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America’s love affair with uniformed men is problematic - secfirstmd
https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21730738-it-also-leads-lot-fuzzy-thinking-about-armed-forces-americas-love-affair
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AndrewStephens
As a foreigner in your fine country, the amount of influence the military has
in the US is amazing an... | {
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Sudont: like sudo, except doesnt do what you tell it to - xtat
http://github.com/xtat/sudont/tree/master
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Zev
_This program is useful for when you dont want to do something._
Why not just, uh, not do whatever you don't want to do if you really don't
want to do it?
~~~
xtat
because we don't have that feature.... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Who used tech to enjoy their wedding more? - reggiepret
Could be planning phase (project management)
or information (static website)
or invites (dynamic website)
or gifts (wedding registry/stripe)
or any other wonderful ways that tech could help out on the wedding day itself :-D
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thiagooffm
Maybe ho... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Interested in a Boston Meetup? - wtvanhest
Is anyone on HN interested in working with me to start a quarterly Boston meetup? I have been successful in starting an alumni association here and could lead the effort but it would be a lot better to have people to bounce ideas off of.<p>Let me know if you are in... | {
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What we talk about when we talk about singularity - bdfh42
http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2008/06/singularity_eco.php
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eyudkowsky
With a few bright exceptions like Robin Hanson and Paul Wallich, the IEEE
Spectrum issue follows the usual pattern: People who have no engagement with
the serious Singularity ana... | {
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} |
Quitting Chrome: Because Google+ - badloginagain
This weekend I made a fairly major change to how I interact with the web- I consciously switched default browsers. Fed up with Google's constant ramming of G+ down my throat, I've decided to hit 'em where it hurts: their marketshare. So I've switched... | {
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Show HN: Freebie finding site using interesting algorithm - tectonic
A little while ago I built an automated website that finds free stuff while filtering out scams. It works in an interesting way. Most freebie sites on the web contain a mix of real, useful free stuff and scammy affiliate and pyramid schemes. I r... | {
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} |
A programmable controller for connected devices (YC S13) - twald
https://medium.com/@senic/developing-for-the-nuimo-controller-7292becfacff
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gyuriy
Wonderful!
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Twitter behavior can predict users' income level - jimsojim
http://phys.org/news/2015-09-twitter-behavior-users-income.html
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Vexs
I can't say much of this is surprising, except for the bit about fear. Any
thoughts about what would cause this?
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realquick81
Yes.
> for example, those who earn more tend to expr... | {
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Falluja’s Strange Visitor: A Western Tourist - soundsop
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/world/middleeast/07falluja.html?hp
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jacquesm
this so reminds me of Terry Pratchett...
Amazing story, not too sure what the hacker link is but I found it a quite
interesting read, thanks for sharing!
| {
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Researchers: We can detect life on other worlds through its vibrations - whyenot
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/12/researchers-we-can-detect-life-on-other-worlds-through-its-vibrations
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Houshalter
This sort of reminds me of the voyager experiment that some people believe
confirmed the existence of life on... | {
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} |
Why Agile should focus on Problem Statements instead of User Stories - jdubray
http://www.b-mc2.com/2013/04/25/refocusing-agile-from-value-to-solutions/
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dragonwriter
The consistent use of "solution" as a verb in place of "solve" makes this hard
to read; especially things like saying "every problem must be sol... | {
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} |
Samsung Announces TecTiles, Brings Programmable NFC Tags to the Masses - kul
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/06/12/samsung-announces-tectiles-brings-programmable-nfc-tags-to-the-masses/
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sturmeh
... or you could get them here: <http://www.tagstand.com/> for a third of the
price and use an app that ties in with ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Is Linked in Worth It? - dfxt8
Whenever i hit Linked in, i get this long list of different people spamming certificates of courses they just completed, some machine learning project to detect masked and unmasked face or even machine playing dino on chrome, it really irritates me, is it really that important to... | {
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Ask HN: Is Twitter broken today? - alva
Timeline and search aren't showing anything newer than 45 mins. UK
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napsterbr
Can confirm that several people are experiencing issues with feed updates
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sabelo
Experiencing issues from South Africa
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What terrible treatment have you seen in the workplace? - jonthepirate
Without calling out the identity of any companies or coworkers, I'm curious what bad treatment other engineers have seen in the workplace
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steedsofwar
When i graduated, my manager would often come over to me on a Thursday and say
he need... | {
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} |
New Microsoft Scroogled Ad Reveals How Google Is Corrupting Kids At School - Suraj-Sun
http://microsoft-news.com/new-microsoft-scroogled-ad-reveals-how-google-is-corrupting-kids-at-school/
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lcasela
That has seriously got to be one of the worst commercials I have ever seen.
I highly doubt teenagers actually pa... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
PSA: InSight Mars probe is landing in about 8 hours - huhtenberg
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/
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huhtenberg
InSight mission homepage -
[https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/](https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/)
Wikipedia page -
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InSight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InSight)
Mission Control... | {
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} |
Robinhood app – free stock trading - auton1
https://www.robinhood.com/
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auton1
I wonder what people think of this? Seems like a good deal, but maybe less
great when it comes to, for example, tax time?
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sidko
Hopefully they give all the documents required for tax on time. If they don't,
you can always patch... | {
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} |
Why Do We Need More Wikileaks and Cryptome? - adulau
http://www.foo.be/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/2010-11-28_Why_Do_We_Need_More_Wikileaks_and_Cryptome
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khatarnaak
DOS Attack on wiki leaks [http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/28/wikileaks-were-
under-cy...](http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/28/wikileaks-were-under-cyber-
a... | {
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Anonymous comments improve online debates - ssn
http://ajr.org/Article.asp?id=4916
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motters
There may be some situations in which the only way to get honest opinions is
to enable people to post anonymously, but in the majority of cases where I've
seen people posting anonymous comments, or comments under pseudo... | {
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} |
Bitcoin Bubble Makes Dot-Com Look Rational - mfrw
https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-11-27/bitcoin-crash-may-take-a-while-longer
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0bsidian
The idea that you can value bitcoin via P/E, utilizing mining fees as the "E"
is incorrect. It's akin to valuing gold through P/E, by utilising the cost of
extrac... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Disney Plus Streaming Service Unveiled - Reedx
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/business/media/disney-plus-streaming.html
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Reedx
Bummer, was hoping to see a mention of Studio Ghibli. Would be great to
finally have a streaming option for those. They're the last movies that I
still bother with physical copies fo... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What are various incentive models on the Web? - gosuri
I'm researching on various user incentive models on the Web (like twitter's follower count and foursquare's badges). Can you think of any interesting models that you've come across.
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richardw
Best reference I've found:
<http://buildingreputation.c... | {
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Hikikomori - networked
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikikomori
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jawerty
Anyone interested in this phenomenon should check out the anime "Welcome to
the NHK."
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Philz Coffee Raises Eight-Figure Round From Summit, Angels - RougeFemme
http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/01/philz-coffee-raises-eight-figure-round-from-summit-angels-as-specialty-coffee-market-heats-up/
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RougeFemme
I'm convinced Phil is the puppet master behind all of the productivity in
South Park(Slurp).
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The Unix system family tree: Research and BSD - jorgecastillo
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/share/misc/bsd-family-tree?rev=HEAD
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acc00
This list appears to be missing Plan 9, which is a direct continuation of
Research Unix line (a successor to 10th Edition)
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solarexplorer
Plan 9 is not... | {
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Draftin' – A draft simulator for Magic the Gathering - shawndeprey
http://www.draftin.co/
Hi there! It has been a hard fought alpha run, but Draftin' is finally ready to grow up a bit. You have probably never heard of this project because I have been intentionally keeping it off of message boards until it was re... | {
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Talk About Your Startup Idea with Paul Graham - DanielRibeiro
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/bingschool/giving_harvestmoon_2012.html
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jashmenn
I love how it lists that a lunch with pg has an estimated value of $500. I'm
sure that many in our community would gladly pay 10x+ for an hour of his
advice.
~~~
ckluis
... | {
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Australian startup Magikcraft set world record with 12-year old developers - sitapati
Australian startup Magikcraft, which teaches kids to code in JavaScript using Minecraft, set a world record this week. In partnership with Microsoft and IBM they killed 13,854 Minecraft Zombies using JavaScript lightning in 10 minute... | {
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} |
Apple Leaves iOS Kernel Un-Encrypted for First Time - finisterre
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601748/apple-opens-up-iphone-code-in-what-could-be-savvy-strategy-or-security-screwup/
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skygazer
Oh, my ignorance and the questions I now have -- I wish there were some up
votes on this, because I'd love the knowl... | {
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} |
We should all just decide on JavaScript and solve interesting problems instead - evjan
http://peterevjan.com/posts/we-should-all-just-decide-on-javascript-and-solve-the-interesting-problems-instead/
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lcedp
Meh.
We should all just decide on PHP and solve interesting problems instead.
We should all just decide... | {
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} |
France’s Combustible Climate Politics - Jun8
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/opinion/france-yellow-vests-climate-change.html
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Jun8
Great opinion piece that deftly demonstrates government action for climate
change in the EU and US contains a large aspect of political maneuvering and
virtue signaling, with some... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Best find-a-cofounder sites? - fjabre
Any consensus on the best sites to find technical cofounders?<p>I've looked around a bit and most of these sites seem very young and/or don't have a lot of a traffic..<p>Any suggestions?
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nickfromseattle
HN Cofounder Wishlist -
[https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?... | {
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} |
Google Maps Platform now integrated with the GCP Console - deesix
https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2018/05/Google-Maps-Platform-now-integrated-with-the-GCP-Console.html
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dazbradbury
" _Thirteen years ago, the first Google Maps mashup combined Craigslist
housing data on top of our map tiles—before there was e... | {
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} |
New Discovery Around Juniper Backdoor Raises More Questions (2016) - DyslexicAtheist
https://www.wired.com/2016/01/new-discovery-around-juniper-backdoor-raises-more-questions-about-the-company/
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dec0dedab0de
Over a decade ago I worked for a CLEC. One day one of our engineers was on a
support call with our client... | {
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} |
The Groovy project is looking for a new home - varmais
http://glaforge.appspot.com/article/the-groovy-project-is-looking-for-a-new-home
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bjfish
I know and use both Ruby/Rails and Groovy/Grails and wanted to debunk a myth
here:
"Interest in Grails/Groovy is diminishing" \- I won't comment on trends but
there is ... | {
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} |
24% of Tweets Created by Bots - jasonlbaptiste
http://mashable.com/2009/08/06/twitter-bots/
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jacquesm
Compared to email that's not such a big percentage, but if you take into
account how long twitter exists and how small it really still is the number is
pretty scary.
Maybe it should read 'already 24% of tweets ... | {
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Apple is listening (Yosemite) - tonteldoos
https://github.com/fix-macosx/yosemite-phone-home/
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Barnaby_Jones
As long as you didn't find a keylogger, screengrabber or mousetracker
everything is fine (or the software firewall is silently deactivated).
| {
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48h HTML5 Game That Made $2k In A Week - ferno
http://www.truevalhalla.com/blog/aquatic-my-48-hour-html5-game-that-made-2000-in-a-week/
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Mizza
The 48H gamejam that he's talking about here is FightMagicRun -
[http://fimaru.com](http://fimaru.com)
run by good friend Evan Borchardt, author of the HTML5 Game Deve... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Bye Bye Emojis: Emacs Hates MacOS - csmonk
http://www.lunaryorn.com/posts/bye-bye-emojis-emacs-hates-macos.html
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jordigh
As one of GNU's flagship products, why shouldn't Emacs remind users that it is
not in agreement with Apple's treatment of its users? GNU has an agenda, just
like Apple does. Intel cripples icc... | {
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} |
Tesla's Plan to Buy SolarCity Has Major Flaws - peterkshultz
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/23/business/dealbook/teslas-plan-to-buy-solarcity-has-major-flaws
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greenyoda
Broken URL. Looks like it should have ".html" added at the end:
[http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/23/business/dealbook/teslas-p...](http://www.ny... | {
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Future Node.js releases will be from the io.js repo - eknkc
https://github.com/nodejs/node#cnv
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mattkrea
Future Node.js releases will come from what is current io.js. That is all. The
name is not changing. This is nothing to get excited about--this has been the
plan all along.
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jessaustin
This is a dumb p... | {
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Show HN: My dogfooded Bookmarking Site / rss-crawler / ... - NicoJuicy
http://handlr.sapico.me/?SearchTerm=%5BARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE%5D+
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justboxing
Nice work! Looks like HN / Reddit in terms of functionality and layout.
Really impressed that you've built all the features like RSS crawler,
taxonomy, user and r... | {
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} |
Ask HN:Want to do Masters Comp Science,no science background in Bachelors. - BikalpT
Background:
Bachelors in social science.
Would like to do Masters in Computer science related field. Is it possible?
Road blocks?
Been learning self-basic programming.<p>Any helpful link, titles suggestions?
Words of wisdom?
======
... | {
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Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do? - cs702
http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do
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belorn
A lot of people are pointing out that if you do not like something, don't use
it. It's simple enough, and have a "sounds right" tone to it. As an implied
statement with this, anyone complaining should just shut up ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Lesser-Known Pandas Tricks - expert7331
https://towardsdatascience.com/5-lesser-known-pandas-tricks-e8ab1dd21431
======
HIP_HOP
What is the difference between join and merge?
~~~
celias
[https://stackoverflow.com/a/37891437](https://stackoverflow.com/a/37891437)
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Robot Workers and the Universal Living Wage - ph0rque
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/02/07/1184668/-Future-Politics-The-Automated-Workforce-and-the-Universal-Living-Wage?detail=show
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dmix
I fail to see in this article where the author backs up this claim:
> automation is replacing both brawn and brains and ... | {
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Backdoor SOPA -- CISPA - K_O_G_I
http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/cispa/?akid=1306.1076593.HixRPH&rd=1&t=2
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kylemaxwell
Totally false. There are no blocking provisions __whatsoever __in CISPA, no
one has any right to the information from ISPs or any other provider or
organization, and it does not supercede... | {
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} |
Mathematicians Disprove Conjecture Made to Save Black Holes - bainsfather
https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-disprove-conjecture-made-to-save-black-holes-20180517/
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habitue
Ok, yes, _this_ is how you promote scientific research to a lay audience:
1) They don't bury the lede. The first paragraph says ... | {
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} |
Reflecting on ways to bootstrap a startup - joelg87
http://joel.is/post/6687368692/startup-bootstrapping
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rglover
Good to hear these sorts of things when trying to develop your own plan for
your startup. My approach (which MANY will say is a failure) is to build in
the evenings and keep a day job to cover person... | {
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} |
Meshing in a Minecraft Game (2012) - rocky1138
http://0fps.wordpress.com/2012/06/30/meshing-in-a-minecraft-game/
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exemd
In practice you need a texture atlas
([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texture_atlas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texture_atlas))
to reduce number of meshes. But if you use texture atlas you ca... | {
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} |
The only college that matters - breer
http://cdixon.org/2009/09/06/the-only-college-major-that-matters/
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MediaBehavior
Boils down to a two-sentence argument:
"... much better to learn computer science in college (or before)? Because
after college it’s very hard to find the time and discipline to teach yoursel... | {
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} |
Gamification? More like Exploitationware - mikhuang
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6366/persuasive_games_exploitationware.php?print=1
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programminggeek
I agree that what is often thought of as "gamification" is actually the simple
adding of false incentives to create specified outcomes. However, in many ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Codota AI Pair Programmer - whadar
https://www.codota.com/
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addcn
What are people's impression of these kinds of tools?
| {
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} |
Amazon Machine Learning vs. Google Prediction API (and Competitors) - louisdorard
http://www.louisdorard.com/blog/machine-learning-apis-comparison
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byoung2
Do any of these services give you any insight into what variable drove the
decision? I get that they can tell you the target variable (e.g. these people
ar... | {
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Why is GoDaddy traffic being blocked by HN? - dclowd9901
Getting an error 324. We have our own internal traffic monitoring. What gives?
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noahc
It is possible that someone at your HQ could be using a system to scrape HN.
I scraped HN awhile back (Sorry, pg!) and I suspect what happened is I got
banned for ~48 ... | {
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} |
Using Feature Queries in CSS - dwaxe
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/08/using-feature-queries-in-css/
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dvcc
/* NOT IE */
@supports (@supports) {}
IE does not support it so it's kind of pointless, no? If I ever actually make
the user of a feature query, I would need to create a backup plan for
e... | {
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} |
ECB imposes negative interest rate - eplanit
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-27717594
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onedognight
The negative rate is only on deposits over a bank's minimum reserve
requirements.
_The negative deposit facility interest rate will also apply to: (i) banks’
average reserve holdings in excess of the minimum res... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The creator of CoffeeScript actually merged my pull request to fix coffee steam - elwell
https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/pull/3193
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elwell
day was made.
| {
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} |
Penny Auctions - tonteldoos
http://www.curiousgnu.com/penny-auctions
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tominous
This is like the old trick of auctioning off a $20 note with the twist that
the two highest bidders must both pay even if they end up losing. I saw this
play out in a Negotiation 101 tutorial once, for real money, and the bid got
up t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: I built a referral program for developers, would love feedback - geekjock
Hi everyone,<p>Over the weekend I launched a referral program for my app Pull Reminders (<a href="https://pullreminders.com" rel="nofollow">https://pullreminders.com</a>). Here's a quick summary with two screensh... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Roadside textalyzer proposed to determine if a driver was distracted - Godel_unicode
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/04/first-came-the-breathalyzer-now-meet-the-roadside-police-textalyzer/
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Shivetya
Oh hell no. They don't need access to your phone to know if you were texting.
They could simply query the ... | {
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} |
The NSA named one of its top-secret programs Skynet - milesf
https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/9/8577515/nsa-skynet-program-is-real
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tux
"Google: Rise of the Machines" @
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1QB9DW_0kM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1QB9DW_0kM)
| {
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Ask HN: Does anybody wants to show me what is going on in San Francisco? - wallunit
Hi guys, I am a Software-Developer from Germany. I am am a skilled Python programmer, have a lot of experience with web development and I am involved in various open source projects. This week I am in San Francisco and I know that a ... | {
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How Target’s Bathroom Policy Killed TGT Stock - gamechangr
https://cabotwealth.com/daily/dividend-stocks/how-targets-bathroom-policy-killed-tgt-stock/
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rmusial
This is from 2017 and it's also very incorrect. The author says Target's April
2017 policy was bad for their stock. Let's look in hindsight.
In March 20... | {
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} |
Open Source DB for Web Apps that Syncs - akrymski
http://dev.yathit.com/
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cwmma
I've been involved with, [http://pouchdb.com](http://pouchdb.com), a similar
project that replicates (aka syncs) with couchdb, vs this which implements
master master replications (aka bidirectional syncing) with ... anything?
~~~
... | {
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} |
NAT Tunneling Without a Third-Party - devbug
http://samy.pl/pwnat/
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Gys
Earlier (6 years ago!) discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1224905](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1224905)
| {
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Dynamodb emulator - sreeix
https://github.com/ananthakumaran/fake_dynamo
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mark_l_watson
Thanks!, that looks useful. I am trying it right now.
~~~
mark_l_watson
Works fine when I tested with some Ruby code and the Ruby aws-sdk gem. Thanks
again.
| {
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} |
Healtch Check Response Format for HTTP APIs - ingve
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-inadarei-api-health-check-00
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bkmartin
This is nice to see... I know we have been having internal discussions about
how to best implement a system health check for our APIs as we migrate into a
services based architecture acros... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How do I as a programmer start contributing to gnome sequencing - udkl
Been reading about genome sequencing and finding it rather interesting. But am lost about how programmers can learn and contribute to what is presumably a bio-tech field.
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angersock
It's all just pattern matching, strings being mapped... | {
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} |
A New Look and Feel for Uber - pbathala
https://newsroom.uber.com/celebrating-cities-a-new-look-and-feel-for-uber/
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achr2
Wow, this is painful. Definitely an early contender for worst rebrand of 2016.
The video, oy-vey, pretentious does not begin to describe it. Their logo
represents bits and atoms? What?.. but,... | {
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} |
A Woman Who Recorded 70k Tapes of American News - respinal
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/11/14/recorder-the-marion-stokes-project
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marttt
I imagine this would be a treasure trove for an artist like Kenneth Goldsmith
[0]. He has a moving book consisting of verbatim transcriptions of broadcast
shows that we... | {
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} |
NSA mathematician shares from-the-trenches view of agency's activities. - ohjeez
http://www.zdnet.com/nsa-cryptanalyst-we-too-are-americans-7000020689/?utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer
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bediger4000
In case "devx's" succint comment isn't clear...
That NSA mathematician writes: _Do I, as a... | {
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} |
Anyone want to buy Blurrb.com? - methochris
I bought this a couple years ago but have since moved on to a more suiting name.<p>It is about to expire so I thought I'd throw it out there.<p>Please comment with offer price if interested. It goes to the highest bidder.
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borderbandit
$50 USD
~~~
methochris
looks l... | {
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} |
Rice Uiversity Announces Open Source Textbooks - aheilbut
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/02/07/rice-university-announces-open-source-textbooks
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Cyranix
The Connexions platform has been around for a while now, and as I recall
students whose classes used it were happy with it, from both a price and
usab... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
One Linux for all ARM systems - EwanToo
http://www.zdnet.com/one-linux-for-all-arm-systems-7000005348/
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ansible
The situation for Linux on ARM is better than it was 10 years ago, but it is
still chaos at the low levels.
Most of this has to do with cost. Each of the silicon vendors has their own IP
which is bu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
James Cameron Tells Hollywood To Stop Making Trash 3D Movies - ssclafani
http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/11/03/james-cameron-tells-hollywood-to-stop-making-trash-3d-movies/
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mhd
Matthew 7:3-5
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} |
The Crunchies Are Coming, The Crunchies Are Coming - vaksel
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/11/the-crunchies-are-coming-the-crunchies-are-coming/
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holdenk
I got a permission denied error, don't know if its temporary.
| {
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} |
“But The Client Wants IE 6 Support” - billpg
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/11/03/%e2%80%9cbut-the-client-wants-ie-6-support%e2%80%9d/
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TamDenholm
I'm a web developer, whenever a client asks me about IE6 support, i
enthusiastically tell them i'll happily support it. I then show them usage
statistics for IE... | {
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} |
How to Retire On $500 Per Month - mhb
http://jetsetcitizen.com/cheap-travel/can-you-retire-on-500-per-month/
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grandalf
A better title would be "How to leverage your income far more effectively".
How much money do most of us flush on rent, cars, overpriced houses, and other
things. If you add it up over 10-15 ye... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Donnfelker/android-bootstrap · GitHub - Kittynana
https://github.com/donnfelker/android-bootstrap
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Kittynana
This basically wraps a bunch of useful libraries for android.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN/PG: Leaderboard acting strange? - johns
This morning I was about 100 short of the leaderboard and made two submissions that got me about 60 points. A minute ago I was 95th and the 100th spot was at 3900 but now I'm 98th with the last spot at 4072. Any idea what's up with the fluctuating numbers?
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pg
I j... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Best way to do user authentication for web application? - thaweatherman
A team of developers and myself are designing a web application and I am in charge of user authentication. I want to provide options such as Facebook Connect and OpenID via Google, Yahoo, etc., but we also need our own authentication met... | {
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} |
What would you demonstrate to a kid to get him or her excited about programming? - practicalpants
I'm going to be spending a bunch of time with my best friend and his 8 y/o, and since I'm already talked about as the "computer guy" (I'm a software guy really), I think it'd be fun to... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Why do uber drivers use iPhones exclusively? - fishcakes
Its a very strange natural phenomenon and conventional thinking would expect Uber would have them use androids.
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seanmccann
The Uber kit includes an iPhone 4S and the UberDriver app is an enterprise "in
house" app, not available on the app store.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Push notification click-through rates - andrew_null
http://andrewchen.co/2014/09/16/new-data-on-push-notification-ctrs-shows-the-best-apps-perform-4x-better-than-the-worst-heres-why-guest-post/
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pornel
Apps that abuse it for ads have 100% immediate furious uninstall rate with me.
~~~
dale386
Yeah exactly this... | {
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} |
What hardware and software would you pick to take your startup to IPO? - reilly3000
Suspend MVP frugality for a moment. What platforms scale best for training people, TCO, security, etc as you grow from 3 people in one office to 350 people in 12 office locations and more remotely?<p>Machines, servers, phones, produc... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Dynatable.js: HTML5+JSON interactive table plugin - tilt
https://github.com/JangoSteve/jquery-dynatable
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JangoSteve
Hey, author here. I've been working on this on and off for a couple years and
finally just released it this past week with new documentation. Please let me
know what you think and if you have any... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Haptix Lets You Transform Any Space Into a 3D Multitouch Surface - Cpt_Monac
http://mashable.com/2013/08/15/haptix-3d-multitouch-surface/
Edit: The kickstarter available here:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/haptix/haptix-multitouch-reinvented
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Cpt_Monac
The kickstarter is available ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Corporate vs Startup Programming Jobs - nateguchi
Has there been any programmers here that have worked in both a corporate and a startup setting?
If so which did you prefer and why?
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proexploit
I think all businesses and startups might differ enough that it's hard to
generalize, but here's my experien... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: The concept of hover on touch devices - mcarter
http://mcarter.me/movver/
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mcarter
I built this in my spare time to solve a problem I was having with pre-loading
content behind tappable tiles on a web-app. It's easy to know when a user is
hovering over a tile with a mouse, less so when they're on thei... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
State Department Announces Great Firewall for the US - mreome
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200805/22310845056/state-department-announces-that-great-firewall-us-blocks-chinese-apps-equipment.shtml
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justSayin000001
They want to safeguard “America” which basically means the government. If they
want to safegu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Learning Python – day three. - sahillavingia
http://sahillavingia.com/blog/2010/10/20/learning-python-day-three/
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kqueue
File
"/base/python_runtime/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/api/datastore_types.py",
line 1324, in ValidateProperty prop_validator(name, v) File
"/base/python_runtime/python_lib/versions... | {
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} |
A Proper End of the Year on Linux [Gaming] - ekianjo
http://boilingsteam.com/a-proper-end-of-the-year-on-linux/.
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vog
Although the article is great, the title should somehow contain the word
"game", so it is clear that this is about Linux games.
When clicking on the HN entry, I was expecting something like th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Portacle – A Portable Common Lisp Development Environment - wheresvic1
https://portacle.github.io/
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flavio81
Portacle is a god send, it basically allows you to directly start development
in Common Lisp without having to install separately (and configure):
\- SBCL (very fast lisp implementation)
\- Quicklisp (l... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Would you pay $3,500 for an Interview Bootcamp? - streakerbee
In 3 months you are guaranteed placement into top 30 companies or you get money back. (Google, Facebook, Quora, Palantir, etc)<p>The program lasts for 12 weeks. You need 2 hours per day commitment, everyday.<p>Any takers?
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nadocrew
Why not gi... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How many monitors do you use while coding? - forrestbrazeal
Personally, I use two - a big one for my code editor and web browser, and my laptop screen for terminal windows, chat and other stuff. I know a lot of people use three, and some even more, but I find that it's more distracting to work with three ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
EU Copyright Reform – CREATe - gnomewascool
https://www.create.ac.uk/policy-responses/eu-copyright-reform/
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gnomewascool
It's an analysis of the evidence regarding the controversial parts of the EU
copyright reforms (link tax etc.).
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
IPAS: November 2019 Intel Platform Update (IPU) - based2
https://blogs.intel.com/technology/2019/11/ipas-november-2019-intel-platform-update-ipu/#gs.jw3kdq
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based2
[https://linuxfr.org/news/automne-saison-chaude-chez-
intel](https://linuxfr.org/news/automne-saison-chaude-chez-intel)
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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