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Ask HN: Where do you get your high quality stickers printed? - mojombo
The last batch of stickers I had printed up for GitHub were low cost but low quality. The image rubbed off of the paper backing (that is, if you could even get the thing <i>off</i> of the backing).<p>I'm going to be printing up a new batch and I ... | {
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Thank you, Dave Winer (social network not graph) - bootload
http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2007/09/thank_you_dave.php
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natrius
There's a good reason for having both terms. "Social network" can mean either
a site that lets people socialize with each other or one's actual
relationships with other people. It's... | {
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Hidden portrait 'found under Mona Lisa', says French scientist - Perados
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35031997
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meesles
As someone else pointed out before, this was probably nothing noteworthy.
Artists always make multiple layers and improve upon a base, this is just
standard technique. This isn't ... | {
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The Best Ways to Get to Work, According to Science - awjr
http://gizmodo.com/the-best-ways-to-get-to-work-according-to-science-1733796033
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eveach
tl;dr Here are the subheadings:
Driving is the most stressful way to commute
It’s also bad for your health
It’s bad for your relationships and community, too
Ridin... | {
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The traditional FPGA market is abandoned - jamesbowman
http://www.xess.com/blog/extinction-level-event/
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lvh
I'm not sure I agree with the idea that Intel is going to make these folks
work on something else because FPGAs don't grow that much. That makes little
sense; Intel isn't really hurting for more employees... | {
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Hey, Tesla Fans: Drive the Porsche Taycan Before You Criticize It - clouddrover
https://www.thedrive.com/opinion/31091/hey-tesla-fans-drive-the-porsche-taycan-before-you-criticize-it
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fastbeef
Just venting, but holy hell are cars the stupidest “hobby” I can imagine.
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LeftHandPath
Are they though?
The more I... | {
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Testing Without Mocks: A Pattern Language - jdlshore
http://www.jamesshore.com/Blog/Testing-Without-Mocks.html
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miensol
I like your article a lot. I do have a hard time to map the layers you've
described (Application, Logic, Infrastructure) to a mobile/frontend/ui
application.
For instance in Android we've Acti... | {
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Google’s not-so-secret new OS - techenthusiast
https://techspecs.blog/blog/2017/2/14/googles-not-so-secret-new-os
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michaelmrose
It was unfortunately obvious that the writer had insufficient tech chops when
use the phrase
"a post-API programming model"
But pressing on how somehow manages to blame the lack of up... | {
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Andrew Fluegelman: PC-Talk and Beyond (1985) - ingve
https://medium.com/@harrymccracken/the-1985-andrew-fluegelman-interview-5791470819db
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gjvc
I liked this quote from the interview:
"The amount of code that’s doing the work is tiny compared to the amount of
code that’s just making life pleasant for you." \-- A... | {
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DigitalOcean - dayanruben
https://www.digitalocean.com/company/blog/ready-set-hacktoberfest/
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runamok
The title should be "Ready, Set, Hacktoberfest!".
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The Most Common Error in Media Coverage of the Google Memo - mimbs
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/the-most-common-error-in-coverage-of-the-google-memo/536181/?single_page=true
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Chardok
Regardless on your opinions of the memo, this article nails it right on the
head; Gizmodo and other major ... | {
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Free Flat UI Kit - AndrewCoyle
http://designedthought.com/thank-you.html
Practice Flat design- download the free user interface kit.
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wingerlang
I kind of liked the "pay with a tweet" in return for getting the resources for
free. Then again, with that website I have no idea how they look, if I want
them and esp... | {
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Illusions of Sound Perception - DavidSJ
http://sethares.engr.wisc.edu/htmlRT/4%20sound_illusions.html
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Stenzel
There is no illusion of pitch, and it is a common misconception that the
fundamental frequency must be present in a tone. Pitch is the perceived
periodicity of a tone, which is roughly the greatest comm... | {
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Things I wish I knew the day I started Berklee - gnosis
http://sivers.org/berklee
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dbrannan
I really like the martial arts saying he uses:
"When you are not practicing, someone else is. When you meet him, he will
win".
I remember years ago when I was on the swim team I had missed two practices.
My coach said I... | {
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} |
Ruby on Sails: a homebrew Google Wave provider - mcantelon
http://danopia.net/posts/12
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elblanco
Neat! Hopefully a good example of how Wave might have a quick uptake.
Relatively easy to write for and against might mean a fast adoption rate.
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catch23
Sounds like Ruby on Snails for some reason...
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Engineers, come get your $250K salary - amduser29
http://www.cnet.com/news/silicon-valley-talent-wars-engineers-come-get-your-250k-salary/
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7Figures2Commas
The fine print:
> Not every Weeby engineer will earn the million dollars. Weeby will subject
> everyone to monthly performance reviews, and managers will ma... | {
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Balsamiq - A look back at 2008 - kapitti
http://www.balsamiq.com/blog/?p=531
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maximilian
He had over a $100,000 in revenue, which is pretty cool for 6 months. He says
he's started paying himself a bit, but all that money is his, so its all
income as I see it. Other than a bit of server space, what are the cost... | {
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Seth Godin on why he isn't naked on stage & great marketing advice. - marklittlewood
http://thebln.com/2011/09/seth-godin-on-why-he-is-not-naked-on-stage-other-more-useful-insights-video-talk-transcript-from-business-of-software/
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DarrenH
Transcript alongside the video is a great way of both experiencing the t... | {
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Watch the Inspiring Movie ‘CODEGIRL’ for Free on YouTube Until November 5th - doppp
http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/01/watch-the-inspiring-movie-codegirl-for-free-until-november-5th/
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xteo
When i was a much younger lad in my schooling days, programming was not a
popular hobby. It was not one you broadcast to your ... | {
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} |
Tesla: Solar Car Roof Idea Is All but Dead - pulse7
https://stocknews.com/news/tsla-tesla-inc-tsla-solar-car-roof-idea-is-all-but/
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pitaj
Sounds about right, to me.
Solar cells are heavy, require maintenance, and the small amount of area on
the roof of a car is unlikely to improve real world driving time, espec... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How Many HN Readers are going to the Startup Weekend at SF today ? - code_devil
http://sf2startupweekend.eventbrite.com/
Twitter HashTag: #swsf09<p>- if they are going, what's in their agenda ?<p>- if not, what would they like the products/projects come out of this ?<p>ps: I am going, will probably try to bui... | {
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The Nerd as the Norm - paulpauper
https://everythingstudies.com/2017/11/07/the-nerd-as-the-norm/
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Mysterix
From the first link, this part is so relatable :
"They'll stop going to the company picnic if it becomes an occasion for
everyone to list all the computer problems they never bothered to mention
before."
... | {
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Visual Explanation of the Conjugate Gradient Algorithm - mercurymercury
https://pwacker.com/CG.html
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nimish
I always thought it was simpler to explain by using the only trick linear
algebra has: switch to a basis where your problem is easiest, then switch
back.
Sylvester's law of inertia proves existence + gram... | {
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Could An Omnipotent Being Prove It? - robg
http://www.juliansanchez.com/2010/10/04/could-an-omnipotent-being-prove-it/
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ajuc
If this being is omnipotent, it should be able to prove anything. Otherwise it
is not really omnipotent (for it can't do this one thing).
BTW - talking about omnipotence using logic is us... | {
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} |
About coding the“FizzBuzz” interview question - micheleriva
https://www.jsmonday.dev/articles/30/about-coding-the-fizzbuzz-interview-question
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rvz
Good article, but you forgot one more thing: Readability.
Given that there are zero comments in the code, you are giving the impression
of "The code is the documenta... | {
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Smooth animation on (kindle model) e-ink display - pedalpete
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/16/bookeen-shows-off-fmv-on-a-standard-e-ink-pearl-display-video/
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HelgeSeetzen
I held a colour 60Hz electrophoretic display a decade ago (first startup).
Electrophoretic displays can go at very fast refresh rates if ... | {
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} |
SL0T0X – A modular penetration testing interface - slotleet
https://github.com/Slotleet/SL0T0X
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alphachloride
It looks like a note-taking app with file attachments. Are there any docs or
detailed description?
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Freenode and irc.com - KindOne
https://freenode.net/news/freenode-irccom
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KindOne
Previous discussion about it.
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17375831](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17375831)
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Lawsuit Exposes Internet Giant’s Internal Culture of Intolerance - YouAreGreat
http://quillette.com/2018/02/01/lawsuit-exposes-internet-giants-internal-culture-intolerance/
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qbaqbaqba
Oh no, another interesting news concerning google getting immediately flagged.
Googlers, please don't be evil, at least provide y... | {
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} |
China won’t listen to West about genetically modifying the human embryo - prostoalex
http://qz.com/441423/why-china-wont-listen-to-western-scientists-about-genetically-modifying-the-human-embryo/
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venomsnake
A little macabre humor:
Battle of day - Chinese ubermensch vs western rogue AI controlled drones.
| {
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Charter Cities - mhb
http://chartercities.org/blog/33/a-charter-city-in-cuba
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tjic
> To help the city flourish, the Canadians encourage immigration. It is a
> place with Canadian judges and Mounties that happily accepts millions of
> immigrants. Some of the new residents could be Cuban émigrés who
So the Cana... | {
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Hire people who aren’t proven - type12
https://leonardofed.io/blog/startups-hiring.html
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maxxxxx
I think hiring has become more difficult now that programming has been
discovered as a well paying mainstream career. When I started in the 90s most
people I worked with had a passion for the craft but now I find we ... | {
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This Video Makes Bill Gates Look Cooler Than Steve Jobs | Farwell video @ CES - iamelgringo
http://gizmodo.com/341472/this-video-makes-bill-gates-look-cooler-than-steve-jobs
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shayan
its a funny one, but it'll take a lot more than a video for him to look cooler
than jobs
| {
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Visiting the Anderton Boat Lift on My Narrowboat (2017) [video] - CaliforniaKarl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJDqGimPc9Q
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gambiting
If you find this interesting, I'd really recommend learning about Falkirk
Wheel - it's an absolute marvel of engineering and the only rotating boat lift
in the world. I've visit... | {
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} |
1950s U.S. Nuclear Target List Offers Chilling Insight - georgecmu
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/us/politics/1950s-us-nuclear-target-list-offers-chilling-insight.html
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mikece
Chilling that "population" is listed as a target but I can't help imagining a
scenario where all of the primary and secondary targets... | {
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Ask HN: Software for helping visually impaired persons? - adamwi
My dad is slowly going blind due to macular degeneration (basically the nervcells in the retina slowly dies, starting in the macular region). He still has ok vision but starts to have real issues reading longer texts, long term he will go completely blin... | {
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Can Microbes Encourage Altruism? - tdurden
https://www.quantamagazine.org/can-microbes-encourage-altruism-20170629/
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cronjobber
If _humans_ had parasites that would encourage them to be altruists against
their interest and for the sole benefit of their parasites—which is of course
implausible and hypothetical an... | {
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} |
Chuck Norris Exception - criso
http://criso.github.com/ChuckNorrisException/
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subnetvj
Here in India, we have a very popular actor, RajniKanth, whose awesomeness
occasionally goes down the line drawn by Chuck. Here are some cool RajniKanth
quotes:
Once Death had ‘near Rajnikant experience’
Rajanikanth can do... | {
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Ten Years of Purely Functional Data Structures (2008) - ColinWright
http://okasaki.blogspot.ru/2008/02/ten-years-of-purely-functional-data.html
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andrewcooke
it mentions me! my one claim to fame... here's the review
[http://developers.slashdot.org/story/04/02/19/2257203/purely...](http://developers.slashdot.org/s... | {
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How Many Objects Can Be Juggled (1997) - mgdo
http://fermatslibrary.com/s/how-many-objects-can-be-juggled
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jw1224
There's a fascinating video on this, which features the current world record
holder, Alex Barron — who holds the records for most balls juggled (11) and
most balls flashed (14).
See
[https://www.you... | {
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How to Steal a Phone Number (And Everything Linked to It) - urahara
https://www.fastcompany.com/40432975/how-to-steal-a-phone-number-and-everything-linked-to-it
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alexandrerond
Meanwhile Google tries by all means to obtain your phone number and until very
recently tried really hard to have you use SMS for 2FA.
| {
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Implementing Stripe-Like Idempotency Keys in Postgres - craigkerstiens
https://brandur.org/idempotency-keys
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aejnsn
Craig, attended your talk at ATO earlier this week--good talk. I was the guy
who asked about performance considerations of joins in Postgres using UUIDs.
This post reads like it's vaguely implemen... | {
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} |
New mouse design raises questions - SamLicious
https://realhardwarereviews.com/quadraclicks-gaming-rbt/
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SamLicious
this is Qeric, I made the RBT to fix my own RSI, ask me anything!
| {
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Rosetta catches dusty organics - okket
http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2016/09/07/rosetta-catches-dusty-organics/
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okket
Just a few days left for Rosetta, you might want to mark the date in your
calendar:
On September 29, a rocket burn will essentially cancel out
Rosetta's orbital motion arou... | {
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} |
Find your voting location with SMS - mikesabat
http://mcommons.com/where-do-i-vote-via-txt-message
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josefresco
Is it that hard to Google your town name and find out where to go vote from
your Government town website?
/devil's advocate
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raganwald
When it comes to helping people exercise their right to v... | {
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Alexa Auto Software Development Kit (SDK) - otp124
https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-voice-service/alexa-auto-sdk
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otp124
The SDK is on Github too: [https://github.com/alexa/aac-
sdk/tree/master/builder](https://github.com/alexa/aac-sdk/tree/master/builder)
I was debating posting the Github repo, but the landi... | {
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} |
YourMechanic (YC W12) Introduces Pre-Purchase Car Inspections - bgar
http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/04/yourmechanic-pre-purchase-car-inspections/
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ttruong
This is great. I'm actually in the process of buying a used car now and it's
nearly impossible to get an appointment at a garage in SF in a timely manner.
| {
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How I Can Has Cheezburger became a web empire - jlangenauer
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/technology/internet/14burger.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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MartinCron
In a move that isn't at all shocking, the NY Times reporter didn't have much
interest in talking with me or any of the other Cheezburger Network develope... | {
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} |
Screaming Architecture - huan9huan
https://8thlight.com/blog/uncle-bob/2011/09/30/Screaming-Architecture.html
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grzm
[2011]
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Ask HN: Twitter/Posterous - The Archive Team needs more time to save 1.3M blogs - jmathai
TL;DR<p>Posterous is shutting down in a week and the Archive Team needs more time else 1.3 million blogs will essentially disappear.<p>--<p>I've been following an exchange between Jason Scott (Archive Team / Internet Archive) a... | {
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Man and Media (1979) - dredmorbius
http://www.marshallmcluhanspeaks.com/lecture/1977-man-and-media/
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dredmorbius
Marshall McLuhan discussing the impacts and dynamics of new technologies,
particularly media technologies. Audio, 8 minutes.
PDF transcript:
[http://www.marshallmcluhanspeaks.com/media/mcluhan_pdf_12... | {
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It's time to switch to a four-day working week, say two experts - joeyespo
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/2-davos-experts-says-it-s-time-to-switch-to-a-four-day-working-week/
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peatmoss
I think three day weekends would be undeniably good for the health of our
society and everyone living in it.
I have lon... | {
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} |
Show HN: FundChan – funded channel messaging - jimbursch
https://fundchan.com
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jimbursch
We are also applying for YC:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11447417](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11447417)
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Top Russian Official Warns of ‘Catastrophic’ Population Loss - zeristor
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/07/03/top-russian-official-warns-of-catastrophic-population-loss-a66259
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8bitsrule
At the very bottom, article states (apropos of nothing earlier) that cancer
rates in Voronezh grew 20% since last year. Th... | {
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} |
USB-C and MacBook Pro - tschellenbach
I wonder if I'm the only that's going a little crazy with the new MacBook Pro USB-C connections. I've experienced issues with my keyboard disconnecting, HDMI disconnecting, power disconnecting and display lag caused by the hub. Many hubs don't fully work, proto... | {
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Lego 60th Anniversary website down before its celebrating - app4soft
https://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-classic-bricks-on-a-roll-10715-collectible-booklet-promo-at-walmart/
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app4soft
Quote from linked article, published by "The Brick Fan" on 25th of January,
2018:
> It looks like there’s a promotion at Walmart in... | {
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Speaking of the British - surfingdino
http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z4596068789&z=1250248780
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ErrantX
This is hilarious :) I honestly thought it was a joke... but now I am
uncertain.. he seems to _genuinely_ think that Britain is like this :S
The best bit is the wonderful caricature of Oxbridge intervie... | {
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New Harvard Research Reveals a Fun Way to Be More Successful - rarjunpillai
http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2014/09/be-more-successful/
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poseid
intersting - thanks for sharing :)
| {
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Hypernetes: Bringing Security and Multi-Tenancy to Kubernetes - scprodigy
http://blog.kubernetes.io/2016/05/hypernetes-security-and-multi-tenancy-in-kubernetes.html
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switchbak
They mention that this helps cure some issues with regards to resource sharing
/ memory usage, etc. But does each VM still have a static ... | {
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} |
WTF is OpenResty? - garyclarke27
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/20/wtf_is_openresty_the_worlds_fifthmostused_web_server_thats_what/
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mitendra
Was closely following OpenResty and it's interesting echo system. Good to see
its growing footprint.
| {
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How Torch broke ls and made me vulnerable - joshumax
https://joshumax.github.io/general/2017/06/08/how-torch-broke-ls.html
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binarycrusader
Torch probably doesn't even need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH. If LD_LIBRARY_PATH is
only being set so that binaries distributed by torch work, then I'd strongly
suggest they use R... | {
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} |
Bad Programmers Are Not Good Programmers Who Are Slow - iamelgringo
http://www.knowing.net/PermaLink,guid,f6755acf-e8df-4f32-8d53-39b9a01992f5.aspx
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xenoterracide
What if the guy who takes 5X to do the work has less bugs and more efficient
code and secure code? just because you code faster doesn't mean your co... | {
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} |
The cost of a logo - j21
http://www.huhmagazine.co.uk/4140/the-cost-of-a-logo
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larrys
This was already posted here there other day:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4401018>
| {
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Ask HN: Are there any services for collecting emails pre-launch? - Banekin
I'd like to build up a little hype for a game I'm making by having a landing page with a video, and collecting emails before I launch.<p>Are there any good services that create something like this? I would make the page myself, but I think my... | {
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This German Invention Supposedly Makes the Best Coffee You've Ever Tasted - prostoalex
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-crowd-funded-coffee-machine-touts-taste-through-tech-2014-12
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mmastrac
"Coffee bags will contain a microchip to start the machine and dictate the
perfect brewing process."
Uhh pass. This is ju... | {
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} |
Show HN: Inbox evolved: reach new levels of productivity - DarwinMailApp
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/darwin-mail
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DarwinMailApp
Hello HN
I’m Joey, the maker of Darwin Mail.
—
Darwin Mail aims to help you be your most productive when dealing with emails
& todos.
Problem Inbox by Google was one of the be... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How can you know when you've handled all edge cases? - patmcguire
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ISL
You don't.
It is sufficient to handle every one you can imagine, and every one a
reasonable amount of testing can encounter.
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Ask HN: Best HTML5/Bootstrap/whatever WYSIWYG web editor? - TXV
I need to prototype a bunch of web pages quickly. Actual minimally interactive web pages with decent layouts where I can wedge some JS in, but I don't want to waste time cooking HTML and CSS stuff. Thanks
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brryant
Webflow CTO here. Check out we... | {
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} |
Lambda School’s Misleading Promises - uptown
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/lambda-schools-job-placement-rate-is-lower-than-claimed.html
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songzme
I'm not a fan of bootcamps because I think a lot of them are more focused on
making money than actually helping people who need help.
Last year I decided to ... | {
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} |
How Europe is totally owning our in-flight electronics policy, again - Libertatea
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/11/14/how-europe-is-totally-owning-our-in-flight-electronics-policy-again/
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selectodude
Wait, how is a flat rate internet service using WiFi worse than allowing
airlines to imp... | {
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Genetically modified salmons approved by the FDA - jaequery
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23035-approval-for-genemodified-salmon-spawns-controversy.html
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jeffool
As someone who doesn't care at all about eating genetically modified foods, I
expect the argument over labeling will break out soon. To fire th... | {
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} |
How proud are Stanford Alums? - kremdela
http://stanford.buyalums.com
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GFK_of_xmaspast
This looks like some kind of scammy thing, but I've known a lot of top people
from a lot of top schools and there's nothing like a Princeton alumn for
school loyalty (me personally I went to state schools and have been dodgi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Self-healing electric ink refuses to die when cut - jonbaer
https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/02/self-healing-electric-ink-refuses-to-die-when-cut/
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xkcd-sucks
Cool, now we can actually light stuff on fire by overloading the conductive
ink
| {
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} |
Python Enhancement Proposal 495: Local Time Disambiguation - philipn
https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0495/
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kbenson
I'm not sure the rationale behind this. That is, the rationale section of the
proposal does a poor just of explaining any case where this is actually a
problem.
In every case where I've seen t... | {
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} |
Tipjoy (YC W08) now allows payments via Twitter - ivankirigin
http://tipjoys2cents.blogspot.com/2008/12/tip-via-twitter.html
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ivankirigin
I'm really excited about this because of where we can go with this.
The idea of a "rtip" or tip/retweet is the biggest innovation here. It's
exactly how twitter is already ... | {
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} |
1978 – 'Farewell, Etaoin Shrdlu' - wglb
https://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2014/11/13/1978-farewell-etaoin-shrdlu/
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teilo
I recommend another documentary for anyone interested in the history of the
Linotype:
[http://www.linotypefilm.com/index.html](http://www.linotypefilm.com/index.html)
Used to be on Netfl... | {
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} |
Major setbacks for two new smartphone OSs, Tizen and Ubuntu Touch - cpeterso
http://gigaom.com/2014/01/17/major-setbacks-for-two-new-smartphone-oss-tizen-and-ubuntu-touch/
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mojuba
I have an impression that the goal of all these new iOS/Android challengers is
to get Linux on the mobile phone at all costs. Whereas... | {
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} |
Aug. 1, 2012: When Oculus Asked for Donations - amitkumar01
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/25/aug-1-2012-when-oculus-asked-for-donations/
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modeless
This is the real shame in the Oculus acquisition. If Oculus had been able to
give away just 10% equity, every single Kickstarter backer would be $20,000
richer ... | {
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} |
Vesper app - pstinnett
http://vesperapp.co/
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pooriaazimi
( _please note that my post is meant to give others another use-case for the
Vesper app, and isn't an ad for a competitor product!_ )
I don't care much for a diary or travel book, but I do use DayOne[1] (for OS X
and iOS) as a journal of interesting stu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Restoring accidentally deleted files on Linux - potus_kushner
https://sabotage-linux.github.io/blog/6/
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rnhmjoj
If you are using ext4 there is extundelete that simplifies the process, it
requires to remount the filesystem read-only, though.
mount -o remount,ro /dev/sda1
extundelete --resto... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Interested in a Lisp Google Calendar API Library? - gibsonf1
Is anyone else interested in a nice, easy to use and reliable Lisp library to talk to the Google Calendar API in an elegant way? I sure am, and if you are too and like to code in lisp, please email me to join the team adding this little gem to a g... | {
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} |
Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories Are a Public Health Hazard - vo2maxer
https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-covid-19-misinformation-campaigns/
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TravelN0mad
Wait for it, they're going to use this as a pretext to extend their already
rampant censoring-, and account lockdown program.
| {
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} |
Governments will close down bitcoin and crypto if they get too big, Jamie Dimon - SirLJ
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/22/bitcoin-jpmorgans-jamie-dimon-lays-into-bitcoin-again.html
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garamirez
I really like JD's comments on this Bitcoin madness. This is going to end
sooner than later and people is going to get hurt... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Haiku R1/beta1 has been released - hakfoo
https://www.haiku-os.org/news/2018_09_28_haiku_r1_beta1/
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artsyca
Posting this from HaikuOS! Greetings earthlings! Man I feel like I've opened a
time capsule.
~~~
fit2rule
Tell us more about it -- what have you discovered? What do you like so far?
Can you use it product... | {
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} |
Why programmers can’t make any money: dimensionality and the Eternal Haskell Tax - gu
http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2014/06/06/why-programmers-cant-make-any-money-dimensionality-and-the-eternal-haskell-tax/
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PaulHoule
Oh yeah, but it even affects Java programmers.
If you want a job working with Lucene 3.6... | {
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} |
Plano, Texas ranked as best city for building personal wealth - procrastitron
http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/30/real_estate/personal_wealth/index.htm?section=money_topstories
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aggieben
Interesting title: _small-town life may mean big money_.
Plano is anything but a small town, at least by the American perspecti... | {
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} |
Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" - DyslexicAtheist
https://twitter.com/rfreebern/status/1214560971185778693
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jackewiehose
It took me a while to get the joke because I didn't recognize that white ghost
on a white background. I take this as another example why these non-ascii urls
are a... | {
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} |
How to match regular expressions faster than Perl - neilc
http://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp1.html
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thorax
Old, but good. I've done my own benchmarks when I noticed some of our users
seeing 1-2 second delays on their custom regular expressions. It did the same
complex queries in milliseconds.
I highly recomm... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Graeme Hackland on the Evolving Role of the CIO - arabadzhiev
https://channel9.msdn.com/
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mindcrash
That's the link to the conference livestream. The actual recorded session is
here:
[https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechNetVirtualConference/Te...](https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechNetVirtualConference/TechNe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The myth of ‘mad’ genius - baddash
https://aeon.co/essays/is-there-any-evidence-linking-creativity-and-mood-disorders
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commandlinefan
I've always wondered if a lot of "eccentric" people aren't just behaving the
way everybody would naturally behave if they could get away with it. I say and
do a lot of things beca... | {
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} |
Bacterial cells are small 'eyeballs', scientists discover - Marinlemaignan
http://www.sciencealert.com/bacterial-cells-are-actually-the-world-s-smallest-eyeballs-scientists-discover-by-accident
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marshray
* Scientists knew bacteria could sense the direction of light.
* Scientists had been looking at bacteria und... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
JavaScript and Node performance coding tips to make applications faster - osopanda
http://voidcanvas.com/javascript-performant-coding-tips/
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jcranmer
The quality of this article is readily apparent in the first recommendation.
Global variables are slow... because of having to walk scope chains? Uh, no.
Scopes a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Trump adviser: $600 weekly boost in unemployment benefits to expire in late July - onetimemanytime
https://www.businessinsider.com/weekly-boost-unemployment-benefits-late-july-expire-kudlow-trump-2020-6
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onetimemanytime
_" We're paying people not to work. It's better than their salaries would
get," Kudlow said._... | {
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} |
Password Party: distributed password cracking in Javascript - goldmab
https://github.com/goldmab/password-party
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goldmab
I wrote this thing and would like suggestions on how to improve it. Thanks.
| {
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} |
Hackers in Space - c3o
http://events.ccc.de/camp/2011/Fahrplan/track/Hacker%20Space%20Program/4551.en.html
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tonfa
FYI, it's a 3500 attendee camp. It is also almost sold out (presale
currently), so if you plan to attend and don't have a ticket, now is a good
time.
------
gimpf
Thanks to emerging low-cost satelli... | {
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} |
The Spread of Feynman Diagrams in the USA, Japan, and the USSR (2004) [pdf] - pja
http://web.mit.edu/dikaiser/www/Kaiser.SpreadingTools.pdf
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pja
Posted this in the discussion on Tesla's shipping difficulties & dctoedt
suggested it be posted on it's own.
Knoweldge transfer is _hard_. This paper is about tracking... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What are your tips to reduce drinking alcohol? - bentossell
I don't want to go teetotal, I enjoy a drink and drinking socially, at dinners, weekends etc. But there are times I drink too much and forget what happened the night before or get anxious that I did something or said something. I only ever drink ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How is knowledge management done at your workplace? - wowsig
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ScottWhigham
How about you start by seeding this with some useful info? I'm tired of seeing
one-line questions asking for "something that it would take me 10+ minutes to
answer well" here. It happens all too often:
\- Ask HN: A really broa... | {
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} |
Signs of Liquid Water Found on Surface of Mars, Study Says - uptown
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/29/science/space/mars-life-liquid-water.html
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netcraft
The first I have heard of Don Juan Pond
([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Juan_Pond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Juan_Pond))
although I wouldn't say it... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
For Taylor Swift, the Future of Music Is a Love Story - prostoalex
http://online.wsj.com/articles/for-taylor-swift-the-future-of-music-is-a-love-story-1404763219
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fpgeek
Interesting counterpoint: [http://www.vox.com/2014/7/7/5878603/taylor-swift-
doesnt-unde...](http://www.vox.com/2014/7/7/5878603/taylor-swift-d... | {
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} |
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