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<h1 style="text-align: center;">best of hacker news</h1> <h1 style="text-align: center;">2016-12-20 -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 style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"> <li>] 2016-12-21</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"> <li><strong>[<a href="http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2016-12-20" target="_blank">2016-12-20</a>]</strong></li> <ol> <li>td] <a href="http://course.fast.ai/" target="_blank">Practical Deep Learning for Coders</a> (fast.ai),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>] <a href="https://jenkins.io/projects/blueocean/" target="_blank">Blue Ocean</a> (jenkins.io),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>tb] <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-20/how-apple-alienated-mac-loyalists" target="_blank">How Apple Alienated Mac Loyalists</a> (bloomberg.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>tb] <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/technology/twitters-chief-technology-officer-to-leave-company.html" target="_blank">Twitter’s Chief Technology Officer to Leave Company</a> (nytimes.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>td] <a href="https://medium.com/@octskyward/modern-garbage-collection-911ef4f8bd8e#.674yqu7mr" target="_blank">Modern garbage collection</a> (medium.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>td] <a href="http://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/all/why-are-browsers-so-slow/" target="_blank">Why are browsers so slow?</a> (ilyabirman.net),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>tb] <a href="https://512pixels.net/2016/12/20-years-ago-apple-bought-next/" target="_blank">20 years ago, Apple bought NeXT</a> (512pixels.net) ,SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>health] <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/12/no-doctor-should-work-30-straight-hours/510395/?utm_source=nhfb&amp;single_page=true" target="_blank">No Doctor Should Work 30 Hours Straight with No Sleep</a> (theatlantic.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>security] <a href="https://medium.com/starting-up-security/learning-from-a-year-of-security-breaches-ed036ea05d9b" target="_blank">Learning from a Year of Security Breaches</a> (medium.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>td] <a href="https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/12/firebug-lives-on-in-firefox-devtools/" target="_blank">Firebug lives on in Firefox DevTools</a> (mozilla.org),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>tb] <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2016/12/20/methbot-biggest-ad-fraud-busted/#280f3a6c4ca8" target="_blank">Hackers Make $5M a Day by Faking 300M Video Views</a> (forbes.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>] <a href="https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam" target="_blank">AdNauseam: Fight Back Against Advertising Networks and Privacy Abuse</a> (github.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>>hw] <a href="http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/xps-15-9560-laptop" target="_blank">New XPS 15 Laptop</a> (dell.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>] <a href="http://www.nber.org/papers/w19080" target="_blank">Small payments sharply diminish gap in responses to partisan factual questions</a> (nber.org),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>] <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/12/20/famed-poker-pro-with-remarkable-9-6-million-scheme-has-to-pay-it-back-judge-rules/" target="_blank">Famed poker pro with ‘remarkable’ $9.6M scheme has to pay it back</a> (washingtonpost.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>health] <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/health-38341901" target="_blank">Pregnancy alters woman's brain 'for at least two years'</a> (bbc.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>td] <a href="http://blog.2ndquadrant.com/postgresql-anti-patterns-read-modify-write-cycles/" target="_blank">PostgreSQL anti-patterns: read-modify-write cycles (2014)</a> (2ndquadrant.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>td] <a href="http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/12/21/Rails-5-0-1-has-been-released/" target="_blank">Rails 5.0.1 has been released</a> (rubyonrails.org),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#)</li> <li>td] <a href="https://github.com/xiph/daala" target="_blank">Daala: Modern video compression for the internet</a> (github.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#)</li> <li>tb] <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/were-getting-rid-of-comments-on-vice?utm_source=vicetwitterus" target="_blank">Getting Rid of Comments on Vice.com</a> (vice.com),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#)</li> <li>tb] <a href="http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/12/facebook-whatsapp-european-commission-charges-misleading-merger-claim/" target="_blank">Facebook charged with misleading EU on $22B WhatsApp merger</a> (arstechnica.co.uk),SRC=hn(#)/<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11859395" target="_blank">comments</a>(#) </li> <li>tb] <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-21/amazon-sells-out-of-echo-speakers-in-midst-of-holiday-rush" target="_blank">Amazon Sells Out of Echo Speakers in Midst of Holiday Rush</a> (bloomberg.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=1090" target="_blank">best-of-hacker-news-2016-12</a> </li> <li>] # 6617 - <a href="/view/task?id=6617" target="_blank">CREATE-article(s)#</a> - best-of-hacker-news-2016-12-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>