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Ask HN: Developers with small AWS clusters, what are your monthly costs? - lhuser123
Aws costs are hard to understand for the non experienced. Perhaps a few real life examples could help.
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malux85
AWS Cost Calculator has been pretty accurate for me:
[https://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html](https://calcu... | {
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Puncture-proof tires are the future - bookofjoe
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/design/a30653824/puncture-proof-tire/
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stevehawk
I feel like I've been reading about this tire design for as long as I've been
reading about 20xx is the year of the linux desktop". I expect neither to
happen.
~~~
wmeredi... | {
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Ask HN: How would you get the word out about a new dating site? - irrationaljared
I'm having a lot of success with advertising for my new dating site, The Matching Game - http://www.thematchinggame.com - but am having a hard time figuring out other ways to get the word out. All of the articles I google just look lik... | {
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Open source may be the future, but few are writing it - CrankyBear
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/open-source-may-be-the-future-but-very-few-are-writing-it/
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simonblack
_80.2% of developers surveyed said that they code as a hobby._
As do I. My projects are generally one-off emulators of various 1970s-1980... | {
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I turned my interview task for Google into a startup - mmoez
https://uxdesign.cc/i-turned-my-interview-task-for-google-into-a-startup-877943fb3b34
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sethammons
The rule of thumb I subscribed to: have the interviewer(s) do the interview.
Give the candidate 3x time to do it that the in-house people took. Or, framed... | {
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Waving goodbye to Google - on the exodus of Wave engineers - michaelneale
http://rethrick.com/#waving-goodbye
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plinkplonk
Some interesting observations there
e.g:
"Here is something you've may have heard but never quite believed before:
Google's vaunted scalable software infrastructure is obsolete. Don't get... | {
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Groundbreaking Study Shows Shielding EMF Improves Autoimmune Disease in 90% - mhkool
https://www.greenmedinfo.health/blog/groundbreaking-study-shows-shielding-emf-improves-autoimmune-disease
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felixyz
Very mixed bag of the sources, several that look less than scientifically
viable at a first glance (not judging w... | {
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Four communication hacks that help me survive as an introverted CEO - jorymackay
http://blog.rescuetime.com/four-communication-hacks-that-help-me-survive-as-an-introverted-ceo/
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Top19
Man calling everything a “hack” really has to stop.
What’s next, “six hacks that help a recovering alcoholic not also develop an... | {
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} |
How Airbnb Earned Me $20,000 And A Restraining Order From My Landlord - timjahn
http://www.fastcompany.com/1839465/how-airbnb-earned-me-20000-and-legal-action-from-my-landlord
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hack_edu
Again and again, people who use Airbnb to 'hack' the rental market get little
sympathy from me when the chickens come to roost.... | {
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} |
Finally,an Alternative to QR Code - ruchir_21hj
http://mashable.com/2014/01/09/qr-code-clickable-paper/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss&utm_reader=feedly
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trebor
Alternative? There's no visible way that the data is em... | {
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} |
Facebook adds translate button on the news feed to users updates - ArabGeek
http://arabcrunch.com/2011/08/exclusive-facebook-adds-translate-button-on-the-news-feed-to-users-updates.html
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ArabGeek
Facebook copied Google Translate for Google+ that translate updates on
google+. facebook translate button seems to be... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What happened to OCaml? - modulow
I seem to hear so much on HN about most of the other "popular" FP languages, but haven't heard much about OCaml lately. Haskell, Clojure, Scala, CL, Scheme, etc. all get their due, but OCaml has always been my choice.
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gjvc
Here's one place you might be surprised to see it in... | {
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.Net Core Is the Most Loved Framework on StackOverflow Dev Survey - bishala
https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology-_-most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted-other-frameworks-libraries-and-tools
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willio58
Wow, I only hear bad things about .Net.
Goes to show the bubble of engineers I find myself in.
~~~... | {
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95% of ATMs use COBOL, but where are the new COBOL programmers? - benballjr
https://thenewstack.io/cobol-everywhere-will-maintain/
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daly
My first programming job was in COBOL. I don't even list it on my resume. I
taught a class in COBOL at UConn a long time ago. The IBM mainframe
instruction set is a practically... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Austrian plane search for leaker Snowden enrages Bolivia - ignostic
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/03/us-usa-security-snowden-idUSBRE9610C520130703
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venomsnake
That is a frakking act of war ... wtf.
Seems like US is writing blank checks to all other countries in the pursuit of
Snowden.
How low can th... | {
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The UK "Porn" Filter Blocks Kids' Access To Tech, Civil Liberties Websites - gts
http://bsdly.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-uk-porn-filter-blocks-kids-access.html
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citricsquid
There are many ISPs in England. One of these ISPs is called O2. A service that
O2 offers is a whitelist only internet service designed for p... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Lavabit Update - njrc
http://lavabit.com/?
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ColinWright
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7784913](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7784913)
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Some Tesla workers still concerned at partially-reopened plant - MilnerRoute
https://news.slashdot.org/story/20/05/16/0340222/some-tesla-workers-still-concerned-at-partially-reopened-plant
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SpicyLemonZest
Some people will be concerned for a long time. There's nothing wrong with
that, the coronavirus is a concern... | {
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} |
Gawker Media shuts Valleywag, offers Consumerist for sale - erickhill
http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/11/12/briefly-gawker-media-shuts-valleywag-offers-consumerist-sale
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ardit33
Nooo..... I actually like valleywag :( Sure it was nasty, and it was gossipy,
and not journalism at all, but it was a lot more fra... | {
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} |
Conflict Over How Open ‘Do Not Track’ Talks Will Be - daegloe
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/30/technology/debating-the-path-to-do-not-track.html
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magicalist
Nothing like a little techcrunch in your HN.
You should really re-title your submission. You do the community a disservice
when you turn to intellectual... | {
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Take heart! There's life without YC! Our Plan B. What's yours? - juwo
http://juwo-works.blogspot.com/2007/04/our-plan-b.html
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juwo
read my post (in the url). what do you think? can you come up with a plan B to
bootstrap if you are rejected?
if you are rejected, dont get dejected!
:)
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Show HN: CRUD Spreadsheets - dustingetz
http://www.hyperfiddle.net/:dustingetz!crud-spreadsheets/
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ryeguy_24
Having a bit of trouble understanding what the potential solution is and what
problem it solves. I may very well have missed it in There but figured I’d
mention because others may have similar thoughts. S... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Dabeaz: PyCon 2012 Followup - ot
http://dabeaz.blogspot.com/2012/03/pycon-2012-followup.html
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vgnet
Great video linked in the article (the author's PyCon keynote about PyPy).
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Percentage of Europeans Who Are Willing to Fight a War for Their Country - georgecmu
http://brilliantmaps.com/europe-fight-war/
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allengeorge
This is the actual reddit thread in which the map was posted:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/5q433o/percentage_...](https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/5q... | {
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Whatsapp got acquired by an insane amount. Still safe to use whatsapp for work? - jeilerman
http://blog.qisc.us/post/77263136322/whatsapp-got-acquired-by-an-insane-amount-wait-is-it
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critique
was that safe?
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Mitro is Shutting Down on August 31st - boristhespider
https://www.mitro.co/shutdown.html
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alexggordon
I've used Mitro ever since I heard about it. It's been really fantastic to
use, and the team did an incredible job creating it. It has everything I look
for in a password manager, even without any updates or ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Dunning–Kruger Effect - based2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
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based2
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=164&v=f89WVeqWe-...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=164&v=f89WVeqWe-M&feature=emb_logo)
L'ultracrépidarianisme, l'art de parler de ce qu'on ne connaît pas
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Test post please ignore... - Kittynana
I'm making sure self posts work in my Hacker News client for Android.
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crystalmace
Here's a comment on a self post to test if those work too.
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Demystifying container runtimes - Tomte
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/741897/5ba9c60a4f6747a3/
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dsies
I think this is a great article that can be used as a way to shed some light
on the container movement over the past couple of years to someone who is not
intimately familiar with containerization.
Bookmarked ... | {
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My Journey from Zero to $10k MRR – SaaS Growth Case Study - SaaS_Growth
https://www.whalepages.com/saas-growth-case-study-my-journey-from-0-to-10000-mrr/
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tallerzalan
Thanks for some great advice Karsten! :-)
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Karsteel
Thanks for thanking ;D
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Hello Kafka World the Complete Guide to Kafka with Docker and Python - dvainrub
https://medium.com/big-data-engineering/hello-kafka-world-the-complete-guide-to-kafka-with-docker-and-python-f788e2588cfc
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jscheel
We've been using this docker container for a few years now, and it's been
really great for us. Every o... | {
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Digging Across Panama (2011) - mrkgnao
https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2011/januaryfebruary/feature/digging-across-panama
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skh
I grew up in the Canal Zone. I'm an American and was one of the colonists.
This quote from the article brought back memories:
_Theodore Roosevelt wrote to a friend at the British Foreig... | {
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} |
A digital solution to Brexit - squiggy22
http://howtostayin.eu/
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TheOtherHobbes
"E-Residency does not confer any citizenship, domicile or right of entry to
Estonia or to the European Union. E-Residency does not automatically establish
tax residency. To learn about taxation and to avoid double taxation please
con... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Why don't we pay our rent online? - ramoq
After juggling through serveral statup ideas, one that often made me stop and think was the current state of rental payments(for apartments etc).<p>There are plenty of companies in this space(facilitating online rental payments), but not a single one of them has made... | {
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Tesla: The greatest hacker of all time - iamelgringo
http://www.totse.com/en/fringe/tesla/tesla5.html
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Hexstream
"Tesla generates a powerful pulse of electricity, and drains it into the
ground. Because the ground is conductive, it doesn't stop. Rather, it spreads
out like a radio wave, traveling at the speed of ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Tsrc – managing multiple Git repositories - based2
https://tankerapp.github.io/tsrc/
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based2
[https://asciinema.org/a/131625](https://asciinema.org/a/131625)
src: [http://linuxfr.org/news/tsrc-un-gestionnaire-de-depots-
git](http://linuxfr.org/news/tsrc-un-gestionnaire-de-depots-git)
| {
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Beautiful pictures of Endeavour docked at ISS taken from departing Soyuz - rkuester
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/e27depart.html
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mmaunder
Funny how ISS looks nothing like the space stations in sci-fi.
<http://portfolio.shaunsgallery.co.uk/con-eo3.jpg>
[http://images.elfwood.com/art/c/... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Our Alien DNA - evo_9
http://www.dailygrail.com/Essays/2014/7/Our-Alien-DNA
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daveslash
Interesting read from a historical perspective, but the idea of a message
hidden in DNA is far fetched to me - DNA is subject to the effects of
evolution and mutation which seem to me would make any message unrecognizable
afte... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
UniversalCoin is a cryptocurrency that will be distributed for free on Jan 15th - svdree
https://universalcoin.io
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tobltobs
This is cool. It is the essence of the current coinmania reduced to the
minimum, the MVP of a shitcoin.
It will be interesting to see if they really shell out the money (GAS) to
distribute... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Private and External Costs of Germany's Nuclear Phase-Out - sampo
https://www.nber.org/papers/w26598
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spyckie2
I would be really grateful if someone can summarize the details of how people
project $12b in costs and explain the modeling.
I know that a lot of work has been done into economic impacts of climat... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
I am James Bamford, one of the journalists investigating the NSA. AMA. - bcn
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1g9gz0/i_am_james_bamford_one_of_the_journalists/
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jdp23
_The Puzzle Palace_ and Bamford's other books are among the best about the
NSA.
His Wired article on Connecting the dots on PRISM, Phone S... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tesla Model 3 Production Lower, Price Higher (A Lot): Morgan Stanley Analyst - jbredeche
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2017/03/28/tesla-model-3-production-lower-price-higher-a-lot-morgan-stanley-analyst/
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greglindahl
This is a great example of terrible writing. The analyst is predicting that
the av... | {
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} |
Interview with Founder of Minds.com - jmsflknr
https://interviews.slashdot.org/story/19/03/08/1817245/we-will-never-sell-out-or-compromise-our-principles-that-would-be-like-murder-the-slashdot-interview-with-ceo-and-founder-of-mindscom-social-network
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rudedogg
Since users get tokens for interactions with their c... | {
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End of the road for RC4 - rdl
https://blog.cloudflare.com/end-of-the-road-for-rc4/
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rdl
I wish we'd done this earlier -- I'm pretty sure nothing bad has resulted from
supporting RC4 a few months longer than we would have liked, but as we've seen
from Google's "aggressive" push to end SHA1, it's the only way to... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Jessica Livingston: Why Startups Need to Focus on Sales, Not Marketing (2013) - salmonet
http://blogs.wsj.com/accelerators/2014/06/03/jessica-livingston-why-startups-need-to-focus-on-sales-not-marketing/
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Outdoorsman
Build a quality product...sell it...back it with outstanding customer
service...rely on user exp... | {
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} |
What A Mission Statement Is - paulsb
http://www.markpeterdavis.com/getventure/2008/06/understand-your.html
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paulsb
Mine, at the minute, is: To organise science in order to accelerate research.
What's yours?
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CAcert – A community-driven Certificate Authority - zerognowl
http://www.cacert.org/
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tshtf
CAcert isn't accepted in the trust store for devices that most humans use.
Today we have Let's Encrypt.
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tf2manu994
I saw this earlier, iirc the certs don't get acknowledged anywhere.
| {
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Live streaming a new SaaS product - ryanckulp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LNj3cKWzMg
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ryanckulp
going live in 48 mins... should be fun!
am also the founder of Fomo:
[https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/fomo-05b996966c](https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/fomo-05b996966c)
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Students Should Learn Bleeding-Control Methods to Prepare for School Shootings - okket
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/us/dhs-training-students-mass-casualties.html
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blackdogie
While I can see the benefits, it’s hard to fathom why they are not looking at
the cause more seriously and just accepting as a fait a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Language Hacking in a Live Programming Environment - iamwil
https://ohmlang.github.io/pubs/live2016/
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haldean
This looks amazing! I would love to have access to a tool like this for
working on my current programming language project; is the tool available for
download somewhere? I don't see anything about the ed... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why I'm Skeptical of the FCC's Call for User Broadband Testing - wglb
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000688.html
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loupgarou21
I'm somewhat skeptical of it because it isn't doing any sort of sustained
testing. I have commercial internet access to my house (it's faster, I get
static IP addresses, I can setup PT... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Instapaper is now a free app, with extra Premium upgrade that costs $30/year - kanamekun
https://www.instapaper.com/premium
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bdcravens
Those who purchased app get a month free. From the email announcement:
"Since most Instapaper users purchased the iOS and/or Android app, we’d like
to thank you for that past ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Equifax's IT team knew it hadn't patched web app vulnerability - rbanffy
https://www.grahamcluley.com/equifax-vulnerability-heads-roll/
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slitaz
Then it is even more damning to the head of security if they knew about the
vulnerability. The ultimate person to decide whether a vulnerability is not to
be patched, is... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
France to force web giants to delete some content within the hour - aspenmayer
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-tech-regulation/france-to-force-web-giants-to-delete-some-content-within-the-hour-idUSKBN22P2JU
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aspenmayer
'Social networks and other online content providers will have to remove
paedophile a... | {
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Motorola Xoom a huge disappointment - zdw
http://www.xmlaficionado.com/2011/03/motorola-xoom-huge-disappointment.html
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nlogn
Rather short and lacking in details for a "review" isn't this? Anandtech and
Engadget have already reviewed the Xoom in more detail and I have to say, this
reads very much like someone wan... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask PG: Why Not Host an Arc Conference at YC? - Kinnard
Why not host an Arc conference at YC?<p>Could reinvigorate the community.<p>You could call it Arc-Con . . .
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cylinder714
Yes, please!
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Recruiters: why I’m kind of rude to them, why they deserve it, and how to fix it - Flopsy
http://omgbloglol.com/post/18791070151/recruiters-why-im-kind-of-rude-to-them-why-they
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exodust
His associations with the so-called "good recruiters" is enough reason not to
slam all recruiters with a "how crap are recrui... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Indian School Girl Creates Washing Machine That Runs Without Electricity - miaowmix
http://trak.in/innovation/indian-school-girl-invents-washing-machine-without-electricity-302013/
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kokey
I have conflicted feelings about this. On the one hand it's nice to see the
creativity and spirit, on the other hand it's sad... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
I can get your kid into an Ivy - imgabe
http://finance.yahoo.com/college-education/article/103709/I-Can-Get-Your-Kid-Into-an-Ivy
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whacked_new
Great, someone has figured out the recipe for high-performing, cookie-cutter
drones. They might as well submit their super-early-action resumes to Wall
Street alongside ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Bathroom usability. - yookd
http://davidkyoo.posterous.com/bathroom-usability
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MPSimmons
How a bathroom usability post got written without a reference to three
seashells, I'll never know.
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logn
Bathrooms are rarely designed with OCD sufferers in mind.
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Only a few vendor-paid developers do almost all open-source work - tomxor
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3268001/open-source-tools/open-source-isnt-the-community-you-think-it-is.html
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mhsabbagh
This is hilarious:
>> It is fair to say that for almost all of the projects in the CNCF, specific
vendors account f... | {
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Amazon's Silk Browser To Be A Data Mining Jackpot - there
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110929/23172216142/amazons-silk-browser-to-be-data-mining-jackpot.shtml
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mitultiwari
With Silk, Amazon will be able to see what webpages Kindle Fire readers are
reading, and they can mine that data to figure out which we... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Maki, an online generator of promotional videos - ikliuger
http://makivideo.com
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ikliuger
Examples of videos made in Maki:
[http://bit.ly/1MV43I6](http://bit.ly/1MV43I6)
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"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Ask HN: Why big email providers don't sign the email? - ddalex
I completely understand the resistance of Gmail and the likes to full end-to-end email encryption.<p>What I don't understand is the resistance of cryptographically sign the outbound email and discard incoming spoofed emails that don't have proper... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Writing web applications in Python and Pyramid Web Framework - ergo14
http://pyramid-blogr.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
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RossM
I built one of my final university projects on Pyramid (I wanted to use Python
but at the time didn't like Django) and ended up regretting it. There weren't
a lot of resources out there ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Laravel 3.1 PHP Framework. Includes awesome ORM. - 2two2
http://laravel.com/docs/routing#the-basics
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there
The link should probably have gone to <http://laravel.com/docs> instead of the
Routing page.
The ORM looks better than PHP ActiveRecord, though it's kind of weird that
validations live outside o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
5000 Artists Line Up For a Pirate Bay Promotion - joeyespo
http://torrentfreak.com/5000-artists-line-up-for-a-pirate-bay-promotion-120405/
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Retric
This get's to the real reason the RIAA hates the piracy. Once someone is
internet famous they don't need promoters to start making good money. When
someones is actu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Is it possible to detect a visitor's ISP, could websites educate Comcast users? - iOSGuy
As I understand it, there are limitations, it will not be 100% accurate ie: a user could be using a proxy, or VPN, etc.<p>Still, if Comcast is going to throttle specific websites, or charge specific websites for faster connectio... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Schneier on Detaining David Miranda - qubitsam
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/08/detaining_david.html
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tokenadult
Duplicate of
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6283241](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6283241)
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I've got the next great idea for a social networking site... But now what? - drewbert
So I've got a million dollar idea for a simple social networking site. The dilemma.. I'm not a developer and I don't know any, or know how to find one thats capable of bringing my idea to fruition. So whats a guy like me to do? ... | {
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Why I’m Still Using APL (2012) [pdf] - nyc111
https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~shallit/Talks/APL50-talk2.pdf
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nyc111
I really liked APL. I'm learning it from here
[https://aplwiki.com/LearnApl/AplTables](https://aplwiki.com/LearnApl/AplTables)
It's fun. Not sure what I can do with it but it's so different than other
lan... | {
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Progressive web apps running as native OS X apps - amk_
https://dev.opera.com/articles/pwa-desktop/
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stephenr
Running a website (whether hosted locally or remotely and cached) in a chrome-
less browser runtime does not make your app "native".
Please stop this ridiculous mis-use of the term.
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Why Fair Bosses Fall Behind - jkuria
http://hbr.org/2011/07/why-fair-bosses-fall-behind/ar/1
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axiom
I've had 3 kinds of bosses:
1\. Hardass who pushes everyone to the limit, tends to micro-manage,
frequently overrules consensus with his own views.
2\. Total pushover who agrees with everything. Constantly see... | {
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Better without bug software? - cianestro
I don't use bug software and I turn off the default error reporting in whatever environment I find myself working. The code either compiles or it doesn't--that's the only given. Initially, this made my work very tedious but eventually I got over it. Working this way has impro... | {
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Self-Publishers should not be called Real Authors - michaelkoz
http://goodereader.com/blog/commentary/self-publishers-should-not-be-called-authors
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pyalot2
Elitist much?
So first you go on like:
I think a line needs to be drawn in the sand so that we know who is the real deal.
There is a ... | {
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Helium kills iPhones: MEMs oscillator sensitivity to helium [video] - juancampa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvzWaVvB908
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teilo
This is the inevitable follow up to this:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/9mk2o7/mri_disabl...](https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/9mk2o7/mri_disabled_every_ios_... | {
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Ask HN: Rails development on the iPad - jlam3279
Hi all,<p>I'm wondering what the state of developing RoR apps from an iPad is? I picked up a copy of Textastic, but would like to know what other tools are recommended.<p>Cheers.
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aggarwalachal
I think this will help you move to the right track.
How a Macbook w... | {
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Iron law of prohibition - luu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_prohibition
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seibelj
Similarly, anti-prostitution activists cheer that Backpage removed adult
classifieds.[0] If you really want to prevent abuse of sex workers, you need
to legalize the trade and bring it into the open. By driving it furthe... | {
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} |
Hosting Providers: Kill Malware and Fix Vulnerable Websites - wwdevries
http://patchman.co/
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wwdevries
Founder here, let me know if you have any questions! Upvotes would naturally
be greatly appreciated to get the word out in the US :-) Right now we mostly
have large (and small) hosting providers in the EU as ... | {
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Surveillance Is Suspected as Spacecraft’s Main Role - wglb
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/science/space/23secret.html?ref=global-home&pagewanted=all
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wglb
This appears to be the team that has done the discovery:
<http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html>
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Researchers use Google algorithms to find cancer biomarkers - Irene
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2012/05/18/google.goes.cancer.researchers.use.search.engine.algorithm.find.cancer.biomarkers?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eScienceNews%2Fpopular+%28e%21+Science+News+-+Popular%29
======
... | {
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Politico’s Founder Is Launching a Tech Site–Into a Very Crowded Market - smacktoward
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/11/politico-founder-is-launching-a-tech-site
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PaulHoule
If this web site targets the "C-Suite", just how many people is it targeting?
10,000? 100,000?
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SSE2 instructions in msexcl40 in a Server 2008 update - yuhong
https://twitter.com/yuhong2/status/931653918450257920
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yuhong
To this day I have not received a response from MS.
~~~
moonbug22
Cool story, bro.
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'Snoopers' charter' revival on hold as redraft demanded - callum85
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31001575
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AlyssaRowan
Good, but I hesitate to call this a victory, with the government's "private
draft" yet sight unseen.
Let's see it - and see what the Lib Dems make of it - but in the current
climate, a... | {
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Coding and drawing - danso
https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/08/08/coding-and-drawing/
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dopu
One way in which I've found the two to be incredibly similar: they're both
very good at throwing me into the flow zone. And I love being there, which is
why my full time job is basically programming all day lon... | {
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} |
Use your twitter profile as a Chrome (or chromium) theme - ChrisRicca
http://sexychrome.com
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ssalzberg
so sexy
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Facebook’s new chatbots still need work - bitsai
http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/13/facebooks-new-chatbots-still-need-work/
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mkagenius
My messenger doesn't show any bots, is it GA?
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Ask HN: Is the iPad too cold? - profgubler
I received an iPad as research project at my school. I have it to use it as my own and I love it. It is a neat device that overall (despite noted downfalls) has a great web experience when you are sitting at home. However, I recently got really sick and the iPad was great, ... | {
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Finishing - unstoppableted
http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2013/05/finishing.html
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gabrielrotbart
Finishing is also important for deciding not to finish.
When you believe that you can finish, and you have difficult past experiences
to prove it (to yourself most of all) you can more easily walk away from
anything that... | {
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} |
Two major Antarctic glaciers are tearing loose from their restraints - cs702
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/09/14/glaciers-breaking-antarctica-pine-island-thwaites/
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bootyfarm
No comments. Everything must be fine then, carry on lads!
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On Interviewing as a Junior Dev - mlrtime
http://lizmrush.com/on-interviewing/
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_RPM
> I did a code challenge that involved ranking soccer teams, and while going
> over the code a developer at the company asked me if I needed the rules of
> the game explained to me. While it's a good thing to make sure the candi... | {
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Ask HN: What books have you read in the first half of 2016? - adamnemecek
Also what skills have you acquired?
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balnaphone
"The Art of Profitability" by Adrian Slywotzky
"The Myth of the Rational Voter" by Bryan Caplan
"Fanatical Prospecting" by Jeb Blount
"Fooling Some of the People All of the Time" by David ... | {
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Google Music: The Best Service That Nobody’s Using - bigmetalman
http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/02/google-music-the-best-service-that-nobodys-using/2/
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johnnyg
I installed Google Music to my MacBook Pro a few months ago. It kept prompting
me with the install screen, long after I'd dragged it into my apps fol... | {
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Ask HN: What is setup for your static blog generator? - chauhankiran
I have tried Jekyll, Hexo and few other static blog generator but not happy with theme. I want to build something in which I have total control. Like I have few scss/css files, few markup files and some other templates for design and based on th... | {
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Announcing Keyless SSL - jgrahamc
http://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-keyless-ssl-all-the-benefits-of-cloudflare-without-having-to-turn-over-your-private-ssl-keys/
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lucb1e
For those who want to understand how it works (it took me a minute, so I'll
try to explain it simpler):
In simplified terms, the server us... | {
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Tao3D, a new open-source language for real-time 3D animations - c3d
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tao3d/
======
cordite
I would have suggested changing the link to the project site [1] instead of
the download page since it has some sort of presentation that sort of details
what it is about better, though it seems ... | {
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A startup CEO drives for Uber - elmyraduff
http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/25/a-startup-ceo-drives-for-uber/
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austenallred
Before your startup is in an accelerator or has raised your seed round driving
Uber to remain afloat is downright scrappy.
After you've raised your seed round, it raises huge red flags for... | {
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} |
It's Gotten Too Hard to Strike It Rich in America - pseudolus
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-08-14/it-s-gotten-too-hard-to-strike-it-rich-in-america
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codingslave
I would argue that wealth in the last thirty years was driven by two primary
methods:
1.) Automating basic and well known tasks using... | {
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Ask HN: How do you deal with getting older? - dreifi
As hackers, do you feel like you can hack life and get more years out of it then the average joe?<p>Or do you feel lost in a culture that hails 20 year olds that are dreaming up the next big thing?
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codingdave
Honestly, I feel like I've outgrown the whole "dre... | {
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Show HN: Localmint - Quickly find local store opening hours - oisin
http://www.localmint.com/
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DontBeADick
Gave it a try on a chain of sporting goods store with several locations in my
area.
Google: Correct hours
Yelp: Correct hours
Localmint: No stores found
Looks like you've got a long road ahead if you wa... | {
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