skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
On the contrary, GC is NOT entire blocked in China. Some of the Google services (including GC console / dashboard) are indeed blocked but GC's IP address pool and the applications running on GC does seem to be accessible in China.

My company is running mostly on Google Cloud and I had just returned from a trip in China where I've verified it.
The big point of this move is the hit it will have on on-premises Hadoop offerings: Cloudera, Hortonworks, MapR. It's a massive vote of no-confidence in their offerings.
Spotify are effectively ditching a 2000 server, 90 PB Hadoop cluster to go GCE. As Spotify say themselves, that's big news....
In addition to all the excellent comments here. Let's not forget that the massive massive Snapchat runs almost entirely on Google AppEngine. So if AppEngine can handle their scale, it can handle most others :)
Looks like my information is either out of date or was incorrect all along. Bing seems to be the primary source. They seem to also have a crawler now, though it's not clear how much it really covers. Very cool. Slow and steady wins the race.
What is the license of this "free" music? Free as in beer, I suppose? SoundCloud shows no info about that.

As a rock music lover, this sounds pretty great, btw!
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Moore's Law has not been improving batteries, which is the real problem. Mobile P2P nodes need to be awake most/all the time, which is a real battery killer. Modern devices have improved battery life by being asleep almost all the time.
I notice App Engine isn't mentioned in their stack. I'm a bit worried that Google abandons it once Snapchat moves off it. It has already been in maintenance mode for some years now (save for Managed VMs). The writing was on the wall when Guido left the team. Apparently Google still uses it internally (as the recent switch to Monorail made evident), so perhaps it's safe for a few more years.
For the past three or so years, my mom's Christmas gift to me has been shoes, which I've enjoyed and appreciate every day.
It's a large airport and when transiting to other parts of Europe, I've found it more painful than smaller airports. When I've had to go through customs there (US national) the lines have been incredibly slow and tedious.

In terms of time/distance, some hops at Frankfurt are just as bad or worse than Heathrow (US -> FRA -> Tel Aviv being a really really nice not walk).

Given a choice, I prefer Zurich or Munich first, Frankfurt second, and surprisingly my experience with CDG hasn't been bad compared to horror stories I have heard.
...and I'm assuming you've got some killer rent control, or some other non-scalable, non-replicable housing situation. That's neat for you, but it's meaningless to anybody else.
MasterCard launching selfie payments
Unfortunately, I tried to donate, but the creator is in the Ukraine, and Paypal has blocked incoming payments there. There's some pretty nasty implications there that are probably worth discussion in another thread.
The cost of renting something and having to pay for delivery is probably going to be more than just buying it outright and owning it after that for whenever you need it again.

Plus, the rental company is undoubtedly going to charge you jacked-up late fees when it turns out you don't get your project done on time and need to keep the tool for another day.

When it's so cheap to just go buy a workable tool from Harbor Freight, or a really nice tool from Home Depot, why bother renting some beat-up, abused, crappy tool from a rental place? On top of that, when I need a tool for something, I sure as hell don't want to sign up and have to wait a week for it, I need it now to fix something. I may not use it often, but when I do need it, it's invaluable to have it immediately ready to use.
Works on my iPhone!
#FreeStacy: The Old Regime and the Twitter Revolution
> Paid results are search results.

I think grand parent has a point. If someone wins the top spot for a certain keyword like "PayPal" it is probably because it is good enough to win it. Of course, there is probably more work needed there but if the add doesn't perform then no matter how much I bid the ad won't show up to people, at least not to many people.

some examples

https://imgur.com/a/gY86r

Google needs to do more to prevent malicious vendors but at least things like this http://i.imgur.com/PTDcMsn.png are in the right direction.
Physics experiments have ruled theories like this out. They can put a very very small upper bound on how much the constants can change over a volume the size of the universe, and over the lifetime of the universe.
>It's legal, there's a market for it, and I need to eat.

Releasing steam against the telemarketer is legal, there's a reason for it, and it relieves the immediate tension build up.

>They won't even remember you at the end of the day.

Depends upon spontaneous creativity. I don't have much, so they probably want. But in some ways, even if you don't directly recall the experience, it can still have an impact. If I had not eaten every meal I don't remember anything about, I would be dead right now.

>If it makes you feel better about yourself to shit on your economic inferiors,

You make it sound like it is because they are economically inferiors is the reason people react negatively and in doing so ignore all the actual reasons people don't like telemarketers.

>So you're really just wasting your own time.

The telemarketer already did that for me.
Killing things that live on the bottom of the ocean is /hard/. A few kilometers of water is an excellent buffer against, well, anything.
> It's on you, not me, to make a case.

That's just the same thing as before. "I'm right because and therefore I don't have to prove anything" is not a convincing argument. You're the one wanting to require and prohibit things.

> And you completely missed the point, which is that it's possible for smart well informed people to disagree with you.

That isn't a point, it's an abstract statement that applies equally to anything. Don't tell me how smart you are, convince me why I'm wrong.

> Maybe you should come up with a convincing reason I should fear this FBI request instead of jumping straight to "you must be ignorant".

Because the precedent is what matters. Nobody objects to the FBI having access to this phone, the objection is to the FBI being able to force someone else to help them do it.

What happens when Apple makes an iPhone they themselves can't hack and then the FBI points to this precedent and says "we order you to hack this"? If they're allowed to say no then this case is totally irrelevant to both sides and will only happen once, because from here out that is exactly what would happen. But if the FBI can point to this precedent and nobody will be allowed to refuse then it would be a prohibition on making a secure device. Which is the thing to be feared.
When they only met a few times for a few weeks they were passing laws that were readable in whole by individuals during those sessions. The scope of their responsibilities has increased and I expect them to apply a correspondingly high degree of effort.

I want the legislature to be passing laws rolling back the security state, I want them to cancel or rework programs that don't work across the board. They can't do those things if they spend all their time in some arcane ritual circle jerk whose only and ultimate goal is just to make some of the other participants ultimately look more ridiculous than other participants.

We've normalized and accepted parliamentarian bullshit at the expense of governing (on both sides, but the republicans are the undisputed masters of the dark arts) for a couple decades now. Legislative lethargy (sorry, had to) is supposed to derive from lengthy debate and substantive disagreement, not from participants purposely tanking the process to score points in the cheap seats. Part of the reason that they got shit done in a couple of weeks in ye-olden-congress is that it was closer to a turn based game, news traveled slower and so the results of the whole session were what constituted news, not every little BS stunt.

The frustrated and vindictive part of me hopes that not a single senator or congressman pays a price for their cynical abandonment of their duty to govern. That way, next term we see months long shutdowns of the whole federal government and a collapse of federal services until [Bernie|Hillary] signs a budget that reallocates all non-entitlement social spending to some insane shit that polled well among likely voters suffering from bathtub-gin induced brain damage. The revolting (both senses) congressmen won't actually care about getting the spending reallocated, but them "standing up to" [Bernie|Hillary] will play well with their group so so be it.

Edit: to clarify the frustrated and vindictive part would be rooting for it in the sense that the worst part about democracy is that people get the government they deserve, and at the moment it doesn't seem like the process thinks we deserve much.
A new generation of airships is born
Yes. My point was, it's bad down there and actions like Khosla's are the norm rather than the exception. It is the reverse up here, for now.

Not sure what the recent upheaval with the California Coastal Commission will mean down the road (though, they also aren't saints in any way).
I think you're saying something a little too strong. I think such a measurement does provide some information about the dimensions of the quadrilateral being measured. I think it would be possible with a bounded number of observations to measure the lengths purely by measuring the angles. You would have to shift your perspective each time, but it shouldn't take too many. So, each such measurement must contribute a non-zero amount of information about the dimensions.

Either that, or i'm misinterpreting your first sentence.
Augmented Reality Book Requires No Apps or Glasses
Site feedback: the video at the top of your landing page only shows the output of the bot for 4-5 seconds. Let it linger a bit longer so I can see what you're offering.
Half Life 2 runs on ReactOS for the very first time
I don't know anything about the FBI or the NSA but I doubt the FBI would have remotely the same budget for zero day bugs. (:
Makes sense. We're starting with accessible (and push-based) information to complement founders' existing systems and then planning to build upon it in the future. Thanks for the feedback!
Half Life 2 almost runs on ReactOS inside of VirtualBox!
Software GPU emulation via SwiftShader and -dxlevel 80 startup option were used.
Another report by Deutsche Welle: http://www.dw.com/en/african-authoritarian-regimes-dread-of-...
The ABCs of particle physics
Got it - appreciate the feedback!
GCE networking was always equivalent to AWS VPC, but there's new functionality in stuff like Cloud Router, subnetworks, and other beta features to expand that even more. Here's the Network Services section from a guide explaining GCP for people who are used to AWS:

> The differences between AWS networking and Google Cloud networking are significant. This due to the nature of how these services were designed. Google Cloud Platform treats networking as something that spans all services, not just compute services. It is based on Google’s Andromeda software-defined networking architecture, which allows for creating networking elements at any level with software. As a result, Cloud Platform can create a network that fits Google's needs exactly—for example, create secure firewalls for virtual machines in Google Compute Engine, allow for fast connections between database nodes in Cloud Bigtable, or deliver query results quickly in BigQuery.

> To create an instance in Google Compute Engine, you need a network. In Google Cloud Platform, we create a default network for you automatically, and you can create more as needed. Unlike AWS, there is no choice of a public network like Elastic Compute Cloud-Classic. In all cases, you create a private network, much like Elastic Compute Cloud-VPC. Unlike Elastic Compute Cloud-VPC, Google Networking does not have sub-networking, but it does have firewall rules, routing, and VPN. These prerequisites are not necessarily required for all Google Cloud Platform services. Google BigQuery, for example, does not require a network because it is a managed service.

> Most of the networking entities in Google Cloud Platform, such as load balancers, firewall rules and routing tables, have global scope. More importantly, networks themselves have a global scope. This means that you can create a single private IP space that is global, without having to connect multiple private networks, with the operational overhead of having to manage those spaces separately. Due to this single, global network, all of your instances are addressable within your network by both IP address and name.

> Another major difference between Google Cloud Platform networking and Elastic Compute Cloud-VPC is the concept of Live Migration. Under normal circumstances, all hardware in any data center—including Google—will eventually need either maintenance or replacement. There are also unforeseen circumstances that can happen to hardware that can cause it to fail in any number of ways. When these events happen at Google, Cloud Platform has the ability to transparently move virtual machines from affected hardware to hardware that is working normally. This is done without any interaction from the customer.

From: https://cloud.google.com/docs/google-cloud-platform-for-aws-...
They should limit the brightness as well, pulling up behind one at a stop light at night is blinding.
Thank you for this explanation. The distinction was not clear to me after reading the article, but your comment makes a lot of sense.
Running con\con works, too. Just like I remember it :)
Except that in November, we got Diane to come take over all of our Cloud and Apps business:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/20/technology/google-picks-di...

Edit: Formatting (didn't mean to quote the url)
Police say OfferUp was used to rob people in Maryland
In my experience (3 months in Shanghai at the end of last year) AWS does occasionally get blocked or severely slowed down in China. I'd say it was inaccessible about 5% of the time (for significant periods of time).

You can of course run in the AWS Beijing region which requires you to have a Chinese business presence with a ICP license.

It'll be interesting to see what happens now that Google is expanding its presence in China [1]. I ran into some Googlers on the Maps team while in Shanghai - not likely a coincidence.

[1]: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34698642
I think you're looking for "skeuomorphic", though it describes form (mimicking the aesthetic of something else) rather than function.
> Nor could it: those things cost hundreds of millions of dollars per year to run and maintain.

I vehemently disagree. The early web crawlers and indexes did not cost hundreds of millions of dollars to run. Granted, there is significantly less web results than there are today, but the cost you're referring too is the entirety of google's servers. That price tag also includes the cost to host the web traffic of being the number 1 website in the world. You're talking a price tag which is indicative of a final product.

A new search engine would not have those costs initially, and if managed properly from the very beginning, would be able to scale and cover their bills, remaining profitable up until reaching (and hypothetically) replacing google.
That "fragile gear" is lightweight and a lot better for hauling on backpacking trips. If you're not a gorilla and are careful with stuff, it'll last for decades. I had a cheap nylon tent that was probably 25 years old when I finally got rid of it; I sold it for $5 in a garage sale and it was still in great condition even though I used it extensively in Boy Scouts. I replaced it with a newer, nicer nylon tent that I barely use.

No, these tents probably won't hold up well with careless renters who don't care about taking care of stuff and abuse stuff. So why should I pay the same amount as a brand-new nylon test for some crappy old canvas tent with mold, which weighs 10 times as much, just so I don't have to own a tent? It makes no sense at all. I'd rather have a nice, clean tent that I own, and I can grab any time someone wants to go camping with me. Tents don't take up that much space when folded up. And even if the Walmart tent only lasts 3 trips, you'll still be saving money over the crappy rental tent.
but they did nothing with it. there is a lot of talk it was only done to qualify for a specific tax break and after that one station where have they built more? is that one station even open to the public?

to be honest I think the idea of swapping the battery is more of admission of the shortfalls of battery technology than anything. Now I think having a battery that swaps is more interesting from the serviceability aspect
I wonder how big you'd have to be to get a real SLA from Google, Azure, or AWS. I imagine 25% off your hosting bill doesn't really cut it for those companies running millions of dollars in revenue through it.
How can we audit #R code or #R libraries?
That is indeed what the post you're replying to meant. Note that the pointed-to value is a constant string, yet the pointer itself is being modified. That's a fairly common idiom in C string-handling code, only possible because it's a const char , not a const char const.
Yeah, I generally look at it as legitimate compensation rather than a kickback. Like: "As the sales manager for across the country you have to spend half the year away from your family, and we're not going to pay you any more than the guy that sits next to you, manages sales on this side of the country, and travels a lot less. But at least when it comes time for you to go on vacation, you'll get to fly for free."

Also, anecdote: I have a friend who works for an organization that employs many frequent flyers, and they have an organization policy of all flying the same airline for all flights because the benefits in terms of better rebooking in the event of flight problems for their frequent fliers are worth the added cost of not shopping around. They actually all switched, collectively, from United to American last year or the year before in response to changes to United's program.
I've also found that Google's radio stations are more diverse and less repetitive.
That's why no one does it. They have roommates
To clarify, when I say "most people", I mean, "most people who are XXers" (where XX is runners, calligraphers, music-makers, etc.). Example: while "most people" don't do penmanship (and don't need the tools of trade, obviously), "most people" who do penmanship will have specialized "gear". That's my point: to have a hobby that's more than a passing interest, "most people" will acquire "stuff" that is critical to that hobby.

(Aside: very sad statistic on U.S. runners.)
it's the second time this week i hear about reactive cocoa.I'm starting to hate uikit with a passion, but what's so special about it ?
I think we could live with fewer almonds, speaking as someone in the midwest. It's a waste of water in a place where it's increasingly scarce. We'll just eat something else.
Who is facebook's viable competitor?
Interesting point.
Somewhat offtopic, how often did you have to re-seal the seams on those? I brought out some nice old tents a summer or two ago that had served me well as a kid and sadly found that it was as waterproof as a sieve.
Anything involving state doesn't belong in a container. Personally, I don't think containers are worth investing the mental overhead until the security story is resolved - but if you insist on using them don't use them to store your data.
Logic bugs. Failure to correctly adapt imperative algorithms while still satisfying the constraint checkers.

Not all security bugs are related to memory. Many are related to improperly written algorithms (most crypto attacks), or improperly designed requirements (TLSv1).

Even Heartbleed was primarily due to a logic bug (trusting tainted data) instead of an outright memory ownership bug.

Does Rust automatically zero out newly allocated memory? Honest question, I don't know the answer.
> Clean rooms are not perfectly clean

Yeah, but they are still clean and known as cleanrooms. I know about microbes, thanks
The only result, of the 10 on that page (right now, for me), that answers the question is https://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-bittorrent-is-the-best-way-to-...

But if you search "using * to pirate movies" (google will match the star, even in quotes, with a word or phrase in result context), every result will include the name of a method for pirating movies, which you can investigate further. I see "popcorn time", "bit torrent", "pirate bay" and "camcorder" on the first page. These are all direct answers that a human would consider reasonable (though of varying efficacy) to the question.
Using Bittorent Sync and Mercurial to handle large binaries
Representing RDF as Plain Ordinary JavaScript
So are you saying that the secondary, accented, etc. values are generated in your program as a function of the main color?
I don't enjoy clothes shopping either, but Mom and I hit the stores soon after Christmas and take massive advantage of the sales.
Reading between the lines, employers are terrified of the prospect that their low-paid workers might start to complain about their lot and expect something better. Hence all this judgmental blah about entitlement, hard work, etc. etc.
Sorry but spotify's infrastructure is not a shiny beacon of correctness.

They've compounded mistake upon "Oooshiny lets use that"

here is a post where someone dissects spotify's infrastructure bit by bit: http://www.secretbatcave.co.uk/software/docker-and-you/

This isn't an anti google compute, its got some really great features. But, spotify's backend infrastructure ain't one

Yes, I appreciate that that post is from a while ago, and they might have completely paid back that massive technical debt/innovation token debt.
If that's the case then you might actually be "doing devops". If pingdom is notifying you via sms then you may also be carrying a pager.
Just with respect to some details: Spotify changed from being a self-supporting (free) user of Cloudera's open source platform to being a paid support customer of Hortonworks. So, it was never actually a Cloudera customer (despite what was widely "reported").

Disclaimer: Cloudera emp here.
They're designed as incentives for individuals, because at most companies individuals have a significant degree of leeway in booking flights. You might have to book through the corporate travel agent, but typically you can still choose that you want flight X instead of Y. So United (or whoever) giving the specific individual status/perks is designed to encourage them to keep choosing United tickets, even when sometimes a competitor might have a better or cheaper route.

It'd be possible to design a loyalty program aimed at entire companies, and there's a little bit of movement in that direction, especially targeting small and medium-sized businesses (e.g. United PerksPlus). The goal of those would be to encourage the whole company to standardize on one airline. Big companies tend not to want to do that, because their travel needs are too varied for it to make sense to require all their employees to use one airline. So the main target of the programs is the corporate traveler who is being reimbursed for travel: they have a choice in their travel arrangements (within reason), and since they're spending someone else's money, they're also relatively price-insensitive, which makes them especially lucrative. Hotel loyalty programs work similarly.
That's how government works everywhere, to some degree.

The planning horizon does not stretch further than the next election. For long term projects, private entities do much better.
Node.js Foundation to Add Express to Its Incubator Program
The hard part about renting big ladders is transporting them. There are plenty of big-name places like Home Depot or Lowes that rent out their equipment like that.