skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yay, let's tack on a bunch of controversial and useless junk onto a vital transportation bill so it risks being voted against and or vetoed.

If these ideas were so great they would be able to stand on their own in their own bill and be debated about. But instead, no, let's tack them onto military budgets/transportation funding/education bills, you know, stuff that people often won't vote against.

Most other countries frankly don't allow this. A bill or act has a single theme and a single mandate. I don't understand why the US allows it, and it screams of corruption/bribery/etc.
I find it funny when people see China as a single country imagine if someone referred to Europe with all its cultures as a single culture who all ate the same thing. Now picture China with probably 5,000 years of culture must be immensely more diverse.
The fertilizers are actually the solution to (most of) the monoculture problem. Other problems remains, such as erosion, biodiversity, etc. but not efficiency.
It's more power hungry than RPi2. Don't know much about Edison.
Sello lets you sell anything to anyone, anywhere – by Shopify
Which is actually very fascinating - last I heard Chrome for iOS is still using UIWebView as there were blockers with WKWebView. Wonder how Mozilla got around them?
Make it based on WebKit?
A revolution in the IoT world! This device connects all the devices in your home and by itself transforms your home into an intelligent house. One of my favorite parts is the app ecosystem that allows you to connect with the creativity of other developers to continuously mold the MATRIX into a customized device tailored to your needs. And if you like to develop (or want to learn) you could make apps too!
It's a WebView with a custom GUI over it, so it's the same as Safari and supports/doesn't support all the same features as Safari. Same as Chrome on iOS.
> Looking back to the NAZI times, extermination of entire races was very a well-hidden agenda

No kidding. It was so hidden, people are now in jail for not having seen evidence for it.
> Only the iOS webview is allowed to render web content.

This is quite shocking. I wonder how a platform with such policies could be universally accepted and praised by the tech community. Microsoft didn't achieve this level of closedness but become universally hated.
Does it work in Firefox for Android? It has the same engine as Desktop Firefox.

Firefox on iOS can't due to Apple limitations.
Are You a Replicant? – Blade Runner Test
I feel like nobody who commented here actually read the article. You have people here talking about the way smells are wired to the brain, or some inherent property of smell itself, when the entire article is about two tribal groups that have words for smell in the same way we have words for colour. This shows that having few words for smell is not universal and is likely not due to some hard limitation in the way smell is processed in the brain.
The only reason is sync. If you use Firefox on your desktop, this app gives you all your bookmarks and passwords and such on your phone.

If you don't use Firefox on your desktop, it's just a new skin for Safari.
I have barely touched Julia and I am impressed by the performance. It could become a real competitor to R.

Nim could also play a significant role because its syntax is similar to Python, and because NumPy is a Python API which is very prominent among scientists. However someone has yet to write a Nim library similar to NumPy.

Nim has the advantage of zero overhead to C, and it compiles to C which makes Nim an interesting option for super computing.
One of Zed Shaw's comments got over 1,000 points.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6805807
Beyonce-If I Were a Boy(Guitar cover)
On mobile, this page has a sticky banner at the bottom of the screen with a Facebook "like" button and a message asking me to "stay connected."
It really does sound awful, but think about all those brights that are "weak" physically.
My only use for twitter is literally to complain to companies if I want a refund quicker. Works wonders. Other than that, it's just full of noise, don't understand it personally.
I used to know some people who had worked for American Totalisator in Baltimore. It got a somewhat later start, 1927. One of the programmers spoke of a special-purpose programming language devised there, "Totran".
danneu wasn’t necessarily saying that Sublime is better than Emacs overall. He was referring to Sublime’s specific comparative advantage over Emacs. The relevant advantage here is that Sublime is better at being easy to learn by new users, because it follows conventions used by the OS and by other programs.
I eat there frequently, and I can't work out what the point is either. There is no other manifest connection between Christianity and the establishment.

Note that many of the verses cited are the more vanilla Christian selections. Probably the most objectionable one (especially to non-Christian believers) is John 4:16 ("no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me"), but that one is not printed on anything a customer would see.
Perhaps GP wouldn't object if it were spelled "oomaumy"? We could even imagine a proper fake Old Norse etymology for that.
That presumes Apple's Webkit has the necessary support, or even worse, that if Mozilla would improve a competing rendering engine (i.e. Webkit) to support it, then Apple would take these improvements and expose them to non-Safari browsers.

That's just a retarded effort to do with zero guarantee it can be used at all.
Athenian democracy is the model people point to, but the worm in the apple is Athenian citizenship rules. The reason selection by lot could work is that a large number of people were excluded from the pool.

"Only adult male Athenian citizens who had completed their military training as ephebes had the right to vote in Athens. The percentage of the population that actually participated in the government was 10 to 20% of the total number of inhabitants, but this varied from the fifth to the fourth century BC. This excluded a majority of the population: slaves, freed slaves, children, women and metics (foreigners resident in Athens). The women had limited rights and privileges, had restricted movement in public, and were very segregated from the men. Also excluded from voting were citizens whose rights were under suspension (typically for failure to pay a debt to the city: see atimia); for some Athenians this amounted to permanent (and in fact inheritable) disqualification."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_democracy#Citizenship...

"In regards to Greek mythology, the ephebe was a young man or initiate, around the ages of 17-18, who was put through a period of isolation from his prior community, usually the world of his mother, where he was a child in the community. The ephebe would need to hunt, rely on his senses, on aggression, stealth, and trickery to survive. At the end of the initiation, the ephebe was reincorporated back into society as a man."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephebos
Isn't end to end encryption only working for android phones?
How we became the most funded app on Kickstarter
No, it sounds like they knew new nodes joined the network.

Not that they knew what they were doing - they seemed to have suspected something, but made the decision that it was a small enough fraction of the network to not worry about, but obviously in hindsight they were wrong about that.
Ok good idea, I just followed you on Twitter ;)

But if you're interested in different perspectives from your own, isn't this part of your, well, interests? Do you still need to break out of that?

Personally I see the "filter bubble" as a non-issue. Partly because people will go with their interests no matter what. Forcing them to see everything else reminds me of this image

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_(film)#/med...
Actually need to blink closer to 10^8 Hz :)
Tim Cook trashes the Surface Book and Microsoft should feel flattered
oh I so forgot about these things. I might scrape a few to leverage some hdd lying around to make some nice cache, server, tiny app, foo.
Haha. "You're dividing the movement."

Now the question is, did you make this comment by accident or on purpose, and when on purpose, then on what purpose. :) Funny uh?

Well, at least you managed me to expose that I read this document. I do not think that this is a genuine one, but it is an still interesting read.

Another similar, a more general topic is the decision theory. This paired with the forum control is a good knowledge when you want to lead a big organization.
Is Tor browser available on iPhone yet?
Can you use Ghostery on Firefox on iOS?
Censorship is whan something is blocked or removed, whatever the reason. Facebook has several years of documented use of censorship, if you remember the case of thepiratebay up to the recent "hohol" case.
Interesting... I use Firefox as my primary Android browser for various reasons but I've never seen this. Just checked and still don't see the box icon when I tap the URL bar.

This interested me so I checked the Firefox support site and supposedly it's an option under "settings->display" but I still don't see it. (https://support.mozilla.org/si/kb/scan-qr-codes-firefox-andr...)

Checked the Firefox support site and apparently you need to install a separate app to enable this (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/scan-qr-codes-firefox-a...)

After installing the app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.zxi...) I do indeed have the option and the box.
this.

Doing the legwork of law enforcement, is different from doing research.
I'm becoming more and more strongly convinced that technology is what drives social processes. I.e. feudalism because agriculture, reformation because printing press, women's right movements because wars and washing machines, privacy because dirt cheap computing and the Internet.

In a way, I feel social norms are like a gas in a multi-dimensional parameter space; they expand to cover all the volume allowed by the technology we have.
you both have good points, but I disagree with the tone of yours.

Apple has a policy that prevents things 'becoming' malware later in life.

There is a fairly rigorous review board (at least for initial application submissions) which check the quality of code but also it's intent. It would undermine that whole process if Apple just allowed you to alter the function of an application after it had been installed by the end user.

Personally, I have used iOS and Android, and I find the play store to be riddled with the CNET/Softpedia style applications that look dubious even if they're not. And as much as I hate online ads I'm definitely not willing to allow laxer rules on my phone than it currently has.

I'm not saying that android can't be secure, I'm just pointing out that because "Android does it" in regards to security, is not a valid reason to go ahead.

My phone runs my life, I don't care if it's a walled garden, just that it's a secure walled garden.
I believe they mean granting additional stock to everyone else on the cap table except you.
It still uses the IP iOS stack, right?
I worked in Dell's High complexity support for a couple of years. I saws RAID disk failures all day long. I BELIEVE SOFTWARE RAID IS YOUR FRIEND. I've seen hardware RAID system become corrupted because a miner version of the controller software was used after a failure. Except for multiple platter crashes, there has not been a software raid (linux) and Spinright there has never been a RAID I couldn't recover. So... Hardware Raid is NOT worth the extra speed.
Microsoft to offer cloud from servers in Germany hosted by German company
> There are nonconfrontational ways of presenting views you know are going to encounter flak.

True, but...

> One is to do so as a question.

...this can often come off as passive-aggressive when it is used to present a view; that's not really an improvement. If you are stating a view, just state it: to make it nonconfrontational, don't be condescending to people who disagree, don't predict that you will be downvoted into oblivion or otherwise persecuted for posting it, and generally extend the same charity to the community that you would like them to extend to your viewpoint.
This is why I use iCab on iOS¹. It already has pretty much all the extensions I’d ever need already included (ad blocking, readability, etc.).

(Note: That screenshot on the homepage isn’t really what it looks like on newer versions of iOS. It’s still under very active development; see here². …He should really update the screenshot on the main page though).

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¹ — http://www.icab-mobile.de

² — http://www.icab-mobile.de/screenshots.html
If your data falls under something that government agencies will actively bargain over, you're probably screwed already.

Maybe from the point of view of a European software developer the greatest concern is industrial espionage, I don't know. But let's say you are someone exposing the corruption in the local police force. Would you rather host your anonymous website in your country -- knowing that the local police can threaten the company hosting it, then knock on your door and "get you to stop" --, or would you rather put it on some server in the USA, where they have no power?
Benedict Evans: Mobile, Ecosystems and the Death of PCs
Unless you have a short life 90 day cert from LetsEncrypt.org then your pinning doesn't last very long.
Forget inbound marketing, what about inbound hiring
> CMU doesn't need a warrant to scrape or transmit Tor traffic, and neither do you.

Hold on, what about wiretap laws?
yes but it was an awful and awkward experience, this feature was hidden and not obvious how to use for regular folks, required long passwords AFAIR, and failed to sync many many times.
Good point. But also there are those that cannot fathom how that can be, since our own sense wouldn't/couldn't allow that ("Inconceivable!") We assume those tribesmen must be wired differently, perhaps in an inheritable way that we don't share.
This makes me particularly excited. And yes, that cements me as a nerd/geek, but oh this is pretty sweet.

It seems like this might have an application to XML processing. The ability to store and mutate changes efficiently could be a huge boon for a wide range of xml/html processing.

Multiple indirect references however could pose a big problem for cache locality. Any out there for cache locality properties of tries and these finite state machines?
Agreed. Still miles ahead of the US! ;)
Me too! A while back a friend of mine came up with a specific app for that called Owner Listens.
Just tested on latest Android and Windows versions. At least according to that test page, it is not supported.
So much for open web standards? (Which definitely requires multiple implementations, that is to say competing rendering engines)
"It is accepted as democratic when public offices are allocated by lot; and as oligarchic when they are filled by election." (Aristotle, Politics 4.1294be)
I'm going to have to try this to see if Firefox's privacy is better. I currently use Chrome on iOS and was very disappointed to discover that it remembers Google searches that you do within incognito mode, completely breaking all expectations on what incognito is for.

Apparently this is a two year old bug: http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/3/4797968/chrome-for-ios-inc...

Long story short, Google saves all searches in HTML5 local storage and this is shared between regular and incognito windows. Perhaps DuckDuckGo is a configurable Firefox option. (EDIT: yes, it is. Goodbye, Chrome.)
Yes, and how many of those people do you think have access to food at such rates save for Walmart? Ever been to an urban bodega or corner store? Do you think they're not marking food up above those rates?
Supposing this line of reasoning is valid, why don't we have Apple decide what we can and can't do with our laptops as well? If you'd make a distinction, why?
Tesla-driving cofounder of Google X booted as a driver for Uber
Show HN: Fight Club – Fight with a random stranger just by using your Webcam
To the author of this: then it is essential that you and that cashier get involved in the political process to make sure that your voices are heard. Others are not going to do it for you. No one wants what is happening in San Francisco, but it is the inevitable outcome of the money that Silicon Valley is throwing off. As Portland (like Austin) becomes an increasingly popular destination for younger workers moving from places where there are no jobs, this will exert pressure on governments to grow. You must ensure that new politicians who fill the void are on your side. Because the other side (political hacks who are owned by some special interest), will step if you do not. Take some of that effort you put into organizing Strange Loop and use it to run for office. Five years from now, no one's likely to remember a single session from St. Louis, but five years in public office can affect real change.
Buddy, if you're making purchasing decisions based on advertisements, you're in for a world of hurt.
10 Massive Viral Marketing Examples and the Science Behind Virality
> That's what I was thinking, is karma really worth the time and effort?

Score on particular posts is a signal rather than a reward, IMO, and, no, if you are expending effort specifically in order to boost your karma score, its probably not worth it.
Are you sure? This is with Nightly:

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Well, these kind of tactics are not only useful in Internet forums but in various kind of organizations for people who want to have control.

For example you can assume that your supervisor at work may have used at least some of these.
Prof. Richard Lipton of Georgia Tech has an interesting series of blog posts on this result. See:

https://rjlipton.wordpress.com/2015/11/04/a-big-result-on-gr...

https://rjlipton.wordpress.com/2015/11/09/the-world-series-o...

https://rjlipton.wordpress.com/2015/11/11/a-fast-graph-isomo...

I expect he will post more as he gets more information.
Ask HN: Why does Reddit hate my startup while loving HN favs like StartupLister?
I have basically created a directory of sites that accept link submission. It's called The Submit List. I also offer manual link submission services much like StartupLister, PromoteHour, etc.

Rather, writing yet another listicle, I wanted to create a resource with granular search classifications, that's continually updated over time.

Those sites have been celebrated by the tech media. So I created something more broad and comprehensive, rather than yet another niche service.

I posted an article on Reddit about "How A Vulgar Reddit User Saved My Business" and they have spent the last 12 hours ripping me a new one.

Apparently, I have created an evil SEO scheme even though my site has nothing to do with SEO.

What am I missing here? I tried asking the Reddit users replying to my post, but they're too belligerent to manage a half-way intelligent conversation. So I figured I might have better luck on HN.

This has been a truly bizarre and demoralizing experience. I posted on Reddit to clarify the misconceptions, but it only made things worse.

If you agree with the haters, please explain why The Submit List is the devil's tool, whereas niche sites like StartupLister and PromoteHour are legit resources.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/3sgh95/how_a_vulgar_reddit_user_saved_my_business/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8175019

http://thesubmitlist.com
Just look at the various reviews of the Nexus 9 (for example http://www.anandtech.com/show/8701/the-google-nexus-9-review... ) and compare it to the Shield Tablet which has A15s, not even A57s.

If Denver's JIT happens to do well the device flies, but if you're not a benchmark or the benchmark is too large to be easily JIT'ed, then the performance falls off a cliff.
I didn't find any info on where they compare performance with firefox. Any links?
Right, this is restricting the sale to only qualified investors which essentially means any employee can force a new investment round (what will we call them? employee rounds? mini rounds?) where all proceeds go directly to the employee.

My hunch is founders will find a way to block such sales not only to avoid the surprises in new valuations but also the headache of managing that.
Say hi to Product Hunt 2.0
Google web search has exactly the same behavior. They are able to massively extract value from that flow.
The prosecutors were seeking around 7 years in the Swartz case at trial, and offering a few months for a plea bargain.
Tim Cook:  Next generation of children 'will not know what money is'
That's not true in this case. The government has previously stated that they will probably ask for less than 5 years.

Read Popehat on this very case: https://popehat.com/2015/10/08/bad-reporting-on-matthew-keys...
In this particular case though, doesn't Van Ness function as part of the 101 to get people from the 80 to the Golden Gate Bridge? I'm no car-centric person but what will happen when you disperse those cars that are making that journey across, to Octavia and Franklin? Let alone the other way across 19th Avenue, which is already a mess. Hopefully less people will attempt to traverse the city but that will take time to change people's routines, during that time I feel like the traffic impact will be enormous. I can imagine that's why they needed the study.
I have found a couple of tor browsers on the App Store: [Red Onion](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/red-onion-tor-powered-web/id...) and [Onion Browser](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/onion-browser/id519296448?mt...). I haven't used either, but would love to hear some informed opinions about them.
I rate every single thing I watch on Netflix and I've never had their recommendations be accurate for my tastes. I have a feeling they recommend things they want you to watch, rather than things they think you'll like.
If that's directed at my comment in particular you seem to have completely misunderstood what I was saying.

I'm not advising anyone one way or another about whether or not to connect themselves at second degree to Bill Binney.

Those who would choose to associate themselves with anyone in the Cast Iron category however, would do well to realize that it's a decision that affects many, many more innocent people than themselves.

The current state of affairs in these matters is of course a repugnant one and ought to be ended as soon as possible. If someone believes they can contribute to that end most effectively by inviting an even more extensive automated spy dossier on their every action, those of their friends and of their friends' friends, maybe that is what they should be doing.

Personally I think I object at least as effectively by pulling every person I reasonably can over to securely encrypted communications and educating nontechnical people about what is being done to them.
So this is basically older versions of Firefox compiled with the Intel C++ Compiler?

Given that most of Firefox is in JS so the actual code that you end up running is the JIT output, I'd be very skeptical it's any faster.

They certainly don't provide any objective data that it is.

(And if it were, I'd assume Mozilla would just Intel C for the official builds, too?)
OMG. One more browser to test your RWDs for. Why, why on Earth Apple allowed that creepy intrusion.
My favorite alternate browser right now is Vivaldi [1]. It's made more for power users with a lot of customization options. It's built by Opera's former CEO.

[1] https://vivaldi.com
Why is a lunar colony inherently more noble than other tech..?
The Tech Talent Shortage Is a Lie
Speed is your selling point, but I don't see any benchmarks!
Why should selection by lot only work, if a large number of people are excluded from the pool?
> Babai’s new result says that solving graph isomorphism takes slightly longer than polynomial time – not quite placing it in P, but significantly shifting the needle for the first time.

What is the needle and how did it shift significantly for the first time?

Edit: They already knew it was in NP, but now they know it is not in P (or not quite in P)?