Amazon is using peer pressure to keep German workers from calling in sick
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14177045
Source: https://qz.com/962717/amazon-pays-german-warehouse-workers-bonuses-partly-based-on-when-their-coworkers-call-in-sick/
#hackernewsA union representative complained that the policy plays workers against each other and encourages them to come to work sick.
A union representative complained that the policy plays workers against each other and encourages them to come to work sick.
Office365 users shared hundreds of sensitive docs publicly through docs.com
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13968640
Source: https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/03/doxed-by-microsofts-docs-com-users-unwittingly-shared-sensitive-docs-publicly/
#hackernewsThousands of docs with sensitive data still reachable from search engines, including health data.
Thousands of docs with sensitive data still reachable from search engines, including health data.
The new Nokia phones are here: Nokia 6, 5, 3 & 3310
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13738340
Source: http://www.nokia.com/en_int/phones
#hackernewsElegant simplicity. Trusted reliability. Lasting quality. We are unlocking new and extraordinary possibilities for billions of people. And we’re just getting started, with new smartphones coming in 2017.
Elegant simplicity. Trusted reliability. Lasting quality. We are unlocking new and extraordinary possibilities for billions of people. And we’re just getting started, with new smartphones coming in 2017.
Hacker News wrote the following post:Choose Firefox Now, or Later You Won't Get a Choice
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13334821
Source: http://robert.ocallahan.org/2014/08/choose-firefox-now-or-later-you-wont.html?m=1
#hackernewsI know it's not the greatest marketing pitch, but it's the truth. Google is bent on establishing platform domination unlike anything we've ...
I know it's not the greatest marketing pitch, but it's the truth. Google is bent on establishing platform domination unlike anything we've ...
Unsafe at any clock speed: Linux kernel security needs a rethink
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12589894
Source: http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/09/linux-kernel-security-needs-fixing/
#hackernewsArs reports from the Linux Security Summit—and finds much work that needs to be done.
Ars reports from the Linux Security Summit—and finds much work that needs to be done.
Hacker News wrote the following post:Heavy SSD Writes from Firefox
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12565023
Source: https://www.servethehome.com/firefox-is-eating-your-ssd-here-is-how-to-fix-it/
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Linux can't be installed on recent Lenovo laptops per a secret agreement with MS
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12545878
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/53ri0m/warning_microsoft_signature_pc_program_now/
#hackernewsI got a reply from Lenovo on my Best Buy review about why the BIOS on my Yoga 900 ISK2 UltraBook has been set to stop people from using...
I got a reply from Lenovo on my Best Buy review about why the BIOS on my Yoga 900 ISK2 UltraBook has been set to stop people from using...
Hacker News wrote the following post:How Cuba's Greatest Cartoonist Fled from Castro and Created 'Spy vs. Spy'
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12288118
Source: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/meet-the-cuban-expatriate-who-created-spy-vs-spy
#hackernewsOne day a Cuban illustrator walked unannounced into the MAD Magazine offices, and the rest is history.
One day a Cuban illustrator walked unannounced into the MAD Magazine offices, and the rest is history.
Is full-time work bad for our brains?
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12114681
Source: http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20160714-is-full-time-work-bad-for-our-brains
#hackernewsIf you’re over 40, working more than 25 hours a week could be affecting your intelligence, new research suggests
If you’re over 40, working more than 25 hours a week could be affecting your intelligence, new research suggests
Hacker News wrote the following post:How a Danish Town Helped Young Muslims Turn Away from ISIS
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12111508
Source: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/15/485900076/how-a-danish-town-helped-young-muslims-turn-away-from-isis
#hackernewsMuslim youths in Denmark were leaving to join ISIS in Syria, feeling they were being persecuted in Europe. Then the police in Aarhus responded in a completely unexpected way: They apologized.
Muslim youths in Denmark were leaving to join ISIS in Syria, feeling they were being persecuted in Europe. Then the police in Aarhus responded in a completely unexpected way: They apologized.
Hacker News wrote the following post:Einstein: The Negro Question (1946)
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12061889
Source: http://www.onbeing.org/program/albert-einstein-the-negro-question-1946
#hackernewsby Albert Einstein I am writing as one who has lived among you in America only a little more than ten years. And I am writing seriously and warningly. Many readers may ask: "What right has he to speak about things which concern us alone, and which no newcomer should touch?"
by Albert Einstein I am writing as one who has lived among you in America only a little more than ten years. And I am writing seriously and warningly. Many readers may ask: "What right has he to speak about things which concern us alone, and which no newcomer should touch?"
Qt 5.7 released – Qt Blog
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11915217
Source: http://blog.qt.io/blog/2016/06/16/qt-5-7-released/
#hackernewsI’m very happy to announce that Qt 5.7 is now available. It’s been only 3 months since we released Qt 5.6, so one might expect a rather small release with Qt 5.7. But apart from the usual bug fixes and performance improvements, we have managed to add a whole bunch of new things to this
I’m very happy to announce that Qt 5.7 is now available. It’s been only 3 months since we released Qt 5.6, so one might expect a rather small release with Qt 5.7. But apart from the usual bug fixes and performance improvements, we have managed to add a whole bunch of new things to this
Hacker News wrote the following post:Owncloud has been forked into Nextcloud
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11821117
Source: https://nextcloud.com/about/
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Hacker News wrote the following post:Save Firefox
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11678516
Source: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/save-firefox
#hackernewsOnce upon a time, there were two major browsers that virtually everyone used: Netscape and Internet Explorer, locked in a death-battle for the future of the Web. They went to enormous lengths to tempt Web publishers to optimize their sites to work best inside their windows, and hoped that users would follow.
Once upon a time, there were two major browsers that virtually everyone used: Netscape and Internet Explorer, locked in a death-battle for the future of the Web. They went to enormous lengths to tempt Web publishers to optimize their sites to work best inside their windows, and hoped that users would follow.
Hacker News wrote the following post:How i created a lucrative website by accident
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11578446
Source: https://www.lazypreneur.pw/2016/steps-create-lucrative-website/?he
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Hacker News wrote the following post:Skylake's Linux power management is dreadful you shouldn't buy until it's fixed
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11492070
Source: http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/41713.html
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Hacker News wrote the following post:NPM and Left-Pad: Have We Forgotten How to Program?
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11348798
Source: http://www.haneycodes.net/npm-left-pad-have-we-forgotten-how-to-program/
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Hacker News wrote the following post:Managing heterogeneous environments with ManageIQ
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11304529
Source: https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/680060/c0650cff2e612670/
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Hacker News wrote the following post:What is the real reason we sleep?
Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11325771
Source: http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160317-what-is-the-real-reason-we-sleep
#hackernewsIt is surprisingly hard to pin down why we snooze, partly because sleep does so many good things that we can't tell which is the crucial one
It is surprisingly hard to pin down why we snooze, partly because sleep does so many good things that we can't tell which is the crucial one
