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Android 4.2 shows up in Engadget's server logs - dbh937
http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/10/android-4-2-shows-up-in-our-server-logs-shocks-no-one/
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DHowett
In short, "Google is working on Android 4.2 and have not been sitting on their
collective thumbs for the past few months."
There's news like this every time ... | {
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Ask HN: What should I include and exclude on my resume - subless
I graduate next month with my B.A. degree in Computer Information Systems but I cannot determine what I should include and or exclude from my resume because I have zero experience besides my school work and I don't have an online portfolio of anykin... | {
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Should we fear space aliens? - apphacker
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/04/27/tarter.space.life.fears/index.html
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btilly
If they haven't shown up already, they are unlikely to any time soon.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox>
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dmfdmf
no.
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85th level Orc Rogue wins election - CrankyBear
http://www.zdnet.com/85th-level-orc-rogue-wins-election-7000007225/
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Ntrails
Doesn't this really raise the question of Forum Postings being public domain,
and specifically blizzard removing anonymity for their forums? It seems less
based around her gaming than he... | {
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} |
A Chinese company now manufactures stainless steel tip cases for ballpoint pens - lunchladydoris
https://qz.com/881960/the-humble-ballpoint-pen-has-become-a-new-symbol-of-chinas-innovation-economy/
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rfdub
I don't really think "innovation" can be defined as replicating manufacturing
processes developed 100 years ... | {
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Do you have proper vox.io etiquette? - tomazstolfa
http://blog.vox.io/post/35844563724/do-you-have-proper-vox-io-etiquette
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StavrosK
The obvious vox.io promotion ruins this post for me. If it said "IM" rather
than "vox.io" everywhere, I'd send it to a few "rude" friends, but now it
feels like it's specific to ... | {
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Ask HN: how to estimate users per server - Sean_Hayes
I know this is highly dependent on a lot of factors, but is there any rough estimate for how many servers you need for x amount of users? I'm trying to estimate my future costs.<p>I'm using an Nginx front end server, Apache with mod_wsgi for serving my Django app... | {
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In the Human Brain, Size Really Isn’t Everything - wrongc0ntinent
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/science/in-the-human-brain-size-really-isnt-everything.html
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joe_the_user
One interesting aspect is that it assumes the animal brain is great for some
things but less good for logic-based flexibility. One might ar... | {
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} |
Interview with Chris Lattner [audio] - xenadu02
http://atp.fm/episodes/205
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favorited
Just for fun, check out these 2 carpentry projects he did for his family:
[https://twitter.com/clattner_llvm/status/736237407016607744](https://twitter.com/clattner_llvm/status/736237407016607744)
[https://twitter.com/clattner... | {
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Show HN: Weekly Google Analytics Summary - jdutoit
https://metricmailer.com
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thanesh
Are you going to collect our info? What is your privacy policy?
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Logitech MX Master 3 vs. 2S Teardown - Rondom
https://blog.bolt.io/logitech-mx-master-3-vs-2s/
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lilyball
I love the Logitech hardware quality but I really wish they'd work on their
software quality.
I'm using a G502 at work right now with Logitech Gaming Software and the two
completely baffling decisions they m... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What are your go-to checklists? - KennyFromIT
People use checklists all the time. What are some examples of checklists that you find extremely helpful/useful?
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muzani
I've tried to checklist my life for years after reading The Checklist
Manifesto. I later learned that the best checklists are not in ... | {
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} |
Arizona Nuclear Missile Bunker for $400k - void_nill
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/16/old-nuclear-bunker-for-sale-arizona-desert-includes-original-equipment
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masonic
If it wasn't for the damn NIMBY zoning, we could replace it with 20 smaller
market-rate silos and 10 low-income subsidized silos.
-... | {
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} |
How to Simulate Language Immersion - _chu
https://medium.com/@mmeditations/the-cookie-effect-how-to-learn-languages-faster-with-simulated-immersion-45ac4a3a477d#.qj7zx4dyq
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lupin_sansei
Browser extensions that can translate the selected text into English are nice
[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/g... | {
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The first intuitive programming language for quantum computers - agnesobel
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200615115820.htm
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DennisP
Here's a page linking the actual language and related resources:
[https://www.quantaneo.com/Release-of-Silq-A-High-level-
Quant...](https://www.quantaneo.com/Release-... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Show HN: TrellUp, automated Trello Board reports - jmadsen
http://trellup.com/
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jmadsen
Hi - TrellUp's creator here.
Big fan of Trello & use it as my primary Project Management tool. What I
didn't like about it was the notifications & the fact that clients have to
have an account as well, and then want to get... | {
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How a Programmer Can Discover an Asteroid - typpo
http://www.ianww.com/blog/2013/08/05/how-a-programmer-can-discover-an-asteroid/
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3JPLW
Interesting. Here's the link to the Asterank Discover page:
[http://asterank.com/discover](http://asterank.com/discover)
I've gone through a handful or two of images now. Al... | {
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} |
Kevin Rose making new friends in Portland, Oregon - my_name_is
http://www.oregonlive.com/front-porch/index.ssf/2014/06/google_executive_kevin_rose_pl.html
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davidw
One of the really cool things to see here in Italy is how good they are at
completely tearing out the guts of a house and redoing it. They'll strip it... | {
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} |
Can economics be accessible again to ordinary Americans? - huihuiilly
https://bostonreview.net/class-inequality/samuel-bowles-joshua-cohen-everyday-economists
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conorg
Very cool - UMass Amherst is home to some rad peeps
| {
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10:10 Do robots trade on tweet data? - coldcold
https://twitter.com/dave_lampton/status/436201101637865472
Retweet me NOW to find out @dave_lampton !
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mathattack
While that tweet may be market manipulation, it's worth noting that Tweets
about Anne Hathaway have been shown to move Berkshire Hathaway stock. [1] T... | {
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} |
The case for a 7.8” iPad - quarterto
http://castirony.com/post/26466421254/the-case-for-a-7-8-ipad
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arn
For visual reference, we made a printable PDF for a 7.85" iPad that shows it
in actual size: [http://www.macrumors.com/2011/12/23/this-is-
what-a-7-85-inch...](http://www.macrumors.com/2011/12/23/this-is-
wh... | {
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} |
Companies rarely die from moving too fast... - michaelpinto
http://parislemon.com/post/10396714293/the-birth-of-qwikster
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CurtHagenlocher
I think Siegler is missing the forest for the trees. The real question is not
whether Microsoft should have dumped "legacy Windows"; in many respects, for
ARM-based mobile d... | {
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} |
The Go runtime scheduler's way of dealing with system calls - todotask
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoSchedulerAndSyscalls
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protomyth
[https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-
cvs&m=157500930922882&w=2](https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-
cvs&m=157500930922882&w=2)
_For dynamic binaries, we continue to ... | {
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QEMU Advent Calendar: A surprise disk image each day until Christmas - stefanha
https://qemu-advent-calendar.org/
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stefanha
QEMU Advent Calendar is back again this year with a surprise disk image each
day until Christmas.
It features disk images of interest to hackers or to show off features from
the many emula... | {
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} |
Robots from Gurgaon-based GreyOrange - williswee
https://www.techinasia.com/greyorange-robots-marching-into-warehouses
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payne92
If they want to come to the US at some point, Kiva's patent portfolio will be
a big hurdle to clear: [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-
Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=H...](http://patft.uspt... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Source code availability for the W3C Markup Validator - vog
http://validator.w3.org/source/
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vog
I was really surprised when I finally figured out that all I had to do was:
(on my Debian system)
aptitude install w3c-markup-validator
and opening <http://localhost/w3c-validator/> in the br... | {
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Slashdot founder Rob Malda on why there won’t be another Hacker News - Libertatea
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/07/slashdot-founder-rob-malda-on-why-there-wont-be-another-hacker-news/?tid=rssfeed
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mgkimsal
"I don’t think it’s going to work that way any more. I think that the power
has... | {
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} |
Apple Turns on iPhone Tracking in iOS6 - yenoham
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/10/apple_turns_on.html
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SeoxyS
As somebody who actually has first hand knowledge of this issue (I wrote and
designed the tracking for a major iOS ad network), I can say that this is an
incredibly misleading article.
Here... | {
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} |
Entrepreneurs are cocky jerks - SeattleSeeley
http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2011/11/03/surviving-startups-justin-seeley-entrepreneurs-jerks/#more-3851
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j45
I like talking with doers. I like sharing with doers. I like learning from
doers.
Helping people want to become doers is where I find some of t... | {
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} |
Turkish government revokes ham radio licenses - lightlyused
http://yaesuft817.com/wp/turkey-gouvernement-revokes-19201-ham-radio-licenses/
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Relys
This is going to end poorly... False flag or not, the coup has given Erdogan
an excuse to flush out and exterminate all who oppose him. Anyone want to take
bets how lo... | {
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} |
Wells Fargo passwords are not case sensitive - praneshp
https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/66n4li/i_just_discovered_that_wells_fargo_account_login/
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praneshp
OP Here, I just tested this, the passwords aren't case sensitive, and
google[0] and HN[1] says this was known in 2012..
The HN discussion i... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Is this a good time to invest? - throwawayt856
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icedchai
It is impossible to time the market, so it doesn't really make sense to answer
this in absolute terms. Is it a better time to invest than last month? Yes.
Than last year? Yes. Could it be even better to invest next quarter? Possibly.
But this is a u... | {
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} |
Southwest Airlines Offering In-Flight iMessaging for $2 Per Day - jkupferman
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/12/11/southwest-airlines-offering-in-flight-imessaging-for-2-per-day/
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lukeqsee
1. Pay $2.
2. SSH/DNS/whatever tunnel out through iMessage port.
3. Gloat? Profit?
Seriously, w... | {
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} |
The problem with calling technologies dead too soon. - Macha
http://blog.webicity.info/2010/05/01/the-problem-with-tech-is-dead-hysteria/
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9oliYQjP
I know people that still use really old computers. If you're trying to sell
something to them, they aren't your market. If you think they care that your
website lo... | {
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} |
Education publisher Pearson to phase out print textbooks - JohnHammersley
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48998789
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jccalhoun
As a professor, I am not surprised about this. Publishers are pushing their
online platforms hard. A few years ago Cengage came and gave a whole dog and
pony show (with free lunch to ... | {
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} |
Where the Bodies Are Buried - laurex
https://www.texasobserver.org/where-the-bodies-are-buried/
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mnm1
People don't want to acknowledge such events because they are not simply
artifacts of the past. Racism and racist violence is going on right now.
Slavery is happening to millions of people in our prisons right n... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Forest kindergarten - EL_Loco
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_kindergarten
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nkrisc
There's one near where I used to live in Chicago. They use a local Forest
preserve. Strangely there is a contigent of neighbors who continually try to
get the whole thing shutdown because they don't think young kids should be... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: MercuryPuzzle - Explore your skills - Mindphreaker
https://mercurypuzzle.com
======
Mindphreaker
With MercuryPuzzle you can self-evaluate your skills and strengths and receive
interesting job offers from companies you choose.
Today we launched into open bet and are thankful for every comment and
feedback!
... | {
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} |
The Force Behind Bitcoin’s Meteoric Rise: Millions of Asian Investors - uptown
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-force-behind-bitcoins-meteoric-rise-millions-of-asian-investors-1513074750
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bertil
That Bitcoin allows investors to go around their country regulation on
investments makes a lot more sense than a sudde... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Negotiating inflation-adjusted salary? - cottonseed
Has anyone negotiated an automatic periodic inflation adjustment to their salary? How was the idea received? What, if anything, did you have to give up to get it?
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erehweb
Where are you located? With inflation very low in U.S. and Europe, I wouldn't... | {
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} |
Apple iPad explained for Geeks - digamber_kamat
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/192799.asp
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david927
User are frustrated with the complexity of computers, but they don't want it
solved with simplicity. They want the rich feature set, but with the
complexity managed. Big difference.
~~~
digamber_k... | {
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Ask HN: Spouse not on the same page - trapperkeeper
Curious if anyone can share some experience with marriage. I married someone who isn't as intellectual as me. She was generally supportive of my tech interests and career ambitions when we were courting. At the time she had a job (though she had massive student ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Engineering Student Builds Real Transforming Robot Car - vaksel
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/engineering-student-builds-real-transforming-robot-car
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dkokelley
Very cool, but I never saw it actually walking. It rolled and scooted, but no
walking.
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vaksel
this one walks:
[http://www.techeblo... | {
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Only 10% of Americans spend $1000 on a smartphone - myu701
https://9to5google.com/2019/12/12/smartphone-1000/
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myu701
I'm not surprised at this.
$450 used to get you a device running current Android, current SoC, 1080p
screen, headphone jack, removable battery, SD card slot, and IR blaster.
([https://www.gsmare... | {
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} |
Dropbox Versus The World - kajham
http://www.fastcompany.com/3042436/tech-forecast/dropbox-versus-the-world
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arikrak
I only started the article, but it's too over-the-top to continue. I wonder
how you get media to write about your startup like that?
> Dropbox has the distinction of being the only cloud service—... | {
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Ask HN: startup idea - Market place for unused coupons? - ec2000
Market place for unused coupons.<p>I thought about creating a marketplace where people can exchange coupons they purchased from sites like Groupon, but haven't used yet.
Do you think this is a good idea? anyone implemented this yet in the USA?
======
... | {
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Programming Paradigm vs. Architecture - floyernick
How do you think, is programming paradigm such important thing in comparison to software architecture, and moreover, the architecture of infrastructure? Doesn't the architecture make much more impact on the quality of software than the used programming paradigm?
... | {
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A Book About Software Engineering at Google Is Out Today - tim_sw
https://www.amazon.com/Software-Engineering-Google-Lessons-Programming/dp/1492082791
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dang
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22609807](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22609807)
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16 weeks to get my iPhone app approved. Guess I was doing it wrong. Here's my advice. - timburks
http://softwaredev.meetup.com/92/messages/4917448/
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masonlee
It took us four weeks and four rejections to get Borange approved.
The back and forth via email with the App Store people moved at a snail's
pace. The m... | {
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} |
Dynamic languages are static languages - llambda
http://existentialtype.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/dynamic-languages-are-static-languages/
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spacemanaki
There was a lot of interesting discussion on the previous submission:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2346590>
Robert Harper's tone seems to rile a lot of pe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: which affordable SSD do you recommend for a mbp? - zemanel
Which affordable SSD do you recommend for a mbp?<p>I'm planning to replace the 5400 with a ~80G. there are a lot of reviews on the web and also reports of lots of bad/forged reviews, so i was interest to know which ones do you have persoanlly.
======... | {
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Show HN: occupyrealtime: a real-time stream of occupywallstreet photos - mncaudill
http://occupyrealtime.com
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mncaudill
At Flickr, we recently added some real-time features to our API, so I built a
little page that simply streams every single of our photos that is tagged with
#occupywallstreet.
I used node.js... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Lisprolog – Interpreter for a simple Lisp - gowan
http://www.logic.at/prolog/lisprolog/lisprolog.html
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prezjordan
Can you run this backwards and print simple lisp code that has a given output?
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Fresh IDE - mutin-sa
https://fresh.flatassembler.net/
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truncate
Just curious if they wrote the IDE in assembly (my instincts say not, but they
do make assembler). The login is giving 404
[https://fresh.flatassembler.net/fossil/repo/fresh/fossil/rep...](https://fresh.flatassembler.net/fossil/repo/fresh/fossil/rep... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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TIME Magazine tells you how to take good selfies [video] - blackdogie
http://time.com/30633/best-selfies/
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markovbling
Haha that was awesome!
As an aside, makes me wonder if there isn't an opportunity to make an app that
takes like 50 selfies and selects the best one for you (or just ranks them for
you). Like... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
When the close button doesn't close - chmars
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/07/when_the_close_button_doesnt_close/
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jloughry
Close button functionality on pop-up windows _could_ be provided (and
enforced) by the OS. The reasoning for it would similar to the "Trusted Path"
requirement in multi-level systems. Fake... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Graylog2: Java, Ruby, MongoDB-powered log management, monitoring, and alerting - mattyb
http://thechangelog.com/post/3504643018/graylog2-server-java-ruby-mongodb-log-management
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viraptor
It was fun to try out this software. It lacks some features in the interface
though... With some more automatic processing and... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How much did Amazon pay for Datarow? - thecleaner
I hear that this company was acquired by Amazon but there hasn't been any information on the amount it paid. Is it public information that just wasn't indexed anywhere ?
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QuinnyPig
You almost never see reliable information around acquisitions of... | {
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} |
Chicago Quietly Shortens Yellow Lights by .1 Sec, Writes 77,000 New Tickets - markmassie
http://slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/10/16/chicago_shortens_yellow_lights_makes_8_million_off_new_tickets.html
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a3n
This is just a way to raise taxes without public scrutiny or the honesty to do
it openly.
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The End of Babies - jseliger
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/16/opinion/sunday/capitalism-children.html
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deogeo
> But the trickling up of reproductive injustice could potentially give it
> broader traction. “White America is now feeling the effects of neoliberalism
> capitalism that the rest of Ameri... | {
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} |
Working Calculator in Super Mario Maker [video] - janvdberg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRrqK2LyHes
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hartator
The actual impressive logic circuit used:
[http://i.imgur.com/rltt1y7.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/rltt1y7.jpg)
~~~
userbinator
With all the careful routing of the "signals", the author seems like someon... | {
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} |
Zuckerberg’s Jealousy Held Back Instagram and Drove Off Founders - yasyfm
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-04-07/zuckerberg-s-jealousy-held-back-instagram-and-drove-off-founders
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tick_tock_tick
The article reads like a bad hit job it tries to paint facebooks position as
bleak while ignore all its pro... | {
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} |
YaCy takes on Google with open source search engine - a_w
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/29/yacy_google_open_source_engine/
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nextparadigms
I'm liking this P2P trend which seems to be spreading everywhere. I don't
think we're ready to have everything P2P yet, but it's good to see the trend
growing. At lea... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why we need worst-case thinking to prevent pandemics - tangental
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/mar/06/worst-case-thinking-prevent-pandemics-coronavirus-existential-risk
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roenxi
There is a real question here about whether we can sustain the sort of
sprawling, interconnected, JIT supply chain that has b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Radio Attack Lets Hackers Steal Cars with Just $20 Worth of Gear - touristtam
https://www.wired.com/2017/04/just-pair-11-radio-gadgets-can-steal-car/
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strictnein
For those wondering why this is possible, a lot of new cars unlock if your key
fob is in your pocket and you simply put your hand inside of the handle ... | {
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Is Cybersecurity Improving? - dbasedweeb
https://lawfareblog.com/cybersecurity-improving
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bradknowles
No.
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Ask HN: Why IBM's OS/2 Warp Has Failed? - meerita
Does anyone have an good article about its demise? I remember installing OS/2 many years ago. It was like a more powerful version of Windows 95, but since I had to work with W95 all day, I lost track of the progress and crash of this operating system.
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Spook... | {
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Warren Buffett is now the richest man in the world (beating Bill Gates after 13 years). - falsestprophet
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Warren-Buffett_C0R3.html
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kingnothing
Since he is already obligated to give the majority of his stock to the B&M
Gates Foundation, shouldn't that be subtra... | {
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} |
Questions That Will Keep Physicists Awake at Night - uladzislau
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/10/25/physics-biggest-unanswered-questions/?print=true
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daveyoon
I'm not a physicist, but the fact that the universe is exquisitely balanced to
support life keeps me up at night as well!
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“MP3 is dead” missed the real, much better story - imartin2k
https://marco.org/2017/05/15/mp3-isnt-dead
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djsumdog
Wait, people thought mp3 was dead because of that announcement?! O_o I feel
like people have lost touch with the history and the entire reason many Linux
distros do not distribute mp3 codecs!
Some o... | {
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Lamborghini and McLaren Dealerships Drive Bitcoin Adoption in USA - floridianfisher
http://www.coindesk.com/lamborghini-mclaren-bitcoin/
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floridianfisher
An article about my statup!
| {
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IBM's Plea for Gender Parity in an Ad From 1985 - route66
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/ibms-plea-for-gender-parity-in-an-ad-from-1985/280443/
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bandy
Although it was nice to see, the Society of Women Engineers
[http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/](http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.... | {
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Farmizen lets urbanites grow fresh food on a remote farm (2017) - troydavis
https://www.vccircle.com/this-startup-lets-urbanites-play-farmville-on-real-agricultural-land/
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jerkstate
The product is a sense of connection to the food and it sounds like some
customers are willing to pay a high premium.
It sounds li... | {
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Windows98 Running in the Browser - tectonic
https://copy.sh/v86/?profile=windows98
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MrBuddyCasino
Back when the system settings could be reached with less clicks, were
organised in a logical way and didn't use most of the screen as white-space.
~~~
nolok
You mean before windows tried to be designed as a a table... | {
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Stack Overflow is doing me ongoing harm - dsiegel2275
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/336526/stack-overflow-is-doing-me-ongoing-harm-its-time-to-fix-it
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solidasparagus
SO is mismanaging this so awfully.
Also kinda funny that she gets fired for using the term 'they' and then Stack
Overflow goes and talk... | {
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} |
How Jasonette Went from an Esoteric App to a Radical New Way to Make Native Apps - gliechtenstein
http://blog.jasonette.com/2016/01/12/Jasonette-2016-in-review?hn
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gliechtenstein
A couple of months ago I released Jasonette with a Show HN:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12879179](https://news.ycombinator.c... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Ask HN: Who is responsible for fending off DoS attacks? - ebun
Posterous, who uses Rackspace for hosting, was recently the target of a DoS attack. I got an email from them stating that they were addressing it and also offered some workarounds.<p>In a situation like this, who is responsible for fixing/addressing/gett... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Self-driving cars can be disabled with a laser pointer and a Raspberry Pi - scoot
http://www.alphr.com/cars/1001483/self-driving-cars-can-be-fooled-by-fake-cars-pedestrians-and-other-bogus-signals
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ArcticCelt
Human-driven cars can also be disabled with a laser pointer to the eye of the
driver.
[http://www.lives... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why html thinks 'chucknorris' is a color - andrewhillman
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8318911/why-does-html-think-chucknorris-is-a-color
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eth0up
Be thankful that's all it does:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr_X10iYeP8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr_X10iYeP8)
Imagine if he did that to the whole in... | {
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Earth Needs Fewer People to Beat the Climate Crisis, Scientists Say - harambaebae69
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/population-control-critical-part-climate-150004993.html
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Bostonian
A contrasting viewpoint that I agree with is
[https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-03-14/want-t...](https://www.bloo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Rampant Piracy Will Be The Kindle DX’s Savior - vaksel
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/09/rampant-piracy-will-be-the-kindle-dxs-savior/
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falsestprophet
_Just find the book you want in PDF form, upload it to your Kindle over USB,
and you’ve got a perfectly readable and convenient textbook._
I'm going to go out... | {
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} |
Americans keep buying veggies and then throwing them away - artsandsci
http://www.popsci.com/food-waste-healthy
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douche
Tends to happen when vegetables are picked early, and are at the very tail end
of their shelf-life by the time they get shipped around the world and hit your
refrigerator.
If you grow your own... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask YC: Blogging software for App Engine - zeke77
Does anyone know of any blogging software that runs on App Engine? I am in the process of moving my personal site (which includes an integrated WordPress blog) to App Engine. Everything is moved over but the blog. I know I can link to an external blog, but I would... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Show HN: X-spreadsheet 1.0.28 – A JavaScript canvas spreadsheet for web - myliang
https://myliang.github.io/x-spreadsheet
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rs23296008n1
Great stuff. A few things to fix.
Like how to add functions etc. This looks promising.
[https://github.com/myliang/x-spreadsheet/blob/master/src/cor...](https://github.com/myli... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
OVH to invest 1.5B € in 10 data centers - mrb
https://twitter.com/OVH/status/763740561882898432
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herbst
Everytime my server fails because of a hardware issues (happened 3 times to me
the last 2 years) the support blames me or the software i am running, then
hours later, still nothing working, i get a "automated"... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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How I'm using Twitter to acquire 100 uniques a day for my startup - ngjjdkdk
http://trevorstarick.com/twitter-an-untapped-well-of-potential-new-users/?
======
dang
This post was upvoted by sockpuppets. We have banned those, buried the post,
and banned the site.
Edit: We're also banning the site of the startup this wa... | {
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} |
Is it really a Leonardo? - howrude
https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-expert-eye-still-rules-the-game-of-art-authenticity
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craigcannon
Related: The Mark of a Masterpiece -
[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/07/12/the-mark-
of-a-...](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/07/12/the-mark-of-a-
masterpiece)
~~~... | {
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Neo-nomads transform a laptop, cell phone and coffeehouse into their office - farmer
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/03/11/MNGKKOCBA645.DTL
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chris_l
How on earth can they concentrate on their work in a cafe?
~~~
lupin_sansei
Exactly. If you can't afford office space why not do your prog... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: If you had $500 to spend on Startup services – what would they be? - Lindathefounder
I recently won a competition and got this small yet fun reward. Since I only need a premium WIX account and a server, i'm having a hard time thinking of other "essential services" to spend this money on. I only ... | {
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} |
Quora Video - allenleein
https://productupdates.quora.com/Video-on-Quora?ref=producthunt&share=1
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crispytx
Seems like Quora is going after a big chunk of YouTube's market. Pretty much
everyone uses YouTube for this sort of thing. It'll be interesting to see if
they'll be able to pull this off.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Facebook testing new homepage? - jetupper
http://i.imgur.com/ewWQX.png?1
======
jonrussell
What device was this captured on, and where in the world was it taken? Hard to
say it is testing anything without more details, ie is this the app sign-in
screen or Web-based? Can you provide more info?
Certainly it is a clea... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
If all of scientific knowledge were to be destroyed what would you pass on? - bootload
http://seedmagazine.com/content/print/starting_over/
======
watchandwait
The list in the article is terrible. Mostly evolution or biosphere mumbo-jumbo
that says more about our time today than helping humanity start over.
I'd pas... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Samsung Galaxy S now #1 in Japan, displacing iPhone 4 - Garbage
http://www.bgr.com/2010/11/04/samsung-galaxy-s-now-1-in-japan-displacing-iphone-4/
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JunkDNA
"the Galaxy S managed to take the top spot, though only when considering the
32GB and 16GB iPhone models individually."
Bit of a link-bait headline.
----... | {
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} |
New class of attack on cryptosystems discovered (vid included) - nickb
http://citp.princeton.edu/memory/
======
tptacek
This isn't an attack on cryptosystems, unless you torture the definition, so
that SSL/HTTPS is no longer a "cryptosystem", but rather "SSL/HTTPS deployed
on Dell Inspirons talking to IBM Blade server... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Automate QA Pipelines for Heroku Review Apps - creichert
https://assertible.com/blog/automating-qa-pipelines-for-heroku-review-apps
======
creichert
I love how trivial it is to get unique disposable environments for each GitHub
pull request automatically w/ Heroku.
This post talks about how to enhance review... | {
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} |
The HTTP 500 Solution - newscasta
http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2015-11-27-the-HTTP-500-solution.html
======
jessaustin
Somewhat agree with comments on TFA that 500 is in a sense more rude than 400.
The point stands, however, that one owes no details to obnoxious requests.
| {
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} |
The Story So Far (Y Combinator Startup Auctomatic) - JohnN
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6921893.stm
======
edgeztv
Hey Kul, it was good running into you guys at eBay Live. Unlike Auctomatic, we
(mystorespace.com) went the guerrilla route that day :) Our story is at
mystorespace.blogspot.com.
We also got swam... | {
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} |
America Desperately Needs AI Talent, Immigrants Included - smacktoward
https://breakingdefense.com/2019/12/america-desperately-needs-ai-talent-immigrants-included/
======
rowanG077
More AI talent? I feel that industry is already overstaffed and hyped to the
max.
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tabtab
When the AI bubble pops, will they go hom... | {
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} |
How to exit vim in 5 simple steps - CodeLikeAGirl
https://code.likeagirl.io/help-i-was-using-git-to-commit-some-code-and-now-the-window-has-changed-and-i-dont-know-what-s-9348a27e145b
======
IncRnd
Or, after you hit escape and enter command line mode, you may choose to type q
immediately followed by !.
This sequence ... | {
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} |
Is a home tech company still a viable idea? - forca
I've thought about starting a home-based tech company that deals with individual home owners and SOHO types as well as smaller businesses. Is this still a viable business model in 2014 and beyond.<p>I'm referring to home network setups, malware removal, O... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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