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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 3,456 posts.
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Learn Emacs Lisp in 15 minutes
I was surprised not to find an introduction to Emacs Lisp on learnxinyminutes.com, so I created one, which is now maintained there. Comments and feedback are we...
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Sleepwalking into censorship
The essential detail is that they will assume you want filters enabled across a wide range of content, and unless you un-tick the option, network filters will be enabled.
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Ruins of forgotten empires: APL languages
One of the problems with modern computer technology: programmers don’t learn from the great masters. There is such a thing as a Beethoven or Mozart of software design. Modern programmers seem…
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Every Entrepreneur Should Try Magic Mushrooms
Stumble upon great links shared by curious readers. Discover worthwhile stories, explore unexpected corners of the web, and find something new. Join free.
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SkyMall's SkyFall
How does the business of SkyMall work? And what is the dark secret behind the recent merger of SkyMall and Xhibit.
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Applied Cryptography Engineering
Applied Cryptography taught two generations of developers what they know about crypto, and it is a dreadful instruction manual. The book to replace it with, and what you still have to learn after.
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GPGMail 2 is finally here
GPG Mail 8 beta for macOS Golden Gate. Read the latest status, installation instructions, known issues and support plan information.
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High school programming taught in Haskell in Argentina
Today I want to share a wonderful experience. I'm professor of introductory programming in two years at Florentino Ameghino School and one...
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Legal Weed is Hurting San Francisco's Hippies
Legalized weed is putting California's drug dealers out of business, as well as its hippies.
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My RabbitMQ setup for notifications
I recently decided to try out RabbitMQ (the popular messaging queue) to fix the problem of notifications.
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Android Bug Superior to Master Key
Assuming you enjoy this article, I encourage you to read the next one in the series: Yet Another Android Master Key Bug .
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Obama Promises Disappear from Web
Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants…
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Why we're doing things that don't scale
A few weeks ago, Paul Graham wrote a great essay about doing things that don’t scale. As usual, it’s clearly argued, well written, and full of solid advice. If your first instinct as a product developer or entrepreneur is to automate everything you can, I recommend reading Paul’s …