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How the PVS-Studio Team Improved Unreal Engine's Code - ivank
https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/how-pvs-studio-team-improved-unreal-engines-code?hn
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nickpsecurity
I encouraged game developers in the past to use static analysis tools to help
iron out more bugs. It's great to see Unreal Engine taking that step. A ... | {
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The Genius: Mike Burrows' self-effacing journey through Silicon Valley - neilc
http://www.stanford.edu/group/gpj/cgi-bin/drupal/?q=node/60
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xlnt
this article sure spends a lot of words discussing physical appearance,
clothing, food, and weather. i wish i lived in a world where people focussed
on more interesti... | {
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PayPal is down - blazee
Paypal is, at least in europe (Germany for example), down since almost two hours. Since there is no official statement (as always) many users are reporting, that they can't login into their accounts - me neither. Several messages can be seen here: http://allestörungen.de/sto... | {
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Jerks and the Startups They Ruin - ziszis
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/opinion/sunday/jerks-and-the-start-ups-they-ruin.html
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Doches
This is basically a more serious riff on Dan Lyon's 'Disrupted' \-- and having
read that book, I'm a little disappointed in this editorial as it doesn't
bring anything par... | {
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How to assign partial credit on an exam of true-false questions? - one-more-minute
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2016/06/01/how-to-assign-partial-credit-on-an-exam-of-true-false-questions/
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gjm11
As one of the commenters points out, Tao has rediscovered the notion of a
_proper scoring rule_ \--
[https://en.wiki... | {
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Ask HN: Tips for a newbie freelancer? - alexgaribay
What are some tips that you have for someone who is about to enter the freelancing scene?<p>What kind of tools do you use to keep track of hours/tasks/accounting?<p>What are some things you wish you knew when you started freelancing?<p>I'm about to t... | {
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Wire App is exploiting the open source community (Cross-Origin restrictions) - hannaysteve
https://github.com/caura/wire/issues/7
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cocktailpeanuts
Sounds shady, but I think the real problem isn't that Wire is exploiting the
open source community, but that OP is somehow still willing to work on a
project that is ... | {
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Web tool 'as important as Google' - habs
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8026331.stm
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tokenadult
The proof of this pudding is in the eating. We'll all be testing it out with
questions and seeing if we are satisfied with the results.
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verdant
Its kind of disappointing that they aren't trying to parse... | {
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Neal Stephenson Heiroglyph project launches - bajames
http://hieroglyph.asu.edu/
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purplelobster
I don't think progress towards big goals have stopped completely, but a lot of
work is being done in areas that will indirectly help accomplish the big
goals. Stuff like tiny computers, 3D printing, battery technolo... | {
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A webcam face filter on Matrix rain code theme. Works in browser, open source - xavierwebgl
https://jeeliz.com/demos/faceFilter/demos/threejs/matrix/
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bradknowles
Hmm. Doesn’t seem to work on iOS.
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bradknowles
Oh. It doesn’t work in a webview.
But it does work in Safari.
But I don’t see anything remotely r... | {
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The Delinquent Borrowers Leading a Student Loans Revolt - petethomas
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-01/the-delinquent-borrowers-leading-a-student-loans-revolt
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karissa
Hey! Glad to see this on HN. I'm a volunteer developer for this group, and we
are looking for more hands. If you're interested in... | {
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Private equity and hedge funds backing patent trolls - rms
http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2007/0507/044.html?partner=yahoomag
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rms
Seems like an easy bet for a hedge fund to make... 10 million for a lawsuit
and an expected value of a lot more than 10 million. I don't blame the hedge
funds though, I blame the ... | {
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Holding College Chiefs to Their Words - tokenadult
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124155688466088871.html
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callahad
The sidebar has links to the complete essays. What a treat to get to read
something personally penned by my alma mater's president!
(I also cannot help but read the essay in said president's vo... | {
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Time for Europe to stop being complicit in NSA's crimes - jdp23
http://www.neurope.eu/blog/time-europe-stop-being-complicit-nsas-crimes
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junto
The problem is that most people don't care. The vast majority of the public
would prefer to give up their privacy in return for free services.
The people will have the... | {
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} |
Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - palebluedot
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0708
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vb6lives
The exploit is so severe they are releasing patches for xp and server 2003
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Science writer Simon Singh wins libel appeal - prakash
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8598472.stm
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grellas
_Dr Singh described the ruling as "brilliant", but added that the action had
cost £200,000 "just to define the meaning of a few words"_
"These sequestered nooks are the public offices of the legal pr... | {
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5 Best Books about Isaac Newton - bookofjoe
https://fivebooks.com/best-books/isaac-newton-william-newman/
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masonic
All book links are shrouded affiliate links (tag=fivebooks001-20).
| {
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Star Wars toy photography - BobPalmer
http://geektyrant.com/news/2011/10/3/star-wars-toy-photography-is-truly-amazing.html
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Zimahl
Great pictures. I'm going to guess that the photographer used flour as the
snow? Maybe not, it seems almost too white for flour.
Most appear to be Star Wars Lego but the third- an... | {
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} |
Does Startup Life Have To Be A 24/7 Grind? - alexmturnbull
http://blog.groovehq.com/post/47537406719/does-startup-life-have-to-be-a-24-7-grind
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outside1234
The reason this meme exists is that there is a huge economic benefit to (some,
not all) founders and VCs to perpetuating it.
It attracts only young impressi... | {
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Judge rules California coffee shops must display cancer warnings - ayanai
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/380925-judge-rules-coffee-sellers-must-include-cancer-warnings-in-california
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malcolmgreaves
What an absolute waste of everyone's time.
Prop 65 has such a high false positive rate that it's worthless; ... | {
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The “backfire effect” is mostly a myth, a broad look at the research suggests - hhs
https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/the-backfire-effect-is-mostly-a-myth-a-broad-look-at-the-research-suggests/
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stupidcar
This is like one of those Knights and Knaves logic puzzles we used to do at
school:
Amy believes the backfi... | {
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101 Great Computer Programming Quotes - hollywoodcole
http://www.devtopics.com/101-great-computer-programming-quotes/
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hollywoodcole
"I think Microsoft named .Net so it wouldn't show up in a Unix directory
listing."
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Gcapizzi/moka: A Go mocking framework - kiyanwang
https://github.com/gcapizzi/moka
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gcapizzi
Just tried to post about Moka on here and I find out that someone has done it
before me :D Thanks OP!
I'm the author of Moka, so if anyone has any question or feedback for me,
please shoot :)
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Square jumps in market debut - petethomas
http://reuters.com/article/idUSL3N13E45620151119
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chollida1
A couple of interesting things about the IPO. A Lot more the trades happening
are tagged as coming from trade reporting facilities, which means they were
crossed/filled by internalizes, than is normal.
This usu... | {
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Boycotts or buycotts? The role of corporate activism - samizdis
https://phys.org/news/2020-08-boycotts-buycotts-role-corporate.html
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samizdis
Corporate Sociopolitical Activism and Firm Value,
The Journal of Marketing,
[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022242920937000](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/... | {
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Java (or JVM Lang) Based Startups - We Want To Hear From You - friendlytuna
http://java.dzone.com/articles/are-you-java-or-mobile-based
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mindcrime
Here's one: Fogbeam Labs[1]. Our stack is JVM based, mostly being Groovy /
Grails, and some plain old Java. There may be a place for some Scala and/or
Clojure down t... | {
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} |
What It Means to Design for Growth at The New York Times - infodocket
https://open.nytimes.com/what-it-means-to-design-for-growth-at-the-new-york-times-2041e0f5e64a
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Fjolsvith
Probably doesn't have anything with axing the political cartoon department.
[1]
1\. [https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/13/political-ca... | {
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The coming shortage of helium and how government policy is creating it. - stretchwithme
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=the-coming-shortage-of-helium-2010-06-30
There's a mandate that sales cover the costs associated with the helium reserves, so they've lowered the price to increase the sales in th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Children raised in greener areas have higher IQ, study finds - onetimemanytime
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/24/children-raised-greener-areas-higher-iq-study
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dhosek
There is a well-known correlation between the greenness of an urban (or
suburban) space and income level of the residents.
[htt... | {
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Teen Solves Quantum Entanglement Problem for Fun - sunsu
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/06/ari-dyckovsky/
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hello_asdf
"With his paper, Ari Dyckovsky has helped show that you can have quantum
entanglement with vastly different particles, not just particles that are
similar."
This was pretty much the... | {
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} |
The Instagram Effect: Causing Silicon Valley to fund the wrong companies? - iProject
http://gigaom.com/2012/07/19/is-the-instagram-effect-causing-silicon-valley-to-fund-the-wrong-companies/
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dkrich
“You see people graduating from top tech schools… and they’re starting
companies in internet and mobile,” said Core... | {
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} |
Research estimates vaping is at least 95% less harmful than smoking - bonif
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/phe-health-harms-campaign-encourages-smokers-to-quit
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jostmey
How did they determine vaping is 95% less harmful than smoking? I don't see
references to the methods they used to make this assessment. Whe... | {
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} |
I Used to Be a Human Being - spking
http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/09/andrew-sullivan-technology-almost-killed-me.html
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woodandsteel
I think this is a profound essay.
Let me just emphasize one point. I think that to find out what you really
want, what would be truly rewarding, often you have to sit with your f... | {
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} |
Litecoin nears $10 - up from $4 a day ago - samwilliams
http://www.ltc-charts.com/period-charts.php?period=5-days&resolution=hour&pair=ltc-usd&market=btc-e
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oleganza
It's going to be interesting. There's inherently no technical difference
between LTC and BTC (block intervals are not drastically different in
prac... | {
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} |
Bill Simmons: A Sports Column Written Far From Print, and the Game - prakash
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/business/media/16simmons.html?_r=1&ref=basketball
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zach
Simmons is just expounding, at the highest level, the fascinations, lifestyle
and thoughts of a guy who likes sports. So much so that he actuall... | {
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} |
Feed me data - robg
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17460297/Feed-me-data
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kierank
Minor word of warning. Scrolling through that document caused major cpu usage
and my browser to lock for about 20 seconds. (Opera on Windows XP)
| {
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VC Trading Cards - gk1
https://vctradingcards.com/
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johnhenry
At $12 per card, are they at least signed?
| {
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Hash function performance - glower
http://scripting.com/stories/2010/09/09/hashFunctionPerformance.html
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gojomo
That's an awful hash function. The largest bucket has more than 4X as many
items as the smallest. He should pick another function that uses all the
characters in the object name. Whatever language or l... | {
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Voice, an invite-only social network where everyone is verified - aspenmayer
https://voice.com
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emerged
There is a push against anonymity on the internet, but I'm not convinced that
is the best way. Not with the growing threat of cancel culture. I'd rather go
the other direction and provide additional assurances... | {
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} |
Box86, an x86 app player for ARM with native rendering performance - jdonald
https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86
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ekianjo
See this for a lot more details:
[https://www.giantpockets.com/box86-run-x86-code-and-games-
on...](https://www.giantpockets.com/box86-run-x86-code-and-games-on-arm/)
~~~
jdonald
Thanks for lin... | {
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Why’s “Try Ruby” Back Online - Hagelin
http://www.rubyinside.com/try-ruby-back-online-2413.html
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oink
<http://tryruby.sophrinix.com/>
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shadytrees
> _We will be back in a few hours. Someone discovered a security hole. They
> reported it, but not until someone else thought it would be cute to drop a
> rootk... | {
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Richard Hamming: You and Your Research (1986) - apsec112
http://www.paulgraham.com/hamming.html
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wwarner
I think this is good reading. I like the advice on drive and hard work, I
think the amortization example is perfect. I recommend Hamming's book _The Art
of Doing Science and Engineering_ which goes on in this... | {
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} |
Python and Machine Learning in Astronomy [audio] - privong
https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/81/python-and-machine-learning-in-astronomy
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tangue
I've just discovered this podcast thanks to HN. Thanks @privong
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giancarlostoro
Great episode, there are also great mobile apps out there for viewing the Sky
t... | {
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Show HN: A Node.js and electron based image viewer for Mac, Windows and Linux - sachinchoolur
https://github.com/sachinchoolur/lightgallery-desktop/tree/master
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brudgers
Recently:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11776321](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11776321)
| {
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Engineers boost AMD CPU by 20% with software alone; no overclocking - 11031a
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/117377-engineers-boost-amd-cpu-performance-by-20-without-overclocking
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wwalker3
It sounds like the NCSU guys are using the CPU as a prefetcher to speed up GPU
kernel execution, not using the GPU to... | {
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} |
Painting with Math Formulas in Google Sheets [video] - dustmop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnCkF62gkOY
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2pointsomone
This is so amazing!! Is there more of this math-driven animation or design on
the web? I constantly need to do math for web animations. And even though I
learned this in middle and high school... | {
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"If APIs are copyrightable in U.S....startups will come to Europe." - msredmond
http://adtmag.com/articles/2012/05/08/api-implications-from-oracle-v-google.aspx
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stewie2
but startups generally don't create api, they use ready-made apis.
if apis are not copyright-able, what about assembly apis? does Qualcomm n... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to find a better job while being employed? - ishener
I wonder, did anyone else ever had this problem. I have a full time job, but I also want to look for a better job. I can't just quit because I have a family and honestly, we wouldn't last a month...<p>So how can I look for a job? I'll have... | {
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Job Security Through Code Obscurity - andrewacove
http://seven-degrees-of-freedom.blogspot.com/2011/01/job-security-through-code-obscurity.html
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j_baker
I can't wait for the follow-up: "Ego Security Through Assenine, Passive-
Aggressive Blog Posts".
(And I can say this because I've written asinine, passive-ag... | {
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} |
Google Explains The ‘Hotpot’ Name: “It’s About Community” - abraham
http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/29/google-hotpot-hotpotato/
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mark_l_watson
Hotpot is cool. I just took 5 minutes to invite all my friends who live in the
same small tourist-rich town that I live in (Sedona Arizona) and also rated
some restaurant... | {
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} |
Esketamine Drug For Depression Treatment Nears FDA Approval - pseudolus
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-12/first-big-depression-advance-since-prozac-nears-fda-approval
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copper_think
So, it's just enantiomerically pure S-ketamine - not really a new drug
discovery. The drug is already around as an ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Stripe now supports ACH payments - craigkerstiens
https://stripe.com/blog/accept-ach-payments
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spenczar5
When I last worked on a billing system about three years ago, we looked _so_
hard to find an ACH provider. There was just nothing out there. This is an
enormous advance.
The problem we had was that we issued... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Cypherpunk rising: WikiLeaks, encryption, and the coming surveillance dystopia - LoganCale
http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/7/4036040/cypherpunks-julian-assange-wikileaks-encryption-surveillance-dystopia
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LoganCale
Relevant to this, where have the cypherpunks gone? The mailing lists fizzled
out in the early 2000... | {
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} |
Android 8.0 Oreo, thoroughly reviewed - Yossi_Frenkel
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/android-8-0-oreo-thoroughly-reviewed/
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lukepothier
If it's true that Chrome on Oreo genuinely prevents picture-in-picture _for
YouTube specifically_ , that's a troubling precedent to set. Why not allow all
websites to e... | {
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} |
Remote Procedure and Event Protocol - billytetrud
https://github.com/Tixit/RPEP
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billytetrud
I wrote and implemented a similar protocol to RPEP in 2013 and have been using
it personally, but haven't released it. In my recent search of something
similar I found the unfortunately named WAMP (Web Application Messag... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Asynchronous customer service - swah
I'd like to know if this already exists or if this is stupid.<p>All customer services in my country operate in "Blocked IO" mode: you call them, you wait 30 minutes for someone to answer you, and sometimes they even hang-up.<p>The alternative I'm thinking is: you call, au... | {
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Show HN: Globlog – One post a day. Anyone can submit their post for publication - mapehe
http://globlog.xyz/
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mapehe
This is a format I thought about a long time ago. No idea if it makes any
sense, but decided to give it a shot and put it out there anyway. Making it
was also a good few hour exercise.
Maybe ther... | {
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} |
How the Internet Is Broken: Big Questions and Bad Answers - rhema
https://nextbison.wordpress.com/2019/01/07/how-the-internet-is-broken/
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k9s9
I am going to keep posting the ledger of harms -
[https://ledger.humanetech.com/](https://ledger.humanetech.com/)
Until we see all the issues in one place like a github ... | {
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} |
An attempt to upgrade to Webpack 4 - isuckatcoding
https://gist.github.com/gricard/e8057f7de1029f9036a990af95c62ba8
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andrew_
Hello. Webpack team member here. The webpack@4 release was, well, interesting.
I can't add much that hasn't already been said - but I can say that we're
working to make sure there will nev... | {
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} |
Show HN: My personal project landing page - hhog
http://intro.daloops.com/
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gabeochoa
Here is the list that hides from you:
Make your art richer and interactive
Get collaborators to work with you
Use the internet as a canvas
Record, stream and share your sessions
Remix ... | {
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} |
Positive Lexicography – List of untranslatable words from other languages - cromulent
https://hifisamurai.github.io/lexicography/
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Festro
This is always oversold as 'untranslateable', when it just means 'can be
translated, but not in a single word'.
Really nicely presented though! :P
| {
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} |
Must-know url hash techniques (2011) - jfaucett
http://blog.mgm-tp.com/2011/10/must-know-url-hashtechniques-for-ajax-applications/
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StavrosK
With pushState, isn't this now irrelevant (and, as it has always been, ugly)?
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jfaucett
Well, if you do not have to support older browsers, which I think a lot of
webde... | {
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How Sun Tzu Would Outflank Patent Trolls - wslh
http://businessmodelvalidation.com/HowSunTzuWouldOutflankPatentTrolls.aspx
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WalterSear
Actually, I think would have probably set fire to their homes, flushing them
out and into the range of archers. Then sent his chariots in to route those
still standing. I know ... | {
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} |
Eric Schmidt talks about AI at MIT conference - giacaglia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFgPGwH9Oec
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ghostcluster
It's nice to hear him talk about demographic challenges and urban fertility.
We are entering an idiocracy sort of situation in the Western democracies, as
well as Asian countries including China, w... | {
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} |
Ask YC: How important is it to be friends with your co-founder? - pxigorth
At least twice I've had the opportunity to co-found a startup with someone whom I've respected, who I know does good work, and has complementary skills. But I chose not to, because of some other aspect of their personality. Something bother... | {
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} |
Proto-internet trolls: Struensee and press freedom in 18th century Denmark - Pausanias
https://blogs.bl.uk/european/2018/06/johann-friedrich-struensee.html
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kingofhdds
The piece is interesting, but author's conclusions left very strange
aftertaste. So there was a king with psychiatric problems, and his doctor wh... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Rules for Choosing Nonfiction Books - rollinDyno
http://herman.asia/how-i-choose-nonfiction-books
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tptacek
John Carreyrou wasn't an expert on phlebotomy or biochemistry. Roger
Lowenstein wasn't an expert on hedge funds or technical finance. Eric
Schlosser on nuclear command and control? Nope. Woodward and Bernst... | {
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} |
Ask HN: “Pay to turn off ads” SaaS - lenomad
Scenario:
An author/website publishes quality content and makes money with ads. There are some regular readers who prefer to remove ads (or who use an ad-blocker but would like to support the site).<p>The website would get a cost-per-visit (capped to a maximum per mont... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Flavors of programming ... - RiderOfGiraffes
http://pozorvlak.livejournal.com/135255.html
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gruseom
I find it interesting that you (implicitly) like Data Munging better than
Clever Algorithms. I agree that the former is orders of magnitude more common.
I haven't encountered a Clever Algorithms problem very ofte... | {
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} |
The asteroid that wiped out most life on Earth allowed microbacteria to thrive - Tomte
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/04/world/asteroid-bacteria-killed-dinosaurs-scn-trnd/index.html
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masonic
"almost took all of life on Earth along with it"
Absolutely false. The _Permian_ extinction was far closer to this, but ... | {
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Riecoin breaks world record for prime sextuplets, twice [pdf] - gatra
http://riecoin.org/Press%20release%202014-11-26.pdf
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gatra
Please learn from the project at riecoin.org Latest news: "Last week, Riecoin
– a project that doubles as decentralized virtual currency and a distributed
computing system - quietly ... | {
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} |
Don’t Use Icon Fonts - yread
https://cloudfour.com/thinks/seriously-dont-use-icon-fonts/
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whywhywhywhy
It's not mentioned much but these are also a nightmare for maintainability. If
your designer uses these and leaves the project then the next designer opens
the file and it's just words and boxes where icons sho... | {
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} |
Top 40 Static Code Analysis Tools - DmitryNovikov
https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/tools/top-40-static-code-analysis-tools/
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hideo
PSA: I'm a fan of static analysis tools but if you are in the position of
making decisions about technology at your organization, please be aware that
they are NOT a substitute fo... | {
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IE6 Cheatsheet: How To Fix Internet Explorer 6 Bugs - amackera
http://www.virtuosimedia.com/tutorials/ultimate-ie6-cheatsheet-how-to-fix-25-internet-explorer-6-bugs
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billybob
"The best strategy for dealing with Internet Explorer 6 is not to support it."
Amen.
~~~
jsm386
That is the _easiest_ strategy, but th... | {
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On Max Perkins, One of America's Greatest Editors - samclemens
http://lithub.com/on-max-perkins-one-of-americas-greatest-editors/
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Finnucane
I read Berg's biography back when I was a noob editor, and I recall it being a
good read. It is not an exaggeration to say that several generations of
editors were influenc... | {
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} |
CHIP-8 Interpreter, Assembler and Disassembler - ageofwant
https://github.com/wernsey/chip8
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ageofwant
The Author has a nice blog here
[http://wstoop.co.za/chip8.php](http://wstoop.co.za/chip8.php)
| {
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} |
The Longest Possible Chess Game - monort
https://www.chess.com/blog/kurtgodden/the-longest-possible-chess-game
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tromp
The article itself doesn't arrive at the correct number of 5898 moves, but
some of the commenters do. At my own page
[http://tromp.github.io/chess/longest.html](http://tromp.github.io/chess/longe... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How about a rental focused credit union - bowyakka
I recently moved to San Francisco to work at a startup part of this was finding and renting a place to live. In short time I found a nice place to live in the city, and, whilst the rent was a bit high I figured that it was part of the growing cost of living ... | {
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How Apple Is Working from Home - laktak
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/how-apple-is-working-from-home
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kn8
Dupe, discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22730478](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22730478)
| {
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Ask HN: Good book to start programming for 15 yo? - pplonski86
I'm looking for good book for my cousin (15 yo) to infect him with programming. What would you recommend?
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goldenbeet
Why book? I don't know about you or your cousin, but learning from a book is
so slow and dry. Why not a video series or online ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How much traffic to expect if your project hits HN front page? - willismichael
I have no idea what the population of HN is, not the global distribution thereof. I'm working on a pet project that I would like to show of at some point, and in the event that it actually hits the front page (unlikely as it m... | {
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} |
Spam Peaked at 200 Billion per Day in 2008 - peter123
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081217_spam_200_billion_per_day_2008_cisco/
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SwellJoe
I totally stopped counting when my junk folder got to 100 billion.
| {
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Armin Ronacher: Collections in C - jgalvez
http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2010/11/24/collections-in-c/
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tptacek
Armin seems to have reinvented the BSD queue macros.
Having once had the pleasure of inheriting a codebase animated by CPP-macro
collections, allow me to be a voice in favor of running, not walking, from
pro... | {
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} |
Lean Usability Testing: Current Best Practices and Resources - carterac
http://www.astatespacetraveler.com/best-of-lean-usability-testing-practices-and-resources-2/
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fhirzall
Another option is to collect a group of your friends, family, and various non-
technical users and just give them a few tasks to do on y... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How do you assess teamwork skills during interview? - koopuluri
The standard technical interview process: 4 technical interviews that cover data structures, algorithms, system design, etc., with perhaps a conversation over food, is not enough to assess how well a candidate would fit into a team.<p>Do you disag... | {
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} |
Rakuten buys yet another ecommerce company - RivalHound
http://blog.rivalhound.com/rakuten-acquires-ebates/
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RivalHound
So who is next on Rakuten's buying spree?
| {
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} |
NASA Overspends on Bagels, Soda at Conferences - markbnine
http://www.space.com/news/nasa-conference-catering-costs-100325.html
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DanielStraight
So they spent $60k on snacks. Let's say they could have gotten by with a third
that budget. So they're saving $40k now. Not only is that only 0.0002% of
their budget (th... | {
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} |
Airlines Urge Passengers to Wear Face Masks - bookofjoe
https://www.wsj.com/articles/airlines-urge-passengers-to-wear-face-masks-11588039204
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interestica
For security, won't one be required to remove the mask? And isn't the act of
donning/doffing in itself the most dangerous and critical part in
transmission?
-... | {
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} |
Eleven Years of Erlang - khingebjerg
http://prog21.dadgum.com/64.html
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pragmatic
I wonder what he does with Erlang? Does he do work for clients, is it a
company, is it just private projects.
I have a lot of languages that I love (python, et al) that I don't get to user
nearly as much as I would like.
[unqual... | {
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} |
Things Android Does Better Than iPhone OS - Ghost_Noname
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/10_things_android_does_better_iphone
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Irfaan
Most of the author's complaints are completely valid. That said, a jailbroken
iPhone can install software to mitigate a number of these issues. Not a sure-
fire soluti... | {
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} |
Your body wasn’t built to last: a lesson from human mortality rates - aespinoza
http://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/your-body-wasnt-built-to-last-a-lesson-from-human-mortality-rates/
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reasonattlm
The body can be considered as a system of many redundant components, with
aging as the result of progres... | {
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} |
What is the best way to protect your internet activity from an intrusive ISP - suprgeek
All:<p>With bills like these [1] looming over the horizon, what is the best* way to protect your internet activity from your intrusive ISP?<p>Yes VPN is the one-word answer - if so please be specific - Which provider? which plan? D... | {
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} |
I'm Hosting Remote Work Summit-26 Speakers from MS,WordPress,Buffer,GitHub(Phew) - nishchaldua
Quick Overview: It's a virtual summit. Free to attend. Spread over 5 days from March 5-9th. With 27 speakers from - Buffer, Evernote, Microsoft, Trello, Github, Appirio, Zapier, Toptal, Automattic (WordPress), Helpscout... | {
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} |
The Building Blocks of Ruby - wycats
http://yehudakatz.com/2010/02/07/the-building-blocks-of-ruby/
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kscaldef
I don't feel like any of these are particularly compelling examples,
particularly if you are familiar with more languages beyond Java and Python
which are used for comparison in the article.
In both th... | {
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} |
DNS-over-HTTPS causes more problems than it solves, experts say - sgnork
https://www.zdnet.com/article/dns-over-https-causes-more-problems-than-it-solves-experts-say/
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ohiovr
If for some reason you need secrecy in dns access, why not install bind9 on a
raspberry pi?
| {
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} |
Show HN: Collaborative todo list app – to reduce the email load in my office - nikodunk
https://nikodunk.github.io/simple-to-do-react/
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aldo712
Sorry if I'm missing something, but how is this collaborative?
~~~
nikodunk
Ah sorry if that’s unclear. It’s not password protected, so I just log in to
my coworker Emm... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What machine learning approach to use if you only got positive examples? - sparkpluglabs
Are there some well known Machine Learning algorithms when you only have positive examples? I did some research but most I could find was when you have positive and unlabeled examples.
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mswen
Maybe I don't understa... | {
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} |
GitHire Swamped After Promising 5 Hire-Worthy Programmers for $1k - tswicegood
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/jobs/githire-a-headhunter-is-swamped-after-promising-5-hire-worthy-bay-area-programmers-for-1000.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=githire&st=cse
======
guywithabike
GitHire is the sleaziest, scammiest spam setup I've com... | {
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} |
Show HN: Automatically create a rest API for Rails - miquelb
https://github.com/miquelbarba/instant-api
======
miquelb
A gem that automatically generates a rest API from the models and the routes
of a Rails project. Please, give me your feedback!
| {
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} |
Chip wars: China, America and silicon supremacy - sbuccini
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/12/01/chip-wars-china-america-and-silicon-supremacy
======
40acres
Full disclosure, I work for Intel.
We have a fabrication plant in Chengdu, it's public knowledge that this fab is
helping to manufacture products built o... | {
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} |
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