skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Well, practice shows that people in direct democracies understand this. Because for them, being minority in referendum is a common thing. Most people are mostly in the majority and sometimes in the minority. It has been shown that (semi)direct democracy actually decreases the polarization in the society and increases willingness to compromise with others.

So you may have a valid complaint, but unless the society actually practices democracy it won't get better - you will just continue to live with the imaginary fear of "majority".
Death to Bullshit
Good points.

I'm Indian, so I'll add a few, particularly about some areas that are likely to be less well known to foreigners who may mainly have read or been told about the most popular tourist areas, such as the Golden Triangle (Delhi/Agra/Rajasthan), Goa and Kerala:

Go to parts of central India, e.g. Madhya Pradesh (MP).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh

It's a big state. Lived there for some years. Apart from the usual touristic areas, of which there are some, try to check out the central Indian deciduous forests, comprising sal, teak, and many other species. (India has huge biodiversity.) I really enjoyed the many hikes I did in those forests.

Kanha National Park.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanha_National_Park

It has those deciduous forests I mentioned, with fauna that include tigers, gaur (Indian bison - the world's largest bovid), dhole (Indian wild dog), barasingha (swamp deer with 12-tined horns), etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_tiger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaur

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhole

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barasingha

Marble Rocks - sheer marble cliffs on both sides of the Narmada river near Jabalpur (MP). They offer boat rides down that stretch, so you can see the cliffs from up close. Seen it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Rocks

In South India, less well known places include the "hill stations" (resorts) such as Kodaikanal, Coonoor (5-7000+ feet high, with a cooler climate, and mountain forests and orchards), many less frequented and less crowded beaches, etc. Temples are well known but there are a huge number of them, large and small, many with interesting architecture. Many wildlife sanctuaries in South India too. Seen wild elephants on hikes from the mountains to the plains. Bison too, many times, from nearby. They're huge, but peaceful, unless disturbed. Cape Comorin (Kanya Kumari), the southernmost tip of the Indian peninsula, where the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal meet. Multi-colored sands there.

Seen some of the above.

The Western Ghats, a long mountain range down the western side of India, right from Mumbai to almost Kankyakumari, including the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala/TamilNadu. Lived in parts of it for some years. It's a biodiversity hotspot, with both deciduous and rain forests.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Ghats

A concert about India's environment and the Western Ghats, by Chinmaya Dunster and the Celtic Ragas band - A Sense of Wonder:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft8iJ_5R-Lw
If you don't like it, I'm sure the project will refund your purchase price.
"Given that two different profiles exist on the Fi SIM, the Fi software must have the capability to switch between them. SIM cards are actually little computers, so by developing an application that runs on the SIM card Google could trigger a switch based on any of the information the SIM has access to – the network it is registered on, the receipt of a trigger SMS, or something else.

My guess is that the SIM card contains a small application that can activate a specific profile in response to a command from the Fi software. This profile then remains active until another such command is received. Logically, this makes sense – the algorithms Google will want to use as part of the system are much easier coded as part of an app that can be updated through the Play Store and access any number of data sources; once it decides, it simply instructs the SIM to activate the desired profile."

More likely is that the SIM card just holds a few different profiles and custom software that runs on the baseband processor watches the strength of both networks and sends out of band messages back home to tell recycled Google Voice infrastructure how to find the subscriber. The switchover times you report are consistent with Google's VoIP infrastructure holding a call and silently dialing/connecting it on the other network.

It would be interesting to see if voice handoffs still worked if IP networking was unavailable on the phone.
Agree. But if I understand correctly, the purpose of the hack was to take down a website that was ripping people off and, in the minds (if not experience) of the hacker(s), a scam.

In a way, it's not unlike Snowden's revelations. Yes, it was illegal. Yes, some people are embarrassed. But the intent, in the long run, is actually to protect those people.

And, regrettably, the fact that sex secrets were exposed is likely to alert much more of the population to the real dangers of privacy erosion than Snowden's revelations.
I know it's a giant long shot, and the Zhu is not using his own IP/ISP, but could the FBI use the screenshot showing his desktop with Twitter, Youtube, Google and do an intersection of IPs on those services for the pattern that matches his use on those services ? The twitter user Zhu, who listened to Thunderstruck and went to Google within a time period.

edit: I'd like to have 1% of the $500k bounty wired in Dogecoins please
Or Cities: Skylines, another excellent game that uses Unity.

Between those two, I've probably sunk whole weeks of my lifetime. If someone were to make a game that combined the two into some kind of orbital city builder, I'd be set.
Applying the Netflix Model to Apps with Amazon Underground
While I get your point, I don't particularly dislike Uber.

The point is that, like arguments for backdoored crypto, imagine when Uber hits some political roadblock it's had trouble overcoming, and uses the described "eyes everywhere" idea as a way of selling one of their already gathered externalities as a public safety benefit.

Basically, it comes down to what kind of sci-fi you like - are the baddies evil corporations, or evil government. I just happened to conflate/combine the two...
My bad, same conclusion. ;-)
That sounds exactly like encapsulation and message passing. The essence of OO according to Alan Kay.
It's Ok, Vemma will just change their name and be back.
There's a very specific reason I included B and C in my listed cases. I agree in many or most cases it could be said that it's unlikely certain encryption methods would be bypassed, but to me that only gives you a fairly good prospect of being secure, not an absolute certainty. That may or may not affect your original argument, I'm not sure.
It's not really reasonable, because what one investor or syndicate thought the company was worth at one moment in time is neither what the company is worth now nor what anyone else thinks it's worth. And it's certainly not what it will be worth if and when you are able or forced to liquidate your shares.

If you're trying to assess the value of the equity you're being offered, the last round's terms are perhaps worth knowing, but they're not the result you want. What you need to figure out is not what someone else thought the equity + terms was worth to them, but what the equity + terms you are being offered is worth to you.

This applies to all situations in which you're being offered anything other than cash, whether it's a contract gig with a startup or a dude on Craigslist offering to trade you a stereo system for your laptop.
Good point. Unsure why you've been downvoted for this.
If your philosophy involves your opinions mattering in people's private concerns, no, it's not valid.
For tomorrow, may I suggest puffery? A very pleasant companion to those bloviating.
In Wake of Journalist Murders, Media Consider the Graphic Footage
You actually don't need to have a Facebook account anymore to use Messenger. http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2015/06/sign-up-for-messenger-wi...
For this case, you can use "fat pointers" that include the size of their destination.
Probability of success is already factored into the price the investors paid.

You can come up with a different factor but all you are doing is effectively negotiating a different price. Your example thinks it is a $2.5MM company instead.
Actually no - FB messenger now works purely on just phone numbers as well, without a FB account being required. This is a shift they've made to compete with the other messaging apps out there.

That said, they prefer and guide you at every point to use an FB account to sign up vs making it easier for you to keep the two de-coupled.
I think that trading salary for equity makes you in the same league as an angel investor. In my opinion, early employees are absolutely entitled to the same terms as investors and should be treated with the same respect.
There are plenty of non-profits who do this. I work with one on my pro bono case. They partner with my firm and they've been helpful at giving me advice to help my client.

My buddy at the ACLU work with firms in the same type of arrangement.

The real problem is that a traffic stop isn't worth litigating.
It's not the first step to letting an employee know there performance is at risk. Or it isn't supposed to be.
deuszhu's tweets are indistinguishable from a bot's. Well, most of them.
The Effects of the UK Government Meddling in Cryptography [pdf]
Yes, but I was using CCTV to illustrate and conceptually link an already existing privacy debate that's been going on for quite a while.
This is basically a search engine. That is insane news for the advertising world if this is successful. Imagine FBs targeting + some intent information. I am slavering...
“Godwin’s testimony shows a complete lack of knowledge of the restraints imposed upon police conduct by the U.S. Constitution and the laws and Constitution of the State of Louisiana.”

This. The 4th amendment protects against seizure (which a police stop constitutes) without reasonable suspicion of a crime. The problem is, unless you are fined, as the woman was in this case, and then appeal, what recourse do you have?

Is there some way to seek damages for the violation of your constitutional rights? (even if the inconvenience is minor) It seems like this problem would go away if the police department and city had to pay for their violations of the constitution instead of just forfeiting potential money from fines.
Escalate - I know a number of VPs within Google that absolutely won't stand for this. Be prepared to document performance - this will only work if she really is performing equally to other team members. But there are a number of executives at Google who are very committed to gender equality within Google - I'm thinking of Yonatan or Eisar here, or even Urs or Sundar - and the timing seems mighty suspicious.
In practice, this isn't that big of a deal. Steam is technically only supported on Ubuntu, for example, yet I have little if any issue using it and playing games on my Slackware-running gaming rig.
that's probably roughly right. But why did you expect higher? they are generating somewhere around 20-30% IRR. That seems massive in the current low yield low return environment
see also: http://yclist.com
Ask HN: Need your advice for career transition to developer
TL;DR: Been out of work for 5+ years, looking to become a developer, no degree, finding it difficult to transition into a development role. How did you do?

Hi HN,

I am in my thirties, have been out of work for a long while now (5+ years) living on savings. Decided I want to become a developer and what programming I've done and learnt in the past year, I do genuinely enjoy. My problem is I don't have a degree much less something CS related, I have no prior experience working in anything related to programming at all, and my resume looks abysmal due to such a large gap of no employment and irrelevant prior work experience prior to that.

I am slowly starting to build up a portfolio on my right now (majority of which is focused on front end work) and committing to github. I am studying backend languages as well but haven't made the connection on how to build out a full stack yet or even how to deploy stuff on the backend but I'm learning.

My question is for those in the same position and looking to transition, other than going back to school or going through a development bootcamp, how did you get your first job?

I talked to a friend of a friend who is a recruiter and they acknowledge even if I manage to pick up the skills needed, my resume would likely be overlooked due to the way it is. The best I could think of is to load it up with any future projects I complete or OSS I participate in but finding it a bit discouraging that so many companies are looking for quite a bit of knowledge starting out the door (although understandable).

Any advice or thoughts is greatly appreciated.
Frege faster than Haskell (GHC)
Married people's thoughts on monogamy are irrelevant.

The argument was that the breach of contract is no one else's business except for the two parties to that contract. This was rebutted by someone claiming that they hold value in knowledge about another's breach of a contract.

What I don't understand is the reasoning that says a breach of contract is only meaningful to the parties of the contract. If someone is influenced by knowledge that someone breached another contract, then that knowledge is meaningful outside the confines of the contract.
Emacs feels like using a terminal connected to a minicomputer which is fine; and a good idea; if you are connecting to a Lisp app in the cloud.
Something a bit more unified and graphical would be nice when working on your own PC.
No no, for the longest time it was 30 years.
There is a connection between Google (or is it Alphabet) and Bandwidth.com (the Republic Wireless parent company) that I can't quite figure out. Google Voice is mostly based on Bandwidth.com technology, and Republic Wireless and Google Fi are very similar products. Republic Wireless even claims they are about to release a dual-carrier option like Project Fi which they call Tempo.

It is possible that they are just competing, but it seems like there is more of a link there.
Show HN: Rando – Anonymous SMS chatting
It was used for the TI DOTA tournament to a lot of success. Many people using it claimed to prefer it over Twitch.

It's more responsive, the video quality is higher (1080p on Twitch looks bad, 1080p on YT Gaming looks good), and takes up less bandwidth (I don't have a citation or %'age of this, heard it from my coworker this morning as he had brought it up).

We also discussed YT allowing broader visibility, easier tie-ins to a YT channel (e.g. SivHD also monetizes his YT channel and it may be more beneficial to stream on YT Gaming than streaming on an entirely difference service over at Twitch).

Not sure how compelling the above is - but you asked for "why" so I did my best to answer with what I know.

E:

Forgot this one, and this one is kinda big for some people.

You're able to pause the video and resume playback from where you paused rather than being redirected to the live part of the livestream. You have to go back into the previous videos, load the videos, and miss out on the Twitch chat (some people/smaller stream communities care about that).

With Google I can pause the video, get the door for pizza, go back, and click "play". Can't do that on Twitch without missing gameplay, which for tournaments can be annoying.

There's also better notice for "streamer is now live" than on Twitch. Most people don't bother checking their email to see if a Twitch streamer is online. Many people are already browsing YT and can be notified. More notified users = more people watching your stream.
Alright, I appreciate that. Might grab one if I see it up for offer on the cheap.

"Bonus: as I understand, the software licenses for an AS/400 are not transferable."

I especially appreciate that. Expired icing on an already rotten cake in terms of a deal for the inexperienced buyer. ;)
Interesting to hear that eight YC companies are worth over $1b. I count Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe, and Twitch for sure, and probably Weebly makes five. Any thoughts on what the others are?
A Storm of Stories
I have some questions about the legality: Since the miners mine this contract (or include it in the blockchain, or whatever it is for Ether), does that make them violate the UIGEA [1] or other gambling laws? And since the OP lives in NY, does creating & posting this violate, for example, "promotion of gambling"-laws? [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlawful_Internet_Gambling_Enf...

[2] http://ypdcrime.com/penal.law/article225.htm
why is market cap not accurate language? Even private companies have market caps. These market caps are set in the private markets. Market cap = # of shares outstanding * price of each share. Applies to both private and public companies
It occurs to me the most-likely singularity won't be when humanity is wiped off the face of the Earth, Skynet-style, or forcibly absorbed by encroaching grey goo, but when you realize that you and every other human on the planet went bankrupt in the same week because suddenly we are all getting targeted with absolutely, utterly, completely irresistable targeted advertisement beyond our human ability to resist, and we've spent every dollar we have or can get access to... and still the ads are coming. Thus ends Humanity, in a Tantalus-ian hell of infinitely targeted ads we will no longer have the wherewithal to respond with purchases, spending our remaining days in unbounded consumerist ennui....
Some stories are still useful after 1142 years: http://articles.latimes.com/print/2012/mar/11/opinion/la-oe-...
Using DynamoDB in Production
I saw their booth at IETF 93. I was pretty impressed - it also looks suitable for a lot of non-IP-networked use cases.
Stark reminder of how top heavy returns are. A lot of the talk and criticism about the startup world: valuation, investment, focusing on numbers other than revenue and such is ultimately explainable by going back to this.

For a bit more, dropbox & AirBnb are worth 10 & 25 billion. That's over half the total $65bn from 2/940 companies, 0.21%. Even if we assume these stats grossly underestimate ultimate valuations because of most of the companies are still young, it's still likely to end at >50% of value from <1% individuals. This is for companies that get into YC, which is already a select group.
Being a minority in a referendum leaves you with being exactly that -- the minority in a referendum.

Having your views represented directly is only as effective as the majority respects them. Historically, we haven't been all that great there.

I'm not saying there's no good in it, but we should similarly not forget that Proposition 8 was the result of referendum.
Robot livestream off the floor of the Pacific Ocean
The Melting of Mark Zuckerberg’s $100MM Donation to Newark Schools
You have no idea how hard this would be to do with a normal blockchain OP. In fact, I have spent literal months just thinking of ways to hack Bitcoin to do more complex smart contracts when its already possible with a few patches and extra OP codes.

I must check out Ethereum when I get chance.
Daylight saving time explained visually
Superconductivity Temp Record Achieved
PewDiePie, Smosh, Stampylonghead and many other creators use YT exclusively. By continuing to develop content networks and talent they seem to be competing quite admirably. I find the UX preferable to Twitch as well. And raw viewership numbers seem to be about 5-10x that of Twitch comparing the most popular channels side by side. Not to mention the extensive advertising partnerships YT already has.
I'm not asking for a public post, but can you send info how to acquire the AM data dump via EM?
For the license, it sounded like she had the paperwork to prove it was valid, but the officer refused to consider it. It sounds like the registration may have been the opposite case, where she had outdated paperwork but it would have been up to date in whatever system holds the data.
That may be true---actually, I think it probably is. But that has nothing to do with the extremely bleak and cynical statement you made:

> Most of America is for the ACA, but against Obamacare, it all depends on how you phrase the question

which, fortunately, appears not to be the case.
Thanks for the English description for the rest of us. :)
It might help - but then again, it might not: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/547/t...
I "actively" have a FB account by most measures, and I don't use Facebook Messenger. I only access their mobile site through Tinfoil for Facebook, and the messaging works just fine in that.
Do you feel like your hyperbolic response to something that isn't actually even your concern to be a convincing argument of some sort? Without trying to be too callous, your suicide-in-potentia is dust in the wind compared to the sort of misery that would be produced by trying to live according to the standard you thankfully have no right to set.
+probably coinbase
Which paper is the one with the symbolic differentiator ?
She had documentation proving that her license had been reinstated. A record of the registration would be available on the officer's computer. And they shouldn't have been pulled over in the first place.
Stored XSS Vulnerability in Paypal to Steal Your Credit Card Information
Ask and possibly dodge a bullet, or don't ask and screw yourself later on. Seems like a no brainer to me.
The Seasonal Blog Redux (snapshottable UI App States)
Pretty obvious this was going to happen. Pretty much the only software that is patentable in Germany is stuff that controls physical machinery of sorts (embedded break controls or something). Control of forces of nature to cause an expected effect is what qualifies. "Technizität" (technical character) is what it's called. It's one of the four criteria. The other being it has to be "new" (no prior publications including your own), marketable (no clear cut criteria) and an invention (an "imaginary expert in the field" can't come up with it, also pretty debatable).

So technically not much really qualifies.
[IANAL]
The vast majority of patent defendants are small companies. Startups are much more likely to be slammed by a bogus patent suit than to get a patent that proves lucrative.

Patents effectively never level the playing field. Trolls and big companies eliminating competition are the key clients and trolls are mostly multi-million or billion dollar companies like IV and rich scammers like Spangenberg, Hyatt, and Lemelson.

Trolling itself is one of the few parts of the system that sometimes targets big companies and therefore an essential font of reform ideas. Without trolling, big companies would slam startups even harder with patents. The needed reform is to limit patents and keep them away from software, business, finance, 3d-printing, CNC, robotics, and other new tech the patent lawyers are trying to destroy.
Stored XSS Vulnerability In Paypal To Steal Your Credit Card Information

http://haktuts.blogspot.com/2015/08/stored-xss-vulnerability...