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David Simon, creator of The Wire and Treme, on the Times-Picayune cuts - kmfrk
http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/david_simon_creator_of_the_wir.php
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niallsmart
If you read that, read this:
[http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/why_david_simon_is_wrong_about...](http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/why_david_simon_is_wrong_abou... | {
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Giant archaeological trove found in Google Earth - djwebb1977
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/02/giant-archaeological-trove-fou.html
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aw3c2
* _potential_!
I am disappointed that there is no image of the aerial imagery nor the ground.
At least the photo looks 99% like generic stock footage.
... | {
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Imgur, please don't be the next TinyPic or ImageShack - dylz
https://dillpickle.github.io/imgur-please-dont-be-the-next-tinypic-or-imageshack.html
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briholt
Let's dig a bit deeper and ask _why_ is imgur doing these things? The fact is
image uploading is one of the most commoditized services you can offer. Long
te... | {
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} |
Got $5? $10? $500? Here is how to start investing with any budget - flaviuspop
https://thefinancialdiary.com/got-5eur-10eur-500eur-here-is-how-to-start-investing-with-any-budget/
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Cypher
Since when is P2P lending low risk?
| {
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Ask HN: Is it possible for a mobile app store, not to report in-app purchases? - leowoo91
Just being a bit paranoid, I was wondering if app I develop gets abused by that giant evil cooperation, assuming it cuts all its network access, lets user buy the app but doesnt report me it as a number? How confident you would b... | {
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More H-1B visas needed because of skill or money shortage? - SethMurphy
You often hear entrepreneurs say we need more H-1B visas. Are we really facing a skill shortage in tech or is it the lure of having an employee who is tied to their employer for lower wages than older americans (who have a job shortage) the real... | {
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The AWS Controllers for Kubernetes - bdcravens
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/aws-controllers-for-kubernetes-ack/
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solatic
Currently no support for provisioning IAM permissions. ACK will be happy to
construct an S3 bucket for you, that is then inaccessible, unless you use
dangerous IAM wildcard permissi... | {
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} |
Facebook bug 'kills' users in 'terrible error' - xufi
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37957593
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jrockway
The biggest thing I take away from this is that users have learned to tolerate
minor problems in software. I always make it a personal goal to have 0 bugs,
but never succeed. It is good that users cut us s... | {
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} |
Show HN: Tool for testing sites and apps on slow connections - pkhach
https://www.httpdebugger.com/netthrottler.html
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shereadsthenews
Chrome has this built in, FWIW, and of course you can always use the standard
tools to achieve this on Linux.
~~~
Animats
_You can always use the standard tools to achieve this o... | {
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Obstacles to Developing Cost-Lowering Health Technology: The Inventor’s Dilemma - wormold
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleID=2429454
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ucha
I like the example of the MI and stroke reducing polypill. However, if the
only reason why this pill's not sold is because it delivers a low return on
investm... | {
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} |
500 Startups partner Elizabeth Yin resigns over McClure situation - Geekette
https://www.axios.com/500-startups-partner-elizabeth-yin-resigns-2452787280.html
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nikcub
Related:
[https://www.axios.com/exclusive-dave-mcclure-resigns-as-
gene...](https://www.axios.com/exclusive-dave-mcclure-resigns-as-general-
partn... | {
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} |
Restlet raises $2M to facilitate RESTful API creation with APISpark - ferrantim
http://www.rudebaguette.com/2013/11/14/restlet-raises-2m/
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ferrantim
Congrats to Jerome and team. Hope you guys do great!
For anyone interested, here is the java and js repos
* [https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java](... | {
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Deep Feature Extraction - hiphipjorge
http://www.basilica.ai/blog/the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-deep-feature-extraction/
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asavinov
Deep feature extraction is important for not only image analysis but also in
other areas where specialized tools might be useful such as listed ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Did Angry Birds eat the iPad mags market? - atularora
http://blogs.ft.com/fttechhub/2010/12/did-angry-birds-eat-the-ipad-mags-market/
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bauchidgw
simple enough WIRED om the ipad sucked, thats why the sales dropped.
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Backup Shell script: each Mysql database to a separated dump - giuseppeurso
http://blog.giuseppeurso.net/export-each-mysql-database-to-a-separated-dump/index.html
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pkhamre
You should add a command-line option to skip single databases.
| {
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Postgres Job Queues and Failure by MVCC - craigkerstiens
https://brandur.org/postgres-queues
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chanks
(I'm the author of Que, the job queue discussed in the post most extensively)
This isn't terribly surprising to me, since I have an appreciation for what
long-running transactions will do to a system, and I try ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
New Windows backdoor: SSL encryption is not safe anymore - hazelnut
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/windows-hintertuer-gefaehrdet-ssl-verschluesselung-a-913825.html
http://translate.google.de/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fne... | {
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Ask HN: What are you using for managing reference data in your app? - paramz
Hi HN, In almost every company I have ever worked in, we had some in-house solution for managing so-called dictionaries/parameters/reference-data. If you still wonder what I am talking about: assume you would have some data that nor... | {
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Jobs at Airbnb.com - bkwok
http://www.airbnb.com/jobs?=srcHN
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bkwok
We announced to the Internet our latest round of funding. We launched our new
iPhone app and we're proud of it.
We're creating an industry and we need the best people to be a part of it plus
we love making people happy.
We have 40 positions op... | {
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} |
Removing Python 2.x support from Django for version 2.0 - ReticentMonkey
https://github.com/django/django/pull/7867/files
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Flimm
The next release, Django 1.11, will be a long-term support release, and the
one after that, Django 2.0, will no longer support Python 2.
[https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jun... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Swedish Researchers Connect 160k Bees to the Internet - pseudolus
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-22/digital-beehive-becomes-latest-attempt-to-save-pollinators
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sarcasmatwork
Not pay-walled:
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/swedish-
researcher...](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technol... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Is email the new fax? - Fsp2WFuH
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spyckie2
No. Fax is a specific communication medium where you can send physical
documents to others, and was replaced by email because email was a general
communication medium that was more accessible (everyone had it), and didn't
have as high costs to accessibility espec... | {
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} |
Portable contact lists and the case against XFN - bootload
http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2008/03/11/portable-contact-lists-and-the-case-against-xfn/
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iamwil
Boils down to, of the 18 XFN relationships, only rel-contact and rel-me is
being used. For those of you that never heard of XFN,
<http://gmpg.org/xfn/intro>,... | {
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} |
New Android phone crushes iPhone X in speed test - incan1275
http://bgr.com/2017/11/21/iphone-x-review-speed-vs-oneplus-5t/
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nv-vn
Let's see the actual benchmarks though. I'm more interested in seeing if it
beats the iPhone on benchmarks, since these app opening races have been done a
million times, and Android ... | {
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} |
PON-Z, the world's first honest ponzi scheme. Using bitcoin. - KennethMyers
http://www.pon-z.com/
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burke
This raises an interesting question. I wonder if explicitly labeling itself as
a Ponzi scheme precludes it from being technically classified as a Ponzi
scheme.
Is it still technically fraud if you walk up ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
From a Farm in Egypt to Building a YC Computer Vision Startup for Fitness - dang
http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/23/smartspot/
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x0x0
[http://www.smartspot.io](http://www.smartspot.io) because googling completely
failed and I had to find it via product hunt
This looks like a fascinating product; if the founder's a... | {
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} |
Seventh RISC-V Workshop: Day One - bshanks
http://www.lowrisc.org/blog/2017/11/seventh-risc-v-workshop-day-one/
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rwmj
For those not following RISC-V closely, 2018 promises to be an interesting
year:
* 64 bit hardware will be available from SiFive. It'll be low-ish end, 4 application cores, but it'll run real Li... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Click and Grow (YC S15) Lets You Grow an Indoor Garden with Zero Effort - katm
http://blog.ycombinator.com/click-and-grow-yc-s15-lets-you-grow-an-indoor-garden-with-zero-effort
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mr_cat
Read about your product in WIRED and became very interested in the agronomical
potential it might have when developed further.... | {
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} |
KLEKTD: Super Simple Social Bookmarking - adk3
http://klektd.com
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adk3
I've been working on this in my spare time for a while now. I built it to
scratch an itch I was having with keeping track of things I'd come across
online. I wanted something that could; track links in one click, give me
visual references o... | {
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} |
Why does unsubscribing from a newsletter take “a few days”? - scop
https://twitter.com/Joe8Bit/status/1156312965265707013
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JakeStone
I work for a company in a department that sends out on average, 2 million
emails a day. These are emails to people who (1 or more):
\- have signed up and are receiving a verificat... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How does this website know I'm in incognito mode? - MarkMc
When I try to view this page [1] in incognito mode it says, "You must exit incognito mode to read the content". How does it know I'm in incognito mode?<p>[1] https://www.technologyreview.com/s/429438/dear-everyon... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Deaf New York residents sue Cuomo for not using a sign language interpreter - colinprince
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/30/politics/andrew-cuomo-lawsuit-asl-interpreter-trnd/index.html
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bb2018
I have been seeing all the ASL interpreters during government press
conferences and have been very confused about their us... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Turkish coup – bridges, social media blocked - AdamN
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36809083
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chinathrow
Good live coverage also at the guardian. Latest news is that the military has
full control.
[https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/jul/15/turkey-
co...](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/201... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Fukushima's ground zero: No place for man or robot - kevindeasis
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-disaster-decommissioning-idUSKCN0WB2X5
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mkesper
Recent Greenpeace article re Fukushima: The environmental impacts are already
becoming apparent, with studies showing:
\- High radiation concentrations in new ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Sad reality: It's cheaper to get hacked than build strong IT defenses - jazzyb
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/23/if_your_company_has_terrible_it_security_that_could_be_a_rational_business_decision/
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Noseshine
Why is that "sad"? Nature has gone the same path. We have basic defenses that
are "on" all the tim... | {
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} |
Unit testing in the enterprise: Five common myths dispelled - kungfudoi
http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid92_gci1312005,00.html
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mleonhard
"The few organizations that enjoy long-term success are those that make unit
testing part of their daily workflow."
I wish the author would elabo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Euthanasia Coaster - ca98am79
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_Coaster
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gpcz
I know it's taboo to bring up the Holocaust in Internet discussions, but this
coaster and the verbiage that the Wikipedia article uses ("unloading of
corpses" in particular) creeps me out at a level similar to the industrial
proc... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How UK Government spun 136 people into 7m illegal file sharers - edw519
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/351331/how-uk-government-spun-136-people-into-7m-illegal-file-sharers
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tomsaffell
The extrapolation from 1176 is reasonable (I think the error is roughly +-2%
for n=1000) _if_ the sample is not biased..
But the... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How To Get 30 Million Facebook Fans - schlichtm
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2011/12/19/30-under-30-tracks-bys-founders-on-how-to-get-30-million-facebook-fans/
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latchkey
Yawn, this is basically just an advertisement article for UStream, Socialcam
and Crowdbooster.
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danso
I'm guessing by how th... | {
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} |
An Ex-Car Rental Agent’s Money Saving Advice - raymondhome
http://bucks.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/an-ex-car-rental-agents-money-saving-advice/
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binarray2000
While the NY Times article is a nice summary you still can read the source
[http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/165627/article...](http://ww... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Do you know how much your computer can do in a second? - luu
http://computers-are-fast.github.io/
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userbinator
Alternatively: do you know how much your computer _could_ do in a second, but
isn't, because the majority of software is so full of inefficiency?
In my experience, this is something that a lot of devel... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Better Qt Because of Open Source and KDE - t4h4
http://www.olafsw.de/a-better-qt-because-of-open-source-and-kde/
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giancarlostoro
> In case The Qt Company would ever attempt to close down Open Source Qt, the
> foundation is entitled to publish Qt under the BSD license. This notable
> legal guarantee strengthens... | {
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} |
Show HN: ReSRC – Free programming learning resources incl. 500 free books - lalmachado
http://resrc.io/
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eglover
Talk about information overload. :/
| {
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The first server side programmable graphics generator - kuszi
http://ideone.com/SQwvj
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kuszi
Java example: <http://ideone.com/HrXrC>
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brechin
First?
~~~
kuszi
Think so. Please let me know if you know more.
| {
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Ask HN: Books about industrial control systems - thecleaner
I know that control systems exist and I could find two companies that make those - Fujitsu and Mitsubishi. But I don't know anything else about how these systems are made. Books, reading-lists, articles / article sources most welcome.
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aphexti... | {
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Ask HN: Should I branch off my startup's technology into a separate company? - laundrysheet
My two co-founders and I own a profitable home services company that runs on a proprietary technology platform that I've built. Over the past two years, I've put the majority of work into the startup, with most of t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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He Was a Hacker for the NSA and He Was Willing to Talk. I Was Willing to Listen - prostoalex
https://theintercept.com/2016/06/28/he-was-a-hacker-for-the-nsa-and-he-was-willing-to-talk-i-was-willing-to-listen/
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batbomb
This is garbage. There is easily enough information to uniquely identify him
(lamb of god, reli... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Interesting Esoterica - cirgue
http://read.somethingorotherwhatever.com/
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drallison
So many fascinating papers, so little time.
| {
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} |
Google 2FA mobile breached? - ascended
https://imgur.com/a/dwwdj
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flukus
Why do you suspect a breach and not someone that knows your phone number and
gmail address? They can try to log in as you, triggering the 2FA message to be
sent and then send you the reset message with sender spoofing.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Bats have outsmarted viruses–including coronaviruses–for 65M years - yread
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/how-bats-have-outsmarted-viruses-including-coronaviruses-65-million-years
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yread
Paper is here. Amazing that you can build such a high quality annotation for a
de novo genome
[https://www.nature.co... | {
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} |
Did Stack Exchange staff members assist in the apprehension of Ross Ulbricht? - codezero
http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/199353/did-the-stack-exchange-staff-members-assist-in-the-apprehension-of-ross-ulbricht
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kevinpet
Can we please not get distracted by police investigating criminal activity
acting with... | {
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} |
Nicholas Carr on deep reading and digital thinking - elorant
https://www.vox.com/podcasts/2020/7/1/21308153/the-ezra-klein-show-the-shallows-twitter-facebook-attention-deep-reading-thinking
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ciarannolan
His book, _The Shallows_ , is an incredible journey into the human/technology
relationship. As much as we crea... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
$5,000 for your dream project: 2 days left - yrashk
http://5kgrant.com
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ryanx435
In all honesty, what can be done with 5k for a dream project?
It's not enough to go full time. I guess maybe pay for hosting, maybe bring on
a short term consultant, or do some advertising?
Obviously 5k is better than 0, but it st... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Algorithm Is the Problem, Not Mark Zuckerberg - ceohockey60
https://interconnected.blog/algorithm-is-the-problem-not-mark-zuckerberg/
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sharemywin
I would argue the algorithm needs to be personalized.
people should have multiple channels. And you should have a volume control.
if not query access.
| {
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China bans new Bitcoin deposits - aronvox
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6707013a-67af-11e3-8ada-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2noKo4XIN
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sillysaurus2
I present, for your satisfaction, my comment from two weeks ago:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6829180](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6829180)
Along with this ... | {
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} |
HP made a laptop slightly thicker to add 3 hours of battery life - slantyyz
http://www.theverge.com/ces/2017/1/3/14126382/new-hp-spectre-x360-laptop-2017-announced-price-release-date-ces
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rayiner
To put that into context, it will be 18 mm and 4.4 pounds, versus 15.5 mm and
4 pounds for the new 15" MBP. Apparentl... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Story of a Great Monopoly (1881) - behoove
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1881/03/the-story-of-a-great-monopoly/306019/
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dredmorbius
Far too much here for easy synopsis. Picking two arbitrary items:
_The contract is in print by which the Pennsylvania Railroad agreed with the
Standard, under t... | {
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} |
Drag out files like Gmail - ahrjay
http://www.thecssninja.com/javascript/gmail-dragout
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keltex
Does it seem sort of Microsoftish that Google uses an undocumented API to
their own benefit without letting the rest of the community know?
~~~
kragen
There's a bit of difference: there's an open-source version of Chr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How a Quantum Satellite Network Could Produce a Secure Internet - nextstep
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/quantum-satellites
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mtgx
Except they would be even more vulnerable to government's monitoring the
conversations, since they'd own those satellites. Unless we can envision a
future where even a small busi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why Is PayPal So Successful Yet They Treat Merchants Like Crap? - jkuria
https://capitalandgrowth.org/questions/1524/why-is-paypal-so-successful-yet-they-treat-merchan.html
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theamk
Because they provide security for the users.
With paypal, I can buy from any random sellers, and know that in the worst
case, I am ... | {
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} |
Why do Macs need so much fixing? - edw519
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=446
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mechanical_fish
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... Philip Greenspun!
"Computers are the tools of the devil. It is as simple as that. There is no
monotheism strong enough that it cannot be shaken by Unix or any Microsoft
product. Th... | {
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} |
iPhone Privacy - taranfx
http://seriot.ch/resources/talks_papers/iPhonePrivacy.pdf
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DougBTX
More details here: <http://seriot.ch/resources/talks_papers/iPhonePrivacy.pdf>
Note that this applies to only applications installed by the user, there is no
hacking going on. Much like installing an application on a d... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Dumbest Business Idea Ever. The Myth of Maximizing Shareholder Value - brahmwg
http://evonomics.com/maximizing-shareholder-value-dumbest-idea/
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jacquesm
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3392108](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3392108)
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4 months of work turned into Gnome, Debian testing based tablet - ashitlerferad
https://zgrimshell.github.io/posts/4-months-of-work-turned-into-gnome-debian-testing-based-tablet.html
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lostmsu
Does it support deep sleep and push notifications?
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} |
2016 Annual Report - dtnewman
https://watsi.org/2016/?utm_source=2016&utm_campaign=annual%20report&utm_medium=email
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saganus
This is a really nice idea for a transparency report.
I got the email from Chase Adam and he says:
"This year, we’re doing something different. Instead of using our annual
report to shar... | {
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} |
Java won't curl up and die like Cobol, insists Oracle - thebootstrapper
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/07/oracle_java_9_10_roadmap/
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karianna
Some surprisingly well balanced comments on that article, colour me surprised,
might actually read more of the Register's tech articles from now on.
| {
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} |
Ask HN: Working at Pivotal Labs? - mxplusc
Hi HNers, here is a follow up to http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1488273.<p>There is surprisingly little of Pivotal Labs on HN, if you consider their reputation. Any opinions on them as a work place? Pivots?
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zbrock
I used to work at Pivotal and I really enjoyed... | {
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} |
Tesla is 'going out of business,' says former GM exec Bob Lutz - kushti
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/17/tesla-is-going-out-of-business-says-former-gm-exec-bob-lutz.html
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Nokinside
At least some points he makes are true.
__Battery tech __
Tesla don 't own any important battery technology or patents.
Main batt... | {
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} |
Autonomous braking: 'The most significant development since the safety belt' - ZeljkoS
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43752226
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nxc18
Autonomous braking is a huge step, and, imho, more exciting at the moment than
full autonomous driving because it can save lives right now, and is unlikely
to take them (shots f... | {
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Goldman, JPMorgan Said to Fire 30 Analysts for Cheating on Tests - petethomas
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-16/goldman-sachs-said-to-dismiss-20-analysts-for-cheating-on-tests
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tokenadult
This was an interesting read on financial industry practices for career
development. The regulatory environme... | {
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} |
Why Every Analyst Should Learn To Code - sixtypoundhound
http://www.marginhound.com/why-every-analyst-should-learn-to-code/
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dguilder
Better to have every programmer learn to be an analyst. Practically any
project could survive if the analyst was fired and the programmer had to pick
up the slack, but the rever... | {
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} |
The F# development home on GitHub is now dotnet/fsharp - omiossec
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/the-f-development-home-on-github-is-now-dotnet-fsharp/
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kpremote
I'll just throw a random comment here:
F#, to me, has the most beautiful syntax. Reading F# code is such an eye
pleasing experience!
I actuall... | {
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Judge allows temporary ban on 3D-printed gun files to continue - LinuxBender
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/judge-allows-temporary-ban-on-3d-printed-gun-files-to-continue/
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M_Bakhtiari
What about CNC milled gun files? Seems like a much bigger threat since mills
capable of producing reliable firearms... | {
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} |
Shen is a portable functional programming language - curtis
http://shenlanguage.org/
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616c
Is anyone using this, despite the license?
I have seen this here on HN and elsewhere. The only reason I avoid is the
weird not-so-FOSS license and key-to-the-chest mentality.
I would love to hear semi-detailed experience... | {
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} |
PHP: So you'd like to migrate from MySQL to CouchDB? - Part I - barredo
http://till.klampaeckel.de/blog/archives/74-PHP-So-youd-like-to-migrate-from-MySQL-to-CouchDB-Part-I.html
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dutchbrit
A very good introduction! I actually haven't looked much at CouchDB, how is it
scalability wise? I first had a look at Cassa... | {
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Data API for Amazon Aurora Serverless - vincentdm
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-data-api-for-amazon-aurora-serverless/
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coderecipe
With this, VPC is no longer needed from lambda call to RDS, and this means
that cold start time will be lowered from seconds to milliseconds. I made a
ready to use recipe (sou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Using ReSharper with MonoTouch Applications - dnesteruk
http://blogs.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2013/02/using-resharper-with-monotouch-applications/
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jackfoxy
On a related note, Dave Thomas has got F# working with MonoTouch
<http://7sharpnine.com/posts/monotouch-and-fsharp-part-i> and
<http://7sharpnine.com/posts/mo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Learn You a Haskell for Great Good - tosh
http://learnyouahaskell.com/
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DonaldPShimoda
I tried LYAH before I had any real functional experience, and it went poorly.
I think I wasn't dedicated enough.
I took a programming languages class taught in Racket, and by the end of that
semester I felt like I had finally... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Please help me with what to do with my life? - arikp9396
I am a 22 year old guy.Just about to complete my degree in mechanical engineering. I find hardware startup quite interesting and I kinda want to work there. But here is the problem, I have no technical knowledge nor passion left any more to learn. I am k... | {
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} |
A 'revisited' guide to GNU Screen - ypk
http://linuxgazette.net/168/silva.html
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silentbicycle
Oddly, it doesn't mention tmux (<http://tmux.sourceforge.net/>), a newer
project that implements a similar terminal multiplexer. It was redesigned from
the ground up to more cleanly accommodate several features that h... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
China Consumes Mind-Boggling Amounts of Raw Materials - rottyguy
http://www.visualcapitalist.com/china-consumes-mind-boggling-amounts-of-raw-materials-chart/
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samspenc
The phrase "debt fuelled binge" come to mind.
The 2008 mortgage crisis was a shocker, but I think we may be under-prepared
for the next financia... | {
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} |
Eben Moglen is no longer a friend of the free software community - JoshTriplett
https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/49370.html
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craigsmansion
It's a sad and bewildering affair.
My most innocent interpretation of the events is that Eben got seduced by "big
picture" thinking: the thought takes hold that there are action... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tardigrades may now be living on Moon - gglon
https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/hordes-earths-toughest-creatures-may-now-be-living-moon-doc-1jd4j52
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Unknoob
Can this be flagged as clickbait? They are not living, they are in
cryptobiosis. Even though experiments have shown that they can come back to
life after a lon... | {
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} |
Brain waves can be used to detect potentially harmful personal information - upen
http://sciencebulletin.org/archives/6145.html
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woliveirajr
Technology can be used for good and for evil. To assure that EGC will only be
used in authenticating users and not extracting personal conditions, there's a
long road down ... | {
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} |
Re-writing the site of Norway's largest transport provider in Elm - Skinney
https://blogg.bekk.no/using-elm-at-vy-e028b11179eb
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kfk
I work mostly in Python for data analytics but I like to play with front end
from time to time. So I tried elm. I loved learning about the elm architecture
and the concepts of a ml ... | {
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} |
Boost sales with a simple 7 step pre-call plan - PeteMitchell
https://www.medtechy.com/the-ticker/articles/2016/boost-sales-with-a-simple-7-step-pre-call-plan
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PeteMitchell
Many sales reps and even project managers do not use a pre-call plan before
important meetings. This article reviews theirs and lets you dow... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Sentient: a declarative language that lets you describe what your problem is - vmorgulis
http://sentient-lang.org/
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yazr
How is it different from other declarative variants?!
I get the plug-in SAT solver. Great. (in practice SAT solvers need plenty of
specialist tuning for non-toy problems).
Is it suppose to b... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Facebook alternative? - startupflix
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ddtaylor
I thought about this a while ago and came to the conclusion that if my goal
wad to keep information private that's not the function of a social network.
At best you'll find a different company to abuse you or a permanent
decentralized network where attackers c... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Facebook disabled users' accounts for violating WhatsApp TOS 3 years ago - hubail
I don't use my FB account anymore and it was disabled 3 weeks ago, it was strange since generally no use = no abuse.<p>Then my friend's account was also disabled, we both released the inner workings of WA protocol along with ... | {
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} |
Scientists Have Shown There's No 'Butterfly Effect' in the Quantum World - pseudolus
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/889ejg/scientists-have-shown-theres-no-butterfly-effect-in-the-quantum-world
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gus_massa
Quite a big discussion a few days ago of another source,
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24167691](... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why Dropbox Needs Composer to Succeed to Become a $100B Company - jason_shah
https://medium.com/@jasonyogeshshah/why-dropbox-needs-to-own-collaboration-to-become-a-100b-company-af3c5cc527af
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jason_shah
Personally I'm really excited about Composer. So many implications...
\- What does this mean for Evernote? \... | {
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} |
Google Job Page from 1998 - meterplech
http://replay.waybackmachine.org/19991013034717/http://google.com/jobs.html
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meterplech
I think it's interesting to see their early focus on hiring the right people.
They are even hiring for a College Recruiting Program Manager already- even
when they only have about 50 p... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
An Infinite Number of Mathematicians Enter a Bar - endorphone
https://dennisforbes.ca/index.php/2017/04/11/floating-point-numbers-an-infinite-number-of-mathematicians-enter-a-bar/
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nathanaldensr
This was a great article about floating point numbers. I was already somewhat
aware of how they are represented in mem... | {
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} |
A hardware-accelerated machine intelligence library for the web - obulpathi
https://pair-code.github.io/deeplearnjs/
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gradys
Here's the associated Google Research Blog post:
[https://research.googleblog.com/2017/08/harness-power-of-
mac...](https://research.googleblog.com/2017/08/harness-power-of-machine-
learn... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Big Oil Is About to Lose Control of the Auto Industry - T-A
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-16/big-oil-is-about-to-lose-control-of-the-auto-industry
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tcbawo
I wonder how long until we start synthesizing hydrocarbon fuel and
sequestering it underground like a giant earth-battery.
| {
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} |
The YouTube Music Disaster. Another Google Failure - ryan_j_naughton
https://medium.com/@myabstraction/the-youtube-music-disaster-d4fe0d0a09af
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marvion
> As it seems, blind, to the customers feedback.
I wonder how they gather feedback internally. Because either they don't even
test some of their services by 50 ... | {
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} |
Oculus to Discontinue the Rift S, Quit PC-Only VR Headsets - T-A
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/oculus-to-discontinue-the-rift-s-quit-pc-only-vr-headsets
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raxxorrax
I don't understand that business decision. One problem is certainly the low
spread of devices, the other is that there is a limited amount of sof... | {
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} |
11 Yr olds first stop motion vid - Cyndre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEHnNNJVxQQ&feature=youtu.be
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Cyndre
My daughter showed me a bunch of pictures on her camera that she was working
on so I taught her how to use windows movie maker. This is her first stop
motion video and I know I will be seeing some incr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Undetectable remote arbitrary code execution through JavaScript and HTTP headers - zeveb
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1487081
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rauhl
A Mozilla team member closed it as invalid, pointing to an online discussion
of the bug as a reason why a bug isn’t necessary[0].
Interestingly, this ‘just once’ a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
1972 Patent Case for BCD - MattyRad
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-628-patents-copyrights-and-the-law-of-intellectual-property-spring-2003/readings/gottschalkvbenson.pdf
This is a patent case I read for a school assignment. If you have the mental energy to finish it, you can see a forthright... | {
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} |
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