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Headcount - wglb
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2010/02/11.html
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ehsanul
_At one point I entertained the quixotic and, retrospectively, stupid idea of
requiring every employee at Fog Creek to be a programmer..._
The converse (and less stupid) idea is to require every employee at your
software startup to d... | {
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Ask HN: Why is .NET often avoided in the startup world? - yulaow
I am a devops who love to explore almost any platform in which I enter in contact and, for this and others reasons, I ever prefer to work in a startup environment and not in a corporate one.<p>So in the last months i was exploring for my first time .NET ... | {
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4 Reasons On Why Google Buys Companies - alaskamiller
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-02-25-n19.html
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tim2
I'd add one more and split "product" out from "technology." For example,
youtube was simply a better product for the market than google video -- even
though the back-end technology was supposedly wors... | {
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The Physics of Alice in Wonderland - waterlesscloud
http://www.geekweek.com/2010/03/this-one-makes-you-bigger-this-one-makes-you-small-the-physics-of-alice-in-wonderland.html
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nevinera
>You see, whenever an object increases in size linearly, its mass increases
exponentially.
Polynomially? I see your exponenti... | {
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Show HN: unix subprocesses for Erlang with reading with backpressure - dozzie
https://github.com/dozzie/subproc
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slysf
I considered messing around with your project, then immediately gave up due to
lack of documentation. Sure I could spend the time reading through all your
code, but one of the benefits of using ... | {
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Exoframe – self-hosted alternative to Now.sh - diego-vieira
https://github.com/exoframejs/exoframe
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diego-vieira
Medium article + video demo
[https://hackernoon.com/introducing-exoframe-beta-self-
hosted...](https://hackernoon.com/introducing-exoframe-beta-self-hosted-
alternative-to-now-sh-80643f96b84b)
| {
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Theranos Trouble: A First Person Account - jackgavigan
http://www.mondaynote.com/2015/10/18/theranos-trouble-a-first-person-account/
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bedhead
I manage money for a living and I always get fascinated with frauds and
"bullshit businesses" for shorting. This whole flap is so funny to me because
about a year ago afte... | {
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Ask HN: Any rich programmers that don't have to work but coding for fun? - ertucetin
Are there any rich programmers that don't have to work for a company just writing code that what they want to write?
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TAcoding4fun
(created throwaway for this)
Thank fucking GOD I find myself in this position right now! Th... | {
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Why Privacy Matters Even If “You Have Nothing to Hide” - LinuxBender
https://write.privacytools.io/privacy-simplified/why-privacy-matters-even-if-you-have-nothing-to-hide
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Jon_Lowtek
Lack of respect for the human right to privacy by governments and corporations
will lead to mass surveillance, gamified control an... | {
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} |
Ruby Hacking Guide - speednoise
http://rhg.rubyforge.org/
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MrBra
I guess this is a fundamental step for the Ruby ecosystem.
I've heard many times people complaining that Ruby's internals are not well
documented yet or if they are it's been mostly done in japanese only.
Will this serve the cause and finally b... | {
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Cyberland-an experimental forum that can only be interacted with through an API - yur3i__
https://cyberland.club
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joeth
cool
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Show HN: Howww.to – Code & Design Courses Reduced to 5sec GIF's - jibly
http://howww.to/index.html
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jibly
Recently launched, experimenting with a different format for quick-learning
the basics of a particular topic. Love to get some feedback.
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kingkong83
very interesting idea!
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jibly
course requests... | {
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California’s new law bans schools from starting before 8am - dpflan
https://qz.com/1727790/californias-new-law-bans-schools-from-starting-before-8am/
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meristem
Unfortunately, the school systems still rely on one parent at home. It is not
just drop off and pick up times: school activities, parent-teacher
conferen... | {
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} |
The Game of Books now has Reader Cards. Earn XP and level up by reading books. - KristySur
http://gameofbooks.com/level_up
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DreamWithMe
You can at least slow down cheating by having some sort of automated questions
that the user has to answer in order to claim a book. Like, "Which of these
characters is from ... | {
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Use The Wrong P-value, Go To Jail - yummyfajitas
http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=9308
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PeterisP
Same story as 9 days ago in
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6486333](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6486333)
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Personal Experience As An iOS Freelancer - lookup
http://skylarrudolph.blogspot.com/2014/03/what-i-learned-about-freelance-ios.html?m=1
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skylar613
Yeah, I think charging per feature is fundamentally better than charging per
hour. For you to start your business up, you need to ensure your clients get a
fair pri... | {
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} |
Hyperloop: Not so fast - cju
http://blogs.mathworks.com/seth/2013/11/22/hyperloop-not-so-fast/
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jcchin41
NASA engineers have also released an optimization framework for the Hyperloop
concept as well. It's completely open-source and written in Python. Docs here:
[http://openmdao-plugins.github.io/Hyperloop/](http... | {
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Ask HN: Would this method work to split equity of a startup? - Envec83
I am a developer/entrepreneur, and a couple of weeks ago I went to see a friend of mine who owns a chain of stores. I asked him what problems he was currently facing while managing his business, because I wanted to see if I could solve them ... | {
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Amazon to Offer Kindle Checkout System to Physical Retailers - jjallen
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303743604579351123788256930?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303743604579351123788256930.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsN... | {
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Show HN: LessPhone – A minimal Android launcher to reduce phone use - aswinmohanme
https://lessphone.app
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ignoramous
Personally prefer an open-source, no-phone-home launcher. I settled on
Lawnchair [0], a clone of Pixel's launcher that's highly customizable and
pretty much works on all major OEMs flawlessly:
1\... | {
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Ask HN: Did you code in the 1980s? Which language(s) did you use? What for? - azuajef
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stevekemp
Only for my own personal amusement. I received, along with my sisters, a ZX
Spectrum 48k for Christmas in 1984 or so.
The machine had a dead tape-deck on arrival, which meant that we couldn't play
with any of the gam... | {
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Firefox 6 - WebSockets are back - thefox
http://hacks.mozilla.org/2011/05/aurora-6-is-here/
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riobard
Firefox 4 ditched WebSockets for security reasons. Does anybody know the
justification to add it back now? More specifically, do they fix the security
issue of WebSocket, or do they just give up to the popular de... | {
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} |
Why solution-to-market fit matters more than product-to-market fit - liquidnewsroom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmPI64B4_Ls&feature=youtu.be
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liquidnewsroom
Nice talk by PagerDuty's Jennifer Tejada, who shares insights on how to build
a customer focussed business. Instead of focussing too much on product-to-... | {
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Jimmy Wales: This is super cool. "I started to learn python..." - benn_88
https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/359640425268649984
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dade_
I suggest reading the article before making a comment.
Jimmy Wales tweeted, "This is super cool!" about a girl presenting her
Raspberry Pi story, "I started to learn Python... | {
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Christmas: Brought to you by chinese slave labor - meadhikari
http://owni.eu/2011/12/21/christmas-brought-to-you-by-chinese-slave-labor-mattel-disney-china/
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fragsworth
There is a major flaw in economic logic here. Yes - Chinese labor conditions
are bad. Unfortunately, if we boycott companies that use Chinese
... | {
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} |
Moon - edj
http://typesetinthefuture.com/moon/
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louthy
This is great.
I remember the first time I watched Moon and felt like I recognised the style
of the design. Then later in the film when I saw the vehicles I thought to
myself "That looks like massively like Gav's design"; referring to Gavin
Rothery who I'd ... | {
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Ask HN: Foursquare Alternative? - vowelless
I like swarm / foursquare for logging locations I visit. What I used to like is that I could subscribe to the foursquare iCal feed and see my checkins on my calendar.<p>Foursquare has stopped supporting this feature. I have tried using other options (like IFTTT). But no... | {
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Death of the Salesmen? If software is great, salespeople aren’t needed - raajam
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/new-relic-death-of-the-salesmen-07012011.html
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zaccus
...so Apple wouldn't need Apple retail stores if only their products were
better. Right.
If your product is new to the market, chances are ... | {
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} |
Bitcoin would be a calamity, not an economy - edward
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610783/bitcoin-would-be-a-calamity-not-an-economy/
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zamalek
> total number of bitcoins is capped at 21 million [...]. This makes Bitcoin
> appealing to many people because something that will never increase in
> supply is mor... | {
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Mark Cuban is bullish on America - vaksel
http://blogmaverick.com/2008/11/05/proud-to-be-an-american/
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david927
I don't even think about President Elect Obama being black, and I'm shocked
that people factor it in to his message of hope, as if that's partly what it's
about: that a black man can be president. It... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What if JavaScript isn't the solution to everything - londondev45
It's starting to feel like the JavaScript 'ecosystem' is broken. Especially npm and the proliferation of small libraries written by inexperienced developers. When is the industry going to move on? Angular is a behemoth.<p>If the i... | {
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Show HN: A WebGL-based Complex Expression Parser and Plotter - brandonpelfrey
https://github.com/brandonpelfrey/complex-function-plot
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Keyframe
Heh nice, here's a rotozoomer: [http://brandonpelfrey.github.io/complex-
function-plot/?expre...](http://brandonpelfrey.github.io/complex-function-
plot/?expression=eipp... | {
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Ask HN: I have 3 months of free time, what should I do? - tww103
Hi HN,<p>I'm an dev in Europe with about 7 years of experience, mainly in web development (front-end and back-end) and I have a master in CS. For various reasons, I happen to have 3 months of free time (6 to 8 hours during daytime) from now until Au... | {
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Inside Oyster’s Tech Stack - julien_c
http://blog.underdog.io/post/103208090007/inside-oysters-tech-stack
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julien_c
Some interesting nuggets:
“Oyster’s backend was originally written in Python, but we’re in the process
of transitioning to a service-oriented architecture backed by Scala and Akka.”
| {
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Please Don't Steal My Focus - german
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001011.html
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spolsky
The problem is more complicated than it seems. Apps have to be allowed to take
focus otherwise a newly-launched app wouldn't have keyboard focus. You'd click
on a link in your email and the web browser would com... | {
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} |
[Ask HN]Is there a ballpark on how much $ to allocate to build an MVP? - AshwinRamasamy
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sprobertson
Ideally you can launch your "absolute minimum" while spending nothing except
your own time. Put up a free landing page with some enticing copy, and/or set
up a free blog and start writing about your subject. Y... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How to build a web app for a non-tech savvy client who wants to modify? - JacobIrwin
My client needs a site that can integrate eCommerce (Shopify), membership accounts/privileges, and a YouTube-embed carousel/slider. The client desires the ability to add/delete/modify sections after my de... | {
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Train Your Brain Like a Memory Champion - prostoalex
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/smarter-living/train-your-brain-like-a-memory-champion.html
======
jakubp
There's a bigger story hidden behind the achievements of memory champions. The
groundbreaking result from the past few decades is not that there is a way for... | {
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} |
We Need to Find Out If We Are Living in a Simulation - rcam123
https://onezero.medium.com/we-need-to-find-out-if-we-are-living-in-a-simulation-1ae70919505b
======
AnimalMuppet
I find it really ironic that _atheists_ are so obsessed with the idea that we
live in a simulation.
If we live in a simulation, then someone m... | {
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} |
Facebook listening to conservations? - iamjdg
Today in our office my colleague was telling me how his dream would be to work in the maritime industry designing boats (he is a mechanical engineer). I have never searched for maritime related technology and have no interest in it. Tonight I have this suggested post from ... | {
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Ask HN: Cease & Desist on using the word egress. Sign it away for eternity? - new23d
I'm a small time founder of a TLS firewall. It is published on AWS and GCP marketplaces as 'secure egress gateway' and allows outbound/egress VPC traffic to be filtered by TLS versions and hostnames (which are set ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Ask HN: Facing disengagement with work/company – what are some best practices? - DigiMortal
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Cypher
leave, sometimes jumping ship is better than mutiny or walking the plank
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ctrlaltdev
Contemplating your paycheck and do what you like on the side - that's my way
of coping with contractor work.
But I know i... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Is There a Shopify Equivalent for Services/Marketplace? - dinisp
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provlem
You mean something like - FreelancerCV.com?
Custom Domain-based Service marketplace -
[https://codecanyon.freelancercv.com](https://codecanyon.freelancercv.com)
[https://freelancer.freelancercv.com](https://freelancer.freelancerc... | {
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In Defense of the Dark Ages - dangoldin
http://rushkoff.com/2009/04/20/in-defense-of-the-dark-ages/
======
baddox
In summation: the "Dark Ages" weren't dark at all. Health and wealth
increased, although more slowly than during the Renaissance. But the
Renaissance was actually a step BACKWARD because it comprised a p... | {
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} |
Porting the Unity Engine to .NET CoreCLR - benaadams
http://xoofx.com/blog/2018/04/06/porting-unity-to-coreclr/
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drawkbox
CoreCLR will be nice for Unity with the 2x performance improvement.
I wish Microsoft had moved to it quicker and Unity wouldn't have had that lull
on Mono 2.x .NET and had to build IL2CPP.
... | {
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} |
2-factor authentication on Ubuntu using Google Authenticator - endeavor
http://blog.theroux.ca/security/ubuntu-2-step-authentication-with-google-authenticator/
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endeavor
I thought this was relevant given the Mat Honan attack reports: 2FA isn't only
useful for Gmail. I was able to set this up in about 10 minute... | {
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} |
Airbnb and the Problem of Data - sdabdoub
http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/11/airbnb-and-the-problem-of-data
======
spenrose
Great piece. Quotation #1:
"Cities need to understand whether short-term rental inventory is expanding
faster than they can produce housing stock and whether that is impacting the
availability o... | {
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} |
A hackathon exclusively for women - vivekprakash
https://www.hackerearth.com/women-hackathon-2015/?utm_source=hn&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=women
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kakkou
I can imagine the backlash if the title read "A hackathon exclusively for
men".
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ectopic_cheeto
but what about a hackathon for men? WHAT ABOUT A HAC... | {
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A perpetual motion machine - jayshahtx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlx2PgESXhs#t=43
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Joyfield
The magnets would loose their power over time which makes this "just" a large
battery. Imagine all the energy put in making this machine, that is the
"charge".
| {
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Screencast + Blog: Multi-Cloud Deployment with Docker - nickstinemates
http://nick.stinemat.es/#screencast
======
nickstinemates
In this blog post, I discuss the recent screencast I did with the Docker team.
It was a ton of fun.
This may give you a sense of how I use containers, how and why I find them
useful, and ... | {
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} |
Hashlife - mabynogy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashlife
======
zimablue
The reason why this is interesting to me, game of life is like my mental
shortcut to the idea that there are simple rules that lead to computations
that can't be effectively shortcut.
Turns out that this one can, kinda.
~~~
saurik
Simple rule... | {
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What the iPad means for the future of video games - dreemteem
http://features.techworld.com/personal-tech/3219659/what-the-ipad-means-for-the-future-of-video-games/
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cjkundin
Will be interesting to see how app gaming progresses, especially with the big
players getting even bigger. This will definitely make it ha... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The new car-sharing scheme that could put Paris streets ahead. - npsi
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/02/le-bluecar-car-share-scheme-paris?newsfeed=true
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nodata
I hope the cars aren't silent, blind people won't know they are there.
| {
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On the Usability of Editable Software - todsac
https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/on-the-usability-of-editable-software
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johnday
There is a large field in which this is practically a solved problem: computer
games.
To be sure there isn't a single pattern, and proprietary consoles do go out of
their way to make th... | {
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} |
Does SearchWiki show that Google is running out of good ideas? - technologizer
http://technologizer.com/2008/11/21/so-when-does-google-run-out-of-ideas/
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okeumeni
Google is trying hard to keep love in the romance; the love story should
continue.
| {
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ASP.NET with SPA (NG2, React) and Node.js - doczoidberg
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/ASPNET-Events/ASPNET-Fall-Sessions/ASPNET--Spa#c635828376460833547
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doczoidberg
Nice to have Node functionality in ASP.NET. Nevertheless I switch from the
Microsoft stack. No need for ASP.NET any more. NG2, Node, Firebase is... | {
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} |
Altruism Isn’t Always Attractive - EndXA
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/8/27/20829758/altruism-morality-molly-crockett-study-dating-do-gooders
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EndXA
The main study which prompted this article is available here:
[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002210311...](https://www.sciencedirect.... | {
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An interactive way of blogging about JavaScript - viebel
http://blog.klipse.tech/javascript/2016/06/20/blog-javascript.html
======
tolmasky
We share a similar vision at Tonic that code snippets should be completely
runnable. With Tonic embeds (
[https://tonicdev.com/embed](https://tonicdev.com/embed) ) your code is
au... | {
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} |
How 9/11 Changed My IT Consulting Career | ZDNet - carols10cents
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/how-911-changed-my-it-consulting-career/18415
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carols10cents
Does this strike anyone else as a bit crass? There's no mention of "I'm so
glad I was sick that day; I could have died." He does mention he's happy to
... | {
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Hidden Tribes: A Study of America's Polarized Landscape [pdf] - Melchizedek
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a70a7c3010027736a22740f/t/5bbcea6b7817f7bf7342b718/1539107467397/hidden_tribes_report-2.pdf
======
PostOnce
The linked report is WAY more interesting than the article. Covers much more
ground (not just '... | {
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} |
I am tired of making crap, who's with me? - kentf
http://kent.io/post/66892209965/the-end-of-mediocrity?r=hn
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unclesaamm
This is a really vacuous article. I don't mean it in a bad way, but this is
probably the kind of attitude that leads to making "crap" in the first place.
What makes something good is almost ... | {
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} |
The Aconitine Insurance Murder - nayuki
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most-sophisticated-crime-ever-committed/answer/Ko-Inagaki?share=1
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gwern
There don't seem to be any English-language sources on this aconite poisoning
case, unfortunately.
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Show HN: Hide in Plain Sight, manage secrets alongside your code - mqnfred
https://github.com/mqnfred/hips
======
lionyo
I like git-crypt for this: [https://github.com/AGWA/git-
crypt](https://github.com/AGWA/git-crypt)
| {
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Redundancy and Power - DanielRibeiro
http://www.paulgraham.com/redund.html
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DanielRibeiro
It felt very appropriate with all the Dart announcement:
_In this The greater the probability a random string is a valid program, the
harder it is to report errors well._
and
_Type-checking depends on redundancy_
Even... | {
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} |
Hubble captures new image of two colliding galaxies - sndean
http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/03/hubble-captures-new-image-of-two-colliding-galaxies
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woliveirajr
> (...) destined to spend millions of years colliding into each other before
> finally merging into a galaxy all their own.
> (...) about 350 millio... | {
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The solution to gun violence is clear - kunle
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/fareed-zakaria-the-solution-to-gun-violence-is-clear/2012/12/19/110a6f82-4a15-11e2-b6f0-e851e741d196_story.html
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armored_mammal
Switzerland has guns all over and doesn't have much of a problem, with a gun
crime rate that's sim... | {
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} |
Android on the HP Touchpad (Alpha Release) - hebejebelus
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/33227-alpha-cyanogenmod-7-for-the-hp-touchpad-v710-alpha-13-oct-2011/
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jackson71
Installed it on my 32GB Touchpad last night; here are my observations so far
(YMMV).
Pros:
\+ It's an alpha, but impressively stable. No... | {
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} |
Rackspace cloud beats Amazon EC2, by a lot - davewiner
http://scripting.com/stories/2011/04/14/rackspaceBeatsEc2ByALot.html
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jread
I've conducted extensive benchmarking of rackspace cloud, ec2 and about 38
other iaas providers. Rackspace cloud is definitely not faster than ec2 by a
long shot. Rackspace cloud uti... | {
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} |
More Bad News for ObamaCare - ytNumbers
http://stream.wsj.com/story/campaign-2012-continuous-coverage/SS-2-9156/SS-2-413181/
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STRML
Bizarrely, this article is cut off both in the stream version of WSJ and in
the direct article link. But, if you go from the Google link, you can see the
whole article. Shady behavi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Which game would you go for? - kkfguy
I'm making a game and can't decide of a title..<p>"SuperDash" or "Speedy Doggy"<p>Which game would you go for if all you had are those 2 titles?
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sanswork
Which one has the better screenshot?
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roddux
I'd play "Speedy Doggo"
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Leetcode Is Like Gymming - sidthekid
https://www.siddharthasahai.com/leetcode-is-like-gymming/
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bradknowles
What is “gymming” in this context?
| {
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Ardour 5.5 Released (A free and open source digital audio workstation) - ristic
https://community.ardour.org/node/14093
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ristic
There are a number of exciting projects in the Linux audio that may be of
interest here. I'll just name a few, in no particular order, that have tickled
my interest.
setBfree - A DSP T... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Connected Papers: Explore connected papers in a visual graph - blopeur
https://www.connectedpapers.com/
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larksimian
Related lesswrong thread:
[https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/kjQXzkTGuixoJtQnq/we-ve-
buil...](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/kjQXzkTGuixoJtQnq/we-ve-built-
connected-papers-a-visual-tool-for-resear... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Which database stack to use for distributed offline db scheduled sync - Aheinemann
Setup: Master Database with local offline copies on mobile device which will be synchronized eventually when network connectivity is reestablished.<p>Access to Application is via HTML/Javascript (UI in browser on notebook... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
HTML5 Security Cheatsheet: What your browser does when you look away... - tshtf
http://html5sec.org/
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phoboslab
I don't get it. This page basically shows all available event handlers and
other attributes for HTML elements and says "you can put JavaScript here".
Well, thanks.
Letting your users write HTML/CSS ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: HNResources.com: directory with HN resources - yatsyk
http://hnresources.com/
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yatsyk
Hi hackernewsers! HNResources.com is my approach to create directory of
content and applications for HN. Site is hosted by GitHub and uses Jekyll
generator, Compass stylesheet framework and Discuss commenting system.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Social Ties Between Autism and Schizophrenia - mcone
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-social-ties-between-autism-and-schizophrenia/
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Powerofmene
It is actually very likely that an individual with a diagnosis involving the
central nervous system or brain disorder or injury involving sensory
proc... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
JsDOSBox - franze
http://jsdosbox.appspot.com/
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whichdan
<http://sourceforge.net/p/jsdosbox/home/Home/>
For anyone interested in the source.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
US Consumer Credit Shows Steepest Contraction in Over 5 Decades - gasull
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/08/us-consumer-credit-shows-steepest.html
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biohacker42
I'm not so sure about deflation, since we've replaced private credit with
public credit. But it's nice to see data indicating hyper-inf... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What's not to like about Marketo/Hubspot/etc? - jrpt
I am considering marketing automation software for auto-emailing and reporting. What are your thoughts on what each service does well, and perhaps more importantly, can't do as well?
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amac
I've demo'd Hubspot. It works as described and rolls up a lot... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Apple Wants To Block You From Using Your iPhone Camera At Live Events/Concerts - gmatty
http://www.redmondpie.com/apple-wants-to-block-you-from-using-your-iphone-camera-at-live-eventsconcerts/
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rimantas
> A new Apple patent will put an end to recording events
Patent does not put an end to anything. First it m... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What are the News.YC rules of startups? - bmaier
With all the lists floating around I'm interested to see what everyone thinks are the golden rules of starting up.
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jsjenkins168
Everyone has their own beliefs, but in general I would say: Build something
users want, release early and release often, and spend as... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How do we end the divisive mindset? - christofosho
Society today is wrought with divisiveness. It's shown in the rhetoric that the media uses, and is ever present in our own thoughts and conversation. Even applications such as Facebook cater to this divisiveness with their content bubbles, supporting our confirma... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Free legally-valid timestamps for your intellectual property - craze3
https://www.claimby.com
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craze3
Hey all,
I’d like to share a decentralized app I built a couple days ago as part of the
#24hrstartup challenge on Product Hunt + Twitch.
Claimby helps you protect your intellectual property by creatin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
PointDNS / Copper.io experiencing DDoS – services down - anu_gupta
https://twitter.com/copperio/status/464736925912686592
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alexcason
[http://www.digitalattackmap.com/](http://www.digitalattackmap.com/)
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Genes and backgrounds matter most to exam results - abhiminator
https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21739574-type-school-less-important-genes-and-backgrounds-matter-most-exam
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noemit
Like the conclusion of most studies on intelligence: We don't really know
anything.
| {
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} |
Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss - prostoalex
https://medium.com/@eligoldstone/meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss-aff0a3dd132e
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angersock
Some good quotes:
> _In reality the semantics of this arrangement frees companies from any
> social responsibility._
> _The app also makes service requests for us... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
14 Revealing Signs You Love Your Startup Job - weisser
http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/98577/14-Revealing-Signs-You-Love-Your-Startup-Job.aspx
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orangethirty
That read like one of those "10 Signs that let you know your boyfriend loves
you" articles in Cosmopolitan. I will love any startup job as long as th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
'We Were Wiped Out’: New Yorkers Preyed on Chicago Cabbies - pseudolus
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/nyregion/taxi-medallions-chicago.html
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bpatel576
What I don't understand, is why someone would be willing to buy 15 medallions
at an "inflated price." My point being, you should have some basis on the PV
of ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Review My Weekend Web App - calminferno
http://bookmrk.net
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calminferno
Bookmrk is a simple web application that allows you to easily save and
orginize your bookmarks via tags. You may choose to make your bookmarks
public, which allows other to enjoy what you have already found.
It is an experiment to... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Diff optimized for comparing text files containing prose - rhythmvs
http://www.gigamonkeys.com/tmp/test-diff.html
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rhythmvs
The library (Common Lisp) is on Github:
[https://github.com/gigamonkey/monkeylib-prose-
diff](https://github.com/gigamonkey/monkeylib-prose-diff)
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macmac
google-diff-match-patch will... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What are good freelancing chat communities? - muzani
I'm looking for a kind of chat room to idle in with other freelancers. I would like the social presence of similar people, but co-working spaces don't suit me.<p>Ideally not a forum or reddit subgroup - I want to just socialize without writing wall... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Fast x86 Implementation of Select (2017) [pdf] - espeed
https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.00990
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ot
The authors claim their algorithm is novel, but it actually had been a well
known folklore technique for quite a while. For example it was used in Folly
as early as Jan 2016:
[https://github.com/facebook/folly/commit/... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Hardware Managed Thread Concurrency for Irregular Apps [pdf] - Katydid
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ac6a/c7ffa46605203fcd8b511dc06a84d009f3b9.pdf
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webaholic
A really interesting idea. Taking feedback from the current execution to drive
future scheduling is prevalent in software. Makes sense to push it to har... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Being on HackerNews, One week on - beck5
https://www.sharelatex.com/blog/posts/hacker_news_one_week_on.html
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Peaker
9000 visitors a day averages about 0.1 visitor per second.
Let's say that the peak is 100 times more frequent than the average, so that
would be about 10 visitors/second.
Being a systems develope... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Best cloud host? - ltamake
I'm in the process of launching a startup and I've decided on cloud hosting. I tried out AWS and I really like it so far, but I was wondering if anyone had any better choices. Cost isn't too much of a problem but I'm most worried about reliability.<p>Thanks in advance!
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nesbo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Phoenix – Elixir Web Framework - areski
https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix
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chrismccord
Phoenix creator here. I would be happy to answer any questions. For those that
want an overview of the framework, my ElixirConf talk would be a good start:
[http://www.confreaks.com/videos/4132-elixirconf2014-rise-
o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Genghis Khan: history's greenest conqueror - ubasu
http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0120-hance_mongols.html
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atgm
I went in thinking I'd read about Khan's reforestation plans or something, but
instead it's just a side effect of stability... Internet, I am disappoint.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mugged by a Mug Shot Online - digisth
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/business/mugged-by-a-mug-shot-online.html?pagewanted=1&ref=business
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kcorbitt
I found out about a month ago that one of these sites had an arrest record for
someone with my same first and last name. As luck would have it he also is the
same ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
We’re Getting It Wrong - kohsuke
http://weregettingitwrong.com/
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kohsuke
Personally, I don't feel all that strongly that we are collectively getting it
wrong, certainly not to the extent of getting a domain name just for that! I
think most developers do indeed talk to their users, and they rather enjoy
doing i... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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