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Microsoft backs Epic in court filing - colinprince
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53888087
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notafraudster
Dupe of:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24253943](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24253943)
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24257455](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24257455)
-... | {
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Roger Stone Indictment [pdf] - _-_T_-_
https://www.justice.gov/file/1124706/download
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_-_T_-_
Roger Stone, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, was indicted by
special counsel Robert Mueller and arrested Friday on charges of obstruction,
giving false statements and witness tampering.
Allegedly
Organizat... | {
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} |
If MBAs are useless, we’re all in big trouble - jszlasa
http://qz.com/79042/if-mbas-are-obsolete-were-all-in-big-trouble/
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kfk
I am probably never going to do an MBA (probably because life in
unpredictable), but, as a business guy with programming skills, I strongly
advise the "tech guys" not to close doors on... | {
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Random Hacker News - jsrfded
http://www.skrenta.com/hn/
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jsrfded
The other day I "ran out" of stuff to read on Hacker News. I had looked at
everything that interested me, and had even checked out page 2 (I was getting
desperate).
I realized that there were thousands of great HN threads that I hadn't seen
beca... | {
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} |
Palm Pre on June 6th for $200: It's official - adk
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/19/palm-launching-pre-on-june-6th-official/
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anigbrowl
Ugh, carrier contracts. Why do you Americans tolerate these lock-ins? One
thing I miss about Europe is that you can just buy the phone you want and take
it to the carrier yo... | {
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} |
Intel Paid Dell $4.3 Billion to Pad Earnings From 2003 to 2006 - alain94040
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/business/23dell.html?_r=1
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noonespecial
_The exclusivity payments constituted a steadily growing part of what Dell
reported as its operating earnings, from 10 percent in fiscal 2003 to 38
percent in th... | {
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NFC Payment Systems Remind Me of the CueCat - dbreunig
http://drewb.org/post/17385294028/nfc-payment-systems-are-just-another-cuecat
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timthorn
The article misses the key advantage of NFC, namely speed. In the US market
that may not be obvious today, as a swipe takes not that much longer, but with
the introduct... | {
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} |
Adding tests when you don't have time to - fagnerbrack
https://understandlegacycode.com/blog/3-steps-to-add-tests-on-existing-code-when-you-have-short-deadlines/
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clarry
Meh. I keep running into this thing.. I want to test a (legacy) system but it
wasn't designed with testability in mind. Every time I look for a... | {
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Volex TTX2000 S: Teletext Adapter for the ZX Spectrum - stevekemp
https://zxnet.co.uk/spectrum/ttx2000s/
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craz8
Teletext was big in the UK in the 80s and into the 90s. The BBC Micro (6502
based) had an adaptor, and the BBC would broadcast downloadable software on
some of their pages for that computer
I don’t re... | {
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Ask HN: I'm learning React. Which projects should I build? - rayalez
Hi! I'm looking for advice. Can you suggest some simple project ideas I should build as I'm learning React?
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bnchrch
I created [http://benchurch.me/hackersearch](http://benchurch.me/hackersearch)
a tool to search who's hiring threads ... | {
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Show HN: Log in to AWS Kibana with IAM User - konschubert
https://www.iamproxy.com
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konschubert
Elasticsearch an AWS includes an installation of Kibana for analyzing the
indices.
Unfortunately, Amazon does not provide a good authentication mechanism. You
either have to white-list your IP or sign your HTTP reque... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Protecting GDPR Personal Data with Pseudonymization - kiyanwang
https://www.elastic.co/blog/gdpr-personal-data-pseudonymization-part-1
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kristianc
> Because it contains no data that can directly identify an individual,
> pseudonymous data may represent a lower risk of privacy impact in the event
> of an unintende... | {
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Learning from my web app 23 visits at a time - juanre
http://juanreyero.com/article/technology/23visits.html
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ars
Not sure if this is the right place to tell you this, but no one wants to buy
a pdf of a star chart. If I want a computer star chart I'll use a program to
generate one live. It might not be as pret... | {
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} |
PHP library that detects users' mobile phone based on device OS - ph7s
https://github.com/pH-7/PhoneDetector
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bobmaxup
This is 3 lines of code. Why add a dependency for:
$isIos = preg_match('/(iPhone|iPad|iPod)/i', $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ??
''); $isAndroid = preg_match('/android/i', $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGE... | {
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Why the term 'sharing economy' needs to die - henrik_w
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/05/why-the-term-sharing-economy-needs-to-die
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cryoshon
For the most part, the "sharing"/"gig"/"contractor"/"race to the bottom"
economies are a result of generation-term poor economic times and skyrocketing
inco... | {
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} |
Taking Tesla Private - freerobby
https://www.tesla.com/blog/taking-tesla-private
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nine_k
> _As a public company, we are subject to wild swings in our stock price that
> can be a major distraction for everyone working at Tesla, all of whom are
> shareholders. Being public also subjects us to the quarterly earning... | {
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A real comedian goes to Comedy Night - smacktoward
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/04/ridealong-a-real-comedian-goes-to-comedy-night/
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ntw1103
Capitalism at work.
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Introducing Ivy: a new smart contract language - bascule
https://blog.chain.com/announcing-ivy-playground-395364675d0a
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DonbunEf7
Tell us about capability-safety. Tell us about how you'll avoid plan
interference. Tell us about about what makes this language fundamentally safe
and not just hard-to-use.
------
Be... | {
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City of San Francisco Data Portal - yayitswei
https://data.sfgov.org/
======
joshmlewis
There's a lot of powerful things you can do just in their interface. I heard a
Ted talk recently that suggested there is a lot of hard to find datasets with
lots of valuable information out there just waiting to be untapped. Ther... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Britain’s partisan press takes aim at the ‘Brexshit’ - apress
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/brexit_theresa_may_newspapers.php
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richrichardsson
It's been Brexshit from the outset.
I can't understand why the people that voted for it want anything other than a
complete break from Europe, and that some are se... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
America Needs a Nationalized 5G Network - jonbaer
https://www.wired.com/story/america-needs-more-fiber
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zw123456
For wireless carriers, the three highest opex costs are 1. Real estate (lease
costs, no one owns their cell sites) 2. backhaul, which today means fiber 3.
employees
Nationalizing the 5G roll out will... | {
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} |
Ask HN: A replacement for last.fm? - csbartus
Since today you can't really listen to radio on last.fm outside US, UK & Germany, can you recommend something similar but for free?<p>Thanks.
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vorador
<http://listen.grooveshark.com/>
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jl
<http://thesixtyone.com>
~~~
csbartus
hmmm.. not exactly but than... | {
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Charcod.es – Fuzzy Unicode Character Search - msiebuhr
http://charcod.es/
======
pluma
Looks useful. If it had query URLs I could use to define a custom search in
Google Chrome (e.g. [http://charcode.es/?q=%s](http://charcode.es/?q=%s)) it
would be nearly perfect.
EDIT: It does: [http://charcod.es/#%s](http://charcod... | {
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} |
Middle class is disappearing in California as wealth gap grows - spking
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/412928-middle-class-is-disappearing-in-california-as-wealth-gap-grows
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vannevar
The author cites a variety of statistics regarding California's government
programs and poverty rate, then draws the complete... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Super simple static web hosting - rabbitsfoot8
https://tiiny.host
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rabbitsfoot8
Hey guys I built this to greatly simplify hosting. All feedback appreciated.
Here's a common question I get:
Q: How is this different to github pages, netlify, surge.sh etc?
A:
\- No knowledge of git or cmd line required... | {
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Patents show Google Fi was envisioned before the iPhone was released - tobyjsullivan
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2914833/opensource-subnet/patents-show-google-fi-was-envisioned-before-the-iphone-was-released.html
======
loureed69
If Google can prove its case to consumers and increase coverage and capacity
by... | {
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} |
How I learned to stop worrying and love working capital - rmason
https://medium.com/@EAgarwal/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-working-capital-39917e86041d
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perl4ever
"High growth startups play between 1–3x. In theory, in a world of zero cost of
capital, unlimited liquidity, and an infinite market size, a... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Can you get a J1 visa for your startup if admitted to an accelerator? - technotony
Hello, immigration is a perennial question here on HN. Does anyone have any experience of sponsoring themselves as a J1 visa? Is this possible? We have been admitted to a relatively prestigious accelerator in the bay area wh... | {
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Kubernetes v1.3 Preview – Auth, Scale, and Improved Install - philips
https://coreos.com/blog/kubernetes-v1.3-preview.html
======
philips
Most of these topics were discussed during my KubeCon Keynote in March.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A49xXiKZNTQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A49xXiKZNTQ)
Happy to answer a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The real reason android is winning in volume. 30% goes to the carrier. - bound008
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/04/mf_android/all/1?
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kiba
Title should be changed to: The Android Explosion: How Google’s Freewheeling
Ecosytem Threatens the iPhone
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tomjen3
>But make no mistake: As is often the case in ... | {
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Tweets tell scientists how quickly we normalize unusual weather - Elof
https://phys.org/news/2019-02-tweets-scientists-quickly-unusual-weather.html
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Zenst
One factor would be the speed of communication and interaction would help
expedite the normalisation of the weather.
Though we clearly have an ability to adj... | {
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} |
JIBO, the world's first family robot - molf
http://www.myjibo.com
======
jgmmo
Looks neat. But announcing you are the first of a kind when you are
hypothetically 2 years away from release -- seems a bit presumptuous.
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vannevar
The vision here is spot on. It looks like what I imagine an Apple robot might
look ... | {
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37signals: Behind the scenes: A/B testing part 2 - wlll
http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2983-behind-the-scenes-ab-testing-part-2-how-we-test
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wlll
Part 1 for easy clicking: [http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2977-behind-the-
scenes-highri...](http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2977-behind-the-scenes-
highrise-marketin... | {
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Why Mass Effect is the Most Important Science Fiction Universe of Our Generation - personjerry
http://www.popbioethics.com/2012/02/why-mass-effect-is-the-most-important-science-fiction-universe-of-our-generation/
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austinz
> Despite writing at the turn of the last century, H.P. Lovecraft’s Cosmicism
> is somethin... | {
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Let's make a programming language - floater
http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/687
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zephjc
Wow, a pretty old LtU thread!
I think too many PL geeks working on _one_ language is a sure fire way to
either get nothing done, or get some really weird hodgepodge that would
satisfy nobody - the ultimate design by co... | {
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The BS Bubble: My Response to Peter Thiel - audreyw
http://www.hackeducation.com/2011/04/12/the-bs-bubble/
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ewams
Might this have born from the "you can do anything..." mentality that parents
have been telling their kids for the 80's and 90's children? FYI, I am one of
those. Though I was fortunate that my paren... | {
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} |
Roadlike – An app to record your personal memories anytime, anywhere - roadlike
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.roadlike.app
======
roadlike
Roadlike allows you to record your personal memories at spots and places
(along with few photos) you feel are worth remembering in the future so that
you can ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Chomsky: Work, Learning and Freedom - robdoherty2
http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/article_comments/work_learning_and_freedom
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dkarl
_What he discovered was that as these methods were devised there was a choice
– whether to design the methods so that control would be in the hands of
skilled machinist... | {
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The Dire State of Rural Mental Health Care - atlasunshrugged
https://www.axios.com/rural-mental-health-care-montana-41fb2b48-f4c8-4027-9d56-9902d99db448.html
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atlasunshrugged
Bloomberg article with more info but paywalled
[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-08-15/the-
state...](https://www.bloomberg.co... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Continuous 3D Printing Possible With Transparent Polygon Scanning? - hexa_storm
https://www.fabbaloo.com/blog/2019/8/3/continuous-3d-printing-possible-with-transparent-polygon-scanning
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MisterTea
The sad part of this whole article is this method of scanning a laser beam had
to be devised to side step a patent th... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Where is Jack Slocum? (ExtJS) - woid
ExtJS renamed to Sencha and his name is gone:<p>http://www.sencha.com/company<p>I'm not following ExtJS intensively, I'm just curious what is he up to.
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linead
from: [http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthread.php?101713-About-
Jack...](http://www.sencha.com/forum/showt... | {
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[LIVE] Trump expected to back a move to reopen government for a few weeks - mfoy_
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-trump-to-make-shutdown-announcement-at-white-house-2019-01-25-live-stream/
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mfoy_
The announcement was in the first 20 seconds of his speech. He will support a
bill to re-open the go... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Unofficial Ruby coding style guide - clark-kent
https://github.com/bbatsov/ruby-style-guide/blob/master/README.md
======
DanielRibeiro
Many comments on this very same project can also be found on its former
incarnation:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2987488>
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indspenceable
||= Always felt really messy... | {
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RISC vs. CISC (2000) - jcr
http://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/soco/projects/risc/risccisc/
======
_delirium
For context, note that this site was part of a class project from 2000. Some
stuff is still relevant, some not.
Other similarly styled informational sites created by students in this course
over the... | {
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} |
The $35 Raspberry Pi: The cheapest way to play Minecraft - Libertatea
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/141354-the-25-raspberry-pi-the-cheapest-way-to-play-minecraft?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-25-raspberry-pi-the-cheapest-way-to-play-minecraft
======
Zenst
Hmm I was aware that when you get a p... | {
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} |
Where do Github users live? WebGL visualization - hawkharris
http://aasen.in/github_globe/
======
arscan
I've been fiddling around with a realtime(ish) geo visualization of github
updates. Fans of the movie WarGames might enjoy the theme:
[http://streams.robscanlon.com/github](http://streams.robscanlon.com/github)
I... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Nintendo files patent to emulate its Gameboy on phones - sanqui
http://www.dailydot.com/technology/nintendo-gameboy-emulator-patent/
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anonbanker
Prior Art [1]:
* no$gmb
* VGB-DOS
* Boycott
* GNUBoy
* HelloGB
* KGB
* Virtual GameBoy
Just as Nintendo own... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Why are p2.16xlarge EC2 spot instances 10x the price of on-demand? - marklit
EC2 is currently listing Linux-based p2.16xlarge instances in Ireland at $155.52 / hour at the moment. Getting on-demand instances at $15.552 / hour is proving impossible. Any idea why there's a price spike? Any good al... | {
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James Frey’s Fiction Factory - tricky
http://nymag.com/print/?/arts/books/features/69474/
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misuba
I'm of two minds about this. On the one hand, I can't wait for Frey to get
some competition. On the other, he's actually a pretty good commercial writer
(competing with him will be pretty tough on that front) and ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Cancer therapy by RNA delivery to dendritic cells - kaivi
http://www.nature.com/articles/nature18300
======
rcthompson
This is certainly an interesting and theoretically promising method, that, if
it works, should make it fairly easy to develop specific personalized
"vaccines" for each person's cancer.
For background... | {
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} |
Azure rising: MS will be largest Cloud Service by 2019 - SQL2219
http://www.geekwire.com/2016/azure-rising-microsoft-will-largest-infrastructure-service-vendor-2019-says-new-morgan-stanley-survey/
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DamnYuppie
Having used both Amazon's Web Services and Azure I am not surprised by this
one bit. Once you get past b... | {
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Ask HN: Does creating a startup helps you get interviews in big tech companies? - ai_ia
I am a starting a startup. Have quit my job recently and will be working on it for next couple of months. I would like to know if someone got any jobs after failure from startups, (obviously success would mean a different story) in... | {
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Say Goodbye to BlackBerry? If Obama Has To, Yes He Can. Maybe. - dcurtis
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/us/politics/16blackberry.html
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robg
I love the fact that he's the President, but he may not be "allowed" to use
email.
The biggest loss may be one they briefly cite: Getting a view from outside his
bubbl... | {
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} |
Becoming a Great Programmer: Use Your Trash Can - estherschindler
http://www.javaworld.com/community/node/2537
======
dnaquin
Seldom a good idea. And faulty in so many ways. eg.
_It's long been a tenet at the Schindler bitranch that when you find a block
of code with several bugs, it's time to dump the whole file ... | {
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Show HN: RestJS: An “ORM” style library for consuming REST APIs on the front end - daviesgeek
https://github.com/daviesgeek/restjs
======
daviesgeek
I would love feedback and PRs from anyone willing to take a look at this! It's
based on Restangular
([https://github.com/mgonto/restangular](https://github.com/mgonto/res... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
13 Negative effects of secrets - bsgroves
http://bobgroves.com/13-negative-effects-of-living-with-secrets/
======
Mz
I am a big believer in the truth shall set you free. But this is about "dirty
secrets". Not all secrets are like that. If you have any kind of privacy, you
have "secrets". And it isn't necessarily a b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Is there any academies in San Francisco that teach Ruby on Rails? - VicT11
I saw this http://codeacademy.org/ and thought it looked great. Wanted to ask if anybody had recommendations for something similar in San Francisco.
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probitymike
We have a lot of people in the Bay asking us for a program like th... | {
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} |
‘Papa Help Me’ Boy cries out as boat with Rohingya refugees capsizes - myth_drannon
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/10/27/papa-help-me-boy-cries-out-as-boat-with-rohingya-refugees-fleeing-burma-capsizes.html
======
ictoan
Dear god, this was so sad to read... Buddhist, Muslims, Christians... why are
we fighting... | {
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} |
Real-time H1B wage information not available anymore - vsskanth
Previously, you could use the iCERT or OFLC systems [1] to search for labor condition applications and PERM (green card) filings. You could search by state, employer, job title etc..<p>This was very useful to know which companies are filing for H1Bs, gree... | {
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Django 2.0 alpha - orf
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/2.0?hnews
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nickstefan12
If anyone wants to see "Database level -- on delete cascade", here's my PR to
Django that's been open since July/August:
[https://github.com/django/django/pull/8661](https://github.com/django/django/pull/8661)
~~~
cjbp... | {
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Show HN: Drink Plan - Luiz7
http://www.drinkplan.com
======
bicknergseng
Something that really pisses me off about Yelp and others is that it's now
pretty much impossible to figure out where to go. Search Happy Hours on Yelp
and you get a bunch of expensive restaurants that might not even be open, not
$1 beers. The re... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: React with Meteor Back End Social Feed Example App - adambrod
https://github.com/adambrodzinski/react-ive-meteor/
======
adambrod
I've love to hear feedback on what people think about using Meteor for the
backend. Meteor has some cons but the pros outweigh it for most of my
projects.
| {
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Tell HN: I'm frustrated with Snow Leopard - daveambrose
Probably like many of you, I was excited to hit "purchase" when I heard the news of Snow Leopard's release. I did and now I wish I waited for 10.6.1.<p>Small bugs are annoying me, i.e. Transmission hangs when closes, Cyberduck won't load my server, Expose rando... | {
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Ask HN: Application review by YC Alumni - shenoybr
Hi YC Alum,
We've randomly cold emailed a few YC Alumni asking for help reviewing our application to YC. I know most founders are really busy so I don't want to keep bothering them. Instead, we decided to post a question here.<p>If there are any YC alumni ... | {
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MongoDB Inc. Appoints Dev Ittycheria as President and CEO - denzil_correa
http://www.mongodb.com/press/mongodb-appoints-dev-ittycheria-as-president-and-CEO
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Nux
He seems to have a suitable name. :-)
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How north ended up on top of the map - zvanness
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/2/maps-cartographycolonialismnortheurocentricglobe.html
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jasallen
The article does get to my base assumptions, but it takes awhile. (1) North
Star was what people navigated by first, so would orient maps to that
regardless... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Hawking’s final science study released - laurex
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45826748
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dchest
Guardian article quoted by BBC (it also has a link to the paper):
[https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/10/stephen-
hawk...](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/10/stephen-hawkings-
fina... | {
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How to Learn to Love to Practice: Is there a secret to staying in the zone? - dnetesn
http://nautil.us/issue/33/attraction/how-to-learn-to-love-to-practice
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iEchoic
The ability to find (or manufacture) this "flow" state on a regular basis is
probably one of the most underrated personal and professional skills
(i... | {
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A look at Chrome’s new tab design - okket
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/a-look-at-chromes-new-tab-design/
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hajile
<announcer voice>
This update is brought to you by Mozilla. Try the fox today!
</announcer voice>
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blacksmith_tb
I had a much more visceral reaction to the new context menu, which ... | {
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Seattle Needs an “Incubator” Culture - cwan
http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2010/02/04/seattle-needs-an-incubator-culture/
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anamax
Does Silicon Valley have the "incubator culture" that Seattle supposedly
needs? If not, why does Seattle need it?
| {
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Show HN: Ench.me — Create your personal landing page in a few clicks - hewmax
https://ench.me
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hewmax
Hi everyone,
Ench.me is a tool for building micro landing pages from the phone without
coding.
It allows bloggers, influencers, content creators, entrepreneurs, and brands
to connect with their friends & follo... | {
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Enabling C# 8 in Visual Studio 2019 for Any .NET Project - dirkstrauss
https://dirkstrauss.com/enabling-c-8-in-visual-studio-2019/
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markdu
Doing this will have some limitations (as you have rightly stated). I would
rather just use .NET Core 3.1.
| {
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Social influences kill the wisdom of the crowd - Anon84
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/05/following-the-crowd-undermines-its-wisdom.ars
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Terretta
Nothing? Nobody discussing how this relates to HN vote counts display?
| {
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Quantum Physics & Natural Language Processing (pp. 8-11) - haliax
http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/industry/content/IndustryNewsSummer2011.pdf
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Emore
Cool, didn't know about these publications (I'm at the Comlab myself.)
Seems like the webpage to sign up for the newsletters (by email!) is
<http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/indust... | {
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Ludwig Wittgenstein - human_v2
http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/wittgenstein.html
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joecode
My college abstract algebra professor, who was fond of grilling us in class,
once asked me to define an "isomorphism". I said something to the effect that
an isomorphism is when you have two structures th... | {
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} |
3D Printed Guns Aren't Coming. They're Already Here - geneeva
https://gen.medium.com/the-3d-printed-gun-isnt-coming-it-s-already-here-6855fd394a47
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t0mmyb0y
Yeah, we were printing them in the 90s.
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jrnichols
And they've been here for years.
| {
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Sex, Income and Happiness - greenspot
http://www.samuelwbennett.com/sex-income-and-happiness/
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osmala
I love the graphs, they clearly show that women have far less sex when they
are grumpy and in bad mood general, the effect is lesser in men but still
exists. Other graphs clearly show that you should be satisfie... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tesla Model 3 with Unplugged Performance parts breaks McLaren F1 track record - rbanffy
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-vs-mclaren-f1-tsukuba-circuit/
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BoorishBears
Heavily modified Model 3 in track mode with tires Michelin calls “streetable”
(they were designed to meet minimum DOT standards to allow you... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Asus unveils new 3d gaming laptop that doesn't require glasses - pbj
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/250453,asus-unveils-glasses-free-3d-gaming-laptop.aspx
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aidenn0
It sounds like they use the eye tracker to move the pixels relative to the
lenticular array (actually on further reading, they use an active le... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Improved JavaScript and WebAssembly performance in EdgeHTML 17 - pjmlp
https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2018/06/19/improved-javascript-webassembly-performance-edgehtml-17/
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giancarlostoro
One announcement I'm waiting to hear about in all honesty is Microsoft open
sourcing Edge, they don't have to reveal Corta... | {
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} |
Amazon is eating the software (which is eating the world) - gasull
https://medium.com/@swardley/amazon-is-eating-the-software-which-is-eating-the-world-738888fb9e82
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jmnicolas
Interesting (and scary) but frankly I don't have enough knowledge to assess
this theory.
| {
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On the Osborne 1 and Adam Osborne, 30 years later. - technologizer
http://technologizer.com/2011/04/01/osborne-computer/
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dsuriano
_"Hi, this is Steve Jobs. I'd like to speak with Adam Osborne."
The secretary informed Steve that Mr. Osborne was not available, and would not
be back in the office until tomorrow... | {
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} |
List of States with Nuclear Weapons - tosh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons
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rurban
There are rumored to be nuclear weapons stationed in South Korea also.
Admitting it would complicate the peace talks significantly.
| {
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How Amazon's Culture Enables Innovation - andyidsinga
https://www.bri-associates.com/blog/2018/8/3/how-amazons-culture-enables-innovation-t3pls
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andyidsinga
Although the target audience for the post may be more medium to large'ish
companies working on new business innovation (and the creative agencies trying
to ... | {
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} |
Hey, Turn Bluetooth Off When You're Not Using It - SREinSF
https://www.wired.com/story/turn-off-bluetooth-security/
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api
Better yet let's kill it and replace it with a near field protocol that isn't
so overengineered, fragile, and failure prone. Bluetooth has always been junk.
| {
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Higher-Order JavaScript (A Javascriptish companion to Higher-Order Perl) - soundsop
http://interglacial.com/hoj/hoj.html
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systems
thanks for the link :)
| {
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How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future - Anon84
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/08/03/how-the-simulmatics-corporation-invented-the-future
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LyndsySimon
I would love to see a follow-up to this in the form of an interview with
someone (or as many people who are still alive) who worked behind th... | {
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} |
Judge: Not running an ad is an exercise in free speech - 6stringmerc
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/judge-agrees-broadcasters-have-first-amendment-right-refuse-advertisements-1007317
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valuearb
It would be an easier decision if most broadcasters weren't using public
property to broadcast with. Long ago ... | {
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} |
Two shot dead because they unfriended woman on Facebook - cs702
http://www.nettechblog.com/two-people-are-dead-because-they-unfriended-woman-on-facebook
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sp332
Man, I thought Knife Party's "Internet Friend" song was a joke.
| {
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} |
Ask HN: What will the world look like after capitalism? - techmarketerguy
Simple question: what social or economic arrangement will replace capitalism when the time eventually comes?
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bb01100100
I'm not sure the current system is actually capitalism - it's more like a
corrupted version where lobbyists manipula... | {
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} |
The Cult of Busy - pmcpinto
https://medium.com/thelist/the-cult-of-busy-bbb124caed51
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valarauca1
I love this post. I've long been guided by a simple saying, "Accomplishment is
only for those who need to validate their existence."
Obviously it doesn't apply to work, but what you do in your free time. Or time
n... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What are some good iPhone app developer blogs or forums - tocomment
Mostly I'm just curious how I get into the program and what the ETA is to get a an app in the store. It looks like they haven't added any new apps since the launch which is kind of discouraging.
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tstegart
How to get in to the program?... | {
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} |
OpenBSD Is Now My Workstation - sogubsys
https://sogubsys.com/openbsd-is-now-my-workstation-operating-system/
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lifeisstillgood
For years I lived in FreeBSD world - servers and laptops. I was fighting the
good fight and rationalised that having to only remember one location for
network services was a win.
Then I... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What offline encryption methods do you use? - KennyFromIT
If you need to communicate with someone offline, how do securely conduct a conversation?<p>Same place, same time? Easy (relatively speaking). How about when you're separated by distance and time?
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shrimp_emoji
This is not offline, but offline... | {
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} |
News or ‘Trauma Porn’? Student Journalists Face Blowback on Campus - Bostonian
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/us/college-campus-journalists-newspapers.html
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Bostonian
How is a protest going to have an impact if no media cover it?
| {
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} |
Gödel's Completeness Theorem - adamnemecek
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gödel%27s_completeness_theorem
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bulatb
This theorem seems to be like monads: Someone posts about it on the internet,
someone doesn't understand and asks for help, someone comes along and writes a
simple explanation that seems to make sense,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Thoughty2's Channel on YouTube - peter_d_sherman
https://www.youtube.com/c/Thoughty2/videos
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peter_d_sherman
I have watched many of Thoughty2's videos on YouTube, and as a person of the
mind, feel that they are quite good.
The man is a thinker; a fellow person of the mind, quite simply stated...
| {
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} |
JDK-4045622: Java.lang.String.hashCode – Where Did This Code Come From? - dpflan
http://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4045622
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kleiba
The post mentions somewhere further down below that Knuth's treatment of
string hash functions is outdated, but unfortunately does not go into details.
Can anyone a... | {
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} |
Julian Assange has been detained for 6 months - tomp
http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2011/06/17/julian-assange-video-diary/
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spitfire
Can't he sue the government for this somehow? Presumably they have laws for
false imprisonment/arrest in england.
and if they have that recourse why aren't they taking it? (I'... | {
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} |
Apple vs. Android: Developers see a socioeconomic divide - amichail
http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2014/04/04/apple_vs_android_developers_see_a_socioeconomic_divide.html
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mixologic
Wow. That is the worst case I've ever seen of map analysis.
Go to the original map here [https://www.mapbox.com/labs... | {
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} |
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