skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Why should abstract cost matter? You think the authors are saying, "Oh good, at least they're paying the local utility companies to keep their copy of my book air-conditioned!" ?

In both cases, a single copy is paid for and shared with potentially tens of thousands of users. Now, you may have had the cost and physical inefficencies in mind as a rate-limiter on the unpaid (to the IP holder) consumption of media, but Falkvinge called that a quantitative, not qualitative, difference that doesn't matter. Honestly I'm not sure I agree [1] -- but who gets to define "how many" or "how cheap" is too far? I'm pretty sure the IP lobby would kill all libraries, lending, and re-selling if they could. Is that fair?

[1] It's perhaps too much like saying that deploying automated networked license plate scanners in every inch of a city is OK, because it's "just like a cop standing on the public street corner observing which cars are driving by", and I would definitely be against the scanners.
What's particularly worrying to me is that the US government has repeatedly applied very odd standards in cases like these. E.g. for a long time, government agencies upheld that they were allowed to read anybody's email without even obtaining a warrant, as long as the email is stored in the cloud.

Giving a country with such low legal standards and civil rights protection access to large swaths of all data is wrong.
This was a thought-experiment, and nothing more. Not actually advocating this change.
We were wowed by NiFi when we looked at it originally. Once we put it in Local env to build test flows, we found that the most complex tasks for data flows were fairly simple to setup. And the simplest tasks ended up requiring complex workarounds because the system was trying to be extra smart about what it was doing. In the end, we decided not to use it in Production due to the 80/20 split of simple/complex tasks we had.

Hopefully it's better than what it was in Jan/Feb timeframe.
I'm going to install nagios or one of its forks. Nagios feels outdated, but I can't find anything else fits my requirements.
How much water is there on the Earth?
A related sentiment: http://freepubliclibrary.org
The Hellburner Was the Renaissance Equivalent of a Tactical Nuclear Weapon
What are the differences between what you reference as "actors" and "CSP"?
Ask HN: Startup owners/employees, would you use a service like this?
Hi,

Through my own experience of working in startups I've found that as a startup gets bigger, communication between teams can break down. Monday morning catch-ups can become drawn out and people tend to lose focus after a while.

As an engineer I like to have an idea of what, for example, the sales and marketing teams are working on/towards, and have found that this feeling is often reciprocated. I believe that bridging the communication gap between teams can lead to an increase in focus and awareness of the company as a whole.

I’ve come up with a potential solution for this problem and have created a landing page which gives its general outline [1].

I’d love to hear if anyone else has faced a similar problem and whether they would use the service I’m proposing.

Any feedback would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[1] http://tomszpytman.com/beanstalk/
While I do give kudos to this guy for stepping outside of his comfort zone and making a product, I have to say that for a device meant to help solve 'high level crimes' it's a complete fail. It's trivially easy to disable the WiFi radio on both Android and iOS devices. Additionally, with a little more work, it's possible to also cause the kernel to report a different MAC address than the one assigned to the radio during manufacture. Am I missing something here?
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Hmm, wouldn't this be a fantastic way for archive.org to host stuff? Set up servers around the world (e.g. with volunteers), copy every file you come across the web there, voila. Permanent.
BDD is more about communication, not regression testing. If all you want is testing you never really needed cucumber.
You can scan the book and distribute digital copies of it for free. The only investment is time required to scan the books.
Lots of ways to get screwed. Underserved population/demographic. Unreliable cars. Bad experiences. Taxes and fees double the overhead. Astronomical Medallion costs benefit only the banks (interest on million-dollar loans). And so on.
Seeing as how DSA is a deprecated crypto algorithm, what an unfortunate name.
this is not true. Had problems with webpack and flux packages on old projects. io.js and node.js 4.x is not always compatible to old 0.12.x node.js !
That would be a bummer for me and a lot of other developers I'm sure. I know we're not the target market, but I like using Apple hardware and OS X, but for work I am always running multiple VMs with Windows and Linux.

I'd be sad if my upgrade path became some big, noisy, inelegant HP Xeon box.
Capital doesn't maximize capital; it maximizes productivity. In absence of controls, capital naturally flows to productivity in order to be maximized by the holders of capital; but only because productivity creates wealth, not the capital itself.
I'm wondering if your sources really refute OP. If Intel truly does build families of processors, cherry picking processors that match Amazon's specs could still be considered collaboration (Amazon worked with Intel to determine the specs of the chips they need cherry picked for example). "Designed specifically for Amazon" sounds like marketing speak to me, but I've no evidence. Just wondering how much real engineering collaboration occurred when the information is pulled from press a release. (Update: I see OP has deleted the comment so I am probably way off base)
People from St. Louis tend to over-play this -- it's pretty normal for cities to be separated from their surrounding suburbs in these sorts of statistics. Almost all of the mid-sized Midwest cities have populations in the 300k range and regional populations in the millions. St. Louis really is an exceptionally segregated city and region -- the city vs. county population trope is more of a favorite local excuse than a legitimate explanation.

Speaking more specifically, compare Normandy to Ladue. St. Louis County isn't just a mirror of its city -- if anything, it's a magnification of its city. This American Life did an excellent story that discusses this ( http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/562/t... ):

* nearly 1/2 of black students in the St. Louis region (not the city -- the entire region, those 1.5m people) attended unaccreddited or provisionally accredited schools.

* Tellingly, the first wave of desegregation in St. Louis included County schools because, according to the judge, the county suburbs shared equal blame for the segregation of city schools.
Hey what's wrong with Mirth? I've long since moved on but I was one of the original engineers building Mirth. I wrote a lot of the HL7 parsing logic and the tcp transports.
The article implies that its the people, and thats partway true. For customers - its mostly a review system. Uber destroyed its competition with 2 simple use cases - the ability to rate your driver, and for the driver - the ability to rate their passenger.
If the 65816 (or something very similar to it) was available in 1978, the computing world would probably be very different now. 1978 was the year that both the 8086 and 6809 were released, which were similar 8/16 bit chips. 1979 saw the release of the 68000, which was a much more powerful chip than 1983's 65c816.
>You can't just buy one copy of a book and give it out infinite times.

You very much can though, that's the beautiful power of digital media. Publishing companies with outdated business models are relying on archaic laws to prevent you from doing this. But it can be done!
I'm responding to your specific argument that this is all about knowledge-sharing when it's not.
I hope not. Many libs are still not compatible with that.
Wisdom of the ancients vs. antibiotic resistance
It will never happen. There isn't an ARM chip out there that could handle the x86 emulation needed to move off of the platform. The only reason Apple was able to move off of PowerPC is because they were able emulate the ISA on x86.
Sad:

"[The officer] said he applied that concept to his product, which was designed by a developer he worked with."

I thought they had a programming cop. That would be sweet.
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I completely agree (although that may be because I'm bitter I was never able to compete).

More should be done to provide more equitable access to research opportunities and mentors, two things I wish I had ~6 years ago.
We've never really had a problem... Our sinopia npm server is probably isolating some network problems, plus we don't start/update servers that often.

Our NPM workflow also ensures builds are easy to replicate. Most problems in development occur because of obsolete versions of some packages (our apps contain many private modules)... Clean npm-installs shields us from that in production.
Yes. Criminals are dumb, and while you wouldn't catch them all, you could certainly use it to catch some.
Goodbye Fees
Mandating the availability of such service information etc. to 3rd parties is entirely normal in the automotive world. Why do we always treat software and technology as some sort of super special case that should be held to different rules and standards?
Lending existing copies does not prevent copying. I have come across plenty of "pirated" physical copies of various literature sold for a fraction of the actual cost.
No luck for me.
> Uber destroyed its competition with 2 simple use cases - the ability to rate your driver, and for the driver - the ability to rate their passenger.

If that's all their moat is, they don't have much of a moat.
> In my experience, the more interesting reasons to choose languages come from the "platform and ecosystem" categories rather than syntax.

I agree, but that doesn't have anything to do with what I said. I didn't say anything about choosing a language for a particular job, I said what makes programmers prefer a language which is very much syntax.

> Javascript: The language isn't bad but were it not for being the browser scripting language it never would have gotten so popular and tools like node.js probably wouldn't even exist.

If it were not for being the browser scripting language, it would not exist, so any reasoning beyond what it might have been otherwise is fallacious as it would not have been at all.

> Java: Native language on the powerful JVM.

Nope, portability across platforms made it popular.

> But picking the right language for a job usually requires going beyond the syntax.

Not disputed, but still unrelated to my point which is about syntax. I'm discussing syntax, it's off topic to and rude to tell me not to discuss syntax which is basically what you're doing.
Can't blame parents with resources for raising kids with lots of opportunities. Isn't it what every parent would do if they could? Its the whole point of being successful - giving your kids a good start.

And those arguments are nowhere near the STS. It was (is?) the real deal.
I've never worked somewhere where non-devs have done anything with tests. They've been too busy doing non-developery things.
> Requirements: Live streaming uses Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) technology. HLS requires ..., or a PC with Microsoft Edge on Windows 10.

Interesting. They are limiting it to their own devices and software, except they allow Microsoft Edge. Is there a technical reason for this? Couldn't Chrome/Firefox work? Strange that they would give Edge an exception.
The only practical conclusion I can draw about file-sharing is that it does not look like it will stop. Information sharing is only going to increase--that's what the internet was designed for. Publishers will probably need to focus on physical means of revenue that the internet can not inherently provide.
The more interesting point, really, is where on the efficiency spectrum it makes sense to place our institutions.

I mean, we all want libraries to continue to exist in the ebook era, right. But the old-style "library buys a single copy, and lends it to one person at a time" model, which made sense for physical books because it was a natural constraint, for ebooks is weirdly inefficient from the borrower's side and seems weirdly non-remunerative from the copyright-holder's side.

Publishers have started pushing toward pay-per-use licensing for libraries, which makes more sense for both copyright-holders (who get paid more for more popular works) and lenders (who aren't held to an artificial scarcity of a "single copy"). That makes sense as far as it goes.

But again, efficiency comes into play: If I know that my library has effectively unlimited selection (because this pay-per-use licensing makes it efficient for it to "carry" all the books licensed under this scheme) and the library is easy to use to check out books from, then there's no reason for me to buy books instead of check them out, because the hassle inherent in the old physical world is gone. And from the publisher's side, every library book loaned is basically a lost sale, so they're going to want near-retail licensing prices.

And that's where the linked essay is relevant: The current state of affairs is that we live in a strong copyright regime where the publisher's desires trump everyone else's desires. If they won't license a book to libraries for less than $10 a lend, then the library either has to pay that (which few libraries have the budget for) or not carry the book. And if you think public libraries are good, then that's a bad situation.

Which tends to point toward a situation in which copyright is no longer the best way to balance our goals of allowing broad access to culture while also recompensing authors, and to think about other ways to meet those goals.
What Microsoft should do is put a business moratorium on the US government and refuse to do business with them. Refuse to sell them any products, to equip them in any way whatsoever. All branches of government, all levels of government, should be denied access to Microsoft's product.

That would fix this and many other problems in one fell swoop.
> Having dynamic types and macros makes it a very different beast to Haskell,

Can you speak to how the type systems in Typed Racket and Haskell differ?

I ask because I too have tried scaling Mount Haskell and noped out not long after the base camp. If I continue with Typed Racket, am I getting some or most of what I'd get by learning Haskell? Or is Haskell simply a beast I must slay to become whole?
Or just run it with FastR (https://bitbucket.org/allr/fastr). Here it is in action (running with JS and C in the same REPL): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/292832/useR_multilang_de...
I wonder if the survey sent to the other law enforcement agencies mentions remote surveillance of suspects. It's a pretty small leap from "finding stolen phones" to "finding any phone".

On the other hand, I really like the idea of a LoJack for cell phones, and they've got a nice entrepreneurial story written about the guy, so good for him.

Do stingrays already spoof wifi networks? Should be pretty easy to come up with a wifi network that the target phone will join, and then you get to snoop Internet traffic along with cellular.
Does it? I'm an American leftist, probably going to have to choose between Hillary and Trump.
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It seems crazy that election day isn't on a Saturday.
I consider myself one of history's finest liars.
Ask HN: How do you feel about ad blockers?
Are they an valid form of consumer protectionism? Or are we experiencing a textbook example of the tragedy of the commons? Something in between?
Ah, my semi-annual "fire up Safari" event.
If such sharing were allowed - and I do recall schemes for it, our UK library does [did at least] such a thing and it's used in software (eg Steam allows you to share with a family member but you can't both use the game simulataneously [based on docs not experience]) - then people would embrace it. For example we share our physical DVD collection with any of our friends that ask, we'd be more than happy to have a collection in common of media with a network of friends such that 10 families could purchase items and have them in kind, only being able to use them serially.

The problem with this is that you could get a network of 1000s of households/users and still rarely have clashes in use. Such clashes could be managed such that additional copies are purchased (or the user chooses an alternative item of media) as needed. Then you're probably going to be able to serve 10s of thousands in a group and still reduce overall number of media items purchased.

That's the halfway point between torrent style file sharing and library lending. Imagine you could access the currently used media libraries of all your friends (and "friends") ...
Thanks so much for the post -- I've been wrestling painfully with some of these exact issues off and on for the last six months (particularly getting the vim/fireplace/cljs toolchain working properly). It's actually really heartening to hear that it's not just me ;P
All I can say is that after reading this thread, I'm glad that I'm not a Node developer.
Funny how we work so hard to simulate old models of scarcity rather than be brave enough to adopt new models that accept post-scarcity as the way forward.
>But say passing the test was a requirement to vote, wouldn't the people who want to vote naturally proceed with studying for and taking the test, while those who don't want to won't be bothered since overcoming the obstacle is even greater than overcoming the resistance of mailing in a form or going to an actual booth?

The problem is that any such test with answers could be inherently biased against some groups. 'Do I feel like going to vote today' is not biased in such a way as the person taking the test is the creator of the test itself.

Imagine if there was a test to vote, but every person created their own test, answered their own test, and then scored their own test (and the test didn't have to make sense to anyone, including the person who created/took/graded it).
It's not live yet
You are missing out. Node is dope!
I've heard 'taxiing over' many times as well as 'ubering'.
Ask HN: Should I join a Startup or keep working on my own (for now)?
I'm a senior Computer Science student from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Right now I'm facing a situation, surrounded with too many thoughts and unable to walk properly.

The situation is, some awesome people at my institute are starting up a logistic based platform, which is going to be great (no doubts here). I was asked to join them, I loved the product they have currently.

But the other part of the game is, along my journey at the institute here, I have created a passion for Open Source and some exciting fields of the computer science.

I (kind of) believe that I come up with too many ideas, ranging from anything to everything, I try to note them down and work on them to reflect them on my GitHub[1] and my blog[2].

I have a strong attraction towards 'Data Science', 'Systems & Infrastructure' and 'Distributed Systems'.

Last year, I found out about Datadog[3] while working on the 'GitHub's 3rd Data Challenge'. I immediately loved the organization because it deals with all the things I like(Data & Infrastructure), so I applied for an engineering internship, went through the interview process and got the job. But later things went wrong and I wasn't able to go through the visa process.

On applying again, being pessimistic I think about not getting the visa (H1-B) this time too.

Initially I wasn't interested in studying higher but now I'm getting a feeling for it, not because I'm out of other options, just because I have some things in my list(to-do) relating to academia and I would love to see them happening. Although I can't go for it anytime soon, because I don't have that much money.

So the situation is, what to do? The Startup is going to be awesome, their product is great but I'm lacking a strong ignition towards it, that I see while working on my own little projects. Not sure if it's because of my addiction towards it.

[1] https://github.com/pravj/
[2] http://pravj.github.io/blog/
[3] https://www.datadoghq.com/
That actually sounds like very interesting fodder for a hit movie.
I'm totally going to support this. Just as soon as I've done HomeKit, Weave, AllJoyn, IoTivity, etc!
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There is a false equivalence. They both "share" a piece of content. The difference is that a) the library is bereft of an item while checked out and b) the library, or some benefactor, paid for the item. This means that the content creator got paid for their content

When a person shares a file, they are not bereft anything besides some bandwidth for the transfer. They can consume the media as another copies or streams from them. The same is not true for a library or by extension private media. Only one person can consume.

If they wanted a true equivalence, you can do it. Putting aside the fact that the DMCA says that private parties cannot backup DRMed material, I can do what ever I want with my material (right of first sale). I can read a book. I can throw it at the dog. I can burn it. I can lend it to a friend. The same is true if I converted the physical medium into a lockable digital resource.

In this scenario, I have file copied into a server. The server is my only means of accessing the content. The server is instructed to create a global lock on the media when consumed. So within my house, only one party can consume the material at a time. If I made this server public, I would be effectively allowing anyone to "borrow" my content. Once the content was watched, the consumer would lose access to the content and the global lock would be freed.

If I wanted to listen to Abba's Dancing Queen while some other person did, I would be blocked. "Sorry, that content is locked".

Now I, as a content owner, am bereft of my material. The only way to get access to it is to forcibly take the global lock from the person, thus ending their streaming.

So we can take this simple server concept and apply a Popcorn Time veneer across it. People make their LEGALLY purchased content available. The nodes in this distributed system file lock. It's searchable. It's free. It's perfectly legal (except for the DRM bit, but that's another issue).
yet another iot platform/framework, who is behind this project? quite some code are there, but document is rare.

it's using dart and java after a quick look at the github pages.

also I agree DSA is a bad name when this platform is addressing security for IoT, the NodeAPI also is a bit misleading, I would feel it has something to with NodeJS.
Huh! Ours, and the ones I saw on telly as a nipper, did not look like an actual turtle! It was just a smooth hemisphere with gubbins on display, inside.
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I'm not the OP.

To find the X dimension for one of the 7 scatterplots in that triangle thing put your mouse on the scatterplot you want and move down till you hit some text, that's the X axis. The Y axis is to the left.
Who said anything about preventing copying? I'm just saying that the way libraries operate does not involve making their own copies, which is a (and I would say the) significant difference from file sharing, in terms of morality and legality.
This is exactly it, and it was their stated intention from the beginning.

https://gigaom.com/2010/02/10/google-doesnt-want-to-be-an-is...