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Sunday, April 21, 2019

FOX BIZ NEWS: 5G race full-speed ahead: Misguided attempt to nationalize is over, for now

5G race full-speed ahead: Misguided attempt to nationalize is over, for now

5G nationalization should be permanently discarded into the graveyard of failed government-funded projects that litter the United States.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Super League Gaming CEO highlights the benefits of video games

Super League Gaming CEO highlights the benefits of video games

Prince Harry is calling for the ban of the popular online game "Fortnite."

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New best story on Hacker News: We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage

We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage
1175 by sixtypoundhound | 661 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Joe Armstrong has died

Joe Armstrong has died
1780 by okket | 177 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Vendors must start adding physical on/off switches to devices that can spy on us

Vendors must start adding physical on/off switches to devices that can spy on us
354 by jrepinc | 151 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: 26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband

26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband
470 by grecy | 144 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Austrian government seeks to eliminate internet anonymity, with severe penalties

Austrian government seeks to eliminate internet anonymity, with severe penalties
502 by superwayne | 272 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has yet to admit its mistake

Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has yet to admit its mistake
545 by aaronbrethorst | 617 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Refused U.S. visa eight times, Zoom CEO is now a billionaire

Refused U.S. visa eight times, Zoom CEO is now a billionaire
416 by petethomas | 225 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: First Japan-Built Airliner in 50 Years Takes on Boeing and Airbus

First Japan-Built Airliner in 50 Years Takes on Boeing and Airbus
401 by pseudolus | 112 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Facebook 'unintentionally uploaded' 1.5M people's email contacts without consent

Facebook 'unintentionally uploaded' 1.5M people's email contacts without consent
516 by starmftronajoll | 295 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I found two identical packs of Skittles among 468 packs

I found two identical packs of Skittles among 468 packs
816 by bookofjoe | 204 comments on Hacker News.

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New top story on Hacker News: Is Everything an MLM

Is Everything an MLM
16 by colinprince | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: A deaf girl who found her voice after brain surgery

A deaf girl who found her voice after brain surgery
21 by JonEllis | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Goodbye Joe

Goodbye Joe
344 by mononcqc | 7 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Smoke seen for miles as SpaceX Crew Dragon suffers anomaly at Cape Canaveral

Smoke seen for miles as SpaceX Crew Dragon suffers anomaly at Cape Canaveral
130 by jbuzbee | 61 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Pichi – HTTP/Socks5/SS Proxy, Whose Route Controlled via APIs

Show HN: Pichi – HTTP/Socks5/SS Proxy, Whose Route Controlled via APIs
14 by pichi-router | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Letter of Recommendation: Digging a Trench

Letter of Recommendation: Digging a Trench
41 by js2 | 5 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Erlang: The Movie

Erlang: The Movie
105 by pg_bot | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Portal Cloud Announces Subspace, an OpenSaaS WireGuard VPN Server GUI

Portal Cloud Announces Subspace, an OpenSaaS WireGuard VPN Server GUI
15 by jeff393 | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Should that be a microservice? Factors to keep in mind

Should that be a microservice? Factors to keep in mind
110 by jbkavungal | 30 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Antenna Theory

Antenna Theory
204 by dosshell | 26 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Sinclair ZX81 1KB Chess 1981 vs. Stockfish Chess Engine (2018) [video]

Sinclair ZX81 1KB Chess 1981 vs. Stockfish Chess Engine (2018) [video]
121 by cpeterso | 19 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Half of England Is Owned by Less Than 1% of Its Population, Researcher Says

Half of England Is Owned by Less Than 1% of Its Population, Researcher Says
293 by pseudolus | 179 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: A visual proof that neural nets can approximate any continuous function

A visual proof that neural nets can approximate any continuous function
220 by antman | 91 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Minetime.ai – A Calendar for the 21st Century

Minetime.ai – A Calendar for the 21st Century
70 by turrini | 30 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Hardening SSH with 2FA

Hardening SSH with 2FA
131 by LanceTaylor | 66 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Nana: A modern C++ GUI library

Nana: A modern C++ GUI library
90 by geezerjay | 65 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Dangerous Web Security Features

Dangerous Web Security Features
67 by based2 | 27 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Tetris Implemented in ClojureScript

Show HN: Tetris Implemented in ClojureScript
109 by djblue | 23 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: How Venice Works [video]

How Venice Works [video]
114 by allthebest | 6 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Claims of Shoddy Production Draw Scrutiny to a Second Boeing Jet

Claims of Shoddy Production Draw Scrutiny to a Second Boeing Jet
83 by gsbraitberg | 29 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Vendors must start adding physical on/off switches to devices that can spy on us

Vendors must start adding physical on/off switches to devices that can spy on us
352 by jrepinc | 151 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: A nice cup of tea in the Regency? Not always

A nice cup of tea in the Regency? Not always
34 by ascertain | 13 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den

Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den
29 by benbreen | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Claude Shannon’s “Creative Thinking” Speech (2017)

Claude Shannon’s “Creative Thinking” Speech (2017)
39 by Hooke | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Fairylog: A Racket language aiming to be like Verilog

Fairylog: A Racket language aiming to be like Verilog
36 by setori88 | 3 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Giving Generative Art Its Due

Giving Generative Art Its Due
14 by mathgenius | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Asynchronous Programming in Rust

Asynchronous Programming in Rust
102 by Supermighty | 11 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Big Pimping (2010)

Big Pimping (2010)
21 by Tomte | 7 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: France's Basque Region Creates Its Own Currency

France's Basque Region Creates Its Own Currency
154 by rmason | 58 comments on Hacker News.

New Show Hacker News story: Show HN: Pichi – HTTP/Socks5/SS Proxy, Whose Route Controlled via APIs

Show HN: Pichi – HTTP/Socks5/SS Proxy, Whose Route Controlled via APIs
14 by pichi-router | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New Show Hacker News story: Show HN: Text News, Gopher only, text only, readable news

Show HN: Text News, Gopher only, text only, readable news
19 by mdewinter | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Early mammals are thought to have lived mainly nocturnal lives

Early mammals are thought to have lived mainly nocturnal lives
43 by sohkamyung | 15 comments on Hacker News.

New Show Hacker News story: Show HN: Tetris Implemented in ClojureScript

Show HN: Tetris Implemented in ClojureScript
109 by djblue | 23 comments on Hacker News.

New Show Hacker News story: Show HN: eolsh – a text-based game you play at a command prompt

Show HN: eolsh – a text-based game you play at a command prompt
4 by xnk | 6 comments on Hacker News.

New Show Hacker News story: Show HN: Mockit – Open-source app to create and configure HTTP mocked endpoints

Show HN: Mockit – Open-source app to create and configure HTTP mocked endpoints
141 by boyneyy123 | 25 comments on Hacker News.

New Show Hacker News story: Show HN: I Built Darwin Mail as a Google Inbox Replacement

Show HN: I Built Darwin Mail as a Google Inbox Replacement
196 by DarwinMailApp | 154 comments on Hacker News.

The Latest: Sri Lanka State Media Say 129 Dead in Blasts

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Sri Lanka Bombings Target Churches and Hotels, Killing at Least 48

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Germany's Leica Moves to Distance Itself From Tiananmen Video

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Corrections: April 21, 2019

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Nets’ Tempers Flare, but Their Shots Don’t Fall, in Game 4 Loss to Sixers

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Catching Up on the Mueller Report: What’s Next?

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In Mets’ Loss, Good News: Jacob deGrom’s Arm Is ‘Much Improved’

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In Yankees’ Win, Bad News: Aaron Judge Leaves With an Oblique Injury

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Butler, Dudley Tossed After Embiid's Foul in 76ers-Nets Game

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Erdogan's AKP Lodges Second Call for Rerun of Istanbul Election: Anadolu

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FOX NEWS: Skipping breakfast, eating late dinners could be deadly for heart attack survivors, study finds

Skipping breakfast, eating late dinners could be deadly for heart attack survivors, study finds

Skipping breakfast and eating dinner close to bedtime could be a deadly decision — especially for those who have already suffered a heart attack, a study released this week suggests.

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FOX NEWS: Meat, poultry contaminated by traces of fecal matter, lawsuit against USDA claims

Meat, poultry contaminated by traces of fecal matter, lawsuit against USDA claims

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is being sued by a nonprofit organization of doctors that has claimed the government agency doesn’t properly regulate fecal contamination in meat and chicken production.

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FOX NEWS: Nurse diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer after spitting up blood now cancer-free thanks to innovative technology

Nurse diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer after spitting up blood now cancer-free thanks to innovative technology

A nurse who went to the doctor for symptoms of fatigue in 2013 said she realized it was probably something more than vitamin D deficiency when she started coughing up blood.

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FOX NEWS: Carbon monoxide sickens nearly a dozen people in Yonkers

Carbon monoxide sickens nearly a dozen people in Yonkers

Two Yonkers families were nearly wiped out Friday morning when they were poisoned by a carbon monoxide leak, authorities said.

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FOX NEWS: LAX travelers warned about possible measles exposure again

LAX travelers warned about possible measles exposure again

Travelers who passed through LAX were again warned of possible measles exposure after a confirmed case was reported on April 3.

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FOX NEWS: Blood pressure medication recall expanded over possible cancer-causing ingredient

Blood pressure medication recall expanded over possible cancer-causing ingredient

The company behind blood pressure medication tablets has expanded a recall for two products after trace amounts of a possible cancer-causing ingredient was detected in the tablets.

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FOX NEWS: Cancer-causing chemical taints water after California blaze

Cancer-causing chemical taints water after California blaze

The drinking water in Paradise, California, where 85 people died last year in the nation's worst wildfire in a century, is contaminated with the cancer-causing chemical benzene, officials said.

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FOX NEWS: California baby dies from whooping cough, health officials confirm

California baby dies from whooping cough, health officials confirm

A California baby has died after contracting whooping cough, officials said, marking the first such death in Orange County in more than a decade.

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FOX NEWS: Surgeons remove man's 61-pound neck tumor in marathon operation

Surgeons remove man's 61-pound neck tumor in marathon operation

A 68-year-old man in China reportedly underwent life-changing surgery to remove a 61-pound cancerous tumor from his neck and upper back earlier this month.

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FOX NEWS: Tiny knee bone three times more prevalent than 100 years ago: study

Tiny knee bone three times more prevalent than 100 years ago: study

A small bone behind the knee that scientists previously thought had been selected out by evolution a century ago is now three times more prevalent - and possibly linked to arthritis, according to a new study.

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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What's the black bar at the top of HN?

Ask HN: What's the black bar at the top of HN?
4 by bdibs | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I've noticed this bar above the orange header of HN, but it's only there about once a month or so (maybe less?). It seems to contain an image (s.gif, served from this domain), is it some sort of local analytics tracker?

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How do you protect sensitive data?

Ask HN: How do you protect sensitive data?
10 by ThePhysicist | 0 comments on Hacker News.
In your company, how do you handle sensitive (e.g. personal) data in your IT infrastructure? How do you control access to that data and how do you secure it? Do you use pseudonymization, encryption or anonymization? Which tools do you use?

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What’s an app that you wish you had?

Ask HN: What’s an app that you wish you had?
3 by saadalem | 2 comments on Hacker News.
What’s a problem that you and/or others have that you desperately want solved? What’s an app that you wish you had? If you had a software developer that could make you whatever you wanted, what would you have them make?

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Where are the GUI libraries that aren't bloated?

Ask HN: Where are the GUI libraries that aren't bloated?
32 by ErotemeObelus | 27 comments on Hacker News.
It takes fifty lines to create a dialogue with a button. Why? Is there some kind of theorem in computational complexity that this is a strict lower bound?

New ask Hacker News story: Ola Bini: privacy defender, free software developer still in detention in Ecuado

Ola Bini: privacy defender, free software developer still in detention in Ecuado
53 by cobratbq | 6 comments on Hacker News.
Ola Bini, privacy defender, cryptography expert, free software developer, is currently detained as political prisoner in El Inca prison, Ecuador. He was arrested on Thursday afternoon, 2019-04-11. This is the result of an irregular detention process[1], dubious claims of evidence[2], and by violating his legal rights. Many, including David Kaye - UN Special Rapporteur[3], have concluded that there is no real basis for Ola's detention. Ola's detention is a threat not only to Ola himself[4], but to research projects, such as OTRv4[5], PET Symposium contributions[6], DECODE EU-funded project[7], free software projects Coy.IM, and everything Ola has done[8], in the past: programming language 'loke', Seph, JesCov, JRuby, JtestR, etc.. "The case against me is based on the books I've read and the technology I have." -- Ola Bini, statements from his imprisonment. ([9]) - Sign the solidarity letter (http://bit.ly/2Pn2dES) There has been quite some coverage by news sites. Groups and communities have posted their opinion. We want to show that individual people care as well! - FreeOlaBini.org For updates and how to help. - #FreeOlaBini Concerning Ola Bini's situation, but also broader, given that related events may be tagged as well. "I'm being held under the best circumstances and it's still despicable." -- Ola Bini, statements from his imprisonment. ([9]) [1] http://bit.ly/2vfOJBM [2] https://twitter.com/koolfy/status/1118834216589045760 [3] https://twitter.com/davidakaye/status/1117489081397547008 [4] https://twitter.com/MikaelSGB/status/1118221145013145600 [5] http://bit.ly/2Pn2ebU [6] http://bit.ly/2vcmWCl [7] https://twitter.com/decodeproject [8] http://bit.ly/1C6B9MU [9] http://bit.ly/2vcmX9n

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Name one SaaS product that you hate, but pay for

Ask HN: Name one SaaS product that you hate, but pay for
8 by samrohn | 6 comments on Hacker News.
Name one SaaS product that you hate, but you/ your company pay for

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Why are startups all offering 140k base?

Ask HN: Why are startups all offering 140k base?
6 by confusedapp | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I worked for a startup that recently shutdown. I am interviewing for a new job and the offers are are starting to come in. Bizarrely, each startup is making the exact same initial offer of 140k base. The startups all different sizes, from 10-100 person companies. The roles are each different ex: frontend dev, fullstack dev, backend dev, or ML data infrastructure. How can I possibly be worth the exactly same amount across each of my different skills to different business models in different niches? Is there some though leader going around in the startup space that is pushing a "140k should be enough for anyone" story? I made 196k base previously (traded equity for more salary), and they were happy to have me. Am I just blowing the interviews and these offers are the bottom of the barrel grunt work? I mean 140k and maybe 30k worth of options (at latest 409a valuation) vesting over 4 years is a sharp new grad territory. When I ask companies how they calculated their offer, they all say the role "should be thought of as equivalent to an L4 at Google". That is obviously bullshit because I hear Google L4 total compensation is in range 250-350, not 147.5.

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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How do I improve our data infrastructure?

Ask HN: How do I improve our data infrastructure?
152 by remilouf | 93 comments on Hacker News.
I was just hired as the first permanent data scientist in a big corporation. They’ve previously relied on consultants to build the infrastructure and the data science pipelines. We’re still around 10 people in the team. The code is not pretty to look at, but this is not our biggest problem. We inherited a weird infrastructure: a mix of files in HDF5 and Parquet format dumped in S3, read with Hive and Spark. Here are the current issues: - The volume does not require a solution that is this complex (we’re talking 100Gb max accumulated over the past 4 years) - It’s a mess: every time we onboard a new person we have to spend several days explaining where the data is. - There is no simple way to explore the data. - Data and code end up being duplicated: people working on several projects that require the same subset write their own transformation pipeline to get the same results. Am I the only person here who finds it completely insane? I was thinking about building a pipeline to dump the raw data in a Postgres and then build other pipelines to denormalize and aggregate the data for each project. The difficulty with this, and any data science project is to find the sweet spot between data that is fine-grained enough to allow to compute features, but fast enough to query to train models. I was thinking that in a first iteration, data scientists would explore their denormalized, aggregated data and create their own feature with code. As the project matures we could tweak the pipeline to compute the features. Do you have any experience with this? Finally, I love data science and I really don’t want to end up being the person who writes pipelines for everyone. Everyone else is a consultant, and they don’t have any incentive to care about the long-term impact of architecture choices: their management only evaluates delivery (graphs, model metrics, etc.). How do I go about raising awareness?

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Life, Liberty & Levin explores the fundamental values and principles undergirding American society, culture, politics, and current events.

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