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History of Windows Startup Sounds - showhndaily
http://mashable.com/2012/10/24/windows-startup-sounds/
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showhndaily
Followed by Blue Screens of Death - <http://mashable.com/2012/10/25/microsoft-
blue-screens/>
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showhndaily
Brings back memorable moments of waiting on my old desktop PCs to boot up.
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Ask HN: How much time do you spend with your spouse or partner? - septerr
How much time approximately do you spend with your significant other on weekdays and weekends?
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mtmail
Some will answer little, others with answer a lot, yet others 'it depends'.
And all can be happy or complete unhappy with that scenari... | {
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Show HN: And now for something furniture and movie related - aswerty
https://www.seenonset.com/
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aswerty
Submitter here.
Over the last number of months me and a friend have built a website
(www.seenonset.com) for finding and buying furniture and decor that's found on
the set of movies and TV shows. I have a tec... | {
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Task management software - celljunk-e
I'm looking for a recommendation for a good hosted task management system. All I need to do is post tasks, notes with the tasks, file attachments and set priority. I found basecamp to be really annoying. Any suggestions? Paid is fine...not looking to be cheap.
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adamtaa... | {
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Former CIA Director argued for more appropriate responses to leaks - Nokinside
https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/sep/11/cia-leakers/
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tristanj
This document was written in 1984 and was publically released in 2008. Meaning
it was written during the Cold War in an entirely different political climate.
It... | {
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Cutting edge: Just what is it about adding blades that makes a razor better? - boundlessdreamz
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/04/beauty.mens.razors
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omgsean
I get a better shave out of my single-blade safety razor, shave stick, and
brush system than I ever got out of my five-blade shaving-cream... | {
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Online Collaborative Modeling; Still Sketchy - DanielBMarkham
http://tiny-giant-books.com/blog/online-collaborative-modeling-still-sketchy/
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DanielBMarkham
Author here. If anybody has any other tools they'd like to share, I'd love to
hear about them. Happy to update the grid.
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The tyranny of chairs: why we need better design - SirLJ
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/aug/25/the-tyranny-of-chairs
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mattlondon
Just out of curiosity, am I the only one that seems to be happy to just sit on
a dining chair when at my desk?
When the WFH wave hit, people seemed to be going mad buyi... | {
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Three people play a Tetris-like game using a brain-to-brain interface - prostoalex
https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/07/01/play-a-video-game-using-only-your-mind/
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nabla9
[https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.08632](https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.08632)
If I understood the paper correctly, the results are totally unimpres... | {
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} |
Can Universal Basic Income Achieve Economic Security? - UpshotKnothole
https://daily.jstor.org/can-universal-basic-income-achieve-economic-security/
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Fjolsvith
Why don't we just go a step further into fairness and say that everyone gets
the same income regardless of their wealth. Have the government take all the... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Should it be illegal to discriminate against poor writers/speakers? - amichail
Should it be illegal to discriminate against people who are poor writers/speakers but who are good enough to be clearly understood?<p>Why should society penalize people who have not mastered a messy natural language?
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rmah
I... | {
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Ask HN: Declining NDAs - nxzero
Really dislike NDAs for intro talks, always say no to them, but don't have any reasoning beyond if I have to sign some secrecy agreement just to find out how you create value, how're you going to explain it to customers, investors, etc. who also normally don't sign NDAs.<... | {
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Uber Surge Price? Research Says Walk a Few Blocks, Wait a Few Minutes - ckurose
http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/10/29/452585089/uber-surge-price-research-says-walk-a-few-blocks-wait-a-few-minutes
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mw67
Or use this app:
[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/surgeprotector/id925613132?m...](https://i... | {
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Ohio school districts sue Facebook for accepting ECOT ad purchases - Keverw
https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190411/ohio-school-districts-sue-facebook-for-accepting-ecot-ad-purchases
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adamiscool8
On a quick read of the relevant statute [0], seems like they'd have to show
the Facebook ad buys were made with actual... | {
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} |
Hillary PAC Spends $1M to ‘Correct’ Commenters on Reddit and Facebook - kushti
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/21/hillary-pac-spends-1-million-to-correct-commenters-on-reddit-and-facebook.html
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6stringmerc
"It's not propaganda when we do it!" \- Every Politician, Ever
Kidding aside, I'm not a fan ... | {
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A Sound Card Before Its Time - userbinator
http://www.os2museum.com/wp/a-sound-card-before-its-time/
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rahimnathwani
Did any of you, back in the 90s, build a parallel port DAC to use with Linux's
PC Speaker driver?
I never did, but was tempted. In the end I just splurged the 80 GBP for a
SoundBlaster 16.
It's a... | {
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Z Kombinator - hassy
http://zkombinator.com
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TazeTSchnitzel
The sad thing is that the Samwer brothers are real people who actually do
this, and they're quite successful at it too:
[http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-02-29/the-
germany-...](http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-02-29/the-germany-
web... | {
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Headed To College? Design Your Dorm Lets You Build Your Pad In 3D - edw519
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/05/headed-to-college-design-your-dorm-lets-you-build-your-pad-in-3d/
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mcastner
This is neat but I'd like to be able to try it out before having to register.
The register popup should be when you wanna s... | {
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Drone used to save two swimmers caught in rough surf - SQL2219
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/world-first-a-drone-has-been-used-to-rescue-two-swimmers-struggling-in-heavy-surf-20180118-h0kg9m.html
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ColinWright
Discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16175512](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16175512)
... | {
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uTorrent Becomes Ad-Supported to Rake in Millions - tomse
http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-becomes-ad-supported-to-rake-in-millions-120810/
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huhtenberg
No surprise here, really.
uTorrent went downhill steadily after it got bought by BitTorrent. The
original uT was beautiful in its well-thought minimalist design... | {
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GNU RCS 5.9.2 - lelf
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2013-11/msg00014.html
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comex
I still use RCS occasionally for versioning single files, although the speed
and ease of initialization of Git make it not so useful these days.
Incidentally, having maintained RCS history for a large file that made it u... | {
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} |
How to get enough protein without meat - petethomas
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/how-to-get-enough-protein-without-meat/2017/11/13/b6d139b4-c3d7-11e7-afe9-4f60b5a6c4a0_story.html
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spodek
The article lists protein density in grams of protein per cup or ounce, but a
more relevant measure is gr... | {
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} |
Yes, Python is Slow, and I Don’t Care - mithunmanohar1
https://hackernoon.com/yes-python-is-slow-and-i-dont-care-13763980b5a1
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scarface74
I was all ready to savage his opinion after reading the headline but I agree
looking at my architecture that I designed for the company I work for, CPU
isn't the bottleneck. E... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Ways to make money on the side as a full time developer? - kace91
Context: I'm a European developer in my late twenties. I would like to make more money, as right now I'm barely able to save (just 100/month or so, after cutting expenses). I have zero contacts to get small projects like websites... | {
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How to hire a good software development team? - meleshka
Hi everyone!<p>I have an idea for a mobile app, but I haven't got any coding skills. What is the best option for me: hiring a dedicated team of developers, trying to learn to code on my own, or looking for a freelancer?
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raooll
A software Engineer wit... | {
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Ask HN: Considering a move to the Bay Area with a family. Where should I live? - api
I have what might be a very good job offer in the Bay Area. Not going to reveal with whom, but it's in the vicinity of Mountain View.<p>It would involve relocation to Silicon Valley, so evaluating the possibility of living ther... | {
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Archy - stallmanite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy
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stallmanite
Defunct Textual User Interface which attempted to implement the ideas Jef
Raskin had intended for use in the original Macintosh.
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Raskin](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Raskin)
| {
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Super Mario Bros. is easy with lexicographic orderings and time travel - Swizec
http://swizec.com/blog/week-2-level-1-of-super-mario-bros-is-easy-with-lexicographic-orderings-and/swizec/6392
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Choronzon
I dont know why this isn't upvoted more.Its actually a beautiful visual
illustration of the problems and chal... | {
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} |
Startup School Speakers Rock the House - rms
http://www.foundersatwork.com/1/post/2008/04/startup-school-speakers-rock-the-house.html
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sanj
"And last but not least Kate Courteau for all her help with “afterparty
logistics.” "
There was an afterparty?
And here I was feeling like one of the cool kids.
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'Twisted light' carries 2.5 terabits of data per second - ytNumbers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18551284
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nevster
How could this boost wi-fi? (The article mentions wi-fi).
| {
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} |
Apple releases iOS 7.1 - davidbarker
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/03/10/apple-releases-ios-7-1/
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baddox
It looks like the evasi0n jailbreak has been patched as suspected. Based on
the changelog it looks like there are far fewer new features in 7.1 that I
want than features from my jailbreak that I would lose.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Blank Touch Bar on MacBook Pro - codazoda
http://www.joeldare.com/wiki/mac:blank_touch_bar_on_macbook_pro_late_2016
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codazoda
Is it just me or are some of the rest of you having this problem?
| {
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Nokia Agrees to Buy Alcatel-Lucent for $16.6B - alphadevx
http://recode.net/2015/04/14/nokia-agrees-to-buy-alcatel-lucent-for-16-6-billion/
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pavlov
Essentially this means that Nokia won't get back into consumer hardware for a
good while. The mapping division (Here) will probably be sold soon.
The mobile netwo... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
EU parliaments website in violation of GDPR - mgliwka
https://medium.com/matthias-gliwka/eu-parliament-websites-violates-gdpr-200eb2c00e8f
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deanclatworthy
How is this news? Everyone is scrambling to be GDPR-compliant before the due
date. Probably the people behind this site also.
~~~
candiodari
Well, if the int... | {
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More than 600k UK workers lose their jobs amid lockdown - dustinmoris
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53060529
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gregory194
Pandemic has changed our lifestyles,Many people became poor and many startups
has to shut their business. The prices in the market has increased, People
don't have money to pay for their... | {
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} |
StratifiedJS: Javascript + structured concurrency - danh
http://onilabs.com/stratifiedjs
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olegp
If you prefer vanilla JS and are only working with Node, you should check out
<https://github.com/laverdet/node-fibers>. I use it in my
<https://github.com/olegp/common-node> package to address the same issues as
th... | {
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} |
How Lisp Became God's Own Programming Language (2018) - Qaphqa
https://twobithistory.org/2018/10/14/lisp.html
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okine
Gerald Sussman, co-inventor of Scheme and author of SICP, was my undergraduate
advisor. The last several times I visited his office, he was usually with Jack
Wisdom either programming or deep in t... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Some lessons from building a personal finance startup - justhailsatan
https://twitter.com/anothercohen/status/1286027801963896832
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dencodev
Twitter is such an annoying format for this sort of content
| {
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Code Golf at Google - antichaos
http://blog.zmxv.com/2015/07/code-golf-at-google.html
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nate_martin
Fun fact: there has been a problem with Googlers calculating hash functions
that pass all the test cases for certain questions.
~~~
Retra
If you think about it the right way, that's what everyone is doing:
calcula... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Is a multiple monitor setup significant to you when writing code? - crudx
It seems like everywhere I read people keep mentioning how important it is for them to work on multiple monitors (usually it's two or three) or one very big monitor (such as a 27" or 30"), and often I hear them saying "the bigger the bet... | {
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AMA: Self-Employment, Remote Work – Gregory Brown (Programming Beyond Practices) - j_s
https://mobile.twitter.com/practicingdev/status/771065320228421632
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practicingdev
Oh hi!
I wasn't expected this to be posted on HN, but I'm happy to discuss in the
comments rather than having folks head over to Twitter.
I as... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Facetflow – Hosted Elasticsearch for Windows Azure - nordbergm
https://facetflow.com/
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jmparki
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Show HN: A curation of SaaS resources for developers - nicolasracchi
https://github.com/nicolas-racchi/SaaS4Devs
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nicolasracchi
Hey HN, I've been learning a lot about SaaS & bootstrapped businesses in the
past year, and I've collected a long list of resources, stories, links, and
advice about this topic, coming ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
VCs Look to Royalty-Based Financing to Fund Startups - gbookman
http://blogs.sun.com/sun4startups/entry/vcs_look_to_royalty_based
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ramsh
Payments start with revenue. No revenue, no payments. People say revenue
starts "immediately" assuming that the royalty-based VC funds a business that
already has some revenu... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mechanical Turkers Consider Alternative Platforms - tomcam
https://www.wired.com/story/amazons-turker-crowd-has-had-enough/
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twobyfour
The premise is interesting, but the article reads like an ad for a specific
alternative service.
| {
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Tertill Weeding Robot - akeck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwTWhMbnq9g
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jelliclesfarm
[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h8oWl6FD-7c](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h8oWl6FD-7c)
: there are many mechanical weeding robots for field cultivation. France’s
Naio Technologies is my favourite. They are coming to North Am... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Cloud Computing Makes Servers Obsolete - lmacvittie
http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/macvittie/archive/2009/07/31/cloud-computing-makes-servers-obsolete.aspx
======
TrevorJ
Because the "cloud" is made up of something other than servers?
Am I missing something here, or is this just semantics?
~~~
jshen
Yes you are.... | {
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Ask HN: sensors that export data? - petervandijck
I'm trying to manage the humidity in my new house, and have a humidity meter. But it doesn't export data over time. I'd like it to have a usb port so that I can get data over time and put it on my computer. I can also imagine wanting to do this with other data (tempe... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets funding for development - jasonbourne1901
https://dev.lemmy.ml/post/35293
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Afforess
How is lemmy going to avoid the fate of the last reddit alternative (voat)?
Voat attracted the communities banned from reddit, e.g the worst of the worst:
jailbait, creepsh... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mac OS X for .NET developer? - goorion
http://foreverframe.pl/mac-os-x-for-net-developer/
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tracker1
Grr... looks like this doesn't work in any of the major caching engines I've
tried, and can't get to tfa. :-/
| {
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What are your favorite about:config tricks for Firefox? - known
Mine are
layout.spellcheckDefault = 2
ssl_domain_display = 2
browser.search.openintab = true
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jmount
network.prefetch-next = false (stops sites from being able to tell your
browser to pre-fetch links, which seems like a large possible vulnerabilit... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Would eating heavy atoms lengthen our lives? - bd
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026841.800-would-eating-heavy-atoms-lengthen-our-lives.html
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pg
It's kind of funny that the related articles include another one with a
completely different thesis:
Has universal ageing mechanism been foun... | {
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} |
Markdown CSS styles - bretthardin
https://github.com/mixu/markdown-styles
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jasonm23
Would be nice if Mixu had provided some credits for those who he's
appropriated from.
| {
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Don't make me choose my country: Add geolocation to forms with three lines of JS - ascorbic
https://mk.gg/add-geolocation-to-form-elements/
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ascorbic
I was inspired to write this by a comment on HN. It's super-easy to
progressively enhance your address forms.
| {
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How to Reinstall macOS on a Fusion Drive - kartickv
https://medium.com/@karti/how-to-reinstall-macos-on-a-fusion-drive-73713b97183f
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jjjbokma
Related: [http://johnbokma.com/blog/2019/06/08/clean-install-mojave-
fu...](http://johnbokma.com/blog/2019/06/08/clean-install-mojave-fusion-
drive.html)
| {
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Blog subdomain or subdirectory? Hint: one is 40% better - mymmaster
https://buttercms.com/blog/blog-subdomain-or-subdirectory-hint-one-is-40-better
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numberwhun
The link is already down with a 502 error. I guess they are using the one that
isn't 40% better. :)
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mymmaster
Ha. Looks like it's back up.
| {
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Ask HN: Organizations keep trying to give me money for a thing I made - rianjs
tl;dr- How do you engage with VARs in a way that will get their attention?<p>In the last two years, several organizations has asked to license a medical spell check dictionary that I made years ago. After exchanging emails, I lost two of th... | {
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} |
Lambda Tutorial (2016) - ziyao_w
http://www.nyu.edu/projects/barker/Lambda/
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eindiran
The author of this tool is Chris Barker -- back in 2015, I took his course on
"Continuations and Natural Language" at the LSA. He's working on a lot of
really cool stuff, so its fun to see him pop up here. The class was a summa... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Show HN: Remod, like chmod but for human beings - skainswoo
https://github.com/samuela/remod
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stephenr
Really? What is hard about “u=rw;g=r;o=“ etc - literally no calculations
involved.
This “reinvent things that already work fine but in javascript” is getting
old.
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helb
I've never felt the need for chmo... | {
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A Panoramic Tour of Factor (2015) - kencausey
http://andreaferretti.github.io/factor-tutorial/
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polm23
I was under the impression Factor had been abandoned, but it seems things are
pretty lively on git:
[https://github.com/factor/factor/commits/master](https://github.com/factor/factor/commits/master)
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ag... | {
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Summer of Design: "Design for Hackers," week by week - ph0rque
http://summerofdesign.com/
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bbalfour
I really like these week by week courses that are coming out. I have a lot of
things I want to learn, so the cadence and content size of the weekly chunks
is perfect. I'm looking forward to this one. I'd love to... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
MIT Expert Highlights 'Divergent Condition' Caused by 737 Max Engine Placement - chethiya
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2019/04/02/mit-expert-highlights-divergent-condition-caused-by-737-max-engine-placement/#697103940aab
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cjbprime
I agree that there should be three AoA sensors, as Airbus already has, ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
US debt default and what it would mean - eande
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2011/01/what_a_debt_default_would_mean.html
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eande
Just reading that article turns my stomach. Personally I can not believe this
will happen, but just the pure fact that the Congress is talking about it
tells the story h... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Amazon Said to Plan Premium Alexa Speaker with Large Screen - kjhughes
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-29/amazon-said-to-plan-premium-alexa-speaker-with-large-screen
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zitterbewegung
I wonder how they are going to adapt the API for screens ? Maybe expand the
card API ?
~~~
payne92
That's my guess... | {
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Microsoft brings Google war to Kansas - maudlinmau5
http://nz.finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-brings-google-war-kansas-010115788.html
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eliben
TL;DR Microsoft, who's forgotten what innovation is in the past 10 years and
is hanging by a thread in a declining market, engages in the one thing it
still knows and l... | {
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} |
Washington Post Site Hacked After Successful Phishing Campaign - jessaustin
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/08/washington-post-site-hacked-after-successful-phishing-campaign/
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jessaustin
Ha-ha, way to throw the sportswriter under the bus: "...I never entered any
creds, I’m stupid, but not THAT stupid."
| {
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Rebasing Is an Anti-Pattern - smartmic
https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/rebaseharm.md
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hinkley
The elephant in the room with SVN was that merging two branches repeatedly was
fraught with errors that just seemed to grow quadratically. It was part of why
we were on the verge of assigning dedicated maintai... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google Eyeing 10% Market Share For Chrome. - edw519
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/16/google-eyeing-10-market-share-for-chrome-mac-version-due-by-the-end-of-the-year/
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buugs
>While I think I have yet to meet anyone who doesn’t like Chrome
I have and they aren't always firefox extension users.
~~~
enomar
W... | {
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The Secret Life of Time - sergeant3
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/19/the-secret-life-of-time
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empath75
It might be interesting to consider how and whether time is relevant to
computation. For example-- does time have an arrow on a computer?
It does, for at least two reasons: 1) Computation physicall... | {
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DNC Staffer got pop-up messages alerting of “state-sponsored actors” - Shank
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/08/dnc-staffer-got-pop-up-messages-alerting-of-state-sponsored-actors/
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tonysdg
Putting aside the politics of the situation, how exactly does the DNC continue
to get hammered by apparently-malicious ... | {
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Ask HN: Your stack of choice for web development? - glazskunrukitis
I would like to know what <i>stacks</i> are you using for web development. Things are changing fast and new technologies are emerging every other day so it's interesting to watch what comes out of it.<p>Node.js + NoSQL?
Go?
LAMP?
...
======
mindcrim... | {
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Mobile Banks in the Developing World Prove Simpler is Better - philf
http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/09/mobile-banks-in-the-developing-world-prove-simpler-is-better.html
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known
Why don't we see mobile gas stations?
| {
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Glass discs that can store 360TB and remain intact for billions of years (2016) - elorant
https://www.disclose.tv/these-5d-glass-discs-store-360-tb-of-data-for-138-billion-years-370041
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YayamiOmate
I dunno, but it seems to me universities increasingly focus on press releases
and marketing departments...
5D and ... | {
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} |
Foxconn to employ 1 Million Robots - avjinder
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/2355258/Foxconn-To-Employ-1-Million-Robots?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29
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ColinWright
There are two stories on this currently posted to HN, this one, and the... | {
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} |
Our Best Entrepreneurs Should Be Solving Real Problems, Not Creating Apps - jsherry
http://www.businessinsider.com/entrepreneurs-should-be-solving-real-problems-not-creating-apps-2012-3
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talmand
I would say the best entrepreneurs should be out doing whatever it is they
wish to do. If they want to work on creat... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Be honest; Why do you want to achieve something? - spartan37
According to George Orwell - Sheer egoism (be popular etc), Aesthetic enthusiasm (art), Desire to discover something and boast about it, Desire to change the world - are the only motives for achievements.<p>I will add a few more: Make lots of money a... | {
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House of keys: 9 Months later... 40% Worse - robotdad
http://blog.sec-consult.com/2016/09/house-of-keys-9-months-later-40-worse.html
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robotdad
The initial report from last year has interesting, if sadly unsurprising,
background on how/why so many of these embedded devices have wound up this
way.
[http://blog.se... | {
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} |
Mastodon 101: A Queer-Friendly Social Network You’re Gonna Like a Lot - smacktoward
https://www.autostraddle.com/mastodon-101-a-queer-friendly-social-network-youre-gonna-like-a-lot-390948/
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smaragd
Mastodon is federated, not decentralized. There's nothing decentralized about
it unless you're an instance admin, o... | {
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} |
Is The World in a Technological Inflection Point? - azewail
https://www.chaino.com/pulse/this-article-is-imo-extremely-important-at-this-time-the
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azewail
The world is experiencing an inflection point. It will emerge 10 years from
now very different from the world we are in now. This article sheds a lot of
light... | {
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} |
Why 'noncompete' means 'don't thrive' (2007) - hga
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2007/12/30/why_noncompete_means_dont_thrive_/
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hga
Echoing an observation from this interview by the chairman emeritus of
Greylock Partners (the Boston area's premier? VC firm, first limited parter VC
firm, etc.): <http:... | {
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} |
Lunar Lander 3D in 5K - nreece
http://www.sebleedelisle.com/?p=428
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madmotive
Seb presented the story behind this at the 5K app competition final
(<http://fivepoundapp.com/wiki/5kapp/>), held in our coworking space
(<http://theSkiff.org>) in Brighton, UK last week. Absolutely brilliant!
| {
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TextSecure is becoming Signal - qznc
https://www.whispersystems.org/blog/just-signal/
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etiam
In the short term, as someone running without Google Play Sevices, I'm curious
to see whether this just gave me access to the functionality of TextSecure
again or broke RedPhone.
Regardless of which, I'm optimistic abou... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
U.S. Coronavirus Cases Are Rising Sharply, but Deaths Are Still Down - sxp
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/health/coronavirus-mortality-testing.html
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DeonPenny
This just means that testing was limiting factor before but thats not a
surprise based on the papers coming out. We even see this is data like
cases/p... | {
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} |
Startups: Get Funded with Extreme University - AlexBlom
http://alexblom.com/blog/2010/05/startups-get-funded-with-extreme-university/
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faramarz
Thanks for the reminder Alex.
Maybe I'll catch you at the next Sproutup, good to see locals here.
~~~
AlexBlom
No problems. Shoot me an e-mail /w the details listed in... | {
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Hive: Open-source Crowdsourcing Framework - danso
http://blog.nytlabs.com/2014/12/09/hive-open-source-crowdsourcing-framework/
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pedrosorio
"Hive is free and open source"
Indeed: [https://hive.apache.org/](https://hive.apache.org/)
~~~
yarrel
The link is in the article -
[https://github.com/nytlabs/hive](http... | {
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} |
When Node.js is the wrong tool for the job - vmware505
https://medium.com/@jongleberry/when-node-js-is-the-wrong-tool-for-the-job-6d3325fac85c#.gwnpqr3qs
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klodolph
It seems like a lot of JavaScript developers are repeating things like "more
people know JavaScript so you don't have to learn a new language, which ... | {
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} |
Staffed by mimes - ColinWright
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2014/11/staffed-by-mimes.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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zimpenfish
If you use words, you have to have them translated into N languages. With
pictograms, you likely don't need any translation.
~~~
ColinWright
If you only use pict... | {
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} |
Calliope mini - Tomte
http://calliope.cc/ueber-mini
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gus_massa
Look interesting, but this is an English speaking forum and post in other
languages are usually ignored or flagged. Do you know an official translation
to English?
How is this different from an Arduino?
Autotranslation:
[https://translate.google.co... | {
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8 secrets of success in 3 minutes - mariusc
http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success.html
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idlewan
Has anyone read the book ([http://www.amazon.fr/Traits-Successful-People-
Common-ebook/d...](http://www.amazon.fr/Traits-Successful-People-Common-
ebook/dp/B003URRRT2)) ?
| {
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Yelp casually exploits coronavirus with charity scam - Zenst
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tIYrjBEczE
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Meph504
I like Rossmann, but I should have focused on staying on target here. He
starts with the info about the shitty fundraiser scheme. But then drifts into
a talking about them not removing fake negative ... | {
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} |
Fcgi vs. gunicorn vs. uWSGI - jgalvez
http://www.peterbe.com/plog/fcgi-vs-gunicorn-vs-uwsgi
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timf
Make sure to look at this more comprehensive review:
<http://nichol.as/benchmark-of-python-web-servers>
~~~
sibsibsib
While gunicorn isn't necessarily the fastest according to Nicholas Piël's
tests, I like it for... | {
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} |
Elon Musk Q&A 'Hyperloop' on KQED - palidanx
https://soundcloud.com/kqed/musk-mp3
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palidanx
Starts at 1:00min.
| {
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} |
NBC Olympic Tape Delays - cisforcody
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/02/olympic-tape-delays-roil-fans-but-for-nbc-its-good-for-business/
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mynameishere
I wanted to see some event online, but they wanted a cable-provider password.
Umm, I don't have cable. If I had cable I wouldn't be watching TV on my
comput... | {
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} |
IPad Teardown - tomerico
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad-Teardown/2183/1
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tomerico
The most interesting thing in my opinion was the fact that 80% of the space
was taken by two large batteries.
No wonder thae battery is irreplaceable.
~~~
jrockway
Open the battery door of your phone and you'll see a simil... | {
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} |
Microsoft Is on Its Way Bringing Internet to 3M People in Rural America by 2022 - rbanffy
https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2018/12/microsoft-its-way-bringing-internet-3-million-people-rural-america-2022/153264/
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Bucephalus355
I watched a video of Nancy Pelosi speak to Google after the 2008 election.
For ev... | {
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} |
Andy Rutledge Redesigns NYTimes.com - ecaron
http://andyrutledge.com/news-redux.php
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faramarz
Obviously he's not a NYT reader. I love the times. It's not broken. Their
website is fantastic in every way. You can spend hours upon hours on it and
digest more content, in whatever style you wish to navigate. It has a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Your Product Needs a Soul - enra
http://www.arcticstartup.com/2010/02/12/your-product-needs-a-soul/
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skmurphy
"Even with its limited use in actual warfare, the katana was the most valuable
possession of a samurai, the customer." reminded me of a quote by Fred Brooks
(of author of Mythical Man Month):
... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
An idea (to fix public transport schedules). - sahillavingia
http://sahillavingia.com/blog/an-idea-to-fix-public-transport-schedules/
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andrewem
Boston's MBTA seems to be leading the way with this kind of information, and
with making it open to developers. <http://mbta.com/rider_tools/apps/> lists
dozens of web s... | {
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} |
Front Toward Enemy – When a “Killer Feature” Becomes Friendly Fire - tygertec
https://medium.com/@tygertec/front-toward-enemy-when-a-killer-feature-becomes-friendly-fire-972021d00ab3
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tygertec
For those without a Medium sub: [https://www.tygertec.com/front-toward-enemy-
killer-feature-f...](https://www.tygertec.... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Register Delaware C corp electronically? - EleventhSun
Clerky say that they can register Delaware C corps electronically, however on the site corp.delaware.gov, I can only find some pdfs to mail in, and those pdfs don't seem to render correctly.<p>From the Clerky site:
"In order to ensure reliability... | {
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} |
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