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SSH-lockbox: Personal centralised SSH key deployment to multiple boxes (and Git - todsacerdoti
https://github.com/half-cambodian-hacker-man/ssh-lockbox
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brian_herman
Seems like a SSH cert authority would be better.
[https://jameshfisher.com/2018/03/16/how-to-create-an-ssh-
cer...](https://jameshfisher.com/2018/0... | {
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Agile Memes, Part 1 - DanielBMarkham
http://tiny-giant-books.com/blog/agile-memes-part-1/
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DanielBMarkham
While this isn't normal HN fare, it's tech-related, it's a pet project, and
it's a holiday weekend, so hopefully it'll be okay.
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Alibaba Has a Computing Cloud, and It’s Growing, Too - mcenedella
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/04/alibaba-has-a-computing-cloud-and-its-growing-too/
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nostrademons
I wonder how the economics of the cloud industry will eventually play out.
Right now, it's enormously profitable, because Amazon is the cle... | {
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Ask HN: What should I name my newsletter? - aml183
I'm starting a newsletter to give career advice to developers. Any ideas for what I should call it?
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ChristianGeek
Developing Your Future (or FutureDev if you want something shorter).
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aml183
I like it. What you think of Developer to CTO
~~~
ChristianG... | {
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IRC Or Chat Room For YC Winter 2011 Applicants - 619Cloud
Is there an IRC or 37Signals campfire for applicants of the YCombinator Winter 2011? Would be cool to chat with other applicants.
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619Cloud
Even better, I just spun up a VPS instance, and got the simple, yet functional
node.js chat room going on it.
I'... | {
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Type D-A-N-C-E on Wistia's Team Page - smalter
http://wistia.com/about/yearbook/
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zgryw
But not in Chrome.
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smalter
huh, it's working for me in chrome
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Electoral Programming by Russ Cox - bandris
http://research.swtch.com/2008/06/electoral-programming.html
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bandris
"Dynamic programming is an odd name for what is essentially cached recursion,
minus the recursion."
"It's easy to see the SSA advocates saying that CPS is just SSA with a bunch
of extra lambdas fl... | {
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Inherited Server from Bankrupt Startup - seanwessmith
So the short story goes is our startup went under. The CEO then decided to split up the assets and I received a server stack. What are some interesting/ useful learning scenarios I could perform. I have minimal experience using linux.
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ChuckMcM
Probabl... | {
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Cspcert WG (M3) Recommendations for the Implementation of the CSP Certification - based2
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J2NJt-mk2iF_ewhPNnhTywpo0zOVcY8J/view
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based2
ref: [https://www.enisa.europa.eu/news/enisa-news/cybersecurity-
ce...](https://www.enisa.europa.eu/news/enisa-news/cybersecurity-
certification-... | {
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Some Startup Opportunities Are Losers Today - borisfowler
http://www.caycon.com/blog/2011/06/some-startup-opportunities-are-losers-today/
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gamble
In at least two of these categories, (search and social networking) today's
market leaders started up during low points when nobody thought their was room
- or even ... | {
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Ask HN: Is unconventional computing popular? - Agent101
Are people excited and interested about the possibilities of things like autonomic computing/amorphous computing and other non- Von Neumann style systems?<p>There seems to be a lack of coverage in geek news, despite a healthy academic community/journal etc and ... | {
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Android Is As Open As The Clenched Fist I’d Like To Punch The Carriers With - credo
http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/09/android-open/
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jrockway
In the end, it's our fault for electing people that refuse to regulate the
cell phone carriers properly. Or, it's our fault for doing business with them.
There are some cou... | {
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Ask HN: What are you doing to look after your posture? - shahocean
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tinymollusk
Yoga practice, 3-5 times per week has done wonders for my posture and how I
physically feel over the course of a day. Doesn't have to be hot or boot camp;
I prefer restorative classes.
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Ask HN: Is the Hacker News site is a little less responsive? - unwantedLetters
Over the last few weeks, the HN website has been a little slow for me. Loading the homepage takes a good amount of time. I was wondering if this was the case for most people or if I was simply imagining it.<p>I love Hacker News, and would... | {
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Technology Cannot Disrupt Education From The Top Down - crazybear
http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/18/education-technology-disrupt/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
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keithpeter
UK thinking...
Any of these systems aimed at mothers? OK... | {
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5 Reasons The Windy City is a Great Place for Startups - MRonney
http://tech.li/2012/02/5-reasons-the-windy-city-is-a-great-place-for-startups/
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mohene1
The first 3 points about industry groups, incubators, and public support are
valid. I would like to see how effective the programs have been.
4\. The Quality... | {
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The Apache Cassandra battle highlights major problem with open source projects - CrankyBear
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-battle-for-apache-cassandra-highlights-major-problem-with-open-source-projects/
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marktangotango
This is a curiously vague article. Apparently there were issues with
Cassandra's proj... | {
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Which Facebook billionaire will buy NYT? - davewiner
http://threads.scripting.com/31112ByDw/whichFacebookBillionaireWillBuyNyt/
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MattLaroche
The body of the post doesn't follow the headline. (Apparently, I've ragged on
the author, Dave Winer, for similar things before
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2808050... | {
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Ask HN: Please review our site | version 1 - goodlab
Hello HN: The site I am asking for you to review is:<p>www.votetocracy.com<p>Votetocracy is a site where citizens vote on bills in congress and send votes to their reps. Citizen's votes are tallied against the votes of Congress and displayed as agreements or disag... | {
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Toward a NoSQL taxonomy - rgeorge28
http://www.dbms2.com/2010/03/14/nosql-taxonomy/
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akkartik
His taxonomy agrees nicely with the visual survey at
<http://blog.nahurst.com/visual-guide-to-nosql-systems> (submitted yesterday:
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1190772>)
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Idris - pure functional programming language with dependent types - alrex021
http://idris-lang.org/
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radarsat1
Very nice, haven't heard of this before. I think an ideal target for a
dependently typed language is scientific array programming, so that you can
ensure the sizes of your matrix and array operations ch... | {
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Perhaps Jeff Atwood Should Stick to the Code - supervacuo
http://supervacuo.com/blog/2013/jan/22/jeff-atwood-stick-to-the-code/
Better late than never, right?
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ajross
I don't think this kind of dialog really helps. Jeff's post was, I thought,
sincere and understandable. It's not really the same way I saw things... | {
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Show HN: Our weekend project – PaperSync, notebook scanning as a service - bdm
http://www.papersync.co
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micheljansen
Cool idea, but your sample
([https://www.papersync.co/static/PaperSync_sample.pdf](https://www.papersync.co/static/PaperSync_sample.pdf))
isn't really selling it. The resolution is a lot lower t... | {
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Hosting recommendations for startup - optimal
Hello,<p>Can anyone recommend good hosting services for a new startup?<p>An older post here mentioned Rackspace and Serverbeach. Are they still recommended?<p>I've actually had good experience with GoDaddy as an economical service in the past, but am interested in curren... | {
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I've Seen a Future Without Cars, and It's Amazing - johnkpaul
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/opinion/ban-cars-manhattan-cities.html
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watersb
Just last night, I was considering how we should tax land area devoted to cars
the way costal beach property has been taxed in Florida.
In that state, their Propositio... | {
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SysAdmins who track inventory: Try using a visual map - i_miss_qbasic
https://www.cyberstockroom.com/
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devicetray0
Why do you keep submitting essentially the same exact thing?
| {
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Why Timber Towers Are on the Rise in France - jseliger
https://www.citylab.com/design/2017/10/why-timber-towers-are-on-the-rise-in-france/544098/
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tschwimmer
Something I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned yet are the acoustics of a
wooden building. Wood is less dense when compared to concrete and (at least in
o... | {
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Ask HN: Share the time you most successfully hacked some (non-computer) system - ramoq
It's YC application time and this one of the best questions on the app. I love reading people's life hacks. Please share :)
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stevekemp
I live in a city with a very comprehensive bus service, cheap, reliable, all
th... | {
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Ask HN: Does your web app work with javascript off? - sparkygoblue
I've spent a lot of time adding UI features to my new (mostly CRUD) webapp that I know I'm going to either tweak or totally override via javascript/ajax. I feel an obligation to get the app working with no javascript/jquery, even though I know that ... | {
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World's first plastic-free aisle opens in Netherlands supermarket - lnguyen
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/28/worlds-first-plastic-free-aisle-opens-in-netherlands-supermarket
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pepal
So much plastic!!
I see lot of plastic on the rack!!
| {
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Increase Coding Speed / Typing Skills - ianceicys
I realize that I am not coding very fast. (49 wpm only). I am using only two fingers (index for characters and thumb for coding). I wish to increase my typing speed. Has anyone made an app that helps people practice over text, give statistical information? I took a loo... | {
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Humaaans: Mix-and-match illustrations of people with a design library - plurby
https://www.humaaans.com
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shanehoban
Favourited. Really nice work and impressive landing page.
Would love to have an online tool for this also, as others have said.
The style of work really reminds me of undraw [1]
[1] [https://und... | {
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Columbia MFA Students Demand Full Tuition Refund - contourtrails
https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2018/04/30/with-decrepit-facilities-and-missing-faculty-mfa-visual-arts-students-demand-tuition-refund/
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magpi3
> "It’s almost criminal to endebt a student $100,000 to be a painter or a
> performance artist"
... | {
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Show HN: Painless CSS: Learn CSS from First Principles - Kortaggio
https://www.painlesscss.com/
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uxcolumbo
Congrats on launching. Looks exhaustive.
Quick question, I've seen quite a few sites and emails where these meme gifs
are being used.
Do these work?
I personally find them distracting.
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buckyb
I’m... | {
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Hi5 Confirms “Significant” Layoffs, Wraps Them In Mumbo Jumbo Speak - protomyth
http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/19/hi5-layoffs-again/
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protomyth
The interesting part isn't the layoffs (I am sorry for those people), it is
the comment about there move to Windows. I am not sure I buy there stats.
| {
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Concorde Trip Report (2003) - diego
http://www.samchuiphotos.com/Concorde/ConcordeTripReport2.html
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diego
I remember when this was posted on FlyerTalk. The author of the post read that
British Airways would cease to operate the flights, and promptly booked one
with miles just for the experience. I wished I'd d... | {
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Althea in Medellin - Element_
https://blog.althea.org/althea-in-medellin/
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tarikjn
Never heard of Althea before, but I did some reading, and I must say this is
the most promising last mile meshnet system I have seen implemented so far.
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melling
Interesting that they picked Colombia. Medellin is actually a... | {
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Super Bowl Delivers Thrills, but No Ratings Record - JumpCrisscross
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/business/media/super-bowl-ratings.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_dk_20170206&nl=dealbook&nl_art=6&nlid=65508833&ref=headline&te=1&_r=0
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XaspR8d
Anecdotally, I feel football is gradually losing ground among younger
... | {
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WordPress 3.5 “Elvin” Released - nosecreek
http://wordpress.org/news/2012/12/elvin/
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NathanKP
There is a more technical list, including the details on the improvements for
developers here:
<http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5>
The biggest thing I wish WordPress would add is a better built in system for
real... | {
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Show HN: Gripsweat, rare vinyl auction and sales with sound clips - ian_d
https://gripsweat.com
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ian_d
It's Record Store Day again and I thought I'd share the site that I've been
running for a few years now. It collects vinyl auctions and sales daily (with
sound clips), and is at >10M items and >500k sound clips... | {
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Containerd: a daemon to control runC - alpb
https://blog.docker.com/2015/12/containerd-daemon-to-control-runc/
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rwmj
Why not use libvirtd, which does all that and a lot more, and is already
present on just about every Linux distro? (more than likely already _running_
on every Linux machine, if you are using virt... | {
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Show HN: Automatically update your Slack status and snooze notifications - kalv
https://holopod.com
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kalv
Hey all,
As an engineer and manager of teams for years, it’s gotten continually harder
to manage incoming distractions from Slack messages.
I constantly get pinged in the middle of an important Zoom call, ... | {
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Science declares this is the funniest joke in the world - prateekj
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57619881-71/science-declares-this-is-the-funniest-joke-in-the-world/
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a3voices
That's not a very funny joke.
| {
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Saxon-JS: XSLT 3.0 in the Browser - intrasight
http://www.balisage.net/Proceedings/vol17/html/Lockett01/BalisageVol17-Lockett01.html
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intrasight
I'm curious of anyone has yet kicked the tires of this - especially from a
performance perspective. My browser-side MVC pattern makes use of the
browser's native XSLT, ... | {
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HP Chief Warns of 'Tough Times' - chailatte
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703421204576327712235186984.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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nwmt
Clicking directly only gives you the first few paragraphs then says you need
to subscribe. For the full article, Google it and click the article link:
[http://www... | {
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Ask HN: Women in Silicon Valley - ayliyazem
I read that the total number of woman living in silicon valley is extremely low compared to the total number of man living in silicon valley. And that woman account for less than 10 percent of the total number of board directors in the valley. What can we do about that?! (... | {
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My 86-Year-Old Mother Is an Inadvertent Market Timer - EvgeniyZh
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rickferri/2019/04/07/my-86-year-old-mother-is-an-inadvertent-market-timer/#41983e892d1d
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riverton
Reminds me of this Warren Buffet quote "By periodically investing in an index
fund, for example, the know-nothing investo... | {
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New York City is flooding subway entrances to prepare for climate change - mistersquid
https://qz.com/1753814/nyc-is-flooding-subway-entrances-to-prepare-for-climate-change/
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larnmar
If climate change turns out to be a vast exaggeration, this period in history
is going to look very silly.
~~~
travisporter
I mea... | {
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Hyper social URL shortening service - vyu.me - vyume
http://vyu.me
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captainsuperman
Neat. I'll give it a try. Trending links are cool.
| {
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Show HN: Inbucket 2.0.0, disposable webmail server - jhillyerd
http://demo.inbucket.org/
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jhillyerd
Author/maintainer here. I see someone else posted Inbucket four years ago, but
it's changed a lot since then.
Website: [https://www.inbucket.org/](https://www.inbucket.org/) GitHub:
[https://github.com/jhillyerd/... | {
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Linux Trojan rears its ugly head - helwr
http://www.sophos.com/blogs/chetw/g/2010/06/12/linux-malware-rears-ugly-head/
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alttab
The title is inflamatory, sensational, and misleading - albeit effective.
As others have pointed out, this isn't a "linux trojan" as much as it is a
"software source code repository ... | {
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EU – Brazil: working together towards a gold standard in privacy protection - Aoyagi
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-454_en.htm
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cryoshon
This kind of initiative is really great. It's refreshing to see the
governments of major powers unite in order to enshrine protections for their
citizens.
It... | {
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Ask HN: Do you journal for therapeutic purposes? - krrishd
If so, how effective has it been for you?<p>What could be better?
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CyberFonic
Very effective ... about 6 weeks ago I started a "Bitch Files" notebook. I
made myself the promise that when I was finished with it I would ceremonially
burn it. It was great t... | {
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} |
Apple Might Finally Solve Photo Storage Hell - CoolSuor
http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/22/apple-might-finally-solve-photo-storage-hell/
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therobotking
Hasn't Google+ done this for quite some time now? I think at 2048 x 2048 you
can store unlimited photos. Odd that it wasn't one of the comparisons in the
article an... | {
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How integrated circuits were made - suraj
http://dangerousprototypes.com/2011/02/17/retro-integrated-circuit-video/
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iwwr
The companies mentioned and their history since 1967:
Fairchild is still operational after a series of mergers and spin-offs.
Burroughs Corporation merged with Unisys in 1986.
Stromberg-... | {
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A curated list of Chaos Engineering resources - dastergon
https://github.com/dastergon/awesome-chaos-engineering
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matt4077
Never having heard off 'Chaos Engineering', this seems like a bad case of
'Cargo Cult Engineering'.
That starts with the term 'chaos', which has a well-defined meaning in Chaos
Theory, wher... | {
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Ask HN: Back end Engineers, where did you start? - cooldeep25
Based on the thread
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14677303<p>I wish to know how to start and develop Expertise as a Back End Engineer.
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qubex
I guess they begin at the bottom and work their way up, but towards the back
end... th... | {
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} |
Debunking Trump's “secret server” - apress
http://blog.erratasec.com/2016/11/debunking-trumps-secret-server.html#.WBie7-ErLyJ
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hga
And as usual, the ends justify the means:
_Those researchers violated their principles
The big story isn't the conspiracy theory about Trump, but that these malware
researchers ex... | {
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Intra, Dead Simple DNS Over HTTPS on Unrooted Android - triodan
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.intra
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triodan
I found this app earlier today and it's been working pretty great. It appears
to be developed by Google's Jigsaw[0] organization and is surprisingly
unknown.
Where I live quite a few ... | {
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Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool? - type12
I'm working on a self-service product for SaaS that predicts which users will churn, are ready to buy or upgrade. This is something I desired to have at my previous company, and I just thought this would be the right time to build it.<p>You?
======
kwil... | {
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What do you think are the next startup trends for 2012? - augustin1989
I'm interested to get everyones input on whats big to come for 2012 or even for the future in terms of start ups.
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kalerzee
AI
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Design Philosophies of Developer Tools - fogus
http://stuartsierra.com/2011/08/30/design-philosophies-of-developer-tools
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SwellJoe
I feel like a lot of problems in software come from lack of understanding of
things that were figured out by previous generations of developers. That's not
to say there aren't improv... | {
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} |
“Website Passwords Hacked” headlines can be less scary - privasectech
https://privasectech.com/2013/11/website-passwords-hacked-headlines-can-less-scary/
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dxm
The two most common methods, md5 and sha-1 are
both susceptible to collisions, or birthday attacks.
As of writing this, I would recom... | {
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} |
Inside the Ambitious 'Sleeping Dogs' Sequel We'll Never Get to Play - eswat
https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/inside-the-ambitious-sleeping-dogs-sequel-well-never-get-to-play
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Neliquat
Under rated my ass. That game, and its release were an unmitigated clusterfuck
of epic proportions. Possibly less the orig... | {
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Ask HN: Weekend project got a lot of press, stupid not to put more work in? - atox
I recently created a Facebook app that allows you to separate the comments from your family and friends. This was a typical sunday evening project for me and it is in a very rough form right now.<p>The app got immediately picked up by... | {
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You're in a space of twisty little mazes, all alike - kamaal
http://strangelyconsistent.org/blog/youre-in-a-space-of-twisty-little-mazes-all-alike
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mrcactu5
this is known as a uniform spanning tree
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanning_tree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanning_tree)
these can be sampled us... | {
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} |
AOC and Ted Cruz agree on bill banning Congressmen from becoming lobbyists - doener
https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-and-ted-cruz-agree-write-bill-banning-members-1440184
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Alex63
Wouldn't such a law (assuming it could pass in the first place) run afoul of
the First Ammendment? Maybe you could b... | {
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Stop shitting on Wall Street - bsiscovick
http://bsiscovick.tumblr.com/post/849658406/stop-shitting-on-wall-street
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T_S_
Wall Streeters are only human. If you want to fix Wall Street you have to
design a _system_ that works better, taking human nature into account. One big
difference between Wall Street and st... | {
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} |
Pay with Loop: mobile payments for unmodified point-of-sale systems - neonkiwi
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects//loop/pay-with-loop/
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neonkiwi
Interesting take on mobile payments. There are a few questions that aren't
answered on this project page though.
1\. Does a 'recorded' card count as a card-not-pres... | {
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How to send a personal email - astrec
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/01/how-to-send-a-p.html
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alex_c
I'm trying to figure out who the target audience is for this blog post.
I get the feeling it's "people who email Seth Godin"...
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jonknee
Like almost all of his other posts, this is directed tow... | {
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Show HN: Real-time Reddit tracking and brand management - TheMask01
http://www.trackreddit.com/dashboard.php
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vosper
I like the idea of a brand management app for Reddit, but when I visit this
link I simply have no idea what I'm looking at.
Edit: The site logo doesn't take me to the home page (which it should) ... | {
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Ask HN: Why is there so little programming related content on HN? - MichaelMoser123
Is the profession getting stale or boring?
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lucideer
As someone who browses here most days, it seems packed full of programming
related content. Perhaps this is a matter of perspective dependent on your
individual programming bac... | {
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} |
Death match EBS versus SSD price, performance, and QoS - morganpyne
http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2011/02/21/death-match-ebs-versus-ssd-price-performance-and-qos/
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spudlyo
One thing I got from this article is that I really have to try Baron's
diskstats tool. I wonder if his customer was using the cluster... | {
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} |
Soon Google May Free You from Having to Think at All - smacktoward
https://hmmdaily.com/2019/04/02/soon-google-may-free-you-from-having-to-think-at-all/
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netsharc
I want to write a short story (I know, I know, I'll get to it... someday!)
that begins with the protagonist saying "OK Google, get me a girlfriend" an... | {
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} |
Ask HN: does your company respect your holy days/Sabbaths/anything similar? - cesarbs
Just wondering what the industry is like in this regard. I don't work from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday (the Judeo-Christian Sabbath) and my company has no problem with that. Does anyone here have a similar experience? Anyone h... | {
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Evernote: The slow death of a unicorn - bootload
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/evernote-is-in-deep-trouble-2015-10
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bootload
_" Despite reaching 150 million registered users this year, Evernote has been
slow to develop the revenue side of its business and is grappling with
departures and cost-cutting, accord... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Firefox Beta 15 supports the new Opus audio format - cheeaun
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/07/firefox-beta-15-supports-the-new-opus-audio-format/
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est
This is really exciting technology. From <http://www.opus-codec.org/>
> Opus codec is designed by the IETF Codec Working Group and incorporates
> technology f... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Now Open: AWS Region in Tokyo - jeffbarr
http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/03/now-open-aws-region-in-tokyo.html
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cperciva
I've released a FreeBSD 8.2 AMI in the new region now. Maybe next time Amazon
launches a new region they'll give me advance access so I can have FreeBSD
AMI(s) available without any delay.
---... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Little electric car is the coolest thing at the NY Auto Show - Ultramanoid
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/04/this-little-electric-car-is-the-coolest-thing-at-the-ny-auto-show/
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externalreality
Why was the 1996 EV-1 not given all this attention. It was basically shut down
setting back EVs 30 years.
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Singularity movie is in production, co-director is Raymond Kurzweil - bemmu
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049412/
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clavalle
I wish this pseudo-technical, new-age, flim-flam of an idea would die already.
Seriously, does anyone with a real technical background that is not directly
making money off of seminars, bo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
All the Adventures - kelvintran
https://bluerenga.wordpress.com/all-the-adventures/
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steaminghacker
a bit of a challenge to play them all.
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Ask HN: Should I move to San Francisco if I'm working on a Travel Startup? - keeptrying
Hey guys,<p>I am working on a travel startup and I was wondering if San Francisco would be a better place to start such a thing and maybe find a co-founder.<p>What do you think?
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keeptrying
Better than new York where I curr... | {
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} |
Rapper Divine Drops A Music Video Tribute To New Friend Ben Horowitz - danielbru
http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/24/rapper-divine-on-his-music-video-tribute-to-new-friend-ben/
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davidgerard
Oh dear, namespace clashes.
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd2Gzkkwe9Q&feature=kp](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd2Gzkkwe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Mate Selection Trapdoor - jseliger
http://nautil.us/issue/54/the-unspoken/the-mate-selection-trapdoor
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bambax
Great article. This part is esp. insightful IMHO
> _When the chuck evolved, it was lucky enough to exploit a hidden preference,
> but we now see it was not uniquely attractive. Many different kinds ... | {
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} |
Long-Term Consequences of Spectre and Its Mitigations - sankha93
http://robert.ocallahan.org/2018/01/long-term-consequences-of-spectre-and.html
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mwcampbell
> I think it would be a grave mistake to simply give up on mixing code with
> different trust labels in the same address space. Apart from having to
> redesi... | {
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} |
The Silent Power of the NSA (1983) - shalmanese
http://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/27/magazine/the-silent-power-of-the-nsa.html?pagewanted=all
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stevewillows
The last paragraph tells the tale of why this article has emerged again.
"No laws define the limits of the N.S.A.'s power. No Congressional committee
subject... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What accomplishment are you most proud of? - empressplay
This could be developing a piece of software, creating a website or webapp, writing a book, founding a company, obtaining a credential, or whatever else you're most proud of.<p>Tell us about it! Inquiring minds want to know... =)
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steven2012
M... | {
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Ask HN: How can I give my idea for free and sell myself as its developer? - pawnhearts
I had an idea for a tool but I'm not interested in investing money on it, not because I think it's not worth it, but because I have no knowledge about how I would run my own business, find investors, advertise the produc... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
VHSdecel - Vancouver Hack Space Startup Decelerator - Tiktaalik
http://vhsdecel.com/
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NovaS1X
Ahh! It's nice to see VHS mentioned on HN.
I've only been once when I was visiting Vancouver for the summer but I had a
great time and everyone was very friendly. After numerous beers, spilling a
beer on my laptop (t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Detect Memory Leaks with LeakCanary - ingve
https://realm.io/news/droidcon-ricau-memory-leaks-leakcanary/
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parth16
We adopted LeakCanary the day it was released but we don't find it useful at
all. In fact, it makes the app almost unusable for us. Every 2-3 mins, it
would just freeze the app to capture a heap dum... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Oracle Open Sources Java EE TCK - javinpaul
https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jakartaee-tck
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tyingq
Had to look it up.
TCK == Technology Compatibility Kit
([https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_Compatibility_Kit](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_Compatibility_Kit))
Which leads me to believe CTS i... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Places to advertise for a UI/UX Designer? - dawson
I have placed an advert on Dribbble and LinkedIn and wondered if there is anywhere else HN recommends to advertise for a fulltime UI/UX designer? (based in London). Thank you.
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ayers
I have come across a few that might be helpful to you:
<http://round... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How Many Applications Received from Who's Hiring Posts? - burger_moon
I'm a job seeker, and I'm curious about how many job applicants you the employers are seeing from your posts on the monthly Who is Hiring threads.<p>The number of companies posting jobs has been increasing every month this year (... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Is multicore hype or reality? - iamelgringo
http://embedded.com/columns/technicalinsights/205918952?pgno=1
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spitfire
The more interesting point made in that article wasn't about multicore. But
was actually about the distance from the CPU that memory is from the modern
CPU. Remember when programmers were hand cou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The End of China’s Economic Miracle? - tokenadult
http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-end-of-chinas-economic-miracle-1416592910
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calebreed
Interesting article, thanks for posting! While I agree that there has been
over-extension with regards to infrastructure development especially in
residential housing, one t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Groupon stock sinks to new low, investors sue - joejohnson
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20120404/NEWS08/120409912/groupon-stock-sinks-to-new-low
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guptaneil
As a Silicon Valley native currently living in Chicago, I've always found it
disappointing that Groupon is the poster child of innovation and
entre... | {
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} |
Iran says it's building copy of captured US drone - thematt
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120422/D9U9U0A80.html
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shin_lao
There is a world of difference between reverse engineering some of the
software to decipher some logs and understanding everything there is to
understand to build a fac-similé.
While P... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why Some Countries Are Poor and Others Rich - mouzogu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-4V3HR696k
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sumedh
When I was living in India, I used to see my dad praying 1 or 2 hours a day, I
used to see my friends waiting in a queue for many hours just to visit their
god in a temple. I used to wonder isn't this a comp... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Colgan Air disaster was a milestone in aviation safety - jaredwiener
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-12/the-colgan-air-crash-helped-keep-90-million-flights-safe
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danaliv
One of the biggest changes that came out of the Colgan crash is the so-called
"1500 hour rule." Before Colgan, only the cap... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Alive v1.0 – Live Programming for C# - Permit
http://blog.comealive.io/Alive-Version-1.0
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muraiki
It's really nice to see a tool like this come out for a statically typed
language. When I started learning programming 2 years ago, tools like Light
Table and the live editing capabilities of Seaside for Smalltalk w... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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