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New best story on Hacker News: LightSail 2 Spacecraft Successfully Demonstrates Flight by Light

LightSail 2 Spacecraft Successfully Demonstrates Flight by Light 386 by spazz | 113 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Filling hospitals with art reduces patient stress, anxiety and pain

Filling hospitals with art reduces patient stress, anxiety and pain 306 by rchaudhary | 91 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Advertising Is a Cancer on Society

Advertising Is a Cancer on Society 372 by TeMPOraL | 243 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: BootOS: Monolithic operating system in 512 bytes of x86 machine code

BootOS: Monolithic operating system in 512 bytes of x86 machine code 530 by nanochess | 101 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Math Basics for Computer Science and Machine Learning [pdf]

Math Basics for Computer Science and Machine Learning [pdf] 485 by oldgun | 65 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Employee happiness and business success are linked

Employee happiness and business success are linked 339 by myinnerbanjo | 110 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Blender 2.80

Blender 2.80 374 by harperlee | 129 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google reveals fistful of flaws in Apple's iMessage app

Google reveals fistful of flaws in Apple's iMessage app 313 by dmmalam | 233 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ethiopia Plants 350M Trees in One Day to Combat Drought and Climate Change

Ethiopia Plants 350M Trees in One Day to Combat Drought and Climate Change 330 by auntienomen | 203 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: India tiger census shows rapid population growth

India tiger census shows rapid population growth 345 by hhs | 114 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: YouTube faces creator backlash

YouTube faces creator backlash 424 by hhs | 445 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The human body is already close to thermal limits in many regions

The human body is already close to thermal limits in many regions 442 by anigbrowl | 477 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Capital One’s breach was inevitable, because we did nothing after Equifax

Capital One’s breach was inevitable, because we did nothing after Equifax 402 by Corrado | 135 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Capital One Says Breach Hit 100M Individuals in U.S

Capital One Says Breach Hit 100M Individuals in U.S 384 by pseudolus | 218 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Megapack: Utility-Scale Energy Storage

Megapack: Utility-Scale Energy Storage 453 by jjallen | 182 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Uber Lays Off 400

Uber Lays Off 400 368 by moltensodium | 207 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Malicious code in the purescript NPM installer

Malicious code in the purescript NPM installer 399 by braythwayt | 183 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Tokyo subway’s humble duct-tape typographer

Tokyo subway’s humble duct-tape typographer 469 by timafuyc | 63 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Roots of Boeing’s 737 Max Crisis: A Regulator Relaxes Its Oversight

The Roots of Boeing’s 737 Max Crisis: A Regulator Relaxes Its Oversight 327 by tafda | 176 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Adblocking: How about Nah?

Adblocking: How about Nah? 396 by dredmorbius | 278 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Users hate change

Users hate change 413 by InvOfSmallC | 290 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How is China able to provide enough food to feed over 1B people?

How is China able to provide enough food to feed over 1B people? 462 by carapace | 252 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: “My GitHub account has been restricted due to US sanctions as I live in Crimea”

“My GitHub account has been restricted due to US sanctions as I live in Crimea” 366 by pizza | 340 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Square’s Growth Framework for Engineers and Engineering Managers

Square’s Growth Framework for Engineers and Engineering Managers 451 by girlwhocodes | 222 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The UK authorities made illegal copies of the Schengen Information System

The UK authorities made illegal copies of the Schengen Information System 436 by zoobab | 184 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Mozilla debuts implementation of WebThings Gateway open source router firmware

Mozilla debuts implementation of WebThings Gateway open source router firmware 357 by cpeterso | 86 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Decades-Old Computer Science Conjecture Solved in Two Pages

Decades-Old Computer Science Conjecture Solved in Two Pages 407 by parsimo2010 | 30 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Fast Software, the Best Software

Fast Software, the Best Software 426 by Tomte | 257 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: CERN migrates to open-source technologies

CERN migrates to open-source technologies 323 by tdhttt | 91 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Saving Lydia

Saving Lydia 461 by dsr12 | 87 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Some items from my “reliability list”

Some items from my “reliability list” 359 by luu | 85 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Space Engine

Space Engine 472 by tosh | 93 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Visual Information Theory (2015)

Visual Information Theory (2015) 330 by less_penguiny | 35 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: FTC Imposes $5B Penalty and Sweeping New Privacy Restrictions on Facebook

FTC Imposes $5B Penalty and Sweeping New Privacy Restrictions on Facebook 300 by vonmoltke | 140 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What people skills do you wish you learned earlier in your career?

Ask HN: What people skills do you wish you learned earlier in your career? 495 by mparkola | 403 comments on Hacker News. For the past several years I've been putting in a lot of time into learning and sharing people skills (without the bullshit). I'm interested in skills from dealing with your own emotions, through communication with close co-workers to high-stakes negotiating. I'm curious: what are some people skills that you wish you had learned earlier in your career or that you wish your co-workers had easier access to? Also: what are your favorite books and/or other resources that helped you?

New best story on Hacker News: Justice Department to Open Broad, New Antitrust Review of Big Tech Companies

Justice Department to Open Broad, New Antitrust Review of Big Tech Companies 321 by mudil | 288 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I'm writing a book about algorithms and Lisp

I'm writing a book about algorithms and Lisp 383 by ska80 | 52 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: GitHub is down

GitHub is down 409 by tomduncalf | 193 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: GitLab – A $1B business where all employees work remotely

GitLab – A $1B business where all employees work remotely 364 by jaoued | 232 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Mitchell Feigenbaum (1944–2019), 4.66920160910299067185320382…

Mitchell Feigenbaum (1944–2019), 4.66920160910299067185320382… 492 by techgipper | 52 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Want to hire the best programmers? Offer growth

Want to hire the best programmers? Offer growth 355 by ammon | 200 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: No CS Degree – Interviews with self-taught developers

No CS Degree – Interviews with self-taught developers 421 by Pete-Codes | 274 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How to assess the quality of garments

How to assess the quality of garments 474 by bookofjoe | 94 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Do-nothing scripting: the key to gradual automation

Do-nothing scripting: the key to gradual automation 534 by thameera | 106 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI

Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI 413 by gdb | 158 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Browsers are pretty good at loading pages

Browsers are pretty good at loading pages 527 by csande17 | 286 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Edge sends full URLs of pages visited to Microsoft

Edge sends full URLs of pages visited to Microsoft 360 by semiquaver | 141 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How is it like to be a dev in Iran

How is it like to be a dev in Iran 534 by daanavitch | 252 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: YouTube was launched as a dating site

YouTube was launched as a dating site 476 by ElectronShak | 165 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Why wasn't this page found?

Why wasn't this page found? 518 by johnny313 | 104 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Photorealistic Path Tracer

Photorealistic Path Tracer 509 by azhenley | 69 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Hackers breach FSB contractor, expose Tor deanonymization project

Hackers breach FSB contractor, expose Tor deanonymization project 325 by ga-vu | 108 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: FaceApp Now Owns Access to More Than 150M People's Faces and Names

FaceApp Now Owns Access to More Than 150M People's Faces and Names 348 by ElectronShak | 231 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: History and Effective Use of Vim

History and Effective Use of Vim 488 by begriffs | 191 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Patrick Winston of MIT CSAIL has died

Patrick Winston of MIT CSAIL has died 309 by nikofeyn | 53 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Think in Math, Write in Code

Think in Math, Write in Code 444 by selff | 234 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Argdown

Argdown 562 by Qaphqa | 148 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: HTTP Security Headers – A Complete Guide

HTTP Security Headers – A Complete Guide 496 by BCharlie | 67 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: MITM on HTTPS traffic in Kazakhstan

MITM on HTTPS traffic in Kazakhstan 442 by bzbarsky | 161 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: At what time of day do famous programmers work?

At what time of day do famous programmers work? 469 by lionix | 144 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Prime Day

Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Prime Day 427 by elijahparker | 242 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: What's Coming in Python 3.8

What's Coming in Python 3.8 436 by superwayne | 386 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How can phone companies detect tethering?

How can phone companies detect tethering? 387 by antouank | 197 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Raspberry Pi 4 needs a fan

The Raspberry Pi 4 needs a fan 356 by geerlingguy | 199 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Notre-Dame came closer to collapsing than people knew

Notre-Dame came closer to collapsing than people knew 397 by Luc | 181 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The PGP Problem

The PGP Problem 452 by bellinom | 329 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Declined Proposal: A built-in Go error check function, “try”

Declined Proposal: A built-in Go error check function, “try” 458 by robfig | 345 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: What every computer science major should know (2011)

What every computer science major should know (2011) 489 by rspivak | 166 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: YouTube video has its own URL in it

YouTube video has its own URL in it 645 by ignaloidas | 143 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Amazon workers launch protests on Prime Day

Amazon workers launch protests on Prime Day 427 by pmoriarty | 386 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: DuckDuckGo Expands Use of Apple Maps

DuckDuckGo Expands Use of Apple Maps 398 by doener | 174 comments on Hacker News.

Start at the Beginning

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"Your concern is to cross over any barrier between where you are presently and the objectives you expect to achieve." (Baron Songbird) Envision that you were going to take a long outing the nation over. The main thing you would do is pick your goal and after that get a guide to decide the absolute best approach to arrive. Every, prior day you began, you would find yourself on a guide in respect to where you are and where you intend to proceed. Life is particularly the equivalent. When you have chosen your qualities, vision, mission, reason and objectives, the subsequent stage is for you to break down your beginning stage. Precisely where are you today, and how's it hanging with you, in every one of the significant aspects of your life, particularly as they identify with your objectives? Page 133 Practice The Truth Rule Jack Welch, President of General Electric for a long time, once said that the most significant nature of initiative is the "truth rule....

New best story on Hacker News: Why did we wait so long for the bicycle?

Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? 540 by exolymph | 396 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Florida DMV sells personal info to private companies, marketing firms

Florida DMV sells personal info to private companies, marketing firms 432 by green-eclipse | 132 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Epic Games Supports Blender Foundation with $1.2M

Epic Games Supports Blender Foundation with $1.2M 461 by brachi | 139 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: To Break Google’s Monopoly on Search, Make Its Index Public

To Break Google’s Monopoly on Search, Make Its Index Public 393 by JumpCrisscross | 319 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Alan Turing to feature on new £50 note

Alan Turing to feature on new £50 note 448 by hanoz | 183 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Landfill is underrated and recycling overrated

Landfill is underrated and recycling overrated 442 by robertwiblin | 249 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Statistics with Julia [pdf]

Statistics with Julia [pdf] 462 by aapeli | 128 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views

YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views 804 by monort | 159 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Calculus for Beginners and Artists (2003)

Calculus for Beginners and Artists (2003) 431 by lewisjoe | 69 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Facebook is embedding tracking data inside the photos you download

Facebook is embedding tracking data inside the photos you download 476 by meerita | 152 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Elsevier cuts off UC’s access to its academic journals

Elsevier cuts off UC’s access to its academic journals 423 by bookofjoe | 216 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Details of the Cloudflare outage on July 2, 2019

Details of the Cloudflare outage on July 2, 2019 657 by jgrahamc | 141 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Costa Rica has run on 100% renewable energy for 300 days

Costa Rica has run on 100% renewable energy for 300 days 363 by Biba89 | 166 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I was wrong about spreadsheets (2017)

I was wrong about spreadsheets (2017) 567 by mooreds | 359 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: No limit: AI poker bot is first to beat professionals at multiplayer game

No limit: AI poker bot is first to beat professionals at multiplayer game 508 by Anon84 | 382 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Shopify and the Power of Platforms

Shopify and the Power of Platforms 534 by jonbaer | 167 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil fuels off the grid

Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil fuels off the grid 415 by rchaudhary | 301 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: QuickJS JavaScript Engine

QuickJS JavaScript Engine 673 by apaprocki | 177 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Twitter was down

Twitter was down 450 by idlewords | 336 comments on Hacker News.

Analyze Your Beliefs

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"The main thing that stands between a man and what he needs from life is frequently only the will to attempt it and the confidence to accept that it is conceivable." (Richard M. DeVos) Maybe the most significant of every single mental law is the Law of Conviction. This law says that, whatever you accept, with conviction, turns into your existence. You don't accept what you see; you see what you as of now accept. You really see your reality through a perspective of convictions, frames of mind, preferences and assumptions. "You are not what you think you are, yet what you think, you are." In the Old Confirmation, it says, "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." This implies, you generally follow up outwardly dependent on your deepest convictions and feelings about yourself. Page 113 In the New Confirmation, Jesus says, "As indicated by your confidence, it is done unto you." This is another method for saying that your serious convic...

New best story on Hacker News: Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks 522 by graystevens | 280 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Project Vesta – Mitigating climate change with green sand beaches

Project Vesta – Mitigating climate change with green sand beaches 485 by QuickToBan | 260 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed out alternatives

Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed out alternatives 456 by pseudolus | 420 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hidden Zoom web server

Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hidden Zoom web server 521 by coloneltcb | 238 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Developers don't understand CORS

Developers don't understand CORS 517 by chrisfosterelli | 259 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations

Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations 460 by bartkappenburg | 256 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: PCI Express on the Raspberry Pi 4

PCI Express on the Raspberry Pi 4 479 by trollied | 111 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Firefox 68.0

Firefox 68.0 462 by Spydar007 | 258 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I Can’t Stop Winning

I Can’t Stop Winning 644 by jashkenas | 156 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Camera and microphone require HTTPS in Firefox 68

Camera and microphone require HTTPS in Firefox 68 441 by johnnyRose | 144 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: IBM Closes Acquisition of Red Hat for $34B

IBM Closes Acquisition of Red Hat for $34B 475 by voxadam | 239 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Being Bored Is Good

Being Bored Is Good 537 by apollinaire | 171 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious websites to enable camera

Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious websites to enable camera 561 by mplanchard | 132 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Ten Years of Erlang

Ten Years of Erlang 466 by iamd3vil | 111 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: RSA is a fragile cryptosystem

RSA is a fragile cryptosystem 522 by ingve | 237 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: iMessage: Malformed Message Bricks iPhone

iMessage: Malformed Message Bricks iPhone 503 by appwiz | 181 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: African leaders launch landmark 55-nation trade zone

African leaders launch landmark 55-nation trade zone 443 by rexbee | 201 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Strong_password Rubygem hijacked

Strong_password Rubygem hijacked 580 by jrochkind1 | 112 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How to write idempotent Bash scripts

How to write idempotent Bash scripts 524 by kiyanwang | 157 comments on Hacker News.

Decide Upon Your Major Definite Purpose

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"There is one quality which one must have to win, and that is definiteness of direction, the learning of what one needs, and a passionate longing to have it." (Napoleon Slope) Since you become what you make of more often than not, a noteworthy distinct reason gives you a concentration for each waking minute. As Diminish Drucker stated, "At whatever point you discover something completing, you discover a monomaniac with a mission." The more you consider your major positive reason, and how to accomplish it, the more you actuate the Law of Fascination in your life. You start to draw in to you individuals, openings, thoughts and assets that help you to move all the more quickly toward your objective, and move your objective all the more quickly toward you. By the Law of Correspondence, your external universe of experience will relate and fit with your inward universe of objectives. Page 100 When you have a noteworthy positive reason that you consider, talk ab...

Determine Your True Goals

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"Acknowledge what you truly need. It prevents you from pursuing butterflies and gives you something to do burrowing gold." (William Moulton Marsden) My preferred word in objective setting, and in achievement when all is said in done, is "Lucidity." There is an immediate connection between the degree of clearness you have about your identity and what you need, and for all intents and purposes all that you achieve throughout everyday life. Prevalent people contribute the time important to create outright lucidity about themselves and what they truly need, such as structuring a nitty gritty diagram for a structure, before they start development. Normal individuals simply give themselves wholeheartedly to life, similar to a canine pursuing a passing vehicle, and miracle why they never appear to find anything, or keep anything advantageous. Henry David Thoreau once stated, "Have you fabricated your palaces noticeable all around? Great. That is the place they ...

Clarify Your Values

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"One universe made up of all that is: and one God in everything, and one standard of being, and one law, the reason shared by all reasoning animals, and one truth." (Marcus Aurelius) A standout amongst the most significant attributes of pioneers, and top individuals in each everyday issue, is that they know their identity, what they put stock in and a big motivator for they. Normal individuals are typically befuddled about their objectives, qualities and beliefs, and accordingly, they return and forward and achieve practically nothing. People who become pioneers, then again, with the equivalent or even less capacities and openings, go onto achieve incredible things in whatever they endeavor. Life is lived from the back to front. The very center of your character is your qualities. Your qualities are what make you the individual you are. All that you do outwardly is directed and controlled by your qualities within, regardless of whether clear or fluffy. The more prominent...

New best story on Hacker News: Debian 10 “Buster” Released

Debian 10 “Buster” Released 492 by thekyle | 198 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Breaking max efficiency of solar cells by activating 2 electrons with 1 photon

Breaking max efficiency of solar cells by activating 2 electrons with 1 photon 451 by dirtyaura | 96 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: A video game community filled my nephew's final days with joy

A video game community filled my nephew's final days with joy 551 by mattkevan | 72 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Goodbye Aberration: Physicist Solves 2,000-Year-Old Optical Problem

Goodbye Aberration: Physicist Solves 2,000-Year-Old Optical Problem 485 by zafka | 103 comments on Hacker News.

Create Your Own Future

"You will turn out to be huge as your controlling want; or as incredible as your prevailing goal." (James Allen) In excess of 3300 investigations of pioneers directed throughout the years, there is a unique quality that emerges, one quality that every single extraordinary pioneer share for all intents and purpose. It is the nature of vision. Pioneers have vision. Non-pioneers don't. Prior I said that the most significant disclosure in all of mankind's history is that, "You moved toward becoming what you make of — more often than not." What is it then that pioneers make of, more often than not? Furthermore, the appropriate response is that pioneers consider the future and where they are going, and what they can do to arrive. Non-pioneers, then again, consider the present, and the joys and issues existing apart from everything else. They ponder the past, and what has happened that can't be changed. Page 51 Consider What's to come We call th...