years now, and the _only_ thing I miss is
snapshots of everyone's kids.
| {
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} |
Django on Jython: Minding the Gap - jholloway7
http://zyasoft.com/pythoneering/2008/01/django-on-jython-minding-gap.html
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wehriam
What's the use case of Django on Jython?
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wmf
Performance? Deployment? Enterprisey marketing BS?
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The Road from Serfdom - an interview with F.A. Hayek - limist
http://reason.com/archives/1992/07/01/the-road-from-serfdom/print
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sitmaster
Wow look at how clearly he answers the questions. Half his answers begin with
a "Yes" or a "No." Can you imagine someone thinking and speaking this clearly
these days?
~~~
m... | {
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} |
Spectre/Meltdown: An Azure retrospective [video] - ToFab123
https://twitter.com/h0x0d/status/1190448255479336960
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ToFab123
Video from Microsoft's Ignite Event about patching Azure to mitigate Spectre
and Meltdown bugs
[https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Ignite-
Cont...](https://techcommunity.micro... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 6th Edition - mhartl
https://news.learnenough.com/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-6th-edition-launch
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mhartl
This is the newly updated 6th edition of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial, now
updated for Rails 6.
Over the years, HN readers have been some of the most enthusiastic and loyal
supporters of... | {
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} |
New in AFL: persistent mode - edward
http://lcamtuf.blogspot.com/2015/06/new-in-afl-persistent-mode.html
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eridius
> _On all supported OSes with the exception of MacOS X, the fork() call is
> actually surprisingly fast_
I'm curious about this. What makes fork() on OS X slower than other OSes?
~~~
milspec
MacO... | {
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10 Nobel Laureates who changed the world - LaDaDa
http://mashable.com/2013/10/14/nobel-laureates-changed-world/
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LaDaDa
Dr. Banting (1920s) should have cracked the TOP10 for his work with insulin.
This research actually saved people.
| {
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} |
Internet Archive raises National Emergency Library: 1M free books no waitlist - mekarpeles
https://www.cnet.com/news/internet-archives-national-emergency-library-has-over-a-million-books-to-read-right-now/
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sayhar
This is a big deal
~~~
mekarpeles
Thanks @sayhar! specially given so many libraries across the cou... | {
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} |
The City of Seattle Accidentally Gave Me 32M Emails for $40 - bpchaps
https://mchap.io/that-time-the-city-of-seattle-accidentally-gave-me-32m-emails-for-40-dollars4997.html
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JoeSmithson
I'm very surprised they gave out this information. I'm not talking about the
mistake, I mean the actual request. In the UK I do... | {
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} |
3 free licenses of Balsamiq Mockups up for grabs on FuelYourCoding - sant0sk1
http://fuelyourcoding.com/giveaway-balsamiq-mockups/
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tjpick
> I mocked up this simplified version of the FYC homepage in about 20 minutes
that's not fast. I could draw that mockup on a piece of paper in 2 minutes or
less.
| {
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Rockstar scores a 1, 2 with GTAIV & GTAV in all time highest review scores - restlessmedia
http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/grand-theft-auto-v
The hype machine was well oiled this time, but with most things Rockstar, it looks like it was justified.<p>[edit] This is the chart, I couldn't change the fi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Dart can now produce self-contained, native executables - ceronman
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/ds2emt/dart_can_now_produce_selfcontained_native/
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rvz
This sounds like an absolutely magnificent milestone for Dart and a direct hit
on developers who use SwiftUI or Electron.
Finally, a mature cros... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Which books are “must-read” for anyone trying to learn about your field? - jackallis
Books that are easy to read and beginner friendly.
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ThorinJacobs
For software development - I favor books that are about good practices
generally rather than books about particular languages which work well as
references... | {
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} |
The Case Against Education - dsr12
https://jakeseliger.com/2018/03/12/the-case-against-education-bryan-caplan/
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neokantian
The system forcibly taxes the population, forces the children through a
funnel, and then witnesses how all of that does not work particularly well.
The alternative would be to cancel Statis... | {
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} |
China is blocking most Google search queries - garply
http://shanghaiist.com/2010/03/30/the_googlecn_googlecomhk_lockdown_h.php
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garply
More specifically, all queries entered from the Google html web forms. I can
still search from the search / url bar in Chrome. The block is indeed, as the
article states, keye... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Site Hopes Automatic Arabic-English Translation Translates into Peace - quant18
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/02/arabic-english-diplomacy/
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smallblacksun
The idea that reducing language barriers will reduce conflict is questionable.
There is a huge amount of conflict between the left and the right in the... | {
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} |
How can you compare Facebook and Google? - tikna
http://ankitaggarwal.me/my-views/how-can-you-even-compare-facebook-with-google/
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pj001
i am not in a mood to compare both..my life will be almost awful without any
one of them.
| {
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} |
Ponder a thought from Alain de Botton (philosopher) - auxbuss
Profit is the reward for correctly understanding an aspect of reality ahead of your peers.
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markstansbury
Like, the reality that if I stab someone the throat I am free to help myself
to the contents of his pocket?
I'm not sure how useful that defin... | {
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} |
Ask HN: I have a colocated server that I don't fully use anymore - obilgic
I have a colocated server(Dell 2950III, 8-core, 16gb ram) that I don't fully use anymore. I don't want to sell it ,because I am using it to make experiments with virtual machines(learning more about devops). It has XenServer on it. What would... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
NASA Develops Unique Materials for the Next Generation of Aircraft - rbanffy
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2020/nasa-develops-unique-materials-for-the-next-generation-of-aircraft
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mindcrime
_After extensive process improvement and testing, NASA opened SiC fibers up
for licensing through its Technology Trans... | {
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} |
Snowden attended hacking school in India - tn13
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/10495221/Edward-Snowden-attended-hacking-course-in-India.html
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fintler
So, he took a class? I don't get the point of this.
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tn13
There is no point to be made here. This kind of trivia is sometimes a good
br... | {
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Do engineers shop for clothes? - define_hipster
If you're an engineer, how do you pick out new clothes to buy? Would you ever let someone do it for you (i.e. someone with good fashion sense to go with you to the mall for a couple hours to help you look your best?)
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debacle
Would I ever let someone do it f... | {
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} |
The Case Against Tipping in America - fourmii
https://www.eater.com/a/case-against-tipping
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pepe56
„tipped minimum“ - just wow! As someone living in Asia the American tipping
culture is ridiculous and highly unfair. This countr is broken on so many
levels.
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valuearb
I’m still confused how the definition o... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Learning Design - FameofLight
Hi,<p>After seeing a lots of good thing about Ruby on Rails here , I started learning it. I am pretty much satisfied with my journey till now.<p>But my site sucks like hell , they have really no good design and no appeal to potential user ( even to me ) .<p>I would like to ask y... | {
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[SF] Weebly is hiring! - drusenko
http://www.weebly.com/jobs.html
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drm237
The puzzle was fun. So what are people supposed to do with the secret code,
email it to you? Or is there a place for it that I missed? Anyway, good way to
make it interesting!
~~~
drusenko
yeah, the idea is that if we get an email with a ... | {
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} |
New Stanford class on Cryptography - robdoherty2
http://www.crypto-class.org/
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innocentques
Wow, does anyone know what is the system here? Has stanford just said to their
faculty that this is something they can do in their spare time but stanford
will not actively support it? Or is there some other arrangement g... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ubuntu Core On The Nexus 7 - vectorbunny
http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/10/26/ubuntu-core-on-the-nexus-7/
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listic
Is Nexus 7 the first hardware of choice for Ubuntu developers?
I would love for them to start with Microsoft Surface (with keyboard as
standard in some models it would kinda be the logical choice) b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google moves to mainstream RSS with a simple name - prakash
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_moves_to_mainstream_rss_with_a_simple_name_change.php
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netcan
Lingo is so important.
I was at a lecture once given by a top Australian political PR/Lobbyist. He
recounted running the battle over some enviro... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How the Bubble Destroyed the Middle Class - mvs
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/113086/bubble-destroyed-middle-class-marketwatch;_ylt=At4mPlCBilFtqaDeVWAOHkK7YWsA;_ylu=X3oDMTE1YTVsNjl0BHBvcwM4BHNlYwN0b3BTdG9yaWVzBHNsawNob3d0aGVidWJibGU-?mod=bb-budgeting&sec=topStories&pos=5&asset=&ccode=
======
Id... | {
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Announcing Viviti: Build websites with no code and no hassle (we hope!) - tkiley
http://viviti.com/welcome
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bprater
It's obvious there has been a tremendous amount of development time invested
in the project. Looks great, feels good. There are many site builders out
there, so I think execution counts for a lot... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The .ly domain space to be considered unsafe - gmurphy
http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2010/10/the-ly-domain-space-to-be-considered-unsafe/
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semanticist
While I'm as against Sharia law as the next privileged westerner/godless
heathen, I found the complaint that the rules weren't in English really
amusing.
Why shoul... | {
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} |
Redmine - Excellent alternative to Trac - nickb
http://www.redmine.org/
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aggieben
No Git support. No sale. Next?
~~~
jacintos
Actually, as of 0.7.0 RC1, Redmine does support Git (see
<http://www.redmine.org/wiki/redmine/Changelog>). It took a couple of patches,
but Git support was added to the Subversion trun... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Which board game would you play online? - melkael
Hi there, like most people in the west now I currently am confined.<p>Thus I would love to play risk or other board games with my friends and people online. I've been struggling to find decent quality games (I've mostly looked for a risk and it was ei... | {
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} |
Where’d our app go? There’s No App for That - edw519
http://www.riverturn.com/blog/?p=455
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brandon272
What I don't understand is why iPhone developers expect decent treatment from
Apple or continue to be surprised when their apps are removed. This developer
considers Apple a "partner" (their words). Apple is n... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Steve Jobs – The Lost Interview - jpswade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRZAJY23xio
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boyaka
Found some links for US:
[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x17ul31_the-lost-
interview-...](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x17ul31_the-lost-interview-of-
steve-jobs-part-1-of-2_lifestyle)
[http://www.dailymotion.c... | {
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} |
Scientists have detected a major change to the Earth’s oceans - seycombi
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/02/15/its-official-the-oceans-are-losing-oxygen-posing-growing-threats-to-marine-life/?utm_term=.8e8242767461
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fsloth
Why was it a piece of cake to regulate CFC:s but no one has... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Pibow - an update (sold 12,000 in 11 weeks) - whiskers
76 days ago I submitted this link: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4257793<p>Since then the response we've had has been just unbelievable - we've opened a workshop, bought three laser-cutters, have distributors in the UK, America, and Sweden, hired... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: World's first static code analysis tool for Go - serda
https://github.com/SerdaOzun/Gopham
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serda
Hello,
No static code analysis tool for Go existed yet, so I created one. I plan on
updating in the feature with more metrics and especially visualisations for
said metrics.
For super obvious reasons this... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Working with developers who can't code - Jackypot
Does anyone else have experience working with developers who just cannot code? By which I mean professional devs with terrible development skills, and little knowledge or interest in the field. I'm amazed they find jobs but they seem to.<p>Any strategies f... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Awesome Highlighter (YC summer 08) - gabrielleydon
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/22/awesome-highlighter-isawesome/
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god
Lets test it:
<http://awurl.com/pspxuq96279>
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cawel
Nice tool.
As I understand from Techcrunch, the revenue stream would come from selling
their "awesome highlighter" product to ... | {
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} |
Insider Selling Jumps to Highest Level Since 2007 - chaostheory
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601213&sid=au8cyqeJFifg&refer=home
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minsight
April 24.
If it was relevant, any strategic maneuvering that one might do to avoid this
catastrophe is probably now deep in the past.
| {
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} |
Why Uber must be stopped - smacktoward
http://www.salon.com/2014/08/31/why_uber_must_be_stopped/
======
SocksCanClose
i wonder if the author of the post has ever _talked_ to an UBER driver...
that's the first thing i would recommend to anybody who wants to understand
the actual economics of these companies. talk to ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Reuters uses AI to prototype automated video reports - OJFord
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonchandler/2020/02/07/reuters-uses-ai-to-prototype-first-ever-automated-video-reports/
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kick
_Today, it has announced a prototype for a world first: a fully automated, yet
presenter-led sports news summary system._
The... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Zillow's second letter about McMansion Hell is still wrong - DiabloD3
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170628/01531037682/zillow-still-doesnt-get-it-second-letter-about-mcmansion-hell-is-still-just-wrong.shtml
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jawns
I'm going to disagree with most of you (and most of the commentary I've seen)
that McMansion ... | {
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} |
Daily Stand-Up Meetings Are a Good Tool for a Bad Manager - yegor256a
http://www.yegor256.com/2015/01/08/morning-standup-meetings.html?2015-01
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mikerichards
Standups are one of those things that 15 years ago sounded great on paper.
"Yeah, everybody is communicating every morning. Our communication problems
are ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Nord: An arctic, north-bluish color palette - tpetry
https://www.nordtheme.com/
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semi-extrinsic
Aargh, it's kinda pretty and I _want_ to like it, but it really bugs me that
these colors don't actually match their descriptions. It feels like an
"arctic" color map made by people who have mainly seen the far north ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: CodeAutomat - web service for converting SVGs to ObjC. Free today - PixelCut
http://www.codeautomat.com
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PixelCut
Here's how it works: when you upload an SVG file, we convert it automatically
to Objective-C or C# MonoTouch code. Then, we draw a preview image with the
generated code. If you like the re... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The lack of a case against Python 3 - ingve
http://blog.lerner.co.il/case-python-3/
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lorenzfx
> But again, the population that will be affected is the 10% who deal with
> Unicode.
I doubt that only 10% of people are dealing with unicode. Rough estimate 10%
of the world speak English as a first language and almo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Reading On Paper Is Faster Than iBooks on the iPad - markwalling
http://www.pcworld.com/article/200491/reading_on_paper_is_faster_than_ibooks_on_the_ipad.html
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edster
The study was interesting, yet by the author's own words incomplete with only
something like 24 participants. Even then, I wasn't clear if each of... | {
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} |
The philosophies of software languages, from Go to Elixir - Supermighty
https://www.welcometothejungle.co/fr/articles/languages-software-go-elixir
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pcwalton
> Multicore processors and concurrent programming
> To take full advantage of multicore processors, a programming language needs
> to provide mechanisms fo... | {
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} |
The Mark Zuckerberg Is a Lot Less Impressive Than the Movie Version - wil_I_am_27
https://forward.com/culture/433666/the-real-mark-zuckerberg-is-a-lot-less-impressive-than-the-movie-version/
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roenxi
The congressional hearings are a hostile environment. The only reason to have
Zuckerberg there is to get camera fo... | {
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} |
Why I am not a fan of Apache Kafka - kornish
https://gist.github.com/markrendle/26e423b6597685757732
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boredandroid
This article is pretty out of date, I think the central concerns have actually
been addressed.
It's true that when we were working at LinkedIn Kafka tended to have much
better Java support. Since f... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Astronomers detect regular rhythm of radio waves, with origins unknown - Brajeshwar
https://phys.org/news/2020-06-astronomers-regular-rhythm-radio-unknown.html
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jnurmine
From the article:
The pattern [for FRB 180916.J0158+65] begins with a noisy,
four-day window, during which the source em... | {
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} |
What Can Be Done? Digital Media Policy Options for Europe (and Beyond) - DyslexicAtheist
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/risj-review/what-can-be-done-digital-media-policy-options-europe-and-beyond
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DyslexicAtheist
a TLDR is on their twitter:
[https://twitter.com/risj_oxford/status/1198939037031120896]... | {
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} |
Ask HN: LinkedIn Jobs sucks for remote roles. Who will disrupt them? - josephby
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krmmalik
I was wondering exactly the same thing last night. There seem to be many
innovators and disruptors in the tools for remote working space but no one in
the space to help you find actual remote jobs, especially freelance gigs ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What is the space overhead of Base64 encoding? - ingve
https://lemire.me/blog/2019/01/30/what-is-the-space-overhead-of-base64-encoding/
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Jaruzel
I think the angle he's going for here is that if you have inline base64 blobs
in your html/css code, and that's then served by a HTTP(S) server using gzip
compression, ... | {
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} |
The Great IDE vs Text Editor Debate - dsego
http://blog.bittersweetryan.com/2012/02/great-ide-vs-text-editor-debate-why-i.html
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coldtea
I don't think there's a debate per se.
IDE's (as a notion) are better than editors, and everyone would agree to that
if IDE's (as an implementation) weren't worse than editor... | {
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} |
Diaspora Project: Building the Anti-Facebook - alexandros
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/diaspora_project_building_the_anti-facebook.php
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thefool
Meh.
I don't think software people understand just how disinclined a non-software
person is to do anything requiring configuring serverside stuff.
Even torrent... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The NYT’s blogs are set to be paywalled - alexandros
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/02/19/the-nyts-blogs-are-set-to-be-paywalled/
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petercooper
Conversely, the NYT's blogs are going to end up being "reader-walled" and
"traffic-walled" too.
~~~
drats
Exactly, are people like Krugman going to accept mo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
JDK 8 M7 update - javinpaul
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8-dev/2013-May/002419.html
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hnha
does anyone have experience with openjdk on windows? how well does it work for
everyday end-users?
~~~
rlmw
As of Java 7 openjdk is the basis for the official Oracle release of Java, and
constitutes the refe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Wong Kar-wai inspired filmmakers like Sofia Coppola and Barry Jenkin - ckcheng
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3093301/how-wong-kar-wai-hong-kong-director-mood-love-chungking
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rado
Bertolucci's “Besieged” (1998) surpassed WKW, but few people have checked it
out.
~~~
perfmode
Ebert rea... | {
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} |
Bottle light inventor proud to be poor - kposehn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23536914
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etler
This isn't an alternative to the light bulb. This is an alternative to the
window for people living in slums that can't afford glass.
~~~
hcarvalhoalves
Probably you've never seen a slum, so let me explain:
\- H... | {
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} |
Why I Never Gave Up on My Startup - benworthen
http://www.sequoiacap.com/grove/posts/jgyz/why-i-never-gave-up-on-my-startup
======
benworthen
Today FireEye is a public company. But in 2008, it didn't have a product,
couldn't raise money, and most of its executive team quit. Here's why Ashar
Aziz, FireEye's founder, ... | {
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} |
Show HN: My first product. Thoughts? - alan_h
http://www.mandarintap.com/
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xiaoma
I've been in this market for a while. From running an English school in Taiwan
to trying out products as an avid learner myself to chatting with friends who
have basically been building the dominant platforms for teaching Chinese... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Lector - A news reader for people who want one simple thing - mauriciogardini
http://mauriciogardini.com/post/53784250046/lector-a-news-reader-for-people-who-want-one-simple
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crux
This might be sufficient for a first draft but it's also a great illustration
of a lazy cliche that I'm seeing a lot—especially in ... | {
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} |
DisRedis: Python Redis client with Automated Sharding and Failover - mlader
http://engineering.custommade.com/introducing-disredis-an-open-source-redis-client-to-automate-sharding-and-failover/
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siliconc0w
It looks like you're using SHA1 as your hash algorithm which isn't a great
choice for sharding. Look into... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to Linear-Fit a Noisy Signal with Regular Discontinuities - jgforbes
https://www.jforbes.io/linear-fit-regular-discontinuities
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jofer
This particular problem pops up in quite a few domains. (We often refer to it
as "phase unwrapping" in the geosciences.) The approach here is a good one so
long as your noise ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Paxos Made Moderately Complex - sargun
http://paxos.systems
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mslot
Paxos is one of the simplest distributed algorithms out there.
For a proposal i with value x:
1\. Ask everyone not to participate in proposals older than i, get a majority
to agree and send back any previously accepted values.
2\. Ask everyone... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Satellite Shows Armadas of Vacant Cruise Ships Huddling Together Out at Sea - gscott
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33338/satellite-images-show-armadas-of-vacant-cruise-ships-huddling-together-out-at-sea
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a3n
> With no passengers to look after and their quarantines completed, the
> employees are left wond... | {
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} |
NASA Will Open Pristine, Sealed Samples of Moon Rock - evo_9
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/08/736212760/moon-rocks-still-awe-and-scientist-hope-to-get-more
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xenonite
> the samples that were set aside during Apollo for some far-off day when new
> and better instruments would allow for markedly improved analysis.
H... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What HN Users Use (45% Mac, 63% Chrome) - johnx123-up
http://www.dangrossman.info/2012/08/21/what-hacker-news-users-use/
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dazzawazza
To be clear it's what HN Users that are interested in a web technology use....
and surprise surprise there are a lot of Macs in that sector.
If you posted something interesting to... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
For the New Superrich, Life Is Much More Than a Beach - shalmanese
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/business/for-the-new-superrich-life-is-much-more-than-a-beach.html
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narrator
Meh, if you did all that stuff and didn't buy anything and took coach flights
and rented a little boat for the yacht stuff it would p... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why Kids Should Grade Teachers - jseliger
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/10/why-kids-should-grade-teachers/309088/?single_page=true
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tokenadult
This is one way this process has been validated, from the submitted article:
"The responses did indeed help predict which classes would have the most t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
UK gov may block Twitter/Facebook to prevent riots - warrenmiller
http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/872080-uk-riots-david-cameron-hints-at-social-media-shut-down
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weego
Please don't use the Metro as a source of news. For reference, it is a free
paper available around the UK rail network that consists largely of news... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
HTML 5 Asteroids - gr366
http://dougmcinnes.com/html-5-asteroids/
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ck2
Oh heck, there goes my next hour.
Wow that's fantastic. Now someone make Missile Command.
Pegs my CPU though (Firefox and Chrome)
Open source too: <http://github.com/dmcinnes/HTML5-Asteroids>
update: I tried a few flash versions on the we... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
You are not your thoughts - imartin2k
https://roadlesstravelled.me/2017/02/03/i-think-therefore-i-no-not-thoughts/
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basicplus2
"“I think therefore I am”, the famous phrase uttered by renowned Philosopher
Rene Descartes was perhaps one, if not the most, fundamentally flawed
philosophical statements of all time (s... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Talented kid: what to do? - mudil
I am looking for ideas on what to do with my cousin's 8 year old (clearly gifted) kid. Ideas for pathways, scholarships, online courses, etc.<p>When Simon comes back from school, he entertains himself with math problems, and also creates for himself math problems and solv... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
California has about one year of water left - nickgrosvenor
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-famiglietti-drought-california-20150313-story.html
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declan
80 percent of the developed water supply in California is used by agriculture.
About 6 percent is industrial and commercial. That leaves 7 percent
resi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Codecademy Labs, the easiest way to write, run, and share code online - zds
http://labs.codecademy.com
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mesher
It's definitely a neat idea, but as a Python and JavaScript coder, I don't
know how much I would actually use it.
For Python, my code tends to rely heavily on modules that aren't found in th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Plant got rid of Junk DNA (just like Dark Angel's Max) - EvaK_de
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/05/carnivorous-plant-has-deleted-most-of-its-junk-dna/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29
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tocomment
Did they ever explain the dark a... | {
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} |
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