skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
By no means to I want to sound like a party-pooper (truly, I love this stuff and plan to use it), but this feels like this is the "Comic Sans" of graphing. In an essence, we know better than to use it in a serious sense, but someone, somewhere might use it incorrectly, then suddenly, poof, everyone's XKCDing their graphs
The response crew comes and secures the legs on the barge immediately after landing. They bolt them down somehow, I think.
Everyone's missing the solution that would please everyone: just have Attenborough change his name.
Time to start looking elsewhere then. Baltimore and Detroit come to mind.
But as people leave those expensive cities, won't they become more affordable?

I mean, they are expensive because there are more people than available housing, and because there are lots of people making lots of money so they can spend more on stuff. But if those people want to leave, that reduces demand so prices should reduce.

Eventually, we should reach an equilibrium (or at least something more stable).
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It is hard to say for a lot of reasons, like if you'd consider informants with explicit direction from the FBI as "FBI". Also, while living in DC many years ago, I was surprised by the number of homeless people I saw with Blackberrys - until I learned about the way FBI surveillance is conducted there.
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Sorry, I should have posted a link. You are quite right in asking for proof.

Here's an excerpt of the declassified MK ULTRA reports released by Freedom of Information Act in 2001 (as well as parts released previously), and printed in Lapham's Quarterly <http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/spies/new-york-state-mind>:

> H experimentation, February 10, 1954

> The group of five subjects appeared on schedule. A posthypnotic of the night before (pointed finger, you will sleep) was enacted. Mses. [redacted] and [redacted] immediately progressed to a deep hypnotic state. [Redacted] was then instructed (having previously expressed a fear of firearms in any fashion) that she would use every method at her disposal to awaken [redacted] (now in a deep hypnotic sleep), and failing this, she would pick up a pistol nearby and fire it at [redacted]. She was instructed that her rage would be so great that she would not hesitate to “kill” [redacted] for failing to awaken.

> [Redacted] carried out these suggestions to the letter, including firing the (unloaded pneumatic) gun at [redacted] and then proceeding to fall into a deep sleep. After proper suggestions were made, both were awakened and expressed complete amnesia for the entire sequence. [Re- dacted] was again handed the gun, which she refused (in an awakened state) to pick up or accept from the operator. She expressed absolute denial that the foregoing sequence had happened.

I believe that counts as doing something against ones will.

Lapham had a widely distributed issue titled "Spies", I recall, in which the linked article (or a variant of it) appeared.

Here is a Gizmodo article: http://gizmodo.com/project-mkultra-one-of-the-most-shocking-... and wired: http://www.wired.com/2010/04/0413mk-ultra-authorized/

There are a lot of other reputable news agencies confirming the same.

The NY Times even hosts the exceptionally well written report of the government here: https://www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/national/13inmate_Proje...

There is also the 1999 "based on a true story" called the Sleep Room, which I gather is quite accurate (but obviously not proof in itself).

I hope you find the above interesting, if not persuasive, evidence of hypnosis.
If they dig into it and decide that you did it yourself, as the parent suggested, then yes, you would have a serious risk of prison time for willfully violating the NSL.
I think all of these could be used to justify why music has gotten better:

1. Only the most passionate musicians do it as a profession.

2. A producer doesn't have to chase that perfect accordion sound and manage to record it withouht distortion anymore. Which means it's increasingly about musical ideas and less about mechanical skill.

3. Corporatization always has element of specialization. Which has yielded lots of good on on other fields.
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Interpreter or not, the JIT compiler will certainly get faster with the c++ optimizations. The libraries that are linked against will get faster. The underlying OS components will get faster. Since .NET assemblies are mostly just glue code between framework code, which is mostly c++, everything should get a speedup out of this.
> you seem to have completely missed his finer point

That's because I don't think there is a finer point. If the only way a chant like that could happen is if it's started by aggro-patriotic douchebags, which specifically was the contention, then the chanting only exists as a result of aggro-patriotic douchebaggery. That's a slur that taints everyone involved in it, and I don't accept that at all.
Several people have already mentioned the risks of MITM on a .gov domain. In this case, I think it goes beyond the usual risk of injecting malware / etc. on a trustworthy domain because it'd make an interesting watering hole attack because some of the visitors to senate.gov are going to be people with interesting information or access both on their computers and via their social networks.

Imagine if, say, a foreign intelligence agency managed to compromise some routers, do some DNS poisoning, etc. in the DC area and, being professionals, instead of injecting adware they inject a quiet zero-day which scrapes network info, contacts, etc. and reports home. Some of that will be political junkies, kids working on school reports, etc. but I'm sure you'd also get access to clients at a bunch of interesting agencies, NGOs, etc. which would be helpful for more targeted attacks.
"But where is the line drawn between hostile architecture that seeks to favor one class of people over another, and practical urban planning that aims to keep all people safe?"

Not sure it's a question of favoring one class over another as it is intended uses.
Couldn't have said it better.
A link to Play Store and no link to any proof of that claim?
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I was all set to post something about how the Grasshopper used a different engine, but apparently both the Grasshopper and the F9 first stage use Merlin 1D engines.

Wikipedia says that these produce 700kN at sea level and can be throttled down to 70%, which means at minimum power one engine could hover about 50 tonnes.

I can't find out what Grasshopper massed. Does anyone know?
"without pretending we are going to save the world". I felt a great disturbance in SV, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
Yes, thank you. Regulation is why when you buy, say, ibuprofen from the drug store, you are confident that it is actually ibuprofen. Because it is a drug, it is held to different standards than, say, strawberries by the FDA.

I think the problem here is that people use "regulation" as a synonym for "hard to get", but that's not what it means. Yes, part of regulation is in controlling consumer access, but regulation also applies to the manufacturing and distribution of the drug.

It's also worth noting that in the future, the FDA may enact stricter controls on powdered caffeine: http://www.fda.gov/Food/NewsEvents/ConstituentUpdates/ucm460...
And land the rocket on the bell of the rocket motor? The legs are for more than keeping the rocket from tipping over.
The (untested) theory behind canaries is that they can forbid you from speaking the truth but they cannot order you to tell a lie.

So you don't leave a canary in place, it just expires and you don't put up a new one.
That's one of the most level-headed and succinct description of the differences between Waterfall and Agile I have read.

I would also add that, in my completely personal and anecdotal experience, they are not one-fits-all methods: in general I find Agile much more suited to developing a "product", while Waterfall makes more sense when the aim is to deliver a "project".
What about announcing it and doing it six times?

That's the number of times we landed men on the moon.

Let's not try to downplay NASA's previous successes as "lucky" and "adventurous" in order to make SpaceX seem more advanced in an engineering sense.
I don't think its a planned strategy as much as something that is emergent from the way the current system works. Of course the wealthy will try any way in which to keep their wealth. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet etc. are the exception rather than the rule when it comes to philanthropic billionaires.

I'm not trying to justify that kind of behavior, only pointing out that if the system is a certain way, there is a reason why many people behave the way they do.
Would be cool to have a 'fluid simulation' of top songs between countries too. To see spreading over oceans.
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To me 90's top of the charts simply sounds more one dimensional and less skillfull than music before or after.
A US .gov page recommending the use of HTTPS everywhere, in a thread complaining that another US .gov site recommends using HTTP over HTTPS. I find this hilariously ironic!
Luckily, your comment averted it.

(And my own, being a third-order effect, is too weak to affect the outcome.)
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I remember reading somewhere that the actual shell of the rocket is surprisingly thin and very fragile against horizontal forces.

Think of it like a very long can of soda with a ton of lead at the bottom. Any kind of attempt to keep it upright only at the top will most likely end up damaging the shell.

That's why their method of securing it after it lands is to weld the feet, the bottom of this thing is pretty much the only part that's solid, the rest is flimsy as hell in every direction but one.
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I have invested in 4 Peer Street loans. The appeal to me is the transparency. All of their previous loans have been paid off. Compare to realtyshares.com where it is impossible to judge the past performance of old loans.

I'm drawn to these kinds of investments because they (hopefully) aren't tightly correlated to the stock market. And, unlike Lending Club, they are secured loans that are tied to property that can be liquidated if the borrower defaults.

Mr. Money Mustache had a writeup on Peer Street this week:
http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2016/05/02/peerstreet/
I saw an answer to this type of question like: why bother requesting something (even plaintext) over the wire if you can't vouch that it's the content you wanted, from the person you expected.
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NSL are used to compel a party to DO something to assist with, so called, matters of national security, under threat of physical force. If the letter isn't received and a person can't be physically detained then it can't compel anything, other than hiding from its possible existence

To make things more difficult, the very contents of the letter itself are considered a national secret. Typical methods for serving papers would needlessly jeopardize the confidentiality of such papers. So one would presume that these methods simply aren't in the cards.
Boston, one of the cities mentioned here, has no rent control (thanks to a statewide ballot since city ballots to end it lost; shrewd political play there) so I think we can be pretty confident that is not the cause of our problems in this city.
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It's a good question, I will ask the developers to support and come back to you with the answer.
bro, I'd advise you to not take everything at face value.
>P.S. Downvotes for this question? Really?

There are always people on HN who love being contrarian and trying to diminish amazing things. It's like they hate seeing people excited for something and want to point out that this isn't that big of a deal.

We're literally watching things happen for the first time ever, and this person's response is "what's so great about this?" while implying that people who are excited about this are fanboys. I can understand the downvotes honestly.
> intimidation / harrasment

The FBI used to call that "COINTELPRO".
The attemps at a distributed version were harshely criticized...

What I like about Redis is that, like a mechanical watch, the insides are as elegant and nice as the user experience.
It's unlikely, at least there is no precedent that establishes the legality of compelled speech vs. the restriction of free speech.
I would consider any contact by the FBI at all harassment.
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they actually weld "shoes" over each of the legs, but Elon even tweeted that it was entirely unnecessary to do on the previous landing.
Can you provide a citation for that? It seems to be like it would be impossible to show proof that such an email was received[1], which I imagine is necessary to declare the subpoena served in a court of law. We do have some other means for sending things like that through the internet (mostly used by lawyers and courts), but I find it hard to believe that merely sending an email without (at the very least) prior contact where the servee indicates subpoenas can be served via email would hold up in court.

[1]: IIRC, in my country the courts ruled that a) SMTP logs of sending an email are not sufficient technical proof of delivery and b) even if it was, that's not enough because you cannot be expected to regularly check your email account and read new mail. Things might be different in the U.S., that's why I'm asking.
Agreed, this code was probably written by a contractor rather than one of their mathematicians I'd imagine
Postgres? :)

I love redis.
What really worries me about this story is the following question: Are german agencies involved in this? I mean, assume the break ins are real, can the FBI operate in a foreign country without consent? At least they should know it and did nothing to stop it... Or am I msitaken here somewhere?
It's more or less unavoidable if voters are voting strategically. The sad and undemocratic reality of FPTP is that voting for a third-party candidate with little chance to win is "throwing away your vote".

I understand it that in Canada it's first-past-the-post per "riding", so I'd expect each riding to have a maximum of two viable parties. I'm sure it's messier than that in the real world, but I still think you'd be better off with something else than FPTP.

For instance, looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_by_riding_of_the_Canad..., is the Green Party accomplishing anything else than diverting votes from other parties?
Technically, all of that is regulated by the FDA, since food safety is part of their mandate. But they don't have extra regulations when caffeine is naturally occurring in a food. They do, however, have extra regulations when caffeine is added to a food (such as energy drinks), and part of that regulation says how much caffeine can be added.

I think people are confusing "regulation" with "I need a doctor's prescription to buy". Caffeine is already regulated by the FDA.
Airbus is working on Adeline, which would fly back and recover the first-stage engines and avionics (but not the fuel tanks) on an Ariane rocket.

The Chinese have mentioned an effort to recover and reuse first stages by landing them with parachutes.

So far, the Russians seem to think the effort isn't worthwhile.

Closer to home, ULA's new Vulcan rocket is supposed to recover the first stage engines (but again, not the fuel tanks) using a parachute and helicopter.

It remains to be seen whether any of these schemes will work or how long they'll take. They have a lot of catching up to do in any case.
This is totally true. I still have strong memories of being passionate about being social activism, etc and then getting frustrated at being blocked over and over again (by school, govt bodies, etc).
From my experience, using the Google maps within the city, it tends to ne pretty sparse with labels by default.

This is a good thing because in a place like tokyo there is just too much stuff - if I care for aometgubd I either search for it, or drop a pub and check what is around.

On the other hand, Maps always shows the labels of things I have searched for in the past, yielding a customized legend of landmarks+things that matter to me.
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Also UK, but get the access denied. (BT Internet)
Normally distributed with extreme outliers and a significant standard deviation. Most people are not billionaires, AFAIK.
Am i missing something, is the need to land vertically a requirement of a fragile fuselage? Seems wasteful to carry extra anything (in this case rocket propellant) to space, just to avoid having to re-right the rocket when you get it back on earth for a subsequent launch. Is extra fuel payload < landing gear or parachutes?
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I still fondly remember Mister Splashy Pants, and it's been almost 10 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Splashy_Pants
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The if condition should use >= rather than >, but it otherwise makes sense.
my personal favorite:

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} catch(e) {}
[1] is the picture that finally gave me a sense of scale for this thing...

[1] http://i.stack.imgur.com/FYvrC.jpg
Agreed. A bit too much uniformity and not enough noise.
It's a quirky American thing. But plenty of other countries do it to. Not surprisingly it originates in sports like most of these kinds of chants. Go to an international football/soccer match sometime and let me know how many national chants you hear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwHFm3pBA90 ("TAE HAN MIN GUK!" "Great Korean People's Country")

Here's a show giving fun lessons on how to properly do the chant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wli6OrUhNU

Here's the history of it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-S-A!

I've heard a bunch of Brits chant something similar "UK! UK! UK! UK!" before.

Here it is in Uraguay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nub526rufzk

In Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiK3f-fEDdY

In Chile, I've heard the chant is something like "CHI CHI CHI! LE LE LE! EN EL MAPA NO SE VE!", here's a comedic routine around it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gigjq9GExuE

Here's the Mexican equivalent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ips57oLX0

Here's Sweden after a sports win https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkfqHCwB4aY

If France had a SpaceX equivalent that did something as amazing as this, it would be completely appropriate for the French people who spent years of their lives achieving something thought impossible to suddenly break out and start singing La Marseillaise or chanting.

If it happens for something as unimportant as a sporting goal, it's probably okay for it to happen for something that advances the entire species.

I'm kind of surprised by all the people from different countries that aren't even aware it happens in their own country or that they might have a similar national chant.
Well, there is at least one other choice in government intervention. We don't actually have to let rents keep going up.
Well Portland is hotter than Seattle right now so you're a privileged asshole..? I dunno..
Enjoy your move and please help keep Portland weird :)
I attended a conference from the head of the CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, ~ French NASA) in Paris a week ago and he talked about that.

Ariane 6 is going to be built with a cost effective approach and trying to focus on market needs (3D printing of parts, reusability of the first stage, etc.)

At first, concerning SpaceX, his group of experts told him that the design of the rocket wasn't going to work and was going to explode at high altitude due to fluctuation. They also told him that the first stage would just go through the barge, sinking both the first stage and the barge. Now they are taking new entrants way more seriously.
Many of our customers start including request to the effect of "hosting in the EU, preferably operated by a EU based company".

AFAIK, one of the reasons OVH had for not setting shop in the US a few years back, but choosing Canada instead was to not expose its flank to possible actions by US agencies. They even feared "contamination" to their EU based datacenters.

I guess either the law has changed or their lawyers found their way through the arcanes of international law, since they are now officialy planning to open a datacenter in the US.
Forth is what I would consider an untyped language. It deals with numbers on a stack in a way that it is totally up to the programmer to decide what they represent. One number may be a IEEE 754 number, an unsigned integer, a signed integer, the address of a string, a fixed-point number, a couple of ASCII characters etc.
A private company that happens to be American?
So you believe the only type of harassment is sexual?
Agile isn't about predictability so much as it is about 1: ensuring productive work is always going on; 2: ensuring the thing that ships is what the client wants; and 3: ensuring that something functional will actually ship.

Agile grew as a bulwark against the bad old ways of the "enterprise" trenches that led to the original "software crisis". There was a time when big software projects would not deliver, at all, as often as they would succeed. And even when they succeeded they often delivered the wrong thing. Daily builds, continuous integration, using the software itself as the source of truth (instead of elaborately negotiated specs), and focusing on iteration, these are how you can extract productivity from any team, and how you can keep on target and deliver something of value. It's not necessarily the best way, but it's one reasonably reliable way to get stuff done.
I enjoyed this,but was surprised to see how the older stuff (1970s) skyrocketed to the top, then PLUMMETED off after a week. Compare to 2000s where a song can stay at top for a month, and may drift down.

As others point out, changes in how tracked (radio play vs. download sales vs. streams) can change this, but it is fascinating to see visually.
I've figured YC out as soon as I finished reading a few good books on it. I especially loved the journey Justin and co. went through in their frantic search for something (seemingly anything would've done) to sell.
HN does not equal YC, regardless of whoever is at its helm. Just as the well being of the 1 percent does not equal the well being of the human species.
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If you want to extract rents on rising housing costs you should become a landlord. Being a landlord is the most obvious and literal example of being a rentier, isn't it?