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First object teleported to Earth orbit(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by mgalka 9y ago|0 comments
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by mgalka 9y ago
Wow! That is one scary vulnerability. Glad we have smart people like this to find such problems before the bad guys do. Well done!
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Close-Up View of DNA Replication(ucdavis.edu)
304 points by mgalka 9y ago|113 comments
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by mgalka 9y ago
> HN hasn't much of a discourse, as in discordinng ideas aren't debated but shunned and driven away. I would have said the exact opposite. As long as they're well supported, HN is more accepting of controversial views than
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by mgalka 9y ago
Been on reddit or Youtube lately?
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by mgalka 9y ago
People have a tendency to forget that famous public figures are people and feel comfortable saying mean things without thought. I think Few's experience of Twitter is probably an amplified version of what most of us know. I still like
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by mgalka 9y ago
Agree, there seems to be a standard path that startups are "supposed" to follow. Though in this case, I imagine it is probably just because any other measure of success would be difficult to measure.
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by mgalka 9y ago
Surprising. I would have expected the success of YC startups to have increased with time -- more selective program, higher prestige value, bigger network of fellow YC startups to work with.
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The Six Main Arcs in Storytelling, as Identified by an A.I(theatlantic.com)
7 points by mgalka 9y ago|2 comments
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by mgalka 9y ago
What exactly does this NSA tool do? Every story I've seen glosses over how it works.
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by mgalka 10y ago
Really great idea, and very practically useful! Thanks for sharing.
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Boston public schools map switch aims to end 500 ye(theguardian.com)
2 points by mgalka 10y ago|1 comments
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Map of stories made possible by the Freedom of Information Act(sunshineingovernment.org)
1 points by mgalka 10y ago|0 comments
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Pi day art posters by Martin Krzywinski(mkweb.bcgsc.ca)
2 points by mgalka 10y ago|0 comments
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by mgalka 10y ago
Maybe it's just because I'm used to it, but I would say it is an elegant language. Either way, it's always under development. And any problems with the syntax can be changed in a future version, easier solution than establish
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by mgalka 10y ago
What about quantum effects? I thought at that scale it would be a qbit.
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by mgalka 10y ago
Thanks for pointing it out. What operating system are you using? Firefox works OK for me on Windows 10.
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Show HN: 3D globe of world air traffic(maps.blueshift.io)
2 points by mgalka 10y ago|3 comments
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Interactive Julia set generator(universefactory.net)
4 points by mgalka 10y ago|0 comments
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by mgalka 10y ago
How does the speed compare to MondoDB?
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What's the significance of 250 Facebook posts per week?(imgur.com)
109 points by mgalka 10y ago|12 comments
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Welcome to the Internet(the-internet.herokuapp.com)
2 points by mgalka 10y ago|0 comments
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by mgalka 10y ago
There seems to be so much potential in alternative computing technologies. Why is nobody setting out to build one? (with the obvious exception of quantum computing)
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Why is Vladimir Putin so late for meetings with world leaders?(independent.co.uk)
2 points by mgalka 10y ago|1 comments
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by mgalka 10y ago
Sounds intriguing. But how does storing the objects as blobs perform better than storing them as standard file types?
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by mgalka 10y ago
Great explainer. Though I'm still not sure what the relation is between abstract algebra and regular algebra, other than the application of higher dimensional equations.
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Dr Donald Henderson: The most significant death of 2016 you didn't hear about(indy100.com)
3 points by mgalka 10y ago|0 comments
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by mgalka 10y ago
Seems weird to question Uber's sustainabiliy based on it's costs being too high. If it stopped investing in growth, I'm not rven sure it would have any costs. It's just a routing app that earns a cut from the drivers.
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Draw a line, let Google complete the picture(lines.chromeexperiments.com)
4 points by mgalka 10y ago|0 comments
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by mgalka 10y ago
That Ryanair example is outrageous, and not at all surprising

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