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Show HN: Modular LOB Apps in C#/LINQ/WPF/TypeScript/Bootstrap - olmo http://www.signumsoftware.com/en/Framework ====== olmo We're re-launching Signum Framework. Is an Open Source (LGPL) framework for writing applications using a modular design, and taking advantage of the latest technologies from Microsoft (.Net 4....
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Founder Collective - New $40 Million Early Stage Fund - rabble http://foundercollective.com/ ====== jmtame <http://foundercollective.com/people/Bill-Trenchard> <\- wonder if they could have found a bigger picture?
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Apple’s iPhone App Refund Policies Could Bankrupt Developers - vaksel http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/25/apples-iphone-app-refund-policies-could-bankrupt-developers/ ====== patio11 Egads, the capacity for hyperbole never ceases to amaze me. I have offered refunds for _any_ reason, no questions asked, for the last 3...
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DigitalOcean - StartupSanatana https://www.digitalocean.com/company/blog/ready-set-hacktoberfest/ ====== Joseph45levy [http://security.cioreview.com/whitepaper/digital- identities-...](http://security.cioreview.com/whitepaper/digital-identities- and-security-wid-454.html?utm_campaign=ddoct18)
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The Coming Collapse of Kleiner Perkins, the Green Economy, and VC as a Whole - njess http://thesecurepc.com/coming-collapse-of-kleiner-perkins/ ====== drallison "The economic collapse will hurt most companies in the financial sector, but Kleiner’s position is particularly vulnerable because its investments criticall...
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Here's ALLLLL the signup credits for new startups in one list. $$$ - gregmuender http://blog.whttl.com/2014/12/17/startup-signup-bonus-list/ ====== mtmail That's the same as [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8763936](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8763936). No need to submit the same content twice in one h...
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Welcome to the new Freakonomics.com - Blog moved from NYTimes - JacobAldridge http://www.freakonomicsmedia.com/2011/03/01/welcome-to-the-new-freakonomics-com/ ====== jdp23 Is it just me or is the new site realllllly slow? ~~~ kgermino Not just you. Took >45s to load for me
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“To Reach the Pure Realm of the Imaginary:” A Conversation with Cixin Liu - vo2maxer https://daily.jstor.org/to-reach-the-pure-realm-of-the-imaginary-a-conversation-with-cixin-liu/ ====== 0_gravitas That title immediately conjures up images of Banks' "Infinite Fun Space"
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Lilium Aviation - lelf http://lilium-aviation.com/ ====== cousin_it Why is this more likely to succeed than the other thousand flying car companies that I remember, which all failed? ------ thrill Nice! I do wonder how close to the end design the mockup we see is. It wouldn't seem from eyeballing it that the multiple...
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Do you use cash/have you increased your cash usage out of privacy concern - clubm8 Have any other HN posters increased their use of cash recently? (Or already pay for things in cash when possible)<p>I originally did it for privacy reasons:<p>1.) No one can judge me for what I buy.<p>(Ex: OP goes to bars too often. No ...
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Using Programming Language Concepts to Teach General Thinking Skills (2008) [pdf] - lainon https://people.csail.mit.edu/rinard/paper/wowcs08.pdf ====== davekinkead While I think programming can be a good way to teach general thinking skills like perspective, clarity, precision, and abstraction, I'm dubious about the c...
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Meet The Double (YC S12), A Teleconferencing Robot With An iPad For A Face - davidcann http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/13/meet-the-double-a-teleconferencing-robot-with-an-ipad-for-a-face/ ====== iandanforth That's a pretty impressive price point and I'd love to know more about the in house manufacturing. The one comp...
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Writing a Language in Truffle, Part 1: A Simple, Slow Interpreter - StylifyYourBlog http://cesquivias.github.io/blog/2014/10/13/writing-a-language-in-truffle-part-1-a-simple-slow-interpreter/ ====== agumonkey This is a 4 part (as of Jan 15 2015) series [http://cesquivias.github.io/tags/truffle.html](http://cesquivia...
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Flask 0.5 Released - Python WSGI microframework - enduser http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Flask/0.5 ====== cgbystrom List of changes (from the mailing list) What's new: * fixed a bug with subdomains that was caused by the inability to specify the server name. The server name can now be set w...
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New tech by Nissan: Tactile feedback in gas pedal to help you save gas - MikeCapone http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/08/nissan-eco-pedal-system-fuel-efficiency-save-gas.php ====== kirse As someone who drives a stick, I would love to see this feature under the right foot of drivers of auto cars. I drive a 300hp s...
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Where to get referal links to gain commission? - airswimmer For example I want to write articles about a smart phone, and want to add the shopping link to amazon&#x2F;ebay or other sites. Do you know if there&#x27;s open service&#x2F;site to get the referal links for commission?<p>Thank you so much! ====== mtmail [htt...
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Ask HN: Would You Take One a Side Gig? - grooks1234 I&#x27;ve had a stable (remote) SWE job for company A that pays 6-figure. I feel under-challenged and not super-excited about the industry (marketing), so a few years ago I took on a side-gig at company B in a completely different industry to learn new things, did th...
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Things You Didn't Know Apache (2.2) Could Do - linuxmag http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7480 ====== ratsbane Thanks for posting this. I wasn't aware that Apache 2.2.12 supported SNI out of the box. SNI is kind of a big deal. It means that you can have multiple virtual hosts running HTTPS on the same IP address. mod_pro...
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WordPress 3.3 "Sonny" - bennesvig http://wordpress.org/news/2011/12/sonny/ ====== wx77 List of improvements: <https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.3> Since I didn't spot the link right away. ------ simoes Software developers can really learn a lot from the wordpress video style of showing new updates and enhancem...
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Show HN: Validating the email addresses on signup, contact and subscribe forms - san_at_weblegit https://weblegit.com ====== san_at_weblegit Hi HN, We are providing a simple to use service to validate the user email addresses at the web doorway for the businesses. We validate the email addresses for more than just the...
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Ask HN: Would you pay $4 for not being tracked by a content provider? - gergely ====== sfrechtling I would. The pertinent point then becomes; is this for every content provider, or just a single one? And also; Does the service then track me? Am I replacing a known evil for another?
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Ask HN: How can I learn computer security? - boniface316 I am taking some data science courses. Is there any link between data science and cyber security? and where can I learn cyber security stuff? ====== artie_effim Cyber pro here - 5 years doing IV&V testing, 15 years as Fed, State and Local contractor, now a firew...
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Ask HN: Why do companies interview using Google Docs as a coding environment? - anonymousjunior Why do companies like Google and Asana push developers into writing &quot;production quality&quot; code in a non-IDE like Google Docs during tech screens? ====== carusooneliner During coding interviews, I'm looking for the ...
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Show HN: Tiny-httptest – Lightweight HTTP compliant test framework - avoidwork https://www.npmjs.com/package/tiny-httptest ====== avoidwork Hi, I made this module to deal with test gaps I've noticed in libs/frameworks I've used over the last few years; specifically cookie & header capture/reuse, CORS & etags (special...
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Une percée en mathématique rend caduques des procédures de chiffrement - volent http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2014/05/13/une-percee-en-mathematique-rend-caduques-des-procedures-de-chiffrement_4415604_1650684.html ====== AlDante2 Here is the paper: [http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.4244](http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.4...
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It's National Handwriting Day, we have a messaging app with typed 'handwriting' - caipivida http://www.letterme.com ====== caipivida Hey HN! I'm one of the founders of the app^ letterme. We got hunted on Product Hunt yesterday and wanted to see what the HN community thinks today! You can message to friends directly i...
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Google Drive Reality Check - nrbernard http://www.symform.com/blog/google-drive-reality-check/ ====== debacle FUD
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Ask YC: Gap year ideas? - deltapoint I am graduating high school early and am looking for cool ways to spend my time before college. I am looking to do some combination work/intern, travel and educational programs. What activities do you think I can get the most out of during a gap year? ====== sqs After high school...
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Technology’s Role Changes Comic Books - pseudolus https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/arts/comic-books-computers-dc-marvel.html ====== egypturnash I do comics with a process _radically_ different from the assembly line the superhero factories use. Their pipeline is script>pencils>inks>colors>letters, often done by diff...
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Microsoft shows off its 'Centaurus' dual-screen laptop ahead of Apple's WWDC - RmDen https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-shows-off-its-centaurus-dual-screen-laptop-ahead-of-apples-wwdc/ ====== smush I really loved the Courier idea; even if all it was going to be was a voice- enabled two-screen OneNote w/ UI refres...
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BuckleScript: write JavaScript faster, safer and smaller - _qc3o https://bloomberg.github.io/bucklescript/ ====== virtualwhys From Why BuckleScript[1] _Large JS output even for a simple program_ "In BuckleScript, a Hello world program generates 20 bytes JS code instead of 50K bytes. This is due to the fact that ......
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You Can't Name a File Con in Windows [video] - abhisuri97 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC6tngl0PTI ====== maxbaines Confirmed this still exists in W10 bit of web search and found there resrve from DOS days, others are AUX, NUL, COM1-COM9, PRN, LPT1-LPT9. [https://answers.microsoft.com/en- us/windows/forum/all/file...
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The four categories of NoSQL databases - wspruijt http://rebelic.nl/engineering/the-four-categories-of-nosql-databases/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter-publisher-main&utm_campaign=twitter ====== michh Imho this article is too much of an oversimplification. It's forcing artifical labels on some things that don'...
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He got to name two moons of jupiter - rungekuttarob https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/cvseur/i_got_to_name_two_moons_of_jupiter_this_is_amazing/ ====== vectorEQ they could of been named after halfgods offspring of jupiter and his mistresses :D then the moons would be the kids of jupiter :D google says this: Jup...
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Show HN: Lsvine: `tree -L 2` with less empty screen space - shadiakiki https://github.com/autofitcloud/lsvine ====== brudgers It's a nice piece of work. I like it. Tree's output is probably easier for me to reason about when I'm handling it programmatically. There's a recursive structure. ------ eps Interesting stuff...
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Herbalife shares slide: Bill Ackman calls it a pyramid scheme - kunle http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/herbalife-shares-slide-on-allegations-by-hedge-fund-manager-william-ackman-of-pyramid-scheme/2012/12/20/c29244c4-4ad7-11e2-8758-b64a2997a921_story.html ====== lutusp > Herbalife shares slide: Bill Ackman call...
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64bit ARMv8-A Cortex-A53 on Raspberry Pi 3 -confirmation - wolfgke https://www.dropbox.com/s/66u2mvkuqnkec40/0900766b814ba692.pdf?dl=0 ====== wolfgke Source: [https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/48629c/64bit_...](https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/48629c/64bit_armv8a_cortexa53_on_raspberry_pi_3/...
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Deep - knappster http://jeffrock.com/deep.html ====== FailMore Great post. A theory that makes sense & I have not heard.
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Casimir Effect - infinitebattery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect ====== readerrrr My favorite (im)plausible thruster using this effect. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_vacuum_plasma_thruster](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_vacuum_plasma_thruster) ~~~ zackmorris Ya sounds like the NASA EmDri...
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Why does CT corp charge startups $213.74 annually? - prbuckley This is the company that YC recommends their companies use to incorporate in the state of delaware. I can't figure out what they do exactly but they send us a bill for $213.74 every year threatening that if we don't pay it this "may impact the company's ...
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Achilles Heel of OAuth or Why Facebook Adds #_=_ - homakov http://homakov.blogspot.com/2013/03/redirecturi-is-achilles-heel-of-oauth.html?m=1 ====== gdeglin The OAuth Spec actually does address white listing redirect_uri's. This threat is discussed in section 4.1.5 of the OAuth 2.0 spec here: [http://tools.ietf.org/...
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Startup Uses Eggs to Poach Employees from Facebook, Google - kumarrahul http://www.freshtechapps.com/bigcommerce-an-e-commerce-site-is-literally-poaching-google-and-facebook-employess-waiting-for-their-company-buses-in-san-francisco/ ====== sergiotapia This is fantastic! Don't be fooled a company has _zero_ allegiance...
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Wireless 'BlueBorne' Attacks Target Billions of Bluetooth Devices - rayascott https://threatpost.com/wireless-blueborne-attacks-target-billions-of-bluetooth-devices/127921/ ====== download13 Basically there's a bunch of different vulnerabilities in various chipsets and operating systems that can, in some cases, allow ...
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Quora Banned Me for Saying the Earth Isn't Flat - kerisavoca https://medium.com/@brothke/quora-banned-me-for-saying-the-earth-isnt-flat-9bd98010c09d ====== rvz > Quora Banned Me For Saying The Earth Isn’t Flat 1 + 1 = 2 > From a scientific perspective, no flat earther has ever given me a rational > response to why i...
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Show HN: Extend and automate JIRA workflows using Groovy - johnou At work we recently updated JIRA and were forced to update all plugins, unfortunately one of those turned from free to paid (ScriptRunner). The pricing seemed ridiculous so I challenged myself to create an alternative plugin and here is the result!<p>ht...
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CDC director warns that Congo's Ebola outbreak may not be containable - loisaidasam https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2018/11/05/cdc-director-warns-that-congos-ebola-outbreak-may-not-be-containable/ ====== coldcode The real fear is that one person makes it out of the area and into another part of the world, simila...
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Panther: DIY Website Builder - gopanther http://panther.ws ====== dang Corporate accounts don't do well here. You'd be better off posting as an individual (that doesn't mean you need to use your real name, just present as a person rather than a company or project). For best results, put "Show HN" at the head of the t...
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Never use Wikipedia as a sandbox - paulpauper One of my math papers I wrote using Wikipedia&#x27;s sandbox was deleted.<p><pre><code> It was deleted for U5: Misuse of Wikipedia as a web host </code></pre> I seldom visit the page ,and I assumed it would remain safe up there until I eventually would type it up on latex...
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Nuclear Isn't Needed for the Green New Deal - mimixco https://www.jacksonville.com/opinion/20190510/guest-column-nuclear-power-isnt-needed-for-green-new-deal ====== natch I love that the article mentions one of my biggest gripes with nuclear power, that it does not lend itself to scaling down to the level of the indiv...
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Microsoft wants to monopolise games development on PC. We must fight it - Jerry2 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/04/microsoft-monopolise-pc-games-development-epic-games-gears-of-war ====== massysett This is over two years old. ~~~ TwoNineFive Two years old but looking more and more correct as time goe...
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The Black Sea has lost more than a third of its habitable volume - upen http://sciencebulletin.org/archives/4831.html ====== PeterWhittaker Summary: The oxygen-rich habitable layer of the Black Sea has declined over the last few decades from a depth of 140m to a depth of only 90m. The oxic layer does not mix with the ...
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The end of the level playing field - mooreds http://avc.com/2017/02/the-end-of-the-level-playing-field/ ====== intended There isn't a new level playing field coming along anytime soon. The internet was the pinnacle of a series of benign regulatory choices, clear and present dangers of older models being avoided, and ...
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Show HN: Community ASCII Wall using Socket.io for Real Time Updates - andrewmunsell http://blog.andrewmunsell.com/post/30012142975/wall-of-text-experiment-with-node-js ====== andrewmunsell I just built a wall of text app using Node.JS and Socket.io... It's just sort of an experiment and break for me, but let me know...
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Help my startup pick a new logo - axiom http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LPRWKT5 ====== jskopek Hey guys As an employee at Top Hat Monocle, I hope I can answer some of the questions that have been brought up: We started out as an iphone gaming company, but did a 180 shift very early on and are now in the process of r...
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Ask HN: Why is Google so bad at UI Design? - vuyani Have you ever looked at a google product and thought.why thats a nicely designed product? I doubt many of you have. I just want to get an understanding, from a company that attracts the best talent. Why are they still producing such underwhelming designs? ====== adoc...
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Tales from Comcast’s data cap nation: Can the meter be trusted? - jonbaer http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/09/tales-from-comcasts-data-cap-nation-can-the-meter-be-trusted/?href= ====== Cpoll > (Note: there are 24 hours in a standard Earth day.) Obvious, but unfortunately irrelevant, since you can ru...
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JAI Primer: A Programming Language for Games - tasoeur https://sites.google.com/site/jailanguageprimer/ ====== AlexeyBrin _As of this writing there are no public compilers for Jai, so all information in this text is collated from Jon Blow 's YouTube videos. _ Until the language is actually released, at least in an al...
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Microsoft: Windows Phone 7 to be GSM-only until first half of 2011 - gspyrou http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/16/microsoft-windows-phone-7-to-be-gsm-only-until-first-half-of-20/ ====== byoung2 _Product manager Greg Sullivan told CNET that trade-offs had to be made in order to meet the schedule and GSM was prioritized...
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Show HN: Linuxify – Transform the MacOS CLI into a GNU/Linux CLI Experience - fabiomaia https://github.com/fabiomaia/linuxify ====== danieldk I use Nix[1] as my package manager on macOS with home-manager[2]. Since Nix puts nix paths before OS paths and doesn't prefix GNU commands with 'g', I just install _coreutils_ a...
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Ask HN: Recommendation for Books on Startups? - nishantmodak What are the books on startups that you would recommend as a must read for an aspiring entrepreneur? ====== hga _Walking the High-Tech High Wire: The Technical Entrepreneur's Guide to Running a Successful Enterprise_ by David Adamson, [http://www.amazon.co...
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NASA Is Having a Conference Tomorrow Regarding Latest Kepler Discovery - uxcn http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-hosts-media-teleconference-to-announce-latest-kepler-discoveries ====== a3n Any significance to a guy from SETI being in the conference? ~~~ rossdavidh Could be something to do with the Stephen Hawki...
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The disappearance of salesmen explains America's economic woes - aarghh http://www.slate.com/id/2268122/ ====== Muzza Praise be to FSM, think of all the productive workers this has freed up! (I kid... Sorta)
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Remind HN: Unicode hacks - olalonde Just a friendly reminder that some Unicode characters[1] look like spaces and should be taken into account when writing filtering/trimming functions. Of course it's not a big deal but something to keep in mind to prevent stuff like usernames who are basically a bunch of spaces.<p>...
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Encryption doesn't stop the FBI - ZainRiz https://theintercept.com/2015/09/28/hacking/ ====== pearlsteinj I think this title is a little misleading. The article says nothing about the FBI's ability to beat encryption, just that they have more success with keyloggers and backdoors than they're willing to admit. Encrypt...
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Americans were never excited about space exploration. - mchanson http://si.academia.edu/RogerLaunius/Papers/93299/_Public_Opinion_Polls_and_Perceptions_of_US_Human_Spaceflight ====== prosa This is an interesting study, but I found the HN title to be misleading. Here are the bullets from the concluding paragraph: *...
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Xbox Architecture - timeoperator https://www.copetti.org/projects/consoles/xbox/ ====== joezydeco Bunnie Huang’s _Hacking The Xbox_ is a great read, and it’s available as a free ebook: [https://bunniefoo.com/nostarch/HackingTheXbox_Free.pdf](https://bunniefoo.com/nostarch/HackingTheXbox_Free.pdf) ------ TeaDude I kn...
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Python Verbel Expressions - regex for people who don't know regex - gdilla https://github.com/VerbalExpressions/PythonVerbalExpressions ====== pagekicker maybe()
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Museums from around the world. - franze http://googleartproject.com ====== riseart The cameras they use on this project are absolutely incredible. If you know what you are looking for, you can really gain a new appreciation for works. The only two downsides I have seen with this project and ArtFinder is that 1. They...
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Swissquote Go: a game from a Swiss bank that lets people “catch” shares for free - MasterScrat https://www.swissquote.ch/sqw-static/marketing/swissquote-go/en/ ====== MasterScrat Full disclosure: I work there, didn't work in this project. I definitely find it cool though ;-)
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The Money Letter That Every Parent Should Write - pavornyoh http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/18/your-money/the-money-letter-that-every-parent-should-write.html?ref=business&_r=0 ====== fefifofu This article and the book is exactly what's wrong with personal finance education. There is no special wisdom, clever tricks or...
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Show HN: K8s Gatekeeper Policy Manager, Easily Visualize Policies and Violations - jnardiello https://blog.sighup.io/announcing-gatekeeper-policy-manager/ ====== arez looks nice, I don't want to hijack this post, but does anyone know a software that shows a GUI to manage OPA policies that are not OPA Gatekeeper ones? ...
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How to crash Erlang - mbrubeck http://prog21.dadgum.com/43.html ====== mononcqc quoting myself from reddit: About atoms: "calling integer_to_list and then list_to_atom on the current loop index." There is a function called 'list_to_existing_atom' done to circumvent that. Note that each atom is only 4 bytes (8 byte...
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Word Lens for Google Glass - jf http://blog.questvisual.com/post/67443954608/an-eye-towards-the-future-with-word-lens-theres ====== andrewljohnson 1) I remember the original post. Word Lens lit up #1 on Hacker News for an impressive amount of time: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2014555](https://news.ycombinat...
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18 years of tech disruption in 60 seconds - DyslexicAtheist https://www.dropbox.com/s/tawdk1wr5f54dk0/18Yrs-Tech-Disruption-60Seconds.mp4 ====== DyslexicAtheist data source: [https://www.interbrand.com/](https://www.interbrand.com/) method: [https://www.interbrand.com/best-brands/best-global- brands/me...](https://ww...
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Debunking C# vs C++ Performance - nreece http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2009/01/03/debunking-c-vs-c-performance/ ====== jd Debunk misses the point of original article. It was a cache performance test. You'd expect almost identical performance in C# and C++ for the reasons the original author explained. Original au...
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404 page that lets visitors express themselves - admp http://leftlogic.com/info/articles/404 ====== ck2 Ah I thought it was going to be a feedback form - which would be a good idea. ------ jawns I've seen a lot of creative 404 pages. Some of them are intended to have some extra utility. This one, on the other hand, i...
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Ask HN: We have an app. Now what's our niche? - ehsanul The website: http://jellly.com/<p>Many web apps are heavily dependant on network effects, and are completely useless without a decent user base already in place. When faced with this issue, the common wisdom is to target a small niche at first. Over time, you...
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Analyzing the Windows 8 Metro/Desktop interface train wreck - evo_9 http://www.extremetech.com/computing/138847-the-metro-desktop-interaction-in-windows-8-is-an-absolute-train-wreck ====== gm Gotta love these bloggers trying to make a story where there is none. It's a new UI. It takes some getting used to. Deal with i...
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Ask HN: What factors determine app store success? - smoyer A group of Media Effect students, under the oversight of S. Shyam Sundar (http://comm.psu.edu/people/individual/s.-shyam-sundar), is studying what factors determine whether an application is successful in app stores. Please complete the short survey at htt...
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What is the best use of a CEOs idle time? - Apane101 I don&#x27;t want to hear that there is no such thing is a idle time for a CEO because frankly that isn&#x27;t true in every case. There are cases when you&#x27;re waiting for other parties to make their move as you&#x27;ve made a bunch of moves.<p>I&#x27;m at th...
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SSLH – Access https and ssh from the same port - wjh_ http://www.rutschle.net/tech/sslh.shtml ====== wjh_ I've found it to be very useful, my college firewall blocks pretty much all ports except 80 and 443. Using this I can both host websites over HTTPS, while being able to SSH into my server. ------ pmontra Useful w...
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Csscaffold - rapid css development framework - meddah http://wiki.github.com/anthonyshort/csscaffold ====== timdorr Pretty cool to make it transparent. Considering a lot of these have the model of a compiled language, this makes it much easier for a designer to work with. The only real problem I have is that it was ...
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Why EU startups are an incredible opportunity for US investors - davidw http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/30/why-eu-startups-are-an-incredible-opportunity-for-us-investors/ ====== johnrgrace Or you could skip the legal and currency risk and look someplace like Chicago, Detroit
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Reverse Engineering Pokemon Go - dpflan https://blog.bugcrowd.com/big-bugs-podcast-episode-hacking-pokemon-go ====== vilda > Most traffic is not SSL. :(
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Boeing Calls for $60B in Coronavirus Aid for Aerospace Manufacturing - hindsightbias https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/boeing-calls-60b-coronavirus-aid-aerospace-manufacturing ====== jfk13 Seems like one of the last industries that we should be offering billions in aid. If this pandemic leads to a long-term reduction...
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Good morning hackers, seeking criticism - kleevr http://kleevr.blogspot.com/2008/04/screaming-tangent.html<p>Please rip it all to hell if you've got 5 minutes to burn. I'm young, overly ambitious, and (I hope) prepared for a taste of real criticism from those whom I hope with time to consider me a peer. ====== nugg...
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Show HN: AI Weekly – Hand-picked resources and news on AI in your inbox - mylittleai http://aiweekly.co/issues/2 ====== seahorse What if there was an AI that hand-picked resources for me to read?
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Sass Style Guide - drinchev http://css-tricks.com/sass-style-guide/ ====== kawsper I am a bit sad that the community seems to prefer Scss over of Sass. But I really welcome these technologies, because anything that makes CSS more maintainable is welcome. ~~~ jabbernotty I thought sass and scss were the same thing....
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Your First 100 Signups - akassover http://www.zoomstra.com/guides/startup-launch-resources.php ====== akassover We put this workbook together a few weeks ago to document the steps a startup can take to get the beta users flowing. I hope it's something we call can benefit from to speed...
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Is Flipboard Building an HTML5 App? - alexwilliams http://siliconangle.com/blog/2011/11/01/flipboard-hires-html-5-star-but-no-web-version-planned/ ====== rwang0 Check it out! Looks like it from this end! R "ray" Wang
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Show HN: Application for comparing domestic Nigerian Flights - c4obi http://beta.flightdey.com ====== jibolso Nice, Its doesnt connect from your listings to their process page. I understand these carriers dont have apis but you can scrape then mimic their datasets so it can pull results and data on their process pag...
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Do Rich Kids Do Better In School? - jsnk http://allfuzzy.tumblr.com/post/19797077112/do-rich-kids-do-better-in-school-findings-based-on ====== K2h My interpretation of the data is that wealthier households weight academic success as a higher importance and as such more support is given as well as an expectation of s...
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New Facebook Layout Is Smart - charlesju http://www.charlesju.com/2008/07/new-facebook-layout-is-smart.html ====== sysop073 It doesn't seem to be working, it just redirects to www.facebook.com ~~~ brianlash Same Edit: K, this is bizarre, but try signing in at facebook.com, then exiting (without logging off). When ...
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Sk*rt Launches Digg for Women - horatio05 http://mashable.com/2007/08/08/skirt/ ====== aston <http://lipstick.com> was there first, methinks.
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Ask HN: Can we fix the interview process for engineers? - brwr As the interviewee, I don&#x27;t find some of the questions I&#x27;ve been asked to be especially enlightening when it comes to my abilities as an engineer. Obviously I am biased, because I think there is a better way to display my skills, so I&#x27;d li...
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Inside Out Design - luccastera http://jounce.net/blog/2009/jan/23/inside-out-design/ ====== thinkzig Good read. This reminds me of the "start with the end in mind" philosophy that David Allen espouses in Getting Things Done. His point is that your brain is much better at starting from the end and working your way back...
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Quadsort: a stable non-recursive merge sort - geophertz https://github.com/scandum/quadsort ====== nightcracker C's qsort() is notoriously bad because the comparison function isn't inlined, meaning the majority of time is spent in call overhead. Zhangxp1998 ported quadsort to C++ and compared with std::sort and found...
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If Leicester City win the league, it will be a victory for hackers everywhere - poshaughnessy http://pebblecode.com/blog/leicester-city-victory-for-tinkerers/ ====== HoopleHead There may exist in the world more shameless, more transparent and more tenuous attempts to turn a current news item into an advert for your ow...
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Sound Localization - peter_d_sherman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_localization ====== peter_d_sherman Related: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_sound_localization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_sound_localization)
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Hawaii Suspends Visitors for 30 Days - ZguideZ https://twitter.com/CryptopherJones/status/1240103833671364608 ====== ZguideZ The Governor has called for a ban on tourists for 30 days.
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