skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Sadly, the whole unix process model is overridden with terminology related to violence and slavery... :disappointed:

> Don't forget the sexual overtones: mount, touch, finger...

These people are actually serious, aren't they?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding was that being an RSDE at MSR was still a dead-end position.

FWIW product engineers usually get bonuses for patents, so there's the obvious incentive of $5k in your pocket.
Obesity is still a growing problem for American adults, CDC says
Viruses lurking in lab freezers could trigger next outbreak
The Importance of Revisiting Your Old Code – Why Being Embarrassed by It Is Ok
How to upgrade your brain through extreme reflection
That sounds totally reasonable to me. What part of that story is bad, or in conflict with wanting their product on the App Store?
> Organizations are not people. They have a mind of their own, independent of individuals and yet controlled by the autopilot psychology of humans, unless systemically organized otherwise.

Exactly.

> It's not pervasive organizational intent—it's pervasive organizational chaos.

Well, in this case the chaos adapted rather optimally to the physics of diesel engines, the regulatory environment, and the emissions testing regime. I'd say it's worthwhile to treat that as intent -- to create incentive to decide how to act intentionally, rather than let chaos and circumstances form your intent.
Tomo: Low Cost Impedance Tomography, Alternative to MRI, CT
If that is true, the author should avoid words like "secure" and "unbreakable".
I think the nan issue you are referring to was caused by some weird stuff with Bazel.

I put together an AMI in virginia: ami-cf5028a5 and if you have a masochistic streak, here are the steps to do it yourself: https://gist.github.com/erikbern/78ba519b97b440e10640

The main issue I'm still seeing is that g2.8xlarge with my AMI doesn't run 4x faster than g2.2xlarge even if correctly detects the 4 GPU's. Haven't had time to identify the issue though.
Assuming the script didn't inject malware in a way that allowed traffic bypassing little snitch.
I think the "studio" model can work, but not in the way that it's usually thought of. You can just throw ideas at the wall and see what sticks. You need at least one person who is passionate about the opportunity and is going to do whatever it takes to will that thing into life.
Which is a huge reason not to use those accounts for truly secure stuff. Firefox used to be (reasonably) secure: on my Debian system, I could be (reasonably) certain Mozilla weren't able to steal my passwords. That's no longer the case, and it's a damn shame.
How does forcing someone to take down an Xcode project hosted on their own web site help to ensure that my iPhone doesn't suck?
Drug makers need to disclose more clinical trial data
I think it's a great article for first-time founders as well. It is extremely fashionable right now to raise a shit-ton of money early on. Too many novices think that's basically the only way companies happen.

I agree that bootstrapping is easier for people with capital. But hopefully nobody is starting a company without at least some money in the bank. That means that everybody starting out should be asking, "Is there some way we can get to revenue with what we have?" Mentoring at events, I've seen companies get revenue literally in the first weekend of their existence, so it's not impossible even on very modest budgets.

Even if the answer is "no", I think that strongly considering it helps people build better businesses. There's a terrible tendency for people to delay contact with the market until they're "ready", but nobody is ever ready for that, not the first time.
Cool, I've used cat for years and never realized it would do that if you don't have something actually piping to it. Totally makes sense now.
Please expand?
Is a cut glass edge not sharp? It was hard to watch him run his finger along the edge like that.
>You're describing the Windows application model of the past 30 years.

Windows makes you sign binaries with your own certificate before running them to bypass the signed code protection?
That's encouraging, I was going by https://github.com/thomasfinch/GammaThingy/blob/2b504461c4f1... which has

// Created by Thomas Finch on 6/22/15.
// Copyright (c) 2015 Thomas Finch. All rights reserved.
Martin Winterkorn (the VW CEO who resigned) was an engineer. Specifically, he was an powerplant engineer who helped spearhead VW's diesel technology.

I wouldn't be surprised to see him go to jail.
> So, you don't trust the JS served by Mozilla but you would trust their browser?

Mozilla's browser is shipped out to everyone; their JavaScript is served to me every time I use it. A compromised browser could be caught; compromised JavaScript sent one time only to a targeted user is highly unlikely to ever be noticed.

I get my browser via a distribution; it's far less likely than Mozilla and Debian would collaborate to expose all of Debian's users' passwords than that Mozilla would target — or be compelled by law, blackmail or violence to target — a single user or handful of users.
I am. It does not indent properly though - there is only one level of stable code indentation (the entire block that is; it is possible to indent the code within the block, but I'd like to indent the code frame).
turnoff suggested tags on FB: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=timeline&section=sugge...
​Supercomputer leaders come together on new open-source framework
> So in that case, how would you securely sync your data using Firefox?

One can't, any longer. The old Sync system was quite secure, but Mozilla have disabled it.
You get options offered at a strike price that (for tax reasons) usually matches the market value of the company. If the company is way overvalued on paper, that makes the options essentially worthless, as the strike price is higher than what you could trade the shares for.
I think that's what they were getting at though, it's the same engine as Safari with a layer of Firefox on top, not Gecko, etc.
The problem is the world is now networked extensively and much more of our 'life' is online. Creating malware and the financial benefits of doing that are much more understood. State actors have invested billions (if not 100 of billions by now) in cyber attacks. I think it makes perfect sense for Apple to police anyone trying to provide unsigned binaries. They protect the security of their i devices in a way that no other ecosystem owner does.
I don't work for Facebook or anything, but based on my own judgement I believe they upload the pictures on to their servers to then analyze with their super computing power, which our phones are not capable of yet, without of course analyzing all their existing data within our phones, which I doubt they would give an end user (probably too large of a data set). I've uninstalled the Facebook Apps since a while back, they request for permission to do really strange and intrusive things such as reading all of my SMS text messages, no thanks.
It says that the business they are engaged in is illegal in the state of New York. And the only one of us that made anything up was you, when you stated that someone specifically told them that they didn't have to move out of the state. You're claiming that the AG told them that running what the state considers to be a bookmaking operation from New York is OK as long as they don't take any bets from New Yorkers. It said nothing of the sort.
> requirements can change quickly and drastically

the implication that this threat is not present for production code is completely ridiculous.
> If you're using the automatic updating functionality (which the majority of people are) then it absolutely applies.

Which is why I don't get my updates via an automatic Mozilla updater, but rather via my distribution.

> The reality is that if you trust Mozilla to provide software updates then you can trust them to provide Javascript

As I indicate above, I don't trust them that much. You're right that the update problem and the JavaScript problem are identical.

Allowing pushed updates makes individual targeting far too easy for an adversary.
That makes zero sense. Millions of people have installed f.lux binaries on more sane platforms without problems.
It has not been shown that higher labor costs raise prices a significant amount. During the debate over Seattle raising wages, it was shown that increased wages would add very little to the cost of fast food meals.
Our local astronomy club just gave out red celophane plastic bags. You could probably use a sheet of that (which looks to be about $15 for a package that you could cut yourself?), and keep it on your nightstand.

I know it's neither as convenient nor as easy to use as a case mod or f.lux, but it's worth a shot.
I hadn't known about the kind-of-work exemption -- although some things I've read pointed out the "executive" issue relating to classifications of managers.

As for whether it would eliminate or increase number of jobs of a given type, that depends on how many companies could afford to pay their employees better while still having sustainable business models; I'm not equipped to say how many would.
Regardless of how it is accomplished, I use Twilight for Android, and I love it, and it is the number one reason I can't go back to using iOS. It has made a HUGE impact on reducing my insomnia, and I will not look at any screen without a screen reddener within a couple hours of bedtime.
"Whether you realize it or not, every major online system we use today creates unique URLs for each distinct idea."
You don't know enough to rant like this. You are also cherry picking specific details to make them sound bad. You sound like an asshole. That is why you are getting down voted.
I almost thought it's their brand new browser with the Rust/Servo engine. Please make it happen, Mozilla.
oh thx man
Record share of young women are living with their parents, relatives
Um… based on your stance, I don’t think you meant to call that “an understatement”. ;)
> patent claim

Not seeing anything about patents at that link.
Yes as of a few releases ago (but not originally) iOS allows JIT for WKWebView.

But no, the result of a bit of chrome (historical name for browser controls) around a WKWebView is indeed just a Safari skin. The renderer is not some minor detail like how tcp connections are made, it's practically the whole thing! It handles the http/https/websocket connections, the html, css, js, html5 video and audio, canvas, webgl, webrtc (or lack thereof), pointer events, everything that matters.

- user of firefox on linux and on android, who never "signs in" to his browser chrome, or saves passwords in the browser, or other ill-advised but marketer-loved things

- also developer working on a webrtc application, who has had to explain to users "Chrome on iOS isn't actually Chrome, sorry"
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That depends on whether it has been seamed or has edgework. It's incredibly sharp if nothing has been done to it, enough so that merely touching glass edges can cause cuts. Glass is normally seamed before tempering, but that doesn't leave it perfectly smooth either. I've gotten glass splinters from it, along with finding edges that didn't get seamed well, though most sharp edges will break in the tempering furnace (this is why you seam glass prior to tempering). Glass splinters are as horrible as you might imagine and can take weeks to work themselves out, as well as being ridiculously hard to see.

So yeah, I don't recommend the practice if you're not sure, but it may be okay for glass that has had edgework done as this glass gets polished smooth, whereas tempered glass is probably okay, but not always safe.

EDIT: Looks like it's blown glass. No, that's not very safe.
> By that logic all cloud synced password managers are insecure. They could, after all, just update the software and steal your password(s).

That's not really true: I can verify that a piece of software works and does not expose my information, and I can rely on it forever. Someone else can verify it, and if I trust him once (to verify), then I can rely on the software, forever. I can't do that with Mozilla's JavaScript, because they can change it — or be forced to change it — at any time, for one individual or for everyone.

It's a fundamentally different problem.
Yeah agreed. The linked article mentions distributing income but snapchat has no dividends so it seems irrelevant. I'm not clear how this has any effect on Fidelity's taxes for 2015. It seems like its just bringing the valuations closer to what Fidelity expects they are worth so there are no surprises later.
How the shell of ancient Earth cracked, giving rise to moving continents
Love the visualizations!
I'm a big fan and user of Luajit, and as much as I understand the problem of 'trusting' loading files around, in the case of LuaJIT anyone using the API would be /crazy bonkers/ to load code from anywhere else than a very specific, very closed source base.

Luajit has FFI, that allows you you to call back into any C code, libraries, structure and so forth, so by definition you KNOW the LUA you run in LuaJIT is not 'safe scripting' but more or less part of the running process, with no barrier (and thats part of the beauty of it).

The good news is, you 1) can't easily load lua files in LuaJit and 2) can make your own 'loader' in your LuaJIT application that can match a hash for anything you load, before it's loaded - it's fairly trivial in fact.

So that article could be replaced by search/replacing with something like 'if you load a dynamic library in C and dybload() a symbol and call it, it CAN BE NASTY!' well yeah, it can. Don't trust external code, otherwise someone will make a clickbait out of you :-)
It's a catch-all that's used far too often to mean too many things. I once came across a post (from Red Hat maybe?) insisting that "doing DevOps" meant that you "get management and the techies together and talk about the elephant in the room". There was no explanation of what this elephant might be, or how having a meeting was "doing DevOps".
> I think that this verb is particularly meaningful in that a member of our community killed himself not that long ago and those of us that were close to him would rather not be reminded of it every time we use this API.

Everybody deals with tragedies, they're a part of life. Being an adult means facing those tragedies and accepting them. It's not easy, and some tragedies are just too much for someone to fully accept and move on from, but there should never be any reasonable expectation that the world should change to accommodate them.
How does this work? If they aren't uploading the picture how are they doing facial recognition? Surely they aren't running their highly proprietary recognition software on users' phones. Maybe they're doing preliminary zealous face-finding and uploading those potential matches for further processing? If so that means that no photo you ever take on your device is private.
This, and other things like this, is why I uninstalled the Facebook app. The website is slower, but functional.
trust but verify ;-)
We have a glut of lawyers already. Many people who have a law degree currently don't practices because there are more people who want to be lawyers then positions.

Doctors we won't have a problem with because supply of doctors could drop significantly and medical schools would still be full.

Most accountants I know like accounting, and would not quite their job in order to make 10k to sit on their butt.

I also think your view of being a minimum wage worker is very idealized one.

Having worked many minimum wage jobs in college I can tell you I would require a significant raise to work any of them again. Being constantly screamed and cursed at by middle managers, standing for 8 hours straight without a break, not knowing what your schedule looks like in a week, working until midnight, occasionally working 12 hour shifts. No thank you. I would much rather write software, do accounting, or be a doctor.

People don't work shitty jobs because it's easy they work shitty jobs because they didn't hired for a better one.
Well, they bootstrapped to 7M for the first one. I suspect he knows what he's talking about. The title is a little weird. He seems to imply that he didn't bootstrap the previous one.
DraftKings and FanDuel vie to become ‘too big to ban’
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I think I did this right. I ran `shasum -a 256` on the zip, but let me know if it doesn't look quite right.
Prince: I was right about the internet: tell me a musician who’s got rich off it
Notice the parent mentioned the desktop app, not the mobile app.
Cyanogenmod does this built in
I do not do that. I have copied and pasted git clone commands directly in my terminals many times. The questions is, for those who do it, how often you notice a malicious command and this saves your day.
Or they just made a public beta program out of their own will -- and not adapted at all.
Someone could probably make it work via a manual mechanism built into a case -- a loop of transparent film through the case, filtered on side of the loop, with some sort of locking mech to pull the moveable filter tight against glass during usage.
It seems a joke but is also, sadly, a fact. Chrome bookmarks manager is lightspeed if compared to Firefox, to not mention total lack of usability on Firefox's part, so 1995.
Its very easy for many families to increase spending to match income without realizing it. Suddenly every expense is a "need."
> You raise an important question. It is important to detail the actual contribution, since programming may be perceived as purely implementing an idea with no creative input.

Beyond creative input, there's also the question of liability in case of academic misconduct. I'd question if someone acting in a technician role (say a programming professional) would have a full understanding of the manuscript and so could accept authorship; they may also lack the ability to check the findings of the manuscript which is also problematic.

> If you successfully take an idea from concept to working software, or if a research project requires complex software to be written, I think it is almost inevitable that the software developer will end up making a creative contribution.

I think we need to be careful about how we define creative contribution; there's a line to be drawn somewhere in there between a creative contribution for the sake of the software (i.e., speeding up execution time by 4x for a simulation running on a cluster) versus a creative contribution that enables the research (i.e., a novel real-time optimization algorithm for electrostimulation). The latter certainly warrants authorship, but I don't think the former does.

> I'm also a bit suspicious about the justification that you can't be listed because aren't a "scientist". Of course, I don't know the details, but it seems fishy.

Ditto, which is why I asked. My first thought was that it sounded like scholarly authorship was poorly explained and if so I was hoping to help out with that.
You are also missing the point. The law mostly cares about intent and the prosecutor (or whatever it is called where you live) being able to convince the jury or judge of what they thought happened.

It's not like the sort of logical reasoning that happens when software engineers battle for the Right way to do something. :)
>You're describing the Windows application model of the past 30 years.

Considering how many viruses, lost work, malware and hair-tearing that model has induced, it makes sense to go beyond it, doesn't it?
I think the proper solution is to add gamma correction APIs to Surface Flinger and get that upstreamed so eventually all recent Android phones will support it without root. At least, that was my idea when I looked into it. IIRC OpenGL ES 2 was missing some OpenGL proper feature that would have made the gamma correction easy.
They do with shell scripts (although there's a way to turn it off).
Great news, but now we have another environmental disaster:

"November 5th, two dams containing mine tailings and waste from iron ore mining burst, burying the small historic town of Bento Rodrigues"

Officially 30 dead, mud formed by ore spread over 400 miles

http://dgrnewsservice.org/2015/11/11/dam-breach-of-open-pit-...
There is a condition called Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth that fits this description. There is even an antibiotic that is marketed toward and prescribed for the condition called Xifaxan / rifaximin. Neomycin (another antiobiotic) is also used to treat it.

This research lab is studying it and this doctor (Pimentel) has written a book about it:
http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Research/Research-Labs/Pimentel-...
America's poorest white town: abandoned by coal, swallowed by drugs
Beer giants AB InBev and SABMiller agree mega-merger for £71bn
Engineer on the feature here. This article is incorrect in describing how this feature becomes enabled. It does not turn on if "you've ever sent your friends a photo via Messenger." The feature only turns on if you see the promotion and click "Try It".
It's a form of real time "keeping up with Johnson's".
> Side-loading pre-built binaries like that is a huge risk for users

No it is not. You can do that on every single computing device out there - except those from Apple. There is some risk if you are stupid about it, but not huge right. A warning screen would be enough.

> never had a chance of being tolerated by Apple

It's my device, not Apple's. (Well, I would never actually buy an Apple device because of this, but those who do buy them should have the right to install whatever they link.)
Wow, this is interesting, thanks! :)
This is a fairly decent introduction to the topic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mioR_WrkRaU

This book is also doing the rounds but I'm not sure how good it actually is

http://www.amazon.com/Brain-Maker-Microbes-Protect-Brain%C2%...
Sorry but -> Note: there is no relocation offered and no visa support, local candidates preferred.

But you say you can help with VISA, which one is the right one?
Was it a comment or a submission? Some domains are auto-killed. If you think it's worth posting you could email mods to ask them about it.
If someone defrauds medicare for millions, then they do not deserve, in a moral sense, expensive counsel or any help at all, because they are guilty. But a person can be accused of defrauding medicare for millions without having actually done so. And in that case, yes, they deserve to be free to hire an expensive lawyer.

Why? Because the prosecutor set against them is an expensive prosecutor and is going to give the case more of his attention.

If you have been charged with a minor offense that carries small penalties, you will be charged by a prosecutor that is lower on the career ladder and cares less about your particular case; they will put less effort into it. But if you have been changed with a big crime that carries large penalties, that is going to be prosecuted by a better lawyer. A public defender might well be adequate to defend against a minor charge but be wholly inadequate against a major charge where the prosecution is very highly motivated and incentivized to win.

And since we do not know if the charged party is guilty or not, they ought to be presumed innocent and not restricted from hiring counsel of their choice and means.
Surely some of the folks here also wore the Perl RSA implementation on a t-shirt back in the mid 90s:

http://www.cypherspace.org/rsa/

A lot of comments here are talking about how the author is mistaken about the security of RC4.

The point of this post, and the t-shirt, is that it's dumb on many, many levels to ban cryptography.
Thanks! Good luck with Svven. It's an interesting approach and different than the path we've taken with Recent News.

I just went to the site and was about to try it but saw Svven wanted permission to: "Post Tweets for you."

Is it possible to use Svven without granting you permission to post on my Twitter timeline? I have a policy of not granting apps or services such permission, so I stopped without testing it. :(

If there's a way to tweak the permissions I'll give it a shot!