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How Google Code Search Worked: Regex Matching with a Trigram Index (2012) - kbumsik
https://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp4.html
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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
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drdaeman
Title should add "(game)". I thought this was about an OS.
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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
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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
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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.
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co... | {
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Yes, Determinists, There Is Free Will - dnetesn
http://nautil.us/issue/72/quandary/yes-determinists-there-is-free-will
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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/
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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
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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
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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'm Eric from App Brainstorm (https://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/
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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
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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/
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farhanhubble
Paywalled, worse than adware.
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vinay_ys
Really? You would rather have privacy invading ads everywhere than have well-
researched paid content?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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/
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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/
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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
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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'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'm looking for a fellow hacker who's crazy enough to tak... | {
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Making Sense of Revision-control Systems - brodie
http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1595636
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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'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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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/
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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
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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
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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/
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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... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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
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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... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Disruption and My Next Startup... You Help Decide - markbao
http://jasonlbaptiste.com/misc/my-next-startup/
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mailing list debates considered harmful - jnoller
http://tech.blog.aknin.name/2010/05/29/mailing-list-debates-considered-harmful/
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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/
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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?
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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/
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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 ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Recursive Drawing - nreece
http://recursivedrawing.com/
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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://www.coindesk.com/price/<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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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keb_
I confused this for the very popular CodeMirror text editor:
[https://codemirror.net/](https://codemirror.net/)
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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
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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... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google Images Instant (inspired by Youtube Instant) - michaelhart
http://cdn.michaelhart.me/mh/instant_images/?5
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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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/
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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... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Bruce Eckel is Wrong - vijaydev
http://cafe.elharo.com/programming/bruce-eckel-is-wrong/
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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... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Destructive Nature of Power without Status - wallflower
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~nathanaf/power_without_status.pdf
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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... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Ritzy – Submit housing requests for Real Estate agents to see - ritzy
https://ritzy.app
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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... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Can drones be the future of police security? - Intoo
After what happened at Charlie Hebdo(Paris)I was wondering if AI drones' 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
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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 ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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
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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... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Stanford on-line Data Mining Courses ($10k for a certificate) - zeratul
http://scpd.stanford.edu/ppc/iframes/dataMiningCourses.html
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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/
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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
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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/Business Consultancy and I feel stagnated in the field. I never liked this area, I was passionate in CG/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
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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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} |
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