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News Feed FYI: Click-baiting
Today we're announcing some improvements to News Feed to help people find the posts and links from publishers that are most interesting and relevant.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 1,419 posts.
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Applications for YC W15 are open
We are now accepting applications for the Winter 2015 batch. You can apply as a startup or as a non-profit [http://www.ycombinator.com/nonprofits/]. If you want to apply, submit your applicationhere [http://www.ycombinator.com/apply/]by 8pm PT on October 14. For more information on the process, readHow to Successfully…
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Chaos Computer Club Supports Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden
Since its founding more than thirty years ago, the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) holds strong beliefs in the freedom of information. Consequentially, freedom fighters and whistleblowers deserve our...
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Julia 0.3 released
We are pleased to announce the release of Julia 0.3.0. This release contains numerous improvements across the...
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We are being sued for refusing to take down a website
In May, 2014 we were contacted by Andy Lehrer who requested that we takedown the website causepimps.ca because he claimed the page http://causepimps.ca/andy-lehrer/top.html contained defamatory material (queue Streisand-effect in 3-2-1...go!) We reviewed the website to see if there were any material violations of our…
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Docker 1.2.0, with restart policies
Docker is a founding member of the Blueprint Alliance, a 12-company reference architecture for securing AI agents, built around four governance questions.
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Multi-Datacenter Cassandra on 32 Raspberry Pi’s
Deepening watsonx capabilities to address enterprise gen AI data needs with DataStax.
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Which Is Closer: Local Beer or Local Whiskey?
For which fraction of the US is the nearest brewery further away than the nearest distillery? Analysis and visualization done with Wolfram Language.
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GPLGPU: An Open-Source GPU
Estimate CPU and GPU balance by resolution, frame-rate target and workload. Get a transparent result, diagnostic checklist and practical upgrade guidance.
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Steve Ballmer steps down as board member at Microsoft
The latest news and stories about how technology is helping people around the world solve problems, innovate and do more each day.
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Fixing Bad Data in Datomic
The free database designed for immutable values and a time-aware information model.
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XKCD “Time” Wins Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story
The 72nd World Science Fiction Convention, Loncon 3, has announced the 2014 Hugo Award winners. 3587 valid ballots were received and counted in the final ballot. BEST NOVEL Ancillary Justice, by An…
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The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Adam Carolla’s Settlement with Podcasting Troll
Big news from Texas: Adam Carolla has settled with the podcasting patent troll Personal Audio. Although the settlement is confidential, we can guess the terms. This is because Personal Audio sent out a press release last month saying it was willing to walk away from its suit with Carolla. So we can...
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We have C++14
Following the Issaquah meeting in February, we launched the Draft International Standard (DIS) ballot for the next C++ standard. That ballot closed on Friday.
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Introducing Rec Room
It's no secret that the best frameworks and tools are extracted, not created out of thin air. Since launching Firefox OS, Mozilla has been approached by countless app developers and ...
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