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Academic turns city into a social experiment (2004) - djoldman
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2004/03/academic-turns-city-into-a-social-experiment/
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morley
The title of this article really doesn't do it justice. (And honestly, the
article itself really buries the lede.) Some interesting passages:
... | {
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I Watched All of the Chrome Dev Summit 2017 Videos - fanf2
https://redfin.engineering/i-watched-all-of-the-chrome-dev-summit-2017-videos-so-you-dont-have-to-9b62a593c3cb
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microcolonel
> _It’s difficult to convince to most web developers to accept these limits,
> especially if you don’t anticipate selling a lot o... | {
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} |
'Break up big tech's monopoly': Smaller rivals join growing chorus - techslave
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tech-antitrust/break-up-big-techs-monopoly-smaller-rivals-join-growing-chorus-ahead-of-congress-hearing-idUSKBN1ZG17J
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cwxm
I definitely see the argument for why Big Tech's position in the US is
argu... | {
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My Next Adventure - edward
http://textslashplain.com/2015/12/23/my-next-adventure/
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falsedan
Kind of wish these sorts of career moves PR releases were announced like
transfers/signings for professional athletes.
~~~
ericjang
"Google has signed Fiddler engineer Eric Lawrence to a lifetime deal in what
one source... | {
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Ex-Googlers penetrating Silicon Valley startup hierarchy - grellas
http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_17574915?nclick_check=1
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nostrademons
I think one of the biggest obstacles to the formation of a "Google mafia" on
par with the PayPal mafia is that by-and-large, Googlers don't want to leave.
Many of t... | {
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} |
Valve Launches Half-Life: Alyx Workshop Tools, Updates Game for Linux - evo_9
https://uploadvr.com/valve-half-life-alyx-development-tools/
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0xdeadb00f
> Several sample maps are also included with the release alongside the “entire
> set of Half-Life: Alyx maps…as editable source for reference – this includes
> a ... | {
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Bird lays off up to 5% of workforce - pseudolus
https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/14/bird-lays-off-up-to-5-of-workforce/
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013a
> The recent events are a reflection of shifting geographical needs
You know, I think what they're experiencing is, uh, Winter. This might be a
foreign concept for people who live in sunny... | {
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} |
Ask HN: must follow entrepreneurs on Twitter? - kodeshpa
Please submit Twitter handles - name .
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mindcrime
A couple of existing such lists:
[http://www.quora.com/Who-are-the-best-entrepreneurs-to-
follo...](http://www.quora.com/Who-are-the-best-entrepreneurs-to-follow-on-
Twitter)
[http://www.quora.com/Who-a... | {
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Interview with a 419 scammer - peter123
http://www.scam-detectives.co.uk/blog/2010/01/22/interview-with-a-scammer-part-one/
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alanthonyc
Here's a great article (from 2006) about how a theoretically smart guy fell
for, and still believes, that the scammer to whom he lost tons of money were
the real deal.
<http://... | {
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} |
How to land a startup internship - aashaysanghvi
https://medium.com/@aashaysanghvi/how-to-land-a-startup-internship-269b1845857e#.kg5z1o2wu
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forgotmysn
how to land a start-up internship: find a start up you are interested in and
offer them free labor.
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Google Earth Discovers Woman Trapped On Deserted Island For 7 YEARS - rohan404
http://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/592/Google-Earth-Discovers-Woman-Trapped-On-Deserted-Island-For-7-YEARS
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rohan404
My apologies, further research into this indicates it is fake, and a lot of
the text is actually pulled from here:
... | {
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Chrome sends location and WiFi name to Google for web geolocation calls - msoad
https://twitter.com/ElliottZ/status/1241813241363226629
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JensRex
Google is an advertising business. Their software is ad-ware. I'm baffled that
people are still surprised when Google acts maliciously.
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EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 4 - A new DB with GraphQL support and more - 1st1
https://edgedb.com/blog/edgedb-1-0-alpha-4-barnard-s-star
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syrusakbary
Congrats on the release! I'm super bullish on EdgeDB and what it will
represent for the database ecosystem / orm space in the long term, keep up the
good work!
~~~
1st1
Thank... | {
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} |
How to see a memory - ALee
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-00107-4
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tlb
It's worth paying attention to this line of research. It kind of went nowhere
for a long time, but with increased spatial and temporal resolution of brain
imaging and the new optical recording & re-triggering tricks described in t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Skoar – A musical programming language - cidermonkey
https://github.com/sofakid/Skoarcery
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duiker101
I am by no means, an expert in music, I can't even read it, so forgive me if
this comes as a silly question, but why this syntax? It looks very foreign to
me, but at the same time, being a programming language ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Facebook Grew Twice As Fast As Twitter In July - Tiktaalik
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/12/facebook-grew-twice-as-fast-as-twitter-in-july/
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forgotmypasswd
I have yet to see a web analytics report that takes into account Twitter API
usage.
| {
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} |
Show HN: Teddy – A physical pet made possible using Estimote beacons - paramaggarwal
https://github.com/paramaggarwal/teddy
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Animats
Coming soon, the Internet-enabled Elf on the Shelf. In stores for Xmas!
_It sees you when you 're sleeping. It knows when you're awake. It knows if
you've been bad or good, so ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Celery 4.0 - mlissner
http://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/whatsnew-4.0.html
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parhamn
Celery is one of those things in Python that you can't (sometimes
unfortunately) live without. Earlier versions of Celery have some difficult
bugs and inconsistencies that made it feel like a very tough tool to work with
and... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What do you do for SEO? - harryzhang
Curious to hear how other people think about SEO. What are you guys doing for SEO today and when do you start worrying about SEO? Are you using agencies, doing it yourself, etc.?
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sixQuarks
I've attracted over 50 million unique visitors to my sites using organic S... | {
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} |
Many criminals are intelligent people with good heads for business and healthy appetites for risk - daviday
http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10880952
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inovica
I once did some research into this whilst at university. Basically the
criminal mindset is often very very close to an entrep... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How do you measure contributions to a coding project? - harshgupta
I am curious to know what metrics do people use to measure relative contributions to a project. Bare git metrics like Lines of Code, Number of commits seem to be partial (and at worse) dangerous sources of accounting.
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aawalton
Measuring ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Best Time to Submit to HN? - maxcameron
Does anyone know the best time to submit an article to HN? The best time would be:<p>- When there are the lowest number of articles being posted<p>&<p>- When there are the most people visiting the site<p>Has anyone studied this before?<p>Thanks<p>Max
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brk
Whe... | {
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} |
Outlook certificate fail - dalegaard
https://bofh.zone/2015/10/25/outlook-certificate-fail/
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mdeeks
We most certainly are checking cert validity. It is possible your cert is
self-signed, or from a non trusted CA, or expired.
We also check for secure cipher suites and either fail or prompt the user to
accept an ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Why can I not record a mediation meeting? - jelliclesfarm
I have been asked by the board of the non profit managing the land I license for a mediation/dispute resolution meeting.<p>There are four on their side and just me representing my farm. I asked permission to record the meeting on audio as I won’t b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
ReactJS for Stupid People - stevekinney
http://blog.andrewray.me/reactjs-for-stupid-people/
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poseid
i still wonder where/what the difference between state and props are. Say, I
render a collection where user selects one item at a time. where is the state?
what are properties of that collectionview?
~~~
gcanti
I... | {
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Version Control for Poetic Time Travelers - listrophy
http://blog.begriffs.com/2012/08/version-control-for-poetic-time.html
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csense
This article eloquently summarizes how I try to use git: To efficiently write
a story of the code's development history that maximizes the productivity of
your future self and/or ... | {
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} |
Show HN: Capture, rewrite and debug any Android HTTP(S) - pimterry
https://httptoolkit.tech/android
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pimterry
Hi HN! I've been working on Android support in HTTP Toolkit for ages now, and
it's finally ready! There's details & a demo video on the site, but the
highlights:
\- You can inspect, rewrite and mock all... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apple’s HomePod Has Arrived. Don’t Rush to Buy It - IntronExon
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/technology/personaltech/apple-homepod-review.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftechnology
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dkonofalski
I don't understand this article and I guess I can just add it to the list of
biased crap about Apple. W... | {
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} |
The Truth About Low-Protein, High-Carb Diets and Brain Aging - octosphere
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/diagnosis-diet/201812/the-truth-about-low-protein-high-carb-diets-and-brain-aging
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kitanata
A low protein, high carb diet is how I got type 2 diabetes at age 30. This
article isn’t just wrong, it is ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google Assistant Will Soon Support Controlling Stylers and More Doorbells - baseread
https://baseread.com/google-assistant-will-soon-support-controlling-stylers-and-more-doorbells/
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mark_l_watson
Anyone who installs IoT devices without reading terms and conditions
(especially the selling/sharing your data with 3... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Amplemarket, AI-Powered Sales Assistant - zinedine
http://amplemarket.com/
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tuyguntn
How is everything AI-powered these days?
Do you guys mean template/rule/pattern based when you write AI-powered?
Once in a while someone posts something AI-powered and I will immediately
check is there any breakthrough in this... | {
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} |
Laughter Doesn’t Scale - joshwa
https://trackchanges.postlight.com/laughter-doesn-t-scale-89d3e5687a24#.aba785fx4
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blakeyrat
The problem isn't that it's a joke. The problem is that Google didn't do any
kind of UX thinking behind the change. (It doesn't matter whether the change
is serious or a joke, you can't ju... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
First geologic map of Ganymede made with Voyager data - nealabq
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/02/first-geologic-map-of-ganymede-made-with-voyager-data/
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throwaway_yy2Di
Imagine the satellite images we could be looking at, if NASA had different
funding priorities:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_I... | {
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} |
Seattle Is Dying - SQL2219
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpAi70WWBlw
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theophrastus
There should be a healthy caveat attached to this one. This was produced and
presented by Sinclair broadcast group[1]. Whose devotion to promulgating
conservative interests is almost unparalleled. And while some valid points are... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: MobileGamePatterns.com - rrhoover
I'm a big fan of mobile patterns sites like pttrns.com and mobile-patterns.com but neither cover mobile gaming. With oDesk's help and some patience with Tumblr theming, I created mobilegamepatterns.com.<p>What do you think?
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colig
<http://mobilegamepatterns.com/tagge... | {
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Show HN: Data Analytics on Programmer Jobs - camspill
http://jprathipati.me
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camspill
Interesting programmer job statistics, someone's in class project for CS 3654:
Intro to Data Visualization and Data Analytics @ Virginia Tech
| {
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} |
The Next Big Language (2007) - tosh
https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2007/02/next-big-language.html?m=1
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mpweiher
(2007)
~~~
moomin
He was not wrong. The optional typing took longer to materialise than he
expected, though.
~~~
tosh
Also now there is Rust as potential C++ successor. Time flies.
| {
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The incredible reason east sides of cities are poorer than west sides - SQL2219
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-incredible-reason-east-sides-of-cities-are-poorer-than-west-sides-2016-11-02?mod=mw_share_twitter
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FrancoDiaz
For some reason, I was thinking about this the other day. But I have another
reason, a... | {
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} |
How (And Why) I'm Circumventing Twitter's API Instead of Using It - livestyle
http://pandawhale.com/convo/7179/how-and-why-im-circumventing-twitters-api-instead-of-using-it
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desbest
Why are third parties important in the Twitter ecosystem?
Let Twitterrific count the ways:
First use of “tweet” to describe an ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Strangely Underreported Decline in the Incarceration Rate - ph0rque
http://www.samefacts.com/2013/01/crime-control/the-strangely-underreported-decline-in-the-incarceration-rate/
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jetti
If you take a look at the report that was linked you can see the following
line:
" Persons supervised by the adult correc... | {
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} |
Magic Leap said to be ‘doing 1,000 things badly’ after raising $1.4B - JumpCrisscross
http://venturebeat.com/2017/02/13/ar-startup-magic-leap-reportedly-stumbles-after-raising-1-4-billion/
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dharmon
Every time there is a post about Magic Leap, someone inevitably asks the
question if there has ever been a case of ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Social media encourages us to follow those we envy - nomadictribe
http://nautil.us/issue/31/stress/is-facebook-luring-you-into-being-depressed
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jerf
Here on HN, over the years I've mentioned my "spouse firewall" for Facebook,
which I considered to be the perfect level of involvement.
Well, about a month ago my ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Toronto or Vancouver: Which is better for startups? - gotrecruit
I'm currently planning to study CS in Canada, and have received offers from both UBC and UofT. My main objective going to school, however, is to go find the right people to found a startup with, or to recruit the right people to join me.<p>Which h... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apple set to get Beats in $3.2B deal - Reltair
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/05/08/report-apple-to-acquire-beats/8868913/
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iambateman
Beats headphones are crap, sure. And their streaming service isn't as mature
as Spotify. But three billion dollars isn't about headphones or online music
streaming or Dr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
OS X Screencast to animated GIF - gabamnml
https://gist.github.com/dergachev/4627207
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juandazapata
Or just use the free tool LICECAP
([http://www.cockos.com/licecap/](http://www.cockos.com/licecap/)), record
directly from the screen, export to GIF and avoid all that hassle.
However, I can see why this could b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Study: ADHD linked to pesticide exposure - mcantelon
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/05/17/pesticides.adhd/index.html?hpt=T2
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ilkhd2
So was mad cow disease: phosphororganics are bad for brain.
| {
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} |
HubNotify - Get updates on Github repos - wise_young_man
http://hubnotify.com
======
wise_young_man
Just launched. Free service to get updates when repos you watch are updated
with new tags. You can select which ones you want notifications for and how
often you want emails. Currently only support Github, but if enou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Putin reportedly oversaw Clinton email dump and election hacks personally - AliCollins
http://thenextweb.com/politics/2016/12/15/putin-clinton-election-hack-email-dump/
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dragonbonheur
> Reportedly... Anonymous US intelligence sources... CIA... Suspicions...
Seriously. Anonymous US "intelligence" sources having ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: how should I build my invite beta landing page? - rush-tea
I come from a technical background and have little experience in marketing and internet space. I am currently working on my startup that is ready to launch within few weeks.<p>I am having difficulties to think about how I am going to launch it. I am... | {
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} |
LP Cover Art - smacktoward
https://lpcover.wordpress.com/
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lou1306
Ew, the entry for The Dark Side of the Moon [0] is totally ruined by that
"original master recording" label.
[0]: [https://lpcover.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/the-dark-side-of-
th...](https://lpcover.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/the-dark-side-of-the-mo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Designing Schemaless, Uber Engineering’s Scalable Datastore Using MySQL (2016) - mangatmodi
https://eng.uber.com/schemaless-part-one/
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dcposch
FYI, MySQL has a fresh new JSON data type now.
It has some great properties. It lets you mix data with a strict schema and
data without a strict schema, getting some of ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
3D XPoint Steps into the Light - krishna2
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1328682
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krishna2
"In an NVMe-based solid state drive, XPoint chips can deliver more than 95,000
I/O operations per second at a 9 microsecond latency, compared to 13,400 IOPs
and 73 ms latency for flash."
and
"A version of XPo... | {
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} |
Is Haskell the right language for teaching functional programming principles? - ingve
http://profsjt.blogspot.com/2017/10/is-haskell-right-language-for-teaching.html
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polyfish42
Beginner programmer here – I just want to say that I credit Elm with getting
me hooked on programming. I tried other languages (Ruby, J... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to Do Philosophy - samb
http://www.paulgraham.com/philosophy.html
======
DanielBMarkham
I skipped philosophy and always regretted it, for the same reasons pg mentions
(it seems to be the ultimate in reality)
In the last 3 years, however, I've picked up some great philosophy CDs from
The Teaching Company. I spent ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Court to Grandma: You Shouldn't Lose Your House Just Because Your Son Sold Weed - DiabloD3
http://reason.com/blog/2017/05/30/court-to-grandma-you-shouldnt-lose-your
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Tyrannosaur
Glad the courts are doing something. Civil forfeiture is one of the most
horrifying abuses of police power and very directly contrary t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
White riot - RileyKyeden
http://www.vox.com/2016/9/19/12933072/far-right-white-riot-trump-brexit
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RileyKyeden
The title doesn't do the article justice. It's an attempt to figure out how
modern politics happened, and it's convincing.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Metaprogramming with ECMAScript 6 proxies - riccardoforina
http://www.2ality.com/2014/12/es6-proxies.html
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AnkhMorporkian
This is huge.
var proto = new Proxy({}, {
get(target, propertyKey, receiver) {
console.log('GET '+propertyKey);
return... | {
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} |
How Justin Kan fundraises - lukasschwab
https://blog.atrium.co/behind-the-scenes-how-justin-kan-fundraises-6bae1003aabe
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birken
Story time: In early 2012, the startup I was working for, Thumbtack, had
struggled for 6-8 months to raise a Series A but finally got to the finish
line. Around the same time, Justin Ka... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
U.S. students score below international averages in math, reading and science - tokenadult
http://www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_24640781/u-s-students-score-below-international-averages-math
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tokenadult
Reporting on the same study findings by the _Washington Post:_
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/educa... | {
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} |
Facebook to Exempt Opinion and Satire from Fact-Checking - tareqak
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-to-create-fact-checking-exemptions-for-opinion-and-satire-11569875314?mod=rsswn
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ratsmack
It would be difficult for me to trust fact-checking by a profit driven company
where the facts may be biased to fit th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
"We Gained Hope" The Story of Lilly Grossmans Genome - tuxguy
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/11/we-gained-hope-the-story-of-lilly-grossmans-genome/
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tuxguy
Another account : [http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/mar/09/genome-
genetics-D...](http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/mar/09/genome-gen... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Digital Carburetor Synchronizer (C, Swift) - zilvinassebeika
https://github.com/zilberas/CarbSync
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joncrane
Just wanted to say the real interesting content is in the writing here:
[https://treatwell.engineering/how-i-made-a-digital-
carburett...](https://treatwell.engineering/how-i-made-a-digital-carbur... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: All YouTube Videos Mentioned on Hacker News and Stack Overflow - guohuang
http://dev-videos.com
======
guohuang
While we are analyzing data for
[http://toptalkedbooks.com](http://toptalkedbooks.com), we realized there are
a lot of youtube links mentioned in the comments, therefore we put together
this website... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Alice Goffman’s Heralded Book on Crime Is Disputed - lermontov
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/06/books/alice-goffmans-heralded-book-on-crime-disputed.html
======
erikpukinskis
Glad to see people doing fact checking. But none of this looks like a smoking
gun to me. Some people are skeptical of her, is all I can reall... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Research shows: walking through doorways causes forgetting - ankeshk
http://newsinfo.nd.edu/news/27476-walking-through-doorways-causes-forgetting-new-research-shows/
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bradleyland
When I was younger, I worked a summer at a small engine repair shop (really
fun job, btw). Between the shop and the parts room, ther... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Visual Analytics of Instagram’s #gopro Hashtag with AI - shanky238
http://blog.paralleldots.com/product/visual-analytics-instagrams-gopro-hashtag-ai/?utm_source=forum&utm_medium=group_post&utm_campaign=Hacker%20News%20
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pretzelboo
Cool stuff!
| {
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} |
Pure Profit, a look at swoopo.com - olefoo
http://theecakescraps.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/pure-profit-a-look-at-swoop/
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rw
"Paraphrased Swoopo business plan in short: find 10 people to give us $10 each
and one of them will get this $20 gift card. Repeat."
Please refer to: insurance policies, lotteries.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What happened to Steve Yegge after 'quitting' - topherjaynes
The recent "I'm coding 180 websites' post inspired me to get a group of friends to commit to set aside some time for study hall to work on things once a week--hopefully more often. I used Steve's OsConn talk (google Steve Yegge ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Discrete Arctan in 6502 - dustmop
http://www.dustmop.io/blog/2015/07/22/discrete-arctan-in-6502/
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Udo
This is very clever. I remember first coming across this problem a long time
ago when improvising my first "vector"-based program on the 286, which I
programmed in Pascal at the time. My "solution" was to pre-... | {
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Introducing U-SQL, a language for big data processing - mrry
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2015/09/28/introducing-u-sql.aspx
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hacker_9
Product looks good.. apart from the most important point from a dev point of
view - the syntax!
They created a new query language but didn't change the syntax at ... | {
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} |
What Is Sub-Surface Laser Engraving or a 'Bubblegram'? Technology Explained - peter_d_sherman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOrby692Uag
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peter_d_sherman
Excerpt from Thom1218's comments on YouTube:
"The lasers in these machines HAVE to be pulsed, using a method called
Q-switching to obtain high peak-power pul... | {
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} |
First Recall of Food Item in India – Nestle Maggi Noodles - srathi
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Centre-pulls-plug-on-Maggi-in-first-recall-of-food-item-in-India/articleshow/47560836.cms
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chrisjohn93
Nestle know the value of Indian market and he doing what ever they can do to
stay in Indian Market. Af... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Startup Depression - arcware
http://arcware.net/startup-depression/
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thaumaturgy
Man, I hear you. I've been going through a lot of the same, although without
the additional (major) challenge of supporting a family. I find that sometimes
it's good to have someone tell me the stuff that I already sort of know, b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What is the best way to get notified of Hacker News follow up comments? - ececconi
I've tried looking online but there doesn't seem to be much discussion on this topic. How do most people keep up with responses to their comments? Do most people just scroll down the threads section or do they use an external applica... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google claims to have achieved “quantum supremacy” - blue_devil
https://futurism.com/the-byte/google-achieved-quantum-supremacy
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blue_devil
Paper: [https://www.docdroid.net/h9oBikj/quantum-supremacy-using-
a-p...](https://www.docdroid.net/h9oBikj/quantum-supremacy-using-a-
programmable-superconducting-processor.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to Make a Documentary About Sampling- Legally - frossie
http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/03/how-to-make-a-documentary-about-sampling-legally/38189/
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ebun
How atrocious is this: George Clinton got sued for sampling his own music. If
that's not a sign that the licensing system needs to be chan... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
TornadoGists.org - collecting github gists related to TornadoWeb - peterbe
http://tornadogists.org
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clofresh
Github project is here: <https://github.com/peterbe/tornado_gists>
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peterbe
Just launched this.
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felinxlee
Good job, cheers!
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FSX
Looks neat.
| {
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} |
Helios Burn – A REST Fault Injection Platform - jonasrosland
https://github.com/emccode/HeliosBurn
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adrianmo
Most web services expose an API to facilitate access to their resources, and
there is a tendency to over-rely on these services that is extended to the
software. With HeliosBurn we aim to provide develo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Chinese hacked CNN (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) - zelcon
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/
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lode
No one is hacked here.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com is a CNAME record to cnnsi.com
cnnsi.com used to be the website for CNN Sports Illustrated, the sports
channel that was a joint venture between CNN and Sports Illustr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Once upon a time, memory allocators made sense - dchest
https://github.com/Tarsnap/libcperciva/commit/cabe5fca76f6c38f872ea4a5967458e6f3bfe054
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david-given
Plus, of course, a lot of modern systems use memory overcommit --- if you ask
the OS for memory, it gives you uninitialised address space, and it only
alloca... | {
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} |
Why Your Code's UX Matters - helloburin
http://blog.helloburin.com/post/48854595584/why-your-codes-ux-matters
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ethicalsean
I always stress about readability, but I've never thought about the end-to-end
"experience" of using a class or API I've written before. I think framing it
in this way is helpful.
Here's ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What Teens Think of Email [infographic] - jameshicks
http://www.thetechscoop.net/2011/09/20/what-teens-think-of-email-infographic/
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pacomerh
Yeah, understandable. Teens like to have conversations and email is not for
that. They don't want to set appointments or receive weekly emails from
something-weekly.com. Te... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Bunnyhopping from the Programmer's Perspective - Artemis2
https://flafla2.github.io/2015/02/14/bunnyhop.html
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jsprogrammer
Cross-posting my comment from reddit (had the article first):
Asheron's Call had a similar bug, although it took a while to be discovered.
There was a buried feature that allowed you to tur... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The First Rule of Prioritization: NO Snacking - dc17
https://blog.intercom.io/first-rule-prioritization-no-snacking/
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dc17
The simple and accurate blog post from Intercom team. Comments are useful as
well.
| {
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} |
Show HN: ChopChop, yet another project management app - softwareman
<a href="http://85.159.214.33/" rel="nofollow">http://85.159.214.33/</a><p>Its more of a work in progress.<p>Not looking at this project as a business at this point. I hate drag-N-Drop project management apps...so built t... | {
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} |
Building and Shipping Functional CSS - cjcenizal
https://blog.colepeters.com/building-and-shipping-functional-css/
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cjcenizal
From the article, markup that once looked like this:
<div class='questionCard'> <!-- Contents of the card --> </div>
Now looks like this after their refactor:
<div class='u-relative u-... | {
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} |
How prices changed at a Walmart in a year - ilamont
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/16/753712449/npr-shopping-cart-economics-how-prices-changed-at-a-walmart-in-1-year
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defertoreptar
> At the same time, higher prices of garlic — they soared 53% — actually
> illustrate tariffs working as intended.
> China had been th... | {
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} |
D-Day For Facebook App Developers - alexandros
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/28/d-day-for-facebook-app-developers/
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kevinherron
This is really great news for regular ol' Facebook users. I'm glad they
realise how spammy all the apps have gotten and are doing something about it.
~~~
icey
It should also be edu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Facebook Hacked The NASDAQ Button - richoakley
http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/18/how-facebook-hacked-the-nasdaq-button/
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chubbard
+1 for the hack, but the other solution was to tell your lacky, ...err...I
mean personal assistant, to push a button on Mark's phone at the same time as
Mark rang the bell. We live... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask PG: Would Facebook have been invited for a YC interview? - 6thSigma
Assuming Facebook was just in the idea stage, would you have invited Mark Zuckerberg in for an interview?<p>His prior experience was pretty impressive (Harvard, Facemash, Synapse) but I assume he would've applied as a single founder. Without a d... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Cppbase – A template for a simple CMake-based C++ project - kartikkumar
https://github.com/kartikkumar/cppbase
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kartikkumar
Hi all,
I thought I'd kick off the new year by submitting an open-source project of
mine that I haven't been tracking on Github at all until recently. I happened
to check my Githu... | {
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} |
Mimalloc: Free List Sharding in Action - matt_d
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/mimalloc-free-list-sharding-in-action/
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derkha
Implementation on Github:
[https://github.com/microsoft/mimalloc](https://github.com/microsoft/mimalloc)
| {
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} |
5 Jobs I'd Prefer Over Web Design - ImpressiveWebs
http://www.impressivewebs.com/prefer-web-design/
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celticjames
Three points for a link that advocates quack medicine? Not what I come to HN
for.
| {
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} |
Any Port in a Storm - rfreytag
http://www.cringely.com/2010/11/any-port-in-a-storm/
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shaddi
This comment on the article particularly struck me:
There was a time in the U.S. history could have launched
a dozen or so satellites in its sleep. “Need another GPS
communication sate... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: College Hack - kiba
Tomorrow, I will be a freshman at college. Unfortunately this mean lack of time for my personal programming projects.<p>I would like to maximize my free time so that I can develop my infant electronic engineering hobby and grow as a software developer/entrepreneur while also maintaining a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Push — Sparrow - falava
http://www.sprw.me/push.php
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j0k3r
Quite an old page. <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3706993>
| {
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} |
Google Phone app gaining direct-to-voicemail spam filtering, beta test program - bbrunner
https://9to5google.com/2018/04/10/google-phone-spam-filtering-new-beta-program/
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reformedjuju
Spam calls have become so pervasive on my end (despite having changed my
number three times) that I average about eight a day. My... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Looking for security trouble spots in Go code - leef
http://0xdabbad00.com/2015/04/12/looking_for_security_trouble_spots_in_go_code/
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steakejjs
I actually wrote a tool[0] to attack gorilla sessions that are mentioned at
the bottom of this, and gave a talk on some security functions in Go.
The big take-aways f... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Is my startup legal? MovieByHeart.com - GregShelton
I’m an immigrant and I have a fear of speaking in English.
This fear of performing in another language, also known as Foreign Language Anxiety, affects more than 50% of people.<p>I’ve searched everywhere for a solution to this problem and found nothing. Tha... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A new antenna using single atoms could usher in the age of atomic radio - vezycash
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/a-new-antenna-using-single-atoms-could-usher-in-the-age-of-atomic-radio/
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deckar01
The phrase "single atoms" seems misleading. The article describes the primary
device as a cell containing a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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