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BrowserLab - Cross-Browser Testing - nreece
https://browserlab.adobe.com
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mahmud
discussion here <http://browserlab.adobe.com/>
flagged.
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Ask HN: What metaprogrammable language do you/would like to use? - karmakaze
Like many folks here, I probably spend too much time reading about, trying and contemplate using many new languages. The (overlapping) paradigms that interest me are metaprogramming, functional, and (newer) statically-typed. I decided to focu... | {
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Grieving for Apple - mrzool
https://wincent.com/blog/grieving-for-apple
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vessenes
I'm sure there's a word coined for these 'death of Apple' posts.
It is true that my 2020 Macbook Pro 16 is not as much better than the
competition as my 2011 Macbook Air was.
But it is still definitely the best laptop I've ever o... | {
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} |
Memo to Stripe: Winning the hearts of Valley startups is not winning payments - rmason
https://pando.com/2014/01/24/memo-to-stripe-winning-the-hearts-of-valley-startups-is-not-winning-payments/
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mtmail
The article is from 2014 when Stripe's valuation was $1.75b, a 44x multiple to
revenue. From the article "sky-h... | {
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} |
Nakama 2.0 Released. App Server Built with GRPC in Go - mofirouz
https://github.com/heroiclabs/nakama
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AlimJaffer
You can read more about the release in the latest blogpost that breaks down
some of the major additions to the server:
[https://blog.heroiclabs.com/nakama-2-0-scale-for-millions-
of...](https://blog.... | {
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} |
Stanford Machine Learning course - csantini
http://theorymatters.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/stanford-machine-learning-course/
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physcab
I'm in a Machine Learning class right now and the math is absurd. Our
professor goes over general theory in class and references some practical
applications. For homework we have... | {
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Ask HN: What's the best domain you own that you aren't currently using? - samelawrence
I just got a renewal reminder for my domain fluf.fr and it made me wonder what other funny domains are floating around the web, either unused or unknown.
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jasonkester
Back in the early 2000's, I was planning a trip through t... | {
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Collaborative vim plugin - coherentpony
https://github.com/FredKSchott/CoVim
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bilalq
This is amazing. A pity it's not organized for vundle/pathogen, but that can
be fixed.
~~~
coherentpony
I know, I really like it. I'm surprised this article has flopped. This is
right up most of the readers' alley.
~~~
bilal... | {
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Snippet?? App Facilitates Social and Business Opportunities Right Around You - joannabellatrix
The Snippet?? iOS app is an on-location socializing & networking tool to find people around you and make valuable social & business connections without working an entire room or leaving it to chance. Approach & e... | {
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Why text messages are limited to 160 characters - soundsop
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/05/invented-text-messaging.html
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cuerty
There is a technical aspect of the GSM encoding that most people doesn't know:
It's just 140 bytes. In most encodings (the way computers represent text as 0
and 1) on... | {
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} |
Senate Passes Major Portman-Murphy Counter-Propaganda Bill as Part of NDAA - aburan28
http://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=3765A225-B773-4F57-B21A-A265F4B5692C
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aburan28
I give this story 5 minutes until it is buried via the no "politics" policy
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Newborn girls named Hillary - mathoff
https://i0.wp.com/peterturchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hillary.jpg
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mathoff
Source: [http://peterturchin.com/cliodynamica/cultural-evolution-
knew...](http://peterturchin.com/cliodynamica/cultural-evolution-knew-
statistics-didnt-hillary-lose/)
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Recovered Covid Patients Often Have Heart Damage - bookofjoe
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200729/recovered-covid-patients-often-have-heart-damage
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bookofjoe
>Red Sox ace Eduardo Rodríguez out for season with Covid-related heart ailment
[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/aug/01/eduardo-
rodrig...](http... | {
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What cracking open a Sonos One tells us about the Sonos IPO - flashman
https://blog.bolt.io/what-cracking-open-a-sonos-one-tells-us-about-the-sonos-ipo-dcab49155643
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pascalo
I've got lots of Sonos speakers, one in every room of my house. Before
Soundcloud was an option I wrote my own SMAPI service to get that go... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why US corporations are hoarding cash and not investing (Paul Krugman) - ScottBurson
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/opinion/robber-baron-recessions.html
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ScottBurson
This longer piece, linked to in the Krugman column, is also very interesting:
[http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1003.lynn-
lon...]... | {
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Turning 26 Is a Potential Death Sentence for People with Type 1 Diabetes in USA - dsr12
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/turning-26-type-1-diabetes
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vikramkr
There's this whole biohacking/open source insulin pump community out there
which is deeply terrifying. Medical devices go through the regula... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Taiwanese Kidnappers Receive $1.68M Bitcoin Ransom from Billionaire Yuk-Kwan - 666_howitzer
http://cointelegraph.com/news/115502/taiwanese-kidnappers-receive-168m-bitcoin-ransom-from-billionaire-yuk-kwan
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celticninja
Well those coins are going to be watched and watched and watched, of course
that doesnt mean any... | {
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} |
How containers became a tech darling, and why Docker became their poster child - tosh
https://medium.com/s-c-a-l-e/how-containers-became-a-tech-darling-and-why-docker-became-their-poster-child-bfaf9ac87825
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staunch
This answer doesn't include any mention of OpenVZ, which means you're not
asking a Linux expert. T... | {
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} |
DHS Seizes Aftermarket iPhone Screens from Prominent Right-To-Repair Advocate - dsr12
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evk4wk/dhs-seizes-iphone-screens-jessa-jones
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forapurpose
Does someone comment on whether an expansion of DHS authority is in progress?
Should the Justice Department be involved? I did... | {
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Go concurrency patterns - joubert
http://talks.golang.org/2012/concurrency.slide#1
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sirclueless
How do goroutines get cleaned up? For example, in many of these examples they
create a goroutine that is supposed to send a message over a blocking channel
eventually. What if I use their "select + time.After()" patte... | {
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} |
Amazon.com and The Atlantic Will Sell Short Stories on the Kindle - byrneseyeview
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/books/05fiction.html
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waterlesscloud
$3.99 each. Gonna have to lower that price point a little. Too many people
with their hands in the till.
~~~
anigbrowl
Agree...but it strikes me that there's... | {
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British views on privacy are bollocks - sweetdreams
http://trueslant.com/KashmirHill/2009/07/10/we-are-stupid-about-privacy/
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onreact-com
There's still privacy in Britain? It's one of the most "under surveillance"
societies on the globe. So how can you have views on a topic you don't
actually view at all for utt... | {
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} |
Ask HN: YCombinator.com down for everyone? - YousefED
Getting a redirect loop on different devices.
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albertomr3
yes, since 12h ago or so..
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Ask HN: A solution for click bait headlines? - nvader
I'm getting really tired of seeing incomplete headlines on news articles all over the web and in my news feeds. What specifically irks me are headlines that tell you virtually nothing about the article, but try to arouse your curiosity or interest on what us... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Ask HN: Any chances to eventually relocate to US if working remotely? - alptrv
Hi HN.<p>I have an offer from a local (Russian) company with headquarters in the Silicon Valley, they offer trips and working on site, they may relocate their best employees to the USA. But I was also thinking about working remotely for U... | {
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No new Covid sufferers, 300 asymptomatic, after Wuhan-wide tests - mxschumacher
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-wuhan/no-new-covid-sufferers-300-asymptomatic-after-wuhan-wide-tests-idUSKBN23915R
======
tommywiseausmom
schnikes
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Hospitals are a weak spot in U.S. cybersecurity - swedtrue
https://www.axios.com/hospitals-cybersecurity-medical-information-hacking-076cb826-fc69-4ba6-b3fd-57ce19ab00c6.html
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burnte
Healthcare CIO here. This is true. Healthcare is still using paper fax. It has
a 30 year old data interchange format that no one r... | {
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} |
How Many Spreadsheets Does It Take to Run a Fortune 500 Company? - nikunjk
http://www.wired.com/2014/03/many-spreadsheets-take-run-fortune-500-company
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greenyoda
Duplicate of
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7994086](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7994086)
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Unpopular ideas about social norms - imartin2k
https://juliagalef.com/2017/08/23/unpopular-ideas-about-social-norms/
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ruytlm
Thoroughly agree that we should both encourage and train people to think more
philosophically about societal questions and social norms - even if the
outcome is just to say 'nope, I think ... | {
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} |
Helium Raises $17 Million, Lays Off 30 Percent of Employees - qhoxie
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/27/helium-raises-17-million-lays-off-30-percent-of-employees/
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jacobscott
"The best articles are voted to the top by the community, but in a way that
makes it difficult to game the system. Instead of being ab... | {
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} |
Wal-Mart Asks Employees to Deliver Packages on Their Way Home - rayuela
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-01/wal-mart-taps-employees-for-quick-deliveries-to-take-on-amazon
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gjhicks
This makes a lot of sense for Wal-Mart. They are asking employees to opt in to
drop off order(s) on their way home for... | {
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} |
I got my music back. At least most of it - ingve
http://www.loopinsight.com/2015/07/24/i-got-my-music-back-at-least-most-of-it/
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thirstywhimbrel
Music lockers sort of terrify me.
I know there've been lots of complaints about them before,[0] and I think most
of the early complaints are actually resolved now. B... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The BLAKE3 cryptographic hash function - erwan
https://github.com/BLAKE3-team/BLAKE3
======
s_tec
It looks like the speedup is coming from two main changes.
The first change is reducing the number of rounds from 10 to 7. Think of it
like making a smoothie - you add bits of fruit to the drink (the input data),
then pu... | {
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} |
Shell script Mac Apps - snihalani
http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/shell-script-mac-apps
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Argorak
A hidden gem in this post is open(1), which is one of the best command line
utilities on the mac, especially because all of the sane default that most
Apple apps have. I think
`open -a Mail mydoc.pdf` (open Mail and... | {
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} |
Facebook Censors User for Mentioning Censorship - huntermeyer
http://heatst.com/tech/facebook-censors-conservative-lauren-southern-for-mentioning-censorship/
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xiaoma
I have to say I'm pretty disappointed. While Facebook is _legally_ allowed to
censor what they please (at least in the US), they present themselves... | {
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} |
The Case for C++ - johnmurray_io
https://itnext.io/the-case-for-c-4122a5b47130?source=friends_link&sk=ca95e477c339e9504a00791d4d8ef477
======
mikece
If one learns the latest version of Modern C++ how likely is it for one to
then get to work only with modern C++?
| {
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User Registration Follow-up Email: A Check List - _pdeschen
http://blog.rassemblr.com/2011/01/user-registration-follow-up-email-a-check-list/
======
_pdeschen
Thanks. Those all valid points but has mentioned in the post, your millage may
vary.
Now regarding your point about the recipient (firstname, lastname): comi... | {
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} |
A forgotten twentieth-century photographer’s wild portraits of women in nature - prismatic
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-forgotten-twentieth-century-photographers-wild-portraits-of-women-in-nature
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BelleOfTheBall
Wow, those are insanely good. “Infinitude,” 1910, in particular, looks like a
pain... | {
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} |
What Can't be Solved with Money? - fezzl
http://blog.asmartbear.com/
======
gvb
Tip for fezzi: The link is to the blog main page, which breaks HN's duplicate
detection. It is better to link directly to the blog entry itself
<http://blog.asmartbear.com/startup-money.html> so us lazy readers don't have
to click twice.... | {
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} |
I am looking for a Hacker. - youyap
I am starting a new start up and the domain is YouYap.com. I post it here and people break into it. So I am looking to find someone to joint me in this project. How do I find the best hacker?
I want to do something like this website.
======
michael_dorfman
I've written this before... | {
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Ask HN: What if you work for a company that supports SOPA? - ncavig
What advice do you all have to someone who actually works for a company that supports SOPA but doesn't support it themselves?
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gasull
Look for another job.
Seriously. I'm not saying you should quit right now. Find something better,
then quit.... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How do you begin to find contracts as a freelancer? - lamroger
I'm looking to do some freelancing but don't have a network or past customers to rely on for contracts. I've been applying to Upwork jobs but it's been difficult without ratings and competing against lower priced engineers.<p>I ... | {
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Two Killed in Icon A5 Crash - diggernet
https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Two-Killed-In-Icon-A5-Crash-228966-1.html
======
Aaronn
In today's TFR Dispatch
([http://dispatch.learnthefinerpoints.com/issues/73#start](http://dispatch.learnthefinerpoints.com/issues/73#start))
the author writes:
"I don't get to add my o... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Good NLP Books for an experienced programmer - subnetvj
Hi,<p>What Natural Language Processing books can you suggest to an experienced programmer?
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dougk7
Natural Language Processing With Python - <http://www.nltk.org/book>
Handbook of Natural Language Processing - [http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-
Lan... | {
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} |
Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law - cienega
https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2019/04/protected-bike-lanes-traffic-safety-cambridge-bicycle-plan/586876/
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just_steve_h
I've lived in Cambridge or neighboring Somerville every year but one since
1989. The cycling infrastructure is much improved and ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Eric Cantor Defeated by David Brat, Tea Party Challenger, in Primary Upset - gwintrob
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/11/us/politics/eric-cantor-loses-gop-primary.html
======
higherpurpose
Apparently this is bad news for the NSA:
[http://www.vox.com/2014/6/10/5798554/eric-cantors-loss-is-
ba...](http://www.vox.com/2... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Bitcoin trojan caught in the wild - mike_esspe
http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/all-your-bitcoins-are-ours
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olivercameron
This is exactly why Bitcoin will never take off outside of the geek world. Can
you imagine, in a world where millions used Bitcoin, the media fallout if
users were being robbed with ze... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Submitting Changes to Voter Registrations Online to Disrupt Elections - hodgesmr
https://techscience.org/a/2017090601/
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hodgesmr
Periodic reminder that attacks on physical voting don't scale.
But attacks on computers and networks do.
| {
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Basecamp was under network attack - ibsathish
https://gist.github.com/dhh/9741477
======
swanson
Some great language there: framing it as an attack by criminals (gains
sympathy from users), explains in plain-terms what a DDOS is (front door
analogy), emphasizes (twice!) that user data is safe, apologizes for the
likel... | {
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} |
Are self-driving cars the future of mobility for disabled people? - srik901
https://theconversation.com/are-self-driving-cars-the-future-of-mobility-for-disabled-people-84037
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DrScump
A rather obvious omission:
the author is aware of the Paratransit issue while totally ignoring the fact
that Paratransit passeng... | {
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} |
The Battle of AI Processors Begins in 2018 - jonbaer
https://www.designnews.com/electronics-test/battle-ai-processors-begins-2018/212131505757984
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sounds
Err, I thought NVidia already won?
Though dedicated silicon like Google's TPU will always post higher _numbers_,
GPUs have the ecosystem, the developers, the ... | {
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} |
Samsung’s Bizarre Emojis - coldtea
https://hackernoon.com/samsungs-bizarre-emojis-6be568a3b7d9
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chch
I'm surprised the article doesn't mention my favorite, the simple Cookie:
[https://emojipedia.org/cookie/](https://emojipedia.org/cookie/)
Everyone decided cookies are probably chocolate chip cookies, except Sa... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Peter Thiel on The End of the Future - brg
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/278758
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vannevar
Thiel ignores---perhaps deliberately, given his political leanings---the most
obvious explanation for the paradox of technological progress without economic
growth: that a rising economic tide _doesn't_ nec... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: How to monetize free content? - hhrowuu
What are ways besides ads and affiliate links to monetize free educational content, targeted at entrepreneurs?
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sempron64
Patreon. Product sponsorships from SaaS companies (I assume you mean banner
ads). Paywalled content
| {
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} |
Looking Glass – A new type of holographic interface - rmason
https://www.feld.com/archives/2018/07/the-holographic-display-of-the-future-is-here.html
======
doublerebel
I played with the large size version of Looking Glass at AR in Action conf
this January at MIT. It's really cool, and the coolest part is the interact... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Greg KH: Linux stable kernel release procedure changes - bigfoot
https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/12/2/388
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bigfoot
It's probably a good idea to concentrate maintenance efforts on fewer kernel
trees. There should probably be some kind of synchronization going on, i.e.
declaring a new "stable" kernel when there are e... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The downside of being a generalist - skrebbel
http://rix0r.nl/blog/2013/05/26/the-downside-of-being-a-generalist/
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skrebbel
This article really rings with me. It's odd, because usually employers say
that they prefer generalists who are smart and quick learners, but in the very
same job ads they want e.g. "at l... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Blog Little Things - shubhamjain
http://coffeecoder.net/blog/blog-little-things/
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pothibo
This is the most important lesson for anyone who would like to start blogging.
So many times I've started and trashed drafts because I thought it was dumb,
stupid and that everyone ought to know what I was writing about.
... | {
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} |
Low-Calorie Diet Doesn’t Prolong Life, Study of Monkeys Finds - tocomment
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/science/low-calorie-diet-doesnt-prolong-life-study-of-monkeys-finds.html
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gwern
Fulltext: <http://dl.dropbox.com/u/85192141/2012-mattison.pdf>
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aezell
As someone who recently embarked on a restricte... | {
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} |
On the New Republic - samclemens
http://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/new-republic
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MaysonL
If one reads this, one should make sure to read the comments, and perhaps even
follow the links in those comments.
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lkrubner
It is possible to sustain oneself as a “public trust”, TNR simply refused to
do so what was... | {
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} |
What If Linus Torvalds Gets Hit by a Bus? (2000) - ZeeshanAK
https://www.crummy.com/writing/segfault.org/Bus.html
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an-allen
Real Story Here. A colleague and I developed a training course on the
Foundations of DevOps. We started the course off with a discussion about risk
in Software Delivery and IT in general. A... | {
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} |
Self-Control in Chimpanzees Relates to General Intelligence - nabla9
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(17)31676-7
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tremendulo
Small reward now or larger reward later? In real life we might think: why
can't I just have _both_?
Yet it frequently _is_ a matter of 'either or' since the smaller... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Series A rounds and board seats? - Kepler-295c
How often (in the Bay Area) do startups get through a series A round without giving away a board seat?
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merrua
I doubt anyone will give you a truthful answer here. You might have better
luck with offline conversations.
~~~
Lordarminius
> _I doubt anyone wil... | {
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A second Brexit referendum could actually happen - okket
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/second-brexit-referendum-could-happen
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1996
And if the second one doesn't work out the way politicians want, third time is
the charm!
~~~
okket
The politicians have a hard time to get the first vote done. I doubt ther... | {
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} |
The pursuit of excellence in programming - chibea
http://programmingzen.com/2010/07/04/the-pursuit-of-excellence-in-programming/
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lawn
This i such a great article, I don't know where to begin.
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery,
it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all. — Mich... | {
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} |
ISS Virtual Tour - kapranoff
http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/virtual-tour-iss/
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sandyarmstrong
This is awesome. If you'd like a live video tour, I recently sat down with my
5 year old to watch a wonderful video from NASA [0].
They talk about some of the facilities in a way that kids can understand, and
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
In Defence of WordPress - ezequiel-garzon
https://ma.ttias.be/in-defence-of-wordpress/
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girvo
I like PHP.
Right, yes, I know, that makes me crazy, but modern PHP is a fine language.
HHVM, Hack, Composer, Packagist, the PSR standards: all of that comes together
for a nice development workflow. PHP's shared-nothi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Wikipedia editors, locked in battle with PR firm, delete 250 accounts - Jtsummers
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/wikipedia-editors-locked-in-battle-with-pr-firm-delete-250-accounts/
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raganwald
This should be fixed the old-fashioned way: By cutting off teh flow of money
at the source. When clients are... | {
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} |
Justin Bieber, Venture Capitalist - Lednakashim
http://www.forbes.com/global/2012/0604/celebrity-100-12-justin-bieber-investments-venture-capitalist.html
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citricsquid
Justin Bieber blows my mind every time I read about him and I really respect
him (mainly because his life is insane and he somehow hasn't screwed ... | {
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The Startup Journey So Far - deepakravindran
http://blog.innoz.in/whats-the-story-on-innoz-glad-youre-curious/
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deepakravindran
Hi all,do comment on this please :)
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_bn
Hi,
SMSGYAN Looks like a really cool application. I'm glad to see some innovation
in God's country. However, I have just one recommend... | {
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Dtrx: Intelligent archive extraction (2006) - rw
http://brettcsmith.org/2006/x/
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thristian
There's not a lot of things I miss from Mac OS X since moving to Linux, but
StuffIt Expander's intelligent directory-creation is definitely one of them.
It looks like dtrx is basically the same thing - thanks!
| {
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The first great battle of the Internet is over..... - aitoehigie
http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2008/06/phase-one-of-internet-is-over-and-we.html
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tstegart
Seriously hilarious fake rant.
| {
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Run Chrome Apps on Android and iOS - tosh
https://developer.chrome.com/apps/chrome_apps_on_mobile
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tosh
Now also with current Intel CrossWalk support:
[http://blog.chromium.org/2014/09/now-with-faster-dev-
workflo...](http://blog.chromium.org/2014/09/now-with-faster-dev-workflow-and-
modern.html)
GitHub Proje... | {
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Amateur J.C. Penney Traders Beg Judge to Save Them from Wipeout - bdr
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-13/amateur-j-c-penney-traders-beg-judge-to-save-them-from-wipeout
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60secz
Caveat emptor. Buy a dead cat on the bounce? Don't complain when it starts to
stink. If debts are greater than assets, th... | {
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The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99 - rfks
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andromium/the-superbook-turn-your-smartphone-into-a-laptop-f
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ysleepy
Well not the first of its kind. Unclear how this one exactly works. Is it
Micro HDMI over the USB-OTG or just a socket over usb and another S... | {
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Ask HN: What tech stack is in demand, and why? - pydox
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LiamPa
Slightly out of date now but this gives you a good idea of what companies want
(no why though)
[https://blog.whoishiring.io/june-2017-in-
numbers/](https://blog.whoishiring.io/june-2017-in-numbers/)
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shakna
COBOL and Fortran. Probably with som... | {
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China Exploits Fleet of U.S. Satellites - nwrk
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-exploits-fleet-of-u-s-satellites-to-strengthen-police-and-military-power/ar-BBWdrFk
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boomboomsubban
This story can be summed up by "China buys satellite internet connection, and
also has a terrible human rights record." Not... | {
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} |
iPhone 7/7+ Phone Case with Built in Secure AirPod Storage - kalyxdesigns
http://www.kalyxdesigns.com
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8draco8
This is seriously ugly design. It adds bulkiness to the phone, removes Earpods
charging (which the official case does), removes automatic pairing after
opening the case, and it just looks ridicules. I d... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The HN Digest trial - juliancorlet
http://hndigest.wordpress.com/
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brianchu
It isn't the article that I usually spend the most time reading. It's in the
comments where most of HN's learning value lies, and thus where most of my
time is spent. If the summaries included an outline of the
opinions/takeaways/great... | {
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Announcing The Simple iPhone App - Q6T46nT668w6i3m
https://www.simple.com/blog/Simple/announcing-the-simple-iphone-app/
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ubercore
I WANT SIMPLE SO BAD.
Sorry, I don't mean to add noise to the conversation, but I haven't
anticipated a product like this for quite awhile. I've also been really
impressed with how ... | {
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} |
Naming a rhetorical tactic - MicahWedemeyer
http://peachshake.com/2011/04/07/naming-a-rhetorical-tactic/
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MicahWedemeyer
This tactic rears its ugly head quite a bit here on HN, so I was hoping
someone might know its name.
| {
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The Loma Prieta Earthquake 1989 + 2014 Mashup - Thevet
http://shawnclover.com/2014/10/08/the-loma-prieta-earthquake-1989-2014-mashup/
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davidw
> getting under a doorway is an old wives’ tale and
Really? I hadn't heard that before. What are you supposed to do? Sturdy
desks/tables would probably be my first incl... | {
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} |
Signature of Antimatter Detected in Lightning - Anon84
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/antimatter-lightning/
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RK
_During lightning storms previously observed by spacecraft, energetic
electrons moving toward the craft slowed down and produced gamma rays._
That actually sounds like bremsstrahlung x-ray... | {
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} |
Exploring the .NET Core Runtime - matthewwarren
http://www.mattwarren.org/2018/12/13/Exploring-the-.NET-Core-Runtime/
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giancarlostoro
C# was the first language after Visual Basic 6 that I learned the most
seriously, and after .NET Core I got the most excited about C#. I love that I
don't have to reach to Java an... | {
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2,433 Unread Emails Is An Opportunity For An Entrepreneur - dcurtis
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/23/a-crisis-in-communication/
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mosburger
What if you knew the depth of the mail queue of the person to whom you were
writing, _before_ you wrote the e-mail? E.g., you are writing an e-mail to
your boss, and wh... | {
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} |
Nubrella: hands-free umbrella - mcantelon
http://www.nubrella.com/
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jcl
An interesting idea, but it only seems to protect the head and shoulders. I'd
expect water to run along the surface of the device onto the pants of the
user, effectively making them wetter than if they had no protection at all. An
umbrella... | {
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Daily Muse, Community For Professional Women, Looks To Reinvent Company Profile - FluidDjango
http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/22/the-daily-muse-the-community-for-professional-women-looks-to-reinvent-the-company-profile/
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AznHisoka
Reading some of their articles, I fail to see what differentiates them from
say Fast... | {
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} |
Automating a multi-tiered application securely on AWS with Docker and Terraform - gosuri
https://www.airpair.com/aws/posts/ntiered-aws-docker-terraform-guide
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sciurus
I was excited to find out recently that Hashicorp has hired Clint Shryock to
expand Terraform's support for different AWS services. If you check... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Any good (PHP) PaaS with UK datacentres? - tomardern
Hi,
Has anyone had any experience or know of any good PHP PaaS with UK datacentres that they can recommend?
Thanks,
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leigh_t
You could try Engine Yard
([https://www.engineyard.com/](https://www.engineyard.com/)), I think they are
using EC2 (has a da... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Which GitHub repo has the most open issues? - hguhghuff
Any way to find that out?
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ponyous
Why would that metric be useful? Geniuenly wondering. I learned in the past
that open issues are not indicator of how useful the library is.
Example: Worked on a project that used a library with 150 open and 3500 ... | {
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} |
Ask HN:CPAN like archive for c - winkv
I am wondering if there is a CPAN like archive for C libs and snippets,i was able to find boost for C++,but nothing for c...also what do u think of making one(in case it does not exist)
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jdale27
<http://ccan.ozlabs.org/>
~~~
TMK
Cool, didn't know of ccan.
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TMK
Si... | {
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Connected TV Backlash? Canada's CRTC to Allow ISPs to Meter Internet - expathos
http://www.appmarket.tv/opinion/804-connected-tv-backlash-more-monopolisation-canadas-crtc-to-allow-isps-to-meter-internet.html
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timthorn
I doubt it will "crush innovation" - we've been metered since the dawn of
broadband in the UK b... | {
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} |
Guess my word - ColinWright
http://simbase.org/gmw/gmw.html?HN_20150905
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bonobo3000
This is great! Inspired me to make a little script in spark-shell:
> val words = oxforddict.
filter{case s => s.exists(_.isLetter) && s.forall(Character.isUpperCase(_))}.
... | {
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Silicon Zoo - kruipen
http://siliconzoo.org/
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mattbillenstein
Also,
[http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/creatures/](http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/creatures/)
And a chip I made in college:
[http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/creatures/pages/cincinnatibearca...](http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/creatures/pages/cincinnatibearcats.... | {
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Can you see the difference with a 4K monitor? - gjvc
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Can-you-see-the-difference-with-a-4K-monitor-729/
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richardboegli
Yes I can.
Going back to a 1080P screen is painful.
From the article: For desktop monitors, the answer is very clear: yes! Even a
person with just 20/... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What Office document renderer for Web/Electron do you recommend? - yayr
I know there are online viewers from MS and Google, but all open source projects seem to be either dead or quite limited. Am I missing something?
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nxj
discussion on stackoverflow:
[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27957766/how-do-... | {
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} |
Static Web Apps – A Field Guide - trumbitta2
http://www.staticapps.org/?hn
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simonw
Allow me to describe a revolutionary way of creating web applications. I call
it "Pages and forms".
If you need to display some information, you use an abstraction called a
"page" \- a full HTML document served from a URL. You ca... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Learn how to code without leaving your browser (HTML, JS, Python, Ruby, Java...) - myasmine
http://www.myasmine.com/free-sites-learn-how-to-code-without-leaving-your-browser
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xlo250
Great Article!
| {
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} |
A tiny static full-text search engine using Rust and WebAssembly (2019) - jaden
https://endler.dev/2019/tinysearch/
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jil
I've been a fan of Matthias' project for a while. I learned about it soon
after starting Stork: [https://stork-search.net](https://stork-search.net)
They're very similar and share a lot of pr... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Should startups invest in business cards? - erickhill
Obviously, there is a practical tension to keep costs to a minimum, especially when teams are small and frugality is important.<p>But there is also a strong need to evangelize one's product during physical meetings or chance encounters. Without getting to... | {
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} |
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