2017 Archive
5401.
Ask HN: What “old” programming languages will you still be using in 2017?
5402.
Airbnb dominated by professional landlords (dw.com)
5403.
Ask HN: Why does visual programming suck?
5404.
The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of “Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends” (newyorker.com)
5405.
Why Ageism Never Gets Old (newyorker.com)
5406.
Is There Any Point to Protesting? (newyorker.com)
5407.
How did we create a society where we can’t afford to live in our own country? (blogs.harvard.edu)
5408.
Google is paying Apple billions per year to remain on the iPhone (cnbc.com)
5409.
Problems I Have with Python (darkf.github.io)
5410.
“Last Mile” Barriers to Removing Legacy BIOS [pdf] (uefi.org)
5411.
Netflix confirms it is blocking rooted/unlocked Android devices (androidpolice.com)
5412.
Why many developers still prefer Objective-C to Swift (hackingwithswift.com)
5413.
Is Amazon getting too big? (washingtonpost.com)
5414.
French election: Macron defeats Le Pen (bbc.com)
5415.
Changing San Francisco is foreseen as a haven for wealthy and childless (1981) (nytimes.com)
5416.
Key differences between Python 2.7.x and Python 3.x (2014) (sebastianraschka.com)
5417.
Improving startup time in Atom with V8 snapshots (blog.atom.io)
5418.
Ultimate Linux on the Desktop (blog.jessfraz.com)
5419.
Amazon sues former AWS VP over non-compete deal (geekwire.com)
5420.
Authoritarians Distract Rather Than Debate (marginalrevolution.com)
5421.
China Forces Norway to Adhere to ‘One China’ Policy (sentinel.tw)
5422.
Comcast says it will not sell customer browsing histories (reuters.com)
5423.
CVS Is Said to Agree to Buy Aetna (nytimes.com)
5424.
To treat back pain, look to the brain not the spine (aeon.co)
5425.
Why Wikipedia cannot claim the earth is not flat (en.wikipedia.org)
5426.
AWS Single Sign-On (aws.amazon.com)
5427.
Awless: A Mighty CLI for AWS (github.com)
5428.
Facebook Faces a New World as Officials Rein in a Wild Web (nytimes.com)
5429.
Oculus Research to Present Focal Surface Display Discovery at SIGGRAPH (oculus.com)
5430.
Jackie Chan’s Plan to Keep Kicking Forever (gq.com)