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Ask HN: How to find a buried story/app on HN (human assisted)?
4 points by waffl 11y ago|3 comments
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by waffl 11y ago
Hopefully not too off-topic but is there a reason some people refer to the new spec as Ecmascript 2015 or ES2015 vs Ecmascript 6 or ES6? I was a bit confused and had to look it up, and had never heard of previous specs being referred to as
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by waffl 11y ago
In a similar vein, things like this https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=filename%3Aid_rsa... are also why passwording your private keys is very important. Tons of these keys (why are people committing these to pu
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by waffl 11y ago
While I think this is beautiful, conceptually, I really am a bit terrified of the potential of this in reverse (the neural network for processing/understanding an image). With Google releasing their 'Photos' app, this network
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by waffl 11y ago
This reminds me of a medical technique that was going into trials I read about on HN last year, I can't find the conversation link but this article in the nytimes is speaking to the same topic: http://www.nytimes.com/20
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by waffl 11y ago
Having read similar perspectives I was always annoyed that there was no way to essentially pause the charging and perhaps run via trickle charge at a set percentage, so if I'm tethered to a desk for a week I could keep the battery at 7
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by waffl 12y ago
I'm just curious if when you say incognito mode that you are using Chrome? I am assuming that changing the default search engine from Google avoids sending partially typed searches to Google, and the privacy policy seems to state that
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by waffl 12y ago
I am curious about this seemingly common perception that Wordpress is an insecure product. Is Wordpress, when configured correctly, far less secure than other platforms? (My main thinking is that it is an obvious target due to its incredibl
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by waffl 12y ago
>That said the only other remarkable thing was how shaky the video was at 500km/h if the train was really moving around that much it wouldn't be too sustainable. I wondered the same, but have a feeling some of the shakiness was
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by waffl 12y ago
I was also quite confused about why they would choose a projector over a second screen, actually it was the most nagging question until, watching the intro video, someone projects a graphic onto a physical sheet of paper, so I suppose the i
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by waffl 12y ago
As someone who purchased the previous version, I emailed Michael to ask if upgrade pricing would be available. He responded immediately saying there will indeed be upgrade coupons for existing owners, which is good news. I really learned a
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by waffl 12y ago
Also a very happy user of Aurora, the new dev tool features in r33 are making Firefox yet more wonderful to browse/work with. I was using Chrome exclusively for years until I began to realize the general ramifications of giving in to a
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by waffl 12y ago
1000 sent to simpixelated, my name: waffl
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by waffl 13y ago
Is there a benefit to using stars instead of labels? I find the interface for applying/removing labels far quicker than clicking through the star options one at a time, and also that the labels are more accessible over mobile.
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by waffl 13y ago
Oddly enough, I just wanted to take a look at the site, living in Germany. downforeveryoneorjustme shows it's online. Also checked on my NY based vps via Lynx and the site loads. So it must be region locked.
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by waffl 13y ago
I really got burned by Ryanair's miserable 'visa check' stamp policy. After checking in online (mandatory), passing through all of Gatwick security, waiting an hour for the delayed flight at the gate, the attendant simply den