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readerrrr

IBM Watson API

miket

Out of curiosity I googled the same request.https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22His+1983+h....I think this might be useful if Watson was being feed with a medical database. Otherwise I don't see any need for it; is there any?edit: Watson as a legal consultant would be great. There might be a product in that, not as an replacement for a lawyer but more as guide/search tool.

2014-09-24 07:53:20 UTC

qwerta

The SSD Endurance Experiment: Only Two Remain After 1.5PB

ferrari8608

There was test at czech site diit.cz. SSD survived several overwrites. But after it was left disconnected for several months without power, it lost all data. Apparently SSD needs to repower its cells periodically.

2014-09-24 07:54:24 UTC

ende

Clinkle

urs2102

What does this have over Simple?

2014-09-24 07:55:02 UTC

malanj

IBM Watson API

miket

Has anyone at HN used either IBM Watson or Wolfram Alpha to build a real (commercial) app? It feels like there should be a whole wave of apps built on either of these technologies but it doesn't seem to be materialising.What is holding back the killer apps for answer/computation engines?

2014-09-24 07:55:54 UTC

boianmihailov

Email IP Leak Test

boianmihailov

I am using a VPN all the time to get some level of privacy, today I was stunned by the amount of information my email client is "sharing" with the rest of the world. Crazy ...

2014-09-24 07:56:59 UTC

realpundit

Will Agents' Mutual Members Ditch Rightmove or Zoopla?

realpundit

The answer is obviously Zoopla...

2014-09-24 08:01:05 UTC

markvdb

HFT in My Backyard

cheatdeath

An important part of the Rothschild family fortune was apparently made in a similar way around Napoleon's Waterloo defeat, using an optical precursor of the telegraph networks. http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2007/12/email-in-the-18.html

2014-09-24 08:05:51 UTC

blueskin_

Was jquery.com compromised?

getdavidhiggins

Interesting. Yet another way loading all these libraries from third party sites is a terrible idea for both security and privacy.

2014-09-24 08:13:58 UTC

Fede_V

Finger Trees

PieSquared

Gibiansky's blog is chuck full of incredibly good stuff. He updates sporadically but it's totally worth a read.

2014-09-24 08:15:52 UTC

th0br0

Show HN: Lectio, contextualized comments for lectures

tulpa

Not aimed at lectures, but similar: http://videopath.com/

Watch Sam Altman's first lecture for How to Start a Startup, and participate in the discussion here: http://lect.io/#watch/CBYhVcO4WgI

2014-09-24 08:16:13 UTC

pranayairan

ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission: Spacecraft successfully enters Martian Orbit

skbohra123

Awesome achievement, go go go.

2014-09-24 08:25:24 UTC

mattmanser

This email may be worth millions of dollars in sales

guiseppecalzone

I've worked in enterprise SASS, salesman know not a lot about their own product, ROIs are plucked from asses and often it's all fibs.Bear in mind I thought our sales guys were great, our product pretty good vs the field.But basing your purchase on an email like this?You're a complete sucker. All that happened was that a salesman just called their bluff. And they were impressed by it!

2014-09-24 08:25:26 UTC

ilaksh

IBM Watson API

miket

So you just ask it any random question and it knows everything? Or only things that come up on Jeopardy?I don't see an API for feeding it information.

2014-09-24 08:29:28 UTC

arisAlexis

Ask HN: What is it like to graduate from top CS school yet trapped in 9-5?

jakofsteelst

What's wrong with 9-5 did you imagine yourself like a rock star when graduating from CS?

Ladies and Gentlemen, What is it like to graduate from top CS schools ( think MIT, Stanford, Harvard, GTech, CMU, Berkley, Caltech or top 25 elite caliber schools etc etc ) and still being trapped in 9 -5 routine ?Does any of you work in job where you know you are "one of the best" but still feel trapped in Corporate ? becausea. family reasonsb. personal reasonsc. visa ( big one ! )I have two questions for you :1. If you have already came out of trap how did you do it ?2. Does any of feel trapped at current job but dont want to go entrepreneurship way rather find better job but still can't get enough response for any reason ?Would love to hear your story.TY and TC Mates.

2014-09-24 08:31:19 UTC

fsniper

Why systemd?

jamesog

I'm new on the boat about systemd debate so I'm still reading and reviewing the situation. But the more I read the more I'm getting away from systemd.In principal everybody is on terms with the need for a new and modern init system. But yet I'm not even sold on this issue. sysvinit is still holding stance with extra tools and doing it's job cleanly. By introducing a fully reimplemented and still controversial system with many dependencies and with need for many reimplementation on our existing software we are not helping the issue but blurring the waters.And What's the fascination about boot times?Nowadays on desktops nobody boots. You just boot once and hibernate/suspend forever. And for servers, if you are rebooting you are doing something wrong. So pulling efforts from building controversial init systems to optimize hibernate/suspend in the kernel would be a better effort on this field.

2014-09-24 08:32:03 UTC

mianos

CPIP – A C/C++ preprocessor implemented in Python

parados

Can anyone come up with a good reason to use this instead over, say, jinja2?

2014-09-24 08:34:02 UTC

zimpenfish

This bicycle saddle that turns into a lock is sure to win over cyclists

jackau

Nice idea but you're stuck with their saddle (which looks not great and vertically bulky) and you still need to carry another N locks to be safe. It'll sell thousands.

2014-09-24 08:35:17 UTC

chroma

Without a keyboard

mooreds

If only mobile devices supported some sort of wireless protocol for keyboards.I agree that tablets and phones prioritize content consumption over content creation, but that's what most people want. As Steve Jobs said: Tablets are cars. Laptops and desktops are trucks. Trucks will still be around in the future, but most people won't use them. After all, what would they need a truck for?Edit: Since it wasn't obvious, yes my first sentence was a joke.

2014-09-24 08:38:36 UTC

mooreds

IBM Watson API

miket

I found the link above to be a bit useless as it jumps right into getting answers with evidence. Here's a better overview link: https://developer.ibm.com/watson/docs/developing-watson-apis...

2014-09-24 08:38:40 UTC

mcv

This email may be worth millions of dollars in sales

guiseppecalzone

Great mail, but the line "...is one of the most leveraged investments you can make" makes my skin itch.

2014-09-24 08:43:40 UTC

mooreds

IBM Watson API

miket

If you want access to the API, you have to fill out a form, here: http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibmwatson/form_ecosys...This is buried in the docs as a comment on this page: https://developer.ibm.com/watson/docs/developing-watson-apis...Edit:No real support for 'playing around' with the API. Bummer.Edit2:Just went through the application process linked above. Be prepared to give info about yourself and your company and an explanation of why you want access to the Watson API, as well as what type of information you'll be working with. I stated 'just want to play around with the API'. We'll see how they react to that.

2014-09-24 08:43:48 UTC

valdiorn

Robinhood Raises $13M to Democratize Stock Market with Zero-Commission Trading

juanplusjuan

okay, so who pays for the exchange access?? Because NYSE haven't been known to let people connect and get their data for free, ya know?

2014-09-24 08:50:32 UTC

quarterto

Was jquery.com compromised?

getdavidhiggins

Normally I hate glib citations of Betteridge's law[0], but in this case they really ought to unequivocally state right in the headline "No, jquery.com was not compromised". Anything else seems like they're hiding something.[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5742893ninja edit: qwertial aphasia

2014-09-24 08:51:31 UTC

merrua

Netflix refuses CRTC demand to hand over subscriber data

randlet

The set quota of Canadian-specific content being required to sell to Canadians seems like a good idea.

2014-09-24 08:58:39 UTC

pesenti

IBM Watson API

miket

IBM is about to make these APIs (and many others) much more accessible as part of BlueMix (https://ace.ng.bluemix.net/ - the IBM PaaS/Heroku). I lead the team in charge of developing the Watson platform. Ask me questions!

2014-09-24 08:59:23 UTC

gambiting

The SSD Endurance Experiment: Only Two Remain After 1.5PB

ferrari8608

I've always been curious - I understand that memory cells have their own durability, but how about the controllers that are used to transfer that data? Do they wear out too? In fact, can a CPU fail after having exobytes of data sent through it?

2014-09-24 09:00:19 UTC

qwerta

Without a keyboard

mooreds

... tablets just mean less competition.I already observed this effect with laptops. While most people enjoy tiny screens and questionable ergonomics, guys with normal workstations are 5x more productive.

2014-09-24 09:04:19 UTC

steilpass

Getting started with Docker and Mean.JS

steilpass

Full disclosure: I've written and submitted the article. Let me know what you think.

2014-09-24 09:17:35 UTC

gimboland

Datamining a Flat in Munich

ilovefood

Brilliant punchline.

2014-09-24 09:18:59 UTC

Kiro

Datamining a Flat in Munich

ilovefood

> a girl with an italian name, gets an 90% answer rate, a guy with an arab name and is younger than 25 gets, 1% answer rateDepressing.

2014-09-24 09:19:10 UTC

lunarcave

Heroku DX: The New Heroku Developer Experience

Spiritus

Application Metrics are currently only available for apps with two or more running dynos of any size Of course, I can't be a freeloader and complain about this I guess.

2014-09-24 09:20:32 UTC

freyfogle

Datamining a Flat in Munich

ilovefood

My sympathies, I lived in Munich 15 years ago and it was a nightmare to find a place even back then. I've heard it's only gotten worse.We (Nestoria.de) aggregate listings of most of the players in real estate in Germany (IS24, immowelt, immonet, süddeutsche, others) and offer an API. We also offer an API of price trends (ie what the avg rent is in an area and if it's going up or down).Enjoy: http://www.nestoria.co.uk/help/api-search-listings

2014-09-24 09:27:20 UTC

marincounty

Without a keyboard

mooreds

I have thought the same thing for awhile. I use an Ipad way too much. Meaning I'm not really working. I think my next purchase will be something like the Surface 4, or 5. When they get it just right?

2014-09-24 09:27:27 UTC

PeekPoke

Advanced tech earplugs designed for optimal listening

kevinwdavid

These seem interesting for those of us heading into middle age - where lots of background noise can be irritating when you are trying to concentrate on a conversation or the television. $25 seems a bargain too, I'll be getting a pair to try for sure.

2014-09-24 09:27:29 UTC

PeekPoke

What are you doing when the Internet connection goes down?

pant

Coffee...

Say for a reason your connection goes down. It could be a device (Router) malfunction or a problem from your provider. How do you spend your time after that, assuming that there is no way to fix the problem or find any (other) hotspot :) ?

2014-09-24 09:28:40 UTC

hesselink

For Cinephiles, Netflix Is Less and Less an Option

jfb

This problem is even worse when you're outside of the US, and the Netflix selection is even smaller. On the upside, I don't think we ever had the Netflix DVD service, so we don't miss it.

2014-09-24 09:29:07 UTC

legulere

Without a keyboard

mooreds

Oh how did people change the world before keyboards were invented?How will people be able to create when their smartphones just have useless stuff like cameras?

2014-09-24 09:29:12 UTC

darkFunction

Without a keyboard

mooreds

It's the distinction between producing and consuming. It's important these days to make a conscious effort to produce more and not slip into constant information consumption mode, which new technology seems to encourage.

2014-09-24 09:29:21 UTC

kamakazizuru

ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission: Spacecraft successfully enters Martian Orbit

skbohra123

cue haters talking about lack of toilets/education/too much rape/other random social issue that exists in India they heard about that one time in the news - and how India should fix that instead of developing technology...in 5..4..3..2..1

2014-09-24 09:30:29 UTC

proexploit

What happens when National Geographic steals your art?

playhard

Whenever I see an article like this where only one side of an email chain is posted, it makes me question the content. The start of the NG email reads "I must respectfully disagree with the implication set forth in your reply email that statutory damages for willful infringement in the range of $150,000 per work are applicable to this situation.". That makes it sound as though his email may have just reach out and said "You guys are so screwed, you do realize stealing my shit is going to cost you $150k right?". How would that prompt anything other than a carefully crafted response from a legal team?

2014-09-24 09:35:27 UTC

dheer01

Lecture 1 – How to Start a Startup [video]

declan

Disagree completely with the very first opinion expressed - 'Don't do a startup just to do one - do it only if you really want to solve a problem'.India has produced about 3 big ~billion dollar compaines in the recent past - inmobi, flipkart, druvaa. None of the founders really started to 'solve' a problem they were passionate about. What they were really passionate about was just 'starting up' - and based on their personal strengths, industry knowledge and what they thought could be sold, stumbled on these big businesses. This was probably true for HP too.It is absolutely ok to do a startup just for the heck of it. Get in the game and find out the intersection of what you can build and what a customer will buy. If you build a big business - the passion will follow. Do not forget to bullshit though on your big interview on how the so solved problem kept you awake at nights - it makes for some good reading and impressionable pr.

2014-09-24 09:36:37 UTC

illumen

Istanbul: A JavaScript code coverage tool written in JS

sebslomski

This is a brilliant tool for those of us who test JavaScript. A bit of a hack, but it seems to work.It's also a reason why browsers should allow some sort of tracing API for JavaScript. I know V8 and Firefox do not expose the interface because they couldn't think of a decent enough use case to justify exposing the surface area of this code. This is the use case.

2014-09-24 09:37:09 UTC

tarminian

BMC Software Sues ServiceNow for Patent Infringement

anupshinde

Dear BMC, Remedy stinks. Sincerely Former User

2014-09-24 09:40:00 UTC

petercooper

Datamining a Flat in Munich

ilovefood

The conclusion from this little study, is that a girl with an italian name, gets an 90% answer rate, a guy with an arab name and is younger than 25 gets, 1% answer rate. The master of all, is the young munich guy who is around 25Sadly, this doesn't surprise me.Across Europe, numerous anti-discrimination laws have been (rightfully) enacted, but it just pushes any inclination to discriminate that might exist into private. Oh, we "didn't receive" your e-mail, or oh, I "didn't see" your résumé.. This is why some people got upset about Google+ demanding real names and similar "use your real name" policies elsewhere, as even a name alone can be a huge trigger for discriminatory behavior.

2014-09-24 09:40:02 UTC

phreeza

Datamining a Flat in Munich

ilovefood

I was recently looking for a new flat in Berlin, and I didn't have the same type of problem the OP had, but once I had an interview, I had to make a decision on whether I wanted the flat or not quite quickly. So I used a variant of the optimal strategy of the secretary problem[0]: Decided on a rough maximal number of flats I wanted to visit N, visit N/e flats without real intention of renting, to sample the market, and then take the first flat that is better than all of the previously viewed flats. Worked out remarkably well for me.[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem

2014-09-24 09:41:05 UTC

moreentropy

Show HN: Off-grid web server for the developing world

MichaelAO

For creating decentralized mesh networks, it might help to look at what the freifunk project has done. Freifunk is a community project that builds open mesh networks (mostly in Germany) using cheap (€15-20 range) off the shelf routers. The routers usually provide two wifi networks, an open access point as well as a mesh interface that will mesh with all other access points in range.The used firmware (called "Gluon") is based on OpenWRT and all open source:http://gluon.readthedocs.org/en/v2014.3/ https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluonhttp://freifunk.net/en/Apart from that, for communicating with systems that have no or only temporary internet access, the pretty ancient UUCP protocol comes to mind:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCPI actually had my first email and news accounts subscribed over the UUCP protocol. The main advantage of UUCP is that it will queue all data destined for a remote system and asynchronously transfer everything when a system is reachable. It is also possible to relay data using multiple hops that are not online at the same time. It was used mostly with dial up systems that were only online during data transfers.So with UUCP it might be possible to implement a sort of drive-by update where a mobile node (maybe installed in a car) can connect to a local server, exchange incoming/outgoing messages and relay them to the node in the next village when the driver moves on.

2014-09-24 09:42:22 UTC

dang

What Do Animals See in a Mirror?

dnetesn

This had substantial recent discussion. You can check this by using the search box at the bottom of most HN pages:https://hn.algolia.com/?q=what+do+animals+see+in+a+mirror#!/...Reposts are ok if a post hasn't had significant attention, but if it has, we demote them as duplicates until a year or so has gone by.

2014-09-24 09:43:33 UTC

dz0ny

Log viewer for Apache, IIS, Nginx

iannet

Gamer nation needs log viewer for Nginx or/and Apache?

2014-09-24 09:44:00 UTC

ucho

Email IP Leak Test

boianmihailov

Looks like a great way to harvest active email addresses.

2014-09-24 09:44:26 UTC

amrek

Email IP Leak Test

boianmihailov

Another site to test email IP leaks: http://emailipleak.com/Aside from basic IP leaks, you can also test for other privacy leaks at: https://emailprivacytester.com/Featured in: http://www.ghacks.net/2014/05/25/test-email-account-privacy-...

2014-09-24 09:46:18 UTC

sebst

Not sure what to do with my startup idea

coingig

As always: That depends. ;-)The most important question is: Can you make a sustainable business with you app and will you generate money from it? If this is the case, you could either find an investor (which may be very, very hard at you current stage) or invest some of your savings on your own.Then, how are you used to work currently? Do you prefer working with others or on your own?Finding a co-founder is often a good choice for startups because you find like-minded people which (hopefully) share the motivation for the project with you. However, doing something together requires a lot of trust in each other and empathy. If you find yourself comfortable with another guy at your project, go for it, that's the best solution, in my opinion. If you disclose some more details about your idea, I am sure, HN could be a place to start searching.If you find yourself uncomfortable with that and you're not willing to learn to program, go for oDesk or something similar as some other comments already suggested.

I have a pretty good idea for a mobile app that I want to develop that is based on musicians and their news feeds, it is not something revolutionary but it is missing in today's world and actually something I would use everyday.I am not a coder but my forte is in digital marketing as I have been doing it for 8 years and pretty damn good at it.Building an app today is something that is all the rage so I know hiring a coder is going to be very costly once programming and design are included.Anyone have advice on how I can go about doing this, should I partner with someone that can code, take the risk and invest the money to have it developed?

2014-09-24 09:47:58 UTC

kyriakos

The Dropbox terabyte conundrum

jaimebuelta

This is exactly the problem Microsoft solved with OneDrive. You can choose what is kept only online and what is also offline. In windows at least its integration goes as far as keeping lower resolution versions of your photos offline for previewing purposes and seamlessly downloading the full-res when you try to open it in say Photoshop.Unfortunately as nice as this sounds in practice its extremely slow (at least for us in Europe).I am facing the same problem with hubiC which has a 10GB plan only and unless you have some crazy raid configuration on your desktop there is no way you can fill it up unless you use the web interface exclusively.

2014-09-24 09:50:56 UTC

MrJagil

Blizzard officially cancels MMO Titan after seven years in development

ricardo_ramirez

This should probably be the linked article: http://www.polygon.com/2014/9/23/6833953/blizzard-cancels-ti...

2014-09-24 09:52:20 UTC

jbrooksuk

Email IP Leak Test

boianmihailov

Spelling mistake spotted; "automaticly" should be "automatically".

2014-09-24 09:53:23 UTC

valevk

Datamining a Flat in Munich

ilovefood

Getting an answer is only the first step. Afterwards you are invited with around 20-30 other persons to visit the flat. It's like cattle looking for a new shed.

2014-09-24 09:53:28 UTC

drdaeman

Email IP Leak Test

boianmihailov

Guess it would be worth mentioning how to spoof initial Received header for those who self-host their email and run Postfix as their MSA/MTA: https://www.void.gr/kargig/blog/2013/11/24/anonymize-headers...Notice: This works when you have a separate MSA (submission) service listening on a separate port (587 by default), which is a proper approach; not when you send to MTA on port 25.

2014-09-24 09:56:43 UTC

blinduck

Blizzard officially cancels MMO Titan after seven years in development

ricardo_ramirez

This makes me sad for some reason. I'll never forget the sense of wonder I felt the first time I played vanilla WoW.I found the world to be incredibly compelling and rich, and got really sucked in. The world felt vast, and I spent hours just wandering around and exploring. It was also my first MMO and the thought that I was playing with thousands of other players in real time was amazing.

2014-09-24 09:57:22 UTC

blowski

How to tell when a robot has written you a letter

Thevet

Fascinating - I had no idea such a machine existed. Here is a video of one in action - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k49ncf60zN8#t=16

2014-09-24 09:58:07 UTC

AzmD

Lecture 1 – How to Start a Startup [video]

declan

Ideas are important ... but if Ycombinator stresses so much on the idea being really great then they should take these lines off their website (its on the "Apply" page)"Your idea is important too, but mainly as evidence that you can have good ideas. Most successful startups change their idea substantially."

2014-09-24 10:02:47 UTC

mmphosis

Analyzing Programming Languages Using Rosetta Code

nkurz

Python for readability. C for speed.

2014-09-24 10:04:12 UTC

pesenti

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Gets Past the Big Blues

pesenti

The newly launched IBM Cloud PaaS offering mentioned in the article: https://bluemix.net/.

2014-09-24 10:07:27 UTC

andreasvc

How to tell when a robot has written you a letter

Thevet

This is so pointless. People have positive associations with handwritten letters because of the content that goes with it. If marketeers start using handwritten letters they will just ruin that association.

2014-09-24 10:08:40 UTC

lultimouomo

Datamining a Flat in Munich

ilovefood

I was very surprised to find Caracas at #9 in the linked article of most expensive cities in the world; Venezuela having a pro capita GDP of around $13K I would have expected the cost of life to be quite low.Does anyone have first hand experience of that, or an explanation of why it is so?

2014-09-24 10:11:56 UTC

mironathetin

Datamining a Flat in Munich

ilovefood

Cool post.We want to buy something in Munich and indeed, even if you are prepared to spend a million or more, it is extremely hard to get an invitation to visit a place (Even if you are in the right age and your wife is an italian girl, like mine).It would be really cool to outwit the real estate dealers in the way you did it. I keep thinking. Ideas are welcome.

2014-09-24 10:12:34 UTC

TeMPOraL

This email may be worth millions of dollars in sales

guiseppecalzone

If I got an e-mail like this, I'd most likely go with the competitor.> The FooCorps's of the world have spent a couple decades now in a the race to the bottom and it shows. I have no doubt you can get their product (or a whole raft of others) for a few bucks cheaper than us.AKA. "Our competition suck and it shows."> Our product, Acme, is different.Of course.> Look, FooCorp's customers are switching to Acme in droves because we're investing heavily in great customer service and innovation.Yeah? I'd like to see data that supports it. This is one of the most common blatant lies in marketing (sure, it is true for some specific values of customers, switching and in droves) and I see no reason to trust it at face value; the sole inclusion of this sentence feels like evidence against company quality.The same e-mail could be sent by FooCorp or any other competitor in that space. There's no Acme-product-specific information here, just universal marketing slogans.

2014-09-24 10:13:02 UTC

jacko0

ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission: Spacecraft successfully enters Martian Orbit

skbohra123

Well Done! But $74 Million could have been spent giving toilets to Indians, so that don't have to shit in the streets.

2014-09-24 10:14:54 UTC

raghuRM

How to tell when a robot has written you a letter

Thevet

This machine seems a standard automation for pre-email era. Most of the e-mails sent by me now and in the past years at my work in HR, have been automated by me while retaining a good amount of "personalization" for most of the non-priority e-mail replies which helped me highly for saving time for my start-ups. You will be surprised at the amount of "personalized looking" e-mails received that are actually automated.

2014-09-24 10:16:45 UTC

ColinWright

How to Squeeze a Huge Ship Down a Tiny River

sveme

I once assisted getting a barge into a port. Technically it was a barge, because it didn't have its own engines, but it was an FPSO[0] and it was 310 metres long and 80 metres wide - you could fit three football fields in its footprint.My job was to provide real-time live radar from the land-based VTS[1]. It had been decided that only relying on GPS was a risk, and that independent radar images would be necessary to confirm position, course, and speed. We were transmitting live radar from Port Control over a 19.2k baud VHS data link to my laptop on the barge. Using the radar data we re-calibrated and cross-checked the GPS positioning to make sure there was no drift, error, or distortion. There was some interesting math going on underneath.Modern radars sample at 50 MHz, giving a 3m inter-sample distance. Getting that 50 MBytes/sec data down a 19.2k bits/sec channel was a challenge. There were some easy gains (inter-pulse dead-time, blanking) but we still needed a radar image the pilots and captains could rely on, especially coming in from open water.There's a picture of it coming in to the river[2] and a video[3] of the vessel, having been fitted, leaving the river. When it came in it didn't have all the super-structure, and the highest point was the heliport, which is where I stood for much of the time.An interesting job.[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_production_storage_and...[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vessel_traffic_service[2] http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/bonga-fpso/bonga-fps...[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKLXiHPNu8A

2014-09-24 10:18:18 UTC

ato42

What are you doing when the Internet connection goes down?

pant

Dig out the secret fap folder then thanks the gods that C man pages are stored locally

Say for a reason your connection goes down. It could be a device (Router) malfunction or a problem from your provider. How do you spend your time after that, assuming that there is no way to fix the problem or find any (other) hotspot :) ?

2014-09-24 10:18:27 UTC

vo1aQXJ3

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Gets Past the Big Blues

pesenti

Ginni is very unlikely to turn around the company. She is a livelong IBMer. Just like Sam Palmisano before her. And both have been undoing the good work that Lou Gerstner did and continued the bad work he did.IBM is a financial engineering company... now, if it could become a sales company again...

2014-09-24 10:18:39 UTC

bowietrousers

Email IP Leak Test

boianmihailov

"You are connecting from IP address: 10.56.111.24, 127.0.0.1"Err, RFC 1918 anyone?

2014-09-24 10:19:12 UTC

ygra

Analyzing Programming Languages Using Rosetta Code

nkurz

What should be noted, though, is that Rosetta code examples are usually not written for speed of execution, but instead in an educational manner and thus favor clearer code over faster code. At least that's how I wrote my contributions and I feel fits the aim of the project better.

2014-09-24 10:21:29 UTC

mike-cardwell

Email IP Leak Test

boianmihailov

I don't know if their MTA is currently having problems, but it took my MTA 12 minutes to deliver the message to theirs. When I telnet to them on port 25 the welcome banner doesn't seem to appear.If they're using some form of artificial delays or greylisting, that's all well and good, but it's not really suitable for this sort of service. I imagine a lot of people would get bored of waiting and just leave.

2014-09-24 10:25:38 UTC

domrdy

Datamining a Flat in Munich

ilovefood

> Appartment rental agencies cost roughly 3 times the monthly rent, which accounts for around 2000€. No need to say this was a no go for me as I prefer keeping that money and making something good out of it.As far as I know this fee will soon have to be paid by the landlord rather than the potential tenant (by german law).

2014-09-24 10:26:33 UTC

FooBarWidget

Is the Information Technology Revolution Over? (2013) [pdf]

prostoalex

> While the evidence is far from conclusive, we judge that "No, the IT revolution is not over."Betteridge's law of headlines is right again.

2014-09-24 10:26:40 UTC

Handwash

How to tell when a robot has written you a letter

Thevet

I think I'll just rip open the letter rather than analyzing the writing. Too many details to look at.

2014-09-24 10:28:57 UTC

dildog

Datamining a Flat in Munich

ilovefood

Hanz with a Z? Surely a Bavarian hiphop artist!

2014-09-24 10:29:22 UTC

tragic

For Cinephiles, Netflix Is Less and Less an Option

jfb

People have talked about the zero marginal cost issue with trivially copiable goods, and I simply don't think this is a surmountable obstacle for the film business as a business. Already, when people say "I prefer to pay for a film to support filmmakers, actors etc" the implied subclause is that "I could choose otherwise."And that's where I see it going, really. Look at classical music, the visual arts, theatre (outside of big Broadway/West End musicals) - these continue to exist overwhelmingly on the basis of patronage from the state and philanthropists.This is not exactly an apples-for-apples comparison (a symphonic or theatrical performance is not copiable in the same way as digital video; still less are prints of paintings substitutable for the real thing); but the underlying issue is similar: it costs more to put these things on than can be made back in gate receipts.And so, when people choose to pay for films in a situation where it is just as easy to pirate (it often isn't actually), they are being philanthropic and paying a non-market price for the film.I don't see how a $10 monthly subscription model is going to sustain the entire film industry, although maybe someone can do better maths than me on the back of their napkin.

2014-09-24 10:32:02 UTC

dancecodes

Why systemd?

jamesog

Perhaps to see topic on HN: "Why not systemd?" or something else: "Do you need systemd?"

2014-09-24 10:36:05 UTC

sveme

How to Squeeze a Huge Ship Down a Tiny River

sveme

There is a second story to it: about a decade ago, the shipyard owners realized that they had already reached the maximum ship size that they could transfer from the shipyard to the sea. So they announced that they would transfer the shipyard to the city of Eemshaven downstream the Ems river - a sensible decision you might think, however, Eemshaven is unfortunately already in the Netherlands. The state government, not wanting to lose a major employer in a rather poor area of the state, built a storm surge barrier to the tune of around 400 mio Euros, arguing it would be for flood prevention. Conveniently, it also allows blocking the outgoing tide, leaving the river at high tide for more than a couple of hours, allowing for larger ships to travel to the sea. At apparently quite an ecological cost.Well, surprisingly the shipyard stayed in Lower Saxony. So much for European integration.But it seems like they reached maximum ship size yet again, wondering what they are coming up with next.

2014-09-24 10:36:57 UTC

anigbrowl

How to tell when a robot has written you a letter

Thevet

If you need to send out 200 personalized letters to sales leads but haven’t got the time to handwrite them yourself — or if your handwriting is, like mine, grotesque — then Maillift will generate them for you, using teams of genuinely carbon-based people.That's horrible! I don't mind getting a printed letter but if I got a handwritten letter that I later found out was faked I would never, ever do business with that person again. Doing this means the very first step in an attempt to form a business relationship is an act of deception.This is of course a classic submarine story: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.htmlEvery time I feel like I have come to terms with marketing people as economic actors they manage to plumb some new nadir.

2014-09-24 10:37:00 UTC

darex

Local SIM – find the nearest store of local mobile provider while travelling

lashkhi

can you please provide promos?

I would like to introduce an iOS application that can be useful for every traveler - Local SIM. Before making a trip, or if you are already traveling, you can find on the map nearest store where you can connect to the local network carrier (provider) and get the local sim card. The application will be useful for those who do not want to pay for roaming, and for the provider companies. There's currently available in Appstore second version of application, which already includes 27 countries and more than 50 providers around the whole Europe! In the future it is planned to increase the list of countries and providers, also the ability to select the best voice/data rates and plans for even greater savings.Going abroad and don't want to pay for roaming? Act like the locals - get the Local SIM app, find the nearest store to you, and get connected to local data & network provider.While travelling, we often use wifi in hotel, cafe, or somewhere else, but if you want to stay connected all the time, if you need to check the bus departure time, if you need to build route, use navigator in car or make a call - you have to use 3g/LTE connection. The cheapest way- is to use local providers data plans, so the only one problem is to get know which providers are available and where you can get connected to. Local SIM helps you to get all this the information you need.https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/local-sim/id906088582

2014-09-24 10:37:20 UTC

qwerta

How to Squeeze a Huge Ship Down a Tiny River

sveme

It does not always go as planned. In 2006 boat caused major blackout in Europe, more then 15M people were without electricity.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_European_blackout

2014-09-24 10:38:58 UTC

lordbusiness

Datamining a Flat in Munich

ilovefood

Malcolm Gladwell, in his book The Tipping Point, identifies people like this author as "mavens". :-)The world is better off for having them.

2014-09-24 10:42:38 UTC

comlonq

Email IP Leak Test

boianmihailov

So I have to click a mailto link rather than letting me copy and paste the email address? I don't have a mail client set up on this machine. Good one....

2014-09-24 10:43:16 UTC

theindian

Show HN: Serai – Create beautiful travel journal collaboratively

vips

Liked the interface and design, will look forward to use it.

2014-09-24 10:44:46 UTC

tikums

SSL handshake latency and HTTPS optimizations (2010)

lostbit

Not so fast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EB7zh_7UE4

2014-09-24 10:45:03 UTC

qwerta

Datamining a Flat in Munich

ilovefood

> This was pretty easy as there is absolutely no captcha system used by that time, on those websitesCaptcha is not really a problem if you are willing to spend a few cents.

2014-09-24 10:47:24 UTC

samuell

Ideas about a New Programming Language for Games (ft. John Blow)

Red_Tarsius

Refreshing with a new view on all of this! Surely should apply to more than games.

2014-09-24 10:47:36 UTC

NicoJuicy

Datamining a Flat in Munich

ilovefood

And what about politicians demanding 40% is female, while only 10% of the candidates are female... That is actually one silly law (i'm not trying to discriminate, but it's kinda unfair for finding the best candidates).

2014-09-24 10:49:22 UTC

martin-adams

Istanbul: A JavaScript code coverage tool written in JS

sebslomski

In case it's useful for anyone, here is a gist of a gulpfile I use to use Istanbul to instrument my Node.js app, then run tests with Mocha and output the results:https://gist.github.com/medatech/76c6017cf55630b2db08

2014-09-24 10:51:13 UTC

qwerta

Show HN: Off-grid web server for the developing world

MichaelAO

My android phone can do just that.... It provides WIFI router, hosts USB hdd...

2014-09-24 10:51:13 UTC

richashaily

Show HN: Serai – Create beautiful travel journal collaboratively

vips

Beautiful interface, the Istanbul trip looks awe-inspiring..

2014-09-24 10:52:36 UTC

okasaki

Analyzing Programming Languages Using Rosetta Code

nkurz

I knew Java used a lot of memory, but that it's pretty much the worst is still kind of a shock.

2014-09-24 10:58:25 UTC

frantzmiccoli

German mail starts drone delivery

tbolse

A very nice article ... in German ;)

2014-09-24 10:58:45 UTC

juiyout

This email may be worth millions of dollars in sales

guiseppecalzone

A common technique when challenged with lower quote. If OP humors us with the actual context, then it might get more interesting.

2014-09-24 11:00:42 UTC

davidy123

JavaScript makes all other languages irrelevant and why you must master it now

killerdhmo

«(I purposely exclude Java because recently my virus program declared it a hazard).»Java is heavily used in finance, general business, science and academia and the JVM is the basis of vital new languages. I guess some people don't let a Windows virus scanner dictate their choices.

2014-09-24 11:01:10 UTC

andreasvc

The Surprising Path to a Faster NYTimes.com

danso

What is WPO?

2014-09-24 11:01:11 UTC

prats

Show HN: Serai – Create beautiful travel journal collaboratively

vips

intuitive ui. more power to you guys

2014-09-24 11:03:21 UTC

return0

ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission: Spacecraft successfully enters Martian Orbit

skbohra123

I 'm surprised it's not discussed here ... but the ones who should be worried here is SpaceX, not NASA.

2014-09-24 11:04:09 UTC