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<h1 style="text-align: center;">best of hacker news</h1> <h1 style="text-align: center;">2016-05-25</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>] 2016-07-08</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li> <div style="text-align: left;"><strong>[<a href="http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2016-05-25" target="_blank">2016-05-25</a>]</strong></div> </li> <ol> <li><span class="sitebit comhead">tb ] <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/25/reddit-image-uploads/" target="_blank">Reddit launches image uploads, ditching alliance with Imgur</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (techcrunch.com) </span> , SRC=hn(501)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11774102" target="_blank">comments</a>(398) </span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead">hw ] <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/03/12/return-of-incandescent-light-bulbs-as-mit-makes-them-more-effici/" target="_blank">Return of incandescent light bulbs as MIT makes them more efficient than LEDs</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (telegraph.co.uk)</span> , SRC=hn(472)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11771001" target="_blank">comments</a>(267) </span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead">tb x] <a href="http://blog.samaltman.com/housing-in-the-bay-area" target="_blank">Housing in the Bay Area</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (samaltman.com) </span>, SRC=hn(406)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11774351" target="_blank">comments</a>(388) - ycombinator CEO Altman calls for support for proposed new .ca .gov legislation to improve the approval process for new housing in the Bay area. Includes links to legislation and the contact info for .gov officials </span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead">tb ] <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36376966" target="_blank">Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots'</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (bbc.com)</span>, SRC=hn(344)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11770463" target="_blank">comments</a>(391) </span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead">td ] <a href="https://thesquareplanet.com/blog/the-path-to-rust/" target="_blank">The Path to Rust</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (thesquareplanet.com) </span>, SRC=hn(296)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11774850" target="_blank">comments</a>(213) </span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead">td] <a href="https://blog.twitter.com/2016/open-sourcing-twitter-heron" target="_blank">Open-Sourcing Twitter Heron</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (twitter.com)</span>, SRC=hn(289)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11770758" target="_blank">comments</a>(63) </span></span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead">tb] <a href="http://news10.com/2016/05/24/is-facebook-eavesdropping-on-your-phone-conversations/" target="_blank">Is Facebook eavesdropping on phone conversations?</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (news10.com) </span>, SRC=hn(287)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11767924" target="_blank">comments</a>(239) </span></span></span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead">tb] <a href="http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/college-cheating-iowa/" target="_blank">An industry that helps Chinese cheat their way into and through US colleges</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (reuters.com)</span>, SRC=hn(281)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11774099" target="_blank">comments</a>(318) </span></span></span></span> </li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead">] <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/has-a-hungarian-physics-lab-found-a-fifth-force-of-nature-1.19957" target="_blank">Has a Hungarian physics lab found a new force of nature?</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (nature.com)</span>, SRC=hn(264)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11768920" target="_blank">comments</a>(87) </span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead">tb] <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/business/dealbook/peter-thiel-tech-billionaire-reveals-secret-war-with-gawker.html" target="_blank">Peter Thiel, Tech Billionaire, Reveals Secret War with Gawker</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (nytimes.com)</span>, SRC=hn(262)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11774588" target="_blank">comments</a>(323) </span></span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead">td] <a href="https://realm.io/news/realm-1.0/">Realm 1.0 </a> <span class="sitebit comhead"> (realm.io), SRC=hn(261)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11769594" target="_blank">comments</a>(106) - mobile DB</span></span></span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead">td] <a href="http://zef.me/blog/6023/who-needs-git-when-you-got-zfs" target="_blank">Who Needs Git When You Have ZFS?</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (zef.me)</span>, SRC=hn(206)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11768886" target="_blank">comments</a>(146) </span></span></span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead">tb] <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/microsoft-cutting-1000-jobs-in-finland-as-it-ends-phone-production-report-2016-5" target="_blank">Microsoft is cutting 1,000 jobs in Finland as it stops phone production</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (businessinsider.com)</span>, SRC=hn(192)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11768536" target="_blank">comments</a>(#69)</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead">td] <a href="http://webgazer.cs.brown.edu/">WebGazer.js: Eye Tracking on the Browser </a> <span class="sitebit comhead"> (brown.edu), SRC=hn(190)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11770273" target="_blank">comments</a>(65) </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead">td] <a href="https://github.com/decosoftware/deco-ide" target="_blank">Deco IDE for React Native: Now Free and Open Source</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (github.com)</span>, SRC=hn(138)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11771697" target="_blank">comments</a>(27) </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead">td] <a href="https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SELinuxBeyondSaving" target="_blank">SELinux is beyond saving</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (utoronto.ca)</span>, SRC=hn(137)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11773187" target="_blank">comments</a>(77) </span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead">tb] <a href="http://blog.samaltman.com/bubble-talk?one_year" target="_blank">Sam Altman's Bubble Talk Bet Is 1 Year Old</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (samaltman.com)</span>, SRC=hn(132)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11770562" target="_blank">comments</a>(69) - Altman tired of reading about the "tech bubble", would rather read about what companies are doing. Positing on bubble talk is easy press but uninteresting and not meaningful in any way. Altman predicts valuations of top US tech companies 5 years into the future will be double their current valuation, that some mid tier companies(he provides examples) values will triple and that the current batch of yc startups, currently worth $0 will be worth 3B. He wagers 100K that his predictions will be correct</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead">health] <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/health/alzheimers-disease-infection.html" target="_blank">Could Alzheimer’s Stem from Infections?</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (nytimes.com)</span>, SRC=hn(128)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11773650" target="_blank">comments</a>(33) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead">td] <a href="https://openai.com/blog/team-update/" target="_blank">OpenAI Team Update</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (openai.com) , SRC=hn(125)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11773568" target="_blank">comments</a>(25) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead">sw] <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/bang" target="_blank">Search Bangs</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (duckduckgo.com), SRC=hn(123)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11621504" target="_blank">comments</a>(77) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead"><span class="sitebit comhead">tb] <a href="https://variety.com/2016/digital/features/marissa-mayer-yahoo-ceo-1201781310/" target="_blank">How Marissa Mayer Failed to Turn Yahoo Around</a><span class="sitebit comhead"> (variety.com), SRC=hn(115)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11769337" target="_blank">comments</a>(130) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ol></ol> <p> </p> <p> </p> <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> <li>] , SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11621504" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>] , SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11621504" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>] , SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11621504" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>] , SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11621504" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> </ol>