skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Quite the opposite. The journalist idea of "Anonymous" is very different from the insider idea of Anonymous. In the simplest terms, Anonymous is anyone, really. It's not limited to 4chan users (there are other chans, and the users sometimes overlap). 4chan itself is just a convenient place to recruit people to perform an attack and later use as a scapegoat.

As an example, the anti-Scientology protests were reported under the catch-all banner of Anonymous, but the people organizing it and hitting the streets were also from rival forums such as Something Awful. Funny enough, the protest movement is completely different from (and at odds with) the original catalyst: other Anons DDoSing Scientology websites for using the DMCA to take down a video on YouTube. As someone mentioned earlier in the comments, one core motivation is trolling, or "lulz," so under this so-large-its-useless umbrella term "Anonymous," there are groups sabotaging one another just because it's funny.

The core people organizing* these DDoS attacks come and go, but they are a dedicated few who have the time and skills to design such programs to distribute to the masses. As in the Time magazine hack, it was respectably sophisticated (this article does it justice: http://musicmachinery.com/2009/04/15/inside-the-precision-ha...). And yes, this core group does have botnets, as well as excellent social engineering skills to motivate *channers to download and execute their software.

I love watching people and organizations of all varieties underestimate just how tenaciously annoying they can be.
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> A Marine rifleman at the rank of private in a deployed MEF reports to a platoon leader who reports to a company commander w.r.t. a regiment commander w.r.t. a division

Have you missed out the squad and battalion levels, or is the USMC organised differently from how it used to be?
Here's a chart: http://lifehacker.com/5451127/seems-like-everyones-getting-f...
Interesting interview, nice to hear from PG, how Y Combinator evolved. Look forward to have something like Y Combinator in India.
I agree it's keeping the economy poorer, but is it harming the world economy? People are getting goods at lower prices, that frees up more money for investment. So I'd say if anything it's improving the world economy. Once again, I feel the only objection is that it is unfair to chinese citizens because the are essentially being stolen from. As for you comment on 2nd order effects, I think that is incorrect -- China only competes on labor costs, they don't sell goods for less than the material costs. Now if you're saying that they can use less efficient (more wasteful) processes since the difference is made up in labor, I'll agree -- but I think they'll adopt the more efficient processes to increase their bottom line eventually.
One thing to note for you hackers out there, I believe the TonidoPlug (in contrast to the Marvell dev version) has covered up the mini-usb serial connection. It's probably still there, you'd just have to punch a hole in the box to get at it.

Looking at the website, it seems that the SD slot is covered as well.

Personally, I use my marvell plug with debian on it, installed onto a 2GB SD card, along with a USB NIC to act as a firewall for my network.
China engaging in open hostilities against us is "capricious"?
Not on the desktop - but definitely on the server. The public Internet pretty much runs on Linux today, whereas Microsoft servers are all but confined to corporate IT departments. Imagine how much more money Microsoft would be making if the millions of web servers out there each ran a copy of Windows.
We need more of this sort of thing.

It's arguably far more important to get good internet access to rural areas than to inner cities. If you're in Central London or Manchester, you can quite easily shop, meet others in your field of work, network, be entertained without touching a computer if you don't want to.

Meanwhile in remote areas, it's not so easy to pop out and do these things and the internet has been a huge leap forward - but we're being held-back by spotty, slow, distinctly iffy internet connections that just aren't capable of sustaining meaningful economic activity. The advent of the internet is a huge chance to revive rural communities which have been in decline for years now.

But while BT, Google and other companies concentrate their high-speed efforts exclusively on profitable inner-city areas which already have a plethora of other options, we're in serious danger of leaving "forgotten" rural areas behind. I have friends on a Scottish island which currently only has 512kbps on its exchange...
You guys are all focusing on his complaint of "too many games". If you notice, he's pointing out that they are actually too full of content for him to complete before the next shiny object grabs his attention.

Yes, we rate "playtime" as one of our attributes of quality. "For $50, I better get more than 1 hour of playtime out of an RPG or other exploration game" is a common concern; vs. replayability or addictiveness of the casual gaming world.

But just like Blaise Pascal's quote (http://www.famousquotes.com/show.php?_id=1045873) “I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead," (no, it's not Mark Twain), if we had games that took some of the time of adding just one more world or level and instead enhanced aspects of the main game, aka judicious editing, well, perhaps we'd be able to experience more of the game, and even feel a sense of completion. We'd have less stuff to conquer, but perhaps the conquering could be more subtle, have more ways to solve, have more realism, better characters, more complex motivations, whatever.

In playing some of these games he mentions as the good ones, I experienced meaningless quests (my friends called them "bolt ons"), busy-work, farming, all sorts of things that didn't move the story forward, or involved repetitive labor. They weren't puzzles, they were just grunt work. These could have been edited out and the effort spent elsewhere, reducing "time to complete" but making a good game even better.

So, if a game needs lots of time to complete a vast and compelling story, or it's a subscription game that needs more content, so be it. But instead of a game requiring as much work as, well, my job, perhaps a game that gave more enjoyment but also allowed me to feel a sense of completion would be a popular game.

Look, sometimes I love a 500 page book or a 3 hr movie or watching a miniseries or season in one sitting; we all do. But we don't want them all the time. Perhaps we should hold games accountable not on "hours to complete" but on "satisfaction felt upon completion, given that the game should take more than 1 hour". This puts the emphasis on immersion, storytelling, interaction and not so much on "cram more junk in".

As an aside, if we complete more games and feel more satisfied when we do, we will buy more games. Sounds like a win for both sides.
It does benefit other auto-makers, but Toyota has admitted that there are flaws in its vehicles that can kill people. It doesn't mean that Toyotas aren't otherwise good, reliable cars. However, they covered up a fatal issue and they shouldn't be allowed to sell new cars with the issue and they should have to repair the ones with the issue.

Should Toyota be allowed to sell cars with this known fatal flaw? Of course not! Should they have to recall and repair cars with this known fatal flaw? Yes! Those are the things that have happened to Toyota. It's not some conspiracy case of the NHTSA trying to give domestic firms a leg up. It's a case of Toyota having to fix a fatal problem with its vehicles.

How is this different from the Ford/Firestone incident from the past? Was that the NHTSA trying to give Toyota a leg up by requiring Ford to fix that problem?
The maximum you can get at a reasonable price in England is 50mb download at around $80 / month. It's also worth bearing in mind that upload is the critical speed for DDOS and that is _severely_ limited on most connections.

The maximum you can get on a residental connection in the UK is around 2mb.
Yup, that's it. While clicking around something like that site, I also found one that covered a couple years, and the trend is roughly the same (with a couple more spikes).

edit: another, related chart, from a quick Google: http://www.marketingcharts.com/?attachment_id=781

I'll grant that median is likely not a good measuring point, but it is still revealing. Hell, Canada is out-doing us, so you can hardly argue it's because we're more spread out.
I've worked in an automotives parts plant, and let me tell you right now: be afraid, be very afraid.

Well okay, that's overly dramatic, but your expectation of cars being built like planes is just not happening, nor is it likely to ever happen.

The fact of the matter is, car prices are something that is constantly under intense consumer and competitive pressure. Every auto maker wants to make their cars cheaper and cheaper, and at the end of the day something has to give for the prices consumers demand... this includes redundancy and QA.

In the short time I was in the industry, I was involved in multiple recalls - none of which as deadly as Toyota's here, but all of which were the direct result of cost cutting. In two of those recalls, the blame lied solely on using cheaper, brittle plastic parts as a cost-cutting measure applied by the major automakers. Not that they're pocketing the savings of course, those generally get passed straight onto you, the consumer.

Shortly after I left the industry Toyota unveiled the Camry redesign - and I remember remarking that something bad had to happen with this car. It gave way too much bang for your buck, I cannot imagine the invisible corners that were cut to bring this vehicle to market. Now I suppose we know - and the age-old mantra still rings true: there ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

Keep that in mind when you buy your next car, seriously. The plant where I worked made parts for everything from cheapo Pontiacs to expensive Mercedes - and let me tell you, you do get what you pay for. Disregard ignorant laymen who insist that the expensive marques are nothing but branding, there is a very, very real difference in what you're getting (and that includes tolerances, redundancy, and testing level).
Only if you care about the readability and maintainability of the target HLL.

Going from one HLL to another if you never plan to look at or change the generated code is significantly easier than going to machine code. Just look at all the compilers that target C.
The Microsofting of Apple?
And PopCap has helped by repackaging two of their games as WoW add-ons so you can, you know, play while you play:

http://www3.popcap.com/promos/wow/
Considering they are only looking for a couple communities at most (and maybe just one), it's pretty logical that they will choose one where it's relatively easy. Temperate climate, clear rights of way, city government assisting, etc. They're not going to choose Manhattan.

I watched Verizon install FiOS around my city several years back and it was all quite efficient. Contracting firms dug the ditches, another firm put the cables down while the digging crew came back behind and filled in the trench. It was amazing how quickly they could hook up a neighborhood.
Pain. Or, Why Learning to Code is like Learning Chinese.
There is something like YCombinator in India:

http://iaccelerator.org/
Ask HN: The less than legal startup, a boot-strapper's advantage
The thought came to be when discussing a new business model. The realization that a boot-strapper can be non-compliment with things like employment regulation, business licenses, etc, in order to demonstrate a business concept. Then fix the problems only if the business model is viable. One caveat is this will only work if one can limit personal liability.

For clarification, I am not talking about fraud or ripping people off, however the avoidance of some red tape until a model is actually proven ($$ and people). If the model fails, the business gets slapped with a few fines and fees and dies. A existing business or one with large financial investment does not have this ability, therefore it is a boot-strapper's advantage.

I would like to open a discussion on this idea.
I'm still tryin' to figure out how they fit the producer in that there little bag!
and you learn it better each time you make that decision, stick with it, and it's right or wrong. Adjust accordingly next time.
Myths About Selling Intangible Services
So, are you saying that Visual Source Safe is too legit to quit?
This is a good advice but it only helps if you already have a list of mentor candidates. How does one go abut finding the right candidates?
Is living longer in an overcrowded world better than the alternative?
The problem is that cable companies were given monopolies by the local governments when the setup.
Moral of the story: If you get an interview, be really nice to Jessica.
I don't think Google is going to sell at below cost, the limitation on large network's bandwidth is primarily routing technology which has continued to improve while US broadband has stagnated. It's not like other countries have not been rolling out low cost 1Gbit consumer connections for a while.

PS: Despite all these talk of caps etc, upstream bandwidth is still a small chunk of a large ISP's budget.
Was that what it was? Because I think it sounded a lot like scandinavia sighing that we've had this for a decade. (I'm sure other countries has too, the US really has backwater infrastructure.)
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So how is this different from say the Ford Pinto exploding gas tank or the Ford SUV/Firestone tire rollovers? Secretive corporate automaker culture hardly seems limited to Toyota.
I've been on Twitter awhile and I haven't had to read anything from big media, celebrities, and social media consultants. Either Ashton Kutcher just doesn't like me, or those problems aren't problems if you're selective about who you follow.
Interesting scenarios, specially using Google Wave for Project mgmt.
So China engages in open hostilities against us, and we tank their bonds.

Now UBS will worry we will do the same to them, perhaps in response to Switzerland becoming hostile? Nomura dumps our bonds in anticipation of Japan going all 1942 on us?
> "and I am pretty confident that I will not come close to fully exploring them before the next great RPG is released."

I think that's part of the experience, though. Having just finished Mass Effect 2, I can tell with certainty that there's a huge amount of the game I never got to see due to my choices, but I'm fine with that. One of the chief strengths of that game is its ability to give every player a unique experience - you don't need to experience every line of dialogue, every possible outcome of a situation, etc etc, to have a profoundly enjoyable experience.
The good, the bad, and the average: Evidence of ability peer effects in schools
RealNetworks spins off failing Rhapsody music service
And it drew a lot of flak for trying to compare itself to YC [http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=842882]
The blog author left out the one-stop-shop for tracing: the ISP. If your upload (comment/image/etc.) draws some heat, and your IP address is listed in that server's logs, all it takes is a subpoena to that IP's ISP to see everything you've been browsing (for days to years, depending on local laws).
Race for the Galaxy AI
Oh No Spotify, Warner retreats from all free music streaming services
Toward a better Gmail
Warner: No More Free Streaming Music For You
As an aside, I cannot stand people being rude to people that they perceive as the receptionist or somehow lesser in stature to them. Take someone out to lunch and watch how they interact with the waiter and that will tell you a lot about their character.
Holy shit, I just thought of this yesterday after making great progress by deleting code.
Thanks for the english, always good to know
Tell us why should we use it? Tell us for what your software may be useful?
12 spins, 5 cocks. That's a dangerously high percentage of dicks.
I'll second that.
It is good to know that Celery is being used in production... but give us a story. What were you doing? What was the problem? How did creating and deploying Celery help you solve it? Perhaps an example or two of other potential uses would be cool too.

Thanks =)
Roblox, startup for kids' virtual world is looking for Senior web developers
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Submit your cover letter and your resume. Good luck!
And what about Brilliant Earth?
Worth the hour of your time. One of many interesting tidbits was what personality traits predict success in YC founders (positive: determination, raw intelligence, and ability to sell $30,000 of Obama-branded cereal boxes, negative: meek body language).
I think Plato's four cardinal virtues play a big role for many people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato%27s_four_cardinal_virtues
Let me get this straight.

Some amateurs have identified errors in the published literature. Because you are concerned that their corrections might affect the debate, you compare them to deranged conspiracy theorists in an effort to discredit them.

You do this because you feel that, in light of new evidence, we may not implement the specific policies you wish to be enacted. Then you claim you have no political purpose?
I live in Sweden. I had 10/10 mbit fibre in my (regular non-campus) apartment back in 2001, for peanuts, maybe $20 a month. In 2005 I briefly upgraded to 100/100 mbit (very common today), but found that it wasn't worth it (about $55) because what good will that do me when most of the internet can't keep up with it? I think it about doubled my speed from my previous connection, but that's it.

Today I have 12/4 mbit DSL, and I pay less than $20. I don't need more bandwidth, but if I did I could get a lot more than I could use for less than $50 a month.
This is silly. It's the shareholders paying the CEOs, not the government.

If the shareholders are happy with management (and they should be, as JPM and GS are the undisputed winners of the crisis), then why shouldn't they pay them competitively?

It's easy to argue that Blankfein and Dimon are adding much more incremental value than they take in compensation. So everybody is incented to pay them enough to keep them...
This is funny. I want to see them make another skit, but this time about Apple introducing an oversized, dysfunctional iPhone... oh wait.
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Your early life doesn't sound too far off from mine, minus the stint in the Navy. Managing finances hasn't been a big problem for me, but achieving some other goals of mine has. Do you think your habit of tracking everything came about as your self-discipline improved, or do you think that tracking is a good way to fast track your self-discipline?
That's the thing, I think internet access is essential to being an educated citizen nowadays, and many websites are no longer viable for dialup users to visit. High speed internet for all should be placed on the same level of importance as education for all.
They hid a problem that was killing people. That is why they are now getting negative publicity.
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> The closer two things are to each other, the more they fight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences
Skype is too serious business for something like this, I think.
not to mention that the reddits won jessica over by being "cute"
Is it all at the table or do you have some kind of presentation too from past founders?
They use the scare tactics a lot, but they didn't work in the wireless spectrum auction did they?
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New 9/11 aerial photos released
You'd be surprised how many people still use CVS.
How old were you when you decided to start giving up?
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Reminds me of Fight Club.

"A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one."

What a gift this is to the lawyers involved in suits against Toyota for acceleration related wrecks. It appears they knew about the problem and stalled fixing it while people died. A jury will eat that up.
You're being fairly vague so let me put some hypothetical context in here.

Let's say you made a video game...

If all you are talking about is paying taxes under your own name until you find out whether or not a significant number of people are going to buy your game, fine.

Anything more than that however would be less than wise.

EDIT:
Let me amend that...

I should say that I was assuming the content of the game was non controversial. If your content is controversial, ALWAYS start the LLC, it is not that hard usually.
I regularly fail to install flash on computers at libraries or even on my home computers. The installer is extremely buggy.
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Did you miss the part where the NHTSA opened its investigation before the auto company bailouts?
it's amazing how much people pay for key/value stores.
The article hits the nail squarely on the head.

Git is pretty awesome, I love using github. From what I've seen of Mercurial, it is also mostly blessed the same awesomeness.

Getting people to convert is a fairly big undertaking, though, and although the author touches on this, he might be underestimating the task of conversion a little bit.

The first of his 3 points (that git/mercurial's inferior handling of binary files is one of the major issues) is in my opinion dwarfed by an issue he doesn't even mention: git's cryptic user experience and sometimes insanely-scary (especially to git newbies) error messages. I've met plenty of coders who are brilliant programmers but are completely baffled by the very simplest of operations in git when they fail. I'm not sure a better user experience is even remotely on the radar of the folks who work on git, so for git newbies, it's back to svn.

Has anyone else noticed this?

I'd love to get my day job's project moved from svn to git, given the tremendous benefits (we experience a lot of pain when branching our svn repo), but the pain of moving has to be eased significantly. Moving a repo like ours doesn't just involve importing the repo, it involves training, dealing with all the errors and hangups, figuring out how to make our ancient installation Trac talk to our repo, connecting it to Eclipse and NetBeans, and adjusting all of our build processes. I think if the day to day git experience was less cryptic, we could probably handle the remaining issues.
These render very nice, and under the hood doesn't look too complex.
I figured the reason would be competition for a similar niche.
Saw this a few months ago.. still funny every time.
You'd be surprised by how many don't use any kind of CVS.
Hacker 'Mudge' gets Darpa job
I wish one of the HN rules were "no Paul Krugman". His writings are occasionally interesting, but he's a flamebait and it has no place here. This article marks two posts in two days.
7M windows users like me who had to reformat their HD because of a virus.

Just happened to me last week.