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When 65% of the amount that the headline uses came from Toyota and Bernie Madoff [1], I'm not sure that this article actually supports that conclusion. Reasonable people can debate whether Toyota should have paid $1.2 billion for the unintended acceleration debacle, but it's not in any material way related to being a police state. I'm not sure that reasonable people can debate whether Bernie Madoff should have disgorged his ill-gained profits, but it represents $1.7 billion of the $4.5 billion total. Taking from Madoff is hardly gangland material.

[1] http://www.thecrimereport.org/news/crime-and-justice-news/20... -- Linked from the link.
What is it with J/Perl hybrids? My own inspirations for Vio[1] are J, Perl, and Factor. It's about as unreadable as you might expect. It borrows more from Perl's text processing capabilities than things like auto-vivification or implicit variables (well, all its variables are implicit, since it's a purely tacit/concatenative stack language).

1: https://github.com/alpha123/vio
The rate dropped significantly. From your link:

From 1994 to 2011, the rate of all burglaries (attempted and completed) decreased 56 percent, from a peak of 63.4 to 27.6 victimizations per 1,000 U.S. households. The number of burglaries experienced by U.S. households declined 47 percent, from about 6.4 million burglaries in 1994 to about 3.4 million in 2011

I'm not surprised that median went up, I would expect that as a side effect of a significant drop in the rate.
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Earth to Republicans, if you want to alienate people under 30, please listen to John McCain.
They have one - their favorite lobbyist. Who is probably paid to explain things in a way that suits the agenda of someone with money.
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Related but not identical: dealing with forests of submodules is proving to be a pretty monumental pain. Is there some nice gadget out there I'm not familiar with (maybe like the Android 'repo' tool but less 'aaaaaah please make it stop') to help manage active development across many git repos with submodules?
So, like the Tel Aviv airport where the main security measure for departing flights is a short chat with every passenger. The agents are trained to recognize red flags.
The word you are looking for is kleptocracy
I've yet to hear anything about state level actors surreptitiously accessing an OpenBSD system.
Your statement is bleak, but probably so true that it's scary.
Have you been able to also run it with KVM - I wonder why -no-kvm is passed to qemu.
As you tried ext4 I think it failed as netbsd is not having drivers for it.
And I might be able to get my hands on an AK47 if I really wanted and had enough money to dedicate to it. That is the truth of the world. But do you believe that making it harder to acquire a weapon like that doesn't have some benefit?

Back to HN's world, one of the basic principles of human factors is "make the right thing easy and the wrong thing hard." You might not be able to prevent people from doing the wrong thing, but there is still value in making it harder to do.
This would be a lot more exciting if it actually worked with IIS but it looks like they rushed this out, calling it a "release candidate" in order to be able to say it was out in time for the Connect conference without actually hitting the kind of bar one expects from a release candidate.

Their github issue pages are full of unresolved issues around problems with ASP.NET 5 and IIS [0][1][2], and the official docs on publishing ASP.NET 5 to IIS have a significant and incomplete list of "common errors" people are encountering [3].

Personally, I'm seeing responses from Kestrel when hitting ASP.NET 5 hosted pages under IIS, but they are zero-byte error 404 responses which don't help much. It's all great in Visual Studio but it's a big zero when trying to actually use it for real. This is not a release candidate. At best it's a 9th beta.

[0] https://github.com/aspnet/IISIntegration/issues/14
[1] https://github.com/aspnet/Hosting/issues/466
[2] https://github.com/aspnet/Hosting/issues/364
[3] https://docs.asp.net/en/latest/publishing/iis.html
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There were quite a few different parodies of that song with the "Bomb Iran" theme from different groups, and all McCain did was the "Bomb, bomb, bomb" part, which made the message clear, but didn't really specifically invoke any of the particular parodies.
Nah, what we need is fewer rich people and more women and people of color--a closer match to the actual demographics of the people of the country.

I would no sooner put a anti-gov politician in charge than hire a manager who's opposed to the existence of the team he's managing.
Thank you. I was wondering why this wasn't part of the article itself.
Good thought but not everyone can apply. People have family to feed, debts to clear and have little or no choice !
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Data on people seems to be what everyone wants. We have big data collectors like Google and Facebook firmly on the pro-encryption side, ensuring your privacy. And that the only parties able to mine your Google and Facebook activities are Google and Facebook.

On the other hand, some media companies are also ISPs now (Comcast, TWC). They don't really have destination sites collecting your general behavior, but they have something better - all your traffic in transit. Shame it's encrypted.
It's definitely possible, and I'd guess it does enhance for some. But, I don't believe it's generally the case, as it's not a format that encourages it.

Instead, I believe it discourages more focused one-on-one relationship-building in favor of a bi-directional consumption model. People don't interact as much as publish and consume. Knowing what people are doing is not a real substitute for intimacy, but I think the dependence on FB as the medium tends to relegate people to the former (i.e. just keeping up).

In any case, I was responding specifically to an ancestor who stated that he/she was having trouble keeping in touch outside of FB. That makes my point: people tend to be so reliant on FB to manage their relationships, that those relationships evaporate sans FB to the point that people don't even communicate! But, of course, while on FB, people don't generally have meaningful, in-depth conversations.

That pretty much says it all, as it doesn't leave much space for real relationships. Not saying this is absolute, but that it is a net negative.
Great observation. One of the most caustic actions everyone takes part in is perpetuating partisanship. It's great to see this recognition.
Sorry if I came across that way, I really do not think it is that black and white. At all. Nor do I think any person, police or not, is infallible. That said, the US is emphatically NOT a police state. East Germany and the Soviet Bloc were police states. North Korea is a police state. Applying that term to asset forfeiture shows a tremendous ignorance of what it means. You might not think so, but in an asset forfeiture case in the US you do, in fact, have access to courts. Courts where primarily impartial judges sit, that have no connection to the police force. Is the system perfect? Gosh no. But to say 21st century american police officers are like the Stasi is absurd, and seeing people up-vote those sentiments on HN is sort of terrifying.
Since the lines are parallel you can rephrase the problem:

A circle of radius L is centered x far away from a border 0<x<L. This is because one end of the needle will always end in some zone (the center) and the other end will be L far away (the circle).

How much of the 2pi boundary is outside the zone?

When x -> 0 then it's going to be 50% since one boundary line becomes a tangent and the other goes through the middle. When we move x by k (e.g. f(x+k)) then 2k new points will be added on the left side while 2*k points leave the boundary on the right side. When x=L/2 then the boundary lines will split the circle in four equal parts (since they're tangent to the radius at r/2 on both sides) so intuitively its 50%.
> If that was it, why are these terrorists not attacking Armenia? Or Zambia? Or Mexico? Or pretty much anywhere in Central and South America?

These countries have negligible numbers of Muslims.

There have been multiple Islamic terrorist attacks in Tanzania (which borders Zambia) and Kenya, both of which have significant Muslim minorities. Not to mention the frequent attacks by Boko Haram et al in Nigeria and the perpetual civil war in Somalia, which is overwhelmingly Muslim.
"Almost all the attackers were known to the authorities, and if they had been watched, their use of encryption programs would have itself invited closer scrutiny."

Well, unless they were using WhatsApp or iMessage, which almost everyone uses.
I hate to put this so bluntly, but did you read the article?

“When I was five years old my mom told me ‘there’s this thing called OCW,’” says Rungta, who was homeschooled. “I just couldn’t believe how much material was available. From that moment on I spent the next few years taking OCW courses.”

For Rungta’s mother, the biggest challenge to homeschooling her son was staying ahead of him, finding courses and materials to feed his insatiable mind.

When Rungta turned 12, his family moved to Lowell, Massachusetts, as his parents realized he needed to be in a more intellectually stimulating environment. He also wanted to live closer to MIT.

Later that day, Rungta saw an Indian restaurant in the Student Center that had been closed down. He suggested to his dad — a chef who owned a restaurant in Lowell — that he look into reopening the café. His father soon became the manager of Café Spice, and the family moved from Lowell to Cambridge. Rungta studied in the Student Center every day while his father ran the café.

Reflecting on his journey from Calcutta to Cambridge and the many intersecting moments with MIT, Rungta is grateful to his parents and to MIT for being responsive to his needs every step of the way. “MIT has been my middle school, my high school, my entire education. That’s pretty amazing. Some people think I’m gifted, but I don’t think so. OCW was a gift to me. I was lucky to be born at the time MIT was opening up education to the world and extra lucky that OCW brought MIT and me together.”

If the commitment these parents showed to their son's upbringing and education doesn't strike you as absolutely extraordinary, I'm happy for you. But my own opinion is that they went far above and beyond what any ordinary parents would do, including the vast majority of wealthy parents who live in the suburbs. And it's worth pointing out that we can acknowledge this fact while also recognizing this young man has accomplished something exceptional.
I refuse to give up my liberty and security over terrorism or some other infantile boogeyman.
That's true, it would probably be tough to guarantee something like that would be non-partisan or without prejudice.
Another perspective can be gained reading "Profession" a short story by Azimov ~ http://www.inf.ufpr.br/renato/profession.html and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profession_%28short_story%29

Should read performance.
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> You should really read this Usenix paper

I have read it. It describes an attack on the app review process, i.e. a trojan. Their apps require the user to grant privileges. For example, their GreetingCard app requests access to the user's address book, and the user has to grant it.

> iOS apps (over 250) that were App Store approved were able to retrieve personal user data including email addresses

This is not true. Here's the blog: https://sourcedna.com/blog/20151018/ios-apps-using-private-a...

The data they collected was list of installed apps, serial numbers, and some sort of AppleID numeric identifier. In particular, they did not (could not) collect email addresses.

It's bad that the SDK was collecting this stuff, but this data is fairly innocuous. Last I checked, Android provides information like the list of installed apps and various serial numbers without requiring elevated permission.

If you think it's possible to get the user's email address through an iOS private API, I challenge you to tell me what that private API is.

> For example you need to declare android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS permission to get the user's primary email. Not on iOS apparently

This is wrong. On iOS, the only way to access the user's email is through the Address Book framework, which prompts the user at the time of access.

> your app gets a broad set of permissions on iOS by default

This is completely false. iOS has a comprehensive on-demand permissions model, which is widely recognized as better than the install-time permission model on Android. This is why Android is switching to iOS style on-demand permissions in Marshmallow.

> you aren't calling a private method on Android without declaring the necessary permission

Please stop confusing private methods with elevated permissions. You CAN call private methods without elevated permissions, as my code above demonstrates.
I don't know. But I think since 9/11 there has been many more deaths caused by terrorists in the EU than in the US. Someone might prove me right or wrong on that -- it's just my hunch.

And obviously, the US the most juicy target for islamists. I'm sure if they could they would much rather blow stuff up in New York than Paris. Ergo, whatever the US is doing to combat terrorism works.
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Oh right, it didn't work for me because OS X inexplicably breaks my left Alt key once my system has been running for long enough. Never mind.
Sort of the invisible unicorn argument. I can't really say how many invisible unicorns are in the room with me right now. Could be dozens, if they're small, quiet, and quick to get out of the way.
Those are good points. I concede that arguments against literalism that rely on one's belief can be useful and valid for believers. I'm not sure this is sufficient to demonstrate that, e.g. ISIS's interpretation is any less correct than other Muslim's though. When ISIS says the scriptures demand that apostates be crucified, I'm not sure that it's sufficient to point to another passage that says, hypothetically, to love everyone. You might argue that these are in contradiction and therefore the crucifixion is metaphorical or out of context, but they could as easily argue that the two are not in conflict, or that the love part is the metaphor (or taken or of context).
The movie companies and the record companies wanted DRM -- they were under the delusion that they could both control digital information while sharing digital information.

So now Washington is suffering from a similar delusion: you can build encryption to keep criminals out of your banking website, but still allow the feds access to whatever they choose.
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Why not outlaw locks the government cannot pick and vaults the government cannot break into? They're quite the same thing, just less digital.
With or without "use asm", as hackcasual mentioned, we don't have the control we need, like one might have on some platforms in C. Some of the articles we reference in the top section of the blog post mention this about Javascript and are great reads. We selected these particular primitives because the authors mention avoiding timing attacks as a key feature of their C. We believe that aspect to their libraries is still fantastic even after being compiled with Emscripten, but you're certainly right in saying that JIT'ing and Asm.js complicate things.
Paris Attackers Coordinated via Unencrypted SMS
If we outlaw such encryption only outlaws will have it.
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I practice immigration law and work with startups. I think that this is an excellent idea/model. My only concern is that the startup/employer not seek reimbursement from the employee for any of the costs associated with the H-1B process (filing fees and legal fees), including the fee (equal to 25% of the employee’s first year salary) paid to TripleByte by the startup/employer. This is prohibited. The main point of the thread, however, from my standpoint is that startups should not shy away from hiring employees who are in H-1B status simply because they are startups. While USCIS might question the operations and finances of the startup, almost always these concerns/questions can be overcome.
These issues are not relics of the past. This was passed this year in Utah:
http://le.utah.gov/~2015/bills/static/SCR004.html
Is he really non-establishment? I realize he's an Independent 'Social Democrat' or whatever, but he's been in Washington since 1991. He's pretty well established IMO.
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Republicans?

Dianne Feinstein, who is supposed to be representing the interests of Silicon Valley, has been beating the anti-encryption drum for some time now.

At least McCain's constituency doesn't include the people who are decrying this.

DiFi is not only worse and earlier than McCain on this issue, but she's intentionally ignoring the people it is her job to represent.

And you cry "Republicans!". Okay.
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We need to quickly ban this SMS technology to prevent the next attack.
But...

> CIA director John Brennan said that "there are a lot of technological capabilities that are available right now that make it exceptionally difficult, both technically as well as legally, for intelligence and security services to have the insight they need to uncover it ... And I do hope that this is going to be a wake-up call."
> Are they also aware that the exact same technology is used to protect their online banking?

Yes they are -- that's why it's not a matter of passing a one-page bill overnight, but rather a more complex piece of legislation that in order to be done right, need time and bi-partisan involvement.

And I found it hard to believe you don't see a difference between encrypting your bank transaction, and encrypting your online conversation.

Disclosure: I'm against all type of bans on any encryption.
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In the case of artemisinin and with all the cultured ingredients we are making like the fragrances mentioned in the article, the product is extracted from the yeast so it would work just like any other medicine or ingredient when it comes to dosing or formulation.
In August 2013, about five million Sefnit slaves joined the Tor network, increasing client count from about 800 thousand to almost six million. About two thirds of them have dropped off over the past two years. Maybe this is just the rest going away.

https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-country.html?...
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What makes you think I don't? But there are choices, because I live in Seattle. It'd be harder for people not living in a tech hub. Location makes far more difference in one's ability to find a job than a surplus of age/experience/salary, I think.
If I understood your original point correctly, it was that having country-limits for US residency was morally questionable, and tantamount to jim-crow era laws against Blacks in America.

Presumably because if you are an guest worker in the US, and of Indian citizenship, you would have a longer wait time, than if you were say from Bhutan. I classify this as a penalization by proxy.

I pointed out that if you lifted the per-country cap, you haven't solved this penalization by proxy. Even with caps based on world population, you still have a penalty applied.
And in my opinion, one of the key moments of growth is when you finally realize that it's not just you.
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Playing around with Google Docs and I noticed when I use the 'invite to share' option and type in an email address GDocs updates the email address to include the accounts first and last name.

To see if I could 'abuse' this I used a random word generator + excel to generate a large number of likely email addresses. I then pasted these randomly generated email addresses into an 'invite to share'. This then updates the emails to confirm if the email addresses match an account + provided the persons first/last name in the majority of addresses that were confirmed. I Googled some of these random emails and could not find the names publicly available against that email address, so it seems Google is offering information the person has not chosen to share.

I contacted Google with this as a bug. They responded this is a feature and not a problem. I feel this is sharing of private information and should not be allowed if the names are not in the invitees contact list. Further spammers could use this confirm randomly generated email address and help them avoid detection via sending purely randomly generating email addresses, whilst including the persons name in emails to assist getting people to trust the email.

I don't agree this this should happen, and may even cross data sharing law in some countries (I'm no lawyer/expert here). I wanted to ask the folks at HN and get their views if peeps think this is reasonable or not?
I agree. From what I've seen, when a person allows their problems to define them it leads to a negative spiral that maximizes the impact of those problems. Would you rather be introduced as "the madaxe_again with a learning disability" or "the madaxe_again, who just can't sit still", which would you rather think of yourself as? Its unfortunate that the solution is often prescription medication rather than an education that better suits their learning modality.

However, in the author's case, its obviously helpful because it gives an explanation for why she's different after spending the majority of her life not knowing.
What can we not learn after these "critical periods for leanring"?