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Craigslist ad: Developer offers unpaid internship for room and board - medell
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/web/4412363817.html
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medell
Curious what this guy is up to, I don't know of anyone who has tried this in
Vancouver yet. Particularly odd is the wide net he's casting for "programmers,
designers, ... | {
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Visual Studio does not copy assemblies of transitive dependencies (2011) - btschaegg
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/652785/visual-studio-does-not-copy-referenced-assemblies-through-the-reference-hierarchy
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btschaegg
Just got bitten by this, and the "bug" seems to be around for 6 year... | {
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Announcing Designer News - kellysutton
http://layervault.tumblr.com/post/40099135528/announcing-designer-news
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salzig
arg! 'target="_blank"', i've already 168 tabs open, don't need more of them!
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allang
If you're having tab problems I feel bad for you son...
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Show HN: Nirvana Pilot Yume – A Modern Take on Skyroads - eerikkivistik
http://store.steampowered.com/app/716680/Nirvana_Pilot_Yume/
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antares88
Hi, developer here. We've been working on this since August, but the idea
dates back a few years. We really loved the early nineties game Skyroads and
played it extensiv... | {
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} |
Show HN: Vesper, a plug and play Ruby web framework (Sinatra + Rack + Plugins) - jarrodtaylor
http://vesperapps.com/
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jarrodtaylor
After building a lot of apps with Sinatra, I decided to pull out the code I
always end up using (the framework) and package up the code I almost as often
use (the plugins), then wr... | {
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} |
Prospector: Python Static Analysis for Humans - doismellburning
http://blog.landscape.io/prospector-python-static-analysis-for-humans.html
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ekimekim
"you will consider most of the warnings that come from tools like pylint or
pep8 or pyflakes to be a bit picky."
I use pyflakes, and out of the box it doesn't give... | {
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} |
Germany’s SEC Dismissed a Decade of Warnings About Wirecard - bitcurious
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-germanys-sec-dismissed-a-decade-of-warnings-about-wirecard-11594907212
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bitcurious
I’d previously read about BaFin investigating FT journalists but have never
seen a comprehensive list of all of the times th... | {
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} |
2011: The Year the Check-in Died - mjfern
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/2011_the_year_the_check-in_died.php
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harryh
So two points here:
1) Usage on foursquare is up 40% since the beginning of the year.
2) We've always seen the checkin as just the beginning of what we want to
accomplish. With the launch ... | {
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} |
Towards frameless (clockless) video - mblakele
http://ideas.4brad.com/towards-frameless-clockless-video
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shalmanese
The problem is, video cables need to handle the worst case scenario and the
worst case is a full refresh. Consider full motion video, whenever there's a
jumpcut, nearly every pixel changes. There's... | {
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} |
This Inventor Said He Could Clean Up the Ocean--Now He's Really Doing It - prostoalex
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3047064/hows-that-working-out-for-you/this-20-year-old-inventor-said-he-could-clean-up-the-ocean-now
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mikro2nd
Alternatively
[http://www.theoceancleanup.com/](http://www.theoceancleanup.com/)
Watch t... | {
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Ask HN: Living with a Jail Breaked iPhone - ToFab123
I look easy enough to jail break an iPhone, which I consider, so I can install the cydia appstore.<p>I have not been able to find any articles regarding the daily life with a jail broken IPhone.<p>Except for obvious security implications, what is your experience doi... | {
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More features in the Qt for iOS port - guruz
http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/08/09/update-on-uikit-lighthouse-platform/
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potatolicious
No. _No_.
As a developer this is interesting and cool. As someone who loves good UX, and
as an iPhone user, I sincerely this doesn't catch on.
The look and feel of iOS is an _i... | {
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} |
The Real Reason Silicon Valley Coders Write Bad Software - dsr12
http://theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/10/the-real-reason-silicon-valley-coders-write-bad-software/263377
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zachgalant
Totally agree. When people learn to code, it's important to teach them that
code is written for other humans to read and u... | {
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} |
Why CSP matters I: Keeping things in sync (2016) - tosh
https://www.reaktor.com/blog/why-csp-matters-i-keeping-things-in-sync/
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skybrian
The FDR4 checker [1] looks pretty slick. I'm not that familiar with the area,
though, so I'm wondering how it compares to model checkers? How does using a
model checker compare... | {
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} |
Tech worker resistance is crucial to preventing human rights abuses in the U.S - sp332
https://blog.valerieaurora.org/2016/12/13/why-tech-worker-resistance-is-crucial-to-preventing-large-scale-human-rights-abuses-in-the-u-s/
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morgante
We need a code of ethics for software developers, with actual teeth (violating... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Are you friends with your manager? - aurbano
I’m intrigued by the psychology of the relationship between managers and directs.<p>For instance, can it ever be the same as it can be if you didn’t work together for?<p>Do you instead maintain a layer of “professional distance”, that means you won’t ever be as clos... | {
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Focused Crawling - bravura
http://bixolabs.com/about/focused-crawler/
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pedalpete
Are these guys just offering to write 80legs crawlers for customers?
Maybe I'm missing it, but with the ease of web crawling, and the capabilities
of open source data mining tools, I think these guys are serving a VERY small
mark... | {
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} |
Heroku - Bamboo Routing Performance - nigma
https://blog.heroku.com/archives/2013/2/15/bamboo_routing_performance/
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redguava
I don't understand why people think this is a great response. They know how
their routing works, just say so. It can't be that hard to give a basic
overview of it before they release a mor... | {
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This startup sucks. I want to work at another startup. - cliffdailey
https://medium.com/p/6800367d3cc5
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antidaily
The interesting part:
[http://www.poachbox.com/home.html](http://www.poachbox.com/home.html)
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Trucker Explains What You're Doing Wrong on the Highway - prostoalex
http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/trucks/a17482/how-to-drive-highway-advice-from-professional-trucker/
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SeanDav
Where I drive (UK), truck drivers are by far the worst drivers on the road.
Many of them are from Europe and used to driving on t... | {
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} |
How to design a better open office - anjalimullanyny
http://www.fastcompany.com/3021206/dialed/how-to-create-an-open-office-that-is-more-awesome-for-both-introverts-and-extroverts
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anjalimullanyny
I wrote this in response to an article a colleague wrote about our office. He
really dislikes the open office layo... | {
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} |
NASA researches windowless cockpits; future businessjets might employ - DabAsteroid
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/FA18101008.xml&headline=Blind%20Aft-Cockpit%20F-18%20Points%20To%20Biz%20Jet
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SlowOnTheUptake
BSoD
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DabAsteroid
Indeed.
<http://images.google... | {
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Facebook with slowing growth in Asia. Is Facebook slowly running out of steam? - zhiQ
http://www.greyreview.com/2011/07/01/facebook-in-asia-more-than-150-million-users-but-slowing-growth-in-quarter-2-2011/
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nextparadigms
I think it was to be expected in Asia, with China blocking them, but the real
surprise was t... | {
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} |
How It Took Me 10 Minutes to Rank in Google Featured Snippets - marvinrussell
https://medium.com/@checkli/how-it-took-me-10-minutes-to-rank-in-google-featured-snippets-42ec9fec377
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matchbok
Spam - this is just an advertisement for a silly checklist website.
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marvinrussell
Thanks for the comment. Why do you c... | {
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If you're looking for startup ideas this might help - samh
http://www.querycell.com/Business_Forum_Discussion.html
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acgourley
This thread caught my eye:
<http://www.mechanicslounge.com/showthread.php?t=4982>
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iamcalledrob
If this (screenshot of UI) is what people are paying $250/m for, and it's the
best th... | {
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} |
Show HN: Passed.pw – Random password generator seeded by mouse or touch motions - cxam
https://passed.pw/
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allendoerfer
Congratulations for shipping but it does not seem like a good idea to me to
use a web-based password generator.
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cxam
Thanks.
I agree that a web-based password generator is not ideal and... | {
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} |
360° Oculus rift music video: Steye and the Bizonkid – What do we care 4 - MeProtozoan
http://www.surroundvideostream.com/api/2/staff/videos/986/preview
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MeProtozoan
Proof of concept made by a few friends of me.
Install the Surround Video app
([https://appsto.re/nl/QdvDL.i](https://appsto.re/nl/QdvDL.i)) and ... | {
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} |
Solar Roadways Awarded DOT Contract to Pave Roads with Solar Cells - auferstehung
http://www.physorg.com/news171545860.html
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LeBleu
$6,900 per panel adds up to about $3 million per lane-mile.
Typical rural highway costs for new highway are $3 - $9 million per lane-mile,
with urban highways costing $5 - $20 mill... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Google Ambushed Microsoft and Changed the Subject - HardyLeung
http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/03/how-google-ambushed-microsoft-and-changed-the-subject
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brudgers
> _"I can’t condone any kind of plagiarism or cheating—and that is what
> Microsoft’s usage of Google data seems to amount to."_
By academic stand... | {
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} |
Malthusianisms - blasdel
http://scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=418
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grandpa
Two economists are walking down the street when they see a $20 bill lying on
the sidewalk in front of them. The first economist goes to pick up the money
but his colleague stops him and tells him not to bother.
"Why not?"
"If it were a real... | {
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} |
Accuracy of JavaScript Time [2008] - franze
http://ejohn.org/blog/accuracy-of-javascript-time/
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jgrahamc
It's such a pity that he doesn't dig into why this is. He makes this funny
statement:
Internet Explorer 8 (I also tested 6, for good measure,
with the same results), Opera, Safari, a... | {
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Persistent, Stealthy, Remote-controlled Dedicated Hardware Malware [30c3] - j_s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck8bIjAUJgE
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j_s
HN-er cfrantz2 mentioned this talk on today's discussion of the 'Secrets of
Intel Management Engine' explaining that it has been cracked:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=881576... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Strong candidate for worst graph of the year - DevX101
http://money.cnn.com/technology/interactive/tech_ipos/?source=cnn_bin
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jtreminio
Hmm.. I don't know, I immediately grabbed the triangle scrubber and started
moving it to the right and it very quickly clicked for me what was happening,
and why the bubbles w... | {
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} |
Two simple hacks for Weebly to get two pro features for free - nayan
http://nayan-ambali.blogspot.com/2010/06/two-simple-hacks-for-weebly-to-get-two_27.html
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vishm
simple but nice tricks !!
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Ask HN: Rejected from Y Combinator Winter 2017, Want Feedback - theodin
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a5eSou1VbeSpeWbk2yjXUIS6ZWiTs0u1K2BfxUwgfhI/edit?usp=sharing
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CM30
Probably a stupid question, but did they specify a reason why you were
rejected? Or was it just something vague like 'sorry, but you weren... | {
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} |
Cross-Platform SDK for Mobile Phones. C++, HTML5, Native UI. Apache License - zura
http://www.mosync.com/
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zura
Also on github:
[https://github.com/MoSync/MoSync](https://github.com/MoSync/MoSync)
Other projects:
[https://github.com/MoSync/](https://github.com/MoSync/)
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Startup Climate - marketer
http://patriciahandschiegel.tumblr.com/post/75896607/startup-climate
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jwesley
I think the last point is the most important:
"6. Everybody seemed to feel the web game has shifted to the higher level. A
lot appeared to feel that small publishers and sites would start to be
squeezed ou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Bruce Eckel on JavaScript - tbassetto
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=329840
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jsvaughan
From a synopsis of a Crockford presentation (here
<http://www.catonmat.net/blog/javascript-the-good-parts/>) here are some js
bad parts:
* Global variables.
Global variables make it harder to run indepen... | {
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} |
Announcing HackStars - brianculler
http://www.techstars.org/2009/04/03/anouncing-hackstars/
You do some unpaid programming for interesting TechStars startups, in exchange for the ability to listen to other startups get advice about their startups. Can't wait to sign up!
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mechanical_fish
If you're going to dona... | {
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Sobe, the anti-Switch? - psranga
http://curdrice.com/ranga/sobe.html
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dbr
"We were trying to go after what [SOBE] had done because we were seeing the
success they had with that young market," says Hargis, now the company's CEO."
[http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/eating-drinking-
plac...](http://www.all... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: WikiReverse reverse links to Wikipedia articles - rossf7
https://wikireverse.org
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deskglass
This is awesome. Now, if I come across an interesting article, I can find
places that may link to other interesting articles.
A suggestion: It'd be nice to be able to specify an article URL in the article
sear... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
40 Years Of Data Show The MBA Effectively Does Nothing -- It Has No Impact - SkyMarshal
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-mba-effectively-does-nothing-it-has-no-impact-2010-10
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cjlars
There are about 1000 MBA programs in the US, for about 900 of those, this is
true. However, I think it's worth noting that ple... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Desktop Muon Detector: A project for university students - sohkamyung
https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.01196
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sohkamyung
Write-up about the project at Symmetry Magazine [1]
\- "The $100 muon detector" [
[http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/the-100-muon-
detecto...](http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/the-... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Migrating from Mac to PC as a Software Developer - NikolayN
https://medium.com/@nemshilov/migrating-from-mac-to-pc-as-a-software-developer-c8e23527f31a
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simonh
>My new laptop is the new thinkpad, the quintessential corporate black square
brick. Fingerprints all over it. Eww, right?
When Steve Jobs returned to A... | {
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} |
Quoting command line arguments the wrong way (2011) - moopling
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/twistylittlepassagesallalike/2011/04/23/everyone-quotes-command-line-arguments-the-wrong-way/
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makecheck
If an API has a problem, you fix the API. If necessary, you release a free
library to back-port the improved API... | {
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} |
Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament Russia Report - iamacyborg
https://docs.google.com/a/independent.gov.uk/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=aW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuZ292LnVrfGlzY3xneDo1Y2RhMGEyN2Y3NjM0OWFl
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mhxion
Mostly things against Russia. Only one thing that was particularly interesting
that, unlike US, EU ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Should we give incentives ? - joseakle
I've been thinking how to, or if we should, give incentives at my company.<p>We are slowly becoming profitable. We are "ramen profitable" since both of the founders live from our salary. But we have three angel investors who would like a reward on their investment. And ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A Building in Motion: First Design of its kind - noone
http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/building.html
The Dynamic Tower offers infinite design possibilities, as each floor rotates independently at different speeds, resulting in a unique and ever evolving shape that introduces a fourth dimension to architecture, Tim... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Using Adderall to Get Ahead, Not to Fight A.D.H.D - andrewl
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/04/21/using-adderall-to-get-ahead-not-to-fight-adhd
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Errorcod3
I don't see anything wrong with this. However I would not do it myself. I have
no issues being productive throughout the day.
Can this drug be ab... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Scala founder: Language due for 'fundamental rethink' - snydeq
http://www.infoworld.com/t/java-programming/scala-founder-language-due-fundamental-rethink-249845
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cies
> Essentially, the fusion of [functional and object-oriented programming] can
> have a power that neither of the two paradigms individually can ha... | {
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} |
Show HN: Interactive collection of artificial life, lambda calculus animations - xorand
https://chemlambda.github.io/collection.html#222
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xorand
Some numbers: There are 264 posts with animations, a bit more than 1/2 of the
original collection, with the possibility to rerun in js the simulations.
Whenever possib... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Review My Startup, TagtheBird - tagthebird
Hi Everyone,<p>I’ve seen how helpful answers to “Ask HN” requests have been in the past, and now that I’ve released the first version of web I’ve been working on, I figured I would make my first post to HN to ask for some feedback from you all.<p>TagtheBird is a sit... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Pangolins found to carry viruses related to Covid-19 - hhs
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52048195
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balola
Good luck telling the rich and powerful they shouldn't eat this what they
believed is the most tonic and upscale meat of late.
Remember that girl who paid 6.5 million dollars to get into Stan... | {
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} |
Quora Feeds Will No Longer Show Data On What Other Users Have Viewed - spathak
http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/14/after-privacy-uproar-quora-backpedals-and-will-no-longer-show-data-on-what-other-users-have-viewed/
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minouye
I don't think TechCrunch really understands what's going on here. Views are
still being tr... | {
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} |
Edushi: Beautiful, isometric city maps for China - drinian
http://hongkong.edushi.com/?L=en
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carbon8
These are pretty, but they are not accurate. These are not just inaccuracies
due to omission, either; there are innumerable added elements that don't
actually exist.
The inaccuracies are actually very interest... | {
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} |
Is there a HN blackout against SOPA on the way? - FredBrach
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stonemetal
Why would there be? Most if not all HNers already know about SOPA so there is
no need to raise awareness.
~~~
FredBrach
I'm realizing that you are totally right: a Hacker who isn't at least aware of
SOPA is not a hacker =)
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chrisa... | {
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Ayurveda for building innovative organisations? - bakbak
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/corporate-dossier/Ayurveda-for-building-innovative-organisations/articleshow/6909645.cms?curpg=1
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port80
Perhaps teams need a bit of combination of VP and VK to be truly great. If you
only have one then you wi... | {
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} |
Scale TikTok Ads: 5 Customer Acquisition Strategies - WalterJT
https://jungletopp.com/scale-tiktok-ads/
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WalterJT
Being such a new platform, there is a ripe opportunity to scale TikTok ads and
customer acquisition with TikTok Advertising, when implemented well. ⠀
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verdverm
What are your thoughts on a potenti... | {
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} |
Why Vietnam Is Quitting Facebook - tomohawk
http://www.atimes.com/article/why-vietnam-is-quitting-facebook/
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timwaagh
the title should be 'why some vietnamese activists might move on from
facebook'. i think conducting any kind of foreign policy operation would be a
mistake.
the problem is: people seem to enjoy ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Multilingual CMS suggestions for startup company - terjeto
Hi,<p>I searched for similar posts but didn't find any relevant and this topic has to be important for more than me.. I guess.<p>My company has a very slow process for updating our webpages. We host the pages ourselves using Django which has sup... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
FileSilo.co.uk Registration Database Compromised – Passwords in Plaintext - termhn
http://www.grayolson.me/assets/filesilo/future
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termhn
Email re-hosted on my website because I couldn't find an official public
announcement.
| {
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} |
Half Your Brain Stands Guard When Sleeping in a New Place - stared
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/04/21/474691141/half-your-brain-stands-guard-when-sleeping-in-a-new-place
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nicwolff
This is a familiar feeling to me as a sailor; when cruising, every place is
new, and at anchor I'm never fully aslee... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Cost of JavaScript Frameworks - AngeloAnolin
https://timkadlec.com/remembers/2020-04-21-the-cost-of-javascript-frameworks/
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OptionsDude420
Had to be said, also never heard of alternatives like Preact and Nuxt.js,
looks like i got some digging to do.
Super insightful, thanks man!
| {
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} |
Omnispeak – A Commander Keen Reimplementation - rocky1138
https://davidgow.net/keen/omnispeak.html
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techtalsky
Even though the second Keen trilogy had richer graphics, I really loved the
first Keen trilogy for the gameplay. The jumps and movement felt so much more
physical. Keen would make this tiny pause as if ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Gamblers bet on marbles and trotting as pandemic hits sport - samizdis
https://www.ft.com/content/71aa11ad-cf3e-47b3-8cfe-9233c436ea32
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samizdis
De-paywalled: [https://archive.is/9Ln7q](https://archive.is/9Ln7q)
| {
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Twitter Just Permanently Suspended Conservative Writer Milo Yiannopoulos - Jerry2
https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/twitter-just-permanently-suspended-conservative-writer-milo?utm_term=.gw85D2JjAx#.jgl15YZ86e
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smt88
Free speech is vitally important, but this decision has nothing to do with it.
Yiannopoulos ... | {
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} |
India's New National Education Policy Is Inherently Casteist - vijaybritto
https://twitter.com/s3nkul/status/1288833075904831495
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rpiguy
Nationalism taken too far. Learning regional languages and Sanskrit instead of
English? Having a lingua franca is incredibly advantageous in the global
economy.
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"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Why hasn't anyone done this sort of hack for (intro) textbooks? - realitygrill
(originally submitted for the $9.99 textbook thread, but it's already dead)<p>I've been tinkering around with the textbook/publishing problem in my head for a while (nothing concrete yet, sorry!) and am thinking of applying to one... | {
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My startup was acquired and I want to reward my NPM dependencies - mluggy
how would you go about it?
======
andreimiulescu
Congrats, maybe start with contacting the maintainers. The publishers of npm
packages will have an email
~~~
mluggy
thanks. some projects have 20+ collaborators/contributors, you're suggesting
i'... | {
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RockMelt Unveils a Web Browser for the Facebook Era - bjonathan
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/technology/08browser.html?src=twt&twt=nytimestech
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languagehacker
So, uh, what component of this browser isn't already addressed in a Firefox
plug-in? I doubt it has things like performance increases that would make... | {
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How Good Names Can Help Products Succeed - aytekin
https://medium.com/start-up-vision/5e98414cbcc4
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gk1
You can't possibly attribute the success of docker or Hemingway to their name
alone. You can just as easily take any successful company and create a
narrative about their name and how it somehow made them su... | {
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} |
CTF365 Real Time Cyber Attacks Map - kerosen
Hi everybody<p>CTF365 it’s a “Security Training Platform for IT industry with a focus on Security Professionals, System Administrators and Web Developers”. The Platform implements CTF (Capture The Flag) concepts and leverages gamification mechanics to improve retention ra... | {
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Text of Y Combinator article in Inc Magazine - garbowza
http://zgarbow.posterous.com/paul-graham-and-y-combinator-article-in-inc-m
======
yan
"5. If you could go back in time and do one thing differently, what would it
be?
I wish I had taken advantage of all the free time I had in high school and
actually learned s... | {
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} |
CompLearn: Apply Compression to Discover Patterns - agarttha
https://complearn.org/
======
carapace
I first heard about this in the context of language categorization.
You compress samples of each language and then to categorize a new sample you
compress it with each compressor and the one that does the best job tell... | {
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} |
Could This App Create A Free, Secret Web? - chippy
http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2014/06/05/could-this-app-create-a-free-secret-web/
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ENGNR
Just a caution because it's not clear from the article or app, Open Garden
volunteers your mobile data connection. That seems to be the intended purpose
for meshing... | {
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} |
Show HN: Jsong: faster than light streaming JSON parser and writer in C - garnetius
https://github.com/garnetius/Jsong
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mabynogy
I'm very impressed by the high level of quality of your code. It's clear,
beautiful and looks extremely efficient at the same time.
For example, the way the feature detection is done ... | {
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} |
I Wake Up at 5 Am Every Day - thegeekbin
https://thegeekbin.com/why-i-wake-up-at-5-am-every-day/
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beachman
My cat makes sure I'm up by 4:45am each day... No idea why.
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icemugger
I wake up at 7 am and still manage to make ends meet
| {
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} |
School that spied on students with laptop cameras says it was security feature - fromedome
http://www.businessinsider.com/school-that-spied-on-students-with-laptop-cameras-says-it-was-security-feature-2010-2
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DanielStraight
Bollocks. If it was only used for finding lost or stolen computers, why did
they turn i... | {
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} |
NASA's "intriguing planetary system" press conference @ 1pm EDT - ANH
http://www.nasa.gov/news/media/newsaudio/index.html
======
RiderOfGiraffes
Why oh why does an organisation like NASA use something like EDT without
qualification? I've had to go look it up on Google, then follow the link, and
now I know that it's ... | {
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} |
I'm Beating The NSA To The Punch By Spying On Myself - anjalimullany
http://www.fastcolabs.com/3012908/tracking/im-beating-the-nsa-to-the-punch-by-spying-on-myself
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gabestein
Author here. Beating everyone here to the punch: yes, I know this is pretty
basic. I'm new to data-mining. I will happily take suggestio... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Your experience with startup advisors - ibagrak
My co-founder and I have been working on a startup for the last 6 months, and we are getting pretty close opening it up to a small group of users for the first round of feedback.<p>Both founders are technical and hands on, but neither has experience launching c... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Are there any good forum engine in Node.js - cool_guy
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gexla
A forum is basically a multi-user blog with comments. For many cases, that's
all you need. If you need something more like vBulletin, then you should
probably just use vBulletin.
I can't see anyone coming up with a forum system like what al... | {
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} |
2020 Stack Overflow Developer Survey - pca184
https://stackoverflow.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eL0mFVwuo7KWeXP
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na85
Well... That was cathartic.
| {
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Ask HN: Alternative tips for quitting smoking? - oxplot
I have a friend whose attempts at quitting smoking has been unsuccessful to date. Most of the material that I find to help with quitting at best sound cliché to them and fall off the radar of the quitter very early on.<p>So I'd like to know if any of you kno... | {
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} |
ThinkPad X1 Yoga (2017) (AKA ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch Convertible) - ElijahLynn
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/x-series/x1-yoga/
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ElijahLynn
I am super excited about this:
\- USB-C (w/Thunderbolt) (hello great docking solution)
\- 14" WQHD OLED (2560 x 1440) Touch 300 nits
\- Convertible, keys ... | {
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} |
International Entrepreneur Rule - buechs
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/17/2017-00481/international-entrepreneur-rule
======
Finbarr
Reading through it. The gist is you can get 30 months of parole from USCIS if
you are a startup entrepreneur that has raised investment. Seems like the
threshold is $2... | {
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} |
Enhanced Analysis of GRIZZLY STEPPE Activity [pdf] - CarolineW
https://www.us-cert.gov/sites/default/files/publications/AR-17-20045_Enhanced_Analysis_of_GRIZZLY_STEPPE_Activity.pdf
======
CarolineW
From page 53:
> Organizations should ensure that they have
> disabled HTML from being used in ... | {
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} |
Rackspace Open Sources Atom Nuke, The Fast Atom Framework - jarito
http://www.rackspace.com/blog/rackspace-open-sources-atom-nuke-the-fast-atom-framework/
======
jarito
Check out the product page for more information: <http://atomnuke.org/>
| {
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} |
TSA Removes X-Ray Body Scanners From Major Airports - hornokplease
http://www.propublica.org/article/tsa-removes-x-ray-body-scanners-from-major-airports
======
sologoub
""They're not all being replaced," TSA spokesman David Castelveter said. "It's
being done strategically. We are replacing some of the older equipment ... | {
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} |
Nassim Nicholas Taleb: The Corona Crisis Is Not a Black Swan - kervokian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb2pXXUSzmI&feature=youtu.be
======
cjbenedikt
Seriously? Does anybody care if it is or isn't?
| {
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} |
Ten things the driverless generation will never experience - Perados
http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160122-lost-in-automation
======
dalke
1) Speeding tickets, 2) Drivers Ed classes, 3) Getting lost, 4) Parallel
parking, 5) Driver prejudice, 6) Fender benders, 7) Road rage, 8) Car theft,
9) Roadkill, 10) The Stig
A... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Twilio Contest Entry - PhoneSimon - jazzychad
http://jazzychad.com/phonesimon/
======
mcav
That's awesome fun.
Tip: Try to hear the intervals -- the lower pitch distinguishes between rows,
while the higher pitch distinguishes between columns. If you can learn to
differentiate between the two pitches, it's easier to... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Unemployed for 2 years, looking to find a steady programming job - achicagodevdude
I'm an experienced web developer, always worked in Chicago, but now I'm having trouble finding a company that would hire me. I feel like I've been displaced from the programming industry.<p>* Got my first web dev ... | {
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} |
Desperate For A Job - apruss
http://scriptogr.am/asko/post/desperate-for-a-job
======
dguaraglia
Some friendly advice from someone who's been in your situation:
The post is overly dramatic for my taste. By adding drama and name calling
your ex employers you only harm your own image.
There's lack of qualified progr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Freicoin: a P2P digital currency delivering freedom from usury - maaku
http://freico.in/
======
jamespitts
While technically interesting, this project is riddled with fallacious
economic ideas that undermines its credibility. I do appreciate it that new
kinds of money are being developed though!
A few particularly ... | {
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} |
Multiprocessing.shared_memory – Shared memory for direct access across processes - pjmlp
https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/multiprocessing.shared_memory.html
======
sametmax
Great, the support is still basic, but it's a huge improvement over message
passing when you need speed. 2 months ago a student asked me exactl... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What's the current status of face recognition APIs? - apawloski
Just doing some preliminary research for a potential project. Are there any CV experts who can weigh in on the current state of libraries or APIs for recognizing faces?
======
ecesena
Have a look at Mashape [1], there are a few APIs registered t... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What interesting stuff are you working on? - abda0180
Please inspire us!
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brettkromkamp
Contextualise, a (personal and collaborative) semantic knowledge management
tool: [https://contextualise.dev/](https://contextualise.dev/).
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abda0180
Cool. What is it built with?
| {
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} |
Ask HN: what's the next booming industry or technology field? - roschdal
What will the next booming industry or technology field be? I'm looking for a new area where technology can solve real problems for people, and which will require problem-solving skills. Where do you think great innovation will happen in the ne... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Compensation for joining 2 month old startup - robyates
Hi Hacker News readers, I'm looking at joining a 2 month old startup. They have showed me a detailed website mockup and initial functionality of the site. The plan is to have the site go live in 6 months or so after working on it on nights and weekends.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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