skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
My local paper's site, the Denver Post, started to look like a whore with all the ads, and auto-replicated stories on the same page, years ago. I stopped visiting before I ever installed my first ad blocker.
Great tool. It supports assembly generation for the golang Plan 9 toolchain as well. The author, Marat Dukhan, gave a great talk on this last night at the Atlanta Go Meetup. Slides are at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MYg8PyhEf0oIvZ9YU2pa...
I love the idea of using Facebook, Email, Youtube, Instagram etc. to tunnel Tor.

Wonder how difficult it would be?

It's probably already happening just look for slightly different duplicates of the same videos.
It's a marketing gimmick insofar as it claims to somehow protect investors from HFT. As I said elsewhere, every exchange has latency of processing, theirs is 305micros higher. That doesn't appreciably change anything for anyone.
This is taking banter to (semi-)public humiliation levels.
Hey thanks for the reply

I don't pretend to be an expert but I had done googling before but cannot locate the information I was looking for. Yes water levels raised ,again I think that was very common information, but I wanted more of an understanding what specific areas of the world went under water (as in land that was submerged). The current body of information that I have read is very generic where I am much more interested in localized water levels aligned with older civilizations and this is the information that I do not believe is easily accessible. I have been on that wiki link a few times but it is very generic.

And I am very aware that photos above would not assist, however I as thinking more ground penetrating radar enabled drones. Mixed with automated cave exploring bots could start to provide information from under ground on their own. Send them off in to a cave and wait for them to map and come back. We are getting to the stage where we can build these automated exploring bots, I am just waiting. No more waiting on cavers, we can build bots to map these things ourselves
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Ah, I assumed that the job listings were paid.
Ads that track users are bad. But when I think back, the first time I wanted to control ads was when ads just keep popping up or it decides to open tab/windows on its own and forward it to various sites.
As long as, they are not doing that. It should be fine.
> Last week Washington Post decided to block the content of the article if you’re using an ad blocking software.

I just went there and clicked around as much as I could, at least 20 articles. I saw no complaints or roadblocks. uBO, Disconnect and Ghostery all reported blocking lots of ads and trackers.
To me there's a big difference between real activity under multiple "fake" names, where content is still being submitted, and artificially raising the profile of one's company by just buying fake reviews (or followers or likes, which are basically micro-reviews of approval). Just like there's a difference between paying to have Facebook promote your page to real users, who can then decide whether or not they would like your page or status on their own, from just paying directly for the likes.
Know the places where your friends have been to and are planning to travel. You can discover beautiful places easily with auto suggested nearby accommodations of that place. Hassle Free way in planning your next trip. Please let me know what you guys think of this.
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why not use it? if it has liquidity and an attractive fee structure, why wouldn't any trader trade on it, HFT or not ?
Ugh provide high quality screenshots, both on project readme in github and on the website as well.

Currently the website has skewed image of the thing and then cropped round images of the thing.
Exactly. The online ads are objectionable by design.
In Safari, simply switch to the Reader view, even when the popups are up. It gave me the text in a clean format without any distractions.
BT connects your emergency call to your nearest control centre, but if that has no lines free it connects to an available line at any other control centre in the UK. The call handler then relays your call manually to the appropriate centre as soon as they can get through.
Verge is liberal trash, but that does not mean it cannot be used as a benchmark.

That said, it can be browsed well on Chrome, so it should work on Fx as well.
Exactly. There is too much praise in the media for people who act selfishly.
I think the most worrisome, and presently most likely, outcome is an arms-race style battle of iterative workarounds that will end up producing less revenue for producers, and provide consumers with a worse experience with higher friction.
As an entrepreneur, I became so disappointed with this article about 60% of the way through, that I had to stop reading. When the author started getting phone calls on his burner phone from people wanting to hire his van, he should have manned up, stuck with this damn business, and written instead about bootstrapping. With stats like the ones he reported, he should have stuck with Freakin' Awesome Karaoke Express even if it meant moonlighting as a KJ and eventually backing into a seed round he never anticipated.

Seriously. Those facebook reviews sound authentic because those are real user stories just waiting to really happen. The real user queries prove it.

I'm so disappointed at those unfielded phone calls that I can't even bring myself to read any more. A business was born three months premature, and instead of nurturing it in neonatal intensive care, the author just let this beautiful creature die. :*(
Flash Boys is quite inaccurate with respect to how HFT works. Read this book instead

http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-High-Frequency-Finance-Ra...
Whenever you see "we" in a title, it doesn't mean the author believes every single member of the human race feels that way. They're just saying "a lot of people feel that way".

Many people do sympathise with the mob - my grandmother is very nostalgic about when the Krays dominated London, and talks about it as a time when there no paedophiles or drug users.
I disagree completely. If corporations do not make a stand on surveillance and censorship then official demands are only going to get more brazen and receive less public attention and scrutiny.

FOSS and client-side encryption alone are not going to solve this problem. If governments can openly demand and enforce whatever they like, then users of these technologies can be threatened with draconian punishment and be prosecuted as terrorists and pedophiles.

There needs to be counter pressure from consumers, consumer groups, experts and corporations in order for client-side technologies to remain a viable option for people outside the Ecuadorian embassies of the world.

Corporations are not in the business of appeasing local governments. Corporations are in the business of pleasing consumers so that they make a profit. They appease local governments only to reach consumers and they can't do it in a way that causes consumers to distrust them as that would be self defeating.

Also, what is in the economic interest of a corporation is not self evident. It's the people at the top of these companies who make these judgements. I'm sure many of them value their privacy more than the average person and their judgement is going to be influenced by that. The same goes for shareholders.

It's always going to be a balancing act for global internet companies so let's make our weight felt!
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Can you share some examples where the content IS the business model?

For example, I think Joel Spolsky's articles are some of the best content on the web. He does not serve ads because he does not make money from the content, although his content did serve as a form of advertising for his company. That is not a viable option for all content producers.

I am not against ad-blocking, but do not block them myself. If the ads come in the way of obtaining content which I am interested in, I simply close the web page.
> and the math clearly says this should be our top priority.

with some gigantic assumptions...
I blame evolution. It's wired us to be attracted by power and fame and not worry too much about distant strangers.
How much more secure would be using codes rather than encryption for "terrorists"? If I were a terrorist, I don't think I'd use encryption as it pretty much guarantees scrutiny.

But, how secure is coming up with some sort of code? Like say, "Honey, can you pick up some milk on the way home." Means the truckload of fertilizer is ready to be delivered or something.
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Revenge.
Looking it, one suggestion came up, that you should go for a career where
you can earn as much as possible, because then you could gave more money
away, use it for something good.

So finance came up and I'm not gonna to say, that finance is by definition
evil, but I can see quite some bad things coming out of finance, just
think about all the trading with food, which painfully increased prices
especially for the poorest people in the third world. Not to speak about
the effects of the financial crises and their reasons.

I was just quite surprised about this kind of thinking, this kind of
simplification and to think of this as the most effective kind of
altruism seems to be a bit blinded.
The sponsored content/"native advertising" is the next logical step. It can range from "product placement" in otherwise regular articles, to full-blown advertorials disguised as regular articles. No DOM-structure to block, no layout clues and very non-obvious to humans. I consider these to be more insidious than current ads that most are eager to block
To be honest, I was thinking more about art, science and technology content that is primarily published on the web rather than traditional journalism like you would find in New York Times.

I can't speak for on-the-ground or wide-ranging reporting of breaking events, but for instance I know of a local investigative journalism website that does not depend on ads and is often praised for the quality of its content. (http://podcrto.si/about).
Paul Graham said that if there is alot of potential energy from a broken system there must be a way to monetize it. Really, it seems like someone can make a startup to verify the company and reviews.

In fact, why dont we all open source this thing.
Said package usually includes those items even though in many places it's totally unenforceable.
In reality, it's not that complicated.

Here's all you need to know about the Constitution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngpsJKQR_ZE
refering to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7K0vRUKXKc
Why resistance to ad blocking is futile and what’s next for digital advertising
Sounds like you could use an ad blocker, friend!
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thanks! great example of how to review code...
I'm downvoting you for implying without evidence that the author is responsible for a backlash against you. You are not contributing anything to discussion.
Definitely not true, especially for web users from developing countries. Few days back there was an article on a company providing articles from various sources for around few cents (Euro) each. Given the exchange rate of the currency in which I earn my salary, it is simply too expensive for me. I would rather see ads (and occasionally click on them to support sites I love) rather than pay for each article I read.
> 4GBit/s is technically correct, however I think you meant > 4TBit/s.
Really great job. Is there something I need to enable in chrome to use hardware for graphics? The macbook with iris sounds like it's about to take off. Thank you
True that :( I've worked in the industry during 3 years before figuring that out! The problem is mostly for platforms to find a way of identifying which reviews are real or fake, depending on IP, rate of reviews, recency of the user, etc.
IMO once all barriers (psychological and not) to quick and easy small online payments are gone, ads will not be useful anymore to content providers. A click through rate of 1/1000 will be easily compensated by a rate of donation of 1/10000.
I can think of http://roadsandkingdoms.com/ , arguably the best travel site on the web.

I actually wonder how they sustain themselves.
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Have you seen a weekend local paper in the U.S. recently? There are whole ad sections that I drop straight in the trash. It's often at least 50% of the paper by weight.

There may be deals for supermarket meat etc. but in general it seems like a total waste.
Matlab? Thanks, but no thanks.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Mail_2000
I remember reading a research paper on how liking a post for initial two or three time could greatly increase the probability of the post actually taking off. I can't find the exact paper now though, so if anyone can remember reading a similar one, can you please link it?
Instead of "one ad" I'd like to see unlimited well behaved ads. Static images served from the same domain.
In fact - static images served from the same domain are probably nearly impossible to separate from content.

In a perfect world, web adverts will be back to the print media style - non-clickable non-targeted images.
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They are a proto-state, privatly organized, and as thus show that a state is nothing permanent and his violence monopoly can and is challenged.
Thus, the coward in us roots for the anarchist life the mobster lives. The sad thing is that those repressed beeings who admire them, will also cheer for the gallows for this guys, once they get caught.
And also for gallows for innocents.
Doesent matter who, as long as frustration can be vented, and mobverment has lifted protection from the beeing
"He claimed he’d created 5 million Twitter accounts...."

Anyone still wondering if Twitter is overvalued at ~$19 billion, wonder no more.
I do not think it is a problem that some people are not willing to charge something that you want to charge for.

That is, for you to be profitable, you rely on someone else not doing something.

That is the nature of competition.
Looks good. One bug I found though: I have my Firefox window on OSX positioned on the left half of my 2560x1440 screen, and I could complete the first level fine, but when I got in the shop, the screen turned totally black after getting a message about having to buy a sword.

When I made the window only a little wider, I could see the shop interface perfectly fine and continue with the game.
Exploring the Crossorigin Media Attribute in HTML5
I'm personally a huge fan of Szukalski and his crackpot art-theories about how, in all ancient art, there is a hidden proto-language which is being used to give us all a dire warning that in fact, every 60,000 years or so, a major deluge occurs, the planet is covered in water, which eventually recedes, but land-lubbers need to reset .. its a total crackpot theory, but if you're interested in great artwork and a wicked read through a highly profound mind, check out the book "BEYHOLD!! THE PROTONG!", Szukalski.

http://www.amazon.com/Behold-Protong-Robert-Williams/dp/0867...

Totally great stuff, had me looking at ancient art again, and I thoroughly enjoy finding Protong absolutely everywhere these days, its madness .. in a good way.

(Not so keen on Zermatism, however, also mind-bending..)
Paul Graham's Startup advice for the lazy
Try this bandwidth calculator (it's in German, but I think it's not hard to understand)

http://www.heise.de/netze/tools/bandbreitenrechner/
We talk about police, shopkeepers, mobsters, politicians as if they're separate factions in society. I just want to add this:

I've travelled to this country (GDP per capita ~$1500) and stayed with this huge family. In the city I stayed in, there was one suburb where every house was part of the same family with the same last name. There must have been 500 to 1000 members, who knows. Inside one family there were policemen, shopkeepers, maids, factory owners, factory workers, businessmen, and family members with connections to mobsters (I couldn't pin down the mobsters and politicians among them exactly). In this country family is life. All members of the family generally love and respect everyone else in the same family. Their family ties are a lot strong than ties they make at their "work". The first thing we did when I arrived to stay with the family was to meet the mobster of the city so as to protect me from everyone else. One of the mobster's primary function was to act as a middleman for paying "fees" to the right politician to get bureaucratic matters resolved efficiently. (e.g. getting a visa in a few days instead of a month or two without "fee". In a way, they are lobbyists the common people can afford). The family ties cut across economic, social, and political boundaries. The fact that mobsters thrive there means they are part of the stable equilibrium. It wouldn't be possible to say "Let's get rid of the mobsters" - that's like saying "Let's get rid of the lobbyists from the US.". Politicians are good at politics, and often have little technical knowledge of the world outside their workplace. That's why they rely on lobbyists and mobsters to tell them what to do. Often, the law does not describe the entirety of the world.
That's incorrect. Peace for example negotiated a contract with it's rule list provider (Ghostery) to share profits. So this will help Ghostery to maintain a quality list. I'm not sure that the other blockers haven't negotiated similar arrangements. Unattributed accusations of leeching aren't very kind.
But do you think it is in any way possible to collect money from parents in order to be able to provide an improvement in education? ... I have to say I as a parent wouldn't like it, but if the schools are simply not able to do it who else is left?
> Or, niche topics that can't draw enough support to stay afloat

This isn't specific to adverts and applies to every industry/endeavour that depends on voluntary engagement for funding. Name one thing that does not require a minimum level of popularity to be self-sustaining
I think the problem is that there is local buy-in. People want to engage locally and the paper sites offer them a medium to do it. So people struggle with the site even though it's a horrendous experience.
Their 2015 report is up: http://blog.pagefair.com/2015/ad-blocking-report/
Consumers in the app-hire/ride-share market aren't stuck to one market; Someone who uses Lyft-Line may also use UberX. If Uber release "Uber-Line", and Lyft doesn't have a comparable "LyftX", then there's no reason to use Lyft anymore. Everything you need is in Uber.
Spoiler: The video shows two people using a one time pad to communicate. It doesn't show any reason the government can't ban people from doing that, or stop WhatsApp using good encryption in the UK, or throw people in prison for using PGP. Admittedly that's not going to happen in the UK in the near future, but contrary to popular belief there's no reason you can't make maths illegal.
What terrifies people about terrorism is that it could affect anyone at any time, and there's no semblance of control over that

So could being struck by lightning, or someone falling asleep at the wheel and running you over, or [insert unlikely phenomenon here]. The reality is people are terrified because they are told to be.
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I respectfully disagree with you.

Most larger websites produce two or three articles a month that I'm interested in. Smaller websites may only produce one or two articles a year that I'm interested in reading. There is no way I'm going to sign up for 100+ websites in order to read sporadic content. But this sporadic content is what does exist and needs to exist in order to get a well rounded web. So it's not realistic to say to a smaller niche blog to produce "better" and more frequent content that appeals to everyone. That's part of the beauty of thousands of niche web sites over, for example, dozens of niche magazines of the past.

So, there is a fundamental problem that needs to be addressed. There needs to be a way to aggregate all these sites into a single payment system. You pay for a year and get access to the sites you like. Then this payment processing company takes care of allocating the money based on various factors like how many people access each article.

Finally, in order to maximize revenue to content providers, this company should be setup not to take a fixed percent of each transaction but only take what it needs to sustain itself. In other words, at the end of each week/month/whatever the company totals up it's expenses and take their percentage only up sustainability (which includes growth factors). No more middle man leaches!
I don't think that's correct? Bell's theorem implies you can't have a theory of local hidden variables that reproduces entanglement (and the rest of QM), no?
"Curated" doesn't just mean "spam-filtered".
Ah my mistake.
I just divide by 10. How long will it take to download a 100MB file with a 100Mbps connection? Approximately 10 seconds. I know that the theoretical maximum is 8 seconds, but practical factors like flow control and all that more or less cancel out the 20% error.
If you don't have the voice then you can't say I made the call. Only that it came from phone registered to me. I can't disprove that if that happened.
> sports bring in revenue and academics do not.

?!?!

In high schools in the US, academics are intimately linked to funding. Sports are not. I guarantee you no teacher or administrator gives a shit about how much money the Friday night concession stand is bringing in. It probably doesn't even cover the electricity bill for the flood lights.

But they do all care a lot about test scores and other (mostly academically-related) metrics that determine how many millions in state/federal funding they receive.

Sports are one of many ways that students can use their free time to learn to socialize, lead, and work in a group. Those are all important skills that are hard to teach in a classroom, and running a sports team (or robotics team or programming competition team or chess club) is a hell of a lot cheaper than running a classroom. And often far more enjoyable for everyone involved.
"Shut up and calculate."

-- Richard Feynman (attrib.)
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People admire characters like Walter White because they are blind to all the lives he has destroyed and they see only the desire to be great at something. It is the same with any capitalist. Any great enterprise looks a lot less amazing once you read the expose.
Because those who comment that it's bad simply missed the joke and are taking this seriously.
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This has been my thought on the matter too. If there's no money in journalism anymore, then the only people left doing it are the ones who love doing it. The leeches all slither off to other industries they can make a buck off of.
Well, the idea of Congress impeaching judges frankly terrifies me, and given that Congress holds up most executive appointments as it is, I'm not sure they could do much more damage there.

The Ethics Committees largely hand-slap only the most gross violations of their members. I see your intent there, but I'd much rather see Congress holding a higher standard of itself.

If you're referring to the overreach of Federal officials, then that gets a bit more sticky. Yes, it should be reined in, but when I see one Congressmen one-upping another on how we need to be "tough" or have "no tolerance" for this or that, I'm little surprised that our police and intelligence agencies act the way they do.
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