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Common Voice – Mozilla's initiative to help teach machines how real people speak - mjlee
https://voice.mozilla.org/
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gok
The goal of making a large, publicly available training corpus for ASR is
incredibly admirable, but this approach is problematic. People speak entirely
differently when reading from a script. ... | {
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OATV posted an opening for an associate. Only one woman applied. - ivankirigin
http://bryce.vc/post/3919404272/lets-try-this-again-ladies-oatv-is-hiring
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solsenNet
Yeah, this recruitment thing he laid out is illegal on several dimensions.
1\. employer is obligated to advertise broadly enough to generate a div... | {
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Target's website crashes - 8ig8
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9PNOC3G0.htm
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mooism2
Websites crash under unexpected traffic all the time. Why should we care about
this one?
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8ig8
From my perspective, I find it interesting when a high profile website goes
down for an extended period of time.... | {
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Digg Is Working On a Toolbar To Go After StumbleUpon, TinyURL, and All The Rest - vaksel
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/26/digg-is-working-on-a-toolbar-to-go-after-stumbleupon-tinyurl-and-all-the-rest/
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mikeyur
Kevin Rose confirmed this during the Digg Townhall, and Jay Adelson said
"we're not going after stu... | {
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Ask HN: The most interesting/weird interview question you've been asked? - lowglow
While reading
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16346813
I thought it might be fair to source HN and ask about interesting interview questions.
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lowglow
Question:
Imagine that you have a non-session-persisting load balancer... | {
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RabbitMQ based chat. Erlang FTW! - caillou
http://69.195.198.92:8080/
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icey
What differentiates this from every other chat app that gets posted here?
Using erlang for a chat app doesn't seem all that newsworthy to me.
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old_sound
Is just a PoC of using RabbitMQ to route messages and keep history on a custom... | {
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Ask HN: Give a novice dev a dose of reality? - fooboy
Hey all, posting under an alias since my normal nick is linked to me IRL. I'm a pretty novice developer (1-2 years professionally, 3-4 since I first learned Python), and as my previous questions might demonstrate, I have very concrete career goals.<p>At my c... | {
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New, Up to 6 times faster Publii Static CMS beta released - robertgavick
https://getpublii.com/blog/publii-beta-speed-increases.html
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jenkijo
Thank for share
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Switched from Subversion to Git - stuff4ben
http://concise-software.blogspot.com/2009/08/git-scales-enough-for-enterprise-java.html
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wvenable
I wish git was bit more user-friendly on Windows. With TortioseSVN, using
subversion is so smooth and easy I almost forget it's there. I've got a bunch
of Git tools inst... | {
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Printer dots raise privacy concerns - timr
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/surveillance/2008-07-13-printer_N.htm
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brk
This isn't really new, it's been around/known for several years now. I haven't
kept up with the yellow-dots, but this quote in the article piqued my
interest:
"The Secret Service is the only U... | {
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Ask HN: What is the best way to construct safe and secure C code - wean_irdeh
Despite the resurgence of safe language that prevent common pitfalls in C language like Rust and Ada, things like Linux and NetBSD are still written in C. What is the best way to construct safe and secure C code for contribution to Linux or ... | {
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Does life online give you 'popcorn brain'? - SocialHacks
http://www.dutiee.com/edition-cnn-com/2011/HEALTH/06/23/tech-popcorn-brain-ep/index-html
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laglad
I agree but it's an irreversible phenomenon. Some people will balance
online/offline better than others, but we will continue to adapt to the times
we live i... | {
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Ask HN: Startup could be killed with a single feature? - quotz
Should I start a startup that could potentially be killed by a big corp if they implement the feature that my product is built on? Its a product based on a strong community around it, which is a plus, but still very risky.
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allenleein
I think big cor... | {
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Ask HN: efreeme.com Head to head with etsy.com, marketing help? - boonez123
Okay. I've built the site efreeme.com, proven it works, done the bare minimum required to get it off the ground, however now I'm looking for the marketing angle to push this. Any ideas?<p>My big competitive advantage over etsy.com is that we... | {
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Man Implants Giant Computer Into His Arm Without Doctors - alexgrcs
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/11/01/this-guy-implanted-a-giant-computer-chip-into-his-arm-without-medical-supervision/
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Ellipsis753
It can read his body temperature and send it via bluetooth. It also has 3
status leds. Now honestly, the question... | {
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Open-plan offices make employees less productive, less happy, and more sick - michaelochurch
http://qz.com/85400/moving-to-open-plan-offices-makes-employees-less-productive-less-happy-and-more-likely-to-get-sick/#
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jroseattle
Anyone who has worked in enough office environments for a while will recognize
that the... | {
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Ask HN: How do you manage your contacts? - mdevere
My contacts are a mess. Phone numbers scattered across Google Contacts, iCloud, some just stored on my phone. And don't get me started on email addresses. I generally just rely on Gmail to autocomplete the email addresses that I've used before...<p>Show me n... | {
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Better flight stats results - terpua
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/better-flight-stats-results.html
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cduan
The sad thing is, if they seriously tried, Google could easily solve lost
luggage problems. All they need are a few RFID tags...
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maw
It would take more than a technical solution -- currently m... | {
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Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other - abnry
http://nautil.us/issue/89/the-dark-side/why-mathematicians-should-stop-naming-things-after-each-other
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crazygringo
Hard disagree.
Once you get to the advanced levels of _any_ field, terminology being
"accessible" doesn't really matter, but being ... | {
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Helloworld program in 100+ langauges - hckr
https://github.com/Prithvirajbilla/helloworld
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nailer
And it still surprises me there are new languages where 'hello world' is more
complicated than:
print('hello world')
Dart, which was released two years ago, after JavaScript had been around ... | {
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Show HN: Perspective for Men - paul_cryer
http://www.helpaguyout.com/
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scrrr
The advice that men get when asking women about romance is often pretty much
useless and will do more harm than good. It would be way more useful to ask
men that have their stuff together and know what they are talking about.
Besides,... | {
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Fast as Fuck Django, Part 1: Using a Profiler - Mizza
http://gun.io/blog/fast-as-fuck-django-part-1-using-a-profiler/
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jc4p
Doesn't Django Debug Toolbar bring in itself into AJAX calls if you simply
wrap the results in a <body> element?
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xster
Great article but that server's DEBUG is left on and some form... | {
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AI can be trusted to take our 911 calls - vladws
https://thenextweb.com/podium/2019/03/24/ai-can-be-trusted-to-take-our-911-calls/
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Thetawaves
I think this is probably the purest vision of a dystopian hell hole that I
have ever seen.
Just what I want to do, dick around with a computer when life is on the line.
... | {
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I’m Comic Sans, Asshole. - hendler
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-comic-sans-asshole
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leeHS
"SMACK. Like daffodils in motherfucking spring." Love it!
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The Arc Challenge by Jim Weirich - luccastera
http://www.onestepback.org/index.cgi/Tech/Ruby/ArcChallenge.red
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tig
Yes, you can create an environment in every language to help you write very
short web-apps. I still dont get the point Paul wants to make with his Arc
example. Your Ruby solution looks a lot more re... | {
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Google and Microsoft fight hotels' attempts to block personal WiFi - h43k3r
http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/23/tech-business-fights-hotel-attempts-to-block-personal-wifi/?ncid=rss_truncated
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h43k3r
I have a question. People will use the USB or bluetooth tethering if this
happens then what is the purpose of doing... | {
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Why Apple Should Kill Off the Mac - mgav
http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-apple-should-kill-off-the-mac-1434321848
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jaegerpicker
So many things wrong in this article but the base most fundamental issue is
that iOS is in the position it is because of the app store and the stellar
quality of the apps available in i... | {
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Senators seek crackdown on Bitcoin currency - jasongullickson
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/08/us-financial-bitcoins-idUSTRE7573T320110608?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&dlvrit=56505
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nextparadigms
This is a knee-jerk reaction. I doubt they really understand the technology.
And from what I under... | {
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What happens to your bike after it’s stolen - bootload
http://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-profiles/articles/this-is-what-happens-to-your-bike-after-its-stolen-october-2014
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ScottBurson
Somewhere in the last year or so I read an article arguing that the reason
bike theft is so attractive is that although the rewa... | {
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} |
Laddering a Chimney (Fred Dibnah) - savingthrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F04dGK1_wYA
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savingthrow
This video shows traditional techniques to attach a ladder to a tall chimney.
It comes in two parts. I'm not sure when this was filmed, but some time in the
1990s would be about right.
I'm glad these traditi... | {
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} |
Show HN: Interest Groups Around Places - xackpot
Hi Guys, I have recently released an iphone app (old app but pivoted to a different idea). The app has a limited set of features and also limited feature set website (http://www.findero.us), but would like to test it out if users like the idea. The idea is to fulfill ... | {
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Show HN: HSTR – easily view, navigate, search and manage your shell history - dvorka
https://github.com/dvorka/hstr
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kbd
This seems to work very similarly to how fzf hooks into ctrl+r to let you
browse/search your history. fzf is a much more general tool.
[https://github.com/junegunn/fzf](https://github.com/jun... | {
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Another Xiaomi Shocker - bryanwbh
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/07/25/xiaomi-flower
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tptacek
Nowhere nearly as shocking as his first Xiaomi shocker, which was that in the
actual product photos for the phone, the camera lenses _were the Apple
Aperture logo_.
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tszming
Stealing and copying are part o... | {
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Rock found in backyard came from space station - mdturnerphys
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/06/14/rock-found-in-amesbury-backyard-came-from-space-station/
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Luc
This article mentions that the NASA engineer determined it to be ballast from
MIR or a Progress resupply ship: [http://english.ruvr.ru/news/2013_06_1... | {
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The Solowheel: like a Segway but cool - jonasvp
http://solowheel.com
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cultureulterior
I highly disagree. Segways are awesome.
| {
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Risk in developing a simple SaaS solution - j_z_reeves
Has anyone developed a simple SaaS solution and had it cloned before gaining market traction?<p>The app that I developed is extremely simple and took about 5-7 hours of development time. It solves a very specific problem for B2B companies.<p>My worry is that, sinc... | {
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Ask HN: Are you still using React-Native although it wasnt relicensed by FB? - lalalathrow
I know it may be far away, but my imagination doesn't allow me to learn react-native knowing the license issues.<p>In the worst scenario I imagine Facebook copies my app (just like it did with snapchat) and then I can'... | {
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Ask HN: A more convinient Magic Wormhole alternative? - vsenko
Magic Wormhole (https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole) is an incredible piece of software that facilitates data transfer between computers when URL/id/hash digital transfer or copy-paste is not an option.<p>But, in my opini... | {
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Meditation under the microscope - xriddle
https://aeon.co/essays/can-meditation-really-make-the-world-a-better-place?
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davidgrenier
But what if, spending eight weeks thinking about compassion does makes the
world a more compassionate place?
Yes, the business of picking the right control must indeed be a tricky ... | {
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Show HN: Undo send mail for Apple Mail - lichtschlag
https://github.com/lichtschlag/undosendmail/
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lichtschlag
I am a big fan of Gmail's undo send feature for emails (stalls the delivery
for a moment so that you can stop if you spot a mistake in the last moment).
I wrote this plug-in for Mail.app to support a s... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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The HTTPS-Only Standard - konklone
https://https.cio.gov
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kysol
There's something about their favicon being the default green lock (
[https://https.cio.gov/assets/favicon.ico](https://https.cio.gov/assets/favicon.ico)
) that unsettles me. It feels like a social engineering trick.
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konklone
That's an interest... | {
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Show HN: ElementHistory – See what code created or updated a DOM element - mostlystatic
https://github.com/mattzeunert/ElementHistory
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chrisz42
how much does it affect performance?
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mostlystatic
Capturing the callstack with `Error().stack` is expensive and it's done for
every DOM manipulation.
The idea is t... | {
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Core NFC beta - runesoerensen
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corenfc
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op00to
Does this mean that iOS devices might be able to use something like a Yubikey?
Reading the Yubikey Neo spec sheet, it looks like the answer very well may be
yes!
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ghostly_s
Not sure I understand the use-case here...for 2F... | {
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Michael Burry of ‘The Big Short’ says he has found the next market bubble - ak39
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/04/the-big-shorts-michael-burry-says-he-has-found-the-next-market-bubble.html
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mehhh
Passive stock funds have consistently beat actively managed funds for decades,
in part due to the high fees actively m... | {
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Micro-scale fusion in dense relativistic nanowire array plasmas - nabla9
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03445-z
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nabla9
In case it's unclear from the abstract, this is not related to fusion as
energy source. Its a new way to generate neutron pulses for neutron imaging.
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ISL
It's also just cool. T... | {
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Colleges want professors to stay mum on student Covid-19 cases - chriskanan
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/08/31/colleges-want-professors-stay-mum-student-covid-19-cases
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aurizon
They would, they are sensitive about cash, all about cash - let them die in
silence... the ultimate conflict of interest...
... | {
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Graphene: A D3.js, Backbone.js based Graphite Dashboard Toolkit - jondot
https://github.com/jondot/graphene
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madarco
I'm tracking Graphite evolution since some articles from the Etsy engineers
(Track every Release <http://codeascraft.etsy.com/2010/12/08/track-every-
release/> and Measure Everything
[http://cod... | {
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Cloud Zoom - Uncle_Sam
http://www.professorcloud.com/mainsite/cloud-zoom.htm
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OwlHuntr
very nice! useful like all hell
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Apple, AT&T sued for lack of MMS capability - AndrewWarner
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/43616/118/
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daeken
It's rare I see a class action suit with merit, and this is one of them. If it
was just Apple advertising it, it wouldn't be as big a problem (since it does
work with other carriers elsewhere), but a... | {
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DTrace for Linux 2016 - okket
http://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2016-10-27/dtrace-for-linux-2016.html
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jdesfossez
It would be worthwhile to clarify the term "tracing" to distinguish between
live aggregation and post-processing approaches. The general confusion around
the "tracing" terminology seems to imply a com... | {
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Jade template language forced to rename to Pug - joshmanders
https://github.com/pugjs/jade/issues/2184#issuecomment-175763098
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ljoshua
Great example of a community coming together to just get stuff done. Benefits
of open source right there.
| {
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The Articles of Unity - ca98am79
https://medium.com/@ArticlesOfUnity/the-articles-of-unity-f544f930d336
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aiscapehumanity
Not really tech related; However, I think its is a silly idea, mostly in that
for 2020, it just won't happen. Something like this needs momentum well before
the general election. I saw this re... | {
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Ask HN: Where is my cloud addressbook? - frossie
All my info lives happily in the cloud- notes, to-do lists, documents, photos, music - except for my darn addressbook - you know, name, phone number, address, email, group. Now I am <i>not</i> looking for social networking solutions - what I wish for is:<p>1. An onlin... | {
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HN Bookmarklet to make all comments visible - niyazpk
http://benalman.com/code/test/jquery-run-code-bookmarklet/?name=HN+Read+all&ver=1.3.2&code=%24%28%27span.comment+font%27%29.css%28%27color%27%2C+%27%23000%27%29%3B
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niyazpk
This is a very simple bookmarklet I am using to make comments with -ve points
(which... | {
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Micro-documentary on "A cool tiny home tour: living in 96 square feet" - sleepingbot
http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/a-tiny-home-tour-living-in-96-square-feet/
Homes are shrinking in America. After doubling in size since 1960, the national average dropped for the first time in nearly 15 years (by 9%, the size of... | {
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Show HN: Interledger – How to Interconnect All Blockchains and Value Networks - emschwartz
https://medium.com/xpring/interledger-how-to-interconnect-all-blockchains-and-value-networks-74f432e64543
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fiatjaf
I would love to know how.
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Why I Walked Away from a $12M Acquisition Offer 18 Months After Our Launch - rmason
https://www.groovehq.com/blog/startup-acquisition-offer
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beeskneecaps
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8601975](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8601975)
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oldspiceman
Feel free to correct my math here:
50% shar... | {
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Steve Jobs left designer Jony Ive more power than anyone at Apple - ashishgandhi
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/21/steve_jobs_left_designer_jony_ive_more_power_than_anyone_at_apple.html
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zach
By comparison, John Lasseter has more power than anyone at Pixar. I think the
situation could be similar.
No... | {
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} |
Buttercoin is shutting down - dzhao
https://buttercoin.com/#/goodbye
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Sealy
Given that you are a Y Combinator startup, would you be able to post a Y
Combinator style "Lessons Learned" or "What went wrong" style reflective post.
As a community of budding entrepreneurs, PG often tells us we can learn a lot
more f... | {
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In Defense of Technology (2014) - sloria
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/05/andrew-ohagan-technology/?_r=0
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ThomPete
I think what is missing from this conversation which both this article and
people like Marc Andreesen forget is that technology isnt just progress its
also change.
The thing is we ar... | {
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} |
Rands In Repose: A Story Culture - filament
http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2010/02/08/a_story_culture.html
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yannis
Culture is becoming nothing but advertising. The anthropologist Steve Barnett
saw in this the phenomenon of pattern exhaustion, in which a culture runs out
of variations of traditional desi... | {
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} |
Fitness tracking app's map reveals movement patterns on remote military bases - bagels
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/28/politics/strava-military-bases-location/index.html
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greenyoda
Extensive discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16249955](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16249955)
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bagels
T... | {
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Show HN: Devknox – Free Security Plugin for Android Studio - subho007
https://devknox.io/
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efuquen
This is a great idea. Is there anywhere a list of all the flaws that it can
detect? I couldn't find it on the website.
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subho007
We just updated our blog. The list is here: [https://blog.devknox.io/devknox-
aut... | {
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Politically motivated climate data deletions - okket
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/28/arctic-researcher-donald-trump-deleting-my-citations
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ada1981
This seems to be happening with enough frequency that we citizens of the world
ought to create a third party mirror of all gov data so as to wit... | {
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Joystiq is closing and I'll miss them like hell – Polygon - evo_9
http://www.polygon.com/2015/1/30/7945625/joystiq-is-closing-and-ill-miss-them-like-hell
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smt88
We live in a world where a single publication is less and less meaningful. The
writers from Joystiq will likely continue writing about games. Find your
... | {
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} |
Quantum setback for warp drives - Anon84
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/23292/
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jerf
So, previously, if you applied an impossible amount of impossibly-stable
negative mass in an impossible configuration that was impossible to maintain
due to impossible-to-predict interactions with the interstellar me... | {
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The “backfire effect” is mostly a myth, a broad look at the research suggests - hhs
https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/the-backfire-effect-is-mostly-a-myth-a-broad-look-at-the-research-suggests/
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stupidcar
This is like one of those Knights and Knaves logic puzzles we used to do at
school:
Amy believes the backfi... | {
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Database Internals - pointy_hat
https://databass.dev
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playing_colours
This is a very good book! Recently, I am very happy with a number of more
foundational data books from O’Reilly:
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
[https://dataintensive.net/](https://dataintensive.net/)
Streaming Systems
[http://shop.or... | {
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} |
Watson’s Nobel Prize Medal for Decoding DNA Fetches $4.1M at an Auction - ssclafani
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/05/nyregion/james-watsons-nobel-medal-sells-for-record-4-million.html
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IvyMike
Slate has a far more negative view of the auction:
> Jim Watson is one of the most important scientists of the 20th ce... | {
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} |
The Obsessively Detailed Map of American Literature's Most Epic Road Trips - 001sky
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-obsessively-detailed-map-of-american-literatures-most-epic-road-trips
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drallison
Missing here is Peter Beagle's _I See By My Outfit_ relating his 1993 trip
from the Bronx New York to Men... | {
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Fasting Diet Promotes Ngn3-Driven Β-Cell Regeneration to Reverse Diabetes - mattshelbourn
http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(17)30130-7
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DrScump
PDF, with images:
[http://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(17)30130-7.pdf](http://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674\(17\)30130-7.pdf)
Details on the human fe... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Open-source tools for discovering and scraping APIs - mmahut
Do you know any good tools that given an API will discover it and scrape periodically data into a database for BI analysis later?
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Jefro118
Not quite sure what you're asking for here. What does "given an API will
discover it" mean exactly?
| {
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Designing and building a keyboard - wyager
http://yager.io/keyboard/keyboard.html
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sdegutis
Related: a hardware hacker that I know recently designed and made a new
keyboard[1], which looks really interesting and fun to make. Fortunately he
also provided really good detailed instructions[1][2] so other people can... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Earned income tax credit recipients more likely to be audited - paulpauper
https://www.propublica.org/article/earned-income-tax-credit-irs-audit-working-poor
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bdavis__
If you know enough about the law to rely on the Earned Income Tax Credit to
pay off you credit cards, why don't you just reduce your withholding.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Cross-platform development: Mobile Flutter Apps That Run on the Desktop - MarkMc
https://feather-apps.com/
======
BrutalCoding
What happens if an app is calling something like google sign in? Plugin found
here:
[https://pub.dartlang.org/packages/google_sign_in](https://pub.dartlang.org/packages/google_sign_in)
Haven'... | {
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} |
Show HN: Prime Time – Countdown to next prime unix timestamp - thexa4
https://primetime.maxmaton.nl/
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karmakaze
Multiple primes per minute is more dense than I expected.
| {
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} |
Huawei is working on its own mobile OS in case things sour with Google - jonbaer
http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/23/12011732/huawei-developing-own-mobile-os
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CthulhuOvermind
Currently working in this company, I guarantee you Huawei is working on its
own version of everything. Any tool we use is always considered ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Metrics of Backpacks - tosh
https://www.artpractical.com/column/the-metrics-of-backpacks/
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rfrey
I really liked this essay, and I think I would really like its author if I
knew her.
At the end of the essay, the vague sadness I felt was joined by a pretty
unsympathetic “well, what did you expect?” kind of fe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
More evidence essential oils 'make male breasts develop' - plessthanpt05
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43429933
======
nimbius
soapmaker here. While lavender oil is nice to have, its also rather cost
prohibitive in what i believe would be a compelling dose to elicit this type
of response.
as for tea tree oil, im in ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
See all of the offensive things you've ever said on Facebook in one click - econti
http://www.yourdirtymouth.com
======
econti
Would love for some of you guys to try it out and let me know what you think
| {
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} |
Firefox's enterprise support version has now been released - AndrewDucker
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/
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allbutlost
A marked change of stance from the following?
"Mike, you do realize that we get about 2 million Firefox downloads per day
from regular user types, right? Your “big numbers”... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Here Is the Epic Future Blockchain Is Going to Create - febin
https://hackernoon.com/here-is-the-epic-future-blockchain-is-going-to-create-afe167c90568
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mankash666
This is rife with half truths.
1\. Amazon is cited as a middleman in multiple use cases. It's trivial for one
to bypass Amazon by self hosting an e-... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Righted Museum - jgrahamc
http://righted-museum.tumblr.com/?
======
cge
Since this is offered without comment, the following is an article about this:
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-
intersect/wp/2015/03/...](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-
intersect/wp/2015/03/04/googles-quest-to-make-art-available... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
“God is a Verb” by R. Buckminster Fuller (1968) - MilnerRoute
http://www.wholeearth.com/issue/1010/article/194/god.is.a.verb
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bonesss
Not too far removed (philosophically), from 'theological noncognitivism ' [0]:
the idea that 'god' is more of a concept like 'hope' or 'love', not a thing
like 'milk', and a poorl... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
iHasApp: detect installed apps on a user's device - gilles_bertaux
https://github.com/danielamitay/iHasApp
======
galonk
Is it really necessary for an app to be able to query whether a URL scheme is
handled? It would be nice if Apple could make that API non-functional to put a
stop to this.
~~~
e28eta
If you want to ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Connectome-Based Convolutional Network Model of the Drosophila Visual System - beefman
https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.04793
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andbberger
Funny to see this in light of our conversation yesterday [1]
This should be read with extreme skepticism. I have experienced first hand how
'science' is done in the Turaga lab. I... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google App Engine: Viable for startup that intends (hopes!) to be bought? - jochip
I'm considering using Google App Engine for a new startup but am concerned that using the Google Datastore (BigTable), Google Authentication, etc will limit the interest of future suitors.
My principal concern is that it will harder ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19 - bookofjoe
https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMsb2005114
======
blendo
“... encouraging all patients, especially those facing the prospect of
intensive care, to document in an advance care directive what future quality
of life they would regard as a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Computer ownership by country - davidw
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=12758865
======
apstuff
I've never been to 'Canda' so I can't speak to the issue.
~~~
sspencer
I believe they mean Canadia.
~~~
cawel
And personally I think they mean 'Canada' :)
------
apstuff
The list is from 2006. It would ... | {
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} |
Edward Snowden looms over Pulitzer Prizes - 001sky
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/edward-snowden-pulitzer-prize-washington-post-guardian-nsa-104608.html
======
higherpurpose
Reminder to self: never update a Politico story ever again. It seems they are
a little too eager to tell us with each of their Snowden s... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: help debug mapme, noob map app - messel
http://mapme.heroku.com
Request for assist debugging simple map script: please test from your locale http://mapme.heroku.com
======
messel
Request for assist debugging simple map script: please test from your locale
<http://mapme.heroku.com>
source: <http://github.com/... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Software on Librem 5 and PinePhone Linux Phones Is Progressing Nicely - iamnothere
https://www.cnx-software.com/2019/06/06/software-development-librem-5-pinephone-linux-phones/
======
camjohnson26
If these devices are useable it could start a movement away from Apple and
Google’s ecosystems. Smart phones are no longer... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
No boundaries for user identities: Web trackers exploit browser login managers - randomwalker
https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2017/12/27/no-boundaries-for-user-identities-web-trackers-exploit-browser-login-managers/
======
cm2187
What makes the matter worse is this ridiculous trend that all websites have
adopted of maki... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Questions about iOS Freelancing - AppsAndiOS
Hi HN, I have been developing for iOS for a few months and have recently released an app that is fairly simple, but shows well-rounded iOS development skills. I have someone that would like me to develop an app for them, but neither he nor I have any experience wi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
LinuxFoundation.org And Linux.com Hacked After Kernel.org - hardfire
http://yaps.co.in/foss-linux/linuxfoundation-org-and-linux-com-hacked-after-kernel-org/
======
adityapatawari
Compromised ssh keys are floating again? Any word on how it happened?
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What are some good essays/blogs on VCs? - nns
What are some good essays/blogs on VCs?
======
mind_heist
David Lee's talk at this year's start up school NY was great:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt-8Io0i_F4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt-8Io0i_F4)
------
kcovia
[http://www.avc.com](http://www... | {
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} |
Guide to getting started in Machine Learning - ananthrk
http://abeautifulwww.com/2009/10/11/guide-to-getting-started-in-machine-learning/
======
simon_
Andrew Ng's course notes are 90% of the way to being a textbook, and are an
incredible resource, especially if you're going to watch the lectures.
<http://www.stanf... | {
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} |
OCZ's Vertex 2 Pro Preview: The Fastest MLC SSD We've Ever Tested - blasdel
http://anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3702
======
kristianp
I for one am waiting for an affordable SSD based system for my next laptop.
(Running ubuntu)
~~~
chancho
Just buy one. Ubuntu is very slim to begin with (~4gb) and it's very easy ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Any feedback on my app: Create PDF album from your photos - redpill27
It is a lean project I have been hacking on in my spare time. The app is a result of learning new (to me) technologies - backbone, celery, django-piston.<p>I'm not sure if the app is useful or if it solves some real problem in its current state. I... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
HP-Oracle war: HP ditches Oracle CRM for Salesforce - iwr
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/25/salesforce_oracle_hp/
======
pilif
Even with all the bad blood - migrating 40'000 users from one piece of
software to another, while keeping all accumulated data intact is a huge and
costly undertaking.
And while I'm s... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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