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8,360,799
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avel
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Istanbul: A JavaScript code coverage tool written in JS
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sebslomski
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For rails projects, if you use the teaspoon gem as test runner (https://github.com/modeset/teaspoon), then you can easily get istanbul based coverage reports as well. It's a good way to see which paths your js tests take in a large project and pinpoint untested code.
| null | 6
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2014-09-24 11:07:34 UTC
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8,360,803
| 8,360,390
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davidroetzel
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Datamining a Flat in Munich
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ilovefood
|
I do not know about the situation in Munich, but I spent lots of time looking for a place in Bonn last year and from my experience the approach from the article has one serious flaw:While the real estate websites offer contact forms to send e-mails, many people hate dealing with e-mails. Landlords and even "professional" real estate agents often ignore e-mails. Sometimes it is because of the sheer volume they get, but I suspect often it is just that they never really adapted to the medium.Many (most?) ads include a phone number. And I have had far better results by calling than by sending an e-mail. You should of course be one of the first people to call...
| null | 2
| 239
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2014-09-24 11:08:55 UTC
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8,360,805
| 8,357,178
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hds
|
Logo Interpreter
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getdavidhiggins
|
I've wanted to see a JS version of Logo for ages. Well done to the programmer who finally got around to doing it!Now it just needs to be forked and adapted to match NetLogo[1] and I can run all those social sciences simulations without Java![1] https://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/
| null | 4
| 47
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2014-09-24 11:09:59 UTC
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8,360,809
| 8,360,390
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Kurtz79
|
Datamining a Flat in Munich
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ilovefood
|
"Reasonnable means that the rent doesn’t exceed 800€ for a 15m² flat"Is living in 15 m² reasonable ?I live in a studio of about 30 m² and I find it claustrophobic at times.
| null | 18
| 239
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2014-09-24 11:12:03 UTC
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8,360,811
| 8,360,333
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wazari972
|
Email IP Leak Test
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boianmihailov
|
My Thunderbird (v31) appears to leak my IP address ... or is it my Postfix server? anyway, it sounds bad regarding anonymity. Is it a configuration problem? my university lab email service has the same issue, so I guess it's a standard configuration ... ? (my mail server says it's Postfix who handled the mail, the one from the lab doesn't leak that)
| null | 5
| 35
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2014-09-24 11:14:55 UTC
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8,360,815
| 8,360,333
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bigbugbag
|
Email IP Leak Test
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boianmihailov
|
smart way to collect a huge list of valid email. This list is probably worth a bunch of $ .
| null | 14
| 35
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2014-09-24 11:16:17 UTC
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8,360,816
| 8,360,801
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valevk
|
Emma Watson nude photo threats were apparently a plot to kill 4chan
|
valanto
|
Or just another way to get publicity...4chan is not like Silkroad. If you "kill" 4chan, there will be enough alternatives.
| null | 2
| 16
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2014-09-24 11:16:52 UTC
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8,360,819
| 8,360,673
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nicholassmith
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
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robot_scream
|
The mild level of hysteria over this has been interesting. It's a slab of thin aluminium that has a large surface area, a consistent amount of pressure is going to cause bending. I'm personally surprised that the glass didn't crack on some of the pictures.
| null | 1
| 63
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2014-09-24 11:19:46 UTC
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8,360,822
| 8,359,684
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_mulder_
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How to tell when a robot has written you a letter
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Thevet
|
Judging from the Robot letter in the article, the easiest way to spot a robot-penned letter would be that specific words are all the same. Look at the word 'the' in the picture, or even the 'th' in 'this'. They're all identical.The robot seems to be working from just a small pool of characters.Some sort of randomisation algorithm would work well here, varying the size, weight and slant or jitter of each letter would at least make it appear more random, and harder to spot.Having said that, if you are someone who works on this sort of invention, please take a long, hard look at what you're doing with your life and consider just how this invention is contributing to the advancement of mankind.
| null | 2
| 187
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2014-09-24 11:21:43 UTC
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8,360,835
| 8,359,684
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namuol
|
How to tell when a robot has written you a letter
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Thevet
|
Reminds me of the small company the protagonist works for in "Her".
| null | 10
| 187
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2014-09-24 11:27:49 UTC
|
8,360,847
| 8,360,673
|
huuu
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
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robot_scream
|
It's amazing that people think nothing can happen to a phone.
Years ago I sold phones. People wanted money back because they drowned a Nokia in the toilet. Or complained the device stopped working after they dropped it from a great hight.Nowadays people complain something will bend when you apply a lot of force to it.
| null | 10
| 63
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2014-09-24 11:32:35 UTC
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8,360,849
| 8,359,107
|
steve_taylor
|
Lecture 1 – How to Start a Startup [video]
|
declan
|
It's refreshing to see such importance placed on the idea and building a product that users love.
| null | 28
| 520
|
2014-09-24 11:33:03 UTC
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8,360,851
| 8,360,333
|
axvf
|
Email IP Leak Test
|
boianmihailov
|
If you run a website behind cloudflare it's worth looking into Email IP leaks.Sometimes simply registering at a website and looking at the registration confirmation email headers can reveal its real IP.
| null | 3
| 35
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2014-09-24 11:33:41 UTC
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8,360,856
| 8,360,852
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dynamicsol
|
10,000+ web design and development resources from over 100 websites
|
dynamicsol
|
Check out 4 years of web design, web development, graphics and mobile application development resources in one place
| null | 0
| 3
|
2014-09-24 11:34:44 UTC
|
8,360,858
| 8,359,684
|
joosha
|
How to tell when a robot has written you a letter
|
Thevet
|
As a kid, when I used to write on white paper, my lines used to slope and I used to throw them in the trash and try again. Over time, underneath the white sheet of paper, I started placing another paper that has lines and a margin, so I can see through the white paper and know where exactly I should write. The result was perfectly straight lines and a perfect margin.I'm not a robot.
| null | 4
| 187
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2014-09-24 11:34:59 UTC
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8,360,861
| 8,359,837
|
chriswarbo
|
Evolution: A Complexity View
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namlede
|
This reminds me of Chaitin's "meta-biology", which uses (self-delimiting) computer programs as genomes, a Turing machine as the environment and "fitness" is defined as how big the program's output is, interpreted as a natural number. Unfortunately it relies on a halting oracle to avoid diverging programs :(
| null | 3
| 34
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2014-09-24 11:35:48 UTC
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8,360,864
| 8,360,299
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80ProofPudding
|
IBM Watson API
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miket
|
Waiting for my coffee to brew, I read that as "Emma Watson API".
| null | 13
| 311
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2014-09-24 11:36:53 UTC
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8,360,870
| 8,360,673
|
higherpurpose
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
|
robot_scream
|
What was the line again? "Apple produces only high quality devices" or something?
| null | 22
| 63
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2014-09-24 11:39:40 UTC
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8,360,872
| 8,360,122
|
cdnsteve
|
Analyzing Programming Languages Using Rosetta Code
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nkurz
|
Nice to see a new set of quantitative data on this. Well done! I'd love to see the study expanded to include JavaScript :)
| null | 9
| 43
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2014-09-24 11:39:56 UTC
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8,360,873
| 8,360,673
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kubiiii
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
|
robot_scream
|
Maybe the bending is a consequence of a better than average shock proof design. Not an apple fan boy here but I find hard to believe that a top selling phone would go on the market without extensive mechanical testing.
| null | 18
| 63
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2014-09-24 11:40:25 UTC
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8,360,875
| 8,359,679
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jamessantiago
|
The Surprising Path to a Faster NYTimes.com
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danso
|
I've been really impressed with the quality of new york times posts as of late. The post "Norway the Slow Way" posted here a few days back was impressive in its use of a variety of frontend display techniques to tell a single story. Even their web console output had some neat ascii art and a hiring call to interested developers.
| null | 4
| 107
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2014-09-24 11:40:58 UTC
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8,360,878
| 8,360,673
|
supercoder
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
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robot_scream
|
Yep, bend a phone and it bends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwdZzvCFhLo&feature=youtu.be
| null | 8
| 63
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2014-09-24 11:42:54 UTC
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8,360,880
| 8,340,824
|
lifehack
|
Show HN: The most seamless password manager
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adampassword
|
Does it really work without plug-ins? How is this possible? Why is the accelerator required if you do not need plugins?
|
Please give www.keyless.io a try. Let us know what you think. Thank you
| 7
| 5
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2014-09-24 11:43:25 UTC
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8,360,886
| 8,360,673
|
_pmf_
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
|
robot_scream
|
Ungrateful peasants. They are privileged to use the world's best phone and complain about such benign issues.> Clearly if I got the plus I'd never be able to sit at a table with it. This is bringing back the holster.This should be the preferred way for hipsters to wear their apparel.
| null | 11
| 63
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2014-09-24 11:44:00 UTC
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8,360,890
| 8,360,673
|
dimillian
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
|
robot_scream
|
So if you feel a pressure in you pocket, DO NOT REMOVE the phone.... Are people just plain dumbs or what?
| null | 23
| 63
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2014-09-24 11:45:22 UTC
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8,360,898
| 8,356,489
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joshcrowder
|
Ask HN: Hackers who cook
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Cherian
|
> 1. Why do you cook? Is it to save cash or is it recreation? Or something else?Its an offline activity for me. Whatever time I get in from work say 7-9pm I generally cook if theres food in the fridge. Most meals tend to take an hour which is a good time for me to think about something else other than work.> 2. Do you plan ahead? Like a weekly meal plan?Sort of I have goto meals mainly asian which is always in the fridge / freezer> 3. What kind of things do you cook usually?Other peoples recipes!> 4. Do you follow any diet? Atkins, Slow Carb etc.Slow / No carbs, high protein> 5. Do you have any life hacks, tips to be more productive as a cook?I have a few although its less about being productive.- Have a handful of goto meals that you know inside out and have them in the fridge.- Get meat out the night before and put it in the freezer- Always have vegetables you'll eat out if there isn't anything- Ramen noodles should be bought in 25/50 boxes!I dont think the focus of cooking should be about being productive, sometimes its nice to switch off and get away from the computer and talk to the wife / partner / people that aren't on the internet
|
While going through a ProductHunt post[1] I came across a fellow HNer[2] who was following NYT Cooking[3] and cooking with a plan on a regular basis. I was very curious to understand how he spaces time to cook and work. And the type of stuff he cooks.Which kind of inspired me to start working on project to follow someone and get inspired by their – meal plans, shopping patterns, recipes, hacks, tips etc (Another inspiration [4])I am trying to find hackers who cook at home on a regular basis (even if its only 2-3 times a week).If you cook, some questions:1. Why do you cook? Is it to save cash or is it recreation? Or something else?2. Do you plan ahead? Like a weekly meal plan?3. What kind of things do you cook usually?4. Do you follow any diet? Atkins, Slow Carb etc.5. Do you have any life hacks, tips to be more productive as a cook?Disclosure: I run Cucumbertown (http://www.cucumbertown.com/), the Tumblr for cooks.[1] http://www.producthunt.com/posts/new-york-times-apis[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cdavis565[3] http://cooking.nytimes.com/[4] http://www.reddit.com/r/EatCheapAndHealthy/comments/2gutuk/26_2021_1592_grocery_list_meal_plan_and_recipes/Edit:Seems like this was taken off the homepage for some reason. The comment rate’s coming down.Thanks a lot for the encouraging comments. A short but exciting Q&A. If you can help me out more, please reach me on cherian@cucumbertown.com
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2014-09-24 11:46:11 UTC
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8,360,907
| 8,360,673
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Nursie
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
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robot_scream
|
That's a shame, and not something I've experienced with my Galaxy Notes of various generations. You'd think it would be tested for this sort of thing.Though who knows, maybe some folks have had problems with these devices and it's just not widely reported. Given the high profile launches and expectations of flawlessness from Apple (rightly or wrongly), it may well come under increased scrutiny.
| null | 0
| 63
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2014-09-24 11:50:57 UTC
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8,360,911
| 8,360,673
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pritambaral
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
|
robot_scream
|
So I just tested this on a few non-aluminium bodied phones, i.e., plastic and glass bodied phones. Plastic is more elastic (etymological irony) than aluminium and returns to its original shape.I wouldn't have believed if someone claimed my plastic-glass phone wasn't perfectly straight when in my pocket, because I'd never witnessed it bent, and truly believed it sturdy enough to not easily bend.I guess Apple's miss was that aluminium is less elastic, and the larger/taller your phone the more linear deflection it suffers.
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2014-09-24 11:51:50 UTC
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8,360,912
| 8,360,673
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mambodog
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
|
robot_scream
|
It's almost like they'd be better off making the glass less flexible so it would just crack when people bend it too much, and then they'd know they did the wrong thing. The fact that the phone can bend like this without breaking might mean they don't realise that they've subjected it to an unreasonable amount of force.
| null | 9
| 63
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2014-09-24 11:52:34 UTC
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8,360,917
| 8,360,673
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NicoJuicy
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
|
robot_scream
|
It's trending on Twitter in my area https://twitter.com/hashtag/bendgate
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| 63
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2014-09-24 11:53:50 UTC
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8,360,919
| 8,360,673
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johnpowell
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
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robot_scream
|
This guy seems to exert a lot of force for it to bend.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znK652H6yQM#t=34I can't understand how having the same happen in your pants wouldn't indicate that maybe you should take your phone out or adjust your trousers.And I will beat you to the you are wearing your pants wrong joke.
| null | 3
| 63
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2014-09-24 11:54:28 UTC
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8,360,931
| 8,359,684
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krallja
|
How to tell when a robot has written you a letter
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Thevet
|
"The Dots on The 'i's" and "The Rounded Right Margin" can both be fixed by having a human generate the strokes for the original form letter, like an Autopen with RAM. Write once, then make 30,000 copies of your exact handwriting with your handwriting robot.
| null | 9
| 187
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2014-09-24 11:57:57 UTC
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8,360,933
| 8,360,673
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sakri
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
|
robot_scream
|
Hipsters do wear very tight jeans.
| null | 7
| 63
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2014-09-24 11:58:10 UTC
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8,360,935
| 8,357,207
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drdaeman
|
This email may be worth millions of dollars in sales
|
guiseppecalzone
|
Maybe this is due to lack of context, but with all that "designed to improve your company performance in the critical area" and "investing heavily in great customer service and innovation" that email sounds terribly enterpriesey to me. It all could be boiled down to a one-liner in spirit of "Sorry, but we can't offer our services any cheaper. Our prices are indeed higher, but the services are better than competitors and we actually provide more value per price unit. Please, take this into consideration."And maybe that's just my tastes, but negative commenting on competitors with all that "race to the bottom" and "customers are switching in droves" stuff doesn't sound any good to me. Even if competitor is really a complete shit.Just my opinion. I'm not a businessman.
| null | 6
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2014-09-24 11:58:48 UTC
|
8,360,940
| 8,360,673
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rickdale
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
|
robot_scream
|
Think about the person that waited in one of those long lines that I dont understand and now their walking around with a warped cell phone.In all seriousness. Why do people stand in those lines? What can you do with the phone that you can't do with another phone? Is it just a material thing?
| null | 5
| 63
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2014-09-24 12:00:20 UTC
|
8,360,953
| 8,360,945
|
steve-benjamins
|
Show HN: Village – Hacker News for people who care about their cities
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steve-benjamins
|
Hey everyone,I started Village because I couldn't find a place online with reasonable, civil discussion about my city, Toronto.On Reddit, r/toronto could be a bit harsh and was pretty heavy with downvoting. Local blogs had comments sections that were mean and insulting.Village is an experiment. It's a place that- while honest about the challenges my city faces- tries to celebrate and share what's awesome about Toronto too. It's a place for reasonable and civil discussion. It's a place to discover awesome and interesting things in Toronto.I custom wrote the software for Village but I feel like the software for creating a social news website is pretty trivial at this point. If you want, it only takes 5 minutes to set one up using Telescope. The hard part is cultivating a community.But in the same way that you can’t design a users experience (because it implies a sense of control over what a user will experience), you also can’t design a community. Instead, you can only hope to cultivate a community.That's what I'm hoping to do with Village :)PS - If you're interested, you can read more about my thoughts on how to cultivate community here: http://www.itsonvillage.com/design-tips
|
Hey everyone,I started Village because I couldn't find a place online with reasonable, civil discussion about my city, Toronto.On Reddit, r/toronto could be a bit harsh and was pretty heavy with downvoting. Local blogs had comments sections that were mean and insulting.Village is an experiment. It's a place that- while honest about the challenges my city faces- tries to celebrate and share what's awesome about Toronto too. It's a place for reasonable and civil discussion. It's a place to discover awesome and interesting things in Toronto.I custom wrote the software for Village but I feel like the software for creating a social news website is pretty trivial at this point. If you want, it only takes 5 minutes to set one up using Telescope. The hard part is cultivating a community.But in the same way that you can’t design a users experience (because it implies a sense of control over what a user will experience), you also can’t design a community. Instead, you can only hope to cultivate a community.That's what I'm hoping to do with Village :)PS - If you're interested, you can read more about my thoughts on how to cultivate community here: http://www.itsonvillage.com/design-tips
| 0
| 8
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2014-09-24 12:02:53 UTC
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8,360,955
| 8,360,333
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iamben
|
Email IP Leak Test
|
boianmihailov
|
So Gmail doesn't leak anything, but a Gmail Apps account does? Anyone know why?
| null | 8
| 35
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2014-09-24 12:03:27 UTC
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8,360,961
| 8,360,673
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chrisBob
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
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robot_scream
|
I am hopeful that this will lead to a decline in skinny jeans, and I will be back in style.
| null | 2
| 63
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2014-09-24 12:05:00 UTC
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8,360,968
| 8,360,466
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tgflynn
|
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Gets Past the Big Blues
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pesenti
|
It seems to me that a big risk in IBM's strategy is losing the technological foundation on which most of its current revenues are based and/or not communicating a strategy for that technological base to its customers.The importance of "big data"/cognitive computing cannot be overstated but it needs hardware on which to run. The neuromorphic computing research is interesting but for the time being the real advances in the field are being made with more conventional hardware and I'm not convinced we yet have a good enough understanding of this field to create an effective new hardware architecture for it.As for cloud computing it certainly has advantages for many types of customers but I think many of the large businesses that represent the lion's share of IBM's customer base will be wanting to maintain their own computing infrastructure for the foreseeable future. They simply will not be willing to trust 3rd parties with their sensitive data, especially in light of the lack of legal protections in the US for data that is in the hands of 3rd parties.So where does this leave IBM's current (or prospective) customers ? x86 is gone. If IBM's strategy is to push POWER as the way forward, that would be great, but are they really doing that or are they going to let POWER wither ? Will customers need to put Lenovo hardware in their data center to manage their POWER systems ? Some customers probably won't be willing to do that (in the US, at least, for other countries trusting Chinese vs. US companies may look like comparable risks).I suspect that a major selling point for IBM's software and services has been its ability to provide the full range of hardware needed to run a data center, from servers to SAN storage. If their transition plans involve giving up this advantage then I think this transition will be a very rocky and risky one that will result in many of their customers looking elsewhere.
| null | 1
| 33
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2014-09-24 12:07:02 UTC
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8,360,979
| 8,356,489
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dalore
|
Ask HN: Hackers who cook
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Cherian
|
1) Because I like to eat. Take out is boring (even in London so many options, but you get stuck). Don't know what goes in the food. Plus the fun of making something yourself that tastes way better. I guess primary reason is for quality/taste.2) Kind of, a weekly meal plan where we roughly think ahead of what food we are going to eat each day. Like chicken one day, cod the next etc.3) Meat pretty much, and some veggies4) Keto usually5) I love the good eats series, some nice hacks in there. Get a cast iron pan and never wash it. Best thing to cook meat with.
|
While going through a ProductHunt post[1] I came across a fellow HNer[2] who was following NYT Cooking[3] and cooking with a plan on a regular basis. I was very curious to understand how he spaces time to cook and work. And the type of stuff he cooks.Which kind of inspired me to start working on project to follow someone and get inspired by their – meal plans, shopping patterns, recipes, hacks, tips etc (Another inspiration [4])I am trying to find hackers who cook at home on a regular basis (even if its only 2-3 times a week).If you cook, some questions:1. Why do you cook? Is it to save cash or is it recreation? Or something else?2. Do you plan ahead? Like a weekly meal plan?3. What kind of things do you cook usually?4. Do you follow any diet? Atkins, Slow Carb etc.5. Do you have any life hacks, tips to be more productive as a cook?Disclosure: I run Cucumbertown (http://www.cucumbertown.com/), the Tumblr for cooks.[1] http://www.producthunt.com/posts/new-york-times-apis[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cdavis565[3] http://cooking.nytimes.com/[4] http://www.reddit.com/r/EatCheapAndHealthy/comments/2gutuk/26_2021_1592_grocery_list_meal_plan_and_recipes/Edit:Seems like this was taken off the homepage for some reason. The comment rate’s coming down.Thanks a lot for the encouraging comments. A short but exciting Q&A. If you can help me out more, please reach me on cherian@cucumbertown.com
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2014-09-24 12:09:02 UTC
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8,360,986
| 8,360,673
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petercooper
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
|
robot_scream
|
It's not really a pocketable phone. Even in my sweatpants (trendy!) it proved so heavy it ended up dragging them down past my ass in the style many kids are rocking nowadays, except I don't rock the underwear or have the ass definition to pull off the look.Like an iPad, it's better placed in a bag. With everything else, really. Carrying stuff in your pockets is a pain in the arse and a great way to lose stuff.
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2014-09-24 12:10:22 UTC
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8,361,002
| 8,360,673
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qwerta
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
|
robot_scream
|
Can wait for dialog "it is a feature" and response from competitors "our phones do not bend" :-)
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| 63
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2014-09-24 12:16:22 UTC
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8,361,030
| 8,360,466
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alecco
|
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Gets Past the Big Blues
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pesenti
|
I wonder if they plan to change the mood of IBMers, it's dismal and it looks like in a death spiral.
| null | 3
| 33
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2014-09-24 12:22:42 UTC
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8,361,032
| 8,360,580
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jug6ernaut
|
How to Squeeze a Huge Ship Down a Tiny River
|
sveme
|
I regularly visit Port Aransas Texas, often fishing the shipping channel that goes to Corpus Christi. The channel can not handle the biggest of tankers, the supertankers. But even so, i can not overstate the size of these ships. It never ceases to amazes me. When you are in the channel you have to take into account them coming through the channel, and i dont mean simply getting out of there way, the channel is plenty wide to hold two(as they go both ways) with much space on both sides. I mean the effect they have on the channel, specifically when they are coming in (full of cargo). When full they draft a full 10-15' more of water. Displacing this much water causes mini tsunami in the channel. If you are to close to the bank you could either find yourself beached or slammed against something.Its really a spectacle when they come by, even after seeing it hundreds of times i still stop and watch.One thing not mentioned in this article which is a HUGE factor with moving these large ships is wind drift. Any boat /ship will act as a sail, but the bigger you get the harder it is to control. As anyone who has piloted any vessel can tell you it only takes seconds to get out of control. When moving these huge ships through such tight quarters i can only imagine how difficult it is to control.
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| 112
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2014-09-24 12:22:56 UTC
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8,361,038
| 8,359,684
|
Htsthbjig
|
How to tell when a robot has written you a letter
|
Thevet
|
Well, you can't.You can buy a wacom tablet with tilt sensors and make the robot replicate the same stroke. You could add randomness to it too.To apply different amount of force with the robot you use a spring and you control the force with the distance to the paper, it is very simple to do.We did exactly that with ABB robots in the University a long time ago.We used wacom drivers for linux and the wacoms were over 200 dollars or so.A robot that uses only 3 axis is not "five figures", it is basically a plotter and thanks to reprap you could make your own for over 300 dollars.Those are probably the ones used by this people, but you can use a robot with more degree axis and you won't be able to differentiate it.
| null | 1
| 187
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2014-09-24 12:24:56 UTC
|
8,361,050
| 8,360,580
|
dmoo
|
How to Squeeze a Huge Ship Down a Tiny River
|
sveme
|
Not quite the same but big ships in the Corinth Canal in Greece just look fantastichttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6xOPAetZuQ
http://hhvferry.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/orientex...
| null | 8
| 112
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2014-09-24 12:28:00 UTC
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8,361,053
| 8,361,046
|
aakashmanutd
|
In CSS, the music is between the curly braces
|
akshayshinde7
|
Interesting and a very unique approach towards CSS, liked it.
| null | 0
| 4
|
2014-09-24 12:28:14 UTC
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8,361,055
| 8,360,673
|
guidefreitas
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
|
robot_scream
|
When the antena gate happens with iPhone 4 Apple gives bundle cases to their customers, I wonder if this time they will give new pants. :)
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| 63
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2014-09-24 12:29:47 UTC
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8,361,060
| 8,360,673
|
return0
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
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robot_scream
|
I thought that would be considered a feature!
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| 63
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2014-09-24 12:30:45 UTC
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8,361,065
| 8,360,466
|
mathattack
|
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Gets Past the Big Blues
|
pesenti
|
There are a lot of comments that betray the facade, and show the old IBM. Comments on keeping busy and reinventing careers shows a tremendous internal focus.“Our internal metric is we look to sign one to two new customers a week,” he says. “That keeps us going, keeps us busy.”“It [Watson] will reinvent careers and reinvent industries,” says Rometty. “It is the third era of technology.”
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| 33
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2014-09-24 12:31:12 UTC
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8,361,066
| 8,359,679
|
stdbrouw
|
The Surprising Path to a Faster NYTimes.com
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danso
|
I can imagine static pages getting really annoying at this scale, and it also seems like a no-brainer to have your content in a database... but the nerd in me did think "page rendering can be trivially parallelized – why not throw some map/reduce at it?"
| null | 3
| 107
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2014-09-24 12:31:31 UTC
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8,361,068
| 8,360,333
|
Glan1984
|
Email IP Leak Test
|
boianmihailov
|
Nice try, I'm not going to "leak" my ip to emailleaktest.com. Good effort though.
| null | 13
| 35
|
2014-09-24 12:32:02 UTC
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8,361,071
| 8,360,333
|
deweller
|
Email IP Leak Test
|
boianmihailov
|
Seems to be down or overloaded this morning. After 5 minutes the page did not update for me.
| null | 15
| 35
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2014-09-24 12:32:34 UTC
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8,361,081
| 8,359,107
|
gadders
|
Lecture 1 – How to Start a Startup [video]
|
declan
|
Just a quick question - are these a Sam only initiative, rather than YC? Is that why they are on Sam's domain?
| null | 35
| 520
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2014-09-24 12:35:26 UTC
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8,361,082
| 8,360,122
|
malisper
|
Analyzing Programming Languages Using Rosetta Code
|
nkurz
|
There is a problem with comparing programming languages using something similar to Rosetta Code. All of the examples tend to be short and somewhat trivial, while in the real world, programs are magnitudes larger. Some of the differences in programming languages don't show unless you look at large scale programs. In addition, by looking at clean examples you lose out on how the program changed over time and how long it took to develop the program, two of the biggest differences between programming languages.I care much more about how long it takes to create/modify a program, than I care about how fast it runs or how concise it is.
| null | 0
| 43
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2014-09-24 12:35:35 UTC
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8,361,094
| 8,359,679
|
untilHellbanned
|
The Surprising Path to a Faster NYTimes.com
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danso
|
What was so surprising about the path? Wasn't clear from the deck.
| null | 13
| 107
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2014-09-24 12:38:36 UTC
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8,361,096
| 8,361,093
|
tokenadult
|
Overtreatment of 'mild' hypertension is causing more harm than good, say experts
|
tokenadult
|
The BMJ (formerly, British Medical Journal) commentary article[1] referred to in the submission here is paywalled for me, but includes a helpful summary of current research findings. In relevant part,"Diagnostic change—Recommendations for drug treatment have decreased from diastolic pressure of >115 mm Hg to ≥140/90 mm Hg. A new category, prehypertension (120/80-139/89 mm Hg), has also been introduced"Rationale for change—Patients with even mildly raised blood pressure may have increased cardiovascular risk"Leap of faith—Lowering threshold blood pressures will lead to increased diagnosis and treatment, which will decrease mortality"Impact on prevalence—22% of adults worldwide have mild hypertension (systolic pressure 140-159 mm Hg) and 13.5% have a systolic pressure ≥160 mm Hg"Evidence of overdiagnosis—Use of a uniform threshold (140 mm Hg) to mark hypertension risk ignores evidence that risk varies by individual and includes many people who will not benefit from drug treatment"[1] http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g5432
| null | 0
| 2
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2014-09-24 12:39:05 UTC
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8,361,098
| 8,359,796
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akavel
|
Shen – A Sufficiently Advanced Lisp [video]
|
michaelsbradley
|
From what I remember, it has some weird license. I can never remember what exactly is weird about it (or that of Qi, a related project), but on a quick reading now, I think at least this:"6. [...] In particular it is not permitted to make derived copies of this software which do not conform to the Shen standard or appear under a different title."(i.e. kinda "no forking" clause, IIUC)
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| 67
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2014-09-24 12:39:45 UTC
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8,361,115
| 8,360,299
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Tyrant505
|
IBM Watson API
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miket
|
Does this also give access to their cooking and recipe data?Edit: http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/cognitivecooking/
| null | 7
| 311
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2014-09-24 12:44:29 UTC
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8,361,124
| 8,360,673
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bruceboughton
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
|
robot_scream
|
You're not-holding it wrong.
| null | 12
| 63
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2014-09-24 12:47:22 UTC
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8,361,131
| 8,360,673
|
malka
|
iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets
|
robot_scream
|
48 points in 2 hours.
Page 3. Why ?
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| 63
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2014-09-24 12:51:58 UTC
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8,361,149
| 8,360,298
|
TheTurkish
|
Istanbul: A JavaScript code coverage tool written in JS
|
sebslomski
|
Why did you name it Istanbul?
| null | 8
| 42
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2014-09-24 12:56:32 UTC
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8,361,159
| 8,360,818
|
mrgriscom
|
NGA releases high-resolution elevation data to public
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liotier
|
Wow this is huge news. I wonder what higher resolution the DoD now has at their disposal to prompt them to release this.For any potential consumers of the data, be aware the SRTM has significant gaps in coverage: nothing above latitude N61 or below S56, and also extensive voids in mountainous areas (typically the most interesting part!) and also in deserts.This guy [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html] (90's web design notwithstanding) has done amazing work in filling these gaps to turn SRTM into a truly global dataset. I wonder if he's kicking himself that he's now about to sink another few years of his life upgrading everything to 1".If anyone wants to casually peruse the (old 3") data, I found a rather nice rendering here [http://maps-for-free.com/], and was inspired to do my own take [http://mrgris.com/projects/oilslick/].
| null | 0
| 95
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2014-09-24 13:00:16 UTC
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8,361,164
| 8,359,684
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KiwiCoder
|
How to tell when a robot has written you a letter
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Thevet
|
When a volunteer signs up at Social Coder I send them a welcome message.Here's my confession: I will probably have sent that exact same message to someone else in the past.At the moment I personally click on the "new message" button, fill out the name, paste in the message, double-check I'm sending it from a socialcoder email address, and then I send it.This "welcome" process would be trivial to automate and yet I hesitate to do so.Robots (and scripts) also have a way of blundering into situations that humans would avoid but this isn't why I'm reluctant to automate.When it comes down to it I don't want to take the human (me) out of the loop. It would feel like I'm duping the recipient who might naturally expect a human connection rather than a recorded message.If the volume was very much higher I might - apologetically - automate the welcome message. It might not make any difference to the volunteers signing up, but it would make a difference to me.
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| 187
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2014-09-24 13:01:46 UTC
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8,361,169
| 8,360,298
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johnnymonster
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Istanbul: A JavaScript code coverage tool written in JS
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sebslomski
|
why is this popping up now? its quite an old project at this point.
| null | 12
| 42
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2014-09-24 13:02:33 UTC
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8,361,172
| 8,329,335
|
rotten
|
Open Source Alternative for Watson Analytics
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elon_musk
|
Kibana https://github.com/elasticsearch/kibana is an alternative.
|
Hi! I have been building an open source data analytics platform. I will start working on it again from next week and hopefully come up with demo, gallery etc. so that people can easily understand what it does and it's capabilities. You can find it on Github at https://github.com/apeeyush/Data-Analytics-Log-Manager . Looking for other open source alternatives from HN community.
| 0
| 4
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2014-09-24 13:02:49 UTC
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8,361,183
| 8,360,333
|
PanMan
|
Email IP Leak Test
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boianmihailov
|
You (the person who created this :)) should update the link to the email address to include a target for the mailto: link to a new tab: I use Gmail (for domains) and the mailto link opened in the same window, closing the page (which should stay open, it says).
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| 35
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2014-09-24 13:06:13 UTC
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8,361,190
| 8,359,684
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alphydan
|
How to tell when a robot has written you a letter
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Thevet
|
This is news? The technology is 249 years old ... :)http://www.chonday.com/Videos/the-writer-automaton
| null | 16
| 187
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2014-09-24 13:07:57 UTC
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8,361,191
| 8,361,000
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randunel
|
Hosting for Node.js apps done right
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kertof
|
"Dev" price:€
6 / month 1 app instance
256MB RAM
1GB storage
Unlimited custom domains
FTP access
Free MongoDB database
Free support
If they also have a transfer limit, then just forget about it :(
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| 32
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2014-09-24 13:08:03 UTC
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8,361,192
| 8,361,091
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onion2k
|
The UX Perspective
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JoelMarsh
|
My other perspective is the 'development cost perspective'. Everything takes time to build, and some really nice UX features just don't improve the experience enough to warrant making them.
| null | 0
| 3
|
2014-09-24 13:08:41 UTC
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8,361,201
| 8,360,298
|
gomathinayagam
|
Istanbul: A JavaScript code coverage tool written in JS
|
sebslomski
|
sample LCOA Report links is broken, http://gotwarlost.github.io/istanbul/public/coverage/std-lco...
| null | 10
| 42
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2014-09-24 13:11:24 UTC
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8,361,203
| 8,360,801
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sincesidslid
|
Emma Watson nude photo threats were apparently a plot to kill 4chan
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valanto
|
It's been a very interesting month or so, considering 4chan is being blamed for the celeb photo leak and the gamergate harassment. The two of which are not the fault of the site itself, merely a rogue faction of users that don't represent the behavior of the whole. There has been a push to make 4chan "family friendly" which sounds ridiculous but go to /b/ right now and the gore, racism and porn has been curtailed.
| null | 0
| 16
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2014-09-24 13:11:30 UTC
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8,361,204
| 8,360,456
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usumoio
|
Is the Information Technology Revolution Over? (2013) [pdf]
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prostoalex
|
TL;DR no.
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| 20
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2014-09-24 13:11:32 UTC
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8,361,206
| 8,345,881
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missmrg
|
OhLife is shutting down
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billzhuang
|
You can also export your ohlife-diary and import it into 'the little memory'. I use it and I love it.
Here's the link that explains how to do it http://blog.thelittlememory.com/
| null | 29
| 131
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2014-09-24 13:12:06 UTC
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8,361,210
| 8,356,489
|
ktaylor
|
Ask HN: Hackers who cook
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Cherian
|
1. Why do you cook? Is it to save cash or is it recreation? Or something else?For the enjoyment and challenge of making something tangible, that I can watch others enjoy. Something that is not made of bytes and pixels.2. Do you plan ahead? Like a weekly meal plan?Yes, I plan my baking at the beginning of each week and and back on Monday and Wednesday.3. What kind of things do you cook usually?I bake. Breads, pies, bagels, croissants, cakes, etc. Occasionally I experiment with gluten-free recipes.4. Do you follow any diet? Atkins, Slow Carb etc.No but I also don't eat everything I bake. I bake so much that we give a lot of the product to friends and neighbors. My wife is "gluten lite" so she tends to only taste samples and I would gain 25 pounds if I ate everything. If I keep baking this much, I may set up a relationship with one of the local soup kitchens to drop off food there.5. Do you have any life hacks, tips to be more productive as a cook?In baking, mise en place, for sure. But also many breads do better with steam in the oven in the first 3 minutes. Do this by pouring a cup of hot water into a heavy pan heated at the bottom of the oven (be careful!).Also, when making croissants, use European butter (higher fat content) and make sure the butter and dough are the same temperature when doing your initial laminating.
|
While going through a ProductHunt post[1] I came across a fellow HNer[2] who was following NYT Cooking[3] and cooking with a plan on a regular basis. I was very curious to understand how he spaces time to cook and work. And the type of stuff he cooks.Which kind of inspired me to start working on project to follow someone and get inspired by their – meal plans, shopping patterns, recipes, hacks, tips etc (Another inspiration [4])I am trying to find hackers who cook at home on a regular basis (even if its only 2-3 times a week).If you cook, some questions:1. Why do you cook? Is it to save cash or is it recreation? Or something else?2. Do you plan ahead? Like a weekly meal plan?3. What kind of things do you cook usually?4. Do you follow any diet? Atkins, Slow Carb etc.5. Do you have any life hacks, tips to be more productive as a cook?Disclosure: I run Cucumbertown (http://www.cucumbertown.com/), the Tumblr for cooks.[1] http://www.producthunt.com/posts/new-york-times-apis[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cdavis565[3] http://cooking.nytimes.com/[4] http://www.reddit.com/r/EatCheapAndHealthy/comments/2gutuk/26_2021_1592_grocery_list_meal_plan_and_recipes/Edit:Seems like this was taken off the homepage for some reason. The comment rate’s coming down.Thanks a lot for the encouraging comments. A short but exciting Q&A. If you can help me out more, please reach me on cherian@cucumbertown.com
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2014-09-24 13:12:34 UTC
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8,361,217
| 8,360,466
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manishsharan
|
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Gets Past the Big Blues
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pesenti
|
Can someone please explain why IBM raised their long term debt by almost $8bn in last one year , while keeping their revenues and gross profits almost static ? I am assuming that the interest rate for that $8B is pegged at near zero rate -- what happens when the rate goes up by one percent ?
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| 33
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2014-09-24 13:14:02 UTC
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8,361,224
| 8,359,107
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lawsohard
|
Lecture 1 – How to Start a Startup [video]
|
declan
|
looks like rap genius is putting up a full transcript http://tech.genius.com/Sam-altman-how-to-start-a-startup-lec...
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| 520
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2014-09-24 13:15:51 UTC
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8,361,232
| 8,361,120
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sosuke
|
Should I sign this agreement?
|
neilni
|
I want to know why walking away from such a toxic deal made this developer feel like that would make them the bad guy in the partnership. It seems like the other party wanted everything and was giving nothing in return. I was disappointed to read the developer gave the code away in the end.
| null | 3
| 68
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2014-09-24 13:16:44 UTC
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8,361,239
| 8,360,580
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sveme
|
How to Squeeze a Huge Ship Down a Tiny River
|
sveme
|
A nice time lapse video can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=PHJ...
| null | 6
| 112
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2014-09-24 13:19:22 UTC
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8,361,241
| 8,360,333
|
munin
|
Email IP Leak Test
|
boianmihailov
|
what's funny about this is that if you use google mail through the web browser, you can't do email signing or encryption, but your IP address isn't visible to the person you send mail to. but, if you use a 3rd party MUA so that you can use signing and encryption, then your IP address is visible.
| null | 12
| 35
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2014-09-24 13:19:47 UTC
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8,361,247
| 8,360,390
|
fiatjaf
|
Datamining a Flat in Munich
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ilovefood
|
I'm in the business of renting out flats. Not in Munich. Sadly, I'm in a lower-demand market, and I wouldn't rush to classify this as "discrimination".It is very very difficult to deal with bad tenants. They exist, a lot of them. And it is very very difficult to know who is a bad tenant through these websites and Facebook groups. The problem here is an information problem. If these sites gave the person applying for a flat the chance to give information to prove they are good enough, that would be a blessing, both for (good) renters and for landlords.I am not talking about financial information. I would be pretty happy with some references that would indicate the person is honest and serious and easy to deal with, even if they don't have much money; some access to Facebook profile and posts or other data available at the internet would do the job for me.
| null | 3
| 239
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2014-09-24 13:21:02 UTC
|
8,361,249
| 8,359,679
|
akgerber
|
The Surprising Path to a Faster NYTimes.com
|
danso
|
Perhaps off-topic, but recently it's appeared that NYT pages have had some sort of JS memory leak when left open for a long time in Chrome.
| null | 8
| 107
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2014-09-24 13:21:48 UTC
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8,361,256
| 8,361,120
|
rvschuilenburg
|
Should I sign this agreement?
|
neilni
|
> My co-creator, an EMBA student, and I are taking the course as a way to iterate through our product and process. She is in charge of the business model, and I am doing the coding. Our professors urged everyone to start talking about equity splitting as soon as possible; and my co-creator had a really simple answer to that: "I should have 100%," she said.That sounds like a bad deal already. Good thing he didn't sign the agreement. But i wonder what the agreement he drafted up contained.
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| 68
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2014-09-24 13:22:51 UTC
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8,361,266
| 8,360,390
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joyofdata
|
Datamining a Flat in Munich
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ilovefood
|
I pay less than €800 for my 45m² 3 subway stops away from the central station. And I found it by talking to people within 3 months ... :) Paying more than €800 for a small room means even by Munich standards just that you are getting ripped off.
| null | 8
| 239
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2014-09-24 13:25:28 UTC
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8,361,276
| 8,359,903
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davelnewton
|
Did something stupid and am scared
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throwawaycredit
|
I think if this is causing you this much anxiety there are more significant issues than this credit card application.Seriously; do you know how many people lie or exaggerate on financial documents when they're trying to get money?
|
Posting from a throwaway account for obvious reasons.I've been trying freelancing and building my own software for the past year and it hasn't gone well. I've hardly earned any money and am going through cash and credit cards quickly.So here's what I did that was stupid. I received a credit card application in the mail today and decided it couldn't hurt to put last years income in for my total income, even though this year I will be making half of it, mostly my wife's meager income. I put the LLC I freelance under as my employer. It didn't ask if I was self-employe or not. I submitted the application online and now I'm panicking and having second thoughts. I am terrified that I just committed fraud. I called to cancel and the application department was closed. Now I can't sleep and don't know what to do.
| 7
| 17
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2014-09-24 13:28:15 UTC
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8,361,281
| 8,361,265
|
vishkk
|
Apple IPhone Lust Revives Underground U.S. Market Joining China
|
zabalmendi
|
And now iPhone bends too.
| null | 1
| 1
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2014-09-24 13:28:55 UTC
|
8,361,285
| 8,356,489
|
boyd91
|
Ask HN: Hackers who cook
|
Cherian
|
> 1. Why do you cook? Is it to save cash or is it recreation? Or something else?
Cooking gets me very concentrated in a way other than programming. It feels like a harmony of concenstration and relaxation.2. Do you plan ahead? Like a weekly meal plan?
Yes, mainly so won't I have to go to the grocery store more than once a week. I also make sure I don't buy too much so I won't have to waste food.> 3. What kind of things do you cook usually?
Ecnhiladas with guacamole , Salmon,4. Do you follow any diet? Atkins, Slow Carb etc.
I am trying to eat exactly what my body needs. The exact amount of carbs, fats, ...5. Do you have any life hacks, tips to be more productive as a cook?
Look up some of the 'pro' ways to use a knife. It makes cooking more fun.
|
While going through a ProductHunt post[1] I came across a fellow HNer[2] who was following NYT Cooking[3] and cooking with a plan on a regular basis. I was very curious to understand how he spaces time to cook and work. And the type of stuff he cooks.Which kind of inspired me to start working on project to follow someone and get inspired by their – meal plans, shopping patterns, recipes, hacks, tips etc (Another inspiration [4])I am trying to find hackers who cook at home on a regular basis (even if its only 2-3 times a week).If you cook, some questions:1. Why do you cook? Is it to save cash or is it recreation? Or something else?2. Do you plan ahead? Like a weekly meal plan?3. What kind of things do you cook usually?4. Do you follow any diet? Atkins, Slow Carb etc.5. Do you have any life hacks, tips to be more productive as a cook?Disclosure: I run Cucumbertown (http://www.cucumbertown.com/), the Tumblr for cooks.[1] http://www.producthunt.com/posts/new-york-times-apis[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cdavis565[3] http://cooking.nytimes.com/[4] http://www.reddit.com/r/EatCheapAndHealthy/comments/2gutuk/26_2021_1592_grocery_list_meal_plan_and_recipes/Edit:Seems like this was taken off the homepage for some reason. The comment rate’s coming down.Thanks a lot for the encouraging comments. A short but exciting Q&A. If you can help me out more, please reach me on cherian@cucumbertown.com
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2014-09-24 13:29:58 UTC
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8,361,286
| 8,359,679
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saturdaysaint
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The Surprising Path to a Faster NYTimes.com
|
danso
|
Improvements like that at Nytimes.com have had me happily paying for my daily news for the first time. The user experience is just orders of magnitude better than anything I've found that's available for free. Almost reminds me of when Google maps came out and completely changed expectations for a map site. The iOS app also impressed me: it's great at caching stories, so even in crappy network areas it feels like a "broadband" newsreading experience (kind of amazing how long it took for a news app to accomplish this).
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| 107
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2014-09-24 13:30:10 UTC
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8,361,288
| 8,360,333
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powertower
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Email IP Leak Test
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boianmihailov
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You can strip the sender's entire connection from the Headers in the email, and make it look like your SMTP server originated the mail...With sendmail redefine RECEIVED_HEADER in sendmail.mc:
define(`confRECEIVED_HEADER',`by $j ($v/$Z)$?r with $r$. id $i; $b')dnlI've been using this to get around the spam filters when sending emails to my clients from my residential IP.http://www.devside.net/wamp-server/removing-senders-ip-addre...
| null | 2
| 35
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2014-09-24 13:30:24 UTC
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8,361,291
| 8,361,000
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eddieroger
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Hosting for Node.js apps done right
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kertof
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What are the others doing wrong that these guys are doing right? From the marketing page, it looks to be as simple as Heroku, except I already have an account there, and most of my apps run for free already.
| null | 4
| 32
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2014-09-24 13:30:54 UTC
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8,361,296
| 8,358,871
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dekhn
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To Gather Drug Information, a Health Startup Turns to Consumers
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mmohebbi
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How do you handle the large bias in internet-based surveying (Internet users aren't demographically representative)? What about the general problem of recall-based reporting (people may report taking meds when they didn't)?
| null | 2
| 21
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2014-09-24 13:31:47 UTC
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8,361,297
| 8,360,298
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orkj
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Istanbul: A JavaScript code coverage tool written in JS
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sebslomski
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I use this all the time. This is the command I use for coverage with mocha:./node_modules/istanbul/lib/cli.js cover -- ./node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha -R specAlways in my Makefile as make test-cov
| null | 4
| 42
|
2014-09-24 13:31:56 UTC
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8,361,298
| 8,361,273
|
pdhanda
|
Ask HN: From contractor to permanent
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anpr
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What is your background?
|
I currently work at a Fortune 500 software company in the UK doing a lot of greenfield software development.Lately I have been considering leaving my permanent role and moving into contracting, mainly due to substantially higher net salaries.My concern however is; should I do this for a few years, and then wish to move back into a permanent role at companies such as MS/GOOGL/FB - would it be frown upon? In other words, do companies prefer to hire people that have been working steadily in a code base for prolonged periods of time?Thanks!
| 6
| 12
|
2014-09-24 13:32:16 UTC
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8,361,299
| 8,361,265
|
jonifico
|
Apple IPhone Lust Revives Underground U.S. Market Joining China
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zabalmendi
|
There go, Apple. If people want it, they're still going to get it no matter where they are. And yes, resellers are still getting the phones from them, but all that extra profit they'll get is not something they might want.
| null | 0
| 1
|
2014-09-24 13:32:30 UTC
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8,361,305
| 8,361,120
|
startupfounder
|
Should I sign this agreement?
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neilni
|
It's not a standard NDA, it's a "CONSULTANT, NON-DISCLOSURE, AND INVENTION ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT", very different!This is a standard NDA from HBS: http://www.hbs.edu/entrepreneurship/pdf/Sample_NDA.pdfAlways trust yourself, your gut and your instincts in business. Never do anything in life you get a bad feeling about, including signing a CNDIAA."I made an iOS ecommerce app, along with backend server and a simple web-app POS system. My co-creator asked me to sign a standard NDA agreement except it specifies that I am an unpaid intern. My instinct tells me not to sign it."Trust your instinct and good job writing a blog post about it asking for help.
| null | 1
| 68
|
2014-09-24 13:34:05 UTC
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8,361,307
| 8,361,000
|
marktangotango
|
Hosting for Node.js apps done right
|
kertof
|
I wonder how pricing is determined for these offerings? Ie whats the driver for profitability?My thinking is as follows: if I use a popular IAAS for servers to host customers node.js apps, and if I have instances with 15GB of ram, if I offer application instances that are allocated at most 256MB, then I can fit about 58 application instances on a server (allowing 500MB for the OS). At 6€ an instance (for the intro tier) that's 348€ a monthAn EC2 M3.xlarge costs about $81 a month (3 year heavy reserved, amortizing one time payment over 36 months). Today that about 63€ a month. So they intend to make 290€ per server minus additional costs for mongodb hosting.Does that jive with how you all figure these things?
| null | 1
| 32
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2014-09-24 13:34:36 UTC
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8,361,311
| 8,361,120
|
tedmcory
|
Should I sign this agreement?
|
neilni
|
What did he get out of it? If he got nothing, then the contract is typically invalid. You can't give something of value without getting something in return (the consideration)(I'm not a lawyer)
| null | 9
| 68
|
2014-09-24 13:35:54 UTC
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8,361,312
| 8,361,120
|
xarien
|
Should I sign this agreement?
|
neilni
|
That's why you have the tongue in cheek pre-money valuation (seed) equation from Guy Kawasaki: Add 500k for every engineer on the team and subtract 250k for every MBA.
| null | 7
| 68
|
2014-09-24 13:36:16 UTC
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8,361,319
| 8,361,101
|
chollida1
|
I Had to Develop an iPhone App to Understand Swing Trading
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riveralabs
|
Good for this guy for making this app.However, this makes me worried for him...> There’s a 50% chance that I can lose $50.00 in a few days, but there’s also a 50% chance that I can make $100.00 or more in a few days. Why 50% chance? This number will be different for every person depending on his profit & loss history.Ummm..... This doesn't seem true to me. What if the stock just stays flat? That's more often than not the default for many stocks.if you make the dubious assumption that all three outcomes are equally valid then you loose 2/3s of the time.If the stock stays flat then you lose as you have to pay commissions to enter into the trade and to exit the trade. Lots of people model algorithms, very few model them accurately, sometimes myself included unfortunately:)> But swing traders need to win at least 50% of the time in order to be profitable.If you don't pay any commissions or have any overhead, sure. But I'm guessing you pay commission and I'm guessing you have overhead.I would read up on the Kelly Criterion to imporove your capital allocation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_criterion> You should stay away from stocks priced below $5.00 because these are Penny Stocks and involve a higher risk. You might consider stocks between $5.00 and $10.00, but again, they involve higher risk and even worse, they might go into Penny Stock territory.This is just plain false. Being under $5 is one of 3 criteria that make up a penny stock, its a necessary but not sufficent condition. There are plenty of good companies with stock prices under $5.The price of a stock isn't a good indicator of its risk.> The reality is that it’s easier said than done! It’s actually very hard to make money in the stock market! You will win but you will also lose a lot! To put it into perspectiveFull points to the author for realizing this! I'm still amazed at the number of people who think they can slap together some machine learning, nlp or deep learning and make money. People literally spend all their time doing this, if there was free money to be made someone would be making it:)
| null | 0
| 67
|
2014-09-24 13:37:21 UTC
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8,361,321
| 8,360,818
|
exDM69
|
NGA releases high-resolution elevation data to public
|
liotier
|
Great news but doesn't tell me where can I download the dataset from?Is it available to non-US citizens too?
| null | 4
| 95
|
2014-09-24 13:37:50 UTC
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