Why software engineers should become CEOs
4 by LegitGandalf | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: How to Build a Web App with and Without Rails Libraries
How to Build a Web App with and Without Rails Libraries
19 by chrisseaton | 0 comments on Hacker News.
19 by chrisseaton | 0 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: BBC: The cost of speaking up against China (Uyghurs)
BBC: The cost of speaking up against China (Uyghurs)
37 by MichaelMoser123 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
37 by MichaelMoser123 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: On Norbert Wiener's Relationship with Bertrand Russell
On Norbert Wiener's Relationship with Bertrand Russell
16 by jorgenveisdal | 7 comments on Hacker News.
16 by jorgenveisdal | 7 comments on Hacker News.
Monday, March 29, 2021
Sunday, March 28, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Giant Vessel Is Now Afloat, Inchcape Says: Suez Update
Giant Vessel Is Now Afloat, Inchcape Says: Suez Update
18 by testfoobar | 5 comments on Hacker News.
18 by testfoobar | 5 comments on Hacker News.
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Friday, March 26, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Programmer's Competency Matrix for SDE hiring parameters
Programmer's Competency Matrix for SDE hiring parameters
5 by mryalamanchi | 2 comments on Hacker News.
5 by mryalamanchi | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Thursday, March 25, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: What happens when ICE asks Google for your user information
What happens when ICE asks Google for your user information
12 by akshaybhalotia | 2 comments on Hacker News.
12 by akshaybhalotia | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Venus Could Have Been Habitable for Billions of Years
Venus Could Have Been Habitable for Billions of Years
34 by YeGoblynQueenne | 18 comments on Hacker News.
34 by YeGoblynQueenne | 18 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Maps Show How Dramatically Fertilizer Is Choking the Great Lakes
Maps Show How Dramatically Fertilizer Is Choking the Great Lakes
30 by DyslexicAtheist | 2 comments on Hacker News.
30 by DyslexicAtheist | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Monday, March 22, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: I was threated with legal action if I don't remove deep links to another site
I was threated with legal action if I don't remove deep links to another site
8 by shepherdjerred | 6 comments on Hacker News.
Hello HN, I'm looking for some advice. I'll keep it short. There's a site called Skill Capped[1]. They have videos that help you get better at the competitive video game League of Legends. You can pay monthly for access to these videos. I subscribed and quickly found their site to be unusable. They have about 1000 videos which are organized into groups called courses. Their website has no search bar, and uses a single-page design with lazy loading. This in practice means that CTRL-F in-browser search doesn't work (because of lazy loading and windowing/virtual lists). The website is very hard to navigate. In response I created a thin wrapper around their site called Better Skill Capped[2]. It's a React web app with no backend. It has basic search and filter functionality. It also contains deep links to download the videos that Skill Capped offers which allows for me to watch in VLC. It's very convenient. The owner of the site reached out to me and claimed that I'm committing copyright infringement by allowing anyone to click these links and access their videos without paying. All I do is link to the .m3u8 files stored on their server. There's nothing more going on. As far as I know this is completely legal. While I don't wish for my site to be used to circumvent paying for their content, I also don't believe that I'm doing anything wrong here. I want to provide a better experience for those using the original site, and a download button is a part of that. So, in summary, is deep linking to a video hosted by another site at all illegal? Is anything that I'm doing here illegal/immoral? [1] https://ift.tt/2Wjchmt [2] https://ift.tt/3176suW
8 by shepherdjerred | 6 comments on Hacker News.
Hello HN, I'm looking for some advice. I'll keep it short. There's a site called Skill Capped[1]. They have videos that help you get better at the competitive video game League of Legends. You can pay monthly for access to these videos. I subscribed and quickly found their site to be unusable. They have about 1000 videos which are organized into groups called courses. Their website has no search bar, and uses a single-page design with lazy loading. This in practice means that CTRL-F in-browser search doesn't work (because of lazy loading and windowing/virtual lists). The website is very hard to navigate. In response I created a thin wrapper around their site called Better Skill Capped[2]. It's a React web app with no backend. It has basic search and filter functionality. It also contains deep links to download the videos that Skill Capped offers which allows for me to watch in VLC. It's very convenient. The owner of the site reached out to me and claimed that I'm committing copyright infringement by allowing anyone to click these links and access their videos without paying. All I do is link to the .m3u8 files stored on their server. There's nothing more going on. As far as I know this is completely legal. While I don't wish for my site to be used to circumvent paying for their content, I also don't believe that I'm doing anything wrong here. I want to provide a better experience for those using the original site, and a download button is a part of that. So, in summary, is deep linking to a video hosted by another site at all illegal? Is anything that I'm doing here illegal/immoral? [1] https://ift.tt/2Wjchmt [2] https://ift.tt/3176suW
Sunday, March 21, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Bottled Authors: The predigital dream of the audiobook
Bottled Authors: The predigital dream of the audiobook
4 by tintinnabula | 0 comments on Hacker News.
4 by tintinnabula | 0 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?
Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?
33 by break_the_bank | 54 comments on Hacker News.
For me it was running. Went from couch potato to regular runner for whom HMs don’t need any planning. Running always makes the day better. Physically I think exercise releases endorphins, mentally it’s my one win for the day. Wondering what works.
33 by break_the_bank | 54 comments on Hacker News.
For me it was running. Went from couch potato to regular runner for whom HMs don’t need any planning. Running always makes the day better. Physically I think exercise releases endorphins, mentally it’s my one win for the day. Wondering what works.
Saturday, March 20, 2021
Friday, March 19, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube, WTF?
Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube, WTF?
11 by vptr | 27 comments on Hacker News.
Am I crazy or what? Has anyone noticed tons of ads on youtube? Every single dang video even as short as 10 mins has several ads. Can't even jump through the video without seeing several ads.
11 by vptr | 27 comments on Hacker News.
Am I crazy or what? Has anyone noticed tons of ads on youtube? Every single dang video even as short as 10 mins has several ads. Can't even jump through the video without seeing several ads.
Thursday, March 18, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Fossils in an ice core rewrite Greenland’s icy past
Fossils in an ice core rewrite Greenland’s icy past
3 by CapitalistCartr | 0 comments on Hacker News.
3 by CapitalistCartr | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Manim – an animation engine for explanatory math videos
Manim – an animation engine for explanatory math videos
38 by vermilingua | 1 comments on Hacker News.
38 by vermilingua | 1 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Computer tool spots deepfakes via tiny reflections in the eyes
Computer tool spots deepfakes via tiny reflections in the eyes
9 by DamnInteresting | 1 comments on Hacker News.
9 by DamnInteresting | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Tail Call Optimization: The Musical (2019) [video]
Tail Call Optimization: The Musical (2019) [video]
10 by felipemesquita | 1 comments on Hacker News.
10 by felipemesquita | 1 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Stacker (YC S20) is hiring engineers in Europe (remote)
Stacker (YC S20) is hiring engineers in Europe (remote)
1 by skellystudios | 0 comments on Hacker News.
1 by skellystudios | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Monday, March 15, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Google Took Down My Chrome Extension for Using Lodash
Google Took Down My Chrome Extension for Using Lodash
169 by dkthehuman | 33 comments on Hacker News.
169 by dkthehuman | 33 comments on Hacker News.
Sunday, March 14, 2021
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