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The entire taxi medallion nonsense has always pissed me off. I'm glad Uber and Lyft exist even though they come with their own set of problems. I personally am delighted to see these medallion prices plummeting. The entire concept of them was to use government force to say who has the right to work when and where. It has always been a very draconian thing. Companies that buy these medallions or individual cabbies that put money down toward a loan have all, for the longest time, operated under one simple premise - that the city they live in would protect their investment by strongarming anyone who tried to shake it up.

Here's a good article:
http://nypost.com/2016/07/05/city-lets-uber-and-lyft-canniba...

I don't feel bad for anyone mentioned in this article. "It was a good investment, on a yearly basis, averaging about 10 percent of the value, we were counting on that,” said the Peru-born Hervias, 57. “I told my kids I would give them each $200,000 for college." So this guy tried to leverage his licence to conduct business in NYC into paying for his house as well as not one but multiple college educations?! You must be joking. And they expect me to care about this sob story? And how about this woman:
"She went to a recent TLC meeting and demanded that the city buy her medallion back from her at the price she paid for it plus interest. 'The city has its hand in the revenue grabbing on the back of medallions owners who were told this was an investment that they could own and control to be profitable,” said Robinson. 'That’s not only a lie. It’s corruption.'"
I'm sure she would have considered it corruption and lying if she was able to continue to profit from government force, right? Uh, huh. She only has a problem because her "investment" turned sour. She expected the government to guarantee this so-called investment by the city dropping its iron fist to force people like Uber and Lyft out of the game.

What ever happened to trying to lower the barriers of entry to support competition? Anything as simple as a one man operation in a vehicle that has an up front cost of over $1 million is clearly not competitive and totally protectionist by design. Plus, the city sets rates so there isn't even competition in the industry. I know, I know, it's for "consumer protection" because tourists were getting screwed. Uh huh. Look, I'm sure that's an issue in every city, but not having competition is a terrible idea. The government should not be setting prices.
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I had no idea such a precedent existed- thank you for sharing this. I have been pretty pessimistic regarding the possibilities for success with these suits, but after reading these precedents, the case becomes much better.
Trapflag-Tracing: Using the x86 trap flag to write a very very slow strace clone
And how long does that search take? How long does it take to download that mail to a new device? How long would that have been on 2006 Internet? I've never said that it's impossible. I've only said that it takes away the main advantage claimed at launch — fast, working search.
VR ads the future of content marketing?
There is an expression that gained currency in Russia in recent years: negative selection. The Russian president nominates the worst possible people to the top jobs of government--people who take bribes, people who are incompetent and are known to have committed grave mistakes--because those are the people most likely to be loyal to him to the end. Any show of competence and independence leads to a summary dismissal.
He's the leader of the executive branch. He's leading.
I'd go Django first to understand the basic terminology, concepts, and patterns that are used on the backend. Django is old, but feature rich as the parent said, yet still heavy development and use. So the ideas and concepts you'll get from it will still be very valid.

Than as you get comfortable you can branch out into the less meaty frameworks like Flask or Go ( if you want to call that a framework ).

Remember, beyond the actual application server and framework, there's all the other 'stuff' that goes around it. The web server, databases, caching technologies, etc. Take the well travelled path first to see the best practices, than go your own way if you really do want to 'wire stuff' yourself. ( And trust me, even with Django there's plenty of wiring required still to build a real app ).
This is simply not true. The amount of time updating "skins" add to the development is relatively small. Haven't you noticed that even companies with almost stock android are having trouble keeping up with these updates?

Because most of their time is spent on the numerous low level changes for the new kernel (and how it behaves towards the firmware and completely messes up power management) and getting it past national authorities and carriers.

Source: a friend of mine does this for living
Designing a True REST State Machine
This is the truth. Apple has mastered the trackpad. I've used some Lenovo trackpads that I would say are close, but Apple still holds this crown without a doubt.

The general shoddy build quality of most manufacturers, combined with the fact that Apple would likely sue the pants off of trackpad "clones", is my reasoning for why all other trackpads are just functionally absent when compared to Apple.
My favorite is when you search for "add remove programs" and you end up at "add remove program features". Or when you type "device manager" and only get web results, despite having successfully using the same method for opening the Device Manager not 20 minutes before.

Or that one of the results for "environment variables" brings you right to the correct dialog, while the other opens a dialog that opens the other dialog.
> This topic is about C and only about C. All other talk is "noise".

Why do you get to decide? There are a lot of people in this thread talking about similar issues in other languages (Python, Rust, etc) and other functions (like fopen() and exit()). I think those discussions are very on-topic.

Why isn't this topic about "issues between threads and setenv in any language that uses glibc"?

Why isn't this topic about "issues between threads and other functions in any language that uses glibc"?

If you don't like a particular conversation in this topic, you can collapse it and move on.
The GPLs (excepting AGPL) only require release of source code if it is distributed outside the company/person modifying it. It comes from a pre-networked time when most software required distribution to be useful.

Setting up a web service with GPL code doesn't meet the bar for distribution, so that situation does not require the code to be made available. That's what the AGPL addresses, network use triggers the requirement to make the code available.
There's also a lot of people missing description though. Obviously, "professional sociopath" wasn't a job description they would have put in there, although it was probably quite characteristic for many of those "careers". I think they recycled a lot of criminals. The SS in general, while having started as a weird "aryan" elite group in the 30s, became a mercenary organization with divisions from all parts of the world later in the war. There were even muslim SS members.
It seems like, in future, most jobs above 130k will go to Non American workers and on the other hand the american workers will be left with low paying jobs (that is under 130K) or
American worker < $130K jobs
Non American Workers > $130k
I would not support such a bill.
> didn't even vote for Trump.

These practices mentioned by GP exist since well before 2017.

Following your logic, the question would be if they voted for Obama. And, if the vast majority didn't vote for Trump, they probably voted for Obama. So it actually would affect the "right" people.

(Not that I agree in any way with punishing citizens for what their government does)
This.

F1 students are not American citizens and are not entitled to an immigration pathway through employment.

They are on a student visa with the right to study at an American university.
I think this secrecy is not your friend.

I won't patronize you with how the idea doesn't matter etc. I am sure you have heard it all before and can make your own decisions.

But what I will point out here is that the idea is so vaguely described, that it is completely uninteresting. I think a really good partner would want to know exactly what the thing is before giving up energy and time to jump aboard.

I think of all the great people I know, and I can't think if any of them would reach out to someone on the basis of "Post-Monetary, Gifting Economy" etc

Although HN is enormous so maybe you will have some luck.

Wish you well.
I think you mean Middle East? The Midwest of the US has not been invaded by American troops. :)
Yes, if there a model of how to make something so easy and intutitive that anyone can pick it up and be productive, it is definitely Lisp.
No, but it raises the question of whether the lack of shielding causing this issue also causes the monitor to radiate excessive RF noise that may interfere with other devices. If it's sensitive to 2.4Ghz signals, there may be signals generated inside it in the same frequency band which can likely escape just as easily as the signal from a router can intrude.
I think its a good option to become a mid-level manager at a non-tech company or local/fed government. Most industries need more tech tools and not many managers know much about how computer systems work. If you do you're ahead.

Its a pay cut but hopefully less stress and more job security. I dont know how you break into it.
> Your one example is an obscure book from 7 years ago?

The comment I was replying to asked for one example and asked specifically about persistence, that's why I gave the example of something I remembered reading 7 years ago (the work itself is 8 or so years older than that IIRC).

> How about you enumerate all the digital content you've used over the last week (books, music, movies, games, software, tools, etc) and identify what percentage of them were created with zero expectation of financial gain? Yes, some people make digital content as a hobby and produce laudable results, but most of the time if you want quality you're going to have to pay for it because "zero distribution cost" doesn't put food on the table.

That's the wrong percentage to ask about - a better question is how much content would have to disappear before it started to noticeably impact my life. 99%? 99.9%? 99.99%? That would still leave many lifetimes' worth of high-quality content. Are you so sure those hobbyists couldn't sustain the 0.01% or less that people need?
heh, Hetzner literally asked for a scan of my passport when I wanted to get a VPS.
How to Set Freelancing Rates, or Learning to Love Math
They did the same thing that uber did, yet some how avoided flack
It is about 1.5 month now.

Yes, using different domains is a potential option too, but the domain is directly connected with the product, so want to consider other options too.
On my professional web site I just kept using real tables for layout.
I know I'm not alone here in occasionally considering going back to a non-smartphone.

But then I think...

What if I notice a wild looking tree on a routine walk and would like a picture? Now I have to carry a camera with me.

I get an urge to listen to a podcast about the history of the Korean War, or how the Federal Reserve works. Now I need an iPod too.

In the sake of being minimal and less distracted, I have to carry around additional devices, even if its for activities that aren't necessarily mindless and attention robbing.
Statement from Mozilla on US Immigration Ban
If you visit Dachau, you might be surprised to learn that the camp is right in middle of the town.

When I visited, there was a story about some locals taking a peek over the wall and were apprehended. They were put in the camp for a month or so (going by memory now). After they came out, they refused to talk about it and told everyone else to stay away.

This was before the extermination of the Jews began though - maybe around 1935.
Show HN: Edge, a Laravel Blade compatible template engine
To some, but I wouldn't have called $38 a lot of money even when I made $8/hour. Note, however, that my approach doesn't require spending that $38, since stored backup codes with Authenticator are also a workable solution. Anyone in the U.S. who owns a smartphone or computer with internet access isn't likely to be so poverty-stricken that they can't easily afford $20/year. Storing copies in a couple less-secure places is another option.

In any case I'm not seeing how outsourcing the backup token to another site is much of an improvement compared to not having 2FA at all. In this case, either:

- You set up 2FA with Facebook as well, in which case you're still locked out if you lose the device, or...

- You don't set up 2FA with Facebook, and that allows someone to bypass the 2FA on Google by just guessing your passwords.

So this seems to me a very marginal benefit over just skipping 2FA in the first place. If you're not willing or able to deal with real 2FA, then why pretend? Just set up a free password manager and leave it at that.
They have quite a few bases in Iraq, too. But no trump holdings.
Was trying to remember where I saw that. Thanks!
On that topic, we've included some guides on crossing borders / going through airports / attending protests and loads of other physical/digital security stuff in Umbrella App. (Learn more or download at https://www.secfirst.org). The specific piece is available on our Github (all our stuff is open source or Creative Commons, so feel free to re-use or please add more!).

https://github.com/securityfirst/Umbrella_content/blob/maste...

Hope it's useful!
The address shown on the phone is the address of a fantastic breakfast place in Potrero Hill. I'd recommend it to anyone.
passing an exam, obtaining a license and passing a background check sound like a much more thorough vetting process than the "1-minute hiring" on this app
Previous discussion on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4047623
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It is actually quite common to only hash passwords server side. Not on the client.

edit: Never mind. Parent was about storing not about sending passwords in clear text.
Standard Contract Renegotiation: Marriage Edition
In Austria almost everybody takes Maestro, but even large stores don't always take Mastercard/Visa.
I would be hesitant to aim anyone's nascent development career at Clojure. Not that there's anything wrong with the language, but I think we've passed "peak Clojure":

https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=clojure
Agreed. Chips are cheap. My attention is not. Instead of cramming more and more chips into a device that does everything, the easy win here is owning multiple devices that do one thing and only one thing. Then physically carrying whatever thing I need to do.

What we're seeing in tech is that multi-purpose devices aren't being built because consumers have some dire need for a tiny thing that has super powers, no matter what the ads say. They're being built because it provides one target and a walled garden to deploy addictive content to in order to make money. Tactically it's a great deal for the consumer, but strategically and over the long-run this is not in the interests of the consumer at all. It's in the interests of the industry.
Getting punched in the face or losing your wallet is a bit less traumatizing than sexual assault perhaps...
A 24-year-old made $345K in 2 months by beating Kickstarters to market
If Uber increased surge pricing they would be accused of trying to make more money off of the protest. It would probably be a worse PR disaster than removing surge pricing
...and that's not even what descriptivism means.
I love htop. But I can't figure out a way to disable the CPU monitors. I use a machine with 768 cores which makes it kind of useless.
Option 5: Buy a small plot of land in the wilderness and live in a trailer, cabin, or tent. Almost no bills or stress.
app -> x server -> display -> your eyes

How is this different from native Linux?
The simplest way to fix this program is to let H1-B holders freely switch jobs.
Yes, Indian body shops have charged high fees >80k while not even remitting even close to the 60k back to the employee. I have witnessed this. I have also witnessed employers rescuing people from such body shops by hiring them for 60k on h1b for jobs that could absolutely be done by a u.s. citizen (web programming) and keeping their salary at 60k for many years despite growing skill. The system is broken and abused... unless you are the employer trying to work the angles to pay less.

Regarding question 2, it does bump up the $ amount but I am not sure it protects the worker any more than currently. Also other posters indicate the proposed 130k only applies to a subset of h1bs for whom less paperwork is filed, so i'm frankly not sure it goes far enough.
Benefit costs have increased much more than the rate of inflation though.
Same here - although my daughter doesn't play consistently. Thankfully I've got her jazzed about TF2 now that she's a bit older and has gotten good with the WADS/FPS controls.

I think any parent with a child who's an active CP player is thinking two things: "Oh man, I got to break it to my kid" and "Great! Now they'll stop nagging me for a paid subscription"
What 'Godwin' himself had to say: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/12/14/...

First, let me get this Donald Trump issue out of the way: If you’re thoughtful about it and show some real awareness of history, go ahead and refer to Hitler or Nazis when you talk about Trump. Or any other politician.

The Holocaust wasn't a sudden event. It was preceded by a steady breakdown of protections and social norms -- see Night and Fog laws, Kristallnacht, etc. There's a lot of history before it came down to concentration camps, and it started with things like attacking the press and clamping down on visas.
Same here.

I did Ember while Angular was "a thing".
If you want to really learn Linux and infrastructure stuff then you should become a systems engineer not a back end developer. Back end developers rarely become experts on those topics, since they are at least one layer beneath our area of concern usually. Even if you are working at a small shop chances are you will outsource those kinds of concerns to a hosting company like AWS.
>WTF does religion-based persecution have to do with "legitimately [being] a religious minority"?

Because it's an attempt to illegitimately get prioritized refugee status if they learn they can just claim to be religiously oppressed? Wouldn't even a basic vetting verify their claim of religious oppression before granting asylum based on it, and wouldn't a religious minority status be important to credibly claiming persecution? A "religious minority" is not necessarily non-Muslim; it could refer to a Shia Muslim in a predominantly Sunni area or vice-versa, or some type of fringe / modernist Islamic interpretation. The point is confirming that actual religious persecution is going on and not that someone found a shortcut.
> The best I can think of is financial planning.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2015/09/17/50-is-peak-ag...
I find this site very helpful for many languages, including English:

https://forvo.com/languages/en/
It's nice when company owners support labor solidarity, but I think it's silly to say that uber scabbed or broke the strike. Uber is a multi hundred billion dollar capitalist entity, with a stated goal of automating away all of the drivers. Uber drivers broke the strike. Lyft drivers also broke the strike.

It's one thing to expect labor solidarity from workers, but I don't see how it's rational to expect labor solidarity from a massive store of private wealth.

What uber did was make it less profitable for uber drivers to scab, which is moderately pro strike if anything. Lyft fares undoubtedly went up in that time, but Lyft doesn't profit as much from surge pricing, rather their model allowed scabbing drivers to keep those extra wages.
But what if I specifically want to store my own personal data in a different country? I want privacy from my government, not from foreign ones!
Given what "boots on the ground" typically means for federal agencies (i.e. armed raids), your suggestion makes me twitchy.
My advice is to consider talking to a licensed mental health professional.
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> it was almost as much work as Desktop Linux

"Desktop Linux", (what distro/version?), tends to work out of the box with no problems on mainstream desktops, even with Pascal GPUs.

I feel like the "Linux doesn't work out of the box" thing was true 10 years ago, but today is just repeated by people who haven't tried it but want to feel that there still is something crappier than what they're doing.
Some things you might consider for becoming more self sufficient:

-Membership dues
-Vending machine with useful supplies
-Locker / storage space rental
-Government grants for larger purchases

A community workshop I used to go to had great success with this. There were two membership types, drop-in and keyholder, with different monthly dues and perks. That was enough to be self sufficient and make routine equipment purchases. When they needed to make a big purchase, like a dust and fume extractor system, they got a grant for between $5000-20000 from the local government.
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Even low level federal officials have an independent duty not to violate peoples' constitutional rights. They can be held personally liable for violating clearly established constitutional law, and following administration policy is not a defense. Usually the "clearly established" part protects the low level folks, but here you could see CBP line agents being held personally liable for excluding green card holders.

On top of that, the AG has additional obligations as an attorney. An attorney must sign her name to every legal argument she makes to the court. She may not permit a non-attorney to override her legal judgment. Here, the AG did not hold a press release discussing the politics of immigration. She told her subordinates not to make legal arguments defending the order--arguments she would have had to sign her name to. It is absolutely an exercise of professional judgment, not policymaking.

Of course Trump can fire her for any reason. But the public is also entitled to draw reasonable inferences from those actions.
€295 is ridiculous for that thing.
The National Review's article basically boils down to "well, we found this section that allows suspending entry of some people, and even though there's another section explicitly forbidding doing this stuff based on national origin we're going to say he has essentially unlimited power to do whatever he wants".

Meanwhile the federal judge who ordered the stay thinks theress a strong likelihood that the order is either unlawful or even unconstitutional, and a senior Justice official thought it was illegal or unconstitutional.

I'm going to side with the judge and the Justice official over the law firm of Trump and Bannon, LLP.
^ this!

I agree wholeheartedly. I was hoping Canonical was going to be this but sadly they have been rather weak.
The first chapter has already been updated to use ES6 class syntax, and we explain how it works there. We're converting the rest of the book to use ES6 classes (and removing createClass) over the next week or two.
This is why I wish developers would leave test packs with Gherkin specifications behind. The code ends up being the only source of truth without them, and the archaeology has to begin.

If developers could just record what they wanted to achieve alongside how they achieved it my life would be much easier. I'm not even asking for the "why".
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In the kind of place where you have to worry about rubber hoses, it seems probable that you'd not want to be carrying a device that has the known purpose of secreting information.