skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
One thing INFOSEC people might find interesting about Xenix is the re-implementation done by Trusted Information Systems: Trusted Xenix. It was the first, certified, security-oriented UNIX that had a combo of features for extra security plus backward compatibility with Xenix apps. These included trusted path, mandatory controls, integrity controls to limit viral damage, some suppression of covert channels, and especially their solution to setuid problem. That they published a solution while mainstream UNIX just kept the problem around was an early illustration of a recurring problem in mainstream INFOSEC where prior, proven solutions get ignored.

Here's the evaluation report with all of its security features and such for anyone interested in learning about it. Or comparing it to security of modern UNIX's:

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/virtual_disk_library/index.c...

Particularly interesting to compare it to SELinux, FreeBSD w/ SEBSD, or OpenBSD.
Homelessness is not just about pan handlers on the street and other visible forms of homelessness. A lot of the time you can't tell someone is homeless, or is experiencing intermittent homelessness.

A quick google seems to point to about 4000 people in Chattanooga experiencing homelessness per year. SF has concrete stats that are easy to find [1] and points to 7,539 experiencing homelessness per year. Based on total populations (173,366 people in Chattanooga, 837,442 in SF), the percentage is actually a lot higher in Chattanooga than in SF.

Liking a small city is totally fine of course, but it's not correct to assume SF is completely overrun by homelessness whereas Chattanooga doesn't have any.

[1] Warning, PDF: https://sfgov.org/lhcb/sites/default/files/2015%20San%20Fran...
Dogs have empathy.
One aspect, and I sure many already realize this, is it seems FAR more simple and natural to be able to communicate via text/chat/forums etc when you have had physical interactions with them outside the computer and are already comfortable talking to one another - aside from groups of friends who have never met. It have spent a great deal of time doing something together of common interests...

Like gaming together or sharing whatever on IRC or Reddit or some such.

If you're trying to randomly talk to a new person with not a common-ground of topic interest it's easy to see how visual cues and body language feel like they are truly lacking.

Also the problem with VR is on any other platform I'm not consuming my entire field of view and immersing myself... so I can't keep a periferal view of my child to make sure she doesn't help her self to yet another yogurt in the fridge among the the many other thousand of small perceptions we need to make about our environment around us....
Mohn Schal, lange gefilzte Schal,
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Kissinger did help avoid western powers vs China becoming another cold war/north korea situation - he was surrounded by others who were relatively much more hawkish. In other areas he created and lengthened conflicts by aiding embattled forces (maybe he mistakenly thought it would benefit the free world, or hasten the end of conflict), but there is a question of proportion - did he create net peace or net war? Of course we can't know for certain had things gone differently. Yasser Arafat was even awarded the peace prize for his change of behavior late in life, despite his decades of fomenting terrorism and conflict, so it is not surprising that Kissinger won.

Perhaps the award should only go to pacifists who have spotless records, regardless of how little impact they may have had?
Free tool ‘OverSight’ notifies you when someone attempts to access your webcam
If you understand a mathematical theory, then you should be able to figure out on your own when that theory is applicable and how to apply it. So I can't help but read your comment as “I don't want to have to learn”.
There is an excuse for not "securing" the network: disallowing spoofing is not desirable in the first place. There are legitimate uses to spoofing. What is not desirable is malware infecting user computers and using spoofing for DDoS attacks, but the ISP cannot know whether the packets were sent by malware or by a user. The proper way to solve the issue is to make secure systems that will not get infected easily by malware.
There are lots of languages in the world. The majority of them are written by a single person for themselves or (if there's funding involved) a small group of people who deeply understand the compiler. These are either research, hobbyist, or company languages depending on the context of the author. They exist to explore a particular idea or solve a specific problem and don't aspire to be widely used.

If you hear the term used disparagingly it's because they tend to have issues you generally wouldn't want to put up with when you're on the clock: compiler bugs, lack of error messages, large missing pieces in the standard lib, spectacularly bad performance, etc because those weren't the problems the language was meant to explore.
The article begins from the premise that psychology has shown that brain training can not cause generalized benefits, and then goes on to review more than 130 peer-reviewed publications, meticulously finding fault with each one, and concluding that nothing can be learned from the entire field. It's as if the authors went through an entire forest, finding fault with each tree, but never noticed there was an entire forest (of evidence).

I'm an author on one of the studies discussed, and for what it's worth, there are two factual errors in their review of my study alone.

The authors then go on to state that people seeking to improve cognitive function would be better served by exercising or going to college. Exercising is an excellent idea, but the evidence for cognitive improvement is certainly no better than for cognitive training, and is arguably worse [1]. College is fine as well, but from a methodological perspective there's never been a randomized controlled trial showing that college improves cognitive function, and arguably all college does is select high-achievers and then further filter them with low-performers dropping out. Endorsing college (with no RCTs) over brain training (with RCTs) suggest a biased review.

Disclosure: I work at Posit Science, where we make a brain training program. My work is specifically criticized in the article.

[1] http://www.cochrane.org/CD005381/DEMENTIA_aerobic-exercise-t...
Tech billionaires think we live in the Matrix
I take that as just an honest description of what happened.
> If members of W3C don't adhere by the standards set after a lengthy and tiresome process of review

Which standard would that be?

Web workers and Webrtc are not standardised.

Html5 makes no specification about video codecs.

So, what standards exactly are not being adhered to?
Check out https://github.com/wireapp/proteus/
My comment wasn't intended to be normative, just giving one perspective through which the OP could be perceived as unprofessional.
> Given the first instinct is always to be closed and profit the openness of the PC ecosystem must have taken gargantuan effort to build.

The openness of the PC ecosystem was built almost entirely on IBM's failure to legally secure it (which was neither intentional nor something for which Gates was responsible), and the willingness of third-party hardware vendors to take risks in testing the degree to which IBM had failed to legally secure it (which, again, was not something Gates was responsible for.)
Watching my trees here in Tampa, the kids school getting canceled and having to change our plans for the day is about the biggest impact we've felt here.

Ohh and the roads were wide open when we went out for breakfast.
And this is what I find worrying concerning the time we are living in.
Society by and large moved from rejecting science to demanding scientific studies on everything. While this has certainly been a move in the right direction it led many people to having a very limited perception of the real world. There is more than words and numbers and I am not talking about some bullshit magical powers but this stuff has to be experienced. And why do I say this? Because I believe that this stuff which exists besides words and numbers is, like words and numbers, a subset of the resources that enable intelligence.

So there is nothing wrong with brain training games and perhaps they do increase intelligence but don't be surprised if training only a tiny portion of what enables intelligence does not lead to enormous results.

In my opinion meditation can be an overwhelming perhaps even painful experience and thus it challenges you more seriously than, say, finding the next number in a sequence.
No pain, no gain.
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This is a shoddy write-up which sensationalizes the more rigorous underlying scientific work.

The actual research here appears to find methodological shortcomings in many papers purporting a broader effect on intelligence or problem-solving ability from some popular brain training games. It does not, however, conclude that there is no effect.

It is unfortunate (though very common) that the article oversimplifies and sensationalizes. The headline "brain training exercises just make you better at brain training exercises" is far too definitive. I'm glad the "might" qualifier at least was added here on HN. Similarly, the article saying "the same is not true", definitively, for the benefits of physical vs mental exercise games. Examples abound throughout the article and it reads as sloppy, biased, and exaggerated. Not uncommon today, but always unfortunate still.

It's a shame many brain-training companies make exaggerated claims themselves. So, in some ways, it's fine to see some counterfire in online press. Unfortunate if that's what it comes down to, though.
Java Concurrency in Practice is an example of a nice go-to book if you're into that
The quantitative researchers, in addition to having advanced machine learning experience, should have a strong coding background - experience with large code bases and best practices in software development. Many physicists, computational biologists, neuroscientists, etc come from this background, having worked in collaborations and implementing machine learning methods on messy real-world data collected from large experimental setups. We’ve had Fellows like this, who also in their spare time built and trained networks in TensorFlow and then built their own customized layer in C++ behind the scenes.

The software engineers coming into the program would have machine learning experience, but have not necessarily in a full-time role yet. Just like the software engineers that come into our data engineering program, it’s a chicken or the egg problem: employers want to see experience in the role before hiring for it, but how can you get experience if no one wants to take a chance on hiring you. Insight takes that chance, you work on cutting edge ML problems here, then the company has evidence (obviously combined with your previous years of work experience) to than make a bet to bring you on as an ML engineer.

Overall AI practitioners in these roles usually fall along a spectrum, having their main strength be either software engineering or quantitative research. Often companies will have experts on both ends work together to implement current research and then put those models into production.
Who's that Feynman? He sounds interesting
Engineers often have a lot of experience with control theory and building maintainable systems, and individuals who have a strong math and coding background would be a great fit. Side projects in deep learning and reinforcement learning would also be a good thing to highlight when applying.

Thanks for the heads up. Fixing now.
The add fertiliser to the irrigation water. That is IMHO a mix of science and an art form to get that right in new conditions.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12658577
Apply. Figure that out later (in salary negotiation).
That is not correct. Any modifications to the project under the AGPL license need to also be under AGPL.

Anything that simply uses the projects APIs is not bound to the same license. If this were not the case, then companies using MongoDB would have to be releasing all their project code, including Google / Ebay / EA / Sage / anyone else listed here: https://www.mongodb.com/who-uses-mongodb

If all these high profile companies are OK with using an AGPL project without turning their projects open source, then I'm sure it's legally fine to do so in practise.
Replace bias with conflict of interest. Pardon my English isn't great. The meaning didn't come of so well. Everyone is likely to have a bias to their political view, but a conflict of interest is one where you're incentives are conflicted.

Someone who is European in Britain is very likely not a Brexiter, and that's where the conflict becomes very evident. Don't forget its a Brexiter government and it is a political decision that has already been made. A British Citizen cannot have a bias against himself? I'm a bit dumbfounded by the logic that they would be against themselves.
I was once put on a PIP for political reasons by a vengeful boss. That day, I applied to what ended up being my next job, and I put in my notice the day before the PIP was set to end.

It was a very small startup. Oddly enough, that boss and I get along really well outside of work, and I'd still gladly go out for drinks with him or something, but I will never work for him again.
Older users of HN, would you mention requirements that possibly indicate older age in your phone interview? Like requirements for location and hours that may indicate or be justified by family priorities? I feel like those must be quite common and would necessitate the class include people who just phone screened..
Yes, they're isn't really any dedicated syntax in R for manipulating unevaluated expressions, which makes it difficult to write comprehensible metaprogramming code.
On Virus Bulletin, APT False Flags, and the NSA Contractor Arrest
Intent can be hard to interpret over an online discussion. My apologies.
Well that is not necessarily fair. If the matter is of Britain's future, it is not necessarily that the british citizens have biases as much as they would be in theory only acting in the interests of british citizens, ie themselves.
Except that as of FF 48 you can't install unsigned addons, even if you allow it in the config.

It's like they're trying to give up every advantage.
MongoDB Server come to my mind [1].

Not fan of MongoDB.

[1]: https://github.com/mongodb/mongo
Like with most desalination plants I presume they mix it back with seawater and deposit in the ocean.
I agree with wpietri's interpretation more than yours. ("Mock" might be a bit strong, but I don't think it's totally unfair.)

The article talks about people integrating into BM's unique culture, and defending that culture. It talks about how things that once "ruined" BM are now accultured into it. It doesn't seem to ever indicate that the culture changed along the way.

I think a similar article could have been written with the thesis that you indicate; but I don't think it was this article.
I remember using "guy" to refer to a network cable at one point.

"Do I plug this guy or that guy into the switch?"

This was in North Texas.
Location: Greenville, SC

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes, within ~75 miles

Technologies: Python, Django, WordPress, HTML, CSS Bootstrap,
RESTful APIs, Amazon S3, Heroku, Git/Github, PostgreSQL

Résumé/CV: https://dhcrain.com/

Email: dhcrain@gmail.com
Beyond Sexual Orientation
>The assumption that women can't possibly belong in management is galling. No mystery why Silicon Valley has the reputation it does.

You're putting a lot of words in other people's mouths in this thread, and I believe you are equating skepticism and discomfort from the lawsuit's allegations with willful ignorance or even sincere sexism.

If a CEO wishes to fire half the company and hire new people, sure. If the CEO wants to fire half the company (who happen to be men) and replace them with new people (who happen to be women), again, sure.

If a CEO implements a review system designed to illegitimize honest work by a cohort of people and have them demoted and/or fired to minimize severance costs while bringing on or promoting people of a different cohort, then we have a discrimination problem.

Honestly I am a little surprised at the accusations of sexism towards people that are expressing discomfort with what appears to be a primarily sexist act.
>it's not that "sex work" is somehow more immoral than other work, it's that the purchase of sex is immoral, shameful, and frankly, pathetic

It's morally acceptable to sell a service but not to purchase it? That's asinine.
I would expect willingness to relocate to be tied to age.
Location: France

Remote: Maybe

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Clojure, Scala, AWS, Hadoop

Résumé/CV: https://fr.linkedin.com/in/julien-bille-96110018
or résumé on demand

Email: julien.bille at gmail
You beat me to it. I was just about to point out that ridiculous sentence.
They could, which is why all of your communications between you and your OVH server should use high grade encryption (SSH, SSL, etc).
Kaltura has been around for years and they are a very mature product. However, what makes Microsoft Stream more competitive is the future integration with Office and other Microsoft platforms.
Engineers transform brewery wastewater into energy storage
I'm now at negative points for bringing up a point that is validated by quoted experts in your cited source. (Which btw, uses a lot of "cover my ass" wording when talking about wiping out a species found all over the globe)

I've gotten malaria on a trip to west Africa, I've had to get yellow fever vaccines, i grew up in areas with west nile, etc I understand the impact it has on humans. However, there is more to the mosquito than the little insect flying around biting us. Their eggs and larvae play a huge role in the ecosystems they inhabit.
French company suing Apple to open iOS to other browsers
Note how "unislamic" (compared to the later stricter views) that so-called "Golden Age" was:

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

Richly illustrated. Versus

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

"For many years, Wahhabi clerics opposed the establishment of a television service in Saudi Arabia, as they believed it immoral to produce images of humans.[19] The introduction of television in 1965 offended some Saudis,[20] and one of King Faisal's nephews, Prince Khalid ibn Musa'id ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz,[21] was killed in a police shootout in August 1965 after he led an assault on one of the new television stations.[20]"
I'm one of the Stream engineering managers. Our team also operates Azure Media Services (AMS) and Office 365 Video. Stream is built on AMS.
I'm glad you replied earnestly. I once thought "scare quotes" was a really awesome term someone invented on the spot.
How I Learned to Get Consulting Leads (2015)
That's actually a really great idea! Gonna have to check this out more.
Not quite. Here is a link that's probably easer to understand.

https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2000/a...

We are not looking at underground water in those pictures we are looking at evidence of likely very short term water causing a tiny amount of erosion in just the right situation. However, it's long been known there is actually quite a lot of ice on Mars.
I come at this from all angles from less people suffering to personally having to feel bad about their situation vs my own.
I have been told the feminism is truly about egalitarianism, I will patiently await the feminist outcry.
> But how else is the interviewer going to prove how smart they are, and signal their dominant status to you?

1. This isn't the sole and probably not even the dominant reason for such questions.

2. When people resort to such intimidation you can out-alpha them by threatening to leave as if they were not worth your time (has to be convincing, ofc). Intimidation is a specialty of the insecure so this trick can work, though you may want to consider whether such job is going to be fun.
I heard Stream and O365 Video will converge and Stream will also stand alone pricing too. So you can get Stream through office, or if you don't want to pay office you can pay Stream alone.
..."optimized"? I'd think of it as being mal-optimized if inherited intelligence has too much significance. Sadly, it often is mal-optimized in ways that keep people stuck in inherited ruts.
I've been working on "brain training" stuff for almost 8 years and just recently (around a year ago) decided to make a startup out of it. I'm a psychologist and software engineer and my cofounder is a clinical psychologist and neuroscientist. We've done our own research (and have a published paper), read a lot of the stuff that's out there and have evaluated and kept track of the existing products for years.

First thing that baffles me on most commercial products is the frequency and duration of each training session. Let's think for a minute. On average you have this short sessions that range from 5 to 15 minutes. Even in something as evident as physical activity... how fit can you get by doing 15 minutes of low intensity jogging on average 3 times a week? How fair is to say based on that example that jogging is "worthless"?

That said, most critiques to Brain Fitness are correct.

If I could summarize what we've learned so far:

- Transfer effect (i.e. to gain benefits outside of the activity you're doing) is hard to achieve, it takes a lot of time, has to be a n-back and heavy working memory activity (is the only think I can think of having a chance to do transfer) and it doesn't work all the time. On our own experience probably 20% of the population will never benefit from something like this. Also, transfer is limited to some executive functions, not all of them.

- Training duration and frequency. Think of a physical activity like jogging but instead of doing 15 minutes of low intensity jogging 3 times a week, do 35 high speed jogging 4 times a week for two months. You will get fit.

- Training activity. Most n-back and working memory stuff is boring and hard to do for players. It's difficult to engage on a "game" like that and the dropout rate for users is very high.

Most games out there that are part of the package of games in brain training softwares are based on stuff that has not been proved to have any transfer effect.

Our mobile app will focus mostly on working memory and sustained attention games (fewer but with more complex game dynamics that current ones). And I don't think we will advertise it as a "life changer" or a way to "make you smarter". We just want to build a suite of games for people to be challenged and have fun while doing so.
In most lisp-like languages, there is a distinction between functions (standard evaluation) and macros (non-standard evaluation). A given callable is either one or the other. In R, every function is both, since it can access both the evaluated and unevaluated forms of each of its arguments.
God, I know, it was so much better next year