skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
of course it is. because it is the right argument against privacy.

I love to scratch my balls and I do it at home with my wife in the room proudly.

I am a cynique. My dream as a man would be to wank like a dog on the public space and that putin or bill gates came to me asking me if I needed something (probably to stop disgracing the place).

In my dreams I answer "Move your ass from my sun, I already have the best I wish, and the sun whatever the fuck powerful you think you are is not in your power to command".

The guy probably would have asked me if I was not fearing him and I would have answered: are you waking up every morning and looking up in the mirror thinking you are a bad guy? No. Should I fear the good guys?

Knowing the answer, I would have had resumed wanking again.

But the actual modern internet is all about self censorship by bigotry. If they were less bigotry internet would be a tad better.

Nowadays, living like a dog as a choice is not possible anymore. So when I basically tell the story of Diogenes who made fun of Alexander the Great, I see a problem with our civilization pretending that our society is better and more free than the Athenian democracy because we have no more slaves.

I would say the opposite: we are now all slaves. Especially from not only bigotry and the fear of the disapprobation of the moeurs, but also the fact there is an asymmetry between the citizens that must strip without consent of their privacy, while the more powerful shield themselves in invisibility cloaks.

And if someone read greek old myths as I do, we all remember the Gyges ring parabol about how substracting yourself from the public view is a perfect tool for planning and hiding crimes.

So my problem with the privacy always boils down to:
who watches the watchmen (Allan Moore 1996)

EDIT conclusion what cynism tells about privacy
Fear not who you are, because the pressure of feeling observed is our universal moral compass. There is no morality possible without accepting fully your own nature and build you life centered around not the picture a society have of you, but around your true nature. The true slavery is the one of imposed morality. Hence the true face of slavery is a society that requires privacy to function properly. Care not about the eyes of the others, care about your own weakness at not accepting your differences.
most of the time I feel like it's crickets here when I ask a question about an idea or view on things. Of course Quora is more oriented to that. But it feels more factual and not opinions.
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That's not exactly true, but it means holding the customer to exactly what they asked for, and having a formal "change request" process for any deviations. The track record of that model of development is not one of successful on-time delivery, but it does seem to make some types of customers more comfortable, even if it shouldn't.
There's a reason why "outsider feels lonely, outsider is needed, outsider saves the world" has been a recurring theme in fiction for decades - it's something that everyone can identify with and everyone dreams of. It's normal. This isn't something that's limited to "gifted children".
Why do you support private companies policing the internet? I'd rather be given the chance to decide what's good or bad for me by myself, instead of having someone else doing this proactively.

A warning would be welcomed, but nothing more.
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Seneca and Epictetus, two Roman Stoics, have stood the test of time. They're not "the" recommended books, they just might be of interest to you.
Nor is it only about zoning laws. A nightclub, or under-the-table hotel, will likely be subject to laws like the ADA, additional fire codes, health inspections, and more. These are tangential to paying taxes.
Reminds me of Tim Vidas' work on QRishing:

https://www.cylab.cmu.edu/files/pdfs/tech_reports/CMUCyLab12...
Is it only me that finds this type of obsessive-compulsive over-thinking somewhat bizarre; yet the author is trying to pass it off as the norm.

Perhaps it's the author's fretful nature and over analysis that drives women away?

I've found the following 'tactics' have worked quite well:
- If you want to send a message, send a message.
- If they don't reply, they're busy, or they don't want to speak with you.

How is it any more complicated than that?
O'Reilly Code School has a module for R[1] that's amazing. No installs required as you use a virtual terminal.

[1] http://tryr.codeschool.com/
>There's a bit of a Moral Crusade against payday lenders, because the rates they charge are exorbitant and their customers are poor, and people find that shocking. Since they're so obviously Bad Guys, then it's okay to do things like this to Get Them, right?

It absolutely is. They're bottom feeding scum whose profits are driven by the irrational financial decisions that occur under conditions of desperation and panic.

>Never mind that a payday loan may be a much better deal than a late payment on something important

Never mind that they capitalize on two very common cognitive biases:

* Shortened time horizons of the financially distressed (your limbic system kicks in when you panic, causing people to make irrational decisions).

* A bias towards optimism in emotionally healthy adults.

When payday lenders are prohibited (like in Ohio) the poor end up better off in the long run.

Only if you believe the neoclassical, neoliberal fairy tale that is the eternally rational consumer would it make sense to support these scum.
The indipendent has become trash. Reputation completly ruined in the last 4 years.
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> It could become a venture like Wikipedia, run by a nonprofit that depends on donations

That would be a very good decision. Could also help persuade them for having everything behind a public API again.
Wow. I too feared the sharp edges created when my mom cut the tags out of my shirt, wasn't considered gifted AND had ADHD. There is no way that's a coincidence. Someone needs to study the link between ungifted children with ADHD and their position on incomplete shirt tag removal.
That is a rather profound observation. Perhaps the Geek subculture's disdain of the principles of social interaction is because we often try to make sense of it rationally.
Apparently the site owner has blocked everyone from Finland and possibly Estonia as a protest after "an incident at the border" since summer 2015: https://voat.co/v/whatever/comments/754757
The customer service piece will likely work better on Amazon, but there will be some initial pain.

The low prices on Alibaba have a lot to do with sellers that provide zero customer service. For example, order something at the beginning of Chinese New Years. You'll go two straight weeks, or more, no communication, nothing ships. Similar for returns...many just don't support it at all. There's also a fair amount of mispresentation...what ships isn't at all what's pictured.

Amazon, of course, sticks it to sellers that do these sorts of things, so you'll see a cycle where it starts with unbelievable low prices, then the pricing will normalize after Amazon puts the screws to the sellers.
Making it accessible on the Internet may not preserve something. Just because people can download something doesn't mean it will persist.
The user using this has to be in that group, the programs being run do not.

For a single-user machine, it may be okay. But I don't trust Docker's security very much.
The problem I have with most politicians is that most changes come with pros and cons. And they completely want to ignore the cons.

Quote from Forbes website:
"The United States remains the world leader in medical innovation, having produced more than half of the world’s new medicines over the last decade. But our edge is slipping away because of crippling domestic regulatory and tax policies.

A new report by Battelle, an international science and technology company, found that other countries are working aggressively to lure research facilities and high-paying jobs away from the United States. They are offering friendlier regulatory policies so companies can get products to patients faster, and they are lowering taxes and offering other incentives to boost private investment in new medicines and medical devices."

I'm not saying a single payer system can't work, just what are the things that need mitigated if it were to come to be.
I would argue that it's hard to build healthy relationship when you're _not_ okay being single. Needing a relationship to feel okay sets the ground for developing codependency, which hurts everyone involved. Also, when you're actively looking for someone to have relationship with you look desperate, which scares people off. (Not to mention that having relationship itself as a goal, as opposed to wanting to build a relationship with the great person in front of you, is objectifying and most people would avoid being objectified)
Also, the world doesn't end on package repository. In my experience with Linux, a lot of software I want is either very outdated or not in the repository at all. OTOH, for all intents and purposes you can assume that if something can't be found by Google, it doesn't exist.
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Why wouldn't one just call and avoid all this nonsense? It doesn't eliminate the wiles and ways by which we seek to gain the upper hand in a sapling relationship, but it does introduce a touch of humanity into the exchange which, in addition to being consoling, reduces wasted time and useless stress.

A call is an unambiguous yet still unstated expression of continued interest. Is the other party still interested? If the call is answered, you can tell from the tone of voice alone, and if there's uncertainty, the sound of your voice may be enough to tip the balance. What's better, broaching the difficult questions is less difficult on the phone: you don't need to ask explicitly what you would in text, nor need you come up with some lame quip or foist one of your few common experiences to have a conversation. If there's no answer, leave a message -- at the very least, you're not likely to be ignored.

This approach has the added benefit of distinguishing yourself from your texting, cowardly competitors.

Neither method is as good as a face-to-face encounter, but at least this way you reduce the risk of miscommunication or one of those alienating situations where the next-day text goes unanswered.
>The girl always has to contact the guy first. It's just how it works

That seems a bit childish.
I forget where I stole this from, but I like it:

Imagine that you have a coin, and you are told that it is not fair (asymmetrical mass distribution). But you are not told in which direction it is biased. If you flip it, what are the chances that it comes up heads?

A Bayesian would say the p(heads) = 1/2.

A frequentist would say that the only thing we can say about the p(heads) is that p(heads) ≠ 1/2.
The government can tap pretty much any call, and has been collecting meta-data on all calls, and the public does not seem to mind.

I think you're overestimating how much the public's indifference has to do with computer illiteracy.

That's like saying gun control advocates only argue as they do because they don't understand guns. It's a really silly argument.
"So why waste valuable time to do all this, if you know it's not the truth anyway ? The answer is to accept that you will learn things as you go along, and that things take as long as they take, and to rather deal with that."

This maybe is applicable for a company developing new products internally, but for projects delivered to third parties, delivery dates are part of contractual obligations.

Estimates are hard, but it's not like predicting the future with a crystal ball. Good developers in general get better as they gain experience in the domain, and in estimating itself.

Good project managers in general get better at spotting murky requirements that might be causing problems down the line, and try to clarify them early with the customer.

It's not a perfect science either, but it's a necessity in many real-world scenarios.
Call it a trial balloon, before someone in Congress brings up similar against Vanguard and others. Would not be the first time a proxy was used to float a silly idea that just picks up steam.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11084944
Not for Windows but XiVO is a nice Linux user friendly PBX appliance: http://www.xivo.io
Nasdaq to Debut Pilot for New Blockchain-Powered E-Voting System
So maybe you're wearing that boot!
Conclusion: The Independent's ad sales team is a lot better at selling ads than you are?
SoundCloud has lost over $70M in 2 years, board cites “material uncertainties”
Just put the entries in the "hosts" file at router-level (e.g. using OpenWRT).
But you still need a bank that can clear USD payments to trade FX.
The only thing that is as dangerous as ignorance is greed.
Hi Folks, this is my repo, thanks for all the comments.

I'm always looking for ways to improve things so I'm open to all suggestions.

EDIT: A couple of clarifications.

1) This isn't just for adblock. Your hosts file is useful for thwarting all sorts of malware. If a bot or trojan phones home with a domain, a vigilant hosts file will block it. A if a bot or trojan phones home with an IP, then the hosts file can't help you but, then again, an IP can be physically located fairly quickly.

2) The key to a good hosts file is keeping it current. This hosts file amalgamates several well-curated sources. So your hosts file is only as good as your ability to keep it current. This repo helps with this.
So the fund business isn't paying (enough?) taxes on fees paid to their investment management business?
The Planet Money podcast #677 (The Experiment Experiment) discussed an effort to reproduce some experiments.

One of the methods they discussed to both increase reproducibility and reduce experimenter bias was to register the experiment procedure and hypothesis with the journal before performing the experiment. It's been a while since I listened but I think one or more journals is supporting this workflow.

I'm glad we are working towards a better scientific process. These days sensationalism scores more grant money and Scientific American articles. We need incentives to improve our body of knowledge not just make headlines.
I think that's true. But we're at the tip of a large iceberg. In general people want to believe that they are in control of their emotions and choices, and that they are rational. The more you learn about psychology and neurology the more you realize how much of a conceit that is. It changes your perspective dramatically.

Read about Libet's experiments, sales techniques, anchoring, all that. Or meditate for a while and see what it does to your perception of yourself. We want to believe we're the bit of ourselves that tells ourselves what we are doing and what we will do, but we're all the rest of the wiring too and not a lot of that is fully under our control.
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They do benefit from postal subsidies, on both sides of the shipment. Direct help from China, then indirect help via the Universal Postal Union in the receiving country.
Ask HN: AWS Lambda vs. IronWorker
Hi all,

I'm looking into AWS Lambda and trying out it's competitors/alternatives.

I came across IronWorker and found a blogpost (http://www.iron.io/aws-lambda-vs-ironworker/) from a year ago on the Iron.io website. This post was written by Travis Reeder (CTO of Iron.io) so it's subjective. Also, a lot has changed in a year for AWS Lambda.

Have any of you experience with both platforms and what are your experiences?

Thanks in advance.
I'm only saying it could be a default on retail purchased PCs. Not on self-built PCs and a simple choice on (re)install of Windows.
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It's a special case of the more general case of taxation of non-market services.

Say A is a stay at home dad, B is his spouse, and C works at an office. B and C both make $10 per month and there is a 20% flat tax. So total tax revenue is $4. Now, say that A wants to live a life of leisure. So he hires C to do nannying on the side, and they pay her $3 per month. Now, total income is $23, and total tax revenue is $4.6. But the same amount of work is being done as before! All that's happened is an activity moved from the non-taxed domestic realm to a taxed market one.
This story irritates me. I have been using Vanguard for decades and have always been very happy with their services.

Strange lawsuit. Horrible if the case goes against Vanguard. We live in a strange world.
Just call her or ask her before she leaves.

Women are allowed to call you too btw.
> I have it on good authority that you need to pay for snacks at IBM.

I'm not sure if your comment was a parody of HN/SV echo chamber thought bubble.
Seems like intercepting secure communications with a bank would be a criminal activity and those responsible would be treated as such.
I think it's orthogonal to the article. Under a system designed to the lowest common denominator, those on the low end have to put X amount of effort in order to pass. Those who are gifted have to put in X-Y effort where Y can almost nearly equal X (leading to kids not ever learning how to study).

The Swedish system basically begins with the proposition that all students should put out X effort. Gifted children get more advanced work, or more quantity of work till they are putting out X effort.

This isn't designed to make them better adjusted, or less 'weird'. It's just there to equip gifted students with more skills relative to the mean.
I wonder if Blow has ever looked at Nim. Sometimes I hallucinate that game devs will have an Awakening and realize it's the way forward.
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I know you're only joking, but actually the Daily Mail is probably one of the most trafficked new sites in the world
The fund doesn't pay taxes on fees paid to their investment management business. From their perspective that's a cost. And he investment management business is running at break even, so they don't pay taxes either.
Why don't they change the green lock icon to a blue icon indicating a pair of eyes, that when clicked on explains that the connection is not secure because your IT department is monitoring the connection?
> Protip

That's the problem: We should not need to be "pro" to get software - even in an open world without walled gardens.
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I liked some things I saw which I've only seen in Pascal / Ada.

Edit: Specifically I thought it was the same as what I've seen in Pascal for arrays[0] where you specify the range (in the case of characters) between x and y. I always thought that was kind of interesting, have yet to really see it implemented in another language afaik.

[0]https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ada_Programming/Types/array
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What terrible news. The independent website is terrible. It is one of the slowest, most bloated sites I've ever used. Average page size is several megabytes, page layout jams during loads and restarts several times.
It's the Universal Postal Union subsidies. The low prices aren't hurting ChinaPost. Your tax dollars in the receiving country are where the money comes from.
That's not a warning, it's a confusing wall of text that no non-technical person is ever going to read. Click Yes.
Flies reared in the dark for 60 years give up their genetic secrets
The Times website sits behind a paywall, so their print circulation is not telling the whole story
Funny. I look around and think this about myself about 3 times a month.
Do you have the same reaction to Apple buying processors from Samsung or Intel? Google buying operating systems from Microsoft or Apple? In each of those situations they've decided that level of risk is outweighed by the cost of trying to do everything in-house. Data centers are an expensive business to be in and Amazon can amortize their costs over a much larger base than Netflix.

The thing to remember is that businesses routinely do this kind of thing and rely on contracts and markets to manage their risks. Even assuming that they don't have guarantees in the agreement giving Netflix those famously low rates, if Amazon chose sabotage they'd be endangering their much larger cloud business and that would hurt them for much longer than the time it would take Netflix to migrate to Google, Azure, etc. Even if you're completely unethical and a ruthless competitor, it's hard to argue that Amazon wouldn't benefit far more from making Prime Video a more interesting product, which conveniently also has no potential downsides.
Or key-pinning RFC7469, Or DANE RFC6698.

There are solutions, the point is they're not universally deployed.
> There are a lot of people still on Windows XP, Windows Vista, OS X 10.6, OS X 10.7 and OS X 10.8.

Excepting for Vista, those are out of support from their vendor, so why should 3rd parities be obligated to support them?
Attraction sometimes is not a matter of choice, but actions are. You can decide to continue communication with someone or not. You're not a slave of your attraction.
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Absolutely amazing series. The conclusion is mind-bogglingly relevant to 2016, despite being delivered almost 40 years ago, in a room of "the world's most powerful computers", all vastly less powerful than what we carry in our pockets today.

I was already radicalised* by the time I saw the series only 10 or so years ago, but the last episode had me on my feet, pointing at the television, shouting, "He warned us! He warned us!"

* by software freedom :-)
This is less unrealistic than it might seem at first. Twitter is no longer mostly owned by VCs looking for their 10x return - it's exited already. So it's now owned by the public, just by a slice of the public who wants to increase profits to increase the valuation. This is still not exactly straightforward to turn into a charity, but it's more realistic than if it was at the point where it was sitting on $700m of VC investments...
This is interesting. Recently, I've been doing more c programming again, and everytime I do I find myself thinking about building a language that is essentially c with just a very few pain points removed. #1 is a build/module/package system for making it easier to build modular code without copy/paste that is the defacto c-standard. #2 would be removing the pain points of utf8/unicode support (go seems to get this pretty close to right). And that's really it. (you could throw in an easy way to do closures and all values immutable by default and I wouldn't mind either).

Otherwise, I'm usually completely happy using C. I've tried Rust and Go and they have their use cases, but for most low-level things I do, I don't care that much about everything being perfectly safe (i.e. rust), and I don't want gc, and the high level stuff that Go brings. Really, just give me C with a good module system and I'd be perfectly happy. Maybe I'm alone here though...
My feelings / thoughts exactly. That's so backwards, hard to find words.