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Please check out our side project, OhLife (from MeetingMix, YC S08) - sgupta
http://ohlife.com/
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aw3c2
Quick first glance feedback on the page, take it or leave it:
a) "the easiest way to" lowercase start and then "Write your life story"
uppercase start. Seems weird to me. The other way around or both upperca... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Kinect automation controller, sparked by HN, adds WebGL, available for purchase - nitrogen
http://nitrogen.posterous.com/webgl-new-features-added-to-kinect-powered-ho
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carbon14
Watched the video. Looks very solid. I'm interested in getting this setup for
my HTPC/server and lamps. It could certainly save some ene... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
New data supports finding that 30% of servers are ‘comatose’ [pdf] - r721
http://anthesisgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Case-Study_DataSupports30PercentComatoseEstimate-FINAL_06032015.pdf
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dang
Url changed from [http://www.computerworld.com/article/2937408/data-
center/1-i...](http://www.computerworld.co... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Amazon S3: New pricing model - unfoldedorigami
http://blogs.smugmug.com/don/2007/05/01/amazon-s3-new-pricing-model/
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vlad
Additional info (from the e-mail I received) in case anybody cares:
"P.S. Please note that the reduced bandwidth rates shown above will also take
effect for Amazon EC2 and Amazon SQS. The ba... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Secret Lives of NYC Mega-Projects - aaronbrethorst
http://gizmodo.com/the-photographer-who-documents-the-secret-life-of-nyc-m-1697968505
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partisan
I recently spoke to a few people who have worked on these large scale
municipal projects. We think we have a hard time managing active software
projects. These pr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
First photograph of light as both a particle and wave (2015) - ThomPete
http://m.phys.org/news/2015-03-particle.html
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msimpson
This article is much more clear on what the image actually represents:
[http://www.livescience.com/50019-image-light-wave-
particle.h...](http://www.livescience.com/50019-image-light-wav... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What are the best Bay Area programming meetups? - fuqted
Specifically for someone looking to learn. I'm in Oakland and pretty open as far as languages go.<p>What meetups do you guys go to?
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dhruvkar
The east bay python meetup is pretty relaxed, and has grown quite a bit in the
last year.
It's at Lo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Switch generic icon to negative feedback for non-https sites - diafygi
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1041087
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codezero
There have been a few times when I've got a legitimate red icon for bad
certificates and what not. Pushing this to the rest of the web will mean I'll
miss real errors through th... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Michael Arndt to Write Screenplay for Star Wars: Episode VII - jwallaceparker
http://starwars.com/news/michael-arndt-to-write-screenplay-for-star-wars-episode-vii.html
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lazugod
...you posted this eleven times.
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dfc
Twelve times. I flagged 11 of them.
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} |
The New Mind Control: How the Internet Flips Elections and Alters Our Thoughts - Jerry2
https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-internet-flips-elections-and-alters-our-thoughts
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dc2
"Google and its top executives donated more than $800,000 to President Barack
Obama and just $37,000 to his opponent, Mitt Romney."
Did you... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Which is better on Android: divide by 2 or shift by 1? - zdw
https://jakewharton.com/which-is-better-on-android-divide-by-two-or-shift-by-one/
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anyfoo
Thorough work. Going back to the premise, I want to offer an alternative
viewpoint by asking whether, in the case of binary trees implemented by
arrays, “integer ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
WinAntiRansom – Prevents encryption of your files - spaceboy
https://www.winpatrol.com/winantiransom/
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eyer2016
Lol
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Leaked north korean documentary exposes western propaganda. - daralthus
http://superchief.tv/leaked-north-korean-documentary-exposes-western-propaganda-and-its-scary-how-true-it-is/
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draq
How do you imagine a world without "propaganda"? Mine would be one without
this documentary.
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stefantalpalaru
It's pro... | {
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} |
Dropbox: The hottest startup you've never heard of - slinky
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/03/16/cloud-computing-for-the-rest-of-us
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51Cards
I think this article is perfectly valid. What everyone here is forgetting is
that we are a pretty focused demographic of technical people. If you ask the
average CNN us... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Living as a hacker in the bay area. - dvcat
I will be moving to the bay area once I graduate in a few months. One of the big plus points for me to move to the bay area will be to try to interact and learn from a bunch of smart people by going to hacker dojos, user group meets and conferences (mainly in machi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Bringing improved PDF support to Google Chrome - jancona
http://blog.chromium.org/2010/06/bringing-improved-pdf-support-to-google.html
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s3graham
Oh sweetness. I was using this
[https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/nnbmlagghjjcbdhg...](https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/nnbmlagghjjcbdhgmkedmbmed... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Systemd Project Forks the Linux Kernel - dezgeg
http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20150330#community
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hleszek
Checking the calendar: not yet first april...
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computer
Looks like a weekly magazine, so this edition would cover April 1st.
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sspiff
This is not the real systemD repository. This i... | {
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} |
Social experiment - single thoughts on programming that made an impact - RiderOfGiraffes
With the indulgence of the regulars, I'd like to try an experiment. Recently, as a result of an item here, I read an article from which a single line has stuck. It wasn't the most profound, it wasn't the most amusing, it wasn'... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN - SuggestMeLearn, My first web application - hhimanshu
- After starting and quitting so many times, I finally decided to start small project and created SuggetMeLearn - This is my first ever attempt to a complete web application - The idea is to - let people suggest the way they learnt a particular language... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Facebook of China - GBond
http://www.fastcompany.com/node/1715041/print
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smoody
formatted version of the article with photos:
[http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/152/the-socialist-
networ...](http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/152/the-socialist-
networks.html)
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"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The ad tech renaissance - taylorbuley
http://bokonads.com/the-ad-tech-renaissance/
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oxymoron
I'll concede that the analysis isn't completely without merit, but having
spent the last few years in ad tech, I sincerely hope that there won't be a
revival. It's a race to the bottom. Publishers are struggling and are
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Best encrypted cloud storage option? - kotrunga
What is the best option for storing my files in the cloud, completely encrypted and secure?<p>Not like Dropbox, or other services where a government entity could force the company in giving up someone's files. Completely secure.<p>If rolling my own from home... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Yet another Hacker News Reader for Android. - jamhed
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ncom.yahn
Hopefully doesn't suck.
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lumelet
Switching between article and comments and display of nested comments are
great.
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"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Is Artificial Intelligence Good? - Anon84
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2019/10/14/is-artificial-intelligence-good/#6073e28e6f70
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motivic
Are nuclear bombs good? In the end it largely depends on how they are used.
| {
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} |
How Google Deals With A Recession - nreece
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/how-google-deals-with-a-recession-goog
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nostrademons
I just tried the same query he has in the screenshot - no ads in the suggest
box. Same with a bunch of other queries that I thought would likely come with
ads.
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} |
Things a text editor must do - davweb
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/11/verity_stob_text_editor/
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bcoates
Before you all get too angry about the scandalous lies about your favorite
editor note that this is a Verity Stob column. If you're reading it for a
sober, fair-minded review of the various tradeoffs... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Letters and Symbols: How I designed the Keen IO logo - micahwolfe
https://keen.io/blog/43496487388/letters-and-symbols-how-i-designed-the-keen-io-logo
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alexdevkar
The more I hear from designers, the more I realize how much more thought I
should be putting into design choices.
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mwetzler
no kidding. The bran... | {
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} |
How Militaries Should Plan for AI - jonbaer
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/08/how-militaries-should-plan-for-ai
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CitizenTekk
We cannot stop technology, for as we know, we'll heading to a star "war"-ish
era if that happen. One thing we must do is, if military will use it to
betterment of humanrace and not ext... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Lincoln Assassination Eyewitness on 1956 Episode of I’ve Got a Secret - barredo
http://laughingsquid.com/lincoln-assassination-eyewitness-on-1956-episode-of-ive-got-a-secret/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+laughingsquid+%28Laughing+Squid%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
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JangoSteve
This i... | {
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} |
LLVM’s garbage collection facilities and SBCL’s generational GC - lispm
https://medium.com/@MartinCracauer/llvms-garbage-collection-facilities-and-sbcl-s-generational-gc-a13eedfb1b31
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pcwalton
> I hope I explained why “one size fits all” does not really do it in garbage
> collection.
Great to see people acknowl... | {
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} |
Android is Winning - speg
http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/14/android-is-winning/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29
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factorialboy
Of course Android wins as a platform. Apple still makes good money for share-
holders. Win-win?
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Coco Color – A coloring stylus for kids - hughnjbell
http://cococolor.com
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psychogenic
Not sure what I think of a tablet "coloring book" but the tech is
intriguing...
According to
[https://cococolor.com/pages/instruction#best-
results](https://cococolor.com/pages/instruction#best-results)
it seems the apps ju... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Music streaming platforms' audience sizes compared - marcadam
http://www.ventureharbour.com/which-music-discovery-platform-has-the-most-effective-marketing/
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quahada
Among the bleeding edge tech community, Deezer and Spotify are considered the
poster children. It's interesting how big Pandora's following is, a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Dallas Siren Hack Done by Radio, Not Computer – Dallas Observer - lightlyused
http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-siren-hack-done-by-radio-not-computer-9358087
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lightlyused
"By hijacking the signal going into the transmitter, the hacker seemingly
managed to trigger all of the sirens at once."
This sentenc... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Pakistan blocks YouTube website - muriithi
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7261727.stm
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Electro
Hmm, I'd have thought the recordings of webcam girls and clips of porno's and
people talking about sex would have been the reason. Go figure, religion
doesn't censor on the basis of morals or the logic descend... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Docker: Not Even a Linker - nkurz
http://adamierymenko.com/docker-not-even-a-linker
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btrask
Fantastic article. We need more deconstruction of "fads" (which I don't mean
in a pejorative sense) so that we can quickly understand them without
sacrificing tens of thousands of man-hours slowly coming to terms with eac... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Howard Schulz, CEO of Starbucks, joins Groupon's Board of Directors - mjfern
http://www.groupon.com/blog/cities/changes-to-the-groupon-board-of-directors/
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longarm
It's more impressive when companies add people to their board who add a
perspective other than the entrenched (dare I say evil) mindset of their
co... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Designing a Database - bgnm2000
I'm primarily a designer with a good amount of code experience (classes in school, messing around on my own etc.) I started to learn rails over the summer, and built one pretty messy app. That said, I'm gearing up to build my second app, this time around I've been thinking a lot... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
It's complicated: Facebook's terrible 2018 - sahin-boydas
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2018/dec/24/facebook-2018-timeline-year-in-review-privacy-scandals
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ethiclub
Does anyone have any good devil's advocate information on Facebook?
\- The company does not seem to have an appropriate eth... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
File System Hierarchy 3.0 RC1 Proposal - JustinGarrison
http://www.linuxbase.org/betaspecs/fhs/fhs.html#usrshareArchitectureindependentData
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grigio
I'm still waiting `/Users` `/Applications`. Only Gobolinux has it
| {
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} |
Name.com Responds to HTP Security Breach - Judson
http://pastebin.com/We3xgT4J
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3JPLW
Interesting that they don't talk about any action they have taken in response
(beyond asking their customers to perform some action and implementing vague
"security measures"). I would hope that they've identified and fixed t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to get stuff done, automatically - acoleman616
http://www.alexpcoleman.com/productivity/get-stuff-done/?hn
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digitalsushi
I get a db error with the query string referrer
[http://www.alexpcoleman.com/productivity/get-stuff-
done/](http://www.alexpcoleman.com/productivity/get-stuff-done/) works for me
~~~
the... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Lazy Loading in Java - twotriangles
http://mlapadula.com/blog/2011/08/28/lazy-initialization-in-java.html
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sidcool
Getting 404
~~~
chromejs10
same
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} |
12 things I learned from pitching VCs this past week - scrollinondubs
http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2007/12/12/lessons-from-vc-pitches/
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dhouston
good stuff. sam altman told us the most important thing for him was to
remember #8 -- they need you as much as you need them. they _want_ to believe
that you're the ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Bon – programming language designed for simplicity, performance, safety - FBMachine
https://github.com/FBMachine/bon
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ngcc_hk
Have a quick look. Quite easy to read. Just not sure does it have an advantage
over swift which seems quite easy to read, cross 2 platform at least (linux
and macOS, the windows ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The State of JavaScript on Android Is Poor - megaman821
https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-state-of-javascript-on-android-in-2015-is-poor/33889
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voltagex_
> It just means over time you'll lose Android users as they get fed up with
> the huge speed disparity (if they care, or notice) but you'll retain and
> grow iO... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Americans Are Receiving Unordered Parcels from E-Criminals - monsieurpng
https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2017/11/27/americans-are-receiving-unordered-parcels-from-chinese-e-criminals-and-cant-do-anything-about-it/#4399dca873da
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fapjacks
I had an interesting experience recently. I ordered a cheap $20 mul... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Are We Reaching the Limits of Silicon Valley’s Venture Model? - ot
https://medium.com/@bryce/are-we-reaching-the-limits-of-silicon-valleys-venture-model-f7b7f3708a50#.tmp1sm3u2
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FiatLuxDave
It seems to me that the big issue with the SV venture model is the geographic
limitation of its current implementation. The... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
After a year of using Node.js in production - 0xmohit
http://geekforbrains.com/post/after-a-year-of-nodejs-in-production
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placebo
I usually don't respond to anything which I feel is just another "language
war" provocation, but whenever I see these type of reviews I'm mystified. I've
developed in many languages a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
BlogKeenja: Ready to post Blog images for your Startups - TahaKhan
http://blogkinja.d5gravity.com
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TahaKhan
Free stock photos are great, however, they fall short on fulfilling the exact
requirements of most of the startups. Let's say a startup wants to blog about
A/B testing they will not be able to find a relev... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Most Powerful Sales Tool at Lowe's: Satellites - 1337biz
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-26/lowes-most-powerful-sales-tool-satellites
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maxerickson
The actual information is less exciting:
_Laura Champine - Canaccord
Good morning. Thanks for taking my question. Your close rate performance was
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
IOS app store has created unrealistic pricing expectations - kgutteridge
http://appcubby.com/blog/5-is-the-new-10/
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jeremymcanally
I think I prefer an open market with prices that have naturally fallen to this
point than something with artificially inflated prices. There are two things
at play here.
One, the ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Unskew My Search, a web extension for peaking into the Google black box - Unskew
https://www.unskewmysearch.com/
======
Unskew
Unskew My Search is an experimental browser extension that seeks to help you
discover how your personal search results are being skewed by Google
recommendation algorithms.
Problem: ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
What will robocars actually be like? - cstross
http://singularityhub.com/2015/10/07/robocars-are-at-peak-hype-heres-what-theyll-actually-be-like/
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ph0rque
Personally, I'm looking forward to owning (or even building) a self-driving
tiny house sort of vehicle.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google tweaked algorithm after rise in US shootings - marvindanig
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/02/google-tweaked-algorithm-after-rise-in-us-shootings
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entropea
Is there any way to know this is being used only in positive-to-society ways?
When Google has a near monopoly, is them having the abil... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Maze62: a dense and speedy alphanumeric encoding for binary data - DenisM
http://blog.altudov.com/2011/05/16/maze62-a-dense-and-speedy-alphanumeric-encoding-for-binary-data/
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andfarm
I'm having trouble thinking of any situations where you're free to use any
alphanumerics, but you absolutely can't use anything el... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Automated Invoicing for BaseCRM - peritusnyc
https://paycove.io
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peritusnyc
Paycove allows your sales team to automatically generate and collect invoices
from your deal-flow on BaseCRM. We've worked carefully with our clients to
build a product that saves time and reduces your invoice collection timelines.
Once... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How I got into Y Combinator and fathered a child, almost simultaneously - antongm
http://adgrok.com/pseudorandomness-or-how-i-got-into-y-combinator-and-had-a-child-with-a-woman-i-barely-knew-almost-simultaneously
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abstractbill
I enjoy reading posts like these for the perspective they give me on how
differently... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
K-Nearest Neighbors from Scratch - craigkerstiens
https://lettier.github.io/posts/2016-06-10-k-nearest-neighbors-from-scratch.html
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Radim
While the topic may seem trivial and the execution/implementation a bit too
naive, it should be noted the author is a _graphic designer_! Check out
David's homepage [0] -- ori... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Automatic server hardening framework - dewey
https://telekomlabs.github.io/
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allendoerfer
Seems like a nice and comfortable way to set sane defaults for nginx, Apache,
MySQL, PostgreSQL and some Unix stuff - but they really should have been set
by each software in the first place.
I like, the private touch the ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
SimCity should do a galactic sim to design species - vtempest
After playing SimCity, I think: Why not go galactic? Imagine a version where you are the god-like consciousness of the universe. You input various characteristics of how you want the universe designed and the species that live on various planets. You watc... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
New male contraceptive may be submitted for Indian approval this year - rihegher
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-03-29/a-new-kind-of-male-birth-control-is-coming
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WA
This is big. This is the future of contraception, because it works, it's
incredibly cheap, it has (almost?) no side effects. All curre... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Infinite Set: On '2001: A Space Odyssey' - prismatic
http://reverseshot.org/symposiums/entry/2013/space_odyssey
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GuiA
What a great essay. Worth the read.
_" Upon reaching Jupiter, Bowman is guided into a wormhole, triggering
Trumbull’s bravura psychedelic sequence. On either side of a perpendicular
line di... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Three-Factor Authentication Using EEG Earbuds - johnnybaptist
https://biosense.berkeley.edu/portfolio/brainwave-authentication-and-brain-computer-interface-using-in-ear-eeg/
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johnnybaptist
Security overkill but a cool proof of concept for using brain waves as an
authentication method.
More technical details her... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
The Big Book of Bitcoin - An introduction - alphydan
http://alvarofeito.com/articles/the-big-book-of-bitcoin/#.UUxY7MrTvGw.hackernews
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willholloway
This is a great intro to bitcoin. It made me feel more optimistic about the
prospects of the currency.
It highlights many of the risks and benefits but misses out o... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Build An Animated Chart In 19 Lines Of Code With d3.js - louischatriot
http://needforair.com/blog/2012/05/09/d3-tutorial/
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TwistedWeasel
I've been learning d3.js myself lately, and i'm very impressed. As it's
popularity increases it's worth reading this article from Mike Bostock, the
creator of d3 proposing so... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
French CEO Prisoned After His Policies Resulted in Suicides of 35 Employees - chirau
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2019/12/23/french-ceo-sent-to-prison-after-his-policies-resulted-in-the-suicides-of-35-employees/
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akerl_
If 4 months in jail and a $16k fine is their idea of a severe punishment for
an int... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
GluePrint - Implement Designs Pixel Perfect - koenbok
http://glueprintapp.com
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avelis
Slick tool. There are scenarios where this does work and work well (e.g.
static layout) but for responsive web layout design involving transitions this
falls a little flat.
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killing_time
This looks like a neat tool, wi... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Xkcd 1110 high res PDF (moved away from dropbox) - reinierladan
http://s.rlink.co/JZPY
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reinierladan
Dropbox says "This account's public links are generating too much traffic and
have been temporarily disabled!" so I put it on Cloud app as a backup.
| {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Rust 0.8 released - steveklabnik
https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2013-September/005804.html
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chrismorgan
If you were wanting to use Rust but also wanted to use HTTP (client _or_
server), I've got [https://github.com/chris-morgan/rust-
http](https://github.com/chris-morgan/rust-http) which has rapidly... | {
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Why I've built an alternative to Github - fnando
http://blog.codeplane.com/why-ive-built-an-alternative-to-github.html
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mechanical_fish
I don't understand this use case:
_These projects are mainly side projects, or small freelance jobs I've done
through the years, and I want to save them for posterity; who kno... | {
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Lawyer who argued for Internet sales taxes admits he doesn't pay them - gnicholas
https://medium.com/@nicklum/the-attorney-who-convinced-the-supreme-court-to-allow-internet-sales-taxes-just-admitted-that-hes-a7ef9ce8ae35
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edbaskerville
I see this as a great argument for his side, actually. State governments need... | {
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Reaching and re-engaging users on the mobile web - cjdulberger
http://blog.chromium.org/2015/04/reaching-and-re-engaging-users-on.html
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untog
This is pretty interesting. I remember some time ago Vox Media (who make The
Verge and Polygon along with Vox itself) declared that they were going web-
only:
[http://w... | {
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Ask HN: How to prepare for an interview at a startup - mmackh
I've been contacted a few startups, who noticed the Open Source work I had done this year. They had requested to speak to me via phone to do an interview. What is the best way to prepare for such an interview?
Is there a resource that I could refer to?<p>... | {
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Microbes that eat and breathe electricity - gnrlbzik
http://www.popsci.com/node/223292/?cmpid=enews012215
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gnrlbzik
Still can't wrap my head around this.
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Show HN: Txr – Transfer files/directories to others with WebSocket streams - whatl3y
https://github.com/whatl3y/txr
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cannedslime
Interresting but it really doesn't seem that simple. I usually just use rsync
whenever I need to move some stuff from one machine to the other.
I can't really take your word for it th... | {
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Cooking in Silico: Heat Transfer in the Modern Kitchen [video] - phreeza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGKSdQJrIWY
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Synaesthesia
All-round genius Nathan Myhrvold shows a classroom a preview on his new tome
on the science of cooking, obtained with state of the art techniques. Great
video thanks!
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Synaesth... | {
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Librem 5 Hardware Update - kgwxd
https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-hardware-update-2/
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zunzun
Has any technical comparison been made of the Librem 5 and the Pine64 hardware
or development kit performance? I know that Pine64 will also release a tablet-
only version of their phone, but have not seen whether this is p... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
A year and a half with Alexa - raimundjoss
https://medium.com/@sawaba/a-year-and-a-half-with-alexa-amazon-echo-9d04e0e2041b#.7m710asve
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esthermun
The key to get _magic_ from Alexa long term will be get unsupervised learning
working on it, and then shared back across the entire Alexa user base. The
Brazilian real... | {
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} |
Ask HN: How do detect a crappy boss / toxic environment when interviewing? - isuckatcoding
I am currently working in a position that felt like a great startup to work at during my interview. However, a few months into the job I realized my boss was a complete and utter asshole. Given this is my first job out of colleg... | {
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Strategy: Front S3 with a Caching Proxy - pbnaidu
http://highscalability.com/strategy-front-s3-caching-proxy
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jm4
I'm not sure this improves the situation much. In fact, it probably will only
make things worse since you've got an additional point of failure.
The proxy will keep your site up if S3 goes down, but... | {
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} |
Show HN: How to integrate and automate iOS deployments in TFS environment - trvd1707
http://www.nonstandardsolutions.com/2014/07/my-quest-to-automate-mobile-deployments.html
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trvd1707
I have a need to integrate my iOS development with TFS repository. The dev ops
that only use Windows boxes need to be able to b... | {
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} |
In 2005 Creative beat Apple, whose side you took then? - atirip
http://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2006/08/7575/
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pan69
We took Apple's side since these sort of lawsuits are petty. It's the same
reason we now take Samsung's side.
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shimsham
oh look, the wind just changed direction...
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y2kenny
What ... | {
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Floating offshore regulation free tech incubator interests over 100 startups - leejw00t354
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-05/10/floating-city-attracts-more-than-100-startups
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stephengillie
One of the "secrets" is that all the above-ground space is already within
someone's jurisdiction ;)
~~~
dgit
No... | {
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Production Rails Tuning with Passenger: PassengerMaxProcesses - itsderek23
http://blog.scoutapp.com/articles/2009/12/08/production-rails-tuning-with-passenger-passengermaxprocesses
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jeremyw
_Generally speaking, you want to fill up as much RAM as possible with
passenger processes without utilizing swap in order... | {
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Show HN: How we built our new Help site: API-powered, client-driven, responsive - progolferyo
http://blog.chartboost.com/post/36221629171/web-3-0-help-site?hn
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SeoxyS
Hey guys, it's the author here.
Working on this site, I really wanted to try all of the modern best practices
and try to make something really ... | {
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} |
Alan Perlis: Epigrams on Programming (1982) [pdf] - tosh
https://www.gwern.net/docs/cs/1982-perlis.pdf
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braythwayt
Alan Perlis's own page listing the epigrams, in HTML for ease of readability,
copying, and accessibility:
[http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-
alan/quotes.html](http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis... | {
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NZ Auction Site Bans iPad-Lookalike Tablets - Semteksam
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/nz_auction_site_bans_ipad-lookalike_tablets/
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digiwizard
lickspittle sycophant: awesomest description of the day.
| {
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Takipi – Java debugging reinvented - nivstein
http://www.takipi.com/
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steve_barham
I want to test this product, and I'm in a position where I could spend real
money on a purchase or subscription to this service in the event that it does
what we need.
Unfortunately, as soon as I see that data is sent off-site,... | {
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Ask HN: Do YC Startups Lack Spine? - villageidiot
By that I mean the kind of business instincts that are needed to really make a killing in the marketplace.<p>There seems to be an abundance of admirable nobility in the aims of YCers but not a lot of ruthlessness.<p>Maybe this is a function of the relative youth and ... | {
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} |
Responsible Disclosure Can Be Anything But - daeken
http://daeken.com/responsible-disclosure-can-be-anything-but
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sriramk
I'm shocked he didn't even try to contact Onity. He's trying ascribe
motivations and possible behavior just based on his reading of the lock market
- we have no idea whether Onity would hav... | {
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} |
Practicing Programming (2005) - luu
https://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/practicing-programming
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ntoshev
I think practicing programming should be about:
1\. trying many new things
2\. in a very tight feedback loop
So, code little ideas, but make sure you start from the essence of the problem
- not the re... | {
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Ask HN: Best C Package Manager? - archivist1
Want to develop a cross-platform (win/posix) project in C/C++ for small binary size (and learning) and want to be as efficient and productive as I am in Node/JS with npm.<p>I'm thinking a package manager can help me learn and avoid writing a lot of boile... | {
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} |
Ipad security app - btechster3
So I just got an Ipad and thought to myself, I just spent $600 on this thing! What if someone steals it from me. Anyone interested in creating a security app for the ipad which sends you an alert if your ipad has been stolen and tracks it down for you?
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gmac
<http://www.orbicule... | {
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Will the increase in HB-1 visas mean lower wages for IT folks? - brohoolio
Will the increase in HB-1 visas mean lower wages for IT folks?
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bdfh42
As an external observer I have to say that this is what they would appear to
be for. There does not seem to be a shortage of skilled developers in the USA
- least of... | {
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Russians buy Yahoo! - darkduck
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-03/silver-lake-discussing-yahoo-with-alibaba-digital-sky.html
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pavel_lishin
Headline is patently false in at least two ways.
| {
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Ethereum Constantinople protocol upgrade postponed until further notice - davidiach
https://twitter.com/5chdn/status/1085275971660509184
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lostctown
Here's the EIP (Ethereum improvement proposal) causing problems.
[https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-1283.m...](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/b... | {
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} |
EC2 High Memory Cluster Eight Extra Large Instance (244 GiB RAM) - jeffbarr
http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2013/01/ec2-for-in-memory-computing-the-high-memory-cluster-eight-extra-large.html
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michaelt
Almost all the big EC2 outages have been due to EBS, and you have to pay extra
for it as well. Netflix steers clear... | {
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} |
Wall Street's Bailout Hustle - chaostheory
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/32255149/wall_streets_bailout_hustle/
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btilly
The sad thing about the banker's bonuses is that if they honestly tried to
mark to market all of the bad debt that is still on their books they actually
_lost_ money last year.
The... | {
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} |
How I got featured on TechCrunch (and many more) - sahillavingia
http://sahillavingia.com/blog/2010/10/18/how-i-got-featured-on-techcrunch-and-many-more/
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lubos
I think that email wasn't that good at all. tell me who cares your software
was rewritten from the ground up. also most of those bullet points
(searchin... | {
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