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  2. Ask HN: Cereal Box Video Games?

    From time to time I think about how much I enjoyed the FPS Chex Quest. Were there other games like this distributed in cereal boxes? If so, what were they and what were your favorites?

    6 points 5
  3. Ask HN: Does IndieHackers have a broken web architecture or is it just me?

    Initially I thought I had a FireFox compatibility issue but I've been experiencing similar bizarre behavior in Chrome: I click on a link, the URL changes in the address bar, but the page doesn't change. Sometimes it…

    1 points 3
  4. Netflix braces for more layoffs this week (variety.com)
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  5. Scorched, Parched and Now Uninsurable: Climate Change Hits Wine Country (nytimes.com)
    2 points 0
  6. Ignore All Web Performance Benchmarks, Including This One (blog.miguelgrinberg.com)
    1 points 0
  7. Ceramics That Won’t Shatter (technologyreview.com)
    11 points 1
  8. Ask HN: What coding task everyone hates do you secretly enjoy?

    I secretly enjoy parsing really nasty semi-structured documents.

    4 points 3
  9. Ask HN: Graph DB for full text search?

    I was hoping those of you familiar with graph databases and FTS could offer some advice. I'm trying to identify a good DB for some kind of unusual requirements. I am working with documents that are themselves…

    3 points 9
  10. Americans Strongly Dislike PC Culture (theatlantic.com)
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  11. Are online ordering services killing your restaurant? (modernrestaurantmanagement.com)
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  12. Ask HN: How to disclose something without disclosing it?

    A while back I came across an interesting problem that I've been thinking about off and on. Let's say I am thinking about taking a job working for a large company, but in some relatively dangerous part of world. I don't…

    48 points 62
  13. Ask HN: Transcript parsing and NLP?

    I'm considering embarking on a project to parse and analyze semi-structured pure text transcripts. I will need to identify and be able to quickly retrieve things like "all things a given person has said" and "all things…

    2 points 0
  14. Ask HN: Python dev on Windows?

    I'm self-taught in Python with a proficiency level I'd call "advanced scripting" and am looking to broaden my skills and get more seriously into web development work. I currently do all my coding on a relatively stock…

    2 points 4
  15. Ask HN: Are Square's marketing emails legal?

    For a long time I've been annoyed by emails from Square (including unsolicited receipt emails) but I wonder now if they are even legal. Case-in-point, a marketing email I just received from a restaurant I visited once…

    2 points 3
  16. Ask HN: Affordable E-Sign API?

    I'm currently a SignNow user, and they want $1K/yr for API access. All I want is to embed a damn document in an iframe on my website. Other e-sign companies seem very expensive as well for API access, if not quite as…

    1 points 0
  17. Ask HN: Code School for web dev/stack basics?

    I've been teaching myself to code and by now am reasonably proficient in Python. The online code schools/tutorials like CodeSchool and Codecademy have been great for learning languages themselves but of little help when…

    1 points 6
  18. Ask HN: What's your favorite code pun?

    In a goofy mood today. Feel free to contribute stupid punny code. make_blind = [eye for eye in world] function thumb_war(){return [1, 2, 3, 4];}

    3 points 1
  19. Ask HN: Best way to learn async development?

    I'm a relatively novice Python developer. I've dabbled in multithreading and multiprocessing, and am trying to learn more about single threaded async coding. I tend to learn by trying, and my test project is an…

    9 points 4
  20. Ask HN: Why is there no HN chat?

    Seems like there ought to be an HN chat room. Is there one somewhere, or does anyone have an interest in one existing?

    1 points 1