First cousins drive from Utah to Colorado to get legally married: reports
A pair of first cousins from Utah traveled to Colorado on Monday to get legally married and are now petitioning their home state to change its law restricting marriage between cousins, reports said.
Ask HN: Will you stop posting login-walled news sites?
5 by papermachete | 2 comments on Hacker News. There are a lot of links to websites like wsj and forbes that hide the content and may require a subscription or login. In my opinion, that's clickbait because you don't see what the title referenced.
Ask HN: What service to use as a contacts/calendar server?
4 by 0xb100db1ade | 0 comments on Hacker News. I'm trying to go through the de-Googling process. I have used ProtonMail and Signal for a few months and love it so far. I'd like to move my contacts and calendar away from Google. ProtonMail offers contacts, but they don't integrate with other apps on Android (maybe I just use it anyway?) I've read about EteSync [1], which allows for end-to-end encrypted contacts and calendar. However, I'm not sure how comfortable I am with trusting that a project of that scale implements cryptography correctly[2] (no offense @tasn) Maybe NextCloud? What does the HN community use to store contacts/calendar? [1] https://ift.tt/2o6CtSH [2] https://git.io/fhpaP
Ask HN:How to warn a company about the security issues if they refuse to listen?
9 by system2 | 3 comments on Hacker News. Hello all, While I was visiting a client, I found out a neighbor has a massive security problem with their online services. It was by luck, I didn't even use hard tools to find it. I am sure real foreign hackers wouldn't stop where I stopped after seeing everything by luck. I didn't do anything malicious, not even tried to penetrate them as I am afraid of any kind of legal responsibility. This company is working with very large enterprises, as well as the government/defense etc. ---- I tried to contact their executives via LinkedIn, I got no response. (3 people). I sent 5 emails to their executives after finding their email addresses from various business listing sites. Only one answered to my detailed email saying: "I will forward this email to our IT, if we need your help, we will let you know." And this person didn't even ask the details nor replied my emails any further. --- It has been 2 weeks, they didn't do anything about the security issues they have with their software. Their incredibly loose system allowing: -local network and all computers -backups -every client they ever had -clients invoice -manipulate data of orders and machines -their core software Database, with full read/write possibility with no restriction or logging -most importantly, all of their connected client's local IP addresses and so on. --- I sent them another email today, they seem to ignore. I am extremely baffled that a company can ignore such a warning and don't take action. --- What should I do? I wasted enough time typing them detailed emails.
Ask HN: Any Good Template(s) for a Startup Board Membership Agreement?
8 by PierredeFermat | 2 comments on Hacker News. Have been looking for some reliable templates to draft a Board Membership Agreement for an Advisor (non-Executive). Found this one from Stanford (https://ift.tt/2EEaW0F) and one from SEC (https://ift.tt/2tV0A7v) but not sure if these are the best out there. For instance, they don't touch upon dilution and vesting. It feels like something that YC should open source.
Tell HN: Thank you for this community
26 by lainon | 2 comments on Hacker News. Shout-outs to everyone who contributes high-quality submissions/comments. Despite the large userbase HN has today, it's still one of the most informative communities I've come across. Also thanks to the mods for their effort in keeping it this! I'd only wish something like HN would exist for every interest/discipline (So many of mine don't have valuable online communities)
Ask HN: Game devs, what is the hardest part about designing an AI for your game?
73 by sgillen | 65 comments on Hacker News. I've been thinking a lot about different machine learning techniques applied to video game artificial intelligence. I'm wondering if any video game devs would like to share their experience about what parts of making a game AI are challenging, things that are difficult to get right, time consuming, or tedious. Thanks!
Ask HN: What to include in presentation about STEM to high school students?
7 by roland35 | 7 comments on Hacker News. I recently volunteered for an opportunity to speak to local high school students about engineering and our company at a STEM-related class. I was wondering if anyone had some examples of good presentations or some ideas of interesting things to highlight about engineering in general? I'd like to make the presentation engaging and fun and hopefully encourage some students to pursue an engineering education! I had a few ideas of things to include: - Engineering is a flexible and well paying career with good work life balance - You get to work on new things every day - It is fulfilling to see your work in products that people use in the real world (sometimes, if the project isn't cancelled ha) - Many skills are useful outside of work, knowing how things work in general
Ask HN: What is the best setup to work remotely with GUI on Linux?
48 by TheCabin | 29 comments on Hacker News. In the past I tried a couple of setups using different protocols (VNC / RDP) with varying server / client software but was never really satisfied. Since this is a common problem, I am sure that some people here on HN have a well tested configuration for this and might be willing to give some advice. Scenario I am interested in: * Server machine runs graphical applications (potentially GPU / OpenGL intensive) * Client can connect via SSH and is supposed to see graphical application (full desktop or just application) Thanks for any recommendation!
Show HN: An alternative to Apache / Nginx config hell
2 by gargarplex | 2 comments on Hacker News. Concept wireframes: https://ift.tt/2H27tg9 HN, I've been chronically frustrated by how challenging it is to configure nginx and Apache config files. I had the idea for a simple, intuitive interface that could automatically generate and manage htaccess and SitesAvailable files. Does anyone think it would be worthwhile for me to build this?
Launch HN: The Juggernaut (YC W19) – A Publication for the South Asian Diaspora
74 by snigdha | 65 comments on Hacker News. Hi HN! I’m Snigdha, founder of The Juggernaut ( https://ift.tt/2Tz5fur ), a subscription publication for the South Asian diaspora. We charge <$5/month for original stories on South Asia and its people. I’d love your feedback — new subscribers get a free week trial :) I’m Indian-American and grew up in New York. Being Indian wasn't cool growing up. Western media mostly focused on South Asia's poverty (Slumdog Millionaire) or stereotypes (Apu, taxi drivers). That started to change as I grew older. I saw more South Asians in the news — from those in spelling bees, which I used to participate in, to presidential candidate Kamala Harris, to tech CEOs like Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella. I realized I didn’t know what was going on in the region or with South Asians nationally, let alone in my own city. My mom would forward me news on WhatsApp and I couldn’t talk to her about it meaningfully. I also found that journalism was becoming targeted: The Athletic for Sports, The Infatuation for food, Blavity for black millennials. And I noticed that as China grew, publications started China sections and readers loved Bill Bishop’s Sinocism, a newsletter with sharp China analysis. But there was no national, inclusive, well-reported publication for South Asians, the fastest growing demographic in the US and the largest diaspora in the world. So, every weekend, I’d write a email newsletter ( https://www.inkmango.com ) linking to the best articles on South Asia(ns) with my thoughts on a pressing issue, from the Harvard affirmative action lawsuit to South Asian representation in Crazy Rich Asians. The newsletter grew to the thousands. After doing this for a few months, I realized linking to other publications wasn't enough. I was craving coverage I wasn't seeing. That’s why I decided to figure out what it would take to start a new publication with our own reported stories. We called it The Juggernaut. We are starting with one new story a weekday. Our stories have included profiles on South Asian founders, an interview with comedian Hari Kondabolu, an essay on the erasure of Freddie Mercury's brownness, and an exploration of the rise of the Subtle Curry Traits Facebook group. Media is difficult. People like free content. We launched behind a paywall because it allows us to pay journalists well and quickly, and invest in better journalism. And paid doesn’t mean exorbitant. I’d love to know — what publications do you read and why? What makes you want to pay for something? What pitfalls should we watch out for? Happy to answer any questions/comments; you can also email me at snigdha@thejuggernaut.com.
Mom warns after toddler who choked on popcorn has pieces removed from lungs days later
A Colorado mother is warning about the dangers popcorn can pose to young children after her 2-year-old developed pneumonia, and had to have pieces of the snack pulled out from his lungs.
Billionaire diamond trader dies during penis enhancement operation
Billionaire diamond trader Ehud Arye Laniado died at the age of 65 in the clinic of an unnamed plastic surgeon on the Avenue des Champs-Elysees in the French capital Paris, reports say. According to local media, the complications developed when a substance was injected into his penis during surgery. Laniado reportedly suffered from a so-called Napoleon complex due to his short stature.
Washington girl, 5, now cancer-free after dentist discovered tumor during routine visit
Hunter Jones, pictured holding her certificate, is now cancer-free after Dr. Harlyn Susarla, left, ordered a panoramic X-ray which revealed a growing tumor, and set-off 18 months of intense treatment to beat an aggressive cancer.