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  1. PM Imran Khan to meet with Tesla executives to discuss launching EVs in Pakistan (techjuice.pk)
    2 points 2
  2. Ask HN: As a YC employee, what is the "equity in YC" benefit?

    I saw this job posting for the Product Engineer, Work at a Startup: https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/41302 It says "We also offer highly competitive compensation, including equity in YC". What is equity in YC? Stock…

    9 points 0
  3. Ask HN: What gift could one buy a semiliterate 14 y/o boy returning to school?

    I’m staying in Lahore, Pakistan. I met the 14 y/o son of friend’s servant. The story is that he dropped out of school about 6 years ago, and wants to go back. He’ll be starting off with basic reading, writing, and…

    2 points 3
  4. Why is Google News recommending non-news YouTube videos?

    Google News used to be a pretty good feed of stuff I wouldn’t have thought to look for. Now it’s trash. Social media reactions (Someone flips out & drops bombshell of a reply to SomeoneElse), the same old hyper targeted…

    15 points 12
  5. Folly (en.wikipedia.org)
    2 points 0
  6. Ask HN: Where are cheap regions to live with fast internet?
    15 points 15
  7. Ask HN: Who is (back to) working in the office?

    What's different? What's the same?

    6 points 6
  8. Ask HN: On average, how old is the oldest iceberg at any given time?
    2 points 0
  9. Ask HN: Oregon State postbaccalaureate BSCS alum, would you do it over again?

    I'm researching different distance learning options for computer science. For those who did this program at Oregon State... https://ecampus.oregonstate.edu/online-degrees/undergraduate/computer-science/ ...I'm wondering…

    1 points 0
  10. ClassPass Has a Spam Problem (onezero.medium.com)
    2 points 0
  11. Boeing MQ-25 Stingray (en.wikipedia.org)
    41 points 65
  12. Czech Trail Marking System (2006) (blog.myczechrepublic.com)
    68 points 29
  13. Ask HN: Good ntro to programming book for adult with no experience?

    An adult friend on mine asked me about getting into programming. I let him know first thing that it's super hard to break into, and to just be prepared to do way more work than he expects. He still seems interested in…

    1 points 3
  14. Ask HN: We've had Agile, Scrum, Lean Startup. What are current fads?
    1 points 3
  15. Ask HN: What questions do you ask to improve clarity on vague requirements?

    I recently worked on a ticket that was quite ambiguous. It felt like "we saw this thing once that hasn't happened since, and we think there might be a bug in there, so see what you can do to fix it, and we don't…

    1 points 2
  16. Ask HN: Consultants and freelancers, may I interview about how you got started?

    I saw a post earlier today on HN in which the poster asks for resources on how to be a consultant. [1] . I've been toying with the idea of becoming a con-free-lan-sultant myself. Personally, I learn better through…

    10 points 0
  17. Who Runs Curl on What (who-runs-curl-on-what.herokuapp.com)
    7 points 8
  18. Ask HN: How do you conduct take home coding exercises?

    What is your process? Do you have a plan for reviewing getting results you'd like to see? How much of what you ask a candidate to work on is well thought out?

    3 points 2
  19. Ask HN: What's likely to suck in any development job?
    13 points 39
  20. Ask HN: Want help figuring out jump jets work in MechWarrior 2

    Hi HN, I used as a QA Engineer for Transmeta, a startup that made low power CPUs for laptops. One of the ways I loved to test our chips was by playing MechWarrior 2. Basically I tried to break the chips using a video…

    12 points 6