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JavaFX on Raspberry Pi - wiradikusuma
http://javafx.steveonjava.com/javafx-on-raspberry-pi-3-easy-steps/
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veemjeem
Do people still use JavaFX? I thought mobile support was dropped, and the
first version of javafx for the mac came out last year. Is JavaFX only for
people using java on windows then?
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ZoFreX
... | {
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Iceland's government collapses - kristjanmik
http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2017/09/15/iceland_s_government_collapses/
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quuquuquu
Let's hope the Pirate Party can win this time and finally set up an internet
haven for the world.
Iceland has not had an unscathed government since before 200... | {
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Crystal language 0.23.0 released - itaris
https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/releases/tag/0.23.0
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holydude
I believe the road to success for smaller communities / PLs is to excel in one
thing and then expand further.
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tomByrer
I've been watching this language, but seems the ecosystem is small? Plus t... | {
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Deprogramming From the Academic Cult - 13ren
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/1999/04/1999040901c.htm
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smanek
I find it funny that a PhD (modern European History) considers a 3 month
consulting gig earning 12K "lucrative." That's only ~48K/year ... after taking
inflation into account, I was making more without a b... | {
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How to Deal With Crappy Bosses - driverdan
http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/10/how-to-deal-with-crappy-bosses/
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jfb
A corollary question is: how does one become a non-crappy boss, particularly
of programmers? In my 20+ years of programming for a living, I can count the
number of really good managers on, well, o... | {
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The Dallas Mavericks were plagued by a toxic culture. She is turning it around - rectang
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/30/success/dallas-mavericks-ceo-cynthia-marshall-boss-files/index.html
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rectang
Kudos both to Cynthia Marshall for executing and to Mark Cuban for bringing
her in. This story shows what can be ach... | {
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} |
The Anhei tokamak is first in the world to generate 100M degrees Celsius - lelf
https://phys.org/news/2019-04-china-quest-limitless-energy.html
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ncmncm
What they never mention in these breathless articles is that your multi-
billion-dollar tokamak power-generation system will be bathing itself in high-
energy ne... | {
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} |
Automating Development Environments with Vagrant and Puppet - analogAndroid
http://blog.kloudless.com/2013/07/01/automating-development-environments-with-vagrant-and-puppet/
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WestCoastJustin
This is a very nice write up. If anyone is interested, I've put several
screencasts together about Vagrant [1], creating a... | {
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} |
Fission – Serverless Functions for Kubernetes - manojlds
http://fission.io/
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lakshmanLD
Another abstraction!! In my perspective, One of the distinguishing feature of
FAAS or serverless architecture is that, we pay one and only when the function
executes. But building serverless architecture on container would fa... | {
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} |
Passport to hell: why thin client desktops must die (2012) - ForHackernews
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/passport-to-hell-why-thin-client-desktops-must-die/
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nmjohn
> Yet for some reason, hardware manufacturers keep trying to inflict these
> yokes of oppression upon us.
Statements like... | {
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How to Prioritize Using a Military Technique - jkush
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/05/how-to-prioritize/
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andre
It's a good article, but I doubt most people will ever do something like this.
Most people don't even write down what they need to do, they don't even keep a
list of tasks to be done.
But this... | {
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} |
Intel Takes Lidar Indoors - stambros
https://www.zdnet.com/article/intels-new-realsense-camera-brings-hi-res-lidar-to-a-small-form-factor/
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noen
Im done being excited by anything out of Intel that isn't an desktop/laptop
CPU.
I've been burned personally and professionally with every single Intel IoT
device I've... | {
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} |
Solar storms are no joke - audace
http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/we-need-to-be-prepared-for-a-devastating-solar-storm-researchers-warn-1318509
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pflanze
> Even when the storm passed and the systems came back online, data in
> magnetic storage (including all hard drives and SSDs) would have been
> irr... | {
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U.S. Adds Chinese Firms to Blacklist, Citing Repression of Muslim Minorities - justinzollars
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-adds-chinese-firms-to-blacklist-citing-repression-of-muslim-minorities-11570488642?mod=rsswn
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ArchieLeach
If that's now official American policy then Israel is going bust by Christmas,
an... | {
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} |
Diary of a Pandemic: “We’ve Been Under-Reacting for a Long Time” - tallgiraffe
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/diary-pandemic-weve-been-under-reacting-long-time-glenn-kelman
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verdverm
I think society is more on the overreaction side of the pendulum right now (on
the years scale)
A lot of outrage from very little... | {
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Tesla: almost at 100000 votes - lelf
From Tesla e-mail:<p>As you may know, Tesla is under attack from a number of car dealer associations in various states who are challenging Tesla's right to directly serve our customers at Tesla Stores and Service Centers.<p>Their efforts are protectionist in nature and infri... | {
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Programming language personality theory - ingve
http://www.sicpers.info/2015/08/pl-personality-theory/
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vezzy-fnord
_Lisp_ Mostly calm with sudden outbursts of zen.
_Scheme_ Pretentious. Probably has a blog named for a pun on a classic
computing textbook.
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We can certainly infer plenty about the aut... | {
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Fulfilling Brain-Inspired Hyperdimensional Computing with In-Memory Computing - blopeur
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/research/2020/06/in-memory-hyperdimensional-computing/
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blopeur
Arxiv paper :
[https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.01548](https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.01548)
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Misleading letter from app Nextdoor falls on several doormats in Groningen (NL) - the-dude
https://translate.google.nl/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dvhn.nl%2Fgroningen%2Fstad%2FDubieuze-brief-van-buurtapp-Nextdoor-valt-op-meerdere-deurmatten-in-Groningen-24702543.html
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the-dude
Nextdoor is impersona... | {
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} |
PEGASUS iOS Kernel Vulnerability Explained - ssclafani
http://sektioneins.de/en/blog/16-09-02-pegasus-ios-kernel-vulnerability-explained.html
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yborg
Because we at SektionEins believe keeping the public in the dark about details of already fixed vulnerabilities is wrong...
...use our private jai... | {
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} |
Show HN: Forestry.io – A full CMS for Hugo/Jekyll in a single (React) file - sgallant
https://forestry.io/remote
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sgallant
Hey folks,
I was building a website for a friend and I REALLY didn't want to use
WordPress. I was tired of updating plugins, dealing with hacked sites, paying
for expensive hosting, etc. So... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Blocking Google Ads - amolo
What happens when you block the domain www.googleadservices.com ?
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bufferoverflow
I run NoScript, and keep that domain blocked. I'm yet to find a website that
breaks because of it.
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Your Social Security Number Isn’t a Secret - SREinSF
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/opinion/your-social-security-number-isnt-a-secret.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
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quuquuquu
>social security numbers aren't a good identifier because they can be spoofed
agreed
>biometrics are a good id... | {
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Zuckerberg: Kids under 13 should be allowed on Facebook - mvs
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/05/20/zuckerberg-kids-under-13-should-be-allowed-on-facebook/?iid=HP_LN?cnn=yes
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dlsspy
"That will be a fight we take on at some point," he said. "My philosophy is
that for education you need to start at a really, re... | {
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} |
China's telescope on the moon - curtis
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28323-china-has-had-a-telescope-on-the-moon-for-the-past-two-years/
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paulmd
Not that it's not a cool project, but what possible reason is there to place
the telescope _on the surface of the moon_ as opposed to say, in
geosynchronous lu... | {
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} |
90% of China's billionaires are kids of high-ranking officials - cwan
http://chinesepolitics.blogspot.com/2009/07/interesting-article-on-princeling.html
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newy
"Guanxi" is a huge factor in dealings involving the Chinese government, and
even in day to day Chinese business. One difference between the Chinese and
Am... | {
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} |
42% of California’s STEM Workforce Hails from Outside the U.S - teklaperry
http://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/at-work/tech-careers/fortytwo-percent-of-californias-stem-workforce-hails-from-outside-the-us
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ishan_dikshit
I think everyone here is ignoring a very important statistic within the
article: "d... | {
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} |
Is the stethoscope dying? High-tech rivals pose a threat - rbanffy
https://www.apnews.com/6cf7790448ee48b3a4844213c78e783b
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JohnFen
Ironically, I purchased a low-tech stethoscope last year to use in the course
of developing my high tech electromechanical hobby projects. It was the best
option in terms of cost/be... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Uber loses court appeal against drivers' rights - andrewingram
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41940018
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cabaalis
I have a US perspective so I'm interested in why this ruling was made. If the
driver doesn't want to drive on a given day, there's no one he has to call.
There's no approval of the time off. He ju... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Angularjshub - alemhnan
http://www.angularjshub.com/
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dham
Hopefully I won't get down voted for this, but I've never understood why
developers use something like Wordpress. Use Jekyll or Middleman. If you have
the knowledge to do Angular tutorials you can type middleman build in a
command line.
At work I've s... | {
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} |
8 Years Later, Intel Arrives At 4 GHz - peternorton
http://www.conceivablytech.com/7776/products/8-years-later-intel-arrives-at-4-ghz
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tobylane
I'm more interested in the cooling - water, 3D, something new?
| {
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Show HN: SaaS for MySQL Performance Management - kylered
https://vividcortex.com/
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kylered
and an overview... [https://vividcortex.com/blog/2014/04/03/vividcortex-quick-
to...](https://vividcortex.com/blog/2014/04/03/vividcortex-quick-tour/)
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aytekin
"JUST 22 CENTS PER HOUR"
Don't make me calculate the mo... | {
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Dual EC DRBG, The Saga Continues - dsl
https://gist.github.com/0xabad1dea/8165378
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andrewcooke
his (daniel brown's) position seems consistent to me - it may have had a
backdoor, but it wasn't obvious that it did, it was documented how to avoid
the risk, and it's the only prng with a proof (apparently - i would... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Node.js in Flame Graphs - stoey
http://techblog.netflix.com/2014/11/nodejs-in-flames.html
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ChuckMcM
The moneyquote:
_" We made incorrect assumptions about the Express.js API without digging
further into its code base. As a result, our misuse of the Express.js API was
the ultimate root cause of our performance ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why a Microsoft Smartphone Just Can’t Happen—Not Yet, Anyway - robertbud1
http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2012/10/10/why-a-microsoft-smartphone-just-cant-happen-not-yet-anyway/
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JimmaDaRustla
(Skimmed the article, seems bogus)
A device is Microsoft's "medium" to their bread and butter - software. They,
like most... | {
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} |
U.S. Navy’s Costliest Carrier Was Delivered Without Elevators to Lift Bombs - jayrok
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-02/costliest-carrier-was-delivered-without-elevators-to-lift-bombs
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nowarninglabel
Looked up some articles on the elevator tech for civilian use:
[https://www.businessinsider.com/g... | {
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} |
PostgreSQL: the bits you haven't found - cel1ne
https://postgres-bits.herokuapp.com
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pvh
Oh, hey, these are my slides. Let me know if you have questions and I'll do my
best to help out.
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irickt
This looks like the repo if you prefer reading markdown
[https://github.com/pvh/postgres-bits](https://github.c... | {
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} |
Dear Jim Gaffigan, Louis C.K. paid $35k for his website. We'll do yours for $0. - reso
http://dearjimgaffigan.com/
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blhack
Cool idea guys, but poor execution. Here is some free* advice:
-The design on your website is terrible. You need to fix this immediately. This just looks like a tumblr post, or a twitter ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
An AI to help language learners? - anasf
http://www.heyelena.com/?utm_source=ycom&utm_medium=hackernews&utm_term=hackernews&utm_content=hackernews&utm_campaign=hackernews
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anasf
Hi guys, I am working on an AI with friends to help language learners practice
conversations, we are calling it Elena. What do you thin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
New Papua tribe discovered - ph0rque
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2010/06/24/14509781.html
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Aaronontheweb
It's stories like this that remind me just how big the world is - despite all
of the satellites, instant communication, air travel, and all of the other
things that sometimes make the world feel small... | {
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} |
Review of Let over Lambda by Doug Hoyte - vii
http://john.freml.in/review-let-over-lambda
This book for some reason was ignored from the discussion (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1052858) yesterday about the Lisp fingerprint reader. I think more people should read it.
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kmcgivney
This book is a little cont... | {
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} |
Stiffer road surfaces could cut greenhouse-gas emissions - sohkamyung
https://physicsworld.com/a/stiffer-road-surfaces-could-cut-greenhouse-gas-emissions/
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cjbenedikt
Interesting approach. When replacing Asphalt with concrete you have to produce
more cement. Cement production is a massive CO2 contributor - appro... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Blocking a protein curbs memory loss in old mice: study - LinuxBender
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2019/05/blocking-protein-curbs-memory-loss-in-old-mice.html
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hirundo
> Impeding VCAM1, a protein that tethers circulating immune cells to blood
> vessel walls, enabled old mice to perform as well on memor... | {
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} |
An ode to passwords - ophelia
https://blog.cryptoaustralia.org.au/2018/05/17/an-ode-to-passwords-rant/
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czeidler
Another problem is that you should not use an authentication password to
protect your wallet. See
[https://fejoa.org/fejoapage/2018/05/17/DeveloperRelease.html](https://fejoa.org/fejoapage/2018/05/17/... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
False ballistic missile alert spreads panic in Hawaii - ilamont
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/13/16888374/false-ballistic-missile-alert-spreads-panic-in-hawaii
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sctb
Comments moved to
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16140761](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16140761).
| {
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This is what it looks like when a million Brazilians take to the streets - yesplorer
http://qz.com/96715/this-is-what-it-looks-like-when-a-million-brazilians-take-to-the-streets/
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denibertovic
stress all around.
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Students Stand When Called Upon, and When Not - robg
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/us/25desks.html?hp
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biohacker42
Allowing kids to stand, sit, fidget, etc, seems so obvious.
The whole sit still for hours at a time, is unnatural for kids and comes from
the time when school was in a monastery and the monks t... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Is it wrong for a man to steal medicine for his dying wife? - mybbor
This is a hypothetical question my mother asked me as part of a psychology course she is taking. I found it very thought provoking, and thought you would also!<p>In Europe, a woman is near death from a specific type of cancer. There is one ... | {
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Null Pointer Dereferencing Causes Undefined Behavior - DmitryNovikov
https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2015/04/20/null-pointer-dereferencing-causes-undefined-behavior
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_kst_
The standard offsetof macro is sometimes defined as:
#define offsetof(st, m) ((size_t)(&((st *)0)->m))
That... | {
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Steve Wozniak's FusionIO: 1 Billion IOPS with software improvement - sp332
https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/6/2686627/fusion-io-one-billion-iops
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WiseWeasel
So it apparently makes their custom flash storage behave like RAM, and
provides an API to OS and software developers to make use of it as such, but
it's no... | {
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} |
Predictive Analysis for Crypto: The spreadsheet that got me my first 1,000% gain - spreadstreet
https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/7kgk29/financial_modeling_for_cryptocurrencies_the/
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arkades
Not to knock the guy’s technical work here, but making 1000% gain while buying
into a bubble on the upswing... | {
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} |
Show HN: A super simple link aggregator that I made - obblekk
http://couvet.co/
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obblekk
hey all, this is my first side project and i would love advice.
tech: python/flask, rethinkdb, bootstrap, jquery
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MichaelCrawford
I understand jQuery exists in part to work around javascript flaws in older
browsers.
... | {
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BitcoinJS - markmassie
http://bitcoinjs.org/
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benmanns
As an experiment I sent 0.0005 BTC to the address corresponding to the private
key in the documentation (L1uyy5qTuGrVXrmrsvHWHgVzW9kKdrp27wBC7Vs6nZDTF2BRUVwy
-> 17XBj6iFEsf8kzDMGQk5ghZipxX49VXuaV). Within seconds someone had already
transferred it out to 1EN... | {
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} |
The Hobbit House (2012) - Tomte
http://www.beingsomewhere.net/hobbit.htm
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darsham
The frame and rafters seem solid (as long as you don't stress it too much),
but it seems inevitable that the roots of plants will pierce the plastic
layer, and rain will drain though the roof.
I know it's heavy duty plastic, but t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
UI Movement – The best UI design inspiration, every day - ingve
http://uimovement.com/
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ramykhuffash
Just noticed this got posted (thanks ingve).
I made & launched this a couple of weeks or so ago - it's been going pretty
well so far!
If you have any questions or feedback, let me know!
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MrAndyDavis
Gr... | {
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} |
AI technologies that could make chatbots intelligent - daoudc
https://hackernoon.com/three-ai-technologies-that-could-make-chatbots-intelligent-10f8c6e8b4b0
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sharemywin
The project seems interesting. Wonder if the modules could have plugins so the
decision like which semantic parse is configurable?
| {
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Move over NSA, here comes the Obamacare Big Brother database - dyinglobster
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-verbatim/062513-661264-obamacare-database-hub-creates-privacy-nightmare.htm?p=full
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cleverjake
The government will have access to a persons current status in other
government programs? How does ... | {
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} |
Where do all the censored developers go? - yasp
https://danielpocock.com/where-do-censored-developers-go/
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firasd
What if a lot of this culture war stuff is happening in the US because of
geographic clustering? I'm not sure why a couple hundred twitter-addicted
people from Portland/Seattle/SF get to pontificate ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Custom New Tab page for Firefox - jakke
https://github.com/jakke-korpelainen/newtab
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jamiesonbecker
Looks fantastic. It did take a few minutes to get forked over and modify for
location, °F instead of °C, etc. Perhaps a future version could use a
config.js or something that would just swap those.
For t... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What's the best way to reach out to Angel/pre-seed investors in the US? - abdelhai
Hello HN, I'm currently working on technical product for developers and am thinking of raising an angel/pre-seed round from US investors to help me get to the first users.<p>I'm currently based in Berlin, Germany.... | {
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I2 Files Suit Against Palantir Technologies - Misappropriation Trade Secrets - elblanco
http://www.i2group.com/uk/about-i2/news/media-advisory-from-i2
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elblanco
The filed complaint: <http://www.scribd.com/doc/36371667/i2-v-palantir-080910>
For those not in the know, i2 is the maker of what's essentially the Mic... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Start my Start-up for a required internship - thatusertwo
I'm a college student with a university education, in order to graduate we are required to do a co-op/internship. I want to spend my 4 to 6 weeks getting my start up off the ground. What sorts of things could I do to convince my program administrator to allow... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Geoff Ralston, Y Combinator President, supports gun confiscation orders, UBCs - wowzap
https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/1699-gun-control-letter-to-the-sena/3258ed616a016f80dfa3/optimized/full.pdf#page=1
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yongjik
Stop editorializing the title. The link is just a PDF file of a public
petition to the Senate,... | {
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} |
Announcing the new pricing plan for AWS Config rules - brad0
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/announcing-the-new-pricing-plan-for-aws-config-rules/
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jcims
I honestly don't understand how AWS expects folks to take Config seriously
when it's missing support for the majority of the AWS services po... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Thirty-Seven Basic Plots, According to a Screenwriter of the Silent Film Era - samclemens
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2015/10/27/history_of_screenwriting_a_master_book_of_plots.html
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te_platt
One movie I've always had a hard time categorizing is Groundhog Day. I went
through the 37 plots listed and ... | {
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} |
Google shows off Project Glass at I / O with live skydiving and bike jumps - UnfalseDesign
http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/27/3121164/project-glass-demo-io
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UnfalseDesign
Best. Product. Demo. Ever.
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} |
A Step Forward in Parental Leave at Etsy - dmnd
https://blog.etsy.com/news/2016/strong-families-strong-business-a-step-forward-in-parental-leave-at-etsy/
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alexandrerond
It is great news to see some companies taking small steps towards what is
considered normal in the rest of developed world, but it's actually ve... | {
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Analyse Asia Podcast #26: The Nintendo and DeNA Deal with Serkan Toto - bleongcw
http://analyse.asia/2015/04/11/episode-26-the-nintendo-and-dena-deal-with-serkan-toto/
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bleongcw
Synopsis: Serkan Toto of Kantan Games is back on the podcast to discuss the
mega deal between Nintendo and DeNA which created a dent in... | {
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} |
Twitter Bans WikiLeaks-Style Website for Publishing 'BlueLeaks' Documents - AndrewBissell
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3zwyw/twitter-bans-ddosecrets-for-publishing-blueleaks-documents
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guerrilla
Here's Emma Best's full thread [1].
[1].
[https://twitter.com/NatSecGeek/status/1275554481510457351](https://t... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Why Has SDK Become a Four-Letter Word for Developers? - werencole
At a developer conference last week, several app and game developers said, "SDK has become a four letter word." That goes the same for API.<p>I have a general sense as to why this is, but I am curious to hear it from the community. W... | {
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Why I Didn't Apply to Y Combinator - bendrucker
https://medium.com/on-startups/ebb45a310757
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intelliot
Reminds me of something I learned at a Startup School:
"Jack Dorsey & Ben Silberman are successful bc they don't care about the
outside world...don't care about press." \- @RonConway
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Show HN: Traverse City Platmap with Leaflet and D3 - michaelcolenso
http://tcplatmap.iswordfight.com/
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michaelcolenso
I showed this last week, but the app crashed and burned after about an hour.
I'm pretty sure I figured out the issue(s) and fixed them, but I'll be
interested to find out if that's really the c... | {
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} |
CAP Theorem: Revisited [Distributed Computing] - rg81
http://robertgreiner.com/2014/08/cap-theorem-revisited/
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ndm00
Interesting read. Most blog posts I've seen about the CAP theorem have an
academic feel, this one is more approachable. Really, the CAP triangle is
outdated. The trade off in a distributed syste... | {
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} |
Why the FBI's request to Apple will affect civil rights for a generation - colinprince
http://www.macworld.com/article/3034355/ios/why-the-fbis-request-to-apple-will-affect-civil-rights-for-a-generation.html
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venomsnake
It will not affect anyone's rights. Why - FBI is not using any form of
prevention of the crea... | {
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} |
Show HN: Rethinker – the evolution of Professional Development and Feedback - alexragalie
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/rethinker
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alexragalie
Are people ready to give/receive feedback in a manner which “rates”
personality and capabilities, baseball card-style?
Ray Dalio seems to think so, and we also belie... | {
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} |
Interview: Apple’s Schiller says position on Hey app is unchanged - tosh
https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/18/interview-apples-schiller-says-position-on-hey-app-is-unchanged-and-no-rules-changes-are-imminent/
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johnmarcus
Hey should just offer to subscribe, and just make clear there is a 30% Apple
tax for paying thr... | {
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} |
Free access to British scientific research to be available within two years - tomgallard
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/15/free-access-british-scientific-research
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Qworg
If there is anything that will kill free access, it will be this: "British
universities now pay around £200m a year in subscripti... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Thousands of ships use 'cheat devices' to divert poisonous pollution into sea - rahuldottech
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/shipping-pollution-sea-open-loop-scrubber-carbon-dioxide-environment-a9123181.html
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sawaruna
Not sure if anyone is really being cheated in this scenario. The International
Mariti... | {
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} |
Overview of the Esophagus – Digestive Disorders – Merck Manuals Consumer Version - Preme
https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/digestive-disorders/esophageal-and-swallowing-disorders/overview-of-the-esophagus
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paulrpotts
I write this with all due respect to the poster: what the fuck?
| {
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On Technical Writing - ming13
https://arturdryomov.dev/posts/on-technical-writing/
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voidhorse
This article, like many on “technical writing” conflates techincal writing and
_writing about technology_. In my estimation, they’re two different things.
Technical Writing is a profession with a massive set of practic... | {
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} |
Work indoors all Day? Try Vitamin D supplements.... - trevelyan
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080515.wvitamind_study0515/BNStory/National/home
I'm not a medical expert, and don't know how much this story is circulating in the US, but there has been a lot of heightened attention to it in the Can... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Easily get the user's Apple ID password, just by asking - migueh
https://github.com/KrauseFx/steal.password
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beeskneecaps
Can’t believe this didn’t front-page. I’ll never type into one of these
without being on the home screen ever again! Thanks!
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krausefx
It made it to the front page
[https://news.ycombinat... | {
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Stanford Class2Go - smagch
https://github.com/Stanford-Online/class2go
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noelwelsh
This is intriguing:
Professors have access to the classes' data to learn how their students learn.
We will facilitate experiments. For example, we intend this to be the best
plaform for running A/B/N tests to measure the impact ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What exactly is a hackathon? How do I participate and why? - eibrahim
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jyu
A hackathon is another form of self selection, much like going to a club where
any guy needs to buy a bottle to get in. The bottle in this case is
willingness to spend your free weekend on coding up some random project.
Usuall... | {
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} |
Dolphins Call Each Other By Name - rblion
http://news.discovery.com/animals/whales-dolphins/dolphins-call-each-other-by-name-130219.htm
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srean
They are also known to build difficult to make toys (air bubble vortex rings)
to entertain themselves.
They have to _discover_ how to make it. Sometimes they can be quit... | {
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} |
An Introvert’s Advice for Getting Ahead - prostoalex
http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2015/04/03/an-introverts-advice-for-getting-ahead-2/?mod=trending_now_1
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reqres
This article mischaracterises introversion by confusing it with shyness. Yes,
there is probably a significant correlation between the two but they are
s... | {
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} |
Most startups do not create value, says Scott Shane - davidw
http://www.smallbiztrends.com/2008/08/the-entrepreneurship-lottery.html/
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brm
The term startup implies that the company wont be around in 6 years, it will
likely either have folded or exited so judging by sales numbers after 6 years
is not the right me... | {
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} |
We Make Mistakes - katm
http://blog.ycombinator.com/we-make-mistakes
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tomasien
I never got into Y Combinator (I think I applied 4 times but I'm not sure) but
I'm now the CEO of a rapidly growing, well funded startup that actually SERVES
an increasing number of YC companies. The way I always thought about YC was
... | {
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} |
The man who took 40,000 ecstasy pills in 9 years - henning
http://psy.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/47/1/86
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Alex3917
For what it's worth, the recommended dosage of pure MDMA is 125mg no more than
every three months. Meaning this guy actually managed to take 2,250x the RDI
for years without dying. (Not... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Another 85 Ideas for Computing - samsquire
https://github.com/samsquire/ideas2
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chacha2
So many of these describe a hellscape.
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davidjnelson
> Work by mobile phone
This one has the potential to help people in impoverished countries make a
living wage. Would be really great if a company made this happen.
... | {
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} |
Cork'd to Shut Down - uptown
http://content.corkd.com/2011/01/12/corkd-the-final-tasting-note/
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rwhitman
I think every product shutdown should be accompanied with a video. Granted,
Gary is a pro, but it feels very personal and comforting to have the founder
explain why it was shut down.
Every time Google or Y... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Who is the best hacker of all time? - pooya13
Who do you consider the most talented and well rounded cyber hacker of all time?
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justforfunhere
I think Fabrice Bellard is one of the top computer programmers of our times.
[https://bellard.org/](https://bellard.org/)
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bjourne
Linus Torvalds. He appe... | {
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} |
What is the best way to hackintosh a dell XPS 15 Multimedia computer? - bennygames
It needs to get well explained if it get's to difficult..! :p
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GiraffeNecktie
This is not the place to post this question. Try searching on the hackintosh
site <http://www.hackint0sh.org/> and if you can't find anything post a
m... | {
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} |
Fake memory implanted in mice with a beam of light - sew
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/07/fake-memory-implanted-in-mice-with-a-beam-of-light/
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functional
The research may show that the mice are responding to stimuli, but how can
anyone honestly claim to know what the experience is like, or whether the
"mem... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Was Parse emails database leaked? - SimpleMinds
I hope this is good place to ask?<p>Today I got multiple spam emails with title<p>[test] Facebook Analytics for Apps: Create App Events<p>First from<p>eiad_rayyis@hotmail.com<p>Then From<p>miriamk@fb.com (in header)<p>through<p>potomac1050.mktomail.com<p>To all m... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
3 Ways To Hack Facebook - charlesju
http://www.charlesju.com/2008/12/4-ways-to-hack-facebook.html
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icey
s/hack/spam
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Doctor Who's first female lead is more popular than many fans expected - SirLJ
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/23/doctor-whos-first-female-lead-is-more-popular-than-many-fans-expected.html
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dTal
So much relentless effort to turn this into a conversation about gender when
there's been pretty much the same type of qui... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How Qantas Ferried an Engine on the Wing of a 747 - bootload
http://www.flightradar24.com/blog/how-qantas-ferried-an-engine-on-the-wing-of-a-747/
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dingaling
Fair dues to QANTAS for milking this on social media but spare-engine ferrying
was common from the dawn of the jet age.
The 707, 747, DC-8, DC-10, TriStar ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Streak (YC S11) raises $1.9M and launches API - alooPotato
http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/15/streak-raises-1-9-million-for-gmail-based-crm-app
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alooPotato
Know a lot of HN'ers have asked us for an API to access their Streak data. We
just launched it and the docs are here: www.streak.com/api
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mikeknoop
The d... | {
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Quitting my job, driving South for a year - how does my site feel? - rockandroll
http://panamnotes.com/
Any feedback on the site is appreciated. I've got a case of tunnel vision and would like some 3rd party feedback. I go public with it tomorrow.
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parterburn
I dig the layout & the first few posts are writte... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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