skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> excluded from participation in facebook based on this name policy

A large bunch of my friends (30+ maybe) don't have their real names on Facebook. Some sound like they could be real, but most are pretty obvious they aren't. None of them are US based, so maybe they are only focussing on the real name policy there?
Be good to see an article on what he's done in the meantime or is working on now.
Just go do a wget site | sh for me will you?

Thanks.

Afterwards we can discuss UNIX security models.
A Killer Adversary for Quicksort (1999) [pdf]
The IRS already said it can see SMS via stingray

and wtf does the IRS have its own criminal law enforcement branch vs all the other ones at their disposal
Sockpuppet votes and comments are not allowed on HN and will get your accounts banned, so please don't do that.
Email Encryption Is Broken
They probably only want to provide B2B services, which prove valuable to offices full of workstations with deep pockets. Not consumer grade, residential drones like us.
They probably only want to provide B2B services, which prove valuable to offices full of workstations and deep pockets. Not consumer grade, residential drones like us.
Are you being serious? Poe's Law at work right here.
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Here's some evidence: "Apple R&D spending hit $8.1B in 2015, suggests continued work on massive project" http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/10/28/apple-rd-spending-...
Count yourself lucky. It takes me 90 minutes just to compile the module tests for one module.
Ditto, I've installed and uninstalled hike a lot of times because of this. Guess they care more about growth at the expense of retaining normal users. Most people use whatsapp for 'timepass' and whatsapp groups. And not real communication.
"terror powers" seems quite appropriate - that this is legal at all is terrifying
'Immoral coercion' makes it sound like a quick graft. I suggest it's more fruitful to compare countrys policies with the histories of government within the same region rather than other countries in different cultural regions. If you want to moralize this method makes it far easier to pinpoint the really bad apples.
Really surprised to see this story, get so many votes. Yes, this guy did not act very properly, and seems like its a desperate act to salvage an old business. Admittedly the copying of UI CSS from a competitor was a clear wrong, but all the others passing on data, kind of like a grey area, Ok its wrong if I have to choose one option. But what the heck, cut him some slack, he has posted immediately with his real name. What do you want, shame him into killing himself? The insensitivity is simply shocking to me. You have acted as a lynch mob today (hiding behind the technicalities), I am sorry to say that.
>FWIW, I've heard Googlers familiar with it refer to Android as a pile of crap, as well.

Have you see the CVE iOS database? If "Android is a pile of crap" then I can only imagine what iOS must be.
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Any code reformatting tool helps remove that. Gofmt isn't the only code reformatting tool in existence.
Maybe I should clarify, I am not worried about the change as such, but rather the social unrest that seems inevitable given the change.
Whereas most other US/UK media don't cover the domestic politics of other countries at all. It not that surprising that it's not comparable local media. When they have such a broad coverage in a single weekly magazine there's no way they can match the coverage of media in that country, and this applies to the US and UK too. However this doesn't mean that their analysis is weak or that their perspective isn't useful. It's just that there's no way it can be in the depth of media that cover it every day.
As for passing off opinion as fact, that's not passing-off, it's just the house style which is opinionated in the news stories as well as leaders. This isn't something they try to hide.
The Economist is useful if you want to have an opinionated round up of the world's events, as well as regular long form special reports on topics in more depth. In particular, their editorial position is one that is uncommon in many countries.
Like I said, other code reformatting tools exist, the team lead picks the tool and tool settings, and that should be the end of it.
HSTS for email won't fix this. PGP or similar is probably the only thing you can do to ensure your email isn't read.
Rust-Doom: A Doom renderer in Rust, with no unsafe code
CNBC also did an episode of "American Greed" on Rudy Kurniawan. It was pretty interesting as far as that show goes.

http://www.cnbcprime.com/american-greed/video/american-greed...
I haven't had a Facebook account for 3 years and while that was my main concern, I found that any event worth going to the organizer would simply call, message or email you because they wanted you to be there. People vastly underestimate the power of their real social network and what friendship or love can do to motivate people to maintain relationships.

Based on the comments people make about how essential Facebook is, it seems that not everyone has the luxury of such friendships. Maybe it's because they grew up in a military family that moved around frequently, or they came from a small town where nobody shared their interests, etc. They still might want the company of the fair weather friends who only invite them to do stuff via mass events on Facebook.
The flipside to the dud deal you claim these solar owning householders get is that they are not paying their full share for the grid connectivity that they need to sell their excess electricity into.

The majority of the cost of retail electricity is the maintenance of the transmission network (>50%) (poles and wires)[1], with metering/billing being the next highest contributor (<20%). The cost of generation is around 20%.

Many of these householders with solar are paying very little or nothing for their grid connection. Thus they are being subsidised by the non-solar households for their ability to stay grid connected.

Household level batteries could change that scenario if they are good enough to allow complete disconnection from the grid.

If household level batteries are successful, then we will reach a point where it will not be economically viable to maintain the grid. Every house will then need to become self sufficient for electricity generation and storage.

[1] https://www.dews.qld.gov.au/energy-water-home/electricity/pr...
NC is not part of the Midwest
Why are most of the recognized genocides these days committed by Germans? (at least according to my perception)

Do they commit more (relatively) or "recognize" (~ admit) (relatively) more? Why?
Seems overly anxious, don't you think? Isolated incidents occur between humans and all natural predators on occasion. Obviously humankind isn't currently threatened in a serious way ... until these interbreed with zombies, of course.
Personally I use Facebook with AdBlock and Privacy Badger enabled. They don't make very much money from me. ;)
Not that I don't like this book, but how is it that it was allowed to be re-submitted in such a short time frame? A few months I can understand, but I literally still have this book open on one tab from the previous time I saw it on HN, because I'm slowly going through it.
Translate is a command-line interface to the MyMemory translated
How to Convince Your Staff That Online Courses Can Be Beneficial
The problem of applause
Chlorine Trifluoride
You are not going to sell in third world if your product completely depend on market.and thired world is where you can beat windows with being CHEAPER.and second fact nobody has internet like this in third world.Chromebooks are excellent product with Google fiber.but outside of that,not really(for me as someone lives in thired world country).because even with spending 90$/mounth for internet.my internet is nowhere near to run everything on the web.
The wolf, dingo, dog, coyote, and golden jackal diverged relatively recently, around three to four million years ago, and all have 78 chromosomes arranged in 39 pairs.[6] This allows them to hybridize freely (barring size or behavioral constraints) and produce fertile offspring.
According to the Smithsonian, Lacks' family found out about the HeLa cell line in the 1970s.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/henrietta-lacks...
It's not as bad as ManBearPig.
It's not so clear cut as it seems that anti-GMO needs to be anti-scientific. For instance the agroindustry wanted GMOs to simply be treated the same as the non-modified Organisms, without any additional analysis. This would make it legal to add genes for the production of toxins and it would be still seen as the same thing (This is exactly what is happening with the commonly transplanted BT-gene, just that the toxin is harmless for humans).

Then - this is what the article is about - there are concerns of how the technology is used. Most genetically engineered plants today are either just glyphosate tolerant or carry the BT-gene, while the industry claims that gene modification reduces the need for pesticides.
I totally expected this to be about Babel and @sebmck.
But at least they kill cats, so the poor little native rodents won't have to die a gruesome death as often.
The first and final chapters of Orson Welles' complicated career
Technically until the "forthcoming" paper by Jonathan Way is published, and designated type specimens exist, it isn't clear what it is -- certainly not a new species or subspecies right now.
Indeed. I had to keep reminding myself that the book was nonfiction. Some of the things were exactly the kind of symbolism and setting details I'd expect a good fiction author to weave into a tale, but they really happened.
Four million years is recent? We split from chimpanzees three to six million years ago.
Things that all software on the planet is compatible with if you would just redesign and recompile and ...

* chromebooks

* web browsers

* a turing machine implemented by having a grad student a car drive around on a long street

* https://xkcd.com/505/

Of course it might be a bit slower, it might take a bit more effort, time and imagination on the part of the user.

But seriously: it needs to run existing programs without recompilation.
Troxel – a WebGL-based HTML5-WebApp for viewing and editing voxel models
A JavaScript Module Manager That Fits in a Tweet
if anyone wants to play with LoRa you might want to play with the RFM 69

http://rdepablos.merlitec.com/mixed/rfm69-library-for-raspbe...

Gets about 1.6 miles with basic wire antenna. More if you play with directional yagis or the like

The problem with LoRa is that yes you can get ten miles, assuming you chose the right antenna and radio, but you wont be able to transmit for very long.

I have a number of sensors that have RFM29 radios in them, and they run off solar and super caps. However they only transmit once a minute, and they don't stay on for a reply.

Power management is key at low power levels. To get ten years battery life, you either need massive batteries, or only transmit once every day/hour.
Google’s Lack of Product Isolation Would Support a Chrome OS and Android Merge
But there were only 1,500 apps in the iOS store in March 2010, and his rose into the top ten.

That sounds... off by a factor of 100...
Peeking Beneath the Hood of Uber [pdf]
And why exactly are people wondering that it's always the fictionalized UK that turns into a fascist dictatorship and not any other country?
The RFM69 does not use LoRa, maybe you meant the RFM95W/96W?
That kind of authentication and authorization can be found in any respectable CMS. Choosing Joomla because Wordpress isn't any better is like choosing to drink your own urine for breakfast because stools taste worse.
Yoneda Embedding
Wow, this is a free service. What is the business model? I have my suspicions but I am trying to remain positive.
What It’s Like to Work at Slack
In eastern Los Angeles, coyotes are everywhere, to the point where in some areas you run into them constantly day or night. They're stealthy - silent and very calculating. You can tell many of them are part domestic dog and they don't seem phased by proximity to people and appear to understand the workings of the city to some extent. I have seen the mentioned looking both ways when crossing roads, and also use of sidewalks.

Coyotes are very good at not calling attention to themselves when needed. In fact I lived next to a den of them in LA for years and never heard a peep, despite seeing them staking me out from my neighbor's roof in broad daylight, testing the perimeters of my house more than a few times.

The thing is they're smarter than we give them credit, adapting to the man made environment and expand territory very quickly. We talk about controlling their population but they can parry - adeptly skilled at out-maneuvering people. Hold eye contact and you realize even though they look like a little dog, they're not your friend - they're studying you.

The speed at which they're expanding territory and where they're headed on the East coast now, is interesting. Growing up in southeastern Pennsylvania we never saw coyotes really, but in the last few years I'm hearing lots of stories about them from family. And now even here in NYC they're making an appearance as well.

The coyote / dog mix in LA seemed to not only have adapted to urban areas but use it to their advantage. Now add wolf to the mix and drop them in the environs of bountiful woodland and endless suburban sprawl of the eastern seaboard, what happens?

If an apex predator were to adapt into becoming an anthropocene survivor species, a prerequisite would be having intelligence enough to outwit humans. A species partly forged in human company, with increased intelligence, that uses our own environment as an advantage, and can hunt and eat us. Oh and reach full maturity in about a year. They may seem cute now, but give them a few generations and they might not be so cute any more.
Since I upgraded, my Python linters work no more. Tried 1.2, same thing.
Because it's pretty much the only country in Europe that's never had a facist government.
I'm scared by how terror laws can be used to justify anything the state wants to do. I think it's too late to stop it now.
Short term gain for long term pain from the security services here.

Journalists and researchers into Islamic groups like IS, should be left in peace to carry out research into how these militant groups operate and function.

The security services have struggled to make inroads on these groups. Unable to place effective spies and get Intel, especially on home grown cells.

Journalists therefore provide a double function in these challenging times. They provide the public with valuable insights into the psyche behind these groups, and in parallel they gain important access to people in these groups that no one else can.

The flip side of this coin, is that journalists need to be acutely aware that they are not used as an IS marketing and propaganda platform.

If journalist fear arrest from the state in order to divulge their sources then these groups stop talking to them.

My gut feeling is that this was exactly the security services intention. The article hints at the journalists links to an alleged pro-militant employer, so it is quite possible that they view him as a sympathiser.

One needs to understand the psyche of people who work in the security services and special branch. They are very polarised in their beliefs and their opinions. They tend to be racist, xenophobic and have a tendency to group people in tidy mental boxes. They see the world in black and white. There is no grey. They are massively insular and have very much an "us and them mentality". They have comparatively a large amount of power, and enjoy using it. They know that they can bend rules like this and will only get a public slap on the wrists and a quiet pat on the back from their superiors. Therefore they know that they can for a warning shot across this young Muslim journalist's bow, and get away with it.

My two cents.
Maybe but all phones feature 2G and enabled by default, use it as a fallback, and most carriers in the world still have it.
The update problem is Androids greatest security flaw. Around 80% of Android devices out there run with known security related bugs:
http://androidvulnerabilities.org
(Please don't take it personally; I want to comment on a generic phenomenon.)

There is a pattern I see in every HN thread about Facebook. It consists of comments structured like this: "I haven't had a Facebook account for [1 year - ever]. I don't see what's useful about it. I think relationships maintained by it are bad / artificial / unnecessary." Am I the only one who notices that comments of the form "I don't use X therefore I have an opinion on X" are of... limited usefulness?

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> I found that any event worth going to the organizer would simply call, message or email you because they wanted you to be there.

Facebook invitations are equivalent to the forms above.

> People vastly underestimate the power of their real social network

Facebook is as real as any other social network.

> and what friendship or love can do to motivate people to maintain relationships.

If you're my friend or love interest, why are you making it more difficult for me to contact you?

> Some advice for anyone who plans on closing their Facebook account: scrape any photos with you in them (and anyone you have an affinity for), phone numbers and the big one: birthdays. My calendar reminds me when someone has a birthday and their phone numbers sit in my contacts list.

One of the most pathetic things people do on-line is putting a fake birthday into Facebook (and before that, into the IMs they were using), to see who actually remembers the real date. It always makes me wonder, what they're trying to prove this way? That some people don't care about them enough to remember the date? Well guess what, nobody is that fucking important. Your parents and your spouse may remember the date, but why should anyone else? Do you remember the birth dates of people you expect to remember yours?
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> Maybe it's because they grew up in a military family that moved around frequently, or they came from a small town where nobody shared their interests, etc. They still might want the company of the fair weather friends who only invite them to do stuff via mass events on Facebook.

Or maybe they're just... normal, regular adults? The kind that met their friends in school and university, and then had to split with most of them because some were from out of town, other moved; everyone now has a job and responsibilities and any tool that lets you maintain relationships without crazy amount of micromanagement is a very useful thing?

Some comments try to marginalize Facebook as if it was something weird. It isn't. It's normal to use it. That's what regular folks do.
It was a relatively minor genocide. Of course it was horrific and notable, but in terms of numbers not that huge. It was dwarfed for instance by the genocidal actions of Leopoldt in Belgium.

Most of the genocides of the 20th century were actually not by Germans, although many are not recognised. Why? Well they were official enemies! The truth is a lot of history is still pretty unknown generally.

Consider the mass murder in Indonesia in 1965, where at least a million were killed, or the genocide of East Timor, which killed a third of the population. Not very well known. Those were under the auspices of the USA and west in general. There are more, like the Mayans of Guatemala ... I learned about lot of these only recently

Really this was just a precursor to a century of genocide globally.

And then the original forgotten genocide, and one of the biggest: the genocide of the native americans. The book American Holocaust was a real eye-opener for me. http://www.amazon.com/American-Holocaust-The-Conquest-World/...
Did anybody checkout xtend-lang.org? It's for sure better in terms of Java-interoperability and IDE plugins (Eclipse and IntelliJ)
And it even has macros!!
A deref coercion can happen there

https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/issues/116
There's a great footnote to the article making a very similar point:

> I should say, nothing in the actual court opinion here has anything to do with public markets: It's a decision of Delaware corporate law, applicable to public and private companies alike. But! The thing is, if Facebook was still private and controlled by its founder and a handful of venture capital firms, no one would have sued. It is not the law that is a feature of being a public company; it's the litigious shareholders.
The issue in the US is that GMO === Monsanto. And Monsanto is very clearly a company that does not care about the long term implications of its science (you think they'd sit on data like Exxon did with climate change data? I do, 100%). I fear Monsanto, so in the US I fear GMO. Remove hard core capitalism from our food supply science and I'll be less scared of it.
On-site feedback tools for your website
Ask HN: Do you know any elegant JavaScript form validation library?
I'm looking for a modern Javascript form validation library that can display the error on the inputs in an elegant way.

I found many libraries, but none of them has a great-looking design. I'm looking for something as good as SweetAlert: http://t4t5.github.io/sweetalert/

Thanks!
Well, any blocking of self-hosted first-party analytics is easily circumvented by the site owner: you just rename the JavaScript Tracker filename to something new (or even safer, just minify the code into your own JS bundle), and put a new CNAME on your event collector.
Performance just to name 1, but very important one.
Why Chromium has code owners
Preferred font of the Huffington Post.
> 1. Would you have my password / private key / both?

The public and private keys are randomly generated on the client side with JSEncrypt (Javascript).

I don't have your private key and your password, as they never leave your machines. (And if you reload the page, then the private key is lost forever)

I might have the public key in the log because it is a part of the URL for encryption.

> 2. Why does it say 'As of now in 2014'?.... Instead of 2015?

It was built in 2014. I haven't updated it.

> Perhaps you could provide a Privacy Policy and tell us what jurisdiction it would be enforceable for?

I'm not sure what this means or how to make one. Could you explain more?

Thanks for the good questions!
Don't forget the battery, which often gets ignored when comparing MacBooks to other highend notebooks.
The metaphor is way off mostly because Facebook doesn't really have negative / damaging effects to its users, besides things constantly invented by people not using it to rationalize why they're not using it.

It really sounds like "reasons not to have a cellphone" sounded 15 years ago.
Also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10474591.
AFAIK, you can use even use google's javascript library.
> It's quite believable that Android/ChromeOS will take over the netbook market by being cheaper than Windows

Every store I visit the cheapest laptop-like devices are windows 10 devices, 20-30$ cheaper than chrome os devices. Android ones certainly exist, but only start at roughly double the price of cheap windows 10 machines.

Those windows 10 machines aren't even bad. If you need office + browser they work pretty well.

Just checking today on Amazon:

Cheapest chromebook: 161.99 (and that's the Asus C201, as in STAY AWAY). Cheapest vaguely reasonable chromebook ~210

Cheapest windows 10 laptop: 164.89. This one is actually usable. Screen resolution being the biggest minus point.

Cheapest android "laptop": 165, and this is not something you want. Cheapest one you do want: ~$300. There are cheaper android laptops, but they're chinese duplicates you do not want.

Outside of the US, windows 10 laptops win by a mug bigger margin.