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<h1 style="text-align: center;">best of hacker news</h1> <h1 style="text-align: center;">2016-11-20 -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, </li> <li>] <strong>best of</strong> is determined by community ranking (how many member upvotes the article got) and then curation ( manual selection of {<span style="text-decoration: underline;">interesting topics</span>} by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">me</span> )</li> <li>] the listed <strong>article title</strong> is linked to the original(source) article, </li> <li>] the <strong>comments</strong> are linked to the hacker news comments section for each article. These comments/discussions are typically a cut above most website comments sections and are definetely worth checking out for the topics that you are interested int</li> <li>] The <strong>date</strong> 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 <strong>numbers</strong> beside the comments link, include the # upvotes the article recieved and the number of comments on the article</li> <li>] the <strong>initials</strong> beside the article title indicate the category the article belongs, too, see the [categories legend] linked below to decipher what categories the initials represent</li> <li>] SUMMARY, ANALYSIS, REVIEW ... - links are articles that Summarize, Analyze, Review the content</li> <li><strong>*] IMPORTANT - draft -</strong> versions of these articles do NOT contain direct links to the comments section or the comment count and upvote totals for the article, these items will be added once comments have closed, to access comments, use the date link to take you to a the listings for the date on wayback hn site, then locate the article you are looking for and use that comments links</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>] 2016-11-21</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>[<a href="http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2016-11-20" target="_blank">2016-11-20</a>]</strong></li> <ol> <li>careers] <a href="http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/jobs/quit-social-media-your-career-may-depend-on-it.html" target="_blank">Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It</a> (nytimes.com) ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>enviro] <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-cow-farting-1.3856202" target="_blank">Scientist discovers particular seaweed nearly eliminates cow methane emissions</a> (cbc.ca) ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>td] <a href="https://github.com/Developer-Y/cs-video-courses" target="_blank">Computer Science courses with video lectures</a> (github.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>tb] <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/wal-mart-tells-workers-dont-download-labor-groups-chat-app-1479214510" target="_blank">Wal-Mart Tells Workers: Don’t Download Labor Group’s Chat App</a> (wsj.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>] <a href="https://www.fastcoexist.com/3065278/german-cities-are-solving-the-age-old-public-toilet-problem?utm_content=buffer06058&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer" target="_blank">German Cities Are Solving the Age-Old Public Toilet Problem</a> (fastcoexist.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>hw] <a href="http://www.stockdroids.com/" target="_blank">Show HN: StockDroids.com – A curated list of near-stock Android devices</a> (stockdroids.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>poli health] <a href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-lamar-french-healthcare-20161118-story.html" target="_blank">I had a health crisis in France</a> (latimes.com) ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) an american living/working in france has a serious health issue, he writes about the treatment he recieved (first class) and the financail costs(tiny) relative to what they would have been if the issue would have happened in the US.</li> <li>td] <a href="https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~bodik/cs294fa12" target="_blank">CS294: Program Synthesis for Everyone</a> (berkeley.edu),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>tb>] <a href="https://cpbotha.net/2016/11/19/lets-replace-twitter-with-something-much-better/" target="_blank">Let’s replace Twitter with something much better</a> (cpbotha.net) ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) author suggest replacing twitter with decentralized blogs/rss. Each blog owner would be responsible for moderating comments on their posting (eliminating trolling PRB of twitter). </li> <li>td] <a href="http://jeremyaboyd.com/that-time-i-brought-down-millions-of-wordpress-sites/" target="_blank">Bringing Down Millions of WordPress Sites</a> (jeremyaboyd.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) - shares his experience developing sites in the past using wordpress and php. some of the sites he developed were open to exploitation. they were epxloited along with many others. </li> <li>td] <a href="https://brennan.io/2016/11/14/kernel-dev-ep3/" target="_blank">Tutorial – Write a System Call</a> (brennan.io),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>td] <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/programmers-confess-unethical-illegal-tasks-asked-of-them-2016-11?r=US&IR=T" target="_blank">Programmers confess unethical, illegal tasks asked of them</a> (businessinsider.com) ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>td] <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/11/18/webextensions-in-firefox-52/" target="_blank">WebExtensions in Firefox 52</a> (mozilla.org),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>td edu] <a href="https://learnxinyminutes.com/" target="_blank">Learn X in Y minutes</a> (learnxinyminutes.com)] ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>> productivity] <a href="https://medium.com/personal-growth/to-do-lists-are-not-the-answer-to-getting-things-done-f38ff04c53d4" target="_blank">To-Do Lists Are Not the Answer to Getting Things Done</a> (medium.com) ,SRC=hn(141)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12999565" target="_blank">comments</a>(72) - ] by Shane Parrish @medium.com - Parrish, a productivity expert, not really against to-do lists per se, suggestion is replace just listing to do's with scheduling to do's. by assigning a time block to a given task, you are more cognizant of the time that task will take "you are forced to deal with the fact that there are only so many hours in a week. You’re forced to make choices rather than add something to a never ending to-do list that only becomes a source of anxiety."</li> <li>t] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12999934" target="_blank">Ask HN: What's your backup solution?</a>,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>td] <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.01787" target="_blank">Learning to Superoptimize Programs</a> (arxiv.org),SRC=hn(116)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12997830" target="_blank">comments</a>(24) </li> <li>tb] <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/20/a-love-story" target="_blank">Beyond Nokia: A love story</a> (techcrunch.com),,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#)</li> <li>learn] <a href="http://www.jovicailic.org/2016/11/lessons-learned-300-books-4-years/" target="_blank">Lessons learned after 300 books in 4 years</a> (jovicailic.org),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) - ] by joli @ __ - some simple advice/tips/suggestions on what helps to become a prolific reader, from someone who has done it.</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=1086" target="_blank">best-of-hacker-news-2016-11</a></li> <li>] # 6533 - <a href="/view/task?id=6533" target="_blank">CREATE-article# # -</a> best-of-hacker-news-2016-11 </li> <li>] ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> </ol>