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> I don't want the FCC trying to obtain the resources to patrol the RF spectrum across millions of US square miles.

Why would they need to? If someone is causing interference then the victims can report it.

It's not like there are going to be millions of different people causing interference. The only way it possibly happens on a mass scale is if someone is mass distributing bad firmware, and then you can go after them.

> Cheaper to simply regulate control over the RF hardware.

Except that it isn't. At all. First, there is software defined radio, then there is hardware from other countries, and then there is the fact that because they're limiting access to the whole device, people are definitely going to figure out how to bypass it for at least some devices, so the regulations can't be effective anyway.

> Ham radio operators have to take tests to operate in certain areas of spectrum. I'd be willing to allow experimentation with RF hardware if RF hackers want to go through the same licensing requirements that already exist.

It isn't about people experimenting with RF hardware. For that use case what you're talking about is fine. But people who have no interest in RF hardware and just want to install OpenWRT should still be able to do it. On everything. Because otherwise, whatever people can't install it on becomes a security zombie as soon as the manufacturer stops supporting it but the customers keep using it.

> The baseband is proprietary in all phones, even those in the $10-30 range. Cost is not the issue.

Then how are we discussing this on an article that says a router maker has decided that it's cheaper to lock the whole device than just the baseband?
What Africa will look like in 100 years
I personally prefer a more data-oriented approach to modeling, as opposed to modeling in terms of objects and relations. One of my favorite videos from Clojure Conj last year talks about the approach in more detail and contrasts it with traditional OO modeling in the context of a board game:

https://youtu.be/Tb823aqgX_0

In summary, modeling the board game with data (state) and pure functions (state transitions) had significant benefits over the alternative OO style model in terms of the overall simplicity of the model. The OO modeling approach resulted in a model that consisted of 22 classes, 11 interfaces, 1 enum, and 271 lines of boilerplate code just to implement the classes and relationships alone, with no game logic whatsoever. On the other hand, the data-oriented approach produced an entire working implementation of the game logic in 144 lines using 31 functions (small and highly composable functions, longest of which was 7 lines).

My takeaway was that modeling in the traditional OO style can be a helpful process in getting a good feel for your problem domain at a high level, but trying to immediately translate the resulting relationship model into code is not necessarily a good idea, because the classical OO relationship model is inherently highly complected, and will bring that complexity straight into your codebase if you try to translate it word-for-word. Taking the insights from your relational model and using it as a guide to help model your problem domain as data and functions usually results in a much simpler codebase, and in turn, a much more robust and predictable application.
I moved all my links out of delicious back when it fell apart the first time. I went to google bookmarks, it is always up, but finding the links is like searching for a needle in haystack.
Honestly, that's part of the problem with your mindset. You had a perfectly good opportunity to try and sell the product here if for no other reason than to get people on your side. Like it or not, persuasion is a key skill because almost no venture can be done by one man.

You need to persuade people to invest.

You need to persuade people to work for you, good people especially, in the early stages when maybe you can't pay as much as other people or you can't promise a stable career path.

You need to persuade customers to buy your product, or if you don't sell it directly you have to convince store fronts, manufacturers, and the whole gamut that they're taking a justified risk on you.

And yes, when you go onto the Ycombinator forums to complain about their approval process you need to persuade readers that you have a point.

Having social anxiety, or a distinct lack of charisma will interfere with all of these.
> Sounds like you interviewed for position X and talked about wanting position Y, and were rightly rejected as "not a good fit; likely to leave at first opportunity".

My point is not that I was rejected but
just that they had no hint that anyone
at Morgan Stanley was doing applied math
for automatic trading.
The command line is not superficially superior if all you are doing all day is interactively exploring data using R. In that case, R-Studio puts a layer of convenience around the workflow. But, like all reasons that the command line refuses to die across multiple applications (not just R), and is indeed in rude health, wrappers have their downside. They lock you in. They're higher level (lower flexibility). Being a non-essential surrogate technology, they're more prone to abandonment by the developers, which entails more risk to users. They're not doable easily remotely.

Most importantly, if your workflow becomes IDE based, especially on graphics, then you will have a dearth of skills for implementing actual production code that does not rely on a local workstation running a local copy of the IDE in graphical environment. You'll be short of the understanding of how the plumbing works, limiting you to the exploration role of a single-user guy, and you'll limit the shareability of your work.

Sure, R-Studio is great. But no, it's not an absolute good. It's a tradeoff. Know what you're giving up. Personally, I like to use the most generic, widespread version of tools as possible. I can SSH into any computer anywhere and be running R within minutes, with full familiarity with the environment.

By the way, clearly I'm in the minority, and that's the problem. R itself is open source, but R-studio is not. Microsoft has clearly taken a view that they can buy a large part of the R ecosystem, by buying this tool. I consider this to be a bit of a hijack, and that is the last reason why I dislike R Studio -> it is a vector for undermining open source software and in this case, R itself as open to all. All of a sudden, a large (possibly majority) slice of the user base is beholden to a for-profit company and all its incentives. Not me.
Hi, I'm a co-author on this paper, awesome to see it up on Hacker News.
I just bought a TP-Link wireless adapter due to specs, reviews, and OSS support. Then I read this crap. That's just great. There's actually an obvious solution to this that gives us plenty freedom and meets FCC regulations. I'm not sure why companies aren't doing it. I plan to approach some of them or SOC providers this year to see if they might help us and them out.
There is no reason to shun university.

If you want to learn mathematics but do not have the time for a full time degree do it part time.

You are most definitely not actually going to reach the same level of mastery of mathematics as even the most mediocre graduate by studying alone. It requires a huge amount of commitment and staying focused and discipled enough is very hard when you don't have a set goal and good continuous guidance and motivation.

It is also very boring and much less productive to study alone. I'd estimate that 70% of my learning comes from the tutorial sessions. Reading the literature is just the starting point. It only counts for 10% if that. Homeworks and exams are also very useful because they make sure you have the prerequisites to move on and start learning something new.
Ah, but you are conflating ads and trackers, which is exactly the root of the problem. I'd be more than happy to view the ads, I might even click on them. But I point blank refuse to be profiled/tracked/long term cookied/finger printed and served a side of malware to boot.

That is the problem here.
Buy and sell analytics and reports for the cloud services you use
The Great HTML5 Gaming Performance Test: 2016 Edition
What's Apple's lawyer talking about the JFK assassination for? That's kind of weird. He could have talked about the various things Hoover did without going into conspirac theory land.
Is there any potential for Facebook to get into the cloud services market? It seems like Facebook has the experience for high-performance, reliable cloud platform. Using something like Kubernetes could make it easy for customers to try out FB.
It's funny, they're named after the street that their office is on. Which is where their office was the whole time, but the new name is actually a better fit for what they do than the old one was.
Not Everyone Is An Artist
Yep. I was thinking "X11 again? Is X.Org forking?"
I also immediately thought about this! :)
https://41.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3i9ic6qKJ1qg9f5xo1_400.j...
Ads and tracking going hand-in-hand is the problem. If the advertising industry had not embraced tracking I think that the backlash against advertising would not be as strong as it is. It should be possible to receive an advert without also giving up a huge chunk of privacy.
but it's got a touchscreen
> Also, it seems a bit silly, as true SDR prices are going to keep going down. You can already buy a HackRF for $300 or a YardStick for $150.

I know YardStick can't do WiFi frequencies and even if it did the throughput is 500 kbps max. Is HackRF actually beefy enough to act as a WiFi radio? Do you know about the state of doing WiFi in SDR in general? I was under the impression that it's not practical with any remotely affordable hardware, but I'd be interested to hear if I'm wrong as I'm not that well informed on the subject.
You're right that in this particular case it's not a problem. Nevertheless any type of device that can be connected to a network, will be connected to the internet. Someone somewhere will make it happen.

I doubt the hotel came up with this solution completely by themselves. Whoever installed it will probably install it elsewhere and it's only a matter of time until it goes badly.
The larger point is, if "secure" devices are illegal in the US, who is going to make them and what are they going to cost? The FBI/CIA/NSA/DOJ/etc all use mobile phones, tablets, and computers. Will all of these government agencies be using special devices built only for them, perhaps by another government agency?

The FBI having the ability to break in to NSA or DOJ machines is definitely not ok and I'm not sure anyone is going to say otherwise besides the FBI. Hell, we can't even trust the FBI agents with a few bitcoins.
Project Breakthrough Review
haaaa. me too.
I agree with you on all your points, except:

> This is exactly the mechanism that gets people in trouble going to China for manufacturing.

I keep hearing about the "cheap Chinese tech", even though nowadays a lot of high-quality gadgets are really Chinese. Even Apple's products are mostly from China. And it's not even for the cheap prices, it's because the entire production chain is there[1]

The mistake is not going to China, it's going to China just in order to save money - or anywhere, for that matter. I get that your point is not actually about China, but saving money on the wrong things.

I'd just appreciate if we could stop using "Chinese" as a synonym for "cheap".

[1] http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20120123/ARTICLE/301239...
The video isn't to see the product up close, its to see the founders. YC isn't selecting for charisma. Most founders (myself included) who submitted videos fumbled over our words and are completely awkward on camera. We also had no product to show at the time. What YC is looking for is that you're passionate about your project/company and that will come through regardless.

They're also looking for you be willing to step outside your comfort zone. As a founder you'll constantly have to do things that don't come naturally to you -- talking to investors or customers, interviewing employees, and even firing employees. The fact that you're not willing to make a 1-min video of yourself is a negative signal that you won't be able to step up and do those hard tasks that make you uncomfortable. Being a founder takes more than just being able to build the best technology.
Why aren't more companies looking into this? I'm thinking these couldn't cost more than $1000-2500. Something like a MSkinect would be good enough not to run into people and GPS could keep it out of traffic. If you charged $3 it would still be better than the $10 for groceries. Stream video over cell phone network for $1/hr.
I think it was the political philosopher Robert Nozick who posed a related question: If it's acceptable for humans to eat "lower" life forms, then would it be acceptable for a much more intelligent or sentient alien race to eat humans?
Fair enough. Good example. I just don't hear anything near this size happening as a talent acquisition but I guess it's possible then.
have you used a website before? have you built a car before? have you driven a car before?
> Then how are we discussing this on an article that says a router maker has decided that it's cheaper to lock the whole device than just the baseband?

Because people are entitled? And think they have rights that they don't? You have a right to software under a certain license. If government regulation prevents that layer of software from bring open source, it isn't. What about that is difficult to understand?

> But people who have no interest in RF hardware and just want to install OpenWRT should still be able to do it. On everything.

There is no law, regulation, whatever that says this is required by a manufacturer. You are free to your opinion, of course.
Really? Most thermostats I've seen are a bimetallic strip with either a magnet or a mercury switch for hysteresis.
"transparent source"?
How's this related to WSDL?
Wouldn't DeepMind have an unfair advantage, since the best human players are restricted by how fast they can use the mouse and keyboard (measured in actions per minute / APM), whereas DeepMind can easily outperform a human in APM?
The whole game is stunning quality for what is still "alpha", where in games that frequently denotes "so buggy it's a miracle if the game runs for 10 minutes without crashing and burning".

It just works, and it's smooth as silk. It seems like they've concentrated heavily on the game engine and now are focussing on content, but there is plenty of content already to play with.
Bangladesh Central Bank Found $100M Missing After a Weekend Break
What band are you going to use?
DroidSafe Android Static Analysis Source Repository
What does that even mean? If regulators say it's illegal to comply with the license terms, you can't use products released under those terms. It's not like the GPL'd components fall into the public domain.
At this point we still cannot actually negotiate with our pets to establish a mutually satisfactory relationship.

Domesticated animals are animals that co-evolved with modern humans (lately with a lot of human selection). Some of our practices towards our pets are barbaric now. For instance, purposefully breeding worse and worse genes to get a flatter face despite the misery this causes the dogs.

But in other ways, dogs and cats still can't make choices about things that would allow us to treat them as equals.

For instance, we forcibly sterilize cats and dogs so they don't breed and contribute to the overpopulation problem. We restrict their movement so they do not endanger others or themselves. Outdoor cats are an environmental catastrophe in most areas.

It's tough to know what the right treatment of a pet is. I do believe we've gotten better. It used to be common for vets to not give pain meds to dogs recovering from surgery. I guess it's easier to ignore the pain when they can't talk to you. It also used to be common to shoot a dog who has broken a leg. I recently had a dog who had osteosarcoma. We paid to have his leg amputated and for chemo. Our conversations with the vet were nearly identical to how I'd approach getting cancer. Some people thought we were nuts paying for such care.

Cats are still treated as disposable by many people. One step above a goldfish. Meanwhile, some people are starting to actually take koi fish in to vets for treatment.

If you treat your pets as individual lives worthy of dignity and let that inform your thinking, I imagine you're already better than most of human history's brutally utilitarian approach.
Do you want to feel bad about yourself?

Kyle appears to be 30-31 years old.

You're welcome.
> (well, actually MSAA allows the GL to avoid having to do this to everything, and only do it for some buffers)

MSAA is faster than supersampling because the GPU generates subsample coverage but doesn't individually shade each subsample. And, this is absolutely critical, there is a compression scheme for depth and color transmission between the DRAM and texture cache which is a massive bandwidth optimization in the common case where a sample tile (usually 8x8, which for 4x MSAA corresponds to only 4x4 pixels) is covered by only one or two triangles.
There's mods, like marathon, which add additional levels of complexity and make ordinary things more expensive so that it slows the game down some. There is a space-based end game that's planned by the developers. And there's upcoming achievements, like make <111 items by hand.
YC and ImagineK12 merged (http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/10/y-combinator-absorbs-edtech...).

Geoff is/was a partner at both YC and ImagineK12.
This is a circular argument:

1. people might get harmed by the radiation (true)

2. evacuate them (still arguably sensible)

3. radiations caused harm because people were evacuated
Probably that and, I don't know, maybe modeling a Car class and various subtypes that inherit from it?
Did YC research ever find someone for the universal income study?
I will second Big Pharma, I liked it much more than Factorio. Factorio was challenging because it has elements of frustration, whereas Big Pharma was challenging because it has tough puzzles. Factorio is pretty technical, which I found too tiring for evening gameplay.
How to make homemade gas masks [video]
I'd guess very few people use every one of these things on a day-to-day basis and in my experience the bigger companies actually encourage you to brush up on algorithms before interviews with links to resources you can use. If you're really hopeless it's not like two weeks of study are going to teach you everything you need to know.
I think the issue is that many times, 'misinformation' boils down to perspective and personal views, unless it's a straight fact, which is almost never the case.

It ends up being used as a way to stifle dissenting views and control the narrative.
Experiment shows magnetic chips could increase computing's energy efficiency
Zapier (YC S12) is looking for our first Product Manager (remote)
The local Gold's Gym has a theft prevention style detector around the front door which will complain if you try and leave with a towel. The towels themselves have an obvious bump in one corner, about the size of a jellybean.
I wonder if what is blindsiding all of these companies and people is routing.

That if you have a box that can talk to network A and B, suddenly anything on A can talk to anything on B.

A CAN bus, or older modbus installs, would be airgapped by its very nature.
Although I agree with you, if they can do it "good enough", it'll take off, and I'm scared they might
Why the OPM Hack Is Far Worse Than You Imagine
Agree and also Investors have a bias towards the student crowd as they are much easier to impress and deal with, than an experienced Academic or Engineer.
Founder of travel startup Bucket explains what went wrong and what she learned
I've no idea where we can draw a line on "sentience". But when it comes to creatures that seem highly likely to be on the same side of the line that we are, I think its far better to err by being too generous with our definitions.
Is d) actually desirable? I think what we really want is a stable representation of value. These days that means actively managing the money supply in response to movements in the economy.
When I built a small batch of OEM machines I asked about cycling the hardware in later upgrades. I was told once the motherboard is changed MS consider that a different computer.

Maybe if you replaced the motherboard it might have gotten activated but upgrading it I could understand.

I wish the licencing wasn't such dark arts to work out. Go ask a different company I bet you'll get a different answer.
Not much to it, really. It became feasible around 2007-2008 ish or so, when you could buy glass ampules with rfid tags in them and simple readers retail online (my timing might be a few years off). There were several forums about it at the time, most of them gone now it seems; I suspect because people found out the same thing I did, that it's just not that useful and that the novelty wears off after the first 5 times you wave your hand over a reader and have a led go on or a dialog pop up on a screen.

I went to a piercing study, girl stamped a hole in the upper layers of my skin, made a small cut to open it up a bit further, slid in the ampule (which had been autoclaved first of course). Band aid on it, done. It was strange being in a studio with a bunch of people with facial tattoos and horn implants and discs the size of my wrist in their ears - and them looking at me like I was a freak from out of space. I do have to say though that I had to search around a bit to find someone willing to do it. There are plenty of places that will take your money to suspend you from their ceiling with flesh hooks in your back, but that won't stick a glass pill under your skin. Go figure.

You can also buy kits online if you want to DIY - basically big needle guns that are used to tag cattle which you just jam into your hand and pull the trigger on, literally. That would've been a bit too hard core for me, tbh.
I just started playing and find peace in automation.
anyone know the breed of that dog on the "Meet our team" section ?
Will someone please explain what is an associate at YC compared to traditional firms?
This seems strange to me, considering there is high resolution "birds eye"(taken from a plane) imagery of a variety of sensitive US installations available on Bing, not to mention what's on Google Maps/Earth. There are other sources as well.
What do you think Sanders' Justice Department will look like?

My guess: exactly like Obama's.
Moteino (arduino-based wireless dev platform) supports LoRa if anyone is interested in digging into some current sub-$10 ISM transceivers and their capabilities. http://lowpowerlab.com/moteino/#lora it's also a great project to get started with arduino if you've never worked with it before. Really solid documentation.
You effectively are your employer (via a contract for services rather than employment per se). So by them giving you the notice they are also informing your employer.

You then get to fire yourself; it is definitely a burn it to the ground strategy, but this type of strategy has happened before and no doubt will happen again even if infrequently.
> Because people are entitled?

That is correct. People are entitled to control the things that they own.

> If government regulation prevents that layer of software from bring open source, it isn't. What about that is difficult to understand?

It isn't difficult to understand. It is unacceptable.
Sites these days love their whitespace, don't they, but now the content is fading. At this rate, in 7 years most websites will just be pointless while rectangles. Still, should save on the server costs as it'll cache well.
You're kidding yourself if you think that this purpose doesn't also extend to the Universities. High School graduates don't design missile guidance systems, nor do they work with FBI to break TOR, etc.