apr 5, 2017 hn links

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14041367

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14042361

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14041584

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14041508

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39448013

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In India, Horlicks is a breakfast drink, given to children as an energy boost to fortify them ahead of a long day of learning.

In Britain, the malted milk drink has long been linked to bedtime, a soothing aid to sleep.

Yet the drink's main ingredients are exactly the same: wheat, malted barley and milk.
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14040281


https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14042334


https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14038211


https://www.digitalocean.com/company/blog/introducing-monitoring/


https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14039741

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14038324

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14037830

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14031452

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Key quote (for me) from the interview:

"A social network is disempowering because you put a lot of energy into it, all your personal data out there, and tell it who your friends are. You can only use that information inside the silo of that particular social network."

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/604052/webs-inventor-tim-berners-lee-wins-the-nobel-prize-of-computing/
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14037246

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14038013

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14034401

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14032201

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14031180

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14036658


https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14030149