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The Long-Term Stock Exchange Comes to Life 293 by kawera | 134 comments on Hacker News.

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A history of S_IFMT 87 by vletrmx | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Mathematical picture language program 14 by lainon | 0 comments on Hacker News.

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LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting call to Wichita police 348 by mcone | 644 comments on Hacker News.

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Fitbit Firmware Modifications and Data Extraction [video] 51 by DyslexicAtheist | 1 comments on Hacker News.

ReCurta: Our goal is to build the first Curta calculator since 1972 25 by 0xdada | 9 comments on Hacker News.

Much Assembly Required: Assembly Programming Game 112 by ingve | 12 comments on Hacker News.

Nepal bans solo climbers from Mount Everest 125 by sjcsjc | 72 comments on Hacker News.

RaspiReader: An Open-Source Fingerprint Reader Facilitating Spoof Detection 22 by lainon | 1 comments on Hacker News.

The Many Lives of Herbert O. Yardley (1981) [pdf] 9 by jpelecanos | 1 comments on Hacker News.

Bluetooth Low Energy WarDriving 101 82 by infosecrf | 18 comments on Hacker News.

Are all BSDs created equally? A survey of BSD kernel vulnerabilities [video] 90 by teamhappy | 10 comments on Hacker News.

Creating believable crowds in Planet Coaster 165 by tnolet | 11 comments on Hacker News.

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Authorities arrested a 25-year-old man in California for a “swatting” prank emergency call that led to the death of an innocent 28-year-old Kansas man who was shot by police responders on Thursday evening as he stood on his front doorstep. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zPruhD via IFTTT

Speaking with the New York Times, the president acknowledged he’s “been soft” on China on trade, and decried the Russia investigation, but said he thinks Robert Mueller is “going to be fair.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Ehfclw via IFTTT

For the New Year, former President Barack Obama shared three uplifting news stories from 2017, encouraging Americans to look beyond the negativity that has seemed to dominate the news this year. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BUITHx via IFTTT

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A shooter opened fire at a southern California law firm Friday, killing one man and injuring another before fatally turning the gun on himself, police said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zR1mTB via IFTTT

Investigators were also looking into allegations Michael Hamill had consensual sex while on the job. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zRVLwg via IFTTT

California adults not content to ring in the New Year with the traditional fizz of champagne can look forward to celebrating with the buzz of marijuana, purchased for the first time from state-licensed retailers of recreational pot. Dozens of newly authorized marijuana stores are due to open for business across California on Jan. 1, launching yet another chapter in America's drug culture and the largest regulated commercial market for cannabis in the United States - one valued at several billion dollars. Newly permitted retailers will rely on a hodge-podge of marijuana producers in the state's illicit "gray market" to stock their shelves for the next six months, until state-licensed growers can harvest their first crops. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2CaqsDa via IFTTT

Days after her headline-making arrest, Luann de Lesseps is heading to rehab from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2ChvgWz via IFTTT

On Dec. 23, 2016, school psychologist Heather Lindsay was diagnosed with the breast cancer that would eventually take her life. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DCyjFO via IFTTT

A White House intern appeared to flash a white power hand gesture in a photo with President Donald Trump, a signal that some far-right groups have adopted in recent months. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2CkJ8iw via IFTTT

We spoke with Americans on their hopes for the U.S. in 2018. Here’s what they had to say. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2CfEWSe via IFTTT

Police in Slidell, Louisiana, have arrested a man who allegedly helped scam people out of thousands of dollars in “Nigerian prince”-style email schemes. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2q5YPFG via IFTTT

Clips show the gunman who killed nine walking away unchallenged for 10 minutes from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2lumbPO via IFTTT

thanked his supporters and friends during a speech in Minneapolis Thursday night, in what is expected to be one of his final public appearances as a senator. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BV8yQm via IFTTT

There are barely any traces of fire on the apartment building's facade, no puddles of water on the ground, and only a handful of onlookers. On Friday, only two fire trucks, their lights still flashing, hinted at the drama that had unfolded the evening before in the Bronx. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Eho5M3 via IFTTT

A North Korean nuclear scientist deported back to his home country after defecting to China has reportedly committed suicide in his prison cell hours before he was due to be interrogated. The defector, who is in his 50s, was a lead researcher in the physics centre of the State Academy of Sciences in Pyongyang. He was identified by Radio Free Asia as Hyun Cheol-huh, although it is not known if this was his real name. A source in North Hamgyong province told RFA that he was forced back on November 17 and placed in solitary confinement at the state security department in Sinuiju city, where he consumed poison. “He died before he could be questioned about the reasons for his escape, who had helped him and what his route had been,” he said. Mr Hyun is said to have taken leave from his job “because he was showing signs of anxiety over his research projects,” added the source. “Suddenly, he visited relatives near the border without letting his family know and without carrying valid documents

Following a year of deadly terrorist attacks, security is going to be tighter than ever before. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2CjK2My via IFTTT

By Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) - Kidnappers in Ukraine have released an employee at a United Kingdom-registered cryptocurrency exchange after getting more than $1 million in bitcoins as ransom, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister told Reuters on Friday. Pavel Lerner, a leading analyst and blockchain expert, was abducted by unknown masked people on Dec. 26, according to a statement by his company, EXMO Finance, on its website. "This is the first such case in Ukraine linked to bitcoins," Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, said in a phone text message. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Cm6S5Z via IFTTT

HOUSTON (AP) — A man walked into a Houston auto shop where he used to work Friday and fatally shot two employees before going outside and killing himself, police said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zOQOEL via IFTTT

Nepal has banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in a bid to reduce accidents, an official said Saturday. The cabinet late Thursday endorsed a revision to the Himalayan nation's mountaineering regulations, banning solo climbers from its mountains -- one of a string of measures being flagged ahead of the 2018 spring climbing season. "The changes have barred solo expeditions, which were allowed before," Maheshwor Neupane, secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, told AFP. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2lnSCjo via IFTTT

The White House has reportedly fired the members of Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) without explanation. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2lsMJAS via IFTTT

Lauren Wasser is again opening up about the toll toxic shock syndrome has taken on her life from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2pYMTW9 via IFTTT

Women in the Iranian capital will no longer be arrested for failing to wear a headscarf, Tehran police have said, in a move which follows an unexpected raft of gender reforms in Saudi Arabia. Morality police will no longer automatically detain women seen without the proper hijab head-covering in public, a strict Islamic dress code in place since the 1979 revolution. For nearly 40 years, women in Iran have been forced to cover their hair and wear long, loose garments. Younger and more liberal-minded women have long pushed the boundaries of the official dress code, wearing loose headscarves that do not fully cover their hair and painting their nails, drawing the ire of conservatives. The announcement signalled an easing of punishments for violating the country's conservative dress code, as called for by the reform-minded Iranians who helped re-elect President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate, earlier this year. But hard-liners opposed to easing such rules still dominate Iran's

Internet firms are "ruthless profiteers" who fail to fight terrorism, the security minister says. from BBC News - Business http://ift.tt/2BXa9oZ

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The 28-year-old was shot by police after his address was allegedly given to police in prank call. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2CqyxAg

Internet firms are "ruthless profiteers" who fail to fight terrorism, the security minister says. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2BXa9oZ

It says it will slash the price of battery replacements and issue new monitoring software. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2leQEln

One man's quest to keep his image off the internet. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2pTfAUl

The chief executive of DeepMind is recognised on the New Year Honours list. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2EdVK9o

Amazon Fire TV devices now point people towards the YouTube website instead. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2zLYmIe

Data links to Angosat-1 have been restored after it went missing for two days. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2Cm8Q40

The alleged attack took place in Washington DC just days before Donald Trump's inauguration. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2lpvCzL

Reports say men in balaclavas kidnapped Pavel Lerner in the Ukrainian capital two days ago. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2CjiHrj

Cyber-security pioneer reports his Twitter account was hacked and used to promote crypto-currencies. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2Ciz1bU

The investment comes as the ride-hailing company concludes a difficult year. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2ChAEXh

A multi-million pound weather satellite is lost after being programmed to take off from the wrong base. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2Cf2AgH

Next year, Apple fans will be able to tinker with the source code for the firm's Lisa computer. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2pJKluI

A crowd-sourced effort to tackle fake accounts on the social network has been banned. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2zHCbTk

A 1984 video game hidden on the Nintendo Switch console has been deleted. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2E88A9a

Tim Cook is required to fly on private aircraft for "security and efficiency". from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2DrJErY

A think tank says replacing low-skilled workers with robots could mean bigger salary gaps in workplaces. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2BKbwr5

Elon Musk promises a pick-up truck and a range of new features for existing Tesla vehicles. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2l5NoJb

The software is designed to record secret police and others that might search activists' possessions. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2lgQ3yT

Local media reports the People's Army has hired more than 10,000 people to tackle "wrongful views". from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2li9hUR

The ex-president was quizzed for the BBC by Prince Harry, in a rare post-presidency interview. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2BFzzap

More man versus machine Go playing but this time it will be Chinese AI that takes up challenge. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2BVRmOO

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin views the continued strain on Russia's relations with the United States as a major disappointment of the year, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said Friday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2luHHnu via IFTTT

“Teen Mom OG” reality star Catelynn Lowell Baltierra is heading back home to Michigan after six weeks in a treatment center following a struggle with suicidal thoughts. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2CnObyQ via IFTTT

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday that he expected to see a larger U.S. civilian presence in Syria, including contractors and diplomats, as the fight against Islamic State militants nears its end and the focus turns toward rebuilding and ensuring the militants do not return. The United States has about 2,000 troops in Syria fighting Islamic State. Mattis' comments are likely to anger Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has previously called U.S. troops "illegal invader" forces. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2CnxNi5 via IFTTT

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Eighty-two Ethiopian Jewish immigrants landed at the Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv last week, bringing to 1,200 the total number of Jews from the East African nation relocated to Israel by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem. from CBNNews.com http://ift.tt/2CdRycy

A leading Russian environmental activist said on Friday he had been hospitalized after being severely beaten by unknown assailants in the southern city of Krasnodar. Andrei Rudomakha, head of the Environmental Watch on the North Caucasus NGO, told Reuters he and a group of activists were assaulted late on Thursday upon returning from the Black Sea coastal city of Gelendzhik where they were documenting the illegal construction of a mansion for high-ranking officials. The regional branch of the Russian Interior Ministry, in a statement sent to Reuters, said authorities were investigating the attack by what it said were three assailants. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Cbcjpg via IFTTT

About 170 firefighters worked to rescue people from the building from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2pU1CBN via IFTTT

Anthony Buzbee's date with Lindy Lou Layman was by any measure a disaster. The 29-year-old woman had become "heavily intoxicated" while at Buzbee's home in the city of Houston, according to a prosecutor's account in court. "(Buzbee) called for an Uber driver," but Layman went back into Buzbee's home and shouted, "I'm not leaving," the prosecutor told a judge over the weekend while Layman, appearing in an orange jail uniform, stood listening. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2pQvFtT via IFTTT

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