Monday, 28 February 2022
Hong Kong considers lockdown as daily infections top 34,000
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New top story on Hacker News: Clinical Trials Are Ailing
Nearly half of Biden's 500M free COVID tests still unclaimed
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New top story on Hacker News: TL;DR – Hybrid Public Key Encryption
Russian army deploys its TOS-1 heavy flamethrower, capable of vaporizing human bodies, near Ukrainian border, footage shows
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Sunday, 27 February 2022
SNL Mocks Trump and Tucker Carlson for Backing Putin in Ukraine
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Leaked document shows Russia is preparing for 'a massive medical emergency' of Ukraine war casualties
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New top story on Hacker News: Longevity FAQ: A beginner's guide to longevity research
Longevity FAQ: A beginner's guide to longevity research
5 by mxschumacher | 0 comments on Hacker News.
5 by mxschumacher | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Ex-Prosecutor Says She Can Prove Trump Committed Two Crimes
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Saturday, 26 February 2022
Russian vodka pulled from shelves in US, Canada bars, liquor stores: ‘Every small thing makes a difference’
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New top story on Hacker News: New 9/11 impact footage has emerged
Defiant Ukrainian Border Guards Refuse to Surrender to Russian Warship: ‘Go F*** Yourself’
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New top story on Hacker News: PwC fined over exam cheating involving 1,100 of its auditors
PwC fined over exam cheating involving 1,100 of its auditors
2 by belter | 1 comments on Hacker News.
2 by belter | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Pentagon Official: Russia Has Lost ‘Momentum’ in Ukraine Invasion
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Friday, 25 February 2022
Letters: 'What in God's name is happening to the U.S.A.?' Responses to Ukraine sickening
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New top story on Hacker News: The Quadratic Formula
Former White House chief of staff says he is in 'disbelief' over GOP support for Putin after Trump called the Russian leader a genius
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New top story on Hacker News: The Future Is Fungi
Thursday, 24 February 2022
Lawyer: Man accused of girl's shooting death not a 'monster'
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New top story on Hacker News: Italy gets its first unicorn as Scalapay raises $497M from Tencent
Italy gets its first unicorn as Scalapay raises $497M from Tencent
93 by simonebrunozzi | 50 comments on Hacker News.
93 by simonebrunozzi | 50 comments on Hacker News.
Romney swipes Obama, Trump, and Biden after Russia invades Ukraine: 'The '80s called and we didn't answer'
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New top story on Hacker News: Community Life Cycle
Wednesday, 23 February 2022
New top story on Hacker News: These violent delights
The real reason Putin played a pussycat during the Trump presidency
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New top story on Hacker News: Embracing Imposter Syndrome
New top story on Hacker News: On Anki's Database
Tuesday, 22 February 2022
Ukraine-Russia: Germany suspends Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline
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New top story on Hacker News: Cyberpunk 2077 Update 1.5 Patch Notes Are Gigantic and Game-Changing
Cyberpunk 2077 Update 1.5 Patch Notes Are Gigantic and Game-Changing
38 by Paul_S | 45 comments on Hacker News.
38 by Paul_S | 45 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Magpies have outwitted scientists by helping each other remove tracking devices
Magpies have outwitted scientists by helping each other remove tracking devices
37 by clouddrover | 1 comments on Hacker News.
37 by clouddrover | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Republican Party's Weird Salute To GOP Presidents Quickly Flies Off The Rails
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Monday, 21 February 2022
New top story on Hacker News: Minsky Moments in Venture Capital
Funeral for Firefighter Gerhard this week
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Iranian fighter jet crashes into school, three killed
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Kremlin pours cold water on Ukraine peace summit plan
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Sunday, 20 February 2022
New top story on Hacker News: Google Drive users stung by macOS '.DS_Store' copyright infringement issue
Google Drive users stung by macOS '.DS_Store' copyright infringement issue
34 by laktak | 10 comments on Hacker News.
34 by laktak | 10 comments on Hacker News.
Tennessee woman accused of raping at least 9 students; community shaken by allegations: report
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Saturday, 19 February 2022
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Sioyek – PDF viewer for reading research papers and textbooks
Show HN: Sioyek – PDF viewer for reading research papers and textbooks
76 by hexomancer | 26 comments on Hacker News.
76 by hexomancer | 26 comments on Hacker News.
Alumni from China’s top universities demand more thorough investigation into chained woman in viral video
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New top story on Hacker News: BBC Betsie: Perl program to create an automatic text-only website version (1999)
BBC Betsie: Perl program to create an automatic text-only website version (1999)
21 by samwillis | 7 comments on Hacker News.
21 by samwillis | 7 comments on Hacker News.
Las Vegas woman gets prison in death of elderly man she shoved off bus: 'It's just not fair'
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New top story on Hacker News: Odin Programming Language
Friday, 18 February 2022
New top story on Hacker News: AI Overcomes Stumbling Block on Brain-Inspired Hardware
AI Overcomes Stumbling Block on Brain-Inspired Hardware
12 by pseudolus | 2 comments on Hacker News.
12 by pseudolus | 2 comments on Hacker News.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Gordon comfy in new role at Hendrick
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New top story on Hacker News: Make megaprojects more modular
The Navy Wants to Talk About Deep Sea Salvage, But Not the F-35 Sitting at the Bottom of the South China Sea
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Thursday, 17 February 2022
Journalist Reveals 'Chilling' Text GOP Lawmaker Sent White House Before Jan. 6 Riot
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Could Thursday Be the Worst Day Yet for Trump and His Kids?
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New top story on Hacker News: What are your company's anti-values?
Hillary Clinton Shows Failsafe Way To Know Donald Trump, Fox News Are Lying
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Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Queen Will Help Pay Prince Andrew’s $14M Legal Settlement—but the Royal Damage Is Done
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New top story on Hacker News: Delayed Job vs. Sidekiq
Jared Kushner has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize a second time for his work on the Abraham Accords
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New top story on Hacker News: ECO2: More Than a Speech Synthesizer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mocks Fox News analyst after he says Canadian government could have arrested Martin Luther King Jr.
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Tuesday, 15 February 2022
New top story on Hacker News: Texas sues Meta, saying it misused facial recognition data
Texas sues Meta, saying it misused facial recognition data
18 by pseudolus | 5 comments on Hacker News.
18 by pseudolus | 5 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Reddit accounts cancellation/suspension caused by VPN usage
Reddit accounts cancellation/suspension caused by VPN usage
134 by netfortius | 90 comments on Hacker News.
Posted earlier about an account of mine having been suspended with no apparent reason (at least of posting rules breaking), then other two which I had in the past, for testing. As I was/am traveling at present, I used VPN in a few places, and I tested the theory of this being the source: created a new account yesterday, used it fine with no posting or submissions, then used it again today with two different VPN exit points, and sure enough: "Your account has been permanently suspended from Reddit." If the Redit bozos do not comprehend the need for VPN, if *content* provided is of not harmful in any way, then I sure wish them good luck in keeping this service going ... Edit: PIA as VPN, with three major exit points, used interchangeably: France (local when there, public place), UK (local when there, public place) and US (employer specific requirement). Original account was 10K+ submissions and almost same for comments, with never close to questionable content - got suspended during my travel, with no apparent (at time) cause. Two older/test accounts I dug up in the immediate aftermath of first closed, with no submissions, got also suspended within the span of a few days of use (reading/access only). One "control" test account got banned today, after having been opened yesterday - this purposely used while "flipping" between VPN exit points. HTH
134 by netfortius | 90 comments on Hacker News.
Posted earlier about an account of mine having been suspended with no apparent reason (at least of posting rules breaking), then other two which I had in the past, for testing. As I was/am traveling at present, I used VPN in a few places, and I tested the theory of this being the source: created a new account yesterday, used it fine with no posting or submissions, then used it again today with two different VPN exit points, and sure enough: "Your account has been permanently suspended from Reddit." If the Redit bozos do not comprehend the need for VPN, if *content* provided is of not harmful in any way, then I sure wish them good luck in keeping this service going ... Edit: PIA as VPN, with three major exit points, used interchangeably: France (local when there, public place), UK (local when there, public place) and US (employer specific requirement). Original account was 10K+ submissions and almost same for comments, with never close to questionable content - got suspended during my travel, with no apparent (at time) cause. Two older/test accounts I dug up in the immediate aftermath of first closed, with no submissions, got also suspended within the span of a few days of use (reading/access only). One "control" test account got banned today, after having been opened yesterday - this purposely used while "flipping" between VPN exit points. HTH
New top story on Hacker News: Mother Earth Mother Board (1996)
Former New York Yankees slugger A-Rod, who Trump once called a 'druggie' and a 'joke,' is part of the group buying the former president's DC hotel
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Tory Burch mixes daywear and sportswear for luxury line
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New top story on Hacker News: Playford’s Dancing Master
Monday, 14 February 2022
New top story on Hacker News: Text Rendering Hates You
Ad Meter 2022: Universal Pictures: 'Nope'
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New top story on Hacker News: Software flaw lead to most widespread miscarriage of justice in UK legal history
Software flaw lead to most widespread miscarriage of justice in UK legal history
73 by nickdothutton | 32 comments on Hacker News.
73 by nickdothutton | 32 comments on Hacker News.
Letters: 'American ugliness' showed its face during show at Ohio Theater
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New top story on Hacker News: An Empirical Investigation of Personalization Factors on TikTok(2022)
An Empirical Investigation of Personalization Factors on TikTok(2022)
4 by asmy | 1 comments on Hacker News.
4 by asmy | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Sunday, 13 February 2022
Sudan's top general lauds recent ties with former foe Israel
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New top story on Hacker News: The Cost of Financialization-Globalization: You Lost $500k and Gained $137.13
The Cost of Financialization-Globalization: You Lost $500k and Gained $137.13
73 by Melchizedek | 67 comments on Hacker News.
73 by Melchizedek | 67 comments on Hacker News.
10 reasons why scientists believe coronavirus originated from lab in Wuhan, China
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New top story on Hacker News: Liberouter: Towards autonomous neighborhood networking (2014)
Liberouter: Towards autonomous neighborhood networking (2014)
10 by cunidev | 1 comments on Hacker News.
10 by cunidev | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Blood, poison-filled syringe are evidence in Amie Harwick's violent death
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Saturday, 12 February 2022
California jury orders Albertsons to pay $4.3 million to a man who broke his nose and suffered a severe brain injury after slipping on a wet floor
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Queen Elizabeth COVID Panic Grips Buckingham Palace
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New top story on Hacker News: Rust API for the Firefox Profiler
Marjorie Taylor Greene Addresses ‘Gazpacho Police’ Gaffe, Makes The Mockery Worse
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New top story on Hacker News: 46” woven display with integrated smart sensors and energy harvesting
46” woven display with integrated smart sensors and energy harvesting
3 by giuliomagnifico | 3 comments on Hacker News.
3 by giuliomagnifico | 3 comments on Hacker News.
Western leaders to confer on Ukraine amid war fears
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Friday, 11 February 2022
Crystal Cruises is shutting its US offices and has terminated employees days after 2 ships were seized in the Bahamas: report
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New top story on Hacker News: SixtyFPS Becomes Slint
Liz Cheney Warns Critics Of Jan. 6 Investigation Exactly What To Expect
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Taiwan: Pupils return to school after holidays amid Covid surge
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Thursday, 10 February 2022
Olympic skier Rosie Brennan is turning her love of skiing into a greater mission
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Lawrence O'Donnell Debunks 'Relentlessly Stupid' Marjorie Taylor Greene's New Jan. 6 Claim
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New top story on Hacker News: Top web hacking techniques used in 2021
Donald Trump’s Favorite Hillary Clinton Dig Comes Back To Haunt Him
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Wednesday, 9 February 2022
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Software Developer vs. Software Engineer
Ask HN: Software Developer vs. Software Engineer
7 by bliblablubb2 | 23 comments on Hacker News.
Hi, what is the difference, really? I feel like everyone is using them at random or making up their own or new job titles...
7 by bliblablubb2 | 23 comments on Hacker News.
Hi, what is the difference, really? I feel like everyone is using them at random or making up their own or new job titles...
11 years for woman convicted in fatal hit-and-run of officer
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New top story on Hacker News: Open Textbook Initiative from the American Institute of Mathematics
Open Textbook Initiative from the American Institute of Mathematics
29 by turingbook | 2 comments on Hacker News.
29 by turingbook | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Howard Stern says Joe Rogan's apology should be 'I'm wrong, and go get the vaccine before you die'
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Tuesday, 8 February 2022
New top story on Hacker News: The Problem with Frameworks
GOP Rep Rips Politicians Who ‘Side With Criminals’ And People Can’t Believe His Gall
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New top story on Hacker News: Being Slow to Criticise
New top story on Hacker News: A short history of the O’Reilly animals
Nikki Haley's Clueless New Trump Defense Trashed On Twitter
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Where to travel? Many families are changing vacations to avoid COVID-19-related issues
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Monday, 7 February 2022
Trump's presidential hopes could be thwarted by COVID — again
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New top story on Hacker News: Inline Assembly in F#
Kim Jong Un keeps aiming his missiles at his 'most hated rock' — a barren outcrop called 'No Man's Land': military expert
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New top story on Hacker News: Has the iPad Won the Tablet Wars?
Has the iPad Won the Tablet Wars?
9 by fbnlsr | 23 comments on Hacker News.
Lately I've been thinking about getting a new tablet for the house. The last one I had was a Nexus 7. It worked flawlessly and I really liked the format. I started looking online and it seems that the only ones still alive are the iPad and the Kindle Fire. Are there any viable alternatives or is it a done deal?
9 by fbnlsr | 23 comments on Hacker News.
Lately I've been thinking about getting a new tablet for the house. The last one I had was a Nexus 7. It worked flawlessly and I really liked the format. I started looking online and it seems that the only ones still alive are the iPad and the Kindle Fire. Are there any viable alternatives or is it a done deal?
Egypt fans proud but disappointed after AFCON defeat
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Sunday, 6 February 2022
Morocco mourns 'little Rayan' after daring well rescue bid fails
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Trump White House staffers frequently put important documents into 'burn bags' and sent them to the Pentagon for incineration, report says
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The Republican Knives Are Out for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem
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New top story on Hacker News: Gaussian Process Regression Demo
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How do you deal with getting old and feeling lost?
Ask HN: How do you deal with getting old and feeling lost?
9 by trendingwaifu | 6 comments on Hacker News.
I am turning 35 years soon and I feel like I haven't achieved much, both personally and professionally. I have held jobs in small and big companies for mostly for 1-2 years each, traveled and lived in different countries, had 2 failed startups, and have about $500k in savings. I am single and haven't had a serious relationship for many years now. As time went on, I started feeling less excited about everything, personal or work related. I used to be excited about new technologies, but not these days. I feel like I've seen most things before, and it's all just different iterations of the same. I increasingly wish I could go back to my 20s. Now I feel too old to go to festivals, bars and clubs and make new friends that way. This has been a recent change for me. When I was ~30 I still considered myself young and able to do anything I could do when I was in my 20s. But not anymore now. I feel like my time for everything is running out. Have you been through a similar thing? How did you deal with it?
9 by trendingwaifu | 6 comments on Hacker News.
I am turning 35 years soon and I feel like I haven't achieved much, both personally and professionally. I have held jobs in small and big companies for mostly for 1-2 years each, traveled and lived in different countries, had 2 failed startups, and have about $500k in savings. I am single and haven't had a serious relationship for many years now. As time went on, I started feeling less excited about everything, personal or work related. I used to be excited about new technologies, but not these days. I feel like I've seen most things before, and it's all just different iterations of the same. I increasingly wish I could go back to my 20s. Now I feel too old to go to festivals, bars and clubs and make new friends that way. This has been a recent change for me. When I was ~30 I still considered myself young and able to do anything I could do when I was in my 20s. But not anymore now. I feel like my time for everything is running out. Have you been through a similar thing? How did you deal with it?
Saturday, 5 February 2022
Teen who runs Twitter account tracking Elon Musk's private jet rejects offer of free Tesla to delete it
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New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Nine Letter Word – Daily Puzzle
Show HN: Nine Letter Word – Daily Puzzle
12 by mahin | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I've been playing Wordle and remembered this puzzle game I used to play with my grandfather. It's inspired by the block puzzles in many newspapers but made to be shorter: just guess the nine letter word. So I made a quick thing to play with my family like we used to. I thought you guys might enjoy it.
12 by mahin | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I've been playing Wordle and remembered this puzzle game I used to play with my grandfather. It's inspired by the block puzzles in many newspapers but made to be shorter: just guess the nine letter word. So I made a quick thing to play with my family like we used to. I thought you guys might enjoy it.
A clandestine Army operative concealed his mental health problems until it was too late. Is the military to blame?
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New top story on Hacker News: Killed by Google
Sean Spicer’s White House Spin Tweet Spectacularly Backfires
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Friday, 4 February 2022
IS leader stayed hidden as he rebuilt his group from defeat
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One of a kind car created by artist Eric Jones parked outside the Auto Show
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Tonga extends virus lockdown by 48 hours
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New top story on Hacker News: Inja: A Template Engine for Modern C++
Thursday, 3 February 2022
This food-stall in Mumbai makes its famous scrambled-egg dish using 2,000 eggs a day
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New top story on Hacker News: Optimizing GoAWK with a bytecode compiler and virtual machine
Optimizing GoAWK with a bytecode compiler and virtual machine
35 by benhoyt | 5 comments on Hacker News.
35 by benhoyt | 5 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Wikipedia and irregular data: how much can you fetch in one expression?
Wikipedia and irregular data: how much can you fetch in one expression?
4 by petercooper | 1 comments on Hacker News.
4 by petercooper | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Take The Hint, John Roberts — It’s Time For You To Retire, Too
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New top story on Hacker News: Facebook says Apple iOS privacy change will result in $10B revenue hit this year
Facebook says Apple iOS privacy change will result in $10B revenue hit this year
31 by caaqil | 9 comments on Hacker News.
31 by caaqil | 9 comments on Hacker News.
Scientists found 192 spines threaded on poles in Peru, a macabre practice that may be a response to Europeans pillaging graves
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Wednesday, 2 February 2022
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: What do you think of my new social app?
Show HN: What do you think of my new social app?
20 by jstrafy | 28 comments on Hacker News.
Hey there, First time posting on Hacker News in about 2 years! The reason I’m posting is that I thought I’d write about the product I’ve been building, in hopes it resonates with people. Why build yet another social app? Because I deleted almost all social media around 3/4 years ago as it was just net negative on my life. There was very little that was truly interesting, I didn’t care about looking good to other people and because of the ‘media’ and ads, the apps were all designed to make me spend too much time for what I was getting. I hated it and what it meant for people’s behaviour, including mine and my friends. I also noticed that the vast majority of my friends were pretty much passive on the services, even if they had an account. Turns out that most people felt uncomfortable sharing to people they didn’t know too well, which inevitably happens as you meet new people, add them, and often don’t develop the relationship much further. I had a sense that there could be a better way. In that, I remembered the days of Path and Google+ which had the model of focusing on particular people in your network, both through the feed and in how you shared. Path in particular was a ‘real life’ social network, something that despite being brought to market in 2010 or whatever, seemed to be more relevant today. So problem found, problem solved. I took the journey of learning how to code when COVID hit (I was working in Architecture and Design and was about to start my masters degree at Harvard GSD in Boston), then one thing led to another, my prototype garnered some investment interest, and Circles was born. The idea is very much like the name suggests, it’s about adding your contacts (synced through your phonebook) into Circles that define what the relationship is. This means that you only see things from people you have tagged (rather than everyone) and when you share, you choose exactly who it goes to (rather than all your friends or followers). It also takes cues from other privacy focused social products. Posts are encrypted, reactions and comments are only shown to people who are contacts with eachother, and user profiles only show that which has been explicitly shared to the user viewing the profile. As they were mentioned briefly before, it’s essentially a crossover between Path and Google+ with a wrap around layer of privacy, so the potential revenue has to eventually come through paid features rather than ads. We’re in the app store and google play store (yay, cross-platform JS frameworks), the invite code is ‘FULLCIRCLE’ and download links are below: Landing: [https://oncircles.com](https://oncircles.com) iOS: [https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/circles-share-more-with-less/id1532621483](https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/circles-share-more-with-less/id1532621483) Android: [https://ift.tt/HOxc6snI1 I would love to hear your feedback and suggestions on the idea. Hit or miss? PS: If you want to chat about the idea or are interested in working together I’d love to chat. Always interesting to meet people on HN and we have the funds, ideas and drive to continue making cool things that can solve big problems. Send me an email at james@oncircles.com Thanks!
20 by jstrafy | 28 comments on Hacker News.
Hey there, First time posting on Hacker News in about 2 years! The reason I’m posting is that I thought I’d write about the product I’ve been building, in hopes it resonates with people. Why build yet another social app? Because I deleted almost all social media around 3/4 years ago as it was just net negative on my life. There was very little that was truly interesting, I didn’t care about looking good to other people and because of the ‘media’ and ads, the apps were all designed to make me spend too much time for what I was getting. I hated it and what it meant for people’s behaviour, including mine and my friends. I also noticed that the vast majority of my friends were pretty much passive on the services, even if they had an account. Turns out that most people felt uncomfortable sharing to people they didn’t know too well, which inevitably happens as you meet new people, add them, and often don’t develop the relationship much further. I had a sense that there could be a better way. In that, I remembered the days of Path and Google+ which had the model of focusing on particular people in your network, both through the feed and in how you shared. Path in particular was a ‘real life’ social network, something that despite being brought to market in 2010 or whatever, seemed to be more relevant today. So problem found, problem solved. I took the journey of learning how to code when COVID hit (I was working in Architecture and Design and was about to start my masters degree at Harvard GSD in Boston), then one thing led to another, my prototype garnered some investment interest, and Circles was born. The idea is very much like the name suggests, it’s about adding your contacts (synced through your phonebook) into Circles that define what the relationship is. This means that you only see things from people you have tagged (rather than everyone) and when you share, you choose exactly who it goes to (rather than all your friends or followers). It also takes cues from other privacy focused social products. Posts are encrypted, reactions and comments are only shown to people who are contacts with eachother, and user profiles only show that which has been explicitly shared to the user viewing the profile. As they were mentioned briefly before, it’s essentially a crossover between Path and Google+ with a wrap around layer of privacy, so the potential revenue has to eventually come through paid features rather than ads. We’re in the app store and google play store (yay, cross-platform JS frameworks), the invite code is ‘FULLCIRCLE’ and download links are below: Landing: [https://oncircles.com](https://oncircles.com) iOS: [https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/circles-share-more-with-less/id1532621483](https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/circles-share-more-with-less/id1532621483) Android: [https://ift.tt/HOxc6snI1 I would love to hear your feedback and suggestions on the idea. Hit or miss? PS: If you want to chat about the idea or are interested in working together I’d love to chat. Always interesting to meet people on HN and we have the funds, ideas and drive to continue making cool things that can solve big problems. Send me an email at james@oncircles.com Thanks!
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