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Bypassing KPTI Using the Speculative Behavior of the Swapgs Instruction - based2 https://businessresources.bitdefender.com/bypassing-kpti-speculative-behavior-swapgs-instruction ====== based2 [https://www.cybersecurity- help.cz/vdb/SB2019080703?affChecke...](https://www.cybersecurity- help.cz/vdb/SB2019080703?affCheck...
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Ride-Sharing Congests City Traffic - old-gregg http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2018/02/ride-sharing-actually-congests ====== BurningFrog At least in San Francisco, the old Taxi system was a deliberately undersupplied crony capitalist disaster. It served to enrich a few Taxi medallion owners and left most people with...
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Fresh graduates joining big corporation handybook - pacifi30 http://nishant.posthaven.com/how-to-excel-in-big-corporations-part-i ====== anupamk Good points but I wonder if this applies for all the big corporations.
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Questions: History of Ifconfig - MatrixInfo I'm writing an article on the development history of ifconfig, and some remnants of earlier protocols that remain in the command defaults. Specifically, in BSD and Linux, we've found that there are some defaults in the subnet mask parameters that can bite an admin ...
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Ask HN: Suggestions for an exemplar Java project to showcase in class - DSpinellis Turbo Pascal included the source code of a working spreadsheet written in Pascal. Reading it was a revelation for me: I quickly understood how to structure code in small procedures and functions.<p>I see that my students have trouble st...
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Recovering from Burnout and Depression - kierantie https://kierantie.com/a/burnout/ ====== 55555 I think a big factor in burnout is that most work is ultimately meaningless, or even morally wrong, and on a deep level, we're aware of that. Why is it so hard to make yourself work? Probably because you actually should be...
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To Sell a $1,000 Pill for $10 Without Losing Money - jakobsbiz http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-29/his-job-is-to-sell-a-1-000-pill-for-10-without-losing-money ====== erg45g4trh34 I was born with Hepatitis C. The whole situation is frustrating to me. For me in the US, insurance won't cover the drug unless...
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Algorithmic Botany: Publications - dhotson http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/ ====== lioeters I love it! From a quick glance down the list, I already found a beauty: Animating Persian Floral Patterns. [http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/persian- flowers.pdf](http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/persian-flowers.pdf)...
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WoW - rms http://mattmaroon.com/?p=396 ====== rms Escapism nails it. Diablo was designed as a series of clicks and rewards. When you clicked on an item in your inventory, a pleasant sound chimed. When you killed Diablo, you got a better series of sounds and more things to click in your inventory. WoW is so successfu...
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Ask HN: What are the forums interesting and meaningful discussion is going on? - aryamaan I find some of the subreddits interesting and similarly, few people write good answers on Quora. Those are of the kind which makes you think and you feel, you that wasn&#x27;t feeding junk-food to your brain (even if they weren&#...
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How Many People Are In Space Right Now? - jonmc12 http://www.howmanypeopleareinspacerightnow.com/ ====== a3_nm According to an unsourced claim on Wikipedia (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human>), the largest value ever reached for this number was 13 (which is surprisingly low). ~~~ sehugg Here's a citation ([http://w...
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How to grow awareness of your mobile application? - Ryanafish I was recently brought on to a start-up with an unbelievable mobile product but a small user base and no progress in terms of internet awareness or virality, and I&#x27;m in charge of changing that.<p>I know that this community has more collective knowled...
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Ask HN: Do you automate most of your routine tasks? - iworkforthem Right now, I have a few small tasks I need to complete every other day, it does take up some time. I could also spend around 2 weeks to code and automate whole process. Would you?<p>Also, what other tasks do you currently automate? ====== patio11 I g...
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The centuries-old struggle to play in tune - jonp http://www.slate.com/id/2250793/pagenum/all ====== nfnaaron As a non-musician, it's interesting to read about the frustrations and tensions involved in tuning. So similar to the trade-offs we have to make in writing software, and equally obscure and surprising to non-p...
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Pono Player – Neil Young and his music store - piqufoh http://www.ponomusic.com/ ====== projct Here's what Monty (of ogg vorbis fame) has to say about this: [http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil- young.html](http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html)
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Research shows that people project their own beliefs onto God. - AndrewDucker http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18216-dear-god-please-confirm-what-i-already-believe.html ====== jhancock We didn't need a new research report to tell us this. ~~~ mbubb Right. It is interesting how (in the European and American co...
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EBay Password Update - frodprefect http://www.ebay.com/reset ====== nodata > We take security on eBay very seriously Very seriously. No mention of most of my personal information having been stolen. Thanks ebay!
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Transforming government through entrepreneurship - hiDenise http://startupinresidence.org/apply ====== hiDenise I used to work for the San Francisco Mayor's Office and I wanted to let this crowd know that they're accepting applications for their Startup in Residence program, which gives tech startups access to City ag...
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Show HN: Wallabag, a self-hostable application for saving web pages - tcit https://www.wallabag.org/ ====== tcit Hi there, As written in the title, wallabag is a self-hosted read-it-later web application (like Pocket or Instapaper, but open-source) that saves content from webpages. You can organize content and sync i...
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Ubuntu 10.10 – What’s New? [Screenshots] - dkd903 http://digitizor.com/2010/10/10/ubuntu-10-10-whats-new-screenshots/ ====== piinbinary Is it just me, or is this release treading water? There doesn't seem to be anything beyond minor UI improvements and a few features scattered here and there. ~~~ tomjen3 Not really...
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Ask HN: Am confused. Please suggest - sunny_s Hi, I am a long time reader, first time submitting. I'm a bit confused with my current situation, I would be very grateful if you guys could give me a few pointers. I am not so experienced as most of you here, but i've mostly picked up stuff I'm interested in quite well ...
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Shaving the Yak (Why Software Development is so Distracting) - ph0rque http://blog.snootymonkey.com/post/21377807221/shaving-the-yak-why-software-development-is-so ====== nadinengland I like the idea of adding a time to when I begin a task. I bet if I can see how long I have been googling "+selection last word phras...
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Psd.rb - chamza http://layervault.tumblr.com/post/56891876898/psd-rb ====== artagnon This programmer has written about the PSD format in colorful detail: "Trying to get data out of a PSD file is like trying to find something in the attic of your eccentric old uncle who died in a freak freshwater shark attack on his ...
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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Lately, Coding - Libertatea http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/us/reading-writing-arithmetic-and-lately-coding.html ====== dasmithii As essential as computational literacy has become, I feel a bit uneasy here. Take mathematics for instance. What students learn in school is important, ...
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Installing NextStep OS (OpenStep) in VirtualBox (2018) - gjvc http://stuffjasondoes.com/2018/07/25/installing-nextstep-os-openstep-on-virtualbox-in-2018/ ====== homarp You can also emulate a whole NeXT via the Previous emulator: [http://previous.unixdude.net/about.html](http://previous.unixdude.net/about.html) "previ...
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Wufoo introduces integrated payments - pchristensen http://wufoo.com/2009/10/08/say-hello-to-paypal-payments-pro-and-usa-epay/ ====== vaksel you also got a TC story: [http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/08/wufoo-launches- integrat...](http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/08/wufoo-launches-integrated- payments-feature-for...
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The Rock Solid History of Concrete - davesailer http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a28502/rock-solid-history-of-concrete/ ====== SeanDav The article hinted at, but did not further explore the unique properties of Roman concrete. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_concrete](https://en.wikipedi...
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Tell HN: Let's get back to HACKER news - yread Most of the Trump stories are just speculation&#x2F;marketing&#x2F;propaganda&#x2F;infotainment. Nobody really knows what will happen with him as president. Leave informing about everything he did to the CNN. This is supposed to be Hacker news. Let&#x27;s upvote technical...
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Harvard CS professor David Malan built a distance-learning empire - alienreborn https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/how-harvards-star-computer-science-professor-built-a-distance-learning-empire ====== nanna It should be noted that such a slick class has had the priviledge of being granted the kind ...
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“It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture..encryption products” (1997) - declan http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/T?&report=hr108p4&dbname=105& ====== cogburnd02 There are some interesting ways around government crypto restrictions. Ciphersaber [1] is designed so that you can _memorize_ how to write a pr...
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Regular sauna users may have fewer chronic diseases - prostoalex https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-sauna/regular-sauna-users-may-have-fewer-chronic-diseases-idUSKBN1KM5U0 ====== carbocation It's very difficult to contort the causal arrow from the obvious explanation (that sick people don't use saunas very ofte...
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The Imposter Syndrome – Desk of van Schneider - jrs235 https://medium.com/desk-of-van-schneider/the-imposter-syndrome-ad397dfb72cb#.cgpdq527d ====== jrs235 I realize that Imposter Syndrome comes up often and perhaps is no longer interesting. At times though I think reoccurring themes like imposter syndrome, office lay...
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Jury: Roundup weed killer major factor in man’s cancer - wine_labs https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/jury-roundup-weed-killer-major-factor-in-mans-cancer/2019/03/19/fcf3d948-4a8f-11e9-8cfc-2c5d0999c21e_story.html ====== cwkoss Kind of terrifying that we know so little about the chemicals which agr...
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How Long Your Resume Should Be? - ResRep http://blog.resumerepublic.com/2014/05/06/how-long-your-resume-should-be/ ====== joshsegall As someone who has read countless resumes for the standard set of tech jobs, one page should be more than enough space. If you have a portfolio or can point to online projects you've w...
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Facebook reveals Russian troll content, shuts down 135 IRA accounts - cctt23 https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/03/facebook-russia/ ====== gabept > Facebook has removed 70 Facebook accounts, 138 Facebook Pages, and 65 > Instagram accounts run by the Russian government-connected troll farm and > election interference squad...
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How Mixpanel Created Demand - craigcannon http://themacro.com/articles/2016/08/startup-school-mixpanel/ ====== akharris Sadly, this is our last episode of the show for a little while. We learned a huge amount putting it together - about making good radio, asking good questions, and how some of our favorite companies g...
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Where To Find Strong Talent - jack7890 http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/05/mba-mondays-where-to-find-strong-talent.html ====== wyclif I'm surprised Wilson didn't mention being aware of evolving projects on github and subscribing to open source mailing lists. It's easy to look at a project that way and see who is contrib...
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Show HN: Saka – A tab search Chrome extension inspired by Spotlight - eejdoowad https://saka.io ====== voiper1 Very cool! ~~~ eejdoowad Thanks! I was very surprised a half-decent in-window tab search extension didn't already exist. They all opened in the popup or a new window. So I made one myself. My goal is to mak...
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Show HN: Daily writing prompts with node.js - mirhampt As an excuse to learn node.js and mongodb, I created a daily writing prompt website in my spare time over a period of two weeks:<p>http://www.telepromptr.com<p>I chose a fairly experimental stack for this application: express, mongodb (via mongoose), jade for th...
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Ask HN: Starting a web project in 2015. What stack to use? - iagooar I know these kinds of questions might sound silly to ask, but I really love the diversity of opinions that HN provides and the discussions<p>To give a bit of context: I am an experienced Ruby on Rails engineer. I really enjoy doing RoR and feel more ...
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12 great Gfx-demos for CSS, WebGL, JS, etc... - julianpye http://www.heise.de/ct/Mitmachen/Browserdemo/ The great German computing magazine c&#x27;t had a Browsercompetition for its 30th birthday. The 12 finalists are all great and inspiring showcases for CSS transition, WebGL, Javascript, etc... ====== julianpye Th...
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Hackers ransack Citrix, make off with 6TB+ of emails, biz docs, secrets - cow9 https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/08/citrix_hacked_data_stolen/ ====== salimmadjd The evidence that points to Iran comes from a company named, Resecurity. But there are some odd stuff about this company. 1 - their CEO has no real linke...
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Google launches ad-free net experiment - lentil_soup http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30144073 ====== subhro Or, I can just use Adblock and get the ads blocked. ~~~ ForHackernews Except if everyone did that, there'd be no way for most sites to make any money.
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Eating for Peace: How cuisine bridges cultures - dnetesn http://nautil.us/issue/62/systems/eating-for-peace ====== ouid I guess I'm far more interested in the converse. My grandmother keeps a more or less kosher house, cooking according to some pretty narrow rules. Over the years has only assimilated a few other ethni...
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Fastly's stock opens 34% above its IPO price, then keeps rising - rmoriz https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fastlys-stock-opens-34-above-its-ipo-price-then-keeps-rising-2019-05-17 ====== youngtaff Such a great company, and run by a lovely group of people
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Ray Kurzweil’s ‘singularity’ prediction supported by prominent AI scientists - jonbaer http://www.kurzweilai.net/ray-kurzweils-singularity-prediction-supported-by-prominent-ai-scientists ====== blacksqr Meanwhile, just a few submissions down on Hacker News: "About Moore’s Law – it’s dead"
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Scramble for Africa - zerr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramble_for_Africa ====== ganeshkrishnan "Native Congo Free State laborers who failed to meet rubber collection quotas were often punished by having their hands cut off." This is really heartbreaking. The most heartbreaking photo I have ever seen was a father ...
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Every Tech Startup Is the Same - NN88 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp57fPKcoRs ====== brittpart_ I'm on the outside of tech and I did 1 month at health-tech and it was the epitome of this
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IPhone 4 Tips: Things New Users Should Know - mrboks http://mrboks.info/2011/01/30/iphone-4-tips-10-things-new-users-should-know/ ====== sambeau That's a pretty good list. I certainly concur with the death grip advice.
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Is Beckstrom's Law the “Quality” to Metcalfe's Law “Quantity”? - chriselles Is Beckstrom&#x27;s Law the &quot;Quality&quot; to Metcalfe&#x27;s Law &quot;Quantity&quot;?<p>Image to help visualise my line of thinking. https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ibb.co&#x2F;c1YwLq<p>All thoughts appreciated! ====== quickthrower2 I think I need s...
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Ask HN: Will there be a lot of jobs for Django developers in the next 5-7 years? - rayalez I really like Django and Python, and want to develop Django websites professionally, but I&#x27;m worried that web development is going in the direction of realtime single-page apps and full-stack javascript.<p>Do you think th...
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Life on Earth may have begun 300M years earlier than previously thought - wrongc0ntinent http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/oct/19/life-on-earth-began-300m-years-earlier-than-previously-thought ====== 6502nerdface > If confirmed, the discovery means life emerged a remarkably short time after > the Earth was forme...
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[hackers Browser] – New Google Chrome, Called SlimJet - iamtrying http://www.slimjet.com/chrome/google-chrome-old-version.php ====== brudgers Slimjet page: [http://www.slimjet.com/en/lp/java-silverlight-support-in- chr...](http://www.slimjet.com/en/lp/java-silverlight-support-in-chrome.php) It allows NPAPI plugins an...
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OpenCV 4.0 - conductor https://opencv.org/opencv-4-0-0.html ====== ChuckMcM Pretty amazing piece of code, the loss of the C API is sad since a number of embedded systems started there and are skittish about going to C++11. I used version 3 to build a simple license plate reader that I had stuck in an upstairs window f...
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Who's donating to Trump? This bot will tell you - kafkaesq http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/22/technology/every-trump-donor-bot/ ====== ascotan I understand that there needs to be accountability from the FEC on how campaign funds are raised, however, this twitter feed gives out PII about donors including their home addres...
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Ask HN: How do you preform competitior monitoring and where do you get the data? - leonpanjtar I am developing a competition monitoring web application and just wanted to ask the community how do you currently stay updated with your competitors activity online and where do you find useful information about them? I a...
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Google's secret about DART - FallFastForFun http://nadirmuzaffar.blogspot.com/2013/08/future-of-google-dart.html ====== Zigurd Short answer: No Longer answer: The Dart VM would need to be adapted to battery powered devices as thoroughly as Dalvik. Android's runtime is not just for apps. Android's middleware layer r...
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Aviation expert Clive Irving: what went right with AA plane crash in Jamaica - pmikal http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-12-23/the-good-plane-crash/ ====== RiderOfGiraffes An old aviation saying: A good landing is one you can walk away from. An _excellent_ landing is one where they can use the 'pl...
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My Facebook Account is Mine, not Yours - luciantodea http://www.soft32.com/blog/platforms/web/my-facebook-account-is-mine-not-yours/ ====== signalsignal No, your Facebook account belongs to Facebook. The content you post belongs to you with distribution rights granted to Facebook. Additionally free speech is protect...
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How Killers Bought Guns They Weren't Supposed to Get - jhull https://www.wsj.com/graphics/how-killers-bought-guns/ ====== mdrzn WSJ has a paywall, the "web" link under the title in this page does not solve that issue. How long before we'll add an "Outline" link to use that decluttering service? ------ cobrabyte How'...
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The Case Against Delaware (2002) - ladon86 https://newrepublic.com/article/61902/rogue-state ====== poultron Most of you focused on iteration and entrepreneurship should appreciate Delaware simply for its incorporation status alone. Why does everyone incorporate in Delaware do you ask? Is it some tax break or somethin...
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Ask HN: Your Hacker Workspace - dryicerx Every hacker has a workspace and coding/working environment that has been personalized, optimized, improved, tweaked and hacked for countless hours and days. This is one of the, if not the most, sacred things each hacker posses.<p>Share it with the community so we can learn fro...
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Facebook Distances Itself from Marc Andreessen - confiscate http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/10/facebook-distances-itself-from-marc-andreessens-statements-on-free-basics/#.6qjorz:UTqk ====== SixSigma > I made an ill-informed and ill-advised comment about Indian politics and > economics. Before entering a market with a r...
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Lawmakers Demand Investigation into FCC Chairman Ajit Pai - joeyespo https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/lawmakers-demand-investigation-into-fcc-chairman-ajit-pai/ ====== binaryblitz I really hope that something comes from this. However, we've been burned SO many times before... ------ fosco I find it odd the...
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Show HN: Dead simple hourly forecast - davidjhamp I got tired of bookmarking weather sites wherever I went so I created this. It generates a forecast based on your current location.<p>I'd really appreciate any criticism and feedback even more so. ====== r1ku You should probably show the location that is being used....
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N26 will be leaving the UK - vinnyglennon https://n26.com/en-de/blog/leaving-uk-does-not-change-our-global-vision-to-transform-retail-banking-for-the-better ====== danpalmer Businesses pulling out of the UK based on the Brexit process is bad for the UK, and I'm sure this was indeed mainly motivated by N26's need for a...
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How To Fly Without ID - jmonegro http://www.lookingglassnews.org/printerfriendly.php?storyid=7040 ====== ryanwaggoner According to this article from Wired last year, TSA changed the rules so that now you can only fly without an ID if you _claim_ that you lost it. So essentially they're giving up any increased security...
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Seattle School Board votes to keep 'Brave New World' on curriculum - aaronbrethorst http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013631328_bravenewworld09.html ====== forgotAgain _The Seattle School Board voted Wednesday to keep Brave New World on the district’s list of approved books for high-school language-arts...
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NY Times: Entrepreneur Troubleshoots AdWords Campaign to Save Business - URSpider94 http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/26/my-adwords-debacle-a-wake-up-and-a-fix ====== URSpider94 I have never run a large-scale AdWords campaign, so this is back-seat driving, but I wonder if Google's Pay Per Conversion pricing ([ht...
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API showcase - developer garden - szimpl http://www.developergarden.com/en/blog/articles/article/api-showcase-be-inspired-test-and-upload/ ====== polyvisual They seriously need to change the colouring of the links and text in the API table on this page: <http://www.developergarden.com/apis/applications/> ------ szi...
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Picasa Arrives on the Mac - rscott http://picasa.google.com/mac/ It's about time. ====== sc Unfortunately it's not very Mac-like. Petition to Google and other cross-platform app-makers: please take the time to integrate with OS X; Mac users can already run PC apps with the help of VirtualBox, VMWare Fusion, or Paral...
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Earn $500 by hacking some Python - _stryngs_ https://configitnow.com/challenge ====== masonic Soliciting black hat activity on HN? Classy.
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The battle over new nerve cells in adult brains intensifies - laurex https://www.sciencenews.org/article/neurogenesis-brain-neurons-2018-yir ====== dcx The fact that we still don't know whether or not adult brains produce new neurons is incredible to me. It feels like we know so much as a species. But at the same time...
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Tell us how you successfully hacked some (non-computer) system to your advantage - peter_d_sherman ====== peter_d_sherman There's a question on YCombinator's application, "Please tell us about the time you most successfully hacked some (non-computer) system to your advantage." Idea: I think it would be a great idea to...
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Ask HN: What are the best books you've read this year? - adamnemecek ====== mindcrime _It 's Not the Big That Eat the Small...It's the Fast That Eat the Slow: How to Use Speed as a Competitive Tool in Business_ by Jason Jennings & Laurence Haughton _Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software_ by Char...
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Nokia share price after the Microsoft partnership news - some1else http://www.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NYSE:NOK ====== Tichy But why did Microsoft fall, too? It sounds like the best possible deal for them? ~~~ ralx Maybe for something like this: [http://www.asymco.com/2011/02/11/in-memoriam- microsofts-prev.....
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Apple Q1 2012: $13.06 Billion Profit on $46.33 Billion in Revenue - georgekv http://www.macrumors.com/2012/01/24/apple-reports-best-quarter-ever-in-q1-2012-13-06-billion-profit-on-46-33-billion-in-revenue/ ====== yequalsx The truly astounding statistic to me is that Apple sold 26% more Macs than the same quarter a y...
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A super nerdy post about Hardware in Shenzhen (with loads of pictures) - sensors http://www.txzero.com/hardware-in-shenzhen-part-3/ ====== pink_dinner "I discovered this when the company told me they couldn’t show off a lot of things they wanted to." Many of these factories will tell you anything to get you to buy, s...
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Ask HN: Can I put something in space? - hazz99 Hello,<p>Is it possible for a technically-minded person to put their own cubesat&#x2F;related technology into space? Are there major legal hurdles, or is it mainly financial?<p>Cheers. ====== giaour Yes, you can do so. The cheapest option at the moment is to use a TubeSat...
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Opinionated Rundown of JS Frameworks for Single Page Apps - HenrikJoreteg http://blog.andyet.com/2014/08/13/opinionated-rundown-of-js-frameworks ====== t0nyh0 Despite the potential developer productivity costs associated with custom frameworks, I've decided not to use some of the bigger frameworks for the following ...
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Ask HN: Is React Native enough to justify using React over alternatives? - brightball The discussion on Gitlab&#x27;s choice of Vue.js got me wondering about everyone&#x27;s thoughts on this. I hear a lot about front end frameworks but based on everything that I&#x27;ve read about React Native it seems that it gives m...
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Bricklayers Think They’re Safe from Robots - walterbell https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/07/upshot/bricklayers-think-theyre-safe-from-automation-robots.html ====== Spooky23 Bricklayers are already a dying breed... workers compensation makes it way too difficult to build many structures out of brick. Most "b...
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$100 in Google Adwords Credits - bks I work at a Google Adwords approved agency and we were sent 20 coupons for $100 in Google adwords credits if you deposit $25.<p>I don't have 20 businesses to hand them out to before the Feb 28th expiration date. If anyone is interested - the terms are http://www.google.ca/adwor...
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Hacking web forms to support iOS8 card scan feature - jesseangell https://www.paymentspring.com/blog/hacking-form-cardscan ====== chaloobe I wish Safari on iOS came with more documentation... ------ jrochkind1 Seriously? > Setting the label text to “Name on card” was the magic trick. I18n, who needs it, everyone ...
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Show HN: Attribute.pro – A cross-domain traffic attribution solution - acoyfellow https://Attribute.pro ====== acoyfellow I had someone ask: "Can you give more examples of (link: [https://attribute.pro/](https://attribute.pro/)) attribute.pro and why someone would use it?" My answer: Client X is a SaaS. They have al...
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Supreme Court rules cell phones cannot be searched without a warrant - randomname2 http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/supreme-court-cell-phone-privacy-searches ====== belovedeagle The current title of this HN post does not indicate this is from 2014. ------ tradersam > absent special circumstances Key phrase here. ------ t...
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Study investigates if Covid-19 came to Calif. in fall 2019 - incomplete https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Study-investigates-if-COVID-19-came-to-Calif-in-15187085.php ====== incomplete OP here: i live in the bay area, and got a nasty 'cold' at the beginning of november. was able to correlate my 'staying home sick...
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So Much for the Death of Sprawl: America’s Exurbs Are Booming - acheron http://opportunityurbanism.org/2015/11/so-much-for-the-death-of-sprawl-americas-exurbs-are-booming/ ====== rhapsodic Yep, I'll take a 3/4 acre lot and an attached 2-car garage in a low-crime area over city living any day of the week. And I know th...
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Google+ API released - taxonomyman http://developers.google.com/+/api/ ====== mirrorskin Hmm, to be honest, I did expect a little bit more after waiting for three(!) months now … The hype seems to have settled. Now I hope that Google can come up with some more details to their API soon, so developers can start buil...
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Ask HN: What do top engineers you know do that others don't? - aledalgrande Just wanted to get into the top 0.01% axons. :&gt; ====== stickfigure I boil it down to two things: #1 Rapidly Climb Learning Curves The ability to quickly learn enough about new subjects to be useful. New technologies or APIs; new algorithm...
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How great programmers learned their craft (interview) - comatose_kid http://usmanahmad.wordpress.com/2006/08/02/great-programmers-answersinterview-with-steve-yegge-linus-torvalds-dave-thomas-david-heinemeier-peter-norvig-james-gosling-guido-van-tim-bray/ ====== ntoshev [http://www.stifflog.com/2006/10/16/stiff-asks...
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BiteScript: Ruby DSL for generating JVM bytecode - zcrar70 http://blog.headius.com/2009/05/bitescript-002-scripting-examples.html ====== dschoon I love how simple and practical this is. This is exactly the sort of tool I never know I need until I desperately need it, and by that point, I typically don't have the tim...
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Trump wants federal hiring to focus on skills over degrees - SQL2219 https://apnews.com/da3c08790765a57a4dc6a258d252acef ====== CincinnatiMan Small step to reduce credentialism, I'm a fan. ------ dkdk8283 This is refreshing - as someone without a degree I’m happy to see this become normalized.
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Google Creates Alphabet, but Runs into BMW - denzil_correa http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/12/technology/google-creates-alphabet-but-runs-into-bmw.html?_r=0 ====== rco8786 Seems like a non-issue. They did no research ahead of time regarding alphabet.com/@alphabet handles... this would indicate that they are not that ...
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Lesson: Oracle's driving MySQL to open core; don't sign contributor agreement - chaostheory http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/simon-says/2011/09/open-core-mysql/index.htm ====== justin_vanw Good news! Postgresql scales really well, and will always be open source. Plus, it has more features and great compliance with the...
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SMT-COP: Defeating Side-Channel Attacks on Execution Units in SMT Processors - matt_d http://www.cs.binghamton.edu/~dima/pact19.pdf ====== justincormack The original idea for SMT was that a single application would use both threads to do part of the same computation, using resources better. But we just used it as "mor...
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Infectious Dose May Explain High Mortality of 1918–1919 Pandemic (2010) - Nuzzerino https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2909907 ====== redis_mlc > Conclusion > The increase on the proportion of infectious persons as a proxy for the > increase of the infectious dose a susceptible person is exposed, as the > e...
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PeopleAhead takes on Monster.com with qualitative job-matching algorithms - waderoush http://www.xconomy.com/2008/06/11/peopleahead-has-forward-looking-take-on-the-online-job-board/ ====== tom An interesting take on the age old "person can do this" and "company wants to pay someone to do that" how do we unite the tw...
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Illustion of a Balanced Schedule - redcapeman http://www.alexparker.me/the-illusion-of-a-balanced-schedule/ ====== mijustin This really resonated with me: _There is no achievable perfect balance point of schedule. Many things that appear to be "balanced" are actually in constant motion in order to maintain the ill...
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Stanisław Leśniewski: rethinking the philosophy of mathematics [pdf] - danielam https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/4443772/file/4443780.pdf ====== Kednicma It's always worth recalling _why_ we bother with set theory. Philosophical objections like Leśneivski's are extremely valuable and good insights which we cannot d...
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