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<h1 style="text-align: center;">best of hacker news</h1> <h1 style="text-align: center;">2016-10-23</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> <li>] 2016-10-23</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>[<a href="http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2016-10-23" target="_blank">2016-10-23</a>]</strong></li> <ol> <li><strong>> tb] <a href="https://medium.com/@AdShadlabs/why-you-should-never-use-upwork-ever-5c62848bdf46#.1n597kqcn" target="_blank">Why you should never use Upwork</a> (medium.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </strong></li> <ol> <li>] by __ @ __ - OP explains how an incident with a "prospective" client led to the closing of his upwork account and freezing of the funds that he had earned through them.</li> </ol> <li><strong>> td] <a href="http://danluu.com/hn-comments/" target="_blank">HN comments are underrated</a> (danluu.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </strong></li> <ol> <li>] Dan puts together a collection of some of his favorite comments pulled from hn, on a variety of subjects. </li> </ol> <li>td] <a href="https://www.ops-class.org/" target="_blank">Hack the Kernel – Learn about operating systems online</a> (ops-class.org),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li><strong>tb] <a href="https://github.com/engineerapart/TheRemoteFreelancer" target="_blank">The Remote Freelancer: A list of remote work alternatives to Upwork</a> (github.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </strong></li> <ol> <li>] by </li> </ol> <li>tb] <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-18/batteries-may-trip-death-spiral-in-3-4-trillion-credit-market" target="_blank">Battery technology may emerge as a trillion-dollar threat to credit markets</a> (bloomberg.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>td] <a href="https://community.monzo.com/t/building-a-bank-with-kubernetes-presentation-tv/6434" target="_blank">Building a Bank with Kubernetes [slides]</a> (monzo.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>people] <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/590wi9/i_am_elon_musk_ask_me_anything_about_becoming_a/" target="_blank">Elon Musk SpaceX AMA</a> (reddit.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>] <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/21/arts/television/review-black-mirror-finds-terror-and-soul-in-the-machine.html" target="_blank">‘Black Mirror’ Finds Terror, and Soul, in the Machine</a> (nytimes.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>td] <a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/10/using-rowhammer-bitflips-to-root-android-phones-is-now-a-thing/" target="_blank">Using Rowhammer bitflips to root Android phones</a> (arstechnica.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>>td] <a href="https://medium.com/baqend-blog/building-a-shop-with-sub-second-page-loads-lessons-learned-4bb1be3ed07#.adk9fij92" target="_blank">Building a Shop with Sub-Second Page Loads: Lessons Learned</a> (medium.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>td] <a href="http://probabilistic-programming.org/wiki/Home" target="_blank">Probabilistic Programming</a> (probabilistic-programming.org),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>td] <a href="https://blog.levit.be/twenty-years-later-i-wrote-a-tetris-again/" target="_blank">Twenty years later I wrote a Tetris again</a> (levit.be),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li><strong>>tb] <a href="https://medium.com/@aayushu/how-i-make-400-a-month-in-passive-income-by-self-publishing-68fa948edff5" target="_blank">How I make $400 a month in Passive Income by Self-Publishing</a> (medium.com) ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </strong></li> <ol> <li>] author gives a detailed accounting of his returns from the sales of his book on "tricks to entering elite us colleges". * He didnt include some costs that he incurred, * the "passive" label is not being used correctly, * the majority of revenue was from paperback sales. </li> </ol> <li><strong>people] <a href="http://www.economist.com/news/business/21709061-entrepreneurs-finances-are-jaw-dropping-inventive-and-combustible-his-space" target="_blank">Elon Musk's finances</a> (economist.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </strong></li> <ol> <li>] The entrepreneur’s finances are as jaw-dropping, inventive and combustible as his space rockets </li> </ol> <li>health] <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/05/03/researchers-medical-errors-now-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-united-states/" target="_blank">Researchers: Medical errors now third leading cause of death in US</a> (washingtonpost.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>>people] <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/bill-gates-he-eats-big-macs-for-lunch-and-schedules-every-minute/" target="_blank">Bill Gates: He eats Big Macs for lunch and schedules every minute of his day</a> (telegraph.co.uk),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>privacy sw] <a href="https://github.com/DaylightingSociety/WhereAreTheEyes" target="_blank">Where are the Eyes is a program for detecting and mapping surveillance cameras</a> (github.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>privacy tb] <a href="https://theintercept.com/2016/10/23/endace-mass-surveillance-gchq-governments/" target="_blank">A Little-Known Company That Enables Mass Surveillance</a> (theintercept.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>>td] <a href="https://grepular.com/The_Sad_State_of_HTML_Email_Input_Fields_and_IDNs" target="_blank">The Sad State of HTML Email Input Fields and IDNs</a> (grepular.com) ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>] <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/24/technology/artificial-intelligence-evolves-with-its-criminal-potential.html" target="_blank">As Artificial Intelligence Evolves, So Does Its Criminal Potential</a> (nytimes.com) ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>> td] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12774616" target="_blank">Ask HN: What are the best web tools to build basic web apps as of October 2016?</a> ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>sw] <a href="https://github.com/insidegui/AppleEvents" target="_blank">The Unofficial Apple Events App for MacOS with Chromecast Support</a> (github.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> </ol></ol> <h2>[HOW-TO]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <ol> <li>] <a href="/view/chapters?id=314" target="_blank">BOOK-technology-stories-2016</a> - <a href="/view/articles?id=1082" target="_blank">best-of-hacker-news-2016-10</a></li> <li>] # 6479 - <a href="/view/task?id=6479" target="_blank">CREATE-article# # -</a> best-of-hacker-news-2016-10 </li> <li>] ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> </ol>