skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is not exactly true the contract manufacturers are being paid to learn to make their own phones and they are.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/foxconn-aims-to-fashion-its-own-...
William Blum's book on the topic is only updated through 2003 but would be a good starting point.

http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Hope-Military-Interventions-II...

Re: Ukraine. Overthrowing a democratically-elected government is a revolution or a coup depending on who you ask. That the US favored a "transition" and was a major power broker isn't really disputed. It's interesting that there's no mention of Victoria Nuland, US ambassador to Ukraine, in that wiki article.
I think it may be worth noting that Basecamp 3 has been out for 3 months already and Basecamp has not clearly noted the timeline for an API's release.

Additionally, this comment does not inspire confidence:

>We have some 12 developers who have to manage every
single version of Basecamp and other legacy products, as well as all new development on Basecamp 3.
An AI will be able to learn everything civilization knows. It will be able to work on problems, without rest, thousands of times faster than the entire human race.

Quick example: In order to get the passwords this is what an AI can do.

1: build tiny robots. Something resembling a fruit fly.

2: robot fruit fly waits for appropriate person to use password.

3:see what password was used

4:mission accomplished

This is just one way. I'm sure the AI can figure out simpler ways to get the passwords. Tell me this isn't god like. It Is like arguing that we'll never go to the moon.

If evolution was able to invent intelligence so can we. And it will be a god. It is only a matter of time.

And I'm going to build it. (Evil Maniacal Laugh)
With ranges pretty much a sealed deal, if we can get modules and reflection, to boot, C++ is going to feel hella fresh.
I am going to be in the minority here but I think that even in this day and age (2016) it is ok to produce a product which has a majority of it's value derived from a 3rd party API. In doing so though I think that you need to come to the terms that you are unable to reliably forecast for anymore than 24 hours ahead in time. The API access that you depend on can be Twittered out of existence (i.e. firehose). It could be Parsed out of existence (graceful exit from market) . Or it could be Basecamped (delayed?) into existence at some point in the future. I think DHH & Co. are legitimately going to release this but it just isn't high on the priority list for them. I don't think you can fault them for having their own list of internal priorities that may or may not involve helping 3rd parties at the speed at which those 3rd parties require.
I'd place an argument that BASIC still is in many ways one of the best languages for human machine empowerment. I've spent the last 20 years of my life programming, (C, C++, PHP, Java, Go) and I have never felt the overwhelming "I can write anything I want if I try hard enough" I did as a kid writing QBasic on a 286. I wrote literally hundreds of games as a kid with graphics and sound, none of which were over a couple thousand lines of code. The thought of doing any of that in the languages I listed above sounds very complicated at best. I didn't get so lost in the details. We need to take a step back and rethink why we program. For me it is the sheer joy of creation.
I feel for those people, I do. But in this market, you can't get something which does the right thing, without hours doing the opposite of "automatic". Such an offering does not exist. You can live with a system that has various issues due to malware, or major updates breaking things you depended on, or get someone who did spend many many hours learning to spend a couple hours fixing your problems.

OS X isn't too bad of an approximation though, if you don't sign into iCloud, turn off spotlight integration with internet services (see the recent story about people's macs crashing due to a malformed response from the server!) and don't link your iPhone to a mac (or don't have one). Finally, don't update to the next release until just before it's replaced by another, e.g. don't upgrade from 10.10 to 10.11 until just before 10.12 is released (but do install security updates of course).

But then again ... you'd have to be a bit of an expert to know whether you could trust my advice, and if not, who to trust, especially since you'll definitely get contradicting advice from similarly-knowledgable-sounding people ... so you're ultimately on your own.
> [ketchup] counts as a vegetable in school lunches...

That is a myth. The truth is fairly complex but boils down to that one agency briefly proposed adopting rules that might if adopted have allowed things like pickle relish to "count as a vegetable" in certain contexts.

Ketchup was not explicitly listed in the proposed rule and the rule never took effect so we'll never know how local authorities might have used that bit of new flexibility.

TL;DR: Ketchup has never counted as a vegetable.
(Salsa, on the other hand...)

More here:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2517/did-the-reagan...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup_as_a_vegetable
Someone Turn Motorola Lapdock into a Laptop with Raspberry Pi Zero
Fair point. Making a a traditional 1-solution maze in 1 line is qualitatively more impressive than making a complex pattern of passages in 1 line.
Interesting to see that SF trails both Dallas and Houston. (which in turn trail LA and Chicago significantly)

Add to the fact that Austin is the fastest growing, and you can buy a nice house for under $200K, yee-haw.
> To bring this back to the topic, though: yes, my son is an absolute genius when it comes to data.

I just highly doubt anyone who is so excited to return the conversation to their "genius" son. It's very https://www.reddit.com/r/iamverysmart/ .
When the USS Jimmy Carter[1] splices an intercept into an undersea fiber optic cable it probably leaves something similar to this behind of locally filter the data and only uplink relevant data.

Makes you wonder what vendors the Navy uses and if MSFT is using the same.

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/20/politics/new-nuclear-sub-i...
Ask HN: How happy are you working as a programmer?
From my understanding the reason safe harbor is falling apart is because a citizen went to court because the Irish data protection agency didn't want to investigate the data transfer of Facebook in detail. Not because a determined citizen files a complaint against an US corp.
Some other tips for using vim and dbext.

1. Since it is using psql, you can run things like `\dt` to show a list of tables. See the psql docs for all the commands available.

2. your .psqlrc is now your friend. Check my psqlrc for some ideas [1]. For example I use `\pset null ¤` to render nulls and also `\pset linestyle unicode` and `\pset border 2` for better table rendering

3. Variables in psql are super handy. See the examples in my psqlrc but for example I can execute `:ps` in vim/dbext and it runs the query I have defined against against the 'ps' variable in my psqlrc which is a query similar to the pgAdmin server status window

4. Recommend https://github.com/krisajenkins/vim-postgresql-syntax for syntax highlighting on psql output. See the function DBextPostResult in my vimrc (in dotfiles below) on how to enable.

[1] https://github.com/collinpeters/dotfiles/blob/master/psql/ps...
I would love to bungle my way to pay 15 employees wages and substantial revenue.
No background being key. Learning takes time. Coming from older versions forward of C/C++ (though most people don't crow about a particular version) is easier than what you propose.

Having a strong foundation in classic languages and an ability to adapt to modern paradigms seems way easier than the reverse.
Government is not the only form of centralization of power. Private entities pose similar threats, at a certain point.

Sanders: "If an institution is too big to fail, it is too big to exist."

Government can centralize things, yes. It can also break up existing centralized markets...and increase healthy competition.
> Uk is 240V 13A which is a bit more powerful that the 110 v Us system.

Actually UK is 230V and North America is 120V.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country
Charter cities. https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_romer?language=en Allowing more people to move to a better place seems very beneficial and might have positive unit economics (sustainable after initial investment).
Yeah, I think that would be possible. The ones where I am are kind of skittish compared to the ones I see in urban areas (I live a semi rural area).
When I think about it, it's hard to see how this isn't an attack by us.

If this speculation hurts China, then some citizens US citizens have used a tool to attack and 'injure' a soverign nation. Seems like that would be our responsibilty the same way it'd be our responsibilty if we had a citizen milita that staged a raid into another country. Or it's your responsiblity if your kid breaks your neighbor's windows.

And what makes that 'seat of the pants' lawyering correct is that we're talking about soverign entities without an enforcable body of law to regulate their conduct, so we can't get off on a technicality.
It's a lot more annoying than you think. I had to press my phone's back button like a million times just to get back here to complain about how bad that site is on Android browser.
>Or it can result in spec which helps everyone instead of just MS alone.

Just MS alone? DirectX helps hundreds of millions of gamers, a whole bunch of game and application developers and companies.

That's like saying improvements to the Linux kernel help only the Linux kernel.

>Vulkan is done from scratch, and so far I see no signs of them making mistakes of OpenGL

Huh, how do you see that? The spec is developed behind closed doors by corporate folks each with their own interests. Even the W3C holds open discussions with specs.

A real alternative would be for the FOSS/Linux dev community to create and implement a standard properly.
Do they? I'm on chrome mobile and chrome desktop and can't find anything like a reading mode.
Explore the [U.S.] legislative process: filter, sort, play #d3
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I haven't used Basecamp 3 yet. But criticism of a very minor logo update to bolster claims for user unhappiness seems like the wrong place to start.

If there's something about the new Basecamp you're unhappy with, a better place to start would be how it's regressed in accomplishing tasks or improving communication. Bikeshedding is a distraction.
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What you're doing is a bullshit power move in attempting to threaten someone's job because you don't like their attitude. One discussion where someone was an arrogant douche might be outweighed by the sum total of all their contributions.

If all Poettering did was community outreach, you would have a much stronger case that he's bad in all aspects of his job and should be fired. Trying to pressure Red Hat by saying it 'reflects poorly on you' is basically saying 'you should get rid of this guy even if you think the good outweighs the bad, because I don't like him.'
@Danieltrembath: Sounds like you work (@leisure) with the Hackerspace in Hawthorn. I used to come there before I moved to Perth.

@All: Perth is quite dull for IT jobs. I only get calls from Melbourne/Sydney, most notably from the Progressive People recruiter. I am desperately looking for an opportunity in AU. I am happy to test waters in the other states. Fortunately, I am an OSS guy (anti-MS). I do a lot of web engineering works - browser extension dev., JS-based app/SPAs, OTT services (Telecom over the web) and so on.
Most of the discussion on that issue was just useless noise after it got picked up by HN and other sites though, so it makes sense to close that one down for now.
Why? Are Parisians subject to US law when selling to American tourists? The notion of sovereignty is that when in Rome, do as the Romans do.
While great CEOs of large companies do edit much more than they write, I see early stage CEOs that think they can start editing right away, because they're the CEO.

For the first couple years (at least), it takes heroic effort to get something to work and then to build a growth machine around that thing that works, and a founder/CEO needs to do a lot of "writing" to make that happen.
So ... exactly like Marissa Mayer?
The role of government is to govern it's citizens. Major social events should be assisted by the government, in my opinion - if that's what people want to congregate to do, they should be able to do so safely. You'll often see this in smaller-scale events in the form of a few police officers thrown nearby to keep tabs on things.

The NFL could handle a few less sweetheart deals in other areas though, for sure.
More precisely, rm'ing files as root in /sys can brick certain machines with broken UEFI implementations.
The Issue of Free Basics in India – Let's Break It Down
What should Linus Torvalds do next?
Code Blocks: open-source, cross-platform, free C, C++ and Fortran IDE
Absolutely, that's a much better way to put it. But it's a situation that (I'd wager) many more developers are in, as opposed to already knowing an older dialect of C or C++. Given the growth the field is still undergoing, and the number of devs who never need to learn one of "the classics," I don't think it's bad to point out that there are good alternatives to C++ that are easier for someone versed in managed languages to pick up if they need some of C++'s strengths.
Looks good. I've added it to my ever growing list of privacy extensions:

* Privacy Badger
* Disconnect
* CanvasBlocker

Can anyone recommend any more?
Rot13 please :3
First thought as well. I mean, those datacenters on land also are pretty bad (especially compared to how "useful" they are in the most common cases), but that thing in the sea is somehow a bit more scary for several reasons.

But then I'm thinking: there are volcanos deep in the ocean, and life around them is surely different than in colder areas, but it doesn't seem to have much impact on larger area. It surely depends a lot on where you place your datacenter, but, theoretically, it should be possible to make it harmless.

The other thing is that of course tech giants placing their datacenters under the water won't care a bit about correct placing, and in the end there won't be anyone to stop them.
Digital Nomads: The Evolution of Work
The blessing and the curse of the people who never forget
Any alteration to the most visible and important element of your marketing/company/product is not a minor change, I would say.

In my mind and my collegue's mind, the mistake they made with the logo is a hint, or rather the start, of the underlying design problems with Basecamp v3.
Modern C++ is certainly good compared to old C++, or compared to C. But this article completely glosses over why the author chose not to go with Rust. From just the article alone, my impression is basically that the author just decided to lump Rust in with all the other "shiny" languages and didn't really look into it much. And that's a real shame, because unlike any of the other languages that are listed, Rust is basically a better alternative to C++ for almost any usage of C++ that doesn't require interoperating with existing C++ libraries (or vending new C++-specific APIs).
Two Long Shirtless Minutes in the Snow Through the Lens of an Infrared Camera
ExtJS is wicked heavy, though.

And it's expensive:

https://www.sencha.com/store/
Robot Uprising, NBD
Ghostery
Quiver: Programmer's Notebook for OS X
I know! I could not live without it at this point. It's funny how one guy (he's actually on HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8683597) can totally own a niche and blow Evernote and OneNote and all the other note taking apps out of the water.
If, for some perverted reason, I end up in a CEO role at some point (highly unlikely), I hope I can still spare some time very occasionally to get my hands dirty because it'll always be fun tackling ground-level problems. Don't let it detract from your official duties, but I think it'd serve to keep you grounded and keep your rank-and-file in mind at all times.
http://yaoganglian.com/2015/12/06/What-is-Quiver/
We've Been Counting Calories All Wrong
Vinay Gupta: What Is the Block Chain?
* Self destructing cookies

* Better privacy

* uBlock with EasyPrivacy list

* Https everywhere
"It's not a problem for companies which collect customer data for internal use only. It's a big problem for companies which sell that data."

It has nothing to do with companies selling data. It's a problem for any startup that uses US SaaS companies, e.g. AWeber. You can't do that anymore even with correct ToS, with double opt in, with their consent to send people emails.

Migrating to companies into the EU is no option, as there is none with the eco system and 2nd level SaaS like Mailchimp or AWeber.

And companies large US tech companies like Facebook are not impacted, as they will require consent to data transfer into the US during sign up.
Don't they sell your blocking data?
Further fate of PlatformIO Project
Great. I add it. I wonder whether a fully free service is trustable or not.

Question: where do you get your info from? I'm trying to gather twitter lists into this repo to know the best sources of info.
Please collaborate: https://github.com/davidpelayo/twitter-tech-lists
Just on the SAHD point: make sure you can get blocks of guaranteed uninterrupted working time. My experience of working at home is that it's very, very difficult to achieve anything when switching between Dad and Worker roles, and kids don't understand that at all.
> Just MS alone?

Yes. How can you use DirectX on non MS platforms? If MS wanted to help someone besides themselves, you could answer that question in a satisfactory fashion. But of course, they don't care about it, they only care about lock-in. Trying to pretend that lock-in serves anyone besides those who push for such lock-in is highly disingenuous.

> Huh, how do you see that?

From what was published about it so far (origin in Mantle, collaborative input of those who know better and so on).

> A real alternative would be for the FOSS/Linux dev community to create and implement a standard properly.

Linux community was involved. In fact the main link in this post is from one of the contributors to Wayland and Mesa who was working on Vulkan.
You'll find a phone using open source software can beat any human who's ever existed.

[edit] Interestingly I can't find someone actually willing to say it from evidence. Interesting in-denial from the chess world.
Fine Bros – Live subscriber count after trying to trademark the word “REACT”
Fair enough. It doesn't get much more literally out of band, eh?
Kubernetes has been amazing for us. Getting better every month.

More recently, Drone for CI has been a quantum leap in usability for us over Jenkins. Built on top of Docker, has service container support built in, and has the unique feature of plugins-as-Docker-containers (so you can write them in any language): https://github.com/drone/drone

Ansible, ramping up with some Terraform and really loving it.
How NASA Pulled Off the Craziest Stunt on Mars, from the Guy Who Led the Team
Bring on the Butcher Bots
I recently tried C++11/14 features in my Eclipse IDE with GCC and I actually enjoyed it. It does feel like a new great language.

I wish Java had auto type (the idea I believe Java people omitted for several reasons).

I also think the C++ community is really great - and this reason alone is able to give this platform a promising (than for many others) future. The youtube conference videos are awesome and I learned quite a bit from these lads (even doing Java full time).
They pretty much say why in the project page: renewable energy [tidal, currents?] and cooling. The third, as you mention is latency --they want to be where the people are.

Plus, at depth, storms and typhoons don't affect things all that much, it's rather calm. So, the main threat might be from saboteurs rather than natural disasters [beside the salty environment] because beside a coast guard at the surface [which if contraband coming in is any proxy, it's pretty porous], you don't have a "police presence". So they'd have to rely heavily on monitoring systems.
The goal of SystemD is to give the authorities total access to all linux systems. This exposing of these lower level components comports with this purpose.

You know: the authorities who enforce cunt rights all over the globe, chant "GIRLS NOT BRIDES", imprison men all over the globe, bomb any marry-little-girl cultures, and send you away for any evidence that you actually are thinking of young QT girls.

Poettering supports women's rights and feminism ofcourse. He is a piece of shit and it is unfortunate that he and every single one of the people who believe in women's rights is not dead.
mrtg/smokeping, netdisco2, nfdump/nfsen and previously request tracker, Nagios and racktables
Interesting. Just a personal question - have you ever been clinically obese (25% body fat or more) for an extended period of time (2 or more years)?
I personally use this triple combo :

HTTPS Everywhere https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

uBlock Origin : https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

uMatrix : https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix

I have used Noscript, AdBlockPlus and Ghostery before but found they where lacking functionality, flexibility and performance.
I used Privacy Badger too but if I remember well, it is based on the same engine as ABP and suffers for the same performance problems.
The end of food is here, finally
This is not accurate. Rust is an expression based language, and `if let`s are expressions. If an `if` or `if let` returns (), it does not need an else.
It also falls under "victimless crime" definition.
Is there something similar but for Chrome?
Just now I tried to connect with my phone (iOS) and I can get to the channel, but I can not see anything that happened since last evening (when I first tested the app out). I can see the log before (15:30 on Sunday), but nothing from then on (I moved to desktop) until now (7:45 on Monday morning). Thats over 12 hours of missing logs and I can't find a button that would load more logs and swiping directions doesn't load either. I can't check on browser because for some reason (I'm guessing corporate proxy) the site doesn't load, but I'm not really holding my breath.

So far this product doesn't really provide me any value over free solutions on the go and at home/work changing between machines just ssh-ing to my ircbox and attaching to irssi session seems more reliable.
This project is just brilliant and it would be a waste to see it disappear. It makes life for embedded software developers so much easier, by providing a single environment that supports a wide array of target boards and IDEs.

Their quest for funding may still need a slightly different approach though. I really hope an investor can see the value of this project without the business case or profit model being spelled out exactly.
I keep mentioning that the apparently surprising fact that geocentric models of the solar system allowed successful prediction of celestial events is due to the (accidental) approximation afforded by low-degree Fourier transformations, up to and including excessively-awed mumbling about what the Antikythera Mechanism implies about ancient greeks' knowledge of heliocentrism and gravitation.