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by yan 16y ago
The first comment on the reddit thread is also pretty entertaining: "Similar decreases in resistance occur when wine is poured on sorority girls."
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TSA Worker Gets 2 Years for Planting Logic Bomb in Screening System(wired.com)
4 points by yan 16y ago|0 comments
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by yan 16y ago
Yes it absolutely does, and I don't see a way to solve it or if I even should be solving it. It doesn't get in the way of my work, but I can't help to scan the front page every 30-60 minutes or load the front page on my phone at an idle mom
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by yan 16y ago
I doubt it's just a contact-sharing app, I think they've branched out (or always intended?) to creating a generic platform for exchanging information with people standing next to you.
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50 Cent's tweets move markets(businessinsider.com)
6 points by yan 16y ago|1 comments
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by yan 16y ago
For those that want to get one or are on the fence, I'd absolutely suggest it. It's only 30 bucks and you can get into playing with LEDs, motors and more exciting things as soon as you get it. Beautiful community, great resources. Hard to g
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Curing Programming Language Anxiety(axisofeval.blogspot.com)
4 points by yan 16y ago|0 comments
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by yan 16y ago
Start doing things that are very physical but aren't repetitive or boring. I climb. Gymnastics works. Swimming is great for you. Start running outdoors. If you go to a normal gym, listen to podcasts or good music while you're there, or talk
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by yan 16y ago
Just wanted to say, thanks so much for HF! Reading source of HF1 (and more recently HF2) taught me more about AppKit than anything else and not to mention a pleasure to use. (I emailed you about writing a data analysis plugin a few years ag
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WebCore Rendering – Layout Basics(webkit.org)
2 points by yan 16y ago|0 comments
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by yan 16y ago
If you mess with Processing, Cinder, oF or any other creative coding frameworks, using HSL is much easier for programmatically creating visuals and gradients...
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by yan 16y ago
Krulwich also co-hosts Radiolab (.org), which is incredible.
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‘White House’ eCard Dupes Government Employees(krebsonsecurity.com)
3 points by yan 16y ago|0 comments
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by yan 16y ago
While the last post from his blog certainly had the air of elitism to it that made it a huge turn off, I actually really enjoyed this one and disagree that it's not substantive. I don't think he claims that it's harmful on the absolute, he'
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by yan 16y ago
This feels like a much more mature article than the very ranty post he authored before. A great run down of trade offs and features of modern lisps, with references .
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by yan 16y ago
"The obvious answer is to rewrite WordPress with Django" Wait, what?
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by yan 16y ago
I will cosign 100%. NYC office is in a great location (located a block east from Union Sq) and has awesome people in it!
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C Macro Tips and Tricks(mikeash.com)
62 points by yan 16y ago|12 comments
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by yan 16y ago
"Literally" and "figuratively" mean the same things figuratively, but different literally.
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by yan 16y ago
I actually really loved "Helvetica" and really recommend it. Ditto for "Objectified." Both are available from Netflix Streaming
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What do angels expect in a biz plan for an Internet startup in the early stages?(quora.com)
2 points by yan 16y ago|0 comments
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Do seed-stage entrepreneurs need business plans?(informationarbitrage.com)
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Hacking the Hacker Stereotypes(wired.com)
14 points by yan 16y ago|10 comments
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Libdivide, optimized integer division (by ridiculous_fish)(libdivide.com)
85 points by yan 16y ago|6 comments
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Online dating: Love at first byte(economist.com)
3 points by yan 16y ago|0 comments
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Tanks in the cloud: Computing services are both bigger and smaller than assumed(economist.com)
2 points by yan 16y ago|0 comments
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The IO monad is 45 years old(haskell.org)
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by yan 16y ago
Wow. Summary: "I only liked implementing Lisps when they were on vinyl.' I don't understand smugness when it comes to other peoples' small projects. No one sets out to implement CLv2, just further their own knowledge via a smallish side-pro
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by yan 16y ago
These are all good and all, but does anyone see a reason for the "Likelihood: Very likely" below each prediction? Every single one just says "likely" in different wording. Is it to make readers more agreeable? Is it to note authority?
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by yan 16y ago
I spend 80% of my time on HN perusing the front page, usually checking comments before the actual articles, and 20% of the time checking the 'new' page.

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