skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Oh, that's the beauty of it all.

There is no end. No end to the war, and thus no end to the profitability of the U.S.'s contracted armament/defense manufacturers. And no end to the citizens' willingness to trade away their essential freedoms for a feeling of safety.
There are an awful lot of people in the U.S. who are very committed to protecting gun rights, and are willing to vote on that issue. I don't think we've gotten to that point with crypto; it's a much newer issue, kinda geeky, way less visceral.

So the NRA collects a lot of money, targets unsupportive politicians, and can turn votes against them. The EFF has less money, and it's questionable whether ads attacking politicians for not supporting crypto would work. To the extent gun owners have bought the Republican scaremongering about terrorists, it might even backfire.

The EFF does what it can by focusing its efforts on the judicial system instead.
The results? China has not yet achieved the wealth of liberal democracies in the West and taken decades or centuries longer to get there. Moreover, Taiwan, South Korea and (earlier) Japan have enjoyed similar economic booms whilst (or subsequently) enjoying democracy.

Honest question: how do these data points fit into your theory?
I took her hyperbolic geometry class last year (my senior year at Stanford) and she looked perfectly healthy. She even gave me some advice on my grad school offers. What a shock...
I recently encountered https://data.world/datanerd/inc-5000-2016-the-full-list and was impressed by the combo of a pandas-friendly client library & centralized online tier with bells & whistles. Feels closer to that direction.

There's obviously friction in this space -- this weekend I'm playing with databricks spark notebooks and public data on S3 and the data prep will still be annoying -- so I'm looking forward to design innovation in it.
I'm a huge fan of Enpass, simple and does exactly what it says on the tin. I've convinced friends and coworkers to switch over to it and they're all very happy with it from what I've heard. What I don't like, and one of the reasons I'm looking at moving away from it, is that the code isn't open source. It also conveniently enables the sending of analytics/data usage by default and hides the option to turn it off at the very bottom of the Preferences / Advanced tab. The only reason I even noticed this was from Little Snitch popping up to tell me. Maybe not a massive problem, but I'd rather a password manager didn't phone home every time I open the damn thing up.
Do you have source for three tech claim? People around me don't seem to be that depressed nor alcoholic, but I don't work in SV.
For SSH, KeePass + KeeAgent with the private/public keys as attachments to the KeePass entries. For other files, like a GPG export, again KeePass with its file attachment feature.
> I would gladly contribute to an NRA for encryption if it was shown the people running it would use the exact same tactics as the NRA.

You might be aware that, to get involved in electioneering and financial support of candidates, an "NRA for encryption" would need to have a different tax status than EFF does.
My experience is that it's difficult to stay productive at home, since there are too many temptations luring you away from work. And when the kids come back from school, it becomes nearly impossible to do anything useful.

This funny piece by the New Yorker describes it pretty well: http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/i-work-from-home
Pay peanuts, get monkeys.
Does pass still stote metadata unencrypted (as file names) or did they fix that now?
I use a three-pronged approach:

1) Put my vices out of reach. I don't keep candy in my house and I use https://freedom.to/ and https://selfcontrolapp.com/ to block distracting websites.

2) Build habits and structures to take care of my physical health. I use a spaced-repetition flashcard app https://ankiweb.net/ on my phone to remind myself of the habits I should be following. I go to sleep at 11:30 and wake up at 8:30 (+/1 30 minutes either way) so I get 9 hours of sleep a night. If I feel anxious when going to sleep, I put on an audiobook. I do a 20 minute workout (run 1km, bench press, situp, back-up, lunges) before work. I'm not building muscle, but it makes my mind clearer.

3) Reinforce mental toughness by explicitly saying to myself "this is frustrating, but it is worth it to work through it and I'm stronger than I think."
iCloud Keychain works great for me. Although, if I could change one thing, it would be to add a dedicated iOS app, instead of having to go to Settings > Safari > Passwords.
Outside of the drug abuse, the lifestyle can be found in a good percentage of homes all over Palo Alto. Working 60+ hours/week for years on end(check), angry and threatening one minute, remorseful and generous the next (check), sustaining himself largely on fast food, snacks, coffee, ibuprofen and antacids (check), the last call he ever made was for work (likely), displayed no photos of his children or me in his office [because...] he didn’t want the partners to see him as “distracted by my family.” (yep).

While this doesn't exist in every household it exists in a lot of them. Going for walks at dusk you can hear the household arguments spawned by this lifestyle. Not every house, every night. But they are common enough. Sometimes you just want to reach out and say "I understand" to the person in the house that's very obviously blowing up due to stress.

What is less common is drug abuse. I don't know how people find the time for a drug addiction, alcohol addiction, or any other kind of addiction that isn't "overworking themselves" because that is very much a primary addiction.

Silicon Valley is the 1950s Hollywood for techies. They come from all over the world to work with the best of the best, for a shot at something incredible. And much like Hollywood for actors, it ends up chewing up and eating more people than anybody outside the bubble realizes.

There's a lot to be said for the area. All kinds of positives. But it's also a very destructive area at a very personal level. There is a lot of personal sacrifice happening at the altars of "educational opportunity", "changing the world", "better lifestyle for my family", and whatever other benefits people have talked themselves into believing that more money can provide for their families.

My advice, and I should take it myself, is to recognize when you are breaking down and take a break. The world will get by for 2 more weeks without that one all-so-important feature that you're working on right now.
The author describes the Y2K problem at the very beginning of the article:

"Almost 20 years have passed since the corporate world woke up to long-term problems in computer code, which became known as Y2K. Over the previous decades, software developers had used the date 01-01-00 (January 1, 2000) as a convenient hack to make it easier to debug software. The problem was that it wasn’t taken out."

Clearly, he has no understanding of what the Y2K problem was really about - using two digits to store four-digit years to save space, thus making it impossible to distinguish, for instance, between 1900 and 2000. I'm very suspicious of an author's qualification to talk meaningfully about software if they make such an egregious error at the very beginning of the article. (The first paragraph of Wikipedia's article on Y2K would have yielded the correct answer.) I'd also assume that the article wasn't fact-checked.
That is a small percentage of the population.

Most people who went to college are not now working in an industry where a degree is literally required by law.
Embedded SSD-based database with concurrent read/write
They are compatible but gopass supports multiple password stores and some other nice features listed on the website:

https://www.justwatch.com/blog/post/announcing-gopass/
These cute Google AI cartoons just never quit
""treating human beings differently, simply because they were born on the opposite side of a national boundary...""

And why don't those people treat themselves well? If they are their own nation, cannot they have selfdetermination and decide how to carry out that selfdetermination?
Ahh, ok then how about using the DateTime at runtime? That would then save you from having to keep "n" stored elsewhere for future uses.

Edit: nevermind, this would prevent you from retrieving the password - I had in mind a password generator, sorry.
What phenomenon is NOT computed i.e. following a set of exact rules that play out over time?
https://agilebits.com/store

You can still purchase a Mac license there. I don't see a Windows option, but I'm viewing this from a Mac, so not sure if they're just hiding it. (Some people in this thread have said that there's no longer a non-subscription version for Windows.)
I still use a GPG encrypted org-mode file. Emacs/org-mode opens it seamlessly.

I feel like I should move to Keepass at some point, but it's one of those cases where if I'm apathetic long enough, Keepass will be gone and I'll still have my Emacs setup.
By the way, for those wondering about convenience, this will wait 3 seconds (during which you switch to your web browser and click the password field) and then it will "type" the password. (You do NOT want to cut-and-paste your password from a terminal as the clipboard can be read by anything.)

# requires: sudo apt-get install xautomation for 'xte'

import time
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE

macro = ""

for char in password:
if char == '$':
macro += "keydown Shift_L\nkey 4\nkeyup Shift_L\n"
elif char == '+':
macro += "keydown Shift_L\nkey equal\nkeyup Shift_L\n"
elif char == '/':
macro += "key slash\n"
elif char.isupper():
macro += "keydown Shift_L\nkey %s\nkeyup Shift_L\n" % char
elif char.islower() or char.isdigit():
macro += "key %s\n" % char

print("Entering password in 3 seconds ... [^C to abort]")
time.sleep(3)

Popen(['xte'], stdin=PIPE).communicate(macro.encode())
But in the UK you cant be restricted from plying your trade which it only some highly paid senior individuals and you MUST be paid for it this is from the GC of an organisation specializing in hr/ir issues
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"Peter battled his own brand of melancholy...he wasn’t someone who ever really felt happy. He had moments of being “not unhappy,”"

This hit a bit too close to home. not quite as severe for me yet, as right now in those moments i hide it behind a facade of dry humor and try to be an optimist.

I'm 25 and work in tech out here in SV, and have no current impulse for illegal drug use and only a light drinker. But, I admit there is a non-zero chance I could one day become Peter.

Fuck. Me. - i need to take better care of myself.
It's a cute little demo that's only basically 1MB all in.

That said, I don't think it's the best for this group - they've done more in far less before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqu_IpkOYBg for example, is an executable only 177KB big.
I probably will never visit USA. I am only worried as this might set a precedent for others and contribute to the pro-surveillance governments round the globe.
Can't Trump be tricked into disapproving this?
to be honest, the Nest smart thermostat seems to me just like this juicero thing.

I don't own one, but I heard from early buyers that thing is expensively useless.

but somehow it receives less laugh and the company is still operating.

but of course, the nest company has an ambition in smart homes and iot also, not just making thermostats.
I disagree with this blanket statement the article is making. I think flexibility is key here, being able to work from home or being able to go into the office to connect with co-workers. In this article's study, it seems that the employees still had to go into the office one day a week.
Its because the c level execs have the resources to hire lawyers to exercise their rights
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We could encourage Twitter clients or browser extensions to OCR the attached images and automatically convert them to text. Indeed - the same addons could encode text all using a standard font to make it easier.
Not a comment about tio but I didn't realize it isn't possible to write a simple hello world in C# dot net core.

What a shitty situation.

What can we do to make it better? Provide a default csproj file on load? Any better ideas?

Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 15.3.117.23532
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

code.cs(1,22): error CS1022: Type or namespace definition, or end-of-file expected [/home/runner/project/project.csproj]
code.cs(1,22): error CS1026: ) expected [/home/runner/project/project.csproj]

Build FAILED.

code.cs(1,22): error CS1022: Type or namespace definition, or end-of-file expected [/home/runner/project/project.csproj]
code.cs(1,22): error CS1026: ) expected [/home/runner/project/project.csproj]
0 Warning(s)
2 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:00:04.92
No executable found matching command "dotnet-project/bin/Debug/netcoreapp*/project.dll"

Real time: 6.033 s
User time: 2.973 s
Sys. time: 0.442 s
CPU share: 56.61 %
Exit code: 1
Firstround seems pretty good a creating HN submit-bait, which in effect boost awareness of their main activity: their Seed venture capital fund. Some of their pieces are considerably better than stuff you'll find on Medium and the likes. This one is pretty fluffy though.
> Well, the Open-Plan Office Nazis have it all wrong

I stopped reading here. "All" wrong? "Nazis"?

Different people have different needs and experiences. Some people are social and need other people's interaction to function. Some people need more guidance on their work. Other people will be happy if they were alone in the world.

Open plan offices have advantages and disadvantages, to know them helps to create better places to work, or if an open plan office is right for your type of business.
And also explains why SV was successful the "liberal" approach in CA means the workforce is more flexible
I agree. The iOS password manager is hidden away and I wish there was an easy way to access it.
Yea, that's not enough. If it isn't enforcable in your state, demand they rip it out of your contract. This isn't going to go away otherwise.
>"I realize if this is the most humiliating thing I’ve had to deal, this puts me in a fairly privileged category"

Not necessarily.

Jay-Z once said, having grown up in the projects, dealing dope as well as getting shot at, etc. none of that had been the most difficult thing in his life. The most difficult thing in his life was dealing with personal turmoil in his marriage.

People need to drop that thought that if you have money you are "privileged" and therefore any issue that affects them mentally are really non-issues in comparison.

>"it is difficult to see how these “personal improvement programs” for a disappointing employee can ever be a constructive force. At best they seem misguided. At worst they appear to be a cynical HR ploy to save face before terminating an employee."

That is for sure. If your boss were to ever lose faith in your ability, seek reassignment. There is little chance of recovery --and the cost of recovery, where possible is too great. There will be eternal doubt in their mind. It's the nature of the mind.
Indeed.

But if BTC is really just for settlement between big players, may as well use Ripple and dispense with the massive waste of computation in mining.
I would strongly prefer job training element in college for my kids then just "exploratory program". Science training counts too.

People pay for college so that they can get a job that is not menial and low paid. Not everyone will inherit company from parents nor has buddies to call to when they want high paid job. Most of us need the job to pay bills and we need to be qualified to get that job.
Brilliant app!!
Mind if I email you with some more questions?
No, it does not - especially if you have multiple kids, ADHD and or you need to interact closely with people face-to-face.

The comment that "makes you happier and massively more productive" reads to me is if that line was written by someone still in their 20s.
This is dangerous. Bad laws usually involve discretion so, sure, everyone would be in violation of the letter of the law, but the govt would choose and decide who gets sued. That's worse.
Required by employers tho.
As an engineer it is massively more productive. The work I'm doing is so complex my brain would freeze in a loud open office. When you're trying to solve a very hard problem at least fore silence is golden, no music no headphones no random conversation just pure work and problem solving for me it's engineering heaven to be able to control my space for noise and distraction.
Saving and investing are two different things. What's your point?
I have an "after highschool" fund. My parents called this a university fund. But I'm communicating it as money to use to figure out what you want to do with your life. My kids can use it to do whatever, so long as they can make a rational case for how they intend on spending it. They'll also have to endure lots of dad talks and dad advice to make use of this resource.

If I've done my job as a parent well, I won't have to worry about policing the "proper" use of this money.
For me, open plan is all wrong. Perhaps for the author as well.
Why do they want to store the image at all?

Compare against the stored values and discard the captured image. That should be enough.
I currently use 1Password (local) on iOS and OSX, and use 2FA wherever possible as well.

I'm unhappy with support for windows/linux/chromeos, so I was already looking for alternatives.

I manage certain passwords (PGP keys, some very high privilege accounts, etc.) separately (primarily offline, and some split).

Considering building/paying to have built something that truly meets my needs, since my needs are fairly general.
is it me or do these magazines, inc, fastcompany all consist of crappy filler material that is typically associated with a clickbait title?
Um, so... Did you read the article? The entire second half is about how the claims that citizens will be caught up in this and that the claims if data deletion are:

1. Unverifiable.

2. Immediately hedged by speech that suggests a long term change in policy.

3. Difficult to establish anyways.

Your opinions of the Executive branch are entirely immaterial to this discussion (and it's telling that you think they are germane), this is about data collection on citizens. Any plan to mandate bulk data collection on international travel must address the impact on citizens in a legal way.
Or move to Texas where laws make non-compete agreements are really hard to enforce, as in the employer has to prove harm not associated with loss of labor. Cost of living is about 3-10x cheaper in Texas.

https://www.texasnoncompetelaw.com/articles/noncompete-agree...
Not having to travel to work is great. Having very tolerant boss (me) is awful. Having boss that's not me is even worse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Places_in_The_Hitchhiker%27s_G...
Or they're working in a field where any degree will do and none are actually going to prepare the worker for the job. Many office jobs qualify here. You need to be literate and numerate to be an insurance adjuster. But no degree will prepare them for that job, generally speaking. I know many who were English, philosophy, or history majors in that field and others that require a degree but just want a box checked.
Right, sorry about that I hadn't yet read the whole article.

I would agree that this is just a horrible clickbait title.
Having lived the first 35 years of my life almost entirely in conservative states: "limited government" means "government won't bother you as long as you act like a good conservative, but once you stop acting like a good conservative all bets are off".

We're seeing this openly practiced in places like Missouri and North Carolina, where the state legislatures advocate for limited government right until the moment a city in the state passes something whose social implications they disagree with. Then, as if by magic, a new state law appears to override the city policy or strip away the city's power to have such a policy.
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"OK Ill make you a second lunch"

"No, you need to take the dog out - I am working"

"Ill just watch thi one segment of 'X'"

"Just a short nap to clear my mind"

There are far too many temptations to do other things at home - Each child is a 10x multiplier.
I mean, I work in an open office, about 120 people on the floor, and it's really great. I honestly don't mind it and I love that I can just peek above my monitors and see if someone is at their desk or not. I suppose I'm lucky that my floor is nearly 100% programmers and I don't sit near anyone who is loud or unpleasant. I imagine there are people who would love to switch to a different type of office but I don't think I would given the option.
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Yeah, what is this? "The results will astound you.". Sounds like a parody. I thought Inc Magazine was serious.
If only you had read the article you'd see that it's precisely the impact on citizens that is the primary objection raised.

I get that you have a political agenda but I wish you could at least soldier through the article before deciding to discard it purely to avoid potential cognitive dissonance.
Come on Hacker News, less click-baity next time. This was a Buzzfeed like article in terms of generalization and Nazi references.
I recently had to cope with a colleague that has chosen this route, this level of addiction is traumatic to see. Things had gone a long way from recreational and I had to have words with the enemy - HR - as a thing I felt compelled to do.

I have friends that take things recreationally for them to not go down the hell hole my former workmate chose, however, from reading the article I can see that they might be immune, they have shifted to sociable alcoholism and could shift over to the full on disease of addiction much like the subject of this article. Maybe mid life crisis could be the mechanism and not some childhood trauma thing. The opioid crisis has been an expensive mistake, there is too much blurring of prescription and street drugs in all these stories.
I totally agree, I've never been more productive than at home/beach/forest etc. where I wasn't constantly distracted by other people. Always wondered how people get anything done when I am at crammed offices of Google or Facebook - the noise/distraction level there is just off-putting and in stark contrast to what I would call a productive environment :-/ Microsoft used to have rooms with 4-6 people, SUN used to have single mini-offices for everyone; now that is long gone in the name of cost-optimization and "sharing ideas".
A description would be nice. I tried clojure and it successfully printed when my code was (+ 1 3) but I didn't grasp the input/arguments/etc...
I agree. In my first full-time remote job I quickly realized how much I missed the personal interaction that comes with being in an office setting. Sure, needless meetings get tiring quickly but in my current role I now have the flexibility to balance in-office time with working from home so I have a little more control over the amount of "dead time" I have to suffer through.
Of the open source password wallet solutions, which ones have actually been audited?
Really cool. Would be great if each language had an "hello world" example which would populate the fields.
I'm using KeepassX with Dropbox. I store the database on Dropbox, so that it's available on my computers running different OSes (Ubuntu, Slackware, MacOS) and my phone at all times.
I'll probably get rid of Dropbox at some point, but I'll keep the same method, which gives me complete satisfaction.