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Are near‑death experiences hallucinations? Experts explain the science behind this puzzling phenomenonhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8911604e84469f84242b9ca7549533&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheconversation.com%2Fare-near-death-experiences-hallucinations-experts-explain-the-science-behind-this-puzzling-phenomenon-106286&c=4402035248936173449&mkt=en-usIn our never-ending quest to understand what happens to us after we die, humans have long seen the rare phenomenon of near-death experiences as providing some hints. People who’ve had a brush with ...
Dec 4, 2018 4:20 AM
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Ask HN: Why is hackernews so old-fashioned?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17412237As a web developer, it's always seemed strange to me that a tech incubator would have such an old-fashioned website.It's nice in some respects - pages load extremely quickly and the layout is compact and to-the-point. I was starting to think it was just minimalist by choice and not actually outdated, but then someone mentioned that async requests are done through an tag instead of ajax, so now I'm wondering what the story is there?Has it just been left alone because it's not broken? Or because they're worried people would get upset about changes? Or for maximum backward-compatibility? I'm not complaining; I'm just really curious.
Jun 27, 2018 10:04 PM
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What's More Important, Being Sexy or Being Beautiful?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8947a720f14c939da7ac07d919378e&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fus%2Fblog%2Fin-the-name-of-love%2F201805%2Fwhats-more-important-being-sexy-or-being-beautiful&c=4488532467742593129&mkt=en-us“I think being sexy is far more important for love and sex than beauty; and it is also quickly identifiable. If I see an unsexy, pretty man, I can appreciate the looks, but I don't feel sexually ...
May 1, 2018 1:18 AM
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Any Startup founders in Lisbon?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15364162Hey,I'll be in Lisbon in a few weeks time and would love to meet with a few startups and founders to see how they are getting along there (looking to moving my startup there in the new year!).Would anyone be available to spend a few minutes here and there with me?Many thanks,Andrew
Sep 29, 2017 10:45 AM
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The Science of the Storyhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88d21e8e264a4aa23e791d3dc5788e&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgreatergood.berkeley.edu%2Farticle%2Fitem%2Fscience_of_the_story&c=15124567939592166470&mkt=en-usStories are told in the body. It doesn’t seem that way. We tend to think of stories as emerging from consciousness—from dreams or fantasies—and traveling through words or images to other minds. We see ...
Jun 7, 2016 5:00 PM
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The Science of the Storyhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88c520b3e143c6a8e0e57dafcee6a2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgreatergood.berkeley.edu%2Farticle%2Fitem%2Fscience_of_the_story&c=15124567939592166470&mkt=en-usStories are told in the body. It doesn’t seem that way. We tend to think of stories as emerging from consciousness—from dreams or fantasies—and traveling through words or images to other minds. We see ...
Jun 7, 2016 5:00 PM
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Volaris looks to expand flights between Texas, Mexicohttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88f5376e124dcaafe0586ec0344c6f&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonchronicle.com%2Fbusiness%2Farticle%2FVolaris-looks-to-expand-flights-between-Texas-6861037.php&c=17289367960738535546&mkt=en-usVolaris, a low-cost Mexican airline with flights between Houston and Guadalajara, is looking to expand in the United States. "As we look beyond 2015, we do see quite a lot of potential for us to open ...
Feb 29, 2016 12:41 PM
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Fundation Hires Industry Vet as Chief Operating Officerhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88cf8068004844a94ba87b5227e9a9&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanbanker.com%2Fnews%2Ffundation-hires-industry-vet-as-chief-operating-officer&c=6759669635166276536&mkt=en-usBarry Feierstein will be charged with overseeing the New York-based company's marketing, business development, lending operations, and servicing and administration, according to a Monday news release.
Jan 11, 2016 3:56 PM
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Ask HN: Why does some music labels hide their albums on Allmusic.com?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10412420Now and then when I visit http://allmusic.com and click an album I get an error page saying "Due to label restrictions, we are no longer permitted to display this information on AllMusic."I find this very strange, why on earth would a label restrict information about an album they have?So I asked Allmusic that question and got this response from Zac Johnson, Senior Product Manager: "If I felt as though I was comfortable going into the intricacies of the deals that are in place between a specific worldwide distributor and our data provider, I would detail it further, but the truth is that it's an area that I don't want to poke further."Example album: "The Definition" by Jon Bellion. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jon-bellion-mn0003006966/discography (click the album link to see the error message)To see the response from Allmusic, go here: https://getsatisfaction.com/allmedianetwork/topics/some-albums-are-unreachableCan HN shed some light on what's going on?
Oct 19, 2015 12:27 PM
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Ask HN: Staying Happyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10104051I really remember it, back to the time when i was in college, i have so much tasks. I needed to attend campus club. Lots of assignment. But the fact i was happy still surprises me.It has been ~1.5 years since i graduated from my college and got to work as a software engineer. I got decent job with decent salary (at least pretty good in my area). The workplace itself considered as a "fun" environment: sleeping pod, ping pong table, coffee machine and no cubicles. Also, workload is lighter than class assignments. But it seems like i am not happy anymore -- i don't know why. (Btw, yes, i do love coding. I do some of my pet projects in weekend)I tried to do so much things (to try) making myself happier: Cycling around the city, playing some game with friends; but none of them seems to be working.After all, i want to create happiness, not to "do something" or "buy something" to make myself happy. I know happiness is intrinsic and subjective. Two persons doing a same thing may perceive that
Aug 22, 2015 10:41 PM
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Ask HN: Why doesn't hn have a notification mechanism?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9502725//Half rant, half ask hn...please forgive.Why doesn't hn have a notification mechanism equivalent to reddit's orange-red?When someone posts something sensible in response to one of my comments on (any) social platform then I'd like to know about it so that I can thank them/respond/decide to ignore.hn does not do this - worse...recently responding to old comments was disabled.Now I appreciate hn's minimalistic design and that they don't bug me with adverts and random ad notifications...but this just seems broken when viewed in terms of the forum's broader purpose of facilitating dialog...
May 7, 2015 12:47 AM
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How Stories Change the Brainhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88d21e8e264a4aa23e791d3dc5788e&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgreatergood.berkeley.edu%2Farticle%2Fitem%2Fhow_stories_change_brain&c=12120734569994440856&mkt=en-usThat’s what Ben’s father says to the camera as we see Ben play in the background. Ben is two years old and doesn’t know that a brain tumor will take his life in a matter of months. Ben’s father tells ...
Dec 16, 2013 4:00 PM
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How Stories Change the Brainhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88c520b3e143c6a8e0e57dafcee6a2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgreatergood.berkeley.edu%2Farticle%2Fitem%2Fhow_stories_change_brain&c=12120734569994440856&mkt=en-usThat’s what Ben’s father says to the camera as we see Ben play in the background. Ben is two years old and doesn’t know that a brain tumor will take his life in a matter of months. Ben’s father tells ...
Dec 16, 2013 4:00 PM
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Help choose which Linux distro saves the earth from alien invasion.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6880434This post is for something I have made. So it is, by definition, self promoting. But I know many of you will be interested. So, with that in mind, I'm going to post it anyway.I have almost finished a novel. And I need help getting some dedicated writing time to get the last ~10k words down and final edits in place.The book, “Steve’s Laptop”, is a Sci-Fi Comedy about a developer named Steve who, while working at “the world’s largest software company” near Seattle, is trying to save the world from an alien invasion. Primarily with his laptop. Hence the title.If I were forced to compare it to something I would call it: “They Live” + “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” + “The IT Crowd“.I'm holding a "Help me finish this book" sale/fundraiser. A pay-what-you-want deal where you get my existing books, and get a chance to take part in shaping a small part of the book itself.Specifically, you get to vote on which Linux distro is used on "Steve's Laptop". If you want to see Arch save the world f
Dec 10, 2013 1:03 PM
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World's Roundest Objecthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMByI4s-D-Y%3Fhd%3D1The world's roundest object helps solve the longest running problem in measurement -- how to define the kilogram. A kilogram isn't what it used to be. Literally. The original name for it was the 'grave', proposed in 1793 but it fell victim to the French Revolution like its creator, Lavoisier. So begins the tale of the most unusual SI unit. The kilogram is the only base unit with a prefix in its name, and the only one still defined by a physical artifact, the international prototype kilogram or IPK.But the problem with this definition has long been apparent. The IPK doesn't seem to maintain its mass compared to 40 similar cylinders minted at the same time. The goal is therefore to eliminate the kilogram's dependence on a physical object. Two main approaches are being considered to achieve this end: the Avogadro Project and the Watt Balance.The Avogadro project aims to redefine Avogadro's constant (currently defined by the kilogram -- the number of atoms in 12 g of carbon-12) and reverse
Aug 3, 2013 12:21 PM
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The End of the Road for the actual American pastime…TVhttp://technovisions.wordpress.com/The Grim Future for our Favorite Pastimeby Evan CTelevision. For most, it seems like the most basic of technologies, something people have been living with their entire lives. However, discussing the future of such an important and (dare I say) essential technology is no easy task, for you and I both know that change is not something people are always open to. My purpose for writing this is to not only inform people of the revolution at our doorstep, but to also encourage others to seek alternative viewing methods and explore the existing technology that is already out there.Now, the things I am about to explain may seem obvious at some points and entirely unrealistic at others, but you must remember to think outside the box and understand that the future is not always simple to explain. For example, think about trying to explain e-mail (or e-mail on your iPhone) to somebody from 1988. To them it would seem impossible, but little did they know that only a decade later, AOL would have o
Jun 6, 2012 2:04 AM
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Ask HN: How should I go public with a security hole?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4050901We're evaluating an expensive software system for a certain industry. We've found public facing exploitable holes in the login system (default passwords, improper firewalls, SQL injection), which is directly translatable into profitable fraud.That is, if we used this system and someone exploited it, they could cause direct financial harm. These systems are almost always exposed to the public internet.I spoke to the company, and they seemed rather apathetic about the situation, although they said they'd fix the SQLi. Despite the codebase being in C, they report they've had no RCE security issues, "just crashes". I find that highly unlikely, more no one bothered investigating.How should I handle this? I'm worried for my own company which is at risk, and I'd also like to publish this info, as this market tends to sweep things under the carpet. In the past, with another vendor in the same market, I've privately reported, and found the vendor lied about fixing things and did not explain the
May 31, 2012 11:04 PM
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Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings. Inquire within.)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2767448This last week has been absolutely ridiculous for me. I'd like to make it up to myself by doing something meaningful for some strangers. I like this community a lot and want to see if there's anything I can do to make you a little more successful. No strings. To give you an idea of what I might be able to help you with, let me tell you a few things I've done to help others...- Last night, I volunteered at TEDxMIA's screening of TEDGlobal where I fulfilled their video stream management and multiplexing fantasies,- I've built network operations center monitoring software for proprietary wireless protocols. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnleO8H4lyY)- I regularly brainstorm with others in the SoFL entrepreneurial and tech circles as we look for ways to grow our community and attract talent to our market.- I'm an early adopter, enjoy playing with new tech and can provide strong, constructive, specific feedback.- I understand good design from bad design. Aesthetics are not lost on me.- I h
Jul 15, 2011 2:25 PM