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Yahoo Open-Sources DataSketches for Faster Operations Over Streams
The False Promise of Meritocracy
ISRO Keeps Up Steady Trickle of Photos from Mars Orbiter
1000+ houses in Cuba listed on Airbnb
Uber buys a mapping company
Yahoo exec challenges NSA director over spying
Anonymous donor gives $100,000 to support women in Linux
OKCupid asks users to boycott Firefox because of CEO's gay rights stance
Tom Perkins suggested that only taxpayers should have the right to vote
AT&T Thumbs Nose at Net Neutrality With ‘Sponsored’ Bandwidth Scheme
'Living Wallet' runs away to help you save money
Hydrogel process developed at Stanford creates transparent brain
Human Ear Created With 3D Printer
Bill would force 'patent trolls' to pay legal costs
'Anonymous' make it to TIME 100 most influential list
Google once considered issuing currency - Eric Schmidt
Occupy the Romantic-Industrial-Complex
Wikipedia joins Reddit and others in protest against SOPA
Re:Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @11:47PM (#3455081)
Agree with that. Besides featuring the list of sites gone black in protest, HN could also display pointers to effects of SOPA (for non-regular HN visitors), contact info for Congress representatives.
Re:Reddit to go dark on Jan 18 to protest SOPA
on Tuesday January 10, 2012 @09:34PM (#3450214)
That would the most plausible approach Google, Facebook, Twitter and other major sites could take if they were to black out. However, such blackout were to happen, should be restricted to US only.
And, Google probably would not want to black out Google Apps. I guess that would infuriate a lot of paying customers.
Re:Ask HN: Is there a repository of failed startups (re-usable startup...
on Saturday January 07, 2012 @05:46PM (#3438259)
Launched in 2005, deadpooled on August 9, 1973 :O
IBM setting out to build an electronic brain
Facebook begins Official Timeline Rollout
Re:Realtime visualization of Wikipedia edit streams
on Sunday December 04, 2011 @09:53PM (#3312744)
I don't think, as a submitter of the link, I can now edit the link. If it is possible, please someone let me know. I would be happy to oblige.
Re:Realtime visualization of Wikipedia edit streams
on Sunday December 04, 2011 @07:04PM (#3312333)
The stream consists of edits only in major languages on Wikipedia. It doesn't include all the languages in which Wikipedia exists.
If such edits are also included, imagine the rate at which new knowledge is being created.