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<h1 style="text-align: center;">best of hacker news</h1> <h1 style="text-align: center;">2016-05-08</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 {subject}) , 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>] 2016-05-29</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>[<a href="http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2016-05-08" target="_blank">2016-05-08</a>]</strong></li> <ol> <li>] <a href="http://gnu.org/software/emacs/index.html" target="_blank">New GNU Emacs website</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (gnu.org)</span>, SRC=hn(547)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11621504" target="_blank">comments</a>(229) </li> <li>] <a href="http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/84000-hep-c-drug-only-1500" target="_blank">How I Got the $84k Hepatitis C Drug for $1500 by Buying It from India</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (alternet.org)</span>, SRC=hn(351)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11656659" target="_blank">comments</a>(342) </li> <li>td] <a href="https://www.javapoly.com/" target="_blank">Java Polyfill for the Browser</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (javapoly.com) </span>, SRC=hn(330)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11655582" target="_blank">comments</a>(88) </li> <li>td] <a href="http://slides.com/mricon/giant-bags-of-mostly-water#/" target="_blank">Giant bags of mostly water: Securing your IT infrastructure</a> <span class="sitebit comhead">(slides.com) </span>, SRC=hn(263)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11652940" target="_blank">comments</a>(116) </li> <li>] <a href="http://nautil.us/issue/36/aging/learning-chess-at-40" target="_blank">Learning Chess at 40</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (nautil.us) </span>, SRC=hn(242)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11653538" target="_blank">comments</a>(98) </li> <li>> td] <a href="https://matthewearl.github.io/2016/05/06/cnn-anpr/">Number plate recognition with Tensorflow</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (github.io) </span> , SRC=hn(238)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11655359" target="_blank">comments</a>(43) - google authored report on how its 'ai' system can recognize numbers (ex lic plates), another user then uses google system to defeats its own 'captcha' system</li> <li>] <a href="http://www.toyota-global.com/company/toyota_traditions/quality/mar_apr_2006.html" target="_blank">“Ask 'why' five times about every matter”</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (toyota-global.com) </span> , SRC=hn(227)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11656575" target="_blank">comments</a>(168) </li> <li>> ] <a href="https://likewise.am/2016/05/08/why-suburbia-sucks/" target="_blank">Why Suburbia Sucks</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (likewise.am) </span>, SRC=hn(226)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11655308" target="_blank">comments</a>(295) </li> <li>] <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-bars-intelligence-agencies-from-using-analytics-service-1462751682?mod=e2tw" target="_blank">Twitter Bars Intelligence Agencies from Using Analytics Service</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (wsj.com)</span>, SRC=hn(218)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11657379" target="_blank">comments</a>(92) </li> <li>td] <a href="http://rustbyexample.com/" target="_blank">Rust by Example</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (rustbyexample.com) </span>, SRC=hn(206)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11657250" target="_blank">comments</a>(20) </li> <li>] <a href="https://www.evilsocket.net/2016/05/08/Hacking-Yourself-out-of-the-Banking-System-and-Live-only-on-BitCoins/" target="_blank">Living Only on Bitcoins</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (evilsocket.net) </span>, SRC=hn(182)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11654617" target="_blank">comments</a>(174) </li> <li>] <a href="http://priceonomics.com/the-independent-discovery-of-tcpip-by-ants/" target="_blank">The Independent Discovery of TCP/IP, by Ants</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (priceonomics.com) </span>, SRC=hn(180)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11657411" target="_blank">comments</a>(33) </li> <li>] <a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/robotics/medical-robots/autonomous-robot-surgeon-bests-human-surgeons-in-world-first#.Vy_WyXgg3Vo.hackernews" target="_blank">Autonomous Robot Surgeon Bests Humans</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (ieee.org) </span>, SRC=hn(165)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11656738" target="_blank">comments</a>(80) </li> <li>] <a href="http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/05/death-by-gps/" target="_blank">Death by GPS</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (arstechnica.com) </span>, SRC=hn(149)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11655910" target="_blank">comments</a>(129) </li> <li>] <a href="http://www.vice.com/read/estonias-e-residency-program-is-the-future-of-immigration" target="_blank">Estonia's e-Residency Program</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (vice.com)</span>, SRC=hn(126)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11655272" target="_blank">comments</a>(41) </li> <li>hw] <a href="http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/5/7/11615806/nvidia-gtx-1080-1070-pascal-specs-price-release-date" target="_blank">Nvidia's new graphics cards are a big deal</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (theverge.com)</span> , SRC=hn(105)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11653540" target="_blank">comments</a>(43) </li> <li>tb] <a href="http://gizmodo.com/want-to-know-what-facebook-really-thinks-of-journalists-1773916117" target="_blank">What Happened When Facebook Hired Some Journalists</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (gizmodo.com) </span>, SRC=hn(102)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11655951" target="_blank">comments</a>(99) </li> <li>tb] <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/round-2-of-oracle-v-google-is-an-unpredictable-trial-over-api-fair-use/" target="_blank">Second Oracle v. Google trial could lead to headaches for developers</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (arstechnica.com)</span> , SRC=hn(100)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11656363" target="_blank">comments</a>(90) </li> <li>] <a href="http://chem.tufts.edu/AnswersInScience/RelativityofWrong.htm" target="_blank">The Relativity of Wrong by Isaac Asimov (1989) </a> <span class="sitebit comhead"> (tufts.edu) </span>, SRC=hn(99)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11654774" target="_blank">comments</a>(60) </li> <li>td] <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.00370v2" target="_blank">Visualizing Large-Scale and High-Dimensional Data </a> <span class="sitebit comhead"> (arxiv.org), SRC=hn(92)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11656133" target="_blank">comments</a>(18) </span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead">td] <a href="https://sanctum.geek.nz/arabesque/cron-best-practices/" target="_blank">Cron best practices </a> <span class="sitebit comhead"> (sanctum.geek.nz), SRC=hn(97)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11653166" target="_blank">comments</a>(19) </span></span></li> <li>> tb] <a href="http://antontarasenko.github.io/show-hn/" target="_blank">Analyzing 10,000 Show HN Submissions </a> <span class="sitebit comhead"> (github.io)</span>, SRC=hn(96)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11655885" target="_blank">comments</a>(14) </li> <li>> tb] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11653746" target="_blank">Ask HN: What are the cons of Google Polymer? </a>, SRC=hn(87)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11653746" target="_blank">comments</a>(77) </li> </ol></ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <ol> <li>] <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></li> <li>] CREATE-article# # - <a href="/view/task?id=6167" target="_blank">best-of-hacker-news-2016-05</a> </li> <li>] , SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11621504" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> </ol>