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Show HN: Markdown Navigator - neilellis
https://vladsch.com/product/markdown-navigator
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neilellis
This isn't my product (no affiliation), but it so awesomely good that I had to
share it with everyone.
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Coffee drinking linked to lower mortality risk again - colund
http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/11/coffee-drinking-linked-to-lower-mortality-risk-again/
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parasight
I fight nasty withdrawal symptoms like severe headache, fatigue, and rheumatic
pains right now after not drinking coffee for two days. It feels lik... | {
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Bravo now casting Silicon Valley reality show - jamesjyu
http://gigaom.com/2011/10/06/bravo-now-casting-silicon-valley-reality-show/
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rdl
This kind of thing never goes well for the companies profiled.
Earth Class Mail, a Seattle-based postal to digital mail interface, did
another reality show ("Start-Up Junkies... | {
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Microsoft Sucks at Naming Products - wolfgke
https://www.howtogeek.com/338120/microsoft-sucks-at-naming-products/
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at-fates-hands
This is a huge pet peeve of mine since I've had several windows phones. Trying
to find the "windows mobile app store" or "windows phone app store" online was
nearly impossible since t... | {
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WTF – A personal information dashboard for your terminal - jcamou
https://wtfutil.com
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cptnapalm
I've been wanting something sort of like this for my login screen. Little box
for the login, of course and a whole bunch of scary-to-everyone-but-me looking
output, like hollywood
([https://github.com/dustinkirkland/... | {
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Ask HN: How can DigitalOcean be so cheap? - jorgeecardona
I've been trying to understand how can they offer for 10USD: 1Core, 1GB 20GB disk. I've been looking for massive dedicated servers in different providers but their prices are not even close. Even the spec of servers does not fit the needs for DigitalOcean ser... | {
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402: Payment Required - nmcfarl
https://medium.com/@humphd/402-payment-required-95bc72f06fcd
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nmcfarl
Here's an old hacker news discussion about the 402 code in the spec which is
fairly interesting:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7857236](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7857236)
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Dimer – simplest way to write and publish beautiful docs - jmedwards
http://dimerapp.com/
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adamrogersuk
Wow. This app looks beautiful and so simple to use! Can't believe this was
missing from my technical writing app arsenal.
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Why we are excited about Elixir - dynjo
http://blog.oozou.com/why-we-are-excited-about-elixir/
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lectrick
It's a great language that deserves more attention!
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Show HN: Day of the Dead website with 12 Free illustrations - Calebbarclay
https://dayofthedead.holiday/design-kit/
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jordigh
"Día de los muertos" sounds so weird to me, like we're talking about a
particular group of dead people (say, the dead from a war) instead of the dead
in general. I would say "día de muerto... | {
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Drone crashes into Space Needle - Animats
http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-pilot-who-crashed-a-drone-into-the-space-needle-cou-1791160751
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Animats
Some clown crashed a small drone into the Space Needle. At the time, workers
were setting up a fireworks display there. The drone missed a fireworks array
by about ... | {
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The Plague of Entropy - yarapavan
http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2009/09/plague-of-entropy.html
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yarapavan
From the article: " When developers are writing code, entropy is low. When we
submit bugs, we increase entropy. Bugs divert their attention from coding.
They must now progress in parallel on creating a... | {
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Why does Google Hangouts still not work in Firefox? - fletchowns
It seems a little ridiculous that Google Hangouts video calling still does not work in Firefox 57. Why is it still not supported?
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ungzd
AFAIK, it uses NPAPI plugin. Chrome stopped supporting NPAPI plugins, but that
only means user can't install th... | {
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Ask HN: Books That Should Be Read - kiba
I realize that I was not the only one who have a favorite book that I think everybody should read.<p>So, what books do you think that everyone should read, or at least should know about?
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hga
Ah, that turned out to be easier than I expected, after I remember that I
alwa... | {
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Survivorship bias: understanding the case studies that make everything look easy - KevinEldon
https://alexdenning.com/survivorship-case-studies-easy/
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StijinM
This is interesting. The obvious problem is it's natural to ask successful
people how they became successful. That said, taking advice with a larger
grain... | {
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Make the Metric system the standard in the United States - ovechtrick
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-metric-system-standard-united-states-instead-imperial-system/FndsKXLh
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veidr
It's obviously a great idea, and obviously (to Americans) unlikely to happen
in the lifetime of anybody reading this fo... | {
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The Paywalled Garden: iOS Is Adware - bangonkeyboard
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2020/02/17/the-paywalled-garden-ios-is-adware/
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anko
I think it's probably worse for people in the US, but I am certainly getting
sick of news promoting articles that i can't see unless I pay for news+. Quite
often the article headlines... | {
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Smartwatch hack could send fake pill reminders to patients - rbanffy
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53333633
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vanous
Just use Gadgetbridge wherever possible. One could use broadcasts for further
automation...
[https://gadgetbridge.org/](https://gadgetbridge.org/)
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Sea Pirates Hacked Shipping Company to Plan Attacks, Find Valuable Cargo - dredmorbius
http://news.softpedia.com/news/sea-pirates-hacked-shipping-company-to-find-valuable-cargo-501268.shtml
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lawless123
"The hacker lacked talent, was easily discovered Fortunately, the hacker
wasn't that skilled. Verizon says that... | {
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Live Justin.tv feed of YC Q&A Session in Boston with Alexis and Harj - Harj
http://www.justin.tv/harj#/w/459029824
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mahmud
Is there a conference line to dial into? I am looking at the video but there
is no way to interact. Am I missing some kind of chat widget that's hidden
somewhere on screen?
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dkasper
It's... | {
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If The X-Men Worked In IT - nickoakland
http://www.zetta.net/blog/xmen-worked/
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hyuuu
I really disagree with wolverine's position as a customer facing role.
Because, you know, he's wolverine.
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Facebook Is Building a 394-Unit Housing Community Near Its Offices - aashaykumar92
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303492504579111792834660448.html#!
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joonix
Eh, not really. They are "working with" a real estate developer. Sounds like
they just made a deal, mostly for the marketing aspect, to promo... | {
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The Log: Real-time data's unifying abstraction - boredandroid
http://engineering.linkedin.com/distributed-systems/log-what-every-software-engineer-should-know-about-real-time-datas-unifying
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justinsb
The idea of the log goes well beyond just real-time data (as the blog post
describes, although the title does not... | {
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} |
Show HN: HereBy = photos nearby - bobsil1
Made an iOS app which lets you share and see photos taken nearby, with radius from a block to 500 miles. It's visual place discovery for beaches, trails, food, events (comedy shows, weddings, games) and news (downed trees, accidents). Hosts, doesn't scrape, and it&... | {
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LiShield Is a Smart LED Bulb Prevents Photos by Confusing Cameras - chriskanan
https://petapixel.com/2017/11/03/led-light-bulb-protects-privacy-confusing-cameras/
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cvwright
Very cool. Does it work against HDR? Or can you remove the noise by combining
multiple exposures?
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anotheryou
Would be a pain in the ass... | {
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Generalizing the inverse FFT off the unit circle - gok
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-50234-9
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lawrenceyan
Very cool. This should have a great deal of application in many signal
processing tasks.
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The Ugly Truth of Ugly Produce - yoloswagins
http://www.phatbeetsproduce.org/uglyproduce/
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DoreenMichele
I spent nearly six years homeless. I ate at soup kitchens and got food from
food banks for a small portion of that time.
I grew up with a garden in the back yard. My dad hunted and some of the meat
on our ta... | {
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Elon Musk says Mark Zuckerberg's understanding of AI is 'limited' - mcone
http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/25/technology/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-ai-artificial-intelligence/index.html
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fossuser
They're talking past each other because "AI" has become a useless term.
Musk's comments are about a potential (maybe cons... | {
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Google Earth API Set for Execution - umeboshi
http://www.programmableweb.com/news/google-earth-api-set-execution/2014/12/12
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wendell78
Since Google doesn't have a replacement ready, what are the best available
options out there?
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Requesting feedback on automated spreadsheet triggers for Google Sheets - jporras
Hi all, I'm an early stage CEO building a "Zapier for spreadsheets" that basically enables the automated workflow to be triggered by changes in spreadsheet cells. Right now we've built support for Factivate and Google... | {
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Common problems when translating games into Japanese - NicoJuicy
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/328996/Common_problems_when_translating_games_into_Japanese.php
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baud147258
The problem with this article: pictures with text on it.
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Columbus blamed for Little Ice Age - pwg
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/335168/title/Columbus_blamed_for_Little_Ice_Age
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zeteo
The must-read book for the context is _1491_ , by Charles C. Mann [1]. The
main point is that pre-Columbian America was much more densely populated than
previously thought, ... | {
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The Rise and Fall of Atlantic City - stickfigure
http://www.city-journal.org/2015/25_4_atlantic-city.html
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gist
"A long experiment with legalized gambling, launched in 1976, has failed to
reenergize this once-iconic locale"
It didn't fail exactly in the way this sentence seems to want to imply. It did
work (and... | {
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Ask HN: Review my startup, LivingPlug - NatWilde
LivingPlug / http://livingplug.com/<p>The INLET is a device that you plug into the common electrical outlet, that will modify it in a variety of ways: Child safety (removes the receptacles from eyeline, and can be anchored securely to the wall), Ad... | {
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Oracle sued by Strip club over employee's unpaid tab - X4
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Strip-club-sues-Oracle-over-employee-s-unpaid-tab-4834821.php
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brubaker
"New Century's attorney David Cook wasn't talking either, telling us only that
the lawsuit speaks for itself."
Is that Saul Goodma... | {
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Software aims to whack drive-by malware threat - coondoggie
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/67104
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david_shaw
From the article:
_BLADE "thwarts the ability of browser-based exploits to surreptitiously
download and execute malicious content by remapping to the filesystem only
those browser download... | {
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SMS Relay in 99 Lines of Code - alain94040
http://blog.letslunch.com/2011/02/14/sms-relay-for-letslunch-in-only-99-lines-of-code/
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geoffc
Neat use of an SMS anonymous relay, very cool! Ditto on Twilio, we use it at
GroupFlier.com and love it, definitely an enabling platform.
~~~
alain94040
Twilio is great. I ... | {
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Jeff Dean: Challenges in Building Large-Scale Information Retrieval Systems [PDF slides] - ntoshev
http://carbon.videolectures.net/2009/other/wsdm09_barcelona/dean_cblirs/wsdm09_dean_cblirs_01.pdf
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ntoshev
Actual talk recording: <http://videolectures.net/wsdm09_dean_cblirs/>
Summary: [http://glinden.blogspot.co... | {
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Judge orders arrest of Defense Distributed founder for alleged sex crime - anigbrowl
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/judge-orders-cody-wilsons-arrest-demands-pictures-of-his-upper-legs/
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savethefuture
I'm sure this investigation had nothing to do with his 3d gun printing
business.
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Usability Ain’t Everything – A Response to Jakob Nielsen’s iPad Usability Study - fun2have
http://johnnyholland.org/2010/05/26/usability-ain%E2%80%99t-everything-a-response-to-jakob-nielsen%E2%80%99s-ipad-usability-study/
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Nekojoe
I used to read a lot of Jakob Nielsen's writing, on his website and books. I
don... | {
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Ask HN: Home office advice. - zerohp
In a few weeks I start my first job as a full time telecommuter. In preparation I'm moving to a new home with an extra bedroom so I can separate my work area from other personal space.<p>Does anyone have other suggestions for finding maximum productivity and focus while working ... | {
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Visual 6502 in JavaScript - kijduse
http://visual6502.org/JSSim/index.html
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flohofwoe
I recently wrote a "remix" of visual6502 (just for fun), with C (and a bit of
C++), compiled to WASM to see whether the rendering performance of the chip
visualization can be improved while still running in browsers, and also t... | {
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How current loops and solenoids curve space-time - johnchristopher
http://arxiv.org/abs/1504.00333
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brudgers
First version on arxiv.org: April 1, 2015
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Is There a Bot to Generate StackOverflow Answer from IRC Channel Logs? - onetimePete
I'm in a very small software community- we have a wiki, which is eternally outdated, because we are understaffed. We tryied to run a Answers page, and it failed due to maintenance- all we have is IRC, with someone who can answer-... | {
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Show HN: Find samosas near me (try on mobile) - lappet
https://samosasnearme.com
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slantyyz
I kinda had doubts clicking on the link, but the results are pretty accurate
for me.
I live in a suburb outside of Toronto, Canada that has a lot of east Asian
food options. I assumed that the search would be US-centric.
... | {
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A Complete Replication of FiveThirtyEight's Bechdel Test Analysis - brianckeegan
http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/brianckeegan/Bechdel/blob/master/Bechdel_test.ipynb
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yebyen
I am not going to pretend to have already read all of this, but from
skimming/reading down in "The Hook" and on to "Start your kernels"... | {
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Language Design: Use 'ident: Type' not 'Type ident' - pcr910303
https://soc.me/languages/type-annotations
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TazeTSchnitzel
A more practical reason as a language designer is that C and C++-style type-
before-name syntax is a nightmare to lex and parse, as you can't tell whether
A * B;
is a m... | {
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Game Oldies: Play Retro Games Online - doppp
http://game-oldies.com/
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sjuut
Just a heads up, visiting this page resulted in a Segfault on my rMBP 2014
using Safari on El Capitan 10.11.5 beta
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Issue 62938 – Barometer driver hangs and kills accelerometer on its way - cryptoz
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=62938
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simias
Aaaah I2C, one of the simplest protocols there is and also probably the one
that gave me the most debugging time.
If someone wants to look into it and is willing to ... | {
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Printing Money - saadalem
https://neal.fun/printing-money/
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tptacek
This is fun, but Amazon and Walmart's revenue are sort of misleading, since
they obviously don't get to keep most of it.
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TimTheTinker
One could argue that personal income is also a kind of "revenue", since much
of it is spent on taxes, cost... | {
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Ask HN: How to learn best practices when you have no one to teach you? - bradhoffman
I am currently working for a startup and am one of 3 developers. Most of my work revolves around building the API in Node + Express as well as some small projects with MongoDB. The other developers don't really assist me since th... | {
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Trouble sleeping? Maybe it's your iPad - edw519
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/13/sleep.gadgets.ipad/index.html?hpt=Sbin
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heseltine
The light in your fridge goes off when you shut the door anyway
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Prenda Law's Trip To San Francisco Turns Out Badly - greenyoda
http://www.popehat.com/2013/04/23/prenda-law-trip-to-san-francisco-turns-out-badly
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tzaman
It would be nice to have some TL;DR on popehat, I don't always have the time
for the full _Law and order_ episode :)
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eridius
It would be nice to have a ... | {
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I’ve started building with paper – Haverzine - derfbwh
http://haverzine.com/2014/08/06/ive-started-building-paper/
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notduncansmith
This is really interesting. I think I'm part of the generation immediately
preceding the "digital natives", but I use paper so rarely that I still
identify with the symptoms.
I fe... | {
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Boost VC Welcomes Bitcoin - Sindrome
http://adamdraper.com/post/44563343164/boost-vc-welcomes-bitcoin
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Sindrome
Boost (<http://www.boost.vc>) is getting ready to incubate their 2nd class
this Summer. For this class hey have a strong preference for accepting
companies revolving around Bitcoins.
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Intel’s Core M Strategy - msh
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8475/intels-core-m-strategy-cpu-specifications-for-9mm-fanless-tablets
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rasz_pl
Intels mobile strategy is to bleed $2Bill a year by engaging in
anticompetitive behaviour by giving away chips nobody wants
[http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/186367-intel... | {
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The era of "Developers First" has begun but somehow servers got left behind - BenfromOz
https://codemason.io/blog/developers-first/
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ericpauley
This is a poor attempt at blogspam.
Article complains about hosting being challenging and cites raw compute
providers. Plenty of companies (Heroku, App Engine, Elastic ... | {
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The “Vulgar Mechanick” and His Magical Oven - dang
http://nautil.us/issue/12/feedback/the-vulgar-mechanic-and-his-magical-oven
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speeder
Sometimes I wonder, what magic still exists to be invented?
I am glad for my world full of science, but sad that all my ideas have been
done before, and better than I could do ... | {
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Ask HN: I'm at a crossroads, any input is appreciated - djsamson
I’m a twenty year old from upstate New York and I’m thinking about moving to San Francisco/the Bay Area. I’m a business student and I took this spring semester off to launch a startup which wasn’t very successful. I dropped that idea and tried to land an... | {
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I never thought Skynet will attack the stock market first... - breiner
http://www.oded.us/2012/08/skynet-attacks-stock-market.html
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verelo
Sadly the gif seems to just be a single image and never changes?
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Ask HN: Building a secure Linux distribution? - csomar
I want to build a secure and very minimalist system/OS. I'll be buying a new Laptop for that purpose (thinking of Dell XPS). The purpose of the system is to:<p>- Read/Write Emails<p>- Browse the Web (using Tor; and text-only is fine)<p>- VIM /... | {
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Would anyone use a charitable payments API? - jeremypshapiro
Recently built a tool providing a real-time, direct link between donors and recipients (living on ~$2 a day or less). Donors can send cash to very low-income people and exchange messages (e.g., confirmation message, a SMS indicating how the gift was used). W... | {
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Show HN: Generate Rest API from JSON in Seconds - adrenalinerush6
https://github.com/singerbj/SinatraApiGenerator
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adrenalinerush6
Code is a bit sloppy still, but i was surprised as to how easy it was to get
it up and running...in less than 150 lines!
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Older iOS devices outselling newer Android devices - shawndumas
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/09/older-ios-devices-outselling-newer-android-devices/
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edw
What I find interesting about this is what happens when the mythical iPhone 5
gets released and Verizon has a $50-100 iPhone 4 to sell. Until now (in the
U.S.) t... | {
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PHP Dev wants to learn a framework Symphony or Rails? - scmc
What framework is better what is the growth opportunity? Stick with PHP or move to Ruby/Rails ?
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gexla
Growth in which way? If you are referring to expanding your programming chops,
then I would move onto something that's not a web scripting language... | {
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WikiLeaks publishing over half a million intercepted pages from 9/11/2001 - tlrobinson
http://911.wikileaks.org/
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brown9-2
Am I the only one who feels a little ... wrong reading these?
This isn't a leak in the usual "whisteblower" sense of the word.
Instead it's a leak of communication between individuals th... | {
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Google developing a micropayment platform & pitching newspapers - dannyr
http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/09/google-developing-a-micropayment-platform-and-pitching-newspapers-open-need-not-mean-free/
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jrwoodruff
This would be serious competition for upstart Online Journalism, which is
building a similar system: [... | {
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What Working at Facebook Has Taught Me About Design Critique - tannerc
https://medium.com/@tannerc/critique-is-an-important-part-of-any-design-process-whether-you-work-as-part-of-a-team-or-solo-ef3dcb299ce3#.ie6x6ae4m
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tkt
Learning to give and receive feedback is one of the skills that will make you
and your tea... | {
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Ask HN: Would you pay $10/month for this service? - ishener
I have an idea for a service to help app developers, and I would love to hear your input.<p>It's a service that let you manage all of your app's strings in a nice and friendly interface. It allows you to change text easily without deploying code, ... | {
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Databot: High-performance Python data-driven programming framework - garygoog
https://github.com/kkyon/databot
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shoo
I was staring at the example in the readme, and considering some of the
features ("replayable"), and it sounds a bit like what a Makefile does. Well,
if you had a single event to process, and deci... | {
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Debian drops redis non-systemd support - binaryapparatus
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php/?f=20&t=135039
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JdeBP
That is only a true headline if one does not read the actual commit, but
rather blindly accepts the incorrect descriptions posted on two discussion
fora from a couple of people.
What Chris Lamb ... | {
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} |
Twitter's community verification system will be a disaster - StuntPope
https://easydns.com/blog/2020/02/24/bias-and-b-s-would-be-baked-into-twitters-proposed-community-verification-system/
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dijit
The post goes into it but I just want to double assert that the blue check
mark system is rather absurdly arbitrary. ... | {
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} |
Biggest Data Leak in Sweden's History Punished with Half a Month's Paycheck - ColinWright
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/biggest-data-leak-in-swedens-history-punished-with-half-a-months-paycheck/
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stareatgoats
This so called "scandal" was an incident that was milked to it's maximum
potential by t... | {
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A former IE dev: Why I switched to Firefox - parenthesis
http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2005/why-i-switched-to-firefox/
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Herring
That post is worthless without discussing extensions. Really complaining about
something that download statusbar fixes? FF is 90% extensions.
| {
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} |
Ask HN: Sunsetting Google Apps Accounts? - thebiglebrewski
Google Apps accounts cost $5/user/month. We have a bunch of "dead" users since we have teachers that start and stop teaching, but occasionally we have to bring them back.<p>I'd love a tool that, for a small one-time fee, backups a us... | {
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} |
I put together a list of resources for preparing for interviews - ansimionescu
https://github.com/andreis/interview
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minimaxir
FYI, deleting and resubmitting links is against HN rules. This is the third
time I've seen this one.
~~~
ansimionescu
Thank you. I thought I was hellbanned or something. Will behave n... | {
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} |
The finest machine: qphysics, materials science, and the microprocessor - evoxed
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nickblack/the-finest-machine
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evoxed
With preliminary contents found here: <http://dank.qemfd.net/the-finest-
machine.pdf>
More info in the description.
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A survival guide for Unix beginners - ColinWright
http://matt.might.net/articles/basic-unix/
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dawnbreez
I would actually recommend straight Debian, instead of Ubuntu. Ubuntu has
supposedly done some questionable things before.
| {
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} |
European Spacecraft Prepares to Land on Mars Next Week - nedsma
http://www.space.com/34341-european-spacecraft-mars-landing-next-week.html
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mattlondon
Kinda sad to see that it does not have any cameras apart from the landing
camera.
Rosetta just captured the imagination of loads of people, yet this one will be
... | {
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} |
Ask HN: help alpha test our new dating site (it's based on books) - mwsherman
http://alpha.alikewise.com/
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henrikschroder
Are you really going to market this as a dating site? Because you will be
steamrolled by actual dating sites that provide substantially more.. flesh..
Dating sites make money because people... | {
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} |
ChocolateChip-UI - A Mobile Web App Framework - mufti
http://blogfreakz.com/framework/chocolatechip-ui-a-mobile-web-app-framework/
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mef
Disappointed by the lack of demo.
| {
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} |
Startup Lessons from StartupRiot - harrisreynolds
http://www.simplifyingsoftware.com/2012/02/startup-lessons-from-startupriot.html
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clayhebert
Great post, Harris. Glad you liked the event. I had a blast as well. Were you
still around for the last set? I demoed Spindows.com (the enterprise video
speed-networkin... | {
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} |
Fast Iterative Algorithms for the Tower of Hanoi Puzzle - kqr2
http://hanoitower.mkolar.org/algo.html
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limmeau
Before reading, I thought they had found a faster sequence of disk transfers
(stop the press etc) -- but it turns out the article is just about generating
the same sequence of moves in less time, given ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Where Bob Dole Stands on Technology and Internet Issues (1996) - joshavant
http://www.dolekemp96.org/agenda/issues/internet.htm
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lifeguard
The whois info is suspicious, I think it is just a mirror.
| {
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PySide: LGPL Python bindings for the Qt Framework - mace
http://www.pyside.org/
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tuukkah
Related work: "Although based on a different technology than the existing GPL-
licensed PyQt bindings, PySide will initially be 100% API-compatible with
them."
Background: "Work on PySide was initiated within the Maemo di... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to find a good startup name? - trez
I have never been too talented to find a good name. Which tool/technique did you use to find one?
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mattquiros
Here are the guidelines I personally like to follow. I wouldn't say they're
the only way or the best way, but I'd like to share anyway.
1\. There are di... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How do we change things? - anthonycerra
Members of this community are pretty good at changing the way we interact with the world on a daily basis. Some really cool things have come out of asking "How can this be better?". You already have changed the world for the better.<p>As I read the recent post about ne... | {
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Assembly Gems - aburan28
http://dflund.se/~john_e/fr_gems.html
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psykotic
Here's a little gem that I don't see mentioned on there.
For bit unpacking in C, the natural inclination is to shift out the least
significant bit with something like this:
u1 getbit() { u1 lsb = x & 1; x >>= 1; return l... | {
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RiseShot – Free Mockup generator tool for 4k mockups - jessie_s
https://www.riseshot.com/?showhn
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jessie_s
Hey HN!
I rarely post here, mostly just looking at what others are building. Anyway,
this is my 2nd side project - took me more than 6 months to build.
Most of the mockups are taken from Unsplash. Let me ... | {
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} |
Let’s get serious about ES6 generator functions - jamesgpearce
http://facebook.github.io/regenerator/
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eldude
Good stuff. This will come in handy if node.js 0.12 takes much longer.
Watching the use of generators in JavaScript and especially node.js is going
to be very exciting over the coming years. We're excit... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Proof by Mask - there
http://www.mondaynote.com/2011/10/30/proof-by-mask/
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dmboyd
Youtube (<http://i.imgur.com/VIwYx.png>) doesn't fare too well. It's like
they've never heard of the law of diminishing returns. Which is surprising
seeing as though Google adwords was launched and is heavily based around an
unobtr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Skyscraper, a Clojure framework for structural scraping of whole sites - nathell
https://github.com/nathell/skyscraper/
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nathell
Hey HN! Skyscraper is not new, but I've just released a major rewrite that's
been long in the making.
Of this release features, I’m particularly happy about the database abil... | {
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} |
F.C.C. to Change Program That Connects Schools to High-Speed Internet Service - digital55
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/f-c-c-to-change-program-that-connects-schools-to-high-speed-internet-service/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Technology&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body
... | {
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} |
Google Buzz Hacks for Users, Developers, and Haters - andre
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/4_google_buzz_hacks_for_users_developers_and_haters.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+readwriteweb+(ReadWriteWeb)
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andre
this shows you how to gain access to Google Buzz NOW, if you don't... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Chameleon Colour Converter Updated to Include Colour Schemes - MrJaba
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/chameleon-colour-converter/id901137716
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MrJaba
I've just updated my colour converter/picker/swiss army knife to include
colour schemes! I find it's hugely useful little tool when designing sites or
apps rather... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Journalists Are Reporting Their Colleagues to HR for Political Opinions - jseliger
https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/journalists-are-reporting-their-colleagues
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zelon88
I don't like this piece. It's so vague there's really no story here.
"Employee A had a disagreement with Employee B who filed a complaint with... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Turkey bans YouTube - semihyagcioglu
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seanccox
This is going to complicate my last-minute application to Y Combinator...
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Want to be better? The answer is simple - boyter
http://nathanconyngham.com/want-to-be-better-the-answer-is-simple/
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xiaoma
This was a bit painful to read. Aside from the 23px font size, it opened with
7 consecutive single-sentence "paragraphs". Actually that's not quite true.
The fourth, sixth and seventh wer... | {
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} |
Money & Affirmation - andrewfelix
http://andrewsplastic.tumblr.com/post/20269735494/money-affirmation
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yelongren
I like what he is saying. Money is just one form of affirmation among many
others. All of them respectable, money is just more tangible and conspicuous.
| {
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Patreon as a Platform Is in Trouble - felix1996
https://little-noko.tumblr.com/post/625211319027679232/patreon-as-a-platform-is-in-trouble-important
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dgellow
The post is missing context. That's what I can find:
\- Owen Benjamin has been removed from Patreon late 2019
\- His fans file suits against Patreon clai... | {
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} |
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