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Introducing DataFrames in Spark for Large Scale Data Science
Introducing Apache Spark's DataFrame API for easier, efficient big data processing and data science applications.
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First fully sandboxed Linux desktop app
Its not a secret that I've been working on sandboxed desktop applications recently. In fact, I recently gave a talk at devconf.cz about it. However, up until now I've mainly been focusing on the bundling and deployment aspects of the problem. I've been running applications in their own environment, but having pretty…
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Routing on OpenStreetMap.org
Good news for OpenStreetMap: the main website now has A-to-B routing (directions) built in to the homepage! This will be huge for the OSM project. Kudos to Richard Fairhurst and everyone who helped get this up and running.
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Microsoft adopts first international cloud privacy standard
Today marks a major milestone, as Microsoft is the first major cloud provider to adopt the world’s first international standard for cloud privacy. It’s another reason customers can move with confidence to the Microsoft Cloud. The standard in question may seem technical, but it has important practical benefits for…
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Proof of Stake: How I Learned to Love Weak Subjectivity
<p>Proof of stake continues to be one of the most controversial discussions in the cryptocurrency space. Although the idea has many undeniable benefits,...
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Life in a post-database world: Using crypto to avoid database writes
Possibly one of the biggest hurdles that stands in the way of fostering innovation and discovering newer and better techniques of doing old things is the ease with which developers and designers to…
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End of the m0n0wall project
on this day 12 years ago, I have released the first version of m0n0wall to the public. In theory, one could still run that version - pb1 it was called - on a suitably old PC and use it to control the Internet access of a small LAN (not that it would be recommended security-wise). However, the world keeps turning, and…
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App Container and Docker
No single cloud fits all. Explore how we build a more flexible future with hybrid cloud.
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More than 39M Americans Only Have Access to One Wired Broadband Provider
Since 2010 the US government has spent $3.3B on broadband infrastructure yet 39 Million Americans only have access to 1 wired broadband provider. See the worst states and learn more about your state.
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Show HN: Let's Chat, a self-hosted chat app for small teams
Self-hosted chat for small teams.
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May Bayes Theorem Be with You
The frequentist paradigm enjoys the most widespread acceptance forstatistical analysis. Frequentist concepts such as confidence intervalsand p-values dominat...
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Grafana 2.0 Alpha
Grafana is the open source analytics & monitoring solution for every database.
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Introducing “6-pack”: the first open hardware modular switch
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YC Open-Source Sales Agreement
We’ve just open-sourced a sales agreement [http://www.ycombinator.com/documents/#sales]any company can use. Though obviously you should use this at your own risk, we’ve had a lot of experience with what makes good and bad sales agreements. Special thanks to Tyler Bosmeny, James Riley, and Carolynn and Jon Levy for all…
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A Few Global Cultural Treasures We Will Lose for 20 Years Under the TPP
What do Japan's Blue Sky Library, Malaysia's answer to John Wayne, and the first recorded composer from New Zealand, all have in common? They could all disappear from their countries' public domain for the next 20 years, if the current agreement on copyright term extension in the Trans-Pacific...
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A Y Combinator Company Copied Our Design and Data Viz: We've Arrived
It's flattering to see others appreciate our design and data visualization. Here is one YC company that appreciated us a bit too much.
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EFF Files FOIA Suit Over U.S. Marshals’ Cell-Tracking Spy Planes
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit to shine light on the U.S. Marshals Service's (USMS) use of small aircraft mounted with controversial cell-phone tracking systems. The Wall Street Journal revealed last year that the...
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Etcd 2.0 – First Major Stable Release
No single cloud fits all. Explore how we build a more flexible future with hybrid cloud.
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Docker 1.5: IPv6 support, read-only containers, stats, and more
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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60fps on the mobile web
Flipboard launched during the dawn of the smartphone and tablet as a mobile-first experience, allowing us to rethink content layout principles from the web for a more elegant user experience on a variety of touchscreen form factors.
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EFF Files Brief in Case to Hold IBM Responsible for Facilitating Apartheid
EFF defends rights in the digital world. But what about when the digital world enables violations of human rights? We think that’s important, too. That’s why we filed an amicus brief in In Re: South African Apartheid, a case that seeks to hold IBM's headquarters in New York responsible for...
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Let's Build a Modern Hadoop
Not just another Hadoop rant — I promise
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An Exemption to the DMCA Would Let Game Fans Keep Abandoned Games Running
When you buy a video game, you expect to be able to play it for as long as you want. You expect be able to play it with your kids many years from now if you want (well, maybe not Grand Theft Auto). And you would hope that museums and media historians could preserve the games that were so important...