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<h1 style="text-align: center;">best of hacker news</h1> <h1 style="text-align: center;">2017-02-11 -draft</h1> <h2>[WHAT]</h2> <ol style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"> <li>] by Don Sagrott founder@sospep.com - a selection of the best posts from the hacker news(HN) community (<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com" target="_blank">news.ycombinator.com</a>) during this period, Read <a href="/view/article?id=5507" target="_blank">this article</a> for a detailed description of how we curate, categorize, summarize/analyze/review the content.</li> </ol> <h2>[WHY]</h2> <ol style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"> <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 style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"> <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 style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"> <li>] published: 2017-02-13</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><strong>[<a href="http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2017-02-11" target="_blank">2017-02-11</a>]</strong></li> <ol> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">sw] <a href="https://github.com/marcan/takeover.sh" target="_blank">Takeover.sh – Wipe and reinstall a running Linux system via SSH without reboot</a> (github.com) ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">people] <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/11/us/raymond-smullyan-dead-puzzle-creator.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">Raymond Smullyan has died</a> (nytimes.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">>] <a href="https://olivierpieters.be/blog/2017/02/11/designing-a-business-card-in-latex" target="_blank">Designing a Business Card in LaTeX</a> (olivierpieters.be),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">>tb] <a href="http://reason.com/blog/2017/02/10/facebook-has-no-first-amendment-right-to" target="_blank">Facebook Has No First Amendment Right to Send Unauthorized Texts, Says Court</a> (reason.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">tb] <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/02/oracle-refuses-to-accept-pro-google-fair-use-verdict-in-api-battle/" target="_blank">Oracle refuses to accept pro-Google “fair use” verdict in API battle</a> (arstechnica.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">] <a href="http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=160851" target="_blank">The horror of blimps (2003)</a> (straightdope.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">] <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/11/thought-smarter-everybody-kgb-spy-jack-barsky" target="_blank">Double life as a KGB agent</a> (theguardian.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">] <a href="https://www.wired.com/2017/02/dont-believe-lies-just-people-repeat/" target="_blank">A glitch in the human psyche that equates repetition with truth</a> (wired.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">] <a href="http://expressiveegg.org/2017/01/03/four-kinds-dystopia/" target="_blank">Four Kinds of Dystopia</a> (expressiveegg.org),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><strong>>td] <a href="http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~vatlidak/resources/POSIXmagazine.pdf" target="_blank">Posix Has Become Outdated (2016) [pdf]</a> (columbia.edu),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </strong></li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><strong>>td sw] <a href="https://github.com/muesli/beehive" target="_blank">Show HN: Beehive – An open source IFTTT powered by Go's templating engine </a>(github.com) ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </strong></li> <ol style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"> <li>] A flexible event and agent system with lots of bees</li> </ol> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">] <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cia-celebrating-its-cartography-divisions-75th-anniversary-declassified-maps-180961419/?utm_source=keywee-facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=keywee&kwp_0=299086&kwp_4=1167645&kwp_1=531375?no-ist" target="_blank">The CIA Is Sharing Declassified Maps</a> (smithsonianmag.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">>] <a href="https://techsolidarity.org/resources/basic_security.htm" target="_blank">Basic Security Precautions for Non-Profits and Journalists</a> (techsolidarity.org),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">] <a href="https://story.californiasunday.com/below-deck" target="_blank">Below Deck: Filipinos make up nearly a third of all cruise ship workers</a> (californiasunday.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">td] <a href="https://blog.hsp.dk/how-to-setup-vpn-server-on-raspberry-pi-or-digitalocean/" target="_blank">How to Setup a Secure VPN Server on Raspberry Pi or DigitalOcean</a> (hsp.dk),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><strong>>] <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/upshot/popping-the-housing-bubbles-in-the-american-mind.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0" target="_blank">Falling Home Prices Could Be a Good Thing</a> (nytimes.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </strong></li> <ol> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">] by</li> </ol> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">tb] <a href="https://www.nextplatform.com/2017/02/11/intel-gets-serious-neuromorphic-cognitive-computing-future/" target="_blank">Intel Gets Serious About Neuromorphic, Cognitive Computing Future</a> (nextplatform.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">enviro] <a href="http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/nature_and_travel/2017/02/07/four_of_iceland_s_main_volcanoes_all_preparing_for_/" target="_blank">Four of Iceland’s main volcanoes are preparing for eruption</a> (mbl.is),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#)</li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">poli privacy] <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/08/passwords-for-social-media-accounts-could-be-required-for-some-to-enter-country/" target="_blank">Passwords for social media accounts could be required for some to enter country</a> (techcrunch.com) ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#)</li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">>tb] <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article/linux-pioneer-munich-poised-to-ditch-open-source-and-return-to-windows/" target="_blank">Linux pioneer Munich poised to ditch open source and return to Windows</a> (techrepublic.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#)</li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><strong>>td] <a href="https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2013/02/7-things-developers-should-know-about-sql-server/" target="_blank">Things Developers Should Know About SQL Server (2013)</a> (brentozar.com) ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </strong></li> <ol> <li>] by Brent Ozar - a former developer who’s moved into database administration. here’s what I wish somebody would have told me when I got started. 1] SQL functions rarely perform well - ... - use stored procedures and views instead, 2] with no lock, doesnt actually mean no locking ] and 5 more ..</li> </ol> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">td] <a href="http://blog.brakmic.com/thrill-big-data-processing-with-c/" target="_blank">Thrill – Big Data Processing with C++</a> (brakmic.com) ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">td] <a href="https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli" target="_blank">Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal</a> (github.com) ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">>tb] <a href="https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2017/02/10/piezos-life-outside-the-app-store/" target="_blank">Making More Outside The App Store</a> (rogueamoeba.com) ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">>tb] <a href="https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/upcoming-policies-full?locale.x=en" target="_blank">PayPal adds “non-discouragement” clause to their User Agreement</a> (paypal.com), ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">>tb] <a href="http://moneyandstate.com/the-true-cost-of-bitcoin-transactions/" target="_blank">The True Cost of Bitcoin Transactions</a> (moneyandstate.com) ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><strong>td>] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13624926" target="_blank">Ask HN: What are some well written/engineered open source software?</a> ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#)</strong> </li> <ol> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">] discussion: examples in C:] <strong>nginx</strong>, mbed TLS, Amazon s2n, c++/c# ] <strong>mono</strong> sourcecode as a goto reference for poorly documented .Net framework code, ] <a href="http://aosabook.org/en/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://aosabook.org/en/index.html</a> ] <strong>PostgreSQL</strong>, Nginx, fio, SublimeText (3), nmap, libcurl (and curl itself), ffmpeg (parts are also in asm), rsync, XLD, ] <strong>discourse</strong>, ] <strong>redis</strong>, </li> </ol></ol></ol> <h2>[HOW-TO]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <ol> <li>] <a href="/view/chapters?id=317" target="_blank">BOOK-technology-stories-2017</a> - <a href="/view/articles?id=1122" target="_blank">best-of-hacker-news-2017-02</a> </li> <li>x] # 6894 - <a href="/view/task?id=6894" target="_blank">CREATE-article(s)#</a> - best-of-hacker-news-2017-02-dd - ] select and add (#), ] linked, ] categorized, ] review (#), ] sum/ana/... (#), ] backdated </li> <li>] ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> </ol>