skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
There's regular security solutions then there's those meant to stop High Strength Attackers. I warned ProtonMail's team and infrastructure wouldn't handle the latter. I was expecting stealth 0-days, though, given there's DDOS mitigations available. That they went down due to DDOS was a bit of a surprise.

"Cost estimates for these solutions are around $100,000 per year since there are few service providers able to fight off an attack of this size and sophistication. These solutions are expensive and take time to implement, but they will be necessary because it is clear that online privacy has powerful opponents."

No shit lol... Not a good sign that they're already in reactive mode. On other end, that MyKolab hasn't gone down might mean they're already compromised or just not targeted by this attack. I wonder what it is. They're just a GPG carrier in a semi-neutral jurisdiction in my usage, though. ProtonMail would've been, too, but I figured they'd be more likely to have service issues.
Sure. I'm not saying it's a bad deal, just that it supports what the NYT article is saying and that the anecdote would therefor be relevant.

> Within Silicon Valley, Andreessen Horowitz is famous for bidding valuations to heights that make rivals uncomfortable. To offset the dilution of ownership that comes from such prices, Andreessen Horowitz [...] increases the amount of money it invests. The firm often kicks in more than the entrepreneur asks for, according to rival V.C.s who have been involved in these deals. “They want to basically change the table stakes in a poker game,” said Greg Kidd, an angel investor in several companies Andreessen later funded. “There are some other folks who can cut checks like that, but there aren’t that many.”

> More than is the case with other firms, the fate of Andreessen Horowitz may be closely tied to that of the overall tech market. If prices remain buoyant, the eye-popping valuations of the firm’s top-performing companies will keep it profitable and losses will be containable. But if the market turns, Andreessen Horowitz could have serious trouble.

> Worse, Andreessen Horowitz isn’t just a beneficiary of behavior that’s driving up valuations. If a bubble is forming, it is ultimately because too much money is chasing too few companies. But the firm’s own aggressive bidding may be partly responsible. “Because there is competition for deals, when you have actors in the market showing no price discipline, it drives up the cost for everyone,” said one investor.

And by the way, for completeness, the company in question sold for $2.6 billion three months after the article and post was written.
Where does one Plug into the Internet to avoid Comcast?
Suppose one wished to avoid Comcast, at&t and others. Or suppose I wished to create a competitor to these services. Where does one plug into the internet?
Do human rights exist?
If your a security service, definitely pay no ransom money. Also, tell your clients to back their stuff up with their own methods, too, just in case you come under heavy attack.
Let me make a spam analogy: the reason we are drowning in spam is because it works. If even 0.00001% of the spam recipients enters into a financially beneficial relationship with the spammers then everybody will get spammed. The only way spam will go away is if everybody will finally stop responding to spam.

So you just simply do not pay extortion fees unless you want to become part of the problem.

In the case of an encrypted filesystem that means you will have to restore from a back-up (which I assume (naively maybe) that you have). And you chalk the whole thing up to your education fund. Paying up is simply wrong.
"What makes a good entrepereneur? Are these the type of people you accept into the program?"

The entrepreneurs around me are numerious. My neighbor's are very rich. I grew up with wealthy kids. Many are entrepreneurs. They all(95%), or more gave one trait in common, and it's never mentioned in these Q & A's, but we are all in the big world now. That trait; They have a sympathetic/understanding/wealthy parent.

The wealthy parent(usually the father) bankrolls the Entrepreneur.

See, poor, middle class kids usually get one chance at a risky entrepreneurial endeavor. If they do get funding, it's usually high rate credit cards. If they fail, they don't get a do over card, and it's Hello UPS, or some other barely livable job where you need to commute 1.5 hours.

For some reason this is never talked about, and probally for good reason. Yes, there are exceptions. Yes, guys like PG have tried to reverse the formula, but I have seen this combination work so many times, I feel comfortable calling it a law. It makes as much sense as Moores law, in my eyes. Rich dad helps(money, legal, generation of networking, sometimes the idea, the garage, encouragement, family CPA.) out kid=Kid becomes Entrepreneur. If you born into the right family--it's great. To the poor, middle class kids, do well in school. Get a credential in something. Don't fall for this BS about hard work, and a good idea. Give a rich boy a shot at funding your endeavor, but realize you will have to work a lot harder than the rich kid. Don't bust a gasket in the process. Most of the Entrepreneurs leave what I'm telling you out of their orations. It's embarrassing most weren't Horatio Algiers? Most of their wives, wives usually out of their league, don't even know the real story. I've only heard one Entrepreneur tell the absolute truth, and that was George Sorors. But George's first love is writing, and you can't be in denial if you want to be a good writer/journalist.

(Didn't edit, so please lay off my typos. I don't usually even come back to a post, so the nit picking goes unheard.
I sometimes fear writing a post like this, because they can track an ip. And even if speaking honesly, we all need to play the game--smile, and act like the free money wasen't there. I really wish Google didn't index every word forever. Hopefully, one day, we will have the ability to pick, and choose what is on Google servers. At least, what we wrote?)
Right, so a different form of describing hyperlinks? Just changing the form doesn't matter. I've said this many times on HN: 'law is not a closed rule-based system like computers are'.

Besides, I'm not sure what 'free speech' has to do with anything. For starters we have such a thing only in the abstract in the EU; secondly, there are many, many exceptions to 'free speech' that neuter all 'absolutist interpretation of free speech' based ideas like this one.
I've been using atom exclusively for the last 3 months after having used IntelliJ for years. I would say yes, it is good enough, but understand that batteries are not included. You need to configure it to suit your needs.

I will say it sucks compared to vim for large files. Maybe that's due to my plugins.

But if it doesn't work for you don't use it. Webstorm offers a lot more out of the box. Or just learn Vim
It's probably a Chinese backed company. It makes no sense why Apple would create a completely separate company for a secret new product. They always do it internally with people they can trust.
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Hey, I am a college student and going through a felony charge as well. I'm really worried about my future (lawyer says there's no way I'll do time in jail at least!) but this thread gives me hope to. It's hard to forgive yourself and move on especially now that everything is connected and information is easily available, but it's worth a shot.
> Also, tell your clients to back their stuff up with their own methods, too, just in case you come under heavy attack.

This goes for any 'in the cloud' data that you might have. In the end it's your data and your company that is at stake. Not all data wipe-outs are malicious, sometimes accidents do happen.
Yes. It is worth it. You may run into problems if your startup is acquired by a tech giant, I believe when my company was acquired by adobe they dug into our histories. I am not sure if a criminal history would have made a difference with them, but they are the only tech company in my life to ask.
> If you're clever enough to sideload are you not clever enough to recognize and remedy the problem?

Hmm, I always shared apk files with friends when they simply were too big, kinda easy to do with ES File Explorer or other root-using file managers. Lucky for us, our CPU archs never proved to be a problem though.

But I can very well imagine this being a problem for warez, or people in countries not served by Google Play (or who simply have no easy access to payment, e.g. because they don't have a CC), or people with devices not sold with Google Play (cheap ass chinese phones).
Employees will attempt to steal IP and copy the business.

This sounds a lot like the unfounded "don't tell anyone your idea, it might be stolen!" fear in Silicon Valley. If you are relying on security through obscurity to protect your business' viability, you're doing it wrong.

You need locals to handle staff. You're just a foreigner to be taken advantage of.

In my experience if you speak basic Chinese, personally hire and manage employees and pay and treat them fairly and offer income security, they will see you working hard and personally work hard and be extremely loyal to you, especially if you offer new skills and challenges.

The great firewall can be a bastard and your best with infrastructure inside the country and local knowledge.

Yes, domestic infrastructure is usually necessary due to poor international reliability and speed, but that's hardly an insurmountable or troublesome issue.

Chinese will often find a way to get something done with horribly inefficient routes and deals to the goal. Don't stress trying to make it efficient, this is China.

China can also be amazingly efficient. Look at automation in electronics supply chains, dirt cheap national next-day couriers, a relatively inexpensive national culture of 'book it the day you fly' travel, and often free international financial transfer to Chinese banks in foreign locations. Compare sea-freight, Fedex, rent-seeking travel suppliers, and the pain that is SWIFT. Not to mention Taobao versus driving to the mall, e-bikes versus cars, or permanently open restaurants everywhere! (Not to mention completing divorce proceedings for 8元 = USD$1.50!)

Dont expect your JV partner to work in the companies best interest.

Self-interest is normal in business anywhere. Trust and good partners are hard to find.
Can you really read 50 Books in a Year?
Isn't Cloudfare around $2,000 a month with no data caps for high-end package with $50 a month for low end? I know reasons why some people avoid them but I figure there's a similar service in Switzerland that just costs a bit more. That might be what they're referring to for $100,000. I'm curious.
A photo on their site shows their staff using a PC, I don't think Apple would use a PC and also have a photo of that on one of their sites. My bet is that it's a Chinese company.
On the contrary, an LA Times report [0] seems to have linked Faraday to a Chinese billionaire named Jia Yueting.

[0] http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-jia-yueting-explainer-...
Actually, the ultimate test of an SV investor depends on what they've promised their LPs.

Don't project your own grossly naive understanding of the industry on them just so you can pretend that you're oh-so-superior to somebody else. It's gross. But this is HN, so gross assholes like you get upvoted.
This article is so charming! I get the same feeling reading this as I do watching a puppy waddle around.
Wow. Kinda cuts down on the cost savings, eh? Thanks for the advice.
I find an issue here

>attention leads to money.

I think it's blatantly wrong and not even worth engaging with someone who presents that as an axiom, if you or she wants to actually argue for why that is true (and in the process explain all the people for whom it hasn't been true) then go ahead.
Agreed on your two points. I'll add that my own experience of licensing (my own) IP from a top-25 university TTO has been interesting: their terms are pretty fair, they haven't been too sluggish on coming to decisions and executing, but despite their previous successes with monetizing their IP they come off as pretty clueless about business in general. I also get the feeling that while they certainly want their money, they're really more interested in the prestige of being able to let their PR office go nuts about how their IP is a commercial success.

What were your thoughts on the whole "cult of the molecule" thing from the interview? It struck me odd that Sam would ignore any number of collaborations that have happened and are happening in pharma, and ignore the (as I see it, very legitimate) motivations for maintaining trade secrets.
Doing business in China is definitely doing it in 'hard mode' from my experience. If you can become successful there, where contracts mean nothing and guanxi with people in power is everything, you will probably plow right through anything you find in the states.
It's all part of the plan the throw people off the trail.
Sorry for being a grumpy grandpa, but I think the first thing we need to learn young people is that 'coding' is not 'programming' (cue discussion on linguistic descriptivism vs prescriptivism in which I'd normally be in the former camp and defend the use of "y'all"...)
This is illegal in most jurisdictions around the world.
What even is a "customer retention marketer"? Is that the person who tries to prevent you from canceling your Comcast cable when you call Comcast to try to cancel your cable? I guarantee that those people just need to suppress their shame and sometimes pretend not to understand English.
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User's social media popularity level (followers, friends, likes, etc.) allows them to get discounts. The user takes a picture with the product or uses a hashtag to promote the brand.
Good to know. I was referring to "green card" when I said "legal immigration".
Small problems that bureaucrats did not think about:

- the big companies they intended to hit have the resources to deal with the problem, the smaller onces do not.

- There are such things as proxy servers and VPNs.

- many online B2C transactions within the EU are for amounts < 5 euro, the overhead of paying VAT for a single customer from say Slovenia does not weigh up against the profits so entire countries will simply be cut off from being served a variety of services.

It's a huge mess, and let's not get into the Irish authorities incompetence in setting this whole thing up and their communications with businesses all over Europe.
China gives out green cards to foreigners who apply after they have stayed for something like 5-10 years paying taxes with a registered business. However, they are in practice also a lot more friendly about being in-country on random visas, happily provide extensions, and do not kick you out within 10 days under threat of imprisonment if a business-linked visa expires, like they do in the US.
Are they trying to smoke him out?

I don't see why Satoshi would otherwise be worthy of such an accolade. He just created another commodity -- granted, it's a commodity with slightly peculiar characteristics, but from an economic point of view it's not that revolutionary IMHO.

He should probably be awarded some prize for inventing the blockchain, which is the real innovation he pulled out of a hat, but it has nothing to with economy.
"but they should".

I say this as a developer forced to work with IBM technologies (mainly WebSphere, and J2EE) for a number of years in the financial industry.

I was an idiot for staying for as long as I did, and my career suffered for it.
One Ford bought Saab and dumbed down the cars, the writing was on the wall.

Bankruptcy was inevitable.
Yes, it is. That argument is nonsense because it can never be falsified. No matter how much we learn, even if it's trillions of years into the future and we're short seconds away from the heat death of the universe, anyone who is too lazy to look at the state of science can just claim "We don't know everything! That magic anti-entropy perpetual motion machine is just around the corner!" and be done with it. It's the scientific equivalent of "God did it."

One cherry picked quote demonstrating a famous scientist's lack of imagination does not represent the scientific consensus, especially since da Vinci's lift and thurst research (based on heavier than air flying birds) from centuries earlier was well known.
It is always a temptation to an armed and agile nation
To call upon a neighbour and to say: --
"We invaded you last night--we are quite prepared to fight,
Unless you pay us cash to go away."

And that is called asking for Dane-geld,
And the people who ask it explain
That you've only to pay 'em the Dane-geld
And then you'll get rid of the Dane!

It is always a temptation for a rich and lazy nation,
To puff and look important and to say: --
"Though we know we should defeat you, we have not the time to meet you.
We will therefore pay you cash to go away."

And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
But we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.

It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation,
For fear they should succumb and go astray;
So when you are requested to pay up or be molested,
You will find it better policy to say: --

"We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that pays it is lost!"

- Rudyard Kipling
After starting a business in China I spent a year in London then a year in LA. What irritated me about doing business in the US was the pain of complex inter-state tax nexuses, dealing with government in general (TSA etc.), immigration and expensive legal overheads in general, the need to drive everywhere and the long distances to get to the rest of the world. Certain things, such as the lack of a global perspective in most of the locals, the cheapskate approach to employee holidays, and a half-broken financial system were very similar to China.
"shoved his arms into the water up to his shoulders. With his chest tightly pressed to the side of the boat, he kept his hands steady, a few inches apart. When a fish swam between his hands, he smashed them shut, digging his fingernails into the rough scales"

Can't imagine how long this took. In the middle of the ocean, most of the time you don't even see any fish at the surface. How long do you have to wait for one to swim right between your arms?
Insofar as one is obligated to not "infringe on them"?

Not in being deserved by default, or in any case, though?

.. This is satire-ish right? (I know it says it isn't)
GM bought Saab. Ford bought Volvo.
That's not funding. That's boredom or perhaps ideology. Most FOSS developers don't bother thinking about UX or even implementing a UI because it's boring. They're interested in the high-tech stuff that their software can do and hope somebody else will put a front end on it. But usually nobody does - at least not an open source front end - because all other FOSS developers are also more interested in the specific technical thing their software does.

I make money developing a front end for a popular but absolutely unusable piece of FOSS software. Other companies do too. It sometimes feels a bit wrong that the open source guys have done the biggest and hardest job for free, while I profit just slapping some windows and dialog boxes over the top of it. But they really don't want to do that part of it and have openly said they think their UI is fine and that people would benefit from learning to use a command driven interface.
Android allows JITs.
On ios one has to go through precompilation or use an interpreter. The current approach for Flutter is precompilation.
More like someone who is halfway between a data analyst and an email marketer. E.g. they do things like cohort analysis, but also send out email blasts to increase engagement.
Try putting systems in place to enable whistleblowing at an earlier level. You're punishing Snowden for your government not working.
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I guess by publicly announcing that they paid ransom that "didn't work" they have slightly undermined the trust for ransom as a solution in cases like this. So it might be correct from a game theory perspective, if you disregard any decrease in trust for themselves that is.
Note that a single screen tuned to a moderately high quality stream (3mbps) will use 1TB/month.

Doing something daring like watching 4k content for one hour a day can blow past a 300GB cap all by itself.
If you want to track what you read, goodreads is a pretty decent site. It even has a Reading Challenge where you commit to reading X books for the year and it will tell you if you are on track to hit that target (with a simplistic % of books finished vs % of year gone by, but it's a start).

I'm surprised this guy didn't try audio books with a 2 hour drive commute - I've never found audio books to work for me but I know a lot of other people who think they're awesome.

>I personally do not read fiction. My thought process on fiction is that if the book is good enough – they will eventually make a Hollywood movie. And when the movie released I will just watch that.

This, though, is a completely foreign worldview to me. Totally baffling.
What's a good way of storing clothes if you don't have a closet?
Gotta agree with this. If YC is serious about biotech, we should expect them to start bringing domain experts into the fold soon - doctors, surgeons, eminent researchers, possibly folks with high level experience in regulation etc. I imagine we'll start seeing this soon.
I believe their hardware is still superb though, but this market shrunk
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There is no evidence in the article for this being the case, only a speculative guess.
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> I believe that some of what he leaked shouldn't have been,

Then blame your (government's) employees who left Snowden with no choice but to leak.

They essentially entangled classified data (their job) with unclassified data (the facts of their fraud).
"They ate fish after fish. Alvarenga stuffed raw meat and dried meat into his mouth, hardly noticing or caring about the difference."

Fine detail born out of other survivors of long sea voyages, when eating fish don't skip they "eyes".

"Another unlikely luxury are fish eyes, which are a useful source of liquid and of another vital nutrient. Maurice and Maralyn Bailey, a British couple who survived 117 days on a rubber life raft in the Pacific in 1973, did not initially understand why they sought them, Tipton said: "They found they started to crave fish eyes, which is not something one would normally do. It wasn't until after the voyage they realised these are quite rich in vitamin C, which is something you get depleted in when you're adrift, and can of course cause scurvy." [0]

I remember reading about the how the Baileys who survived 117 days in the pacific in '73. There is a lot more details in Tiptons, "Essentials of Sea Survival". [1] Another detail, was solid boat. Had Alvarenga been in a life raft, he would have been a lot more battered and bruised. The Baileys suffered from sharks regularly bumping the raft throughout their ordeal.

[0] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/04/castaway-jose-s...

[1] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Essentials-Sea-Survival-Frank-Golden...
I know you mistyped it, but ProntoMail really sounds cool.