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Paul Buchheit: Can you see the wolves in your organization? - abstractbill
http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2007/06/great-story-from-steve-yegge.html
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Tichy
I didn't understand the story. So essentially, if too many Marshmallows start
showing up, something bad is going to happen? Seems to me I have read more
pr... | {
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Static single assignment for functional programmers (2011) - smcgivern
https://wingolog.org/archives/2011/07/12/static-single-assignment-for-functional-programmers
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FullyFunctional
This is very well written. I want to mention two other IL that takes SSA even
closer to a functional representation: thinned gated... | {
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Can Line Arrays Form Cylindrical Waves? A Line Array Theory Q&A (2005) - brudgers
https://web.archive.org/web/20080925234554/http://www.meyersound.com/support/papers/line_array_theory.htm
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slededit
Line arrays have revolutionized the quality of large PA systems. Although I do
miss the aesthetics of walls of woof... | {
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Co-Op cashier's breasts overcharged for fruit and veg - petercooper
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/09/jersey_coop/
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reinhardt
Pics or it didn't happen ;)
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Coca-Cola paid scientists to downplay how sweet drinks fueled the obesity crisis - alkhidr
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8589497/Coca-Colas-work-scientists-low-point-history-public-health.html
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Spooky23
Coca Cola has one of the most incredible branding and marketing operations on
earth.
I’d suggest... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How is your code/build/test/deploy flow organized? - tuyguntn
We use git for source code management, but thinking about which method of versioning is easier and more scalable in long-run. we can put tag for each release, but when we need to fix older version say v0.1, we cannot easily checkout, fix then commit... | {
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Here's How Facebook Can Avoid Playing the Part of the Colonialist - mathattack
http://fortune.com/2016/02/11/facebook-colonialism/
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nighthawk24
"Of course Facebook wasn’t marching in with gun in hand, seeking to subjugate
all who stood before it — it was only partnering with local mobile operators
to give people... | {
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1960s Visionary Film “The Home of the Future: Year AD 1999” With Wink Martindale - DrScump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RRxqg4G-G4
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DrScump
A retrospective interview with Wink Martindale:
[https://vimeo.com/15063245](https://vimeo.com/15063245)
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Ask HN: Accepted job offer but no contract yet - throwaway4443
I applied to various companies and accepted an offer from one of them. It's been one week and no contract in sight. Recruiter keeps saying "tomorrow". This company is located in Germany.<p>I excused myself from most of other hiring processes... | {
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TCP Traceroute - Anon84
http://www.catonmat.net/blog/tcp-traceroute/
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majke
I'm not sure about `tcptraceroute` but `traceroute -T` seems to be using SYN
packets with tweaked TTL value [1].
There is an even more interesting technique - injecting packets with modified
TTL into a currently running and valid TCP/IP... | {
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First rule of ant traffic: no overtaking - chaostheory
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/23176/
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zealog
While it is interesting that there is "no overtaking" in the ant world, I
don't think this really has any real bearing on humans and driving congestion
(as suggested by the articles subheading). Havin... | {
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} |
The Miracle of Vitamin D: Sound Science, or Hype? - robg
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/the-miracle-of-vitamin-d-sound-science-or-hype/?8dpc
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ggchappell
I'm glad this was posted, although I do find the article to be a little
confused.
Certainly, what the writer is getting at has been the Achilles heel... | {
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Poor kids who do things right don’t do better than rich kids who do things wrong - jordanpg
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/18/poor-kids-who-do-everything-right-dont-do-better-than-rich-kids-who-do-everything-wrong/
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BryanBigs
Another headline that's actually backed up by the data shown... | {
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Router hacker suspect arrested at Luton Airport - colinprince
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37510502
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andreicon
maybe they should secure their f __*ing routers!
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The Economics of Programming Languages - bootload
http://www.welton.it/articles/programming_language_economics.html
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davidw
Ok, I admit it, I'm a programming language geek:-)
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Ask HN: Google App engine pricing vs. AWS? - petervandijck
Roughly, how does App engine pricing compare to AWS. Of course, App engine is free at first (although it's hard for me to get a sense for how much you get for free).<p>In particular: I have a forum app running on AWS, costs me about 150$/month, getting about... | {
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How to Survive the Next Wave of Technology Extinction - digital55
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/technology/personaltech/how-to-survive-the-next-wave-of-technology-extinction.html?ref=technology
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mark_l_watson
Good article, great advice. Scary how closely I follow that advice, varying
only in sometimes usin... | {
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The real problem with git. - d0m
Sorry I have no blog. The commands make no sense and are hard to remember. It would be so quick and so easy to remember:
- git stage add file
- git stage remove file
- git stage list.<p>Sorry, I can't give you the real commands, I never remember them.<p>Oh, and also, why can't it... | {
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Show HN: Outlook on steroids - Biba
https://www.hiri.com
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mrmondo
I don't think this website could be any more broken on a mobile device, none
of the buttons work, everything seems out of scale and the video doesn't load.
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New fake SegWit2X: premining millions - jasonjmcghee
https://github.com/SegwitB2X/bitcoin2x/commit/08220e2a3c8ba8f53801302a8b7b6d6da5a39645
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Klathmon
Again, I'll repost what I posted in another thread this morning:
This Segwit2X has almost nothing to do with the original "Segwit2X". They are
basically taking wh... | {
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Principles we use to write CSS for modern browsers - vuknje
https://gist.github.com/alekseykulikov/68a5d6ddae569f6d0456b0e9d603e892
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skrebbel
A bit meta, but I need this off my chest: I love how this document starts off
saying "this is for react apps". IMO every discussion about CSS coding
standards needs to sta... | {
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How to operate before incorporation? - bmaier
What is the best way to run your startup before incorporation? For example if I were getting a startup ready for Y combinator and you recommend not incorporating beforehand, how do you recommend handling any business transactions that would occur in the meantime?
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TeenSafe phone monitoring app leaked thousands of user passwords - rkho
https://www.zdnet.com/article/teen-phone-monitoring-app-leaks-thousands-of-users-data/
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djrogers
This is absolutely inexcusable- requiring customers to disable two-factor auth
and storing passwords in plaintext? Seriously, there should be a ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Where to check YC alumni names? - ahmedaly
Someone I know from Egypt is claiming he is a yc alumni.
I am not sure how to check if he really is?
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jacquesm
As what company, what year then check:
[https://www.ycdb.co/](https://www.ycdb.co/)
Find the company and check the team page; use google to read up o... | {
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Science Is Getting Less Bang for Its Buck - dsr12
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/diminishing-returns-science/575665/
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protonfish
This seems like the obvious result of many of the unhealthy forces against
science today: replacing professorship with part-timers, rewarding publishing
quantity o... | {
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} |
The trauma of Facebook’s content moderators - donohoe
https://restofworld.org/2020/facebook-international-content-moderators/
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DavidVoid
That was good article and I think something really needs to be done to make
content moderation more humane.
This quote from the article
_“It gets to a point where you can ea... | {
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Blue Eyes Logic Puzzle - ZeljkoS
http://www.math.ucla.edu/~tao/blue.html
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Mindless2112
Edit: it looks like I'm wrong.
The first argument is true; the second has the logical flaw. The flaw is
assuming that induction can continue despite additional pre-knowledge
available when there are greater numbers of blue-ey... | {
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Ask HN: My first Startup Weekend - 404error
Hello all,<p>I work for a small newspaper on the Central Coast of California. Santa Maria, Ca to be exact.<p>Someone has organized the first ever Start-up Weekend in my city (that I'm aware of). Since joining the hacker news community I have always wanted to attend one, bu... | {
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Intel's take on GCC's memcpy implementation - mtdev
http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/memcpy-performance/
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wolf550e
This article is old: March 9, 2009 1:00 AM PDT
Nowadays glibc has modern SSE code and the kernel uses "rep movsb". The kernel
can store and restore FPU state if the copy is long and doing... | {
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} |
Bullet vs. Prince Rupert's Drop at 150,000 Fps - woobar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24q80ReMyq0
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googlebreak
[https://www.regonline.com/registration/checkin.aspx?EventID=...](https://www.regonline.com/registration/checkin.aspx?EventID=1933828)
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Google is starting to reveal the secrets of its experimental Fuchsia OS - Tomte
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/9/18563521/google-fuchsia-os-android-chrome-hiroshi-lockheimer-secrets-revealed
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mimixco
I can't help but think this is another attempt to lock down people and devices
into a Google-controlled platform... | {
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Piercing The Corporate Veil - Jim_Neath
http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2010/03/piercing-the-corporate-veil.html
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hga
" _I said last week that forming a company is the best way to "putting a
buffer between you and the business." But as Shawn and others point out in
last week's comment thread, you can't just pretend to... | {
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} |
CommandQ – Never accidentally quit an app again - webdevetc
https://clickontyler.com/commandq/
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makecheck
This type of thing can be done by setting up key bindings in System
Preferences, either per app or as a global default.
And the macOS version isn’t limited (e.g. I globally rebind Minimize because I
got tir... | {
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} |
(Intro To) Map, Reduce and Other Higher Order Functions - netcraft
http://ryanguill.com/functional/higher-order-functions/2016/05/18/higher-order-functions.html
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russellbeattie
That's the first article I've ever read that cleanly explained reduce - not
just what it does, but why and how to use it.
~~~
netcraft
... | {
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Amazon sellers say that the company is losing millions to scammers - exolymph
https://www.inc.com/sonya-mann/amazon-fraud-scam-sellers.html
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johnsocs
Over the last year or two I have noticed that a bit more care and scrutiny
needs to be put in to a seller and product review before I make my one click
purchase. O... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Three reasons I avoid anonymous JavaScript functions like the plague - sanderson1
https://hackernoon.com/three-reasons-i-avoid-anonymous-js-functions-like-the-plague-7f985c27a006#.42sstf8pw
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Cozumel
It's a bad workman who blames his tools.
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labrador
I like to write my code so it is easy to debug and easy ... | {
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How do i choose architecture for my scraping web app? - tnsaturday
I have written a bunch of simple Python scripts that parse and scrape information on the web and store it in JSON files, so that I can access that data and work with it. Now I want to build a web application on top of my project. Basic use case would b... | {
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Satya Nadella: DREAMers make our country and communities stronger - coloneltcb
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dreamers-make-our-country-communities-stronger-satya-nadella
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e9
This really frustrates me. Children should not be punished for crimes of
parents but they should also not benefit from them. As legal immi... | {
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} |
Pro-China Astroturfers - ulysses
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/280000-pro-china-astroturfers-are-running-amok-online.ars
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jamesbressi
This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone, no, not the fact that it is China, but
the fact that it is happening. Just a digital form of propaganda and digital
rog... | {
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} |
Roger McNamee: Microsoft and Google are dead, HTML5 is the future - dstein
http://fora.tv/2011/06/28/Elevation_Partners_Director_and_Co-Founder_Roger_McNamee
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MaysonL
A great interview with him: [http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/04/14/roger-
mcnamee-loves-t...](http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/04/14/roger-mcna... | {
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Detecting Spam on Twitter - ajju
http://aarjav.org/wordpress/?p=59
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ajju
@semanticvoid pointed out that one of the problems with using @spam to collect
spam for research is that some classes of spammers may be underreported. What
is there was an account that just copy tweets from famous accounts or a feed
and ... | {
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} |
Show HN: All my GitHub Issues on one page - effhaa
http://my-issu.es/
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effhaa
A small project from last weekend. Maybe it is useful for somebody else. :)
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Pedantic Hacker News - tolitius
http://pedantichn.tumblr.com/
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enthdegree
I can usually grasp the general idea of content on pages with invalid markup
but I just couldn't understand this one at all. `Stray doctype?' Come on
now...
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Lyme Disease Cases Are Exploding - sb057
https://elemental.medium.com/lyme-disease-cases-are-exploding-and-its-only-going-to-get-worse-5d3c3a2de5c5
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robolange
My father nearly died of [what we believe to be] Lyme disease. A few years ago
he started getting awful bouts of pain all over his body. He couldn't eat, ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
This Mediterranean diet study was hugely impactful. The science just fell apart - nsstring96
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/6/20/17464906/mediterranean-diet-science-health-predimed
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urlwolf
I'm struggling with the 'what can I eat' question. I'm mediterranean. I've
tried plenty of fad diets.
One uno... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
If P vs NP formally independent then NP has very close to poly-time upper bounds - amichail
http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~shai/ph.ps.gz
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gjm11
This one may merit a summary, since there are a few subtleties. So, here goes.
Background: Ever since Goedel, we know that in any given system for doing
mathematics so... | {
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Anyone else thinks that Whiteboard interview is just covered ageism? - zerogvt
It's the second time in a few months I'm being turned down with the pretext of a failed whiteboard interview. Things like improper syntax and not getting the damned recursive solution fast enough.
Given that I am 42 yrs old and be... | {
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Why do people still say Java is slow? - yati
http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/368/why-do-people-still-say-java-is-slow
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srean
If you are doing a lot of processing on numeric arrays, then no, Java is
certainly not one of the faster languages. Its very difficult to have safety
(for example no out o... | {
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} |
Y Combinator Article Nominated for Deletion by Wikipedia Administrators - ciscoriordan
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Y_Combinator&oldid=234584904
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pb30
Rather than just complaining about Wikipedia, I've contested the deletion by
removing the prod tag and added some sources from major publications. ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Is there a news site where you can define sources it must pull from? - thasaleni
I don't need something like Google news, that suggests news based on some algorithm, I need something i can manually add sources to and then it consolidates and classifies all the news from those sources. e.g. I add Bloomberg... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Creating consistent development environments with Docker - sdomino
https://hackernoon.com/how-to-create-consistent-development-environments-that-just-work-55be5417341b
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seoknucklehead
What percentage of time do developers spend troubleshooting code on different
environments and trying to synchronize, probably 25... | {
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} |
Show HN: Vuesence Book – Vue.js component for building documentation systems - _altrus
https://github.com/altrusl/vuesence-book
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mahesh_rm
This looks neat! Will try it out soon.
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I Want a New Platform - dstowell
http://www.unionsquareventures.com/2007/09/i_want_a_new_pl.html
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dpapathanasiou
Ugh... I want to downvote this just for putting that Huey Lewis song in my
head
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Reverse-engineering Instagram to access the private API - 1il7890
http://definedcodehosting.com/reverse.html
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sjtgraham
Is it still the case that the app only uses HTTPS to create a session and
plain HTTP for everything else? I remember that was the case about a year ago
after using mitmproxy to sniff traffic,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Torrent downloader Bitport.io premium for free - MicarleNostril
https://bitport.io/holiday-giveaway/
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MicarleNostril
Follow the link. After you register, you get your premium plan automatically.
It is valid until the end of this year. Enjoy.
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How Genius annotations undermined web security - LukeB_UK
http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/25/11505454/news-genius-annotate-the-web-content-security-policy-vulnerability
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kaonashi
Isn't this essentially the same thing as hoodwink.d?
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Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letters - merrick33
http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/letters.html
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peternicholls
Love these letters!!
Priceless to anyone who is running a proper business!
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12 Outdated Web Features That Need to Disappear in 2014 - octavianc
http://mashable.com/2014/01/14/outdated-web-features/#:eyJzIjoiZiIsImkiOiJfdnJxbWVjbTFmeTg0bmV6ayJ9
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wanda
#13: articles about _n_ things that _x_
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WPCouple Interviewed the React.js Team at Facebook About WordPress and Gutenberg - agbonghama
https://wpcouple.com/interview-react-team-facebook-wordpress-gutenberg/
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mrahmadawais
Thanks for the submission.
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Tumblr will be joining Yahoo - twapi
http://staff.tumblr.com/post/50902268806/news
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benackles
How many different ways have we heard the same thing?
> So what’s new? Simply, Tumblr gets better faster. The work ahead of us
> remains the same – and we still have a long way to go! – but with more
> resources to d... | {
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Ask HN: Would you use an email presorting service like this? - branko
Hi guys, at SquareOne we've been building a more manageable mobile email experience, and through all of our customer research we came up with an interesting service model that could live on top of the platform we've built.<p>This is a se... | {
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Ask HN: What hipster skills or project are you working on due to plague lockdown - awaythrower
I'm making spanish rice, falafel, and hummus from absolute scratch.<p>Is someone out there growing wheat and making naan or tortillas?
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awaythrower
I just learned cooking white and brown rice together doesn't work... | {
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Bike light that projects the symbol of a bike down onto the road - dabeeeenster
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/embrooke/blaze-bike-light
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jdietrich
This is stupid.
The £50 that this light costs will buy you an _extremely_ bright set of
conventional lights, giving out several hundred lumens rather than 80... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How to make an interactive story like NYTimes? - davidtranjs
Today my friend sends me a link to this post: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/22/world/coronavirus-spread.html. I am intrigued by the visual design and the interaction of this post. Is there any Jav... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Are the news media misrepresenting data on how long coronavirus remains viable? - cvk
https://hackeur.life/coronavirus-viability/
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firatcan
That was the question I am asking at this post just few seconds
ago.[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22697883](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22697883)
Why are t... | {
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} |
The Fed stalls the creation of a bank with a novel business model - known
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/09/22/the-fed-stalls-the-creation-of-a-bank-with-a-novel-business-model
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dannyw
In a competitive market, if the Fed is paying out 1.95% to bank reserves,
there is no reason why my saving... | {
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} |
Webhooks, upload notifications and background image processing - nadavs
http://cloudinary.com/blog/webhooks_upload_notifications_and_background_image_processing
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nadavs
This blog post details how you can use Cloudinary to perform asynchronous
background image processing in the cloud and receive web notificatio... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
IPhone 5 Prototype found at a bar - itzthatiz
http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2011/0901/Secret-iPhone-prototype-left-at-a-bar-again
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grecy
Title is misleading... the device has not been confirmed found, only missing.
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brk
tl;dr: it's possible that some piece of hardware roughly the size of ... | {
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Lost Ancestors of ASCII Art - fescue
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/the-lost-ancestors-of-ascii-art/283445/
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memracom
Look down at the picture of the Siamese cat. There is and example of Run
Length Encoding. I expect that some of the other source materials will also
show Run Length Encod... | {
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} |
Is any one else extremely annoyed by Google's Android privacy bullying? - lumberjack
Ever time I turn on the GPS tracking Google asks if I would like to let them have my location to enhance the location precision. I say no. Fine. I cannot disable the dialog for whatever reason. I then try to turn location tracking o... | {
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} |
A super-thin slice of wood can be used to turn saltwater drinkable - based2
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2212346-a-super-thin-slice-of-wood-can-be-used-to-turn-saltwater-drinkable/
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abdullahkhalids
20 kg/m^2/h seems enough for a house near the sea to be self-sufficient. You
could pump salty ground water ... | {
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} |
JSON Labs Release: Native JSON Data Type and Binary Format - johnchristopher
http://mysqlserverteam.com/json-labs-release-native-json-data-type-and-binary-format/
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ape4
I feel as soon as every database supports JSON the world will move to a
different data format. Like I feel a bit sad for Scala having native X... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Three Introductory Textbooks I Hope to Read Someday - gms
http://ghalib.me/blog/three-introductory-textbooks-i
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shire
I'm reading the Stewart series for Calculus, he moves to fast I feel.
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e3pi
Concrete Mathematics is a new title to me, your buoyant thrill on Euler font
and making a concrete floor() and... | {
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Stupid question: why is it legal for the NSA to perform MITM attacks? - appleflaxen
I get it that some degree of latitude to break the law is justified when enforcing the law (such as a police officer running a red light when pursuing a criminal). But those types of permitted transgressions are carefully controlled by... | {
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Building digital libraries in Ghana - cmod
https://medium.com/message/ebooks-for-all-b23d2d8e63b8
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zhapen
how to support?
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The New York Times Expected To Launch Local Blog Network On Monday - transburgh
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/27/new-york-times-expected-to-launch-local-blog-network-on-monday/
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brandnewlow
Well, other major papers have talked about doing this for a while. Makes sense
for the Times to try it out. The Boston ... | {
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} |
Faster R-CNN: Down the rabbit hole of modern object detection - vierja
https://tryolabs.com/blog/2018/01/18/faster-r-cnn-down-the-rabbit-hole-of-modern-object-detection/
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rambossa
Does anyone try to get accurate bounding boxes (rotation, correct angle) with
these object detection models? Or does the greatly hard... | {
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} |
Erlang programmer’s view on Curiosity Rover software - deno
http://jlouisramblings.blogspot.com/2012/08/getting-25-megalines-of-code-to-behave.html
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pron
I absolutely love Erlang and think that, along with Clojure, it provides a
complete ideology for developing modern software.
But the article implies (and more... | {
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} |
The scored society: due process for automated predictions [pdf] - anigbrowl
https://digital.law.washington.edu/dspace-law/bitstream/handle/1773.1/1318/89WLR0001.pdf
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tacon
I took Caltech's "Learning from Data"[0] (machine learning) MOOC a couple of
years ago. Of course, one of the classic ML applications is lo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Improving Angular performance with 1 line of code - lolptdr
https://medium.com/@hackupstate/improving-angular-performance-with-1-line-of-code-a1fb814a6476#.f94wuqq7d
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RKoutnik
As someone who's specialized in AngularJS optimization [0], this doesn't
surprise me in the least. Developers leave plenty of performance... | {
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} |
Microbots Are on Their Way - smb111
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/science/microbots-robots-silicon-wafer.html
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raybon
20 years ago, when I was a bright eyed graduate student, I was mesmerized by
MEMS (micro-electro mechanical systems), which promised similar revolution. I
learnt about 'artificial muscles', ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
On depression, privilege, and online activism - kencausey
http://mainisusuallyafunction.blogspot.com/2014/06/on-depression-privilege-and-online.html
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Exenith
This guy is completely innocent and has done no wrong, yet he feels so guilty
and tip-toes around everything, just because he has white skin and a penis.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why I Am Not An Integrated Information Theorist (or, The Unconscious Expander) - altro
http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1799
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apl
I appreciate the notion of a "pretty-hard" problem of consciousness; it nicely
captures what people in the field, philosophers and scientists alike, are
_actually_ looking for.
... | {
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} |
Windows Timer Resolution: Megawatts Wasted - ceeK
http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/windows-timer-resolution-megawatts-wasted/
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gioele
In the meantime, Linux has (by default) an adaptable timer and will soon be
fully tickless [1]. In other words there will be no fixed timer and the OS
will calculate wh... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Microsoft lifts GPL code, uses in Microsoft Store tool - vijaydev
http://www.withinwindows.com/2009/11/06/microsoft-lifts-gpl-code-uses-in-microsoft-store-tool/
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ramchip
The comments quality on this blog is terrible.
That being said... the GPL violation is not yet 100% clear. The author
suspects it from having ... | {
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} |
Virgin Galactic Unveils Design For SpaceShipTwo - jmorin007
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/23/virgin-galactic-unveils-design-for-spaceshiptwo/
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danw
_the ability to launch low-earth satellites that could literally take some of
the heat out of the planet, by serving as a repository for information
technology._... | {
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} |
CNN: Online comments are on the way out - cft
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/21/tech/web/online-comment-sections/
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piwakawaka
Is this true? Are comments done for? Do they desire them in theory, if trolls
could be excluded? Can trolls be excluded?
"At CNN, comments on most stories were disabled in August. They are... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Guest Posts and link-building for B2B SaaS - cscane
http://www.synergy4saas.com
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cscane
Comments or feedback? We're accepting beta users
| {
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} |
Adobe Forging Ahead with Flash for the iPhone Despite Jobs’ Remarks - ciscoriordan
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/adobe-forging-ahead-with-flash-for-the-iphone-despite-jobs-remarks/
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bilbo0s
This is a mistake.
Firstly, if Flash on the iPhone is buggy, because Apple withheld its help,
users will blame Fl... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why Hypercard Had to Die (2011) - tobr
http://www.loper-os.org/?p=568
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edtechdev
At the bottom of the comments, a member of the Hypercard team said it was
killed in 92, before Jobs returned.
There still is no free development tool out there that matches what Hypercard
did in terms of power and ease of use. We'r... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Flexbox Patterns: Build user interfaces with CSS flexbox - micaeloliveira
http://www.flexboxpatterns.com
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mdorazio
Flexbox is great, but honestly I'm not going to spend any time trying to
master it until IE supports it well. I know there are workarounds with
conditional styling rules and other fallbacks, but tha... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Non-Sucky Twitter Business Model - jgilliam
http://3dna.us/a_non_sucky_twitter_business_model
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jarin
That seems awfully counterproductive, and it would take about 30 minutes for
someone to start republishing paid users' content.
Here are some ideas that I think would work way better:
\- In-stream advertisi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Think Positive. Be Positive. Stay Positive. - icodemyownshit
http://nickfenton.com/2009/12/08/positive-vibe/
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jodrellblank
For hundreds of years, Britain (a country of now only 70 million people,
smaller than New Zealand) has been world economic power, an empire building
nation, involved in the winning side of... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Automate Multiple RSS Feeds in Mailchimp Newsletters - jamesq
https://fliprss.com
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jamesq
We've just launched the public beta of FlipRSS and would welcome any feedback
on the website, brand and product.
It's been a fun 4 week project based on the needs of a client and it's been
great to ship beta.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Adam Carolla won’t let Personal Audio drop podcast patent infringement lawsuit - bennesvig
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/08/01/adam_carolla_won_t_let_personal_audio_drop_podcast_patent_infringement_lawsuit.html
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dicroce
Fuck "Personal Audio".
Go Adam. The world needs more people to stand up to bu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Do You Need To Move To The Valley? - pchristensen
http://www.danmartell.com/do-you-really-need-to-move-to-the-valley/
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joedynamite
I thought this was an awesome article. I saved up money and quit my job last
year to move from NY to SF. It never panned out, so I wound up being jobless
for 9 months until I found s... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Germ-Killing Brands Now Want to Sell You Germs - howard941
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-04-22/even-clorox-and-unilever-want-the-booming-bacteria-business-to-thrive
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october_sky
WSJ referred to this article with this summary: "The world’s best-known
antibacterial brands are now pouring millions in... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Old Investors want free stock in new company - what should I do? - throwaway16
I had a startup in the past that didn't work out. I had some angel investors who each invested about $20k. Now I do a new startup that is going really well and those old investors tell me that the right thing to do for me would be t... | {
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} |
Show HN: Stacks – share your MOOCs with friends - johnnyodonnell
https://stacks.courses
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niuzeta
So this is like Goodread/aggregated recommendation engine for online courses?
I like this idea a lot. There are way too many resources nowadays that it's
hard to pick and commit to one[1]. Barry Schwartz's Paradox of... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Prototype glasses help the visually impaired avoid obstacles - KD12
http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/29/prototype-glasses-help-the-visually-impaired-avoid-obstacles/
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jonmrodriguez
Similarly, an app for either AR glasses or camera glasses that pair with a
phone should be able to help totally blind people naviga... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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