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Are Black Holes Actually Dark Energy Stars? - starbugs
http://nautil.us/blog/are-black-holes-actually-dark-energy-stars
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chc
I've seen a couple of articles about this guy recently and they both struck me
as weirdly credulous given the apparently complete lack of evidence supporting
his theory and the fact that a... | {
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Why I won't recommend Signal anymore - maglavaitss
https://sandervenema.ch/2016/11/why-i-wont-recommend-signal-anymore/
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zigzigzag
Like a lot of crypto-puritanism it is rather mixed up. He says he recommended
Signal because it was easy to use (more consumer friendly I guess) and secure,
then says he wouldn't hav... | {
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} |
Mobile Patent Suits (An interactive visualisation) - apmee
http://bl.ocks.org/1153292
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apmee
Want to make your own? See this recent post:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2877790>
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Show HN: Get Any GitHub User's Email Address - tal_berzniz
https://recruit.now.sh/
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milankragujevic
> Email address for user "milankragujevic" could not be found
Hah.. [https://github.com/milankragujevic](https://github.com/milankragujevic)
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tal_berzniz
Thanks, it seems that some users opt-out of committing... | {
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} |
Human-Assisted Archival of Yahoo Groups - jstanley
https://github.com/davidferguson/yahoogroups-joiner
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jancsika
Wonder if we could make a deal with all those casino seo spammers from
indonesia. (Or whoever sells their service to them.)
If they will use their cache of yahoo addys to exfiltrate Yahoo Group conte... | {
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} |
Twitter seeks subtenants for its SF HQ, as its own employees stay home - randycupertino
https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Twitter-seeks-subtenants-for-its-SF-HQ-as-its-15554674.php
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randycupertino
Their main HQ building has been empty for a while. Surprised that this hasn't
happened sooner! Not sure w... | {
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} |
40 Alternatives to College - jaltucher
http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2012/04/new-book-40-alternatives-to-college/
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GatitoLindo
I don´t think that this really belongs here... While it could be interesting,
it´s essentially just blogspam trying to sell an e-book for 99 cents.
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zotz
I must disagree. Altucher b... | {
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Show HN: Solve Something - an image-based solver for Draw Something - jzting
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/solve-something-for-draw-something/id515850565?ls=1&mt=8
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jzting
Made this over a handful of nights and weekends. To use, take a screenshot of
the Draw Something drawing you are trying to guess and impor... | {
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} |
Homo erectus made world's oldest doodle 500,000 years ago - tokenadult
http://www.nature.com/news/homo-erectus-made-world-s-oldest-doodle-500-000-years-ago-1.16477
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avz
There is one observation I find missing in the discussion of prehistoric
abstract art. It is that with primitive tools and techniques the abstra... | {
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} |
How we run our bug bounty program - leifdreizler
https://segment.com/blog/bug-bounty-at-segment/
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chabad360
_" All of our most critical submissions have come from researchers that were
originally rewarded for a well-written duplicate."_
I think that's a key line that should have been added to the top tips.
~~~... | {
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Ask HN: What is it like to work on software for space exploration? - Winterflow3r
Hi HN!
One of the most inspiring presentations I've ever seen is by someone who worked on the code and instrumentation for the Rosetta spacecraft sent to explore the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. I still think about this presentatio... | {
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HP to offer 3-year laptop battery as an option - ccraigIW
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/12/10/HP_to_offer_3year_laptop_battery_1.html
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josefresco
Misleading title, the battery does not hold a charge for 3 years. It has a
lifespan of 3 years assuming 1000 charges.
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ConradHex
Exactly.
I was so excited... | {
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Venmo Touch Screencast: Add credit card payments to your iOS app in 15 minutes - mtattersall
https://www.braintreepayments.com/braintrust/venmo-touch-screencasts-add-one-touch-payments-to-your-app-in-15-minutes
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sbaumgarten
Isn't accepting external forms of payment against Apple's guidelines?
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jtdowney
App... | {
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RHEL 6 Beta Now Available for Public Download - jpalmer
http://press.redhat.com/2010/04/21/red-hat-enterprise-linux-6-beta-available-today-for-public-download/
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jpalmer
ISOs: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/rhel/beta/6/
Docs: [http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-
US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6-...](http://www.redhat... | {
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It’s Way Too Easy to Hack the Hospital - jeo1234
http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-hospital-hack/
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famousactress
I've been in Healthcare IT for a decade and a half or so, and I think there's
definitely a reckoning coming with regard to the lapses in security.
I think honestly, the only thing that's kept th... | {
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} |
Indonesian army urged to stop virginity tests for recruits - sjcsjc
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-32743373
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37prime
From the article:
_A local plan to require schoolgirls in part of Java to undergo the so-called
virginity tests before they could gain a secondary school diploma was scrapped
after an ou... | {
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First Fatal Self Driving Car Incident - crispytx
https://www.yahoo.com/news/self-driving-car-driver-died-205642937.html
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greenyoda
Extensive discussion of Tesla crash:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12011419](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12011419)
Also:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1201... | {
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Javascript encryption - aberatiu
http://www.vincentcheung.ca/jsencryption/
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acqq
John Walker made that already at least 6 years ago:
<http://www.fourmilab.ch/javascrypt/>
Moreover, Walker's code is public domain and he discusses security aspect,
whereas the op link appears not to care about such things.
~~~... | {
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} |
How Custom Javascript Events Will Save the Universe - mcxx
http://www.slideshare.net/savetheclocktower/how-custom-events-will-save-the-universe?from=ss_embed
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kls
I agree using a pub / sub event model can help to decouple a UI and allow
developers to build components that can be dropped in pages. For example I u... | {
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} |
Traffic grows in cities where Lyft and Uber are present - simonebrunozzi
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/5/eaau2670
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realPubkey
Change the title to: Uber and Lyft focus on cities with high traffic
| {
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Startup Theming - iamclovin
http://blog.anideo.com/startup-theming
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jaysonelliot
One of the first rules of naming your startup should be: Don't use the same
name as a major corporation with over 135,000 employees that's been around
since the 1940s.
I tried doing a Google search for Denso because I wanted to s... | {
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} |
Lessons from Einstein - tathagatadg
http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/03/16/10-lessons-from-einstein/
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davidcollantes
Original article at:
[http://www.dumblittleman.com/2010/03/10-amazing-lessons-
albe...](http://www.dumblittleman.com/2010/03/10-amazing-lessons-albert-
einstein.html)
I hate when people does th... | {
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} |
Book Review: The Precipice - tosh
https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/04/01/book-review-the-precipice/
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tosh
""" And even when people seem to care about distant risks, it can feel like a
half-hearted effort. During a Berkeley meeting of the Manhattan Project,
Edward Teller brought up the basic idea behind the hydrog... | {
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} |
Research: Android taking over the tablet market from iOS - cwoods
http://www.phonearena.com/news/ABI-Research-Android-taking-over-the-tablet-market-from-iOS_id47802
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devx
I'm sure a lot will say now that "It was inevitable. Android is made up of
multiple OEM's, yadda, yadda...".
But I seem to remember not too l... | {
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} |
A HireVoice postmortem - lessons learned trying to get a startup off the ground - byosko
http://www.etiennegarbugli.com/getting-out-of-recruitment-a-hirevoice-post-mortem/
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Argorak
Uargs. Who had the idea of having every paragraph leading up to a quote that
has a big "Tweet this"-link next to it? It feels like... | {
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} |
What's in a Word? - ingve
http://nickdesaulniers.github.io/blog/2016/05/15/whats-in-a-word/
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ndesaulniers
Hoping for some historical perspectives to pop up. _fingers crossed_
| {
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Wikipedia goes down thanks to cut cables - yread
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19148151
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yread
Quite amazing that a pair of cut cables can bring the wikipedia down...
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ZX81: Small black box of computing desire - Peroni
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12703674
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athom
Terry Pratchett told us a tale of making a crude vision system out of one of
these. If I recall correctly, he figured out the memory modules were light
sensitive, and if exposed to a focused image, the image c... | {
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} |
The 1975 LaGuardia Airport Bombing - monort
http://observer.com/2016/01/why-hasnt-washington-explained-the-1975-laguardia-airport-bombing/
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golergka
Why do people classify this as terrorism? "Terrorism" is usually understood as
violence where intended targets are not those killed, but mainly those who
watch the ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Any HN recommentadion for secure and private instant messaging? - lemonjohn
I know, there was already a plenty related topics.
Telegram is hated everywhere, WhatsApp is not that bad, but still not good enough. Signal is promising, but lacks of desktop client -- Chrome app is likely a temporary solution and sti... | {
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} |
The Design Ego - chefsurfing
http://www.zethussuen.com/the-design-ego
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zethus
Thanks for linking this! There's some discussion on the bottom of the post as
well as on DN: <https://news.layervault.com/stories/2070-the-design-ego>
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rkuykendall-com
Written in Obtvse ( style copied from Svbtle ) for dramati... | {
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jQuery plugin for data visualization on vector maps - jvectormap.owl-hollow.net - bjornd
Any comments, suggestions?
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eptil
What would it take to add lines and points to the supported types and make
them clickable with perhaps a fudge factor radius?
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bjornd
Not really difficult I think, micro-framework for ... | {
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An Atheist's Glimpse of God - lut4rp
http://blog.deobald.ca/2013/02/an-atheists-glimpse-of-god.html
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btilly
Disclaimers. I am also an atheist. I took this exact meditation course 20+
years ago and know people who have followed it for decades. I am not so
enthralled.
The meditation itself is fine. However the pr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Obamacare bombshell: IT official says HealthCare.gov needs payment feature - codegeek
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101211556
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hga
The big problem is that while they do have some time to get these payment
features working, individual subsidies and, reinsurance, really, of insurers
who get out of wack risk pools, how lo... | {
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} |
New Apple Laptops Due Next Week: A Rumor Recap and a Poll - technologizer
http://technologizer.com/2008/10/09/new-apple-portables-due-next-week-a-rumor-recap/
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caudicus
I remember watching a call with someone from Dell on CNBC during the last US
recession (2001 recession and "jobless recovery" the following co... | {
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} |
Driving a Car in Manhattan Could Cost $11 Under Congestion Plan - vanderfluge
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/nyregion/driving-manhattan-congestion-traffic.html
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nwah1
Congestion pricing is one of the most economically literate ways to improve
traffic, and those funds can be used to improve infrastructure. It... | {
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} |
Twitter business plan coming... by 2011 - pakafka
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090604/twitter-investor-business-plan-comingby-2011/
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mahmud
These guys are seriously overestimating the shelf-life of social networks.
I give them 6 months to cash out or miss the gravy train for good. People are
only gonna t... | {
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} |
Primal Rage: a conversation with Carmack, and a look at id's latest - kazuya
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/11/post-8.ars/
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rdmlx
I've been following Carmack since Wolf3D. It's always a pleasure to see what
he's doing next.
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wriq
Same here. His .plan updates were always very opinionated and interest... | {
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} |
GnuPG encryption project launches crowdfunding campaign - laxity
http://goteo.org/project/gnupg-new-website-and-infrastructure
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2013q4/000338.html
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laxity
[http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-
announce/2013q4/00033...](http://lists.... | {
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Welcome to the Era of Fake Products - usui
https://thewirecutter.com/blog/amazon-counterfeit-fake-products/
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nickgrosvenor
Amazon products are barely more official than eBay at this point. I tell my
wife to never buy soaps, makeup, or anything liquid-based from amazon.
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amznfakes
Amazon will delete your r... | {
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Is serverless insecure? Let's find out - vdmq
http://www.lambdashell.com/
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benmanns
AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=FQoGZXIvYXdzEL7//////////wEaDLrjfq5THKULF+vCbyLdAXvIJIQYpbvyNbsoM78owNvdOi4xqqwm0kYRol0RLCtpO9QnBhn+4LhWWZHSjH0vfxRgbY3trqeTfX/U4c1zmtjMEbyN9ALic8Jo2s6m4CRdB+KMLdjg5/UKr1InaT2eONXqJ0JQYe712luic6sqbP5xlXa5... | {
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Development of Tcl 9 has begun - blacksqr
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.lang.tcl/lTG-A8g_yIY/overview
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zoowar
Please don't.
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Nokita: A Plan to Raise Billions and buy out Nokia before Microsoft - guillermovs
http://arcticstartup.com/2013/11/04/the-third-stage-of-grief-nokita-a-plan-to-buy-out-nokia-before-microsoft
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container
The name is a bit of a pun: it's a form of the Finnish verb 'nokittaa', which
means 'to raise [the bet]'.
--... | {
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} |
Git9: Git Reimagined for the Plan 9 OS - adamnemecek
https://bitbucket.org/oridb/git9
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tomohawk
> The most obvious difference is that Git's index is a bit boneheaded, so I'm
> ignoring it.
> In fact, the entire concept of the staging area has been dropped, as it's
> both confusing and clunky.
Sounds like its o... | {
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} |
On the origin of specie: rethinking theories of where money comes from - JumpCrisscross
http://www.economist.com/node/21560554
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hardwear
The origin of money is inherently unknowable. It happens before the start of
the historical record, and archaeological evidence will not have much to say,
and anthropological... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Get a Kubernetes LoadBalancer where you never thought it was possible - alexellisuk
https://github.com/inlets/inlets-operator
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cube2222
Great work, this is a problem I did have in the past.
What are the differences between this and the Kubernetes nginx ingress
controller [https://github.com/kubernetes/... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How to spend $90 on software - moubarak
I have a VISA gift card containing $90 and i want to spend it buying software. i tried to use it with iTunes but that didn't work because it has no billing address.<p>i'm a software engineer and i work on image processing. What software do you guys recommend ... | {
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} |
After Cellebrite Breach, Hacking Team Lashes Out Against ‘Vigilante Hackers’ - aburan28
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/after-cellebrite-breach-hacking-team-lashes-out-against-vigilante-hackers
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bediger4000
Vincenzetti is just displaying an inordinate amount of butthurt. His company
does exactly what the "vigil... | {
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} |
“Net Neutrality” vs. Internet Freedom - wintercoat
https://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts/net-neutrality-vs-internet-freedom?utm_content=64535715&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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gscott
The problem with Net Neutrality is when I signed up for Direct TV now and
using ATT U-Verse Internet (owner of... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Grapse: online man pages editor - rroperzh
http://www.roperzh.com/grapse/
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groovy2shoes
For people who want to learn how to write man pages, I've found the following
resources to be invaluable:
"Practical UNIX Manuals: mdoc" \- an introduction to writing man pages in the
mdoc language ([http://manpages.bsd.lv/]... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Should the Government Be Allowed to Read Your E-Mails? - edw519
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=11825039
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david_shaw
The short answer is no--not without a warrant.
In my opinion, the argument here is very similar to the NSA unwarranted
wiretap scandal. Law enforcement and intelligence services should be able t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: BRTTR – Barter goods and services - ssdesign
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brttr/id1042103854?mt=8
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ssdesign
Would like to get feedback on this concept of Barter application. I have put
it up on the app store so that you can download and play with it. I am are
very much interested in hearing what you ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Researchers replicate just 13 of 21 social science experiments in top journals - danielalmeida
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/08/27/researchers-replicate-just-13-of-21-social-science-experiments-published-in-top-journals/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.946735cfe68d
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yontherubicon
Mirror... | {
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Google Wallet launches on the iPhone - coloneltcb
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/19/4748390/google-wallet-debuts-on-ios
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clemc
Google is taking over Apple!! :-0
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The Secret Lives of Homeless Students - sarika008
https://medium.com/bright/the-secret-lives-of-homeless-students-a4b506ded525
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Mz
I think it is a shame that this has been upvoted so much and not commented
upon yet. I happen to be homeless and I know there are other people here who
are struggling in the present ... | {
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} |
Bitcoin is at over 43K unconfirmed transactions - snitko
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/59e9su/bitcoin_is_43716_unconfirmed_transactions/
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totalZero
I like the idea of cryptocurrency, but I have some doubts about the longevity
of Bitcoin. As Bitcoin grows, there is a greater need for mining. However, ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Twitter Bars Intelligence Agencies from Using Analytics Service - bootload
http://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-bars-intelligence-agencies-from-using-analytics-service-1462751682?mod=e2tw
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npx
I'm not convinced that the goal here is actually to obstruct intelligence
agencies, I think they'd just use a shell compa... | {
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} |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys - jimsojim
http://www.pepysdiary.com/
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a3n
I have tried to keep a diary, or journal, in the past. Because, well, "you
should." The average day would be "nothing to say." So I quit multiple times,
and now I've quit starting.
But I wonder, if I have nothing to say, does that say somethin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How to learn Java and Scala as Python Dev quickly (48 to 72 hours)? - ugenetics
Hi HN,
I know python good enough to write working programs. I haven't had chance to work on functional programming or collections , but CRUD app, database interactions, ETL is kind of work I have done.<p>I want to learn Java a... | {
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Ask HN: What are the long-run implications of Watson's technology? - wesleyzhao
How are normal consumers going to see this type of technology (if at all) in the future? What are the possibilities?
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pzxc
Natural language is an artifact of human communication, so the most obvious
application is human interaction... | {
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} |
Show HN:MusicaLibre - a quickly hacked SoundCloud free-for-commerce music player - runn1ng
http://karelbilek.com/musicalibre/
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runn1ng
I will add I made this as a part of larger Czech Pirate Party campaign that
teaches business owners how to play free music and not to pay the copyright
monopoly extortion money... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
New York Fed open sources their GDP growth forecasting model, Nowcasting - avyfain
https://github.com/FRBNY-TimeSeriesAnalysis/Nowcasting
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avyfain
Associated blog post:
[http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2018/08/opening...](http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2018/08/opening-
the-toolbox-the-... | {
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Diversity and the Death of Free Speech - andrenth
https://spectator.org/diversity-and-the-death-of-free-speech/
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bediger4000
" There was a time, not that long ago, when college students were encouraged
to expand their minds further."
It would be helpful if Mr Glynn put a closer bracket of dates around this.
Whi... | {
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} |
Ask HN: I'm trying to find a game posted on here. - newuserone
It's an iPhone app, if I remember correctly. There's a "runner" and you move right jumping from roof to roof. If you fall into the gap between roofs you die.<p>What's the name of it?
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jon914
I think you're talking about Canabalt by AdamAtomic.
Thi... | {
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} |
[Looking for feedback] Crossbrowsertesting.com adds mobile platform for testing - tonetheman
http://crossbrowsertesting.com/blog/cross-browser-testing-mobile-devices-now-available
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tonetheman
We just added mobile browser testing this weekend. We wanted to let people
know and get some feedback. Main site is: <h... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google open sources Liquid Galaxy code - abraham
http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/09/galaxy-of-your-own.html
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shaddi
I remember when I first visited Google a friend of mine who worked there very
excitedly showed this to me. I was terribly unimpressed because at the time I
was interning at the Jet Pro... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
DNA origami - lelf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_origami
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iokevins
To save you a click, the definition:
"DNA origami is the nanoscale folding of DNA to create non-arbitrary two- and
three-dimensional shapes at the nanoscale. The specificity of the interactions
between complementary base pairs make DNA a use... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How the FBI tracked down the Twitter hackers - ohjeez
https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-the-fbi-tracked-down-the-twitter-hackers/
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uwuwuwu
Very alienating how they disclose names even before their guilt is proven in
court.
Also, I read they're considered adults because the crime was so serious. Come
on. Just se... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Biohacker: Meet the people 'hacking' their bodies - ColinWright
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46442519
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kaikai
Any biohacking article that fails to mentions transfolks is missing something
huge.
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Ask HN: Thoughts on Earnest Capital - temp_small_cap
Earnest capital made a quite a buzz. But 1 y later, it's about 10 investments for a total amount of maybe $2m ?<p>Also, some investments are "tools.for bootstrapping" which they push in emails. Do I really need your special tool at $100/month to... | {
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Heroku down again :( - edouard1234567
Heroku has been down for 10 minutes, their status page https://status.heroku.com/ shows "no know issues at this time" ...<p>Their main site and my hosted website are down...<p>wget heorku.com
--2012-03-15 02:29:21-- http://heorku.com/
Resolving heorku.com... 64.... | {
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I have an idea for an iPad app...constructive criticism needed - sabertoothed
I have an idea for an iPad app and I am about to let a professional developer implement the idea.<p>But I am unsure if my idea is worth the amount of money I am going to spend on it. The developer thinks it's a great idea - but he's obviou... | {
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A researcher’s new take on stem cells - dnetesn
http://nautil.us/issue/57/communities/does-aging-have-a-reset-button
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wpasc
"Do the ethics of age reversal concern you?"
I dislike how that question is phrased, implying that the ethics of fighting
aging are inherently concerning. If you really think through the e... | {
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} |
Do Tasks Quickly and Imperfectly - kartickv
https://medium.com/@karti/do-tasks-quickly-and-imperfectly-747b20f74f67
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evolve2k
This article exactly summarises where I go wrong. My inherent desire is to
think things through and do a good job the first time around. Recently I even
been following the advice of ship ... | {
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Ask HN: Am I crazy to distrust the CNCF? - hardwaresofton
If you've got a tin foil hat close by this would be the time to put it on.<p>I've vaguely distrusted the CNCF for a long time now. While I like the majority of what they're doing (helping fund and manage open source projects), it's never sat... | {
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Ensuring CSS Animations Run and Stop Gracefully - tommyjmarshall
https://www.viget.com/articles/ensuring-css-animations-run-and-stop-gracefully
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tommyjmarshall
The author here, with a quick note: This NPM package is ideal for pre-loaders
with dynamically loaded content, lazy-loaded images, etc.
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My manager says your buttons are too small (2012) - yeukhon
http://code.google.com/p/zaproxy/issues/detail?id=351
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billybob255
Manager: "What have you been doing all afternoon?"
Underling: "Oh well I was in communication with the software company trying to
resolve the button issue you raised this morning. Goo... | {
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} |
Do Pivots Matter? - ibrahimcesar
http://steveblank.com/2014/01/14/whats-a-pivot/
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URSpider94
Steve makes a good point, substantial change can come anywhere in your
business model, not just in the product.
| {
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Evan - Twitter needs a better policy on Usernames - sant0sk1
http://blog.stevepoland.com/evan-twitter-needs-a-better-policy-on-usernames/
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geuis
So someone is complaining that they registered a bunch of names they thought
would be monetarily valuable at a later date, and is complaining when the
company that prov... | {
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} |
What indie game all-stars think about the iPad - aresant
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/28/what-do-indie-gaming.html
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aresant
My favorite part "the possibility here to do something pretty special, which
is finally getting to do what board games do - a big shared playspace that you
interact with in an intuit... | {
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} |
The startup squeeze - jasonlbaptiste
http://scobleizer.com/2008/10/11/the-startup-squeeze/
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altano
I don't know how anyone can read anything Scoble writes with that ridiculous
banner at the top. It looks like he's about to high-five me, whether I like it
or not.
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pmjordan
It'll be interesting to see if th... | {
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Streams in Java 8 - bra-ket
http://download.java.net/jdk8/docs/api/java/util/stream/package-summary.html
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pron
While lambdas and streams (along with default methods, or traits) are
certainly the most important features of Java 8, I'm particularly interested
in the pluggable type systems[1].
These are pluggable... | {
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Fuzzing at scale - abraham
http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2011/08/fuzzing-at-scale.html
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tptacek
Gulp.
A team at Google pulled 20tb(!) of SWF files out of their crawl and fed them
through a simple algorithm that determined the subset of 20,000 SWF files that
exercised the maximum number of basic blo... | {
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} |
Americans Love Ordering Pizza on Facebook - mcone
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-15/facebook-amazon-become-weapons-in-restaurant-ordering-arms-race
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throwaway2016a
Sorry for the tangent but...
About a year ago I started making my own pizza instead of ordering it in. Not
only do a save a lot of ... | {
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Two frequently used system calls are ~77% slower on AWS EC2 - jcapote
https://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2017/03/08/system-calls-are-much-slower-on-ec2/
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brendangregg
Yes, this is why we (Netflix) default to tsc over the xen clocksource. I found
the xen clocksource had become a problem a few years ago, quantified ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Highschooler's solution to charities' marketing - techwurk
http://www.techwurk.org
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techwurk
Explanation: Created by a group of high school students, techwurk pairs
skilled students with charities in need of web or graphic design. The students
get volunteer hours or scholarships, and the charities have the cha... | {
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} |
More Than a Year Later– An Embarrassing Confession To Make By A Wannabe Coder - socialcoder
http://www.codelogs.org/more-than-a-year-down-the-line-an-embarrassing-confession-to-make/
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jaachan
Why switch a language just 'cause it's the popular thing on SO? Stick with a
language till you got the coding skills do... | {
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} |
Volkswagen’s Diesel Fraud Makes Critic of Secret Code a Prophet - nkurz
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/nyregion/volkswagens-diesel-fraud-makes-critic-of-secret-code-a-prophet.html?_r=0
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silverpikezero
This would be a good time to point out that a similar auto software story
found its way to HN recently:
[http... | {
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Axiotron - Modbook (the iPad we actually wanted) - elblanco
http://www.axiotron.com/index.php?id=home
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wmeredith
Yep. This is exactly what I've been thinking for the last several days while
reading through all the piss and vinegar the technorati on the web have been
throwing at the the iPad.
The iPad cost $50... | {
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} |
Scientists connect the brains of 3 people, enable thought sharing - vikingo9
https://www.sciencealert.com/brain-to-brain-mind-connection-lets-three-people-share-thoughts
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ColinWright
Discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18138116](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18138116)
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The Carrington Event - bookofjoe
https://www.history.com/news/a-perfect-solar-superstorm-the-1859-carrington-event
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bookofjoe
URL: [https://www.history.com/news/a-perfect-solar-superstorm-
the-...](https://www.history.com/news/a-perfect-solar-superstorm-
the-1859-carrington-event)
| {
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} |
Show HN: Precis – A minimal note-taking app built over GitHub Pages - abhin4v
https://abhin4v.github.io/precis/
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GhostVII
I was initially confused how this could work, since GitHub pages is only for
static hosting, but it turns out you use it by pushing notes to your repo, and
Precis acts as more of a viewer/org... | {
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} |
1000+ New Functions for Google Sheets with Blockspring - hackerews
https://api.blockspring.com/blog/blockspring-for-google-sheets
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sgmarketingguy
Please curate your functions?
There are so many awesome tools buried in therefor me as a web marketer.
Hopefully people would publish content around how the amazing ... | {
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} |
Be still my beating heart - ca98am79
http://donmelton.com/2015/12/06/be-still-my-beating-heart/
======
MaysonL
See also episode 08 of the Melton podcast from iMore.
[https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/melton/id928565652](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/melton/id928565652)
| {
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Ask HN: What are your goals for the 2020's? - samcgraw
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andrefuchs
Staying healthy and working on some side projects
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giantg2
Make enough money to support my family.
Not dying / staying healthy would be a nice bonus. Although, if I die that
would probably satisfy my primary goal via life insurance.
-----... | {
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EDHmeetup: Find commander play-groups in your area - javierfeliz
https://edhmeetup.com
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eindiran
Nice, this is a very good idea. Of all Magic formats, I have always been most
interested in Commander and there isn't much "official" support for the format
(although it has improved over the years), so it's awesome ... | {
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} |
Show HN: A Yeoman generator for a front-end dev workflow - disintegrator
https://github.com/pollen-digital/generator-static
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disintegrator
Author here. This is my first attempt at open sourcing code!
Some background: I work at Pollen Digital in Sydney, Australia. We regularly
get web-based projects to develop... | {
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} |
How to Kill Start-up Distractions - AndrewGCook
http://andygcook.com/2011/10/how-to-kill-start-up-distractions/
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nateberkopec
Er, Ev Williams was probably not the best example to use for "it's better to
focus on one thing." Would the author have told Ev to focus on Odeo rather
than work on that crazy, silly si... | {
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} |
Google, a ‘school official?’ A regulatory quirk can leave parents in the dark - opheicus
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/12/30/google-a-school-official-this-regulatory-quirk-can-leave-parents-in-the-dark/?postshare=2671451564669854
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golergka
Yes, if you use software to work on some sort of... | {
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} |
A chess engine in 1326 bytes - fizx
http://nanochess.110mb.com/chess3.html
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pavs
As a Chess engine enthusiast I was aware of pico chess and the fact that
nanochess (by the same author) uses winboard protocol is new to me.
Most people thinks that Deep Blue solved chess and as far as computer chess is
concerned... | {
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} |
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