skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It matters for accessibility. Marking up headers as headers, lists as lists, etc. is valuable for people using assistive technology like screen readers.

If this post were phrased as "web developers don't know accessibility" it would be obviously true and uncontroversial. Unfortunately.
https://www.google.ca/maps/@0,0,10z/data=!3m1!1e3
>I struggled to finally get React-Hotloader to work and occasionally it works but most of the time I just get Invariant Violation errors and have to do a full reload.

Have you considered reporting a bug?
Although I only had the chance to review their personal websites or github profiles

and then

Many are not able to choose the right HTML elements, to explain why and how a clearfix works, or what ARIA roles are for, but they can use React and Angular.

No kidding. They couldn't explain clearfix because you never asked them any questions.

You want to talk about incompetence, and your "application review" consists of browsing the web.
Your quote omits the critical "that only talk to hardware and not the internet". Your examples 3 and 4 are doing it wrong.

Stuxnet-like attacks can go after non-networked equipment, but they're based on exploiting the computer with the programming suite, not the industrial system itself.
My impression is the mercury news from san jose had an earlier, if paid, presence.

Funny how the NYT wanted to charge nearly two dollars to allow you to print older articles. Asking people to pay for the own digitization.
Absolutely not, it's a base rate for most full-time consultants. "10x developers" and specialists make MUCH more.
Tiny little island that lost most (all really) of its continental holdings by 1700. Compare with other continental empires.
I've saved the .webm of a converted "gifv" video on Imgur before, then reposted it to Tumblr. Works just fine—but the result doesn't quite get the same controls a Tumblr-converted gif does.

Really, sites just need to have a way to differentiate these types of video uploads and treat them with looping-animation UX, rather than video UX.

An easy solution would be to come up with an alternate extension for saving these videos, that other sites can recognize. This would be similar to, for example, the way iTunes knows to treat an MP4 container as an audiobook if it's an .m4b, or as a ringtone if it's an .m4r.

Another solution (and better, in my opinion) would be an extra wrapper/container document format around a video file, prepending at least a new extra magic number to allow mime-type differentiation via libmagic. I'm honestly surprised that "gifv" isn't already such a container-wrapper document format. Note that such a format doesn't need to be recognizable as a video on your computer (although support probably would be added soon enough); it just needs to be able to be reuploaded to other websites. (You could also add an extra chunk to e.g. an MKV container that, when present, would change its detected mime type—but this would restrict gifvs to only ever being MKVs. Might not be a bad thing to standardize on a video container format.)

Of course, the solution that requires no community buy-in is to just come up with a way to heuristically detect "silent short video file" on upload, and treat anything that fits those criteria as an animation rather than a video.
The English longbow was constructed from a single piece of wood.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longbow#Design_and_constructio...
That's basically what I mean by 'pretty much but not really javascript'.
> There are no useful abstractions that will let you fail to understand how HTML and CSS work

WebGL, WebAssembly, emscripten
An update on this story shows that GCHQ also tried to squash another key exchange algorithm (MIKEY-IBAKE) because it made surveillance too hard – and this was the motivation for MIKEY-SAKE http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/21/mikey_ibake/
Text book example why regular people have learnt not to update software.
The more constrained a medium is, the easier it is for an amateur to make something that's "good enough" to be shared publicly without shame. It's the creative equivalent of a blur filter on glamor shots. And wonderfully, you end up with creative output from people who often wouldn't dare to create otherwise.

See also: Vine, Minecraft, Twitter, Instagram (quite literally) etc.
Did civilian contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan who engaged in direct fire and killed combatants bear any liability that the service members did not?
Template strings, arrow functions and object shorthand ({ foo: foo } === { foo }) are very nice.
Random cat images through python module or command line for Mac Windows Linux
I guess the idea is that Steam Greenlight has grown the indie market and thus given him more competition.
Why did you quit?
"Accessibility"

Kinda like i18n for "internationalization."
To be even more pedantic, it's the hostname not the domain. If you request www.example.com you need to have a working MX for www.example.com if you don't have access to the email for the domain's technical contact.
You're not alone :

"I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics."
Richard Feynman, The Character of Physical Law (1965)
I would bet good money you're part of the problem. Most devs I know maintain other people's applications and don't get the opportunity to create new HTML or CSS often. It doesn't take long to get up to speed, especially with all the great online resources available. As long as the person understands the concept, give them a chance!
I'm fully using es6 for most of projects now. Started about 2 months ago and will make all new projects I have with it. Import/export, destructuring, templates, string interpolation.. it just cuts down on alot of the cruft (imo).
You've extrapolated from incomplete and inaccurate data.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by a "GUI for TCP/IP" yet it seems central to your argument. I didn't realize HTML was ever intended to be anything other than structured information.
Is the utopian workplace just a ploy to keep us all at work
Why is the key to my car less important than the key to my website?

It's highly likely that my car has a lot of where I go, what I listen to, how long I idle, etc.

If you're really worried about spy agencies tracking you, your car is a much riper target. LPRs are everywhere.
> Look at it. Big red banner at the top - just like the British tabloids. Constant twisting of headlines to add as much innuendo as possible.

The fact it follows the same design and editorial patterns as a tabloid doesn't mean it's a parody of a tabloid. A simpler conclusion would be that it looks and reads like a tabloid because it is a tabloid.

It's very common for products in any same category to be designed similarly. For example the packaging on washing detergents, breakfast cereals, and English ales often follow similar patterns because people expect their washing detergents to look like washing detergents, their cereals to look like breakfast cereals, and their beer to look like beer. Granted you do get some products that deliberately choose a non-conventional design in the hope to stand out. But generally items look similar because people expect that of them. And equally, The Register is designed like a "Red Top"[1] because people expect tabloids to look like that.

It's probably also worth noting that most "good" tabloids have a comical tone to them. In fact not taking themselves seriously is pretty much the prime directive for any Red Top. Though some take things to a more ridiculous level than others[2][3]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid_journalism#Red_top

[2] http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/80/590x/secondar...

[3] http://www.anorak.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sunday-sport/bomb...

I think the crux of the argument should be "Are the stories real or made up for comical value?" Since El Reg is actually reporting real stories, I couldn't put it in the same camp as News Thump, The Onion, and the lesser known Suffolk Gazette (http://www.suffolkgazette.com/), which most definitely are parody sites.

> I guess if you are not from the UK it might not be so bleeding obvious, but for us it is. Would I be correct in guessing that you are not?

You'd be incorrect with that assumption. I wouldn't say I had a great degree of national pride, but I would say I'm very British. I drink tea, eat angus steak, drink real ales and single malt scotches, and constantly moan about queues. However I never carry an umbrella around with me. :)
The wreck of the Mary Rose has provided numerous well preserved skeletons of well trained longbowmen, and sailors (for comparison) and allowed studies of the effect upon their body. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17309665 - they found a significant difference in the lower arm bones of archers and non-archers.
GIF represents a particular set of forced compromises: no audio, no controls, reasonably short, right-click-save-as available. The inefficiency of the file format also means people keep them dimensionally small.

HTML5 video doesn't have those constraints, and there isn't a separate type of "thing" which is an unobtrusive video. This isn't about the codec, but guaranteeing a way of presentation. Maybe if videos could be loaded into <IMG> tags with those constraints?

GIF also behaves a lot better than video when you have lots of them on a page.
Solution is very simple, hire one HTML/CSS/Accessibility expert and one js/angular/react dev...
Reminds me of a fullstack bootcamp graduate I once worked with. I asked him to make a javascript interactive map (literally, copying an example from bl.ocks, but change the data file) just as a test...and after a whole day, he couldn't get it to work. But when he instantiated an entire Rails project and copy-paste the HTML inside of it as its own page, he was able to get it to work.
Funny that he's criticizing applicants for the perceived lack of knowledge of web accessibility and the neglect of aria usage and yet in the same post, not a single reference to either « aria-labelledby » or « aria-describedby » could be found in the markup.

"People living in glass houses, ...."
Analyzing the Harvard Q Guide – Harvard Course Ratings
> Obviously figuring out which circumstances are the ones that are actually responsible for failures will be more difficult.

Actually if the components catch on fire or something finding out which one shit the bed is by far the easiest part of the entire ordeal, assuming it's not spread over the face of a mountain.
Maybe she should read her employees another children's book to boost morale. http://www.businessinsider.com/marissa-mayer-yahoo-nicholas-...
Apparently a non-accessible way of writing Accessibility.
Olimex, who are in a strong position to know, say that the cpu alone (Allwinner R8M) costs $16, direct from Allwinner[1], in volume. That's just the CPU. None of the other components, the PCB, the labor, etc.

The $9 price just isn't sustainable. It appears the the CHIP team is doing a combination of padding shipping prices, and probably taking a loss for the sake of initial marketing.

[1]https://olimex.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/how-to-get-in-the-ne...
Anecdotally, a friend of mine had a chemistry education at a top 50 school and went straight to a PhD program at an ivy league where they have had no trouble keeping up.
"Candidates don't know the details I like most as much as I do so I reject them"

That's like you alienate people
This is astute, and most RE startups don't understand the importance of buyers "not paying" and also needing to sign with a buyer's agent in order to visit and view homes for sale.

NAR's stated purpose is to protect the commissions of the real estate agents. In some ways it's nice that they're so forthcoming about that, versus other lobbying orgs.
(maybe I got a bit carried away with 'like I am 5' :P)

1. When you type an address in the address bar, (say, www.mybank.com) it is possible for the network infrastructure to take you to mybank.com, but also possible for it to take you to evilsite.com

2. To prevent this, browsers check that mybank.com has a secret number[0]. If not, they tell you the infrastructure is messing with you.

3. To know the correct secret number to mybank.com, you "consult" some other "sites"[1]

4. But how can you tell if those sites are OK? Checking some other site? At some point, you need numbers that your browser knows since installation

5. Amazon just got one of their numbers into the 'internet explorer' browser

6. The author of the article is afraid amazon uses their numbers to 'vouch' for evilsite.com rather than mybank.com (every number in your browser can vouch for any number for any site -- which is kind of dumb)

6a. Also, author notes that, while adding numbers to a browser is usually a big deal, microsoft has not told anyone that they are adding amazon's number

[0] technically correct, but a bit misleading
[1] technically wrong, but hey, you are 5
Immutability Changes Everything
I agree. The initial impression is that Greenlight makes it too easy, flooding the market with a lot of junk that makes it hard for the gems to shine through, but I've only seen more indie successes on Steam since its inception.

I think if a developer is relying only on Steam Greenlight to market their game then they'll likely have issues, but if they market in other ways then (if their game is worthwhile) they'll quickly build an audience.
And when he said it, it was true.
The parent comment is now deleted, so I don't know what was said.

But as per your comment, a spin-1/2 particle in a magnetic field has only two available states when measuring the component of angular momentum in the direction of the field. Typically these would be referred to as Spin Up and Spin Down, with angular momentum 'eigenvalues' of +hbar/2 and -hbar/2. A qubit could be implemented by incorporating these two states.

A spin-1/2 particle is one of the simplest systems for illustrating many of elementary properties of quantum mechanics, and there's still quite a lot of weirdness therein.

Edit - there are only two states for measuring one component of angular momentum of a spin-1/2 particle regardless of whether that direction measured is aligned with the field or not. But only the direction aligned with the field is an 'eigenstate' of the system.
You might be able to pull off the payments side using cryptocurrencies. Check out the CharityCoin directory for Bitcoin addresses: https://github.com/charitycoin/directory. You also might want to check in with the Stellar folks (http://slack.stellar.org/). They're working on some cool international projects dealing with financial inclusion, though there's a good chance you'll have to build the necessary connections to the Stellar network yourself.
In what scenario is ACM compromised but the spy agency cannot compel Amazon to grant access to any other service?

Changing which private key your ELB used doesn't change the fact that you were already trusting Amazon to operate it.
If "Hire for how they learn, not what they know" was followed, I'm sure there would be a better success rate than 0%.
Video not available in the Netherlands.
Got anything more than the assumption it was around "since forever"? The only stuff I could find relates to modern history.
A $9 computer that cannot be shipped for less than $10 is a $19 computer.
The iPad Pro is in no way comparable to a Wacom Cintiq 2. That would be like comparing a butter knife to a laser scalpel.

It's more comparable to a Surface.
> I could build a website using <div> alone.

Then my scraper that reads headlines on your website with `//(h1|h2|h3)` will not work. And I will not be able to read and linearize your tabular data. And plenty of other things. (Things you probably do not care about.)

Oh, and you website will have no links (the `href` attribute of `<a>` is not simulable via CSS).
> I'm willing to work with whatever definition you specify, and I won't try to play semantic games with the definition if it's at least close enough to something specific to work with.

My question is precisely asking you to define that.
I think what often makes the debate frustrating is that for many people, myself included, 'do a lot more at the same prices' is not the most important metric that prompted our choices. It seems to me that many of the debates are unproductive as a result, because there's disagreement on some of the basic assumptions.
What an odd analysis, and I basically entirely disagree.

I picked up Vainglory when I got my iPad Air 2 and have absolutely fallen in love with the game for almost ALL of the reasons that the author dismisses it.

Background: I'm nowhere near a hardcore gamer and I never played LoL or DoTA, so I'm a newbie to MOBAs.

But I think Vainglory is fantastic. When I gush about it to friends, the two things I bring up are:

1) The game adapts to touch beautifully. I've always found that wildly clicking the mouse while scrolling with your other hand is awkward in these sorts of games. Being able to physically direct your character with your fingers gives the game a much more intimate feel. You feel connected to the match.

2) The 20-30 minute play time is perfect! So many PC games require this multi-hour-long commitment that I was never really able to give. But knowing I can sit down and play a full (exciting) Vainglory match in 20 minutes is easy. The pacing is perfect - you get to experience all stages of hero development from weak to strong in what I think most people would consider to be a very reasonable amount of time.

Anyway, I just think this guy is off-base.

(And if any HNers want to play some Vainglory with me / form a team / start a guild, let me know! :)
I doubt China is as (or more) corrupt than India. There is ton of corruption in China, yes, but the people at the top do seem to care about China doing well economically, and about improving the living standards of the people in their country. Could you say that's true for India?

I'm speaking from experience, and based on what I've seen. In statistics, you don't survey the entire population, but rather you take a small sample. I think I've a statistically significant sampling of experiences.

The police-related issues in the US is a serious threat to personal liberty, and there are a lot of people fighting for it to be corrected. You are entirely wrong when you say "and most conscientious Americans havent dont anything to fix it" -- the people have responded overwhelmingly, and there is huge push and fight underway to correct the moral/social injustice. Just read the news.

I said "Indians (in India)" because, yes, there is a difference. If you surround yourself Americans, and spend time with them on a regular basis, you will naturally, over the course of time become more like them. If you always stick around other Indians, then you will not change. I've had bad experiences with non-family Indian people. Various Indian friends I've had at various points in my life have screwed me over / been a bad friend to me at a much higher frequency than my American friends. These days, I keep people who are too Indian (culturally / identity-wise) at an arm's distance, and avoid getting too close to them.

I've just had really lopsided experiences. The majority of my American friends have been genuinely been friends. In times of trouble, they've sincerely empathized and actually tried to help. A bunch of Indian "friends" I had in the past, would laugh when I got into unfortunate circumstances, and they certainly would not try to help. There are good and bad people on both sides, but the majority of Americans I've come in contact with, have been a much better people, character-wise.

Regarding the squalor, your "poverty" argument is cop-out. Cities like Bangalore, which are filled with tech companies, still look like steaming garbage dumps. Why? Because the people don't care. The cost to clean up the city, and keep it clean on a regular basis, would be tiny. Simply collecting 50 rupees per month from the residents of Bangalore who make above a certain wage, would be, by far, sufficient to make the city speck and clean. What makes me irate is total apathy of the majority of these people about the cleanliness of the public spaces of the cities they live in. I've seen people in nice cars, open their window, and toss garbage onto the sidewalks/streets. It's pathetic and disgusting. It tells something about their character/culture.
I don't think it's necessarily so zero-sum. The videogame market is continuously growing, and competitively-priced indie games can still be a big success.
For people that can get into Harvard or Yale, they will be among the cheaper options, at least as far as tuition.

Especially people that aren't coming from wealthy families, as their need based aid programs will pay 100%.
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Of course, I was being stereotypical, but it's interesting to hear your experience!

Have you considered a web IDE? Like Cloud9, Nitrous.io, etc?
And the competition never updates their fucking OS, Microsoft not included because were talking about Non-desktops.
There's also the whole concept of feudalism to throw into the mix. Longbows were cheap so you could require your peasantry to own and practice them - or at least for a community to supply X archers per Y population.

Knights are significantly more expensive, and again require years of practice. The principle of feudalism was landholding being tied to military service - you hold the land from your feudal lord and in return this supports your ability to provide military arms.

Take away the requirement for you to provide expensive armour and destriers (the war horses knights rode) and you remove the need for you to hold land, which undermines the political settlement of the Kingdom.
With foresight like this, who needs to worry?
Oh, a sarcasm detector. That's a really useful invention!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38HKZLpifhU&t=9
It doesn't even sound like he interviewed the candidates at all.

> Although I only had the chance to review their personal websites or github profiles and this might of course not be a full show-off of their knowledge, it assured my lately developed opinion on web developers.

Apparently because people's personal projects weren't developed with accessibility in mind he concluded that developers don't know HTML/CSS.
Demanding candidates understand the specifics of HTML/CSS use in your particular business context does not afford you the podium you've given yourself to castigate all the new developers starting/learning the vast world of web architecture. Have some sympathy, buddy.