361. Semantics derived automatically from language corpora contain human-like biases (scim.ag)
110 points | 2017 | author randomwalker showed up | their comment | thread
“Some of the press articles about our work didn't have a lot of nuance (unsurprisingly), but in the paper we're careful about what we say, what we don't say, and what the…”
362. Javascript Arrays and Functional Programming (zabanaa.github.io)
110 points | 2017 | author zabana showed up (and submitted it) | their comment (+1 more) | thread
“I wrote this article mainly as a note to self that I could refer to in the future and as an exercise to help me learn the concept and force me to structure my thoughts…”
363. Apple's CVDisplayLink Doesn't Link to Your Display (thume.ca)
110 points | 2017 | author trishume showed up | their comment | thread
“that would make sense, except it doesn't appear to be doing that. I also don't see anything in the docs suggesting that it would. My test app takes 1ms to render yet,…”
364. Phone numbers are not proper verification (b1nary.ch)
109 points | 2017 | author herbst showed up (and submitted it) | their comment (+1 more) | thread
“I dont have a fixed telephone number anymore. How to handle that? I dont see why i would need one except for authentification purposes ether. My point is that depending…”
365. Anomalous keys in Tor relays (nymity.ch)
109 points | 2017 | author phw showed up | their comment | thread
“You are right, these are the only onion services that were most likely targeted. The others are part of our publicly available dataset, but most likely false positives.”
366. Show HN: Keypad Layout Window Manager for Mac (github.com)
109 points | 2017 | author janten showed up (and submitted it) | their comment | thread
“I actually started this project after buying Divvy. Divvy has many more features but I could never set it up just right. In particular I found no way to use the grid…”
367. Translating a C++ parser to Haskell (haskellforall.com)
109 points | 2017 | author Gabriel439 showed up | their comment | thread
“yes, this bothers me, too (especially the horizontal scroll switching to another post). I'm not sure how to disable that since Blogger doesn't provide a way to disable…”
368. Rich Hickey's Greatest Hits (2013) (changelog.com)
109 points | 2017 | author devin showed up | their comment | thread
“I will take a whack at updating it.”
369. Perl 6 Advent Calendar (perl6advent.wordpress.com)
109 points | 2017 | author zoffix222 showed up | their comment | thread
“Thanks for reading my post! :) To answer some of the comments: no, this isn't satire, nor is it a marketing or advertisement piece. I'm just having fun with the language…”
370. Convertible and SAFE notes (avc.com)
108 points | 2017 | author fredwilson showed up | their comment | thread
“You can ascribe whatever agenda you want to believe. But I wrote this for founders and it is based on thirty plus years of working with founders. I don't want to see…”
371. Show HN: Hatch – A modern project, package, and virtual env manager for Python (github.com)
108 points | 2017 | author ofek showed up (and submitted it) | their comment | thread
“I'm happy to answer any questions!”
372. Show HN: Céu, Structured Synchronous Reactive Programming (ceu-lang.org)
107 points | 2017 | author fsantanna showed up (and submitted it) | their comment | thread
“Although Céu is about 5 years now, this is the first time I post to "Show HN". In this new version, we are trying to surpass the academic fences with a more polished…”
373. Is the C++ preprocessor still needed? (foonathan.net)
106 points | 2017 | author foonathan showed up | their comment | thread
“I didn't intend to give a motivation for purging it, many people in the C++ community want to and I wanted to explore the feasibility of that in the current status. It…”
374. Generating Images in JavaScript Without Using the Canvas API (medium.com)
106 points | 2017 | author _alastair showed up | their comment | thread
“The post is a combination of two separate things: creating a PNG file via JavaScript typed arrays, then using that PNG in an (Android-specific) web notification. I added…”
375. Understanding LSTM Networks (2015) (colah.github.io)
106 points | 2017 | author colah3 showed up | their comment | thread
“Hi! I'm the author. I was also pretty surprised by the amount of attention this article has gotten. That said, I can give you my take on how it advanced the dialogue. As…”
376. Security 101 for SaaS startups (github.com)
105 points | 2017 | author itaifrenkel showed up | their comment | thread
“If you have questions or comments I would love hearing them.”
377. Amazon owns a whole collection of secret brands (qz.com)
105 points | 2017 | author mcwm showed up | their comment | thread
“I honestly have no idea what that tracking tag is, but 07/20 was the date I started writing this story! Guessing it's just Amazon tracking to see where traffic is coming…”
378. Finding UX in the Trash (f2.svbtle.com)
105 points | 2017 | author 0xF2 showed up (and submitted it) | their comment | thread
“The point here is not the trash, I go by those bins twice a day and can affor to think a few more seconds if I am carrying something unusual. Plus it makes you feel like…”
379. Empirical Bayes for multiple sample sizes (chris-said.io)
104 points | 2017 | author csaid81 showed up (and submitted it) | their comment | thread
“Please see the section on mixed models in my post. As I mentioned there, I would love if an expert could expand on the relationship between mixed effects and Empirical…”
380. FizzBuzz in J, Explained (wycd.net)
103 points | 2017 | author wyc showed up (and submitted it) | their comment | thread
“Sorry to hear that. If you want to let me know where I lost you via email or here, I'd be happy to revise it to be clearer. I think it takes a certain skill to overcome…”
381. Open Sourcing My Personal Medical Record (hdphealth.com)
103 points | 2017 | author blaurenceclark showed up (and submitted it) | their comment | thread
“If anyone has any questions about dealing with the medical system or about clinical trials ask away!”
382. The world’s biggest problems and why they’re not what first comes to mind (80000hours.org)
103 points | 2017 | author BenjaminTodd showed up (and submitted it) | their comment | thread
“I agree this is a very interesting area to look into. It would fall under "meta" in the main post. Here's some more info:”
383. The History of Alice and Bob (cryptocouple.com)
103 points | 2017 | author quinndupont showed up (and submitted it) | their comment | thread
“I've never enjoyed the basic premise of the Rogaway article, but that would require its own engagement to properly discuss. That said, I had forgotten about his…”
384. Show HN: 4chan on the Ethereum blockchain (davidwong.fr)
103 points | 2017 | author baby showed up (and submitted it) | their comment | thread
“I posted about publishing the smart contract[1] which might be interesting to some people as I had no idea how much it would cost prior to doing this. The source code is…”
385. Advanced Image Manipulation and Data Extraction (blog.algorithmia.com)
103 points | 2017 | author peckjon showed up | their comment | thread
“Ask me anything :-)”
386. Why Did So Many Startups Choose MongoDB? (nemil.com)
102 points | 2017 | author nemild showed up | their comment | thread
“I wrote this series over several months and am happy to answer questions. Part 2 will dive into the benefits of Mongo along with the mistakes that some teams made with…”
387. Show HN: Stack: tiling WM for Windows (losttech.software)
101 points | 2017 | author lostmsu showed up (and submitted it) | their comment | thread
“Wanted to make something to replace seemingly dead GridMove (). Current version basically reimplements GridMove's functionality. Features over GridMove: - High DPI…”
388. Show HN: Nematoduino – Implementing a Worm on the Arduino UNO (github.com)
101 points | 2017 | author nategri showed up (and submitted it) | their comment | thread
“Thanks for all the awesome feedback, it's been a wonderful day :) For a 1 minute clip showing nematoduino's reaction to nose touch stimulation, with a comparison to a…”
389. 80% of Monero Transactions Trivially De-Anonymized (ipfs.io)
100 points | 2017 | author sgp_ showed up | their comment | thread
“How would you prefer for it to be uploaded? Another link:”
390. Building Accurate Shipment Timelines – A Sorted Affair (flexport.engineering)
100 points | 2017 | author aubreycw showed up | their comment | thread
“This was the first post of our new Flexport Engineering blog (we'll be adding more content soon). Happy to answer any questions about the article or how/why we're using…”