Thursday 31 January 2019

New top story on Hacker News: Did wine cause a full-scale revolution in Armenia?


New top story on Hacker News: Did wine cause a full-scale revolution in Armenia?

Did wine cause a full-scale revolution in Armenia?
4 by MiriamWeiner | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Facebook adviser attacks 'lax' child checks

Facebook's approach to parental consent was "most concerning", says a member of its Safety Advisory Board.

from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2MGEtug
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New top story on Hacker News: Cal Newport on Why We'll Look Back at Our Smartphones Like Cigarettes


New top story on Hacker News: A proposed API for full-memory encryption


New top story on Hacker News: Cal Newport on Why We'll Look Back at Our Smartphones Like Cigarettes

Cal Newport on Why We'll Look Back at Our Smartphones Like Cigarettes
3 by dhh2106 | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: A proposed API for full-memory encryption

A proposed API for full-memory encryption
2 by l2dy | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: A.I. Could Worsen Health Disparities

A.I. Could Worsen Health Disparities
6 by pseudolus | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: A.I. Could Worsen Health Disparities


New top story on Hacker News: Germany, France, Britain to Launch Mechanism for Trade with Iran


New top story on Hacker News: Germs and ancient migrations help explain our world of haves and have nots


New top story on Hacker News: Bookwheel, the 16th Century Forerunner to the EBook Reader


New top story on Hacker News: Bookwheel, the 16th Century Forerunner to the EBook Reader

Bookwheel, the 16th Century Forerunner to the EBook Reader
3 by Clepsydra | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Germany, France, Britain to Launch Mechanism for Trade with Iran

Germany, France, Britain to Launch Mechanism for Trade with Iran
11 by betahiker | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Germs and ancient migrations help explain our world of haves and have nots

Germs and ancient migrations help explain our world of haves and have nots
3 by anastalaz | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Racket v7.2

Racket v7.2
8 by ethelward | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Racket v7.2


New top story on Hacker News: How I lost my data trying to back it up


New top story on Hacker News: A KGB agent shipped a Sidewinder missile by mail to Moscow (2017)


New top story on Hacker News: A Coder Who Became a Crime Boss


New top story on Hacker News: How I lost my data trying to back it up

How I lost my data trying to back it up
9 by h4myio | 1 comments on Hacker News.


Knife crime: Suspects could be banned from social media

Those breaching sanctions aimed at cutting rising violence could face up to two years in prison.

from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2S9v6bN
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New top story on Hacker News: A KGB Agent Stole a Sidewinder Missile and Shipped It by Mail to Moscow (2017)

A KGB Agent Stole a Sidewinder Missile and Shipped It by Mail to Moscow (2017)
6 by rishabhd | 3 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: A Coder Who Became a Crime Boss

A Coder Who Became a Crime Boss
3 by Elof | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Bloom's Taxonomy

Bloom's Taxonomy
3 by gekkostate | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Flexport Engineering Expands to Chicago


New top story on Hacker News: How to prepare a Design Thinking workshop for 80 people


New top story on Hacker News: Flexport Engineering Expands to Chicago

Flexport Engineering Expands to Chicago
1 by thedogeye | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: How to prepare a Design Thinking workshop for 80 people

How to prepare a Design Thinking workshop for 80 people
4 by ggeorgovassilis | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: A New Theory Proposes That Humans Tamed Themselves


New top story on Hacker News: A New Theory Proposes That Humans Tamed Themselves

A New Theory Proposes That Humans Tamed Themselves
6 by hacknrk | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: ASCII Art with Overstrike


New top story on Hacker News: Data Structures for coding interviews

Data Structures for coding interviews
10 by LogicRiver | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Like a son but cheaper: harried South Koreans pamper pets instead of having kids

Like a son but cheaper: harried South Koreans pamper pets instead of having kids
14 by starpilot | 18 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: GiveCampus (YC S15) Hiring Experienced Rails Engineers in DC

GiveCampus (YC S15) Hiring Experienced Rails Engineers in DC
1 by mkong1 | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Lidar Is a Crutch

Lidar Is a Crutch
46 by lawrenceyan | 46 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Why some Japanese pensioners want to go to jail

Why some Japanese pensioners want to go to jail
58 by pmoriarty | 25 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Rigetti launches the public beta of its Quantum Cloud Services

Rigetti launches the public beta of its Quantum Cloud Services
29 by sahin-boydas | 3 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: U.S. Changes Visa Process for High-Skilled Workers

U.S. Changes Visa Process for High-Skilled Workers
230 by godelmachine | 350 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: This is Your Brain Off Facebook - study offers glimpse of unplugging

This is Your Brain Off Facebook - study offers glimpse of unplugging
57 by pseudolus | 20 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Google+ for consumers will shut down on April 2nd

Google+ for consumers will shut down on April 2nd
92 by prostoalex | 64 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: ASCII Art with Overstrike

Show HN: ASCII Art with Overstrike
43 by inguz | 7 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: What is the space overhead of Base64 encoding?

What is the space overhead of Base64 encoding?
46 by ingve | 30 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Time Running Out for Beloved Mechanical Horse-Race Game in Vegas

Time Running Out for Beloved Mechanical Horse-Race Game in Vegas
67 by bcaulfield | 13 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Facebook shares shoot up after strong Q4 earnings despite data breach

Facebook shares shoot up after strong Q4 earnings despite data breach
219 by deanmoriarty | 156 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Some Fundamental Theorems in Mathematics

Some Fundamental Theorems in Mathematics
280 by postit | 50 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Jean-Paul Sartre Had a Bad Mescaline Trip (2018)

Jean-Paul Sartre Had a Bad Mescaline Trip (2018)
33 by lermontov | 5 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: NY Insurers Can Evaluate Social Media Use If They Can Prove Why It’s Needed

NY Insurers Can Evaluate Social Media Use If They Can Prove Why It’s Needed
72 by TuringNYC | 73 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Statistics Done Wrong

Statistics Done Wrong
328 by lawlorino | 27 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Why isn't the internet more fun and weird?

Why isn't the internet more fun and weird?
1044 by firloop | 442 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s back door

Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s back door
528 by minimaxir | 218 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Use DuckDuckGo to improve your privacy online (2018)

Use DuckDuckGo to improve your privacy online (2018)
301 by rbjorklin | 141 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Foxconn Is Reconsidering Plan for Manufacturing in Wisconsin

Foxconn Is Reconsidering Plan for Manufacturing in Wisconsin
206 by mikek | 190 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Scripting in Common Lisp

Scripting in Common Lisp
108 by mr_tyzic | 19 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Steganographic Packets

Steganographic Packets
8 by NullUsr | 2 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Boeing 787 Suffers Rare Dual Engine Failure on Landing

Boeing 787 Suffers Rare Dual Engine Failure on Landing
358 by georgecmu | 329 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: The first synthetic element

The first synthetic element
39 by pseudolus | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Ending our Medium integration

Ending our Medium integration
868 by thebaer | 346 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Superior Testing: Stop Stopping

Superior Testing: Stop Stopping
5 by ming13 | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Gödel's Theorem

Gödel's Theorem
72 by bookofjoe | 46 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Coloured Petri Nets: Modelling and Validation of Concurrent Systems (2009) [pdf]

Coloured Petri Nets: Modelling and Validation of Concurrent Systems (2009) [pdf]
20 by boshomi | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: No Great Technological Stagnation (2016)

No Great Technological Stagnation (2016)
28 by Hooke | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Data Structures for coding interviews


New top story on Hacker News: Like a son but cheaper: harried South Koreans pamper pets instead of having kids


New top story on Hacker News: GiveCampus (YC S15) Hiring Experienced Rails Engineers in DC


New top story on Hacker News: Lidar Is a Crutch


New top story on Hacker News: Why some Japanese pensioners want to go to jail


New top story on Hacker News: Rigetti launches the public beta of its Quantum Cloud Services


New top story on Hacker News: U.S. Changes Visa Process for High-Skilled Workers


New top story on Hacker News: This is Your Brain Off Facebook - study offers glimpse of unplugging


New top story on Hacker News: Google+ for consumers will shut down on April 2nd


New top story on Hacker News: What is the space overhead of Base64 encoding?


New top story on Hacker News: Time Running Out for Beloved Mechanical Horse-Race Game in Vegas


New top story on Hacker News: Facebook shares shoot up after strong Q4 earnings despite data breach


New top story on Hacker News: Some Fundamental Theorems in Mathematics


New top story on Hacker News: Jean-Paul Sartre Had a Bad Mescaline Trip (2018)


New top story on Hacker News: NY Insurers Can Evaluate Social Media Use If They Can Prove Why It’s Needed


New top story on Hacker News: Statistics Done Wrong


New top story on Hacker News: Why isn't the internet more fun and weird?


New top story on Hacker News: Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s back door


New top story on Hacker News: Use DuckDuckGo to improve your privacy online (2018)


New top story on Hacker News: Foxconn Is Reconsidering Plan for Manufacturing in Wisconsin


New top story on Hacker News: Scripting in Common Lisp


New top story on Hacker News: Steganographic Packets


New top story on Hacker News: 8bit Workshop


New top story on Hacker News: Boeing 787 Suffers Rare Dual Engine Failure on Landing


New top story on Hacker News: The first synthetic element


New top story on Hacker News: Ending our Medium integration


New top story on Hacker News: Superior Testing: Stop Stopping


New top story on Hacker News: Gödel's Theorem


New top story on Hacker News: Coloured Petri Nets: Modelling and Validation of Concurrent Systems (2009) [pdf]


New top story on Hacker News: No Great Technological Stagnation (2016)


Regulate social media to protect children, MPs urge

A cross-party committee says social media companies should have a legal "duty of care" to children.

from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2BaE9iK
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Facebook users continue to grow despite privacy scandals

The number of people who logged into the site at least once a month rose 9% last year.

from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2Uu7wUu
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Scruff gay dating app bans underwear photos

The app bans images of men in underwear and swimwear after "repeated suspensions by app store distributors".

from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2SgJDCi
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Kwik Fit garages hit by computer virus

The car repair chain's IT system went offline on Saturday and has been experiencing problems since.

from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2Bbhenr
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DJI pledges painful action to tackle corruption

The world's bestselling drone-maker says it must tackle cases of employee theft.

from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2BbV4Sh
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Fifa to stop selling in-game currency in Belgium

The move comes after the Belgian Gambling Commission threatened legal action over in-game loot boxes.

from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2MFq3uk
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Wikipedia article of the day for January 31, 2019


Wikipedia article of the day is Ambrose Rookwood. Check it out: http://bit.ly/2fohsfr