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How to create a custom background on Google Meethttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e8dfd1e64683ad4b1e3dd706b5b3&url=https%3a%2f%2fmashable.com%2farticle%2fhow-to-create-custom-background-google-meet&c=5246792769837611422&mkt=en-usGoogle has finally caught up with Microsoft Teams and Zoom and rolled out the ability to change your background on a Google Meet call made using the Chrome browser to a customized option. This awesome ...
Dec 24, 2020 11:59 AM
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Show HN: StreetComplete, an OpenStreetMap Editor for Humanshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25497859StreetComplete is an OpenStreetMap[0] editor directed at people who want to contribute and want to do this using their smartphone, without learning how to edit things[1]. It is available as an Android application.It is intended to be used as one walks, with quests appearing as markers on the map. Selecting a marker allows one to answer a simple question. The answer will be added to the OpenStreetMap database, with app handling selecting objects for editing, transforming answer into OSM tags and making edits.OpenStreetMap account is needed to apply edits, but it is possible to start without it, make some edits and login/register later.Note: I am not the main author, but I am one of the active contributors. Github page is at https://github.com/westnordost/StreetComplete and https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/releases shows what was recently released.[0]OpenStreetMap is a Wikipedia of maps, available on the open licence. This dataset is already used for many interesting or u
Dec 21, 2020 6:35 PM
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Minecraft Content Creator Dream Accused of Cheating During Speedrunhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cef4950dd4ab5b4a55c2c33cf130b&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgamerant.com%2Fminecraft-dream-speedrun-cheating-accusations%2F&c=10571399055853396655&mkt=en-usPhilip is a writer for Game Rant, starting in Game Guides. A graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University who majored in communication, he's had a passion for video games since he was a kid. Deciding ...
Dec 14, 2020 5:44 AM
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Former NCAA women's basketball VP Sue Donohoe dies at 61http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8ce363a3aa4684bb96aea115d9ed13&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com%2Fnews%2Fformer-ncaa-womens-basketball-vp-195329187.html&c=6728452301217278911&mkt=en-usAdd Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former NCAA administrator Sue Donohoe died Sunday after a brief illness, the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame announced. She was 61 ...
Dec 13, 2020 11:53 AM
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Ask HN: How can I charge more and find more interesting work as an IC?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25400439I've been doing web development (JS) for nearly seven years. I've raised my rate quite a bit but at this point I think I'm getting close to hitting a ceiling / local maximum for "generic React developer". I do put a lot of emphasis on solving challenging problems (so not just generic CRUD apps) and delivering real business value, and I'm not afraid to raise my rate, but I work through recruiters because I haven't done a lot of highly visible work or blogging, and as such I don't have a reputation of any kind to leverage.I'm happy to blog and, following Patrick McKenzie's and Thomas Ptacek's advice, I don't have a problem raising my rates. I think what's holding me back is being unable to decide on a field / niche to really own. My current specialty is design systems, and I'm getting to know then pretty well, but I'm not sure how translate that skillset into charging more than a React developer without a specialty might.I'm considering changing niches and going back-end, or maybe full-s
Dec 12, 2020 6:45 PM
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Walking vs. running: Weight loss, heart health, and morehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8ce02f3f7e4232a05622d26b452445&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Farticles%2Fwalking-vs-running&c=11913496791965184869&mkt=en-usWalking and running are both suitable forms of exercise for weight loss and heart health. The benefits and risks depend on a person’s goals and current level of health and fitness. While both ...
Dec 10, 2020 1:00 AM
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Walking vs. running: Weight loss, heart health, and morehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cc887de2a463399bec252ce8d47ae&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Farticles%2Fwalking-vs-running&c=11913496791965184869&mkt=en-usWalking and running are both suitable forms of exercise for weight loss and heart health. The benefits and risks depend on a person’s goals and current level of health and fitness. While both ...
Dec 10, 2020 1:00 AM
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Show HN: We help companies take back money from AWShttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25334740Hi HN community, my name's Kaveh; I founded www.usage.ai to help companies reduce their AWS bills.Before I started working on Usage, I saw this problem first-hand at the last job I was at. Our team was overpaying by thousands of dollars per month on AWS, and I found out that other teams within the company were overspending by a similar amount. I then dug deeper and after some time, set up budgeting controls and saved our teams thousands of dollars per month. We had an AWS optimization company that wasn't able to find these savings and AWS's trusted advisor only found marginal savings.So I decided to start a new kind of optimization platform. We're driven by data (we ingest hundreds of thousands of data points from CloudWatch) and our dashboards are completely automated. We support optimization for EC2 and RDS. We do our optimization in two main ways: we search for the best combination of RIs and Savings Plans, then we bundle our RIs with guaranteed buyback so you can sell your RI early
Dec 7, 2020 5:52 PM
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Ask HN: Need help identifying piece of high school science experiment equipmenthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25283071It was way back in the 80s but there was a device that was made up of two clear plastic platters with 30 to 40 small disc shaped magnets in a ring on the outside of one and pickups on the other, there was also a hand crank that when cranked caused one or both of the platters to rotate. When you cranked it, sparks were generated across a gap between two brass spheres.My friends and I used this device to charge lightning jars and then zap one another with the jars, which if charged long enough acted like a modern day taser(Yikes!!)I have been searching for this generator for some time now. In my "Minds eye" it was a beautiful piece of functional art and is part of a fond memory of my youth.(Simmilar to the nostalgia of old game consoles some people have) In any case, I would like to own one now if they are sold anywhere. I have spent a long time searching the web for them but have been unsuccessful.I'm sure that in todays schools such a device would not be allowed due to its inherent dan
Dec 2, 2020 11:14 PM
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China lands on Moon after causing deep confusion by stopping broadcasthttps://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/12/china-preparing-to-land-sample-return-mission-on-the-moon/Eight days after launching from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in southern China, the nation’s Chang’e 5 mission has landed at Mons Rümker on the Moon to collect approximately 2 kg of material for near-immediate return to Earth.
Dec 1, 2020 2:42 PM
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Photos: Falcon 9 launches and lands at Vandenberg Air Force Basehttps://spaceflightnow.com/2020/11/29/photos-falcon-9-launches-and-lands-at-vandenberg-air-force-base/These photos show the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Nov. 21 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with the U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich oceanography satellite. The commercial launcher lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg at 9:17 a.m. PST (12:17 p.m. EST; 1717 GMT) on Nov. 21. Nine kerosene-fueled Merlin 1D engines powered the 229-foot (70-meter) rocket off the pad and toward the south-southeast over the Pacific Ocean. Nearly two-and-a-half minutes into the flight, the Falcon 9’s first stage detached and began maneuvers to head back to a landing at Vandenberg. The booster ignited its center engine for a braking maneuver just before a vertical touchdown on Landing Zone 4, just west of the Falcon 9’s launch pad, more than eight minutes after liftoff. The Falcon 9’s upper stage deployed the European-built Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite into orbit nearly one hour after launching from Vandenberg, beginning the spacecraft’s mission to monit
Nov 29, 2020 7:39 PM
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‘Utopia’ Canceled by Amazon After 1 Seasonhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8c5d72d5704d2b939d4a8914b5da49&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com%2Fentertainment%2Futopia-canceled-amazon-1-season-012108232.html&c=11263599754730078363&mkt=en-us"Utopia" is done at Amazon after only one season, an individual with knowledge told TheWrap. The drama was from "Gone Girl" and "Sharp Objects" author Gillian Flynn, and starred John Cusack and Rainn ...
Nov 27, 2020 5:21 PM
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Air Force reveals candidate locations for U.S. Space Command headquartershttps://spacenews.com/air-force-reveals-candidate-locations-for-u-s-space-command-headquarters/The six finalists are Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado; Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico; Patrick Air Force Base, Florida; Redstone Army Airfield, Alabama; Joint Base San Antonio, Texas; and Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
Nov 19, 2020 10:15 PM
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Arecibo Observatory faces demolition after cable failureshttps://spaceflightnow.com/2020/11/19/arecibo-observatory-faces-demolition-after-cable-failures/After withstanding hurricanes and earthquakes, playing central roles in movies like “GoldenEye” and “Contact,” Puerto Rico’s famed Arecibo Observatory, once the largest radio telescope in the world, will be demolished because of cable failures that left its huge detector platform too unstable to attempt repairs.
Nov 19, 2020 8:05 PM
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Why ELLE Loves the Seductive Noir Fragrance by GUESShttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cc2ef716a4b24b49a6dd7d5725f0a&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elle.com%2Fbeauty%2Fa34522231%2Fwhy-elle-loves-the-seductive-noir-fragrance-by-guess%2F&c=5842942409872754324&mkt=en-usIn the sphere of beauty, there’s nothing more personal than fragrance. It’s a first impression, a mood, a lingering feeling—your scent is like your second skin. Citrus, floral, spice—this unique ...
Nov 19, 2020 1:00 PM
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Sports Math at U.S. Collegeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25095980College coaches are supposedly big on math. Each week, college football coaches vote for the best teams in the country. It is fairly common to see some teams get ranked below other teams with more losses. This is often explained by strength of schedule. There are complicated algorithms attempting to calculate a team's strength of schedule.But do any of the coaches (or their proxies) who vote understand those algorithms? Can any of them explain why 3-0 Ohio State is ranked #3? OSU has beaten 0-3 Penn State, 1-2 Nebraska (whos only win was against Penn State) and 1-2 Rutgers. Is that really a stronger schedule than 7-1 Clemson (only loss to #2 Notre Dame), or 6-0 Cincinnati's? Or 5-1 Texas A&M's (loss to #1 Alabama, win against #4 Florida) or 8-0 BYU with a win against #21 Boise State?How is beating Penn State and Nebraska mathematically more impressive than beating Florida or Boise State?Can HN explain the math?
Nov 14, 2020 9:53 PM
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Tailored Brands’ Chapter 11 Confirmation Plan Approvedhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cb518da5e4109a9b0c6002cc54e73&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwwd.com%2Fmenswear-news%2Fmens-retail-business%2Ffeature%2Ftailored-brands-chapter-11-confirmation-plan-bankruptcy-exit-1234657403%2F&c=9067477793242428298&mkt=en-usTailored Brands has moved one step closer to emerging from bankruptcy. In a court hearing in the Southern District of Texas on Friday afternoon, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Marvin Isgur signed off on ...
Nov 13, 2020 8:48 AM
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Photos: Crew-1 astronauts greeted at Kennedy Space Centerhttps://spaceflightnow.com/2020/11/08/photos-crew-1-astronauts-greeted-at-kennedy-space-center/Crew Dragon commander Mike Hopkins, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi flew to the Kennedy Space Center on a NASA-chartered private jet Sunday, ready for a final week of training, refresher courses, and some time off before their launch to the International Space Station.
Nov 8, 2020 7:21 AM
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How to find your Google Classroom code on the desktop website or mobile app, so you can share it with your studentshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cc9450d2f4f05879488c513df8d54&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Freference%2Fhow-to-find-google-classroom-code&c=16842483839649159825&mkt=en-usWith more and more learning happening online, many educators are using Google Classroom to create virtual spaces in which to share and grade assignments, create discussions between students and ...
Nov 2, 2020 10:34 AM