skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
At the same time I see HN slide towards reddit just one little bit more with all the 'you insensitive clod' comments lately and that is sad too.

If you don't want HN to slide that way, then I suggest you not give in and change it back. After all, I think offense is entirely in the mind of the beholder.
What humanity needs is to put politics (and political science, for that matter) on scientific foundation.

No other area of human activity is so unscientific and so replete with falsehoods and lies as politics. We don't tolerate physicists or doctors lying, but lying in politics is a norm. Add to this a mix of dogmas, ideologies (often based on backward religious ideas), wishful thinking, and yes, men's testosterone power plays, and you have a recipe for non-progress, wars, subjugations, geopolitical games, etc etc etc. Even ideas that look like a noble cause often backfire and result in death and destruction.

Scientifically-based politics should be a norm in the 21th century.
I'd have no problem if they just said, these products have an enormous rate of fraud, so we're dropping them.

But instead, their reason is that these products bypass copyright protections. No mention of fraud or anything related to the actual transactions they're processing, they just don't like the products.

Which, fine, PayPal can choose to support or not support whatever products they like, but I'm not going to applaud them for playing copyright police with products which have, as the Supreme Court would say, "significant noninfringing uses."

I'm guessing PayPal isn't blocking all VPN services, just those which are insufficiently subtle about their ability to use them to bypass Netflix's location restrictions. Maybe UnoTelly should rename to UnoDefinitelyNotForWatchingNetflix.
I don't follow the logic of this rebuttal. The parent comment's argument implies that VPNs are disproportionately likely to harbor fraud, which isn't true of (say) phones in general.
Hah, well, I can't say I know something you don't. I'm not sure where I got that from. I thought about double checking before writing but I didn't. Lesson learned.
I was following the article for a while until it shifted and started blaming the politicians' religion as the driving force in the changes to the law. It sounds like the authors have an axe to grind.

For instance, they use this quote as an example of the Police Commissioner being a teetotaler against drinking and justifying it according to religion:

“In another foray into the state’s social and moral landscape, Mr Scipione says the rise in binge drinking among girls and young women is making them vulnerable to sexual assault, liaisons they may regret, psychological trauma, sexually transmitted infections and even a threat to their fertility.”

The Sun-Morning Herald article they link to [1] reports the police commissioner pointing the journalists to a 2011 study coming out discussing the impacts of binge drinking on young females and the PC is reiterating the conclusions of the study and asking people to be aware of the risks of their behavior and take commonsense measures to ward off potential negative outcomes. I'm missing the part where he's a frothing totalitarian religious zealot out to impose a strict religious interpretation on the population.

It's one thing to write a policy critique, which, I think the article mostly gets right and points out the impacts the laws are having on local entertainment and the impacts that has on other industries notorious for attracting and keeping you people, like technology. It's another thing to divest into an axe grinding tangent that ascribes malicious intent to politicians for religious reasons while providing spurious reasoning and support in the article. It's disingenuous to mix in personal opinion and interpretation of actions as verifiable fact without having links that show because A therefore B.

[1] http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/girls-drink-pact-20111...
> I doubt anyone builds faster with blender.

I've spend a healthy amount of time in 3ds Max, AutoCAD, and blender. In my opinion:

• 3ds is most discoverable / easiest to learn

• AutoCAD is most precise (owing to its object snaps and UCS controls)

• blender is the fastest to build in
I run a group with almost 600 JavaScript learners. With this many people, we've been through the vast majority of self-study resources. My goto recommendation for learning HTML, CSS, & JavaScript is http://www.freecodecamp.com/ This has consistently had the best results for our learners!

It (a) assumes no knowledge coming in, (b) provides a linear progression from no knowledge to a portfolio of web applications, (c) lets you move as fast or slow as you want, (d) lets you skip lessons and topics you're already familiar with, and (e) has phenomenal online support. (EDIT: and it's free)

Once your friend has the fundamentals, I'd also suggest checking out http://flukeout.github.io/ and http://flexboxfroggy.com/ . They're fun little games to introduce lots of css and flexbox features.
Would also love an invite, thanks!
Considering that even with API's that have some what good internal compliance testing like DirectX developers still ship utterly broken and un-optimized code - none.

This is also why Vulcan will probably not succeed (at least now how people think it will).

The last thing that say Nvidia wants is to maintain a code base of 3-4M LOC's which 50-60% of it is intended to allow for games to run anywhere from running at all to running well.

With how the current market works the driver is the "secret" sauce that GPU makers use to compete in the market and is just as important (or even more in some cases) as the hardware it self.
The bad guy can then walk the user through that security verification process, and the user is screwed. Think it through.
I would say mainly visuals, think Photoshop meets Excel meets Javascript. One of the founders of Tableau founded Pixar studios so you can imagine that graphics are important. But it also has some great data options.

Some examples: https://public.tableau.com/s/gallery
In that case it's an unviable business model.
It's cute how you think international criminals obey US law.
SCO? The undead walk the Earth!
Doesn’t it speak volumes that everyone who has this issue just goes ahead and buys a new iPhone instead of, you know, not giving Apple more money? Why would Apple even consider providing a better fix to this issue?
This is awesome, can't wait to try it out! Is there any use for docker containers that host Go apps?
As in "is advocating for", or "is a supporter of" Sanders, not "is employed by"; or at least that's the impression I get.
I would suggest http://www.freecodecamp.com/

Plus the website is also open source :)
I highly recommend reading up on Apple's Security white paper that details how it all works... https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf
>Asimov's laws should be a good starting point

No they really shouldn't. Asimov's Laws of Robotics were a plot device intended to be subverted by the robots in his stories, they were never meant to be taken seriously.
Lots of doom-saying in the comments of this site.

I hesitate to blame my own lack of jobhunting success on these trends, but it's possible.
That is a key part of the value proposition!
Credit cards too.

It seems like buyers prefer protection a lot more than sellers do. Or maybe sellers just don't have any power to decide, and have to go where the buyers are.
On boot? Many naive users never boot their phones after the first time they open the box.

So then, what, if not on boot, show it all the time, with no option to suppress? If you offer a way to suppress it, that will be used by the bad guys.
> President...well...they don't really do much these days other than provide Reality TV style entertainment. The office should be just phased out imho or used like the Queen for tourism purposes.

If you are not just being cynical---which I wouldn't blame---I would revisit this thinking: It seems as though executive orders[1] and vetoes[2] alone seem like reason enough to have the office. Even if you don't agree with all orders or vetoes, this kind of stuff certainly seems like more than entertainment to me.

> Watson as a VC sounds much more interesting.

That actually seems like a really cool idea. There is a developer API; someone should start one!

[1]: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-action...
[2]: http://www.senate.gov/reference/Legislation/Vetoes/vetoCount...
No need to apologize, you are definitely correct. I will change it to left-liberalist, that's a lot more accurate.
Not sure how you get that from "working actively for".
And people who buy insurance are more likely to drive/act recklessly?
Check out [Simple & Useful](https://s3.amazonaws.com/simpleuseful/index.html) and [Mozilla Thimble](https://thimble.mozilla.org/).

Here's a blog post I wrote about learning web design: http://hypertexthero.com/logbook/2012/04/web-design-where-to...
I do both, and oddly they keep coming, and file complaints with the FTC. The national list works well -- violators (if they can be found) are liable to prosecution.
Call centres: The end of the line
Yes it is true. In every country in the world there are marginalized people based on their ethnicity and religion.

Because it is neither progress nor improvement. Thought policing is harmful and stupid.
Smalltalk-80 and the resulting modern implementations of it follow this idea. Typically, the IDE/development tools come with the runtime environment and these allow the browse the system's code as well as inspect existing instances of object. There's also a primitive form of a built-in VCS allowing the viewing of earlier method versions and reverting to them. Finally, the underlying VM is written in a mixture of C and either Smalltalk or something resembling it.
MirageOS does something similar with Ocaml. It uses this feature to compile Unikernals that run directly on Xen.
It's not discrimination if the ability in question is a bona fide occupational qualification. If you can't see well, you can't fly safely.
The Wire
IMO these findings that roads are safer without markings, or by being narrower are because drivers have a heightened level of attention and focus when they encounter something unexpected. When they are widespread and commonplace the accident rate will go past that of wide/marked roads. For a fair comparison, if you compared a country with wide/marked streets to a country where narrow/unmarked streets are commonplace (Mexico for example) you'd find marked/wide is much safer.
May be.. But may also be that it is only part of the reason. A company can have dismal projections and current financials but market will not completely lose faith in them if they do not treat their users like crap. Seriously the dark pattern infested, spam enabling, bogus endorsements ridden website lost me years ago. It is sad because they could have, and still can be if they turn their cultural wagon around, been so useful. Genuinely useful for companies and people looking for jobs.
If I were an AI trying to take over the World, this is how I'd do it. But first it needs to have the constitution amended so it doesn't have to be a natural born citizen of the United States, a resident for 14 years, and 35 years of age or older.
Introducing the ~=~ operator
Is there any function or operator in any language that can unbiased without any constants or subjectivity return a boolean TRUE/FALSE if two different noisy sets of integers of the same size are equal?

Examples of desired output:

[0] ~=~ [0] -> TRUE

[0] ~=~ [1] -> FALSE

[84765,193] ~=~ [84765,193] -> TRUE

[84765,193] ~=~ [84765,32] -> FALSE

[1047072,1047216,1047441,1047521,1047682,59102,59361,59583,59818] ~=~
[1047085,1047276,1047471,1047754,1047938,59128,59364,59732,59945] -> TRUE

[1047072,1047216,1047441,1047521,1047682,59102,59361,59583,59818] ~=~ [1047085,1047276,1017471,1047754,1047938,59128,59364,59732,59945] -> FALSE

Rules:

* The operator is not allowed to know anything about the nature of integers it receives as input

* The operator is not allowed to know anything about the world, it must be immutable and without any constants at all

* The operator is not allowed to be in disagreement with humans about what sets of integers are to be considered equal. (Naturally, a stupid human will sometimes make a mistake, so if in disagreement, continue to multiply the group of humans with two and if the disagreement continues forever, the operator is useless and incorrect).

I have "discovered" an algorithm which always returns the same boolean value as a sufficiently intelligent human would return, but I'm sure this algorithm must already exist since it's so obvious.

Hopefully you hackers can tell me what this operator or algorithm is called so I don't have to spend the time to implement it in assembly language, since now I only have a reference implementation in a higher order language.
and how can I be sure that in the Apple store they are fixing the phone with a thrustworthy component?
and so on...
Apple excuses make no sense this time.
‘Woohoo’ email stokes rumor that gravitational waves have been spotted
Agreed. It's strength is the visual presentation, not so much the technical details.
this works well with windows machines, however beyond that it could be really really flaky. especially freebsd/mac/linux are mostly inaccurate.
PTR's are set on client machines aswell or in some newer IPv6 based networks you mostly get a PTR aswell. fingerprinting the tcp implementation can't work on network fragmentation and when you drop some packages through a firewall, yes this is mostly not in home networks and most home users won't use linux at all however since netflix and other streaming providers opened for linux aswell, they will actually just allow linux users to use a vpn since they can't detect it safely without false postives like they could on windows.

And MTU differs extremly between US and Europe (Thanks to PPPoE and PPPoA)

PTR is wrong. My Server is a home user and I'm a server?! Also this guy has a better database since he can detect linux 3.11 however on my home network I'm behind a proxy, thats something he didn't detected.

Edit: Oh and on IPv6 only networks with DNS64 and NAT64 you will get really aweful results if you operate on a ipv4 based service (i'm looking at you netflix)
Obama and his advisor Cass Sunstein are ostensibly pursuing "libertarian paternalism", as is Cameron in the UK.
I'm guessing you like the sound of "libertarian".

Alcohol consumption is one clear case of people harming themselves. There are a lot of other areas in which the government in fact doesn't know what's best, so I don't think you can generalize about liberties either way.
Especially since he includes this earlier in the piece to make him seem like an impartial observer:

> For those who suspect that I’m a Clinton-hater, nothing could be further from the truth. I’ve written glowingly about Clinton many times and even gone so far as to call her “the most accomplished woman in American history.” Even with these recent revelations I’m about to disclose, I continue to stand by those words of praise.

I mean, you're not a Clinton hater, but that you are "working actively for" her opponent might be worth a mention in the same breath.
Could you help us understand, which companies are using telemarketing to sell legitimate services that some customers want? And why don't they clearly identify themselves and respect the customer's concerns (not just reading off a script)
Tools i use to run a 7-figure SaaS
clickbait tldr; " try to select the most valuable people?" ( instead of lottery)

apparently, free market is going to determine who is most valuable.
> The big funds are still raising big funds, General Catalyst as an example this week. They still need to allocate that capital.

After the dotcom bust, there were many cases where VC funds just returned uninvested money to LPs, as it was evident that the IPO market had dried up.
This comment does a complete disservice to at least two entire fields of science. It's extremely ignorant.

Yes, there is some variation in opinion in how the findings can be interpreted but most of the differences between 1916 and now would be due to that now we are MASSIVELY more rigorous in our approach to such findings.

The smug is strong here, and it's unfounded.
Wrong, they aren't packet shaping. They have bad peering.

They refuse to add an adequate amount of peering to video services like Netflix and YouTube. The result is oversaturated routing during peak hours.

By using a VPN you change the route taken to the video service, bypassing the oversaturated connections.
It would certainly be a political crisis for the Republican party if their base were to realize how much they've been lying about health care. Bring it on!
> > Even if you could.

Prostitutes aren't actively trying to scam you.
Blackberry Shifting to Android, Lays Off 200 People
The question isn't who we should protect, but who the US government should protect in the course of implementing its immigration policy. The Indian child is not a US citizen.
While we're at it, let's go ahead and put religion on top of a solid scientific foundation! I mean politics and religion are so similar, if we figure one out then we're bound to be able to apply what we've learned from the process to the other.
ISPs typically don't outright throttle Netflix traffic. Instead, they simply neglect to build out capacity to wherever Netflix traffic comes from. I recall one case where it was just a matter of running some more cables between two pieces of equipment in the same cabinet. And of course they'd be happy to build out that capacity if Netflix will foot the enormously inflated bill.

I don't watch Netflix, but I often have extremely poor speeds for YouTube videos at peak times on my FiOS connection. Of course Verizon says it's Google's fault for not paying for infrastructure upgrades, clearly not Verizon's responsibility to ensure I can actually get the 300Mbps they advertise.
>>but this (fraud mitigation) is exactly why PayPal "won" the P2P payments space

I would argue that Paypal being the default payment method for eBay transactions might have been a more significant factor in their success.
"During the 2001-2002 bust, bay area rents fell 50% in marginal neighborhoods. In desirable neighborhoods, rents fell maybe 10%. Prices to buy came down, but not nearly as much. In marginal areas 20%, in desirable neighborhoods, maybe 1%. Small houses and fixer-uppers in the 10/10/10 school districts (ie, Palo Alto) kept going up. One reason is that construction prices fell 30%, so there was allot of tears downs and renovation happening.
"

It was a bit more complicated than that ...

You are correct that rents/prices fell much more in marginal areas, but "marginal" can mean a lot of things. Very expensive, 3-4 million dollar homes are also marginal (or at least, they were at the time) and those fell a lot. There just wasn't a healthy demand for 4 million dollar homes in SF and Marin during that period, and those prices dropped a lot.

So, yes - mid-range (mid-range for SF) houses in desirable areas did not fall a lot ... but just like houses in undesirable areas dropped a lot, so did a lot of other marginal properties - namely, very expensive ones.
I am a puts debuggerer
Tech's Most Unlikely Venture Capitalist
You appear to be very cynical about marriage and relationships in general. Visas are granted to the spouses of US citizens because the US recognizes the right of these citizens to have a family life. It is not only the spouse who is harmed if the visa is denied but also the US citizen in question, whose rights the US government is obliged to recognize. Utilitarian considerations are largely irrelevant. As far as justice is concerned, I don't see why you think it would be unjust to grant visas to spouses. Of course spouses of US citizens are not the only people who should be granted visas, but no-one suggested that was the case.
Good. The more idiotic restrictions PayPal adds the more likely people will stop using it. I don't understand why the VPN service accepted PayPal to begin with.
There's a less-proselytizing piece about Monderman in a 2004 Wired: http://www.wired.com/2004/12/traffic/
they just left.
arguing with kids is boring
This would be a great theft deterrent, if you could remotely brick your iPhone.
This is from your comment history:

I have to admit that I did not do any web development
...
I also know about it from interaction with frontend
developers themselves and from toying around it

Do you believe that people who have never done something are capable of understanding it well enough to have the abrasive and ignorantly arrogant stance as your own? You either do and are ignorant, or you don't and are a hypocrite.
What really surprised me, and what most people don't seem to know, is that repairs at an Apple store are way cheaper than third party repairs.
You can get the button exchanged, but since each one is coupled with the secure enclave co-processor, touch ID doesn't work anymore. But home button still works, so does the phone encryption, you just can't identify yourself with the fingerprint anymore. If you go and try to add a fingerprint, it behaves like you have a muddy finger and can't scan it. But this ain't an issue since encryption is done by a PIN code first, then fingerprints are used as a more convenient way to unlock.

Frankly the device bricking is BS, since the encryption PIN code is still there and unknown to a possible attacker. You just can't use the victims fingerprints to unlock it anymore, or attach a hacked fingerprint reader, because it still won't be able to access the secure enclave to open and get the PIN code.
Could be intentional.
I could have sworn the restart requirement was rare.

I stand corrected.
Might makes right.

All power comes from God.

Divine right of kings.
Bred certainly, but not... teacup poodles, you know? This was probably some "working breed" and it sounds like it was on the large side.
Yes, this is exactly what the issue is. (I have worked on these types of deals before).

All of these types of media deals stipulate that the licensee has to implement appropriate technologies (often spelled out on the contract) that support the licensing restrictions of the content (usually something like "commercially reasonable efforts" which gives Netflix some wiggle room over what measure are "reasonable")
Oh god, ick. I've used T-SQL and Pl/SQL procedurally and hate them with the burning passion of many suns.
Tunesmith said some hurtful personal remarks to the agent (I could imagine something like "are you so stupid and your whole family so completely worthless, and you probably apat our several kids by several deadbeats to boot, that the only way you can scratch out a miserable existence is by trying to scamming people? You are going to die destitute and your children will always be homeless!", not complaints about the company
Common Lisp: equalp
Your email address is not in your profile.
Ah -- that would explain it. I never watched that show myself.
Why are you talking about whores? Whores aren't trying to steal or hurt anyone.
Has anyone read full Terms and Conditions?

I think most of the people clicked / tapped / pressed "AGREE".

So here you go.
Yeah, because science knows everything, just like Watson.
My girlfriend is teaching herself to code, and her favorite resource is http://codeschool.com. I've watched pieces of some of their lessons and they definitely spend more time going over programming (or even computer science) basics, whereas codeacademy seems to skip that and just throw jquery at the students. And they have a nice mix of well-produced video content to go with some interactive repl exercises.
The army doesn't recruit grunts who had the benefit of family wealth, solid public education, and job prospects.
Maxur-base, 0.15 released
Living in British Columbia, I had always assumed Bay Area real estate would be astronomical. I found it surprising to see single family detached homes in the Bay Area for $300,000. That's entirely reasonable considering the potential incomes.