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The GitHub GraphQL API
GitHub announced a public API one month after the site launched. We’ve evolved this platform through three versions, adhering to RFC standards and embracing new design patterns to provide a clear and...
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Design of a hyperstable 60-subunit protein icosahedron
The icosahedron is the largest of the Platonic solids, and icosahedral protein structures are widely used in biological systems for packaging and transport1, 2. There has been considerable interest in...
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Show HN: Using Parsing Expression Grammars to rewrite source code
README.mdMaybe you're writing a reverse engineering challenge, and you want to obfuscate your code. Maybe you're stuck with a huge legacy codebase in dire need of refactoring. You want to perform a...
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Anker launches sister brand for home automation
Smartphone accessory brand Anker is mostly known for its battery packs, chargers and other popular gizmos for gadget fans. In addition to its tech-on-the-go brand, it today announces the launch of...
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A TensorFlow Implementation of DeepMind's WaveNet Paper
README.mdThis is a TensorFlow implementation of the WaveNet generative neural network architecture for audio generation.The WaveNet architecture directly generates a raw audio waveform, and shows...
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Fantasy Land 1.0
Fantasy-Land version 1.0.0ap arguments have now been flipped to keep in line with map and chainchainRec type has been added.Fantasy-Land now builds against TravisCI Various typo fixes (if you see...
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Five Months of Kubernetes
For the past year, Descomplica moved towards a more service-oriented architecture for its core components (auth, search, etc) and we’ve been using Elastic Beanstalk from the start to orchestrate the...
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Why building a startup is probably your most sensible career path
Your PhD has given you the perfect tool set to start a high-tech company, and it’s nothing to do with your technical skill, says Mark Hammond.In stark contrast to the proliferation of web based...
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Introducing OpenType Variable Fonts
Version 1.8 of the OpenType font format specification introduces an extensive new technology, affecting almost every area of the format. An OpenType variable font is one in which the equivalent of...
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Why I Majored in Philosophy Despite Everyone Telling Me Not To (2013)
In response to the casual question "so what's your major?" I often draw empty stares, confused gazes, and unmitigated skepticism. "What are you going to do with a philosophy degree?" Aside from...
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Scientists Have Found Another Species of Crow That Uses Tools
In 2013, Christian Rutz travelled to Hawaii, and presented two crows with a log containing several small holes. These had been baited with meat, but were too small and deep for the crows to reach with...
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Is Running Good or Bad for Your Health?
There's no question that running changes your heart.The issue is whether these changes are good or bad. I don't mean the occasional 3 miles once or twice a week, although even this minimal amount of...
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Introducing the Firefox debugger.html
debugger.html is a modern JavaScript debugger from Mozilla, built as aweb application with React and Redux. This project was started earlythis year in an effort to replace the current debugger within...
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Researchers achieve speech recognition milestone
Microsoft researchers have reached a milestone in the quest for computers to understand speech as well as humans.Xuedong Huang, the company’s chief speech scientist, reports that in a recent benchmark...
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FBI director: Cover up your webcam
The head of the FBI on Wednesday defended putting a piece of tape over his personal laptop's webcam, claiming the security step was a common sense one that most should take. “There’s some sensible...
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Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux
README.mdThis is an unstable dev preview. To track the process of the first release, please visit the 0.6 project.I've only switched to branch to inform new visitors of the purpose of this repo. This...
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Announcing new tools, forums, and features
Today I welcomed more than 1,500 people to our second annual Universe conference in San Francisco, an event designed to celebrate the people building the future of software. It’s an important reminder...
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Apple’s 21% Rally Is Tough Pill for 295 Funds That Bailed
Apple Inc.’s third-quarter rally is unwelcome news to the unusually large swath of investors who have been giving up on the stock.Shares of the iPhone maker have jumped 21 percent this quarter,...
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Node v6.6.0
crypto: Added crypto.timingSafeEqual(). (not-an-aardvark) #8304events: Made the "max event listeners" memory leak warning more accessible. (Anna Henningsen) #8298promises: Unhandled rejections now emit...
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Show HN: GraphicsJS, New Powerful Free Open-Source JavaScript Graphics Library
Works all around the world As part of AnyChart products, GraphicsJS has been tested on all devices and browsers - Windows PCs, Apple Macs, iPhones, iPads, Android devices. It works everywhere,...
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