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New York City Hospitals: ‘We’re Getting Pounded’ - systemvoltage
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-cases-strain-new-york-city-hospitals-were-getting-pounded-11584719908
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neilpanchal
[http://archive.is/8liDT](http://archive.is/8liDT)
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Yahoo tops Google in US traffic - zher
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57599600-93/wait-what-yahoo-tops-google-in-us-traffic/
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pasbesoin
I "Google" less and less for search results, as they become increasingly crap.
They are mostly best for "big name" items; also, the prominence of
StackOverflow means that some... | {
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How to put a VC in the hot seat - rbedi
http://tumblr.com/xdt2t38t6b
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tptacek
You stand a very good chance of looking dumb if you walk into a real VC's
office and ask if they're accredited.
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ceejayoz
A "real VC" is unlikely to be a "relatively new investor".
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tptacek
If they call themselves a "venture ... | {
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MPEG claims its new standard H.265 halves video bandwidth with no quality loss - Suraj-Sun
http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/technology/56199-new-mpeg-standard-halves-video-bandwidth-with-no-quality-loss
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pwthornton
This technology could be used to cut down on files sizes, to raise video
quality and to up r... | {
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Progressive Neural Networks - telotortium
https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.04671
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telotortium
See also the excellent summary by The Morning Paper:
[https://blog.acolyer.org/2016/10/11/progressive-neural-
netwo...](https://blog.acolyer.org/2016/10/11/progressive-neural-networks/)
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'Woolly mammoth' spotted in Siberia - etomer
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4116326/Woolly-mammoth-spotted-in-Siberia.html
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prawn
Bear + fish.
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Ask HN: What would alien code look like? - coryl
Hi fellers,<p>Disclaimer: Not a programmer, but semi-technical and know a little bit about engineering concepts.<p>That said, lets be imaginative for a bit and pretend we made contact with an advanced space travelling race of alien. We have the opportunity to look their... | {
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An Aerial Laser Display Capable of Projecting 3D Objects in Mid-Air - yiedyie
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/11/an-aerial-laser-display-capable-of-projecting-3d-objects-in-mid-air/
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amingilani
What happens if try to pet the pretty butterfly? Can I focus the point into
someone's heart and make a death ray? Co... | {
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Ask HN: Why Won't Adobe Release for Linux? - ethanpil
I certainly understand why Microsoft and Apple keep their best and most profitable apps proprietary to their own platforms. What I don't understand is Adobe... They already have a Unixy codebase for Mac and the argument of profitability of the work due to lack... | {
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Launching Fairphone 3 - thekyle
https://www.fairphone.com/en/2019/08/27/launching-fairphone-3/
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frittig
I waited a long time for this phone. I've been looking for an easy to repair,
future proofed phone for quite some time. The only problem is that the screen
size is 5.65" and that is just too big for me. I may ... | {
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GitHub: Account Successors - tosh
https://docs.github.com/en/github/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/maintaining-ownership-continuity-of-your-user-accounts-repositories
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Syeposxr
It's good to see tech companies maturing and thinking about the needs of more
diverse audiences.
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Google Maps Hacks - rsj_hn
http://www.simonweckert.com/googlemapshacks.html
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netsharc
An interesting "red but no traffic" phenomenon is in Iceland, with roads which
are next to scenery viewing points. The roads are mostly empty in this
country, but everyone must've slowed down when they saw the breathtaking
scen... | {
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Mueller team zeroes in on encrypted apps as witness turn in phones - uptown
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/06/mueller-team-zeroes-in-on-encrypted-apps-as-witness-turn-in-phones.html
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Latteland
I guess this is going to be a standard thing, not just trying to get your own
phone under court order, but asking all your... | {
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AskHN: What browser and browser plugins do you use? - vaksel
I was wondering what everyone else is using?
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jackowayed
Firefox with:
* NoScript (really makes browsing more secure)
* Twitterfox (a pretty nice FF twitter client)
* All-in-One Gestures (Mouse gestures a la opera)
* Web Developer (EXTREMELY usef... | {
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Ask HN: Where did the upvote count go? - knowingathing
I'm not sure if there is A/B test going on right now, or if there has been a permanent change and I missed the memo. But I can't see an upvote count anymore on comments. Any ideas why?
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gus_massa
The upvotes of the comments of other users is h... | {
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China shuts Apple's film and book services - tommoor
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36110425
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pink_dinner
..and this is the country that Zuckerberg idolizes.
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Wiith: San Francisco iOS Beta Testers Neeeded - jeffhod
https://twitter.com/wiithapp/status/558517601425309696
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drstewart
I'd like to see a bit more than (literally) 3 words on the site saying what it
is and why I should use it.
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Ask HN: What is the best /starter motorcycle for bay area commute? - neduma
Hi there,<p>Currently, I'm commuting between Cupertino to San Mateo on I280 and am planning to get motorcycle to commute instead of car. Please share thoughts and experiences.<p>Many thanks.
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marssaxman
I've been commuting to work... | {
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Show HN: Roboto, build and deliver your iOS and Android apps - phillipcaudell
http://roboto.build
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phillipcaudell
Hey all!
I've been working on Roboto for some time now after leaving my full time job
as an app developer and designer.
One particular pain point was getting beta builds to our testers and deploy... | {
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Designers as Pawns and Useful Idiots - dwynings
http://www.andyrutledge.com/designers-as-pawns-and-useful-idiots.php
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ricardobeat
I fully agree that non-paid design competitions like the one mentioned should
be banned and avoided by every professional - but unfortunately that's not
what the post's about...
All ... | {
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Ask HN: Will I have more success as a Full Stack or front/back end developer? - lookingfj
I am a mid level full Stack Developer. I enjoy working on all areas of the Stack, but I have started to try to move towards the more senior rank and I am wondering if being a specialist in one particular area will make me more e... | {
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Life after Parse – 3 awesome alternatives - weitingliu
https://www.codementor.io/development-process/tutorial/what-to-do-after-parse-shuts-down
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parseopensource
Parse Open Source Community in Slack bit.ly/1SxTVIi ;)
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mignev
Awesome article!
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People interview people - Halil
http://www.peopleized.com/
New website where people interview each other to promote their websites and blogs.
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romlet
This is a great site for getting exposure online. It lets people interview
others about their projects online, be they bloggers or otherwise! It has been
a huge h... | {
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Optimizing .*: Details of Vectorization and Metaprogramming - leephillips
http://www.juliabloggers.com/optimizing-details-of-vectorization-and-metaprogramming/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost
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davidacoder
It is worth pointing out that this blog post is old, from January. Jul... | {
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1 Year of GitHub Streak - sahat
Greetings HN community,<p>A year ago, during my senior year in college I have decided to write code every single day as a way to improve my coding skills. Today, I am happy to say that I've made it to 365 days without breaking a streak.<p>Was it worth it? Yes, definitely! Without... | {
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Steve Yegge - where are you? - kleiba
Do you know that feeling when your favorite TV show gets canceled after 7 seasons? You've grown attached to the characters and their lives and you actually feel loss... That's how I feel about Steve Yegge's blog posts. He apparently made his threats true and stopped blogging. Do... | {
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Ask YC: A good IDE for Python programming? - wr1472
I am trying to get into python programming for the OLPC, and would like to know what a good IDE for it would be? I am an experienced developer so learning the language or OO is not a hurdle (although functional programming will be new but not difficult).<p>My other... | {
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I'm coming to your town... - shakeandbake
https://medium.com/p/f1ab9d707046
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beat
What's the product? That would help me decide whether it's worth it. If it's a
hot backup mechanism for a graph db, I'd be interested. If it's a better kind
of grape jelly, not so much.
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calitalieh
Although I love grape jelly... | {
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The Electric Car may be entering its “cell phone” period - mblakele
http://ideas.4brad.com/electric-car-may-be-entering-its-cell-phone-period
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vlehto
Good electric car battery standard would solve almost all of the problems of
electric cars.
1\. The battery is where most development happens and where it's most ... | {
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Whoever built the Boston Marathon bombs is still on the loose (2018) - AndrewBissell
https://www.newsweek.com/2018/01/19/boston-marathon-bomb-maker-loose-776742.html
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azeotropic
There was a lot of strange stuff going on with the FBI in the Tsarnaev case.
Agents from the Boston FBI office traveled to Florida and ... | {
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} |
Mysterious Quantum Dropletons Form Inside Semiconductors Shot With Lasers - joseflavio
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/02/quantum-droplets-dropleton-lasers-semiconductors/?cid=19181234
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quarterwave
The article doesn't explicitly say whether it is bulk Gallium Arsenide, or a
quantum-well structure based ... | {
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Should E-cigarettes be allowed in the office? - ReaperOfCode
The best article I can find is a bit outdated. Is there more progressive thinking in tech on this subject ?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/02/07/the-truth-about-wasting-time-at-work/#7f73c8571285<p>My th... | {
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Why I'm Furious with Silicon Valley - thinkcomp
http://www.quora.com/Aaron-Greenspan/Why-Im-Furious-with-Silicon-Valley
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pedalpete
This seems very un-Valley-like from my understanding.
What would the VCs and Angels benefit from the new laws? if anything, I
suspect many would be against the new law as they hav... | {
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Chinese websites defaced by Anonymous - ra5cal
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17623939
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adnam
Subtle. I'm sure that many Chinese Internet users are saying: "thank you for
shutting off access to this website I want to access, and providing me with
this useful and interesting information, in a totally non-pa... | {
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Spoof UK Government’s Brexit Propaganda - Borlands
https://ledbydonkeys.com/
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guilhas
If they keep pushing a EU defense union, and northern Ireland backstop without
an exit clause, the best deal is still 'no deal' on WTO terms.
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apple ml : Learning with Privacy at Scale [pdf] - tuxguy
https://machinelearning.apple.com/docs/learning-with-privacy-at-scale/appledifferentialprivacysystem.pdf
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tuxguy
blog post : [https://machinelearning.apple.com/2017/12/06/learning-
with-p...](https://machinelearning.apple.com/2017/12/06/learning-with-priva... | {
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NCombinator - pitdesi
http://ncombinator.com/
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jack-r-abbit
Isn't it bad form to SPAM this place with duplicate submissions?
Original Post: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3955265>
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railsjedi
We didnt post the second one. Someone else did because the first one got
banned.
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ColinWright
No, it didn... | {
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Diabetes is actually five separate diseases, research suggests - ValentineC
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43246261
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kencausey
Dupe:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16499376](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16499376)
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An In-Depth Look at the User Experience of iPhone Safari - pdubroy
http://dubroy.com/blog/an-in-depth-look-at-the-user-experience-of-iphone-safari/
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pdubroy
With the announcement of the iPad, and the claim that it's "the best browsing
experience you've ever had", I thought it would be interesting to take a
clo... | {
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Stop Chopping Yourself to Pieces - jseip
http://blog.asmartbear.com/stop-chopping-to-pieces.html
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mrcactu5
The best ideas, new ideas, come in a flash when you’re not working.
still is news
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Scientific Concepts We All Ought to Know - betolink
https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2017/03/scientific-concepts-know/
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nercht12
The idea of "entropy" always seemed to me as a misrepresentation of the actual
underlying principle, given a half-dozen other names in scientific literature.
Everything reaches the low... | {
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Bilingual brains: Variety makes you mentally fit - anishkothari
http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2014/10/johnson-bilingual-brains
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hawkice
There's also evidence that we are less susceptible to biases when given
hypothetical scenarios in foreign languages. I am considering keeping my todo
list in a forei... | {
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Air India Express 737 Hits ILS, Damages Wall on Departure, Flies for 4 Hours - sassyboy
https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/air-india-express-737-hits-ils-damages-wall-on-departure-flies-for-4-hours-before-diverting/
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justboxing
Just saw the pics of the damage on the twitter thread linked-to in the
article. See b... | {
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Ask HN: How do you use your RPi? - yitchelle
With the doubling of the RAM in RPi4 [0] with not much increase in the pricing, I am getting quite keen to get one, but I wouldn't know what to do with it.<p>So what are you using your RPi for these days?<p>[0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2243... | {
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Math as Code - dpeck
https://github.com/Jam3/math-as-code/blob/master/README.md
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kevmo314
Julia allows you to be a little closer to the math and use a lot of the math
symbols directly. For example, you can write `if 6 ∈ A`
([https://docs.julialang.org/en/release-0.4/stdlib/collections...](https://docs.julialang.... | {
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Fake online stores reveal gamblers' shadow banking system - rbanffy
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-gambling-usa-dummies-idUKKBN19D13E
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michaelbuckbee
This sounds somewhat similar to the polite fiction of Japanese Pachinko
parlors [1].
"Taniguchi swapped the tray of thousands of winning silver balls for a
rece... | {
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How to get meetings with people too busy to see you - ibrahimcesar
http://steveblank.com/2013/08/12/how-to-get-meetings-with-people-too-busy-to-see-you/
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edw519
For my inbox:
Turn-offs:
- obviously sent to many others
- obviously boilerplate
- buzzwordy
- uses the word "coffee... | {
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Follow up to Ask HN thread: Growing a side project - lunaru
https://betterthansure.com/answer-hn-growing-a-side-project-30f17f6a10da
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sharemywin
which thread was it?
found it in the article:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12720636](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12720636)
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Sudoku solver in 1-line of CoffeeScript (with explanation) - pathikrit
https://gist.github.com/3863614
suggestions to make it shorter/cleaner welcome
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lvh
Can we stop calling things like these 1-liners? Most languages can have
arbitrary programs reduced to one line. That doesn't mean it's legible or a
good idea... | {
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} |
Created chessvision.ai CV/ML app to analyze chess positions on any website/video - pkacprzak
https://chessvision.ai
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pkacprzak
Reddit discussion here:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/b826h5/created_chess...](https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/b826h5/created_chessvisionai_a_computer_visionmachine/ej... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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What Gripes about Apple tell us about Computational Literacy - _delirium
http://www.bogost.com/blog/flash_is_not_a_right.shtml
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statictype
_I wonder if it doesn't amount to an indictment of the state of computational
literacy._
It doesn't. Developer outrage over this policy has nothing to do with having
to le... | {
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} |
Zuckerberg Seeks Personal Privacy, Then Removes Online Privacy Feature - talhof8
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/229364
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blakesterz
"But as Facebook makes it more difficult for users to maintain privacy, its
co-founder is taking drastic measures to protect his own. Ironic timing, isn't
it?"
Doesn't it seem ... | {
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Introducing Token - shea256
https://blog.tokenize.com/introducing-token-e759bedc36f6
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tarr11
Well, a ring is better than a watch I suppose. But the idea of charging my
ring every night just so I can authenticate feels burdensome.
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brad0
What's stupid is that you could build something similar that doesn't nee... | {
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Doug McIlroy's C++ regular expression matching library - fanf2
https://github.com/arnoldrobbins/mcilroy-regex
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mehrdadn
I still haven't found a single regex library that can do a few tasks that I
find to be very critical: (1) accept the input string in pieces (i.e.,
lazily), (2) let you make copies of the recogn... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Google Researcher Exposes Flaws In Sophos Software, Slams Antivirus Industry - ssclafani
http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2011/08/04/google-researcher-exposes-flaws-in-sophos-software-slams-antivirus-industry/
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someone13
Firstly, you can find the associated paper here:
<http://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/Sophail.pd... | {
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Almost all the jobs created since 2005 are temporary - ThomPete
http://qz.com/851066/almost-all-the-10-million-jobs-created-since-2005-are-temporary/
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ThomPete
Here is how the US Department of Labor define jobs:
"People are considered employed if they did any work at all for pay or profit
during the survey refe... | {
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GoogolPlex – Improved Siri for iOS - tvanzyl
http://betterthansiri.com
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tvanzyl
Here's the link to an Engadget article that explains a bit more about it:
[http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/16/googolplex-
siri/](http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/16/googolplex-siri/)
Thought it was a cool idea, but if it always ro... | {
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} |
Climate-change Super PAC to target "science deniers" - jdnier
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2014/0522/Climate-change-Super-PAC-targets-Republicans-who-deny-human-role-in-warming
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jdnier
Shades of Ralph Nader's "Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!"
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Greg - sama
http://blog.samaltman.com/greg
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6stringmerc
This nice summation really reminds me of a quote from _Shawshank Redemption_
which is, I must admit, not the most flattering in a business context:
> _I 'm a convicted felon who provides sound financial advice - it's a nice
> pet to have._
The best takeaw... | {
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TechCrunch Hacker Identified: You Decide If We Press Charges - aresant
http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/28/techcrunch-hacker-identified-you-decide-if-we-press-charges/
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raganwald
I really feel my 48 years. What is this, The Running Man?
Either leave it in the hands of the authorities or prosecute. Making a game
... | {
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California governor signs bill to bring Bitcoin and other currency into fold - tilt
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/29/us-usa-california-bitcoin-idUSKBN0F402T20140629
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thinkcomp
This bill is largely irrelevant and pro forma. There was no enforcement of the
underlying statute it repeals anyway.
The bigger... | {
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} |
The Worst Internet in America - nafizh
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-worst-internet-in-america/
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birdman3131
I used to live in Saguache County as a kid. We left in 2000 but this article
does not surprise me. it is hard to adequately get across how desolate it was
up there but i'll try.
We had 40 acre... | {
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} |
The Happy Demise of the 10X Engineer - KhalilK
http://nuzzel.com/sharedstory/07302014/a16z/the_happy_demise_of_the_10x_engineer
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marktangotango
>The other layers of the stack will be abstracted away entirely and writing
software will continue to look more like assembling a collection of Github-
hosted libraries ... | {
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EC considering removing Internet Explorer from Windows - hsrd7777
http://ibtimes.com/articles/20090119/considering-removing-internet-explorer-from-windows.htm
In a preliminary ruling, the European Commission told Microsoft that linking Internet Explorer to its dominant Windows operating system violates EC rules.
====... | {
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Attacked on Twitter by Russian Catbots - Have you ever seen this before? - Jagannath
http://www.chloebregman.com/2013/03/14/attack-of-the-russian-catbots/
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by_Seeing
Play it cool. 300 cats can't be wrong.
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wakkus
there are goats as well!
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rock_hard
hahaha
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Ask HN: Help with picking a semi-restrictive license for a project on GitHub - heliodor
Hi, I'm having a hard time finding the right license for a project of mine, so I'm hoping to get some pointers from folks here.
I want to put a software project on Github. The idea is to put it on Github and have people u... | {
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GoComm (YC S13) Takes On Yammer Mobile For Task Management, Event Coordination - gedmark
http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/13/yc-backed-gocomm-takes-on-yammer-mobile-for-task-management-event-coordination/
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igul222
I organize a 1,000 person hackathon at MIT, and the entire organizing team is
super-excited about us... | {
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Lora-based device-to-device smartphone communication for crisis scenarios [pdf] - oliver2213
https://dtn7.github.io/assets/hoechst2020lora.pdf
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robshep
Instead of a trivial use-case of existing technology it would be far more
beneficial to model (1) RF subscriber characteristics and how an unmanaged
network of p... | {
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PhpMyAdmin 3.3.10 is released - thefox
http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=23067&id=298637
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joelhaasnoot
Nice to hear it's still being developed. Personally, I've moved on to other,
better solutions that are client-side. HeidiSQL (<http://www.heidisql.com/>)
works well over SSH for Windows, or Sequel Pro for... | {
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Ask HN: What's the location specific job board you use? - johnwall
My friend recently pointed me to a Rails job board in Austin made by the local group AustinOnRails http://lists.austinonrails.org/pipermail/jobs-austinonrails.org/2012-January/thread.html. I was wondering if HN knew about more of these hidden gems.
... | {
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Ask HN: Best Way To Present Your Freelance Business - benjaminwootton
As a freelancer, are you best to trade under the banner of a small branded company, or all under your own name?<p>My current preference is to brand under my own name as I fear I may fall in the cracks between people who are looking for a freelance... | {
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A virtual machine in Excel - ColinWright
http://hackaday.com/2014/12/25/writing-a-virtual-machine-in-excel/
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userbinator
There's a well-known technique for solving certain types of equations by
making use of circular references, and people have simulated digital logic too
(e.g.
[http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~jeff... | {
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Housing Costs Reduce the Return to Education - kqr2
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2018/07/housing-costs-reduce-return-education.html
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perilunar
To be clear, it's not house prices that are the problem—it's _land_ prices.
The problem and its solution were identified by Henry George in his book... | {
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LineageOS Android Distribution - void_nill
https://lineageos.org/
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wongarsu
LineageOS is great, my one complaint is that it is almost never available for
the phones I own. You basically have to get phones according to their
popularity in a certain subgroup: for example currently one HTC model and two
LG models a... | {
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Alpha 2 arrives for testing - Mitt
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Alpha-2-arrives-for-testing-1427722.html
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omh
_It will also be the first version to target a 750 MB ISO image, meaning that
it will no longer fit onto a standard CD_
Why are they targetting 750MB? Once ... | {
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Bootsnap: Optimizing Ruby App Boot Time - Finbarr
https://engineering.shopify.com/235340559-bootsnap-optimizing-ruby-app-boot-time
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JohnBooty
Wow! This is potentially a real gain for us. We have a big in-house,
monolithic Rails app.
My initial experiment was encouraging. Boot time in development mode went from
... | {
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Bitcoin will fail without decentralized mining - dperfect
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=399313.0
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humbledrone
One solution for this already exists: P2Pool. From the wiki page, "P2Pool is a
decentralized Bitcoin mining pool that works by creating a peer-to-peer
network of miner nodes." The key thing i... | {
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} |
Oceans suffocating as huge dead zones quadruple since 1950, scientists warn - eculic17
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/04/oceans-suffocating-dead-zones-oxygen-starved
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mac01021
This is good to know about, but the reporting is not great and is imprecise
about many things.
For example, the map po... | {
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} |
Amazon May Be Hiding Its Plans to Test New Wireless Tech - amynordrum
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/wireless/amazon-may-be-hiding-its-plans-to-test-new-wireless-tech-by-masquerading-as-a-massage-spa
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thewizardofaus
Amazon is testing 5G.
The 3.5Ghz band has already been proposed by telcos in Austra... | {
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} |
Forbes asked readers to turn off ad blockers then immediately served malware - davidgerard
http://engt.co/1PNJZqf
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axonic
I haven't whitelisted a site from ad blocking in over a year, nor will I
again, this is mostly why. The only financial incentive I think we can
leverage against supporters of unscrupulous adv... | {
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} |
Basic Income: Bots are going to force the issue - mindstab
http://www.danballard.com/?p=249
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Siecje
We need a robot tax to pay for minimum income.
| {
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Show HN: Exercises you can do at work, emailed Mon-Fri - raivo
http://www.exercisesatwork.com/<p>I evolved this service over several months and since June it's in a state where I can show it to the public.<p>The service is built on Google App Engine - an interesting experience on how the restrictions of the platform... | {
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“I thought I'd share this Boris Johnson story with you” - carusooneliner
https://www.facebook.com/thejeremyvine/posts/since-he-is-probably-our-next-prime-minister-i-thought-id-share-this-boris-johns/2449074521979085/
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duxup
I've been lucky enough to know some US state level politicians for quite some
time, not m... | {
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5 key learnings after 8 years of iOS development - antonholmquist
https://medium.com/@antonholmquist/5-key-learnings-after-8-years-of-ios-development-7190d8a01d09
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bsaul
Same experience, except i would strongly advise _against_ using core data, and
i would also recommend to do layout with autolayout in xib ( not... | {
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} |
Google bans family cafe for offensive content for posting photo of British dish - wil421
https://reclaimthenet.org/google-bans-fannys-cafe-faggots-peas/
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_bxg1
It's pretty understandable that they'd get flagged for the word as a result of
oversimplified heuristics. However, it should also be expected that there'... | {
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Azure Functions (Microsoft's Version of AWS Lambda) - ch4ch4
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/functions-create-first-azure-function/
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LoSboccacc
Interesting! Can those return arbitrary data of whatever mime? What storage
and authentication options are available?
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charlieegan3
This ... | {
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Will We Ever Know What Dark Matter Is? - dnetesn
http://nautil.us/issue/51/limits/will-we-ever-know-what-dark-matter-is
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yehosef
I wonder if "dark matter" might be a hint from our programmer that we're in a
simulation.
~~~
krapp
Wouldn't that just make our universe a poorly designed simulation?
~~~
yehosef
tha... | {
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Ramos alarm clock - dzlobin
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2074185253/ramos-alarm-clock
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martinkallstrom
It is probably a mistake of him to let the beautiful nixie tubes and the
elegant wooden finish pull so much weight in the promo video and then reveal
that the final product will feature very bland LED ... | {
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} |
HTML5 Canvas Fluid Simulation - msvan
http://29a.ch/sandbox/2012/fluidcanvas/
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vjoel
Fascinating. Is it possible to reduce the cpu utilization when idle?
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filipedeschamps
Loved the acid trip corner tip.
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Ask HN: I knocked my housemate's iPad on the floor. Should I tell her? - scottmcdot
The iPad was resting on a coffee table, which is around 50cm (1.6 foot) high. It was connected to a speaker cable via headphone jack and when I moved the speaker, the iPad was knocked onto the floor.<p>No screen damage and the iPad w... | {
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Kyle Miller overcomes cerebral palsy to play in a pro event - milesf
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-amazing-story-of-kyle-miller-overcoming-cerebral-palsy-to-play-in-a-pro-event
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milesf
His story makes my complaints about how hard software can be and building a
business seem like a pathetic joke.
Thanks f... | {
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} |
Now that Mozilla no longer updates Thunderbird, which email client should I use? - graublau
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atesti
What do you want to be done to Thundebird? There are still security updates,
aren't there? If they continue to update Thunderbird, maybe they make many
changes that are controversial and a step backwards?
e.g.... | {
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Does anyone want ~23,000 balls for a ball pit? One careful owner. - dunk010
http://cdn.last.fm/rj/balls.jpg
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dunk010
All good things have to come to an end. After a year, you've done pretty much
everything you can with them. This is serious, btw.
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aristus
Aw, c'mon -- what's the story? Did you upgrade t... | {
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OpenJDK 11, Tools of the Trade - vbsteven
https://www.javaadvent.com/2019/12/openjdk-11-tools-trade.html
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jerven
I especially like to use jstack (well not like) but it really helps to figure
out the issues when a process seems to be hanging. And you can even use it as
a brute profiler, doing manual sampling and ... | {
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True random number generation (TRNG) - aredbeard
Hi friends,<p>For the past little while we've been working on a saas site that simplifies the use of TRNG keys. The service provides an easy to use API backed by custom-built arrays of hardware keys. So instead of buying one of these keys off the shelf and writing ... | {
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What does the “3-2-1” backup rule mean - manlog
https://bitcalm.com/blog/the-3-2-1-backup-rule-part-1/?utm_source=news.ycombinator.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=hacker.321.09.04
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dandelion_lover
I would just formulate it differently: "If you have no backup, you have no
date. If you have one backup, you no... | {
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Competing for tips: Tipjoy & TipIt.To (oh, and Paypal) - davidw
http://thenextweb.org/2008/02/13/competing-for-tips-tipjoy-tipitto-oh-and-paypal/
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cstejerean
What do they mean TipJoy doesn't pay you real money? Isn't the money real as
soon as the folks that decided to tip actually "pay their bill" to TipJoy?
~~... | {
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Research: an outsider's perspective - dhaivatpandya
http://poincare101.herokuapp.com/post/33
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wtracy
Making the situation even more absurd, none of that money is actually going to
the people who do the research. In fact, many scientific journals charge the
researchers to publish their work, then turn around an... | {
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} |
New era for KEXP: How this radio station is doing top-notch live video (2014) - miles
https://www.geekwire.com/2014/kexp-live-video-stream/
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brodouevencode
KEXP was the first time I saw the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, with Jimmy James
on guitar. He's hands down one of the most talented guitarists alive today.
Samp... | {
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How I cracked NQ Vault's “encryption” - ninjadoge24
https://ninjadoge24.github.io/#002-how-i-cracked-nq-vaults-encryption
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andrebalza1
NQ Mobile is not really new to some sloppy ethics.
[http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2013/10/24/nq-
mobi...](http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2013/10/24/nq-mob... | {
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