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<h1 style="text-align: center;">best of hacker news</h1> <h1 style="text-align: center;">2016-05-04</h1> <h2>[WHAT]</h2> <ol> <li>] by Don Sagrott founder@sospep.com - a selection of the best posts from the hacker news(HN) community(news.ycombinator.com) during this period, </li> <li>] the article title is linked to the original(source) article, </li> <li>] the comments are linked to the hacker news comments section for each article. </li> <li>] The date is linked to the <a href="http://jonathandub.in/" target="_blank">Jonathan Dubin's</a> site, <a href="http://waybackhn.com/" target="_blank">Wayback HN</a> which keeps a listing of the top 30 stories by date from the hacker news website. </li> <li>] The numbers beside the comments link, include the # upvotes the article recieved and the number of comments on the article</li> <li>] the initials beside the article title indicate the category the article belongs, too, see the [categories legend] below </li> </ol> <h2>[WHY]</h2> <ol> <li>] a curated selection of <strong>the most interesting/relevant content*</strong> (for ...) , organized by date and category</li> </ol> <h2>[WHERE]</h2> <ol> <li>] # 5154 - <a href="/view/article?id=5154" target="_blank">LEGENDS-article-links</a> - the CATEGORIES LEGEND defines the CATEGORY initials, example the initials 'td' = technology-developer, ] the hightlighted colors legend tells you what the variously highlighted color items mean and the STATUS LEGEND defines what actions have/will be taken with the article</li> </ol> <h2>[WHEN]</h2> <ol> <li>] 2016-05-23</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>[<a href="http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2016-05-03" target="_blank">2016-05-04</a>]</strong></li> <ol> <li>health] <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/03/cause-of-death-united-states-medical-error" target="_blank">Medical error is third biggest cause of death in the US, experts say</a> (theguardian.com), SRC=hn(636)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11627213" target="_blank">comments</a>(502) </li> <li>td] <a href="http://www.posteriorscience.net/?p=206" target="_blank">Programming by poking: why MIT stopped teaching SICP</a> (posteriorscience.net), SRC=hn(478)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11628080" target="_blank">comments</a>(232) </li> <li>> tb] <a href="http://macro.ycombinator.com/articles/2016/05/the-startup-zeitgeist/" target="_blank">The Startup Zeitgeist</a> (ycombinator.com), SRC=hn(469)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11632420" target="_blank">comments</a>(153) ] by Jason Friedman - a big picture looks at thousands of yc applications over the years, various data points measured including most mentioned competitors, least mentioned competitors, </li> <li>life] <a href="http://hintjens.com/blog:116" target="_blank">I wrote a small piece on planned death</a> (hintjens.com), SRC=hn(405)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11626793" target="_blank">comments</a>(104) </li> <li>> eneRgy] <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-03/solar-developers-undercut-coal-with-another-record-set-in-dubai" target="_blank">New Record Bid Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Undercutting Coal</a> (bloomberg.com), SRC=hn(367)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11627965" target="_blank">comments</a>(205) </li> <li>> trans] <a href="https://transportevolved.com/2015/02/17/official-japan-now-electric-car-charging-spots-gas-stations/" target="_blank">Japan Now Has More Electric Car Charging Spots Than Gas Stations</a> (transportevolved.com), SRC=hn(359)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11634235" target="_blank">comments</a>(113) </li> <li>] <a href="http://www.curiousgnu.com/reddit-godwin" target="_blank">78% of Reddit Threads with 1,000+ Comments Mention Nazis</a> (curiousgnu.com), SRC=hn(303)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11629649" target="_blank">comments</a>(201) </li> <li>tb] <a href="https://kalkis-research.com/google-end-of-the-online-advertising-bubble" target="_blank">Google: End of the Online Advertising Bubble</a> (kalkis-research.com), SRC=hn(295)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11626967" target="_blank">comments</a>(188) </li> <li>> ] <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/teamblog/introducing-docs-microsoft-com/" target="_blank">Introducing docs.microsoft.com</a> (microsoft.com), SRC=hn(249)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11626886" target="_blank">comments</a>(187) </li> <li>] <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/05/yes-all-drm" target="_blank">Yes, All DRM</a> (eff.org), SRC=hn(221)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11628477" target="_blank">comments</a>(158) </li> <li>hw ] <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/04/technology/ibm-wants-everyone-to-try-a-quantum-computer.html" target="_blank">IBM Wants Everyone to Try a Quantum Computer</a> (nytimes.com), SRC=hn(203)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11627922" target="_blank">comments</a>(59) </li> <li>> tb] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11633270" target="_blank">Tell HN: Winners of Apply HN for YC Fellowship 3</a>, SRC=hn(196)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11633270" target="_blank">comments</a>(302) </li> <li>td] <a href="https://medium.com/@jitbit/target-blank-the-most-underestimated-vulnerability-ever-96e328301f4c#.disn238f9" target="_blank">Target=”_blank” is an underestimated vulnerability</a> (medium.com), SRC=hn(183)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11631292" target="_blank">comments</a>(53) </li> <li>sw] <a href="https://github.com/sindresorhus/refined-twitter/blob/master/readme.md" target="_blank">Refined Twitter</a> (github.com), SRC=hn(179)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11631157" target="_blank">comments</a>(108) </li> <li>hw] <a href="http://ionescu007.github.io/SimpleVisor/" target="_blank">Simplevisor: Intel x64 Windows-specific hypervisor</a> (github.io), SRC=hn(178)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11628554" target="_blank">comments</a>(24) </li> <li>> eneRgy] <a href="http://www.keith.seas.harvard.edu/blog-1/cheapsolarpower" target="_blank">Cheap Solar Power</a> (harvard.edu), SRC=hn(174)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11629754" target="_blank">comments</a>(96) </li> <li>] <a href="http://www.neuroscientistnews.com/research-news/our-brain-uses-statistics-calculate-confidence-make-decisions" target="_blank">Our Brain Uses Statistics to Calculate Confidence, Make Decisions</a> (neuroscientistnews.com), SRC=hn(172)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11631418" target="_blank">comments</a>(107) </li> <li>sw] <a href="https://whispersystems.org/blog/signal-desktop-public/" target="_blank">Signal Desktop beta now publicly available</a> (whispersystems.org), SRC=hn(168)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11633055" target="_blank">comments</a>(62) </li> <li>tb] <a href="https://medium.com/strong-words/a-lifestyle-business-can-kill-you-2e45add4107f#.y9m3egtzf" target="_blank">Life Lessons from a Lifestyle Business: Interview with founder of Metafilter</a> (medium.com), SRC=hn(159)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11630521" target="_blank">comments</a>(54) </li> <li>td] <a href="http://clean-swift.com/mobile-development-projects-fail/" target="_blank">Why most mobile development projects fail</a> (clean-swift.com), SRC=hn(154)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11628598" target="_blank">comments</a>(103) </li> <li>] <a href="http://two-wrongs.com/the-bug-in-the-physical-building" target="_blank">The Bug in the Physical Building</a> (two-wrongs.com), SRC=hn(148)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11626588" target="_blank">comments</a>(32) </li> <li>td car] <a href="https://hackernoon.com/the-software-engineer-s-guide-to-asserting-office-dominance-ddea7b598df7#.961h4brcc" target="_blank">The software engineer’s guide to asserting dominance in the workplace</a> (hackernoon.com), SRC=hn(134)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11631118" target="_blank">comments</a>(39) </li> <li>sw] <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/05/04/siris-creators-say-theyve-made-something-better-that-will-take-care-of-everything-for-you/" target="_blank">Siri's creators say they've made something better</a> (washingtonpost.com), SRC=hn(129)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11632990" target="_blank">comments</a>(77) </li> <li>> td] <a href="https://medium.freecodecamp.com/we-asked-15-000-people-who-they-are-and-how-theyre-learning-to-code-4104e29b2781#.tesff0l03" target="_blank">We asked 15,000 people how they're learning to program</a> (freecodecamp.com), SRC=hn(123)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11631235" target="_blank">comments</a>(91) </li> <li>] , SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11621504" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> </ol></ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <div><ol> <li> <p>] <a href="/view/chapters?id=314" target="_blank">BOOK-technology-stories-2016</a> - <a href="/view/articles?id=1054" target="_blank">best-of-hacker-news-2016-05</a> </p> </li> </ol></div>