skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Property itself doesn't cost the government much: Improvements do. But there are many other ways to pay for the same sorts of services without the same sort of financial burden. I'd much rather someone be able to live in their home (or stay in their business) once it is paid for than risk losing it over property taxes. Some folks pay for their own garbage collection, btw, and still pay for property tax. Some places only have volunteer firefighters, which don't get public funding for equipment outside of donations.

If you need ideas on how to tax folks without property taxes:

1. Income taxes without so many deductions, and a simple tax code. It is perfectly acceptable to give allowances for dependents, for example, or having a smaller rate for folks that earn less. Similar could be done for businesses.

2. Automatic sales tax, preferably included in the shelf price. Including it in the price makes it easy for folks to forget and easier to increase: Exemptions are OK at times (groceries, for example). This could be extended to include many business supplies.

3. A different sort of luxury tax for non-necessary services and items - such as fast food and convenience services, jewelry, and other such things. In addition, you could extend this tax to make tiers for some sorts of things: vehicles, for example: More sales tax upfront for vehicles that are over the median price, that are less fuel efficient, newer than x years, or other such things.

4. Higher fuel tax and vehicle fees coupled with improved public transportation, increased taxes on vehicles that are harder on roads (heavier vehicles, etc). Realistically, folks in cities with mass transport could pay a higher price because it is less of a necessity.

In addition, some things could change to make the services more cost-effective. Police, for example: Indiana has 3 levels of police: State, county, and city. You could combine these and make better use of resources and have less waste. Same can be said with schools, especially funding schools. As it is, poorer areas have less money for schools when it could be pooled statewide and distributed fairly instead. Property-tax funded schools don't save us from this underfunding, and neither will other district-based taxation.

The difference in these sorts of taxes is that they depend on your income and consumption. They are a bit unfair to poorer folks, but if the welfare system is fair, it can account for these sorts of things (by giving money to cover taxes instead of expecting businesses to take away the tax). I know this list isn't perfect or all that well thought out, but gives examples around the stuff.
You'd have to provide numbers to convince me about food and energy costs (the latter of which have been historically quite variable in any case). A quick look at food pricing says that restaurant pricing has gone up faster than raw goods pricing.

Yes, health case has certainly increased by significantly more than the CPI. As has housing in some areas (but not in others).

In any case, a 2% annual increase of prices still amounts to something like 22% over 10 years. But 2% is still pretty close to zero inflation relative to many historical periods.
In Finland, the package was actually seen as a part of the war machine.

The package developed from assistance baskets delivered to low-income mothers by General Mannerheim's Child Protection Society after the Finnish civil war (1918), and became a government program in 1937 by offering the package to low-income mothers. The purpose was to increase birth rate and reduce infant mortality by drawing mothers to pre-natal care with the promise of free stuff.

It was expanded during the years of WW II and offered to all mothers starting 1947, at a time when the country was recovering from war and paying war reparations to USSR and everyone was really piss-poor, so poor it makes me want to cry. The country was under tremendous pressure from the Soviets and had to desperately assign all available resources to defence, food production and other essential items. Making parents feel that the government cares for them was important in the war years.
I think you're defining "security" and "privacy" to mean what you want them to mean. The absolutist definition that's popular in certain circles isn't the common definition.

Privacy is mostly not about keeping data from the government. Your bank account is private for most practical purposes though I'm sure with a warrant, law enforcement can find out about it. It's not going to show up in the news and your competitors aren't going to see your bank statements.

Also, Google isn't handing your private email over to advertisers - never has, probably never will.

Authentication and authorization (ACL's) are useful for both security and privacy. This is what makes cloud computing possible (along with encryption, too).

Yes, we can talk about weaknesses in our systems, but let's not completely dismiss the security and privacy features that are already there.
The Future Is Open and Hiring :)
You actually have the choice between the box or 140 euros, but not many people take the money. We did, once.

If you have twins, you're allowed three boxes---if triplets, six. We had twins so we opted for two boxes and the money.
CresKit – A SmartHome HomeKit Bridge for Creston Devices
Yes, of course. Why wouldn't I include them?

Any cpu in my household is mine (presumably.) I don't care what peripherals it has, it's just a computer.

From my POV all those devices are just computers with various peripherals. I don't see any way in which attaching a specific peripheral changes the universal nature of the cpu.
I understand. However, I do encourage you to read and at least consider rooting the phone (without triggering the flash counter if the phone is under warranty): this will enable you to remove/disable a lot of the 'system' apps that are fairly evil. The first link I included has options for your device for cleaned-up Samsung ROMs.

I have a Sony Xperia Z2 now and I chose the root option instead of the (available) Cyanogenmod install for it since Sony, while being very open to rooting etc., chooses to remove some image enhancement functionality on flashed devices. The root has enabled me to remove a lot of the junk and also install the Xposed framework along with XPrivacy. The latter enables fine-grained control of permissions by app.

Sure it is a bit of work but it depends on how you value your private data. I realize ultimately it might be futile but I am planning to put in as much effort as makes sense to protect my data as best as I know how.
That doesn't mean I don't care if my Dropbox account got breached because the password was in plaintext.
Wouldn't that still be a problem without a union?
"Ring Stick Up Cam" —that has got to be the most'double-entendre' laden product name ever!

It is an endoscope, rignt?
Yet another Google product that'll I'll like and they'll kill off in a year. I'm getting tired of this pattern from them
Australian homes sent infected USB sticks
To me, this reads like an alcoholic ranting about how everyone should stop drinking. Yes, technology can be addicting. That doesn't mean we're "helpless" or even that it's bad. I'm really sick of these hyperbolic luddites.

Personally, it's not at all a problem. I'm not a technophobe—I have an iPhone, use Facebook, etc.—but it's done nothing but positively improve my life. I can keep in touch with friends around the world and work remotely from anywhere, all thanks to the beauty of these "distracting" technologies.

However, even though my life is heavily entangled with technology I certainly don't feel "addicted" to it. I have no problem going out into the wilderness for a week and having 0 contact with the world. I certainly don't interrupt conversations to check my phone.

If technology is hurting your life, the problem could just as easily be with you as it is with technology.
We have a little snow cone maker (ice shaver) that the kids love. We also do Italian sodas periodically.

We buy just-add-water punch mix by the gallon in various flavors at our local grocery store. Should work for home-mixed sodas.

The Torani flavors in the italian sodas are a good option, but probably expensive for mass soda production?
That Louis CK bit is very good. I'm one of those kill your television types (I'm committed fully to my online crutch) but I have to acknowledge that he expresses some good insights here. Thank you.
Fair enough. I don't buy "lack of super-safe assets" == "keeping the economy working", though.
Indigenous Australians most ancient civilisation on Earth, DNA study confirms
Why is /usr/local/Homebrew bad?
Google saves the preferred language in a cookie setting, which you can manually reset via hamburger menu -> Search Settings -> Languages or with the &hl= CGI parameter. Most of the time it's autodetected via the queries you type though - the only time it's likely to be wrong is if you type a query that's in an ambiguous language (eg. a proper noun), have no cookies (eg. incognito, or first time searching with the browser), and are not signed in. Then it defaults to the geographic location.
Naaah, it's some half-baked full-screen mode with two windows side by side. If you cmd-tab out of either of those apps to a third app you lose visibility of the two full-screen-side-by-side apps a-la Spaces (or whatever it's called this week). Such a let down.

The way Windows 7 does it is about a squillion times better, hold down super and use an arrow key to tell the window to snap to that edge of the screen. Works across multiple monitors too. Use this all the time at work, where I need to use propitiatory Windows-only software.
Even Coca Cola couldn't compete with Coca Cola...
Accessibility is often offered as an example here.

When we create a technology that requires certain abilities (the ability to use a qwerty keyboard, for instance) we have inadvertently made a technology that can't be utilized by people that lack that ability level. Likewise, for stairs, visual public signage, color use, etc.

Other examples include accessibility not based on physical difference, but social or economic difference. If you can't afford a smart phone or other computer, it can become prohibitively difficult to apply for jobs (or seek services, etc.) that only accept online applications. Or - famously - the standard IQ test used to ask what color the keys on a piano were long ago. This test was used for employment, military services, etc.; however, that question was inadvertently biased towards middle/upper class people who had experience with musical instruments.

These designs are not created with exclusion in mine, but there are often accessibility issues in one form or another because of our blind spots.

Other times, we create designs that actively mimic our biases - for instance, a bias towards rationalism led the military to design airplane cockpits back in the 1930's+ around an "ideal standard" of human physiology without any adjustability. Because no one is actually average, once you get beyond a one or two physiological measurements (maybe), these cockpits didn't really fit anyone and many US pilots died unnecessarily because they couldn't properly operate the airplane. Once the military overcame that bias they were able to make cockpits that fit many more sizes/shapes of people and our pilot deaths dropped significantly.
But doesnt Bill Gates want the world to have less people? Im confused...
> The current best practice of simply hashing passwords with bcrypt is fine

With the caveat that you have to make sure you're hashing the entire password. Don't silently truncate.
Depends on how bad you need the money now vs. how bad you'll need it later.
Or it could be that Apple isn't looking to "invest" but rather to completely take over or even just buy some of their tech.

Is it still an "investment" if Apple owns 100% of the stock?
Meanwhile, in the 8th dimension, the Red Lectroids are planning their escape.
It doesn't matter how well its designed. Once they get an NSL, they would need to make compromises, unless the messages are not in a readable form.

All that Google has accomplished, is convinced me to steer clear of Allo.
The FDA has efficacy requirements for most things it regulates: it must be effective at doing the thing it claims to do.
Golang: Err on the Side of Structured
Not necessarily due to the automatic vs. manual distinction but the mechanical design of the valves.

"While the precise reasons for the higher bacterial growth in the electronic faucets still need clarification, the researchers say it appears that standard hospital water disinfection methods, which complement treatments by public utilities, did not work well on the complex valve components of the newer faucets. They suspect that the valves simply offer additional surfaces for bacteria to become trapped and grow."
That is true, but that can be worked around to an extent.

I mean, if you know food has VAT, you simply increase the amount of money you give for food to cover that tax. And son on: Adjust poverty levels to show that. You can exclude some things, improve public transportation, and other things to lessen the burden.

Of course, the reality is that it is harder to do in some political cultures - the US, for example.
YouTube’s get out the vote initiative and presidential debate live streams
That investment and this announcement aren't the same thing.
> tax excluded

Why?
You can also get cash for "free". Examples: CapitalOne has "Hassle Free" rewards and Chase has the ability to switch. Some cards w/ the ability to be fluid will give you bonus cash for signing up.
AT&T to launch DirecTV Now streaming video service before 2017
These pictures are not "shocking". The babies sleep in boxes and seem to be doing all right. If you have limited resources, you should put the money in essential things. Proper food and medication is more important than having a big fancy bed. The babies sleeping in these pictures appear to be fed and well dressed.

But it is of course possible that in other respects, the Venezuelan baby care is lacking due to corruption and mismanagement. I can imagine that the level of care and attention given depends a lot on what kind of people you happen to have in each place.
React DailyUI
Google and other tech titans pledge to help refugees
Ever since an upgrade to yosemite corrupted my partition, I never ever do upgrades on vacations (nor do I upgrade when it's just out)... I don't trust Apple's QA enough
It's not horribly misleading, Matt. If you view it from the perspective of the average Linux user, I think you'd agree that:

1. Lenovo is usually one of the first choices for a Linux laptop.

2. Lenovo obviously has made the call here to ignore the Linux community on their forums.

3. Lenovo has actually stated "This system has a Signature Edition of Windows 10 Home installed. It is locked per our agreement with Microsoft." -- whatever that means.

4. Win10 dropped the requirement that Secure Boot can be disabled. This has already been filed as a complaint to the EC:

I remember when in 2012 secure boot was announced for the new
Windows 8. I am from Spain, and at that time a lawyer (Jose
Maria Lancho[1]) that was the president of a Spanish LUG
(Hispalinux) create a official complain to the European
Commission about the Windows 8 certification program in
relation with the requirements of Secure Boot.

At that time the certification program describe that one of
the requirement was to have an option to disable SB via UEFI,
but only for desktops and laptops, but not for tables. Now
this option is not anymore required for the Windows 10
certification program. That point was one of the argument
that we exposed in the complain.

Is very sad to see that the circle is closing as we
predicted in the complain, and with this new Signature
Edition thing a new movement in this direction. And so far,
the European Commission is not doing anything in that
regard, and less and less hackers, lawyers, and groups are
fighting against this kind of movement.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/53ri0m/warning_micro...
I'm considering writing a plugin which, much like an ad-blocker, removes click bait links. There would be various black lists one could use. Any feedback on implementation appreciated.
Has Inbox gained the ability to have recipient lists?
I need to know where this fellow gets his weed.

Because based on this article, it must be some dank shit.
I was drilled from birth by PE-license-holding parents that "Engineer" is a regulated term that you can't legally describe yourself as without the license.

They're correct; it's just that the rule is flouted to the point of non-existence in tech.
we're working on it, thanks!
I completely agree with you, except on the younger than 5 or 6 don't care part. Maybe don't care as much, but studies suggest that gendered socialization starts occurring before 18 months. I think that this indoctrination is more common than people realize (and realizing that it's likely happened to you can be a hard pill to swallow). Especially in areas like mine, where most families are single income, it seems like the girls are always playing with dolls, strollers, ovens.

It makes me very sad.

But people will argue that it's innate until they're blue in the face, and use it as examples to 'prove' that our brains are sexed.
> Have they finally updated packages like php and ruby?

PHP:

> ▶ /usr/bin/php -v

> PHP 5.6.24 (cli) (built: Aug 8 2016 16:58:37)

> Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group

> Zend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies

Ruby:

> ▶ /usr/bin/ruby -v

> ruby 2.0.0p648 (2015-12-16 revision 53162) [universal.x86_64-darwin16]
Agreed, though I'm a Finn, not an American.

Even here in Finland it feels like the government doesn't want people to have kids, as the amount of support you can get is very little compared to what it was 30 years ago. Raising kids is burdensome and expensive, so even with our social security system I feel like poor people must go through hell when they have babies.

I believe that children are very important for any nation, as they are the tax-payers and decision-makers of the future. Healthy politics should really take this into account.
didn't microsoft recently tried to pull off some patent thing on linux while at the same time launching media campaign how it hearts linux online.
and didn't microsoft include feature on windows 10 to automatically collect screenshots while you work while not giving option to turn it off and not telling about it to anyone
and didn't they made people to upgrade by tricks...
don't they buy people to argue online like other hardware manufacturers
isn't bill gates free mason communist?

inside conspiracy or pure dose of cash also netscape
It's gotta be cheaper to make one car that can be driven on either side of the road than make a car for the UK and then another one for the rest of the world.
Tesla hacks demonstarted by Chinese hackers
So if your point wasn't that employers routinely deviate from their prescribed bands ("as a rule") why did you respond to my comment? What I see is an anonymous Internet Person bragging without context (for all I know your non-typical experience could have been with 99 developers who were seriously below average).
Also worth noting Lenovo's official statment on the matter http://www.techrepublic.com/article/lenovo-denies-deliberate... confirming that they have not blocked the installation of alternate operating systems.

It was a shame to see the initial posts this morning hit the top of the page without any more evidence than a single customer support rep. who was unlikely to realistically have inside knowledge of some kind of "secret conspiracy" to block linux installs by Microsoft.
Right, I should have been more clear in how I made that last statement. Let me try again.

"Foxconn, as it is currently constituted, is not in a position to be assisting Apple with the design process that goes into making a car."

I have no doubt that Foxconn would happily go through the expenditures and pain to contract with Apple to build an EV.
Hit the nail on the head I feel - as a recent college grad I really enjoyed this article and what it had to offer.
>It's pretty simple really: making money feels good.

The money is part of the feedback loop of motivating you, you get your level ding in WOW, you get a cold beverage after mowing the lawn, you get your paycheck after expressing yourself for two weeks. A CEO isn't going to be a good CEO if he has the same amount of job satisfaction as a germaphobe janitor who has a graduate degree in Literature no matter who much you pay the CEO.

Not making simply money. It's working on something that satisfies you.
Students hate flipped classrooms from my experience teaching. But lecturing is also ineffective. It should not be a binary process but rather one where you use one method for X types of learning and the other from Y types of learning. Flipped sometimes works and doesn't. It's really up to the instructor to know when to use what and constantly get feedback to determine which is best.
I didn't downvote, but some people dislike anecdotes in a conversation that definitely requires data. That being said, sharing one's personal experience can contribute to the conversation.
Absolutely my finding as well. On those days I'm tired I just get sucked in for hours. I guess I should pick up an easy to read novel on those days.
I compile my own binaries. Not too bad actually.
> Fink is full of old packages, but MacPorts ports are pretty up to date. There are still lots of devs maintaining MacPorts these days. So I don't know what dire status you were talking about.

At the time Homebrew rose in popularity it was super easy to add packages to and update existing packages.
MacPorts had a reputation, at least, for being inflexible and difficult for casual maintainers.
Some not-completely-esoteric packages would not be updated from upstream sources for years.

In my case there was (still is?) the particularly strange case of GNU Octave, in which the development version (octave-devel) had completely superceded the regular package (octave), and this was not really well documented.
To get anything done at all with Octave you had to use octave-devel, while octave was essentially a vestigial limb floating around for no reason.
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people who drive around in cars like that don't have to keep a straight face. they're laughing all the way to the bank.
Just noting, the comment above (as it stands now) is an exact quote from the article, though it's not indicated as such.

(It also specifically addresses OP's false premises.)
Ask HN: Top rules as a good-developer to stay on top of your game
edit: Although I originally intended this question to full stack web development - answers from any domain developers are welcome. (Minor changes to sentence)

Full-stack / web app development have a lot of moving pieces and these evolve at amazing speeds.
As a developer/startup how do you stay on top of your game with these evolving pieces ?

Im new to web development and looking for top 5 rules from battle-hardened developers, mainly, how do you keep evolving products-teams-yourself ?
It's for exactly this reason that I'm creating a terminal-based calorie tracker. Working on finishing up the curses-like client so i can quickly type

bogg 120 # consumed 120 calories
bogg -120 biking # exercised 120 calories while biking

https://github.com/bo-gg/bogg-api

Once the command line portion is finished I plan to do a Show HN and hopefully people start using it.
Unlike law enforcement however, Google has a much higher level of trust in the public eye.
Frankly, I don't think they've given you enough info to moderate according to their highly specific standards.
But on the other hand, production volume of the Apple Watch was absolutely abysmal while Steve Jobs was alive.
Thanks, that's interesting and does make sense now that you say it.