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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 1,784 posts.
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Coders guide to good coffee
Originally I posted this article on Thu Apr 25th, 2002 at 02:29:34 PM EST to Kuro5hin.org. I am reprinting it here with minor corrections.
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Issues in the Proof that P ≠ NP
Some further comments into the recent claimed proof that P is not equal to NP Yuri Manin is a great mathematician, who has worked in various areas and also is well known for his many excellent expo…
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No Comment
It's not about technology for its own sake. It's about being able to implement your ideas.
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The iPhone obsession
Since my attempts at capturing web developers’ hearts and minds by publishing fundamental research have failed miserably but my thirst for attention continues unabated, today I will once more shout at iPhone developers. That’s proven to work .
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The right way to position against competition
Most startup founders either claim there is no competition (because they're soooo unique) or define themselves as a combination of the best traits of their competitors. Neither is a good strategy; here's what to do instead.
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If Nerds Can Learn Linux, Why Can't They Learn Not To Interrupt People?
Your life is the best story! Just start your blog today!
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Why Many Smart Folks End up going Nowhere
Life Beyond Code - Personal and professional development for technology professionals.
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60 percent of Apple’s sales are from products that did not exist three years ago
This chart speaks for itself. Note the bottom two bands and the proportion of the total that they make up. Also note the seasonality with the holiday spikes. This last quarter is not a holiday quar…
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World's smallest legible font is not the smallest I've seen
Also, my font is fixed pitch as I needed it to be that rather than proportional, so you can shave quite a bit more. It is also far more legible -- especially when enlarged:
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Timing your startup
programming, philosophy, history, internet, startups
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How We Got Sal (KhanAcademy.org) His Dot Com
Update 6/22… It’s 12 years later and I just recently was able to get KhanAcademy.net and KhanAcademy.us to the folks at Khan Academy! It’s great to be able to support my favorite non-profits in a meaningful way. If you’re into domains and watching the drop, add a few of your favorite non-profits to your monitor list…
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Google takes the FTC to school
Google just issued a response to the Federal Trade commission's staff discussion draft on potential recommendations to support the reinvention of...
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Git in layman's terms: isomorphic contours in source-code phase space
A website devoted to oneself has been described — by my own Father, no less — as the greatest act of hubris. Welcome aboard!
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Music Notation with HTML5 Canvas
I spent a few weekends trying to scratch an itch. While looking for online tools to create and render music notation, I was mildly disappoin...
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IPhone 4
A review of the iPhone 4.
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