skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think the few times where terrorism had a political agenda, it was not about getting the adhesion of the population through terror. It is more of a provocation, which is meant to provoke a reaction, hoping that the target population will be hostile to that reaction.

Think about IRA. Most of their bombings and assassinations were designed to make the UK install a police state in Northern Ireland, with the intention that the population will become increasingly hostile to the UK in reaction.

Terrorism targeted at american troops in Iraq was following pretty much the same pattern, like Indian terrorism before the independance or the french resistance during ww2.

ISIS is the same thing. They are desperate to grab attention by destroying historic sites and staging horrific executions. I believe their true goal is to provoke a western coalition against them so they can recruit fighters in the muslim world arguing it is a crusade.

That being said, I believe that individual terrorists have historically little real political agenda. Even in wealthy democracies there will always be a bunch of violent thugs who want to kill, blow things up. The ideology is more of a pretext and they might have gone for a criminal career anyway. I don't think there are many differences between the assassins of the Baader Meinhof gang, the home grown al quaeda terrorists, IRA terrorists, or the ZAD militants throwing acid on policemen to protest against the construction of an airport in France.

Fundamentally terrorism is just another category in common crime. Neither new or particularly worse today, and not by any mean the most problematic form of crime by body count. The current hysteria about terrorism not only isn't achieving anything, but in some cases it is actually falling into the terrorists trap. We should react to terrorism like we do to rape, gang violence, drug related crime, etc. Not ignore the problem, be tough enough but not make the problem bigger than it is.
No worries, I'm only a couple weeks ahead of you so thought I'd give my thoughts as someone at roughly the same level :)

Re: font-awesome, I wouldn't worry unless you need anything you can't easily do with unicode, or want any of the branded logos for social buttons, etc... (I like your unicode version actually, you've given me ideas now for a golang pkg...)
Makes browsing the image-based subreddits a breeze. Wow.

I wouldn't use "reddit" in the domain name, though.
Thanks, I was too Linux-minded I guess.
Because people who write on Reddit are biased in all ways imaginable, so it all somewhat cancels out.
Probably not, which is why I expect spacex to put a person on Mars long before NASA does.
If we are assuming that the actors are bad, why would you trust the information they are putting out?
Keyword search into WWDC videos
How to Resize a Custom View by Drag Side of View in Android
I've supported everything EFF has done so far but this is a really bad idea. Have people forgotten the chaos of MySpace and other social networks before Facebook?
Discussed in 2012: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4088941.
another note (not criticism) - its sad to say, but when you get a company like reddit that is YC backed and hard pressed to find new streams of revenue, UX really isn't the front runner when it comes to new design changes.

take 9reddit.com for instance, one thing I just noticed was the lack of "share" button on the front page (under each post.) while this may seem like a minor setting to most, and probably an under-used feature it probably accounts for a very large percentage of traffic over the course of any given day.

so while this newer version may be super intuitive (I think so anyway) easy to use and most of all CLEAN, getting Reddit to actually adopt it is a huge hurdle.
Sure you could - have a contact on your phone called something like 000-alarm and filter any requests containing that string. Its not foolproof, but it certainly isn't impossible.

Maybe scatter a few of these contacts through the alphabet to catch apps sending in batches.
side question: anyone have any good examples of apps or web apps such as this that have taken off to the point where it became more popular than the parent app?
Google's Lame Demo Shows Us How Far Its Robo-Car Has Come
Yes, I agree. I was expecting something to just work and provide everything
> nothing to do with revenue and everything to do with allocating limited resources better

I'm not sure how you can separate those.
"ISIS is the first modern terrorist group"

ISIS is an insurgency movement which attempts to take and hold territory. It uses terror as a weapon, as preliminary intimidation against groups it wants to conquer outright, or exterminate.

That sort of thing goes back to at least the Mongols.
More and more publications are giving serious thoughts to user engagement. Some have gone with forums, some slack groups for readers and I like the letters (e-mail) by Vice. Better quality, definetly.
The Side Effects of Technology
Also this:
https://github.com/zubairq/coils
I've had the same issue before, and IIRC it's a problem with Google Play Services, not Hangouts or disabling in general. Still stupid though.
Andrew Sullivan's blog The Dish[0] did this for its entire existence. It was a driving point of the site's culture, to the point where certain topics gained frequent contributors that were probably better recognized because of the advantageous signal-to-noise ratio.

Many sites seem to be turning toward a manual moderation model now. This doesn't seem too whacky as a next step for many of them.

[0] http://dish.andrewsullivan.com
I guess that depends on your threat model.

It doesn't sound like the companies themselves are intent on profiting from insider information, just a couple of opportunistic employees with privileged access.
We may some methods for quantifying how impactful a death is. A brief search led me to [1, 2] which uses "years of potential life lost before 75 years (YPLL75)"

I think it's quite important not to treat all deaths as equal. It's just a gut feeling on my part, as I don't have the qualifications to make any serious statements about this. But I feel the long awaited death of an elderly relative is vastly less impactful than the sudden death of a child. I feel as though a murder has far more negative consequences for society than the death of a smoker from disease (one obvious one is the amount of resources that must go into finding and prosecuting, incarcerating the murderer.)

So when we compare ~16,000 murders to ~500,000 deaths from smoke-related disease, we also have to compare the toll of 16,000 murder investigations. Thousands of prisoners being entered into the prison system. Thousands of appeals and court cases. As well as the cultural and social impact of having so many humans bear witness to murder and the stress of sudden, violent, loss of loved ones; this is much harder to quantify but should not be ignored.

[1] http://uwphi.pophealth.wisc.edu/publications/other/measuring...
[2] http://uwphi.pophealth.wisc.edu/publications/issue-briefs/is...
> I don't believe in efficient anything, but I know Free Markets Theory involves no Math

That's actually not a good sign. Math is refined thinking. If your theory doesn't involve math, it's probably little more than handwaving and could be significantly improved by being formalized a little more.

There is always the risk that people confuse the map with the territory, but it's present regardless of whether you have a differential equation handy for everything or you're just sharing campfire stories.
Australia's PBS will be the first victim. The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme ensures that essentials medicines are available at reasonable prices, and that generics are also available.

This compromises future profits for companies that want to increase the price of certain drugs, for such purposes as making generics too expensive or simply ensuring maximum profit per dose manufactured.

Other examples could be environmental regulations which cause expenses that manufacturers and miners are unwilling to meet. Little things like pollution controls, national parks, marine sanctuaries and so forth.

The TPP also opens the path for US IP law to be imposed on Australia.

The ISDS does not specifically rule these out of contention. So they will be contended (cf: everything that is not illegal is mandatory).

Once the actual text is out, people might say, "the ISDS is such a small and insignificant part" but it is there for a reason. It will be abused, just as cigarette companies abused other FTA with Australia.

Why are you so dismissive of "the Chinese workers on the Chinese government projects took our jobs on Australian soil"?
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hunger-the-us-historic-highs
Increase in fossil fuels exploitation doesn't count as improvement as it's making things much worse (climate change)!
> Somewhere along the way propaganda completely reversed the meaning of the word to "intimidation of governments by non-government actors".

It's a bit more nuanced than that. For the first 100 or so years "terrorism" was self proclaimed policy by revolutionaries of all sorts, for example the first French Republic or a number of Russian 19th century anarchist factions. The term did not originate as propaganda or a political slur, it was proud banner of the activists at the time. Perhaps only by 1920s the extreme political left felt compelled to distance from the term, and the term was subsequently extended to any government or non-government intimidation activity.
Hi, do you plan on putting together a pkgbuild for arch linux based systems?
I don't 'do' Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, so those contact options are out.

Your editorial email address will be swamped for a while until people get bored with the lack of near-realtime debate.

"...our readers are best served by dedicating our resources to doing more reporting than attempting to police a comments section...".

That's why you appoint trusted moderators. Anyway, your 'resources' are now going to be split between processing email, visiting Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn...

We'll see.
In the 80s I witnessed several neighbors move to the Phillipenes for a job. It happens, esp in civil engineering / construction services. And on the margins, we have the nomadlist, which is predicated on the assumption that you can write code from nearly anywhere.

But no, Americans are not emigrating in bulk any time soon. The thrust of my argument today is simply that greater inflows to the US is part of the 'free flow of labor' equation.
@humanrebar, you seem to be a a single issue, anti-abortion commenter. The videos against P.P. were clearly edited to put them in the most unfair, dishonest light. I don't believe abortion is that core to PP. Is porn crucial to amazon? You can certainly find porn there but it's not a large part of their business.
Open source cuisine: the first course?
This is crazy. I'd rather take a low paying job somewhere close if I can't move for some reason than spending half my life commuting. Currently I feel that my 20 minute bike commute is pretty long, but I couldn't find a nice apartment closer to work.
I think the confusing thing is that in a typical unix system we have the same separation for users of processes and users of the physical device. In the physical world, maybe the user-abstraction should be something physical? Maybe the OS should not handle physical users, but instead every physical user brings their own storage area protected by symmetric encryption (either in the form of a USB/memory-stick or a separate partition on a hardrive)? That would be a concept that more would resemble how we think of personal belongings in the real world. Just like I can share an electric tooth brush but I bring my own brush head.
Why not both?

The comments section is where the errors and baiting and propaganda gets called out, which has exploded with click-revenue media. Plus you can get a feeling for different community viewpoints.

'Tis a shame.
Ask HN: Potential hire – snooping or genuine?
Throwaway for a few reason here, but want to entertain some thoughts.

We're a 2-year old profitable "consumer goods" startup and have a few job postings up at the moment.

Last week, we received a job submission from a "creative type" working at a company that does more or less the same thing (sells a consumer good) but is vastly larger with revenue in the tens of millions.

Is he/she snooping?

Why would a tenured, assuming well paid, higher up apply to our company?

Either that or they're getting fired... Even still, why not go work somewhere bigger with more job security, higher pay and the ability to balance larger projects with more $$$?

Quick off the top of my head comparison would be we're Microsoft in Albuquerque and these guys are IBM!
Wait till cars become automatic. 4 hour per day commutes could become quite normal.

It could really change the structure of living in cities.
Bitcoin integration with Cryptsy on Django sites
Replay: Become a MySQL DBA – Replication Topology Changes for MySQL and MariaDB
1. I'm not sure why you bring up Ferguson when the guy was clearly in the wrong. Ie he got killed because he fought the cop for his gun (which went off inside the car) and then charged at him.

Ie someone who jumps out a 10th story window can't blame the oppressive "gravity" for causing their death.

2. That said, I take your point that educated black men may be unfairly targeted for being pulled over. Yet I don't see how someone being pulled over results in their arrest, let alone conviction of a crime which they did not commit.

That's the issue - not that someone gets pulled over every couple of weeks (unpleasant but hardly life-altering) but that huge number of men are in prison for actually committing crime.
Teespring (YC W13) Is Hiring a Senior Full Stack Engineer
What does our team do?
Everything from a compelling experience for buyers, to a feature-rich platform for sellers, to a backend manufacturing pipeline to fulfil orders. At Teespring, “full stack” means anything from warehouse management systems to our 3rd party API to the number crunching analytics behind our campaign dashboards. It’s up to you to pick the challenge which excites you the most!

What is the job?
We take code quality and engineering efficiency seriously. Engineers pair about 50% of the time, and we have a robust but lightweight code review process to disseminate knowledge. Nothing goes to production without automated testing. We do 2-week sprints, with engineers' input a key part of the planning process. Your expert input will also be considered when planning new feature work: both in terms of implementation decisions, and product experience.

Who is the ideal candidate?
A passionate programmer with a leaning towards full-stack development. Substantial front ends skills are a definite boon, since many features have some user interface component. Deep, professional experience with Rails will be especially useful. A person with strong opinions, weakly-held.

If you are successful in this role, a year from now:
Your team-mates will look to you for technical advice, guidance, and mentorship. You will have architected and led the creation of a significant piece of the team’s technology. Our collaborative environment and generous training budget will have substantially enriched your technical abilities. You will be speaking as an expert in your field at conferences and meetups.

Our Environment:
Modern Rails Stack, React.js, TDD/BDD with RSpec/Cucumber, Golang. A big push towards CD and SOA at the moment.

What do we offer?
Happiness is just as important to us as hard work. All startups in San Francisco offer the same perks, but what makes us different is our desire to completely change how the world thinks about custom e-commerce. That being said, here are the benefits you will receive: working with talented, collaborative, and entrepreneurial teams. Medical, dental and vision insurance for you, your family, and pet. Unlimited paid time off and 9 paid holidays. Generous stock options. Free (delicious) catered lunch and dinner daily. Fully stocked kitchen with drinks, snacks, and bar. Training, career development, and meet-up hosting. Fun SOMA office offering easy access to Muni, Bart, and Caltrain with commuter benefits. Social activities, office happy hours, concerts, game room, and endless free t-shirts!

Please email your resume to ashley.hearn@teespring.com to learn more
Will they also be replacing writers like these https://archive.is/cEGD4 with something better?

I think that's the far more urgent task.
Oh, well another example of the typical C code I have seen at many companies.

Just check Herb Sutter's talk at CppCon 2015, to the question who uses static analyzers, about 1% of the audience said yes.
As of Tuesday at midnight, here's what you see at http://upvoted.com: http://i.imgur.com/KsnPvXN.png
The Network Man – Reid Hoffman’s big idea
If you decide to report to anyone, is it a bad idea to keep a log of what he says? Not necessarily audio (depending on jurisdiction), but keep a journal? Then you can point out what insults were levered against which people on which dates. It would make your complaint much harder to dismiss.

And it would be pretty bad if said report was leaked to other employees. People might put up with this stuff one by one, but hearing the insults about themselves suddenly changes things. Though again, this might be a horrible idea.
I do know that both smartphones and feature phones can turn on while "off," if you set an alarm. However I doubt that they ping cell towers when off, as I've left them off for weeks/months with little battery drain.
You now can. One of the features is the ability to transparently use an SD card as an extension of your internal storage.

Personally that single feature makes this a worthwhile upgrade, it seems I'm endlessly managing storage on my 8GB of internal storage despite having a 64GB SD card which has barely been touched.
Don t forget theyr internet is RIAA Free. They get services better than netflix for video, free games, .... They may not have access to some foreign website but they get access to a lot of unknown services in the us.
They constantly belittle other employees, usually to a coworker after they have left their office, when this employee dislikes work they have done. Anytime someone screws up in the organization that person is an idiot or worse. For someone who is supposed to be a technical leader, they set a poor example for other developers to follow.

Question what this person is saying. Stand up for your coworkers if you think they've done good work and the comments are unreasonable. If your coworker is wrong then he won't able to defend his position, and he'll look ridiculous. If he's right that the work is poor then he'll look stupid for complaining when the developer in question isn't there.

Just make sure there are plenty of other people around, particularly your boss.
Personally, I would escalate, and be ready to leave - this situation is clearly grating on you, and there may be no positive resolution, so it may not be worth fighting here.

On the other end of options, you could grit your teeth and tolerate this further if you don't feel like it's a battle you want to fight.

It's about what you feel is best for you/what you are willing to tolerate. I personally would prepare to leave, as taking verbal abuse often with co-workers is not the type of work environment I want to be in, but that is me.
What an odd sentence in the article: "But a more child-centered approach to parenting also seems to be a factor, as these executives make other major sacrifices in order to balance their professional and home lives."

I would argue that not having a parent at home in the evening (because they are commuting) is the opposite of child-centric. Yes, they get a nice suburban home and parks, but what about parental bonding?
an episode of Almost Human had 'anti-camera spray' that did this, as well. maybe a comic was based on that?
Those very long commutes are actually the perfect way to be away from the family while looking as someone who sacrifices everything for it.
Over many different work experiences, all over the place, my simple rule is this: if I am thinking about whether or not I should leave? I should leave.

That doesn't always mean that I leave -- only that by the time I'm asking the questions you're asking, it's always been too late. It was time to go a while back and I just didn't want to admit it.

Good luck! I doubt there's some magic sauce or fairy sprinkle dust that will turn a jackass into a flower, but perhaps your experience will be different from mine.
And here I thought my hour commute was kind of long. I dread the thought of even increasing it to 90 minutes.

I wonder if flying this much is ever a wise decision in light of the health risks: http://www.fastcompany.com/3050543/hit-the-ground-running/wh...
But if someone works relatively long hours they may not see their kids much regardless. For example if someone works on Wall St - they may have to leave the house at 6am and be home at 8pm. That doesn't leave a lot of time to see young kids.
I can't really see the problem here. The employee made a bet. Sure, he used information not commonly available, but he didn't do it on his own site. And it was still a bet, not something that was guaranteed to win.

If I was employed by a horse racing trainer, and I happened to know certain information about the preparation of a particular horse, which the public hadn't factored into the available odds, and I placed a bet on that horse to win, there's nothing illegal in that (not in the UK at least). I'm in a position to act on uncommon knowledge, but I've still placed a bet and there's no guarantee the horse will win. It happens all the time.
A four hour commute with a self-driving car will be just as painful as four hour communute with a train, except that the cost with the car will be much higher. I honestly don't see self-driving cars changing a lot here.
There are already devices that can rapidly scan irises of a crowd. It's also possible, as the sibling comment suggested, to correlate multiple datasets (wifi probes, unique phone CDMA/GSM/LTE IDs, location, behavior, physical limitations like maximum velocity, etc.).
I can see why your girlfriend would hate it so much, she's coming from Canadian, one of the highest standards of living in the world. You can't expect to go to China, and find that same level of comfort. It was a third world country 20 years ago! It's dirtier, it's poorer, and it's WAYY more crowded. It's polluted, and everyone speaks Chinese. I find it sad that she hated it though, sounds like deep down, she hates a part of herself as well.

As for the VPN access, I also write software for a living, and it took me 5 minutes to get set up with a VPN. It was simply enough that my parents could figure it out as well. I get that the Play Store and Google don't work there, I was referring specifically to the fact that for most intents and purposes, a regular Chinese person could use the internet for most of its glory (porn, games, social, news, shopping).

Hukou is unfortunate and controversial issue there. In some ways it makes sense though, you have a massive population and you want to moderate the effects of massive migration. In other ways it's cruel and unfair. I don't know what to do about that, but I don't know if the U.S. has proven a better method. The fact of the matter is that no government has been in the situation China is in right now. To me, that makes it hard to judge.

Overall, I still find your argument that "it's an awful place to live" uncompelling.
How is this new? This is the sort of thing the wealthy and the C-suite have been doing for decades. The internet makes parts of it a little easier, but it's not novel.

The whole conceit of the Concorde was Executives could live in New York and work in London or vice versa.
> Reddit has a reputation as the dark, unruly id of the Internet

Stopped reading there.
Interesting. I just stumbled across this and thought it made for amazing reading, considering how much has changed in just 3 years.