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Go is as far removed from "extreme abstraction" as any other language I know. I don't know how it can even for a second be considered to have that desireable attribute.

I, for one, don't like abstraction and power just because I'm a PL geek. I admit those are also reasons, but the truth is I use them to make my codebase smaller, simpler, and easier to reason about.

For some, achieving that goal means writing for loops. For me, it's never having to write explicit loops.
Something like that might rent for 2400 to 3000 a month, if the pricing trends that I've observed hold. Even if such a thing existed, the average person couldn't afford it in their wildest dreams.
Unfortunate double meaning on the word 'cookie.'
I am curious what is Oracle going to do , what do you think ? They are going to as harsh as possible in cloud.Do you think they can take on AWS ? (reading comments in HN is one of my best resource)
From their page on SSL [0], it's only for CloudFlare customers.

Also, it's not end-to-end encryption, but from client to CloudFlare - so "your" certificate may have 20+ other CloudFlare clients' domains included.

If you are using CloudFlare it makes it easy to set up, and +1 to them for making it available on all their plans. However, they're not a CA (they use Comodo?) nor a place to get free DV SSL certs (on its own).

On a personal note, I'm not surprised at all by this news. I received and installed a LetsEncrypt DV over the weekend on my Ubuntu/nginx/node DigitalOcean Droplet. So easy - no way a CA can justify selling DVs anymore.

[0]https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl/
You can now use Bitcoin anywhere VISA is accepted, so long as coinbase doesn't close your account, ignore you and close all the tickets you open. Even if you painstakingly collect and compile sensitive documents for them to review, which was a gigantic waste of my time, thanks!

I have for months encouraged everyone I know not to use coinbase and will continue to do so.
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Also, I would guess a lot of Glacier users are probably just slotting it in place of some other system that doesn't have the same pricing model.
I would be interested to know how on-demand the No Fly zones can be updated -- interesting tool to, say, ensure there aren't any amateur camera-copters floating around accident scenes, public demonstrations an the like.
that is terrible, especially for a company in the bitcoin space which should be encouraging best practice for security at all times.
It seems like you need to use their CDN to get it, so that sounds to me a bit like those "free" gifts you receive with a purchase. Not truly free.
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You pay google (ads) to get traffic to your website, where you also pay google (cloud) to serve it- good for business!
I believe you when you say you worked your ass off- but did you have to work a full time job while you were doing it? That's what I was doing.
It was mostly my own fault, in my case. I went to school later, as an adult, and had to pay my own way due to misspent time as a youth. But for many people the option of not working is just not an option.
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You can, but ironically, transfers are not painless in Bitcoin. It can take over 60 minutes for a transaction to be "confirmed", meaning the network has verified that the coins you spent were rightfully yours to spend, and there needs to be a transaction fee attached so that miners are incentivized to check your transaction.

Many bitcoin users prefer to generate a new incoming address for each transaction to improve privacy (Bitcoin is "anonymous" only insofar as your legal name is usually not directly attached to the transaction; in most other ways, it's more traceable than the alternatives).
What kind of CLI pager does that? Legitimately curios.
Let's see

They claim 10uW at 3 meters.

A random Lithium Thionyl Chloride battery (http://www.xenoenergy.com/eng/file/Xeno%20Catalog%20XL-050F_...) for about 2$ can deliver 35uW for 10 years in a ridiculously small package. This well outlasts the lifetime/usefulness of anything which could be potentially connected to it. And even if not, changing a battery every 10 years is not exactly a huge problem.

(Disclaimer: I have only skimmed the paper very quickly)
Since humans have lived with parasites for all of our existence until very recently its not too surprising that there is some benefit from them.
They said that about rooting my phone but I still returned it just fine.
> considering how low the power requirements of an idle phone are

Don't know about your, but my phone tends to draw ~2.4W when idle with screen on, and I'm pretty sure it stays over 1W even with screen off. That watt would, like 'gamesbrainiac said only make it lose charge more slowly.

And that's just one phone. My household has 4, not counting other mobile devices like tablets and Kindles. Putting a 2% efficient (!) power system to use seems like a crazy and absolutely scary idea. Just multiply that over the number of potential users (~2 billions).

Also, 98% of this energy will have to go somewhere. It probably means heat.
The card actually is inactive until you activate it once it arrives
Yes, but what stops US Gov to ask car manufacturers to automatically stop engine ( electric or ICE ) if you come too close to, let's say, White House? Or follow a certain road which may lead to some secret facility.

This is doable even now.
(sorry, April 2015, not 2014)
Your second command is using TCP Connect scan (-sT) instead of SYN scan (-sS). Not sure why it would be doing this, but add -sS and see if speed difference is better.
The card works both in the US and at merchants that accept Visa abroad!
I assume it uses up BTC to the value of the $ amount at coinbase exchange rates. Whether that is the best exchange rate or not is debatable but it probably the only way for them to be sure they dont take a hit due to volatility.

Of course there could be some saving to the user as otherwise they may need to sell coins (paying fees to do so) then withdraw, again paying a further fee. So this is an immediate way to spend BTC with a merchant that does not accept BTC.

This would be very useful for people who use bitwage to get paid in BTC.
Jawbone Lays Off 60, 15% of Staff Globally, Closes NY Office
I've got a blog post on deck that basically says that just as Joel on Software proposed that the vast bulk of the advantage of scripting languages in the 2000s was garbage collection, I propose that the big advancement in error handling lately is simply the idea that it ought to be stuck in the programmer's face, and the exact manner in which it does so isn't really very important.

By that standard, exceptions actually fit in between C-style obliviousness and explicit error returns. They do allow a certain amount of implicitness (does this code have no try/catch exception handlers because the programmer is deliberately invoking the default exception behavior, or is it because they didn't think about errors at all?), but you still can't ignore errors the way you can in C. And then with explicit error returns, you can't ignore them at all without leaving a trail of your decision to do so right there in the source code.

Checked exceptions tried to straddle the boundary, but I think I have to agree with the general consensus that they are a failed experiment. One of my "cut through the noise" metrics for language design decisions is "do any subsequent languages pick up the feature?". If a language as dominant as Java has a feature, but after 10-15 years no new languages are picking up the feature, that Means Something.
And throwing a cellphone into the trash can. You don't need to be Sherlock to trace those calls.
> at least within tech, I think that "40 hour, strictly scheduled workweek" has been gone for several years now.

Sounds like you have never worked for a government contractor.
How game based learning can help kids embrace maths (Infographic)
"The Shift Card is a VISA debit card that currently allows Coinbase users in twenty-four states and territories (see list below) in the U.S. to spend bitcoin anywhere VISA is accepted." - So you have to live in one of the 24 states. And for California they only allow up to 1000 applicants...
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As was stated elsewhere the most likely cause is that smart people are much more likely to take their health seriously, and part of that is some form of vigorous exercise.
> Anywhere in US

Only in less than half of the US states (they use the number "24" prominently, which is still less than half, but include DC and PR, and CA is limited to 1000 users, so 21 is a more realistic number).

[1] https://support.coinbase.com/customer/en/portal/articles/222...
It's really great to see that Android (and Firefox OS obviously) is going this way. Maybe soon we can forget the native apps (that remind me of the multimedia CD ROM era from 1995) for a lot of apps that do not need access to the system's API.
You can transform map or filter into a transducer by decoupling the transformation from the data. When you call map, you usually call it on some data, or some stream. When you create a transducer, and you call for example (map inc), you're saying "whenever this transducer is applied, on whatever it is applied to, increase each unit by one".

You can lug around the transformation itself as if it were an object, almost, separate from the data it's meant to transform.
It should be reasonably cheap to provide, even now. Hike all airfares by $0.25, and provide it free. Throttle the bandwidth for people who abuse what the connection is capable of. From a software innovation standpoint this would be a much better situation. In-flight social networks, in-flight CDNs and mesh networks that efficiently deliver mass amounts of video content over limited bandwidth, virtual reality experiences between passengers to kill the time, augmented reality telling you what's interesting on the ground where you're flying, the possibilities are endless, if only we could assume everyone was connected.
Frozen mixed veggies (carrots, peas, corn, green beans and lima beans) are far from tasteless. Also, they're frozen soon after picking, so nutritional content is higher than most market produce. And the combination of corn, beans and rice supplies complete protein. Plus there's plenty of fiber.

Here's my "Indian" spicing, with largest quantities first: cumin, granulated garlic, black pepper, coriander, cinnamon, turmeric. First I start microwaving the veggies in a large Pyrex bowl. Then I fry the spices lightly in ghee, add canned black beans. If I'm using meat, I add that first and brown. Then I mix it all in a large pot, and simmer for a while. Finally I adjust spicing, and let cool.

I freeze in single-portion containers. It takes me an hour or two to prepare ~20 servings. When I'm hungry, it takes about 10 minutes from freezer to microwaving to eating.

I totally don't get the thing about chewing. I like chewing. I enjoy the process as flavors from each component blend with each other and the spicing. I can't imagine feeling satisfied after just drinking a meal.
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Sorry, you're being unreasonable. I agreed the Quran was likely born as a fight manual (you chose to ignore that part and instead quoted out of context the next part). The fact is that it's not a fight manual now. Very similarly to how the Old Testament was born, out of desperate times, and which is not to be interpreted literally now.

You can quote the Quran all you want. I can quote back verses preaching tolerance and understanding, even of unbelievers. The fact remains that, like all holy texts, it's contradictory and open to interpretation. Islam is what modern-day Muslims choose it to be. And the vast majority of Muslims choose it not to mean a perpetual war against the unbeliever.

The notion that as soon as a reasonable Muslims picks up the Quran and "really reads it" (as I assume you imply you've done, and that all Muslims who disagree with you haven't... how condescending can you be?) he/she will turn into a murderous jihadist is so patently absurd it merits no further discussion.

Sorry, quote Voltaire all you want, but the real world contradicts you. Yes, some vocal fanatics are intent on murdering the infidel, but the vast majority of Muslims just want to live their lives. Repeat after me: "no, my Muslim neighbors are not biding their time for the moment they can kill me."
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Why should we listen? France already massively ramped up their surveillance state after the Hebdo attacks (the perps were known to them beforehand anyway), and that did absolutely nothing to stop a much larger and more complex attack, also with known perps. A panopticon can't stop terrorists from lashing out violently, but it can certainly chill speech and promote totalitarian government.

That's their angle: use the panopticon to get blackmail material on 100% of people, then anyone who is inconvenient or needs to be controlled can be dealt with painlessly.

I can't understand how people can still give governments the benefit of the doubt when they've been exposed as liars repeatedly for years.
I think a company at this summer's YC did something similar (using wifi):
http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/18/hardware-demo-day/
ctl+f "supply"
This is the real reason the Tesla Model X has a Bioweapon Defense Mode
Yes, exactly. And I think that's a huge problem.

We're overvaluing SQFT, and way undervaluing land. A 1100sqft condo with no land in a city, should be much cheaper than a 2200sqft stand alone McMansion on a quarter acre of private land. But today, the opposite is true.

That's going to end up being a long term mistake. And because of the housing cost distortion, we're incentivizing people to continue that mistake.
That's really weird. I moved money in the 6 figures in Coinbase and have uploaded no documents whatsoever. Never had a question from them. (except for sending big amounts, they ask you if it is for an exchange or wallet).
but if someone intercepts your mail, then they know your address and could possibly know your phone number. How secure is the activation process?

Why dont you send the card and PIN out separately like a bank?
How _much_ better do you expect it would perform with the current-best algos?
Didn't even need to trace the call... a good investigation would check the trash cans, dumpsters, and storm drains in a 20 block radius after a large scale bombing or attack.
How do you know he isn't? How do you know what his mental ability would have been if he could?
I wonder how long it's going to take to get our heads out of our asses, calm the fuck down, and really exploit civilization's gifts to take care of ourselves and our brothers.
If there are clear benefits, then perhaps some of these species should not be classified as parasites any longer; it may be more of a symbiotic relationship.
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Pff, everybody knows he inherited his strong legs.
Not aware of this issue. Please file a bug report at http://issues.nmap.org/new or dev@nmap.org, thanks!
That is very clearly not how they are working with Kubernetes. They are doing it entirely in the open and even recently hired one of their huge community contributors (shoutout to Kelsey Hightower) to the team. If they were doing an "open core" version, my money would be on Kelsey speaking out against it. Besides, given their goal of making the cloud a commodity, they can't do what you say.
>That's their angle: use the panopticon to get blackmail material on 100% of people, then anyone who is inconvenient or needs to be controlled can be dealt with painlessly.

Right, France is a totalitarian government, no proof necessary. You cannot fight nonsense with nonsense.
Using poor random number generators can really bite you. It is for example rather easy to construct worst case inputs for Quicksort if the random choice of the pivot is done with a poor generator. Similarly many other randomized algorithms, eg convex hull computation, behave badly. [1]

[1] Randomized algorithms and pseudorandom numbers, Karloff & Raghavan 88
Very nice and clear. I really like the diagrams on the first page.
Perhaps the Brooklyn Bridge?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge
As someone in a similar boat, this is a reminder to remember to switch to a bot account when doing this type of setup work.
How is that different from just partially applying/currying the map?
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>Mythbusters more or less proved the consumer models are basically harmless to humans and couldn't break the skin.

They only "proved" it couldn't break the skin. They didn't prove it was harmless... if one slams into your head, you're going to be on the ground.
I have never really thought about this problem before, but would it not be possible to:

1. Treat each version of a package as a separate package. If there are two versions required, they are both included.

2. At compile time transform package names to include the desired version number.

I may be completely misunderstanding or over-simplifying this problem.
I guess we could beam power to them, using a strongly directional signal. Boosting Wi-Fi power to charge devices seems like absolutely mind-boggling waste.
There are two forces at play here. The developers argue that dorm style living (rebranded micro-housing) is the result of a new, anti-consumption mindset:

“People have different perspectives than our parents might have had. They were geared to acquire as much stuff as you can. They buy a big house and fill it up with as much stuff as they can. It’s a paradigm shift. Our generation is not being geared to the acquisitional mindset. It’s more normal for us being able to shift gears.”

On the other hand, most residents seems to be there for economical reasons: the average tenant only stays 12-14 months, and it seems dubious that anyone (other than Steve Sauer) would enjoy living in a micro-housing unit for a long time:

“I certainly don’t want to live this way forever,” she says, “but at this point in my life, it makes it easier. I need to stay close to work, I need free (street) parking, I need something affordable and just the convenience of being in the city. A space like this allows me to be in the city without breaking the bank.”

Affordable housing is a big problem in a highly-regulated market with a lot of money at stake. If these jail-density units continue to proliferate in and around large cities, I fear that we are moving in the wrong direction. They are good indicators of the number of people who are willing to live in a 200 sq. ft dorm room because a) all they do is work and sleep and b) they can't afford the rent anywhere else. It's not a population of people we want to see growing in the US.
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I believe that social impact investing is on the rise in the last few years. In particular you have accelerator programs like Tumml for example that are seeing growing success. There is growing trend in social impact for companies to form as Public Benefit Corporations. While there is a bit of skepticism around the basis for forming companies in this manner, I think that many are truly in it to make an impact. From a traditional investor perspective it is tough. The goals are not entirely aligned. Traditional investors expect to make monetary returns, while a social impact investment may not have a huge cash payday, their impact on the other hand could be significant.

For more research you could check out groups like the Case Foundation, Tumml (Julie and Clara that run the accelerator are super nice and I think have a great grasp/direction on social impact investing), Wharton Social Impact Initiative (https://socialimpact.wharton.upenn.edu/) is part of the Wharton School of Business and has done some great research in this area, and while he has not written much about social impact investing even Jason Calacanis has been involved in investing in social impact companies (i.e. HandUp).
That's not exactly hard to do, depending on features. There's a definite trade-off between features and the type of regex engine that can be implemented.
The paper comes to the conclusion that men eat more in the company of women due to sexual selection.

I was wondering if maybe men ate more in the company of women because women eat less, and there was more left over for the man.

But the experiment seems to control for this, as the restaurant serves both salad and pizza in an all-you-can-eat buffet style (probably a Cici's?). So there is, in effect, an unlimited amount of food to eat, but the diners can choose exactly how much they want to eat, at slice-level (for pizza) or bowl-level (for salad) granularity.

As opposed to another all-you-can-eat pizza place that might deliver whole pizzas to the table, which two male friends might be more apt to split evenly, whereas the male in a mixed couple might have more pizza available to him.
but is only available to US residents, of whom less than half own a passport, so the worldwide merchant aspect is applicable to the subset of the US population that hold bitcoin and a passport.
The "debit" part of the name means that it draws from an account of liquid funds rather than a line of credit. You can still opt to have your purchase transactions run as if they were credit which does indeed give you VISA credit card protection.
Almost equally bad.
If you wanted to use a visa card, why would even bother with bitcoin?

Or vise-versa
> Generators have a "send()" method to push data in it.

What would be the pythonic way of "mapping over" the inputs that are sent into a generator, or performing grouping operations on those inputs?

For example, how to transform a generator that expects to be sent sets of strings into a generator that simply accepts a flat stream of strings?
I prefer BitJam because some assholes keep requesting awful dance/gabber tunes on Nectarine: http://www.bitfellas.org/e107_plugins/radio/radio.php
Nice.

I just wasted 20 minutes messing with this in work trying to figure out what I could do.

If I hold a key down for 10 seconds or so the letters tend to rain down about a minute later lol.
The bitcoin industry has a long and chequered history when it comes to best practices.

Part of the appeal of bitcoin to many is "Banks are so unnecessarily expensive to transmit value", the bitcoin industry has slowly and painfully been learning one disaster after another that maybe some of that cost isn't unnecessary after all.
Coinbase holds the dollars for you. It's arguable to what extent bitcoin even factors in here after your initial deposit, since everything is under the control of Coinbase. You are effectively holding a note called "Coinbase bitcoin" that fluctuates in value compared to the dollar, and you get a spot exchange rate when you spend. This is not the way bitcoin was meant to be held and spent.
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There was a lot less competition back in the Bell Labs days.

From what I've heard of people working at MS in the 80s and 90s, feedback was possibly more searing than it is on the linux mailing lists. I hope it's not the case, but based on available evidence it looks like there may be advantages to hostile environments. Maybe some people channel the stress into more ideas, fiercer discussions and better products (as Amazon does).

I've never been in one of those environments first hand though.
If I understand correctly it exchanges some btc to dollars in order to pay the merchant. But this relies on 0-conf transactions, right?