Ask HN: What changes have you made to your internet usage since 2013 (Snowden)?
Why?And Which changes did you intend to make but haven't done (yet)? Why?
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Re:Microscopes Can See Video on a LaserDisc
on Monday March 09, 2026 @05:42AM (#47306786)
https://wiki.techtangents.net/wiki/Seeing_Media
writeup from the author linked in the video description
Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and...
on Friday December 24, 2021 @02:23AM (#29671221)
Have you had a look at the EU One Stop Shop scheme for VAT? (It's only been introduced with the VAT overhaul this summer)
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/vat/vat-e-com...
Re:Johns Hopkins published a study saying corona is nbd. They then del...
on Friday November 27, 2020 @12:34PM (#25230686)
> Since COVID-19 mainly affects the elderly, experts expected an increase in the percentage of deaths in older age groups. However, this increase is not seen from the CDC data. In fact, the percentages of deaths among all age groups remain relatively the same.
This directly contradicts the excess mortality data published by CDC itself. [1] From the article it's unclear to me what evidence led to the claims presented. So far the article seems very unconvincing. Seems like John Hopkins has good reasons to take it down.
Also bear in mind that the excess mortality we've seen so far is with all the measures to limit the impact of the pandemic. It's fair to assume that excess mortality would be a lot higher without those. Our World In Data has a well explained international overview and analysis. [2][3]
[1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm
Re:Ask HN: Which books do you wish you'd read earlier in life?
on Saturday February 03, 2018 @07:56AM (#16297428)
Ask HN Threads with similiar topics/recommendations:
* Books you wish you had read earlier? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14477851
* What books have made the biggest impact on your mental models? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15155833
* Books on specific topics that have applied to many areas of your life? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14477851
* Books with a high signal to noise ratio? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10027102
Re:Mapzen Shutdown
on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @03:02PM (#16055042)
They took care of that themselves: https://medium.com/postzen/mapzen-alternatives-aa6d857e3532
It's not as nicely formatted though. The Internet Archive has it too and it's closer to the original: http://web.archive.org/web/20180102173058/https://mapzen.com...
Re:Ask HN: Is there a fitness wristband that is hackable?
on Friday December 01, 2017 @01:50PM (#15826179)
Do you know any blog posts or similiar where this is described in more detail?
Re:A growing number of young Americans are leaving desk jobs to farm
on Friday November 24, 2017 @12:28PM (#15771912)
Something similiar already exists if i understood you correctly. Look up 'community supported agriculture' (CSA).
Re:Ask HN: Books you wish you had read earlier?
on Sunday June 04, 2017 @04:49AM (#14480451)
To Have or To Be? by Erich Fromm.
I did read it fairly early and it had an quite an impact on my life and thinking. It put into words a lot of my discomfort with a life focused on materialistic success. And it was inspiring seeing an intelectual combining so many of the thoughts and topics he developed during his lifetime into one coherent and approachable book.
Re:Snowden’s Box – The human network behind the leak
on Saturday April 15, 2017 @08:45AM (#14120504)
For those who'd rather have the article displayed as a single page: http://harpers.org/archive/2017/05/snowdens-box/?single=1
Re:How Meditation Changes the Brain and Body
on Sunday February 21, 2016 @06:16AM (#11144081)
As far as i understand it, it's not so much that you can't do that anymore but that it's not automatic anymore. You can still let your mind do it's thing, e.g. hop on the thought train and let one thought lead to another. It's more that you choose to do that whereas for most people it just happens (automatically and subconciously)
Re:How Google’s Web Crawler Bypasses Paywalls
on Sunday February 21, 2016 @06:08AM (#11144064)
Hmmm, the following seems to contradict that; instead google recommends verification by DNS lookup: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/80553
'Google doesn't post a public list of IP addresses for webmasters to whitelist. This is because these IP address ranges can change, causing problems for any webmasters who have hard-coded them, so you must run a DNS lookup as described next.'
Re:GNU Social, a FLOSS alternative to Twitter
on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @12:49PM (#11067144)
I guess the mentioned article is http://blog.markwatson.com/2014/07/practical-internet-privac...
Have you modified your approach since then?
Re:Valuing time over money is associated with greater happiness
on Friday January 08, 2016 @04:24AM (#10863811)
I'm not sure what you mean by 'statistically' above.
In general you can't say whether a sample size of 2000 will get you within a specific margin of error without additional information. It very much depends e.g. on what the hypothesis you're testing is or what you're trying to estimate.
Re:Free Springer math books
on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @01:26PM (#10808158)
They seem to have made available almost their complete catalog up to and including 2004:
http://link.springer.com/search?showAll=false&facet-content-...
This search yields 110 041 results across all disciplines covered by springer that should be free to download in complete. Only 11 451 books from the same time range are 'preview-only'.
I'm not certain that this is intentional. I haven't found any statement by Springer that they make available all ebooks older than 10 years. Does anyone know more?
Re:Researchers find new phase of carbon, make diamond at room temperature
on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @06:22AM (#10654618)
I tried locating the paper "Novel Phase of Carbon, Ferromagnetism and Conversion into Diamond" by Jagdish Narayan and Anagh Bhaumik which is given as one of the sources for the artikel and was supposedly published yesterday. I can't find it though :(
The DOI doesn't check out and it's not on the Journal of Applied Physics homepage. Can anyone point me to it?
Ask HN: Which browser add-ons do you use, what for and how did you discover them?
I'm reevaluating my browser setup and more generally how i use my browsers (mostly Firefox and Chromium) and web habits. I'd like some advice on which browser extensions, add-ons or even less known features improve your browsing experience :)
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Re:Online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Course
on Tuesday May 05, 2015 @06:14AM (#9491722)
Meta-Analysis of 209 studies published 2013 in Clinical Psychology Review: "Conclusion: MBT is an effective treatment for a variety of psychological problems, and is especially effective for reducing anxiety, depression, and stress." [1]
[2] is a recent meta-analysis published in the same journal and looking into identifying the underlying mechanisms of mindfulness-based therapy aka how it works: "These findings are largely consistent with the theoretical underpinnings of MBSR and MBCT. Evidence for mindfulness, cognitive reactivity and emotional reactivity as mechanisms support the key theoretical premises underlying MBSR and MBCT that the cultivation of mindfulness skills leads to insight and non-reactive acceptance of one's experience which in turn lead to positive outcomes."
The underlying theory of this course is sound and has been shown to be on a similiar level of effectiveness as other therapies including pharmacological ones. Whether this specific online course (or any online course) is effective i can't comment on.
[1] http://www.verksampsykologi.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/K...
[2] http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kate_Cavanagh/publicatio...
Can Iceland Save the World?
Re:The freelancer's guide to good jobs and great pay
on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @12:55PM (#9102278)
I'll save you other curious people the search: The quote is from 'The Win Without Pitching Manifesto' by Blair Enns.
https://www.winwithoutpitching.com/read-it-online/the-passio...
Re:Systemd integrates gummiboot for boot safety
on Monday February 02, 2015 @10:16AM (#8984522)
Gummiboot recently added support to create a single EFI executable that contains the /etc/os-release file, kernel parameters, bzImage and initrd [1] You should then be able to sign this file and configure UEFI Secure Boot so that only files signed by you can be booted. I guess that's the reasoning behind it.
Re:Ask HN: Is there a repository listing privacy sensitive files with ...
on Sunday January 04, 2015 @03:05PM (#8835613)
I'm mostly using Linux. So that's where i would start should i decide to start something myself.
I'm interested to see your list should you get around to do it :)
Ask HN: Is there a repository listing privacy sensitive files with default path?
I'm looking for a repository listing files (whith their default paths) that might contain privacy sensitive information. Some Examples: browser history, saved passwords, ssh keys, address books generated by different programs, location data from gps, config files containing credentials etc.Is there a project which lists such files depending on the OS and installed software? Or do you...
Re:Good News You May Have Missed in 2014
on Tuesday December 16, 2014 @08:44AM (#8757056)
Curious side note/question: What makes you think Bill Gates or someone involved with the website reads the comments on this HN submission?
Re:Game Theory
on Saturday December 13, 2014 @04:32PM (#8746517)
I can recommend the book 'A Course in Game Theory' by Ariel Rubinstein and Martin J. Osborne . You'll probably need some mathematical and economic background knowledge to gain the most out of it. Note that it is more abstract than illustrative though it is aimed at a beginner in Game Theory.
The book ist free to download after a simple registration at http://arielrubinstein.tau.ac.il/books.html
World Library of Science launched: Nature Education/UNESCO joint elearning site
Re:AWS Frankfurt, Germany Region
on Thursday October 23, 2014 @09:03PM (#8501624)
The german states have their own different data privacy laws, e.g. see http://byds.juris.de/byds/009_1.1_DSG_BY_1993_rahmen.html for Bavaria.
Those regulate how personal data has to be handled within the state and communal administrations. Those regulations concern private businesses in so far as administrative tasks are delegated to the corporate sector.