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Electricomics: Open source comics creation toolkit - rkda
http://electricomics.net/
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rkda
Github repo's rather bare right now though. Still waiting for the release
[https://github.com/Electricomics/electricomics](https://github.com/Electricomics/electricomics)
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Google Blocked in Mainland China - tshtf
http://www.google.com/prc/report.html
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jaaron
It's not actually blocked! It's a problem with Google's reporting.
~~~
bcl
explain...
~~~
Charuru
[http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/29/google-confirms-were-not-
cu...](http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/29/google-confirms-were-not-c... | {
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Official: 'We see the possibility of a meltdown' - stretchwithme
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/japan.quake.nuclear.failure/?hpt=T1
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chasingsparks
I think catastrophes demonstrate interesting properties of human
communications. All of these reports on imminent meltdown are plausible to
people ignora... | {
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} |
Eternal Fascism: Fourteen Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt by Umberto Eco (1995) - jboynyc
http://interglacial.com/pub/text/Umberto_Eco_-_Eternal_Fascism.html
======
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Asking for Feedback: Twitter for Voice Recordings - Shane1
I have an idea for an app: Twitter for voice recordings. Instead of tweets, you record a sound byte.<p>Questions:<p>- Would you find sound bytes from your friends (or public figures) interesting? Would you be interested in posting sound bytes yourself?<p>- D... | {
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Show HN: Booklistly – Broaden your mind with inspiring nonfiction books - schuettemarkus
http://booklist.ly
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ramkarthikk
I like this because there are less books. Too often I get bogged down due to
too many books suggested by Amazon or any other site. Less books = good.
Also, for the existing books, you could p... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Penn study demonstrates wearable sensors to detect firearm use - ErikRogneby
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-09/uop-psd090314.php#.VAd-5MM7gh8.hackernews
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ErikRogneby
"It turns out that gunshots are highly distinctive events when viewed from the
perspective of the human wrist," \- one of those things... | {
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} |
A.I. As Talent Scout: Unorthodox Hires, and Maybe Lower Pay - denzil_correa
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/business/economy/artificial-intelligence-hiring.html
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foldr
I'm bowled over by the AI that can identify a programmer with a masters in
statistics as a potential data scientist.
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Ask HN: Are you exposing users real names with FB Connect? - kapauldo
Some of my users want their FB names to be visible only to their FB friends, and to everyone else, they want to appear as an alias. This requires me to do a complicated/expensive friend maintenance, as I have both FB users and non-FB users. Is a... | {
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} |
Ask HN: I am extremely alone - alone2018
Though I am lucky to have decent social skills, and seemingly to outsiders I would have lots of friends, I have no one who I feel shares my interests / who I want to spend time with. Admittedly, I have uncommon & very geeky interests, but knowing that doesn't sol... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Inside Amtrak's Plan to Give Free Rides to Writers - danso
http://www.thewire.com/culture/2014/02/inside-amtraks-absolutely-awesome-plan-give-free-rides-writers/358332/
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bujatt
I think this idea is simply brilliant. Transitional spaces, like being enroute
or at an airport are the best spaces for work that dema... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What is best tool for technical interview tests? - 8draco8
My company will be interviewing people remotely. I am responsible for doing technical tests for the candidates. I would like to use an existing tool for that initial test. Something that will give a time restricted test to the candidates with questions... | {
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Ask HN: Does having a family makes you less of a startup material? - k7d
There have been a lot of advices that you should do startups while you are young and single. I've been single for quite some time. Now that I have a year old kid, I noticed a strange thing - it feels like I'm getting done more than before.<p>No... | {
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On the Cleverness of Compilers - nkurz
http://alexey.radul.name/ideas/2013/cleverness-of-compilers/
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corysama
I've worked with a sufficiently smart compiler before: The HLSL (shader)
compiler for the Xbox360. It truly is a grand experience. The general
recommendation was to not try to outsmart the compiler. Writ... | {
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} |
Foundry Group Invests in Orbotix - iPhone Based Toys - replicatorblog
http://www.foundrygroup.com/wp/2010/10/foundry-group-invests-in-orbotix/
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atomical
While I like the initial concept perhaps the founders could tell us something
about the vision for the company. Will the products be limited to simple
objects... | {
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} |
Edward Snowden leaks: NSA 'debates' amnesty - nexttimer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25399345
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spodek
> _The US National Security Agency is considering offering an amnesty to
> fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden if he agrees to stop leaking
> secret documents, an NSA official says._
... | {
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Carina – High-Performance, Instant-On Docker Containers - eddywashere
https://getcarina.com/blog/announcing-carina/
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jdub
I'm surprised and a bit disappointed that this new platform still exposes
users to the idea of a container host. In Carina lingo, you have to create a
"cluster" and choose the number of "segm... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Om Next - hadronzoo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByNs9TG30E8
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akilism
Yeah, that was a great talk.
I really want to try out Om Next. I've been building a bunch of stuff in Om
lately and the Falcor/Relay/GraphQL stuff is really going to be great to have
at my disposal.
The clojurescript compiling clojuresc... | {
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} |
Simulation of the world's universities in a single unified graph - okram
http://thinkaurelius.com/2013/05/13/educating-the-planet-with-pearson/
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emp_zealoth
I will probably get down voted for this, but when did a monopoly that makes
you pay ~80 £ (if i remember correctly) for an obligatory book is a good guy
n... | {
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} |
Apple hardware priced so high that no one wants to buy it? It's 1983 again - doener
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/21/apple_lisa_at_36/
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rbanffy
My experience is that they last longer than the average Intel PC and,
therefore, it's reasonable to expect to pay more for the convenience of not
having to upgra... | {
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} |
Would you switch off a client’s website if they refused to pay you? - elorant
http://designispolitical.com/business/would-you-switch-off-a-clients-website-if-they-refused-to-pay-you/
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curtisblaine
I would do whatever is in my power to legally make their life miserable and
drive them out of business.
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How do you pay a pirate's ransom? - soundsop
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7752813.stm
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kiba
I heard fish trawlers regularly stole ton of fishes from local African
fishermen, forcing them to turn to piracy.
It's a Tragedy of the Common thing.
~~~
9oliYQjP
I also heard that the French, British, Americans, C... | {
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HTTPS adoption has reached the tipping point - dhotson
https://www.troyhunt.com/https-adoption-has-reached-the-tipping-point/
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lucideer
This is very misleading, because it's overwhelmingly skewed toward large
websites run by Google, Facebook, etc.
The statistic is that 50% of page loads are HTTPS - the majority... | {
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} |
Hyperbrain Owner's Manual - 2. Accept and reject your limitations - swombat
http://inter-sections.net/2008/09/01/hyperbrain-owners-manual-2-accept-and-reject-your-limitations
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Hexstream
Weird, I didn't identify myself so much with the "Do you know someone like
this?" essay but I totally did with that "hyperbra... | {
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} |
Lose your teeth, lose your mind - mikecane
http://www.physorg.com/news191861416.html
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DrSprout
Seems to me they likely have the causality reversed. As your mental acuity
decreases, your ability to properly care for your teeth decreases. You forget
to brush as often as you should, and so you lose more teeth. Al... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: For an engineer with 3 years exp, how much is good expected salary? - symbolepro
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rubyfan
Depends on geo, language, domain experience.
You’d have a pretty big range anywhere from 60K-110K would be my guess.
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JS Inheritance is awesome, and you're doing it wrong - bitsweet
https://coderwall.com/p/sd9lda
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JacksonGariety
I feel like this abuses Object.create.
It should be used to ease constructors into being children of other
constructors, it shouldn't be used when you only have one constructor.
> "So make a constru... | {
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Why African millennials can't get enough of Bitcoin - rb808
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42582343
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rb808
> Finding a job here is almost like a lottery for graduates so Ugandans often
> have so-called side hustles. Peace has sold clothes and even got into money
> lending. Both failed. But buying cryptocur... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Requiring users to sign up for free trial. Yay or nay? - jonathan-kosgei
We have an API product that has had a no signup or credit card free tier for a while now.<p>However due to rampant abuse (potentially a small scale DDOS) we're contemplating requiring users to sign up to access the free tier.<p>Does ... | {
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Vagrant - build and distribute virtualized development environments. - macmac
http://vagrantup.com/
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RiderOfGiraffes
Dup: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1175901>
Many comments already over there.
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Show HN: The Java Web Scraping Handbook - ksahin
https://www.javawebscrapinghandbook.com/
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gitgud
Considering that the legalities of _web scraping_ are nebulous, at what point
does a tutorial describing something questionable become immoral.
\- _Torrenting 101_
\- _Idiots Guide to Making Fake Accounts_
\- _Ph... | {
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} |
How do you find a (Remote) Content Writer/Designer job? - anmolparashar
Hackers, I graduated with a degree in CS last week and would like to get a remote job that can help me travel a bit before I join my corporate job. I have had bad experience with AngelList over the years (Companies don't reply after showing i... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Imgur Became a Photo Sharing Hit - vinhnx
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-23/how-imgur-became-a-photo-sharing-hit
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kalleboo
How Imgur Became a Photo-Sharing Hit: They didn't rate limit or show ads to
referers from reddit.com.
Before imgur we had imageshack.us which built it's success on
forum... | {
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} |
IndexTank Holiday Hacks Contest Results - diego
http://blog.indextank.com/211/211/
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railsjedi
My app: <http://helpshelf.com>
Built in about 3 days. Most of the work was handling the PDF uploads and
parsing. It uses the amazing tool transloadit.com for uploading, and resque
for managing the parsing of the pdfs... | {
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} |
Poll: Rubyists, what server-side language should I learn in 2017? - itsderek23
I've primarily been a one-trick pony for years on the server-side with Ruby, but I'm curious what languages other folks are using on the server-side for production apps.<p>What are you using to complement Ruby in production?
=====... | {
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Inspirational Niche Twitters - mancuso5
http://www.inspiredm.com/2009/05/09/1000-inspirational-niche-twitters-you-should-be-already-following/
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tumult
Dude, you can't read fast enough to follow 1000+ people on twitter. Stop.
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Ask HN: Will code for Xmas? - biscuitodoom
Hello all!<p>A long term consulting gig has left me high & dry, owing me a small fortune and left me bereft for the Christmas period. Now, the details are pretty irrelevant but the situation ain't pretty.<p>To hopefully remedy this, I'm wondering if anyone out there nee... | {
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} |
A most (un)realistic story about privacy - areknawo
https://areknawo.com/the-most-unrealistic-story-about-privacy/
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saagarjha
I’d hate to sound dismissive, but what was “the point” of this article? Is it
based on something that actually happened? Is it trying to tell me to do
something? Is it just a nice story t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Successful Entrepreneurs Are "B" Students, Not "A" Students - davidw
http://www.businessinsider.com/lucky-or-smart-bo-peabody-2011-4
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davidw
This actually is more about the skills necessary to be an entrepreneur: he
says that being a jack of all trades is an important trait for people starting
things, but people... | {
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} |
C++11: Try/Catch/Finally Pattern Using RAII & Lambdas - code-dog
http://nerds-central.blogspot.com/2012/03/c11-trycatchfinally-pattern-using-raii.html
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ot
What the OP describes here is a common C++ pattern known as "scope guard"
(check "Solution 4" in <http://drdobbs.com/184403758>). It was possible to
impleme... | {
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} |
EBay Suffers Massive Security Breach - wolfwyrd
http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/21/5737914/ebay-will-ask-all-customers-to-change-passwords-after-massive-breach
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a3n
"In addition to passwords, the database contained basic login information like
name, email, phone number, address and date of birth, but officials ... | {
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Porting SBCL to the RISC-V - pome
http://christophe.rhodes.io/notes/blog/posts/2018/beginning_an_sbcl_port/
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brucehoult
If there is any assembly-language programming needed, or a code generator,
then I suggest you start with the code for MIPSle. Many of the instructions
and mnemonics are the same.
The biggest d... | {
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} |
Meet SiteSimon - turns Chrome into an intelligent assistant - dkaragas
http://sitesimonsays.com/post/22322950701/meet-the-new-sitesimon-the-best-assistant-on-the-web
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jrockway
_Until now, your browsing data has been constantly collected and used…for
someone else’s benefit._
So SiteSimon will never turn over m... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Do you think machine consciousness is possible? - zoba
(Read the last bit to skip the story)<p>I'm planning on going to grad school to study AI because I think it is very interesting. For a very long time it has just seemed natural to me that computer scientists would eventually discover a way to make compute... | {
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} |
Transposing Instruments - camtarn
https://opencurriculum.org/5567/transposing-instruments/
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klez
> The fundamental pitch of a brass instrument, on the other hand, is
> considered to be the fundamental of the harmonic series it plays when no
> valves are being used.
For those who don't know how brass instruments... | {
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} |
Waldseemüller map - dalek2point3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldseem%C3%BCller_map
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fhars
If you like maps like this, you will also like the globe produced by Martin
Behaim in 1491, which (obviously) doesn't show the americas:
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdapfel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdapfel)
~~... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A tale of a DNS exploit: CVE-2015-7547 - jgrahamc
https://blog.cloudflare.com/a-tale-of-a-dns-exploit-cve-2015-7547/
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davidu
Just a small shoutout of thanks to the CloudFlare team who was excellent about
communicating with us at OpenDNS in advance of this disclosure.
As one of the largest recursive DNS infrastr... | {
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} |
Microsoft wins $927M Pentagon contract - richardboegli
http://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1035122
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blister
This is an ID/IQ, which means that DISA has set aside $927M over five years
for optional services and support. ID/IQs are a cool contract vehicle because
it gives the government a c... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Facebook acquires Pushpop - jamesteow
http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/02/facebook-buys-digital-bookmaking-service-push-pop-press/
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akhkharu
I've read this as: "Facebook acquires Photoshop" and felt like WTF?
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Ask HN: As a freelancer, what turns you away? - jacob9706
I've been freelancing/contracting for a few years now and have never had a problem finding work that I enjoy, but the hiring process can be a nightmare.<p>This is the point where I usually end up walking away and making it known that the reason is due... | {
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} |
Vector Math with C++0x - dmm
http://prideout.net/blog/?p=30
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jobu
Most compilers are already doing rvalue optimization of some sort, so the fact
that he didn't find any speed benefit from using rvalues explicitly doesn't
surprise me.
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Larry Page's University of Michigan Commencement Address, Spring 2009 [video] - ashwinl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfNayaL9MYc
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triplefox
OT: I was in Michigan to see my brother graduate with his PhD. Soon before we
left we found out that he couldn't walk because of rules and regulations(he
still had to de... | {
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} |
Shkreli’s plea from prison: Free me and I’ll cure Covid-19 - Tomte
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/shkrelis-plea-from-prison-free-me-and-ill-cure-covid-19/
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aiscapehumanity
No need when you have dorsy and gates on the task
| {
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Slideshow: Y Combinator hardware hackathon's prize-winning designs - nherbw
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4408238/Slideshow--Toaster-burns-in-Instagrams-at-hackathon
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mercuryrising
Nice paywall - "You've been busy! Looks like you hit your 2 article limit."
You can only see two of the pictures before ... | {
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} |
Intel's first graphics card prototype shows off 1.5B transistors - arunbahl
https://www.techradar.com/news/intels-first-graphics-card-prototype-shows-off-15-billion-transistors
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kristianp
The referenced original article is quite detailed, but in Japanese.:
[https://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/column/kaigai/11070... | {
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Blue Spire Acquires Aurelia - blzaugg
http://blog.aurelia.io/2016/09/12/blue-spire-acquires-aurelia/
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smt88
Context would be nice. I've never heard of any of the proper nouns in this
article.
~~~
cholantesh
Blue Spire is a web dev consulting firm that developed a series of Javascript
frameworks - Durandal and A... | {
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Two-Phase-Commit for In-Memory Caches, Part 2 - javinpaul
http://gridgain.blogspot.com/2014/09/two-phase-commit-for-in-memory-caches.html
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alexnewman
It's amazing with all the noise around spark these guys hack along. Obviously
grid gain is light years ahead.
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Ask HN: Are there any online banks that have a decent user experience? - harshk
I've seen the web interfaces for JP Morgan Chase, Citibank, and Bank of America. They are all almost unusable in my opinion, clunky, and not at all easy on the eyes. Anyone know of a bank that has decent UI/UX? Simple Bank is... | {
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} |
Apple One Tap Account Upgrades from WWDC 2020 - robertinoc
https://auth0.com/blog/wwdc-one-tap-account-upgrades/
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robertinoc
Learn about Apple's new One Tap Account Upgrades presented at WWDC 2020
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Kik to shut down messaging app to focus on Kin - s9ix
https://medium.com/@tedlivingston/moving-forward-boldly-with-kin-ec6290a6453
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sp332
*shutter
~~~
s9ix
fixed :) thanks!
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Ask HN: What are the best short books that you can read in an evening? - tdhz77
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mdorazio
What kind of books do you like?
Personally, I recommend reading the novella "Story of Your Life" by Ted
Chiang, on which the film _Arrival_ was based, because the novel is quite a
bit different from the movie and takes the ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
PEP 572 – Assignment Expressions - edward
https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0572/
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cpburns2009
I don't know how I feel about this. I've never liked this style of assignment
in other languages. At least they're proposing `:=` as the assignment operator
instead of `=` which prevents accidental assignments.
I'd ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Is Covid-19 turning into an ad campaign? - Ingon
Lately, I’ve been receiving a lot of emails from companies about Covid-19. Big and small, explaining what they are doing about it.<p>Are we just turning it into a huge advertisement campaign?
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siruncledrew
Yes... every marketing department is sending an em... | {
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} |
Google's internal spy system was Chinese hacker target (2010) - pwnna
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/foremski/googles-internal-spy-system-was-chinese-hacker-target/1047
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magicalist
This is 3.5-year-old random-guy-on-zdnet commentary on a single quote from an
unnamed source taken from this article[1], and the quote ... | {
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} |
Deepsearch is a privacy enhanced search engine from Tsignal - ChuckMcM
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/31/deepsearch_tsignal/
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ChuckMcM
I found it interesting that another company has taken on the "full stack"
problem of providing a search engine. I found their FAQ also quite interesting
:
[https://deepsea... | {
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} |
Online appeal unearths historic web page - c-oreills
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22652675
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Create
just for the record and to please the prospective downvoting mob, here is a
warning to any non-westerner members:
"The cost [...] has been evaluated, taking into account realistic labor prices
in differe... | {
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} |
Show HN: Perfect job? - uptownhr
https://medium.com/@jleebiz/hiring-remote-mean-stack-developer-lean-startup-fund-a82f9198df96#.26c98khv7
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tracker1
Any chance of getting React + Redux over Angular? And are you tied to mongodb?
What's the target deployment environment?
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smt88
Does sound perfect except for ... | {
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} |
Impact of metadata on Image Performance - inian
https://blog.dexecure.com/impact-of-metadata-on-image-performance/
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sbierwagen
On an average, this kind of metadata occupies 16% of size
of the JPEG file.
Ho ho. You think that's bad? Back in 2011, Tumblr didn't strip metadata from
_avatar_ imag... | {
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} |
Why a Hedge Fund Manager Thinks Tesla Model 3 May Put Elon Musk Out of Business - aniken
http://fortune.com/2016/12/02/tesla-model-3-stock-elon-musk/
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WheelsAtLarge
I hope this guy chokes on every dollar he makes from his Tesla short. At this
point, I'm tired of hearing how Musk is screwing up Tesla. If he has a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Women are happier without children or a spouse - temp99990
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/may/25/women-happier-without-children-or-a-spouse-happiness-expert
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leepowers
_“Married people are happier than other population subgroups, but only when
their spouse is in the room when they’re asked how hap... | {
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} |
Deletionists slowing Wikipedia's growth - boredguy8
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/aug/12/wikipedia-deletionist-inclusionist
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pg
Currently the entries for Hacker News, Jessica Livingston, and Trevor
Blackwell are all flagged as insufficiently notable:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_News>
<http... | {
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} |
Google I/O 2013 Registration Sells Out In 49 Minutes - derpenxyne
http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/13/google-io-2013-registration-sells-out-in-49-minutes-as-users-report-problems-early-on-making-payments/
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FlyingAvatar
Three people (including me) from my team were attempting to get tickets. We
were all on the pag... | {
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Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space, has died - sohkamyung
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alexei-leonov-died-cosmonaut-first-man-to-walk-in-space-dead-age-85-cause-of-death-not-released-2019-10-11/
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Starwatcher2001
I met him in 2003 in the UK when he was doing a lecture tour. His colleague
was translat... | {
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Hunting “the blob” causing California drought - jrapdx3
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/06/drought.html
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jrapdx3
Climate researchers from Oregon State University and the University of Oxford
are looking for volunteers to help run climate simulations on their PC's to
help track down mysteri... | {
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} |
Cat vs. panel heater: which is better? - sillybilly
https://www.oneroof.co.nz/news/38319
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reaperducer
I was once desperately poor. Too poor to turn on the heat. But I did have
access to friendly cats, so I've been through this experiment in real life.
One cat stuffed under the blankets at night is a significant... | {
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} |
Data: 6000 startups' business performance compared to fundraising success - andrew_gust
https://gust.com/launch/blog/using-data-to-give-startup-founders-fundraising-feedback
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sharemywin
Reminds me of something my Dad said a long time ago. The less you need the
money the more likely you are to get it. He was talk... | {
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} |
Exercise to improve hunchback posture forward head carriage correction - bookofjoe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT_dFRnmdGs
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scorpioxy
I can personally attest to how well the wall angels(and its variations) work.
The thing is, you've probably spent years in that wrong posture so you need to
be diligent and di... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to become a manager - technological
Hi everyone. I am currently working as senior technical support engineer (L3) and have like 7 years of experience in various fields like Process development, Accessibility web developer, test engineer and support engineer. How do I take next step to become a manager ? is... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Is it rude/inappropriate to submit your own content? - alecbenzer
(see title)<p>Ie, linking to your own blog
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sorbus
If you think that it's good content, that people on HN would enjoy, then you
should submit it - I would rather that my upvote goes to the person who
actually wrote the content. If you ge... | {
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} |
Master Branch Considered Harmful - dijit
https://blog.dijit.sh/master-branches-and-slavery
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season2episode3
Master branch refers to a master copy, like in the recording industry. While
I'm very much in favor of removing symbolism that evokes past injustice, this
feels misguided to me.
It has nothing to do with ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
New Crypt-Keeper Wasp Is Parasite That Bursts from Host's Head - bootload
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/crypt-keeper-wasps-parasites-new-species
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jelliclesfarm
wasps do this with ants all the time. fire ants from south america were
introduced to north america by mistake(oops!)...and since then the u... | {
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} |
A Handbook of Modern Uyghur [pdf] - keiferski
https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/5624/EngYakDwy2009_Uyg1full_10.pdf?sequence=3
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Haydos585x2
Looks great and thank you for sharing. Uyghur looks like a fun language to
learn although I'm sure it's difficult to practice in person and given the
situat... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Economist: Counter-terrorism, Going dark - p01926
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21639506-just-threat-terrorism-increasing-ability-western-security-agencies-defeat
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p01926
Shame on you, The Economist. They say spies must be able to spy. But if spies
rely on terrorists voluntarily using breakable codes, ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to finish Learn Python The Hard Way and where to go from there? - carrot
I've been wanting to learn how to properly program since last year and based on the advice of a lot of great people here at HN and elsewhere, I got myself a copy of Learn Python The Hard Way. I think the advice at the beginning of t... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Where can I hire workstation for 3D rendering? - alvil
Hi, guys<p>is there some service you recommend where I can hire high performance workstation for 3D rendering in 3D Max?<p>Thanks.
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billconan
you can try Amazon g2 gpu instances
or nvidia grid, but the service is currently down.
~~~
alvil
Thanks ... | {
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} |
Why Your Startup Should Open Source - rafaelc
http://www.readwriteweb.com/start/2010/09/why-your-startup-should-be-inv.php
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anthuswilliams
I think there is a more fundamental reason why startups who build open-source
may be more successful than those who don't. In my (entirely anecdotal)
experience, there is a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Event Notifications for Amazon S3 - degio
http://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/s3-event-notification/
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dozy
I was very excited when I saw this headline, as for a while I've hosted
various things on s3 and have wanted an easy way to track when/how/by whom
those things have been downloaded. Alas, that isn't a supported... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How does Netflix restrict login sharing on the iPhone? - wensing
Since it seems possible to share your login with as many people as you want and have them all streaming the on-demand video on their iPhones, how do they prevent or limit this? Do they do it at a software level? Does the iPhone SDK give you a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Review the project idea for Android - db42
I am thinking of doing some project on android platform. Right now, these are the thoughts on my mind.
People carry smart-phones 24X7 with themselves so, there is a lot of scope for interaction between these devices (through wifi, bluetooth or whatever). For example... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
F.C.C. Chairman Adds More Ambiguity to His Position on Network Neutrality - doctorshady
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/f-c-c-chairman-adds-more-ambiguity-to-his-position-on-network-neutrality/
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ihsw
Personally I recommend reading the actual FCC blog entry before voicing your
outrage or relief:
[http... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Possible to become employable in five months? - blairbits
Hey guys,<p>Just a quick question. I would say I have a fairly deep technical background for a non-programmer: I'm twenty years old. I worked for three months at a startup doing basically odd jobs; no programming, though. I took care of some networkin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How I Develop a Temporal Database in the Advent of Byte-Addressable NVM - lichtenberger
https://medium.com/@johanneslichtenberger/how-i-develop-a-temporal-database-storage-engine-in-the-advent-of-byte-addressable-nvm-ba152860e71
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lichtenberger
Hi all,
the system has its roots in a university project, for which ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Beauty of Bounded Gaps (2013) - cyang08
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/do_the_math/2013/05/yitang_zhang_twin_primes_conjecture_a_huge_discovery_about_prime_numbers.html
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aisofteng
This is from 2013.
~~~
pmalynin
Yup, I've been taught the result in first year calculus and the resulting
coro... | {
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} |
Nobody Wants to Let Google Win the War for Maps All Over Again - adventured
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-02-21/nobody-wants-to-let-google-win-the-war-for-maps-all-over-again
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crusso
_On any given day, there could be a half dozen autonomous cars mapping the
same street corner in Silicon Valley._
... | {
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} |
Optimize your liquor cabinet using data from three world-class bars - simandl
http://www.rittmanmead.com/2014/12/rittman-mead-bar-optimizer/
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simandl
This is a shiny + d3 side project I'm working on. It's still an MVP and I'd
appreciate any feedback on improvements.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Whats the dark side of Silicon Valley? - gmazzotti
http://www.quora.com/Silicon-Valley/Whats-the-dark-side-of-Silicon-Valley
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karlkatzke
I keep getting headhunted for positions in the bay area. I keep saying no.
Founders and recruiters can't seem to understand why -- as if it has never
occurred to them that so... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Before patches were possible, how did console games deal with bugs? - minimaxir
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=976550
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minimaxir
Note that this thread was prompted by the massive QA issues in the biggest
games last year (notably Assassin's Creed: Unity and Master Chief Collection).
| {
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} |
Show HN: Eminently – Headhunters: manage, track, and get paid for your referrals - rpellerin
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rpellerin
Eminently is the first platform for headhunters and businessmen that helps you
manage your job and business referrals, track it, and get paid when a deal is
made. In fact, you surely have introduced people for ... | {
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} |
The Cavendish banana is slowly but surely being driven to extinction - tokenadult
http://qz.com/559579/the-worlds-favorite-fruit-is-slowly-but-surely-being-driven-to-extinction/
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jacobolus
This article by the same author from March of last year (2014) is longer, and
does a more thorough job explaining the contex... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Why Somalia has become a safe heaven for pirate? - digamber_kamat
I thought that the waters of world were safe. People coming on a small boat and hijacking huge ships seemed some years old phenomenon to me. However I am surprised how the Somalian pirates have made news.<p>Hows come the world, so many nations... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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