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Top posts
Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 1,327 posts.
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Apple’s iOS7 Native JavaScript Bridge
At Kyndryl, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day.
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The Quickest Wins in SEO
Want to punch above your weight in the SEO game? This lesson will walk through some quick wins when it comes to your SEO strategy, from quick technical fixes to ongoing optimization strategies.
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Machine Learning and Link Spam: My Brush With Insanity
Using machine learning to combat dirty link profiles can save hours of time and countless dollars spent on hand-checking web pages. In today's post, Ian Lurie walks us through a tale of successfully implementing machine learning, one step at a time.
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Automated License Plate Readers Threaten Our Privacy
Co-Authored with Peter Bibring, Senior Staff Attorney at the ACLU of Southern California Law enforcement agencies are increasingly using sophisticated cameras, called “automated license plate readers” or ALPR, to scan and record the license plates of millions of cars across the country. These...
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Clearer Conditionals using De Morgan's Laws
Ever seen a hard-to-parse conditional like this? def allow_access_to_site? ...
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Best Firefox Add-ons of 2013
Every month, a committee of Firefox volunteers — who really, REALLY love Firefox Add-ons — puts their time and effort into finding the best new ...
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Clustrix, a distributed SQL DB, launches on AWS
Keep your databases online with MariaDB Enterprise Platform. MaxScale, Galera Cluster and Raft clustering give you automatic failover, read scaling and zero data loss.
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Compiling to Lua
We use nginx throughout our network for front-line web serving, proxying and traffic filtering. In some cases, we've augmented the core C code of nginx with our own modules, but recently we've made a major move to using Lua in conjunction with nginx. One project that's now almost entirely written in Lua is the new…
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‘Superbugs’ found breeding in sewage plants
Tests at wastewater treatment plants in China revealed antibiotic-resistant bacteria were not only escaping purification but also breeding and spreading their dangerous cargo.
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SQLAlchemy Migrated from Mercurial to Git
The Database Toolkit for Python
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Running PostgreSQL on Compression-enabled ZFS
Citus gives you all the greatness of Postgres plus the superpowers of distributed tables. By distributing your data and queries, your application gets high performance—at any scale. The Citus database is available as open source and as a managed service on Azure.
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Virgin Galactic goes faster than speed of sound in flight test
Richard Branson's blog - where he shares his thoughts on business, Virgin news, leadership, life, family and the global issues he cares about the most
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Open Letter From UK Security Researchers
Dear Reader, The first set of publications based on Edward Snowden’s files were concerned with surveillance of internet communication h...
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How we perceive time: stop it slipping away by doing new things
Learn the science behind how we perceive time, how age affects our time perception & what we can do to make every second last just a little bit longer:
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Incremental Garbage Collector in PyPy
Hello everyone. We're pleased to announce that as of today, the default PyPy comes with a GC that has much smaller pauses than yesterday...
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What Startups Need To Know About Health Insurance in 2013
At SimplyInsured, we are avidly watching the changes in regulations and rates in the national health insurance market. As we head into 2013, we created a quick guide for startups summarizing the major changes to expect, and our advice on how to manage the changes. Changes to Health Insurance in 2013 HEALTH INSURANCE…
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Chemists Work to Desalt the Ocean for Drinking Water, One Nanoliter at a Time
Discover groundbreaking research, inspiring student stories and more from The University of Texas at Austin.