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CIA bought an encryption company and used it to spy on clients and countries - edu
https://www.businessinsider.com/cia-secretly-bought-encryption-company-crypto-ag-spy-countries-report-2020-2
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ekimekim
Original Washington Post article discussed here:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22297963](https://news.y... | {
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ZURB Tavern - jacobwg
http://zurb.com/tavern
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pepsi
By the name, I thought that this was going to be a MUD.
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Passive solar glass home: watching the sun move - kirstendirksen
http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/passive-solar-glass-home-watching-sun-move/
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jbrun
If you are keen on this, see Amory Lovins talk on buildings: Short version:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvmHJNeif24> Long Version:
[http://www.youtube.com... | {
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Google SSL Search - jamesbkel
http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=173733&hl=en
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wladimir
This was available for quite a while already, though in beta/labs. I'm not
sure what is new.
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JonnieCache
Yeah, it doesn't seem any different to how its been in the past year. The
_beta_ sigil ... | {
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Copper - Data analysis toolkit for python - dfrodriguez143
http://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=display&name=copper&version=0.0.2
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johncoogan
Looks awesome, always love seeing my favorite tools wrapped up in new ways.
Thanks a lot for posting.
Quick note, since PyPi doesn't seem to parse markdown, the more inf... | {
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We are starting WebKit modularization - robin_reala
http://markmail.org/thread/fkiibwrwv3xporxx
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dhx
_> We hope this will make it much easier to develop vendor-specific features._
DRM[1]? Flash/"ActiveX 2012"[2]?
We've seen a great deal of recent discussion about the harm vendor-specific
CSS properties[3] an... | {
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Communication blackout is forcing young entrepreneurs out of Kashmir - amrrs
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/in-a-land-without-internet-how-the-communication-blackout-is-forcing-young-entrepreneurs-out-of-kashmir-valley/article30219792.ece
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amrrs
For some context on Internet Shutdown:
[https://news.ycombi... | {
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Namecoin - rfreytag
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namecoin
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JacobAldridge
At the risk of hijacking yet another cryptocurrency thread, this is an
opportunity to note how valuable I believe HN to be when it highlights primary
sources.
Secondary sources - whether it's lazy journalism, blog-jacking, or Wikipedia,
e... | {
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Last of the Neanderthals - robg
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/print/2008/10/neanderthals/hall-text
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biohacker42
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=306927>
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robg
Cool man, thanks. Usually I'd delete the dupe, but in this case I'd rather
have the unpaginated version in my personal archive.
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Four Reasons Taxpayers Should Never Subsidize Stadiums - SQL2219
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-07-16/four-reasons-taxpayers-should-never-subsidize-stadiums
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masonic
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18832975](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18832975)
600+ points
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Sustainable Feedback - sklivvz1971
https://sklivvz.com/posts/sustainable-feedback
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lrkwz
Non vedo l'ora di leggere la prossima puntata :-)
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Easiest method for multiplying numbers - mquaes
http://mathema-tricks.blogspot.com/2011/12/method-for-multiplying-numbers-where.html
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thomc
These kind of tricks are pretty handy, and I don't know why I wasn't taught
them back in school, growing up in the calculator generation. My father could
do all kinds of m... | {
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A $277 million navigational error - uvdiv
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/01/world/asia/us-navy-to-scrap-vessel-stuck-on-philippine-reef.html
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uvdiv
_[US Navy Rear Adm. Jonathan] White's message states, "initial review of
navigation data indicates an error in the location of Tubbataha Reef" on the
digital map._... | {
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Wikipedia - Thank You for stopping SOPA - justhw
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CongressLookup?new=yes
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carlsednaoui
Yesterday's blackout was simply incredible. When I woke up and saw all of the
sites that were protesting I got chills down my spine.
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CSS Tools – Mega Collection - ayushunibrain
https://github.com/abhiprojectz/CSS-Generator
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ayushunibrain
Css generator is a mega collection of awesome css tools!
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SpaceX Launch: Starlink 12 [video] - cjnicholls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j4xR7LMCGY
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codeulike
Everyone is commenting saying how mundane it has become to see the landings.
Hence you might enjoy this official SpaceX Blooper reel from 2017 that shows
the numerous spectacular failures that they worked throu... | {
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Show HN: IMDB for YouTubers - smhtyazdi
http://www.rshiv.org/
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anigbrowl
This is a badly needed thing but there is no way I am signing up when you
don't even have a screenshot. Put something together first.
~~~
smhtyazdi
Thanks, for your comment. I started to add some titles. Here you can find a
simple one.
[... | {
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MicroServices as a service - mohameddev
http://stackhut.com/
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mohameddev
Looks promising to have the ability to access your code as an API, I cannot
wait to test it. Check it up
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Microsoft's little-screen, big-screen interactive future - clbrook
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57572163-75/microsofts-little-screen-big-screen-interactive-future/
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clbrook
Reminds me of Corning's day of glass videos:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38>
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Kubernetes 1.13 – What's New? - vthallam
https://k8s.co.in/blog/kubernetes-1-13-whats-new/
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ggm
IPv6 inside would be nice.
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The Coders Programming Themselves Out of a Job - xcubic
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/10/agents-of-automation/568795?single_page=true
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eindiran
Duplicate of:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18120322](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18120322)
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IronWolve
Go away or I will re... | {
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Secrets of BackType's (YC S08) Data Engineers - omakase
http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/01/secrets-of-backtypes-data-engineers.php
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blantonl
This illustrates that a staff of _three_ highly skilled innovative engineers
can bring to market an innovative solution.
Jeeze, these guys developed their own _datab... | {
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These genetically modified cyborg dragonflies could perform ‘guided pollination’ - preetish
https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/25/these-genetically-modified-cyborg-dragonflies-could-perform-guided-pollination/
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LordWinstanley
>>we can make enough of them fast enough to counter the disappearance of
honeybees
Black M... | {
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Wssdl – WireShark-Specific Dissector Language - Snaipe
https://github.com/diacritic/wssdl
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rwmj
Interesting, but surprising they didn't look at how Erlang bit syntax works.
[http://erlang.org/doc/programming_examples/bit_syntax.html](http://erlang.org/doc/programming_examples/bit_syntax.html)
It's considerably ... | {
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Uber Picks Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi as New CEO - nbmh
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/technology/dara-khosrowshahi-uber-ceo.html?mcubz=0
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mwnivek
Previous discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15113613](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15113613)
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Ask HN: Is Your Webapp in an App Store? - sabat
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stephenou
It is not 100% related but I have a premium whiteboard application on Chrome
Web Store for $3.99. The volume is relatively small in comparison to folks at
Apple App Store, I assume it's because many people barely know about Chrome
Web Store yet. My sa... | {
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Toki Pona - ColinWright
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toki_Pona
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anonymfus
Conlang Critic is a fan of this language:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLn6LC1RpAo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLn6LC1RpAo)
I highly recommend watching all episodes of their show if you like an idea of
short text based video ess... | {
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HumanPredictions – Bootstrapping a SaaS app to $18k/mo in under a year - csallen
https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/humanpredictions?utm_source=hacker-news&utm_campaign=interview-promotion&utm_medium=social
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hiou
He basically gets a spot in the family business which he uses as a launchpad
to creating a SaaS... | {
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Famed mathematician claims proof of 160-year-old Riemann hypothesis - thomasahle
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2180406
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ColinWright
There is significant scepticism[0][1] surrounding this, and many, many
submissions:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18044050](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1804... | {
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Linear Algebra and Applications: An Inquiry-Based Approach - henning
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=books
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jcranmer
Pedagogically, the challenge to teaching linear algebra is that you start with
"here's systems of linear equations, we can put them into matrices and now
her... | {
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Whatever happened to Gallium-Arsenide? - rbanffy
https://www.quora.com/Whatever-happened-to-Gallium-Arsenide-Why-did-the-need-for-GaAs-go-away-What-technology-solved-the-problem-it-was-supposed-to-address?share=1
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gaspoweredcat
Thank you for this, i remember reading about it back when single core chips
were hitt... | {
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} |
Worse Than China? U.S. Government Wants To Censor Search Engines And Browsers - sdizdar
http://act.demandprogress.org/act/protectip_docs/?source=fb
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jgershen
This article, like the headline, is light on facts and high on sensationalism.
However, the bill (full text available at [1]) does look pretty ugly.
[1]... | {
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HN Being Fair - unimpressive
https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/comments&q=%22to+be+fair%22
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niggler
To be fair, "to be fair" is a common phrase that many of us use in face-to-
face conversation
~~~
unimpressive
It is, I just find these little quirks in language fascinating.
| {
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8 Steps Two CS majors Took to Becoming Powerful Speakers - ciscoriordan
http://bases.stanford.edu/2010/04/07/8-steps-two-cs-majors-took-to-becoming-powerful-speakers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+stanfordbases+%28StanfordBASES%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
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ciscoriordan
Copy and past... | {
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90% of software developers work outside Silicon Valley - douche
http://qz.com/729293/90-of-software-developers-work-outside-silicon-valley/?imm_mid=0e5d09&cmp=em-prog-na-na-newsltr_20160716
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ratfacemcgee
>90% of the world lives outside the United States
~~~
brudgers
I agree the submission could use a title chan... | {
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Pikini just launched – App to find your friends' bikini pictures automatically - mosselman
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pikinis/id715969584?utm_source=Launch+%28wave+13%29&utm_campaign=b3a794a37b-Launch+email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_aa9fcb934b-b3a794a37b-79962533
======
jaegerpicker
Jesus, and people in this ... | {
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Show HN: Page of HN links - kgermino
http://hnlists.pen.io/
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kgermino
I wrote this up after the earlier discussion at
<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2496527> It's nothing fancy, but I figure
it might be a nice reference.
Let me know if there is any pages/links you want added.
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Ask HN: Science for the very young? - timwiseman
My son is just about to turn 5 and I am looking for "science experiments" or projects we can do together to help get him interested (and give me an excuse to do some of them).<p>Any suggestions, especially on a budget?
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zoba
I think anything that "looks cool" wi... | {
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New Clients for Recruiting - poornimaemani
i am a looking for new US clients where me and my team can work with
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Colegno
We need more information about you and your team
| {
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Evercookie used by NSA to track TOR users across browsers - grhmc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evercookie
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sp332
That edit was made a year ago. It's not news.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Evercookie&diff=5...](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Evercookie&diff=577190307&oldid=568209885)... | {
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Unplanned Freefall? Some Survival Tips - Tomte
http://www.greenharbor.com/fffolder/carkeet.html
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sfeng
> 120 divided by 5 = 24. Not bad! 24 mph is only a bit faster than the speed
> at which experienced parachutists land.
This is of course being a little silly, but it does get the physics wrong.
Your energy is ... | {
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Ethical OS and Silicon Valley’s Guilty Conscience - craftsman
https://librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2018/08/24/striving-to-minimize-technical-and-reputational-risks-ethical-os-and-silicon-valleys-guilty-conscience/
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shawn
This is an excellent time to ask for a counterargument to CGP Grey's stance
that immorta... | {
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} |
Ski Resorts Exaggeration of Snowfall Reduced Sharply Because of iPhone App - dean
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122084539&ps=cprs
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s3graham
My Dad used to work for IDRC (www.idrc.ca) and he told me a story about one of
his earliest (and happiest) development projects. It's very simple: b... | {
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} |
Cicada 3301 challenge: partial solutions [video] - vinchuco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svJF_FoSI9o&t=25s
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vinchuco
Extensive previous discussion
[https://hn.algolia.com/?query=cicada%203301&sort=byPopularit...](https://hn.algolia.com/?query=cicada%203301&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=s... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
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Optimizing Dynamically-Typed Object-Oriented Languages With Polymorphic Inline Caches - qwph
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.36.6379&rep=rep1&type=pdf
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Hexstream
This provides good insight into some of the techniques used to make
intuitively slow dynamic operations very fast in practic... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Evaluating potential co-founders? Try going camping. - jesselamb
http://notmylawyer.com/post/745869535/evaluating-potential-co-founders-try-going-camping
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hnote
Vladimir Vysotsky, Song about a friend
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN0YzyUEhbo>
Original version, without subtitles
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... | {
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EU dropped plans for safer pesticides because of TTIP and pressure from US - de_Selby
http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/eu-dropped-plans-for-safer-pesticides-because-of-ttip-and-pressure-from-us/
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tzs
See also extensive discussion from 2 days ago:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9587772](https:/... | {
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} |
Alum Charged With Hacking Into Texas A&M - terpua
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-College-Hacking.html?ex=1346817600&en=2b7a3ceda0264fcf&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
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jsjenkins168
I actually know a few people who go to A&M who discovered similar
vulnerabilities. A friend gained access to the Wind... | {
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} |
Your Startup’s First Hire: Leading and Learning at the Same Time - ttunguz
http://tomtunguz.com/management-and-teaching
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applecore
_Anna Karenina_ is a novel by Tolstoy, not Dostoevsky :)
| {
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} |
Ask HN: How did you get over your fear of shipping? - fratlas
Currently building a web app and feature creep and an intense feeling that the product is worthless (I enjoy using it, but it's niche so hard to user-test) is a daily occurrence. is this normal?
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rgbrgb
Here's an open secret that might make you f... | {
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} |
Cumulus: A free, open-source replacement for CloudApp that uses your own S3 - nrj
https://github.com/nrj/Cumulus
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mykel242
Sweet!
| {
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} |
Booking system for makeup artists and hair stylists - xxxxtj
https://www.appearancer.com/start
======
xxxxtj
Welcome!
| {
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} |
Manchin Demands Federal Regulators Ban Bitcoin - imd23
http://www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=237cbd66-6a26-4870-9bcb-20177ae902b0
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ColinWright
Extensive discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7307299](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7307299)
| {
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} |
The Accident That Changed My Priorities: One Entrepreneurs Story - johnjlocke
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/229735
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jacalata
Didn't read, too many popovers.
| {
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} |
An Illusion with a Future [pdf] (2004) - dredmorbius
https://www.jstor.org/stable/20027925?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
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dredmorbius
SciHub or LibGen deliver, for those interested.
| {
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} |
URL query parameters and how laxness creates de facto requirements on the web - todsacerdoti
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/DeFactoQueryParameters
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drewcsillag
Accepting random stuff like this is in the spirit of the protocols of the
internet.
Postel’s Law: > Be conservative in what you do, be lib... | {
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} |
An Instagram star with 2M followers couldn't sell 36 T-shirts - paulpauper
https://www.businessinsider.com/instagrammer-arii-2-million-followers-cannot-sell-36-t-shirts-2019-5
======
emsy
Previous discussion:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20063667](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20063667)
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derefr
... | {
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