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Universities should flag up which websites to trust - haidut
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126912.100-commentary-dont-believe-everything-you-read-online.html
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johnnybgoode
The mistake here is in believing universities are always correct. They don't
even come close.
Remember Citizendium, Larry Sange... | {
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Airbrb.com #coworking - ghosh
http://www.airbrb.com/
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theswan
Looks like they've been sitting on this joke for a while.
Updated Date: 2014-03-28T14:26:39-0700
Creation Date: 2012-02-20T19:27:58-0800
[http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?domain=air...](http://www.netwo... | {
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Website that gives users insight to ads targeted to them? - sanoy
Does anybody know of any website that gives users insight to what kind of ads are being targeted to them?
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bowmessage
There's
[https://www.google.com/ads/preferences/](https://www.google.com/ads/preferences/)
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Beyond Idiot-Savant AI [pdf] - bra-ket
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0aba/d53ed554ba2854173e3dc3722b8fef7ece4d.pdf
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sharemywin
A system referenced in the article
[http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/scone/](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/scone/)
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The Comeback of Fun in Visual Design - flowerlad
https://applypixels.com/blog/comeback
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alxlaz
I don't really care about "fun", but I just can't find the words to explain
how happy I am that there's a chance we might put all this flat madness behind
us. I'm looking forward to:
* Not having this conversation wit... | {
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The pros and cons of self-learning - Yarduza
https://sumone.io/the-pros-and-cons-of-self-learning/
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oliverobscure
Personally, I find it really difficult to make progress without a rigid
curriculum. There’s such a wide range of online content that I feel
overwhelmed by the choices I have in what I should learn, w... | {
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Log Management is the New Kid on the Block - KarenS
https://www.loggly.com/blog/aws-cloudwatch-log-management/?utm_source=HackerNews&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=Blog-AWS-Cloudwatch
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andrewvc
Cloudwatch desperately needs a new UI. Of all the AWS control panels,
cloudwatch should have the best UI, but somehow, ... | {
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Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings.) - mikegreenberg
Hello!<p>Every once in a while, I like to offer my time to help other passionate people be a little more successful with their goals. If there's anything I can help you with, just ask here. No strings whatsoever.<p>If you'd like my help: Be ... | {
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Gravitricity – Fast, long-life energy storage - lelf
https://gravitricity.com/
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syllable_studio
I love Gravitricity. I'm the founder of a similar startup called Terrament. We
are also building gravity storage underground, but our patents are extending
this idea to use autonomous, modular weights. This enables us... | {
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Lego Computer - sigkill
http://www.totalgeekdom.com/?p=1725
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sigkill
I like the way he stresses over thermal and the build.
Lines are visible where the pieces are joined to each other, however instead
of looking bad, it gives it a very deathstar/futuristic feel especially with
the glossy black pieces.
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Why Do (Some) Chinese People Pick 'Weird' English Names for Themselves? - hunglee2
https://yiqinfu.github.io/posts/chinese-people-weird-english-names/
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mech422
One thing I've never understood, is why when people anglicised names, they
didn't go with phonetic spellings?
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Startups That Started As Blogs - morefranco
http://www.fastcolabs.com/3015976/why-these-5-successful-startups-started-as-blogs
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jmduke
Surprised to not see Moz on here: while I think they were technically a
consultancy at first, their chief export for quite a few years came in the
form of incredibly valuable blo... | {
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First Nation's clay kills antibiotic-resistant bacteria in lab tests - walterbell
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-clay-1.3421198
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hobs
That article is fairly content free except they did link the paper:
[http://mbio.asm.org/content/7/1/e01842-15.full](http://mbio.asm... | {
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The “No Assholes” rule for software developers - mkm416
http://www.alleyinteractive.com/blog/no-asshole-rule-software-developers/
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noir_lord
I never criticise code unless I know the circumstances it was written under
_and_ I can be constructive about it.
I've written some truly horrible code over the years, at ... | {
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Ask HN: Masters in Data Science Worth It? - el_shambler
I've been seeing a lot of different ads recently about different Masters in Data Science programs (MIDS), most notably for UC - Berkeley and SMU.<p>I did find a few older threads in regards to the field itself, and then one from a year ago with a lot of go... | {
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Fixing E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 - tujv
http://www.neocomputer.org/projects/et/
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JoeAltmaier
ET was green in the game, I'm guessing, because Howard wrote it (completed
it!) before the movie was released. The whole thing was on a punishing
deadline, which is why it may seem rough and strange t... | {
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How ‘Hoverboards’ Epitomize Our Broken Patent System - reverend_gonzo
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-hoverboards-epitomize-our-broken-patent-system-1450674060
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venning
Article has nothing to do with a "broken" patent system. The author is just
relating a few, not-really-connected anecdotes.
Inventor patents de... | {
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Show HN: Js-cookie – An open source cookie API derived from jQuery cookie - fagnerbrack
https://github.com/js-cookie/js-cookie/#readme
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fagnerbrack
This library was born when we decided to remove the jquery dependency from
jquery-cookie. Since then it was entirely built on community feedback,
including every lin... | {
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240 year old automaton that can still be configured to write new messages - libovness
http://www.wimp.com/writerautomaton/
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sp332
This was on the homepage just a few minutes ago.
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6678947](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6678947)
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Jeffrey Epstein: ABC stopped report 'amid Palace threats' - tomohawk
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50296742
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drak0n1c
ABC's excuse of the allegations not meeting their journalistic standards at
the time doesn't hold up. The evidence against Epstein in 2016 was very solid
compared to other accusation s... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Idea Sunday - _hoa8
Continuing the series! Go...<p>A small HN experiment. Every Sunday, a thread will be started to share product ideas. Why? Because many people have ideas they will simply not have the time to implement, and many need product ideas to work on.
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miguelrochefort
Why are recipes linear and... | {
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Finding Family Is Big Business: Ancestry.com Files For $75 Million IPO - jasonlbaptiste
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/03/finding-family-is-big-business-ancestrycom-files-for-75-million-ipo/
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quizbiz
What could they be raising capital for that needs an IPO?
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madh
Maybe this is just an exit for the foun... | {
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Scott Aaronson on Penrose's argument (why machines can't think) - lkozma
http://www.scottaaronson.com/democritus/lec10.5.html
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erikstarck
For those not familiar with the Penrose argument, here it is, slightly
simplified:
\- Consciousness is weird and we can't explain it.
\- Quantum mechanics is weird and we ... | {
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Linux Beats Mac Dramatically In Humble Bundle Total Payments - glazemaster
http://www.thepowerbase.com/2013/03/linux-beats-mac-dramatically-in-humble-bundle-total-payments/
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armored_mammal
Probably people buying from their Android devices being counted under the
'Linux' flag?
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dottrap
Sounds reasonable. An... | {
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The Kindle Finally Gets Typography That Doesn't Suck - Garbage
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3046678/the-kindle-finally-gets-typography-that-doesnt-suck
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ddp
Awesome! TL;DR - new layout engine and new font. But Amazon has to reprocess
its catalog due to the change (i.e., you'll need to re-download everything).
iPa... | {
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Our world is in danger, not of becoming too dangerous but of becoming too safe? - cwan
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/15/milktoast-nation.html
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RiderOfGiraffes
Content-free "blog" entry about an original:
[http://ceae.colorado.edu/mc-
edc/pdf/Milksop_Nation_Jack_Gord...](http://ceae.colorado.edu/mc-
edc/pd... | {
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The story of Computer Space, the first mass-produced video game. - technologizer
http://technologizer.com/2011/12/11/computer-space-and-the-dawn-of-the-arcade-video-game/
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tiles
If you enjoy stories about early video games, Pong-story.com, a site focused
on the Magnavox Odyssey (the first home video game conso... | {
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Aol Employees Make Zombie Video About Talent Exodus - FluidDjango
http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/30/aol-zombies/
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thenextcorner
That's it, Techcrunch is officially over. Jumped the shark!
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jak88
Wait, AOL still has talent there?
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Andreessen Horowitz Raises New $1.5B Fund - kressaty
http://a16z.com/2014/03/27/andreessen-horowitz-raises-new-fund/
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salimmadjd
Some interesting read on A16Z.
The keys to Andreessen Horowitz's success (February 15, 2013) [1]
Ben Horowitz on quality of good founders to be CEO (Mar 14, 2010) [2]
Mark Andreesse... | {
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Ask YC: How to write a java app for the cell phone ? - iamyoohoo
Hi all,<p>I was wondering if anyone had any clue of how to do this. We're trying to create a java (MIDP?) app to be able to show articles from a website on the cellphone.<p>Any idea or references of where to start ?<p>Thanks
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st3fan
Unfortunately... | {
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The CIA Is Sharing Declassified Maps - bane
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cia-celebrating-its-cartography-divisions-75th-anniversary-declassified-maps-180961419/?utm_source=keywee-facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=keywee&kwp_0=299086&kwp_4=1167645&kwp_1=531375?no-ist
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rdtsc
Related is t... | {
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Ask HN: Have Neuroscience inspired ML architectures been successful? - hsikka
Does anyone have any literature on neuroscience inspired machine learning architectures, specifically more recent ones, 2017 and onward? I believe the push to do formalize computational paradigms in the brain may yield an interesting result.... | {
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Apple approves Spotify's iPhone App - ajg1977
http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-spotify-says-apple-still-testing-iphone-app-spotify-vanishes-from-app-s/
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ajg1977
It's a real shame though that the iPhone/iPod Touch doesn't allow better
integration with third party music apps so they can play in the backgroun... | {
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} |
The Most Common Error in Coverage of the Google Memo - Garbage
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/the-most-common-error-in-coverage-of-the-google-memo/536181?single_page=true
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merricksb
Active discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14959601](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1495... | {
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Germany's Paradox: Family-Friendly Benefits, But Few Kids - thejteam
http://www.npr.org/2013/05/07/180610371/germanys-paradox-family-friendly-benefits-but-few-kids
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xtraclass
But no, there are many, many children of every age in Germany. Of course
mainly by 'new-Germans' who originally are from Turkey or other... | {
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Merrill Lynch “Macs are no good. Go to your library and use a PC” - rograndom
http://www.rograndom.com/2011/04/merrill-lynch-mac/
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th0ma5
This might be a "knows enough to be dangerous" type of situation. An expert in
one field seems like an idiot to an expert in a similar, but different, field.
For instance I... | {
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The China Conundrum – are we headed for a supply chain meltdown? - Sequenza
https://diginomica.com/2019/01/25/the-china-conundrum-are-we-headed-for-a-supply-chain-meltdown/
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rrggrr
We are in process moving a product line from China to Canada as result of the
25% tariff. Fact is, the product was migrating to Nort... | {
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} |
Academic research finds five US telcos vulnerable to SIM swapping attacks - kerng
https://www.zdnet.com/article/academic-research-finds-five-us-telcos-vulnerable-to-sim-swapping-attacks/
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caleb-allen
Below is a link to the original study
[https://www.issms2fasecure.com/assets/sim_swaps-01-10-2020.p...](https://... | {
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Can A.I. Turn Average Fans into Experts? - joshagogo
http://unanimous.ai/swarms-beat-espn/?utm_source=26
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divebomb
I'd much rather listen to the average fan's opinion than Stephen A Smith, so I
wouldn't be surprised if normal people were able to make better predictions,
too.
What I'd like to see is an ESPN wher... | {
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Google execs got discount on jet fuel, says NASA - z0a
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/google-execs-got-discount-on-jet-fuel-says-nasa-2013-12-12
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esalman
Oh, the horror!
| {
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Loop Recognition Benchmarks in C++, Java, Go, Scala (2011) [pdf] - saltcookie
https://days2011.scala-lang.org/sites/days2011/files/ws3-1-Hundt.pdf
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f2f
the go side of that paper should be accompanied by this link, always:
[http://blog.golang.org/profiling-go-
programs](http://blog.golang.org/profiling-go-prog... | {
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NASA unveils new spacesuit for next Moon landing - gaisturiz
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50070615
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eatbitseveryday
> Mr Gohmert explained: "We can take safe haven in this suit, we'll seek
> refuge in here, we'll keep the body at 8 psi (pound force per square inch)
> for a certain period of time,... | {
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A Step Toward Protecting Fair Use on YouTube - jacquesm
http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-step-toward-protecting-fair-use-on.html?m=1
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walterbell
From a comment on the article,
[http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-step-
toward...](http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-step-... | {
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Reaction Housing’s temporary shelters - Campbellb
http://www.reactionhousing.com/
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pmorici
Seems impractical compared to something like the Ikea flat pack shelter.
[http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/26/8287509/ikea-refugee-
shelt...](http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/26/8287509/ikea-refugee-shelter-
flatpack-photos... | {
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OpenHAK: Open-Source Health Activity Kit - mettamage
https://www.openhak.com/
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mettamage
I got this from the website linked at [1], but I figured this warrants its own
discussion.
Are there more open source Fitbit type of hardware?
[1]
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20604566](https://news.ycombinator.co... | {
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Ask HN: easy noprocrast loophole - nearestneighbor
There is a frustratingly easy way to circumvent "noprocrast", defeating its purpose. For example, in Firefox, you can use "private browsing" (Shift-Apple-P on a Mac).<p>Would it be a good idea to track IP addresses to make it a bit harder to work around the noprocra... | {
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Wait, So How Much of the Ocean Is Actually Fished? - samcampbell
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/09/wait-so-how-much-of-the-ocean-is-fished-again/569782/?single_page=true
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wahern
Indeed, in just the past few months, researchers have used
that data to [...] identify supply chains whe... | {
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Goodbye Python, Hello Go - eadmund
https://thinkfaster.co/2018/07/goodbye-python-hello-go/
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tomohawk
One of the biggest benefits of go vs python is that you only manage your
dependencies during build. You end up with a single executable that is easy to
deploy and mostly immune to the deployment of other things. ... | {
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Jetbrains IDE MacBook Air 2020 crash likely an Ice Lake CPU bug - api
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-2310#focus=streamItem-27-4151843.0-0
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api
Look at the thread and note that it also happens inside a virtual machine:
[https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-2310#focus=streamIt...](https://youtrack.j... | {
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Apple: Leopard delayed until October due to iPhone team developer poaching - mattculbreth
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/04/12/apple-announces-leopard-delays-due-to-the-iphone/
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mattculbreth
Well that's a bummer. Was looking forward to it. But they say they'll give
away a "feature-complete" beta at the developer's co... | {
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You Can Now Transfer Your Twitter Verification to Another Account - bhartzer
https://twitter.com/fart/status/1263222585778507776
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tallies
It's a hoax. Twitter reply:
[https://twitter.com/TwitterComms/status/1263256788238909441](https://twitter.com/TwitterComms/status/1263256788238909441)
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How are humans going to become extinct? - fromdoon
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-22002530
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ggreer
To summarize: At this point, humanity is its own greatest extinction risk. If
we don't destroy ourselves in the next century, we will almost certainly
inherit the stars.
For a much deeper treatment of this subje... | {
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Russia's sacred myths - techterrier
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37595972
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navait
An interesting analogy to this is Stalin and the film _Ivan the Terrible_.
Stalin commissioned the film because he admired Tsar Ivan, and thought of
himself in his mold. His version of Ivan was a great man who was surroun... | {
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Calls him an asshole, makes him a billionaire - jakarta
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100929/REVIEWS/100929984
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Nemisis7654
I caught an early screening of this movie last week. I quite enjoyed it. I
know this movie will probably be catching some heat for being inaccurate, but
I fe... | {
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Don't launch - peter123
http://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com/2009/03/dont-launch.html
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cperciva
This is one of the great advantages of a public beta -- once you've ironed any
problems, you can have your media launch and justify it by saying "we're no
longer in beta".
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gord
Excellent article and blog ... | {
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We Broke into a Bunch of Android Phones with a 3D-Printed Head - crunchiebones
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2018/12/13/we-broke-into-a-bunch-of-android-phones-with-a-3d-printed-head/#73b70be91330
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bsenftner
FR is one biometric. One biometric can be spoofed, as this article shows. For
authenticatio... | {
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What if IBM has a clue? - bsg75
http://redmonk.com/jgovernor/2013/08/13/what-if-ibm-has-a-clue-get-lucky/
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mathattack
Compare their stock performance to Microsoft or the S&P over the past 5 years.
Looks like a decent clue. They have a great salesforce, and that is one way
they make their own luck despite misst... | {
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Evolution's Third Replicator - ptn
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327191.500-evolutions-third-replicator-genes-memes-and-now-what.html
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xiaoma
Here's her TED talk on the same topic:
[http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_blackmore_on_memes_and_temes....](http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_blackmore_on_memes_and... | {
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Solaris 11 has the security solution Linus wants for Desktop Linux - petsos
https://blogs.oracle.com/darren/entry/solaris_11_has_the_security
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babarock
I'm going to go on a small tangent here and ask: Solaris ... _desktop_??
I've been using Linux on the desktop for quite some time now, and couldn't be
happier... | {
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Why Technical Analysis Is 100% Bullshit - Stjerrild
https://www.fscomeau.com/why-technical-analysis-is-bullshit/
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D3nTe
Don't know much about trading, but this guys sure comes off as an asshole.
Reading that was painful.
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Sign up for Facebook - sizzle
https://signupforfacebook.org/
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ld00d
Bug report: even though the cursor indicates you aren't allowed, you can still
click the button without accepting all of the "I'm OK with this" buttons.
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headsoup
Also, at the end suggest 'what to do if you're not OK with this:
_Options... | {
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Show HN: Tablo, Publish in eBook and paperback to nearly every shop in the world - ashdav
https://tablo.io
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saimiam
[https://twitter.com/grandmagifs/status/986890684891185152?s=...](https://twitter.com/grandmagifs/status/986890684891185152?s=20)
Thought I'd gif-fy your headline.
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AI-powered photo search, but without paying with my data? - Philipp0205
I like the AI powered photo-search in GoogleDrive and OneDrive. But I don't want to pay with my data.<p>So does somebody know an alternative?<p>Ty!
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kleer001
So, you're paranoid that your private photos are going to be saved and or used... | {
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Tao: A new language for dynamic document description of real-time 3D animations - vmorgulis
https://github.com/c3d/tao-3D
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secoif
Yet another language on HN that doesn't show a single code snippet on the
linked page.
Link should probably go here
[http://www.taodyne.com/tutorial-2.0.html#/language](http://www.ta... | {
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Ask HN: What programming languauges does the High Frequency Trading Firms use? - moshiasri
I have recently read an article about IEX and brad katsuyama on bloomberg website.And have also read the book 'FLASH BOYS' by michael lewis. after reading about all this i wanted to know what programming languages does... | {
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10 Big U.S. Businesses That Have Moved Their HQ Abroad to Pay Less Taxes - psogle
http://www.focus.com/fyi/finance/10-big-businesses-that-have-moved-abroad/
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cwan
With taxes set to rise (and given the literally trillions of dollars of
cumulative new deficits how can they not?), this is going to happen
increasi... | {
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Monkey research suggests a biological explanation for toy preferences (2012) - crassus
http://www.livescience.com/22677-girls-dolls-boys-toy-trucks.html
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withad
I'm calling bullshit on the title (which, in the hopefully likely event it
gets changed, is currently "Hormones Explain Why Girls Like Dolls and Boys
Li... | {
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Apple’s Next Laptops Could Be More iPhone Than Mac - boramalper
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-next-laptops-could-be-more-iphone-than-mac-1528992149
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dickbasedregex
I've been figuring for a couple years now I'd have to abandon macs once my air
dies. Apple seems bound and determined to shun developers and in... | {
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} |
Credit Karma has acquired instant message bot Penny - klintcho
https://www.recode.net/2018/3/14/17112598/credit-karma-penny-acquisition
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socratesone
Damn. Was my favorite finances tracking app. What else do people like?
~~~
AznHisoka
Not Mint. It kept asking for my bank passwords every single month.
| {
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ASCII Delimited Text – Not CSV or TAB delimited text - fishy929
https://ronaldduncan.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/text-file-formats-ascii-delimited-text-not-csv-or-tab-delimited-text/
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Pxtl
I've done this.
Everybody hated it. Most text editors don't display anything useful with these
characters (either hiding them ... | {
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} |
The ‘effective altruists’ - akbarnama
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n18/amia-srinivasan/stop-the-robot-apocalypse
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msilenus
I've read this book together with the two books about Effective Altruism bei
Peter Singer (The Life You Can Save and The Most Good You Can Do), and I have
to say these books have really changed ... | {
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} |
Your 2048 - anilshanbhag
https://github.com/anilshanbhag/Your2048
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why_not
My Google Account doesn't seem to want to connect, but we just did a
potentially similar thing here:
[http://games.usvsth3m.com/2048](http://games.usvsth3m.com/2048)
Great minds, etc!
| {
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Fear not Get ready to face Shadow IT - jerianasmith
http://www.ishir.com/blog/5495/fear-not-get-ready-face-shadow.htm
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warrenm
"Get ready"?
For an article written in 2010...maybe
One written in late 2017? Shadow IT has been a major issue since the prevalent
rise of easily-accessible cloud services, possibly th... | {
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} |
The Little Mocker (2014) - mjbellantoni
https://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-bob/2014/05/14/TheLittleMocker.html
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mattlutze
I appreciate how the conversational presentation of the discussion here makes
the topic more accessible. I should probably come across this topic before but
I'm glad the author made it so easy t... | {
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} |
Open source deep learning models that programmers can download and run first try - pplonski86
https://github.com/samdeeplearning/The-Terrible-Deep-Learning-List
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reader5000
There isnt really any math to deep learning other than the concept of a
derivative which is taught in high school calculus. The reason deep ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The effects of Portal 2 and Lumosity on cognitive and noncognitive skills - newsreview1
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131514001869
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bitwize
Valve playtests the shit out of their games. A lot of _Portal_ 's theming is
based on their extensive testing culture and the ways they've developed... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
CloudRail – A Universal API for Stripe, Facebook, Slack, Dropbox, Twilio and More - kwrt
http://cloudrail.com/cr-product/
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jefflinwood
This seems more complicated than just using the original APIs, as none of the
sample applications or StackOverflow questions you might find with a quick
Google (for instance, cre... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tesla Roadster is going to be able to hover over the ground, says Elon Musk - devy
https://electrek.co/2019/01/09/tesla-roadster-hover-off-the-ground-elon-musk/
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dTal
With compressed air? No. I don't care how "not joking" he is, the power
density is just not enough to lift a car for more than a few seconds even ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
High level autonomous dexterity in robotics - roboscan
https://deev.blue
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roboscan
These guys [https://deev.blue](https://deev.blue) declare they will produce an
autonomous dexterity in a robot. Is it even realistic?
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Amazon's answer to lightweight iPad Air.. - vimarshk
http://www.amazon.com/
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superbaconman
the hardware looks pretty impressive for the price. I'd like to see Linux
running on it.
| {
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} |
Ask HN: How does the Activity Monitor in OS X calculate memory usage? - x0054
Ok, I am asking this here because I came up empty on Stack Overflow, Super User, and Google. How the hell does the Activity Monitor in OSX 10.10 calculate memory usage. The numbers from sysctl and vm_stat match each other (I assume vm_stat... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to solve hard (technical) problems - kmille
https://github.com/kmille/linux-debugging/blob/master/mindset.md
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pmiller2
This is a pretty decent debugging checklist, but nothing more. I was hoping
for something different when I clicked. Maybe this should be retitled "How to
solve hard (debugging) problems"?
-... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What kind of standing desk do you use? - nodivbyzero
I want to try standing desk to increase my productivity. What kind of standing desk do you use? Any recommendations?
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neilsharma
I use Varidesk. Its a ~35 pound adjustable platform you place on top of a
normal desk. There are handles on the side so y... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Dissection of COVIDSafe (Android): Australian government's contact tracing app - ghuntley
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17GuApb1fG3Bn0_DVgDQgrtnd_QO3foBl7NVb8vaWeKc/edit#
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mcannon
I believe the government, PM and various ministers have said the code will be
released. My sources also say exactly the same.
T... | {
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} |
Advertisers Blacklist Hard News, Including Trump, Fearing Backlash - forgingahead
https://www.wsj.com/articles/advertisers-blacklist-hard-news-including-trump-fearing-backlash-11565879086?mod=rsswn
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forgingahead
This is an important trend, but as usual the news people have slanted it to
their own benefit: Advert... | {
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} |
The World's First Digitally Signed International Agreement - jkaljundi
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/12/behold-the-worlds-first-digitally-signed-international-agreement/282582/
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ericcumbee
>they've been widely adopted in the business world (and, controversially, by
President Obama)
The... | {
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} |
SemanticProxy: Jump-Starting the Semantic Web - babyshake
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/reuters_semanticproxy_jump-start.php
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jonmc12
Same silly data collection based on NLP and/or meta-data. Reuters is not going
to jump start anything until they pair this with a meaningful notion of user
intent.
~~~
d... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Under quoted, late, no contract unpaid project - damaru
Hi there, I am learning the hard way how to manage client. I am in the end of a contract, well without any contract, with a client. I quote way under because I wasn't clear on the work that needed to be done. I am really late on delevery of the con... | {
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} |
An Unexpected Toolbox for a Beginner Programmer: Emacs-Prelude-Colemak-SandS - ThisIsSavo
https://thisissavo.github.io/programming/music/2017/02/03/an-unexpected-toolbox-for-a-beginner-programmer.html
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ThisIsSavo
Hey, I am a beginner programmer and I wrote a blog post about some things that
I use, such as: Emacs... | {
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} |
Mortal Kombat 3 source code leaked - mrpippy
https://archive.org/download/MortalKombat3SourceCodeDump
======
arayh
For anyone interested, MK3_source_windows_RC2.tar has the source code for the
arcade version of MK3, which contains commented assembly from Ed Boon
| {
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} |
I'm surprised they didn't add "Expert at moonwalking" to the skills list - alexkearns
http://www.jobstheword.co.uk/Job/Info/1186/Digital_Designer/Guildford/Allianz
======
wccrawford
Sounds like they just lost a jack-of-all-trades by refusing to pay him what
he's worth as he improves... And now they're trying to find... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Jan. 1 has become the birthday for Afghans who don't know when they were born - kumarski
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2022570799_afghanbirthdaysxml.html
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jdmitch
In a lot of the world Jan. 1 is everyone's birthday. Or Dec. 31 (The article
cites Somalia, Sudan and Vietnam as other examples, but I have... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Sold my dipshit company for $5m, where to invest? - to_the_top
Hey, I recently sold my dipshit company for $5m cash and I have spent some money buying real estate only about $400k (an office for myself, for 200 and commercial unit (not rented out yet)) and invested another 500k in stocks/bonds (with my inv broker). I... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Realtime Analytics with MongoDB - jrosoff
http://www.slideshare.net/jrosoff/scaling-rails-yottaa
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rrival
I liked this one as well:
[http://www.slideshare.net/jrosoff/scalable-event-
analytics-w...](http://www.slideshare.net/jrosoff/scalable-event-analytics-
with-mongodb-ruby-on-rails)
------
nessence
I'm wor... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How do I prevent Scrum from turning great developers into average developers? - Antecedent
https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/158451/how-do-i-prevent-scrum-from-turning-great-developers-into-average-developers
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temporallobe
I am not really seeing the problem here, nor do I agree with the premise that
... | {
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} |
The Gandhi Nobody Knows (1983) - asciilifeform
http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20090226171138/http://history.eserver.org/ghandi-nobody-knows.txt
======
Estragon
I stopped reading at this point:
> ...when Gandhi's wife lay dying of pneumonia and British doctors
> insisted that a shot of penici... | {
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} |
Why Mark Zuckerberg Needs to Come Clean About his Views on Privacy - mahipal
http://social.venturebeat.com/2010/05/13/zuckerberg-privacy/
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wdewind
"He believes that people should have a single identity: “You have one
identity,” he emphasized three times in a single interview with David
Kirkpatrick in his book,... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Facebook is slowly eating the rest of the Internet - wallzz
https://medium.com/@washingtonpost/how-facebook-is-slowly-eating-the-rest-of-the-internet-a545870cf414#.iut61fr09
======
brudgers
A Washington Post post on Medium? Quality seems more stooping down than
lifting up.
| {
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} |
Show HN: Heap is a new approach to analytics. Just capture everything - raviparikh
https://heapanalytics.com/
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DodgyEggplant
Poor man's analytics: events, client side, server side, whatever. Set up a
separate DB with one big table, many columns for properties. One server call
to write an event (a row), one ajax ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Collection of classic computer science algorithms written in JavaScript - fogus
https://github.com/nzakas/computer-science-in-javascript/
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jashkenas
A while back, I translated a few of these into CoffeeScript as examples for
the repo. They're pretty fun:
[https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-
script/tree/master/... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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