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How Companies Became People a.k.a. the need to change the 1st US Law - wetzeljohn
https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140702111720-20747703-the-power-of-words-change-the-1st-us-law
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wetzeljohn
There is also a petition at [http://wh.gov/lF14K](http://wh.gov/lF14K)
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Unix Toolbox - eitland
http://cb.vu/unixtoolbox.xhtml
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eitland
> This document is a collection of Unix/Linux/BSD commands and tasks which are
> useful for IT work or for advanced users. This is a practical guide with
> concise explanations, however the reader is supposed to know what s/he is
> doing.
Something ... | {
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A Git Horror Story: Repository Integrity with Signed Commits - alexis-d
http://mikegerwitz.com/papers/git-horror-story
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mitchtbaum
1201 days ago:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4007229](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4007229)
461 days ago:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7827828](https://ne... | {
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Hotmail Adds New Feature "My Friend's Been Hacked" - mjurek
http://www.tekgoblin.com/2011/07/16/hotmail-adds-new-feature-my-friends-been-hacked/
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drdaeman
> Hotmail is also working hard to eliminate accounts that have simple
> passwords such as “12345678″ and “password” by increasing security measures
> and no... | {
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Ask HN: What’s the coolest thing you have built - mraza007
Hi HN,
As I’m getting more involved in HN community. I would love to see the coolest side project you have built since this will inspire me others to start building side projects
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softwaredoug
I created one of the most popular Elasticsearch plugins, Elas... | {
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California debuts ‘digital’ license plates - arunc
http://amp.sacbee.com/news/local/transportation/back-seat-driver/article211828814.html
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tomcam
Let me get this out there first. If they are not already equipped with GPS,
they will be. They will then be used to track your speed and give you speeding
tickets auto... | {
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Japan starts space elevator experiments - Futurebot
https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/japan-starts-space-elevator-experiments-2018-08/
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snowmaker
It's unclear to me if this is real or the continuation of a publicity stunt
from Obayashi (who has been getting press about their plans to build a space
... | {
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Who are the biggest badasses in Internet history? - tannerc
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1mz745/who_are_the_biggest_badasses_in_internet_history/
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beat
Richard Stallman. He hacked the _law_! The GPL is one of the most important
things that ever happened in software, and created the foundation for... | {
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Hunting down my son's killer (2012) - Tomte
http://matt.might.net/articles/my-sons-killer/
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Tomte
Matt Might is now leading a medicinal institute at the University of Alabama.
That‘s an impressing cross-transfer from computer science.
This text is one of the texts I have read most in my life. Not only is it
emo... | {
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U.S. Federal Individual Income Tax Rates History, 1862-2013 - lisper
http://taxfoundation.org/article/us-federal-individual-income-tax-rates-history-1913-2013-nominal-and-inflation-adjusted-brackets
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Animats
Take a look at 1953. Top rate, 92%.
Consider the 1950s. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the general in c... | {
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How to write a good job description - sgdesign
http://folyo.me/guides/how_to_write_a_good_job_description
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sixtofour
An enjoyable read, with good food for thought.
One disagreement:
"We’re pretty nice guys to work with, as long as you love cats like us of
course (dog people need not apply, sorry!)."
Having ... | {
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Ask HN: How do you *really* get a good Software Engineering job? - seeminglylost
It seems like anything I do is never good enough. I can know how to code in multiple languages and provide decent coding examples. But, there is always one little thing that I didn't have in order to get the job. It feels like job ... | {
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Ask HN: now that Mavericks broke gmail support, what will you use? - tigroferoce
Mail.app does not play well with gmail. Sparrow was bought by Google (and therefore has uncertain future on OS X. Inky seems nice, but it's terribly slow and is a resource monster. So what do you use for your email?
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robmil
I'm... | {
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GoReplay 4th anniversary and 0.16 release - LeonidBugaev
https://leonsbox.com/goreplay-v0-16-and-4th-anniversary-5408b1fd72e0
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sergey_mo
Awesome!
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matiasb
Congrats!
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World fails to meet a single target to stop destruction of nature – UN report - pera
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/15/every-global-target-to-stem-destruction-of-nature-by-2020-missed-un-report-aoe
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eindiran
FTA:
> From tackling pollution to protecting coral reefs, the international
> communit... | {
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Google Ventures: Your Design Team Needs A War Room. Here's How To Set One Up - kevinwuhoo
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3028471/google-ventures-your-design-team-needs-a-war-room-heres-how-to-set-one-up
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runlevel1
Slightly off-topic, but can anyone explain how they're using the <video> tag
in #page-jumbotron?
I ... | {
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Google's Schmidt warns regulators against killing innovation - cwan
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-google-schmidt.html
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naner
_Asked by an Iranian member of the audience if Google will stop blocking
Android or Chrome downloads in his country, Schmidt said that the ban was due
to US sanctions on Iran and t... | {
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US may tie social media to visa applications - Sami_Lehtinen
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43601557
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janoc
I think it is long past the date when the EU should have started to apply
reciprocally onerous standards to the US citizens traveling to Europe. Unless
the US travelers start raising fuss at home ... | {
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Apple Introduces Revamped Two-Factor Auth for iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan - tomkinstinch
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/07/08/ios-9-el-capitan-two-factor-authentication/
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tomkinstinch
The process for enabling the current (opt-in) two-factor verification is
described here:
[https://support.apple.com/kb/PH14668?loc... | {
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Microsoft's Bing versus Google, some observations - Encosia
http://jacquesmattheij.com/Microsofts+Bing+versus+Google,+some+observations
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RiderOfGiraffes
This link doesn't work for me. A link that does work, and lots of discussion
already there, can be found here:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2174677>
... | {
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Arizona Senate votes to accept tax payments in Bitcoin - nokcha
http://fortune.com/2018/02/10/arizona-bitcoin-taxes/
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BoorishBears
I can’t wait for the obsession with “Blockchain Technology” to final fizzle
out for the few realistic non-groundbreaking applications to emerge.
Every “out of touch with tech except... | {
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Show HN: Deep Learning Shirt for Charity - some1else
http://some1else.tumblr.com/post/124922361439/deep-learning-shirt-for-charity
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therobot24
$30 for a shirt with a screen printed image from some random deep learning
paper? You don't even cite the paper. Assuming the source is published in some
venue then the... | {
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Passive TCP/IP Geo-Location - blaskov
http://geoloc.foremski.pl/
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phire
I see the bug. If the ping times are high enough (~250ms) it will happily
create circles which exceed the area of earth, and the google maps API will
happily draw negative circles which exclude the user's likely location.
Really there shoul... | {
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The YouTube Martyr - noonespecial
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1195060/The-YouTube-Martyr-How-beautiful-music-student-symbol-help-topple-Irans-fanatical-rulers.html
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noonespecial
Is Joseph Stalin's brutal calculus finally ended by the cell phone and
twitter? Have "statistics" now become a million li... | {
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} |
Major Music Festivals Have Pledged Not to Use Facial Recognition Technology - innovateee
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ywakpj/40-major-music-festivals-have-pledged-not-to-use-facial-recognition-technology
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skratchpixels
This is great that people are against this technology but facial recognition
will probab... | {
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The ABC Conjecture has not been proved - misleading_name
http://mathbabe.org/2012/11/14/the-abc-conjecture-has-not-been-proved/
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duaneb
God dammit. Of course it hasn't been proved yet, nobody is viewing the theorem
as accepted by the mathematical community. But such a headline makes me think
that his proof was... | {
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} |
Are you Chasing a Mirage? - dwynings
http://marcrandolph.com/2012/02/28/are-you-chasing-a-mirage/
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tgrass
And here we have the economist who won't pick a twenty-dollar bill off the
sidewalk, because if it were really there someone would have picked it up
already.
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Mz
I am clear I am doing something "novel... | {
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Sales of the Galaxy S III rose following the unveiling of the iPhone 5 - neya
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57541312-94/samsung-feels-the-power-as-galaxy-note-2-lifts-off/?ttag=fbwp
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mdasen
That makes sense. If you were thinking about getting a GS3 in late September,
you might as well wait to see what Apple... | {
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} |
Matlab is oversold as a general-purpose language - jordigh
https://abandonmatlab.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/309/
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jurassic
The author is totally biased, but that doesn't mean he is wrong. If the bias
offends you, you aren't the target audience. I personally have experienced
several of the things he rants about, so... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What's your plan for 2016 or What tech you are looking forward - lnk2w
A coworker and I were talking about what we wanted to do, and I thought that was a good topic to discuss.<p>I'm looking for a job in a bigger city, and I'm really thinking about learn Go or Elixr.
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krapp
I need to find regul... | {
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Ask HN: Please help us with our Nigerian domains - vahakota
Brief history: We (3 developers) reserved a bunch of Nigerian domains when they came available last year and thought we would develop something on them. During the past year we failed miserably to allocate time to do anything to this and now the domains are... | {
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Ask YC: Expectations and Reality (Startups) - js440
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js440
Long time listener, first time caller. Sorry that I didn't put the Ask YC
(didn't know if it added it automatically or not).
I finally found a few potential cofounders, quit my job, and started working
obsessively on my ideas. I'll have a demo in a f... | {
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Ta11y – modern website accessibility as a service - transitivebs
https://ta11y.saasify.sh/
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jareds
The fact that I can't tab to the cURL, Python, etc options when using Jaws
doesn't fill me with confidence. I realize this may be because of the SaaS
platform you chose but it still doesn't reflect particularly wel... | {
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} |
Dell could emerge as a public company through a reverse merger with VMware - QUFB
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/29/dell-is-considering-a-sale-to-vmware-in-what-may-be-techs-biggest-deal.html
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chimeracoder
I can't wait for Dell to go public again, so that we can someday have a repeat
of the last private buyout deb... | {
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Compcache: in-memory compressed swapping - nreece
http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/334649/2120ed5d75248ca0/
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pmjordan
This is cool. I've previously wondered if this sort of system could be a net
gain at all, but it sounds like it is. The last time I contemplated compressed
in-RAM swap was when I was working working... | {
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Ask HN: Which browser is your default, and why? - lbj
On Linux I used https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conkeror for its speed. On Windows Ive been mostly in Opera but frequent crashes and problems with many Google apps made me switch to Chrome again.<p>I've loved Braves privacy and Operas/Fi... | {
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Ask HN: What would you do if you were a 20 year old with $20,000? - 22yo
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Casseres
It depends what your life goals are. If you're not sure, these are two options
that come to mind:
\- Find a decent paying job, start investing the money. Time is the biggest
thing you have going for you when it comes to invest... | {
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Facebook Has Become The New Yahoo, And It's Obvious Mark Zuckerberg Knows It - Sandman
http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-has-become-the-new-yahoo-2014-3
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joshdance
Is it wrong that I just won't read anything from Business Insider?
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not_paul_graham
It seems like Marissa Mayer is trying to do someth... | {
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Apple’s major multi-touch plans continue to come into focus - prakash
http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/28/apples-major-multi-touch-plans-continue-to-come-into-focus/
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stcredzero
Maybe Apple could dig into the Newton portfolio for some ideas? That is, if
Steve has put away his grudge and allows it to happen.
A l... | {
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Ask HN: What are you reading during the Covid slow down? and why? - social_quotient
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mastry
The Great Influenza by John Barry for some perspective on current events. A
good read so far.
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op03
Michael Crichton's Airframe. No reason other than it was lying around.
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bennettbrown
The Right Kind of Crazy... | {
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College Notebook of Isaac Newton - Insanity
http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-04000/
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sbr464
You can download higher resolution versions of the notebook pages by using a
dezoooming tool[1] on the image tiles.
This example[2] generates a 4898×7711 png compared to a 1270×2000 jpg from the
download link[3].
[... | {
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Game of Thrones author George RR Martin: 'Why I still use DOS' - AndrewDucker
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27407502
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keithpeter
As computers become normal and not 'new' I imagine the range of ages of
machine/software we use will smear out. This chap might need an emulator soon,
or DrDos!
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Belgian court finds Facebook guilty of violating privacy (Dutch) - michielr
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2018/02/16/brusselse-rechtbank-veroordeelt-facebook-wegens-schending-privac/
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callmeal
I read the title as "Belgian court finds Facebook guilty of violating privacy
(Duh)" and was confused for a sec.
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A decade on: Google's internet economy - wave
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7597599.stm
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josefresco
Does Google really need another PR-fluff piece? It would be like another
article on how good Exxon-Mobile is at making money. We get it, move on
please.
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someperson
It will be interesting to see ho... | {
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Ask HN: open standards for mail storage? - hyuen
Hi all, I was wondering if there are any standards/documentation for storing mail, either in the server, or in e-mail clients? I am specially interested in how companies like Xobni are able to crawl the data from the user's mailboxes.
A poor man's crawler could be pro... | {
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} |
First analysis of how Uber and Lyft have affected roadway congestion in SF - doener
https://www.sfcta.org/emerging-mobility/tncs-and-congestion
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pftburger
To be clear, Uber and Lyft are in cash burn phase, still... Yes, this is
essentially still a free market economy but the prices of rides are largely
subsidise... | {
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} |
BYTE Magazine's Smalltalk issue (1981) - helloworld
https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1981-08
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tonyedgecombe
I think this was the first issue of Byte I bought, I remember hoovering up
every little detail at the time.
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RandalSchwartz
dartlang.org is the modern heir-apparent to the Smalltalk languag... | {
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Ask HN: Will Remote Start to Affect Tech Salaries? - joelbluminator
As we all know many companies who never managed employees remotely are now forced to do it for months and months due to coronavirus.
Speculation has it that many companies will find out first hand productivity isn't being hurt when managing teams... | {
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Why Brain Scans Are Not Always What They Seem - Vigier
https://www.braindecoder.com/bold-assumptions-why-brain-scans-are-not-always-what-they-seem-1069949099.html
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prefrontal
I am the author of the dead salmon study and even I am getting tired of
reading about it in the popular press. The original intent was to ... | {
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} |
Show HN: Hands-Free Heart Rate – Measure Pulse with Selfie Camera (iOS for Now) - Firecracker
https://heartrate.hedronvision.com/dl?s=hn
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ksaj
I saw a video showcasing this idea some time back. They showed slowed-down
video that exaggerated both the colour red, and the lines on your face, neck
and hands, followi... | {
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What business or strategy books do you read to keep you on course - CHIEFARCHITECT
Every yr, I spend one day or so, re-read the classics- Sunzi's (Sun Tzu) Art of War, Laozi (Lao Tzu)"Tao Te Ching", Chinese Seven Strategy Classics, Musashi's The Book of Five Rings, Niccolo Machiavelli "The Art of War" and "The Pr... | {
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Every function can be computable - lisper
http://jdh.hamkins.org/every-function-can-be-computable/
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kazinator
> _What I mean is that there is a universal algorithm, a Turing machine
> program capable of computing any desired function, if only one should run
> the program in the right universe._
But is the selec... | {
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CSS3 Rainbow Dividers - franze
http://codepo8.github.com/CSS3-Rainbow-Dividers/
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yuvadam
Now we just need some CSS3 "under construction" icons and we're ready for
1997!
(Seriously, anyone up for the challenge?)
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hackermom
Don't forget the CSS class for a dividing line in the form of dripping blood,
and on... | {
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T-Mobile to acquire MetroPCS - apayan
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/metro-announcement
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e1ven
Please forgive me, but isn't this rather old news at this point? Is there any
new element?
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GitLab – Open Source Git Management Software - hiby007
https://www.gitlab.com/
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Rygu
We use and love Atlassian Stash
([https://www.atlassian.com/software/stash](https://www.atlassian.com/software/stash)),
it's excellent for code reviews. The diff view options and commenting make it
easy to create pull requests, ... | {
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} |
Microsoft's only gone and published the exFAT spec - MikusR
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/28/microsoft_publishes_exfat_spec_supports_its_addition_to_the_linux_kernel/
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MikusR
Link to spec: [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-
us/windows/win32/fileio/exfat-...](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-
us/windows/win32/f... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
French telecom operator, Orange, threatens to sue NSA over cable tapping - andreiursan
http://rt.com/news/france-orange-sue-nsa-991/
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JumpCrisscross
> _Orange has reiterated that the privacy of correspondence and negotiations
> can be broken only by special court order, and that the conditions and
> reasons fo... | {
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} |
Exposing NSDictionary (2014) - enos_feedler
http://ciechanowski.me/blog/2014/04/08/exposing-nsdictionary/
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mbca
> I’m fascinated how simple the __NSDictionaryI turned out to be.
There may be other cases where one gets something entirely different than the
__NSDictionaryI class, depending on how the dictionary w... | {
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} |
Slack introduces threaded messaging - silentrob
https://slackhq.com/threaded-messaging-comes-to-slack-417ffba054bd#.4uq59cisg
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curiousAl
If the only thing that ever comes of this is containing GIF reactions to the
original message's thread this is the best, most productivity-boosting slack
update ever.
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Show HN: NeuralDraw, an AI-powered speed-drawing game, on your iPhone - soonpls
https://apps.apple.com/app/neural-draw/id1440577395
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beezle
suggest 'on your iPhone' if it is not also available on the Android platform.
| {
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Notion.so – A unified and collaborative workspace for your notes, wikis, and tasks - rosstex
https://www.notion.so/
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rosstex
Posting this here because I just came across it, and it's a beautiful
replacement for Workflowy that I've been using.
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txcx
Thats nice, thank you. gonna have to checkt this out :)
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GNU Wallpapers - chauhankiran
https://www.gnu.org/graphics/wallpapers.en.html
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dmos62
They're naive, non-professional, obviously from a different time, not too
distracting and there's a strange proportion of people who can't help but
point out that they don't like it. What else could you want?
To go off on a pa... | {
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} |
The Crypto-Keepers: Apps promise to keep our conversations secret. But do they? - anarbadalov
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-crypto-keepers-levine
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ComodoHacker
More appropriate title: Pavel Durov tells about FBI pressing him to hand over
Telegram users' data.
~~~
emodendroket
Well, not really. That's the ge... | {
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} |
Progress Towards 100% HTTPS, June 2016 - dankohn1
https://letsencrypt.org//2016/06/22/https-progress-june-2016.html
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rogerbinns
I keep hoping they will help address non-Internet TLS. For example if you run
a HTPC, fridge, printer, device controller or anything similar on your LAN and
want to talk to it over the ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Teen solves Newton’s 300-year-old riddle - norova
http://www.canada.com/technology/Teen+solves+Newton+year+riddle/6685617/story.html
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tokenadult
See previous discussion, which digs into the sources and suggests that there
is less here than the headline promises:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4029676>
... | {
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} |
Sign That You’re A Good Programmer - nreece
http://www.nilkanth.com/2009/08/08/sign-that-youre-a-good-programmer/
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billswift
The number one sign that you're a "not bad" programmer (since the essay says
there are no "good" programmers) is that you are actively trying to get
better. You're learning new languages a... | {
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} |
Palantir CEO Says Data-Mining Company Is Positioned to Go Public - mayneack
http://www.wsj.com/articles/palantir-ceo-says-company-is-being-positioned-to-go-public-1477498155
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entee
I'm curious about how Palantir works as a public company. It has always looked
like a data-centric McKinsey clone to me, and those k... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Docker Powered Angular tutorial for my students - shaohua
http://howtox.com/angular-official-tutorial/
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shaohua
Weekend project. Feedback greatly appreciated here.
| {
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} |
Blast from the Past: Cross Site Scripting on the AWS Console - wendythehacker
https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2020/aws-xss-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability/
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tylerd22
xss is surprisingly hard to prevent because user input must be escaped
differently depending on context (html, css, js, json).
User input ... | {
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Ask HN: Which advert is the best for next's months Hacker Monthly? - vs2
Hi,<p>I am purchasing a full spread advert in Hacker Monthly next month and since I am a shoe string budget I have decided to do the advert myself. However this is the first advert I have ever created and was really looking for some advice I ha... | {
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Smart Bookmarks (Browser extension) - johngreen
https://raindrop.io/extension/#en_US
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__Joker
I would like to try it, if only there is plan for data in and out. At least,
if there is an option to export/import from google bookmarks ?
Not that I like google bookmarks, I really doubt if there was any upgrade to... | {
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} |
Anecdote Driven Development, or Why I Don't Do TDD - shard
http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/38616
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dandelany
BTW, for the uninitiated, AMC is streaming all 17 episodes of The Prisoner at
<http://www.amctv.com/videos/the-prisoner-1960s-video>
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stcredzero
In many environments, executing refactorings of ... | {
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} |
5G and Shannon’s Law - sinak
https://www.waveform.com/blogs/main/5g-and-shannons-law
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twoodfin
The scaling of wireless bandwidth is one of the under appreciated
technological miracles of the 21st Century.
I wonder: Would even the most ambitious of telecommunications researchers in
1990 have thought it likely th... | {
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} |
MP3: Scientific Attempt To Create Most Annoying Song Ever - petercooper
http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/04/a-scientific-at.html
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pmjordan
The _actual_ song is linked to from the article and can be found here:
[http://blog.wired.com/music/files/KomarMelamid_The-Most-
Unwa...](http://blog.wired.com/music/files/K... | {
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How Our Marketing Team Spends Money Each Month - kawera
https://open.buffer.com/marketing-budget/
======
capkutay
Most people are focussing on their advertising spend, but it looks like
they've built their marketing team for inside sales rather than growth.
$3k/month on advertising means they're getting spending abou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Importance of Simplicity - abi
http://abcdefu.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/simple/
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abi
I'm the author of the blogpost and I feel I didn't write enough about how I
differentiate simple and complex. Here's a good but very software-specific
example that might illustrate that. Imagine you told a programmer (or te... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Should I practice competitive programming and stop doing side projects - elon_musk
I am a junior undergrad studying CS at one of the top universities. I have co founded a company, participated in Google Summer of Code and done interesting projects (some of which even won prizes).<p>I applied to some companie... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Am I Hellbanned? - cdvonstinkpot
Hi,<p>I recently submitted a story with a 4 letter word in it, and afterward the next story I submitted was immediately dead, so I presume I'm hellbanned.<p>I then tried to submit the same second story by means of a second account I have (with much less karma) that I rar... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Scaleway C2 Dedicated Intel (€11.99/quad X64/8GB/50GB SSD/300Mbits Unmetered) - headmelted
https://www.scaleway.com/pricing/
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eip
I am curious what type of ARM processors they use.
| {
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} |
If the Rubik's Cube were invented today, would anyone care? - amichail
Now that computers are commonplace, physical novelties such as this are perhaps not that interesting. Moreover, today's games involve complex and accurate depiction of the real world, not simple abstract games.<p>Would the Rubik's Cube succeed i... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What happens when you search 'ugly hack' in GitHub - BaltoRouberol
https://github.com/search?q=ugly+hack&ref=cmdform&type=Code
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DCKing
I love the term 'ugly hack'. It's a very short way of saying 'a solution for a
problem that assumes too much of the current context in which this component
is called, and is guar... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What’s one thing you don’t regret buying? - yarapavan
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user_agent
There's a couple of them: an used high-end office chair, a good mechanical
keyboard with ortho layout, a trackball instead of mice, a proper coffee maker
from Italy, my videoconferencing setup with a head-on mic and a Canon cam
instead of a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: alternatives to launchrock? - armenarmen
I'm looking for an easy squeeze/email capture for a product that I'll be launching this summer (a backpack) and I wanted to know what alternatives to launchrock were around and what your experiences with them were like.<p>Did you use a service or build it yourself? or... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Forbes Announces Social Networking App with Tinder for Its 30 Under 30 Community - chkuendig
http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2015/08/05/forbes-announces-launch-of-social-networking-app-for-its-under-30-community-members/
======
stephengillie
This is an advertisement for Forbes' new app. They got Tinder's help in ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Is it possible to have forum type community running without a database? - escapologybb
This question came about as I've been asked to set up a very small forum type community running on a Raspberry Pi, and the thought occurred to me that statically generated websites can handle reasonable amounts of traff... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Photographer designd web site to exactly look like Google to stand out - Jun8
http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2010/09/photog-distinguishes-himself-by-looking-just-like-google/
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Jun8
I found this brilliant. Currently the "search results" are hardcoded links but
he plans to add real Google results about himself.
| {
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} |
Show HN: SpeckJS – Comment Driven Development - Luke_Savage
http://speckjs.github.io/
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lukegb
Interesting - reminds me of Python's doctest[1] module and all the associated
caveats, though!
1:
[https://docs.python.org/2/library/doctest.html](https://docs.python.org/2/library/doctest.html)
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omnidan
Amazing... | {
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} |
The largest confirmed waterfall in Earth's history - Tomte
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170601-the-largest-waterfall-that-ever-existed
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candiodari
I don't know if this was the largest. Both the mediterranean and the Black
sea, each a lot larger than any water body in America.
Anyway, both of those were dry... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How encrypted SNI works - the_other_guy
https://blog.cloudflare.com/encrypted-sni/
======
KingMachiavelli
Interesting, Chromium 71.0.3578.98 on Archlinux requires enableing TLS 1.3 via
a chrome flag or perhaps ssllabs client checker won't detect it unless
downgrade protection is enabled?
It doesn't apper thet qtweben... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Customizing My Postgres Shell - craigkerstiens
https://www.citusdata.com/blog/2017/07/16/customizing-my-postgres-shell-using-psqlrc/
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rleigh
The article doesn't mention enabling unicode output.
\pset linestyle unicode
and other related formatting options. Some examples here:
... | {
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} |
All Programming Languages are Wrong (2018) - jashkenas
http://users.rcn.com/david-moon/Lunar/all_programming_languages_are_wrong.html
======
mfDjB
Does anyone else consider these type of articles the clickbait of the
programming world? They tend to all follow the formula of
1\. Make over the top statement in title.
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Fire at a homeless encampment sparked Bel-Air blaze that destroyed homes - kyleblarson
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-skirball-fire-cause-20171212-story.html
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DoreenMichele
Maybe we could do something crazy, like bring back SROs, instead of de facto
as a society acting like we think it is better for pe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Sign cell unlock petition,get free ATT iPhone unlock. No strings, for real. - Exoseq
http://www.signunlockpetition.com
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jgeorge
Legit? Probably so but I'm always wary. Anyone else done this?
| {
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} |
Boxee wants a buyer - forgot_password
http://allthingsd.com/20130613/boxee-wants-a-big-round-or-a-buyer/
======
joaoyc
After the boxee box fiasco, no wonder sales are going down hill on the new
device.
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forgot_password
In situations like this, do startup founders leak the word that they want a
buyer? It seems... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Updates to eBay User Agreement (agreement to Arbitration unless you opt out) - SonicSoul
http://announcements.ebay.com/2012/08/updates-to-the-ebay-user-agreement-and-privacy-policy-2/
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SonicSoul
I got this agreement update in my email today, but there is no mention how to
opt out of below.
_"Unless you opt-out... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to Self Study Deep Learning? - mtsx
How can I teach myself deep learning? Is it possible to learn such a complex subject without attending to uni? What would be the best resources?
======
mtsx
HI [https://wordpress.org/plugins/one-click-read-
more/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/one-click-read-more/)
| {
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} |
Ask HN: What are scientifically valid ways maximize my life expectancy? - mxschumacher
Fasting? Blood transfusions? Avoiding UV-radiation, smoking alcohol? A plant based diet? Regular exercise? High mental activity?<p>Ignoring genetic predispositions and accidental death, how can I maximize my life expectancy? Bonus p... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: CodeceptJS – end to end testing framework for Node with synchronous API - davert
http://codecept.io
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MrSnoozles
Awesome. Loving Codeception for PHP. Very nice to see it coming to node.
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kaflan
Coll
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kaflan
cool
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} |
Beanstalk launches Mercurial support - alexknowshtml
http://blog.beanstalkapp.com/post/21854530710/introducing-mercurial-repositories-and-svn-1-7-coming
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alexknowshtml
As of today we have native support for SVN, Git, and Hg.
We've also open sourced the Ruby API we wrote for Mercuiral:
<https://github.com/isa... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Survival of the Wrongest - anupj
http://www.cjr.org/cover_story/survival_of_the_wrongest.php?page=all&print=true
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JohnsonB
I can't speak for the rest of the article, but this guy's take on low carb
diets is a bit...odd:
>Unfortunately, it’s an approach [Low carb diets] that leaves the vast
majority of frontli... | {
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} |
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