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Twitter boss slams Wikipedia's 'silly' SOPA protest - llambda
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/16/wikipedia-sopa-blackout-slammed-twitter
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im_dario
Maybe a nice way to "blackout" Twitter is don't tweeting or just censoring our
tweets. I just started to spread this tweet (with #twuserblackout as main... | {
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TED Q&A: Neurologist Oliver Sacks - kqr2
http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/02/ted-qa-neurol-1.html
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katamole
For anybody who hasn't read "The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat", I highly
recommend it. Very interesting read (especially for ex-neurology students like
myself).
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White House seeks Silicon Valley help battling coronavirus - notlukesky
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/11/white-house-seeks-silicon-valley-help-battling-coronavirus-125794
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onyva
Step one: close Drumpf’s twitter account and delete all video clips of him
talking.
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Scientists improve smart phone battery life by up to 60 percent - ohjeez
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-11-scientists-smart-battery-life-percent.html
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JoeAltmaier
...for certain apps. Not for the OS, nor for extending the lifetime of a
dormant phone.
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Why You Should Be Using Virtualisation In Your Development Environment - danw
http://morethanseven.net/2010/11/04/Why-you-should-be-using-virtualisation.html
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codypo
We're big fans of virtualized development environments at my startup. Not only
is it very helpful in preventing weird environment-related bugs li... | {
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} |
John Allspaw Joins the Etsy Team - prakash
http://www.etsy.com/storque/etsy-news/john-allspaw-joins-the-etsy-team-6183/
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look_lookatme
I interviewed at flickr around 2006 when they were doing a big batch of
recruiting post yahoo buyout. Everyone was super nice (I was pretty nervous),
but I walked away most impr... | {
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Pingdom being hosed by IP 104.131.86.169 (see recent tests) - ashitlerferad
https://tools.pingdom.com
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jake_rd
wow looks like they're using pingdom to mine bitcoin
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ashitlerferad
⋊> ~ whois 104.131.86.169
# # ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use # available
at: [https... | {
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A grandmother made a forest on her own [video] - happy-go-lucky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCEQZDHnAb4
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qubex
My mother passed away when I was 11, in 1992. My grandfather, who owned
property outside of Bristol (UK), planted a forest in her memory and named it
“Pam’s Wood”. He said that memories fade but tha... | {
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} |
SingPath is the most FUN way to practice software languages - tea-anemone
http://www.singpath.com/eli/index.html
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koopajah
Could be nice to have one or two examples before having to sign up. I will not
give my gmail and/or facebook information without being sure I would use the
site.
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Grieving for Apple - mrzool
https://wincent.com/blog/grieving-for-apple
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vessenes
I'm sure there's a word coined for these 'death of Apple' posts.
It is true that my 2020 Macbook Pro 16 is not as much better than the
competition as my 2011 Macbook Air was.
But it is still definitely the best laptop I've ever o... | {
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Why we will never see a 15-hour work week - showsover
http://www.sphere-engineering.com/blog/15-hour-work-week.html?
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informatimago
Indeed, but the point is that we're about to see a systemic change.
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Show HN: GatePlay, HTML5 logic circuit simulator - greglo
http://greglo.github.io/gateplay/
I created a logic circuit simulator called GatePlay - aimed for casual use by beginners/students, but the simulation is not over simplified.<p>I know of a couple of small bugs already, but feedback would be awesome!<p>Use... | {
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Convert sqlite results to json consumable dicts [python] - khubo
https://github.com/khubo/sqliteJson
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brudgers
If it meets the guidelines, this might make a good 'Show HN'. Show HN
guidelines:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html](https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html)
~~~
khubo
I will do it. thanks :D
... | {
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X is business value - teej
http://unethicalblogger.com/2011/11/18/x-as-business-value.html
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hello-trolls
obvious
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What Happens When Web Services Do Not Backup? - martey
http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/13/who-protects-your-cloud-data/
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tlrobinson
I'm not too surprised. I was just reading a blog post
([http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/zoho_omnidrive_data_sta...](http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/zoho_omnidrive_data... | {
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It's Harder to Read Code than to Write It - edw519
http://www.jakevoytko.com/blog/2007/12/22/reading-comprehension-will-make-you-a-better-programmer/
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cduan
Great post, so true. One point I'd add, though: when you're writing code, make
it readable by commenting well! Sure it's obvious to you why you used a
ter... | {
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Ask HN/YC/PG: Dealing with tax and accounting - markbao
(Focusing on the US) So, how do you deal with tax (and on a side note, accounting?) If I remember correctly, YC companies are incorporated as C corps (which means both double taxation and a bit of hassle with IRS forms and such.)<p>More specifically, what does ... | {
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Net Neutrality Protesters Arrested At Google HQ - hammock
http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/25/occupygoogle-arrests/#
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jack-r-abbit
From the article: _Google has generally been a strong advocate of net
neutrality but the OccupyGoogle protestors argue the company could be doing
more to champion the cause at this cr... | {
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The perils of microtask work - okket
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/09/in-most-cases-online-microtask-work-can-be-a-raw-deal-un-study-finds/
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tenpoundhammer
I think this particular example is a great example of what's difficult about
the world right now.
Technology has opened many new oppor... | {
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Show HN: Breathe – Peripheral Breath Trainer - filipeisho
https://github.com/filipeisho/breathe/
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amar-laksh
KISS Solution for Linux: imv breathe.gif
-> imv: [https://github.com/eXeC64/imv](https://github.com/eXeC64/imv) (or any other really lightweight gif viewer)
-> breathe.gif: [https://quietkit.com/img/box... | {
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Show HN: XZA.FR – a modern URL shortener - xza-fr
https://xza.fr
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caraujorenan
Got the following error: # ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken in
ShortnController#create > The browser returned a 'null' origin for a request
with origin-based forgery protection turned on. This usually means you have
the 'no-... | {
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Show HN: Async Requests and Downloads Without Thinking About It (Python) - jelloslinger
http://aiodownload.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
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jelloslinger
Here is a python package I wrote a few months ago to make async requests and
downloads more convenient. I haven't had much time to work on it lately so I
thought I wo... | {
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Grade levels could be a thing of the past in schools focused on competency - tokenadult
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/say-goodbye-fifth-grade-k-12-schools-test-competency-based-learning/
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paulhauggis
In a PC world that we live in, with gems such as "everyone needs to get a
trophy so they don't feel left ... | {
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Appsumo + Crate = 10gb lifetime account! - sahillavingia
http://appsumo.com/lets-crate-lifetime-file-sharing-promo/
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mbyrne
I believe the correct equation is:
Appsumo + Crate - $25 = 10gb lifetime account!
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Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger - specialp
http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102
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japhyr
I'm teaching a high school science class right now called "Are We Alone?" It's
a survey class of what kind of objects exist in the Universe, and how we're
scie... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Will you consider using this Whatsapp tool? - bthn
Hello, I started to make a tool for managing and automating mine and my clients' whatsapp accounts 2-3 months ago and day by day I improved this tool according to my needs.<p>Right now, it's so easy to use. You will register from project website and ... | {
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Is Lisp a Blub Language? - ehsanul
http://coding.derkeiler.com/Archive/Lisp/comp.lang.lisp/2007-07/msg00060.html
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Zak
I find in certain cases that I'm looking across the power spectrum from the
Lisp point of view. I recently ported some code from Haskell to Clojure and
occasionally found myself missing Haskell's... | {
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} |
Facebook creates preview photos that are just 200 Bytes for fast mobile loading - slyall
https://code.facebook.com/posts/991252547593574/the-technology-behind-preview-photos/
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mtmail
duplicate of
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10020840](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10020840)
~~~
slyall
Weird. t... | {
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Browser wars go back to future over video formats - cwan
http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/01/guest-post-browser-wars-go-back-to.html
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iwwr
Is Google really that concerned with saving a measly $6M per year? It looks
like they would pay it back anyway (
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1361442> \-- less... | {
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} |
Micro-targeted digital porn is changing human sexuality - jseliger
https://aeon.co/essays/micro-targeted-digital-porn-is-changing-human-sexuality
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Tenoke
I am not convinced their interpretation of how market forces work is
definitely right, but this rings true:
>The pursuit of the most rabidly loyal audience ha... | {
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} |
Coder Frozen in 2009 Awakens to Find Front End Development Not Awful - eropple
https://www.schneems.com/2017/08/09/coder-frozen-in-2009-awakens-to-find-frontend-development-not-awful/
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eropple
I posted this because this was basically me about six months ago. Modern
JavaScript is almost as nice, for me, as peak R... | {
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} |
Solar energy in Israel: It's a knockout - mblakele
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14082027
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dkasper
Just goes to show, it's only a matter of time before enough breakthroughs
occur that solar power overtakes fossil fuels.
~~~
pmorici
How much of this is scientific breakthrou... | {
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} |
MS-Linux? Lindows? Could Microsoft Release a Desktop Linux? - CrankyBear
https://www.zdnet.com/article/ms-linux-lindows-could-microsoft-release-a-desktop-linux/
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masonic
Call it "Black Hat Linux"
| {
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Facebook Approves Dogecoin Tipping App - kordless
http://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/news/facebook-approves-dogecoin-tipping-app/2014/06/06?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
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kordless
To the moon.
| {
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Verizon Bets on Connected Car - jayzee
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303552104577440550104642214.html
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moistgorilla
Good thinking by Verizon. In the long term this will play out to be a huge
advantage with self-driving cars.
| {
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The Unbelievable History of the Express JavaScript Framework - tdurden
http://thefullstack.xyz/history-express-javascript-framework/
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toyg
There's something missing here, timelines don't align... So TJH sells express
in 2014; Doug ploughs on for two years, with zero contributions from
StrongLoop (?). Then IBM ta... | {
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} |
Sexual Partners “Gender Gap” Debunked by Scientific Research - nikse
https://www.inverse.com/article/47430-number-of-sexual-partners-study
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notadoc
The most obvious reason for any discrepancy is that people lie.
| {
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Web services should be both federated and extensible - dwynings
http://cdixon.org/2010/09/04/web-services-should-be-both-federated-and-extensible/
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dva
There is so much data already trapped in Twitter & Facebook services. It is up
to those platforms to provide the tools to free it.
| {
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Ask HN: Javascript type inference and Asm.js - logn
Asm.js works best for compiling statically typed languages into Javascript, adding type information into the JS so that compilers can optimize around this. Some people are worried this will lead to stagnation in JS optimization for when it's written by humans (alth... | {
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NYT Cascade visualization - helwr
http://WWW.nytlabs.com/projects/cascade.html
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mattdeboard
This could be a Very Big Deal in the Marketing/PR 'industry' where it is
extremely difficult to quantify performance of PR departments and individuals.
I can easily envision a "Cascade score" of a particular press relea... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Do You Still Read Comics (And Do They Inspire You)? - CallMeV
How many of you regulars here derive pleasure and draw inspiration from reading comic books?<p>Do you eagerly await the latest X-Men to be put on the shelf of your regular newsstand on your way to work, or have it on order at your newsagent? Do yo... | {
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} |
Cisco ASA Software IKEv1 and IKEv2 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - amatus
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160210-asa-ike
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amatus
Here's Exodus's write-up on the vulnerability and exploit:
[https://blog.exodusintel.com/2016/01/26/firewall-
hacking/](https://blog.ex... | {
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} |
Michael Arrington falls for Y Combinator - drm237
http://blog.bos.genotrope.com/2008/03/16/michael-arrington-falls-for-y-combinator/
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alex_c
Not much to say about the article itself (yeah, TechCrunch has been covering
YCombinator a lot lately), but that blog has a seriously annoying layout.
| {
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Launching Docs.github.com - todsacerdoti
https://github.blog/2020-07-01-launching-docs-github-com/
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li8n
Remarkable post of ms. Jean Leaver on Launching docs.github.com
[https://github.blog/2020-07-01-launching-docs-github-
com/](https://github.blog/2020-07-01-launching-docs-github-com/) Femene genius
soured int... | {
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} |
The latest “nightmare inducing” Boston Dynamics robots - swamp40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h5qpXO3isM
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swamp40
Skip to the 3:45 mark.
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SimTK: open-access biomedical research models and tools - fitzwatermellow
https://simtk.org/xml/index.xml
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brudgers
SimTK is part of Simbios:
[http://simbios.stanford.edu/](http://simbios.stanford.edu/)
| {
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Keeping the Art of Silent Film Music Alive - tintinnabula
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/keeping-art-silent-film-music-alive-organ-cinema-comedy
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mrob
Not only did theater organists improvise music, they also improvised sound
effects. See this booklet describing such techniques:
[https://archive.org/deta... | {
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} |
Announcing Free Tier and Live Migration Tool for MongoDB Atlas - nparsons08
https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/announcing-free-tier-and-live-migration-tool-for-mongodb-atlas
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arkham
Disclaimer: I used to work for MongoDB, but left more than 2 years ago.
I'm really happy to see the free tier as an option - I was ... | {
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} |
How do developers promote open source projects? - eqcho4
https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.04219
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ktpsns
Interesting topic, but the paper presentation looks weird to me. Most figures
don't show curves but a single value with error bars. Never have seen such a
way of presenting single data points. I don't see any advant... | {
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} |
Show HN: PWA, SSR for a demo modern web app - revskill
https://www.resta.us
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sotaan
can you show your code please? seems like you are using Vue 2
| {
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WhatsApp Cofounder Tells Students to Delete Facebook - jmsflknr
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/whatsapp-brian-acton-delete-facebook-stanford-lecture
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nilskidoo
“The capitalistic profit motive, or answering to Wall Street, is what’s
driving the expansion of invasion of data privacy and driving the e... | {
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} |
Orbitz shows costlier hotel options to Mac users - Kenan
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304458604577488822667325882.html
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suprgeek
It is important to read the article carefully:
WRONG - Mac users see higher prices for same hotels than Windows users
RIGHT - Mac users are sometimes also shown hote... | {
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} |
The Relativity of Wrong (1989) - coffeeandjunk
https://chem.tufts.edu/answersinscience/relativityofwrong.htm
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Buldak
I remember reading about this topic in philosophy class, namely, the
Pessimistic Induction [1]. I've wondered if a similar argument could be made
for moral progress. Certainly, many people are qui... | {
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} |
Can Psychiatry Turn Itself Around? - okket
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/can-psychiatry-turn-itself-around/
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phren0logy
I'm a psychiatrist. It is always amazing to me that despite four years of
medical school, six years of residency and fellowships, and four board
certifications, the assump... | {
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} |
Microsoft is testing a new mosquito trap to fight Zika - nmc
http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/21/technology/microsoft-mosquito-zika/index.html
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MollyR
Just wondering, why microsoft is spending resources on this, rather than its
flagship products. It feels like a pr move.
| {
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Look out for No. 1 - yread
http://timharford.com/2011/09/look-out-for-no-1/
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mdda
"Nobody seems sure why so much data has the Benford distribution. " : Have a
look at [http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/benfords-law-
zipfs-...](http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/benfords-law-zipfs-law-
and-the-pare... | {
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Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists - blasdel
http://powazek.com/posts/2090
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blasdel
"SEO consultants are just web designers who are incapable of doing the other
90% of the job"
~~~
meatbag
By the same logic, web designers are just web developers who are incapable of
doing the other 90% of the job.
------
co... | {
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The Fallacy of Technical Debt - fpgaminer
https://medium.com/@fpgaminer/the-fallacy-of-technical-debt-202f7406337e#.4wxxnqksy
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devnonymous
> This is because the real cost of software is time.
Exactly... And so it follows that technical debt is the debt of time. What
your quick and dirty ^solution^ achieves toda... | {
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} |
Home Industries Health Care Many diabetics won’t be able to get insulin by 2030 - srameshc
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/many-diabetics-wont-be-able-to-get-insulin-by-2030-unless-big-changes-happen-2018-11-21
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capsch
Annoyingly doesn't say WHY.
| {
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Minimalism in feature implementation presentation from Social App Workshop - abraham
http://vimeo.com/13770948
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abraham
I would love feedback on content, style, usefulness, etc.
| {
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Show HN: SCSS live editing with Sublime Text - bwm
https://github.com/mechio/takana
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akhleung
LibSass maintainer here -- it's really great to see another project pick it
up, and although we're aware that we still have a fair bit of catching up to
do, things like this give us all the more incentive!
~~~
iamlac... | {
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Paris Rolls Out Sidewalk Urinals to Tame "Wild Peeing" - gscott
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/14/638512558/nope-those-arent-mailboxes-paris-rolls-out-sidewalk-urinals
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cpursley
This would not be a problem if Europe had free toilets like the United States.
I really don't understand why I should have to pay to pee.
... | {
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} |
Ask HN: With all of these news about Rust, is anybody running it in production? - aledalgrande
It seems a cool language and I have a lot of C++ in my prototype that I could, possibly, convert to Rust when I do the rewrite. C++ hasn't treated me bad, but I am evaluating the conversion possibility.<p>But is there... | {
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} |
Why super-smart people may be drawn to a life of crime - randomname2
https://qz.com/923648/why-do-highly-intelligent-people-commit-crimes/
======
AndrewKemendo
_Many prevailing theories of intelligence suggest that people with lower IQs
are the ones most likely to break the law, since impulsivity, struggles at
school,... | {
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} |
Presentation of a project: Muonium, an encrypted cloud - hitoshi54
https://github.com/muonium/core/wiki/Presentation
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cmurf
What French crypo laws prevent them from deploying in France? And then why can
C14 do this? "Your data are encrypted using AES-256, replicated many times and
stored in our 25 meter deep und... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to address horrible practices at new job? - remyp
I recently (~2 weeks ago) started a new position that ostensibly was "running the development team (3 devs)" for a SaaS firm. I am working remotely, so it has been difficult to get the CEO to keep meetings or spend the necessary time (> 5 minu... | {
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} |
Show HN: Scratchwork – a tool for drawing technical equations and diagrams - jstogin
http://scratchworktool.com
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jstogin
Hi everyone, I’m John from Scratchwork (scratchworktool.com). This is a
project I started as a math PhD student, because I was frustrated by how
difficult it is to share ideas (mainly equation... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Xero ditches HTML5 in favor of native iOS and Android apps - mattquiros
http://thenextweb.com/dd/2013/03/18/accounting-software-startup-xero-ditches-html5-in-favor-of-native-ios-and-android-apps/
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jarjoura
That's been the case all along that HTML5/CSS/Javascript is much harder to
develop for when targeting mobil... | {
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} |
Building a web application from the ground up - truetaurus
What should be considered when building a website from the ground up? What process could be followed? What resources should be considered?
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bsdpython
It starts with what you know. How much programming experience do you have?
What front and back end tec... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Why do public hotspots deliberately circumvent Apple’s portal detection? - ghodss
When I join a hotspot using my MacBook Pro, sometimes a dedicated web browser window comes up and navigates me to a portal where I can agree to terms or purchase wifi. Other times, that window doesn’t come up at all and any websi... | {
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} |
Carbon Transistors to Increase Speed, RAM of Smartphones and Tablets - RaduTyrsina
http://techpp.com/2012/07/20/carbon-transistors-increase-speed-ram-smartphones-tablets/
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rajupp
Low voltage consumption is the key
| {
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The Difference Between Business Development and Sales - kml
http://iamvictorio.us/post/26979018144/difference-between-business-development-and-sales?f4093320
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tryitnow
Someone should send this article to every young person starting out in
business, whether they're and entrepreneur or not.
Biz Dev is usually c... | {
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Show HN: Bit-bundler – simplify the JavaScript bundling experience - manchagnu
https://bundler.bitjs.io/
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manchagnu
So I built bit-bundler as an experiment to achieve configuration ergonomics
that I like. Specially around bundle splitting and pattern matching. I also
wanted to try parallel file processing, which... | {
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Search HN for “port Facebook data” – no results – lets change this - devinrhode2
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ihuman
What do you mean by "porting" facebook data? Moving it to another platform?
There is already a way to download all the data facebook has on you.
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c22
Saw this just the other day [0], looks pretty neat.
[0]
[https://ne... | {
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The Secret Life of Photons: Simulating 2D Light Transport - Tunabrain
https://benedikt-bitterli.me/tantalum/
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ykl
This is way cool, and the writeup is excellent as well. Very much worth the
read :)
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amadeusw
Good job! The UX is top notch and the results are inspiring
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Software companies demand own copyright law - Mithrandir
http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/1/14/software-companies-demand-own-copyright-law/
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bediger
This smells fishy. The Digital Economy Act isn't harsh enough, so something
even more draconian must be done! Think of the children!
Given that the Digital Economy Act ... | {
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BART Workers Give 72-Hour Strike Notice - AjayTripathy
http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2013/06/28/bart-workers-give-72-hour-strike-notice/
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bifrost
If you read the article you'll note that "rider safety" is not about adding
more and better trained cops to BART, its about lights...
> BART spokesman Rick Rice sai... | {
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The Scramble for Access to Libya’s Oil Wealth Begins - antr
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/business/global/the-scramble-for-access-to-libyas-oil-wealth-begins.html
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tzs
The title is a bit misleading as many will take from it that there wasn't
access before. A better subject would have called it re-access, not... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What books/tutorials/articles to read to get into reverse engineering? - mlejva
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jamieweb
I've been picking up the basics in the past few months - I started out with
playing around with some open source tools (radare2/Cutter), and then watching
Josh Stroschein's introductory course on PluralSight [1]. The... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Down With Social - twampss
http://spencerfry.com/down-with-social
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bonaldi
There needs to be a Godwin-esque term for "takes one data point and
extrapolates it to the entire world".
So, for his 5-person company the social media role "just isn't" a full-time
job. I doubt if marketing or HR are full-time jobs th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Come for the network, pay for the tool - cookingoils
https://subpixel.space/entries/come-for-the-network-pay-for-the-tool/
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codingdave
Paid communities aren't new. AOL was a paid community. Anyone remember Apple's
eWorld?
I'm not denying that the economics of the internet are evolving, it just irks
me our indus... | {
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} |
Linkedin gets a new look - codegeek
http://www.cnbc.com/id/49433400
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gren
I don't really like this dark header in contrast with the body. Also the
dropdown menu dark border looks horrible IMHO.
The rest is quite ok! :-)
| {
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} |
How I used Heroku, Chargify and Sendgrid to take my web-app to market in 3 days - Tawheed
http://www.tawheedkader.com/2010/04/how-i-used-heroku-chargify-and-sendgrid-to-take-my-web-app-to-market-in-3-days/
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ApolloRising
Did you include the time it takes to create/purchase a merchant account,
Payment Gateway, etc... | {
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OTPW – A one-time password login package - JNRowe
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/otpw.html
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JNRowe
Links to alternatives and/or advice about how to judge the quality of these
types of things as an outsider would be appreciated.
For example, to me having Markus Kuhn's name attached to it is a big plus.
However,... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to set up a minimalist professional web page these days - ACow_Adonis
I'm thinking it might be time for me to start branching out on my own. I've been doing analytics and stats for a long time now. But I haven't done anything with the web for almost a decade.<p>What's a recommended pa... | {
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} |
Samsung GT-E1080E - LutfiGjuta
http://35879604470894/0
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gaspoweredcat
why have you posted the imei of a samsung feature phone?
| {
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Cloudflare Bans Sites for Using Cryptocurrency Miners - fraqed
https://torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-bans-sites-for-using-cryptocurrency-miners-171004/
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godzillabrennus
Good move from my perspective. The user isn't opting in to participate in this
mining so it's ethical for Cloudflare to protect the user.
~~~
the... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Should an RSA public exponent be prime? - cr0bar_uk
I've done some research and found conflicting answers.. should an RSA public exponent (used in GPG etc) be prime? Is there a security risk in using non-prime numbers?
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tptacek
1\. Technical answer: an RSA public exponent needs to be coprime with th... | {
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Walking Contrarian, Peter Thiel - hobaak
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-11-14/peter-thiel-is-silicon-valley-s-contradiction-video
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bob_theslob646
FYI, video does no play for me with Adguard enabled on mobile.
| {
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} |
Are Startups Cool? - dshanahan
http://dshan.me/are-startups-cool/
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mimiflynn
Startups are just like any venture into starting your own business: its hard.
But, your article talks about 'working at a startup' as if interchangeable
with 'founding a startup', when, obviously, its not. I agree with your tribe
memb... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Have any good website ideas? I'll implement them, open source - lampstack
Hey HN- currently in a rut because I want to program but I don't have any good website/app ideas to implement. Post any website ideas you want implemented and if there's enough support I'll make it, 100% open source... | {
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} |
30 Years of .ORG - fcambus
http://happy30th.org
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0x0
The "responsive" text layout needs some work.
I clicked and clicked expecting to find the second half of every sentence
(".ORG hit the 10 million mark with"... with what?) and only at the very end
did it occur to me to resize the browser window.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Facebook Back on the Defensive, Now Over Data Deals with Device Makers - Cbasedlifeform
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/technology/facebook-device-partnerships-criticized.html
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merricksb
Previous/ongoing discussions:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17229397](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1722939... | {
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} |
What are the advantages of the Hurd over Linux/BSD? (2013) - pmoriarty
http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/faq/still_useful.html
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derefr
> These were just examples, Linux is trying to catch up in ugly ways indeed
> ... In the Hurd, it's that way from the ground and there is no limitation
> like having to be root or... | {
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} |
Turns out Amazon buying Eero wasn’t the startup success story we thought - aaronbrethorst
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/5/18297619/amazon-eero-price-fire-sale-mesh-wi-fi-buyout
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yellow_postit
I hope Eero has better luck under Amazon than Blink which seems to have
stalled out after the Ring acquisition and is c... | {
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} |
In the Bay Area, technology has gone hand in hand with imperialism for 500 years - edw519
https://www.salon.com/2018/12/09/in-the-bay-area-technology-has-gone-hand-in-hand-with-imperialism-for-500-years/
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masonic
n the late 18th century, the newly-arriving Spanish
That would make it the last _300_ y... | {
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Jeri Ellsworth, self-taught engineer, talks about her career (2011) [video] - jacquesm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLy0mVkoLio
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gluelogic
Jeri Ellsworth is a wizard! A huge inspiration to me.
I always loved this floppy drive reverb she made:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpr7B-7BFP4](https://www.youtube.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Is Google Planning an E-Book Rental Service? - Anon84
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/is_google_planning_an_e-book_rental_service.php
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godkira
Interesting. FTA "And would users choose to go to Google for this service,
rather than some of the other e-book publishers and providers out there?"
Personally I ha... | {
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} |
Doge iOS - lukasko
https://twitter.com/doge_ios
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ctruman
This is awesome. A great addition to
[https://twitter.com/horse_ios](https://twitter.com/horse_ios)
| {
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Gandi – Why we retired the security question - ddacunha
https://news.gandi.net/en/2020/07/why-we-retired-the-security-question/?affiliate=nl_EN_jul20_1&pk_campaign=Newsletter_EN_email_44032&pk_kwd=NL&pk_source=email&pk_medium=email&pk_content=news1_security
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Jaruzel
In the UK the NCSC[1] also no longer advocate ... | {
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} |
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