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Design Doc: Use JavaScript instead of TypeScript for internal Deno Code - rkrishnaan
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_WvwHl7BXUPmoiSeD8G83JmS8ypsTPqed4Btkqkn_-4/edit#heading=h.cx5nx247bag
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temporallobe
This cones as no surprise to me, as TypeScript is a transpiled language. I
know this is probably an unpopul... | {
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Why Ruby rocks - Skoofoo
http://skofo.github.io/blog/why-ruby-rocks/
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nopal
I'm sure it does, but I can write the same class in C# just as easily:
class Person
{
public int Sanity { get; set; }
public Person()
{
Sanity = 50... | {
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Mozilla Marketplace goes live, install web apps like native PC apps - cpeterso
http://liliputing.com/2012/06/mozilla-marketplace-goes-live-install-web-apps-like-native-pc-apps.html
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stewie2
people said "webapps are awesome, because there is no need to install."
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Attacking Z-Way Controlled Home Automation Devices - rwestergren
http://randywestergren.com/attacking-z-way-controlled-home-automation-devices/
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jaytaylor
This is a gaping security hole, thanks for sharing, OP!
I'll have to play around with this and see if I can execute a PoC against my
friend who has Z-Wave ... | {
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NYTimes uses Hadoop, S3, EC2, and some custom code to handle PDF generation for 4TB worth of data - nickb
http://open.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/self-service-prorated-super-computing-fun/
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andreyf
I'd have imagined that a huge non-tech organization like the NYTimes would be
too full of PHB's to let anything ... | {
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To find suspects, police quietly turn to Google - kushti
http://www.wral.com/Raleigh-police-search-google-location-history/17377435/
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dwighttk
Do cell providers not keep the data long enough for this? Or is this a way
around having to request from multiple carriers? Does Apple get these
requests? Would Google in... | {
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Autonomous driving's unsolvable deer problem - dev_cartoonist
http://noblackmirrorthanks.blogspot.com/2018/03/autonomous-drivings-unsolvable-deer.html
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coding123
Never thought of this one before... From what I understand, this is largely
the reason Waymos had the brakes on public release.. they keep running into... | {
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Menlo Park Police used city funds to taxi homeless woman to SF - coloneltcb
https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2019/11/08/police-used-city-funds-to-taxi-homeless-woman-to-sf
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nkrisc
Worth highlighting, probably:
> As for why he intervened in the first place, he emphasized, "She wasn't
> doing anything illegal wha... | {
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Ask HN: How much are we worth? - savoy11
We are a small startup with two founders and no employees. Bootstrapped, no external financing whatsoever. We are selling software and making approximately $200K per year in sales, but we are also growing rapidly, at about 5% each month. We have $0 marketing budget - meaning ... | {
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Most Money Advice Is Worthless When You’re Poor - paulpauper
https://free.vice.com/en_us/article/ev3dde/most-money-advice-is-worthless
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aw3c2
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Vimes#Boots_theory_of_soci...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Vimes#Boots_theory_of_socio-
economic_unfairness)
> The reason that th... | {
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Is a visa required when working remotely? - lizardwalk5
I realize this might be case by case but I frequently see international companies listing a remote working option. If they are based in a different country from my citizenship, should I assume that a work visa is required to work for them? Sometimes the job menti... | {
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No More Fake News to Sway Your Views as 'Pants-On-Fire' Detector Comes to Rescue - tefo-mohapi
http://www.iafrikan.com/2017/01/09/no-more-fake-news-to-sway-your-views-as-the-pants-on-fire-detector-comes-to-the-rescue/
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DoodleBuggy
> "Experts estimate that in about two years, we'll have a perfect 'symbiotic'
> re... | {
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Avalonia UI Framework - evo_9
http://avaloniaui.net/
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richardjam73
What is the difference between Avalonia and Xamarin?
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Show HN: OptKit – Enterprise Level Conversion Rate Optimization Kit - acoyfellow
http://optkit.com/
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gk1
As a conversion optimization consultant, this is very interesting. It's not a
new idea, but the execution is really great. The setup process was easy to do
and understand.
A few comments:
1\. Does the scr... | {
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Effect of One-Legged Standing on Sleep - ph0rque
http://quantifiedself.com/2011/03/effect-of-one-legged-standing-on-sleep/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+QuantifiedSelf+%28The+Quantified+Self%29
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Tyrannosaurs
Methodologically isn't this close to nonsense?
His measure of how well rest... | {
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} |
Robots and Firms - quickfox
https://voxeu.org/article/robots-and-firms
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beisner
This seems to be a fairly obvious finding, doesn’t it? Any change in business
practices that gives you a competitive advantage gives you, well, a
competitive advantage!
The study seems to say: if your company automates jobs away, yo... | {
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} |
Doing more with less: Apple's most controversial app to date - iMovie '08 - nickb
http://no1s.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/doing-more-with-less/
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inklesspen
It's either love it (because it lets you get things done easily and quickly)
or hate it (because you were good at iMovie '06). But the goal for iMovie '08
was... | {
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} |
Tourniquet - selenamarie
http://zareason.blogspot.com/2012/07/tourniquet.html
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selenamarie
For those following the UEFI Secure Boot stuff, good read. Goes into why this
is problematic -- specifically the rebranding of Linux on the desktop as
insecure.
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Show HN: Large – Get anything for your team or office via slackbot - barisser
http://hirelarge.com?hn=true
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werber
How much of the functionality is a person at a computer and how much is
software? It looks like a really cool project
~~~
bitsweet
It is powered by a distributed network of people but they're bolst... | {
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GAPuino (GAP8 / PULP / RISC-V MCU Development SBC) - peter_d_sherman
https://greenwaves-technologies.com/product/gapuino/
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peter_d_sherman
Excerpt:
"GAP8 is uniquely optimized to execute a large spectrum of image and audio
algorithms including convolutional neural network (CNN), with extreme energy
efficiency, ... | {
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A Dust Over India - Arun2009
http://postmasculine.com/a-dust-over-india
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photon137
The mistake the author made is that he lived in India for three weeks. Had he
stayed for six months or a year, he'd have been able to figure out _what_
makes India tick - India is the very embodiment of clever innovation to
surviv... | {
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} |
Need salary advice; First time looking for a Rails job after a failed startup - Whitespace
Hey all. I'm a self-taught, 28 year old in NYC, and I've been programming rails for 2 years now. I co-founded an education startup where I was the sole developer, but I can't keep eating hotdogs and ramen after 18 months and... | {
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How do you find high traffic websites for my private advertising network? - iworkforthem
I am looking for a few high traffic websites for my advertising network. Right now, I am using quantcast.com to help me guess the traffic of my publishers' websites. It is a largely manual process right now, I was wondering if a... | {
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Foreign Languages Fade in Class — Except Chinese - rmah
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/education/21chinese.html
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Jd
I spent several years of my life learning Mandarin and, although I am about
ready to enter a Masters program so that I will become proficient in both
Japanese and Classical Chinese, I strongly... | {
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} |
Always. Be. Shipping. A lesson from Jacopo da Pontormo, circa 1545. - Brajeshwar
http://blog.garrytan.com/always-be-shipping-a-lesson-from-jacopo-da-po
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brudgers
It's probably easier when one hasn't set themselves to the task of
representing divine perfection.
Commercial pursuits are driven by somewhat differ... | {
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Every Weekend Should Be a 3-Day Weekend (2015) - joeyespo
https://www.thecut.com/2015/09/every-weekend-should-be-a-3-day-weekend.html
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KineticLensman
I’m in the fourth decade of my career and I switched to a three day week
almost a year ago, taking a proportional pay cut. I work Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday to ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The LG Wing is a “T” shaped, dual-screen smartphone - elsewhen
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/08/the-lg-wing-is-a-t-shaped-dual-screen-smartphone/
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imposterr
I love that LG is still playing around with new form factors. Between this and
the V60 the line up looks interesting.
That being said, I don't think... | {
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} |
Huawei abandoned by Google and major US chipmakers - yashwt07
https://medium.com/@yashwate07/huawei-abandoned-by-google-and-major-us-chipmakers-bf1e085d957a
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hn45oye
Could turn out as a big problem for Huawei
| {
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Anonymous Money needs Anonymous Exchange (Bitcoin) - kiba
http://bitcoinweekly.com/articles/anonymous-money-needs-an-anonymous-exchange
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hugh3
kiba, do you think there's some kind of limit to how many bitcoin articles you
can reasonably submit?
~~~
kiba
As long it is not spam and it is interesting content.
~... | {
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} |
Why Quora Will Never Be as Big as Twitter - kingsidharth
http://mashable.com/2011/01/06/quora-growth-not-twitter/
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StavrosK
"Why apples will never be as tasty as oranges."
------
kleinsch
I'm personally not sure if Quora will ever be bigger than Twitter, but I do
think they have a potential advantage in the fac... | {
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} |
Where rump kernels are heading - mrry
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.rumpkernel.user/416
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valarauca1
History lesson:
The earliest "Operating Systems" as we call them today were developed at
General Motors. The system was a standard stack of punch cards that would be
executed with every program to take ar... | {
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} |
RIAA Wants to Cut Artist Royalties to 9%, Apple Wants Them at 4%, Artists Just Want to Eat - nickb
http://gizmodo.com/352762/riaa-wants-to-cut-artist-royalties-to-9-apple-wants-them-at-4-artists-just-want-to-eat
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dkokelley
A broken industry? Greed? Starving artists?
I smell a decent startup brewing.
| {
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Microsoft Edge extensions support delayed until 2016 - wslh
http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/22/9596298/microsoft-edge-extensions-support-2016-release-update
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mschuster91
As much as I like the direction the new MS is heading, I can't think of
literally any person wanting to use a browser which does not support
ad... | {
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} |
Association between gifts from pharma group to drug prescribed by French doctors - hokkos
https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6015
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techaddict009
Its pretty open in India.
Drugs prescribed by a Doctor can be bought and is mostly available only from
the store he mentions in the prescription.
Big doctors have t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Paul Graham: Lisp in Web-Based Applications (2001) - tosh
http://ep.yimg.com/ty/cdn/paulgraham/bbnexcerpts.txt
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tosh
Interesting comment on evolving code (& keyword parameters):
> Rtml even depended heavily on keyword parameters, which up to that time I
> had always considered one of the more dubious features o... | {
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} |
The longer passwords in the Last.fm database - ProfDreamer
https://www.leakedsource.com/i/lastfmlong.txt
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pilif
At first I was really impressed by `1qaz2wsx3edc4rfv5tgb6yhn7ujm8ik,9ol.0p;/`,
but then I watched my keyboard and all became clear. These brute force tools
are getting better and better at trying usefu... | {
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} |
Frank Lloyd Wright Paved the Way for Bad Silicon Valley Housing Ideas - rbanffy
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mb3w3y/frank-lloyd-wright-paved-the-way-for-bad-silicon-valley-housing-ideas?utm_source=mbtwitter
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oldmancoyote
The trouble with the command solution approach (public or private) is that
it'... | {
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} |
'Lucky' Woman Who Won Lottery Four Times - jc123
http://www.businessinsider.com/4-time-lottery-winner-not-exactly-lucky-2011-8
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ColinWright
Same story:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2861390>
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2868747>
========
Related - breaking the Massachusetts State Lottery:
<... | {
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Show HN: Monitor websites for changes and send scraped data to a webhook - omneity
https://monitoro.xyz/?ref=hn
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omneity
Hello HN, Monitoro is a service I built to watch websites for changes, scrape
data, and whenever the data changes, send it to a webhook of your choice. 2
months ago, I shared this project on H... | {
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} |
How to Be an Expert in a Changing World (2014) - headalgorithm
http://www.paulgraham.com/ecw.html
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joncrane
The problem is, in order to operate as human beings, we have to assume the
vast majority of our assumptions about the world are solid. For example,
gravity will continue to push objects down in a fairly pr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
MapD Open Sources GPU-Powered Database - anc84
https://www.mapd.com/blog/2017/05/08/mapd-open-sources-gpu-powered-database/
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ccleve
I would very much like to see a blog post or some other explanation of how a
GPU speeds up a database query.
Most traditional SQL databases are I/O-bound, meaning that the cost of ... | {
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} |
Navigating the Postmodern Python World - freyrs3
http://www.stephendiehl.com/posts/postmodern.html
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bsaul
i've been coding in python professionally for 4 years now, and i'm currently
working on the biggest project i've ever worked on. to me, being scared of
changing the signature of a function because the static... | {
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} |
Drone sets world record for lifting 134 pounds over 37 seconds - ck2
http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/20/drone-sets-a-record-for-carrying-the-heaviest-cargo-ever/
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ck2
I wonder if this relies on ground-effect for lift?
Didn't someone make a drone that could carry a person?
And then there is the "hoverboard" tha... | {
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} |
Another TechCrunch Hit for Justin: Build Your Own Justin.tv With Ustream - staunch
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/26/build-your-own-justintv-with-ustream
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pg
This is exactly why we nagged them incessantly to launch. Other people had to
be working on it. But if you launch first, the latecomers are described as... | {
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Young Business (Brad Fitzgerald on young people starting a business) - tomh
http://aptdesignonline.com/blog/young-business-part-1
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bootload
_"... Brad Fitzgerald on young people starting a business ..."_
Not this <http://bradfitz.com/>
| {
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What differentiates a “senior” programmer from a “regular” programmer? - acidfreaks
https://www.quora.com/What-differentiates-a-senior-programmer-from-a-regular-programmer?share=1
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hoodoof
It is arbitrary, up to the people involved.
| {
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Computer chips made of wood promise greener electronics - Fjolsvith
http://www.infoworld.com/article/2926806/components-processors/computer-chips-made-of-wood-promise-greener-electronics.html
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ars
"cellulose nanofibril" ... "The researchers coated the CNF with epoxy"
So it's not actually wood then. It's cellu... | {
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} |
Covid-19 Crude Fatality Rates, Media Freakouts, and Capacity Analyses - slowhand09
https://medium.com/handwaving-freakoutery/covid-19-crude-fatality-rates-media-freakouts-and-capacity-analyses-8f50c58cfe00
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xenonite
This certainly explains how a time-buffer can smoothen the workload in
hospitals. However, the ar... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
When Unix Learned to reboot(2) - aquabeagle
https://bsdimp.blogspot.com/2020/07/when-unix-learned-to-reboot2.html
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wahern
> Linux's sync call is synchronous. You get the same guarantees as you do from
> fsync. This behavior was introduced in 1.3.20, released in 1995. Prior to
> that the same sync dance advice wa... | {
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} |
Screenshots of upcoming Mega site: key generator, registration, and file manager - mtgx
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/12/07/kim-dotcom-posts-screenshots-of-upcoming-mega-site-key-generator-registration-and-file-manager/
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phpnode
I think most of the responses here regarding the crypto are missing the point... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Twitter Uses BitTorrent For Server Deployment - aditya
http://torrentfreak.com/twitter-uses-bittorrent-for-server-deployment-100210/
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Zev
Actual link to code + detailed description that doesn't spend 3/4 the post
describing what bittorrent is and instead discusses what the project is:
<http://github.com/lg/murde... | {
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} |
Mass-Scale Cold Fusion a Success? - andrewcross
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-10/29/rossi-success
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synctext
If it sounds too good to be true...?
No graphs, no public measurements, no scientific publication: no merit.
Honest inventors want to be transparent and have their historical claim
validated b... | {
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} |
The metamorphosis of Escher - rbanffy
https://escher.ntr.nl/en/
======
NKosmatos
One of my all time favorite or favourite(sic) artists ever. Here are some
links to keep you busy/entertained
Make your own Metamorphosis:
[https://escher.ntr.nl/en/mmm](https://escher.ntr.nl/en/mmm)
Create your own tessellations:
[http:... | {
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Use the tools you already know – thats how Simple Analytics reached $5.7K MRR - randymonday
https://www.blog.openstartuplist.com/how-using-the-tools-that-you-already-know-helped-simple-analytics-grow-to-5700-mrr
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randymonday
Adriaan from Simple Analytics shared tips on how to bootstrap your business to
success a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: AwayTab – Chrome extension for cheap flights and travel inspiration - MvRemmerden
https://awaytab.com
======
MvRemmerden
Hey HN,
I built a Chrome extension that displays a random travel destination combined
with the cheapest flights from airports 200km around your current location.
You can also test it out h... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
USB Typewriter - autumntraveler
http://www.usbtypewriter.com/
======
delish
I'm glad that device convergence and device divergence are happening at the
same time.
I've said this here before, but I cannot recommend highly enough Alphasmart's
Neo. 700 hour battery life, sunlight readable display (!), made in America, n... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Unlike Moroccan ISPs - alexandrerond
http://unlikes.oudy.works/
======
alexandrerond
Context: Moroccan operators have started blocking VoIP services on their
Networks (mobile a few weeks ago and landline DSL recently). Includes
WhatsApp, Skype etc.
Therefore a campaign to "unlike" the companies in Facebook has been l... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
RIP SYNHAK: How a midwestern hackerspace tore itself to shreds - tdfischer
https://medium.com/@tdfischer_/rip-synhak-7093ade6b943
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esbranson
Forget Roberts Rules; The law is the most important set of books everyone has
memorized, yet no one has ever read (and cannot easily access even if they
wanted.) A few of... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mint 17.3 may be the best Linux desktop distro yet - jalan
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/12/review-mint-17-3-may-be-the-best-linux-desktop-distro/
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mattlondon
+1 to Cinnamon being great.
I've found Ubuntu's Unity to be really non-intuitive and awkward to use ...
even after several years of ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Help Pay My Bills: A HN Experiment - bendauphinee
http://bendauphinee.com/paythebills
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skowmunk
Have you tried odesk.com, elance.com, rent-a-coder.com?
You might find some good competition from East European, Russian and Asian
Coders on these sites- some of them are terrific coders/developers, but you
also have... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mast Brings You Two Numbers on One Phone with No App - jkingsbery
http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/4/10914764/mast-mobile-carrier-two-phone-numbers
======
solfrombrooklyn
Hey, Jamie, Can you talk a little more about how this works?
~~~
jkingsbery
Mast Mobile acts as a mobile network provider (MVNO), but we've integrate... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The difference between top-down parsing and bottom-up parsing - zniperr
http://qntm.org/top
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carsongross
I really didn't understand grammars until I started doing hand-rolled top-down
recursive descent parsing for Gosu.
It's a shame that parsing in CS schools is taught using theory and lex/yacc
type tools when ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Process of the PhD - yewweitan
http://scrivle.com/2010/11/26/the-process-of-the-phd/
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naithemilkman
I've always felt academics and entrepreneurs are really cut from the same ilk.
As entrepreneurs, we try to increase the overall wealth of the economy and if
we are able to push it out by a little, we've su... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Guest lecture feedback - AlexBlom
G'day HN Folk,<p>I was asked to Guest speak at the local University last night on how to start / run a technology company and add a little on social media.<p>The students were first year with only basic understandings of tech and business.<p>I've been asked to go and speak a... | {
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Apple is ditching its iconic startup chime with the new MacBook Pro - ricardolopes
http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/31/13472920/apple-macbook-pro-chime-gone
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daughart
Sure it's a nostalgic sound, but I can't tell you how many college lectures
are punctuated at some point by this sound.
| {
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Hacking behavior: use the stairs instead of the escalator - wgj
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpUoA5slRX4
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RiderOfGiraffes
Previously submitted ...
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=873059>
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=872759>
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=871721>
~~~
wgj
Really I should h... | {
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} |
Google CIO Ben Fried on How Google Works - itafroma
http://allthingsd.com/20131010/google-cio-ben-fried-on-how-google-works/
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eshwarramesh
Ask a Roman how Rome works?
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} |
Facebook’s Political Rule Blocks Ads for Bush’s Beans, Singers Named Clinton - moonka
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-28/facebook-s-ad-transparency-rules-caused-delays-for-advertisers
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Eridrus
This should be completely unsurprising; the implementation of rules/laws is
always imperfect, even befor... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
To keep Tor hack source code secret, DOJ dismisses child porn case - awqrre
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/doj-drops-case-against-child-porn-suspect-rather-than-disclose-fbi-hack/
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moomin
So, let's see now: a man is going free who should probably be going to jail
for a long time, because the state d... | {
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Virgin Galactic pilot defied the odds to survive crash - danso
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-virgin-survivor-20141105-story.html
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hangonhn
If you're interested in the extraordinary characteristics that are needed to
be a test pilot or an astronaut or the early history of the space program,
check out To... | {
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} |
Dust: A Blocking - Resistant Internet Transport Protocol [pdf] - conductor
http://blanu.net/Dust.pdf
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conductor
Brandon Wiley quote:
"The Dust paper is actually old and documents Dust v1, which only makes the
traffic look random. Dust v2 includes the polymorphic layer, which takes the
randomized output and sh... | {
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Pandora: From near-death to profitability in a year - jrwoodruff
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/25/pandora-from-near-death-to-profitability-in-a-year/
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skolor
Pandora is the only service that I regularly think "I should be paying these
guys money". In fact, a while back I decided that the next time I hit the ... | {
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Why conferences need a code of conduct - telemachos
http://jacobian.org/writing/codes-of-conduct/
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jsavimbi
> This is a charged issue, and I don’t have the energy to deal with comments.
I cannot take people like this seriously. They spend x hours of energy
thinking about a statement that they want to communic... | {
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Save Bletchley Park - ccraigIW
http://weblog.infoworld.com/securityadviser/archives/2008/12/save_bletchley.html
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jgrahamc
Bletchley Park is one of the 128 places in my travel book for geeks and an
absolute must see for anyone who's interested in computer science or code
breaking.
It would be tragic if it was ... | {
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} |
XE.com launches new site in React - herpderperator
https://www.xe.com/
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amacalac
unfortunately nobody told the designer to expect ads as part of the design,
given the unfortunate position of the first ad right above what looks like an
otherwise really nice design.
| {
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New Recurly website launched this morning - what do you think? - danburkhart
http://www.recurly.com
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ameyamk
Seems like new design comes with major hike in pricing.
| {
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A tiny step in Android app development and business - revolz
http://appbrood.blogspot.com
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JacobIrwin
Thanks for sharing your story.
As a side, my ex-roommate is an Objective-C hacker that funded his move to the
Valley from Pennsylvania (my guess is that he netted $10k+ on the app in about
2 months - based of... | {
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} |
Show HN: GitPitch 2.0 – Markdown Presentations on Git.* - gitpitch
https://medium.com/@gitpitch/announcing-gitpitch-2-0-27b10627a984
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Dowwie
GitPitch looks very useful. Love the code walkthrough feature.
This reminds me of a similar project, remarkjs:
[https://github.com/gnab/remark](https://github.com/gnab/rem... | {
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} |
We are in an abusive relationship with our phones - pavel_lishin
https://conversationalist.org/2019/09/13/feminism-explains-our-toxic-relationships-with-our-smartphones/
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ryanolsonx
> “Put up your hand if you like or maybe even love your smartphone,” I asked
> the audience of policymakers, industrialists and stu... | {
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} |
Concurrency is not Parallelism (it's better) - noloqy
http://concur.rspace.googlecode.com/hg/talk/concur.html
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noloqy
For the video of the presentation: <http://vimeo.com/49718712>
| {
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Google's Hybrid Approach to Research - Anon84
http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2012/7/151226-googles-hybrid-approach-to-research/fulltext
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denzil_correa
How many other companies follow a similar model?
| {
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Towards practicing differential privacy - Cynddl
http://blog.mrtz.org/2015/03/13/practicing-differential-privacy.html
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noisydonut
Nice tl;dr written by Nobel prize winner Al Roth:
[http://marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2015/03/reflections-on-
pr...](http://marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2015/03/reflections-on-practi... | {
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Donald Trump meets with tech leaders - Jarred
https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/14/donald-trump-meets-with-tech-leaders/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=FaceBook&sr_share=facebook
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delegate
Strangely how this is not top news on HN - however... | {
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} |
Text particle android - mosh_java
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twkDyQby1eI
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mosh_java
i made a code for android similar to previous web text particle was submitted
here, what should i do next ?
| {
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Ask HN: Will AI disrupt education and traditional teaching? - hsikka
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ocean_child
One of my core beliefs for AI/automation is that by removing the need to do
menial custodial and service tasks, society can focus on cultivating more
artists, philosophers, and programmers. If anything I think that we will put a
muc... | {
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WorkerDom – The Same DOM API and Frameworks You Know, but in a Web Worker - guifortaine
https://github.com/ampproject/worker-dom
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MatthewPhillips
I worked on a similar project a few years ago:
[https://github.com/canjs/worker-render](https://github.com/canjs/worker-
render). It could render jQuery apps in a web ... | {
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} |
Is YC bold enough? (warning: possible linkbait) - Sam_Odio
http://www.honorico.com/wordpress/?p=104
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ubudesign
I don't think that YC is claiming to be a VC. Unless I am missing something?
everybody knows that 10-20k is not worth much. People apply for something
else.
~~~
hank777
Yes, but the question is wheth... | {
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Knuth's 2018 Christmas Lecture: Dancing Links - janvdberg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9OcDYfHqOk
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johnsonjo
In Fall of 2017 I was still in school and had to write a sudoku solver in one
of my CS classes. I ended up using dancing links to solve my sudoku problems.
My implementation was in JavaScript and it c... | {
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} |
A New Lawsuit from Microsoft: No More Gag Orders: A Legal Analysis - hackuser
https://www.justsecurity.org/30583/challenge-microsoft-gag-orders/
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mirimir
Modest proposal: Firms ought to refuse to do business in jurisdictions that do
this authoritarian shit. Seriously. As it is, nobody in their right mind will
do... | {
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} |
The GNU Project Is Bleeding into Microsoft - davesailer
http://techrights.org/2020/06/29/gnu-redirects/
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hannob
GNU has their own code and project management plattform called Savannah. If
you've ever interacted with it you know why this is happening. It's horrible
in every way. I remember once trying to make som... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What should I learn next? - enduu
For the better part of the last 2 years I've been freelancing part-time as a Wordpress developer, focused mainly on building custom themes and modifying existing plugins. Naturally, this meant PHP was the thing to learn, since I was already familiar with HTML/CSS, an... | {
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Making a GUI toolkit - asrp
http://asrp.github.io/blog/gui_toolkit
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asrp
Maybe I should have used a different title. This is half about making a GUI
toolkit and half about a GUI toolkit maker.
| {
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} |
Google drops the axe on its internal renewable energy work - evo_9
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/11/google-drops-the-axe-on-its-internal-renewable-energy-work.ars
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patrickaljord
Here is what Google said:
> We will continue our work to generate cleaner, more efficient
> energy—including our on-campus ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Looking for a 'how to hire' type-ish thread from a githubber - killnine
I read a post discussing good hiring techniques on Monday (11/7) between 5:30 and 9:00 by a githubber and have been looking for it too long now -- hoping somebody can remember some better clues about it then I can .. please dont waste ti... | {
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Latest version of Chrome can't copy and paste urls to Outlook - DerekH
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/chrome/Sqv4fPmgztU/wpWF0HXXDQAJ
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tssva
This issue is only with pasting copied urls into Outlook. The title should be
changed.
~~~
DerekH
Thanks for pointing that out. I've been reading through the... | {
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} |
Localization platform Phraseapp now offers Gengo powered translation - holdupadam
http://blog.gengo.com/phraseapp-partnership/
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WolframHH
Very cool!
| {
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Logging is the new commenting - smikhanov
http://www.mikhanov.com/2013/07/03/logging-is-the-new-commenting-297
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drKarl
Logging is a powerful tool to debug a problem, but it comes with a cost, a
high penalty in performance. So debugging should be flexible enough to have
different levels (info, debug, warning, err... | {
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} |
What’s Coming in Go 1.13 [slides] - dcu
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vRo5urog_B76BcnQbIo7I391MZUKFj7l3gku6hypJ-WK1KCFw40A7BiM6NOVsqD17sA9jS7GyzCfnN4/pub?slide=id.g550f852d27_228_0
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cryptos
This slide deck might be nice as a wallpaper for a presentation, but it is not
a good read.
Is there a b... | {
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} |
RoR developers: looking for feedback on my portfolio - nickplace
http://nickplace.github.io
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nickplace
I recently graduated and this is my first time looking for jobs using an
online portfolio. Looking for any feedback I can get, I also appreciate "It's
too boring" comments...
| {
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} |
Kontera Raises $15.5M For Annoying In-Text Advertising Technology - JournalistHack
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/23/kontera-raises-155m-for-annoying-in-text-advertising-technology/
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russell
"Annoying" is certainly correct. The damned things pop up even when your mouse
rolls over them. Now I know who to add ... | {
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} |
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