skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
With an IQ of just 125 and a BS in CS, I've struggled with this CS224d class. I've gotten half-way twice realizing that I don't know enough to learn more. I told myself, "Just keep going through the course and you'll eventually get it." This still isn't the case. I'll have to finish the videos and see what happens next. I get the general idea, but I definitely couldn't implement an artificial neural network after having just watched the videos. Perhaps reading the suggested readings would make a big difference.

Seriously, though. When I look at assignment 1, I don't even know what I'm supposed to do.
If you think "making work fun" so you can pay people less is "taking advantage" of workers, I encourage you to hang out with some food-service workers, or retail workers, or migrant farm workers, or...basically anyone who makes minimum wage (or less).
When you say Telegram servers store plaintext "by default", does that imply this is not also true of their "Secret Chat" feature? That mode appears to behave as if it's exchanging keys and doing end-to-end encryption... (I am aware of the Telegram flaws you and others have pointed out).
If the FBI was able to monitor your traffic they would still see the IP addresses to which your node was reaching out. Same goes if they are running a honeypot[0] that your IP is hitting (as could be the case in this instance[1]).

That might not be much in the way of concrete evidence, but if your exit node is hitting carder forums all day long it might be enough for them to still knock on your door.

0: https://theintercept.com/2016/03/30/fbi-honeypot-ensnares-mi...

1: http://www.techworm.net/2016/01/fbi-child-porn-sexually-expl...
One does not preclude the other. For instance, the current Signal implementation is almost certainly prone to remote code execution.

How does the Signal project handle reports of potential vulnerabilities? I haven't seen any security contact information on the OpenWhisperSystems site.
lol, that does desalination?
This treasure-trove of data has been producing quite a lot of drool at the C* level in major banks for quite some time.

Some are going with "its for the greater good and the children!": http://fortune.com/2015/05/21/jp-morgan-chase-big-data/

Some are being choosey with who they share with: http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2013/02/06/banks-using-big-data-to-...

While others just blatantly hide behind a ToS: http://www.wsj.com/articles/provider-of-personal-finance-too...

Next time you're on any PFM-related site thinking "your transactions are secured with bank level encryption" means anything, think twice and take another look at who you're giving your transactional data to.
One solution might be for Github to store the details of each failed call, and give each call a number that increments (not just for failed calls). Then, if the server notices that it's missed a call into it, it can call Github and fetch those missing calls. Furthermore, if it notices it's not received a call for a while, it can could call in to check.
Which cars don't have a delay? If you have a gas (i.e. relatively low torque) car with automatic transmission, it needs to shift in a lower gear if you want to accelerate rapidly, so that's where the delay comes from.
> OTOH the Model S is the most well manufactured anything I've ever sat in

That is one anecdotal. A much more interesting one is that Tesla is so bad at QC that even the most die-hard Tesla fans are now building checklists to do the quality control that the factory skimped on [1].

It is also rather silly to compare Tesla interior/exterior design or reliability with the big three - it is well known that they are good at neither. Pick a Lexus or a Honda/Acura or an Audi or a Mercedes and see what you get for your money there...

[1] https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/model-x-delivery-che...
Yeesh, the old folk are a touchy bunch, eh? I don't just pull this stuff out of my ass, you know. And, no, I didn't assert, imply, or suggest anything. But people that have been using the same development environment for over a decade are a thing. I can point you to mailing lists full of such developers, most of whom hope their preferred technology stack can keep them going to retirement. And those people can go on and on about their experience, but no one will care. If that doesn't apply to you, or the developers you know, umm...have a cookie?

The assertion/implication/suggestion is absurd

The only thing absurd in this thread is the assumption I'm lumping all the oldsters in one bucket, when what I was really implying was, "20 years of maintaining the same COBOL app is really one year of experience done 20 times."

Oh, BTW, the odds overwhelmingly favor that I'm older than you are. Not that it should matter.
I test drove a Model S last month too, on mundane roads. I was also mightily impressed. But not enough to place an order -- the car still felt too big to be comfortable, especially in parking lots.

I did reserve a Model 3.
Can anyone explain how a chat-based interface can possibly be generally successful except briefly as a novelty?

Surely an UI with controls specific to the task at hand is much better than having the user guess what the bot responds to and what it can do?

In the restaurant use case, for instance, a QR code + text URL that points to a website where you can advertise the restaurant with whatever graphics and UI you want seems far better than some sort of text interface (which also requires them to be Kik users, know they can scan the code, etc.).
Occupy Wall Street in fact drew the attention of millions of Americans. It also had practical results by shining the spotlight on the US banking system, as did the broad public anger at Wall Street.

The largest US banks have been semi-neutered, nearly nationalized by the Fed when it comes to control, and are heavily tamped down when it comes to risk. The result of all of that, is that America's banks are now arguably the strongest - and among the safest - in the world (compare Wells Fargo and JP Morgan right now to Europe's banks for example, or see: Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse).
Deep learning for visual question answering: demo with Keras code
I read the law, and I don't see where it does that. I don't want my daughter going into a public restroom that is shared by a man, whether he is dressed as a man or not, or thinks he is a woman. The law provides an accommodation for single stall bathrooms for any gender. I think Paypal is being the troll here.
You have it covered in the last sentence. There are tons of 3rd party tools, scripts, packages but nothing seems mature and ready for production use. It all feels like hacking things together, especially when comparing to the bigger commercial databases, which is a major issue when that's the market that postgres is targeting now.
Hi author,
I think you need toughen up. The real world does not need to coddle your feelings and won't. Some of your fellow devs are going to be rude, but surprise! that's not going to get them fired. What counts is job performance.

Sorry if this sounds tough, but that's the way it is.
Would non-ASCII data and escape codes have the effect of vim-injection[1]?

[1]: Think SQL injection but with vim commands.
How would that work if Github pages don't support SSL?
My friend who lives in NYC now was telling me about this The taxi drivers themselves also have a medallion system which has severely been devalued for decades and since Uber is taking a piece of their cake, slowly and slowly they'll be phased out
Phabricator is nice, but it's more of a full-featured replacement for GitHub as a whole. Some people want to keep most of GitHub and just improve on the code review aspects.

> By the way: I live in Europe and I haven't worked for one single company which would allow their developers to host proprietary source code with a third party SaaS provider.

Fair enough, companies vary widely in their acceptance of SaaS -- though Reviewable has plenty of European customers too. But to clarify, neither Review Ninja nor Reviewable (not sure about Omniref) actually host code themselves: they just access it through GitHub APIs without storing it. You can also deploy Review Ninja (and soon Reviewable) on-premises, though of course that means you're on the hook for administrating the system again.
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Could you share some links about Snowden & Cryptocat story you mentioned above?
There are Americans named, actually, though just not as much in the limelight: http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/americans-including...
EDIT: apparently I didn't answer the question asked. Too deep to reply, so I blew away this one and rewrote it.

I brought it up because "experience" in and of itself doesn't mean anything. 20 years of COBOL and practices from that era only means you were paid to do "work on a computer", and probably is not an indicator that you're going to walk into that Django/git/agile shop and set the world on fire.

Just as some tire of the stereotype of the older tech worker, I tire of the assumption that "experience" automatically means someone has something to bring to the table. Bring me a resume of someone who has been doing primarily FoxPro for the last twenty years, and watch how fast I can dash to the shredder. Bring me another resume with experience writing apps in Turbo Pascal, and later moving to Delphi, with a brief stop in FoxPro during its heyday before moving on to .NET and mobile work, and watch how fast I type that email begging them to come in for an interview.
Same issue and this resolved it. Thanks for posting that.
What if you want to kill a LOT of humans that also want to kill you?
You're exactly right. But I'm sure they'd consider it their flagship.
Social network graphs are also a huge surveillance leak. If you use an otherwise anonymous way to talk to all your friends, and someone knows who those friends are, they have a pretty good idea who owns that "anonymous" communication channel.

This is tragic, since the most interesting and private uses of the internet are in interacting with friends, family, and loved ones.
> One of our servers needed to be rebuilt, so trying to be a team player and help, I started installing some basic packages. The senior dev on the team turned to me, straight faced and enunciated in a deep and cold voice: “don’t touch anything on it, this is my server!“

This could be deadpan humor. The developer didn't realize he was being intimidating to a junior. You can say that to a long-time colleague, especially if you have a history of busting each others' chops that way.

Someone who might have once been a very confident, blasé junior doesn't understand what it's like to be an intimidated junior.

Not an excuse, of course, but geeks are not always good at reading situations like this, even if they are sociable, with a functioning sense of humor and all.

He might have been thinking, "I'm treating this fellow like one of the old timers!"

Why I suspect it was just chop busting is that the server isn't really his (even in the sense of being personally assigned: because then why would anyone else notice that it went down and want to fix it?). If you really want a server for your own use, you fire off a virtual machine, or find some box to up under your desk. If that goes down, nobody knows about it; no junior is going to be spontaneously fixing it for you. Also, in general, nobody in their right mind gives a crap about some silly server at work. It's just "I'm putting on theatre, pretending I'm irrationally possessive about this stupid server".
I would love this to become a list of the benefits of adopting a 'reinvent the wheel' approach to building things.
No need for the snark, friend. Is it really that much of a stretch to think that minimum wage increases (more money in the hands of lower-income earners) semi-proportionately increases localized prices?

Do you truly think it's necessary that all houses in Seattle must be occupied by minimum wage workers in order for it to affect the cost of living?
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I recall a discussion a while ago (on the cryptography list, I believe) where it was mentioned that pgp.mit.edu is often out-of-date, stops syncing, or is otherwise broken.

The SKS keyserver pool was recommended instead.
Automation will happen anyway. I'd be happier with faster technological progress and some short term wage growth.
Ask HN: Are there any REMOTE jobs for embedded software developers
I am an embedded software developer. I have over two years of experience developing drivers for a Real Time OS. I like my field and was wondering if there are any remote jobs out there. I know this job involves some kind of hardware available and shipping/moving hardware is a pain. But my question is, is there a scenario in which someone can work as a remote developer in this field or is it only possible for web/mobile development. I know my knowledge is limited but would love to hear someones experience in this field.......

cheers,
I was amused, after discovering Monotone through the I2P project that you can sign your commits in git too (although in a SCM not written in C++, look around for that famous Linus rant). I was well on board with the idea, like signing my many emails, but even as a rank amateur I have nightmares of waking up like this guy.

https://mikegerwitz.com/papers/git-horror-story

So I would love tarballs and other things signed, and I do not want to be one of those whiny moochers, but imagine the backlash you get as thankless free software developer when you bork your tag sign or mess up one commit and people through you under the bus, because you cryptographically agreed to it? Haha.
Should the police be allowed to do this? I don't know. Obviously the line has to be drawn somewhere right? Child pornography isn't like narcotics. It isn't in any way a victimless crime and I would prefer that the police be able to inhibit its distribution. But then again if they had taken the same actions because someone was purchasing drugs I would be totally opposed. Severity of a crime is subjective, but a the law is still the law no matter how unfair it may seem. My point is that either the police should be allowed to take these actions or they shouldn't and the crime in question shouldn't really enter the picture. Actions taken based on one type of crime can be fairly easily justified for another. This is why in the US free speech is limited as little as is possible. It's a slippery slope. So I think the real question is if you operate a Tor exit node and something illegal passes through it should the police be able to compel you to release the passwords to your servers. I think they probably shouldn't. You would be hard pressed to find a Tor node that something illegal hasn't passed through. Does that give police carte blanche to access any information on any Tor node they want? Maybe.
What are WhatsApp's tradeoffs in favor of adoption and usability, compared to Signal?
The "activist" president description is quite biased, you could just as well say that he's the first president who's been using powers legally and unambiguously granted to him by the constitution.

I for one much prefer the rule of law to the vague rule of convention by "nobody did that before so he shouldn't".

Now if people don't agree with his use of his presidential powers the right thing to do is change the constitution, not complain about ÓRG following the law and his constitutional mandate.
If you at any point have access to the customers credit card number, then your doing something horribly wrong. Unless you're the payment processor.
> Apart from the actual software running on the cars, I think German manufacturers still have very high quality interior in their flagship models.

Motor Trend's Chevy Camaro SS vs. BMW M4 review is pretty telling. They rated the $46,000 Camaro better than the $81,000 M4 in almost every category, including interior features.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D87tO7VUs2I
>Due to strict confidentiality agreements, Second Measure can’t say exactly where it receives its data from, but says it works with a massive quantity of anonymized consumer spending data, and that this data makes up a representative selection of 2-3% of all credit card transactions.

Well... any likely guesses? Are MC, Visa, Banks annonymizing their data and selling it off?
It could be a selectable option.
Can I use the word "Kik" in my bots that connected to Kik?
Let me guess, your boring ass-accord does not have a turbocharger and the A4 did? Turbo lag is hard to avoid if you want the good power/weight of the turbocharged engine.
Richmond is several hours away from the DMV metro area. It's... alright? But I wouldn't call it a metro area. It's more like a college town that has a foodie and music scene, and of course is chock full of history, being the national capital of the Confederacy and instrumental in providing support for the American Revolutionary War and later industrial power.
Much less evidence!
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Those lap times are all over the place - a Fiat 500E is in the mix with the Model S? Makes me suspect these aren't professional drivers
There are many Linux kernel driver hackers who work remotely as contractors, for example for http://www.linaro.org/.
Does depend where outside the US you mean - Sky in the UK show two, often three Sunday games, all the playoffs, Thanksgiving, and coverage in the UK increases year on year. If you live somewhere like London, finding a bar that shows the game is also trivial.

The real bugbear for UK fans is the often one sided / low quality nature of the games they send over here. In all the time that there's been NFL in London, they haven't sent two teams with a winning record to play each other.
It's nice to see decent security turned into a product desired by the users! I wonder which big platform is going to adopt this next :)

Is there any open-source Linux desktop implementation?
Summary: Animals have venoms so potent because some other animals are resistant to them. Most other animals are not.
When I worked on an e-commerce website shipping physical goods we would only ship to the customer's billing address for credit card payments. Anyone shipping to a different address needed to call their credit card company to add the address (every credit card company I've dealt with would allow customers to have multiple valid addresses on file), or use a different payment method. We never had big issues with fraud and I don't recall a customer ever complaining about it. I think in 3 years we had 2 chargebacks due to fraud.
> I don't want my daughter going into a public restroom that is shared by a man, whether he is dressed as a man or not.

Why? What is the underlying reason for that? Is it different if your (hypothetical?) son of the same age might have a woman (regardless of dress) in with him?

I'm genuinely curious.
“You're richer than the government thinks”
So, we'll be watching it in six second chunks? Play by play 140 characters at a time?

I joke, but my point is actually that this feels very off brand for Twitter. Maybe for Periscope, but even there, it's about the first-person, crowd-sourced, "raw" and authentic perspective. It isn't about massively produced media circuses like pro-sports are.

Sure, I see the value others have highlighted – it'll prop up the user base, etc., but it definitely will also fragment the user base as well.
The tl;dr is basically to handle webhooks asynchronously. This is easy to accomplish with any background processing system you may have lying around in your infrastructure, and the author happens to have RabbitMQ already running.
Harassing and touching shouldn't be and isn't permitted, but asking someone out on dates is pretty common (even if maybe it shouldn't be). The problem is that a mere question can seem like harassment when the ratio of askers to askees becomes too skewed.

There is also the issue that what is socially acceptable behavior depends upon characteristics which we do not want to admit. The difference between creepy and acceptable behavior is sometimes not found in the behavior itself, but in things like the race or appearance of the one engaging in the behavior.
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My personal solution to the very same problem.

I could see that living this way, thinking this way, was of no benefit to me. I saw that I would have much greater benefit by breaking the chain of this behavior, and becoming comfortable in my own skin.

I know that these days, the more common refrain is to 'just be who you are and let the chips fall where they may'. I realized also though the behavior of catering to this desire was self limiting. There are many times in life when you will have to go it alone to be successful.

Just some advice from someone else who solved this differently.

May you have the best of luck, no matter what happens.
Most will sell to fraud detection for you, it's just expensive and typically not very good.

PayPal is an option, unless you have low margins, it's a very expensive way of accepting a credit card. It's also a terrible user experience for people in countries that aren't to familiar with PayPal.
I wish I could share this outlook but I see a few things slowing the installation velocity of zero emission energy generation. These are a mix of technological and political. What we are seeing currently in the install velocity is probably the low hanging/small scale projects in politically favorable states (in the US anyway).

On the technological side as projects get bigger they are running into issues. Take the large solar plant in California for example:

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601071/one-of-the-worlds-...

Naturally, these are typical issues that we see when scaling any new technology up for the first time. They will be resolved, but how soon?

Secondly, and this is probably the bigger issue, without a Manhattan like project for zero emissions energy production the political drive to switch will be painfully slow. Remember how much MONEY there is in fossil fuels and these companies are not going to go silently into the night. There are large states where significant numbers of americans live (think Texas, Arizona, Florida) where the politicians won't even acknowledge global warming! (IE see who funds the campaigns). Homeowners in Oklahoma face a fee for using solar.

http://www.climatecentral.org/news/oklahoma-solar-surcharge-...

Nevada got rid of net metering

http://www.marketplace.org/2016/02/23/world/nevada-solar

There was this collapse of the Cape Cod wind project last year...

https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/01/30/what-really-...

Even though we NEED to be off fossil fuels for energy generation in 12-15 years I fear we won't be anywhere close.

The best thing that can be done for the near term is limit consumption as much as possible until we are completely off ALL fossil fuels.
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If you are downloading the releases over HTTPS then do digests really add any value at all?
I should note that only one of the stories I told is from my current job (being cursed at by crew chiefs). The others are from my last job, which I left in 2014.

I'm beginning to ask myself the same questions.

Partly I am locked in due to family concerns. My wife and I have moved 3 times in 4 years of marriage and we're both tired of moving (Each of us also moved a couple of times in the two years immediately before becoming a couple, so we are very tired of moving). We've just had a baby so stability is paramount. Therefore I don't want to leave this general area. But, this is a very large testing/research base, so there is other employment available.

The work I am doing is important, to me, but not particularly challenging. It is very lucrative. And my suggestions are taken seriously. I pretty much determine what I do on a day to day basis.

So it's not as bad as it could be. I do have agency here. But I'm also a little bored.