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LDAP authentication with Phoenix
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Wal-Mart completes acquisition of Jet.com
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I invited for the Y Combinator office hours, How do I need to be prepared?
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Perfect Random Tree Ensembles by Adele Cutler [pdf]
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How 7 Famous Movie Special Effects Sequences Were Created
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First confirmed remote hack of a Tesla Model S, with fix already available
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The Third Transportation Revolution
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Man v rat: could the long war soon be over?
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Native iOS UI to Native Android UI Porting Tool
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The Best Hour to Post on HackerNews
The best hour to post is 5 AM UTC with 14.32 average votes.
You'll get 7.17 average comments since more people are around then.
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The Best Day and Hour to Post on HackerNews
14.32 votes not enough?
Posts on Sunday at 11 AM UTC get 18.72 average votes and 10.02 average comments since more users are active then.
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The Ultimate Moment to Post on HackerNews
This is it: the ultimate posting moment you've been waiting for.
January 1st at 04 AM UTC is when you should post.
You'll get 32.06 average votes and 13.31 average comments with this perfect timing.
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1st Jan. 04 AM
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2nd Apr. 10 AM
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4.86 avg.
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6.88 avg.
16th Nov. 01 AM
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2nd Apr. 10 AM
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5.86 avg.
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1st Dec. 12 PM
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5.44 avg.
13th Sep. 03 AM
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4.86 avg.
22nd Oct. 02 AM
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1st Sep. 21 PM
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5.32 avg.
5th Jul. 17 PM
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16th Nov. 01 AM
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5.86 avg.
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5.32 avg.
9th May. 23 PM
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5.32 avg.
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6.88 avg.
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2nd Apr. 10 AM
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5.86 avg.
21st Jul. 07 AM
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5.32 avg.
9th May. 23 PM
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7.01 avg.
1st Dec. 12 PM
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6.23 avg.
29th Dec. 08 AM
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5.44 avg.
13th Sep. 03 AM
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4.86 avg.
22nd Oct. 02 AM
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5.32 avg.
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6.88 avg.
16th Nov. 01 AM
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6.44 avg.
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5th Jul. 21 PM
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5.92 avg.
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6.92 avg.
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6.92 avg.
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