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Weird Things Teens do in 2018 - Ephil012 https://medium.com/@etp5501/weird-things-teens-do-in-2018-8322b7896f5f ====== abenedic These are only weird if you give them weird names like the author. Teens have been doing the same things forever.
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Freelancer services co Fiverr raises $15m - sparknlaunch12 http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000746276 ====== ecubed While people do sell alot of pretty useless stuff on that site, there's also alot of really useful services too. I wish they would do more filtering of the nonsense and get it fo...
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How does one go about choosing a graduate school for computer science? - scarface548 ====== stonemetal Look at what they research. It will more or less define any research you do. If you don't do research it will color what your professors know, and how well it is covered in your classes. Another is how well is th...
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Products Over Projects - kawera https://martinfowler.com/articles/products-over-projects.html ====== mikekchar I have found that what is important for a software team is having members that can work well together. It takes time to make such a team and some people can _never_ work well together. Organisations should sp...
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Zappos is offering severance to employees who aren’t all in with Holacracy - SonicSoul http://qz.com/370616/internal-memo-zappos-is-offering-severance-to-employees-who-arent-all-in-with-holacracy/ ====== SonicSoul I love this idea, but wondering if this will backfire with mostly the best people (that can easily find o...
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Presumption of Stupidity - benzofuran http://www.aaronkharris.com/presumption-of-stupitidy ====== benzofuran Previous Discussion (~2 years ago) here: [http://www.aaronkharris.com/presumption-of- stupitidy](http://www.aaronkharris.com/presumption-of-stupitidy)
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BlackBerry accuses Snapchat of infringing its messaging patents - Zeta_Function https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/4/17196840/blackberry-snapchat-patent-infringement-messaging-app ====== bitumen Is this Blackberry’s new strategy? Become the next massive patent troll?
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A list of awesome minimalist frameworks - neiesc https://github.com/neiesc/awesome-minimalist ====== atrilumen Very cool. Please add [https://github.com/yoshuawuyts/choo](https://github.com/yoshuawuyts/choo) and [https://github.com/tachyons-css](https://github.com/tachyons-css). (Too lazy to send a pull; sorry ) ~~~ ...
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The Science of Liberty, An Interview with Murray N. Rothbard (1990) - ableal http://mises.org/journals/aen/aen11_2_1.asp ====== ableal _Rothbard's law, which is that people tend to specialize in what they are worst at._ I suspect he was just, tongue-in-cheek, illustrating the specific cases he made immediately aft...
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Google's $350B haircut - ForHackernews https://medium.com/s/which-half-is-wasted/googles-350-billion-haircut-fa1a0f33ace1 ====== smn1234 [https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:h6l1gR...](https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:h6l1gRN_rVoJ:https://medium.com/s/which- half-is-wasted/google...
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The Future of Neuromorphic Computing - anthotny http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/a-computer-to-rival-the-brain ====== bcatanzaro The reason AI has been so successful recently is that the research community has assumed a ruthlessly empirical philosophy: no idea, no matter how beautiful or interesting, is consider...
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Joe Stump: Why I switched from PHP to Python - dannyr http://www.joestump.net/2009/09/why-i-switched-from-php-to-python.html ====== steveklabnik While Python is a great language, aren't "Things Guido doesn't like aren't supported at the language level" and "Python treats developers as adults" sort of at odds? ...
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Sysdig Raises $13M and Launches Container-Native Monitoring - msarmento https://sysdig.com/monitoring-as-a-microservice ====== wasnaga Looks cool but do I need to be running containers? ~~~ msarmento Actually no you don't. Sysdig specializes in container visibility but we have customers that are getting plenty of v...
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How Complex Systems Fail (1998) - parentheses https://how.complexsystems.fail/ ====== dang A fine submission, except that it was last discussed less than a year ago, which puts it in the dupe window for HN (see [https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html](https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html)). [https://hn.algoli...
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Show HN: Buy the Humble Indie Bundle #3 with Bitcoins - elliottcarlson https://www.btcdeals.com/humble-indie-bundle-3/ ====== cjzhang This doesn't seem to be through the main humble bundle site. Are you reselling the bundles or something?
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PxCode Challenge Day 2 – Give us your Sketch, and we give you the Code - pxcode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbQkXGBj2ho ====== pxcode Give us your Sketch, and we give you the Code! We make this page within 32 mins. Check our results below! Preview the result here: [https://bit.ly/33hARHI](https://bit.ly/33hARHI)...
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Soyuz User Manual - samlittlewood http://www.arianespace.com/launch-services-soyuz/Soyuz_Users_Manual_CSG_June06.pdf ====== russss To elaborate, this manual refers to the Soyuz _rocket_ , not the spacecraft which is flown to the ISS. Specifically, it's the interface documentation for attaching your payload to it. (T...
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Scientists predict green energy revolution after new graphene discoveries - 3eto http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/scientists-predict-green-energy-revolution-after-incredible-new-graphene-discoveries-9885425.html ====== trishume This may well be a very important and interesting discovery but I cringed a few ...
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Ask HN: What's your favorite corporate power move? - jppope I&#x27;ve never been able to find a list so I figure I would ask y&#x27;all.<p>Examples of corporate power moves:<p>- Showing up 5 minutes late to a meeting, to show someone your time is more valuable. - &quot;The Hard CC&quot; where you cc someone&#x27;s bo...
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10 Must-Have Google Chrome Extensions for Web Developers - mdolon http://devgrow.com/top-10-google-chrome-extensions/ ====== elxx Web Developer is a Firefox favorite of mine that also has a Chrome version available now. (<http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/>)
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Reddit users could be held accountable for suicide... say what? - ryangilbert http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/04/12/nine-reddit-users-could-be-slapped-with-wrongful-death-suit-in-suicide-case/ ====== killnine "Our family has decided to take legal action not only against his ex-wife, but those who urged him on to ...
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CEO dares Microsoft to sue him over virtual desktops that flout licensing - GreekOphion http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/03/ceo-dares-microsoft-to-sue-him-over-virtual-desktops-that-flout-licensing.ars ====== forrestthewoods This really is a fascinating problem. If Guise Bule gets his way the the maximum nu...
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VUE, Behavioral analytics for mobile users is crowdfunding - waynesutton https://ramen.is/projects/get-vue-analytics ====== kumarski How does this affect the speed of the app...? ~~~ blaurenceclark Hey Kumarski, the app performance change is negligible and a majority of the work is done in the background, being a U...
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Packing heat gets you shot, say profs - billpg http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/04/guns_attract_bullets/ ====== newsdog not true - those guys got shot due to their gansta lifestyle, guns were orthogonal to that ~~~ CWuestefeld Right. The only explanation offered for the shootings was muggings. I wonder how much t...
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Ask HN: Should I learn Vala to develop cross-platform software? - yapcguy Vala is a C# like language, which compiles down to C. It uses GObject from GTK+ as it&#x27;s base object class. For UI programming, the bindings to GTK+ are pretty good. There are no bindings to QT. I have been playing around with the lang...
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Ask HN: How should a software engineer go about making a website? - AgathaTheWitch I have been a professional software developer for four years now and must confess, I have never made a website. Mostly I have done systems engineering (Deployment, security, database infrastructure) but also some QA work and Java app de...
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Assange's Op-Ed in The Australian - teoruiz http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/mediadiary/index.php/australianmedia/comments/julian1/ ====== sachitgupta Similar discussion: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1978955>
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The Mystery of the Creepiest Television Hack - mjschultz http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/headroom-hacker ====== mjschultz Also, here is the Wikipedia article on the matter [1]. And a Reddit thread (presented as one of the theories in the article) [2]. [1]: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_broadcast_signa...
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EC2 Instance Update – X1 (SAP HANA) and T2.Nano (Websites) - runesoerensen https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/ec2-instance-update-x1-sap-hana-t2-nano-websites/ ====== kimcheekumquat >X1 instances will feature up to 2 TB of memory, a full order of magnitude larger than the current generation of high-memory instances. The...
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Ask HN: Do you accept LinkedIn connection requests from recruiters? - johnhess Let&#x27;s assume you&#x27;re open to new opportunities.<p>Does it look odd to have a bunch of connections to recruiters? Is it worthwhile? ====== jsinkwitz Yes, but not for the reason you're thinking. Recruiters and sales people (guilty!...
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Why font rendering sucks in electron based editors? - xstartup Font always appears fuzzy or blurry. It doesn&#x27;t happen in Sublime Text. Is there any solution to this problem? ====== Rotareti I ran into this issue when I installed Atom two years back. Today I installed VSCode and run into the exact same issue again...
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Why the developers who use Rust love it so much - ayoisaiah https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/06/05/why-the-developers-who-use-rust-love-it-so-much/?cb=1 ====== plerpin I've read the Rust book, maintained someone else's Rust code once, and written a few of my toy programs. But I find that idiomatic Rust is difficult to ...
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Google woos developers by releasing cloud platform code to GitHub - jeffreyfox http://www.zdnet.com/google-woos-developers-by-releasing-cloud-platform-code-to-github-7000010190/ ====== manidoraisamy Smart move! This will neutralize cloudfoundry's advantage. We should see Appfog like platforms on Google cloud in futu...
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Ask HN: Why hasn't the email client been reinvented lately? - dc-tech-fan For a tool we are all required to use but hate using, I&#x27;m surprised there haven&#x27;t been huge improvements in email clients since Google introduced Gmail 10 years ago.<p>There have only been small features added over time, like inline ...
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“So, you decided to contribute to open source” - kawera https://twitter.com/eranhammer/status/881614401471520768 ====== x1798DE I don't know why people take this stuff so personally. I maintain open source resources and for the most part people have been fine. Most of my complaints are that I don't always get reproduc...
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The Early History of F# [pdf] - strangecasts https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3386325 ====== tejasv We, at Chaldal (YC S15, chaldal.tech), use F# in production. Most of our backend projects are in F#, the last one is being migrated over slowly from C#. Our new frontend projects are also in F# (using Fable). I want ...
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Gem install will soon be significantly faster, thanks to tenderlove 💙💚💜 - midas007 https://twitter.com/tenderlove/status/449699452895240192 ====== rancor Every Ruby developer on the planet thanks you for this. Lengthy `gem install` cycles are one of the less fun things about the Ruby ecosystem.
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Are You a Hacker? - thefox http://www.textfiles.com/hacking/ruhacker.txt ====== ssebro I have a problem with this: I'm extremely curious and I wind up going down long paths to find the ultimate solution to problems, when I could have just asked someone about it. I do it because I learn + remember better, and because...
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The Exclusive, The Embargo and The Arrington - humanlever http://www.centernetworks.com/arrington-embargo ====== truebosko It seems whenever something doesn't go right for Arrington a huge story comes out of it, 40 blogs write about it, and we hear about it for an entire week. All I can say is: Yawn.
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Show HN: Super Wizard Fever – A retro style infinite runner for Android - kcbanner https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.caseybanner.wizardrunner.android ====== kcbanner Hi everyone! I've been working on my first Android game in my off time from my day job as a game dev, and I've finally released it. I was...
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Ask HN: Will this community avoid an Eternal September? - w0de0 If so, how?<p>Is it not a risk for this community? Why?<p>Is the idea too nebulous for this to be a meaningful question?<p>Reference: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Eternal_September ====== psyc Regret to inform you that HN's Eternal Se...
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UX Professional Isn't a Real Job - webwright http://thinkvitamin.com/opinion/ux-professional-isnt-a-real-job/ ====== sp332 What if I'm not designing a web page?
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Fake Steve Jobs Was A Blog Hater - transburgh http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/03/fake-steve-jobs-was-a-blog-hater/ ====== byrneseyeview Lyons blogged as Fake Steve Jobs because he knew that when he came out, the discussion would go from "Fake Steve Jobs says..." to "Daniel Lyons is..."
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Tackling the misinformation epidemic with “In Event of Moon Disaster” - MindGods http://news.mit.edu/2020/mit-tackles-misinformation-in-event-of-moon-disaster-0720 ====== gambler The very idea that deep fakes are somewhere near the top of the list of significant concerns for the media right now is in itself disinforma...
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Markets are efficient if and only if P = NP - confluence http://arxiv.org/abs/1002.2284v2 ====== meric A while ago I studied a paper where the author proposes using high frequency trading to exploit price patterns. If that can be done profitably it would mean markets aren't even weak form efficient! Lately however the...
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NSA and Facebook undermine spontaneous gatherings (german) - radiospiel http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/NSA-Skandal-Facebook-unterwandert-Flashmob-Verabredungen-2592853.html Sry for double posting, see https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9310402 ====== radiospiel Sry for double posting, see [ht...
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Windows 8 tablet freezes in Microsoft keynote demo - fvbock http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/19/microsoft_demo_trouble/ ====== ugh So, uhm, I’m not a fan of Windows 8, but why exactly is this in any way a big deal? It's not finished. It will break. You have a backup device (or two) ready when you present it in ...
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Apophis is currently considered the largest threat to our planet - ca98am79 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis ====== ca98am79 at least that is what it says here: <http://en.rian.ru/science/20091230/157423845.html>
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California Zero-Emission Push Grows to 8 States, 3 Million Autos - tocomment http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-24/california-zero-emission-push-grows-to-8-states-3-million-autos.html ====== tocomment I'd be curious if any of these 8 states is also blocking Tesla sales with dealership laws. Or have special taxes fo...
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Quora is down - gauravsc http://www.quora.com/ ====== raghav305 i am able to access quora
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The End of the Past - diodorus https://medium.com/@MarkKoyama/the-end-of-the-past-2f028cb970ed ====== adrianratnapala A good article with an opaque headline that gives no clue that it compares the ancient Roman economy to the early modern one. I agree slavery was very important but, early modern Europe had slavery to...
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Judge Shoots Down ‘Bitcoin Isn’t Money’ Argument in Silk Road Trial - pat2man http://www.wired.com/2014/07/silkroad-bitcoin-isnt-money/ ====== ChuckMcM This wasn't particularly surprising, either in putting it out there or shooting it down. Every trial starts with a whole bunch of motions which the judge evaluates. If...
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How the backpropagation algorithm works - mblakele http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/how-the-backpropagation-algorithm-works/ ====== mblakele Direct link: [http://neuralnetworksanddeeplearning.com/chap2.html](http://neuralnetworksanddeeplearning.com/chap2.html)
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Monetization Tips For App Developers - SavvyGuard http://mobile.openx.com/blog/monetization-tips-app-developers/ ====== shahinh Great read, Best tips, everything makes sense logically. Would be interesting to crunch the data and see if everything plays out as described. ------ shahinh Wow Great tips, everything mak...
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Google will now show bosses if employees are actually using its apps - Leary https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/18/google-g-suite-launches-work-insights-tools-to-track-app-adoption.html ====== tannhaeuser I can see PHBs wanting to discuss G suite's performance reports, and leverage that for firing. Office 365 does the same...
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Why didn't Osama Bin Laden get a trial? - Khao I remember that Saddam Hussein got a trial when he was captured by american soldiers. Why didn't Osama get a trial then and got killed in his hideout instead? ====== jws Edit to include: it appears he was not shot on sight, but shot when he "resisted". This is tremendou...
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DoDont: A New Social Network; Bring On The Snarky Comments - jblarge http://blog.dodont.com/2010/07/dodont-a-new-social-network-bring-on-the-snarky-comments/ ====== Jun8 Interesting idea: Two recommendations: (i) Add an openid-based login (e.g. GMail), nobody in their right mind would use Facebook connect (ii) The h...
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Has the TIME Person of the Year vote been fixed? - MattBearman A few days ago I voted for Edward Snowden, and at the time I&#x27;m sure he had nearly 200,000 votes. Now he only has 44,000 - http:&#x2F;&#x2F;poy.time.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;11&#x2F;25&#x2F;vote-now-who-should-be-times-person-of-the-year&#x2F;slide&#x2F;ed...
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Amazon Joins the Instant Party - what http://amazoninstant.appspot.com/ ====== what Woo, got it to return relevant results, finally. If anyone ever does anything with the Amazon API, when doing an ItemSearch always include a BrowseNode. Post any queries that get bad results. ------ fookyong I'm guessing this is ca...
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The webworkers driven UI framework – defining the scope of the v1.3 release - tobiu https://github.com/neomjs/neo/projects/16 ====== tobiu As an entirely free to use open source project, it relies on your input. I just started to define the scope of the next minor release and your feedback is not just only welcome, b...
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Livestreaming Google Chrome Announcement @ 10:30 Pacific - panarky http://www.youtube.com/googlechrome ====== panarky Sure bets - Cloudprint (<http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/p/cloudprint.html>), Chrome App Store (<https://chrome.google.com/webstore/>) Likely - Chrome OS alpha/beta release (<http://www.chromiu...
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SoundBrake 2.0 device makes headphone users less oblivious - sharieskenas https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/914595512/soundbrake-20-the-awareness-device-for-headphones ====== slang800 Cool concept, but why isn't it an app? Couldn't you use the mic on my phone to listen for volume spikes, or even fine-tuned sound pa...
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$10 ebook debate - who should decide? - francissson http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/02/panacea-or-poison-pill-who-gets-to-decide-about-the-10-e-book/ ====== Nogwater Where else do manufacturers decide on the price of the good and not the retailer? I know lots of items come with MSRPs, but they're just suggestion...
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On the History and Future of Cosmic Planet Formation - dstyrb http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.01202 ====== CaiGengYang This is a related article on alien life by Nasa [http://www.space.com/29041-alien-life-evidence- by-2025-nasa....](http://www.space.com/29041-alien-life-evidence- by-2025-nasa.html) I would love to be a...
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Python 3 Wall of Shame - iamelgringo http://python3wos.appspot.com/ ====== agentultra "Wall of Shame," sounds harsh. However I don't think it's entirely inappropriate. The premise is that it has been two years since py3k has been release and the community has little to show for it. One would think two whole years woul...
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Advice concerning rucx.com as a startup domain/brand name - rucx What do you think about the domain rucx.com for a startup? Will it lead to too many spelling issues? Does the X imply pornographic content too strongly (which it shouldn't)? Is it memorable enough? ====== mikerhoads X does not imply porn if there is on...
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Understanding Machine Learning: From Theory to Algorithms - Anon84 https://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~shais/UnderstandingMachineLearning/copy.html ====== nafizh The author has also kindly posted a solution manual for all the exercises [0]. Last time I checked (year ago) this wasn't available publicly. I love books that have s...
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AMD's Radeon HD 6970 & 6950 Debut: Enter Cayman - MojoKid http://hothardware.com/Reviews/AMD-Radeon-HD-6970--6950-GPU-Reviews-Enter-Cayman/ ====== frisco _Hold on, hold on a second._ Let's put this in perspective. This _brand new_ ATI flagship card has a whopping 24 cores clocked at 880 MHz and a memory bus capable ...
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Ask YC: Books/Links on giving better demonstrations. - Hates_ I fudged my through a demonstration this morning and really want to improve the way I do it. I'm not looking for info on presentations so-much but just books on how to give a better run through of software. Are there techniques I can use to do a better jo...
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First contact: what if we find not organic life but ET’s AI? – Aeon Essays - rbanffy https://aeon.co/essays/first-contact-what-if-we-find-not-organic-life-but-ets-ai?__twitter_impression=true ====== mojomark The article discusses the history of the concept, but completely misses Disney's fair treatment of the topic in...
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Threat Modeling Newsletter - threatmodeler https://www.toreon.com/threat-modeling/keep-up-to-date-with-the-latest-threat-modeling-news-and-insights/ ====== jvandenbroeck More appsec people should start performing threat models, I would definitely recommend the newsletter. You can read old editions on mailchimp: [http...
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Next-gen Intel notebook chips to exceed 3.0GHz - jmorin007 http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/02/18/next_gen_intel_notebook_chips_to_exceed_3_0ghz.html ====== wmf They're at 2.8 GHz now, so I rate this rumor "duh". ------ simianstyle Moore would be spinning in his grave.
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How to undo accidentally clicking flag at hn? - jerven ====== ColinWright If you really do mean "flag" then it should have turned to "unflag" and you can just click it again. If you mean the down-arrow, there is no undo. ~~~ jerven Thank you, unfortunately I lost the story l clicked flag on in the list. ------ detar...
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Ask HN: Any good Python App Engine Frameworks? - gcmartinelli What framework would you recommend for Google App Engine (in Python), besides the default webapp?<p>If it has a module for integration with Facebook Connect it would be a plus.<p>Pre-built admin like Django's would be great also (I know I can use Django o...
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White South Carolina Police Officer Shoots Fleeing Black Man in Back - dankohn1 http://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/04/07/south-carolina ====== dankohn1 Wait until every cop in America has a video camera running at all times, and lack of video footage implies they have something to hide. ~~~ GFK_of_xmaspast Wait un...
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Re-implementing the XMonad window manager core in Coq: PDF - dons http://www.cs.ru.nl/~wouters/Talks/BrouwerExtraction.pdf ====== chwahoo This is a cool effort. Since agda : haskell :: coq : ocaml, I'm curious why agda wasn't used. Does it not not support extraction in the same way? I would liked to have seen the t...
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All The Metrics! Or How You Too Can Graph Everything. - pmoriarty http://sysadvent.blogspot.com/2011/12/day-23-all-metrics-or-how-you-too-can.html ====== SEJeff Graphite co-maintainer here. We are working through the issues to finish up the 0.9.13 release now, the last of 0.9.x. There are some exciting features comi...
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Yahoo acquires Astrid - tamersalama http://blog.astrid.com/blog/2013/05/01/yahoo-acquires-astrid/ ====== general_failure I don't want to take anything away from Astrid. I keeps dismissing my ideas as trivial and already done. When I think I have a new idea, my friends would dismiss it as trivial and already done. T...
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Cooking Patterns - appplemac http://alexey.ch/cooking-patterns ====== batbomb They aren't called patterns, they are called techniques. There's tons of books about all the techniques you can use. When you understand some of the basic techniques, it's apparent what techniques are being used when you read a cook book. T...
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Show HN: Iran's army prevents couchsurfers to host foreigners - randy_gilette https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/peace-gulf ====== f14ist Not a 'Show HN' but an (important) news item, should be re-titled
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Association of insulin resistance marker with severity and mortality of Covid-19 - sudoaza https://cardiab.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12933-020-01035-2 ====== arkades Please note: The calculation of TyG is ln (fasting blood sugar) x triglycerides/2). Many studies make the error of calculating it as (ln (FBS ...
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Google veterans head off on their own to work on self-driving trucks - lemiant http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/17/11686912/otto-self-driving-semi-truck-startup ====== cheriot Sending a truck down an interstate for 20 hours has to be the lowest hanging fruit for self driving vehicles. When was the last time an entire ca...
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Introducing Syngr, my attempt at an Standard Library for PHP - niteshade https://github.com/hassankhan/Syngr ====== MattBearman I once starting building a PHP library that was pretty much identical to this, I was really excited by the prospect of being able to write beautiful, object oriented, method chained code. E...
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How do I find an entry-level software position? - homie Recent CS grad here.<p>Is it me or have entry level positions almost completely dried up in the software industry? Almost everything that I find requires 2+ years of experience. I apply anyway, but needless to say I&#x27;m not having any luck finding a job.<p>Am ...
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Smaller is Faster - yusufaytas http://www.yusufaytas.com/smaller-is-faster/ ====== speedplane Smaller is faster is nothing new to software developers. Any embedded software engineer that has spent hours to avoid loading a few extra kb of code into RAM on a hardware limited system can tell you that.
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Two Congresswomen Not Allowed to Speak on House Floor in Michigan - clbrook http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/06/14/155059849/michigan-state-rep-barred-from-speaking-after-vagina-comments?ft=1&f=1001 ====== manglav being banned for mentioning "vagina" and "vasectomy" during a bill about abortions...how else w...
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Are you ready for America's data protection laws? - elorant https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/12/are-you-ready-for-americas-data-protection-laws/ ====== alexfromapex The government should be providing a free guide for how to be compliant. It’s stupid that we have all of these regulations and the layman won’t know how to...
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How to beat the competition (Steve Pavlina) - tomjen http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2008/02/how-to-beat-the-competition/ ====== jgrahamc I'm always mystified when Steve Pavlina posts get voted up onto the front page. He does a great job of self-promotion, but I have a hard time reading his stuff because he goes on...
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Question about Docker and supported ISAs - lch_ian I am new to computer programming and computer architecture, and have a stupid question on the relationship between Docker and underlying hardware instruction set architecture (ISA). My question is: if Docker (or Linux Container in general) is built on top of OS of L...
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Amazing Stat: California Uses More Gas than China - sah http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/07/amazing-stat-ca.html ====== bilbo0s There is already a thread on this stat here: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=249867>
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The Internet and the Third Estate - theNJR https://stratechery.com/2019/the-internet-and-the-third-estate/ ====== rayiner > “China is building its own internet focused on very different values, and is > now exporting their vision of the internet to other countries. Until > recently, the internet in almost every countr...
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Programming Languages Aren't - BigZaphod http://blog.bigzaphod.org/2008/09/29/programming-languages-arent/ ====== jwilliams He's right that the API is important in the language debate - I'd argue the .NET class library is semantically more significant (e.g. to learn) than the individual .NET languages.
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A Translation of Genesis I using word2vec - mdlincoln https://llamasandmystegosaurus.blogspot.com/2017/05/alpha.html ====== qbrass Emphasis on the 'A'
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Ask YC: How do you get the word out about your product? - abstractwater Even great products like the Macintosh had an evangelizing effort behind it, and from talking to people at Startup School it seems like the "TechCrunch" effect just gives you a peak that dies out quickly, with low conversion rate.<p>Does a compe...
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The Curious Case of Linux Containers - coloneltcb https://medium.com/@sumbry/the-curious-case-of-linux-containers-328e2adc12a2#.ehqvuvenq ====== tinco We solve all of those use cases in our cluster management system of which Docker is a key enabling component, except for point 5, though we do have other components tha...
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New Software Products Tracker - sg_ltv Curious if anyone knows a website that tracks all new and upcoming software products (e.g. productivity tools from different categories, CRMs ,finance platforms, etc. - really can be anything). I see products and companies pop up here and there (e.g. on TechCrunch) but can&#x27;t...
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The Totally Normal Town Where Everyone Worked on Weapons of Mass Destruction - Huhty https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/the-totally-normal-town-where-everyone-worked-on-weapons-of-mass-destruction ====== schoen I thought this was going to be Amarillo, Texas, because of the Pantex plant. There was a book from ...
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Pascal Executable Parser - peter_d_sherman https://github.com/stievie/pesp ====== peter_d_sherman Excerpt: "A collection of classes and functions to parse executable files for the Pascal language, namely for Free Pascal and Delphi. Everything is implemented in Pascal, there are no external dependencies."
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John McAfee AMA - Garbage https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/3hr9f0/i_am_john_mcafee_ama/ ====== jmkni I thought this was good: > OT, but do anyone know exactly what went wrong with McAfee after the founder > left the company? > It grew, it got big, like every company. When I started, there were 4 of us. > Gen...
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Musings on JIT performance - luu https://github.com/burningmime/curves/blob/master/RyuJITPerf.md ====== Joky Context: this shows the improvement of the new JIT implementation for C# (RyuJIT is the codename for Microsoft’s project to improve the performance and functionality of the just-in-time compiler used by .NET). ...
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