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Microsoft's Bing Refuses Search Term "Sex" In India - gasull
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/06/06/2338233/Microsofts-Bing-Refuses-Search-Term-Sex-In-India?from=rss
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ideamonk
Microsoft has finally understood how to generate buzz and get publicity...
even without having to spend 100 million dollars.
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dmnd
... | {
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Do Open Source Software Developers Listen to Their Users? - ingve
http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.06893
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ChikkaChiChi
They got responses to 5 questions from 72 OSS developers with projects on
SourceForge. There is absolutely no way you can draw any sort of reasonable
conclusion from that sample.
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afarrell
That is ... | {
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Hackers and Founders South Bay - iamelgringo
http://entrepreneur.meetup.com/1737/about/
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iamelgringo
We're getting together on May 20th in San Jose if anyone is interested.
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motoko
Ok, sure. I'll try to see you there.
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Refill cartridges cost more than a new (fully loaded) printer - bfrs
https://plus.google.com/101416274833608453021/posts/T9iENrg8roa
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vlad
I looked up the model number, and two interesting facts are not pointed out
(as Sebastian probably did not expect this to appear all over the internet).
The first fact is ... | {
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} |
Microsoft to forcibly install Bing search in Chrome for Office 365 ProPlus users - notlukesky
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-forcibly-install-bing-search-extension-in-chrome-for-office-365-proplus-users/
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that_lurker
Soon there will be an article with a title of something like "Google blocks
Microsof... | {
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} |
Ask HN: 55 years old and no experience, am I too old to get a job? - fiftyfivenoexp
I can program in many languages (ruby, python, lisp, clojure, java (no expert), scala,R, javascript ES6, Haskell (level as in rwh, lysh, I must be the yegge exception), prolog, erlang (no expert in otp), elixir (don't know phoen... | {
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} |
Bad habits: Your house is holding you back - imartin2k
https://www.thebehavioralscientist.com/blog/your-house-is-holding-you-back-seriously
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jaggederest
There's a corollary to this: Sometimes your house isn't the thing holding you
back. Sometimes, getting the right environment won't work, because the problem
is ... | {
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} |
Startup Pitch Decks that raised over $400M - yarapavan
https://attach.io/startup-pitch-decks/
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lafay
It's a silly headline, implying that Powerpoint wizardry was the primary
factor behind the raise. I suspect that companies with growth metrics like
these could walk in with pitch decks that look like chicken scra... | {
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} |
Ask HN: What Are Some Things I Can Do To Help My Startup Be Successful? - zxlk21e
I'm a first time startup founder. I've been doing the "work for myself" thing for the last decade... finally stopped doing "me-too" sites and rolled up the sleeves to build something that doesn't exi... | {
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} |
The Hunger Affecting Billions - koolhead17
https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/the-hidden-hunger-affecting-billions/
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pascalxus
The fallacy is thinking that you need GMOs to address malnutrition and it just
isn't so.
There's so many whole grain foods and whole plant foods that have more than
enou... | {
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} |
Teenagers who read news online may be a criminals, according to the DoJ (2013) - ColinWright
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/04/are-you-teenager-who-reads-news-online-according-justice-department-you-may-be
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rayiner
The CFAA is a clusterfuck that has generated splits among the federal
appellate courts on what... | {
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} |
Is there a market for generalist (non-technical) web consultants? - ybalkind
I often see medium sized Corporates getting completely fleeced when they outsource their corporate websites and digital marketing. Not only are they getting overcharged, but because they don't really understand digital they end up gett... | {
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Will Digg.com be sold in 2007? - python_kiss
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python_kiss
Considering Reddit's exit strategy last year, it makes sense to evaluate if
Digg will be up for grabs this year. While LinkedIn and Facebook have
signalled towards a possible IPO, Digg hasn't. So in your opinion, will Kevin
Rose receive his big paycheck ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Rise and Fall of the Independent Developer - sant0sk1
http://furbo.org/2011/07/13/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-independent-developer/
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onan_barbarian
One of the issues here that wasn't mentioned, facing independent developers,
is the almost pathological tendency of some people/groups in the F/OSS
community to cl... | {
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} |
New hints of volcanism under the heart of northern Europe - headalgorithm
https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/new-hints-volcanism-under-heart-northern-europe
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f_allwein
Interesting, but the headline is a bit misleading. „The heart of Northern
Europe“ sounds like it’s in the Nordic countries, whe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Magic CmdLine and how I got it back - ttsiodras
http://users.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~ttsiod/bashheimer.html
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kazinator
GDB can almost be a dynamic computing environment:
$ gdb ./txr
GNU gdb [ ... ]
[ ... ]
Reading symbols from /home/kaz/txr/txr...done.
(gdb) b eval
... | {
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Announcing the Scala IDE for Eclipse 2.0 - soc88
http://blog.typesafe.com/scala-ide-for-eclipse-20
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soc88
A great release in my opinion, and a brand new web site, too.
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For a new job is it standard now to ask 4 blog, github, stackoverflow, linkedin - beyondjaded
I understand the reason behind this as it shows very transparently your skill but is it expected all this is done in your free time just for the love of it? If these don't fit into your current job logging into stackoverfl... | {
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Castro has his doubts on Communism - zmitri
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/fidel-castros-doubts-about-cuban-communism-and-iranian-anti-semitism/?partner=rss&emc=rss
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zmitri
This has really changed my view point on Castro. I'm not sure if he's been
looking at lives of Cubans and realizing that maybe ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Bolt electric skateboard 2017 update, more range and a new Smartphone app - LooerCell
https://boltmotion.com/blogs/blog/introducing-bolt-2017-the-most-portable-electric-skateboard-just-got-better
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timthelion
Does the app respect user privacy? Is it just a bluetooth remote control or is
there a web servi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Joystick Store - devmonk
http://www.thejoystickstore.com/
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devmonk
Sale on Atari 800 Series and Commodore C64 Series joysticks Nov 18th, 2010 one
day only at $16.99 USD. Only 250 were made of these and only 50 of each will
be available for the sale. Have a few of these at home and they work well with
Stell... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Huawei has started selling laptops with a the Deepin Linux OS pre-installed - rbanffy
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/09/12/huawei-just-started-selling-laptops-with-deepin-linux-pre-installed/
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tga
I am not at the point where I care about a "beautiful" Linux on a laptop, I'd
be happy with twm an... | {
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} |
Happy Birthday Docker - julien421
http://blog.docker.io/2014/03/happy-birthday-docker/
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dchuk
I realize this is hard to ask for at this stage because Docker is still
rapidly evolving, but all I want is a thorough book/tutorial/guide/screencast
that walks me through the process of barely understanding Docker to... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
I cant promise time but why people look so mad at me? - itsmejax
People always ask when you finish that thing. How can I answer when I do not know the time frame?<p>I cant promise anything.
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icedchai
Take your “honest” estimate, double it, and round up to the next highest value
(day, week, month...)
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LeoS... | {
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Compo4All: Making Arcade Games Social Again - ekianjo
http://www.pandoralive.info/?p=185
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ParadisoShlee
This simple little idea has been keeping my OpenPandora in my hands a lot
recently. Passive social gaming has always been one of the more interesting
and non-explored parts of multiplayer.
I remember playin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
San Francisco to finally get broadband competition - jasonwong
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/20/BA2T1KCHSC.DTL&feed=rss.news
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jasonwong
It looks like the BoS _finally_ approved AT&T to compete with Comcast on the
low end. SF has areas unreachable by cable (such as major swaths of dow... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Rate my mini-app: Tweetbow - helium
http://tweetbow.appspot.com/
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helium
Yes, I know this is Yet Another Twitter App but I was just having some fun
using the Twitter API with javascript and trying out Google App engine.
However, I also do think it could be useful in discovering people you want to
follow on Tw... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Gauge blocks (a.k.a. gage blocks; Johansson gauges; slip gauges; Jo blocks) - bookofjoe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauge_block
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bookofjoe
Wringing:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauge_block#Wringing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauge_block#Wringing)
| {
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} |
Huge Backlog of Ships Waiting to Pass Through the Panama Canal - protomyth
https://gcaptain.com/there-is-a-huge-backlog-of-ships-waiting-to-pass-through-the-panama-canal/
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jtchang
The panama canal is not only an engineering marvel but a financial one as
well. It can cost up to a quarter million for passage if yo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
After A Hot Start, Justin.tv Spins Off Socialcam, Its ‘Instagram for Video’ - Mazy
http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/29/after-a-hot-start-justin-tv-spins-off-socialcam-its-instagram-for-video/
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andrewcross
How would this work for the investors of Justin.tv? I know that Justin.tv has
a stake in Socialcam, but to go... | {
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} |
Automatic face-blurring in images made easy - nadavs
http://cloudinary.com/blog/automatic_face_blurring_in_images_made_easy
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nadavs
This blog post explains how to keep people privacy in photos by automatically
blurring their faces.
A pixelization effect is applied on images. Together with automatic face
detec... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Do Grades Matter? A Discussion About Thinking Bigger While at CMU (2016) [pdf] - senatorobama
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~kayvonf/misc/do_grades_matter.pdf
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CryoLogic
Some of the smartest, most successful and most driven people I know are
highschool dropouts. It's a shame we put such an emphasis on grades, which
rea... | {
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} |
Glitch employees vote to form union, joining CWA - lflux
https://cwa-union.org/news/releases/tech-workers-app-developer-glitch-vote-form-union-and-join-cwa-organizing-initiative
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Apocryphon
My highlights:
> 90% of the workers indicated their support for joining CWA and authorized
> CWA to be their bargaining re... | {
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} |
Russian Court Bans Telegram App After 18-Minute Hearing - dbasedweeb
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/world/europe/russia-telegram-encryption.html
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walrus01
I wonder how they intend to implement this. Russia for the most part doesn't
have anything like the great firewall. Probably by court order from their
ver... | {
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} |
Top domains on HN by average score (warning: check comments first) - andreyf
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=rC4oeGjG_04iG63oBJvy2xw&output=html
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teej
If you would rather not have your Google account revealed to all of HN, log
out of Google before following the link.
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mjgoins
Can someone explain why... | {
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} |
UK's Draft Communications Data Bill to be redrafte - jofo25
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20676284
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Gilly_LDN
The plans in the draft bill include:
Internet service providers having to store for a year all details of online
communication in the UK - such as the time, duration, originator and recipient
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The best books on Critical Thinking - Reedx
https://fivebooks.com/best-books/critical-thinking-nigel-warburton/
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masonic
All book links are shrouded affiliate links (tag=fivebooks001-20).
| {
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} |
So Reddit's down. How is this community different? - 3minus1
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MichaelStubbs
Having only been here for a short time myself, I think the general answer to
your question would be: Hacker News is a lot more focused and has a much
richer (in terms of experience, knowledge) community with a much lower
tolerance for... | {
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} |
Amazon Isn’t the Only Shop Online - prostoalex
https://www.wsj.com/articles/shipping-delays-out-of-stock-items-amazon-isnt-the-only-shop-online-11586165400
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ebg13
I tried ordering some things from Home Depot the other day, and they silently
cancelled half of my order while still charging me the same amount for
d... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
UBlock Origin for Safari - bijection
https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari
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kobayashi
Yes! Been waiting for a uBlock Origin for Safari for a while.
I looked into Ellis Tsung, the listed dev, but can't find much about him. The
LinkedIn profile most likely (IMO) to be his only has 35 contacts and I've
never heard... | {
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} |
Procore IPO and S-1 - publiccomps
Procore is going public and just published its S-1. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611052/000119312520057081/d564161ds1.htm#toc564161_12. It's a $339m ARR growing 55% annually.
A reminder that software is still eating the world ... | {
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} |
Encryption with Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG) - triberian
http://digital-era.net/encryption-with-gnu-privacy-guard-gpg/
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jmnicolas
On all the encryption tutorials I found they always assume 2 and only 2 people
trying to talk privately.
I wonder how would one encrypt a conversation between say 15 people.
~~~
mike-c... | {
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} |
US imposes visa restrictions on Huawei employees, other Chinese tech workers - aspenmayer
https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-imposes-visa-restrictions-on-huawei-employees-other-chinese-tech-workers/
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disabled
This is only the start, and more like the tip of the iceberg as for what is to
come. You should be very co... | {
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} |
My evolving view of open source licenses - edw519
http://www.stevestreeting.com/2009/09/15/my-evolving-view-of-open-source-licenses/
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mmt
_It’s an understandable point of view, if very hacker-oriented, but it’s not
one that I personally sign up to._
To me, hacker-orientation being proportional to GPL-style re... | {
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} |
RemedyBG: Replacing the Visual Studio Debugger - noch
https://remedybg.handmade.network
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int_19h
It would be nice to make it talk the VS debug adapter protocol. Then you could
ironically use it in VS and VS Code, and non-ironically, in any editor that
chooses to support that. Given how quickly LSP took off, I wo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mind the Tools - bkudria
http://www.slideshare.net/al3x/mind-the-tools
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artpop
Yep, tools evolve and you should keep up, nothing new there. However the only
thing that has ever really mattered has been to achieve good outcomes for our
users. Everything else is self-indulgent tripe really. But hey, we love that... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
HTML5 webcam to canvas stream (Demo + annotated code) - cbrandolino_
http://cbrandolino.github.com/camvas
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program
I got nice quality on Chrome 21. Substitute the window.requestAnimationFrame
directive with:
window.requestAnimationFrame = (function() {
return window.requestAnimationFra... | {
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} |
How to charge for websites? - sdaityari
http://www.sitepoint.com/charge-websites-fixed-price-projects/
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at-fates-hands
I've seen and used just about every approach to this, yet the author
completely skips the most lucrative approach, the subscription based model.
I've used this on larger clients and have had gr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Refactoring Computer Engineer Barbie - larockt
http://blog.infoadvisors.com/index.php/2014/01/30/refactoring-computer-engineer-barbie/
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jdanton1
Good post
| {
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“I want you to watch this movie and think only about staging” - tmflannery
http://extension765.com/sdr/18-raiders
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anigbrowl
_for example, no matter how fast the cuts come, you always know exactly where
you are_
This is a massive problem, both with less experienced directors and even some
famous ones. It's im... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Why would weapons research be a bad thing? - sillysaurus3
In the thread about YC's investment of Helion, there was an interesting sub-topic: the fear that the founding team might pivot into weapons research. People have expressed concern that it might be risky for an investment firm to be investing in we... | {
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} |
Crystal 0.34 - fells
https://crystal-lang.org/2020/04/06/crystal-0.34.0-released.html
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strzibny
If only all the attention and love for Golang goes for Crystal. I will keep
dreaming... :)
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flafla2
Indeed. I don't know much about this language, but the x86-64 OS written from
scratch in crystal was one of the m... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
U.S. Companies Turn to German Vocational Training Model to Fill Jobs Gap - jseliger
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-companies-turn-to-german-training-model-to-fill-jobs-gap-1474911069
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eonw
I grew up in the US and worked in Austria for a number of years in my
twenties, I was always impressed with this part of th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Arc Iris Presents iTMRW: A Sci-Fi Ballet - odd_volume
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zachtenorio/arc-iris-presents-itmrw-a-sci-fi-ballet?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=arc%20iris
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odd_volume
Over the past four years, we have been living in a bizarre mashup of 1984 and
a Kanye West rant. Down is up, up ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
So You Want to Buy: Startup Office Snacks - dmor
http://refer.ly/so_you_want_to_buy__startup_office_snacks/c/984171a826c511e2a4ec22000a1d0d51
I am using Referly (my YC startup) test this idea, but hopefully it will help some of you as well. One my most frustrating yet fun statup jobs has been trying to order food fo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What kind of companies are willing to deal with "eccentric" workers? - similion
How many places are willing to deal with an "eccentric" employee who makes very odd (but inexpensive) demands that usually go against the cultural norms of the company but is otherwise a very productive worker?<p>Are there any bi... | {
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} |
How the Internet Is Loosening Our Grip on the Truth - imartin2k
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/technology/how-the-internet-is-loosening-our-grip-on-the-truth.html?_r=1
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jmnicolas
My opinion is that the mainstream press lost all its credibility by abusing
the trust we put in it so now they're lamenting that no... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
D3 6.0 - catacombs
https://github.com/d3/d3/blob/master/CHANGES.md
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cjv
I've always been curious on what Mike would do if he could completely rewrite
D3. I saw some experiments with a declarative API [0] which seems really
interesting.
It seems like the main learning curve for learning D3 is deeply understandin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Adobe CIO resigns - insiderinsider
Insider reports that Adobe CIO has resigned
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insiderinsider
i think its interesting because most of the svp's are leaving adobe , David
Wadhwani left recently , Naresh Gupta couple of months back and coming to the
CIO when the industry is trying to get some level of gender equa... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Fleck: A Lisp that runs wherever Bash is - rcarmo
https://github.com/chr15m/flk/
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seisvelas
Cool! Aside from satisfying the preference for a non-Schemey syntax, what is
the advantage of Fleck over the Scheme shell (who's manual page contains this
classic gem of a rant:
[https://scsh.net/docu/html/man.html](https... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Massive high school texting scandal results in… sanity - omnibrain
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/12/15/massive-high-school-texting-scandal-results-in-sanity/
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DrScump
"The fact that sexting is consensual on all sides"
No, it _isn 't_. The whole purpose for laws protecting kids from sexual abuse
is that ... | {
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} |
Show HN: Guestboard 2.0 – Our Alternative to FB Events – Now with Video Chat - hamslamwich
https://guestboard.co
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hamslamwich
Hey everyone,
Peter, Nick, and Joseph here with
[https://guestboard.co](https://guestboard.co), and we're back with some
significant improvements, a snazzy iOS app, as well as our own pi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Is California's Budget Endangering Silicon Valley? - loganfrederick
http://loganfrederick.com/blog/is-californias-budget-endangering-silicon-valley/
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digikata
As an investment, educating, retaining, and attracting talented students in
California would seem like a fundamentally positive way to raise the tax
rev... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Regulation, not technology is holding back driverless cars - ultrasaurus
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/business/economy/29view.html
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jxcole
My dad works in the airplane industry and had an interesting story to tell me
that relates to this. (I'm not sure exactly how accurate it is or what the
source is, sorry... | {
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} |
FreeBSD 8.2 released - kia
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.2R/announce.html
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Getahobby
This is going to kill me to say this because I have been using freebsd since
2.x but the lack of commercial support from the likes of Dell really hurts.
Recently I couldn't find the cli utility to manage a raid card becaus... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
UTC, TAI, and Unix time (1997) - marcopolis
http://cr.yp.to/proto/utctai.html
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acqq
The article title should include (1997) as the year it was written.
Much better (updated much more recently with the latest developments) link is:
[http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/time/leap/](http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/tim... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
AIRTAME introduces its wireless HDMI stick to the masses - robinwauters
http://tech.eu/brief/airtame-launch/
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hansnik
Anyone tried it yet? How's the performance? Is it usable for fullHD movie
streaming?
| {
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} |
Artflock - what Artix would be like in 2007 - sharpshoot
http://www.artflock.com/other/page/
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iamwil
Not bad. Though from a superficial glance, there's nothing particularly
forward thinking or advanced about it, the site is well implemented and
designed.
I especially like the color scheme, though a little bri... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo - roundsquare
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
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gruseom
When a friend of mine was in grad school, he helped a classmate prepare for
her Test of English as a Foreign Language exam. They we... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Does Facebook marketing work for any of you? - kiyanforoughi
Use this article as a baseline of the discussion:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101151565#_gus<p>Does Facebook marketing work for any of you? I'm in ecommerce and no one I know in the industry can make FB work on a profitable CPA-... | {
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Workplace by Facebook - cerved
https://www.facebook.com/workplace
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tchaffee
My biggest concern about this is that, despite their assurances on the website
for this specific product, Facebook is well known for collecting information
about you in any way possible and then selling that information. Just for
example... | {
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Defense subcontractor posted a job listing for XKEYSCORE 2 weeks ago - steveklabnik
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/01/is-xkeyscore-still-active-defense-contractor-posted-a-job-listing-for-it-2-weeks-ago/
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mutagen
Also interesting in that the job description 'leaks' another name for a
s... | {
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Show HN: Log based forms for static sites - sudosushi
https://github.com/knowblcluster/log-based-static-contact-form
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sudosushi
Hey guys, looking for as much feedback as possible, to improve not only this
repo, but generally as well.
Thanks.
| {
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Italian doctors successfully transplant a kidney in the place of the spleen - vanni
http://www.thelocal.it/20161214/italian-doctors-transplant-kidney-for-spleen-in-world-first
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carbocation
I just want to point our that the title, "Italian doctors transplant kidney
for spleen," remains misleading, to my eyes. Thi... | {
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How Jos. A Bank Makes Money By Selling One Suit And Giving Seven Away For Free - ayers
http://www.businessinsider.com/jos-a-bank-business-model-2012-11
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xmodem
Thank you, captain obvious.
| {
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Unix and Object-Oriented Languages - nkurz
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/unix_and_oo.html
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tedunangst
"For example, a+a+a+a can become a*4 and even a<<2 if a is an integer. But if
one creates a class with operators, there is nothing to indicate if they are
commutative, distributive, or associati... | {
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Moving AWS Glue jobs to ECS on AWS Fargate led to 60% net savings - cloudfalcon
https://www.taloflow.ai/blog/aws-glue-to-ecs
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cloudfalcon
Hey HN, we had this question pop up about how we moved our AWS glue jobs from
Fargate to ECS on our last post, so wanted to follow up to answer that
question.
This might be h... | {
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} |
What Explainable AI fails to explain (and how we fix that) - alvinwan
https://towardsdatascience.com/what-explainable-ai-fails-to-explain-and-how-we-fix-that-1e35e37bee07
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alvinwan
tl;dr We made models as accurate as neural networks and as interpretable as
decision trees. This work focuses on image classificatio... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Hedge Funder Who Bet $100 Million On Facebook IPO Is Furious - xtiy
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-q-hedge-funder-bet-184159786.html
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nl
I love this story on so many levels.
Firstly there is the irony of a "blue collar hedge fund manager"
There's the fact the lack of an IPO bump means Facebook equity ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Any war and economy based online games that allow automation via APIs? - nstart
A long time ago, I used to play oGame. One of those browser based multiplayer games that has both elements of space warfare and economics. Loved it. Eventually left it behind. I tried Eve Online next, and fell in love with it. Left... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Aspect-Oriented Programming in Ruby using Combinator Birds (revised extensively) - raganwald
http://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/tree/master/2008-11-07/from_birds_that_compose_to_method_advice.markdown#resubmit_reason_major%20revision
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raganwald
...and reposted. Please let me know if it is indeed worth anothe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Entrepreneurship to get out of debt - pr0active
Hi HN,<p>I've been very silly and managed to rack up around £16,000 worth of debt.<p>I'm a reasonably well paid developer mainly working in Java web and enterprise stuff at an ecommerce consultancy.<p>I've always wanted to start a business online as a side to my job (t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Set OS X files and folders to self-destruct based on tag - turtleofdeath
http://scottmw.com/463/os-x-set-file-self-destruct-based-tag/
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derefr
If this was based on atime instead of mtime, and was coupled with Time Machine
backups, it'd actually make an interesting form of Hierarchical Storage
Management... | {
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} |
Google to Launch Chrome Web Store and Chrome OS - Uncle_Sam
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/12/google-to-launch-chrome-web-store-and.html
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mattew
I have been looking forward to checking out Chrome OS, but haven't had time to
download one of the installers out there right now. It will be nice to have an
o... | {
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} |
At Least 37M People Have Been Displaced by America’s War on Terror - chishaku
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/magazine/displaced-war-on-terror.html
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phobosanomaly
The degree to which ordinary Americans are isolated from the violence of these
conflicts is mind-boggling. The notable absence of car-bombs alone i... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Looking for co-founders - hunterx
Hi all,<p>I'm looking for a co-founder for my startup as my current co-founder is leaving the company to invest full-time in crypto. There has no been any bad feelings or anything, he is just not interested in the industry.<p>Matter is, we're very close to some deadlines and... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Applied Category Theory (2019) [video] - Kinrany
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwvl0tBJhoM
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jmount
Unfortunately in mathematics "application" is often a synonym for "prove a
lemma or theorem."
David Spivak told me Peter Freyd once said, “Perhaps the purpose of
categorical algebra is to show that which is triv... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
OO Design Classic - Abstract Class vs Interface - RohitS5
http://javarevisited.blogspot.in/2013/05/difference-between-abstract-class-vs-interface-java-when-prefer-over-design-oops.html
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cynwoody
ts; dr
Need to unlearn the font-size attribute!
| {
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Google Maps pulls cupcake calorie counter after backlash - pwg
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/17/controversy-over-a-cupcake-google-maps-pulls-cupcake-calorie-counter-after-backlash/
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CharlesDodgson
I feel sorry for whoever came up with feature, I bet they thought it would be
a simple easy way to make the app... | {
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} |
Why is there no SaaS asset management service? - dankohn1
I'm looking to manage application software on about 50 Windows PCs to ensure that we have bought all the licenses we need.<p>Almost every company in the space has a 100 or 500 seat minimum. I've looked at Dell Kace, Express Metrics, Scalable, Snow ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Dhall – A Distributed, Safe Configuration Language - KirinDave
https://github.com/dhall-lang/dhall-lang
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ff_
Dhall was such a godsend to make our infra configs more safe & modular (we
jointly configure Kubernetes & Terraform with it).
If you need some example of use cases to see if it might help you, check out
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Do you feel you are mostly writing glue code? - xstartup
Lately, we are writing glue code to connect a bunch of services which finance department pays for. Writing any service which can be acquired from the market is forbidden. Anyone else feels like this?
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indogooner
Yes I have done that most of the tim... | {
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} |
Evan Czaplicki's response to “Why I'm leaving Elm” - myth_drannon
https://twitter.com/czaplic/status/1248696174401458177
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tester89
Ignores the important question of why certain packages like elm markdown
should be whitelisted. From what I can tell, this is the fundamental issue for
a lot of people. I don’t think... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How much do you pay software engineers? - baconface
What type of compensation is fair for a technical first hire?<p>What about subsequent technical hires?<p>Please give a range.
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steventruong
1\. It depends heavily on location.
2\. It depends on what stage the company is at. Have you raised capital or... | {
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} |
Apple Ruined iTunes – What Now? - dewey
https://blog.notmyhostna.me/apple-ruined-itunes-what-now/
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mikece
Why isn't VLC considered as an alternative?
And why re-encode files from FLAC to ALAC? What is gained when doing this
other than iTunes support (or is that the entire point)?
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dewey
The re-encoding was ... | {
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} |
App store discovery problem. a different take? this looks interesting... - stephenjames
http://www.useacorn.com?kid=1WBAS
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pedalpete
I'm not sure I understand who this is for. The copy reads "Acorn allows you to
piggy back off the market leader and give you much higher visibility. With
Acorn, the results of ... | {
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} |
How Linux is being subverted. - nickb
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/linux/locutus/archives/how-linux-is-being-subverted-18960
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mechanical_fish
I can't even figure out what this article is about. I think it's about
Microsoft's attempt to use the threat of patent litigation to insert itself
into the corporate Linux m... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Facebook rolls out code to nullify Adblock Plus’ workaround - bko
https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/11/friendblock/
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r721
Current discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12274224](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12274224)
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laurent123456
Facebook response is incredibly stupid:
"We’re disappoin... | {
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} |
Ask HN: YC Interview tomorrow. Help us improve our interview notes - vinrob92
Hey guys,<p>My company, Manypixels, is interviewing tomorrow at YC offices (link of my startup website in my bio)<p>We applied late and got the interview confirmation on Sunday and flew the very same day to San Francisco.<p>We prepared those... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Lab-Grown Diamonds Come into Their Own - happy-go-lucky
http://www.npr.org/2016/12/01/502330818/lab-grown-diamonds-come-into-their-own
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ericfranklin
I've been running a lab-grown diamond company since 2005. I'd be happy to
answer any questions in the morning.
~~~
SideburnsOfDoom
How cheap can good quality diamo... | {
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} |
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