skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I live a few blocks away from the Wiggle intersection pictured in the Times, and have been following the online flamewars (which primarily stem from conflicts between bicyclists and pedestrians, not cars). The issue I see is that even the proponents of the Idaho Stop often don't seem to understand what an Idaho Stop actually is. An accident happens and people (including Morgan Fitzgibbons) immediately jump in and say "This is why we need the Idaho Stop!", even though it actually has no relevance to the situation.

So the risk I see is that average every day person who isn't imbued with traffic laws will interpret this as "I don't have to stop." Which is how a lot of bicyclists currently behave.
I wonder by Babel was ruled out, in conjunction with Flow. DefinatelyTyped was a game changer for us, as it already has a large repository for popular libraries.

But except that, typescript has some catch up to do in terms of typesystem with Flow.
I think that, while it's important not to put words in Bezos' mouth, altering that line in the article doesn't hurt the overall message, which is Bezos prefers harsh competition in the workplace, and that's counterproductive.
We really like to stick to the original meaning of NFA, so our NFAs have the same problems as a DFA from a SoM perspective. That is, our NFAs are just bitvectors over states, not threads that can hold their own SoM or information about prior quantifiers. "NFA" has suffered a bit of semantic drift over the years...

We've heard of redgrep. I think there's a role for JITs here but I'm not sure I buy the concept that it should be a straightforward "turn the DFA states into code and jump around".

Predicting the future: if we have a regular expression made up of R1, R2 and Q (where R1, R2 are regexes and Q is a quantified something-or-rather - NOT necessarily with Q and R2 disjoint!) as follows /(R1)(Q)+(R2)/ and we're in streaming mode, 'predicting the future' means that we need to understand what happens beyond a stream boundary to know what to do now. Supposing that we have a stream boundary falling between something matching both (Q)+ and (R2) what is going to happen to future matches of R2.

This can be done but is hard - the problems are very similar to SoM tracking in a traditional NFA or DFA, and mean that you are starting to track loads of extra state.

The other problem for us with trying to support lazy/greedy quantification is ordering. We might have another regex (in a multiple regex set) that is unambiguously meant to throw a match between two potential matches controlled by something we might need to hold on to until we see whether the equivalent of (R2) matches for the second instance. So we can't just fire and forget if we go the quantifier-support route.

The fact is that the client base in network apps is very familiar with 'automata semantics' (i.e. lazy/greedy is a no-op and you get all matches) and supporting anything beyond that is a lot more expensive to get right.

Yes, there's something a bit peculiar about the idea of capturing and streaming mode together, isn't there? "Oh, we have the offsets of what matched, but you threw the data away, sorry".

Bounded repetition is a huge pain and is a work in progress for us in the general case. Single-character-wide bounded repetition (e.g. \s{100} or .{80,120} etc) works quite well. Depending on the form of the bounded repeat and the context, it is sometimes be possible to replace the repeat by tracking either the location of first or last entry, but the general case is horrible: /a.{20000}b/s is just as bad as it looks. We actually do this, but you better have 20,000 bits handy per stream state. :-)
You claim the contents of memory are encrypted with a 4-digit PIN; I'm telling you this is false, they're encrypted with a 256-bit key held inside the HSM [0]. It matters because a 4-digit AES key is indeed trivial to crack but a 256-bit key is not.

I'm not sure you understand what an HSM is. It doesn't help to "emulate" one. An HSM performs cryptographic operations under certain conditions (such as correct PIN entry) using internally stored keys. The whole point is that you can't get the keys out, only use them. If you had another HSM, or a logical model of one, it wouldn't contain the right keys.

Certainly as engineered systems, it's possible for HSMs to contain vulnerabilities, but getting the key out of an HSM is a much more sophisticated task than cracking a keyspace of just 10,000 possibilities. Possible, maybe.

[0]http://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf
It's legal, as long as the lot owner doesn't mind, right? So why are the cops bothering you?
If you're pregnant, do the things your doctor advises you to do. Don't try to make up the rules as you go along. Just because vanilla extract contains a negligible amount of alcohol doesn't mean a six pack of Natty Ice is okay.

That's my point. I'm still not 100% sure what yours was.
Sounds like a typical googler to me- another mal-adjusted adult baby.
Exactly. Y Combinator's marketing appears to be Hacker News, Startup School, the Female Founders Conference, Open Office Hours, and touring colleges -- essentially everything YC does more or less for "free" that serve to promote its main programs.
I knew there was a pretty extensive network of superchargers, but I really underestimated the nav. Really appreciate the reply.
More open-source speech synthesis options:

http://espeak.sourceforge.net/

http://hts-engine.sourceforge.net/

http://mary.dfki.de/
https://www.producthunt.com/tech/foxden
Is this game designed by Bloomberg to lure amateur day traders into their system?

The games is designed in such a way that it is so easy to make big virtual $$$$$$$.

Next step - actual trading account and $$$$$ losses (while Bloomberg collects commission fees).
Depends on where you live and what you do.
No one can never be 100% sure that their security does not have flaws, either in design or in implementation.
Putting a link to your product on your own non-commercial website isn't paid advertising though, and it's certainly not proof-positive of a PR firm.
A replicated HSM doesn't contain the key that the data is encrypted with. You'd need to modify the HSM that has the right key in it. The point of an HSM is to fight you very, very hard on that front by dumping the key if it detects anything shady.
Right-click Open in new window would come close to the effect that you're after, without installing an addon.
They don't need to admit they did it. Parallel construction works more effectively.
Hahahaha.....it felt good till I finished the article and just below it was the description of company writing this.
So easy to fool people into read something.

Content Marketing...is what is called?

Anyways, it makes no sense to stay in a job where you can't learn and improve your value. It's not about sucess, its about your value.
Considering the fact that the US has far, far more mass shootings at schools than any other developed nation (most have zero), I'd say the liberals aren't paranoid. They're just watching the news and have pesky souls that make them sad when a child is senselessly, preventably murdered.
Most bike lanes don't fix intersections, which is where my biggest beef with most cyclists in my area is.

I drive about once day a week and bike five days. I get to be on both sides, and gosh darn do I hate both groups. I hate a few drivers in all areas, and most cyclists at intersections. (t's a daily thing to see cyclists fly through an all-stop intersection when there's someone at the cross first. It's a weekly thing to see a car driving the wrong way down a one-way road.

That said, it's the drivers that are going to kill me. (Leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 26: the human driver.)
> That's a fairly plausible scenario which could result in several ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE more irradiation.

"Orders of magnitude" is not a magic phrase you get to throw around to scare people.

Assuming 10 seconds intervals and instantaneous scans going on for 8-12 hours you've gone up just about 3 orders of magnitude. That is, from banana-equivalent dose to about the background radiation dose, per this handy radiation reference[0]. In other words, people in that building receive twice the amount of radiation that they would naturally do.

That is assuming a hell and a lot of scans while also ignoring the protection offered by distance and the building itself.

I refuse to be scared.

[0] - https://xkcd.com/radiation/
Indeed this has been done: someone programmed an RPi/Arduino to cut power to the phone after PIN verification and before the PIN attempt was persisted. This effectively defeated rate limiting and the 10 attempt limit. However I believe that was the 5S, and that seems like a fixable bug (record the PIN attempt before verifying the PIN).

Yep, it was patched: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4451
netsurf or uzbl over dillo any day of the week, with xxxterm receiving an honorable mention. Vim user currently using iceweasel with vimperator after trying many minimalist WebKit browsers.
SMS Verification with Rails
> those conversations may not have happened had Force not been trying to extort him

The court has already heard their complaints on that and ruled against them. His lawyer didn't even mention entrapment as a defense, so it's probably waived, but it wouldn't have bought him much anyhow.

There really are no legal defenses available for spending a day or two thinking about having someone killed for threatening to expose your crimes.

But yes, the scumbag agent who committed crimes of his own will get punished for that.
The Intricate Dance of Designing for 2.5M Businesses
I haven't driven a car in many years and cycle pretty much everywhere. I'm not sure why anyone would advocate not stopping at a stop sign. They are there for a reason. When I'm riding, I'm usually doing about 30 kph. Hitting a pedestrian at that speed is going to do some serious damage, both to the pedestrian and to me. Hitting something more solid like a car would be extremely bad for me and my bike.

One of the things that has gotten better over the years (especially in Europe) is that car drivers are starting to take cyclists seriously. They are legitimate vehicles on the road. When I was cycling in the UK, I was amazed at how courteous drivers were. Even on back roads, people would patiently wait behind me until the road was wide enough to pass. Often they would smile and wave after they passed me. Not everyone is like that, obviously, but this kind of mutual respect is what you want to go for.

IMHO this idea is a huge step backwards if enacted. What are the counter arguments (the article was quite vague on the details)?
Sunscreen Ingredient Damages Coral Reefs
Wow, that's a bit pricey but very interesting. I'd love to snag one, thanks for the link.
High performing people often prefer environments with high stakes and high risk/reward. Being harsh is awful for people who can't stand it, but empowering for those who thrive that way.
This is kind of scary. I guess I should read terms of service more often...

I think we eventually need to have personal services that we manage ourselves that do not allow anyone but us to access personal data. I am really bullish on sandstorm.io for that (for example instead of using dropbox you can spin up FileDrop server).
Here's the actual filing from Apple: https://s3.amazonaws.com/f.cl.ly/items/2G372p3E1D0m3806001A/...
How to Restore the Carelessly Deleted WhatsApp Messages on iPhone
I don't get it. I have so little free time, the last thing I want to deal with is getting my car fixed. I have a Toyota Camry Hybrid and I have never had to do anything with it whatsoever, other than drive it whenever I want to
Check out QGIS. They have a bunch of plugins which should give you a good start.
True. But there are a lot of reports from Amazon employees that they have a policy of culling the herd. Even Nick Hanauer, an original investor of Amazon, tells us that Bezos is pretty ruthless https://youtu.be/uIGeKMU9izo?t=10m56s
I'm living in the east bay, and was recently running calculations on home purchasing... Take a 30 year mortgage, calculate the total interest+property taxes paid over the 30 years, and divide by 30*12 to get the amount of money per month not going into equity. Turned out to be pretty close to my rent, in most cases.

It also turns out that the appreciation of housing in the US has been negligible up until the post-2000 housing boom. From the 1920's to 2000, the average increase in a house's value was 0.6% per year. So the part that isn't going to the bank is going into a possibly really poor savings fund. And one that can burn down... At this point, I'm thinking it probably still makes more sense to rent, and do the usual index fund thing.
> Yet this gentleman has chosen to live out of a truck... albeit a worse option when he could have purchased an RV instead.

This is what stood out to me the most, and made me wonder why someone would do this in such a half-baked way. Granted, he's a young kid just out of college so maybe he wasn't thinking practically, but on the other hand it reeks of extreme hipsterism. "Look at me, I'm living in a box truck! I'm so original and minimalist!" For the $10k he spent on that hot, bare truck he could instead be in a comfortable RV with appliances, a shower, and solar panels for powering his gear, missing practically no luxuries of apartment living.

No, I think the last paragraph of the full article sums it up; he claims he's doing this so he has a good idea of how uncomfortable living conditions can be when he starts his world travel itinerary. He doesn't know the half of it.
can't you get insurance for #3
Such re-making of history for a particular audience is actually quite common, here is a nice example from a non-military genre:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675434/
When this is finished this should be much better than SheepShaver. It would be fun to debug the nanokernel with it or see if the built-in nanokernel debugger can be accessed.
You won't be allowed to roll through a stop sign at 30kph.

Yielding in this context, means slowing down, and going very slowly through the stop-sign, assuming its nobody else's turn to go. Every cyclist I've seen pretty much does this already if nobody is around. But the current law is that you must come to a complete stop, even if nobody is around, before going.
See also this one about container living in Oakland: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/14/us/live-in-boxes-in-oaklan...
Phrack: Attacking Ruby on Rails Applications
What is HashFav?
It's a phishing attack for them. They want to know if I'm drunk/high/or up to trouble(yes even though I'm sleeping) and they ask question after question to interrogate me and get me to slip up (implying they think I'm just feeding them bs about not being a criminal). They'd follow up with trick questions like 'well do you have any weapons to protect yourself?' they'd circle back and ask me multiple times why I was there trying to get me to change my story.

After a couple times of this you know their tricks and it becomes a game. I wasn't sure if it was illegal to be transient so I would always just stick with being too tired to keep driving.

Not once were questions out of sincerity or to offer help, just to find ways to pin me with a charge. It was despicable.
Attempted to sort by reach/relevance:

http://reddit.com/r/haskell

https://mail.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe

http://www.haskellers.com/jobs

http://functionaljobs.com/

http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs (more general, but I see Haskell jobs here and look for them here)
definitely.. I mentioned "gluten-free" craze because it really became this big marketing thing despite the fact that only a small percentage of people have celiac disease. Foods that don't even contain gluten are labeled "gluten free!" etc to piggyback off it...

and yeah I didn't say anything as I figure it's similar to discussing politics.. was just curious for my own knowledge since I don't really consider if food is organic or not normally...
C++ Metaprogramming: Journey from simple to insanity and back [video]
Yeah, I didn't get the card thing either. Seems too "thick" to me. The whole thing feels a little over-designed. I suspect the users may be to blame since we tend to like this crap.
It would be unreasonable if they were deemed to have liability, but that doesn't mean they don't.

On the other hand, what's the worst case scenario? Some miniscule probability that one day he'll fall out if his bunk, break his neck, and google will be on the hook for a few hundred grand. In the meantime, they're probably getting hours per day of extra work out of him, and he's less likely to leave for a new job at a startup without a giant parking lot, showers and free food. So overall it's a net win... at least until thousands of others start to do the same thing and google has a shanty town on its hands.
It's crazy what we do find out, probably crazier what we don't know, and craziest how sunshine is no longer necessarily a disinfectant.
Good point. However, your situation is a luxury afforded to you (I assume) by living in a place with proper public transit. A whole lot of people don't have that luxury.
What app does he use for this? He said "Answer cam", but couldn't find it in any store? Anyone has a link?
Tinsel Is Looking for a Technical Co-Founder (Los Angeles)
Tinsel delivers an entirely new experience to gossip, celebrity commentary, and trending news. In essence, we're creating fantasy football for women.

Currently, we're wrapping up our seed round and originally had a local app development firm prepared to build-out a robust, scalable app for us. However, after speaking with local VC firms and LA-based Angels, considering the scale they think Tinsel can get to quickly, we all believe it’s best to start putting together a dedicated tech team to build-out and grow Tinsel.

Starting off, we’re trying to find a Technical Co-Founder-- a pragmatic and passionate sr. engineer who can not only help us execute a strong foundational build-out, but also have a real say in our technological direction, as well as someone who you think is responsible, an ‘out of the box’ unique thinker, and can implement a strong technology stack while managing a dedicated team of engineers.

We estimate closing our seed round at $500k - $1m, with the bulk of the funds dedicated to the build-out. The positions’ compensation would be very competitive, and we anticipate the apps potential growth to be that of a twitter/snapchat (200M+ MUV land on the top 5 gossip sites, with 93% of women on Twitter specifically there for entertainment news according to Pew Research).

That’s why we’re on the hunt for someone truly special to help bring this to life. Someone who, like us, can’t wait to share it with the world.

We would greatly appreciate a chance to discuss joining the Tinsel family. We are very sensitive of work conflict situations in case you are currently working on a like project. Upon divulging any proprietary information regarding our app, we would provide an NDA to be signed.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration. Please feel free to email us anytime, and forward this email and our information to anyone you think would be interested, with replies sent to DavidT@kpoints.org.
>Really? That answer seems somewhat misleading, I don't know if intentionally. YC's biggest place to advertise is HN. In fact, look below right now -- 'Apply to YC'. In addition to reminders of when the applications are due showing up in frontpage, etc.

That answer is not misleading IMHO. Apart from their own website such as this, they don't market through other venues such as radio, tv etc.. Never heard of YC until I was doing research through the web and found hacker news.
Many municipalities (cities, towns, and even counties) have local ordinance laws that address vagrancy or loitering, to prevent homeless and transient folks from using parking lots for a place to chill. So it's likely not legal. My own little town has a "move along" ordinance in place that says you can't hang out in a parking lot after the business that owns it has closed for the night.
Embrace, extend, extinguish. TypeScript doesn't implement ES6 fully.
"Here's a resume that looks good, nice experience, exactly what we want. However... they've worked at 4 different companies in the last 7 years. I guess we can assume we'll be interviewing again in 18-24 months."
Well, YC was bootstrapped (marketing-wise) by the goodwill of pg's personal website too. That had plenty of same-minded exposure in the beginning.

Ten years later, people now see YC as "we can give you a better future/make you rich/famous/etc if you work hard and receive our magic touch."

It's a very word-of-mouth spreading meme. "This company makes you rich, be one of us, shub shub."
Checking your LaTeX documents without format converter
Activate: Tech and Media Outlook 2016
If your cryptography requirements require high entropy for the random numbers generated, then blocking is the right answer.

In practice, that's rare, but some consumers have strict, hard requirements that can't be ignored.
If I remembered correctly Cisco was using PowerPC and it was big endian. I do believe that might be a factor in the madness.
This is pretty awesome, and I'm looking forward to playing around with it this arvo. Although I somewhat disagree with "Resolution at these bands is 20m per pixel, a lot less than the sub-meter imaginery of Google Maps, but enough for most crop fields."

From a whole farm overview point of view, 20m/pixel might be ok, i.e comparing entire paddock response, but for creating useful maps and applications in the field, we really do need better than that. We can individualize input control down to a per nozzle (plant) basis, so ideally the data we use to create maps should be as close as possible to that resolution.
Tim Cook speaks out against CISA
Not Your Grandparents’ Community Service: Civic Hacking Should Be Open Source
To access a previous card, you could have a small target for each. The front one can always have a large target.

The card metaphor has no value. No extra information is communicated, and yet it is expensive to program and display.

UIs always look like they work well when demoed by the creator. Show me a usability test with this, and then you'll see the reality.
This is really cool, I could spend hours here :)
Job Comparison: Data Scientist vs. Data Engineer vs. Statistician
Quick plug for a Chrome extension I wrote that gets rid of the _blank target on links, if that behavior annoys you as much as it does me:

https://goo.gl/4D1ONu
Yeah, OTP is an awful name because it's meaningless in the context of programming without reading history from the 1980s. It should really just be called "erlang library frameworks" or something similarly sensible.

This article is largely a copy/paste/reword job from the official erlang docs (http://www.erlang.org/doc/design_principles/gen_server_conce...) too.
It's not public yet.
A sentiment echoed by Federal Appeals Court judge Alex Kozinski[1].

"If we as a society want to carry out executions, we should be willing to face the fact that the state is committing a horrendous brutality on our behalf."

[1] http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-na-nn-arizona-executio...
> Changing jobs every year or two has some distinct benefits.

The company that wrote this depends on churn.

Recruiting and onboarding can be expensive. If you accumulate a history of changing jobs, employers have to wonder whether the ROI on you is worth it.

Disclosure: I don't work in SV. Maybe the article is spot on for that environment, but I'd be surprised.
Though I know these tricks worked 10 years ago, I'd be surprised if spammers tools hadn't gotten smarter. As you can't live in a css/javascript free world anymore, I would assume the bots are loading in a browser, doing a document.ready, then going about there business, but I could be wrong.