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<h1 style="text-align: center;">best of hacker news</h1> <h1 style="text-align: center;">2017-03-17 -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: 2017-03-20</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=2017-03-17" target="_blank">2017-03-17</a>]</strong></li> <ol> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">] <a href="https://backchannel.com/isro-scientists-5ad220d6f38c#.bbt3fp4ql" target="_blank">Scientists sent a rocket to Mars for less than it cost to make “The Martian”</a> (backchannel.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://arstechnica.com/security/2017/03/hack-that-escapes-vm-by-exploiting-edge-browser-fetches-105000-at-pwn2own/" target="_blank">Virtual machine escape fetches $100k at Pwn2Own hacking contest</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;"><strong>>tb] <a href="http://www.filfre.net/2017/03/railroad-tycoon/" target="_blank">Railroad Tycoon</a> (filfre.net) ,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>] It says much about Sid Meier, a born game designer if ever there was one, that he tended to get some of his best work done when he was allegedly on vacation. A few years after his significant other had lost all track of him on what she thought was a romantic getaway to the Caribbean but he came to see as the ideal chance to research his game Pirates!, another opportunity for couple time went awry in August of 1989, when he spent the entirety of a beach holiday coding a game about railroads on the computer he’d lugged with him.</li> </ol> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><strong>>poli] <a href="http://www.npr.org/2015/12/10/459100751/utah-reduced-chronic-homelessness-by-91-percent-heres-how?20" target="_blank">How Utah Reduced Chronic Homelessness</a> (npr.org),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;">] provide housing first, unconditional on sobriety or other conditions.</li> </ol> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><strong>>tb td] <a href="https://zapier.com/blog/move-away-from-sf-get-remote-job/" target="_blank">De-Location Package: Keep Your Career and Live Beyond the Bay Area</a> (zapier.com),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;">tb] <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/nintendo-to-double-production-of-switch-console-1489728545" target="_blank">Nintendo to Double Production of Switch Console</a> (wsj.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://eklitzke.org/the-cult-of-dd" target="_blank">The Cult of DD</a> (eklitzke.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;">td] <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/2017/03/17/how-is-team-member-1-doing/" target="_blank">How is team-member-1 doing?</a> (gitlab.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://variety.com/2017/digital/news/netflix-thumbs-vs-stars-1202010492/" target="_blank">Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Ups and Thumbs Down</a> (variety.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>>tb] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13895362" target="_blank">Michael Seibel, CEO of YC, is doing an AMA</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;">] with upcoming batch applications closing on 2017-03-dd, Seibel answers YC related questions you may have. </li> </ol> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><strong>>td] <a href="http://rystsov.info/2017/02/15/simple-consensus.html" target="_blank">In search of a simple consensus algorithm</a> (rystsov.info) ,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] <a href="https://iamtrask.github.io/2017/03/17/safe-ai/" target="_blank">Building Safe AI: A Tutorial on Homomorphically Encrypted Deep Learning</a> (github.io) ,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>>] <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/isps-say-your-web-browsing-and-app-usage-history-isnt-sensitive/" target="_blank">No privacy rules needed: ISPs say Web browsing isn’t “sensitive” data</a> (arstechnica.com),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;">td] <a href="https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/blob/master/share/misc/bsd-family-tree" target="_blank">The BSD family tree</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;">] <a href="http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2017/03/17/flint/99301466/" target="_blank">EPA gives Flint $100M to help repair pipes</a> (detroitnews.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://blog.chromium.org/2017/03/faster-3d-rendering-with-webgl-20.html" target="_blank">Faster 3D rendering with WebGL 2.0</a> (chromium.org),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;">privacy] <a href="https://theintercept.com/2017/03/17/palantir-enables-immigration-agents-to-access-information-from-the-cia/" target="_blank">Palantir enables immigration agents to look up information from the CIA</a> (theintercept.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>>tb] <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-16/americans-sleep-in-maori-hall-as-tourists-overwhelm-new-zealand?cmpid=BBD031717_BIZ&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=170317&utm_campaign=bloombergdaily" target="_blank">Too Many People Are Going to New Zealand</a> (bloomberg.com),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;">tb] <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/03/opinion/if-war-can-have-ethics-wall-street-can-too.html?_r=00" target="_blank">If War Can Have Ethics, Wall Street Can, Too</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;"><strong>>tb] <a href="http://60secondstatistics.com/for-manufacturing-and-retail-companies-using-automated-robots-is-cheaper-than-actual-slave-labor-would-be/" target="_blank">In Manufacturing and Retail, Robot Labor is Cheaper Than Slave Labor Would Be</a> (60secondstatistics.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>] For Manufacturing and Retail Companies, Using Automated Robots is Cheaper Than Actual Slave Labor Would Be. To highlight that point, since about the year 2000, robots have beaten out American manufacturing workers when it comes to cost efficiency, mainly due to the relatively high wages and benefits many of those with manufacturing jobs enjoy. However, it still would have cost more to install and maintain a relatively simple spot welding machine than it would have been to just pay 2-3 welders.</li> </ol> <li style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;"><strong>>tb] <a href="http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-farms-immigration" target="_blank">Wages rise on California farms, Americans still don’t want the job</a> (latimes.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;">] Trump’s immigration crackdown is supposed to help U.S. citizens. For California farmers, it’s worsening a desperate labor shortage “Look, we are paying $14.50 now, but we are going up to $16.” </li> </ol></ol></ol> <h2><strong>[HOW-TO</strong>]</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=1123" target="_blank">best-of-hacker-news-2017-03</a> </li> <li>] # 7059 - <a href="/view/task?id=7059" target="_blank">CREATE-article(s)#</a> - best-of-hacker-news-2017-03-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>