Ubuntu will collect data about your system by default, starting with 18.04
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Human Interest (formerly Captain401) is hiring after raising $11 mm Series A
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Microsoft’s compiler-level Spectre fix shows how hard this problem will be
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Cancer Vaccine Works 'Startlingly Well' in Mouse Model
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Accidentally Turing-Complete
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Age of Empires 2 Scenario Editor Is Turing Complete
Article URL: https://ecc-comp.blogspot.com/2018/02/age-of-empires-2-scenario-editor-is.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16382985 Points: 21 # Comments: 3 from Hacker News: Front Page http://ift.tt/2srcZ5a via
Undiagnosed adult ADHD could cost UK billions a year, report finds
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Making a case for JavaScript, in-browser Mining
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Chip Aging Accelerates
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Age of Empires 2 Scenario Editor Is Turing Complete
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Undiagnosed adult ADHD could cost UK billions a year, report finds
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Manifold Destiny: A legendary problem and the battle over who solved it (2006)
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Lessons learned while developing Age of Empires 1 Definitive Edition
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Lessons learned while developing Age of Empires 1 Definitive Edition
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Manifold Destiny: A legendary problem and the battle over who solved it (2006)
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UK blames Russia for 'malicious' NotPetya cyber-attack
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FarmLogs (YC W12) is hiring – build a next-gen grain trading platform
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Sex and STEM: Stubborn Facts and Stubborn Ideologies
Article URL: http://quillette.com/2018/02/15/sex-stem-stubborn-facts-stubborn-ideologies/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16382605 Points: 14 # Comments: 1 from Hacker News: Front Page http://ift.tt/2o8lIE3 via
Astrophotographer Spots Elon Musk's Roadster Cruising Through Space [video]
Article URL: https://www.space.com/39699-astrophotographer-spots-elon-musks-roadster-in-space-video.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16382594 Points: 11 # Comments: 0 from Hacker News: Front Page http://ift.tt/2EsIfGI via
100k happy moments
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Coinbase Commerce: merchants can accept multiple digital currencies
Article URL: https://medium.com/@coinbasecommerce/coinbase-commerce-the-easiest-way-for-merchants-to-accept-digital-currency-54ba64966f8d Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16381814 Points: 9 # Comments: 1 hnrss is a labor of love, but if the project has made your job or hobby project easier and you want to show some gratitude, donations are very much appreciated . Thanks! from Hacker News: Front Page http://ift.tt/2BsVsg0 via
How We Got from Twinkies to Tofu
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Happy Lupercalia (2011)
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Coinbase Commerce: merchants can accept multiple digital currencies
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Build a next-gen grain trading platform at FarmLogs (YC W12)
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UK blames Russia for 'malicious' NotPetya cyber-attack
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Your body was not built to last – math of human mortality (2009)
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Astrophotographer Spots Elon Musk's Roadster Cruising Through Space [video]
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Snapchat petition attracts one million signatures
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Sex and STEM: Stubborn Facts and Stubborn Ideologies
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Your body was not built to last – math of human mortality (2009)
Article URL: https://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/your-body-wasnt-built-to-last-a-lesson-from-human-mortality-rates/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16382322 Points: 5 # Comments: 0 hnrss is a labor of love, but if the project has made your job or hobby project easier and you want to show some gratitude, donations are very much appreciated . Thanks! from Hacker News: Front Page http://ift.tt/1yO2OFo via
Snapchat petition attracts one million signatures
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For Mark Twain, It Was Love at First Sight
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Why Silicon Valley billionaires are prepping for the apocalypse in New Zealand
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ITER is a showcase for the drawbacks of fusion energy
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Spectre Mitigations in Microsoft's C/C++ Compiler
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Magic Leap One Video – Diffractive Waveguides Confirmed
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Stanford researchers develop new method for waking up small electronic devices
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Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights from Bulletproof Fiber
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ITER is a showcase for the drawbacks of fusion energy
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Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone numbers
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Deep CNNs for Image Classification: A Comprehensive Review
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Fiat Chrysler pushed a UConnect update that causes constant reboots
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Pineapple Fund Drops $1M on the Sustainable Ocean Alliance
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Show HN: A Punny 3D Interactive Valentine's Card
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Ad Companies Love Google’s Ad Blocker, but Hate Apple’s Privacy Features
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The FBI, CIA and NSA say American citizens shouldn't use Huawei phones
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Facebook is pushing its data-tracking Onavo VPN within its main mobile app
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The IRS’s Effort to Convert Its Assembly Codebase to Java
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Submittable (YC S12) Is Hiring a Senior DevOps in Sunny Missoula, Montana
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New best story on Hacker News: Email is your electronic memory
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New best story on Hacker News: Let's Learn About Waveforms
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New best story on Hacker News: Who Killed the Junior Developer?
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Spectre Mitigations in Microsoft's C/C++ Compiler
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Submittable (YC S12) Is Hiring a Senior DevOps in Sunny Missoula, Montana
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The Furby Organ, a Musical Instrument Made from Furbies [video]
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How to find hidden cameras (2002) [pdf]
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Intel Expands Bug Bounty Program
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Magic Leap One Video – Diffractive Waveguides Confirmed
Article URL: http://www.kguttag.com/2018/02/14/magic-leap-one-video-diffractive-waveguides-confirmed/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16380767 Points: 97 # Comments: 38 from Hacker News: Front Page http://ift.tt/2GfpS4j via
Deep CNNs for Image Classification: A Comprehensive Review
Article URL: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/neco_a_00990 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16380412 Points: 32 # Comments: 0 from Hacker News: Front Page http://ift.tt/2xAA0Rc via
Email is your electronic memory
Article URL: https://blog.fastmail.com/2018/02/14/email-is-your-electronic-memory/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16380345 Points: 585 # Comments: 131 from Hacker News: Front Page http://ift.tt/2F2PqST via
Stanford researchers develop new method for waking up small electronic devices
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Netflix is getting huge, but can it get great?
Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/arts/television/netflix-ryan-murphy.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16380288 Points: 68 # Comments: 124 from Hacker News: Front Page http://ift.tt/2GfZpnv via
MPEG-2 Patents Have Expired
Article URL: http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/M2/Pages/PatentList.aspx Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16379939 Points: 255 # Comments: 121 from Hacker News: Front Page http://ift.tt/2BYPKDQ via
Facebook is pushing its data-tracking Onavo VPN within its main mobile app
Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/12/facebook-starts-pushing-its-data-tracking-onavo-vpn-within-its-main-mobile-app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16379464 Points: 72 # Comments: 16 from Hacker News: Front Page http://ift.tt/2BpRkgE via
Utility poles
Article URL: https://blog.plover.com/tech/utility-poles.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16379340 Points: 164 # Comments: 158 from Hacker News: Front Page http://ift.tt/2Er0Wq9 via
Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone numbers
Article URL: https://mashable.com/2018/02/14/facebook-spam-2fa Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16378888 Points: 440 # Comments: 256 from Hacker News: Front Page http://ift.tt/2BtUUXc via
The FBI, CIA and NSA say American citizens shouldn't use Huawei phones
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Let's Learn About Waveforms
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Ad Companies Love Google’s Ad Blocker, but Hate Apple’s Privacy Features
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Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights from Bulletproof Fiber
I’m Katherine Homuth and I founded Sheerly Genius - indestructible sheer tights made from bulletproof fibers. We just launched our product on Kickstarter ( http://www.2e.go2.fund/tights ). Every year $8 billion dollars worth of sheer tights/pantyhose end up in the landfill after only one or two wears. Ripping sheers is as easy as accidentally catching them on a fingernail, or simply pulling too hard while putting them on. Our goal is to replace these disposable products with Sheerly Genius, which has been tested to last up to 50 wears. We have been working on this for about 12 months so far and it has been quite an adventure. When I started out I didn’t think we’d be developing our own fiber and machines, but that’s what it ultimately took. The first fibers I looked at were aramids, like kevlar, which of course were attractive for their strength. To be considered sheer (as opposed to opaque), a pair of tights needs fibers that are 30 denier or less. Denier measures the thickness or f...
Rainbow Deployments with Kubernetes
Article URL: http://brandon.dimcheff.com/2018/02/rainbow-deploys-with-kubernetes/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16377649 Points: 142 # Comments: 36 from Hacker News: Front Page http://ift.tt/2EqHj1k via
Pineapple Fund Drops $1M on the Sustainable Ocean Alliance
Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/14/pineapple-fund-drops-1m-on-the-sustainable-ocean-alliance-and-its-new-accelerator/?ncid=rss Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16377543 Points: 150 # Comments: 33 from Hacker News: Front Page http://ift.tt/2Hfq0T5 via
Why Silicon Valley billionaires are prepping for the apocalypse in New Zealand
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The Furby Organ, a Musical Instrument Made from Furbies [video]
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