Thursday, 28 February 2019

Central Park Detective Retires With the Horse He Rode in On


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Word + Quiz: skein


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A New Editor, and a New Take on Brexit, for a Brawny London Tabloid


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Michael Cohen, Kim Jong-un, Kashmir: Your Thursday Briefing


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What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Better Things’ and ‘The Guilty’


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Beal, Wizards Roll to 125-116 Victory Over Nets


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Trudeau’s Ex-Attorney General: ‘Veiled Threats’ Were Made to Drop Case


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Patient Shoots Doctor at Florida Veterans Affairs Hospital, Officials Say


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On Politics: Michael Cohen Testifies


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Cohen’s Testimony Is a Test for Both Parties in the Year Ahead


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White Man Who Shot Black Men After Hurricane Katrina Dies Days After Sentencing


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Quotation of the Day: Confessed Liar Meets With Ardent Partisans to Set the Record Straight


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Tampa Bay and Calgary Keep Streaks Alive by Beating Rangers and Devils


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Warriors Host Survivors of the Parkland School Shooting


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Corrections: February 28, 2019


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Blue Jays


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New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Little Automatic Racing Game in WebGL with Three.js and Oimo.js

Show HN: Little Automatic Racing Game in WebGL with Three.js and Oimo.js
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New top story on Hacker News: Why Portland's Public Toilets Succeeded Where Others Failed (2012)

Why Portland's Public Toilets Succeeded Where Others Failed (2012)
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New top story on Hacker News: Red Flags in Software Developer Job Descriptions

Red Flags in Software Developer Job Descriptions
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New top story on Hacker News: Facebook wants up to 30% of fan subscriptions vs Patreon’s 5%

Facebook wants up to 30% of fan subscriptions vs Patreon’s 5%
94 by doppp | 59 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: C Macro Magic

C Macro Magic
55 by sagartewari01 | 32 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: From Alex’s Family

From Alex’s Family
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New top story on Hacker News: Formally Specifying UIs (2018)

Formally Specifying UIs (2018)
91 by meistro | 15 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Productivity tricks in Visual Studio

Productivity tricks in Visual Studio
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New top story on Hacker News: Fundamental Algorithms III

Fundamental Algorithms III
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New top story on Hacker News: What you need to know before you join a startup

What you need to know before you join a startup
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New top story on Hacker News: Beyond Local Pattern Matching: Recent Advances in Machine Reading

Beyond Local Pattern Matching: Recent Advances in Machine Reading
58 by andreyk | 10 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Reconstructing Twitter's Firehose

Reconstructing Twitter's Firehose
287 by minimaxir | 82 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: The art of writing eBPF programs

The art of writing eBPF programs
97 by leakybucket | 5 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Why Drugs That Work in Mice Don't Work in Humans

Why Drugs That Work in Mice Don't Work in Humans
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New top story on Hacker News: Dow Jones’ watchlist of 2.4M high-risk clients has leaked

Dow Jones’ watchlist of 2.4M high-risk clients has leaked
152 by smallgovt | 36 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Launch HN: Fuzzbuzz (YC W19) – Fuzzing as a Service

Launch HN: Fuzzbuzz (YC W19) – Fuzzing as a Service
147 by evmunro | 76 comments on Hacker News.
Hey HN, We’re Everest, Andrei and Sabera, the founders behind Fuzzbuzz ( https://fuzzbuzz.io ) - a fuzzing as a service platform that makes fuzzing your code as easy as writing a unit test, and pushing to GitHub. Fuzzing is a type of software testing that generates & runs millions of tests per day on your code, and is great at finding edge cases & vulnerabilities that developers miss. It’s been used to find tens of thousands of critical bugs in open-source software ( https://ift.tt/2fW71Bd ), and is a great way to generate tests that cover a lot of code, without requiring your developers to think of every possibility. It achieves such great results by applying genetic algorithms to generate new tests from some initial examples, and using code coverage to track and report interesting test cases. Combining these two techniques with a bit of randomness, and running tests thousands of times every second has proven to be an incredibly effective automated bug finding technique. I was first introduced to fuzzing a couple years ago while working on the Clusterfuzz team at Google, where I built Clusterfuzz Tools v1 ( https://ift.tt/2jAJEvW ). I later built Maxfuzz ( https://ift.tt/2IG5rDY ), a set of tools that makes it easier to fuzz code in Docker containers, while on the Coinbase security team. As we learned more about fuzzing, we found ourselves wondering why very few teams outside of massive companies like Microsoft and Google were actively fuzzing their code - especially given the results (teams at Google that use fuzzing report that it finds 80% of their bugs, with the other 20% uncovered by normal tests, or in production). It turns out that many teams don’t want to invest the time and money needed to set up automated fuzzing infrastructure, and using fuzzing tools in an ad-hoc way on your own computer isn’t nearly as effective as continuously fuzzing your code on multiple dedicated CPUs. That’s where Fuzzbuzz comes in! We’ve built a platform that integrates with your existing GitHub workflow, and provide an open API for integrations with CI tools like Jenkins and TravisCI, so the latest version of your code is always being fuzzed. We manage the infrastructure, so you can fuzz your code on any number of CPUs with a single click. When bugs are found, we’ll notify you through Slack and create Jira tickets or GitHub Issues for you. We also solve many of the issues that crop up when fuzzing, such as bug deduplication, and elimination of false positives. Fuzzbuzz currently supports C, C++, Go and Python, with more languages like Java and Javascript on the way. Anyone can sign up for Fuzzbuzz and fuzz their code on 1 dedicated CPU, for free. We’ve noticed that the HN community has been increasingly interested in fuzzing, and we’re really looking forward to hearing your feedback! The entire purpose of Fuzzbuzz is to make fuzzing as easy as possible, so all criticism is welcome.

New top story on Hacker News: Alloy*: A Higher-Order Relational Constraint Solver

Alloy*: A Higher-Order Relational Constraint Solver
160 by Cieplak | 9 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Hacker News Meetups

Hacker News Meetups
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New top story on Hacker News: Julia on Google TPU: Shakespeare RNN

Julia on Google TPU: Shakespeare RNN
190 by KenoFischer | 32 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Immersive Linear Algebra (2016)

Immersive Linear Algebra (2016)
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New top story on Hacker News: Heat Your House with a Water Brake Windmill

Heat Your House with a Water Brake Windmill
285 by nyc111 | 140 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: We Need Chrome No More

We Need Chrome No More
855 by kaishin | 460 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Taking census of physics

Taking census of physics
18 by lainon | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Hunt for the Death Valley Germans (2015)

Hunt for the Death Valley Germans (2015)
10 by brudgers | 2 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Reading in an Age of Catastrophe

Reading in an Age of Catastrophe
29 by longdefeat | 2 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Slang: language mechanisms for extensible real-time shading systems (2018) [pdf]

Slang: language mechanisms for extensible real-time shading systems (2018) [pdf]
10 by ingve | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: France’s new high-speed trains

France’s new high-speed trains
77 by Osiris30 | 92 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Lost in Math?

Lost in Math?
129 by ernesto95 | 55 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How to be productive with big existing code base

Ask HN: How to be productive with big existing code base
134 by maheshs | 105 comments on Hacker News.
I have just started working with one of the client who have existing nodeJS code which they build in last 3 years. Is there any guiding principle which is beneficial while working with existing code base?

'Captain Marvel' stars roll out female-led action flick in London

Marvel Studios brought its first female-led superhero movie to London on Wednesday, where the stars of "Captain Marvel" said they hoped to inspire with a different kind of action flick.


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Disney in talks with AT&T to buy WarnerMedia's Hulu stake: Variety

Walt Disney Co is actively pursuing the purchase of WarnerMedia's nearly 10 percent stake in Hulu, entertainment business news portal Variety reported on Wednesday, citing sources.


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Mexico's Inarritu to head Cannes Film Festival jury

"Birdman" and "21 Grams" director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu will head the jury at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival in May, becoming the first Mexican to do so, organizers said on Wednesday.


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Pakistan says it shot down two Indian jets as Kashmir border crisis deepens

Pakistan says its air force shot down two Indian fighter jets over the disputed border region of Kashmir, in a significant escalation of the crisis between the two nuclear-armed powers.

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In 30 days, the Brexit mayhem will get even worse

In the 32 months since the UK made its decision to leave the European Union, the politics of the country have fundamentally changed.

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How a whale carcass ended up in a Brazilian forest

When local fishermen were walking through a mangrove forest in Brazil, they came across something that shouldn't be there: the carcass of a humpback whale.

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20 dead in explosion at Cairo's main station

Twenty people were killed and 40 others injured in a fire at Egypt's busiest railway station Wednesday morning, the country's health ministry said according to state TV.

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Australia wants to be a big-time arms supplier. This might help

Think of it as R2D2 getting its own X-wing fighter.

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How VR is transforming HR

A growing number of companies are using virtual reality to recruit and train staff, with immersive experiences giving employers new ways to deliver training and foster empathy at work.

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Sport's power couple: 'When we play for a bigger purpose we play better'

Aged 26, Julie Ertz already knows what it is like to win a World Cup. The defensive midfielder, the second-youngest member of the US squad in 2015, can talk about the joy of winning the biggest prize in women's soccer, of how onerous a month-long tournament can be and how becoming a world champion "makes you hungry for more."

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Women's World Cup: All you need to know

Twenty-four teams will compete at next year's tournament in France, which will be held from 7 June to 7 July. Across nine host cities, 52 matches will be played to determine the winner.

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Opinion: Why freckles are considered 'ugly' in China



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The world's best beaches for 2019

It's time to shake the sand out of the golden envelope for a fresh set of awards -- TripAdvisor has announced its best beaches in the world for 2019.

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Developing Agriprenuers to Save Nigeria’s Youth from Crime

BULAWAYO, Feb 27 (IPS) - When Lawrence Afere told his parents he was going into farming rather than getting a job in Nigeria's lucrative oil and gas sector, they swore he was bewitched.

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UN Accused of Failing to Move Aggressively Against Sexual Abuse

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 27 (IPS) - The United Nations, which prides itself with a "zero tolerance" policy on sexual exploitation and abuse, has come under relentless fire for failing to match its words with deeds—specifically in relation to some of the high-profile cases that have jolted the Organization.

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Repression Stands in the Way of Political Solution to Crisis in Venezuela

CARACAS, Feb 27 (IPS) - The violent repression that prevented food and medical aid from crossing into Venezuela, which left at least four people dead and 58 with gunshot wounds, has distanced solutions to what is today Latin America's biggest political crisis, although 10 countries in the hemisphere are stepping up the pressure while at the same time ruling out the use of force.

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Sexual Assault Survivors March to End Gender Violence in India

NEW DELHI, Feb 26 (IPS) - Divya Srinivasan* is South Asia Consultant for international women's rights organisation Equality Now**

In an historic first, thousands of people participated in a 10,000-kilometre long Dignity March across India to raise awareness about sexual violence, bring an end to stigma faced by survivors, and highlight the barriers women and children face in accessing justice.

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How Trump’s split-screen presidency transfixes a divided US

How Trump’s split-screen presidency transfixes a divided USOn one side of the screen, President Trump sits pensively, leaning forward, tapping his fingers together. Next to him, a smiling Kim Jong-un takes his seat. On the other side of the screen sits Michael Cohen.




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What restrains India, Pakistan from nuclear war

What restrains India, Pakistan from nuclear warOne lesson of modern war is this: Watch your tongue. India and Pakistan appear to have absorbed this lesson as seen so far during their latest military flare-up. In retaliatory strikes following a Feb. 14 terrorist attack in disputed Kashmir, each has used an important word to describe their strikes on each other: “surgical.” Translation: We know better than to kill civilians on purpose.




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It’s 40 feet tall and concrete. Is ‘Peace Cross’ a civic or Christian symbol?

It’s 40 feet tall and concrete. Is ‘Peace Cross’ a civic or Christian symbol?There are a lot of complicated and painful reasons why Michael “Mikey” Weinstein decided to stand on the steps of the Supreme Court on Wednesday and speak out against the modest support a Maryland municipality provides for its massive World War I memorial, a century-old 40-foot cross. A lot of these reasons have to do with what could be called the emotional burdens of history – both his own experiences as a Jewish American veteran of the United States Air Force and those of many other Jews who’ve lived in majority-Christian countries throughout the span of time. It’s history, too, that makes the prominently placed concrete cross in Bladensburg, a town of 10,000 just outside the nation’s capital, such an important and even cherished war monument for many of its local residents, most of whom fully support spending some taxpayer dollars to maintain it on municipal property.




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Cohen calls Trump a ‘con man’ – but seems unlikely to change many minds

Cohen calls Trump a ‘con man’ – but seems unlikely to change many mindsSo many things about Donald Trump’s presidency have been unprecedented, atypical, norm-busting – it sometimes feels like we’ve run out of adjectives to describe it.




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Trump says Kim wanted all sanctions lifted at Vietnam summit – live

India calls for immediate return of pilot shot down by Pakistan over Kashmir

Delhi angered by ‘vulgar display’ of wing commander in bloodied uniform by Islamabad

India has called for the safe and immediate return of a fighter pilot seized by Pakistan after being shot down during tit-for-tat incursions over Kashmir that have edged the pair closer to war than at any point in the past 20 years.

Its pilot, a wing commander identified as Abhi Nandan, appeared in a bloodied uniform as he gave his name and rank in a video released by the Pakistani armed forces. Asked by his interrogator to say more, he replied: “I am sorry, sir, that’s all I’m supposed to tell you.”

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Michael Cohen accuses 'racist, conman' Trump of criminal conspiracy

In dramatic testimony, Cohen claims Trump committed crimes to cover up affair and had prior knowledge of Wikileaks release

Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen accused the president in explosive public testimony before Congress of knowing in advance about key events under investigation in the Russia inquiry and of committing criminal conspiracy in the coverup of an extramarital affair.

In a day of high drama before the House oversight committee, Cohen delivered a string of bombshells that could spawn fresh investigations by Congress and the FBI. Testifying on Wednesday, he labelled the US president a “racist” and “conman”, produced signed checks that he said were proof of a fraudulently disguised conspiracy to silence a former adult film actor, and gave what he claimed were eyewitness accounts that implied Trump had prior knowledge of crucial Russia links.

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Nicaragua releases 100 prisoners, national dialogue starts

The Nicaraguan government on Wednesday released 100 people the opposition considers political prisoners, just as government and opposition leaders restarted talks aimed at ending a national crisis.


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Taiwan president's Hawaii trip draws Chinese anger

Lai Ching-te's trip to the US state is being billed as a stopover, but has been condemned by Beijing. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Sik...