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How Google Code Search Worked: Regex Matching with a Trigram Index (2012) - kbumsik https://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp4.html ====== ravenstine This reminds me of a browser-side search I once wrote using a combination of regex, Soundex, and Damerau-Levenshtein. The reason I made this browser-side is because the app d...
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It took two years to cancel Singularity, and ten months to fix it - aaronbrethorst http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/3/5462994/singularity-two-years-to-make-a-mess-ten-months-to-clean-it-up ====== drdaeman Title should add "(game)". I thought this was about an OS. ------ i80and This actually explained a lot about the gam...
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Bruce Schneier's Skein hashing function is now in FreeBSD - atoponce https://reviews.freebsd.org/D6166 ====== hackuser Bruce Schneier has done so much for security, including by his ability to explain issues so clearly to the IT community and to the public. If someone in the community of professional cryptographers a...
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Scientists reverse ageing in mice, humans could be next - Debugreality http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-20/scientists-develop-anti-ageing-process-in-mice/5168580 ====== Debugreality I watched this story on the news this morning when I woke up was rather ammusing - Breaking news "Kate and William plan to visit Aust...
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Ask HN: Let's create the largest database of browser usage stats. - skbohra123 HN is a huge community of people building web startups. If we can share monthly browser share statistics, anonymously or something, we can create a most reliable browser usage stats. This will really help in deciding on what browsers to s...
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Vimeo supporting ignoring user request to make site usable for lectures - grogenaut http://vimeo.com/forums/topic:43742 Despite being used heavily for online lectures and classes, Vimeo's support staff has been claiming for 2 years that it is pointless to allow variable playback rates for their videos. ====== co...
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Yes, Determinists, There Is Free Will - dnetesn http://nautil.us/issue/72/quandary/yes-determinists-there-is-free-will ====== gus_massa Two previous discussions: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19943560](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19943560) (11 points, 2 days ago, 25 comments) [https://news.ycombinat...
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Go for the Holy Grail - npguy http://statspotting.com/go-for-the-holy-grail/ ====== adrianmacneil > for some reason, they did not go for the holy grail, even though they knew > what the holy grail would be. This seems pretty simplistic. Presumably yahoo and bing were also "going for the holy grail". I highly doubt th...
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Discovering a Galaxy with a Telephoto Lens (2016) - dnetesn http://nautil.us/issue/79/catalysts/how-to-discover-a-galaxy-with-a-telephoto-lens-rp ====== dang Discussed at the time: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10991628](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10991628)
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Ask HN: What 'Google Scale' Problems Exist In Today's World? - npguy ====== npguy This one might fit: Getting voice recognition right.
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Launch HN: App Brainstorm – Predesign Prototyping for Drafting Apps - efortis HN,<p>I&#x27;m Eric from App Brainstorm (https:&#x2F;&#x2F;appbrainstorm.com).<p>This project got me motivated because when making apps I wanted to:<p>- Figure out the content, try flow alternatives, and edge cases at thinking pace.<p>- Test...
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Texas cancer researcher was called ‘foolish’, then won the Nobel Prize (2018) - new_guy https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/25/texas-scientist-was-called-foolish-arguing-immune-system-could-fight-cancer-then-he-won-nobel-prize/ ====== gojomo In the very early 80s, as a middle-school student in the suburbs of...
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Multiprocessing for the Impoverished: a multi-6809 system (1993) - mbroncano http://www.bradrodriguez.com/papers/6809cpu.htm ====== beautifulfreak This is what Jef Raskin imagined for the Apple Macintosh, before the 68000 processor was adopted instead. It was supposed to be a low cost computer for the masses. [https:/...
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Is the SoftBank-OYO Tango a Russian Doll Ponzi? - Osiris30 https://the-ken.com/story/is-the-softbank-oyo-tango-a-russian-doll-ponzi/ ====== farhanhubble Paywalled, worse than adware. ~~~ vinay_ys Really? You would rather have privacy invading ads everywhere than have well- researched paid content? ------ yasp Paywal...
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Windows 8 - best to pass it up: review - seminatore http://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Windows-8-best-to-pass-it-up-review-4025070.php ====== RandallBrown His only big complaints were that upgrading didn't go smoothly, in part because he was running Norton Antivirus (seriously?) and turning the computer off wa...
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New Adobe Flash 0day, have a nice weekend - datd00d http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-01.html ====== ihodes Shouldn't a fix come out _with_ that announcement? If they're offering a temporary fix, shouldn't they at least push that temp fix as an update, and fully update the issue later? This le...
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Ask HN: Does owning a patent increase your startup's chances to get funded? - illaigescheit ====== illaigescheit Does anyone has personal stories about the pros and cons of investing in their IP portfolio for their startup?
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The Top Programming Languages - spectruman http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-the-top-programming-languages ====== valarauca1 This is a pretty horrible article. I don't mean to attack any language in particular, but ladder logic is _very_ low on this list, when its easily one of the most widely deployed langu...
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Ask HN: Do you use Rackspace Managed Cloud? How is it? - dustyreagan I'm thinking about upgrading my Rackspace Cloud account to their "managed" support level. I was wondering if anyone here is using their Managed Cloud and if so, how do you like it? Is it worth the extra expense? ====== maxisnow I've used it in the ...
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What is the ratio of BS to actual innovation in the startup Cybersecurity space? - plantsoftware ====== Eridrus I wouldn't call it BS per se, but it's primarily incremental improvement in easy to deploy tech, eg FireEye, Cylance, etc. There's little adoption of things that could provide a real barrier in the long term ...
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Ask HN: Resources for creating a programming language - jwdunne I've had an ever growing desire to learn how to create my own programming language for some time now. Although I do know there are mature and more than capable languages available, I'd really love to learn how to do it and understand the processes invol...
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Show HN: Dtab – Spreadsheet for Data Science - dnprock http://dtab.io/ ====== angdis I like! One thing that I am hoping for however is some kind of notebook-like interface for doing small, ad-hoc data analysis projects. This looks fairly close to that. Mathematica pioneered "the computational notebook" concept, and ...
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Apple Daydreaming: Report Predicts Move Toward Home Devices - blackswan http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20080522/apple-daydreaming-report-predicts-move-toward-home-devices/ ====== wallflower "For the bedroom, Forrester envisions an Apple “clock radio” that pipes in music and other media across a home network." One of t...
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The Caller ID Test - larrys http://joekraus.com/the-caller-id-test ====== mgkimsal cute test, but pretty one-dimensional and short-lived. One's relationship with people changes over time, and if there's _never_ a point where you don't dread picking up a phone call from someone, I don't think you're that involved wit...
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I'm looking for a roommate/hacker (bay area) - _ahacker_ Hey HN,<p>I&#x27;m a graduating CS student at a top 3 university taking a year off after graduation (in a couple months) to build a product from start to finish. I have a long list of ideas, and I&#x27;m looking for a fellow hacker who&#x27;s crazy enough to tak...
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Making Sense of Revision-control Systems - brodie http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1595636 ====== jcrocholl This is a long article but very useful, even if all you learn is how to use "git bisect".
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You can't make C++ not ugly, but you can't not try (2010) - soundsop http://apenwarr.ca/log/?m=201007#18 ====== malkia My experience exactly. Recent code I had to change map<string, int> to MSVC specific hash_map<string, int> because the hash-implementation was better in the case, rather than the tree in the first cas...
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Ask HN: We launched our startup (GroupieGuide) today. What do you think? - fixie We requested feedback on HN when we first launched our private alpha. We launched publicly today with a new interactive theme designer, group subscription with integrated e-mail, and a bunch of usability fixes. What do you think? =====...
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Googling ourselves to death - Libertatea http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/kathleen-parker-googling-ourselves-to-death/2013/06/14/ea004bba-d532-11e2-8cbe-1bcbee06f8f8_story.html ====== driverdan Or you could do what I've done (and I'm guessing many other HN users) and engineer the results that come up. Search f...
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It’s Time We Stopped Rewarding Projects with Crappy Documentation - cletus http://www.cforcoding.com/2009/08/its-time-we-stopped-rewarding-projects.html ====== tjic When people say "we need to all stop doing X and do Y", I am tempted to reorder the statement into a question: Q: _WHY_ do we reward projects with crappy...
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Nintendo's washable playing cards from 1953 - polm23 http://blog.beforemario.com/2020/06/nintendos-washable-playing-cards-from.html ====== Isamu After watching “Summer Wars” (spoiler alert: Japan is saved through a heroic game of Koi-Koi) I went shopping for a hanafuda deck and was delighted to find that Nintendo stil...
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Petition for Death Star by 2016 passes 25,000 names, White House must respond - rblion http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2012/12/13/petition-to-build-a-death-star-by-2016-passes-25000-signatures-white-house-is-required-to-respond/?fromcat=google ====== rblion I think a smarter goal would be to build a spaceship capab...
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Envelope with deadly poison ricin intercepted at U.S. Capitol's mail facility - spitx http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/16/us/tainted-letter-intercepted/index.html ====== spitx Letter was reportedly sent to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.). Source: [http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/roger-wicker-letter- ri...](http://www.p...
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How Do You Catch Covid-19? There Is a Growing Consensus - kjhughes https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-exactly-do-you-catch-covid-19-there-is-a-growing-consensus-11592317650 ====== andrewfromx [https://images.wsj.net/im-198718/IM](https://images.wsj.net/im-198718/IM) why is that picture used? those people are outside in ...
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Free Contact Details in LinkedIn - ikehat https://contactz.io ====== ziddoap So, if I have a phone number on my profile which I have willingly shared to my connections but specifically not to anyone I'm not connected with - your product solicits my connections to share _my_ phone number with other people who are also ...
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Snapchat has reportedly filed confidentially for its massive IPO - coloneltcb https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/15/snapchat-has-reportedly-filed-confidentially-for-its-massive-ipo/ ====== taytus I'm a professional photographer with about 16K + Instagram followers. I used snapchat to stream behind the scenes photos and v...
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Ask HN: If you're a startup, do you use a CRM, why or why not? - abra_kadabra Hi HN,<p>I&#x27;m working on a side project and am wondering if I should make the time commitment to use a CRM or just a spreadsheet. I would love to get feedback from the community. ====== sbinthree The main benefit is activity logging. Co...
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Responsible Vacation Policy - prospero http://blog.factual.com/my-vacation-policy-is-better-than-yours ====== varelse Because I am a workaholic who doesn't trust management to look out for me, I want a formal vacation policy that accrues vacation days so there's no chance for misunderstanding either way. If you can...
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Blender channel reinstated by YouTube after issues get sorted out - seszett https://www.blender.org/media-exposure/youtube-blocks-blender-videos-worldwide/?updated ====== pmlnr It seems a bit like Youtube got surprised and maybe even frightened that PeerTube could pop up as a viable alternative. They need to keep the ...
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Boris Johnson proposes a 22-mile bridge across the Channel - igravious https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/19/boris-johnson-proposes-22-mile-bridge-across-the-channel ====== twic At least Boris is fixated on absurd bridges that will never be built, not walls. A brief response from a structural engineer: [h...
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Unsealed Temporary Restraining Order giving Microsoft control over No-IP.com - jsmthrowaway http://www.scribd.com/doc/232961396/MSFT-Temporary-Restraining-Order ====== macmac Can someone explain how Microsoft got away with a 200K USD bond?
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Make Stronger Offers to Engineering Candidates and Boost Your Closes - vinnyglennon http://firstround.com/review/make-stronger-offers-to-engineering-candidates-and-boost-your-closes/ ====== notyourday So. Much. B.S. There is only one thing that people who have not been dropped on a head interested in. It is called _m...
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Instapaper Placebo - donohoe http://www.iamdanw.com/wrote/instapaper-placebo/ ====== rkudeshi Not to denigrate your efforts, but I think you're treating the symptom and not the root cause of your problem.
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Amen Brother Cuban - joshstaiger http://mattmaroon.com/?p=574 ====== timae Wrong, Matt (and Mark). Entrepreneurs "have business to do" as Mark puts it because they stand to make some money from their efforts. The less money they stand to make, the less incentive. period. Also, you state the following as if its fac...
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Umbral: a cryptosystem for private data sharing in public consensus networks - mwilkison https://blog.nucypher.com/unveiling-umbral-3d9d4423cd71 ====== jMyles Hey HN friends. I too have worked on (and will probably keep working on) this project. It's pretty wild! There are two things about it that I think you'll like:...
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Material design Linux desktop - pavs http://quartz-os.github.io/ ====== wodenokoto I know a lot of the HN community have a lot of bad things to say about flat design, but this desktop looks fun and bright. There still seems to be some edges that needs to be re-thought about many of the current flat designs (a lot o...
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Parents at centre of measles outbreak didn't vaccinate children - stygiansonic https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/father-vancouver-measles-outbreak-1.5022891 ====== masonic Vietnam has largely refused to acknowledge their measles epidemic for over 5 years, and even official vaccination recommendations are...
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South Korea Still Paying The Price For Embracing Internet Explorer A Decade Ago - jacobr http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120507/12295718818/south-korea-still-paying-price-embracing-internet-explorer-decade-ago.shtml ====== kqr2 From the comment section, Mike Linksvayer quotes: <http://www.kanai.net/weblog/archiv...
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Paxos derived - r4um http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2018/01/paxos-derived.html ====== no_identd Wow, that's amazing. On the topic of fault tolerance and consensus, here's a short but well done article on it: [https://ug93tad.github.io/consensus/](https://ug93tad.github.io/consensus/) And on the topic of Paxos, som...
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The Quantified Anatomy of a Paper - superfx http://moalquraishi.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/the-quantified-anatomy-of-a-paper/ ====== privong First off, congratulations to Mohammed AlQuraishi for the paper! Carrying out a big project like that and seeing it through to completion is a solid achievement. > The fact that...
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Rotor.js - A 3D DOM Nodes Manipulation JavaScript Library - Hirvesh http://louisremi.github.com/rotor.js/demo/ ====== Hirvesh via Functionn - Open Source Resources For Web Developers & Designers: [http://functionn.blogspot.com/2012/12/otojs-3d-dom-nodes- man...](http://functionn.blogspot.com/2012/12/otojs-3d-dom-nod...
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Solitude and Leadership - enduser http://theamericanscholar.org/solitude-and-leadership/ ====== losvedir This is a great article which I reread occasionally so I'm happy to see it posted to HN. That said, the one thing that always bothers me about is I don't really know the leadership credentials of the author. His bl...
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Ask HN: Rest api authorization - vskr I am working on service which exposes REST API.<p>What is the best way to implement authorization for incoming requests.<p>* Identify who is making the request. Can we use api key for this.<p>* Make sure this REST api can be used just as easily using curl. I am not sure how to do...
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Show HN: Simple Responsive HTML Email Template v1.0 - fonziguy http://github.com/leemunroe/responsive-html-email-template ====== fonziguy HTML email is still way harder than it should be. So I put together this basic responsive email template and just recently updated so there is better support across more clients. En...
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Disruption and My Next Startup... You Help Decide - markbao http://jasonlbaptiste.com/misc/my-next-startup/ ====== run4yourlives I'm loving that woot for dating bit. I think that's a huge winner. Needs to be local though. It would work better as a "auction" though, like you see at those charity fund-raisers. People...
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Crawling Billions of Pages: Building Large Scale Crawling Cluster, part 1 - warrenmar http://engineering.bloomreach.com/crawling-billions-of-pages-building-large-scale-crawling-cluster-part-1/ ====== rb2k_ I guess this fits in here: Once upon a time I wrote my thesis on building a web crawler. The (tiny) blog post ...
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Ask PG: What happened with the acceptance letters for Startup School? - alexsb92 Were they sent out, and I just didn't receive one, or did you guys not finish looking over the hundreds of applications?<p>I tried doing some searches regarding it, but there seems to be no buzz regarding it, so I actually even made sur...
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7 soft skills you need to succeed as a developer - HeyStenson https://techbeacon.com/7-keys-succeeding-software-engineer ====== djchung23 Key point: "The better those relationships are, the better your own work will be, which is why it’s so important to treat others with empathy and respect." I want to highlight empa...
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NY police used a virtual 'wanted poster' to help catch bombing suspect - nichodges http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-20/mobile-alert-issued-to-new-york-resident-in-hunt-for-suspect/7860408 ====== awqrre News anchors on TV appeared to have received the alert with a picture attached...
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My Karma stopped moving? Not that it matters - dawie ====== rms It doesn't matter?! The score you get for playing the internet is my favorite contribution of reddit to social site design. Things just haven't been as much fun ever since slashdot got rid of numerical karma scores. ------ pg I just upmodded this post a...
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Keep laughing; Cuil isn't quitting yet - fromedome http://www.businessinsider.com/cuil-office-tour-2009-11 ====== makecheck The name probably caused them more trouble than it should have. It's the same criticism being thrown at Bing (the idea that Google is a verb now, and you need a name that works well for that). I...
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Mailing list debates considered harmful - jnoller http://tech.blog.aknin.name/2010/05/29/mailing-list-debates-considered-harmful/ ====== thunk I'm curious to see how Wave fares under a python-dev-size debate, and what creative curating can accomplish. Sometimes I think the optimal solution to online discussion is a...
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NYTimes.com Announces Map/Reduce Toolkit - bdotdub http://open.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/announcing-the-mapreduce-toolkit/ ====== misterbwong I have to give a lot of respect to NYT. Whether this project sticks or not, it's things like this that make me think NYT is going to be one of the few newspapers to survive...
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United States v. Aaron Swarz Indictment [pdf] - bradleysmith http://www.justice.gov/usao/ma/news/DataTheft/Indictment.pdf ====== nanch If I were on that jury, I wouldn't convict.
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FrogPad 2, one handed keyboard rises from the depths of Vaporware and stickers - cordite http://www.frogpad2.com/ ====== yaddayadda One of the videos they link to ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xl5qn...](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xl5qnJ3hjBs)) highlights a lot o...
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Wind could power the entire world - nreece http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0622-hance_global_wind.html ====== patio11 Lemon/penny batteries could power the entire world, too. Here's the math: One lemon/penny battery generates 0.0001 W. Thus, one kilowatt requires 10 megalemons. 10 megalemons produces 365 * 24 = 8760 ki...
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Move to Canada – Seeking Software Developers, Visa Sponsor - casoetan https://secure.plum.io/en/apply/hcgSGL86R28zKBZ3J71r42t ====== verdverm HN is not a job board, please read the FAQ for relevant sections
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Ask HN: How to find 'error budget' as a DevOps Engineer? - FahadUddin92 I am trying to find an error budget for a site that has several outside APIs integrated in it for its core features. How can I find the error budget for it? ====== Juliate Error budget = the actual downtime duration your site can still afford with...
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Uber settles class-action lawsuits in California and Massachusetts - apsec112 https://newsroom.uber.com/growing-and-growing-up/ ====== kwikiel Uber sees drivers as only temporary thing that will be soon to be replaced by self driving cars - on navbar on same page "Today, we are excited to announce that Uber will give ...
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Recursive Drawing - nreece http://recursivedrawing.com/ ====== jedahan Do yourself a favor, and watch Toby Schachman (the author) explaining his ITP thesis. This is just one expression of a larger vision for alternative programming which he describes very succinctly. These two videos include him and the slides: [http:...
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Ask HN: Why is Bitcoin suddenly so popular? - forkLding Taking a look below at price, you can see that 1 bitcoin is worth around $4400 US dollars.<p>https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.coindesk.com&#x2F;price&#x2F;<p>I remember a time when they were giving out free bitcoin at hackathons and conferences etc.<p>For a casual outsider ...
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Best of Hacker News - ma2rten http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=+&sortby=points+desc ====== biot Not that karma means anything, but it's amazing that the user who submitted Bellard's Linux-in-browser story received more karma from submitting that one URL than I have for the hundreds of comments I've made ...
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F# from your browser - btian http://test.tryfsharp.org/Create ====== tikhonj This seems to depend on Silverlight and so doesn't work on my system. (Actually, I'm just guessing that it needs Silverlight--the page explaining why it doesn't work _also_ doesn't work. Either way, it doesn't work.) You should check out O...
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Vic Gundotra reports Google+ passing 100,000,000 monthly active users - msabalau https://plus.google.com/u/0/107117483540235115863/posts/2YWhK1K3FA5 ====== cs702 Google's strategy with G+ is looking smarter by the day: instead of trying to compete head-on with FaceBook, Google simply made sharing via Google+ the def...
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DIY Tardis looks bigger on inside with augmented reality - mwillmott http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20836747 ====== drucken Original blog post: [http://www.kumparak.com/2012/12/my-lil-tardis-its-bigger- on-...](http://www.kumparak.com/2012/12/my-lil-tardis-its-bigger-on-the- inside-no-really/)
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Alternate Day Fasting Improves Physiological and Molecular Markers of Aging [pdf] - Tomte https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S1550-4131%2819%2930429-2 ====== dvt I fast, on average, once a week. At least once a month, I try to do an extended fast (2-5 days) to force ketosis. I also do intermittent fasting basical...
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An algorithm for the Names at the 9/11 Memorial - erehweb http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2011/05/16/110516ta_talk_paumgarten ====== blahedo "Even so, the first few computer scientists and statisticians the foundation got in touch with said that it couldn’t be done." Really? Wtf kind of incompetents were arguing that...
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TikTok Tracked User Data Using Tactic Banned by Google - thecybernerd https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-tracked-user-data-using-tactic-banned-by-google-11597176738 ====== adamleithp I've worked in advertising and ad-click networks for over 9 years, and it's funny to read "Banned by Google"... Google supported the mo...
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Interview with guy arrested at airport for wearing an elaborate wristwatch - rms http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/interview-with-guy-arrested-at.html ====== rms Intermediate source submitted because apparently patch.com is autobanned here
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Show HN: CoderMirror – Time tracker for developers with a focus on learning - agarbayo https://www.codermirror.com/ ====== keb_ I confused this for the very popular CodeMirror text editor: [https://codemirror.net/](https://codemirror.net/) ------ new_guy The editor links are broken, 'Choose your editor for instructio...
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Do no harm - ColinWright https://www.vox.com/2015/7/9/8905959/medical-harm-infection-prevention ====== ColinWright Quoting: _There is a crucial difference between the automobile and aviation industry. Car companies acknowledge the idea of a "one-off event": that some accidents are unavoidable, no matter how much wor...
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Google Images Instant (inspired by Youtube Instant) - michaelhart http://cdn.michaelhart.me/mh/instant_images/?5 ====== andre3k1 Most useful iteration of an "instant' copy i've seen thus far. How many times have been searching for that ONE particular image, but not known what search query to input? Both Google Ins...
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Upstart's Credit Decision API for instant credit decisions - mattmarcus https://www.upstart.com/blog/introducing-credit-decision-api ====== toomuchtodo Has anyone used this? If so, happy with the functionality? I’d be interested in using this to decision borrowers for auto loans.
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4 BigCommerce stores use supercharging apps to sell over $45,000 in extra sales - hoanganhha https://medium.com/@beeketing/ecommerce-case-studies-75e10fddacb5 ====== beeketing2017 you can read the original article at our Blog: [https://beeketing.com/blog/bigcommerce-ecommerce-case- studie...](https://beeketing.com/blo...
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Patent US7680883 - Dynamic integration of web sites - labinder http://www.google.com/patents/US7680883?dq=7680883&ei=8QCPUMapG4WzywHKiIDYAw ====== noonespecial I think its safe to say now that if you're getting data from any server anywhere, you're "infringing" on 1000's of patents. They're all just kind of running ...
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The Weight I Carry: What it’s like to be too big in America - gadders https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/01/weight-loss-essay-tomlinson/579832/ ====== benj111 Should we be viewing obesity as 2 distinct things? Obesity as addiction, and obesity as poor diet/lack of exercise. It seems to me that the 'cure'...
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Why You Should Never Use Google Authenticator Again - urza https://blog.trezor.io/why-you-should-never-use-google-authenticator-again-e166d09d4324 ====== Bino If only there were a solution I could buy... ;) No, I do believe you should use Google Authenticator, it’s free, easy to implement and adds a lot of security ov...
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How my startup got paying customers despite a bad website - boldpanda http://ryanluedecke.com/first-40/ ====== asperous Your ideas are interesting, I like that you kept your sales pitches 100% personal (rather than marketingish or professional) and that you business proposition really does focus on helping the custo...
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Bruce Eckel is Wrong - vijaydev http://cafe.elharo.com/programming/bruce-eckel-is-wrong/ ====== lyudmil I know Mr. Harold is much more experienced than me. It's pretty obvious he's more of an authority on most programming subjects. With that caveat I give my reasons why I despise checked exceptions in Java. I've neve...
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The Destructive Nature of Power without Status - wallflower http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~nathanaf/power_without_status.pdf ====== gwern Abstract: > The current research explores how roles that possess power but lack status > influence behavior toward others. Past research has primarily examined the > isolated effects of...
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Show HN: Ritzy – Submit housing requests for Real Estate agents to see - ritzy https://ritzy.app ====== realty_geek Great idea. I'm working on a real estate idea myself that is not a million miles from this idea. Will be interested to hear how far you get with this. My suggestion would be to start off by focusing on o...
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Can drones be the future of police security? - Intoo After what happened at Charlie Hebdo(Paris)I was wondering if AI drones&#x27; radars can detect weapons in cars and stop this kind of terror by attacking the terrorist? In Europe wearing a weapon in the street is illegal.<p>WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS IDEA? intoo.im...
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Administrators Ate My Tuition - cpaone http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/septemberoctober_2011/features/administrators_ate_my_tuition031641.php?page=all ====== jpadvo Beware -- this article makes a variety of claims that are not well supported. They are not even anecdotal, they're just out of thin air. Just ...
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Silicon Valley Is Having a Meltdown Because It Can't Use Uber and Lyft at SXSW - Tiktaalik http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2017/03/13/lack_of_uber_produces_elite_meltdown_at_sxsw.html ====== orliesaurus Well the truth is, it's been rough for everyone in ATX when Uber and Lyft bailed out. Then the new apps came and...
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Stanford on-line Data Mining Courses ($10k for a certificate) - zeratul http://scpd.stanford.edu/ppc/iframes/dataMiningCourses.html ====== tryitnow Nice try, but I've always been suspicious of "Certificates" even at top tier schools. The best way to signal skills to potential employers is to gain experience (either ...
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Follow-up on "Linux server monitoring tools" - adionditsak http://aarvik.dk/linux-monitoring-tools-suggestions-from-hacker-news/ ====== wpietri From the description of linux-dash: > It is easily extensible from its architecture which just calls the php > exec() function and sends it to an ajax request. I presume the...
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Helicos Machine Maps Professor’s Genome for $50,000 - jacquesm http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=alfGT.wYlQ4Q ====== JunkDNA Headline is a tad misleading: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=755041>
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Ask HN: Thriving in Information Systems Development/Consultancy - programminglisp I work as developer for 13 years in IT&#x2F;Business Consultancy and I feel stagnated in the field. I never liked this area, I was passionate in CG&#x2F;AI when I took the degree but I ended working for consultancy like companies.<p>I ha...
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Ask HN: So is it easier to raise money than find a job? - citizenkeys So I moved back to the Bay Area two years ago. Since then, I've been trying to either raise an angel round or find steady work. Every start-up claims they're hiring. In my experience, however, that's just not the case. During this same period ...
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Hackers Are Finding Footage on Police Body Cams They Bought on eBay - jbegley https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8895ek/hackers-are-finding-footage-on-police-body-cams-they-bought-on-ebay ====== crmrc114 If you want to skip the vice fluff- the HN thread on this with the source tweets can be found here [https://news.yc...
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