Facebook set to expand its dating service to 14 countries including the US
The social media platform has created a 'secret crush' list as a way to match potential couples.
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Tuesday, May 7, 2019
FOX NEWS: Facebook set to expand its dating service to 14 countries including the US
Facebook set to expand its dating service to 14 countries including the US
The social media platform has created a 'secret crush' list as a way to match potential couples.
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FOX NEWS: Home routers are open to attacks, as Huawei ‘backdoor’ shows
Home routers are open to attacks, as Huawei ‘backdoor’ shows
Your home router is open to attacks, as Huawei ‘backdoor’ shows.
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FOX NEWS: Laura Ingraham gets a first-hand look at the 'border crisis,' Fox Nation behind-the-scenes special drops Tuesday
Laura Ingraham gets a first-hand look at the 'border crisis,' Fox Nation behind-the-scenes special drops Tuesday
Laura Ingraham took the "Ingraham Angle" to the U.S.-Mexico border Monday to get a first-hand look at the 'border crisis' in the Del Rio sector of Texas.
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FOX NEWS: Trump proposals may redefine poverty, cut Americans from social welfare programs: report
Trump proposals may redefine poverty, cut Americans from social welfare programs: report
The Trump administration is weighing changes to the way poverty is measured in the United States, a move critics say would break with decades of precedent and threaten social welfare recipients, according to a Monday report.
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FOX NEWS: Mark Steyn: Clinton and Abrams are making politics 'impossible,' Pelosi wrong
Mark Steyn: Clinton and Abrams are making politics 'impossible,' Pelosi wrong
Conservative commentator and author Mark Steyn said Monday on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" that Democrats are making politics nearly "impossible" by refusing to accept election losses.
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FOX NEWS: Lara Trump defends Tiger Woods, Trump after newspaper's blistering editorial
Lara Trump defends Tiger Woods, Trump after newspaper's blistering editorial
Trump 2020 campaign senior advisor and the president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, defended golfer Tiger Woods Monday after he was accused by the Baltimore Sun of “embracing” President Trump, who they accused of “inciting” bigotry and racism, by accepting a prestigious award at the White House.
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FOX NEWS: Lara Trump: Saying something positive about Trump gets you attacked by Democrats
Lara Trump: Saying something positive about Trump gets you attacked by Democrats
House Judiciary Committee to hold contempt vote against Barr; 2020 Trump campaign senior adviser Lara Trump on Democrats' investigation efforts.
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FOX NEWS: Larry Elder: Dems cry racism and sexism to combat Trump's success
Larry Elder: Dems cry racism and sexism to combat Trump's success
Radio talk show host Larry Elder said Monday on "Hannity" that Democrats will use racismn and sexism accusations to justify attacks against President Trump even as the economy flourishes.
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FOX NEWS: Trump pardons ex-Army lieutenant convicted of killing suspected Al Qaeda terrorist in 2009
Trump pardons ex-Army lieutenant convicted of killing suspected Al Qaeda terrorist in 2009
President Trump has pardoned a former Army lieutenant who was convicted in 2009 of killing an Iraqi prisoner suspected of being a member of Al Qaeda.
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FOX NEWS: 'Duck Dynasty' stars on faith, family, and politics
'Duck Dynasty' stars on faith, family, and politics
The Robertson family reacts to the Democrats' hard-left turn, and the importance of faith on 'Hannity.'
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FOX NEWS: Ken Starr: Leak of Mueller's 'whiny' letter to Barr was an 'unforgivable sin'
Ken Starr: Leak of Mueller's 'whiny' letter to Barr was an 'unforgivable sin'
Former independent counsel Ken Starr on Monday sharply criticized the leak of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's letter to Attorney General William Barr following Barr's summary of the Russia report, calling the release of the letter an "unforgivable sin."
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FOX NEWS: Hillary Clinton suggests the 2016 election was 'stolen' from her
Hillary Clinton suggests the 2016 election was 'stolen' from her
Reaction and analysis from radio talk show host Larry Elder and America First action senior adviser Sean Spicer on 'Hannity.'
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New top story on Hacker News: Launch HN: Prometheus (YC W19) – Remove CO2 from Air and Turn It into Gasoline
Launch HN: Prometheus (YC W19) – Remove CO2 from Air and Turn It into Gasoline
946 by rmcginnis | 436 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN! I’m Rob, Founder of Prometheus. We’re removing CO2 from the air and turning it gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. Since we use zero-carbon electricity from sources like solar and wind to make our fuel, there are no net CO2 emissions when you use it. An article about us came up on HN recently and people seemed interested ( http://bit.ly/2PCPFcN ), so we thought it would be good to try to answer some of the questions we saw there and try to dive in some more to any questions that follow! The only inputs to make the fuel are CO2 and water (both from the air) and electricity. The only outputs are fuel and oxygen. One way to think about it is that making fuel is reverse combustion. The process isn’t super efficient (we expect 50-60% overall efficiency at maturity), but it turns out that doesn’t matter as long as the electricity is zero carbon and low cost. If the cost of our equipment is also low, then we believe we can not only make zero carbon fuel, but actually compete on price with fossil fuel. We’re not the first to make fuel from the air - in fact Google, Audi, Carbon Engineering, Global Thermostat, Climeworks, and labs at universities and national labs have all done it before us. What no one has been able to do so far is do it at a low enough cost to compete with fossil fuel. The thing that’s new about what we’re doing is that we have gotten rid of all the thermal processes normally used, and instead use a process that uses only electricity (no natural gas, etc) and does it at room temperature. This is a big deal for both capital cost and for being truly carbon zero. We can use inexpensive materials, which keeps our cost low, and can start up and shut down quickly, which allows us to run intermittently, matching the intermittent nature of many renewable energy sources. We can also only run when the power is at the price we want. Digging in to some more details, we absorb CO2 and water vapor from the air into an aqueous electrolyte. We then react the CO2 in the water with a copper catalyst to directly make alcohols like ethanol, butanol, propanol, etc. Both of these things have been done by many others and the science is known. Normally at this point one would have to use a thermal process (distillation) to get the fuel out of the water, and this is expensive and makes the economics really hard to get right. We don’t have to do this step thermally though, because we have a carbon nanotube membrane that replaces it, extracting the alcohols from water in a single step at room temperature. This makes a huge difference in cost. The last step is that we up-convert the alcohols to gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. This last step is also well known and we can actually buy this step from others. The carbon nanotube membrane that makes this all work is the product of 6 years at my previous startup, Mattershift. I was developing it for desalination and water purification. About 3 years ago I realized it could do this job, but it wasn’t clear that a startup could raise money for such an ambitious effort, especially one linked to a political issue (unfortunately) like climate change. When I saw the YC request for startups in carbon removal, I knew that the timing was right, and I founded Prometheus to do it. Please let me know if you have more questions or feedback. I’ll do my best to answer any questions, but please excuse if I’m not able to go too far into details like our piping and instrumentation design, or other really specific things we wouldn’t want to help competitors with. Thanks!
946 by rmcginnis | 436 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN! I’m Rob, Founder of Prometheus. We’re removing CO2 from the air and turning it gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. Since we use zero-carbon electricity from sources like solar and wind to make our fuel, there are no net CO2 emissions when you use it. An article about us came up on HN recently and people seemed interested ( http://bit.ly/2PCPFcN ), so we thought it would be good to try to answer some of the questions we saw there and try to dive in some more to any questions that follow! The only inputs to make the fuel are CO2 and water (both from the air) and electricity. The only outputs are fuel and oxygen. One way to think about it is that making fuel is reverse combustion. The process isn’t super efficient (we expect 50-60% overall efficiency at maturity), but it turns out that doesn’t matter as long as the electricity is zero carbon and low cost. If the cost of our equipment is also low, then we believe we can not only make zero carbon fuel, but actually compete on price with fossil fuel. We’re not the first to make fuel from the air - in fact Google, Audi, Carbon Engineering, Global Thermostat, Climeworks, and labs at universities and national labs have all done it before us. What no one has been able to do so far is do it at a low enough cost to compete with fossil fuel. The thing that’s new about what we’re doing is that we have gotten rid of all the thermal processes normally used, and instead use a process that uses only electricity (no natural gas, etc) and does it at room temperature. This is a big deal for both capital cost and for being truly carbon zero. We can use inexpensive materials, which keeps our cost low, and can start up and shut down quickly, which allows us to run intermittently, matching the intermittent nature of many renewable energy sources. We can also only run when the power is at the price we want. Digging in to some more details, we absorb CO2 and water vapor from the air into an aqueous electrolyte. We then react the CO2 in the water with a copper catalyst to directly make alcohols like ethanol, butanol, propanol, etc. Both of these things have been done by many others and the science is known. Normally at this point one would have to use a thermal process (distillation) to get the fuel out of the water, and this is expensive and makes the economics really hard to get right. We don’t have to do this step thermally though, because we have a carbon nanotube membrane that replaces it, extracting the alcohols from water in a single step at room temperature. This makes a huge difference in cost. The last step is that we up-convert the alcohols to gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. This last step is also well known and we can actually buy this step from others. The carbon nanotube membrane that makes this all work is the product of 6 years at my previous startup, Mattershift. I was developing it for desalination and water purification. About 3 years ago I realized it could do this job, but it wasn’t clear that a startup could raise money for such an ambitious effort, especially one linked to a political issue (unfortunately) like climate change. When I saw the YC request for startups in carbon removal, I knew that the timing was right, and I founded Prometheus to do it. Please let me know if you have more questions or feedback. I’ll do my best to answer any questions, but please excuse if I’m not able to go too far into details like our piping and instrumentation design, or other really specific things we wouldn’t want to help competitors with. Thanks!
New Show Hacker News story: Launch HN: Prometheus (YC W19) – Remove CO2 from Air and Turn It into Gasoline
Launch HN: Prometheus (YC W19) – Remove CO2 from Air and Turn It into Gasoline
940 by rmcginnis | 434 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN! I’m Rob, Founder of Prometheus. We’re removing CO2 from the air and turning it gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. Since we use zero-carbon electricity from sources like solar and wind to make our fuel, there are no net CO2 emissions when you use it. An article about us came up on HN recently and people seemed interested ( http://bit.ly/2PCPFcN ), so we thought it would be good to try to answer some of the questions we saw there and try to dive in some more to any questions that follow! The only inputs to make the fuel are CO2 and water (both from the air) and electricity. The only outputs are fuel and oxygen. One way to think about it is that making fuel is reverse combustion. The process isn’t super efficient (we expect 50-60% overall efficiency at maturity), but it turns out that doesn’t matter as long as the electricity is zero carbon and low cost. If the cost of our equipment is also low, then we believe we can not only make zero carbon fuel, but actually compete on price with fossil fuel. We’re not the first to make fuel from the air - in fact Google, Audi, Carbon Engineering, Global Thermostat, Climeworks, and labs at universities and national labs have all done it before us. What no one has been able to do so far is do it at a low enough cost to compete with fossil fuel. The thing that’s new about what we’re doing is that we have gotten rid of all the thermal processes normally used, and instead use a process that uses only electricity (no natural gas, etc) and does it at room temperature. This is a big deal for both capital cost and for being truly carbon zero. We can use inexpensive materials, which keeps our cost low, and can start up and shut down quickly, which allows us to run intermittently, matching the intermittent nature of many renewable energy sources. We can also only run when the power is at the price we want. Digging in to some more details, we absorb CO2 and water vapor from the air into an aqueous electrolyte. We then react the CO2 in the water with a copper catalyst to directly make alcohols like ethanol, butanol, propanol, etc. Both of these things have been done by many others and the science is known. Normally at this point one would have to use a thermal process (distillation) to get the fuel out of the water, and this is expensive and makes the economics really hard to get right. We don’t have to do this step thermally though, because we have a carbon nanotube membrane that replaces it, extracting the alcohols from water in a single step at room temperature. This makes a huge difference in cost. The last step is that we up-convert the alcohols to gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. This last step is also well known and we can actually buy this step from others. The carbon nanotube membrane that makes this all work is the product of 6 years at my previous startup, Mattershift. I was developing it for desalination and water purification. About 3 years ago I realized it could do this job, but it wasn’t clear that a startup could raise money for such an ambitious effort, especially one linked to a political issue (unfortunately) like climate change. When I saw the YC request for startups in carbon removal, I knew that the timing was right, and I founded Prometheus to do it. Please let me know if you have more questions or feedback. I’ll do my best to answer any questions, but please excuse if I’m not able to go too far into details like our piping and instrumentation design, or other really specific things we wouldn’t want to help competitors with. Thanks!
940 by rmcginnis | 434 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN! I’m Rob, Founder of Prometheus. We’re removing CO2 from the air and turning it gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. Since we use zero-carbon electricity from sources like solar and wind to make our fuel, there are no net CO2 emissions when you use it. An article about us came up on HN recently and people seemed interested ( http://bit.ly/2PCPFcN ), so we thought it would be good to try to answer some of the questions we saw there and try to dive in some more to any questions that follow! The only inputs to make the fuel are CO2 and water (both from the air) and electricity. The only outputs are fuel and oxygen. One way to think about it is that making fuel is reverse combustion. The process isn’t super efficient (we expect 50-60% overall efficiency at maturity), but it turns out that doesn’t matter as long as the electricity is zero carbon and low cost. If the cost of our equipment is also low, then we believe we can not only make zero carbon fuel, but actually compete on price with fossil fuel. We’re not the first to make fuel from the air - in fact Google, Audi, Carbon Engineering, Global Thermostat, Climeworks, and labs at universities and national labs have all done it before us. What no one has been able to do so far is do it at a low enough cost to compete with fossil fuel. The thing that’s new about what we’re doing is that we have gotten rid of all the thermal processes normally used, and instead use a process that uses only electricity (no natural gas, etc) and does it at room temperature. This is a big deal for both capital cost and for being truly carbon zero. We can use inexpensive materials, which keeps our cost low, and can start up and shut down quickly, which allows us to run intermittently, matching the intermittent nature of many renewable energy sources. We can also only run when the power is at the price we want. Digging in to some more details, we absorb CO2 and water vapor from the air into an aqueous electrolyte. We then react the CO2 in the water with a copper catalyst to directly make alcohols like ethanol, butanol, propanol, etc. Both of these things have been done by many others and the science is known. Normally at this point one would have to use a thermal process (distillation) to get the fuel out of the water, and this is expensive and makes the economics really hard to get right. We don’t have to do this step thermally though, because we have a carbon nanotube membrane that replaces it, extracting the alcohols from water in a single step at room temperature. This makes a huge difference in cost. The last step is that we up-convert the alcohols to gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. This last step is also well known and we can actually buy this step from others. The carbon nanotube membrane that makes this all work is the product of 6 years at my previous startup, Mattershift. I was developing it for desalination and water purification. About 3 years ago I realized it could do this job, but it wasn’t clear that a startup could raise money for such an ambitious effort, especially one linked to a political issue (unfortunately) like climate change. When I saw the YC request for startups in carbon removal, I knew that the timing was right, and I founded Prometheus to do it. Please let me know if you have more questions or feedback. I’ll do my best to answer any questions, but please excuse if I’m not able to go too far into details like our piping and instrumentation design, or other really specific things we wouldn’t want to help competitors with. Thanks!
New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Why can I not delete News.app from Mac OS X Mojave?
Ask HN: Why can I not delete News.app from Mac OS X Mojave?
8 by samjna | 2 comments on Hacker News.
This is very Microsoft Windows or Google Android behavior from Apple, making it impossible to delete or uninstall the News.app from a fresh Mac OS X Mojave installation. Extremely user hostile.
8 by samjna | 2 comments on Hacker News.
This is very Microsoft Windows or Google Android behavior from Apple, making it impossible to delete or uninstall the News.app from a fresh Mac OS X Mojave installation. Extremely user hostile.
New ask Hacker News story: As a maker, do you code your landing pages from scratch everytime?
As a maker, do you code your landing pages from scratch everytime?
3 by vick_onrails | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Hello everyone, I'm very new in tech and I've seen how speedily the ecosystem is. I've learned how important validating product ideas are and so far, I've seen practical real-life examples of people doing the same. But I have a question to ask here; Since a whole lot of the time, we need to make landing pages for quick product validations, does it make sense to take days to build a landing page? Or should a person just buy a cheap one or download one for free from places like https://cruip.com/ or http://bit.ly/2PPnzeo ? I'm curious because making a good landing page can take me around 2 full days while downloading one can enable me to start immediately. What would you normally do?
3 by vick_onrails | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Hello everyone, I'm very new in tech and I've seen how speedily the ecosystem is. I've learned how important validating product ideas are and so far, I've seen practical real-life examples of people doing the same. But I have a question to ask here; Since a whole lot of the time, we need to make landing pages for quick product validations, does it make sense to take days to build a landing page? Or should a person just buy a cheap one or download one for free from places like https://cruip.com/ or http://bit.ly/2PPnzeo ? I'm curious because making a good landing page can take me around 2 full days while downloading one can enable me to start immediately. What would you normally do?
New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Favorite ergonomic/mechanical keyboard for programming and typing?
Ask HN: Favorite ergonomic/mechanical keyboard for programming and typing?
3 by dattl | 5 comments on Hacker News.
I'm looking for a keyboard that is comfortable to use because prolonged typing causes strain on my wrists and hands. Currently considering the Surface Ergonomic keyboard, any particular experience with that? (My budget is ~120€)
3 by dattl | 5 comments on Hacker News.
I'm looking for a keyboard that is comfortable to use because prolonged typing causes strain on my wrists and hands. Currently considering the Surface Ergonomic keyboard, any particular experience with that? (My budget is ~120€)
New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What is your faviorte interview question?
Ask HN: What is your faviorte interview question?
11 by jax_the_dog | 18 comments on Hacker News.
What is the best interview question you have asked/have been asked? It can be either technical or professional. If possible please provide what you are looking for in a response from a candidate.
11 by jax_the_dog | 18 comments on Hacker News.
What is the best interview question you have asked/have been asked? It can be either technical or professional. If possible please provide what you are looking for in a response from a candidate.
New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What offline encryption methods do you use?
Ask HN: What offline encryption methods do you use?
7 by KennyFromIT | 8 comments on Hacker News.
If you need to communicate with someone offline, how do securely conduct a conversation? Same place, same time? Easy (relatively speaking). How about when you're separated by distance and time?
7 by KennyFromIT | 8 comments on Hacker News.
If you need to communicate with someone offline, how do securely conduct a conversation? Same place, same time? Easy (relatively speaking). How about when you're separated by distance and time?
New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Advice on balancing family life at a startup
Ask HN: Advice on balancing family life at a startup
58 by foothompson | 24 comments on Hacker News.
I am a technical cofounder at a startup. We are a small company (team of ~5) around a year old, with 1-2 years of funding left before we will need to raise again at our current spend levels. I think we have a good chance of getting to a successful place with our company and doing that round successfully, which could be life-changing financially for me and my family (I come from a middle class background). The technology is also exciting to work on. Recently, my young daughter started going through a few health difficulties. Our startup works a little harder than an average engineering job (maybe typical for a seed stage silicon valley startup). Unfortunately I am not really able to balance my family life commitments (the number of appointments that I need to attend, along with the extra support my wife needs), with the demands of the startup. I feel like I am doing a bad job at both. I have been think returning to a regular software engineering job at a big tech company, perhaps the same one I worked at before this startup. I should be able to balance much better (more cash, more time, and less psychological involvement with the job). However, I feel guilty leaving the company and the team, and worried it could really set the company back at this crucial stage. It also feels like the current situation of me trying to balance both isn't sustainable either. Sorry for the ramble. Anyone have any advice here on how to think about such a decision?
58 by foothompson | 24 comments on Hacker News.
I am a technical cofounder at a startup. We are a small company (team of ~5) around a year old, with 1-2 years of funding left before we will need to raise again at our current spend levels. I think we have a good chance of getting to a successful place with our company and doing that round successfully, which could be life-changing financially for me and my family (I come from a middle class background). The technology is also exciting to work on. Recently, my young daughter started going through a few health difficulties. Our startup works a little harder than an average engineering job (maybe typical for a seed stage silicon valley startup). Unfortunately I am not really able to balance my family life commitments (the number of appointments that I need to attend, along with the extra support my wife needs), with the demands of the startup. I feel like I am doing a bad job at both. I have been think returning to a regular software engineering job at a big tech company, perhaps the same one I worked at before this startup. I should be able to balance much better (more cash, more time, and less psychological involvement with the job). However, I feel guilty leaving the company and the team, and worried it could really set the company back at this crucial stage. It also feels like the current situation of me trying to balance both isn't sustainable either. Sorry for the ramble. Anyone have any advice here on how to think about such a decision?
New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How common is it to work on projects with no testing?
Ask HN: How common is it to work on projects with no testing?
103 by reese_john | 96 comments on Hacker News.
I have been working in an investment bank for the past months(my first job), and I was surprised to find out out that my team doesn't write any tests at all. There is also no code reviews, you are responsible for your own code. There seems to exist a "hustle" mentality, where you need to ship at all costs, the engineers frequently work from 9am-9pm and then some weekends. Is this common practice in the industry?
103 by reese_john | 96 comments on Hacker News.
I have been working in an investment bank for the past months(my first job), and I was surprised to find out out that my team doesn't write any tests at all. There is also no code reviews, you are responsible for your own code. There seems to exist a "hustle" mentality, where you need to ship at all costs, the engineers frequently work from 9am-9pm and then some weekends. Is this common practice in the industry?
New ask Hacker News story: Tell HN: Archive.is inaccessible via Cloudflare DNS (1.1.1.1)
Tell HN: Archive.is inaccessible via Cloudflare DNS (1.1.1.1)
315 by ikeboy | 193 comments on Hacker News.
I noticed I couldn't connect to archive.is, eventually I figured out it was an issue with cloudflare DNS, 1.1.1.1. Checking nslookup confirms this: nslookup archive.is 1.1.1.1 Server: 1.1.1.1 Address: 1.1.1.1#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: archive.is Address: 127.0.0.4 nslookup archive.is 8.8.8.8 Server: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: archive.is Address: 94.16.117.236 Cloudflare is returning a localhost address which prevents you from accessing the website.
315 by ikeboy | 193 comments on Hacker News.
I noticed I couldn't connect to archive.is, eventually I figured out it was an issue with cloudflare DNS, 1.1.1.1. Checking nslookup confirms this: nslookup archive.is 1.1.1.1 Server: 1.1.1.1 Address: 1.1.1.1#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: archive.is Address: 127.0.0.4 nslookup archive.is 8.8.8.8 Server: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: archive.is Address: 94.16.117.236 Cloudflare is returning a localhost address which prevents you from accessing the website.
New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: When have you taken a decision in code outside your domain of expertise?
Ask HN: When have you taken a decision in code outside your domain of expertise?
142 by mprev | 95 comments on Hacker News.
I'm writing a book about the role of software developers in the global economy. One of the book's themes is that developers hold a strange kind of power: we get to make decisions in code that affect end-users but only other developers (and sometimes not even then) can really hold that code to account before it goes into production. Seemingly mundane decisions in code can have profound consequences. I'm gathering stories from people who've had to take decisions like this and especially where it was in a domain for which they had no experience. I'd love to hear from people on HN who have stories to share. I'm also interested in hearing from people who dispute that this is even a thing.
142 by mprev | 95 comments on Hacker News.
I'm writing a book about the role of software developers in the global economy. One of the book's themes is that developers hold a strange kind of power: we get to make decisions in code that affect end-users but only other developers (and sometimes not even then) can really hold that code to account before it goes into production. Seemingly mundane decisions in code can have profound consequences. I'm gathering stories from people who've had to take decisions like this and especially where it was in a domain for which they had no experience. I'd love to hear from people on HN who have stories to share. I'm also interested in hearing from people who dispute that this is even a thing.
New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How can I automatically scan and catalog a mountain of books?
Ask HN: How can I automatically scan and catalog a mountain of books?
271 by cconcepts | 133 comments on Hacker News.
This really kind, eccentric guy in my neighbourhood is stockpiling books and has been doing so for years. He has an enourmous barn that he is obsessively filling with whatever reasonable quality books he can get his hands on but he is completely overwhelmed in terms of cataloging/indexing them so customers have to go through his barn sifting through cartons full of books. He charges $1 or $2 for whatever book you dig out. He buys bulk lots from deceased estates and bookstores that are closing down. Entire shipping containers are being gifted to him and showing up at his barn. The barn is full and he is now storing in shipping containers outside. There is great quality books among this quagmire but it takes hours of searching to find them. I figured HN might be able to point me to a solution where I could quickly photograph the front cover and have a script/google images compare the image to online info to index the title and author and then perhaps list them online... I dunno, it just seems like such a treasure trove of books that he will sell for practically nothing because he loves books and hopes that they will find their way to people who want them - the barrier is allowing customers to find what they are looking for. Thoughts?
271 by cconcepts | 133 comments on Hacker News.
This really kind, eccentric guy in my neighbourhood is stockpiling books and has been doing so for years. He has an enourmous barn that he is obsessively filling with whatever reasonable quality books he can get his hands on but he is completely overwhelmed in terms of cataloging/indexing them so customers have to go through his barn sifting through cartons full of books. He charges $1 or $2 for whatever book you dig out. He buys bulk lots from deceased estates and bookstores that are closing down. Entire shipping containers are being gifted to him and showing up at his barn. The barn is full and he is now storing in shipping containers outside. There is great quality books among this quagmire but it takes hours of searching to find them. I figured HN might be able to point me to a solution where I could quickly photograph the front cover and have a script/google images compare the image to online info to index the title and author and then perhaps list them online... I dunno, it just seems like such a treasure trove of books that he will sell for practically nothing because he loves books and hopes that they will find their way to people who want them - the barrier is allowing customers to find what they are looking for. Thoughts?
FOX NEWS: Baby girl born with 2 formed teeth shocks mom, doctors
Baby girl born with 2 formed teeth shocks mom, doctors
A first-time mom was shocked to discover that her newborn entered the world with two fully formed teeth, which she only discovered after she went to feed her for the first time.
via FOX NEWS https://fxn.ws/2Wt671J
FOX NEWS: Arizona seeing surge of hepatitis A cases, health officials say
Arizona seeing surge of hepatitis A cases, health officials say
Arizona is seeing a surge in hepatitis A cases, mostly in the Tucson area but also in metro Phoenix, health officials say.
via FOX NEWS https://fxn.ws/2VLkDEZ
FOX NEWS: Medical miracles: Child burn victims in Syria brought to US for last shot at life
Medical miracles: Child burn victims in Syria brought to US for last shot at life
One moment, then 15-year-old Hamama was playing in the mountains with her farm animals in her poor family’s remote property in the Homs countryside. In the next moment all of her family, much of her memory, and almost her entire face was gone. But thanks to the U.S advocacy group Burnt Children’s Relief Foundation (BCRF) and American medical professionals, with support from the State Department to navigate the murky and complex terrain of visa red tape, Syrian children like Hamama have a second chance to repair the pieces of their broken bodies and lives.
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