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> Comey disputes that in the linked article.

>> "We did not develop any evidence that the Trump campaign or the current RNC was successfully hacked." - Linked Article

Seems pretty contradictory to me. Maybe a previous admin's RNC or something, but not the current one...

Honestly, these intelligence agencies are pretty clueless. They use the same tactics to identify malware sources that they use to thwart their own identification as a malware source. I wouldn't believe anything they say about the source of malware - or anything anyone says. It's far too easy to make it look like someone else did it - use their or nearby providers, use their malware or slightly modified versions of it, copy their strings, etc. It's pretty easy stuff to do if you've got a bit of assembly skill too.

> By wide consensus those releases were timed in order to maximize the damage they did to Clinton. That is exactly the type of action you would expect from someone motivated by politics.

Or you know, just someone motivated to make impactful leaks. Despite these emails not being in my political favor, I wouldn't have done anything differently in their shoes. Would you have? and if you would have, would you honestly say that your actions weren't politically motivated?

I think _not_ releasing in this case or avoiding impact would have been more clearly politically motivated.
A related article I wrote as an entrepreneur and professor of entrepreneurship: "11 Reasons Why Business Plan Competitions Should Die": http://www.inc.com/joshua-spodek/11-reasons-why-business-pla...
Plex are already monitoring everything you have and watch and send that information to their servers for retrieving meta info/thumbnails from third-party APIs they proxy.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/beijing-toughens-its-internet-s...
There is always some form of ambiguity in natural languages. I get the desire to avoid it, but unless we want to communicate in Lojban, that's not possible.

In the English speaking world, there is no continent called "America" there is only North America and South America. If you want to refer to both we would normally say "The Americas" or maybe "The New World".

Since there is no "America" commonly used in English other than the country, there is for all practical purposes, no ambiguity.

Use is what gives language meaning, and if you look at the numbers "American" is almost always used to mean a resident of the US. Attempting to force a fix on a perceived issue is never going to work.

By the way prescriptivists have been trying to force manufactured demonyms on us for years and none of them have ever become mainstream.

I've met several South Americans who insist that they are "American", but after investigating further, even in South America, the word "American" is almost never used in English to refer to people who come from what we call North and South America.

When you think about it why would anyone want to refer to themselves as basically coming from the Western Hemisphere? There is no shared language, no shared culture, no shared government. It would be like saying "I'm from The Old World", when that applies to people from France, China, and Zimbabwe.

It's pretty much a useless distinction. And language use patterns back that up.
I'm interested and happen to have some prior (largely hobbyist research) experience in the field
Airbnb's growth as it relates to stays to per a night has been 500k since at least 2014 and as recent as mid-2016. In 2015, they stated they wanted a million stays per a night by 2016.

Any reason to believe Airbnb is really growing?
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https://voyager.cancoin.co/ is a bitcoin block explorer using Mithril with Websockets (and an Elixir/ZMQ backend). https://github.com/cancoin/bitcoin-voyager-web
It will be available for all users early next week.
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You understood it right.
Chernobyl happened during a reckless experiment and Fukushima was built in a Tsunami area.

I'm pro nuclear, but obviously I support prohibiting (and shutting down!) power plants in danger zones as well as procedures that make stupid experiments impossible.
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What not to do: https://medium.com/@thegrugq/stop-fabricating-travel-securit...
Very good news if true.
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"because of YC's role in it, they really won't be able to start at all"

Not sure what the reasoning is here. How is YC doing anything to block people from starting companies? You don't lose anything by getting rejected from YC, other than the few days spent applying.
This is a pretty good guide for Amazon Cloud drive:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/58uhmo/guide_to_using...
Calexit would allow California to bring in anyone they want though, and SF wouldn't have to worry about the US immigration policy screwing up it's tech scene. I'm looking forward to the Calexit proposition vote.
Never looked @ SL IMDB page and never even heard of this before, thanks! Just put it on reseve @ my public library. Of course it`s 157 minutes runtime..
There isn't much to do there outside of work!
This differs substantially by company. Some companies have one general interview process, and handle team/role assignment after making offers (for some reason this is common at very large companies and very small companies). Other companies (often midsize) have different interview tracks for different open roles. In that case we just treat each interview track like a different company. We gather an initial guess about what the track wants by talking to the hiring managers, and then refine this with feedback data on candidates. We've found that bringing up example interview questions and asking if it's important that candidates can answer them is the best way to get at what skills an organization values. There's still a lot of noise in this (a hiring manager can't speak perfectly for the the entire organization), so we refine it over time.
Any public timeline on HA feature availability, or way to be an early adopter?
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Why would you think that any particularly intrusive forced medical practive is ethical? Is such a policy really all that much more acceptable than mandating abortions?
Originally, they were going to support Amazon (who offers more storage as part of Prime), but that was dropped at some point.

Those cloud providers likely don't want to get into the business of hosting media files that go into Plex. There aren't a lot of legal ways to get TV shows and movies (the bulk of the space) into the DRM-free format that Plex needs.
I think the best advice in the guide is what not to do. Be polite and most importantly, don't lie. Many people may not know that even an innocuous lie to a border agent is a federal crime.
I find the self-promotion on hacker news about a million times more interesting than yet another discussion about Elon Musks latest ridiculous idea.
As others said, that's a bit of a stretch, at least to say that was their intent. It's also worth noting that the Saudi release in question occurred in 2015, but the outrage stories didn't appear until shortly before Wikileaks released the Podesta emails — which suggests the hackers had been pitching them to mainstream news outlets, who rejected the story and instead looked for a preemptive shoot-the-messenger angle on the outlet that did [they assumed?] agree to publish them, Wikileaks.
Consider that a lot of the talent the US attracts is from China, and they're leaving for economic rather than political reasons. If opportunities open up at home, and the US's standing erodes, that can swing a lot of momentum in their favor. Given the recent spikes in violence against Indian-Americans and tightening of immigration policies as a whole, Indian immigrants might also move to China rather than the US.
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If ease of attracting international founders is a concern, my recommendation would be Dubai. Unbelievable facilities which are turn key in their own business hub, a tax free environment to incorporate in, if it goes there. Foreigners can own property, which just makes sense for a future hub.

One of the easiest tourist visas to obtain for vast majority of nationalities, with cheap flights. Near EU, other Asian countries, and Africa. Thailand and Singapore could be other options, but they are far from EU.
I'd be okay with single-payer in CA if we implemented the system in Denmark. Great mix of "everyone is covered" with choice/doctor control. I wish more people wanted it. :(

If we're just going to keep doing the ACA, no thanks. What a piece of shit that legislation turned out to be.
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I just assumed he discussed nationalities with regards to regional colloquialisms. Much like you're assumed he was discussing regional social attitudes.
It's also painfully slow. I've been using it for the past few months, and it rescans my library every time I access it. Half the time it shows my libraries as empty. Overall it feels very unfinished.
It's essentially the same syntax
Canada has some really great universities, so the talent pool might be higher quality there.
Yeah, it would be fairly difficult to build, which is why getting feedback would be useful, but there's a catch 22; people who already know what Org is are fairly comfortable using Emacs and I don't know how to find out if people not that found of Emacs itself would still find Org useful, or if combining apps like Ulysses and Omni Outliner is good enough for them - the worst part is that because they don't use Emacs, they can't tell me.

This really may be the 'just build it and see' sort of scenario.
To be honest, there have been multiple takes on Jinja in Rust already; I think Tera (https://github.com/Keats/tera) is the most used. However, Tera didn't quite feel Rusty to me, so I wanted to try another approach.
Well, I guess I can try out Google Cloud finally
Just yesterday:

Tourist couple arrested in Abu Dhabi for sex before marriage after police discover woman is pregnant

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tourist-couple-arrested...
Very exciting, but high availability, instance cloning, and read replicas are listed as "This functionality is not yet supported for PostgreSQL instances" in the docs. Seems like those need to be available before it's a realistic option for production workloads.
Unsure how things are now btwn China and India, but they have not always been the best of friends and often compete against one another, so it remains to be seen if they view china as a viable option over their own country.
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How long ago? I've been here 12 years (first school, now work), and it's changed a lot, almost all for the better. There's a decent arts/music scene, a dozen good restaurants, affordable housing, lots of new construction, light rail coming online next year.
So this is entirely big-S Serverless the framework specifically, not just for people who are interested in serverless solutions in general, yes?
> It's too risky to do otherwise.

Uh, you could just buy insurance yourself. It's not like no-ones covered unless the State writes the check. smh
Chinese concepts of race and nationality are hopelessly intertwined and Chinese nationalism has been increasing, not decreasing, over the past generation. In recent times, the very best chance of China becoming open—even in comparison to its neighbors—was in the late 80s... and we all know how that ended. The climate hasn't gotten close to being that tolerant since, and in the past five years, political control has tightened considerably.

Of course it is possible to reverse course and open up, but it would take quite a bit of time to change in the ways you're suggesting.
Not a bad idea as fraud goes:

1. Build slick marketing pitch.
2. Collect $35M in pre-orders.
3. Apologize after a year of "trying" and return the principle.
4. Make $1.75M in interest.
Can't wait for prisons to start selling life insurance :^)
> It means a certain type of government policy.

Did you actually look up the word? All the sources I'm seeing[1][2][3] also say that it can be used or is commonly used to denote someone with authoritarian or extreme right-wing views.

1: https://www.google.com/search?q=define+fascism

2: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/fascism?s=t

3: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/fascism
It's a difficult problem. Survey response scales have probably been a matter of research and discussion before the web even existed.

There are particular instances (like in this case) where there are a lot of incentives for just about everyone to give 5 stars, 10 stars, or a positive and call it a day.

But, in general, there are issues with self-selection, bias toward the high end of the scale, ratings meaning different things for different types and classes of product, etc.
"...fascist regime..."

Yes, the fascist regime everybody is so terrified of that they don't hesitate to criticize it in public.
So it looks like very roughly AWS Lambda in JS only for Firebase with nice user event hooks and Firebase Cloud Messaging.

I'm wondering how they handle:

1 - pricing

2 - support for long-running tasks (where Lambda does not)

3 - official tooling for packaging and deployment (perhaps the biggest critique of Lambda)

It sounds like one could build an entire real app in this, which is quite cool.
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I guess it's unclear because the instance, storage and networking are all separately priced? The pricing calculator (https://cloud.google.com/products/calculator/) might help.
I'm surprised by the progress and uptake of the node vm lib; it's really found a ton of cool business models. From powering the Screeps game world, enabling smart message routing for PubNub BLOCKS, to stuff like this. I'm excited to see more advances with time.
Which makes me wonder what are the most open countries? Ie. Requiring the least visas.. Is there a country requiring no visa?
Recovering the engines allows for inspection and modifying the design to compensate for any problems.

Competitors just dump their flight-tested hardware in the ocean, when it is truly a goldmine of test data.

SpaceX is able to do all this testing with a free ride on paying launches. There's no risk to the primary mission, and they get to develop their capability.

There will be failures with reflown hardware for sure. I'm interested to know how well a failed engine can be isolated in flight so not to affect the others.
I'm a visa holder and I'm not worried because worst case scenario I go back home to live with my family who loves me.
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Being obese and eating less or feeling hungry doesn't mean you're starving or malnourished. That's complete hyperbole.

The fact is if you're fat, you've conditioned yourself to eat too many calories, and eating a normal amount of calories will likely leave you feeling hungrier while you adjust.
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Good. The entire premise of the internet is that it allows coordination at low latency over distance.

It's also probably not fantastic for the United States to be strip mining the entire >130 IQ population of eg Sudan and packing them into SF/NY/DC to work on ad optimization when they're desperately needed by their own people; setting up infrastructure to work remotely is a great first step to eliminating the brain drain problem period.
To celebrate the release of .Net Core, I wrote a slackbot that solves the most common use cases that I've come across.
But to tune one parameter of an issue to an extreme that make the entire issue absurd, is not a useful way to have a conversation about a real life issue.

We are talking about the legal system, which can and does make that fine grained of a distinction. Creating, transmitting, or being in possession of certain kinds of data are all specific, individual crimes.

The absurdity of the issue under discussion is the entire point.
China doesn't have to be more free. They just have to make life comparatively comfortable for useful people.
Brendan, this is exciting news for lots of people! I'm developing a product on Firebase now and trusted code execution has always been my biggest concern.

Sure, it could be mitigated, but all the workarounds added unnecessary overhead and breaking points.

Want to thank you and your team for working on this. Firebase is a great product and this will make it just fantastic.

One thing if I have your ear - I'd love to give Firebase team some money by purchasing paid support - ideally as a part of the new Google Cloud support options announced yesterday. I hope this is on your roadmap as well :-)
Are there plans to allow functions written in other languages than javascript?
What about the internet there? Isn't it censored and relatively slow and expensive? VPNs are legally banned (1). Last I checked, FaceTime + WhatsApp audio were completely blocked in Dubai. Skype was blocked when on mobile data (but available on PC-to-PC).

1 - http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/crime/using-vpns-what-uae-resid...
India is more entrepreneurial than the US
This is a good point, but demos (real, hardware-based demos, "not made in powerpoint") are also critical to prove that one has a working technology.

There is still a big step to make it cheap, reliable and appealing enough to be commercially successful, but "X is possible and we know how to do it" demo is good base to build from. My 2c.
Why aren't there more 'advanced' IT classes?
Is there a good explanation of the Sarbanes-Oxley issue somewhere? I tend to doubt procedural stuff like that could really be responsible.
That's a common misconception. I paid more in US + California taxes than Canada + Ontario taxes at the same company, same salary, when I moved location.
I think it's the opposite.
Not parent, but it seems irresponsible to call someone that is ignorant about the domestic policies of a country half the world away "dangerous." It's not dangerous until national policy is based on that ignorance, which is several as of yet uncrossed bridges farther than even a majority of Americans being ignorant of Chinese domestic policy.

That said, parent is just as wrong to call the original comment "dangerous" as well.
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oldy, but a goody: http://vanilla-js.com/
It's certainly true that making more money will lead to an easier life (otherwise what would be the point?), but I don't think you're addressing my central argument.

Whether someone saves money prior to an emergency and then spends their savings, or they borrow for the emergency and slowly pay it back over time, the person still earns and spends identical amounts of money. The difference is the ordering of events. No matter how poor the person, if he or she is capable of repaying loans after the fact, then he or she is capable of saving money before the fact.

I've of course read the statistics that 30-50% of Americans couldn't handle an unexpected expense of some moderate magnitude, but I admit I don't really understand the psychology behind it. You're going to get to spend all the money you earn in your life either way. Why not time it to maximize happiness and/or reduce stress?

Some other commenters have correctly guessed that my income is higher than the median and for some reason think that this is a reason why I can't or shouldn't have an opinion on the matter. But this wasn't always the case. All through my twenties I was poor, but even still I always strived to have 6 months of expenses in a savings account. The only times I didn't have 6 months of expenses in cash were the times I had emergencies or a couple times I bought a cheap used car with cash.
There's also Bart (https://github.com/maghoff/bart), inspired by Mustache. Like Askama, it's typesafe and compile time generated.
Yeah, but AirBnB took that route when they got private investors. They expect to get their money back with a good ROI.

That would be through an IPO or acquisition, either way you loose control of your company.
Oh man. This is great. Firebase is now a one-stop shop for the majority of app infrastructure needs, and really is the closest thing to a "serverless" infrastructure. Vendor lock-in aside, I can't think of a reason not to use it, at the MVP level at least.
You don't think people who are willing to work longer hours end up getting paid more? Are people who work more than forty hours each week doing it for nothing?
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(I'm on H1b)

The lack of an expedited program does not really call for this kind of a move. If you are a new applicant (ie never held h1 before), you have to wait till Oct 1 to start anywy, so the USCIS taking 3 months to process your application does not affect your ability to work. If you are transferring to another company, you can switch after you receive your receipt, which is usually under a couple of weeks (at least the times I've tried).

Do YC founders usually come in on a H1b visa? I don't understand how that would work well, given that there is a lottery every year. Also, I wish you had adopted a less snarky tone.
Cloud Functions for Firebase tech lead here. We'll get there in the future. We're looking forward to getting more feedback from users & prioritizing what is next.
You can see pricing details here:
https://firebase.google.com/pricing/

It's based on invocations, GB-seconds, CPU-seconds, and network egress. And there's a free tier, so you should be able to try with your use case and estimate your total future cost.
How are you comparing Tijuana to Vancouver? I have lived in Tijuana. It's one of the worst cities in Mexico. Guadalajara or Mexico City would make much more sense, but even they can't compare to Vancouver. I openly say that the bridge that connects the Tijuana airport directly to the United States is the best thing that ever happened to the city.
In terms of Human rights, it would be better to be in the US.

But things change. US is becoming more fascist which is potentially leading to an exodus of intelligent minds - who are perhaps going to be migrating to one of their main competitors, China.

The one good thing about China is that they are open to changes in their policies (but can't change the party).

It will be interesting to see how this plays out with all the immigration talk. I really hope Brexit and stuff like this don't actually happen. To me it feels like the reversal of the Fall of the Berlin wall.
IBM has already ported Java over to the z Systems platform. So why is them also supporting Swift a bad thing here?
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Very cool!

Now how do I get Escape, Meta, Alt, Control, Shift?

(Joking aside, serious question.)
The thing about homeless encampments is that (frequency depends on the city) every few months/years, the police raid them, evict the residents, and steal/burn everything that the residents can't carry out.

The mayor claps his hands, makes a press release about how great it is that we've finally cleaned up this den of filth/violence/drug abuse, while the homeless get to sleep under bridges for a few months.
I plan on doing a benchmark and blog post of a simple node http function that just returns 200 and using Blitz.io to benchmark average startup latency of Google Functions. Curious to see how it scales as the number of concurrent requests increases and what the variance is.