skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This isn't a conspiracy theory; it's exactly what the article is arguing. Now that net neutrality might hurt Netflix rather than benefit them, not only are they not motivated to advocate for it (which, as the above comment pointed out, would not require any significant effort), but they are probably more inclined to advocate against it.

This is might be seen as an instance of "pulling the ladder up behind you".
I'm reading this book right now too. It is sort of my bedtime reading. I've used Linux since 2000 and Solaris before that, and I do occasional C but mostly Ruby/Python/Java. At first a lot of it was stuff I knew, but reading it still helped me make a few connections between things I was hazy on. One of my favorite parts was about process groups, sessions, and controlling terminals---it helped me understand shell job control and daemons a lot better. I also learned a lot of new nuances about signal handlers. Now I'm on SysV semaphores, and it has gotten a lot more interesting!

I would definitely recommend this to anyone working on Linux systems. Even if you're using a higher-level language, I really think you get extra superpowers if you can go down the stack a few levels, and it is great for that.

The author is one of the most thorough I've known. He gives you every caveat and detail. I don't think there is anything he pretends to know, but every statement feels verified.
I don't know, perhaps my perspective is warped by starting in Windows development, but I pretty much never do anything like that to evaluate a library.
unfortunately for these 10 ex-applicants of Harvard they might not get into any University period for 2017/2018... This isn't a small implication to them for stupid posts online. I'm not 100% sure if I feel that's fair. them not getting into Harvard is one thing but losing education at this point in time is even worse.
I think an article such as this one is a clear example of the generational differences between older and younger people. I'm fairly close to these kids' age and I've browsed memes from /r/dankmemes and enjoyed them.

The thing is, is that these memes are supposed to be self-aware of how offensive they are. That's the joke. They're meant to be so offensive and ridiculous that reactions can be drawn from outside spectators so they can get offended and you can laugh at them for being a "normie".

I have no issue with these jokes unless they've been made in a sincere attempt at racism or sexism, and knowing my experience with the internet, I don't believe this is the case.
Not anymore. They can force you to provide the keys for the jpegs from your wedding even if you don't have anything encrypted in them. Just the police suspecting you of a crime is enough.
Nobody forced him to use iCloud. He chose to.

It's an install option for OSX and you can trivially disable it as well. OSX runs just fine without it.
I don't want to take from the gravity of the main topic, but it seemed notable that the online group -- and this is the larger one, not the subset that got in trouble -- identify as "bourgeois". Unless Harvard has really changed, then... nope!
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Harvard could admit only valedictorians. It could admit only those with perfect scores on the SAT. It doesn't do either of those things. Rather it spends a lot of time and energy putting together a class that it thinks will be greater than the sum of its parts. As a private organization it is perfectly entitled to pick and choose what matters to it.

In that light, why not consider the character of the people it decides to bring into its community? And once it has decided to consider character, what justification can their be for limiting themselves to only considering manicured (and sometimes manufactured) personal statements and letters of recommendation rather than available data that might have a chance of being actually revealing?

Would you object to the Catholic Church looking into the social media histories of candidates for the priesthood?
You could, but it's simply not necessary. I have not verified the numbers, but I think this answer gives a better idea of the scale we are talking about:

https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/3205
Thinking FORTH (yes it's language agnostic, even though it's about FORTH)
Do they escrow across reboots? I know they don't on iOS.
I realize that you would rather have Amazon continue making phones with their second rate services and outdated app store with abandoned apps, but Amazon doesn't want to continue losing money just to satiate your dislike of Google.

>This continues to emphasize that the only solution to Google is government intervention. If Amazon can't successfully break into the market, nobody can.

Why do your monopolistic complaints always have to do with Google? Where are your monopolistic complaints about Amazon or Microsoft in your post history?
So they can keep out everyone they don't really like by an arbitrary set of rules?

Maybe you spit out chewing gum somewhere one night and violated the rule of not spitting for one example.

I'm not saying that these students are good people or that I endorse anything they said. I'm defending the right of privacy and free speech for anyone at any time.
I think a lot of people are missing this:

> “As a reminder, Harvard College reserves the right to withdraw an offer of admission under various conditions including if an admitted student engages in behavior that brings into question his or her honesty, maturity, or moral character,” the group description states.

Whether you think that this was ok for Harvard to do or not, doing this kind of stuff in the official Harvard student Facebook group (managed by Harvard employees) given that description is just downright stupid.
Research/academia can certainly be kind of screwed up, but I doubt that any ethics board in a developed country is going to okay a study that involves tricking people into a spinal tap. And all the consent forms patients are asked to sign before agreeing to a procedure, the ones that tell you about the procedure and the risks in excruciating detail, are as much for the protection of the doctor as the patient. That way, if the patient ends up paralyzed, at least they can't claim you didn't warn them when the case goes to court.

So unless you were dealing with a single rogue Mad Scientist, I'd assume that was an error.
Machine learning is absolutely a branch of statistics.
Because he still needs to run Windows in a VM in order to get Outlook and Adobe software. I wouldn't necessarily call it a perfect choice for him, but its worth considering if those apps are important to you.
The key value of making STEM degrees free isn't that it will cause a massive increase in the number of people who get them. I suspect that the increase would be rather modest. Instead, it is to free people who pursue STEM degrees from the burden of debt, so they're more able to take the kinds of risks that can result in big wins for society. Innovation is an inherently risky pursuit, and if we make potential innovators risk-averse through debt we're wasting much of the value of their education.

To be fair, I'm not totally against (at least partially) funding certain liberal arts degrees either. Specifically, creative writing and journalism are both valuable. For example, it would be profitable to subsidize many thousands of creative writing students to produce more popular writers like J.K. Rowling or Stephen King. Total yearly sales of fiction books in the US is ~14 billion, taxes from that could cover subsidies for creative writing if they were merit based.
And as your link says 58% of football programs are self-sufficient. Your link is also referring to sports programs as a whole. So yeah cut out all the women's sports and even more will be self-sustaining (not that I'm advocating that). And, it appears that more programs are making more money as time goes on.

So sure boatload could be a mischaracterization, but majority certainly isn't.
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This isn't going to be Sweden alone, Russia doesn't have major force projection without ground troops, you can't pour into Norway without taking Sweden first.

If a war would break out and Russia would need to secure a passage for it's baltic fleet it would likely involve a ground invasion into Sweden and then Norway and Denmark likely through Finland.

Russia might also use it's Northern Fleet for which Severomorsk serves as it's home port, in that case Russia would need to circle the Scandinavian Peninsula, in which case the Northern fleet would be well in range of the Swedish (as well as Finnish, and Norwegian) air forces.

Russia's Baltic fleet is located in Kaliningrad a small Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania, Kaliningrad would not hold out for long without Russia escalating to the nuclear options as such in any major conflict Russia would want to ensure the security and freedom of movement of it's Baltic fleet, this would involve pinning down Sweden to prevent a naval blockade of Kaliningrad, the use of it's air force against Russian targets in the Baltic and the Arctic and as a stepping stone into invading Norway and further.

On the other side of the Baltic Russia would undoubtedly invade the small baltic states, either annexing them completely or securing a land corridor from Russia proper to Kaliningrad in order to be able to keep it's naval base there supplied and operational.

As silly as it might sound, the world is a giant game of Risk especially when it comes to Russia since they have been always at a geographical disadvantage despite being the largest country in the world and one of the most resource rich countries to boot.

In general i think you have the notion that the fact that Sweden is preparing itself for a Russian invasion means that Russia have somehow singled out Sweden.
It didn't, it's just another piece on the board that Russia would have to take out or severely confine in order to be able to move it's own pieces to where it counts.

Finland, the Baltic states, the rest of Scandinavia and Europe at large are all effectively planning for the inevitable if unlikely Russian invasion in case of a major conflict.

Sweden being close to Russia, having whilst a small but sufficiently sophisticated and relatively large for the area navy (5 decent stealth corvettes and 5 submarines all of which are more than capable of effecting a blockade against a merchant fleet escort or not), having a relatively large air forces for the region (about 100 Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighters, all equippable with anti-ship missiles) and being just across the baltic at a very short distance from the Russian baltic fleet home port and headquarters makes Sweden a strategic target for Russia as it poses a direct threat to it's interests.

If you still can't see that then I'm sorry but I don't know how to explain it in a more simple or detailed manner.

If anything else fails then go to https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kaliningrad,+Kaliningrad+O... and zoom out a bit.
>I'm curious why Harvard chose the nuclear option, than to use this as an opportunity to teach why the memes were considered offensive, and more appropriate ways to express themselves.

Presumably they don't want nasty, highly offensive people in their institution. Which is perfectly reasonable. I wouldn't want anything to do with people like that either.
TPM and AMT are two entirely different technologies with entirely different classes of security concerns. The Intel management engine (which runs the AMT software) is effectively a separate CPU that runs full programs and has direct memory/hardware access, while the TPM is not.

The TPM is a PKI device, nothing more. It cannot take over your computer.
This is an excellent writeup! If any readers are looking for an already-written and tested bitcoin client library and can use javascript, https://bitcoinjs.org/ is great. I wrapped a simple cli tool around the library to make the 'coindust' npm package to do simple operations with bitcoin addresses and public bitcoin APIs.
you're perilously close to the precipice of post-modern identity politics.
Just be careful with increased urine acidity that accompanies ketones. It can cause kidney stones, and can be prevented by supplementing with potassium citrate
It's worth bearing in mind that these students were in a supposedly private Facebook group, it wasn't like they were publicly posting.
Long term use of ibuprofen is linked with heart and liver issues, if I recall. I know I'm not citing a source here, just something I remember my wife telling me she read in a study, the best kind of evidence :)

FWIW, I've found ibuprofen to be the absolute best for my post-surgical pain. The issue is that it's 600-800mg every 6 hours to remain effective, and that's pushing some limits on dosage. Doctors have always told me fine in the short term, but bad longer term.

I know I'm saying this with a clear mind and pain free body right now, but I'm entirely unwilling to fill an opioid prescription in the future. The small amounts I've taken in the past for surgery were just too memorable - nothing should stick in your brain like that years after and be considered safe.
Some of things they said went beyond just 'stupid posts'.
Are you looking for new grads also?
I can remember back to the early aughts when moral relativism and free speech we're anthems on the left...
Even when only part of a system/process can be automated and it looks like the rest is too hard to automate, doesn't mean there wont be ways around it, or ways to cheat. Just look at how automation in factories has developed. Sometimes all it takes is to change the process slightly.

In the case of your delivery example, a person is not necessarily required to drop off the package. A system could be setup where you can request a delivery time frame for your package (e.g. between 7-9pm). When the autonomous delivery van arrives, it parks outside your house and notifies you of its arrival. You go down, scan your card and the van dispenses your package. The van then goes off to its next delivery.
I can't understand the paradox that as tuition increased, tenured professor jobs became more scarce and other professor jobs lower paying. I guess fancy facilities and less gov't subsidy helps explain.

It's gotten to the point that you might consider the alternative of starting a higher education co-op to hire associate professors and frustrated, underemployed phds while minimizing tuition by meeting in un-fancy locations or online.
This depends on the definition of 'you', I guess. Also, Unix API could be seen as a "framework", albeit not as "high level" as, say, node.js.
Apple sells the Mac Mini, MacBook and iPhone SE which are fairly low end.
> Windows is not UNIX and that's its strength.

GNU's not Unix either, come to think of it. :p
You clearly don't understand the scale, here.
I don't think a private Facebook chat counts as "in public." Yes, it is much easier to find out about this kind of stuff because of Facebook but that doesn't mean that there is no expectation of privacy at all.
As much as you say that, repeating something over and over eventually normalizes it no matter how much you try to remain conscious of this process.
No, that there are times, places, and contexts on how to use free speech. If you knowingly and publically associate your name with something offensive, there could be private consequences.

Facebook is a public forum that happens to be visible to harvard staff. Students should know this.
"facts" doesn't mean hurling incendiary claims like yours around without linking to proof. You deserve every one of the downvotes you're going to get, least of all because you don't cite anything.
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Punishing speech independent of action isn't a new or controversial concept among certain political strains, most especially among those that also include the conceit of having some special access to virtue beyond that available to others contending for the same power. What you're suggesting here falls right in that line. But it's rarely stated so openly, and while I like nothing else about it, I must admit I like the honesty.
While it is within Harvard's right as a private institution to dictate which speech it finds acceptable, it is perhaps still a bad idea. In today's culture, those in positions with the authority to moderate speech (e.g. online forums such as Reddit, Youtube, Twitter, etc.) are doing so liberally. I would prefer prestigious institutions of higher learning to specifically allow these kinds of offensive and hateful speech because they are shocking and uncomfortable, and the more ideas to which students are exposed the sharper their minds become.

Not to mention that filth like this serves as a kind of canary in the coalmine - if one can make jokes about violence against minorities without fear of repercussions, then that bodes well for ideas actually intended to be taken seriously.
If “Diversity in Open Source Is Even Worse Than in Tech Overall” and there are less barriers to participation in Open Source it could be that this "lack of diversity" accurately reflects the interests and capabilities of the different groups?

It could be that the different kinds of humans are not identical and given an even playing field different outcomes will result.

It could also be that the lack of diversity in tech is the mirror image of the lack of diversity in other fields such as healthcare and education.

If that is so it could be that the "lack of diversity" is the result of diversity in human inclinations and it would only be stamped out through increasingly authoritarian measures.
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I am using the latest Chrome on the latest Mac. Sure I can use Safari. But that's not the point.
Don't read only the Dragon book if you're interested in compilers (or parsing in general). But it should be read, in addition to whatever else you read on the subject. It's classic for a reason.

Most programmers don't understand parsing worth a crap, imho. Some compiler theory would do most of us some good. I read it because I was doing data stream parsing back in the olden days before XML (which was before JSON), when we had to write our own stream formats. It really changed my whole way of thinking about a fundamental class of programming problems.
Ivy league is such a joke. Who would go to a place that snoops on your communication, tells you what to think and believe, shames you for expressing yourself through humor, and has such fun policies as segregated graduation while at the same time banning people who are "racist" from attending the school.

These people are insane and I can't believe they run the country.
Sometimes you don't want to drag in all of Twisted to create a small server. Sometimes you are writing code in C and don't want many external dependencies to keep the memory footprint small. Sometimes you want very tight control over what happens. Sometimes you want to process OS signals along with network file descriptors. Sometimes your desired concurrency model doesn't match that of the popular frameworks. Sometimes you have a more complex workload than just listening on sockets.

Besides the article is going down to the level of reading kernel source. Most people don't do that because they want to modify it, by because they want to understand it. Just saying "use Node" is not the answer to those types of questions.
I expected to feel conflicted before reading this article for the exact reasons you outlined. However, this line from the article made a difference:

> "The founders of the messaging group demanded that students post provocative memes in the main group chat to gain admittance to the smaller group."

They were being deliberate shit heads. This wasn't a private chat, this was intentionally sharing offensive content with the explicit purpose of ruffling feathers and pissing people off.

To call this a "private chat" is misleading - this was essentially a public forum for an incoming class to share content and these 10 students should have had zero expectation of privacy. If I were on the AdCom, I wouldn't have kicked them out for posting objectionable content, I would have kicked them out for being sheer, utter morons.
I sort of feel like Daria should be required watching for any adult with a "genius new idea" for improving education and child-raising. If your clever new scheme wouldn't work at Lawndale, it's not going to work in the real world either.
And yet...wrote...pertinent thoughts...not in article...but how...
As I said in another comment -

I don't disagree with Harvard's decision, or any decision made by a private institution or person.

I disagree with the notion that certain types of speech or thought are universally wrong. Personally - I believe racism is wrong - but I disagree with the notion that it's "wrong think". It's simply a different world view.

To re-iterate: I don't agree with what the students said or did. I agree with Harvard's decision. I don't agree that protecting someone's right to speak freely and openly supports their agenda.
I heard that good lawyers can earn more than good coders. And dunno about Germany, but in my country brain drain is also a problem. And I'm not sure if there really are that many smart people to begin with ;)
Well yeah, you've successfully paraphrased my point.

As always, context matters.
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Hadn't heard of ipset before, but yeah, that seems to be a cleaner way to do this. Maybe open a feature request?

From what I can tell, there are still a few minor details to be etched out in droplan (e.g. running as background service to avoid rewriting the rules every time, ...), but it seems to do its job reasonably well (been using it for roughly two months now

I'm not affiliated with the project (I only did a PR once involving the Dockerfile).
> There's no slippery slope here.

I found your argument unconvincing and your conclusion not adequately supported. I have read history and I do not believe your interpretation is correct.
Cutting down to the point.

* What these students did or didn't do does not matter in this case.

* Harvard can withdraw the acceptance for anyone at any time for any reason.

We don't need to argue about privacy or free speech here. All we can argue about as a first point is if Harvard should have the ability to withdraw their acceptance or not.
It's not a new thing. Dead baby jokes have been around forever, and popular comedians often use similar black humor. The article mentions the card game cards against humanity. Which is pretty popular and based on the same premise.

I used to really like black humor. I frequently told dead baby jokes and similar stuff. Thank god that wasn't recorded.

I'm alarmed to see many of the comments here outraged over the stuff the students said. I guarantee most of them have probably told a similarly offensive joke at some point in time, or at the very least have friends who have. Especially when they were younger.