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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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Show HN: RikClicker - colinramsay
http://www.rikclicker.com/
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colinramsay
This was a spoof of the original CowClicker [1] used to promote a Radio 4 play
called "The Last Hurrah" starring the last British comedy legend Rik Mayall.
It is a fork of my original highlandcowclicker [2]. Tech is basic:
\- Github pag... | {
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Help wanted for a new pretty printer and code editor - djalbat
https://github.com/djalbat/yapp
======
djalbat
There's some fun to be had in working with the grammars, even if you've never
done this kind of thing before. If you take a moment to clone the repository
and have a look at the examples, you'll see that you a... | {
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} |
Edsger W. Dijkstra’s list of advice - arikr
https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EWD1055A.html
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arikr
via
[https://www.twitter.com/nolimits/status/1039326326493073408](https://www.twitter.com/nolimits/status/1039326326493073408)
| {
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Google's new drawing app can turn your terrible sketches into works of art - aaron_p
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/04/12/google-autodraw-can-turn-terrible-sketches-works-art/
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standardly
Works of ClipArt __ _
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Watch Every Episode of Bob Ross' the Joy of Painting Free Online - cedricziel
http://www.openculture.com/2018/01/watch-every-episode-of-bob-ross-the-joy-of-painting-free-online.html
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Dangeranger
One of the things that I like about Bob Ross is that when he was in the Air
Force and stationed in Alaska as a Master ... | {
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} |
After 40 hours of free mobile music, you will have to pay Pandora - RougeFemme
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/after-40-hours-of-free-mobile-music-you-will-have-to-pay-pandora-01-03-2013/
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matt_heimer
I've had a yearly subscription for a couple of years. They've replaced radio
for me and I haven't touched my mp3 ... | {
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} |
Five Paradoxes of the Web - dym
http://abandontheweb.blogspot.com/2005/10/five-paradoxes-of-web.html
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RyanMcGreal
_The client speaks one language (JavaScript), the server speaks another
(usually not JavaScript). To cross the boundary between the client and the
server, the code must be translated into a differ... | {
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} |
So you’re inexperienced, non-technical, and you want to work for a startup - aberman
http://blog.wepay.com/2010/03/24/so-you’re-inexperienced-non-technical-and-you-want-to-work-for-a-startup-another-post-about-internships/
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gyardley
Better answer: go to work at a slightly larger startup, one that'll
legitimate... | {
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} |
Tail-call optimization proposal for WASM - chajath
https://github.com/WebAssembly/meetings/blob/master/2017/CG-07.md#tail-call
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Slackwise
Didn't even realize TCO wasn't just an assumed featured, but wow, we need it.
Frankly surprised it's not been added to JavaScript yet either.
~~~
chajath
I agree TCO is an es... | {
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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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Low Level Programming of the Raspberry Pi in C (2013) - mountainplus
http://www.pieter-jan.com/node/15
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edoo
If you need a little bit more determinism the beaglebone has a PRU
(programmable realtime unit), a separate processor that can pass data back and
forth to the main RAM.
[http://beagleboard.org/pru](http:... | {
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} |
Surprise graphene discovery could unlock secrets of superconductivity - mrfusion
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02773-w
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classicsnoot
I eagerly await the day when articles about graphene have simple, technical
titles. So far, we've had years of, "graphene could cure cancer, provide free
lunch, and so... | {
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} |
The Yale Problem Begins in High School - frostmatthew
http://heterodoxacademy.org/2015/11/24/the-yale-problem-begins-in-high-school/
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jseliger
I've taught at two colleges and based on my (purely) anecdotal experiences and
attention to the climate, I'd say that the number of students and faculty
interested in sti... | {
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} |
Beep security update - DyslexicAtheist
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4163
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garethrees
The author of beep needs to read the POSIX specification on async-signal-
safety [1]. In particular, it is not safe to call exit, free, ioctl, putchar,
or perror from a signal handler.
[1]
[http://pubs.opengroup.org... | {
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Ask HN: What do you think of open office floor plans? - att159
Good for promoting collaboration, or merely an obstacle to privacy and productivity? Seems like it's very difficult to find a Bay Area tech company these days which doesn't use the open office plan. Facebook now has a 2800 person room in its head... | {
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British cave diver sues Elon Musk for defamation over “pedo guy” tweets - tolien
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/british-cave-diver-sues-elon-musk-for-defamation-over-pedo-guy-tweets/
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GoToRO
"Vernon Unsworth, the British cave diver who played a key role in rescuing a
dozen teenagers and their coach ... | {
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Blockupload.io: Upload Files to Bitcoin Cash Blockchain(LZMA and OCB3-ChaCha20 - MCCCS
Hello HN community,<p>I'd like to present you my tool (https://blockupload.io) that allows embedding files up to 1 MB in Bitcoin Cash transactions. The tool uses WebAssembly to compress files using LZMA, and optionall... | {
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Tesla Is Facing a Crucible - allenleein
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-16/tesla-is-facing-a-crucible
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neonate
Here's this article in a format that makes no noise:
[http://archive.is/wCQls](http://archive.is/wCQls)
The WSJ article it refers to is called "Tesla’s Make-Or-Break Moment Is Fast
App... | {
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} |
There's No Protection In High Ports - CrazedGeek
http://bsdly.blogspot.ca/2013/02/theres-no-protection-in-high-ports.html
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mistercow
>obscuring your login service via non-standard ports or even a requirement to
try several ports in sequence really only buys you security equivalent to
lengthening your password ... | {
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} |
The thing I remember most about the Apple ][ was the sound of the disk drive - colinprince
http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/08/22/c600g
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joezydeco
Aha! He forgot 6^P as the original way to boot the disk. Newbie.
The funny thing about the Apple ][ disk was that homing sequence itself. It
was aligning the ... | {
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} |
John Gruber’s hypocritical and off-base Google attack - apress
http://theorangeview.net/2011/03/john-grubers-hypocritical-and-off-base-google-attack/
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DeusExMachina
John Gruber is an Apple pundit and fan? Yes, we know.
His attack is hypocritical? Maybe.
Off base? I don't think so.
Yes, as the article says, A... | {
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} |
Bulletproof validation for Sass functions and mixins - Skoks
http://sassmeister.com/gist/cad7bc024664d2e4e15d
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Skoks
Download - [https://github.com/SassySuit/sassy-
validation](https://github.com/SassySuit/sassy-validation)
Documentation - [http://sassysuit.github.io/sassy-
validation](http://sassysuit.github... | {
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} |
The Dwarven Computer - A programmable computer built in Dwarf Fortress - samd
http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-8269
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jmillikin
This is an example of a mechanical computer. There are other popular computer
implementations in Dwarf Fortress, including fluidic (pumping water around)
and biological (enclosing creatures i... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
FDA halts sales of 23andMe DNA test kits - bmahmood
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/25/23andme/3699329/
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cjensen
Over reach -- 23andMe provides no medical treatment which can be regulated.
Rather they simply measure and recite a fact: your genome. That looks like a
pretty clear 1st Amendment... | {
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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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} |
15kb of CSS is all you’ll ever need ️ - mattei
https://medium.com/@philipardeljan/15kb-of-css-is-all-youll-ever-need-%EF%B8%8F-634da7258338#.s7ejsmt0l
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marssaxman
Forgive me if this is a stupid question, since I've been avoiding any
involvement with web design or web services for the last ten or fifteen years,
b... | {
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} |
Latvian hackathon winner reinvented Pacman into real life game - ragnars
http://garage48.org/blogger/projects-in-progress-at-garage48-riga
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eps
Don't know about PacMan, but LoveLock made me think of the following.
Make a bracelet that has a pulse sensor and a couple of tiny LEDs, pair it
with the iPhone and t... | {
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} |
Show HN: Manage remote working IP whitelist in AWS - scanr
https://github.com/jamiemccrindle/aws-access
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scanr
Author here. This is a pretty simple script and I suspect there may be smarter
ways to do this but it's been useful for me and others, so thought I'd share
it.
~~~
taf2
thanks this looks really useful.... | {
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} |
SFHN Presents: Pirates of Silicon Valley - lowglow
Hi HNers,<p>San Francisco Hacker News group is throwing another movie night this Monday January 14th at 10:30p at The Roxie.<p>We'll be showing: Pirates of Silicon Valley -- a great movie about the struggle between Microsoft and Apple.<p>So come out and enjoy a movi... | {
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A thought stream on XKCD click and drag - brosner
https://thoughtstreams.io/jtauber/xkcd-click-and-drag/
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waterlesscloud
I want to do a thoughtstream on thoughtstreams.
I like the idea. A lot. And yet I don't want to pay for it. Which is a
reaction worth exploring a bit more.
~~~
jere
Maybe I can interest yo... | {
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} |
Ask YC: Recording the Startup School talks? - edgeztv
This is a request to the organizers of Startup School to arrange for soundboard recordings of the presentations at this year's event.<p>The audio recordings from 2006 and earlier have been gems in my car CD inventory on many long drives. Unfortunately last year'... | {
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Six percent of online adults use reddit (15% of young men) - iProject
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/reddit/Findings/Six-percent-of-online-adults-use-reddit.aspx
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mooism2
Note this survey was carried out in America: the conclusions are not valid for
adults of other nationalities.
| {
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‘Ads’ are dead. Use advertising instead. - kanebennett
http://www.startupproject.org/2011/04/advertising/
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retube
I don't understand. The difference between "ads" and "advertising" appears to
be one of targeting/focus. It's hardly a revolutionary insight that the more
targeted the ad the higher the conversion ... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Front End Development - lachyg
To all front end developers, specifically ones that take PSD files and convert them into HTML/CSS templates, how do you think we could speed it up?<p>Do you think we need a special framework? A new slicing tool? Additions to Photoshop? Do you think it can be completely automate... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Barclays Center freight elevators: each can carry a loaded semitruck (2015) [pdf] - owenversteeg
http://www.meielevatorsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/BARCLAYS-CENTER.pdf
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couchand
Very interesting read.
I was confused about the specific location the document desribes. "They enable
semi-truck or bus dr... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: Eirify – Creative Marketplace - eljbutler
https://eirify.com/
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AbatPay
Anytime i hear about marketplace i think of trust issues. How can a consumer
deal with a merchant confidently?
~~~
eljbutler
Hi AbatPay. Do you mean in terms of where the funds are held between the
transaction? Or more generally lik... | {
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} |
Why can’t we read anymore? - subnaught
https://medium.com/@hughmcguire/why-can-t-we-read-anymore-503c38c131fe
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Schwolop
Part of the problem is articles like this. There were perhaps five interesting
sentences of content in that entire piece, and several hundred entirely
redundant words and personal examples used... | {
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} |
Tell HN: Check out my new note taking app, ScribbleJot - unfug
http://www.scribblejot.com<p>I've been playing around with Google App Engine for a few weeks and this is the result. My goal was to design a really simple app for quickly jotting down notes. It uses Markdown so that you can easily style/format your not... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Rogue Wave acquires Zend - mgkimsal
http://www.zend.com/en/resources/news-and-events/newsroom/press/3683_rogue-wave-software-acquires-enterprise-php-leader-zend-acquisition-broadens-enterprise-strength-across-top-five-development-languages
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plorkyeran
I didn't realize Rogue Wave still existed, since I haven't he... | {
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} |
Are you ready for iOS 7? Get flat in 7 days. - jenntoda
http://blog.scoutzie.com/post/52631288358/ios7-flat-design-fast-professional
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potatolicious
Let's hang on for another hour or so and see the thing first, yeah?
There are many conflicting and competing definitions of flat design. It's
generally agreed tha... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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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} |
French company suing Apple to open iOS to other browsers - pfooti
http://www.recode.net/2016/10/7/13201832/apple-sued-ios-browser-limits
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pfooti
I would love to see this suit succeed at least a little bit. While I
understand the battery ramifications (and I'm sure other stability / security
issues too) behind Ap... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Austin Was Destined to Replace Silicon Valley. Then the Pandemic Hit - enraged_camel
https://marker.medium.com/austin-was-destined-to-replace-silicon-valley-then-the-pandemic-hit-6d5f5a332e04
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enraged_camel
Y'all, it would be great if we could avoid the "actually, Austin would never
be able to replace Silicon Va... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Can you posit some examples of civil discourse? - ahdroit
I understand this is not a political forum and am not looking for your political opinion rather examples of effective communication.<p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DvmLMUfGss
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: Vietnam and the In... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Godot Engine Awarded $50k by Mozilla Open Source Support Program - wyldfire
https://godotengine.org/article/godot-engine-awarded-50000-mozilla-open-source-support-program
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wishinghand
This is heartening news especially in the wake of the licensing that Unity and
Unreal have rolled out in recent years. Sure, the ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tim Cook Says Apple Is 'Very Committed' to the Mac and to 'Stay Tuned' - doener
http://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/09/tim-cook-very-committed-mac-email/
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chmaynard
Assuming this email is authentic, I think Cook is hinting that rumors of an
October announcement are too optimistic. (I hope I'm wrong, because I'm
imp... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
1Password and the Case of the XARA Bandit - mnem
https://blog.agilebits.com/2015/10/15/1password-and-the-case-of-the-xara-bandit/
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manicdee
Link is broken for me. Two seemingly related blog entries from Agile Bits:
Discussion of the vulnerability —
[https://blog.agilebits.com/2015/06/17/1password-inter-
proces.... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why cheap customers cost more - sgdesign
http://sachagreif.com/why-cheap-customers-cost-more/
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patio11
For Appointment Reminder, approximate per-account customer support incidents
per month. I've taken the liberty of scaling them to X, where X represents the
number for the highest publicly available account plan... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Joe the office mate - abecedarius
https://github.com/lukego/blog/issues/32
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apo
> Joe wrote amazingly simple programs and he did so in a peculiar way. First
> he wrote down the program any old way just to get it out of his head. Then
> once it worked he would then immediately create a new directory program2 and
... | {
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} |
Brand/Marketing Advice Available - Reformed Ad Guy - tdslj
Creative Director for top-5 global digital ad agency based in SF offering marketing advice to startups. First session is free. If you like what you get, we can discuss how to take things from there. My background: First, ten years of traditional, madison ave... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
How to Design and Persist Aggregates – Domain-Driven Design with TypeScript - stemmlerjs
https://khalilstemmler.com/articles/typescript-domain-driven-design/aggregate-design-persistence/
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bellsandwhis
Not related to the article (which is great), but I love the site design. OP
should look into making this a Gatsb... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
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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Have an idea for an IPhone Game, Looking for other developers - dottertrotter
If anyone has some experience in IPhone development and has some spare time, I have an idea for a game that takes advantage of the IPhone's unique user controls and should be fairly simple to build.<p>I am a developer, but have no experien... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google to dumb down Android search to escape Apple's patent - vibrunazo
http://phandroid.com/2012/07/03/galaxy-nexus-denied-temporary-ban-lift-samsung-and-google-working-on-software-patch/
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Blumenkohl
I, disagree with Apple's stance on this issue, but at the same time I would be
interested in hearing a valid a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Mint.com for Networking - dfuhriman
http://signup.xfluential.com
======
wushupork
I would have been more inclined to provide my email if I knew or saw more
about the product. I understand people want to do customer development and
such but I think I have launch rock fatigue. Without more info this feels too
much lik... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Show HN: c4bot – Connect Four Chatbot - kenrick95
https://github.com/kenrick95/c4bot
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nstart
This was actually a lot of fun. Walking through the code to learn more about
it :) .
~~~
kenrick95
Glad that you've enjoyed it :) I'll be happy to answer any questions you have.
| {
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} |
From Zero to React - lajr
https://www.liamross.me/from-zero-to-react/
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darkruby501
Thanks, this was helpful!
------
metoprolol
Does anyone have any good intro posts to redux? Something like the above
parent that’s easy to read trough casually for an engineer who won’t be using
redux in the workplace
~~~
acemar... | {
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} |
There’s no money in 3D printing - iamwil
http://voxelfab.com/blog/2013/01/theres-no-money-in-3d-printing/
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evincarofautumn
I use the arrow keys to scroll when reading web pages. This site uses
JavaScript to add behaviour to the arrow keys for a reason I cannot fathom.
Web developers, please avoid JavaScript at a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Google Zeitgeist 2012 - sethbannon
http://www.google.com/zeitgeist/2012/#the-world
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chrisacky
Op op op op oppan. So, I was browsing through the source of the Zeitgeist
pages (as you do), and I saw some pretty cool stuff.
I started off by just wanting to know how the explore map was done [1]
But then I saw #eas... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: What tech stack would you choose to bootstrap a side project in 2020? - yagodragon
I'm a college student trying to choose a language/framework to build some side projects. Other than the classic CS languages(java,python,c/c++), I've learned some JS and Vue.js and now I'm looking into a... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN:Relocate to India - throwaway08
Hi,
I 'm currently working in USA on H1B visa. Would love to relocate to India. My dilemma is that cannot pack up and move back without any job offers in hand. My current employer does not have an office in India. One of the options that i have is find employment in a company w... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Do you remember TJ Holowaychuk? - volument
TJ (https://github.com/tj) used to be a significant JavaScript contributor and could easily be labeled as the "rockstar" of the time. In 2014 he switched from Node to Go (https://medium.com/@tjholowaychuk/farewell-node-js-4ba9e7f3e... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Tesla Model 3 teardown points to $28k in potential material and production cost - hippich
https://electrek.co/2018/05/31/tesla-model-3-teardow-material-production-cost/
======
Someone
_”They claim that their cost analysis resulted in materials and logistics
costs of $18,000 and labor costs of $10,000 for a total cost ... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Why I'm Learning Node - b14ck
http://rdegges.com/why-im-learning-node
======
wickedchicken
Not many people know this, but Javascript: The Good Parts is available online
as a PDF, for free! [http://www.rose-
hulman.edu/Users/faculty/rickert/OldFiles/Cl...](http://www.rose-
hulman.edu/Users/faculty/rickert/OldFiles/Cl... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
CommonMark Is a Useful, High-Quality Project - chubot
http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2018/02/14.html
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ggm
Two things in one story (I see this a lot. Its good actually. stories don't
have to have only one story-arc)
one story is a bloody good C implementation of a parser for common markdown.
Thats wonderful! I wan... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Ask HN: Whats your favorite YouTube tech channels but not famous? - giis
Recently came across this relatively little known channel[1]. Though it has only 6 videos and <50k users, its good. Do you know such channels?<p>[1] https://www.youtube.com/user/PieterExplainsTech/feed
======
rafzzz
Je... | {
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} |
Ockam built a JAMStack site and it's 100% Open Source - mattgreg
https://www.ockam.io/learn/blog/ockam_website_is_open_source/#the-ockamio-open-source-stack
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ChymeraXYZ
I don't know but somehow the ockam.io page being blank except the menu somehow
does not inspire confidence...
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chrisacky
Code looks reall... | {
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Facebook Will Let People You Don't Know Message Your Inbox For $1 - OJKoukaz
https://mashable.com/2012/12/20/facebook-pay-for-messages/
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pudquick
I think Facebook is on the right path with this as a potential money making
idea.
However, they need some modifications if they don't want to piss off their
users i... | {
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} |
Killing Off American Cows to Keep Milk Prices High - walterbell
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-08/cow-killing-and-price-fixing-in-your-supermarket-dairy-aisle
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PavlovsCat
Ah, the the alienated joys of capitalism.. and the bloody stumps we call hands
and minds.
| {
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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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} |
Spry Metrics - dbwieler
https://sprymetrics.com
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dbwieler
Spry Metrics was built from the ground up to give you easy access to your
website or app analytics. Track anything at anytime, and get instant feedback
and metrics from your users in real time.
We're looking for beta testers and feedback, so if you're in... | {
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} |
JetBrains CLion licenses: what is what - dsr12
http://blog.jetbrains.com/clion/2015/04/clion-licenses-what-is-what/
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h43k3r
There is nothing in the market that is at par with VS as an IDE. I am in the
hope that CLion will give me an alternative of Visual Studio for C/C++ on
Linux.
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Notes on making JGit (Java Git) fast - gcv
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/118034
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gcv
There's also a follow-up post in the same thread with a few more comments:
[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-
control.git/1180...](http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-
control.git/1... | {
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Four Months After a Concussion, Your Brain Still Looks Different Than Before - aronvox
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/11/four-months-after-a-concussion-your-brain-still-looks-different-than-before/
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ASpring
I've sustained between 2 and 4 concussion in the past 6 years. 2 were
clinically diagnosed a... | {
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} |
How Bitcoin Ends - dpapathanasiou
https://www.fastcompany.com/40537404/how-bitcoin-ends
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tristanho
This article makes pretty blatant errors:
> We thought the net would break the monopoly of top-down, corporate media.
> But as business interests took over it has become primarily a delivery
> system for streaming... | {
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} |
Ask HN: Why doesn't Google provide an option to open .txt files in Google drive? - rpathangi
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accordionclown
nobody seems to want to serve files.
dropbox once offered, but has stopped.
github is about the only place that'll do it nowadays.
just avoid the middleman and get your own site.
-bowerbird
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lwl... | {
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Ask HN: How do you measure risk with an open source project? - bazMVP
If you've found a new project on GitHub that you want to use, how do you quantify the associated risk of using it in a "production" application? For example: the project is only open for 6 months, or has many more open issues vs. clos... | {
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Stream you terminal in real-time with anyone – without installing anything - snooty
https://streamhut.io/
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nviennot
Author of tmate here. This is really cool. Bravo
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hildenae
Could this solution be extended with a openssl pipe to offer encryption?
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seesawtron
How do you shut it down or delete the s... | {
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} |
Analyse Asia Podcast #6: From Adventures to Communities in Southeast Asia - bleongcw
http://blcw.me/1sBUxgP
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bleongcw
Synopsis for Episode 6: In this episode, Kristine Lauria, the country manager
Elance-oDesk in Singapore joined us for a conversation on her interesting work
in building and managing communities i... | {
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} |
Are you misusing Alexa numbers? (Probably) - andrew_null
http://andrewchen.typepad.com/andrew_chens_blog/2006/11/are_you_misusin.html
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Tichy
I thought the advertising companies would just track how many ads are being
downloaded from their servers? Also I don't understand how the comScore
approach is better than ... | {
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} |
Git from the Bottom Up (2009) [pdf] - brudgers
http://ftp.newartisans.com/pub/git.from.bottom.up.pdf
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jonahx
Web version: [http://jwiegley.github.io/git-from-the-bottom-
up/](http://jwiegley.github.io/git-from-the-bottom-up/)
A nice resource in the same vein -- build a bare bones git in javascript:
[http://kush... | {
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} |
Show HN: An opinionated markdown-to-HTML tutorial publisher - sixhobbits
https://ritza.co/experiments/opinionated-tutorial-publisher.html
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sixhobbits
Hey HN!
There's been a bit of talk on here recently about the bloated web and
minimalistic publishing platforms.
This won't host your tutorials for you, but it w... | {
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} |
On CPU backdoors - Trusting hardware - emillon
http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2009/03/trusting-hardware.html
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nicholas_tuzzio
This touches on what I think is one of the more interesting technological
problems that we have to worry about right now. As a disclosure, most of the
reason I think that is becau... | {
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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
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jaegerpicker
Jesus, and people in this ... | {
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} |
Amazon is shipping expired food - juokaz
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/20/amazon-is-shipping-expired-baby-formula-and-other-out-of-date-foods.html
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Shivetya
The sad part is compared to Amazon sellers on ebay have a reputation they need
to protect and on Amazon it is more of an anonymous minefield.
I have tried t... | {
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} |
Stop sharing stuff you didn’t read thanks to a responsible design - HipstaJules
https://medium.com/@giuliomichelon/stop-sharing-stuff-you-dont-read-thanks-to-a-responsible-design-c65e77e0a53f
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sp332
Personally I don't do this and here's my trick. Just remember how much you
hate reading that junk, and then think ... | {
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} |
Optimize your site's images - geuis
http://www.smushit.com/
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eli
Is there a description of what it actually does?
~~~
billturner
From the site:
Smushit.com is a service that goes beyond the limitations of Photoshop,
Fireworks & Co. It uses image format specific non-lossy image optimization
tools to squeeze t... | {
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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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Fortune Asks 'Why Does America Hate Silicon Valley?' - wallflower
http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2013/10/fortune_asks_why_does.php
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jcrites
> But there's not much gentrification going on, since Twitter keeps hundreds
> of staff inside, with free gourmet meals, plus a slew of free services, dry... | {
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API to Generate fictitious customer names, addresses, birthdates, etc. - SQL2219
https://anonymize.strd.co
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nwrk
For selfhosted folks there is great faker library.
[https://github.com/marak/Faker.js/](https://github.com/marak/Faker.js/)
| {
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ChesSkelet: Micro Chess Game for ZX Spectrum in 365 Bytes - sohkamyung
http://chesskelet.x10host.com/
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reeagbo
Hi! the author here. I really dig your comments, including the criticisms. I
see some people even looking at the code. My current intention is to work on
it a bit more. The version online is not the fin... | {
"pile_set_name": "HackerNews"
} |
Dear ITU, please don't bill Internet use like phone calls - mtgx
http://www.arstechnica.com/business/2012/12/dear-itu-please-dont-bill-internet-use-like-phone-calls/
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zb
The whole concept of "sending party network pays" is just an elaborate
wordplay. Relay-switched telecommunications networks are inherently sy... | {
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} |
Red Hat's biggest enemy (VMWare) - g-garron
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/red-hats-biggest-enemy-vmware/9468
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rbanffy
I am not sure this analysis holds. While Red Hat threatens VMWare (or, more
specifically, its proprietary products alongside KVM threaten VMWare's
products) I think the threat against R... | {
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} |
A Breakdown of Selected Government Surveillance Programs (2013) [pdf] - cmurf
https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/analysis/Government%20Surveillance%20Factsheet.pdf
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cmurf
Decent three page summary from Brennan Center for Justice at New York
University School of Law.
Are They Allowed to Do That?... | {
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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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} |
Reiser Prosecution Jolt: Victim's Ex-Lover Confesses to Eight Killings - brk
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/05/reiser
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davidw
Dude, that article is nearly a year old...
| {
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} |
Hall Design Tour – From 0% to 30% Weekly Retention - bretthellman
https://hall.com/blog/hall-design-tour-from-0-to-30-weekly-retention/
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ronadams
Focusing on creating the single page app and forgetting the pretty factor
really was a key to increased retention. I feel like that was a huge learning
for us. Form ... | {
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} |
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