skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You didn't really address his argument other than to say it is silly?

In China it is very clear what is happening. In e.g. US it is all considered a secret. Everyone in China is aware of the "Great Big Firewall" and all the various laws restricting what you can and can not say.

Someone linked once to an article explaining that knowing of the existence of a monitoring system results in people changing their behaviors. This even though some of them support the system.

Seems easily comparable to me.
That's great if your time is worth nothing.
Yes, exactly. They prefer the party process because it gives them an advantage. We should take that advantage away from them.

(In many places ballot initiatives could be used to work around insider resistance to such a change)
It's called a dream because you'd have to be asleep to believe it. -George Carlin
Won't let me reply to you, but really if you're making it in the US, Japan, Korea, Taiwan are the same thing as China.
I think the implementation of links between containers did change significantly in the past year and a half.

But that "links break when containers restart or are replaced" aspect was a deal-breaker for me when I started using docker "near production". I just use --net=host ... so I don't use docker network-related functionality at all. For my purposes server-level firewall settings are fine.
A lost opportunity. Had they asked for the court orders from the FBI, that could set the framework for the future - information is collected, but cannot be searched without a court order. That could have been a decent compromise.

This is not going to be a popular opinion, but I think a compromise is necessary. There is no way to stand up to the train of data collection. For one, the public being afraid of this and that will demand to be protected at all costs, no matter how small the threat. The more scandalous the news cycle gets, the more panic we will see. And then the technology improves so fast, soon enough publicly installed video cameras will track everyone, and all within the constitutional framework.

A middle ground would be to create the fourth branch of the government that is tasked with data collection, but will only give it up on court order. Orders may be for individual incidents based on reasonable cause, or for data-mining, based on a judgement of proper scope.
These 18" receptacles are not on one, or two circuits, wired in parallel. Now, if every receptacle was required to be isolated, your explanation would make sense.

Use to be a union 6 member. The code might now call for every receptacle to have it's own circuit breaker. It wouldn't surprise me.
PRISM is just one small program. There are many other ways the NSA collects your data.
lucky for them that nobody is building in SF.
My personal bias is way in favor of the EFF but the tone still irks me. And don't be fooled by footnotes! Unlike EFF, Wikipedia consciously strives for balance and they often come up way short, too. Any decent advocacy organization knows how to play the "references" game.
As I understand it (so take it with a grain of salt) PRISM mandates that targeted companies collect and turn over data that matches a set of ("court-approved") guidelines without prompting[1].

This as opposed to the government finding probable cause, getting a warrant, and asking the company for the data (if they have it). Instead, the onus is placed on the company to comply with the guidelines set forth without first being asked.

It is unclear to me whether or not companies had to start collecting/reporting data they were otherwise discarding before, but this quote sounds like they are/were:

> "The NSA can use these PRISM requests to target communications that were encrypted when they traveled across the internet backbone, to focus on stored data that telecommunication filtering systems discarded earlier,[8][9] and to get data that is easier to handle, among other things.[10]"

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)
We looked into using Bitcoin as well, but it proved a bit too hard to use for the average user. We did some user testing with a few prototypes, and it was really hard to make it work as seamlessly as we want the process to be.

As for the market, luckily we're based in London which is home to many of the most reputable news outlets in the world. We're already in talks with some of them, but it is indeed a hard industry to try to disrupt.
Ask HN: “Beating the Averages” in 2016?
There's a popular essay by PG written in 2001 [0] about how Lisp gives a real advantage in creating a startup, and allowed them to beat competitors.

Do you think any current programming technology gives this kind of real world advantage? There are many "cool" techs but I don't think they give a real advantage in most cases.

Probably about 10 years ago using Python or Ruby still qualified as "beating the averages", but nowadays I think the "startup tech" has taken over the world so everyone is already using the leaner, simpler and more productive languages and frameworks (instead of say J2EE or C++).

[0] http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html
We have biodegradable "plastic" bags here. Not sure if it's actual plastic, but apparently it's not toxic to animals.

Paper bags suck. And they are made of trees.
But which direction are we moving in?
I remember this was talked about by a group at Ohio Linuxfest a couple years ago and also went into IP load balancing at scale. Really neat work being done there.
Funny, the reuters article said

"Bangladesh Bank exposed to hackers by cheap switches, no firewall"

"Bangladesh's central bank was vulnerable to hackers because it did not have a firewall and used second-hand, $10 switches to network computers connected to the SWIFT global payment network, an investigator into one of the world's biggest cyber heists said."

Which is completely different from what the BBC is reporting.
It's a classic example of the prisoner's dilemma - the best outcome is gotten from everyone working to solve the problem, but it's in everyone's individual self-interest to fuck others over.

As a suburban dweller in Oregon, I benefit enormously from Portland taking one for the team - Hillsboro and Beaverton's Finest can harass the homeless with a purpose, knowing that they will eventually get sick and tired of the mistreatment and move back to Portland. Thanks, Charlie![1]

This is the entire origin of NIMBYism - "It'd be great if we could put in a methadone clinic / halfway house / homeless shelter / whatever to deal with our social problems, but what it actually means is that every other nearby region will just dump their own burdens on us."

How do you fix it? Fuck if I know.

[1]https://www.portlandoregon.gov/toolkit/article/562215
This might be our one ray of hope to keep the platform open and uncompromised:

http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/discussion/2016-April/01...
From an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation:

"I presume your handprint will open this door whether you are conscious or not."
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Which you have absolutely no proof of so why serve speculation as if it's facts.

Also the US has one off the most harsh sentences of any western country yet still one of those with most crime.

Even if a judge was softer because of sympathy he would still be much harder than most other european judges.

So not exactly anything that backs up your claims.
Religious restrictions like this that come from above from the religious hierarchy are just the opposite of "As long as no one is forcing you to adhere to their traditions."

Religions define their in-group trough arbitrary restrictions. More extra hoops you have to jump, more you are separated from non-believers. It's way to use power over others. Follow these and you are good Jew/Christian/Muslim/Mormon/Scientologist and you are one of us and a good boy.
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I completely agree. Didn't think to much about it, indeed an Internet meme. Seems I can't edit my original comment anymore but know that I definitely do not consider people taking another route whiners or bitchers. There is no Wrong way to do it.
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Typical conversion rates hover around 3-4%. That is if 100 items were viewed, only 3-4 times they are bought. So, to decrease load on your sourcing engine, it makes sense to cache the "next 2 hours" calculation results and recalculate exactly during checkout.
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>Yeah. Businesses pay for something. Consumers pay for them.

>But unless you actually create a crime-fighting unit, then you have innocent people paying for the crimes of others.

So what? My local grocery store has a publicly accessible bathroom. Even though I may not go in and use the bathroom, I pay for other customers' use when I purchase a box of Cheerios.

>Look, if you're going to go anarcho-capitalist, please at least do the correct response and talk about "Dispute Resolution Organizations" or voluntary "Arbitration Courts". Because talking about those anarcho-capitalist concepts at least demonstrates to me that you're following the argument.

Perhaps you posted in the wrong thread because this thread wasn't even discussing private courts so I'm not sure what you're referring to when you talk about "following the argument".
Not everyone in Germany has a 300kph car.

No, but the German expectation is of a 200kph car. So a 4 fold increase in the power consumption over American cars is quite reasonable. (Americans are just a bit north of 100kph on the highway. 100-120)

Higher speed/power consumption over shorter distances/times is actually bad for EVs, because the time spent waiting for recharge vs. driving is proportionately worse.
That's the "invisible hand" - different concept.

Invisible hand: two people following their own greed by engaging in a non-coerced, knowledgable exchange, produce a surplus benefit, in which both individuals are better off.

Munger test applied to the idea of the invisible hand: Does it work for greedy people? yes. If one party won't be better off as a result of the exchange, they won't participate.

Munger test applied to the idea of increasing revenue by increasing tax rates on the ultra-wealthy: Does it work for greedy people? Not linearly, because they'll have a great incentive to find ways to restructure or shelter their income from the increased taxes.
Relative poverty is what is at issue, and it's associated with suicide:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1556-4029.12998/a...

Economic turmoil in general is linked to suicide:

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-27796628
But the chip you get in a smart phone is not what you get in a server. For one, I/O is very different and it includes things like 40Gb network silicon.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/04/nlpd-non...
What is "achievement laundering"? I have never heard that phrase before. Do you mean the entrenched elite gaming the system to give advantages to their offspring?
This is quite difficult and puts you more into the realm of DSL's. Have you tried adding a fluent Builder interface? It's one of the better ways to handle these types of problems in Java. For example:

```
ArrBuilder = arrs;
arrs.add(A, arrs.sin(B));
Array C = arrs.get();
```

Otherwise if you're willing to do Lombok style AST manipulation you could of course do most anything you wanted, perhaps even proper operator overloading:

```
@Arrays
public void test() {
Array C = A + sin(B);
}
```

(Just be ready for the Java programmers to rebel on you and your "dark arts" ;) )
>About 20 years ago they began densifying like crazy. 2-3 story houses for 8 people became 8-floor apartments and studios. And you know what? Rent is higher than ever! Everywhere!

So developers started building houses, which caused more people want to move there and rising rent prices? You sure you have the right cause and effect there? It sounds like 20 years ago demand for housing prices started to rise and the supply never kept up.
So do we know the hash? I guess we don't or it would be easy for someone to pretend to be Facebook.
Seattle instituted a limited plastic bag ban four years ago. It hasn't been a crisis: http://www.seattle.gov/util/MyServices/Recycling/ReduceReuse...
Having multiple outlets on the same breaker is fine as the house wiring will work fine with the trip current of the breaker, and it even might get inspected during installation to make sure it was sized correctly (this varies highly by location and the amount of change/new construction).

The cheap non-fused extension cord someone is using for both their microwave and toaster oven typically cannot safely handle the over current until the breaker trips like the house wiring can.
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If you use free delivery, they seem do this more often than not lately.

For years free delivery would often be as fast as other methods, sometimes next day, even if ordered late in the day.

Now they will usually sit on the order for a suspiciously consistent 48hrs before it goes to picking status.

I don't mind, it's very rare I really need something next day.
Meat abstinence on all Fridays of the year (excepting solemnities, i.e. "high feast days") is and has been the universal law of the Western Catholic Church for centuries; the Eastern Church/es have their own disciplines, which some times and in some ways overlap with the Western ones.

Following the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), local councils of bishops received the authority to determine if/how some universal laws would be adapted in their jurisdictions. In the United States and some other territories, the obligation of law for meat abstinence on Fridays outside of Lent was effectively relaxed – one is supposed to do some kind of penitential act on Fridays, but it doesn't necessarily have to be meat abstinence. The effect, though, has been to demolish among the general Catholic populace any sense of the need for the regular exercise (e.g. weekly) of ascetical practices, as an important aspect of Christian discipleship. That's why the "old rules" are starting to come back around in some territories, though church-law hasn't changed in the United States yet.

The point of abstinence (of any kind, e.g. from a favorite food or Facebook or whatever) and fasting (a related discipline) is to practice "ascesis and penance which prepare us for the liturgical feasts and help us acquire mastery over our instincts and freedom of heart." (cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church #2043)[+]

[+] http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s1c3a3.htm#2043
Many equate "falling religiosity" (which is happening) with Atheism. It's overbroad use of terminology, but the trend is real.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/11/03/5-key-findin...

http://www.pewforum.org/2012/10/09/nones-on-the-rise/
Walmart.com and Walgreens.com are legit. Walgreens has 20% everything coupons quite often and advertises the coupon code at the very top of every page.
Not just give them advantages, but pass off their own achievements as their childrens' own.
Well the traditional banks have been dealing with exactly this kind of threat for a long time.

There's a load of practices that are designed to stop this kind of problem in that world.

Things like :-

- Enforced holidays. Frauds are hard to maintain when you're not there to keep cooking the books.
- Audit reviews. an independant function with the ability and authority to review key processes
- split authority. Key actions need multiple people to complete (statistically fraud incidence drops a lot when you need multiple people involved)
- Strong background checking. When I worked at a bank they went back 10 years of employment history and required accounting for any gaps. + credit checking + criminal record checking etc.

It's all possible, just quite expensive...
Yes.

They make money from knowing who people are, and selling that. This cleaves the driving tor concept by deanonymizing users.

For anybody as large as Facebook, if enough people go for it, the remaining slice of the pie will be really small (because not all have tor, but many of those that have, have Fb).

Derive conclusions accordingly.
It's been five and a half months since the release of El Capitan. How is it?
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In both Russia and China you find more "synergy" between private companies and state. There wouldn't be need for pass legislation because a company refusing to cooperate would be promptly "educated".

In the western countries there is less synergy and more dispute. So they need to legislate for the law abiding organizations to become "outlawed" at some point for doing what is the ethically correct thing to do.
This. I think the fundamental human inability to acknowledge and anticipate the complex forces that drive an opponent was evolutionarily handy in the savannah, but is now quite the handicap in navigating geopolitics. This is something that mainstream media is adept at - describing Iran or China as a monolithic malevolent force plotting evil against the rest of the world might be elegant from a Manichean perspective (e.g. "Iran called off talks", "China moved its ships to the Spratly Islands", etc.), but does not do enough justice to the mind-boggling complexity of these ancient societies.
http://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/05/70...

This stuff has been going on, and widely discussed, for over a decade. But no one really cared or understood the full scope until Snowden's slapped everyone across the face with it.
This is admittedly anecdata, but a close member of my family just committed suicide this week, after starting SSRIs a few weeks earlier.

The family saw a therapist for counseling (not the therapist responsible for the SSRIs) yesterday and her opinion was that prescribing an SSRI without an accompanying mood stablizier was extremely risky. There's certainly a contingent of mental health workers who feel this is a real risk.

Simultaneously, a different member of the family has been on SSRIs under her primary care provider's oversight alone - something we finally convinced her was a bad idea. I wonder how common this practice has become, and if it's contributed to the overall increase in U.S. suicide rates.
> I do not understand why people in 2016--2016!!!--adhere to these restrictions to begin with.

This statement is practically a fallacy. What year it is does not change tradition, nor why it should be abandoned. Most (all?) people who adhere to this choose to do so.

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronological_snobbery
> I'm actually not annoyed

Calling people obnoxious makes it sound like you were annoyed.

> Your emotional appeal does not hold much weight when faced with real business practices

People are highly emotional. Emotions explain the way people behave far better than logic does. Hiring is partially a process of selling a product (employment) to a customer with lots of options (the "best"). If you don't consider the emotional impact of your hiring practices, you'll turn off some of the "best" for no reason.

Considering and accommodating people's emotions also has a huge impact on retention, which is also incredibly important.

> considered the feelings of the guy who took the time to write up an entire post explaining his position in a rather civil & straightforward manner

No. He didn't have to write the post. He wanted people to hear him and respond, and that's what he got.

I consider the feelings of people applying for jobs because they have no other choice.

> Have you considered the person at the other end of the interview table?

I've been that person for 10 years. That's the first person whose feelings I've considered because they are my own.

Interviewing is boring, tedious, and almost impossible to turn into a repeatable process. I understand the impulse to find repeatable, objective ways to measure a candidate's abilities.

Unfortunately, people don't necessarily like being test subjects in high-pressure situations.

> Hm...

As I stated above, saying one thing about a very specific interview practice is not claiming to know everything. It's claiming to know a single, specific thing.
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This is like 2 prisoners arguing about their level of freedom.
It's really encouraging to see people in the system who really care about helping the people they serve, and this judge is clearly in that category.

His comments in the video about "sometimes they lose their way" was filled with compassion.

We need more people like that in the world.
They are doing this with physical CDs as well. For a recent album, I could buy the MP3 version, but I could not buy the CD without a Prime membership.
Train a neural net on all previous court data, and use it to preside over the bulk of redundant court cases. Call it De jure Recursive Engine Driving Decisions, or Judge D.R.E.D.D.
The solution is simple. Soylent Green.
Idk about x86 itself minus legacy as it's defined by legal. However, Intel tried to clean-slate it at least four times. The first, i432, was revolutionary, forward-thinking, and overdid the hell out of the hardware side. Hundreds of man-years lost due to low, raw performance. Market only cared about the latter so rejected it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_iAPX_432

Second was for BiiN parallel and high-availability system. Its i960 was a brilliant combo of RISC, HA, and security aspects of i432. Rejected by market due to no backward compatibility although used in F-35, some storage controllers, and so on. Still available for embedded but not the good version in the links. :( Especially see the manual and part with object mechanisms for containment/addressing. Cost them and Siemens a billion dollars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_i960

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BiiN

Third time, in parallel with i960, was i860 RISC core for high-performance supercomputing and embedded systems. Had performance issues and just wasn't popular in general. Another loss.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_i860

Itanium combined RISC, VLIW, PA-RISC style security, and reliability features. EPIC/VLIW probably what did it in the most unfortunately because reliability, speed, and security combo were good. Link below is security features as they alone justified in imho over x86 and you probably never saw them in comparisons. Just dollars, GHz, and GFLOPS as if that's all that matters. Used in appliances, supercomputers, and workstations but going away probably at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars.

http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/...

So, Intel has tried to give us something better than x86 four times already at a cost of billions of dollars. To their credit, they tried and produced a few great designs with some flaws for sure but great in key ways. Market rejected them in favor of raw price/performance and backward compatibility with shit software. So, we're stuck with that given Itanium will go into legacy mode, VIA is loosing money on their x86 business, Transmeta was bought, and Loongons w/ x86 emulation are shaky investment.

Gabriel's Worse is Better is in full effect here...